November 2 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats want high school students to blame Republicans for gun violence.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/libertyville/ct-lbr-chi-town-gun-violence-tl-1107-20191101-626tbns5xfd3vpi64afomwu6qa-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— DuPage County Prevention Leadership Team gets funding to continue youth substance use prevention work – Don Bolger (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats do things that encourage children to smoke pot, drunk booze, gamble, engage in LGBTQ activity, have abortions, and be anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.) 
https://www.dailyherald.com/submitted/20191101/dupage-county-prevention-leadership-team-gets-funding-to-continue-youth-substance-use-prevention-work
— Not all suburbs like plan to combine police, fire pensions – Bob Susnjara
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20191031/not-all-suburbs-like-plan-to-combine-police-fire-pensions

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Lawyers promote pot. How stoned will lawyers be allowed to be?
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/law/law-firms-getting-over-their-fear-cannabis

KANKAKEE DAILY JOURNAL
— Party insiders keep public out of loop – David Giuliani (DIERSEN: What if Wheaton’s recent West District City Council vacancy had been filled by a special election? What if the Daily Herald had published lots of information on the 10 candidates including their demographics, how long they lived in the West District and in Wheaton, their work experience, their education, their professional certifications and licenses, etc.? What if there had been candidate forums?)
https://www.daily-journal.com/news/local/david-giuliani-party-insiders-keep-public-out-of-loop/article_b37e8b84-fbf4-11e9-b989-27e219b5c676.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The process to appoint a replacement for state Sen. Toi Hutchinson, D-Olympia Fields, is veiled in secrecy. That’s the way it usually works. Under state law, local party leaders have the right to fill legislative vacancies. Unlike other states, no special elections are held. Because Hutchinson is a Democrat, her party will choose a successor. When asked about it, a local Democratic Party leader revealed there were four applicants for the position but declined to identify them. I’m told Hutchinson’s last day is Sunday. After she resigns, the state party has 30 days to appoint a replacement. Both Democrats and Republicans typically cloak the entire appointment process in secrecy. However, Kankakee County Democratic Chairman John Willard said his party will hold a public meeting, although constituents will be barred from asking questions of candidates. I’m glad a public meeting is planned, but I think candidates should field questions from prospective constituents — something like the interview process for presidential candidates at Kankakee Community College. Why can’t we hold special elections when legislators resign? Both Democrats and Republicans warn that such elections cost taxpayers a lot, while private appointment processes cost practically nothing. That’s an easy argument for them to make because they’re the ones filling vacancies. But it could be argued the costs of special elections are worth the benefits to democracy. Most vacancies occur when legislators resign. The most understandable reason is health. But many others quit because they find higher-paying jobs, often as lobbyists. Hutchinson is leaving to take a $220,000-a-year job in Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s administration. For years, I have suspected that so many legislators resign in Illinois because party insiders get to appoint replacements. It would be harder to quit mid-term if they knew that taxpayers would foot the bill for a special election. I decided to see how Illinois compares against Iowa, which holds special elections when vacancies occur. I checked on how members of each state’s senate got into office in the first place.)

JOURNAL & TOPICS
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot in Buffalo Grove.
https://www.journal-topics.com/articles/first-applicant-for-recreational-marijuana-sales-in-buffalo-grove/

WSIL TV
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Anna business approved to grow recreational marijuana – Jeff Weinrich
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/41261690/anna-business-approved-to-grow-recreational-marijuana

CHICAGO CITY WIRE
— CPS pension packages sweeter than private sector, IPI reports – Glenn Minnis (DIERSEN: In 1989, the federal government replaced its Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) with its Federal Employee Retirement System (FERS). Because CSRS is more generous than FERS, the federal government focuses on getting rid of its employees who are under CSRS, and especially those who are Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran.) 
https://chicagocitywire.com/stories/516332004-cps-pension-packages-sweeter-than-private-sector-ipi-reports

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Trisha Zubert, 2018 Democratic Party Opponent to State Rep. Tom Weber, Arrested
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/11/01/trisha-zubert-2018-democratic-party-opponent-to-state-rep-tom-weber-arrested/

ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— NO to Voluntary Christian Prayer in Schools. YES to Mandatory Muslim Prayer – Daniel Horowitz
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2019/10/no-to-voluntary-christian-prayer-in-schools-yes-to-mandatory-muslim-prayer/

