March 22, 2023

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Democrats say “Chicago and Cook County each call for 1,000 election judges before April 4.”
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/elections/ct-cook-county-election-judge-shortage-20230322-mphm6tz7izcgde65agsz5moo3u-story.html
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote wokeness/wokeism.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/clarence-page/ct-column-woke-ron-desantis-bethany-mandel-mlk-rising-page-20230321-x4xzuv3ajzaz3nunwa7bilk5si-story.html
— Democrats ever-increasingly push pot.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/marijuana/illinois/ct-illinois-marijuana-craft-grower-dispensaries-open-20230321-cj4tq55fdbda7h7546wruf2hh4-story.html
— Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The Republican Party platform in conservative. I have always been a conservative Republican. I should write a book about a) Democrat plants, b) Libertarian plants, c) Green plants, d) Independent plants, and e) RINOs in Illinois who falsely claim to be conservative. I would focus on those who have worked the hardest against the a) individual responsibility, b) traditional marriage/family, c) right to life, d) immigration, e) Second Amendment, f) illegal drugs, and/or g) equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks in the Republican Party platform. I would focus on those who have promoted the following the most: a) dependency on government and charity, b) LGBTQ, c) abortion, d) mass/illegal immigration, e) diminishment of Second Amendment rights, f) booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, and/or g) patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination, that is, Affirmative Action, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, that is, CRT, 1619, BLM, reparations, and wokeism/wokeness.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/eric-zorn/ct-platforms-unnecessary-perspec-zorn-0525-md-20160524-column.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD IN NAPERVILLE SUN: Democrats say “Naperville best city to raise a family, best public schools in U.S. for seventh year running by Niche.”
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-nvs-naperville-best-city-st-0322-20230321-repwzr6uc5ervhwlrpbuzw7dzi-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrats say “Mayoral debate: Vallas and Johnson ‘lecture’ one another on the CTU, Donald Trump and ‘working class’ roots. During their first televised debate, Brandon Johnson was the undisputed aggressor. In Round Two, Paul Vallas took the gloves off. Round Three was pretty much a draw.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/elections/2023/3/21/23651060/debate-wgn-paul-vallas-brandon-johnson-mayoral-runoff-forum-tv-april
— Democrats ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2023/3/21/23650276/trump-legal-woes-gop-republican-party-2024-election-nomination
— Democrats say “Companies that get federal subsidies should be required to provide child care.” My Democrat superiors in the federal government who had children gave preference big time to their Democrat employees who had children, that is, they discriminated big time against their Republican employees like me who did not have children.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2023/3/20/23640051/federal-subsidies-child-care-semiconductors-business-industry-jeffery-leving-op-ed
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote LGBTQ.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2023/3/22/23650042/chicago-gender-society-trans-identity
— Democrats say “Illinois attorney general urges Kia, Hyundai to take ‘comprehensive action’ over Chicago area car thefts. Last year, 10% of all registered Kia vehicles and 7% of all registered Hyundai vehicles in Chicago were stolen, according to Atty. Gen. Kwame Raoul’s office.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2023/3/21/23651031/illinois-attorney-general-kwame-raoul-kia-hyundai-chicago-car-theft-crime

DAILY HERALD
— Democrats say “Schaumburg Township GOP to hold meet-and-greet for April 4 election candidates.” What is your township GOP doing to help elect Republicans on April 4?
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20230321/schaumburg-gop-to-hold-meet-and-greet-for-april-4-election-candidates
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE: Democrats say “Kane County GOP sees $2M grant as Democratic election interference. Kane County Republicans fear money comes with Democratic strings.”
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20230321/kane-county-gop-sees-2m-grant-as-democratic-election-interference
— Democrats say “Chicago mayoral race offers a fresh start for city, suburban cooperation.’ What percent of crime in the suburbs is committed by Chicago residents?
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20230322/daily-herald-opinion-chicago-mayoral-race-offers-a-fresh-start-for-city-suburban-cooperation

