November 29 Morning Edition

ABC7
— Chicago hospitals brace for post-Thanksgiving COVID-19 surge following holiday travel weekend. Roughly 1M people are expected to travel Sunday. – Jesse Kirsch
https://abc7chicago.com/health/covid-19-cases-expected-to-spike-following-thanksgiving-holiday-weekend-/8353253/?cmp=emc-wls-news-headlines-11/29/2020

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater says “Our democracy is fighting a bad case of truth decay.”
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/clarence-page/ct-column-truth-fake-news-literacy-page-20201126-rpzogqv2fvdnnmzh6x4py7oblu-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater promotes hatred against non-Catholics.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/ct-opinion-biden-faith-religion-eboo-patel-20201125-4jnyk24wdfh5thhv5uhkwfp3oq-story.html
— Joe Biden plans quick moves to boost protections for LGBTQ Americans – AP (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will those who do not promote LGBTQ be officially banned from a) seeking a government or political office, b) holding a government or political office, c) getting an education, d) getting a job, e) holding a job, f) etc.?)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/nation-world/ct-nw-joe-biden-lgbtq-rights-20201129-jkj6rm3d7rguxesrrinqmc2euy-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— The politics of indolence – Editorial (DIERSEN: I should write a book about the most intolerant people that I have had to deal with since 2000. I would focus on those who paint themselves as being religious, conservative, and/or Republican. I would focus on those who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout. The more of the following that you are, the more that they look down on you: Trump supporter, conservative, Republican, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, gun owner, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20201128/editorial-the-reproachment-of-dianne-feinstein

PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— Illinois to borrow $2 billion more from feds as COVID-19 dents tax revenue – Doug Finke
https://www.pjstar.com/story/news/2020/11/28/illinois-borrow-2-billion-shore-up-budget-amid-covid-19-losses/6444771002/?for-guid=e6e07983-e973-435d-b131-081f8a49ca57

ALTON TELEGRAPH
— Legal group to help Illinoisans clear marijuana convictions (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, if you have a pot conviction, Democrats paint you as being a victim of Republicans.)
https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/article/Legal-group-to-help-Illinoisans-clear-marijuana-15761093.php

BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO
— Chicago Makes Juneteenth ‘Day Of Observance,’ But Activists Continue To Seek Official City Holiday Status June 19th will be officially recognized as Juneteenth, but city workers will get not get a paid day off. – Joe Ward (DIERSEN: All my ancestors immigrated to northeast Illinois during the 1840s and 1850s. Government is nasty. Politics is nasty. Democrats are nasty. If I sought a government office or a political office, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes would stress that none of my ancestors fought in Union Army.)
https://blockclubchicago.org/2020/11/25/chicago-makes-juneteenth-day-of-observance-but-activists-continue-to-seek-official-city-holiday-status/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— A new, better Supreme Court makes its debut in New York pandemic case The court asserts the primacy of the First Amendment in the face of curtailment of rights – Michael McKenna
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/nov/28/a-new-better-supreme-court-makes-its-debut-in-new-/

FOX NEWS
— Ohio certifies presidential election results, Trump win ‘I’m fully confident Ohio’s voice was heard in a fair and honest election,’ Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose said. – Vandana Rambaran
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/ohio-certifies-its-votes-in-favor-of-president-trump
— Trump continues fight in Wis., Pa.: ‘We have found many illegal votes’ ‘The Wisconsin recount is not about finding mistakes in the count, it is about finding people who have voted illegally’ – Morgan Phillips
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-fight-wis-pa-illegal-votes
— Hispanic support for Republicans growing as Democrats move leftward Hispanics are following generations of immigrants before them, assimilating into American culture and voting based on their beliefs, not ethnicity. – Fmr. Gov. Bobby Jindal, Wes Anderson
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/republicans-hispanics-democrats-bobby-jindal-west-anderson

BLAZE
— Facebook fact-checker forced to issue correction after Candace Owens challenged ‘false’ rating ‘I am taking every measure to fight these communists in the court room’ – Paul Sacca
https://www.theblaze.com/news/candace-owens-facebook-fact-checker-lawsuit

