November 17, 2024

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— Chicago-area leaders hold meeting to discuss President-elect Donald Trump’s proposed policies
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-area-leaders-hold-meeting-discuss-president-elect-donald-trumps-proposed-policies-reproductive-rights-immigration/15551266/
— Democrats say “Tough votes on Trump Cabinet picks could pose big risks for midterm Senate candidates.”
https://abc7chicago.com/post/votes-donald-trump-cabinet-picks-matt-gaetz-rfk-jr-pose-risks-2026-midterm-election-candidates-us-senate/15550571/

NBC5
— What could Trump’s second term mean for Illinois? Trump has doubled down on promises to be tough on border issues and said his administration would have “no choice” but to carry out large-scale deportations.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/what-could-trumps-second-term-mean-for-illinois/3602748/

WTTW
— Anxiety and Dismay Inside the Justice Department After Trump Taps Gaetz as Attorney General
https://news.wttw.com/2024/11/16/anxiety-and-dismay-inside-justice-department-after-trump-taps-gaetz-attorney-general

WGN RADIO
— Democrats use reports of text messages to promote hatred against Republicans.
https://wgnradio.com/news/gobsmacked-woman-receives-anti-gay-text-fbi-investigates-series-of-racist-anti-lgbtqia-messages/amp/

WBEZ
— Trump’s inroads in Chicago driven by staggering dropoff in votes for Democrats. Chicago posted its lowest voter turnout for a presidential election in nearly three decades as tens of thousands of Democrats stayed home. (COMMENT: What was the turnout in your precinct? There are 1,073 registered voters in my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 59 in Wheaton. 890 (83%) voted. 373 voted for Trump and 477 voted for Harris. Between 661 and 425 voted for the other Republican candidates on the ballot. Republican candidates got more votes than the Democrat candidates did in all but 2 (president and one of the judicial races) of the 13 races. I hand-delivered a) a copy of the sample ballot and campaign literature to the 400 residences in my precinct that had at least one Republican or Independent registered voter and then b) a note from the Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) to the 24 residences that had at least one registered Republican voter who had not yet returned their mail-in ballot. What information would you like to get from your Republican Precinct Committeeman/Captain? I will be hand-delivering to the aforesaid 400 residences the aforesaid information plus information on the upcoming December 3 MTRO Caucus and the April 1 local election.)
https://www.wbez.org/government-politics/elections/2024/11/16/trumps-inroads-in-chicago-driven-by-staggering-dropoff-in-votes-for-democrats

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Democrats say “House elections produced a stalemate” and ask “Can Republicans figure out how to work with a thin majority?”
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/11/16/us-house-elections-gop-majority/
— Anxiety, dismay inside Justice Department after Donald Trump taps Matt Gaetz as attorney general.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/11/16/donald-trump-matt-gaetz-attorney-general-justice-department/
— Democrats ever-increasingly use Nick Fuentes to promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/11/17/column-democratic-party-supporters-trump-harris-manosphere-page/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Illinois’ Third House. Lobbying is so ingrained in Springfield it’s practically a branch of government, but lawmakers are reluctant to regulate it. (COMMENT: I should write about when DuPage County RINO leaders falsely charged me with failing to register a being a lobbyist because I spoke against legalizing pot in DuPage County.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/11/17/illinois-third-house/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Trump’s victory and a $3.1 billion budget deficit weigh on Statehouse Democrats. Illinois House Speaker Chris Welch hired a new appropriations staff director and plans on making operational changes in 2025.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2024/11/15/trump-victory-budget-deficit-weigh-statehouse-democrats-house-speaker-chris-welch-rich-miller

DAILY HERALD
— Soon, under the Democrats and under the RINOs, everyone will be a) handing out welfare and/or b) receiving welfare.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20241108/submitted-content/how-northern-illinois-food-bank-aims-to-give-50000-families-a-holiday-meal/
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in a) destroying traditional marriage and family, b) promoting abortion, and c) importing illegals.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20241116/syndicated-columnists/population-decline-and-its-implications-for-the-future/