CAPITOL FAX
— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON ILLINOIS TIGHTENS: Corruption roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2019/11/01/corruption-roundup-2/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— 77% of Fox News fans are conservative – Jennifer Harper (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who read GOPUSA ILLINOIS email to get information a) to stop me from sending the emails out and b) to stop everyone from reading the emails. They a) reject planks in the Republican Party platform and/or the Illinois Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, b) reject the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling and work against those like me who support that resolution, c) focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate, d) were defendants in lawsuits that I have filed, and/or e) are operatives or dupes for the aforesaid.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/oct/29/inside-the-beltway-77-of-fox-news-fans-are-conserv/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Poll: 26% feel unsafe living next to Trump supporters – Paul Bedard (DIERSEN: In your neighborhood, in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois, who works the hardest to promote hatred against those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time? I should write a book about past and present hate-promoters in my neighborhood, in my precinct, in Wheaton’s West District, in Wheaton, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois. I should write a book about past and present hate-promoters in the Milton Township Republican Central Committee, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Illinois Center Right Coalition, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter, GAO, etc.) 
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/washington-secrets/poll-26-feel-unsafe-living-next-to-trump-supporters

GOPUSA
— O’Rourke drops out of 2020 race proving that gun confiscation is not a winning issue
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=78765

AMERICAN THINKER
— Who’s Putting Who in Chains? – Daren Williams
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2019/11/whos_putting_who_in_chains.html
— The worst piece of advice ever to Trump – Jack Hellner (DIERSEN: Because they were always under tremendous pressure from Democrat politicians to get rid of those who shared my demographics, I was always extremely reluctant to take advice from my Democrat superiors in the federal government. None of them ever advised me to earn job-related degrees, job-related professional certifications, or a job-related professional license. Those degrees and certifications and that license frustrated their efforts to get rid of me.) 
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/11/the_worst_piece_of_advice_ever_to_trump_.html
— Wagon train: Another big investor/taxpayer (Trump) flees blue-state New York – Monica Showalter
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/11/wagon_train_another_big_investortaxpayer_flees_bluestate_new_york.html

TOWNHALL
— Debbie Wasserman Schultz Doubles Down on Calling Cuccinelli a White Supremacist – Timothy Meads (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats call Republicans White supremacists and especially Republicans who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/timothymeads/2019/11/01/debbie-wasserman-schultz-doubles-down-on-calling-cuccinelli-a-white-supremacist-n2555723

PJ MEDIA
— ‘Your Past Is Terrible, and Your Future Is Terrible’: What the Left Tells Young Americans – DENNIS PRAGER
https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/your-past-is-terrible-and-your-future-is-terrible-what-the-left-tells-young-americans/

NEWS BUSTERS
— Politico’s Calderone Decries ‘Peeping Tom’ Media Ruining Katie Hill, Using….BuzzFeed? – Randy Hall 
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/randy-hall/2019/11/02/politicos-michael-calderone-defends-katie-hill-other-scandalous-dems

NATIONAL REVIEW
— What the Left Tells Young Americans – DENNIS PRAGER (DIERSEN: From what I see, in Illinois, disgustingly, tragically, unacceptably, and ever-increasingly, under the Democrats and under the RINOs, your future is ever-increasingly bleak if you are a Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owner, German American, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/10/what-the-left-tells-young-americans/

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Trump’s first rally since impeachment vote did not disappoint. Here are the highlights. – Vivek Saxena
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2019/11/02/trumps-first-rally-since-impeachment-vote-did-not-disappoint-here-are-the-highlights-847331

HUFFINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “Trump Keeps Picking Unqualified People To Be Lifetime Judges. Republicans Don’t Care. The GOP has already confirmed five judicial nominees rated “not qualified” by the American Bar Association, and more are coming. Great!” (DIERSEN: The following hint/imply/argue/shout that I am not qualified to be a GOPUSA Illinois Editor, Republican Precinct Committeeman, Wheaton City Councilman, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member, Milton Township Republican Central Committee officer or webmaster, Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member, GAO employee, etc.: those who are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, anti-federal retirees, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-lifetime-judges-not-qualified-senate-republicans_n_5dbc7351e4b0fffdb0f674af

NBC NEWS
— Trump wages coast-to-coast legal battle to keep tax returns hidden – Allan Smith
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-wages-coast-coast-legal-battle-keep-tax-returns-hidden-n1069981