EPOCH TIMES
— New Lawsuit Asks Wisconsin Supreme Court to Declare All Drop-Box Ballots Illegal and Block Certification – TOM OZIMEK
https://www.theepochtimes.com/new-lawsuit-asks-wisconsin-supreme-court-to-declare-all-drop-box-ballots-illegal-and-block-certification_3596676.html

CNN
— Thanksgiving vandalism: ‘Land back’ sprayed on US statues – Konstantin Toropin and Susannah Cullinane (DIERSEN: How long have your ancestors been in America? Ever-increasingly, if you are a Republican, Democrats blame your ancestors for the problems that indigenous people had. If I sought a government office or a political office, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes would stress that my ancestors homesteaded a farm in Crete in 1854.)
https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/27/us/thanksgiving-vandalism-land-back/index.html

NEW YORK TIMES
— DECEMBER 30, 2015 FLASHBACK: The Political Consultant Racket – Adam Sheingate (DIERSEN: Who’s advice are the following taking: a) Republican candidates on ballots in your precinct, b) leaders of your Republican township, ward, and/or county party organizations, and c) leaders of the Illinois Republican Party? I should write a book about the aforesaid who talk and/or act like they are taking the following advice: curry favor with voters who are Trump-haters, minority, female, younger, moderate, liberal, Democrat, Libertarian, Green, Independent, RINO, poor, non-gun owners, veterans, non-Christian, non-Protestant, non-Italian American, non-German American, and/or those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time by getting rid of those who are Trump supporters, White, male, older, conservative, Republican, non-poor, gun owners, draft avoiders, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/30/opinion/campaign-stops/the-political-consultant-racket.html
— In Their 20s and Saving for Retirement: How It Started, How It’s Going Three savers learned some important lessons early on. – Elizabeth Harris (DIERSEN: I started earning credits toward a Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) pension in 1966 when I was 18 years old as a Park Forest Post Office employee. I earned full-time CSRS credit even though I worked only part-time. My Democrat IRS and GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were furious about that.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/27/business/millennials-retirement-saving.html
— What Facebook Fed the Baby Boomers Many Americans’ feeds are nightmares. I know because I spent weeks living inside two of them. – Charlie Warzel
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/24/opinion/facebook-disinformation-boomers.html
— Happiness Won’t Save You. Philip Brickman was an expert in the psychology of happiness, but he couldn’t make his own pain go away. – Jennifer Senior (DIERSEN: How happy are you? I should write a book about those in my precinct, in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who viciously demonize, denigrate, and condemn me for my not being happy enough. They hint/imply/argue/shout that I got everything good that I have because I was born with a silver spoon in my mouth, because I have always been privileged, because I avoided the draft, because the federal government grossly overpaid me, because my wife and I gave up trying to have children, because we did not adopt, because we did not become foster parents, because my federal retirement benefits are too generous, and because I do not give money to a church like they do.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/24/opinion/happiness-depression-suicide-psychology.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Record Asian American turnout helped Biden win Georgia. Can it help flip the Senate? – Amy B Wang (DIERSEN: Democrats have declared war on Republicans. Democrats see Asian Americans as being their soldiers in their army to get rid of Republicans once and for all.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/asian-americans-georgia-senate/2020/11/28/28521068-2ad2-11eb-9b14-ad872157ebc9_story.html
— Criticized by moderates and pressured by their base, liberals fight for a voice in the Democratic Party – Sean Sullivan and Rachael Bade (DIERSEN: To vote for Democrats is to promote dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, abolition of the First and Second Amendments, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and even worse things. To vote for Democrats is to call for government to get rid of individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are law enforcement, Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, gun owners, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, draft avoiders (except Joe Biden and Bill Clinton), and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. In my precinct, 61% voted for Democrat Biden and only 36% voted for Republican Trump, 53% voted for Democrat Durbin and only 43% for Republican Curran, and 57% voted for Democrat Casten and only 42% for Republican Ives.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/democratic-party-future-liberals/2020/11/29/3da05bfe-2ba5-11eb-92b7-6ef17b3fe3b4_story.html

