March 24, 2023

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD IN NAPERVILLE SUN: Naperville councilmen White, Holzhauer take flak for not paying property taxes because of disabled vet exemption – Suzanne Baker
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-nvs-naperville-white-holzhauer-veterans-property-tax-st-0324-20230323-j4ialt22tjfojksm3notz644om-story.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD IN NAPERVILLE SUN: Naperville mayor berates councilwoman over ‘dirty politics’ book ban election flyer mailed by her PAC – Suzanne Baker
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-nvs-naperville-chirico-sullivan-ethics-st-0324-20230323-yslozshtmfbnhojltv2w47agca-story.html
— Democrats ever-increasingly paint non-Democrats as being terrorists, and especially non-Democrats who are heterosexual, conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-poor, gun-owners, in a traditional marriage, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-security-grants-nonprofits-20230323-2ld4c7d2ajfirbpi7k3nkdk27y-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Black Illinois Tollway employees outraged over rope hung in locker room. A white co-worker said it was part of a joke having nothing to do with race. One complaint from a Black employee called it “an overt, poignant and intentional display of intimidation and harassment meant to impose terror.” – Robert Herguth
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2023/3/24/23653217/illinois-tollway-rope-locker-room-alsip-state-toll-highway-authority
— Clout-heavy lawyer James J. Banks makes a push in video gaming. – Tim Novak and Robert Herguth (COMMENT: Since 2009, I have led the fight against video gambling in Wheaton.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2023/3/24/23653984/video-gaming-rick-hediner-james-banks-illinois-gaming-board-gambline-guerin-david-river-grove
— Getting indicted won’t help Donald Trump. No one likes playing the victim more than Trump. But it’s no badge of honor for his standing if Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg files criminal charges against him. – S. E. Cupp
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2023/3/23/23653158/donald-trump-indictment-new-york-district-attorney-alvin-dragg-stormy-daniels-s-e-cupp-column

DAILY HERALD
— Formal GOP opposition to $2M Kane County grant arises – James Fuller
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20230323/formal-gop-opposition-to-2m-kane-county-grant-arises
— Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly promote Communist China.
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20230324/syndicated-columnist-veronique-de-rugy-how-banning-chinese-products-could-backfire-for-the-us
— Conservative-haters ever-increasing control all aspects of elections in Illinois, in DuPage County, in Milton Township, and in Wheaton. Conservative-haters ever-increasing determine which candidates win elections. Conservative-haters ever-increasingly do everything that they can a) to stop me from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters and b) to stop everyone from reading them.
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20230324/daily-herald-opinion-vote-however-whenever-and-for-whomever-as-long-as-you-vote
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Democrats ever-increasingly paint non-Democrats as being terrorists, and especially non-Democrats who are heterosexual, conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-poor, gun-owners, in a traditional marriage, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20230323/protecting-potential-targets-state-gives-security-grants-to-suburban-synagogues-mosques-and-womens-clinics

WTTW
— Democrats ever-increasingly use books to promote LGBTQ.
https://news.wttw.com/2023/03/23/attempts-ban-books-hit-record-high-2022-chicago-based-library-org-says

WBEZ
— Illinois Democrats spending big to combat ‘extremist conservatives’ in school board races. As outside conservative support grows in school board races, the Democratic Party of Illinois for the first time is investing in these local races. – Susie An (COMMENT: Democrat educators ever-increasingly push the Democrat Party platform on students.)
https://www.wbez.org/stories/illinois-democrats-spending-big-to-combat-extremist-conservatives-in-school-board-races/b82e0395-3afe-4aaf-92c8-53b663a1048b

DEKALB DAILY CHRONICLE
— NIU’s second annual drag show on Saturday – Megann Horstead (COMMENT: Democrats ever-increasingly promote LGBTQ.)
https://www.shawlocal.com/daily-chronicle/news/local/2023/03/24/nius-second-annual-drag-show-on-saturday-to-benefit-charity-public-welcome/

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote LGBTQ.
https://www.bnd.com/news/state/illinois/article273495015.html

RIVERSIDE BROOKFIELD LANMARK
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote LGBTQ.
https://www.rblandmark.com/2023/03/23/illinois-house-passes-bill-prohibiting-book-bans/

WAND TV
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote LGBTQ.
https://www.wandtv.com/news/national/desantis-to-expand-dont-say-gay-law-to-all-grades/article_43e563e5-bb34-50aa-9b60-0d6a5d010240.html

