November 23 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE

— COMMENT: Kyle Rittenhouse takes aim at former attorneys, prosecutors in interview with Fox News host Tucker Carlson. Chicago Tribune calls the interview “fawning.”
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-kyle-rittenhouse-tucker-carlson-20211123-bcpvfq3djverlcticfhcsidi6e-story.html
— Southland boosters urge Pritzker to support proposed South Suburban Airport – TED SLOWIK
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/opinion/ct-sta-slowik-csedc-quarterly-forum-st-1121-20211119-22tjlb7vx5dhndfl4lziqsfini-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Waukesha parade crash suspect expected in court Tuesday. Police Chief Dan Thompson said police were going to recommend the Milwaukee man face five charges of first degree intentional homicide, which is punishable by life in prison. – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2021/11/23/22798412/waukesha-parade-crash-milwaukee-man-court

WTTW
— Downers Grove Book Censorship Debate: Controversy Over ‘Gender Queer: A Memoir’ – Blair Paddock
https://news.wttw.com/2021/11/22/book-censorship-debate-controversy-over-gender-queer-memoir
— School Districts Canceling Classes Due to Teacher Shortage – Amanda Vinicky
https://news.wttw.com/2021/11/22/school-districts-canceling-classes-due-teacher-shortage

WBEZ
— CPS has a plan to keep students safe, but students fear gun violence at dismissal – Adriana Cardona-Maguigad
https://www.wbez.org/stories/cps-has-a-plan-to-keep-students-safe-but-students-fear-gun-violence-at-dismissal/40d8bda3-dbb0-47d8-93c4-fd5ca7c32308

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— McDonald’s urged to conduct a civil-rights audit of its operations. An adviser to union pension funds is calling on the Chicago-based fast-food giant to analyze how its policies may be contributing to social and economic inequality. – Bloomberg
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/equity/mcdonalds-urged-assess-civil-rights-impact-race-audit

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Illinois’ circuitous, reluctant embrace of honest government – Jim Dey
https://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/jim-dey-illinois-circuitous-reluctant-embrace-of-honest-government/article_9f2668f9-4c84-5e48-8125-c49087686dc8.html

SOUTHERN
— 4 lawmakers call Pritzker’s comments on Rittenhouse trial ‘beyond reprehensible’
https://thesouthern.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/4-lawmakers-call-pritzkers-comments-on-rittenhouse-trial-beyond-reprehensible/article_46d47ca2-4b41-5cb9-ad25-e05d6b7c0860.html

WAND TV
— Waukesha parade crash suspect’s bail raises questions – AP
https://www.wandtv.com/news/national/waukesha-parade-crash-suspects-bail-raises-questions/article_3fe49842-2493-58c6-89b3-43a0439c2ae9.html

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Flurry of Congressional candidates expected to announce under new map not yet signed by Pritzker – Greg Bishop
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/flurry-of-congressional-candidates-expected-to-announce-under-new-map-not-yet-signed-by-pritzker/article_65d70e64-4bd0-11ec-af2a-f3446da6f49b.html

JOHN KASS
— As Deadly Crime Mounts, Liberal, Educated Hyde Park Gets Schooled on Epistemology – Matt Rosenberg
https://johnkassnews.com/as-deadly-crime-mounts-liberal-educated-hyde-park-gets-schooled-on-epistemology/

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— WOMEN DRIVING ILLINOIS’ LABOR MARKET RECOVERY Illinois’ labor market has heated up, gaining 40,900 jobs in October. It was the largest increase in 2021 as women, especially minority women, returned to work – Orphe Divounguy
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/women-driving-illinois-labor-market-recovery/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Organized shoplifting exploits ‘woke’ undermining of law enforcement. – SARAH WESTWOOD
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/fairness-justice/organized-shoplifting-exploits-woke-undermining-of-law-enforcement
— TikTok censored me for defending Kyle Rittenhouse – Brad Polumbo
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/tiktok-censored-me-for-defending-kyle-rittenhouse

NEW YORK POST
— Thanksgiving is a holiday dedicated to gratitude and tolerance — so the woke have their knives out for it. – Kyle Smith
(COMMENT: The more woke that you are, the more that you 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://nypost.com/2021/11/22/thanksgiving-is-dedicated-to-tolerance-so-woke-have-knives-out/
— Thomas Jefferson statue removed from City Hall after 187 years – Julia Marsh
https://nypost.com/2021/11/22/thomas-jefferson-statue-leaves-city-hall-after-187-years/

FOX NEWS
— CNN article declares ‘There’s nothing more frightening… than an angry White man’ after Rittenhouse trial. ‘CNN has gone full racist,’ Media Research Center’s Nicholas Fondacaro reacted. – Joseph A. Wulfsohn
https://www.foxnews.com/media/cnn-angry-white-man-kyle-rittenhouse-trial

