October 20 Morning Edition

ABC7

— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON CHICAGO TIGHTENS: Chicago retail storefronts sit empty as the city, real estate brokers reimagine the industry – Jason Knowles and Ann Pistone
https://abc7chicago.com/chicago-shopping-michigan-avenue-stores-closed/11143319/

CBS2
— CPD Says 21 Officers Not Being Paid After Defying City’s COVID Vaccine Mandate; Illinois FOP Castigates Mayor Lightfoot After Reports That She’s Trying To Find Replacement Officers – Chris Tye
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2021/10/19/cpd-21-officers-not-paid-defying-vaccine-mandate/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— A look at those rumors about Aurora Mayor Richard Irvin seeking another political office. – DENISE CROSBY
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/aurora-beacon-news/opinion/ct-abn-crosby-irvin-rumor-st-1020-20211019-rhjpr7ta7bez5p5nuarrrfrwf4-story.html
— Freedom of the press is vital, and fragile – ARTHUR I. CYR
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/lake-county-news-sun/opinion/ct-lns-cyr-press-freedom-st-1023-20211020-ekvr4uviobcrpgiqyluasj2ksm-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— The Illinois congressional remap: Inside story on internal Democratic wrangling. Meanwhile, Republicans Chris Christie and Mike Pompeo blasted the draft Democratic Illinois congressional map designed to elect 14 Democrats and 3 Republicans. – Lynn Sweet
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2021/10/19/22735780/illinois-congressional-remap-democrats-dccc-lauren-underwood-marie-newman-christie-pompeo

MCHENRY TIMES
— No new teachers in Harvard sign pledge on Oct. 18 to teach Critical Race Theory
https://mchenrytimes.com/stories/609567914-no-new-teachers-in-harvard-sign-pledge-on-oct-18-to-teach-critical-race-theory

WSIL TV
— Abortion, COVID business grants discussed on Day 1 of IL veto sessions – Danny Valle
https://www.wsiltv.com/townnews/politics/abortion-covid-business-grants-discussed-on-day-1-of-il-veto-sessions/article_0eaee702-3130-11ec-b30a-7fc04fc3a745.html

WIREPOINTS
— ‘Breakthrough Deaths’ After Vaccination Are Not Rare, Recently Representing Over A Third Of Illinois Covid Deaths. We Are Now Reporting Weekly Data – Mark Glennon
https://wirepoints.org/breakthrough-infections-after-vaccination-are-not-rare-recently-representing-over-a-third-of-illinois-covid-deaths-we-are-now-reporting-weekly-data-wirepoints/

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Ten Reasons to Remove your Children from Public Schools – Kristi Shaffer
https://illinoisfamily.org/education/ten-reasons-to-remove-your-children-from-public-schools/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— News media protects Biden once again – Jennifer Harper
(COMMENT: My critics/opponents not only demand that I protect them, they demand that I a) glorify and praise them, b) pander to them, c) serve as one of their operatives or dupes, and/or d) give them money. I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes. I would focus on unsuccessful Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct, their political consultants, major donors, fundraisers, pollsters, campaign managers, and campaign volunteers. I would focus Republican leaders of Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, and Wheaton Park District. I would focus on leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization. I would focus on those who focus on a) stopping me from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters and b) stopping everyone from reading those newsletters. I would focus on those who succeeded in stopping me from raising funds from DuPage Republicans so that DuPage Republicans could help sponsor Wheaton’s 2021 Independence Day parade and fireworks. I would focus on those who I have sued.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/oct/19/inside-beltway-joe-biden-gets-protected-news-media/

