November 1 Morning Edition

ABC7
— Evanston gathering turns violent overnight, police say – Jesse Kirsch (DIERSEN: How prepared are the police in your municipality for Democrat vandalism, Democrat looting, Democrat rioting, and Democrat arson?)
https://abc7chicago.com/evanston-gathering-turns-violent-overnight/7540524/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A gathering that included some Northwestern University students turned violent in Evanston overnight Sunday. Some Whole Foods windows were boarded up Sunday morning after a gathering in downtown Evanston became violent, according to police. Police said an unruly crowd began throwing bricks and fireworks at officers. There were windows broken and other property damage in the city’s downtown shortly before midnight Saturday. Several officers were treated for minor injuries. Other police departments from neighboring communities were called in to help restore order. It is unclear what the students were protesting last night. Recently, a student group has been demanding that the Northwestern University cut ties with campus police. University President Morton Schapiro wrote a letter to the community after an earlier incident acknowledging the concerns of injustice, but he also made it clear the school has no intention of dissolving its police department. In a letter last week, Schapiro highlighted a new safety oversight board that will be made up of faculty, staff and students.)
— UChicago student protest calls for school to defund its campus police, invest in cultural centers
https://abc7chicago.com/community-events/student-protest-calls-for-uchicago-to-defund-its-campus-police/7540715/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Student demonstrations at the University of Chicago blocked streets in Hyde Park Saturday night. Student groups have called for the University to defund its campus police, and invest in cultural centers and in Hyde Park’s neighboring communities. The University said it increased its campus police staffing for Halloween.)

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Graduated-rate tax amendment rally gets sidetracked by Toni Preckwinkle pitch for Kim Foxx’s reelection – RICK PEARSON
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-toni-preckwinkle-kim-foxx-income-tax-amendment-20201031-wv7dnpkdtnhkbfv7ojbfgoaavi-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater promotes hatred against Trump.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/clarence-page/ct-column-donald-trump-lies-hyperbole-page-20201030-xqupi2rvbndyllisf7onl6gklu-story.html
— Who’s afraid of Scabby the Rat? – STEVE CHAPMAN (DIERSEN: Overwhelmingly, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes hate unions, hate past union members, hate current union members, and hate future union members. They stress that I was a union member for almost 12 years – almost 3 years while I worked for the Post Office 1966-1969 and for almost 9 years while I worked for IRS 1971-1980. I transferred from IRS to GAO in 1980. GAO did not unionize until 2007. If GAO had been unionized in 1997, I might still be a GAO employee.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/steve-chapman/ct-column-scabby-rat-nlrb-trump-chapman-20201030-424wbsijyvh6dln7exwcnvuqcq-story.html
— Election season unlike any other nears finish line – RICK PEARSON (DIERSEN: What encourages you to help elect candidates? For me, it includes their demonstrated ability and motivation to defend and advance the Republican Party platform, including its traditional marriage, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-election-final-weekend-illinois-20201030-u5gft5lyn5gkrh66opva76czsa-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Spurred by election enthusiasm, students push peers to vote — even if they can’t vote themselves Using class presentations, social media and video games, students in high school and college are educating their peers about voting ahead of Tuesday’s election. – Nader Issa (DIERSEN: What encourages you to help elect candidates? For me, it includes their demonstrated ability and motivation to defend and advance the Republican Party platform, including its traditional marriage, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2020/11/1/21542798/election-chicago-students-voting-tuesday-november-3-foreman-college-career-depaul-university

WTTW
— Record 32 Million Latinos Are Eligible to Vote – Erica Gunderson (DIERSEN: Democrats shout at Latinos that Republicans are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things who should be gotten rid of once and for all. Democrats see Latinos as being their soldiers in their army to destroy Republicans.)
https://news.wttw.com/2020/10/31/election-2020-record-32-million-latinos-are-eligible-vote