FOX ILLINOIS
— NHL team cites new Russian law for nixing LGBTQ Pride jerseys – AP
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/nhl-team-cites-new-russian-law-for-nixing-lgbtq-pride-jerseys-chicago-blackhawks-ice-hockey-gay-lesbian-trans-transgender-awareness-uniforms-rink-puck-ovechkin-anti-gay-laws

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— GOP questions DeSantis attacks on Trump ahead of possible indictment – Al Weaver
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/hill-politics/gop-questions-desantis-attacks-on-trump-ahead-of-possible-indictment/
— Graham praises DeSantis for labeling Putin ‘a war criminal’ – Alexander Bolton
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/hill-politics/graham-praises-desantis-for-labeling-putin-a-war-criminal/
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote LGBTQ.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/desantis-proposes-expansion-of-law-criticized-as-dont-say-gay/
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/hill-politics/republicans-seize-on-transgender-rights-ahead-of-2024/
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/other-states-are-copying-floridas-dont-say-gay-efforts/
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote government spending.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/hill-politics/democrats-dial-up-pressure-on-gop-over-proposed-spending-cuts/

NPR ILLINOIS
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote LGBTQ.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2023-03-23/plot-twist-activists-skirt-book-bans-with-guerrilla-giveaways-and-pop-up-libraries

WGEM
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote LGBTQ.
https://www.wgem.com/2023/03/23/illinois-house-passes-bill-prohibiting-book-bans/

WGLT
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote LGBTQ.
https://www.wglt.org/local-news/2023-03-23/illinois-house-passes-bill-prohibiting-book-bans

ADVANTAGE NEWS
— Democrats ever-increasingly lessen deterrents to crime.
https://www.advantagenews.com/news/local/granite-city-news/legislation-would-allow-prisoners-to-earn-parole-regardless-of-the-crime/article_3e5cb784-c8bc-11ed-ae60-2313ed95cad7.html

ILLINOIS PUBLIC RADIO
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote LGBTQ.
https://www.tspr.org/illinois-public-radio/2023-03-23/house-passes-bill-prohibiting-book-bans

CAPITOL ILLINOIS NEWS
— House narrowly passes bill allowing all-gender bathrooms – PETER HANCOCK (COMMENT: Democrats ever-increasingly promote LGBTQ.)
https://capitolnewsillinois.com/NEWS/house-narrowly-passes-bill-allowing-all-gender-bathrooms

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2023/03/24/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-39/
— Democratic Party of Illinois launches $300K direct mail, online ad program for school and library board races (COMMENT: Democrat educators ever-increasingly push the Democrat Party platform on students.)
https://capitolfax.com/2023/03/23/democratic-party-of-illinois-launches-300k-direct-mail-online-ad-program-for-school-and-library-board-races/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2023/03/23/afternoon-roundup-56/
— Chicago roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2023/03/23/that-toddlin-town-roundup-poll-has-vallas-black-support-plummeting/
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2023/03/23/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-38/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

WIREPOINTS
— PDF REPORT: Wheaton Warrenville CUSD 200 Poor results, high taxes and little accountability. Demand change! (COMMENT: Wheaton Warrenville CUSD 200 headquarters ( https://www.cusd200.org/ ) as well as Whitter Elementary ( https://www.cusd200.org/whittier ) and Edison Middle School ( https://www.cusd200.org/Domain/391 ) are all in my precinct. I will be hand-delivering this report along with campaign literature from Parents For CUSD200 Children ( https://parentsforcusd200.com/ ) to the homes in my precinct.)
https://wirepoints.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Wheaton-Warrenville-CUSD-200.pdf
— Don’t rely on local ‘caucus’ endorsements when voting on school boards and other offices in Illinois. They aren’t what you think.- Mark Glennon
https://wirepoints.org/dont-rely-on-local-caucus-endorsements-when-voting-on-school-boards-and-other-offices-in-illinois-they-arent-what-you-think-wirepoints/

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Democratic Party of Illinois spending in local school and library board races – Greg Bishop
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_93877aea-c9b7-11ed-8154-c3d98e0d7a1c.html#new_tab
— Coalition of spirits groups lobby for direct-to-consumer shipping in Illinois – Kevin Bessler (COMMENT: Democrats ever-increasingly push booze, gambling, pot, and other vices.)
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_d3cebf62-c991-11ed-acf4-272867e91af1.html
— Illinois ‘Freedom Caucus’ says majority Democrats’ agenda not good for taxpayers – Greg Bishop
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_1d937e54-c9b9-11ed-9745-6b331c31dfe0.html

