November 20 Morning Edition

ABC7
— North Carolina Walmart blacklists customer for too many negative reviews – Jonah Kaplan (DIERSEN: According to certain of my critics/opponents, I have been far too critical in my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails a) of those who lead the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Milton Township Republican Central Committee, Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, etc. and b) of activists, candidates, elected officials, major donors, political consultants, etc. who state that they are religious, conservative, and/or Republican, and therefore, the aforesaid should blacklist me and blacklist my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails. Do you agree with my critics/opponents?) 
https://abc7chicago.com/shopping/walmart-blacklists-customer-for-too-many-negative-reviews/5704931/
— Oak Lawn village manager charged in hit-and-run retires
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/oak-lawn-village-manager-charged-in-hit-and-run-retires/5708815/

CBS2
— Automatic Expungement Of Marijuana Convictions Is More Complicated Than It Sounds (DIERSEN: Your past predicts your future.)
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2019/11/19/automatic-expungement-of-marijuana-convictions-is-more-complicated-than-it-sounds/

WGN TV
— Naperville Central High School punishes students over racial post, police investigating as hate crime – AP AND SEAN LEWIS
https://wgntv.com/2019/11/19/naperville-central-high-school-punishes-students-over-racial-post/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— This Democratic debate should challenge candidates on health, equity and safety for women and girls – FELICIA DAVIS (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, to demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump, Trump-hates demonize, denigrate, and condemn those who share Trump’s demographics: Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owner, German American, draft avoider, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/ct-opinion-women-democratic-presidential-debate-20191120-e75e4gtp35bq3p2x3fv3p5hygq-story.html
— DePaul student wrote computer code to help spread ISIS propaganda online, feds charge – JASON MEISNER
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/criminal-justice/ct-chicago-college-student-terrorism-charges-20191119-ag5cmgewsfcd3fqqebrdnl3mge-story.html
— 50,000 food stamp recipients in Cook County may have to find jobs starting Jan. 1 — or risk losing their benefits – Alexia Elejalde-Ruiz (DIERSEN: Should food stamp recipients be required to take bad jobs? According to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, all the jobs that I had were bad jobs. I did yard work and delivered newspapers 1962-1964; washed dishes 1964-1966; cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966; delivered mail 1966-1969; worked on an automobile assembly line and as a security guard in 1970; sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971; pumped gasoline 1971-1972; collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980; and audited federal agencies 1980-1997.) 
https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-food-stamps-work-requirements-cook-county-20191120-m74zq23p5ncpblfuqdwzjkuzba-story.html
— FRONT PAGE WITH COLOR PICTURE: Naperville photographer comes to the aid of 8-year-old Michigan girl who wasn’t allowed to get her school photo taken because of red hair extensions – Nara Schoenberg (DIERSEN: If I had a protest hair style in 1966, the Post Office would not have hired me. If I had a protest hair style in 1970, Firestone Stores would not have hired me. If I had a protest hair style in 1971, Oldsmobile would not have offered me a job. If I had a protest hair style in 1971, IRS would not have hired me. If I had a protest hair style in 1980, GAO would not have hired me.) 
https://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/ct-life-school-photo-controversy-tt-11182019-20191119-fn26wbynkjfsxa335cuo7fcrdm-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— Whistleblowers are fundamental to honest government – Keith Peterson (DIERSEN: Democrat and RINO leaders do not want to hear me blow the whistle on political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation while I worked for the Post Office 1966-1969, IRS 1971-1980, and GAO 1980-1997. Democrat and RINO leaders want to get rid of Republicans, and especially Republicans who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, White, male, older, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, federal employees/retirees, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. RINO leaders have far more in common with Democrats than they have with Republicans. RINO leaders in Illinois, in DuPage County, in Milton Township, in Glen Ellyn, and in Wheaton a) are not concerned at all that Democrats are taking over and b) focus on stopping me from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails and stopping everyone from reading those emails.) 
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20191120/whistleblowers-are-fundamental-to-honest-government

