October 12 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE

— New York and Los Angeles got their gun violence under control. Why can’t Chicago do the same? – JENS LUDWIG
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/ct-opinion-gun-violence-chicago-new-york-los-angeles-20211011-jfwigave7bgxjkqa24rv62dgoe-story.html
— Activists rally to change Columbus Day to Indigenous Peoples Day. Italian American group doesn’t want ‘one-sided narrative.’ – SYLVIA GOODMAN and JOHN BYRNE
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-indigenous-peoples-day-columbus-day-rally-celebration-20211011-3ymesr4hufd4zkoyyy3jmpirla-story.html
— Documentary ’Revisiting Utopia’ seeks to document efforts to integrate Park Forest – JERRY SHNAY
(COMMENT: I delivered mail for the Park Forest Post Office part-time while I attended UIC 1966-1968 and then NIU full-time in 1969. I bought a new townhome in Park Forest South (now University Park) in 1972, lived in it full-time 1972-1974, part-time 1974-1976, and rented it out 1976-1984.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/opinion/ct-sta-shnay-column-st-1012-20211011-zwmepogd3nd2tb527hvdibtq6u-story.html
— As numbers of seniors grow, suburbs boost ‘aging in place’ efforts; handymen, accessibility, transportation and more – JEN BANOWETZ
(COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, as you grow older, you have to defend your physical and mental health. In my defense, neither physical, mental, nor any other kind of problem has stopped me from putting together and sending out a GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletter a) each and every morning since 2004 and b) each and every evening too since 2015. That is more than 8,200 newsletters. Those newsletters included links to more than 411,700 articles, an average of 50 per newsletter, and information on many upcoming political events.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/oak-park/ct-oak-aging-in-place-tl-1007-20211012-rswvz4qx5rg2rhjwejqthvmwbq-story.html
— Forget the homicide rankings. Bring on the solutions. – EDITORIAL
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/editorials/ct-editorial-cdc-rochelle-walensky-nra-gary-slutkin-20211011-4scp7xcfqbg3fhizgnukw6hy4u-story.html

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— How far can governor go to enforce school mask mandate? – Editorial
https://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/editorials/editorial-how-far-can-governor-go-to-enforce-school-mask-mandate/article_026e1d2d-e0af-5186-92df-b5d8bd52115e.html

CHICAGO NOW
— Berkowitz & Martin discuss the impact of (1) Aurora Mayor Richard Irvin’s likely entry into IL Governor’s race and (2) crushing failure of CPS to teach minorities to read
https://www.chicagonow.com/public-affairs-with-jeff-berkowitz/2021/10/watch-berkowitz-martin-discuss-the-impact-of-1-aurora-mayor-richard-irvins-likely-entry-into-il-governors-race-and-2-crushing-failure-of-cps-to-teach-minorities-to-read-cable/

WIREPOINTS
— Cook County’s 2022 budget creates fiscal cliff, increases spending by nearly 40% over pre-COVID 2019 – Ted Dabrowski
https://wirepoints.org/cook-countys-2022-budget-creates-fiscal-cliff-increases-spending-by-nearly-40-over-pre-covid-2019-wirepoints/

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— When Parents Became the Enemy – Dr. Michael L. Brown
https://illinoisfamily.org/marriage/when-parents-became-the-enemy/
— Cowardice and the Neutering of America – Laurie Higgins
https://illinoisfamily.org/faith/cowardice-and-the-neutering-of-america/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Biden condemns GOP state legislators on National Coming Out Day – Jeff Mordock
(COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, if you do not promote LGBTQ, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs destroy you.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/oct/11/biden-condemns-gop-state-legislators-national-comi/
— ‘Unprecedented’: Newsom regulations target lawnmowers, ketchup, toys – Valerie Richardson
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/oct/11/gavin-newsom-regulations-target-toys-ketchup-lawnm/
— Biden’s woke, socialist garbage is a bad fit for America. Americans didn’t sign up for radical change. – David N. Bossie
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/oct/11/bidens-woke-socialist-garbage-is-a-bad-fit-for-ame/
— Americans want border jumpers to have to get COVID-19 vaccine – Stephen Dinan
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/oct/12/americans-want-border-jumpers-have-get-covid-19-va/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— ‘Respect us or expect us’: Andrew Jackson statue vandalized in front of White House – Misty Severi
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/jackson-statue-vandalized-white-house-protest