WGN RADIO
— What if downstate Illinois seceded? (DIERSEN: The Democrats who run Chicago and Cook County have made it clear that they want to get rid of the rest of Illinois.)
https://wgnradio.com/outside-the-loop-radio/otl-733-what-if-downstate-illinois-seceded-untold-mob-stories-tracking-state-covid-19-spending/

NORTHWEST INDIANA TIMES
— Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich to appear at Trump rally in Chicago – Mike Clark
https://www.nwitimes.com/news/former-illinois-gov-rod-blagojevich-to-appear-at-trump-rally-in-chicago/article_76055ae1-7599-5187-8f33-e3598ecd6ef7.html

ALTON TELEGRAPH
— Group protests Ninian Edwards statue on Halloween (DIERSEN: Crete is my hometown. I lived there 1948-1972. My ancestors on my father’s side have lived there since 1854. My brother continues to live there in a house that my grandfather had built in 1926 on land that his grandfather bought in 1864. Information on Crete is at http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/351.html .)
https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/article/Group-protests-Ninian-Edwards-statue-on-Halloween-15691388.php

FOX ILLINOIS
— Black Lives Matter faces test of its influence in election – AP (DIERSEN: Democrats use BLM to demonize, denigrate, and condemn Republicans as being racists and even worse things. How much influence does BLM have over those who run your municipality, your township, and your county?)
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/black-lives-matter-faces-test-of-its-influence-in-election

NPR ILLINOIS
— What It’s Like For Asian American Candidates During A Pandemic Marked By Racism? – CHLOEE WEINER (DIERSEN: What is your national origin? I am 100% German national origin. What has it been like for German Americans since WWI and since WWII? I should write a book about individuals, organizations, companies, and governments that have discriminated the most against German Americans.)
https://www.nprillinois.org/post/what-its-asian-american-candidates-during-pandemic-marked-racism#stream/0

GLEN ELLYN PATCH
— Black Lives Matter at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church – Melissa Gonzalez (DIERSEN: Democrats use BLM to demonize, denigrate, and condemn Republicans as being racists and even worse things.)
https://patch.com/illinois/glenellyn/ep/1301788/nodx

BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO
— Religious Services Should Be Moved Online As Coronavirus Surges In Illinois, Pritzker Says Religious services should be held virtually to protect people as coronavirus resurges throughout Illinois, Gov. JB Pritzker said. – Kelly Bauer
https://blockclubchicago.org/2020/10/30/religious-services-should-be-moved-online-as-coronavirus-surges-in-illinois-pritzker-says/

CENTER SQUARE
— State data: Estimated 1% of COVID-19 outbreaks came from restaurants – Cole Lauterbach
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/state-data-estimated-1-of-covid-19-outbreaks-came-from-restaurants/article_13b3ef74-1ad2-11eb-b269-cffd2d66f412.html

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— ILLINOIS SPENT $4.18 MILLION NUDGING VOTERS WHO DID NOT REQUEST MAIL-IN BALLOTS – Brad Weisenstein
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/illinois-spent-4-18-million-nudging-voters-who-did-not-request-mail-in-ballots/

FOX NEWS
— Home Depot co-founder Bernie Marcus: Trump deserves a second term and has my vote. Here’s why. Undecided voters should ask themselves: Do I want to return to the pre-pandemic Trump nation or the Obama-Biden stagnation? – Bernie Marcus
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/home-depot-co-founder-marcus-trump-second-term
— Trump reacts after Facebook removes ‘NJ Women for Trump’ group: ‘Put them back NOW! “Three days before Election Day? That is absolutely appalling,” the group’s co-founder Priscilla Confrey said – Brie Stimson
https://www.foxnews.com/tech/trump-reacts-after-facebook-removes-nj-women-for-trump-group-put-them-back-now

AMERICAN THINKER
— Trump: The perennial fighting underdog! – Uldis Sprogis
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2020/11/trump_the_perennial_fighting_underdog.html
— Will Halloween Last for Weeks? – Clarice Feldman (DIERSEN: How prepared are the police in your municipality for Democrat vandalism, Democrat looting, Democrat rioting, and Democrat arson?)
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2020/11/will_halloween_last_for_weeks.html

