March 30, 2026

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— Pope Leo XIV rejects claims that God justifies war in Palm Sunday Mass message. DD: Countries that want to destroy America and/or destroy Christianity are overjoyed to hear that. Would the Pope say that God would say that America’s involvement in the following wars was justified: Revolutionary War, War of 1812, Indian Wars, Mexican-American War, Civil War, Spanish-American War, WWI, WWII, Korean War, Vietnam War, Persian Gulf War, Afghanistan War, Iraq War, etc.? Anti-Americans and/or anti-Christians reject the concepts of countries (except their own), governments (except their own), borders (except their own), laws (except their own), and/or religions (except their own). Anti-Americans and/or anti-Christians reject the U.S. Constitution, the English language, Protestantism, and/or American traditions. Anti-Americans and/or anti-Christians reject personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration laws, discouragement of vices, Second Amendment rights, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving). Anti-Americans and/or anti-Christians want Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, they want race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and/or national origin discrimination. Anti-Americans and/or anti-Christians want socialism, communism, and/or dictatorships that they control. Anti-Americans are overwhelmingly anti-Christian. Were it not for America’s military might, anti-Christians would have long since destroyed Catholicism.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/pope-leo-xiv-rejects-claims-god-justifies-war-palm-sunday-mass-message-st-peters-square/18801976/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/lgbtq/2026/03/29/basketball-tournament-makes-space-for-trans-athletes-amid-international-sports-bans
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2026/03/29/there-is-no-debate-over-the-ongoing-abuse-of-immigrants

DAILY HERALD
— DD: The top moments from this year’s CPAC according to Democrats
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260328/nation-and-world-politics/the-top-moments-from-this-years-cpac-conference-in-texas/

BELLEVIEW NEWS DEMOCRAT
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more pot.
https://www.bnd.com/living/article315200724.html

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Illinois leads the way on resistance
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/03/30/illinois-leads-the-way-on-resistance-00849824

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Who talks and/or acts like they have a low opinion of you, like they disapprove of you and why? Who blames you for their problems, for your problems, and/or for everyone’s problems and why? My critics/opponents have a very low opinion of me, they vehemently disapprove of me, they strongly blame me for their problems, for your problems, for my problems, for everyone’s problems. They have their operatives and their dupes destroy those like me a) who they cannot manipulate/dominate b) who refuse to glorify and praise them, c) who refuse to pander to them, d) who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, e) who refuse to cover up their wrong doing, and/or f) who refuse to give them money. I should start writing about my critics/opponents. I should name them and name their operatives and their dupes. I should write about the adverse actions that they have had their operatives and their dupes take against me. I would focus on past/present Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct since 2000 and who have lost elections. I would focus on past/present leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Milton Township Republican Organization, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Illinois Center Right Coalition, etc. I would focus on past/present Republican leaders of Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, etc. I would focus on past/present conservative leaders in Illinois. I would focus on past/present religious leaders in Illinois. I would focus on past/present major Republican donors in Illinois. I would focus on the aforesaid who reject the most conservative principles, religious principles, and planks in the Republican Party platform. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

BREAKTHROUGH IDEAS
— Another Week of Losses for “Trans” Tyranny
https://www.breakthrough-ideas.com/read/2026/03/27/another-week-of-losses-for-trans-tyranny

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

NEW YORK POST
— The bigotry against Israel is the latest political agenda conspired by Democrats
https://nypost.com/2026/03/28/opinion/the-bigotry-against-israel-is-the-latest-political-agenda-conspired-by-democrats/
— Pope Leo issues strong rebuke on ‘atrocious’ Iran war in Palm Sunday message: ‘Hands are full of blood’
https://nypost.com/2026/03/29/world-news/pope-leo-issues-strong-rebuke-on-atrocious-iran-war-in-palm-sunday-message/

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— On Manual Work for Men. DD: What manual work did you do? I did yard work 1962-1964, delivered newspapers 1962-1966, washed dishes 1964-1966, cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966, delivered mail 1966-1969, worked on an automotive assemble line in 1970, sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971, and pumped more gasoline 1971-1972.
https://amgreatness.com/2026/03/28/on-manual-work-for-men/

AMERICAN THINKER
— For Democrats, illegal aliens are more valuable than you are. Once, immigration was intended to benefit America and Americans. Today, for Democrats, the only benefit allowed is for the immigrants, especially the illegal ones.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2026/03/for_dems_illegal_aliens_are_more_valuable_than_you_are.html
— The Continuous Decline of Morality in the USA. It’s only gotten worse. DD: Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly promote more vice.
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2026/03/the_continuous_decline_of_morality_in_the_usa.html