FOX NEWS
— DeSantis Columbus Day proclamation pushes back against those who ‘defame’ the explorer. DeSantis called Columbus ‘a singular figure in Western Civilization’ – Jon Brown
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/ron-desantis-issues-proclamation-pushing-back-against-those-who-defame-columbus
— Gingrich: Big government socialism is a crisis of the American system
https://www.foxnews.com/politics

AMERICAN THINKER
— Why Are So Many People Still Dying from COVID? – Brian C. Joondeph, MD
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2021/10/why_are_so_many_people_still_dying_from_covid.html
— School Shootings and Students of Color – Jack Cashill
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2021/10/school_shootings_and_students_of_color.html
— There’s more going on in Superman’s phone booth than costume changes – Andrea Widburg
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2021/10/theres_more_going_on_in_supermans_phone_booth_than_costume_changes.html

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Between America and You. In present-day America, the federal government has decided that working-class Americans are a danger to the security of the United States. What can you do to protect yourself? – Max Morton
(COMMENT: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes despise if not hate the working class. I was a member of the working class 1962-1997. 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://amgreatness.com/2021/10/11/between-america-and-you/

BREITBART
— Schools in Multiple States Ban LGBTQ Pride, BLM Flags: Too Political – DR. SUSAN BERRY
(COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, the Democrat Party exists to promote LGBTQ, BLM, 1619, reparations, dependency on government, dependency on charity, 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.)
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/10/11/schools-multiple-states-ban-lgbtq-pride-blm-flags-too-political/
— Those Who Defame Columbus Aim to Blame U.S. for ‘All that Is Evil in the World’ – HANNAH BLEAU
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/10/11/ron-desantis-those-who-defame-columbus-aim-to-blame-u-s-for-all-that-is-evil-in-the-world/
— How Columbus Day Became a Holiday to Combat Racism Against Italian Americans – ALANA MASTRANGELO
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/10/11/mastrangelo-how-columbus-day-became-a-holiday-to-combat-racism-against-italian-americans/
— Jason Smith: ‘Progressive Intolerance’ Even Extends to Fellow Dems, They ‘Believe in Diversity of Everything But Ideas’ – IAN HANCHETT
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2021/10/12/jason-smith-progressive-intolerance-even-extends-to-fellow-dems-they-believe-in-diversity-of-everything-but-ideas/

DAILY CALLER
— Google Suspends American Principles Project YouTube Account – MICHAEL GINSBERG
(COMMENT: My critics/opponents want to stop me from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters. Failing that, they have had their disgusting operatives and their disgusting dupes a) stop me from raising funds from DuPage Republicans so that DuPage Republicans could help sponsor Wheaton’s 2021 Independence Day parade and fireworks, b) end my TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairmanship in 2012, c) end my Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee membership in 2011, d) end my Milton Township Republican Organization webmaster service in 2010 and 2004, e) end my Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) Steering Committee membership in in 2007, f) try to get ICRC to censure me for my newsletters in 2006, and g) end my American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board membership in 2004. I should write a book about my critics/opponents. Better yet, I should sue them.)
https://dailycaller.com/2021/10/11/google-youtube-american-principles-project-suspension-big-tech/
— ‘I Don’t Think There Is An Answer’: Labor Secretary Shrugs Off Questions About Why People Aren’t Working – SEBASTIAN HUGHES
(COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, people refuse to take “bad jobs.” According to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, all the jobs that I took were “bad jobs” that they would never stoop to take. 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://dailycaller.com/2021/10/11/marty-walsh-labor-jobs-report/

