November 3 Morning Edition

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES

— Youngkin’s Virginia victory jolts Democrats, tight race in NJ. Tuesday’s elections were the first major tests of voter sentiment since President Joe Biden took office and suggested growing frustration. – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2021/11/3/22761174/election-virgina-glenn-youngkin-new-jersey-phil-murphy-jack-ciattarelli
— Face facts: Mask mandate stays till COVID-19 hospitalizations fall, Pritzker says after getting booster shot. The state’s COVID-19 numbers have improved, but not enough to make the governor consider rescinding his statewide indoor mask mandate, Pritzker said after receiving a Pfizer booster shot on the Near West Side. – Mitchell Armentrout
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2021/11/2/22759754/illinois-coronavirus-vaccine-booster-masks-pritzker-covid-19
— COMMENT: Hate-filled Republican-hating Republican haters hint/imply/argue/shout that those who voted for Youngkin are racists and even worse things.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2021/11/2/22759234/virginia-governor-election-critical-race-theory-youngkin-mcauliffe-public-schools

DAILY HERALD
— Republican Youngkin wins Virginia governor’s race – AP
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20211103/republican-youngkin-wins-virginia-governors-race
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG COLOR PICTURE: Itasca rejects Haymarket plans for addiction treatment center – Katlyn Smith and Trey Arline
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20211102/itasca-rejects-haymarket-plans-for-addiction-treatment-center-
— West Chicago reverses citywide ban on video gambling – Scott C. Morgan
(COMMENT: To push gambling on an individual, municipality, township, county, state, or country is to destroy that individual, municipality, township, county, state, or country.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20211102/west-chicago-reverses-citywide-ban-on-video-gambling

ALTON TELEGRAPH
— Hawley: Masculinity is a virtue, not a danger – AP
https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/article/Hawley-Masculinity-is-a-virtue-not-a-danger-16585905.php

NPR ILLINOIS
— COMMENT: Those who invaded the Capitol on January 6, 2021 had to know that would harm Trump and harm everyone who voted for Trump.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2021-11-02/tucker-carlsons-capitol-insurrection-series-promotes-disproved-conspiracy-theories

WIREPOINTS
— Illinois lawmakers picking winners and losers again using taxpayer money. This time it’s electric vehicle manufacturers. – Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner
https://wirepoints.org/illinois-lawmakers-picking-winners-and-losers-again-using-taxpayer-money-this-time-its-electric-vehicle-manufacturers-wirepoints/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Sen. Scott Declares He Would Support Trump Bid for Presidency – Brian Freeman
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/tim-scott-trump-presidential-election/2021/11/02/id/1042992/
— Youngkin defeats McAuliffe in Virginia – Kerry Picket, Mica Soellner and Seth McLaughlin
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/nov/2/glenn-youngkin-defeats-terry-mcauliffe-as-gop-swee/
— Va. Gov.-elect Youngkin promises transformative changes on Day One – Kerry Picket
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/nov/3/va-gov-elect-glenn-youngkin-promises-transformativ/
— The importance of 1776 today more than ever – Brooke L. Rollins, Carol Swain and Phil Bryant
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/nov/2/importance-1776-today-more-ever/
— Conservative pundit Dennis Prager says he feels ‘muzzled’ by Big Tech censorship – Sean Salai
(COMMENT: My critics/opponents want the following to muzzle me and to muzzle my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters: 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; and e) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct, their political consultants, major donors, fundraisers, pollsters, campaign managers, campaign staff members, campaign volunteers, etc. In my capacity as the GOPUSA Illinois Editor 2005-2019, I raised funds from DuPage Republicans so that DuPage Republican could help sponsor Wheaton’s Independence Day parades and fireworks. This year, the aforesaid succeeded in muzzling me and muzzling my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters by stopping me from doing that.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/nov/2/conservative-pundit-prager-says-he-feels-muzzled-b/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “If I say the ‘wrong thing’ — whatever that might be — on my Fireside Chat podcast for PragerU, I can be yanked off YouTube or Facebook. When big business and big government work together to muzzle free speech, that’s fascism,” Mr. Prager said. The nationally syndicated talk show host’s comments came as his company PragerU continues to wage a long legal battle against Google’s YouTube. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals last year ruled unanimously against Mr. Prager‘s claim of illegal censorship of conservatives. But Mr. Prager continues to allege that YouTube prevents PragerU from advertising videos due to unexplained violations of community guidelines, restricting other videos as likewise inappropriate and adding a disclaimer that the content may be factually incorrect. “Never in the history of this country has free speech been in such jeopardy. What’s even more shocking is that the threat is not coming directly from the government but from woke corporations,” Mr. Prager said.)