FOX BUSINESS
— The middle class is getting creamed by inflation. – Larry Kudlow
https://www.foxbusiness.com/media/kudlow-middle-class-inflation
— Senate Minority Whip John Thune rips Dem proposal to expand IRS, snoop into bank accounts. Thune said proposal is ‘historic in terms of its sweep and invasion of people’s privacy’ – Jon Brown
(DIERSEN: I worked for IRS’s Collection Division for almost 9 years 1971-1980, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $85,935-$97,395/year. While I worked for GAO for almost 18 years 1980-1997, I worked on audits of IRS’s Criminal Investigation Division (CID) for 3 years 1986-1988 at the GS-13 Step 1-3 Levels, currently $102,188-$109,001/year. In April of 1988, GAO issued a 49-page report on CID’s program to address unreported illegal source income. SEE: https://www.gao.gov/products/ggd-88-61 In March of 1989, GAO issued a 32-page report on CID’s program to address unreported legal source income. SEE: https://www.gao.gov/products/ggd-89-41 )
https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/senate-minority-whip-rips-irs-snooping

AMERICAN THINKER
— The Southern border crisis is now in your community – Linda R. Killian
(COMMENT: So far, how many illegals have the following secretly brought to your county, county district, township, municipality, municipal district, and precinct: a) the leaders of the aforesaid, b) religious leaders, and c) employers?)
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2021/10/the_southern_border_crisis_is_now_in_your_community.html

BREITBART
— Conservatives Vow to Fight Joe Biden’s IRS Spying on Americans – SEAN MORAN
(DIERSEN: I worked for IRS’s Collection Division for almost 9 years 1971-980, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $85,935-$97,395/year. While I worked for GAO for almost 18 years 1980-1997, I worked on audits of IRS’s Criminal Investigation Division (CID) for 3 years 1986-1988 at the GS-13 Step 1-3 Levels, currently $102,188-$109,001/year. In April of 1988, GAO issued a 49-page report on CID’s program to address unreported illegal source income. SEE: https://www.gao.gov/products/ggd-88-61 In March of 1989, GAO issued a 32-page report on CID’s program to address unreported legal source income. SEE: https://www.gao.gov/products/ggd-89-41 )
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/10/19/exclusive-conservatives-vow-to-fight-joe-bidens-irs-spying-on-americans/

DAILY SIGNAL
— Fired Teacher Sues School Board, Claims He Was Terminated for Conservative Political Activism – Virginia Allen
(COMMENT: RINOs a) reject the equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) plank in the Republican Party platform and b) promote patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination. RINOs are overjoyed that my Democrat superiors in the federal government wasted my career and forced me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old because I opposed political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination and I became an active member in a class action lawsuit in 1988 that charged them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation. I should write a book about the biggest RINOs in the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Milton Township Republican Organization, Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton.)
https://www.dailysignal.com/2021/10/19/fired-teacher-sues-school-board-claims-he-was-terminated-for-conservative-political-activism/

NEWS BUSTERS
— Networks Skip Biden’s Secret Night Flights for Illegals – Nicholas Fondacaro
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/nicholas-fondacaro/2021/10/19/under-radar-nets-skip-bidens-secret-night-flights-illegals

TOWNHALL
— Democrats Still Embrace Their Slavemaster Roots – Paul Driessen
https://townhall.com/columnists/pauldriessen/2021/10/20/democrats-still-embrace-their-slavemaster-roots-n2597692

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Biden admin accused of flying underage migrants to cities and burbs in dead of night – Tom Tillison
(COMMENT: So far, how many illegals have the following secretly brought to your county, county district, township, municipality, municipal district, and precinct: a) the leaders of the aforesaid, b) religious leaders, and c) employers?)
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2021/10/19/why-the-secrecy-biden-admin-accused-of-flying-underage-migrants-to-cities-and-burbs-in-dead-of-night-1150743/

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Jason Whitlock: American Men Are Being Forced Into The Closet By A Bullying And Intolerant Left – Tim Hains
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2021/10/19/jason_whitlock_american_men_are_being_forced_into_the_closet_by_a_bullying_and_intolerant_left.html

CNN
— ACLU sues Oklahoma over law prohibiting critical race theory topics from being taught in schools – Madeline Holcombe
(COMMENT: Expect that ever-increasingly, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs will hint/imply/argue/shout that if you oppose the promotion of CRT, 1619, BLM, reparations, etc., you are 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.cnn.com/2021/10/19/us/oklahoma-lawsuit-critical-race-theory/index.html