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Former U.S. Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, who is now a Fox News contributor, will be the keynote speaker at the Sangamon County Republican Party’s Lincoln Day Dinner on Feb. 12 at the Bank of Springfield Center. – Bernard Schoenburg
https://www.sj-r.com/news/20191119/former-rep-chaffetz-now-fox-contributor-to-keynote-gop-diner
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Springfield City Council approves zoning for recreational pot – Brenden Moore
https://www.sj-r.com/news/20191119/city-council-approves-zoning-for-recreational-pot

WSPY NEWS
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Kendall County Board Approves Amendment Placing Cannabis Cultivation Centers in Agricultural Areas – James Wyman
http://www.wspynews.com/news/local/kendall-co-board-approves-amendment-placing-cannabis-cultivation-centers-in/article_0ef9d856-0b04-11ea-9f3d-9fbacbc227a3.html

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— “Introducing POLITICO’s 2020 Election Forecast: ratings for every national contest, from all 538 votes in the Electoral College, down to the 435 House districts — and everything in between.” The forecast is bright for incumbents in Illinois, but the 6th District seat held by Rep. Sean Casten is only leaning Dem and the 12th District seat held by Rep. Mike Bost is only leaning Republican. The 15th District seat that’s opened up with Republican Rep. John Shimkus’ retirement after 2020 is still rated “solid Republican.” – Shia Kapos
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2019/11/20/pritzker-woos-business-pals-foxx-makes-it-official-politicos-election-forecast-487716

WIREPOINTS
— Governor of Illinois, home of nation’s worst fiscal crisis, slams door on pension reform – Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner
https://wirepoints.org/governor-of-illinois-home-of-nations-worst-fiscal-crisis-slams-door-on-pension-reform/

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— ILLINOIS PENSION COSTS SKYROCKETED BY 500%, CROWDING OUT GOVERNMENT SERVICES – Adam Schuster
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/illinois-pension-costs-skyrocketed-by-500-crowding-out-government-services/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Chick-fil-A ends support to Salvation Army, other Christian-based nonprofits after bullying by left – Tammy Bruce (DIERSEN: What next will LGBTQ-promoters, that is, Democrats, succeed in doing? Will LGBTQ-promoters, that is, Democrats, succeed in getting your municipality, your township/ward, your county, Illinois, America, and the world to officially banish Christians? Of course, LGBTQ-promoters, that is, Democrats, especially want to banish Christians from Wheaton, from Milton Township, and from DuPage County.) 
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/nov/20/chick-fil-a-ends-support-to-salvation-army-other-c/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Who’s afraid of the federal debt? – David Davenport
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/whos-afraid-of-the-federal-debt

AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE
— Chick-Fil-A & Thomas More – ROD DREHER (DIERSEN: What next will LGBTQ-promoters, that is, Democrats, succeed in doing? Will LGBTQ-promoters, that is, Democrats, succeed in getting your municipality, your township/ward, your county, Illinois, America, and the world to officially banish Christians? Of course, LGBTQ-promoters, that is, Democrats, especially want to banish Christians from Wheaton, from Milton Township, and from DuPage County.)
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/dreher/chick-fil-a-thomas-more/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Trump is 100% on His Game – Lloyd Marcus
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2019/11/trump_is_100_on_his_game.html

BREITBART
— Mike Huckabee: Chick-fil-A ‘Betrayal’ Will Have ‘Far Broader’ Consequences Than the Company Itself – DR. SUSAN BERRY (DIERSEN: What next will LGBTQ-promoters, that is, Democrats, succeed in doing? Will LGBTQ-promoters, that is, Democrats, succeed in getting your municipality, your township/ward, your county, Illinois, America, and the world to officially banish Christians? Of course, LGBTQ-promoters, that is, Democrats, especially want to banish Christians from Wheaton, from Milton Township, and from DuPage County.)
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/11/19/mike-huckabee-chick-fil-a-betrayal-will-have-far-broader-consequences/
— Huckabee on Chick-fil-A ‘Cave’: They Bowed Down to Bullies — Were Convinced They Needed to Be ‘More Woke’ – JEFF POOR (DIERSEN: What next will LGBTQ-promoters, that is, Democrats, succeed in doing? Will LGBTQ-promoters, that is, Democrats, succeed in getting your municipality, your township/ward, your county, Illinois, America, and the world to officially banish Christians? Of course, LGBTQ-promoters, that is, Democrats, especially want to banish Christians from Wheaton, from Milton Township, and from DuPage County.)
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2019/11/19/huckabee-on-chick-fil-a-cave-they-bowed-down-to-bullies-were-convinced-they-needed-to-be-more-woke/