DAILY CALLER
— Late Ballots, Mismatched Signatures, Drop Boxes — Here’s How Hundreds Of Lawsuits Could Affect The Election’s Outcome – THOMAS CATENACCI (DIERSEN: I should write a book about the lawsuits that I have filed. I would focus on the defendants in those lawsuits and the retaliatory actions that they have taken against me and continue to take against me.)
https://dailycaller.com/2020/10/31/election-lawsuits-election-outcome-late-ballots-mismatched-signatures-drop-boxes/

JONATHAN TURLEY
— “Not Pro-Black”: Wisconsin Students Unanimously Vote To Remove Lincoln Statue As Racist
https://jonathanturley.org/2020/10/30/not-pro-back-wisconsin-students-unanimously-vote-to-remove-lincoln-statue-as-racist/

NATIONAL REVIEW
— The Economist Warns Democrats the Equality Act Goes Too Far – JOHN MCCORMACK (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats and RINOs pass laws that require everyone to discriminate against those who are White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, gun owners, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, draft avoiders (except Joe Biden and Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/the-economist-warns-democrats-the-equality-act-goes-too-far/

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— CHICAGO TRIBUNE ARTICLE TITLE: Courting the political homeless vote – AARON MORRISON (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, in Illinois, in DuPage County, in Milton Township, and in Wheaton, those like me who support the traditional family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks in the Republican Party platform ARE POLITICALLY HOMELESS. RINO leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization; RINO elected officials; and RINO candidates do little or nothing to defend or advance the aforesaid planks. Some of the aforesaid RINOs focus on getting rid of those like me who support the aforesaid planks. I should write a book about those RINOs.)
https://www.wfmj.com/story/42830748/black-mens-votes-courted-as-some-search-for-political-home

CNN
— Store fronts in New York City and Washington, DC, are being boarded up ahead of Election Day – Sheena Jones (DIERSEN: How prepared are the police in your municipality for Democrat vandalism, Democrat looting, Democrat rioting, and Democrat arson?)
https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/us-election-news-10-31-2020/h_eec07bbb053ceb0d2607233d6c34b2ef

NBC NEWS
— Biden is leading Trump in 2020 polls. But expect Election Day to be a repeat of 2016. Biden and his campaign are making mistakes that will ensure little of this matters. And the polls are almost certainly wrong again. – Keith Koffler
https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/biden-leading-trump-2020-polls-expect-election-day-be-repeat-ncna1245282
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: If you promote LGBTQ, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs promote you.
https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/meet-gay-republican-who-helped-defeat-every-anti-lgbtq-bill-n1245615