PJ MEDIA
— The Rebellion Against ‘Woke’ Has Begun – KEVIN DOWNEY JR.
https://pjmedia.com/columns/kevindowneyjr/2021/10/11/the-rebellion-against-woke-has-begun-n1523078
— Woke Pope Meets Woke Pseudo-Catholic: Pelosi Has Audience With Pope Francis – ROBERT SPENCER
(COMMENT: To be woke is 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://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/robert-spencer/2021/10/11/woke-pope-meets-woke-pseudo-catholic-pelosi-has-audience-with-pope-francis-n1523108
— Al-Qaeda Threatens U.S. With Attacks ‘More Painful Than 9/11’ – ROBERT SPENCER
https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/robert-spencer/2021/10/11/al-qaeda-threatens-u-s-with-attacks-more-painful-than-9-11-n1523142

FEDERALIST
— How U.S. Educational Institutions Turned Into Havens For Indoctrination
https://thefederalist.com/2021/10/11/how-u-s-educational-institutions-turned-into-havens-for-indoctrination/
— Your Race Might Determine Whether You Get Lifesaving Medical Care. The discrimination-based ‘health equity’ happening around the country is not health care — it is simply social engineering masquerading as ‘science.’ – Daniel Lennington
(COMMENT: Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, expect that ever-increasingly, the more of the following that you are, the less medical care that you will get: law enforcement officer, Trump supporter, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non- veteran, non-poor, gun owner, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://thefederalist.com/2021/10/11/your-race-might-determine-whether-you-get-lifesaving-medical-care/

NEWSMAX
— ‘Smart’ Grassley Gladly Accepts Trump Endorsement – Charlie McCarthy
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/grassley-iowa-trump-endorsement/2021/10/12/id/1040132/

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Why We Celebrate Columbus Day No American holiday is under siege as persistently as Columbus Day. – DAN MCLAUGHLIN
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/why-we-celebrate-columbus-day/

TOWNHALL
— Joe Biden’s Message to Democrats Further Highlights His Weak and Senile Presidency – Matt Vespa
https://townhall.com/columnists/mattvespa/2021/10/12/joe-bidens-message-to-democrats-further-highlights-his-weak-and-senile-presidency-n2597299
— The War Is on with China – Stephen Moore
https://townhall.com/columnists/stephenmoore/2021/10/12/the-war-is-on-with-china-n2597287

HOT AIR
— Dems warn that “the president’s decline is alarming” – ED MORRISSEY
https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2021/10/11/politico-dems-warn-that-the-presidents-decline-is-alarming-n421546

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Massachusetts Teacher Fired Over Opposition To CRT, LGBTQ Agenda In Schools – Jeff Reynolds
(COMMENT: My Democrat GAO superiors fired me, that is, they forced me to take their early retirement “offer,” because I opposed their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination. I had become an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation. Republican, that is, RINO, U.S. elected officials and their staff members in Illinois did not come to my defense because they too promoted political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination just like Democrats do.)
https://legalinsurrection.com/2021/10/massachusetts-teacher-fired-over-opposition-to-crt-lgbtq-agenda-in-schools/

THE HILL
— Scalise raises $5.3M in latest quarter – MAX GREENWOOD
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/576299-scalise-raises-53m-in-latest-quarter
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, the Democrat Party exists to promote LGBTQ, that is, ever-increasingly, the Democrat Party exists to destroy those who do not promote LGBTQ. Ever-increasingly, Democrat plant, Libertarian plant, Green plant, Independent plant, and RINO leaders promote LGBTQ, that is, ever-increasingly, the aforesaid destroy those who do not promote LGBTQ. I should write a book about the aforesaid who are/were leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Milton Township Republican Organization, Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Wheaton Park District, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Illinois Center Right Coalition, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter, etc.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/576180-biden-calls-for-defeating-anti-lgbt-bills-and-passing-the-equality