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Champaign County GOP hits its nadir
https://www.news-gazette.com/newsletter/content/daily_headlines/tom-kacich-champaign-county-gop-hits-its-nadir/article_70ad6498-a481-11ef-9b50-23b683007e98.html

ST. LOUIS PUBLIC RADIO
— Pritzker isn’t surprised by Madison County’s recent secession vote
https://www.stlpr.org/government-politics-issues/2024-11-15/illinois-gov-jb-pritzker-isnt-surprised-by-madison-countys-recent-secession-vote

NPR ILLINOIS
— Trump is creating team of loyalists after conflicts with Cabinet members in 1st term (COMMENT: My critics/opponents have always said the following about me: “You can’t tell Diersen what to do,” that is, I am not a team player, that is, I am not loyal to them. My critics/opponents reject planks in the Republican Party platform, most commonly the personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks. They destroy those like me who they cannot manipulate or dominate, who refuse to glorify and praise them, who refuse to pander to them, who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, who refuse to coverup their wrongdoing, and/or who refuse to give them money. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who continue to have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois. I would focus on those who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately.)
https://www.nprillinois.org/2024-11-16/trump-is-creating-team-of-loyalists-after-conflicts-with-cabinet-members-in-1st-term

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Democrats use reports of text messages to promote hatred against Republicans.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/gobsmacked-woman-receives-anti-gay-text-fbi-investigates-series-of-racist-anti-lgbtqia-messages/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WIREPOINTS
— Pritzker Appoints Self As Democracy’s Superhero
https://wirepoints.org/pritzker-appoints-self-as-democracys-superhero-wirepoints/