NEW YORK TIMES
— Stanford Study Seeks to Quantify Infections Stemming From Trump Rallies – Sheryl Gay Stolberg (DIERSEN: What about infections stemming from Democrat protests, Democrat vandalism, Democrat looting, Democrat rioting, and Democrat arson?)
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/31/us/politics/stanford-study-infections-trump-rallies.html
— Americans Surge to Polls: ‘I’m Going to Vote Like My Life Depends on It’ Anxious but determined, Americans are pushing through challenges like the pandemic and long lines to cast their ballot. The country is on course to surpass 150 million votes for the first time. – Nick Corasaniti and Stephanie Saul (DIERSEN: What motivates you to vote for Republican? Ever-increasingly, Democrats make clear that they want to get of those who are conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, gun owners, Christian, Protestant, German American, draft avoiders (except Joe Biden and Bill Clinton), and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/31/us/politics/early-voting.html
— Without More Enforcement, Tax Evasion Will Spread Like a Virus. The I.R.S. is on few people’s most-loved lists, yet the agency needs more money to enforce the tax code, an economist says. – Robert H. Frank (DIERSEN: I worked for IRS’s Collection Division for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 levels. currently $85,084-$96,431/year. I worked for GAO on audits of IRS’s Criminal Investigation Division for 3 years at the GS-13 Step-1-3 levels, currently $101,176-$107,922/year. I should write a book about those a) who have wasted my knowledge of IRS the most and b) who have demonstrated their hatred of IRS employees the most.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/30/business/tax-evasion-virus-IRS.html
— N.Y.C. Poll Workers: Young, Engaged and Tired of Their Apartments Many see the job as their civic duty, especially during a pandemic. – Elspeth Velten and Jazmine Hughes
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/28/nyregion/coronavirus-nyc-poll-workers-election.html
— Are the Suburbs Turning Democratic? The political dividing line in America used to be between Democratic cities and Republican suburbs. Now it runs through the center of the suburbs themselves. – Sabrina Tavernise and Robert Gebeloff (DIERSEN: During the last 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30+ years, in your precinct, what percent of those who have moved in are Republican-haters? The cost of living in Wheaton, Milton Township, and DuPage County is very high. Nevertheless, hypocritical hate-filled Republican-hating Republican haters want to live there to hypocritically take advantage of the prosperity and safety that Republicans created there. I should write a book about hypocritical hate-filled Republican-hating Republican haters in Wheaton, Milton Township, and DuPage County.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/25/us/democrats-republicans-suburbs.html
— They Did Not Vote in 2016. Why They Plan to Skip the Election Again. Between a third and a half of all eligible voters typically stay home during presidential elections. – Sabrina Tavernise and Robert Gebeloff
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/26/us/election-nonvoters.html
— Signs Get Snatched, Kicked, Burned as Political Battle Reaches the Front Lawn Fights over political signs happen every year, but this year seems more intense. “It feels like a war,” one resident said – Julie Bosman
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/01/us/political-sign-wars.html

WASHINGTON POST
— The end of campaigning as we knew it What replaced it was Zooms and elbow bumps and plexiglass … though Trump rallies quickly returned – Holly Bailey (DIERSEN: In DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 9, for the 20th year in a row, a) I delivered Republican campaign literature and a sample ballot to all the residences in the precinct that have at least one Republican or one Independent voter and b) urged Republican homeowners to display yard signs for Republican candidates.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/politics/pandemic-campaign-trump-biden/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: What do you say to Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs who falsely claim to care about minorities; women; younger people; LGBTQers; those who have less education, job skills, and/or money than others; illegals; veterans; non-Christians; non-German Americans; and/or those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2020/10/30/trump-empathy-virtue-signaling/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters say “Trump allies, largely unconstrained by Facebook’s rules against repeated falsehoods, cement pre-election dominance
From a pro-Trump super PAC to the president’s eldest son, conservatives have blown past Facebook’s fact-checking guardrails, with few consequences.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/11/01/facebook-election-misinformation/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Republican-hating Republican-haters glorify and praise RINOs who promote hatred against Trump.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/11/01/distinguished-pols-week-they-put-country-over-party/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater says “To understand Trump’s GOP, we need to look to Lenin and Mao. The GOP is behaving like a Maoist party.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2020/11/01/understand-trumps-gop-we-need-look-lenin-mao/

NEW YORK POST
— Police declare riot in Portland after unrest during ‘Capitalism is Scary’ march – Jackie Salo (DIERSEN: How prepared are the police in your municipality for Democrat vandalism, Democrat looting, Democrat rioting, and Democrat arson?)
https://nypost.com/2020/11/01/police-declare-riot-in-portland-after-rioters-smash-windows/

WASHINGTON NEWSDAY
— Vancouver, Washington, is preparing for riots following the fatal shooting of Kevin Peterson by police. – JONATHAN EDWARDS (DIERSEN: How prepared are the police in your municipality for Democrat vandalism, Democrat looting, Democrat rioting, and Democrat arson?)
https://washingtonnewsday.com/top-stories/vancouver-washington-is-preparing-for-riots-following-the-fatal-shooting-of-kevin-peterson-by-police/

