November 15 Evening Edition

ABC7

— Illinois COVID Update: IL reports 2,357 cases, 13 deaths
https://abc7chicago.com/illinois-covid-testing-cases-test/11239438/
— Chicago FOP president announces retirement, run for mayor after 1st day of termination hearing – Trenier Ward and Craig Wall
https://abc7chicago.com/chicago-police-department-news-fop-john-catanzara/11238216/
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, pot pushers push pot. To push pot on an individual, municipality, township, county, state, or country is to destroy that individual, municipality, township, county, state, or country.
https://abc7chicago.com/wrigleyville-dispensary-sunnyside-marijuana-north-clark/11238640/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— President Biden signs $1T infrastructure bill into law – AP
https://www.chicagotribune.com/nation-world/ct-aud-nw-biden-infrastructure-bill-20211115-uimli4vot5devdvmyoiuw5juzq-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats encourage children to be LGBTQers.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2021/11/15/22778378/lgbtq-students-universities-worst-list-safety-mental-health-elizabeth-ziff

DAILY HERALD
— DuPage County lags suburbs, Lake County leads in vaccinating kids 5 to 11 – Jake Griffin
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20211115/dupage-county-lags-suburbs-lake-county-leads-in-vaccinating-kids-5-to-11
— Fast does not always equate with best – Carol Jeanne Davis, Downers Grove
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20211115/fast-does-not-always-equate-with-best

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— U of C’s Zimmer quits Austin university board. University of Chicago Chancellor Robert Zimmer is quitting the effort to launch a new anti-“cancel culture” institution. – ELYSSA CHERNEY
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/education/university-chicagos-robert-zimmer-quits-university-austin-board
— Chicago police union boss leaving department, announces bid for mayor. Rather than face potential firing, John Catanzara announced his plans to resign from the Chicago Police Department, continue to lead the city’s biggest police union, and run for mayor in 2023. – A.D. QUIG
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/government/john-catanzara-quitting-chicago-police-department-and-running-mayor

RIVER BENDER
— Democratic Party Of Illinois Launches Digital Ad Campaign Holding Republicans Accountable Over Infrastructure Opposition
https://www.riverbender.com/articles/details/democratic-party-of-illinois-launches-digital-ad-campaign-holding-republicans-accountable-over-infrastructure-opposition-54722.cfm

JIM DURKIN
— Durkin in Crain’s “The fight against Statehouse corruption requires a strong watchdog”
(COMMENT: I hope that whoever is selected has strong credentials. I worked for GAO for almost 18 years, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 Levels, currently $102,188-132,845/year. I worked for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $85,935-$97,395/year. I passed the CPA and Certified Internal Auditor examinations on my first attempt. I became a licensed CPA, Certified Fraud Examiner, Certified Government Financial Manager, Certified Financial Services Auditor, and Forensic Accountant. I earned master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance. I served on the Executive Committee of the Association of Government Accountants Chicago Chapter for 13 years.)
https://repdurkin.com/durkin-in-crains-the-fight-against-statehouse-corruption-requires-a-strong-watchdog/

NORTHERN STAR
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, NIU promotes LGBTQ.
https://northernstar.info/90162/news/niu-holds-37-gender-inclusive-restrooms-plans-to-create-more/

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Ives: CUSD200 school board member Mary Yeboah ‘should resign’
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/612537150-ives-cusd200-school-board-member-mary-yeboah-should-resign

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Attorney Generals Attack Christian Colleges and Universities – Patience Griswold
https://illinoisfamily.org/homosexuality/attorney-generals-attack-christian-colleges-and-universities/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— ROSSI: DEMOCRAT PRESIDENT BIDEN’S OPEN BORDER “GARBAGE” & PLUNGING APPROVAL RATES
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2021/11/rossi-democrat-president-bidens-open-border-garbage-plunging-approval-rates.html
— CDC REVISES DEFINITION OF ‘VACCINE’
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2021/11/cdc-revises-definition-of-vaccine.html

CAPITOL FAX
— COVID-19 roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2021/11/15/covid-19-roundup-126/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Critical race theory undermines religious faith. The CRT movement is an existential threat to our nation’s founding principles and must be stopped. – Donna Jackson
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/nov/15/critical-race-theory-undermines-religious-faith/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Texas state lawmaker flees Democratic Party and joins GOP – Kate Scanlon
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/texas-state-lawmaker-flees-democratic-party-and-joins-gop

GOPUSA
— Will Catholic Leaders Follow The Bible Or The Polls?
https://www.gopusa.com/will-catholic-leaders-follow-the-bible-or-the-polls/
— Inflation Is Eroding $15-An-Hour Pay
https://www.gopusa.com/inflation-is-eroding-15-an-hour-pay/

BREITBART
— Media, Tech, Democrat Woke Nazis Are Uniting the Country… Against Them – JOHN NOLTE
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/11/15/nolte-media-tech-democrat-woke-nazis-are-uniting-the-country-against-them/