FOX NEWS
— Critical race theory top factor for 25% of Virginia voters, while 72% called it important: Fox analysis. 72% of voters acknowledged CRT was an ‘important factor’ – Andrew Mark Miller
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/critical-race-theory-virginia-top-factor-important-fox-analysis
— Christopher Rufo says the fiery education debate will go far beyond Virginia. ‘It’s a genuine problem and it’s motivated a genuine grassroots revolt in every state in the country,’ Rufo told Fox News. – Joseph A. Wulfsohn
https://www.foxnews.com/media/christopher-rufo-education-virginia
— Liberal media is ‘brazenly’ lying saying CRT isn’t taught in Virginia schools: NewsBusters Liberal pundits are focusing on an ‘incredibly limited definition’ of CRT, NewsBusters argued. – Cortney O’Brien
https://www.foxnews.com/media/newsbusters-highlights-medias-crt-lies

BREITBART
— 678 Murders in Lori Lightfoot’s Chicago with Two Months Left in 2021 – AWR HAWKINS
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/11/02/678-murders-in-lori-lightfoots-chicago-with-two-months-left-in-2021/
— Anti-CRT Parents Win School Board Victories Throughout America – DR. SUSAN BERRY
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/11/03/anti-crt-parents-win-school-board-victories-throughout-america/
— Voters Reject Democrats’ Desperate Racism Claims in Virginia – JOEL B. POLLAK
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/11/02/pollak-voters-reject-democrats-desperate-racism-claims-in-virginia/

DAILY CALLER
— ‘If These Issues Can Arise Here, They Can Occur Anywhere’: Teachers Break Down How Virginia Became The Ground Zero In The Education Culture War. – KENDALL TIETZ
https://dailycaller.com/2021/11/02/virginia-governor-race-education-crt-teachers-explain/

FEDERALIST
— Democrats Need Systemic Racism To Exist So Much, They Fake It. The fake episode orchestrated by the Lincoln Project to frame Glenn Youngkin as the candidate of white supremacy reflects Democrats’ desperation for systemic racism to persist. – Tristan Justice
https://thefederalist.com/2021/11/02/democrats-need-systemic-racism-to-exist-so-much-they-fake-it/

NEWSMAX
— Rep. Pete Sessions to Newsmax: ‘Socialists Have Taken Over the Democratic Party’ – Sandy Fitzgerald
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/sessions-democrats-spending-bill-socialism/2021/11/02/id/1042969/

NEWS BUSTERS
— Media Brazenly Lie that Critical Race Theory ‘Isn’t Taught In Public Schools’ – Bill D’Agostino
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/bill-dagostino/2021/11/02/media-brazenly-lie-critical-race-theory-isnt-taught-public

PJ MEDIA
— GOP Diversity Ticket Trounces Racist CRT Dems In Virginia – STEPHEN KRUISER
https://pjmedia.com/columns/stephen-kruiser/2021/11/03/the-morning-briefing-gop-diversity-ticket-trounces-racist-crt-dems-in-virginia-n1529196

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Parents Retake Control In Virginia, Leading Glenn Youngkin To Victory Over Terry McAuliffe. Parents want to retake control of their children’s educations from the far left educational infrastructure and the teachers unions. It’s the civil rights issue of our time. Democrats who don’t run from Critical Race Theory and its variants will be swept away, even in blue Virginia. – William A. Jacobson
https://legalinsurrection.com/2021/11/parents-re-take-control-in-virginia-leading-glenn-youngkin-to-victory-over-terry-mcauliffe/

THE HILL
— Tim Scott says he’d support Trump reelection bid – LEXI LONAS
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/579616-tim-scott-says-hed-support-trump-reelection-bid

CNN
— A bad omen for Democrats – Alice Stewart
https://edition.cnn.com/2021/11/03/opinions/virginia-youngkin-win-omen-for-democrats-stewart/index.html
— COMMENT: Democrats want Latinos to hate Republicans.
https://www.cnn.com/2021/11/02/us/wild-tongues-cant-be-tamed-saraciea-j-fennell/index.html

NEW YORK TIMES
— COMMENT: According to Democrats, you are rich if you are not on welfare.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/02/us/politics/salt-cap-tax-deduction.html

WASHINGTON POST
— COMMENT: Those who invaded the Capitol on January 6, 2021 had to know that would harm Trump and harm everyone who voted for Trump.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/11/02/tucker-carlson-test-social-networks-leave-up-clips-baselessly-calling-jan-6-false-flag/