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater says “Donald Trump, wounded wasp.” Ever-increasingly, White Anglo-Saxon Protestants (WASP) (SEE: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Anglo-Saxon_Protestants ) are viciously demonized, viciously denigrated, and viciously condemned not only by those who non-White, non-Anglo-Saxon, and/or non-Protestant, but by those who are White, Anglo-Saxon, and/or Protestant and who want to curry favor with those who are anti-White, anti-Anglo-Saxon, and/or anti-Protestant.)
https://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/ny-oped-trump-wounded-wasp-20201129-37rjyfjd4zax3ji7kibdd7imai-story.html

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater says “How Trump is laying the groundwork for violence and unrest during Biden’s presidency.”
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2020-11-29/trump-election-violence-biden-administration

USA TODAY
— Biden has white men to thank for putting him in the White House While Trump made surprising gains in other demographics, Biden made unexpected gains among white male voters in the election. Here is how he keeps them. – Andrew L. Yarrow (DIERSEN: White men who voted for Biden erroneously believe that because Biden is a White man, Biden will not take adverse actions against White men. I am a White man. I should write a book about other White men who have taken adverse actions against me. I would focus on those who took those adverse actions against me to curry favor with minorities and with females. Further, I am conservative, Republican, old (born in 1948), Protestant (baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran), heterosexual, 100% German American, and my ancestors have been in America since 1844. I should write a book about those who are the aforesaid who have taken adverse actions against me. I would focus on those who took those adverse actions against me to curry favor with those who are moderate, liberal, Democrat, Libertarian, Green, Independent, RINO, younger, non-Protestant, LGBTQ, non-German American, and those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2020/11/29/how-biden-needs-handle-his-new-voter-base-white-males-column/6347523002/
— Make America incompetent again? Trump wants to ruin our merit-based federal jobs system. Trump wants to bring back a corrupt system of political patronage. Congress and Joe Biden must undo this attack on the capability of our government. – Max Stier (DIERSEN: I should write a book about my Post Office, IRS, and GAO superiors in the federal government. They were always under tremendous pressure from Democrat politicians a) to retain and promote their Democrat employees and b) to get rid of their Republican employees and especially those who were White, male, non-veteran, and/or older.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2020/11/29/trump-plan-gut-civil-service-bring-back-incompetence-column/6347462002/

SALEM NEWS
— Modern generation gap goes beyond age group – David M. Shribman (DIERSEN: In what ways are you a minority in your neighborhood, in your precinct, in your municipal district, in your municipality, in your township, in your county district, in your county, in Illinois, in America, and in the world? You can be a minority in terms of your race, gender, age group, sexual orientation, marital status, religion, national origin, education, professional certifications/licenses, present/past occupation, employed/self-employed/unemployed/retired, liberal/moderate/conservative, Democrat/Libertarian/Green/Independent/RINO/Republican, income rage, net worth range, veteran status, gun owner/non-gun owner, homeowner/renter, in America legally/illegally, number of years that your ancestors have been in America, etc. Overwhelmingly, people want to live in neighborhoods, precincts, municipal districts, municipalities, county districts, counties, state, and countries where those who share their demographics are the majority.)
https://www.salemnews.com/opinion/columns/modern-generation-gap-goes-beyond-age-group/article_d2b776c6-0ca5-55d2-9f31-d3ebe7443e44.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Consider this: Every American under 40 today — fully a majority of the country — is either a millennial (born 1977-1995) or a Gen Zer (born 1996 or after). Or this: There are more people in the millennial and Gen Z generations than in the baby boom generation, Gen X and the rest of the population combined. And all those people who say they don’t recognize the America they see outside their quarantine windows or behind masks on the streets? They are right. This is not your grandfather’s United States. It is not even your parents’ United States. For the first time in American history, more than half of those under age 16 are part of an ethnic or racial minority. And as white baby boomers age out of the workforce — it is happening every day — all the labor growth will be among racial minorities.)