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— My critics/opponents have always had lots of money. Their parents had lots of money; they bought them cars, paid for their college expenses, and got them jobs. Because of that, they have always been insulated from the negative impacts of the following: dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, diminishment of Second Amendment rights, and Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination. I should write a book about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who have personally benefitted the most from Affirmative Action and DEI. I would focus on those who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What was the turnout in your precinct? There are 1,073 registered voters in my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 59 in Wheaton. 890 (83%) voted. 373 voted for Trump and 477 voted for Harris. Between 661 and 425 voted for the other 12 Republican candidates on the ballot. Those candidates got more votes than the Democrat candidates did in all but 2 (president and one of the judicial races) of the 13  races. I hand-delivered a) a copy of the sample ballot and campaign literature to the 400 residences in my precinct that had at least one Republican or Independent registered voter and then b) a note from the Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) to the 24 residences that had at least one registered Republican voter who had not yet returned their mail-in ballot. What information would you like to get from your Republican Precinct Committeeman/Captain? I will be hand-delivering to the aforesaid 400 residences the aforesaid information plus information on the upcoming December 3 MTRO Caucus and the April 1 local election. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Given that the federal government has always been run by Democrats who hate Republicans, one could ask why did I became a federal employee. I became a part-time postal employee when I was 18 years old in 1966 because I needed money to pay for my college expenses. I had taken and passed the postal employment examination because my high school friend had suggested that I join him in doing that. I became an IRS employee in 1971 because I needed a job. I had taken and passed the Federal Service Entrance Examination as a fallback if I could not get a good job in the automotive industry. I needed a job because I was helping support my mother and brother because my father had suddenly died. My Firestone Store boss had fired me because I had accepted a job offer from Oldsmobile. But Oldsmobile had withdrawn that offer saying that it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. I became a GAO employee in 1980 because of GAO’s mission and because of its claimed nonpartisanship. I had recently earned an MBA from Loyola and passed the CPA examination on my first attempt. Once you become a federal employee, it is almost impossible to get a good job in the private sector. Private sector employers look down on and have an extremely low opinion of government employees. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Displaced Aggression. Because Trump won, anticipate/expect that hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters will ever-increasingly promote more hatred against those like me who do not share their hatred against Trump. I should write about the ever-increasing examples that I am seeing. I am especially vulnerable because I am the GOPUSA Illinois Editor and an elected Republican Precinct Committeeman. I am especially vulnerable because I share so many demographics with Trump: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and our ancestor have been in America for a long time. My critics/opponents would have killed me by now if I had ever given any money to Trump. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— If you sought an office, what would your critics/opponents say disqualifies you? My critics/opponent would stress their success in a) removing me from the Illinois Republican Party State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee this year, b) ending my role as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks in 2021, c) ending my bid to be selected to fill a Wheaton City Council West District vacancy in 2019, d) gerrymandering my precinct in 2015, e) ending my TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairmanship in 2012, f) ending my membership in the Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee in 2011, g) ending my service as the Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) webmaster in 2010 and 2004, h) ending my membership on the Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) Steering Committee in 2007, i) almost getting ICRC to censure me for my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters in 2006, j) ending my bid to serve as MTRO Treasurer in 2004, k) ending my American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board membership in 2004, l) getting GAO to force me to retire in 1997, m) etc. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who continue to have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Vance defends tattooed Hegseth
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/nov/16/jd-vance-defends-tattooed-pete-hegseth/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In response, Mr. Vance slammed the outlet for going after the Trump administration’s nominee. “They’re attacking Pete Hegseth for having a Christian motto tattooed on his arm,” he said on X. “This is disgusting anti-Christian bigotry from the AP, and the entire organization should be ashamed of itself.”)
— An official at FBI headquarters in Washington is warning that the bureau’s security clearance division is politicized and can’t be trusted to screen President-elect Donald Trump’s nominees for top administration jobs. (COMMENT: IRS has always been politicized. To get rid of me, the Democrats who ran IRS disallowed my travel vouchers in 1974 and disallowed my education deductions in 1978. They never promoted me beyond GS-12. GAO has always been politicized. To get rid of me, the Democrats who ran GAO forced me to take a $22,996/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980, they delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13, they kept off audits of IRS except for 3 years, they always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, and they forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/nov/16/whistleblower-warns-fbi-trusted-background-checks-/
— Let the illegal alien deportations begin. Incoming administration’s appointments aim for successful border enforcement.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/nov/13/editorial-let-illegal-alien-deportations-begin/
— Trump’s new Cabinet runs deep on loyalty, short on experience
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/nov/16/trumps-new-cabinet-runs-deep-loyalty-short-experie/
— Ex-prosecutor says Gaetz would fail background check for DOJ job
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/nov/16/exprosecutor-says-matt-gaetz-would-fail-background/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Illinois homeschoolers worry Trump tax credit could lead to state regulation
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/3232299/illinois-homeschoolers-worry-trump-tax-credit-could-lead-to-state-regulation/
— RFK Jr. is a progressive who doesn’t belong in a GOP Cabinet
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/3231600/rfk-jr-progressive-who-doesnt-belong-in-a-gop-cabinet/
— The Jerusalem Cross: Pete Hegseth’s tattoo and the hysteria about Christian history (COMMENT: My critics/opponents have always stressed that I was baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-house/3232267/pete-hegseth-tattoo-controversy-centuries-old-christian-symbol/

AMERICAN THINKER
— The FCC is finally going after big tech censorship (COMMENT: According to Google, www.gopillinois.com is not a legitimate news website.)
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/11/the_fcc_is_finally_going_after_big_tech_censorship.html

BREITBART
— Adams: Feds Didn’t Give Us Enough Money for Migrant Crisis, We Also Tell Illegals They Can Get Some Benefits
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2024/11/16/adams-feds-didnt-give-us-enough-money-for-migrant-crisis-we-also-tell-illegals-they-can-get-some-benefits/
— Pop star Taylor Swift opened the latest leg of her “Eras Tour” in Toronto, Canada, Thursday with a “land acknowledgment” notice flashed across the giant stage screen, alerting fans that the concert was being held on supposedly stolen territory. (COMMENT: If I had ever ran for a government office, my critics/opponents would have stressed that my great great grandfather on my father’s side homesteaded a farm in southeast Crete Township in 1854 and that my great great grandfather on my mother’s side sharecropped a farm in Grant Park along the Indiana border.)
https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2024/11/16/taylor-swift-opens-toronto-concert-with-woke-land-acknowledgment/
— Greek ‘Conservatives’ Expel Former PM From Party Amid Critiques of ‘Woke’ Agenda
https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2024/11/16/greek-conservatives-expel-former-pm-from-party-amid-critiques-of-woke-agenda/