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Dems Target $300,000 Campaign against “Anti-equality, Anti-truth Agenda” School and Library Board Candidates (COMMENT: Democrat educators ever-increasingly push the Democrat Party platform on students.)
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2023/03/23/dems-target-300000-campaign-against-anti-equality-anti-truth-agenda-school-and-library-board-candidates/
— $20 Million in State Taxes to Non-Profits to Increase Building Security – One in McHenry County – None for Crisis Pregnancy Centers
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2023/03/23/20-million-in-state-taxes-to-non-profits-to-increase-building-security-one-in-mchenry-county/
— Bob Anderson Goes after Township General Assistance, Cites Nunda Township
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2023/03/23/bob-anderson-goes-after-township-general-assistance-cites-nunda-township/
— Coroner Michael Rein Releases Covid Death Statistics – 260 McHenry County Residents, 66 from Elsewhere, Only One Under 30 Years Old, Health Department’s Number Is 581
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2023/03/22/coroner-michael-rein-releases-covid-death-statistics-260-mchenry-county-residents-66-from-elsewhere-only-one-under-30-years-old/

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— LOOPHOLE WILL LET BRANDON JOHNSON COLLECT PUBLIC PENSION NOW WORTH $1.1M – Bryce Hill (COMMENT: I should write a book about those who paint my $63,144/year Civil Service Retirement System pension the most as being excessive.)
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/loophole-will-let-brandon-johnson-collect-public-pension-now-worth-1-1m/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Mayor Keith Pekau Attacks, Insults Constituents Online, Proving he’s a Better Fit as a Server at Ed Debevic’s Than Mayor of Orland Park
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2023/03/mayor-keith-pekau-attacks-insults-constituents-online-proving-hes-a-better-fit-as-a-server-at-ed-debevics-than-mayor-of-orland-park.html

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Republican women not feeling the love during Women’s History Month – Valerie Richardson
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/mar/22/republican-women-not-feeling-love-during-womens-hi/
— Trump has every right to run again – DAVE HACHEY, Glen Burnie, Maryland
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/mar/23/trump-has-every-right-run-again/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Florida legislature sends universal school choice bill to DeSantis’s desk – Jeremiah Poff (COMMENT: My outstanding parents sent me to Trinity Lutheran Grade School in Crete 1953-1961 and then to Hope Lutheran Grade School in Park Forest 1961-1962 to stay with the Missouri Synod.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/community-family/florida-legislature-sends-universal-school-choice-bill-to-desantiss-desk
— San Francisco lawmakers trying to create $50 million reparations office – Jack Birle
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/equality-not-elitism/san-francisco-lawmaker-reparations-office

NEW YORK POST
— Cash-strapped millennials are begging their parents to move in and babysit – Jeanette Settembre (COMMENT: According to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, if my wife and I had children, I would not have been able to a) pass the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, b) earn a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, or c) pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt or become a licensed CPA in in 1981. Further, according to them a) my wife and I would not have been able to have a home built in Wheaton in 1984 and b) my wife would not have been able to earn a bachelor’s degree in finance from DePaul in 1986. While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997, all of my Democrat superiors and supervisors had children. All of them strongly painted themselves as being severely cash-strapped, education-limited, professional certification/license-limited, and/or career-limited because of their children. They viciously demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me because my wife and I gave up trying to have children, because we did not adopt, and because we did not become foster parents. I should write a book about my Democrat GAO superiors and supervisors.)
https://nypost.com/2023/03/23/why-millennials-are-begging-their-parents-to-move-in/

BREITBART
— GOP sets vote on ‘parents rights’ in clash over schools – AP
https://www.breitbart.com/news/gop-sets-vote-on-parents-rights-in-clash-over-schools/
— Biden Defense Officials Defend Diversity, Equity, Inclusion in the Military – KRISTINA WONG
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/03/23/biden-defense-officials-defend-diversity-equity-inclusion-military/

DAILY WIRE
— Ford Projects Its EV Division Will Lose Billions This Year. Ford is relying on its gas-powered vehicle production to fund the carmaker’s transition to EVs. – Zach Jewell (COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, RINOs, and other America-haters are doing everything that they can to bankrupt Ford and to bankrupt General Motors.)
https://www.dailywire.com/news/ford-projects-its-ev-division-will-lose-billions-this-year