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters want voters to punish Trump by voting for all the Democrats on the ballot in their precinct. 
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/01/nyregion/nj-election-trump.html
— In Trump’s Twitter Feed: Conspiracy-Mongers, Racists and Spies – MIKE McINTIRE, KAREN YOURISH and LARRY BUCHANAN (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who demonize, denigrate, and condemn those who read GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails.)
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/11/02/us/politics/trump-twitter-disinformation.html
— What Happens When Ordinary People End Up in Trump’s Tweets – MATT FLEGENHEIMER
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/11/02/us/politics/trump-twitter-retweets.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “The NeverTrump Vindication.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/01/opinion/trump-republicans.html
— Nobody Waved Goodbye: Trump’s Relationship With New York Was Already Over – Maggie Haberman and Eric Lipton (DIERSEN: I was raided in Crete and I moved to Wheaton in 1978. What if you had stayed in your home town? What if I had stayed in Crete instead of moving to Wheaton? Demographics have changed dramatically in both Crete and in Wheaton. Ever-increasingly, in both Crete and Wheaton, there are more who are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.) 
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/02/us/politics/trump-new-york-florida.html

WASHINGTON POST
— History could forgive Trump’s defenders. But we know it will reward his deserters. – David Greenberg (DIERSEN: Who has defended you? Who has deserted you? I should write a book about those who have defended me and those who have deserted me. I am no longer a TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member, Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster, Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member, GAO employee, etc.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2019/10/31/when-should-republicans-jump-ship/

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
— Why Donald’s goin’ South: The president is not your typical snowbird – Harry Siegel
https://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/ny-oped-why-donalds-goin-south-20191101-xaejrot7ondgbbx5cfefqw6kke-story.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— One Year Out, Democrats and Republicans Promise a Defining Election Race for the White House will test appeal of president’s ‘America First’ policies and Democrats’ ability to choose a direction for the party – Ken Thomas and Catherine Lucey
https://www.wsj.com/articles/one-year-out-democrats-and-republicans-promise-a-defining-election-11572616801
— Impeachment Is Getting Real – Peggy Noonan (DIERSEN: How successful have the Trump-haters been in promoting impeachment in your neighborhood, in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, and in your county?)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/impeachment-is-getting-real-11572561439
— FRONT PAGE: HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: DNA Scrambles Racial Identity – Amy Dockser Marcus (DIERSEN: What if I had lied and successfully claimed Swedish ancestry? During the 1840s and 1850s, all my ancestors immigrated to northeast Illinois from what is now Germany. Of course, needless-to-say, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always used that against me. In my defense, I stress that my grandfather on my father’s side fought the Germans during WWI, that my uncles on my mother’s side fought the Germans during WWII, and that my father would have fought the Germans during WWII if he had not been 4-F. Further, according to http://dna.ancestry.com, my ancestry is 33% Europe West, 28% Scandinavia, 24% Great Britain, 11% Ireland, 2% Europe East, 1% Finland/Northwest Russia, and 1% Italy/Greece. Again, what if I had lied and successfully claimed Swedish ancestry?)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-white-woman-searches-for-her-black-family-11572625171

FORBES
— Will America’s Universities Point The Way Towards Reparations For Slavery? – Evan Gerstmann (DIERSEN: Will NIU, Loyola, DePaul, and IIT call for their alumni who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time to pay reparations?) 
https://www.forbes.com/sites/evangerstmann/2019/11/02/will-americas-universities-point-the-way-towards-reparations-for-slavery/

YAHOO FINANCE
— 15 Work Conversations That Could Cost You Your Job – Gabrielle Olya (DIERSEN: Government is nasty. Politics is nasty. Democrats are nasty. While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates asked me questions to get/confirm information to use against me. For example, that I was Protestant (baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran), conservative, Republican, born in 1948, non-poor, my wife had a good job, we had given up trying to have children, we did not adopt, we did not become foster parents, gun owner, 100% German American, raised in Crete, my ancestors had been in America since 1844, in 1988 when I was 40 years old I became an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged my GAO superiors with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation, I was eligible to take early retirement in 1993 when I was 45 years old, etc. They frequently asked me questions to confirm that I opposed the promotion of dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, abolition of the First and Second Amendments, illegal drugs, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, retaliation, etc.) 
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/15-conversations-could-cost-job-214854291.html

LEDGER
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats work to unite Jews and Muslims against Christians, and especially against Christians who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. 
https://www.theledger.com/lifestyle/20191102/tragedies-deepen-jewish-muslim-bonds-to-fight-hate-crimes

ATLANTIC
— Americans Hate One Another. Impeachment Isn’t Helping. Why the ongoing fight may leave Democrats and Republicans even more suspicious of the other side – EMMA GREEN
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2019/11/impeachment-democrats-republicans-polarization/601264/

INEWS
— Gmail can predict your writing – but computers won’t replace journalists
https://inews.co.uk/news/technology/gmail-email-predictive-text-typing-writing-825051

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.