October 19, 2024

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Illinois Democratic leaders Don Harmon, Chris Welch blow away Republicans in fundraising. Harmon, the state Senate president, and Welch, House speaker, have raised a net total of $15.6 million compared with $792,000 raised by Senate Republican Leader John Curran and House Republican Leader Toni McCombie.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2024/10/18/illinois-democratic-leaders-harmon-welch-outraise-republican-counterparts-20-1-margin-rich-miller
— More immigrants are under surveillance by ICE’s Chicago field office than ever
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2024/10/18/chicago-ice-immigration-ankle-monitor-detain-custody-surveillance-track
— Democrats ever-increasingly blame Republicans for everything that is bad, including bad weather.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2024/10/18/hurricane-conspiracy-theories-lies-republicans-fema-musk-trump-gene-lyons
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/nextvoices/2024/10/18/queer-lgbtq-comedy-standup-open-mic-madeline-esterhammer-fic-chicago-next-voices

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Incumbent Will County Democrats face Republican challengers for countywide offices
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/10/18/incumbent-will-county-democrats-face-republican-challengers-for-countywide-offices/
— Will County to levy $8 million for mental health board in compromise vote (COMMENT: Under the Democrats, anticipate/expect that health problems will ever-increasingly increase.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/10/18/will-county-to-levy-8-million-for-mental-health-board-in-compromise-vote/
— According to my critics/opponents, everything in my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters is misinformation/disinformation. They want everyone to know only what they tell them, nothing more, nothing less.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/10/19/a-reason-not-to-vote-experts-warn-about-effects-of-misinformation-disinformation-on-young-adults/
— FRONT PAGE WITH BIG PICTURE: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly glorify and praise illegals. To come into a country illegally and/or to stay in America illegally, is to demonstrate gross disrespect for the rule of law and for that country.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/10/19/venezuelan-refugees-reunited-with-their-cat-thanks-to-rescue-group-we-couldnt-leave-her-as-if-she-was-a-toy/
— DuPage County Board District 5 candidates weigh in on election goals, issues
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/10/18/dupage-county-board-district-5-candidates-weigh-in-on-election-goals-issues/

DAILY HERALD
— Disruptions over war in Gaza prompt early end to Casten town hall
https://www.dailyherald.com/20241018/us-congress-politics/anti-israel-protests-prompt-early-end-to-casten-town-hall-congressman-escorted-out-by-police/

CBS2
— Chicago closes migrant shelters in Hyde Park and The Loop (COMMENT: Democrats have temporarily slowed down their importation of illegals to elect Harris/Walz.)
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/migrant-shelters-closed-hyde-park-the-loop/
— Suburban Chicago center gives those with disabilities a chance to work (COMMENT: All the employees who my Democrat GAO superiors assigned me to supervise were Democrats who had disabilities and/or were minority, female, veteran, and/or had performance problems. They did everything that they could to turn them against me.)
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/douglas-center-skokie/

NPR ILLINOIS
— Trump is promising deportations under the Alien Enemies Act of 1798. What is it? (COMMENT: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly glorify and praise illegals. To come into a country illegally and/or to stay in America illegally, is to demonstrate gross disrespect for the rule of law and for that country.)
https://www.nprillinois.org/2024-10-19/trump-is-promising-deportations-under-the-alien-enemies-act-of-1798-what-is-it

GLEN ELLYN PATCH
— Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, drug abuse ever-increasingly increases.
https://patch.com/illinois/glenellyn/free-narcan-training-nov-20-college-dupage

CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2024/10/18/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-183/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— What are your reasons for living? Mine include defending and advancing conservative principles with GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters. My critics/opponents reject some, many, most, virtually all, if not all conservative principles. Most commonly, they reject the personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks in the Republican Party platform. I defend and advance conservative principles because I attribute my successes in life to following them. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Awake Illinois criticizes Rep. Casten after drag queen event fallout: ‘Welcome to the cancel culture you bred’
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/665292203-awake-illinois-criticizes-rep-casten-after-drag-queen-event-fallout-welcome-to-the-cancel-culture-you-bred

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Illinois agricultural group joins lawsuit to stop electric semi truck mandate
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_7a7fbae4-8d97-11ef-93b7-335bbbe3a7f2.html

WILLIAM J KELLY
— Reporter William J. Kelly’s Video Goes Viral After Confrontation with Chicago Mayor’s Senior Aide Over Anti-Police Comments
https://x.com/Williamjkelly/status/1846977900311966053