AMERICAN THINKER
— Yes, Kyle Rittenhouse is a Hero – Christopher Skeet
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2021/11/yes_kyle_rittenhouse_is_a_hero.html
— Racist gang attack on Philadelphia train targeting Asians demonstrates effect of race hustlers on the minds of black youth – Rajan Laad
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2021/11/racist_gang_attack_on_philadelphia_train_targeting_asians_demonstrates_effect_of_race_hustlers_on_the_minds_of_black_youth.html

BLAZE
— Crowder: Why is the mainstream media hiding CRUCIAL details about the Waukesha tragedy?
https://www.theblaze.com/shows/louder-with-crowder/copy-edit-crowder-why-is-the-mainstream-media-hiding-crucial-details-about-the-waukesha-tragedy
— Kyle Rittenhouse accuses lawyers Lin Wood and John Pierce of leaving him in jail so that they could raise more money for themselves – CARLOS GARCIA
https://www.theblaze.com/news/rittenhouse-lin-wood-money-bail

DAILY CALLER
— ‘Actual Malice’: Rittenhouse Responds To Biden Calling Him A ‘White Supremacist’ – SHAKHZOD YULDOSHBOEV
https://dailycaller.com/2021/11/22/kyle-rittenhouse-tucker-carlson-interview-joe-biden-white-supremacist/

DAILY WIRE
— Rittenhouse On Filing Defamation Lawsuits: ‘Really Good Lawyers’ Are ‘Taking Care Of That Right Now’
https://www.dailywire.com/news/rittenhouse-on-filing-defamation-lawsuits-really-good-lawyers-are-taking-care-of-that-right-now

NEWSMAX
— Rep. Fitzgerald to Newsmax: Parade Deaths Point to Need for Bail Reform – Sandy Fitzgerald
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/scott-fitzgerald-waukesha-parade-darrell-brooks/2021/11/23/id/1045832/

FREEDOM FIRST NETWORK
— Jimmy Lee Tillman II: The COVID-19 Vaccine is the Modern-Day Tuskegee Experiment
https://freedomfirstnetwork.com/2021/11/jimmy-lee-tillman-ii-the-covid-19-vaccine-is-the-modern-day-tuskegee-experiment

PJ MEDIA
— The Media Can’t Stop Lying About Kyle Rittenhouse – MATT MARGOLIS
https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/matt-margolis/2021/11/22/the-media-cant-stop-lying-about-kyle-rittenhouse-n1535336
— Waukesha Attack Has REALLY Exposed Leftists’ Rotten Core – STEPHEN KRUISER
https://pjmedia.com/columns/stephen-kruiser/2021/11/23/the-morning-briefing-waukesha-attack-has-really-exposed-leftists-rotten-core-n1535581

NTD
— Critical Race Theory Teaches False Ideas to Students, Shouldn’t Become Normalized: Rep. Foxx – Zachary Stieber
https://www.ntd.com/critical-race-theory-teaches-false-ideas-to-students-shouldnt-become-normalized-rep-foxx_704817.html

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Woke Racialism Is a Clear and Present Danger to the American System – RICH LOWRY
https://www.nationalreview.com/2021/11/woke-racialism-is-a-clear-and-present-danger-to-the-american-system/
— Fifteen States Respond to ‘Woke Capitalism,’ Threaten to Cut Off Banks That Refuse to Service Coal, Oil Industries – BRITTANY BERNSTEIN
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/fifteen-states-threaten-to-cut-off-banks-that-refuse-to-service-coal-oil-industries/

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Chinese Dissident on Wokeness in America: “In Many Ways, You’re Already in the Authoritarian State” “You just don’t know it.” – Mike LaChance
https://legalinsurrection.com/2021/11/chinese-dissident-on-wokeness-in-america-in-many-ways-youre-already-in-the-authoritarian-state/

NBC NEWS
— COMMENT: Democrats use Rittenhouse to hint/imply/argue/shout that you are a racist if you do not promote BLM.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/kyle-rittenhouse-claims-supports-black-lives-matter-tucker-carlson-int-rcna6311

YAHOO NEWS
— TRAGIC: ‘Poor is more’: Pot shop chain says low-income areas good for sales – Jeff Lagerquist
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/poor-is-more-pot-shop-chain-says-low-income-areas-good-for-sales-192816489.html