FOX32
— Democrats say “Vallas overcome with emotion during Rush endorsement, Johnson supported by faith leaders.”
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1196347

WBEZ
— Democrats say “Medical debt is devastating Illinois families.” One thing that helped me endure the tremendous efforts by my Democrat superiors in the federal government to get rid of me was knowing that if I survived until retirement, the federal government would pay 72% of my and my wife’s health, dental, and vision insurance for the rest of our lives.
https://www.wbez.org/stories/medical-debt-hurting-black-and-brown-illinois-residents/44caa49e-51c8-46f3-a0dc-c17cd86e7775

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Democrats say “Paprocki leads Illinois March for Life rally; abortion access groups have counter protest.”
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/politics/state/2023/03/21/groups-on-both-sids-of-abortion-debate-hold-springfield-rallies/70029809007/
— Democrats say “Abortion back in spotlight with advocates on both sides planning rallies in Springfield.”
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/local/2023/03/20/what-to-know-about-march-for-life-pro-abortion-rallies-in-springfield/70028698007/

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— Democrats say “Waterloo transgender bathroom policy leads to demonstrations, school harassment probe.”
https://www.yahoo.com/news/waterloo-transgender-bathroom-policy-leads-142522693.html
— Democrats say “This may be why so many Illinois sheriffs are opposed to enforcing state’s new gun law.”
https://www.bnd.com/news/local/article273377545.html

STATELINE
— Democrats say “Anti-abortion protestors take to Illinois capital’s streets.”
https://www.mystateline.com/news/anti-abortion-protestors-take-to-illinois-capitals-streets/

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Democrats say “Republicans seize on transgender rights ahead of 2024.”
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/hill-politics/republicans-seize-on-transgender-rights-ahead-of-2024/
— Democrats say “Trump plunges GOP into more turmoil with legal troubles.”
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/hill-politics/trump-plunges-gop-into-more-turmoil-with-legal-troubles/
— Democrats say “House Republicans pressured to take sides between Trump, DeSantis.”
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/hill-politics/house-republicans-pressured-to-take-sides-between-trump-desantis/

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD & WABASH VALLEY
— Democrats ever-increasingly push pot.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/local-news/peoria-city-council-discusses-proposals-for-cannabis-dispensaries/
https://www.mywabashvalley.com/news/illinois-news/can-you-still-go-to-jail-for-weed-in-illinois/

CAPITOL FAX
— Democrats say “Morning briefing.”
https://capitolfax.com/2023/03/22/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-37/
— Democrats say “Vallas said that Pritzker’s executive orders allowed governor to act like a dictator.”
https://capitolfax.com/2023/03/21/vallas-said-that-pritzkers-executive-orders-allowed-governor-to-act-like-a-dictator/
— Democrats say “Afternoon roundup.”
https://capitolfax.com/2023/03/21/afternoon-roundup-54/
— Democrats say Chicago roundup.
https://capitolfax.com/2023/03/21/that-toddlin-town-roundup-16/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

WIREPOINTS
— Spending is up, student outcomes are down, property taxes are up, home values are down. Illinois’ education system is upside down.
https://wirepoints.org/spending-is-up-student-outcomes-are-down-property-taxes-are-up-home-values-are-down-illinois-education-system-is-upside-down-wirepoints-on-am-560-chicagos-morning-answer/

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— MoveOn.org in Financial Trouble
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2023/03/21/moveon-org-in-financial-trouble/
— Will State Government Ride to the Rescue of Lake in the Hills Kid-Friendly Drag Queen Uprising Bakery?
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2023/03/21/will-state-government-ride-to-the-rescue-of-lake-in-the-hills-kid-friendly-drag-queen-uprising-bakery/
— Union Spending on Constitutional Amendment
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2023/03/21/union-spending-on-constitutional-amendment/
— Chicago Sun-Times Lays Out ComEd Corruption Time Line
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2023/03/21/chicago-sun-times-lays-out-comed-corruption-time-line/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— New York Democrats’ mission to get Trump reelected president – Charles Hurt
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/mar/20/new-york-democrats-mission-to-get-trump-reelected-/