CAMPUS REFORM
— Roosevelt University president apologizes after saying he was ‘discouraged’ and ‘disheartened’ by people who voted for Trump. (COMMENT: I took internal auditing classes at Roosevelt 1980-1981.)
https://www.campusreform.org/article/roosevelt-university-president-apologizes-saying-discouraged-disheartened-people-voted-trump-exclusive/26784

DAILY SIGNAL
— Why Latinos Deported Harris From the White House
https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/11/16/why-latinos-deported-harris-white-house/

DAILY WIRE
— Hegseth Fires Back At ‘Anti-Christian’ Report From Associated Press. “This is disgusting anti-Christian bigotry from the AP,” said JD Vance.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/hegseth-fires-back-at-anti-christian-report-from-associated-press

FOX NEWS
— The ‘woke mob’ is the ‘base’ of the Democratic Party (COMMENT: My critics/opponents who claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican have always been woke and are becoming increasingly more woke.)
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6364808388112
— Pritzker vows Illinois will boost sex changes after decisive Trump victory. Illinois is among several blue states that offer ‘gender-affirming care’
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/governor-jb-pritzker-publicly-embraces-gender-transitions-after-decisive-trump-victory

LAW ENFORCEMENT TODAY
— Border czar to Democrat governors who vow to defy deportations: ‘Get the hell out of the way, we’re doing it’
https://lawenforcementtoday.com/border-czar-to-democrat-governors-who-vow-to-defy-deportations-get-the-hell-out-of-the-way-were-doing-it

NEWS BUSTERS
— MSNBC Attacks Hegseth For His Allegedly ‘White Supremacist And Extremist Tattoos’
https://newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/alex-christy/2024/11/16/msnbc-attacks-hegseth-his-allegedly-white-supremacist-and

PJ MEDIA
— The Number of Criminal Illegals Blue Areas Have Released is…Criminal
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2024/11/16/22k-criminal-illegals-released-by-sanctuaries-since-2021-n4934347
— Chicago City Council Unanimously Votes to Emasculate Mayor Brandon Johnson
https://pjmedia.com/rick-moran/2024/11/16/chicago-city-council-unanimously-votes-to-emasculate-mayor-brandon-johnson-n4934354
— Hey, DOGE: Start by Cutting Government Abortion and ‘Transgender’ Initiatives
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2024/11/16/hey-doge-start-by-cutting-govt-abortion-initiatives-n4934364#google_vignette

TOWNHALL
— How Elon Musk’s Government Efficacy Will Drive Out the Biden-Harris Admin’s Woke Agenda
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2024/11/16/how-elon-musks-government-efficacy-will-drive-out-the-biden-harris-admins-woke-agenda-n2647883
— What Does Trump’s Election Mean for Evangelical Christians? (COMMENT: My critics/opponent stress that I was baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran, that I am 100% German American, that I lived in Crete 1948-1972, and that I have lived in Wheaton since 1978.)
https://townhall.com/columnists/tomcopeland/2024/11/17/what-does-trumps-election-mean-for-evangelical-christians-n2647727

WESTERN JOURNAL
— Thousands of Retired Officers, Veterans Are Volunteering for Unprecedented Deportation Effort
https://www.westernjournal.com/thousands-retired-officers-veterans-volunteering-unprecedented-deportation-effort/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

THE HILL
— Huckabee praises Hegseth, blames ‘woke’ mindset for low military recruitment (COMMENT: Given that the federal government has always been run by Democrats who hate Republicans, one could ask why did I became a federal employee. I became a part-time postal employee when I was 18 years old in 1966 because I needed money to pay for my college expenses. I had taken and passed the postal employment examination because my high school friend had suggested that I join him in doing that. I became an IRS employee in 1971 because I needed a job. I had taken and passed the Federal Service Entrance Examination as a fallback if I could not get a good job in the automotive industry. I needed a job because I was helping support my mother and brother because my father had suddenly died. My Firestone Store boss had fired me because I had accepted a job offer from Oldsmobile. But Oldsmobile withdrew that offer saying that it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. I became a GAO employee in 1980 because of GAO’s mission and because of its claimed nonpartisanship. I had recently earned an MBA from Loyola and passed the CPA examination on my first attempt. Once you become a federal employee, it is almost impossible to get a good job in the private sector. Private sector employers have an extremely low opinion of government employees.)
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4994474-huckabee-praises-hegseth-blames-woke-mindset-for-low-military-recruitment/
— Democrats say “5 things to know about Pete Hegseth, Trump’s Pentagon nominee.” My critics/opponents want everyone to know about the adverse actions that they have taken against me. I should write about my critics/opponents.
https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/politics/5-things-to-know-about-pete-hegseth-trump-s-pentagon-nominee/ar-AA1u2fay