CITY JOURNAL
— DD: What do your critics/opponents stress to discredit you? My critics/opponents stress the success that they have had getting their operatives and their dupes to take adverse actions against me including a) throwing me off the Illinois Republican Party State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee in 2024, b) ending my service as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks in 2021, c) gerrymandering my precinct in 2015, d) ending my service as the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman in 2012, e) ending my service as the Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) webmaster in 2010 and 2004, f) ending my service as an Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) Steering Committee member in 2007, g) almost getting ICRC to censure me for my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters in 2006, h) defeating my bid to serve as MTRO Treasurer in 2004, and i) getting a registered Republican voter in my precinct to run against me for Republican Precinct Committeeman in 2000.
https://www.city-journal.org/article/inferior-choices-values-identity

COLLEGE FIX
— Professors join the masses for No Kings protests
https://www.thecollegefix.com/professors-join-the-masses-for-no-kings-protests/

DEPARTMENT OF WAR
— Hegseth Says Promotions, Retention to be Based on Meritocracy, Not Quotas. DD: All during the almost 30 years that I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government, they had to meet Affirmative Action (AA) promotion quotas, goals, and targets. They used AA to stop me from getting promoted to GS-13 at IRS. They used AA to force me to suffer a $23,699/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars, a downgrade from GS-12 Step 5 to GS-9 Step 10, to transfer to GAO in 1980. They used AA to delay my promotions back to GS-11 and GS-12 and my promotion to GS-13. They used AA to stop me from being promoted to GS-14. They used AA to force me to retire when I was 49 in 1997. My democrat IRS and GAO superiors ever-increasingly used AA to waste my career and to get rid of me. That ever-increasingly rendered worthless my job-related bachelor’s degree, my three job-related master’s degrees, my six job-related professional certifications, and my job related professional license. The aforesaid would not have happened if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran.
https://www.war.gov/News/News-Stories/Article/Article/4318944/hegseth-says-promotions-retention-to-be-based-on-meritocracy-not-quotas/

EPOCH TIMES
— Los Angeles Police Arrest Dozens of Protesters After ‘No Kings’ Rally Turns Into Riot. The arrests were made on March 28 outside of the Edward R. Roybal Federal Building in downtown Los Angeles.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/los-angeles-police-arrest-dozens-of-protesters-after-no-kings-rally-turns-into-riot-6005449
— Why Homeownership Is Increasingly Elusive for Young People. DD: I could not have afforded to buy a new townhome in University Park ( https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/774-Sunset-Ct-5-University-Park-IL-60484/5451474_zpid/ ) when I was 24 in 1972 if it had cost more. In today’s dollars, I paid about $180,000 for it. In today’s dollars, my IRS Revenue Officer salary had increased from $56,409/year to $68,999/year. The down payment came from what I had earned working for IRS for 15 months and for a Firestone Store part-time for 18 months and full-time for 7 months before that. According to Zillow, the townhome is currently worth $89,100. Sadly, that says worlds about real estate values in University Park.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/article/why-homeownership-is-increasingly-elusive-for-young-people-6002031

FEDERALIST
— Ivy League Ideological Monoculture Is Useless To The U.S. Military
https://thefederalist.com/2026/03/30/ivy-league-ideological-monoculture-is-useless-to-the-u-s-military/

JONATHAN TURLEY
— Chicago Launches Task Force to Implement Reparations in the Midst of Budget Crisis. DD: Since the 1960s, Affirmative Action and DEI have been reparations.
https://jonathanturley.org/2026/03/29/chicago-launches-task-force-to-implement-reparations-in-the-midst-of-budget-crisis/amp/

LAW ENFORCEMENT TODAY
— DD: A critic blasts Bovino. If you are forced to retire, your critics/opponents will forever use that to demonize you, to denigrate you, and to condemn you. My critics/opponents side with my Democrat GAO superiors who forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997. To hint/imply/argue/shout that must have been an extremely bad person, they stress that I was forced to retire even though I had the following: a) three job-related master’s degrees, b) six job-related professional certifications, c) a job-related professional license, d) experience working for GAO for almost 18 years, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 Levels, currently $118,984-$154,682/year, and e) experience working for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $100,059-$113,402/year. They stress that my replacement a) had less work experience than I had, b) had less education than I had, c) had one professional certification while I had six, and d) had no professional license like the one I had.
https://lawenforcementtoday.com/the-true-greg-bovino-when-sheepdog-is-really-wolf-in-sheeps-clothing

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Democrat Representative Calls for Reparations for Illegal Aliens ‘Traumatized’ By ICE
https://legalinsurrection.com/2026/03/dem-rep-calls-for-reparations-for-illegal-aliens-traumatized-by-ice/

NEW AMERICAN
— Government “Schools” Raising Woke & Illiterate Activists: Chicago Teacher Blows Whistle. DD: My parents sending me to Missouri Synod Lutheran grade schools put me on track to earn a) a job-related bachelor’s degree, b) three job-related master’s degrees, c) six job-related professional certifications, and d) a job-related professional license.
https://thenewamerican.com/video/newman/government-schools-raising-woke-illiterate-activists-chicago-teacher-blows-whistle/