FOX NEWS
— Democratic Party is showing it doesn’t want to be the party of parents – Asra Nomani (COMMENT: What percent of the parents in your school district are anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-heterosexual, anti-those in traditional marriages, anti-rich people, anti-home owners, anti-gun owners, anti-Christian, anti-Protestant, anti-Italian American, anti-Germans American, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6323191110112
— OUTRAGEOUS: Washington bill cuts English language requirement for cops, firefighters: ‘Equity agenda at play’ Seattle Democrat sponsored bill that would drop English requirement for cops to expand eligibility and ‘inclusiveness’ – Kristine Parks (COMMENT: All during the almost 30 years that I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government, they lowered hiring, retention, and promotion standards to hire, to retain, and to promote more Democrats who were minority, female, and/or younger. That ever-increasingly rendered worthless my job-related a) four college degrees, b) work experience, c) six professional certifications, and d) professional license.)
https://www.foxnews.com/media/washington-bill-cuts-english-language-requirement-cops-firefighters-equity-agenda-play

GOPUSA
— House Republicans Probe Preferred Pronoun Role Play At West Point
https://www.gopusa.com/house-republicans-probe-preferred-pronoun-role-play-at-west-point/
— Why Are The Republicans In Congress So Meek, Weak, And Afraid?
https://www.gopusa.com/why-are-the-republicans-in-congress-so-meek-weak-and-afraid/
— Nikki Haley Signals Ukraine Support, Splitting With Many Republicans
https://www.gopusa.com/nikki-haley-signals-ukraine-support-splitting-with-many-republicans/

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly promote wokeness, that is, Democrats ever-increasingly promote hatred against Republicans.
https://www.nationalreview.com/2023/03/svb-was-killed-by-incompetence-and-showiness-not-wokeness/

NEWSMAX
— DeSantis to Newsmax: ‘Our Own Border’ More Vital Than Ukraine’s – Eric Mack
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/lindsey-graham-border-ukraine/2023/03/23/id/1113631/
— DeSantis to Newsmax: Forget Trump Ticket, I’m ‘an Executive Guy’ – Eric Mack
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/ron-desantis-florida-gop/2023/03/23/id/1113625/

POLITICAL WIRE
— DeSantis Says He Would Not Be Trump’s Running Mate – Taegan Goddard
https://politicalwire.com/2023/03/24/desantis-says-he-would-not-be-trumps-running-mate/

TOWNHALL
— Recent Lowlights in the Woke Capture of Our Once-Venerable Institutions – Josh Hammer (COMMENT: I should write a book about the woke capture, that is, the anti-conservative capture, that is, the Democrat, Libertarian, Green, Independent, and/or RINO capture of the following: a) Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization, b) Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton, c) conservative leaders, organizations, and activists, d) religious leaders, organizations, and activists, e) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct and their political consultants, major donors, fundraisers, pollsters, campaign managers, campaign staff members, and campaign volunteers, and f) those who I have sued.)
https://townhall.com/columnists/joshhammer/2023/03/24/recent-lowlights-in-the-woke-capture-of-our-once-venerable-institutions-n2621071

ZERO HEDGE
— Why Can Only 6 Of Every 100 Chicago Black Students Do Math At Grade Level? Chicago Mayoral Candidate Johnson Offers Some Clues – TYLER DURDEN (COMMENT: My Democrat GAO superiors, supervisors, and I gave my Black subordinate lots of preference because he was Black, but even more preference because he was a CPA. In 1997, so that they could give him my job and give him my preferred corner office, my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to take their early retirement “offer.” I should write a book about that.)
https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/why-can-only-6-every-100-chicago-black-students-do-math-grade-level-chicago-mayoral

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— GOP sets vote on ‘parents rights’ in clash over schools – STEPHEN R. GROVES (COMMENT: What percent of the parents in your school district are anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-heterosexual, anti-those in traditional marriages, anti-rich people, anti-home owners, anti-gun owners, anti-Christian, anti-Protestant, anti-Italian American, anti-Germans American, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/education/article/gop-sets-vote-on-parents-rights-in-clash-over-17857479.php
— Election conspiracy movement grinds on as 2024 approaches – CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY (COMMENT: Conservative-haters ever-increasing control all aspects of elections in Illinois, in DuPage County, in Milton Township, and in Wheaton. Conservative-haters ever-increasing determine which candidates win elections. Conservative-haters ever-increasingly do everything that they can a) to stop me from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters and b) to stop everyone from reading them.)
https://apnews.com/article/voting-machines-election-conspiracies-republicans-trump-f867ef5ed8d66f375066f8cbdb25cdf4