NEW YORK POST & MSN
— Rand Paul calls for DA Alvin Bragg to be jailed for ‘disgusting abuse of power’ in Trump probe – Victor Nava
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/rand-paul-calls-for-da-alvin-bragg-to-be-jailed-for-disgusting-abuse-of-power-in-trump-probe/ar-AA18UPe8

BLAZE
— DeSantis believes he could defeat Biden, cites differences between himself and Trump: ‘I would have fired somebody like Fauci’ – ALEX NITZBERG
https://www.theblaze.com/news/desantis-defeat-biden-trump-differences

BREITBART
— Momentum-Backed Trump Surges to 14-Point Lead Since Early February – NICK GILBERTSON
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/03/21/poll-momentum-backed-trump-surges-to-14-point-lead-since-early-february/
— DeSantis Criticizes Trump in Interview with Piers Morgan – HANNAH BLEAU (COMMENT: Who has criticized you the most? I should write a book about those who have criticized me and criticized my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters the most.)
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/03/21/ron-desantis-criticizes-trump-in-interview-with-piers-morgan/

CENTER SQUARE
— OUTSTANDING: The attorneys general of 25 states have filed a petition with the U.S. Supreme Court asking it to protect a federal law that’s been used to prosecute those who “encourage” or “induce” illegal immigration. – Bethany Blankley (COMMENT: I should write a book about high-profile Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, Green plants, Independent plants, and RINOs in Illinois, in DuPage County, in Milton Township, and in Wheaton who have done the most to illegally encourage/induce illegal immigration.)
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_408d1fc8-c770-11ed-9208-dff6b4c23d07.html

DAILY CALLER
— Trump Unveils Plan To ‘Dismantle The Deep State’ – MARY LOU MASTERS (COMMENT: Democrats get rid of Republicans. In 1966, I was one of the last Republicans hired by the Post Office. In 1971, I was one of the last Republicans hired by IRS. In 1980, I was one of the last Republicans hired by GAO.)
https://dailycaller.com/2023/03/21/donald-trump-plan-dismantle-deep-state/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Former President Donald Trump unveiled his new plan Tuesday to “dismantle the deep state” by firing “rogue” bureaucrats and career politicians, according to a new policy agenda video. Trump released a list of ten items that indicate how he plans to “clean out the deep state,” starting with re-instating an executive order that would give the president the authority to fire bureaucrats, according to the video posted on Rumble. The former president’s plan would dismantle the “Washington Swamp,” target corruption and ensure that federal bureaucrats and politicians are held accountable. “The departments and agencies that have been weaponized will be completely overhauled so that faceless bureaucrats will never again be able to target and persecute conservatives, Christians, or the left’s political enemies, which they’re doing now at a level that nobody can believe even possible,” Trump said in the video.)

FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM
— Florida and Texas Bills Go On Offense against Illegal Immigration – David Jaroslav (COMMENT: What have the following done to fight illegal immigration: a) your Republican U.S. Representative, b) your Republican Illinois Senator, c) your Republican Illinois Representative, d) your Republican county officials, e) your Republican township officials, and f) your Republican municipal officials?)
https://www.fairus.org/legislation/state-and-local-legislation/border-security/florida-and-texas-bills-go-offense-against

