November 21 Morning Edition

ABC7

— Chicago shootings: 19 shot, 3 fatally, in weekend gun violence
https://abc7chicago.com/chicago-shooting-violence-shootings-gun/11259079/

WGN RADIO
— Biden’s political standing fuels Democratic worry about 2024 – AP
https://wgnradio.com/news/bidens-political-standing-fuels-democratic-worry-about-2024/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— COMMENT: Those who oppose Catanzara are: 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://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2021/11/20/22792233/john-catanzara-fop-retired-mayor-candidate-column-laura-washington

DAILY HERALD
— Break the Law, Win the Lottery – Debra J. Saunders
https://www.creators.com/read/debra-saunders/11/21/break-the-law-win-the-lottery

ILLINOIS VALLEY TIMES
— Nonpartisan think tank ranks Illinois ‘a mess’ over lack of financial transparency – John Suayan
https://illinoisvalleytimes.com/stories/613243566-nonpartisan-think-tank-ranks-illinois-a-mess-over-lack-of-financial-transparency

BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO
— Over 1,000 Protest Kyle Rittenhouse Verdict In Downtown Chicago: We Won’t Give In ‘To The Racism And Fear’ Marching through the streets, Rev. Jesse Jackson called on the case to be taken up at a federal level. “Rittenhouse is not yet through,” he said. – Mack Liederman
https://blockclubchicago.org/2021/11/20/hundreds-protest-kyle-rittenhouse-verdict-in-downtown-chicago-we-wont-give-in-to-the-racism-and-fear/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Kinzinger makes pitch for PAC donations in Thanksgiving ad – Mica Soellner
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/nov/20/kinzinger-makes-pitch-pac-donations-thanksgiving-a/

NEW YORK POST
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote LGBTQ.
https://nypost.com/2021/11/20/biden-issues-statement-for-transgender-day-of-remembrance/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Rittenhouse vs. Biden, the next thriller – Silvio Canto, Jr.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2021/11/rittenhouse_vs_biden_the_next_thriller.html
— The Pandemic of Rampant Wokeism Strikes Academia – Dennis L. Weisman
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2021/11/the_pandemic_of_rampant_wokeism_strikes_academia.html

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Kamala and Pete—Two Peas in a Woke Pod. The Democrats might not be able to drag their limping heroes to victory this time. – Paul Gottfried
https://amgreatness.com/2021/11/20/kamala-and-pete-two-peas-in-a-woke-pod/

BREITBART
— BLM Calls for Federal Murder Charges Against Rittenhouse – BOB PRICE and RANDY CLARK
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/11/20/watch-blm-calls-for-federal-murder-charges-against-rittenhouse/
— Zakaria: Wokeness in Colleges ‘Undermining’ One of Our Best Assets in Competition with China – IAN HANCHETT
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2021/11/20/zakaria-wokeness-in-colleges-undermining-one-of-our-best-assets-in-competition-with-china/

CHRISTIAN POST
— 63% of Americans think parents should have ‘final say’ in public education: survey – Ryan Foley
(COMMENT: In 1961, when I was starting eight grade at Trinity Lutheran Grade School in Crete, Trinity Lutheran church and grade school left the Missouri Synod and joined the Wisconsin Synod. To stay with the Missouri Synod, my parents transferred to Hope Lutheran in Park Forest and transferred me and my brother to its grade school. The Wisconsin Synod is more conservative than the Missouri Synod.)
https://www.christianpost.com/news/parents-should-have-final-say-in-public-education-survey.html

FEDERALIST
— Thanks To Leftists, The Black Talent Companies Seek To Hire With Racial Quotas Doesn’t Exist. Lack of representation in corporate boardrooms is not because of mythical white privilege. It is due to the breakdown of the black family. – Kendall Qualls
(COMMENT: I should write a book about those who do everything that they can to destroy traditional marriage and to destroy the traditional family and at the same time hint/imply/argue/shout that I owe all my successes in life to my being a product of traditional marriage and traditional family.)
https://thefederalist.com/2021/11/19/thanks-to-leftists-the-black-talent-companies-seek-to-hire-with-racial-quotas-doesnt-exist/

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— SNL cold open sets tone in faulting Rittenhouse judge for ‘that lovable scamp’ being acquitted; pushes racial narrative – Jon Dougherty
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2021/11/21/snl-cold-open-sets-tone-in-faulting-rittenhouse-judge-for-that-lovable-scamp-being-acquitted-pushes-racial-narrative-1166125/

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Manhattan Junior High Grouping Kids by Race in Social Justice Discussions. New York City public schools love to use this system known as affinity groups. – Mary Chastain
https://legalinsurrection.com/2021/11/manhattan-junior-high-grouping-kids-by-race-in-social-justice-discussions/

THE HILL
— Democrats frustrated by vacancies across government – MORGAN CHALFANT
(COMMENT: Democrats run the federal government. To have a successful career in the federal government, you must be 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://thehill.com/homenews/administration/582449-democrats-frustrated-by-vacancies-across-government