REUTERS
— Democrats use Parkland parents to promote hatred against Republicans.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/parkland-parents-forcibly-removed-arrested-us-house-hearing-gun-control-2023-03-23/

THE HILL
— Nearly half of parents with adult children still pay their bills – DANIEL DE VISÉ (COMMENT: When you were young, what did you pay for with money that you earned? With money that I earned before I got married in 1978 when I was 29 years old, a) I bought a 1958 Chevrolet Bel Air in in 1964 when I was 16 years old, b) I bought a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint in 1966, c) I paid for all my UIC expenses 1966-1968, d) I bought a new 1968 Oldsmobile 442 in 1967, e) I bought a new 1969 Dodge Charger SE in 1968, f) I paid for all my NIU expenses 1969-1970, g) I bought a new 1972 Corvette in 1971, h) I paid for all my Loyola and DePaul graduate expenses 1972-1978, i) bought a new town home in University Park in 1972, j) I bought a studio condo in downtown Chicago in 1974, k) I bought a one bedroom condo in downtown Chicago in 1976, and l) I bought a new 1978 Oldsmobile Delta 88 Royale and a new 1978 Chevette in 1978. My outstanding parents provided me with room and board a) while I took classes at UIC 1966-1968, b) weekends during my first semester at NIU in 1969, and the summer of 1969. My father died suddenly in 1969. I lived with and helped support my mother and brother 1970-1972.)
https://thehill.com/business/personal-finance/3915186-nearly-half-of-parents-with-adult-children-still-pay-their-bills/

ABC NEWS
— Florida parents file lawsuit against state transgender youth care ban – Kiara Alfonseca (COMMENT: What do you say to parents who want their children to be LGBTQers? What percent of the parents in your school district want their children to be LGBTQers?)
https://abcnews.go.com/US/florida-parents-file-lawsuit-state-transgender-youth-care/story?id=98086864

NEWSWEEK
— Chicago Blackhawks Scrapping Pride Jerseys Due to Russia Law Sparks Anger – SHANNON POWER
https://www.newsweek.com/chicago-blackhawks-pride-jerseys-russia-1789808
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote wokeness, that is, Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly promote hatred against Republicans.
https://www.newsweek.com/war-wokeness-luxury-belief-right-opinion-1789681
— Woman Suing Parents for Secretly Spending Her College Fund – JACK BERESFORD (COMMENT: Where did the money come from to pay for your college expenses? I should write a book about where the money came from to pay for my college expenses.)
https://www.newsweek.com/woman-suing-parents-college-fund-reddit-1789692

NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: How Manhattan Hotels Became Refuges for Thousands of Migrants. The city has spent millions to convert upscale hotels, humble motels and even office buildings into housing for an influx of migrants. – Karen Zraick (COMMENT: In which buildings will your mayor house illegals?)
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/23/nyregion/nyc-hotels-homeless-shelters.html
— Democrats ever-increasingly use books to promote LGBTQ.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/23/books/book-ban-2022.html
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote wokeness, that is, Democrats ever-increasingly promote hatred against Republicans.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/21/opinion/black-power-wokeness.html
— Democrats ever-increasingly paint Republicans as being antisemitic.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/23/us/antisemitism-anti-defamation-league-report.html

WASHINGTON POST
— DeSantis hardens tone against Russia after criticism from Republicans – Victoria Bisset
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/03/23/desantis-putin-ukraine-war-piers-morgan/
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote LGBTQ.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2023/03/23/transgender-adults-transitioning-poll/
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote wokeness, that is, Democrats ever-increasingly promote hatred against Republicans.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/03/21/devolution-anti-wokeness/

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
— Parents, kids missing out due to lack of awareness about subsidized child care programs in NYC – Cayla Bamberger (COMMENT: My father made enough money that my mother could stay home and raise me and my brother. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always used that to demonize, denigrate, and condemn my parents and my brother and I as being undeservedly filth rich. In my father’s defense, he never made more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars, and when my brother and I were younger, he earned far less than that. He almost always worked second jobs to pay the family’s bills. Further, because my mother never attended high school, her earning potential was very limited.)
https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/education/ny-nyc-families-lack-awareness-of-subsidized-child-care-programs-20230323-tros4dj4dzglfcnh2kfbexhrem-story.html