FOX NEWS
— DeSantis touts his potential to beat Biden if he runs for president: ‘I think he’s failed the country’ Republican Florida governor told Fox Nation’s Piers Morgan he hasn’t decided whether to run in 2024. – Brandon Gillespie
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/desantis-touts-ability-beat-biden-he-runs-president-think-hes-failed-country
https://news.yahoo.com/desantis-touts-potential-beat-biden-231241608.html
— DeSantis to deliver ‘major policy speech’ at Heritage leadership summit after skipping CPAC. Heritage president says, ‘Conservatives are craving a bold and visionary leader who gets things done’ – Jessica Chasmar
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/desantis-deliver-major-policy-speech-heritage-leadership-summit-skipping-cpac
— Fox News footage shows release of Chinese nationals into US amid massive spike in encounters. Rio Grande Valley Sector has seen more than 900% increase. – Adam Shaw, Griff Jenkins
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/fox-footage-shows-release-chinese-nationals-us-amid-massive-spike-encounters

FREEDOM CENTER
— Internal Radical Service – David Horowitz (QUESTION: Why did my Democrat IRS superiors a) disallow my travel vouchers in 1974, b) disallow my education deductions in 1978, and c) never promote me beyond GS-12 even though I had earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976 and passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979? ANSWER: To get rid of me a) because I was a Republican who had complained about political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination and b) because I was conservative, White, male, Protestant, 100% German American, my ancestor had been in America since 1844, and I had been a Crete resident 1948-1972.)
https://horowitzfreedomcenterstore.org/products/internal-radical-service-abuse-of-taxpayer-dollars-to-advance-leftwing-causes-illegally-and-unconstitutionally

FREEDOM’S JOURNAL
— Diversity Training Disaster – John Stossel
https://freedomsjournalinstitute.org/blog/2023/03/22/diversity-training-disaster

LAW 360
— Judge Thomas M. Durkin of the Northern District of Illinois is taking senior status in December, giving Biden another vacancy to fill. – James Arkin
https://www.law360.com/pulse/articles/1588230/ill-judge-taking-senior-status-giving-biden-another-vacancy

NATIONAL REVIEW
— ‘He’s Failed the Country’: DeSantis Confident He Could Beat Biden in Potential 2024 Contest – ARI BLAFF
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/desantis-proclaims-he-can-beat-trump-win-presidency/

TOWNHALL & DAILY SIGNAL
— Conservatives: You Don’t Have to Agree on Everything — Only on Fighting the Left – Dennis Prager (COMMENT: Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The Republican Party platform in conservative. I have always been a conservative Republican. I should write a book about a) Democrat plants, b) Libertarian plants, c) Green plants, d) Independent plants, and e) RINOs who falsely claim to be conservative. I would focus on those who have worked the hardest against the a) individual responsibility, b) traditional marriage/family, c) right to life, d) immigration, e) Second Amendment, f) illegal drugs, and/or g) equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks in the Republican Party platform. I would focus on those who have promoted the following the most: a) dependency on government and charity, b) LGBTQ, c) abortion, d) mass/illegal immigration, e) diminishment of Second Amendment rights, f) booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, and/or g) patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination, that is, Affirmative Action, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, that is, CRT, 1619, BLM, reparations, and wokeism/wokeness. I would focus on those who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me. I would focus on those who a) almost stopped me from reporting on the February 20, 2023 DeSantis event in Elmhurst, b) ended my role as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks 2005-2019, c) ended my bid to be appointed to fill a Wheaton City Council West District vacancy in 2019, d) gerrymandered my precinct in 2015, e) ended my TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairmanship in 2012, f) ended my Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee membership in 2011, g) ended my Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) webmaster service in 2010 and 2004, h) ended my Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) Steering Committee membership in 2007, i) almost got ICRC to censure me for my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters in 2006, j) ended my bid to serve as the MTRO Treasurer in 2004, and/or k) ended my American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board membership in 2004. I would focus on those Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct since 2000 who I have done the most to help elect and to reelect, their a) political consultants, b) major donors, c) fundraisers, d) pollsters, e) campaign managers, f) campaign staff members, and g) campaign volunteers. I would focus on a) leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and/or Milton Township Republican Organization and b) Republican leaders of Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and/or Wheaton, I would focus on those who have/had lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois. Again, I would focus on those who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me.)
https://townhall.com/columnists/dennisprager/2023/03/21/memo-to-conservatives-you-dont-have-to-agree-on-everything-only-on-fighting-the-left-n2620926
https://www.dailysignal.com/2023/03/21/memo-to-conservatives-you-dont-have-to-agree-on-everything-only-on-fighting-the-left/