DAILY WIRE
— ‘1619 Project’ Book, Panned By Historians, Hits Amazon’s Bestseller List. “a very unbalanced, one-sided account, which lacked context and perspective on the complexity of slavery” – Tim Pearce
(COMMENT: Expect that those who read the book will become even more anti-law enforcement, anti-Trump, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-heterosexual, anti-traditional marriage/family, anti-non-poor people, anti-gun owners, anti-Christian, anti-Protestant, anti-Italian American, anti-German American, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.dailywire.com/news/1619-project-book-panned-by-historians-hits-amazons-bestseller-list

NEWSMAX
— Conservative Purism Is Needed Now for the GOP – Kenny Cody
https://www.newsmax.com/kennycody/gop-conservatism-republican-party/2021/11/15/id/1044691/
— GOP Rep. Gooden Blows Whistle on Secret Ops to Move Migrants – Eric Mack
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/migrants-illegals-lancegooden-freeflights/2021/11/15/id/1044728/

EPOCH TIMES
— Little Evidence Supports Use of Cloth Masks to Limit Spread of Coronavirus – ZACHARY STIEBER
https://www.theepochtimes.com/mkt_breakingnews/little-evidence-supports-use-of-cloth-masks-to-limit-spread-of-coronavirus-analysis_4102824.html

THE HILL
— Situation at the southern border worse that you probably realize – NOLAN RAPPAPORT
https://thehill.com/opinion/immigration/581513-situation-at-the-southern-border-worse-that-you-probably-realize

NBC NEWS
— Parents protesting ‘critical race theory’ identify another target: Mental health programs. Groups this year have voiced opposition to suicide prevention programs, mental health coordinators and social emotional learning, claiming they are being used to indoctrinate students. – Tyler Kingkade and Mike Hixenbaugh
(COMMENT: Of course, a) moderates and liberals blame mental health problems on conservatives and b) Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs blame mental health problems on Republicans.)
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/parents-protesting-critical-race-theory-identify-new-target-mental-hea-rcna4991

YAHOO NEWS
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats make it clear that they want to get rid of Republicans once and for all.
https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/white-supremacist-great-replacement-theory-130000316.html

REUTERS
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, pot pushers push pot. To push pot on an individual, municipality, township, county, state, or country is to destroy that individual, municipality, township, county, state, or country.
https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/reading-tea-leaves-what-might-federal-legalization-marijuana-look-like-2021-11-15/

WASHINGTON POST
— COMMENT: Democrats run America. Democrats run Illinois. Expect that ever-increasingly, Democrats will demonize, denigrate, and condemn Republicans as being White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things who should be gotten rid of once and for all.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/11/15/critical-race-theory-gop-midterm-strategy/
— Pope Francis praises book detailing LGBTQ ministry during HIV/AIDS pandemic – Claire Giangravé 
(COMMENT: Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs want Catholics to promote LGBTQ.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/religion/pope-francis-praises-book-detailing-lgbtq-ministry-during-hivaids-pandemic/2021/11/15/8563617c-462d-11ec-beca-3cc7103bd814_story.html

NEWSWEEK
— Illinois Black Student Says He Needs Police Escort Due to Harassment From Fraternity – ANDREW STANTON
https://www.newsweek.com/illinois-black-student-says-he-needs-police-escort-due-harassment-fraternity-1649555

FIVE THIRTY EIGHT
— COMMENT: If you are an LGBTQer, sooner or later, LGBTQ-activists will force you to destroy Republicans, and especially to destroy Republicans who are law enforcement officers, Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, gun owners, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. This year, LGBTQers, their operatives, and their dupes succeeded in stopping Republicans from helping sponsor Wheaton’s Independence Day parade and fireworks.
https://fivethirtyeight.com/videos/many-gay-republicans-have-to-come-out-twice/

PEW TRUSTS
— Prime-Age Employment Rate Is Recovering Unevenly Across States – Jeff Chapman, Mike Maciag & John Hamman
(COMMENT: Prime-age is 25-54. For me, that was 1973-2002. In today’s dollars, my salary increased from $71,697/year in 1973 to $132,845/year in 1997.)
https://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/articles/2021/11/15/prime-age-employment-rate-is-recovering-unevenly-across-states

RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— Media Bias? Voter Distrust of Political News Grows
(COMMENT: Government and political reporters and journalists are either pro-conservative or anti-conservative. I am pro-conservative. Ever-increasingly, voters distrust government and political reporters and journalists who falsely deny that they are anti-conservative.)
https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/general_politics/november_2021/media_bias_voter_distrust_of_political_news_grows
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Voters increasingly distrust reporting about politics, and most think the media are less aggressive in questioning President Joe Biden than they were with former President Donald Trump. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey finds that 53% of Likely U.S. Voters don’t trust the political news they’re getting. That’s up from 43% in July. Just 33% now say they trust the political news they’re getting, down from 37% in July. Another 14% are not sure.)

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.