USA TODAY
— During 1973, 1974, 1975, and 1976, I went on vacations with one of my IRS coworkers to Mexico, Hawaii, Jamacia, and the Bahamas. Of course, my Democrat IRS superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates used that to paint me as being overpaid and promoted too fast. I had gotten promoted a) to GS-9, currently $63,633/year, in 1972, b) to GS-11, currently $76,990/year, in 1973, and c) to GS-12, currently $92,279/year, in 1974. They also stressed that I had a) bought a new 1972 Corvette in 1971, b) paid for graduate business and accounting courses at Loyola and DePaul 1972-1980, c) bought a new town home in University Park in 1972, d) bought a studio condo in downtown Chicago in 1974, and e) bought a one bedroom condo in downtown Chicago in 1976.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/2023/03/23/hawaii-island-hopping-cheap/11478588002/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Banks Aren’t Busting the Economy, Politics Is Busting Banks – Joseph C. Sternberg
https://www.wsj.com/articles/banks-arent-busting-the-economy-politics-is-busting-banks-regulation-commercial-industrial-real-estate-lending-main-street-7bbaf04f
— Ever-increasingly, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, RINOs, and other America-haters are doing everything that they can to bankrupt Ford and to bankrupt General Motors.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/ford-projects-3-billion-loss-on-ev-business-for-2023-98037e4e
https://www.wsj.com/articles/ford-electric-vehicles-subsidies-fossil-fuels-5d13079
— UNDER THE DEMOCRATS AND UNDER THE RINOS: Most Americans Doubt Their Children Will Be Better Off. Dim view of economy underpins pessimism about future and record-low happiness in U.S. – Janet Adamy (COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, under the Democrats and under the RINOs, the more of the following that you are, the bleaker that your future is: heterosexual, conservative, Republican, White, male, married, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German America, and if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/most-americans-doubt-their-children-will-be-better-off-wsj-norc-poll-finds-35500ba8

BLOOMBERG
— Want better government? Pay bureaucrats more – Matthew Yglesias (COMMENT: In today’s dollars, my ending GAO salary in 1997 was $142,650/year. I had worked for GAO for almost 18 years and for IRS for almost 9 years before that. I had six job-related professional certifications and a professional license. I had four job-related college degrees.)
https://www.swoknews.com/coronavirus/matthew-yglesias-want-better-government-pay-bureaucrats-more/article_9f24e244-5cb6-5252-8a16-a8936f317e60.html

FORBES
— I should write a book about the culture in the Milton Township Republican Organization since 1999 under each of its chairmen.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbesbusinesscouncil/2023/03/23/the-key-to-creating-a-people-first-business-culture/

POLITICO
— Ron DeSantis has one very big problem: Donald Trump. “You’re not going to win in an insult slugfest with Donald Trump. That’s his strength.” – SALLY GOLDENBERG
https://www.politico.com/news/2023/03/23/ron-desantis-donald-trump-attack-machine-election-00088613
— Trump to GOP firms: Stop using my image or your clients will suffer – ALEX ISENSTADT
https://www.politico.com/news/2023/03/23/trump-to-gop-firms-stop-using-my-image-or-your-clients-will-suffer-00088649
— What the world looks like to Ron DeSantis – ALEXANDER WARD
https://www.politico.com/news/2023/03/23/ron-desantis-republican-foreign-policy-00088583

COLORADO POLITICS
— The Colorado GOP has a ‘faction’ problem – Jimmy Sengenberger (COMMENT: Since at least the 1970s, anti-conservatives, that is, anti-platform Republicans, that is, anti-Republicans have dominated the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization,)
https://www.coloradopolitics.com/opinion/the-colorado-gop-has-a-faction-problem-sengenberger/article_be7918f8-c840-11ed-91b2-7fc50b1f8e58.html

ATLANTIC
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote wokeness, that is, Democrats ever-increasingly promote hatred against Republicans.
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/03/bethany-mandel-woke-interview-definition/673454/

EDUCATION WEEK
— Faced With the Possibility of School Closure, Parents Sprang Into Action – Lauren Santucci (COMMENT: In 1961, when I was in 8th grade at Trinity Lutheran Grade School in Crete, my parents transferred me to a newly formed and very small 8th grade at Hope Lutheran Grade School in Park Forest. They did that because Trinity Lutheran had suddenly left the Missouri Synod for the Wisconsin Synod.)
https://www.edweek.org/leadership/video-faced-with-the-possibility-of-school-closure-parents-sprang-into-action/2023/03

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.