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— MAP: HOW OFTEN DID YOUR CHICAGO NEIGHBORHOOD HAVE AN AGGRAVATED BATTERY?
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/map-how-often-did-your-chicago-neighborhood-have-an-aggravated-battery/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Biden ends fiscal year with $1.8 trillion deficit; gross interest payments top $1 trillion
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/oct/18/joe-biden-ends-fiscal-year-with-18-trillion-defici/
— Democrats at war with nature, God and American citizens
https://highergroundtimes.com/higher-ground/2024/oct/18/democrats-at-war-with-nature-god-and-american-citi/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— To liberal elites, immigration is a racial caste system worth defending
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/3194704/to-liberal-elites-immigration-is-a-racial-caste-system-worth-defending/
— Walz ranks dead last among US governors in new fiscal report card
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/3194544/walz-ranks-dead-last-among-us-governors-fiscal-report-card/
— Is past prologue? Harris’s histrionic history on border security.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/magazine-washington-briefing/3188450/kamala-harris-histrionic-history-border-security/
— No, you cannot escape the DEI reservation. That’s the gist of a stern letter sent by nearly 50 of the most radical-left members of the House of Representatives to Fortune 1000 executives rebuking them for abandoning diversity, equity, and inclusion for the toxic hot potato that it is.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/equality-not-elitism/3193541/theres-no-stopping-the-dei-exodus/

AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE
— What a Trump Cabinet Might Look Like
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/what-a-trump-cabinet-might-look-like/

AMERICAN THINKER
— All that Biden-Harris spending on student loan forgiveness and illegals brings us a near-record $1.8 trillion deficit
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/10/all_that_biden_harris_spending_on_student_loan_forgiveness_and_illegals_brings_us_a_near_record_1_8_trillion_deficit.html

BREITBART
— Record 67 Percent of Voters Support Deportations
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2024/10/18/poll-record-67-percent-of-voters-support-deportations/
— ‘The Atlantic’ Gets Desperate: Trump Like ‘Hitler, Stalin, and Mussolini’ (COMMENT: Anticipate/expect that the more demographics that you share with Trump, especially his religion (Protestant) and national origin (German), the more that Democrats and RINOs will call you a White supremacist, Nazi, KKK member, hater, racist, sexist, bigot, and even worse things who should be gotten rid of once and for all.)
https://www.breitbart.com/the-media/2024/10/18/the-atlantic-gets-desperate-trump-like-hitler-stalin-and-mussolini/
— Trump compares jailed Capitol rioters to Japanese internment during World War II
https://www.breitbart.com/news/trump-compares-jailed-capitol-rioters-to-japanese-internment-during-world-war-ii/

CITIZENS AGAINST GOVERNMENT WASTE
— CAGW Releases $5 Trillion in Prime Waste-Cutting Recommendations (COMMENT: My Democrat superiors in the federal government wasted my career and forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997. They wasted what I had learned a) working for GAO for almost 18 years, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 Levels, currently $115,439-$150,076/year, b) working for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $97,079-$110,020/year, c) earning a CPA license, d) earning professional certifications in accounting, internal auditing, government financial management, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting, e) earning master’s degrees in business (Loyola), accounting (DePaul), and finance (IIT), and f) earning a bachelor’s degree in management (NIU). My critics/opponents have no problem with that.)
https://www.cagw.org/media/press-releases/citizens-against-government-waste-releases-5-trillion-prime-waste-cutting

DAILY SIGNAL
— How Panama Could Stem Illegal Immigration Flow to US but Biden Broke the Deal
https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/10/18/how-panama-could-stem-illegal-immigration-flow-biden-broke-deal-borderline/

DAILY WIRE
— Tim Walz’s Disturbing Program to Indoctrinate Kids in the Wilderness
https://www.dailywire.com/episode/ep-1467

EPOCH TIMES
— How the CCP Is Trying to Influence the US Election
https://lists.theepochtimes.com/archive/No04Gx5YML/RontmvJPy/1tiNbjq0PdJ

FEDERALIST
— Ladies, You Don’t Have To Vote For Kamala Harris
https://thefederalist.com/2024/10/18/ladies-you-dont-have-to-vote-for-kamala-harris/

FOX BUSINESS
— Biden administration, states widen doorway for illegal aliens to Medicaid, hospitals. New form of “catch and release” will burden Medicaid, hospital system. (COMMENT: What percent of those in your hospital’s emergency room are illegals?)
https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/biden-administration-states-widen-doorway-illegal-aliens-medicaid-hospitals

FOX NEWS
— Democrats ever-increasingly encourage children to be sexually active LGBTQers.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/texas-doctor-accused-illegally-providing-transgender-hormone-treatments-minors

MRC TV
— Even New York Times Admits DEI Ideology Has Backfired
https://www.mrctv.org/blog/craig-bannister/even-new-york-times-admits-dei-ideology-has-backfired

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Meritocracy and Its Critics. The attack on meritocracy in the name of equality represents a dangerous confusion of terms whose result is a massive waste of social resources and greater misery for everyone. (COMMENT: According to my critics/opponents, I owe none of my successes in life to meritocracy.)
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2024/09/26/meritocracy_and_its_critics_632197.html

