October 27 Morning Edition

ABC7

— Illinois Senate OKs repealing abortion parental notification for girls under 18 – AP
https://abc7chicago.com/illinois-abortion-law-parental-notification-senate/11171510/
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats encourage minorities to be LGBTQers.
https://abc7chicago.com/arraygency-talent-agency-diversity-lgbtq/11169491/

NBC5
— Illinois Senate OKs Repealing Abortion Parental Notification – John O’connor
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/illinois-senate-oks-repealing-abortion-parental-notification/2656870/

CBS2
— Illinois Senate Passes Legislation That Would Repeal Parental Notification Requirement For Minors Seeking Abortions
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2021/10/26/illinois-senate-abortion-parental-consent-repeal-vote/

WGN9
— Illinois Senate moves to repeal law requiring parental notification for teen abortion – Mark Maxwell
https://wgntv.com/news/illinois-senate-moves-to-repeal-law-requiring-parental-notification-for-teen-abortion/

FOX32
— Dozens of downtown Chicago businesses shuttered due to crime, pandemic – Tia Ewing
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/dozens-of-downtown-chicago-businesses-shuttered-due-to-crime-pandemic

WTTW
— Illinois Senate Rolls Back Illinois’ Parental Notification Act – Amanda Vinicky
https://news.wttw.com/2021/10/26/illinois-senate-rolls-back-illinois-parental-notification-act

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Illinois Senate votes to repeal law requiring parental notification for minors receiving abortions – JEREMY GORNER, RICK PEARSON and DAN PETRELLA
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-illinois-legislature-20211027-dbgqtv3ibfb5texpxxe46ee4nq-story.html
— Facebook Papers show Congress must do more to regulate social media – TED SLOWIK
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/opinion/ct-sta-slowik-facebook-papers-unsurprising-st-1027-20211026-ebh3ypkdkvbdfewks65zpq4oci-story.html
— Illinois warns parents against cannabis look-alike treats ahead of Halloween – ROBERT CHANNICK
https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-cannabis-halloween-treats-warning-illinois-20211026-5vmkmwbi7zhhvhdekqdqv7w73u-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— Repeal of abortion notification law advances to Senate vote – JERRY NOWICKI
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20211026/repeal-of-abortion-notification-law-advances-to-senate-vote
— Don’t let Congress jeopardize Illinois’s medical miracles – Jay Fisher
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20211027/dont-let-congress-jeopardize-illinoiss-medical-miracles

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Latest congressional map would further split up central Illinois communities, Butler says – Dean Olsen
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/2021/10/26/illinois-congressional-maps-designed-partisan-gain-alienate-voters-republicans-say/8544996002/
— Illinois Senate votes to repeal parental notification law for minors seeking abortions – Dean Olsen
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/2021/10/26/senate-approval-sends-measure-illinois-house-pritzker-backs-repeal/8558337002/
— Springfield Police Department still reeling from effects of 2020 hiring freeze – Riley Eubanks (COMMENT: I should write a book about GAO. It is just a shell of what it once was.)
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/2021/10/26/springfield-police-department-looking-hire-15-new-officers/6154367001/

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats use TV 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 the rest of the Democrat Party platform.
https://pantagraph.com/lifestyles/tv-looks-more-like-us-viewers-like-it-diversity-study-says/article_390dea39-1b51-5222-8e11-a369bc16f89d.html

ALTON TELEGRAPH
— Biden ties Republican in race for Va. governor to Trump
(COMMENT: In Illinois, how strongly will Kinzinger-supporters tie Republican candidates to Trump who do not share Kinzinger’s hatred of Trump?)
https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/article/Biden-heads-to-Virginia-amid-high-stakes-16565447.php

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— Proposed congressional district maps for metro-east and across IL draw more criticism – PETER HANCOCK
https://www.bnd.com/news/politics-government/article255310806.html

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Instead of ‘Gerrymandering,’ let’s call it ‘Illini-mandering’
https://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/instead-of-gerrymandering-let-s-call-it-illini-mandering/article_a1572de2-0be0-59d6-8abb-0d13e0158940.html

WEDNESDAY JOURNAL
— Middle-school antiracist curriculum bears reading – Adrian Johnson
(COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, to send your child to a public school is to make your child 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.oakpark.com/2021/10/26/middle-school-antiracist-curriculum-bears-reading/

WSIL TV & HERALD & REVIEW & BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Illinois Senate OKs repealing abortion parental notification – JOHN O’CONNOR
https://www.wsiltv.com/news/illinois/illinois-senate-oks-repealing-abortion-parental-notification/article_7c02367d-88e3-5212-bb49-3856d46e5192.html
https://herald-review.com/news/state-and-regional/illinois-senate-oks-repealing-abortion-parental-notification/article_9b3fde76-f244-553f-b5e4-308374f92b2b.html
https://pantagraph.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/watch-now-illinois-senate-oks-repealing-abortion-parental-notification/article_8b4afca8-a3ad-5ce3-ab50-339892872e78.html

NPR ILLINOIS
— Ex-Facebook employee says company has known about disinformation problem for years – Rachel Martin
https://www.nprillinois.org/2021-10-25/ex-facebook-employee-says-company-has-known-about-disinformation-problem-for-years

WREX
— Illinois Senate votes to repeal Parental Notification of Abortion Law – William Ingalls
https://www.wrex.com/news/illinois-news/illinois-senate-votes-to-repeal-parental-notification-of-abortion-law/article_99f0932a-36c5-11ec-9f90-ef3afe834f38.html

WGLT
— Senate passes Parental Notice of Abortion Act repeal amid opposition from faith leaders and GOP – Jerry Nowicki
https://www.wglt.org/illinois/2021-10-26/senate-passes-parental-notice-of-abortion-act-repeal-amid-opposition-from-faith-leaders-and-gop