WESTERN JOURNAL
— After Ronna McDaniel’s Victory, Grassroots Republicans Need to Remake the RNC – Mark Ivanyo
https://www.westernjournal.com/op-ed-ronna-mcdaniels-victory-grassroots-republicans-need-remake-rnc/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

THE HILL
— Democrats say “House Republicans pressured to take sides between Trump, DeSantis.”
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/3911108-house-republicans-pressured-to-take-sides-between-trump-desantis/
— Democrats say “Trump plunges GOP into more turmoil with legal troubles.”
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/3911176-trump-plunges-gop-into-more-turmoil-with-legal-troubles/
— Democrats ask “Will Trump be indicted today?”
https://thehill.com/newsletters/morning-report/3911746-the-hills-morning-report-will-trump-be-indicted-today/
— Democrats say “DeSantis expresses confidence he could beat Biden.”
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/3911211-desantis-expresses-confidence-he-could-beat-biden/
— Democrats say “Poll finds Trump making significant gains on DeSantis among Republicans.”
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/3911191-monmouth-poll-finds-trump-making-significant-gains-on-desantis-among-republicans/
— Democrats say “Trump fundraises off possible indictment.” I do not need/want money, but if I did, what if I fundraised off the adverse actions that my critics/opponents a) are taking against me now and b) have taken against me?
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/3911468-trump-fundraises-off-possible-indictment/

NBC NEWS
— Democrats say “N.Y. grand jury could render an indictment in hush money case.”
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/live-blog/trump-news-grand-jury-indictment-live-updates-rcna75906

YAHOO
— Democrats say “DeSantis drops to lowest support in GOP polls as clashes with Trump turn nasty.”
https://news.yahoo.com/desantis-drops-lowest-support-gop-200444844.html
— Democrats say “DeSantis doubles attacks on ‘dramatic and chaotic’ Trump.”
https://news.yahoo.com/ron-desantis-doubles-down-trump-213925393.html
— Democrats ever-increasingly a) promote LGBTQ and b) demonize, denigrate, condemn, and destroy traditional marriage. It is the ultimate irony/hypocrisy when my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes hint/imply/argue/shout that I undeservedly owe all my successes in life since 1978, including the following, to my being in a traditional marriage since 1978: a) my wife and I bought a home in Wheaton in 1978, b) I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, c) I earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, d) I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, e) I became a licensed CPA in 1981, and f) we had a home built in Wheaton in 1984. In my defense, before I got married, a) I had bought new cars in 1966, 1967, 1968, and 1971, b) I earned a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU in 1970, c) I had bought real estate in 1972, 1974, and 1976, d) I had earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976, and e) IRS had promoted GS-12 Step 4, currently $101,507/year, in 1977.
https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/what-do-people-mean-when-they-refer-to-traditional-marriage-its-clear-that-its-code-lgbtq-activists-say-182050841.html

AOL
— Democrats say “DeSantis’ bogus rule on rallies at Florida Capitol just another scheme to restrict free speech.”
https://www.aol.com/news/desantis-bogus-rule-rallies-florida-040000897.html
https://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/editorials/article273419025.html

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— I should write a book about those who work the hardest a) to stop me from sending out GOPUSA newsletters and b) to stop everyone from reading them.
https://www.wfmj.com/story/48573165/digital-literacy-can-the-republic-survive-an-algorithm
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote LGBTQ.
https://www.wfmj.com/story/48577382/school-library-book-bans-are-seen-as-targeting-lgbtq-content