NEW YORK POST
— Media tar concerned parents as racists and other commentary – Editorial
https://nypost.com/2021/11/02/media-tar-concerned-parents-as-racists-and-other-commentary/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Democrats Can Retire the White Sheets. Virginia’s contest was a test of whether Americans like being called racists. – Holman W. Jenkins, Jr.
(COMMENT: Government is nasty. Politics are nasty. Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs are nasty. I should write a book about those who have hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I am a White supremacist, Nazi, KKK member, hater, racist, sexist, and/or bigot. Better yet, I should sue them. I would focus on a) leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, etc.; b) Republican leaders of Wheaton, Wheaton Park District, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Milton Township, DuPage County, Illinois, etc.; c) conservative leaders; d) religious leaders; and e) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct, their political consultants, major donors, fundraisers, pollsters, campaign managers, campaign staff members, and campaign volunteers.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/sheets-mcauliffe-biden-hunter-democrats-moderates-youngkin-virginia-critical-race-theory-11635887332
— Millions and Millions of Millionaires. Don’t mistake them for billionaires, who are far richer and fewer. – Robert D. Hershey Jr.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/millions-millionaires-billionaires-taxes-investment-returns-11635866684
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A billion dollars, 1,000 million, invested at 1% returns around $10 million a year. A million dollars gives you a princely $200 a week, enough to treat the family to dinner or a baseball game.)
— Toxic Positivity Is Very Real, and Very Annoying. Forcing ourselves or others to always be positive can be harmful to our well-being and our relationships. There’s a better approach. – Elizabeth Bernstein
(COMMENT: Of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes a) stress the bad news that is in my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters and b) hint/imply/argue/shout that bad news would not exist if it was not in my newsletters.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/tired-of-being-told-cheer-up-the-problem-of-toxic-positivity-11635858001

USA TODAY
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and Independents encourage children to 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://www.usatoday.com/story/news/education/2021/11/02/school-board-elections-put-students-well-being-risk/6134608001/

MARKET WATCH
— COMMENT: How soon, if not already, will BIG BUSINESS official announce that it will no longer hire those who are the following and will get rid of their employees who are the following: Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, 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.marketwatch.com/story/pwcs-chairman-wants-to-tackle-systemic-racism-and-push-corporate-america-not-to-pass-the-buck-11635890934

MICHIGAN DAILY
— APRIL 12, 2021 FLASHBACK: Republicans aren’t conservative anymore – Lydia Storella
(COMMENT: What should I say to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who stress that none of following came to my defense when Wheaton and the Wheaton Park District (WPD) stopped me this year from raising funds from DuPage Republicans so that DuPage Republicans could help sponsor Wheaton’s Independence Day parade and fireworks: a) leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, etc.; b) Republican leaders of Wheaton, WPD, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Milton Township, DuPage County, Illinois, etc.; c) conservative leaders; d) religious leaders; and e) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct, their political consultants, major donors, fundraisers, pollsters, campaign managers, campaign staff members, campaign volunteers, f) etc.? What should I say to those who stress that none of those who contributed funds in the past came to my defense including the following: Michael Barbier, Bob Berlin, Peter Breen, Liam Brennan, Fred Bucholz, Mike Burke, Joe Cantore, Roger Claar, Franco Coladipietro, Mike Connelly, Dan Cronin, Tom Cross, Kirk Dillard, Grant Eckhoff, Tim Elloitt, Sherry Falbo, Paul Fullerton, Bob Gibson, Amy Grant, Bob Grogan, Chris Heidorn, Gwen Henry, Paul Hinds, Babette Holder, Jeanne Ives, Robert Jacobsen, Richard Jorgensen, Chris Kachiroubas, Marty Keller, Bob Kleeman, Mark Kmiecik, Mark Kirk, Brian Krajewski, Bob Larsen, Robert Lyon, Jeff MacKay, Deanne Mazzochi, Paula McGowen, James Mendrick, John Millner, Dave Molitor, John Monino, Chris Nybo, Jim Oberweis, Debra Olson, Sandy Pihos, Karyn Romano, Peter Roskam, Darlene Ruscitti, Evelyn Sanguinetti, Phil Suess, Brian Telander, John Vires, Ann Celine Walsh, Tim Whelan, Kevin Wiley, Karen Wilson, John Zaruba, and Jim Zay. Should one construe that the aforesaid will not seek a government or political office as a Republican in the future? Should one construe that the aforesaid have “moved to the left?” Should one construe that the aforesaid have become anti-conservative? Or should one construe that my critics/opponents have promised to destroy ANYONE who might come to my defense? If Wheaton and the WPD “let” me raise funds from DuPage Republicans to help sponsor Wheaton’s 2022 Independence Day parade and fireworks like I did 2005-2019, will candidates on June 28, 2022 Republican primary ballots in DuPage County contribute? If not, why not?)
https://www.michigandaily.com/columns/republicans-arent-conservative-anymore/

INVESTOPEDIA
— Cease and Desist – ROBERT C. KELLY
(COMMENT: In retrospect, with benefit of hindsight, I should have sent cease and desist letters to those who have hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I am a White supremacist, Nazi, KKK member, hater, racist, sexist, and/or bigot. Better yet, I should have sued them.)
https://www.investopedia.com/terms/c/cease-and-desist.asp

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.