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Big voter turnout this year benefited Republicans, contradicting conventional political wisdom
https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/politics/article/big-voter-turnout-this-year-benefited-19923270.php

NEWSWEEK
— Democrats say “Hegseth’s Fox News Colleagues React to ‘White Supremacist’ Accusation.” (COMMENT: Politics and government are nasty/vicious. My critics/opponents have always hinted/implied/argued that I am a White supremacist. They stress that I am conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and my ancestors have been in America for a long time. They stress that I lived in Crete 1948-1972 and in Wheaton since 1978. In my defense, I stress that I bought a new townhome in University Park when I was 24 years old in 1972.  In my defense, I stress my many Black superiors, Black supervisors, Black coworkers, and Black subordinates in the federal government who sided with me.)
https://www.newsweek.com/pete-hegseths-fox-news-colleagues-react-white-supremacist-accusation-1986874
— Democrats ever-increasingly use Joe Walsh to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-cabinet-joe-walsh-msnbc-weekend-1986872

MSN
— If you sought an office, what would your critics/opponents say disqualifies you? My critics/opponent would stress their success in a) removing me from the Illinois Republican Party State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee this year, b) ending my role as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks in 2021, c) ending my bid to be selected to fill a Wheaton City Council West District vacancy in 2019, d) gerrymandering my precinct in 2015, e) ending my TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairmanship in 2012, f) ending my membership in the Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee in 2011, g) ending my service as the Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) webmaster in 2010 and 2004, h) ending my membership on the Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) Steering Committee in 2007, i) almost getting ICRC to censure me for my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters in 2006, j) ending my bid to serve as MTRO Treasurer in 2004, k) ending my American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board membership in 2004, l) getting GAO to force me to retire in 1997, m) etc. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who continue to have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton.
https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/other/disqualifying-from-beginning-to-end-columnist-says-media-needs-to-refocus-on-trump/ar-BB1pSfqf

YAHOO NEWS
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/immigrant-rights-group-noncitizens-steps-162457858.html

NBC NEWS
— Every uncalled congressional race left in the 2024 election  Republicans won control of both the House and the Senate. And Trump has won another term as president.(COMMENT: Anticipate/expect that Democrats and RINOs will ever-increasingly do everything that they can to get rid of Republicans starting with Republicans who share Trump’s demographics.)
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/house-senate-uncalled-races-election-2024-vote-counting-rcna178604
— Democrats say “A majority of Senate Republicans doubt Matt Gaetz will be confirmed as attorney general.”
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/majority-senate-republicans-doubt-matt-gaetz-confirm-attorney-general-rcna180464
— Trump’s authority to impose sweeping tariffs to be put to the test.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/economics/trumps-authority-impose-sweeping-tariffs-put-test-rcna179848
— Trump transition team compiling list of current and former U.S. military officers for possible courts-martial. All of the officers were involved in the chaotic U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, which independent reviews have blamed on both the Trump and Biden administrations.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/trump-transition-team-compiling-list-current-former-us-military-office-rcna180489

NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrats ever-increasingly crow about their success in destroying traditional marriage and family, that is, their success in promoting LGBTQ.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/16/style/women-trump-4b-movement-heteropessimism.html
— Democrats acknowledge that “Trump Has Put an End to an Era” and that “There is no going back.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/16/opinion/donald-trump-election-new-era.html
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters say “Trump Is Already Starting to Fail.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/17/opinion/trump-kennedy-gaetz-hegseth.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly make America dependent on cheap illegal labor.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/17/us/immigration-undocumented-migrants-jobs.html