REUTERS
— Democrats say “A group of seven U.S. senators on Tuesday proposed legislation to raise the mandatory commercial pilot retirement age to 67 from 65, in a bid to address airline industry staffing issues.” If you are a federal employee who is Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran and you did not make it into Senior Executive Service, currently $183,500/year, by age 40, your Democrat superiors will force you to retire as soon as you are eligible. I was eligible to take early retirement in 1993 when I was 45 years old. My Democrat GAO superiors succeeded in forcing me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49. I was not eligible to take regular retirement until 2003 when I would have been 55. My $63,144/year Civil Service Retirement System pension is dramatically less because of that. It is only 44% of what my GAO salary was in 1997 in today’s dollars. It is less than what my IRS salary was in 1972 in today’s dollars.
https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/senators-propose-raising-us-commercial-pilots-mandatory-retirement-age-2023-03-21/

MSN
— Democrats say “Potential 2024 presidential hopeful former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson implores GOP not to overlook California.” How strongly will Republican presidential candidates campaign in Illinois and in your county? Which Republican presidential candidates are leading the polls in Illinois and in your county? Which Republican presential candidate do the following want to win: a) the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) leaders, b) your representative on the IRP State Central Committee, b) the chairman of your Republican county party organization, and c) the chairman of your Republican township/ward party organization?
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/potential-2024-presidential-hopeful-implores-gop-not-to-overlook-california/ar-AA18V1EJ

NEWSWEEK & MSN
— Democrats say “DeSantis Says Unlike Trump, He Would Have Fired Fauci.”
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/desantis-says-unlike-trump-he-would-have-fired-fauci/ar-AA18V1B5

NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrats say “DeSantis, Doubling Down, Presses Questions About Trump’s Character. In an interview with Piers Morgan, the Florida governor sought to strike a clear contrast with Donald Trump, calling himself a low-drama winner.” What do/would your critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes stress about you to contrast them with you? Mine do/would stress that unlike me, a) they are not conservative, b) they are not White, c) they are not male, d) they are younger than me, e) they are not Protestant, f) they are not German American, g) their ancestors have not been in America for a long time, h) they have children, i) they are not draft-avoiders, j) they are church members, k) they attend church services, l) they give money to a church, m) they ran for and/or were elected to government offices, n) they are/were officers of the Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO), o) they were never dumped as MTRO webmaster, p) they were never dumped as a Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks, q) no one ended their bid to serve on Wheaton’s City Council, r) no one gerrymander their precinct, s) no one ended their leadership role in TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, t) no one ended their membership on the Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee, u) no one ended their leadership role in the Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC), v) no one tried to get ICRC to censure them, w) no one ended their leadership role in the American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter, x) no one forced them to take early retirement, y) no one took adverse actions against them while they were employed, and/or z) they never filed any lawsuits.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/21/us/politics/desantis-trump-piers-morgan.html
— Democrats blast Pence.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/21/opinion/mike-pence-donald-trump-indictment.html
— Democrats ever-increasingly push pot.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/07/well/cannabis-weed-sleep-aid.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Democrats say “Trump campaign prepares for ‘new normal’: Running under indictment. The former president’s team is pressuring other Republicans to show support, basking in favorable coverage from right-wing media and collecting checks. But advisers privately acknowledge many potential risks.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/03/21/trump-2024-ny-case-republicans/

USA TODAY
— I should write a book about those who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/health-wellness/2023/03/17/narcissist-narcissism-key-terms-defined/11412129002/
— Democrats say “Despite Trump’s calls for protests, few efforts emerge, as supporters worry: It’s a trap.”
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2023/03/21/trump-warns-arrest-calls-protest-but-online-support-muted/11511264002/
— Democrats say “Trump holding his next rally in Waco, Texas, sends a message to the far right.”
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2023/03/21/trump-rally-waco-texas-history-raid-on-branch-davidian-compound/11510179002/