CNBC
— If you don’t get a 6% raise, are you taking a pay cut due to inflation? – Carmen Reinicke
(COMMENT: I should write a book about taking a pay cut. Pay is transparent in the federal government. In 1980, when I was 31 years old, all my IRS and GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates knew that GAO forced me to take a 21% pay cut ($20,361/year in today’s dollars) to transfer from IRS to GAO. Of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have used that against me ever since. They use my taking a pay cut to hint/imply/argue/shout a) that IRS grossly overpaid me, b) that IRS should not have promoted me in 1972, 1973, or 1974, c) that my IRS work experience was worthless, d) that the MBA that I earned from Loyola in 1976 was worthless, e) that my passing the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979 was worthless, and f) that my almost completing the requirements for a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul was worthless.)
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/11/20/is-not-getting-a-6percent-raise-amid-inflation-actually-taking-a-pay-cut.html

NEW YORK TIMES
— As Gerrymanders Get Worse, Legal Options to Overturn Them Dwindle. Persuading judges to undo skewed political maps was never easy. A shifting judicial landscape is making it harder. – Michael Wines
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/21/us/redistricting-gerrymandering-republicans.html

NEWSWEEK
— Rittenhouse Lawyer Slams GOP Reps, Donald Trump Jr Over Offers of Jobs, Free Gun – KHALEDA RAHMAN
https://www.newsweek.com/rittenhouse-lawyer-slams-gop-congressman-trump-over-job-offers-1651671

FORBES
— The Great Resignation: Stop The Bleeding And Boost Your Retention – Erin Urban
(COMMENT: Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs focus on getting rid of Republicans, and especially Republicans who are White, male, older, non-veteran, conservative, Christian, Protestant, German American, and/or those whose ancestors had been in America for a long time. I should write a book about the success that Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs have had in getting rid of Republicans in the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Party, Illinois Republican Party, Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, Illinois, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Illinois Center Right Coalition, etc.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbescoachescouncil/2021/11/15/the-great-resignation-stop-the-bleeding-and-boost-your-retention/
— Be Brave: How To Build Your Professional Courage – Tracy Brower
(COMMENT: I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 32.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/tracybrower/2021/10/24/be-brave-how-to-build-your-professional-courage/

FAST COMPANY
— The growing importance of pay transparency – LISA RABASCA ROEPE
(COMMENT: I should write a book about taking a pay cut. Pay is transparent in the federal government. In 1980, when I was 31 years old, all my IRS and GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates knew that GAO forced me to take a 21% pay cut ($20,361/year in today’s dollars) to transfer from IRS to GAO. Of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have used that against me ever since. They use my taking a pay cut to hint/imply/argue/shout a) that IRS grossly overpaid me, b) that IRS should not have promoted me in 1972, 1973, or 1974, c) that my IRS work experience was worthless, d) that the MBA that I earned from Loyola in 1976 was worthless, e) that my passing the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979 was worthless, and f) that my almost completing the requirements for a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul was worthless.)
https://www.fastcompany.com/90692823/an-easy-fix-for-the-great-resignation-pay-transparency

LGBTQ  NATION
— The United States should consider boycotting the 2022 Olympics in Beijing. – James Duke Mason (
COMMENT: Of course, LGBTQ-promoters want the United States to destroy all nations that do not promote LGBTQ.)
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2021/11/united-states-consider-boycotting-2022-olympics-beijing/

DAILY MAIL
— More than HALF of NYPD cops wish they had never joined force, internal memo says, as NYC faces historic crime surge and woke politics that are ‘destroying’ Big Apple – MICHELLE THOMPSON
(COMMENT: In 1980, when I was 31 years old, I agreed to suffer a 21% pay cut ($20,361/year in today’s dollars) to transfer from IRS to GAO in part because GAO claimed to be nonpartisan. I soon learned that claim was false and that GAO was far more partisan than IRS. I should write a book about how the Democrats who ran GAO’s Chicago office a) gave preference to their employees who were Democrat, and especially to those who were minority, female, younger, veteran, moderate, liberal, non-Christian, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or those whose ancestors had not been in America for a long time, that is, they discriminated against their employees who Republican, and especially against those who were White, male, older, non-veteran, conservative, Christian, Protestant, German American, and/or those whose ancestors had been in America for a long time. If I had been a Democrat, GAO would have promoted me into its Senior Executive Service long before I was 40 years old. In 1981, I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt and became a licensed CPA. In 1980, I earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul. In 1979, I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt. In 1976, I earned an MBA from Loyola. But because I was a Democrat, because I opposed patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination, and because in 1988 I became an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged my GAO superiors with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation, they forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, gave me unfair job assignments, performance expectations, and performance 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 $20,361 (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980.)
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10224609/More-HALF-NYPD-cops-wish-never-joined-force-internal-memo-says.htm

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.