NEW YORK TIMES
— An unvaccinated child is at less risk of serious Covid illness than a vaccinated 70-year-old. – David Leonhardt
(COMMENT: How old are you? I am 73. Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, expect that ever-increasingly, Democrats and RINOs will use Covid to get rid of those who are over 70 years old, and especially those who are over 70 years old and Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, overweight, have health problems, 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.nytimes.com/2021/10/12/briefing/covid-age-risk-infection-vaccine.html

NEWSWEEK
— Migrants Arriving in U.S. ‘Think Border Is Open’
https://www.newsweek.com/dem-rep-henry-cuellar-says-migrants-flooding-us-because-they-think-border-open-1637843

USA TODAY
— How can older workers better compete in today’s talent market? – Johnny C. Taylor Jr.
(COMMENT: What did you do to qualify yourself for better paying jobs? I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree (management, NIU) when I was 21 in 1970 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27 (business, Loyola), 31 (accounting, DePaul), and 48 (finance, IIT), b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30 (CPA), 32 (Certified Internal Auditor), 41 (Certified Fraud Examiner), 45 (Certified Government Financial Manager), 47 (Certified Financial Services Auditor), and 48 (Forensic Accountant), and c) a job-related professional license (CPA) when I was 32. I served on the executive committee of a professional organization (Association of Government Accountants Chicago Chapter) for 13 years 1983-1996.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/columnist/2021/10/05/battling-ageism-how-can-older-workers-compete-todays-job-market/5937744001/

SAN DIEGO UNION TRIBUNE
— Accountant applied for 80 jobs, promotions and got zero. Was it racism? City of San Diego employee says in a lawsuit he wasn’t promoted because he is Black; says city has few Blacks in management- LYNDSAY WINKLEY
(COMMENT: My Democrat GAO superiors can crow that they forced me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old so that they could give my Black subordinate my job and my preferred corner office, which they did.)
https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/watchdog/story/2021-10-11/accountant-applied-for-80-jobs-promotions-and-got-0-was-it-racism

KRIS TV & ONE NEWS PAGE
— AARP study finds that ageism growing during pandemic – Tim Griffin
(COMMENT: How old are you? I am 73. Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, expect that ever-increasingly, Democrats and RINOs will use Covid to get rid of those who are over 70 years old, and especially those who are over 70 years old and Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, overweight, have health problems, 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.kristv.com/news/national-news/aarp-study-finds-that-ageism-growing-during-pandemic
https://www.onenewspage.com/video/20211011/14065484/AARP-study-finds-that-ageism-growing-during-pandemic.htm

ACCOUNTING TODAY
— CPA firms lay out top issues in 2021 and beyond – Mark Friedlich
(COMMENT: “Talented” is code for those who are minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, moderate, liberal, Trump-haters, Democrat, Libertarian, Green, Independent, RINO, citizens of foreign countries, 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.accountingtoday.com/opinion/cpa-firms-lay-out-top-issues-in-2021-and-beyond

AXIOS
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, the Democrat Party exists to promote LGBTQ, that is, ever-increasingly; the Democrat Party exists to destroy those who do not promote LGBTQ. Ever-increasingly, Democrat plant, Libertarian plant, Green plant, Independent plant, and RINO leaders promote LGBTQ, that is, ever-increasingly, the aforesaid destroy those who do not promote LGBTQ. I should write a book about the aforesaid who are/were leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Milton Township Republican Organization, Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Wheaton Park District, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Illinois Center Right Coalition, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter, etc.
https://www.axios.com/coming-out-day-biden-lgbtq-equality-act-a476cfc0-5f1e-417f-a719-9c950421226e.html

WIKIPEDIA
— Purges of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
(COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, “moderates,” that is, “anti-conservatives,” do everything that they can to purge conservative Republicans like me out of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization. They focus on purging conservative Republicans who are Trump supporters, patriotic, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-veteran, non-poor, gun owners, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purges_of_the_Communist_Party_of_the_Soviet_Union

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.