WACO TRIBUNE HERALD
— A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater asks “Are Trump’s attacks hurting or helping DeSantis?”
https://wacotrib.com/opinion/columnists/s-e-cupp-are-trump-s-attacks-hurting-or-helping-desantis/article_945309c8-c820-11ed-b885-4750f9c5c33b.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Home Prices Fell in February for First Time in 11 Years – Nicole Friedman
https://www.wsj.com/articles/home-prices-fell-in-february-for-first-time-in-11-years-73df0107
— Eric Adams Wants to Send Illegal Immigrants to College. Most want to make a living. It would make a lot more sense to make it easier to obtain work permits. – Jason L. Riley (COMMENT: If there had been as many citizens of foreign countries in America in the past as there are now, they would have gotten the following jobs that I got: a) doing yard work 1962-1964, b) delivering newspapers 1962-1966, c) washing dishes 1964-1966, d) cleaning golf shoes, chipping slag, and pumping gasoline in 1966, e) delivering mail 1966-1969, f) selling tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971, g) pumping gasoline 1971-1972, h) collecting delinquent taxes 1971-1980, and i) auditing federal agencies 1980-1997.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/eric-adams-wants-to-send-illegal-immigrants-to-college-new-york-city-immigration-migrants-illegal-undocumented-asylum-b105dd7d

BLOOMBERG
— Democrats ever-increasingly push reparations.
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2023-03-16/slavery-reparations-alone-won-t-achieve-justice#xj4y7vzkg

BUSINESS INSIDER
— Democrats stress the nicknames that Trump gives people.
https://www.businessinsider.com/ron-desantis-donald-trump-ron-desanctimonious-nickname-vowels-2023-3
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/desantis-said-he-doesn-t-really-know-what-trump-s-ron-desanctimonious-nickname-means-it-s-got-a-lot-of-vowels/ar-AA18Vrs1?li=BB141NW3
— Democrats say “Ron DeSantis says that if he runs for president in 2024, he gives the GOP a shot to beat Joe Biden.”
https://www.businessinsider.com/ron-desantis-president-2024-gop-beat-joe-biden-donald-trump-2023-3

ENTREPRENEUR
— Why Personal Responsibility Is Key to Changing Your Life – DANIEL MANGENA (COMMENT: To what extent did you take personal responsibility for getting you bachelor’s degree? I took great personal responsibility because my outstanding parents were not in a good position to pay for my college expenses. Neither of them attended college. My father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma. He almost always worked second jobs to pay the family’s bills. My mother never attended high school. She stayed home and raised my brother and me. Further, my scholarship possibilities were extremely bleak. I only just barely made into the upper 20% of my Crete-Monee Hight School class, I could not run, my eyesight could not be corrected to 20.20, I had partial red/green color blindness, and my ACT score was only 24. That is why when I was 16 in 1964, a) I got a job washing dishes for the minimum wage in the basement of the S.S. Kresge in Chicago Heights, b) I bought a 1958 Chevrolet Bel Air to get to/from my parents’ home in Crete, high school, and my dishwashing job; c) I saved all of my salary that I could. That enabled me to buy a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint in May of 1966 that I used to get to/from my parents’ home and a) jobs during the summer of 1966 cleaning golf shoes in Flossmoor and chipping slag and pumping gasoline in Chicago Heights, b) taking classes at UIC starting in September of 1966, and c) delivering mail part-time in Park Forest starting in November of 1966.)
https://www.entrepreneur.com/living/why-personal-responsibility-is-key-to-changing-your-life/427428

LAW 360
— Democrats say “Law Profs Say Judges’ Idea To Flag ‘Disrupters’ Legally Risky.” If I had been active in Republican politics while I was in high school, the Democrats who ran the Post Office in 1966 would not have hired me. If I had been active in Republican politics while I was a UIC or NIU student, the Democrats who ran IRS in 1971 would not have hired me. If I had been active in Republican politics while I was a Loyola or DePaul student, the Democrats who ran GAO in 1980 would not have hired me.
https://www.law360.com/employment-authority/articles/1588338/law-profs-say-judges-idea-to-flag-disrupters-legally-risky