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

THE HILL
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration; Democrat leaders because illegals vote for Democrats and RINO leaders because RINOs want cheap labor.
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4939246-gop-claims-noncitizen-voting/
— Anticipate/expect that all my critics/opponents and all their operatives and dupes will vote for Harris/Walz.
https://www.aol.com/kinzinger-m-not-courageous-m-141533129.html

NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration; Democrat leaders because illegals vote for Democrats and RINO leaders because RINOs want cheap labor.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/18/us/politics/trump-immigration-fact-check.html
— From what I see, UIC admitted me in 1966, NIU in 1969, Loyola in 1972, DePaul in 1976, and IIT in 1992 because they could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or someone whose ancestors had not been in America for a long time to admit.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/16/opinion/affirmative-action-college-diversity.html
— Democrats ever-increasingly encourage children to be sexually active LGBTQers.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/17/us/texas-transgender-treatment-lawsuit.html
— Millennials Find Nonessential Spending Leads to Intangible Benefits (COMMENT: Compared to my peers, I have spent far more on education, real estate, and cars and far less on immediate pleasures. Compared to my peers, I have saved far more for my retirement.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/13/business/millennials-spending.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly discourage women who have demographics that vote for Republicans from having children.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/14/opinion/latina-egg-freezing.html
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly glorify and praise illegals. To come into a country illegally and/or to stay in America illegally, is to demonstrate gross disrespect for the rule of law and for that country.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/18/us/politics/trump-immigration-fact-check.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Democrats ever-increasingly encourage children to be sexually active LGBTQers.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/10/18/texas-transgender-healthcare-ken-paxton/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Trump Tangles With the Journal’s Editors. The former president oscillates between bullying and ingratiation as he tries to influence dictators, would-be immigrants and newspaper editorialists.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/donald-trump-the-bully-with-a-heart-of-gold-2024-presidential-election-dd922dd6
— How to Fix the Secret Service (COMMENT: What about fixing GAO? I worked for GAO for almost 18 years. What about fixing IRS? I worked for IRS for almost 9 years.)
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/donald-trump-butler-assassination-attempt-report-secret-service-4d6e68fa
— FRONT PAGE: The Racial Identity of Americans Is Rapidly Blurring. Politics Hasn’t Caught Up. More people are identifying as multiracial, taking on more complex identities that researchers and politicians are struggling to understand.  (COMMENT: To get more votes from minorities, candidates ever-increasingly promise to use government to give them more preference.)
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/race-election-america-multiracial-harris-trump-f8010251

FORBES
— Allow Your Goals (Not Your Age) To Help You Grow (COMMENT: By the time I set my goal of passing the CPA examination on my first attempt, I was far too old. I did not achieve that goal until I was 30 years old in 1979. By then, my Democrat IRS superiors and everyone else viewed me as being far too old to have a successful career in accounting even though I had worked for IRS for 8 years, the last 5 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-4 Levels, currently $97,079-$106,785/year, I had earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976, and I had almost completed the requirements for a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul. Further, I was conservative, Republican, White, male, and non-veteran.)
https://www.forbes.com/councils/forbescommunicationscouncil/2019/02/26/allow-your-goals-not-your-age-to-help-you-grow/

BUSINESS JOURNALS
— Democrat and RINO leaders use DEI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees. If I had been active in Republican politics, the Democrats who ran the Post Office in 1966, IRS in 1971, and GAO in 1980 would not have hired me.
https://www.bizjournals.com/twincities/news/2024/10/18/dei-forum-panelists-say-work-must-continue.html
https://www.bizjournals.com/pacific/news/2024/10/18/business-of-pride-2024-kekai-edayan.html
https://www.bizjournals.com/twincities/news/2024/10/18/minnesota-companies-diversity-2024.html

HARVARD GAZETTE
— Are rich different from you and me? (COMMENT: Overwhelmingly, my critics/opponents have always had way more money than I did. They use their operatives and their dupes to do their dirty work. I should write about that.)
https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2024/10/are-rich-different-from-you-and-me-would-we-be-better-off-without-them/

ATLANTIC
— I should write about the following who have painted themselves the most as being Democrat Lite, RINO, anti-conservative, if not anti-Republican since 2000: a) leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party, b) Republican leaders of Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, Illinois, and the federal government, c) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct and their major donors, political consultants, fundraisers, pollsters, campaign managers, campaign staff members, and campaign volunteers, d) conservative leaders and activists, and e) religious leaders and activists. I would focus on the aforesaid who have their operatives and their dupes do their dirty work.
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2024/10/trumpism-republican-party-exile-david-brooks/680243/

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.