TOWNHALL
— How to Disunite America – Ben Shapiro (DIERSEN: What next will LGBTQ-promoters, that is, Democrats, succeed in doing? Will LGBTQ-promoters, that is, Democrats, succeed in getting your municipality, your township/ward, your county, Illinois, America, and the world to officially banish Christians? Of course, LGBTQ-promoters, that is, Democrats, especially want to banish Christians from Wheaton, from Milton Township, and from DuPage County.)
https://townhall.com/columnists/benshapiro/2019/11/20/how-to-disunite-america-n2556749
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Our First Amendment culture is endangered when local governments are given the capacity to block businesses from operating, not on the basis of business discrimination but on the viewpoint of the company’s founders alone. That’s precisely what’s happening here. If giving to Christian charities now bars you from opening a restaurant at the airport, our culture is beyond the point of no return. But there’s something even more troubling going on here. In a free country, of course we get to choose which businesses to patronize. But is it good for the culture for us to segregate our business based on examining the politics of those who own our companies? Do we really want a country where we shop based on political affiliation? Where every decision, every day, is rooted in partisanship? America’s social fabric is already fraying. Politics has invaded everything from education to sports, from movies to fashion. Should politics now determine where we buy a chicken sandwich? A country that punishes restaurants because its founders don’t openly celebrate same-sex marriage is a country destined to bifurcate. And that’s pretty fowl.)

LIFE SITE NEWS
— Anger brewing as Palatine school board vote forces girls to share locker rooms with boys who say they’re ‘girls’ – Calvin Freiburger
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/fear-and-anger-brewing-as-school-board-votes-to-force-trans-locker-rooms-on-girls
— Amid Chick-fil-A controversy, pro-family and LGBT groups find rare agreement: ‘Gays have won’ – Doug Mainwaring (DIERSEN: What next will LGBTQ-promoters, that is, Democrats, succeed in doing? Will LGBTQ-promoters, that is, Democrats, succeed in getting your municipality, your township/ward, your county, Illinois, America, and the world to officially banish Christians? Of course, LGBTQ-promoters, that is, Democrats, especially want to banish Christians from Wheaton, from Milton Township, and from DuPage County.)
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/amid-chick-fil-a-controversy-pro-family-and-lgbt-groups-find-rare-agreement-the-gays-have-won

WASHINGTON POST
— Older voters really like Joe Biden. That’s good news and bad news for him. Hillary Clinton never overcame her deficit among younger voters. – Martin Wattenberg (DIERSEN: What do you say to Trump-haters who encourage everyone to hate those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, federal employees/retirees, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/11/20/older-voters-really-like-joe-biden-thats-good-news-bad-news-him/

NEW YORK POST
— Northwestern’s bungling student journalists were just copying the professionals – Kevin D. Williamson
https://nypost.com/2019/11/16/northwesterns-student-journalists-cowed-to-the-mob-just-like-professional-ones/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— FRONT PAGE: Are Your Jeans Red or Blue? Shopping America’s Partisan Divide Like Wrangler and Levi’s, more and more brands have become associated with Republicans or Democrats – Suzanne Kapner and Dante Chinni (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will businesses post signs that say that the following are NOT WELCOME: those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, federal employees/retirees, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/are-your-jeans-red-or-blue-shopping-americas-partisan-divide-11574185777
— New Arizona Development Bans Residents From Bringing Cars Developers of Tempe rental community aim to draw younger people with pedestrian-friendly design – Laura Kusisto (DIERSEN: I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who are especially anti-car. Overwhelmingly, they 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-draft avoiders, anti-federal employees/retirees, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/new-arizona-development-bans-residents-from-bringing-cars-11574164801