FORBES
— 3 Things You Should Consider Before Changing Careers – Terina Allen (DIERSEN: Have you changed careers? In 1980, when I was 31 years old, I suffered a $20,157/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO. My critics opponents shouted that was a) proof that IRS had overpaid me, b) proof that I had changed careers, and c) proof that the experience that I had gained by working for IRS almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 levels, currently $85,084-$96,431/year, was worthless. In fact, much of what I did for IRS as a Revenue Officer was similar to what I would do for GAO as an Analyst, including financial investigation; interviewing; gathering, summarizing, and analyzing data; writing reports; and making recommendations. My Democrat IRS superiors had made very clear that they would never promote me beyond GS-12. They had disallowed my education deductions in 1978, gotten rid of my mentor in 1975, and disallowed my partial day per diem claims in 1974. They had dismissed and belittled the fact that I had passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979 and that I had earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/terinaallen/2020/10/31/3-things-you-should-consider-before-changing-careers/
— Trump Calls Republican Critics ‘Lowest Form Of Human Life,’ Says He’s ‘Running Against’ Them – Andrew Solender (DIERSEN: RINOs have always worked extremely hard against me. Since 2000, they have done everything that they can a) to stop me from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails and b) to stop everyone from reading those emails. They ended a) my TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairmanship in 2012, b) my Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee membership in 2011, c) my Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) webmaster service in 2010 and 2004, d) my Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) Steering Committee membership in 2007, and e) my American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board membership in 2004. They almost succeeded in getting ICRC to censure me in 2006 because of my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails. They crushed my bid to serve as MTRO Treasurer in 2004. I should write a book about the aforesaid RINOs.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/andrewsolender/2020/10/28/trump-calls-republican-critics-lowest-form-of-human-life-says-hes-running-against-them/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: President Trump offered perhaps his most scathing attacks on members of his own party who have criticized him publicly – referred to as ‘RINOs’, short for Republicans in Name Only – amid a deepening divide between the president and Republican lawmakers as his reelection prospects have become increasingly grim. At a rally in Arizona on Wednesday, Trump claimed he is not only running against former Vice President Joe Biden and the Democratic party, but the “left wing mob,” the “big-tech giants” and “the RINOs.” Just in the last few months, Trump has used the term ‘RINO’ to describe Sens. Pat Toomey (R-Pa.), Mitt Romney (R-Utah) and Ben Sasse (R-Neb.), as well as Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker, former House Speaker Paul Ryan, former Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder and former Rep. Tom Ridge. Trump has also used the term to refer to former George W. Bush adviser Karl Rove, the members of The Lincoln Project, a group of anti-Trump Republicans, Republican governors who criticized his handling of coronavirus and any Republican voters who do not approve of his job performance. Trump has increasingly incorporated RINOs into his stump speech in recent months as part of his “drain the swamp” narrative, calling them “sickos” and declaring they are “worse than the Democrats.” He took his denunciations one step further on Wednesday, stating he prefers leftists to RINOs, who he called the “lowest form of human life,” and even speculating that audio difficulties at his rally were caused by one: “It’s probably a RINO operating the thing.” Trump’s increased focus on RINOs comes as sitting Republican officials have shown an increasing willingness to break with him publicly.)

ATLANTIC
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats and RINOs pass laws that require everyone to discriminate against those who are White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, gun owners, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, draft avoiders (except Joe Biden and Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/10/how-court-inverted-constitutional-protections-against-discrimination/616911/

NEWSWEEK
— People Call to #BoycottHomeDepot After Co-Founder Backs Donald Trump – AILA SLISCO
https://www.newsweek.com/people-call-boycotthomedepot-after-co-founder-backs-donald-trump-1543730

INDEED
— Q&A: What Is Seniority in the Workplace? (DIERSEN: My Democrat GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were furious when in 1990, I got a preferred corner office in a new building ( https://200westadams.com/ ) a) because I had gotten promoted to GS-13 in 1986 and b) because of the almost 12 years of federal seniority that I had gained by working for IRS 1971-1980 and for the Post Office 1966-1969.)
https://www.indeed.com/career-advice/career-development/seniority-in-the-workplace

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.