POLITICO & YAHOO
— Democrats say “DeSantis goes on offensive against Trump. He responded to the former president’s wave of social media attacks during an interview with Piers Morgan.” Should I start responding to attacks against me? Should I go on offense against my critics/opponents who attack me? Should start naming names? I would start with my critics/opponents who would be the most overjoyed if I did that. I would start with those who falsely claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican. I would start with my critics/opponents who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me. I would focus on my critics/opponents who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and/or Wheaton.
https://www.politico.com/news/2023/03/21/desantis-offensive-against-trump-00088220
https://news.yahoo.com/desantis-goes-offensive-against-trump-021947189.html

POLITICO
— Democrats say “The growing Chinese investment in illegal American weed. Multiple states in the West are seeing an increase in Chinese workers and funding at unlicensed cultivation operations.”
https://www.politico.com/news/2023/03/21/illicit-cannabis-china-00086125
— Democrats say “MAGA protesters in Manhattan crowded out by anti-Trump rivals.”
https://www.politico.com/news/2023/03/21/maga-protesters-in-manhattan-crowded-out-by-anti-trump-rivals-00088099
— Democrats say “Progressives have a new minimum wage goal: $20 and up.” Adjusted for inflation, the minimum wage that I earned 1964-1966 is now worth $12.13/hour.
https://www.politico.com/news/2023/03/22/progressives-new-minimum-wage-20-00087966

HUFFINGTON POST
— Democrats say “Pritzker Takes Swipe At Chicago Mayoral Candidate Paul Vallas.” With few exceptions, Pritzker ever-increasingly determines who wins elections in Illinois.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/illinois-gov-jb-pritzker-criticism-paul-vallas-chicago_n_641a3192e4b01ea5cd90d0df

BBC & YAHOO
— Democrats say “DeSantis sharpens attacks on Trump’s daily drama.”
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-65034653
https://au.news.yahoo.com/ron-desantis-sharpens-attacks-trumps-014042384.html

GUARDIAN
— Democrats say “DeSantis hits Republican poll low as Trump tightens grip on primary. Nikki Haley and Mike Pence, who saw a favorability slump after criticizing Trump, trail far behind, with others barely registering.”
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/mar/22/desantis-polls-2024-trump-republican-nomination-latest

DAILY MAIL
— Democrats say “Trumpworld slaps back! DeSantis despises the MAGA base and has been faking it the entire time says top Trump adviser, while others call Florida governor’ criticism pathetic and a political miscalculation.”
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11888131/Trumpworld-slaps-DeSantis-saying-despises-MAGA-base.html

WIKIPEDIA
— 2024 Republican Party presidential primary (COMMENT: Democrats ever-increasingly run America lock, stock, and barrel. Therefore, Democrats will determine which candidate wins the 2024 Republican presidential primary. It will be the candidate who Democrats believe will be easiest to defeat in the 2024 general election.)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Republican_Party_presidential_primaries

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— According to the Illinois Freedom Caucus, “Jim Durkin’s strategy of offering voters a ‘Democrat Lite’ agenda has been a colossal failure. Our party needs bold leadership if we ever hope to get out of the super minority.” SEE: https://abc7chicago.com/jim-durkin-illinois-house-republican-resigning/12678017/ Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The Republican Party is conservative. My critics/opponents in the Illinois Republican Party (IRP), DuPage County Republican Central Committee (DCRCC), and Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) want Democrat Lite. They want the IRP to officially dump the individual responsibility, traditional marriage/family, right to life, immigration, Second Amendment, illegal drugs, and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks in the Republican Party platform. They want the IRP, DCRCC, and MTRO to officially dump conservatives, that is, to officially dump platform Republicans, that is, to officially dump the base of the Republican Party, that is, to officially destroy the IRP, DCRCC, and MTRO. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

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.