NEW YORK TIMES
— COMMENT: Democrats use Gosar to promote hatred against Republicans.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/22/briefing/paul-gosar-censure-violence.html
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats crow about their success in destroying men. Ever-increasingly, the future is ever-increasingly bleak for men. Ever-increasingly, men, and especially men who are White, conservative, Republican, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time, are subjected to “up-or-out,” while women, and especially those who are minority, moderate, liberal, Democrat, non-Christian, non-Protestant, non-Italian American, non-German American, and/or those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time are not subjected to “up-or-out.” Further, ever-increasingly, employers are under ever-increasing pressure from Democrats to hire, retain, and promote women, and especially women who are minority, moderate, liberal, Democrat, non-Christian, non-Protestant, non-Italian American, non-German American, and/or those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/23/business/dealbook/women-college-economy.html
— How to Participate in Politics – Ian Prasad Philbrick and David Leonhardt
(COMMENT: What do you want to accomplish politically? I want to help elect Republican candidates who can and will defend and advance the Republican Party platform, including its traditional marriage/family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks. What are your biggest obstacles politically? Far too many of the following in Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton reject the aforesaid planks: a) leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Milton Township Republican Organization, etc.; b) Republican leaders of Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Wheaton Park District, etc.; c) conservative leaders; d) religious leaders; e) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct, their political consultants, major donors, fundraisers, pollsters, campaign managers, campaign staff members, campaign volunteers, etc., and f) those who I have sued. Far too many of the aforesaid destroy those like me a) who they cannot manipulate/dominate, b) who refuse to glorify and praise them, c) who refuse to pander to them, d) who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, e) who refuse to cover up their wrongdoing, and/or f) who refuse to give them money.)
https://www.nytimes.com/guides/year-of-living-better/how-to-participate-in-government
— The Problem of Political Despair – Michelle Goldberg
(COMMENT: Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs want Republicans to despair. Moderates and liberals want conservatives to despair.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/22/opinion/american-democracy.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Kamala Harris and the Future of the Democratic Party. Strassel: “The more doubts grow that Kamala Harris is the actual heir apparent to Biden, the more jockeying you will see among other Democrats to claim that spot.”
https://www.wsj.com/video/series/opinion-review-and-outlook/wsj-opinion-kamala-harris-and-the-future-of-the-democratic-party/73D5FAE4-D358-4507-B61E-A48120CAB2F6
— Kyle Rittenhouse and the Left’s Terrifying Assault on Due Process. They want revolutionary justice. The legal system’s verdict will be supplanted by the people’s judgment. – Gerard Baker
https://www.wsj.com/articles/kyle-rittenhouse-and-the-lefts-terrifying-assault-on-due-process-trial-verdict-not-guilty-11637597046
— Censoring the Pilgrims. The left wants to cancel the WSJ’s annual Thanksgiving editorials. – Editorial
(COMMENT: My critics/opponents want me to be thankful a) that they have “let” me serve as the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000 and as a Republican Precinct Committeeman since 1999; b) that they “let” me raise funds from DuPage Republicans so that DuPage Republicans could help sponsor Wheaton’s Independence Day parades and fireworks 2005-2019; and c) that they “let” me serve as the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman 2005-2012, serve as a Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member 2003-2011, serve as the Milton Township Republican Organization webmaster 2008-2010 and 2000-2004, serve as an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member 2003-2007, and serve as an American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member 2001-2004. I should write a book about my critics/opponents.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/censoring-the-pilgrims-thanksgiving-editorials-vermont-royster-cancel-culture-11637617548

FORBES
— Is The ‘Great Resignation’ Actually A Mass Retirement? – Avivah Wittenberg-Cox

https://www.forbes.com/sites/avivahwittenbergcox/2021/11/16/the-great-resignationactually-a-mass-retirement/

PBS
— COMMENT: PBS uses Christie to promote hatred against Republicans.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/chris-christie-urges-republicans-to-drop-election-lies-conspiracies-this-has-to-stop

ATLANTIC
— COMMENT: Democrats have declared war on Republicans. Democrats see Latinos as being their soldiers in their army to get rid of Republicans once and for all, and especially 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.
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2021/11/latinx-future-progressive-congress-latino/620764/

NEWSWEEK
— Democratic Donors Hit Pause as Party Debates Whether to Focus on Race In 2022 – ADRIAN CARRASQUILLO
(COMMENT: Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The Republican Party platform is conservative. If you seek a government office or political office as a Republican, you obligate yourself to defend and advance the Republican Party platform.)
https://www.newsweek.com/democratic-donors-hit-pause-party-debates-whether-focus-race-2022-1648413
— Black Lives Matter Say They ‘Don’t F***’ with Kyle Rittenhouse – KHALEDA RAHMAN
https://www.newsweek.com/black-lives-matter-respond-kyle-rittenhouse-saying-supports-movement-1652276

GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— Lawmakers Call on GAO to Examine FBI Whistleblower Protections – ERICH WAGNER
(COMMENT: If you read the documents filed in Diersen v. GAO, you will conclude that federal employees who oppose patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and/or age discrimination are NOT protected.)
https://www.govexec.com/oversight/2021/11/lawmakers-call-gao-examine-fbi-whistleblower-protections/187019/

CORCORAN
— COMMERCIAL PROPERTY FOR SALE: 610 WEST ROOSEVELT ROAD, UNIT A1, WHEATON – $99,999
https://www.corcoran.com/homes-for-sale/610-w-roosevelt-road-a1-wheaton-il-60189/61663474/regionId=103

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.