NEW YORK TIMES & NEWSWEEK
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.nytimes.com/video/us/politics/100000009778569/how-illegal-immigration-fuels-the-us-consumer-economy.html
https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trumps-plan-immigrants-criticized-his-own-backyard-1986906

WASHINGTON POST
— Democrats acknowledge that “Trump vowed to push schools to the right on gender and race. Now he can. Schools that don’t comply may risk losing federal funding.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2024/11/17/trump-education-schools-transgender-race-culture/
— Democrats say “Trump’s early moves show he wants to disrupt government and exact retribution. Eight years ago, Trump’s transition got off to a slow and stumbling start. This time, he is moving swiftly to fill key roles with loyal but controversial picks.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/11/17/trumps-early-moves-show-he-wants-disrupt-government-exact-retribution/

PBS
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Hegseth.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/trumps-pentagon-pick-was-flagged-as-a-possible-insider-threat-in-the-national-guard

PSYCHOLOGY TODAY
— How to navigate office politics and saboteurs who are jealous of your success. (COMMENT: My Democrat GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were furious when I a) earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, b) passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt and became a licensed CPA in 1981, c) got promoted in 1986, d) earned job-related professional certifications in 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and e) earned a master’s degree in finance from IIT in 1997. My Democrat IRS superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were furious when I a) got promoted in 1972, 1973, and 1974, b) earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976, and c) passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979. While I worked for federal government for almost 30 years, extremely few of my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates did anything to qualify themselves for promotions.)
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/connected-leadership/202410/three-ways-to-succeed-when-other-people-want-you-to-fail
— On the playground or in politics, verbal denigration will do you in. (COMMENT: Politics and government are nasty/vicious. My critics/opponents have always demonized, denigrated, and condemned me as being “too conservative.” But under the table, they have always stressed that I am Protestant and German American and hinted/implied/argued that I am really a White supremacist, Nazi, KKK member, hater, racist, sexist, bigot, and even worse things. I should write a book about my critic/opponents. Of course, I would focus on those who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately. Better yet, I should sue them.)
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-full-picture/202408/the-psychology-behind-name-calling-in-politics-and-beyond
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Calling others names they do not deserve stems from insecurities, displaced aggression, or the need to dominate and/or control a partner/friend/coworker/etc. Those who do not have much ego strength build themselves up by tearing down innocent others. It’s a maladaptive pattern that could stem from learned behavior—that is, witnessing others do this in childhood. It may also arise from unresolved emotional issues.

ATLANTIC
— Democrats ask “Is Wokeness One Big Power Grab?” and say “Behind much social-justice discourse is a self-interested struggle for power.” (COMMENT: My critics/opponents who claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican have always been woke and are becoming increasingly more woke. They want more and more and more power for those who share their demographics.)
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2024/11/musa-al-gharbi-wokeness-elite/680347/

SALON
— Democrats say “Elise Stefanik’s audience of one: How anti-woke showboating got her the UN job. She tormented university presidents on TV — and Trump loved it. Expect more of that with the world watching. (COMMENT: My critics/opponents who claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican have always been woke and are becoming increasingly more woke. They want more and more and more power for those who share their demographics.)
https://www.salon.com/2024/11/16/elise-stefaniks-audience-of-one-how-anti-woke-showboating-got-her-the-un-job/

DAILY KOS
— Democrats ever-increasingly make it clear that they reject Trump’s election.
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/11/16/2285926/-Democratic-governors-unite-to-forge-alliance-against-Trump
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Hegseth.
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/11/16/2286443/-Meet-Trump-s-Defense-Secretary-White-Nationalist-Christian-Crusader-Pete-Hegseth

DAILY MAIL
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Hegseth.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14092365/Donald-Trump-defense-secretary-Pete-Hegseth-paid-woman-rape.html

GUARDIAN
— Haitian immigrants flee Springfield, Ohio, in droves after Trump election win
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/17/haitian-immigrants-springfield-ohio-trump-election

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.