PJ MEDIA
— What to Make of Vance’s Belief That UFOs and Space Aliens Are Demons?
https://pjmedia.com/scott-pinsker/2026/03/29/what-to-make-of-jd-vances-belief-that-ufos-and-space-aliens-are-demons-n4951211

TOWNHALL
— American Blood on the Hands of American Leftists
https://townhall.com/columnists/allenwest/2026/03/30/american-blood-on-the-hands-of-american-leftists-n2673559

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

THE HILL
— Pope Leo: God ‘does not listen to the prayers of those who wage war’
https://thehill.com/policy/international/5806337-pope-rejects-war-prayers-iran-palm-sunday/
— How MAGA divides over Iran manifested at CPAC
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5805920-cpac-trump-maga-iran/

MSN
— Pollster warns GOP faces midterm disaster
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/insight/pollster-warns-gop-faces-midterm-disaster/gm-GM7957FEEA

CNN
— Pope Leo condemns ‘those who wage war’
https://www.cnn.com/2026/03/29/world/video/pope-leo-condemns-those-who-wage-war-digvid-vrtc

CBS NEWS
— Trump administration scaling back asylum crackdown
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-administration-scaling-back-asylum-005537313.html

WASHINGTON POST
— DD: Opponents of Trump’s Surgeon General nominee stress that her medical license is currently inactive. While my critics/opponents reluctantly/begrudgingly acknowledge that I passed the CPA and Certified Internal Auditor examinations on my first attempt, they stress that my scores were not that great. Further, while they reluctantly/begrudgingly acknowledge that I am a Certified Fraud Examiner, Certified Government Financial Manager, Certified Financial Services Auditor, and Forensic Accountant, they stress that I got those certifications by grandfathering in instead of passing examinations. Of course, they stress how long ago I got those certifications: 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997 respectively. Further, while they acknowledge that I am a licensed CPA, they stress that my license has been inactive since 2000 and that I got it way back in 1981.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/03/29/trump-surgeon-general-means-adams/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— What Do Democrats Mean by ‘Democracy’? They claim Trump is an authoritarian, but their agenda seems to be ensuring one-party rule. DD: For Democrats, democracy is what you use a) to take opportunities, rights, money, and everything else away from Republicans and b) to give it all to Democrats.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/what-do-democrats-mean-by-democracy-1b3fd663

ENTREPRENEUR
— How to get promoted. DD: My Democrat superiors in the federal government made it clear what they wanted their employees to do to get promoted: a) become a Democrat, b) help them give preference to their Democrat employees who were minority, female, younger, and/or veteran, and c) help them get rid of their Republican employees who were White, male, older, and/or non-veteran. Because I refused to do the aforesaid, my Democrat superiors in the federal government took many big adverse actions against me. My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997, they always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, they delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS13, and they forced me to take a $23,699/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS when I was 31. My Democrat IRS superiors never promoted me beyond GS-12, they disallowed my education deductions when I was 29, and they disallowed my travel vouchers when I was 25. My Democrat Post Office superiors forced me to resign when I was 20 and they disallowed my sick leave requests when I was 19 and 20.
https://www.entrepreneur.com/business-news/how-to-get-promoted-and-thrive-at-work-by-eating-the-frog/467836

NATIONAL CATHOLIC REPORTER
— Pope Leo opens Holy Week with plea for peace: No one can use Jesus to ‘justify war’
https://www.ncronline.org/vatican/vatican-news/pope-leo-opens-holy-week-plea-peace-no-one-can-use-jesus-justify-war

PEOPLE
— Pope Leo Takes Aim at World Leaders as Iran War Continues: God ‘Does Not Listen to the Prayers of Those Who Wage War’
https://people.com/pope-leo-on-iran-war-god-does-not-listen-to-the-prayers-of-those-who-wage-war-11936795

NPR
— Pope Leo XIV rejects claims that God justifies war in Palm Sunday Mass message
https://www.npr.org/2026/03/29/nx-s1-5765380/pope-leo-rejects-claims-god-justifies-war-palm-sunday

SOCIALIST WORKER
— Will a revolution end oppression? DD: All my critics/opponents paint themselves a) as being oppressed and/or b) as being champions for those who are oppressed. According to them, those who are the following are oppressed: a) liberal/moderate, b) minority, c) female, d) younger, e) LGBTQ, f) unmarried, g) non-Protestant, h) non-German American, i) have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or j) have less money than others.
https://socialistworker.co.uk/teach-yourself-marxism/will-a-revolution-end-oppression/

FROM FOREIGN SOURCES

TIMES OF INDIA
— Trump’s Iran Claims Spark Ripple; Pope Calls Out ‘those Who Wage War’
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/videos/entertainment/english/trumps-iran-claims-spark-ripple-pope-calls-out-those-who-wage-war/videoshow/129897170.cms

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS TIMES
— Pope Leo Delivers Blunt Anti-War Rebuke: ‘God Does Not Listen to the Prayers of Those Who Wage War’
https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/pope-leo-xiv-condemns-war-palm-sunday-message-1789186

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.