MARKET WATCH
— Hey, snowflake, don’t ‘OK, boomer’ me at work See you in court for age discrimination – ELIZABETH C. TIPPETT
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/hey-snowflake-dont-ok-boomer-me-at-work-2019-11-19

CHATTANOOGA TIMES FREE PRESS
— Buckle-up, boomers, and prepare for the revenge of the ‘snowflakes’ – Mark Kennedy (DIERSEN: According to certain of my critics/opponents, I have been far too critical in my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails of a) those who lead the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Milton Township Republican Central Committee, Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, etc. and b) activists, candidates, elected officials, major donors, political consultants, etc. who state that they are religious, conservative, and/or Republican, and therefore, the aforesaid should blacklist me and blacklist my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails. Do you agree with my critics/opponents?) 
https://www.timesfreepress.com/news/opinion/columns/story/2019/nov/16/buckle-up-boomers/508332/

CONCORD COURIER
— Et Tu, Chick-Fil-A? Fans See Betrayal As Sandwich Company Bends The Knee To LGBT Pressure (DIERSEN: What next will LGBTQ-promoters, that is, Democrats, succeed in doing? Will LGBTQ-promoters, that is, Democrats, succeed in getting your municipality, your township/ward, your county, Illinois, America, and the world to officially banish Christians? Of course, LGBTQ-promoters, that is, Democrats, especially want to banish Christians from Wheaton, from Milton Township, and from DuPage County.)
https://conradcourier.com/et-tu-chick-fil-a-fans-see-betrayal-as-sandwich-company-bends-the-knee-to-lgbt-pressure/

COLUMBIA JOURNALISM REVIEW
— The state of debate questions – Akintunde Ahmad, Lauren Harris, and Savannah Jacobson (DIERSEN: Republican candidates should be asked to detail what they have done to defend and advance the Republican Party platform, and especially its traditional family, right to life, immigration, Second Amendment, illegal drugs, and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks.)
https://www.cjr.org/politics/debate-questions-2016-2020-democrat-republican.php

NEW YORKER
— How Democratic Candidates Win the African-American Vote – Isaac Chotiner (DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrat candidates, their operatives, and their dupes shout at African-Americans, and at everyone else, 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.)
https://www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/how-democratic-candidates-win-the-african-american-vote

ATLANTIC
— The Make-Believe World of the Democratic Debates Presidents can’t wave a magic wand and make single-payer insurance happen. Voters deserve to know how the 2020 candidates would really govern. – Norm Ornstein
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/11/democratic-debate-questions-candidates-need-answer/602296/

WINDY CITY TIMES
— State of LGBTQ Equality in nine Illinois cities detailed in HRC’s index (DIERSEN: To promote LGBTQ activity is to destroy traditional marriage and to destroy the traditional family. I should write a book about LGBTQ promoters, that is, Democrats, their operatives, and their dupes and their efforts to destroy me and to destroy my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails.)
http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/lgbt/State-of-LGBTQ-Equality-in-nine-Illinois-cities-detailed-in-HRCs-index/67483.html

GUARDIAN
— Trump denies heart attack prompted sudden hospital visit – Martin Pengelly
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/nov/19/trump-denies-reports-sudden-hospital-visit-followed-heart-attack

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— When you were young, instead of smoking pot, what did you do Friday evenings?- Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
When I was young, instead of smoking pot, I spent Friday evenings doing homework for courses that I took at:
— Trinity Lutheran Grade School 1953-1961
— Hope Lutheran Grade School 1961-1962
— Crete-Monee High School 1962-1966
— UIC 1966-1968
— NIU 1969-1970
— UIC 1971
— Loyola 1972-1976
— DePaul 1976-1980
— Roosevelt 1980-1981
— IIT 1992-1997

— What do you want expunged from your record? – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
I want the following adverse actions that my Democrat superiors in the federal government took against me to be expunged:
— My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, gave me unfair performance expectations and appraisals, always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, did not promote me beyond GS-13, got rid of my mentor in 1987, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and forced me to take a $19,568 (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980.
— My Democrat IRS superiors did not promote me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions in 1978, got rid of my mentor in 1975, and disallowed my partial day per diem claims in 1974.
— My Democrat Post Office superiors forced me resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968.

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.