NEWSWEEK
— Trump Calls Fox News ‘Virtually Unwatchable,’ Points Followers to OANN and Newsmax – NATALIE COLAROSSI
https://www.newsweek.com/trump-calls-fox-news-virtually-unwatchable-points-followers-oann-newsmax-1550945

FORBES
— Coronavirus Shaking Up Car Buying As Millennials Suddenly See Big Plusses – Neil Winton
https://www.forbes.com/sites/neilwinton/2020/11/15/coronavirus-shaking-up-car-buying-as-millennials-suddenly-see-big-plusses-ey-report/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Millennials are said to despise the fossil-fuel powered car, embrace public transport, worry about climate change above all else and are firmly behind environmentalists’ plans to bring forward the day when the sale of the traditional automobile is banned. But that was before the coronavirus struck. According to a survey across 9 nations undertaken by global consultancy EV, millennials (aged between 24 and 39) are reversing all these assumptions because the coronavirus has made public transport an unattractive prospect, with its requirement for facemasks and the inevitable close proximity to the unknown. The individual, sealed automobile is now a coveted object of desire for getting to work and play. So far so shocking for the conventional wisdom. The headline finding of the report was that nearly 1/3 of people without a car intend to buy one in the next six months, and 45% of those will be millennials. There will be a global boom in car buying in the next six months, not least because of pent-up demand.)

JURIST
— Vote With Your Feet: Foot Voting and Political Freedom – Ilya Somin (DIERSEN: In what ways are you a minority in your neighborhood, in your precinct, in your municipal district, in your municipality, in your township, in your county district, in your county, in Illinois, in America, and in the world? You can be a minority in terms of your race, gender, age group, sexual orientation, marital status, religion, national origin, education, professional certifications/licenses, present/past occupation, employed/self-employed/unemployed/retired, liberal/moderate/conservative, Democrat/Libertarian/Green/Independent/RINO/Republican, income rage, net worth range, veteran status, gun owner/non-gun owner, homeowner/renter, in America legally/illegally, number of years that your ancestors have been in America, etc. overwhelmingly, people want to live in neighborhoods, precincts, municipal districts, municipalities, county districts, counties, state, and countries where those who share their demographics are the majority.)
https://www.jurist.org/commentary/2020/11/ilya-somin-foot-voting/

QUALITY MAGAZINE
— Self-Accountability – Jim L. Smith (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents have no self-accountability. They blame their problems on everyone else and especially on me, on what I have done as your GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000, and as a Republican Precinct Committeeman since 1999. Previously, they blamed what I did as a TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman 2005-2012, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member 2003-2011, Milton Township Republican Organization webmaster 2008-2010 and 2000-2004, Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member 2003-2007, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member 2001-2004, GAO employee 1980-1997, etc.)
https://www.qualitymag.com/blogs/21-jim-s-gems/post/96283-self-accountability
(FROM THE ARTICLE: It has been argued that in recent years personal accountability seems to be diminishing. Let’s explore that for a bit but just what is personal accountability?. . .Except possibly in the case of a genuine and serious mental illness, each of us is responsible for our own actions, no matter what the circumstances. Personal accountability means that we choose to take responsibility for our words, actions, and behaviors, and the outcomes they produce. It does no one any good to blame a television show, a movie, the media, the so-called “system,” or society in general for individual acts of violence or immorality. Personal accountability is the cornerstone of a healthy society just as it is an essential part of a healthy individual. Accountability literally means “account-ability,” that is, owning the ability to account for our own life. To be self-accountable means to be answerable for the obligations and duties we have in our life by the very nature of being a human being. People who are self-accountable answers fundamentally to him- or herself in honoring a code of living, ethics, and integrity that goes to the depth of who we really are. To paraphrase August Wilson, the playwright, ‘we are responsible for the world we live in. It is not the government’s responsibility. It is not our schools or our fellow citizens. It is ours, utterly and singularly ours.’ At the end of the day, we alone are self-accountable.)

EDUCATION WEEK
— We Americans Risk Losing the Ability to Govern Ourselves. Better Civics Education Can Help The case for a civics graduation requirement. – Charles Salter (DIERSEN: Democrats want voters a) who are minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, not married, moderate, liberal, non-Christian, non-Protestant, non- Italian American, non-German American, b) who have financial, health, and/or other problems, and/or c) whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time to vote for candidates who will use government to give more preference to those who are the aforesaid.)
https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2020/11/23/americans-risk-losing-the-ability-to-govern.html

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.