NBC NEWS
— As Trump’s grip on the GOP tightens, Washington Republicans shrug – Chuck Todd, Mark Murray, Ben Kamisar and Benjy Sarlin
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/meet-the-press/trump-s-grip-gop-tightens-washington-republicans-shrug-n1281958

NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE: Trump’s Pentagon Chief Quashed Idea to Send 250,000 Troops to the Border – David E. Sanger, Michael D. Shear and Eric Schmitt
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/19/us/politics/trump-border.html
— Christian Schools Boom in a Revolt Against Curriculum and Pandemic Rules – Ruth Graham
(COMMENT: I should write a book about those who have hinted/implied/argued/shouted the most that I am a White supremacist, Nazi, KKK member, hater, racist, sexist, bigot, and even worse things who should be gotten rid of once and for all because my parents a) had me baptized, raised me, and had me confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran in 1962 and b) sent me to Trinity Lutheran Grade School in Crete 1953-1961 and then to Hope Lutheran Grade School in Park Forest 1961-1962 to stay with the Missouri Synod.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/19/us/christian-schools-growth.html
— Facebook will pay up to $14 million to settle claims it favored foreign workers. – David McCabe
(COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, employers make it clear that they prefer citizens of foreign countries over citizens of America, and especially citizens of foreign countries who are 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.nytimes.com/2021/10/19/technology/facebook-foreign-workers.html

WASHINGTON POST
— COMMENT: The more planks in the Republican Party platform that Republicans reject, the more that Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs glorify and praise them.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/10/19/this-is-no-longer-colin-powells-republican-party-if-it-ever-was/

NEW YORK POST
— Anatomy of a progressive tyranny over parents that will shock you – Nate Hochman
(COMMENT: I should write a book about those who have hinted/implied/argued/shouted the most that I am a White supremacist, Nazi, KKK member, hater, racist, sexist, bigot, and even worse things who should be gotten rid of once and for all because my parents a) had me baptized, raised me, and had me confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran in 1962 and b) sent me to Trinity Lutheran Grade School in Crete 1953-1961 and then to Hope Lutheran Grade School in Park Forest 1961-1962 to stay with the Missouri Synod.)
https://nypost.com/2021/10/19/a-progressive-tyranny-over-parents-that-will-shock-you/

USA TODAY
— End gerrymandering: Senate can safeguard democracy by outlawing partisan redistricting – Editorial
(COMMENT: In 2015, to get rid of me, hate-filled Diersen-hating DuPage County RINOs gerrymandered me into the same DuPage County Milton Township Wheaton precinct with Jeanne Ives. I should write a book about that.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/todaysdebate/2021/10/20/freedom-vote-senate-end-gerrymandering/8511027002/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Board Diversity Push Reaps Results- Theo Francis and Emily Glazer
(COMMENT: How soon, if not already, will employers officially announce that they will no longer hire those who are the following and that they 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.wsj.com/articles/newest-class-of-corporate-directors-is-the-most-diverse-yet-but-gains-are-uneven-11634644801
— Facebook Settles With U.S. Government Over Improperly Reserving Jobs for Immigrants. The social-media company faces more than $14 million in penalties tied to the federal probe – Meghan Bobrowsky
(COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, employers make it clear that they prefer citizens of foreign countries over citizens of America, and especially citizens of foreign countries who are 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.wsj.com/articles/facebook-settles-with-u-s-government-over-improperly-reserving-jobs-for-immigrants-11634662305

U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— COMMENT: The more planks in the Republican Party platform that Republicans reject, the more that Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs glorify and praise them.
https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2021-10-19/trumps-response-to-powells-death-lays-bare-the-politics-of-mourning

NATION
— Poverty Can Happen to Anyone
(COMMENT: What did you do to avoid poverty? I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 32. I took jobs that my critics/opponents 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://www.thenation.com/article/society/podcast-going-for-broke/

ZILLOW
— FOR SALE: 317 North Hale Street, Wheaton – $309,000
https://www.zillow.com/wheaton-il/X1-SS1apc9gppw622z_3o1g1_sse/4443203_zpid/

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.