WGEM
— Illinois Senate Democrats approve plan to repeal parental notification of abortion law – Mike Miletich
https://wgem.com/2021/10/26/illinois-senate-democrats-approve-plan-to-repeal-parental-notification-of-abortion-law/

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Opposition mounts to latest Illinois congressional map – Kevin Bessler
(COMMENT: What do you say to Whites who are drawn into anti-White political districts? What do you say to rich people who are drawn into anti-rich people political districts? What do you say to Republicans who are drawn into anti-Republican political districts? What do you say to Protestants who are drawn into anti Protestant political districts? What do you say to German Americans who are drawn into anti-German American political districts?)
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/opposition-mounts-to-latest-illinois-congressional-map/article_079584c0-3686-11ec-b569-7fa4db9fda5d.html

WIREPOINTS
— 3,735 Chicago Police officers have not complied with city’s vaccine reporting mandate as legislature debates changes to Illinois Health Care Conscience Act
https://wirepoints.org/3735-chicago-police-officers-have-not-complied-with-citys-vaccine-reporting-mandate-as-legislature-debates-changes-to-illinois-health-care-conscience-act-wirepoints-joined-chicagos-morn/

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— Bill Would Permit Firing, Excluding People Noncompliant With COVID Shots/Testing – JOHN KRAFT & KIRK ALLEN
https://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2021/10/bill-would-permit-firing-excluding-people-noncompliant-with-covid-shots-testing/

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Illinois Senate Approves Parental Notice Repeal – David E. Smith
https://illinoisfamily.org/life/illinois-senate-approves-parental-notice-repeal/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Science in the hands of Democrats is a weapon – Cheryl K. Chumley
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/oct/26/science-in-the-hands-of-democrats-is-a-weapon/
— Liberal reporter asks McAuliffe a truly amazing question – Joseph Curl
(COMMENT: I have been the Illinois reporter for GOPUSA since 2000. My RINO critics/opponents have always shouted at Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct and at speakers at Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Milton Township Republican Organization, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Illinois Center Right Coalition, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter, etc. events that they should avoid answering questions from me. My RINO critics/opponents know that I want Republican activists, candidates, and party leaders to defend and advance the Republican Party platform. I should write a book about the aforesaid candidates, their operatives, and their dupes who have done the most a) to stop me from asking them questions, b) to stop me from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters, and c) stop everyone from reading those newsletters. Republican candidates should be asked the following questions: If elected, would you encourage or discourage promotion of the following: a) CRT, b) 1619, c) BLM, d) reparations, e) LGBTQ, f) dependency on government, g) dependency on charity, h) abortion, i) mass/illegal immigration, j) booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, k) more gun controls, l) patronage, m) political affiliation discrimination, n) reverse discrimination, and o) age discrimination?)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/oct/26/liberal-reporter-asks-mcauliffe-a-truly-amazing-qu/
— Senator’s staff poses as a teen on Snapchat, gets lewd content, invite to ‘sexualized video game’ – Ryan Lovelace
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/oct/26/senators-staff-poses-teen-snapchat-gets-lewd-conte/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Florida surgeon general says he can’t ‘communicate clearly’ with mask – Elizabeth Faddis
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/florida-surgeon-general-says-he-cant-communicate-clearly-with-mask
— ‘No one takes America seriously right now’: Veteran running for Congress targets Afghanistan withdrawal – Mike Brest
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/defense-national-security/mills-congress-florida-afghanistan-military

FOX NEWS
— McAuliffe buys ‘fake news’ ads in effort to sway voters, Fox News investigation finds. Ads link to ‘news’ websites that have been widely described as disinformation and ‘partisan propaganda’ – Rémy Numa
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/mcauliffe-fake-news-ads-effort-sway-voters
— How Facebook’s brand turned terribly toxic. Despite a tsunami of bad publicity, Facebook’s revenue for its most recent quarter was $29 billion. – Howard Kurtz
https://www.foxnews.com/media/facebook-brand-toxic-media-buzz-kurtz
— Garland to face questions about politicization of the Justice Department – Jon Brown
(COMMENT: What percent of GAO employees are Democrats – 98%, 99%, 100%?)
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/garland-doj-politicization-senate-judiciary-hearing

FOX BUSINESS
— Mark Zuckerberg sets Facebook on long, costly path to metaverse reality. Tech giants are racing to develop their metaverse platforms and establish early dominance – Meghan Bobrowsky
https://www.foxbusiness.com/technology/mark-zuckerberg-sets-facebook-long-costly-path-metaverse-reality

GOPUSA
— Clogged Supply Chain Aids Enemies, Affects Military Preparedness
https://www.gopusa.com/clogged-supply-chain-aids-enemies-affects-military-preparedness/

AMERICAN THINKER
— What ‘wokeness’ really means – Jarrad Winter
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2021/10/what_wokeness_really_means.html
— Democrats Are Actively Seeking To Eradicate America’s Unique Culture – Steve Rose
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2021/10/democrats_are_actively_seeking_to_eradicate_americas_unique_culture.html
— The National Education Association finally comes clean – M. E. Boyd
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2021/10/the_national_education_association_finally_comes_clean.html

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Morning Greatness: Biden Gender Equity Plan to Eliminate Cash Bail – Liz Sheld
https://amgreatness.com/2021/10/27/morning-greatness-biden-gender-equity-plan-to-eliminate-cash-bail/

BREITBART
— Poll: 70% of Virginia Democrats Want School Boards in Control of Curriculum, Not Parents – JORDAN DIXON-HAMILTON
(COMMENT: From what I see, ever-increasingly, school boards exist to promote the Democrat, Libertarian, and/or Green party platforms.)
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/10/26/poll-70-percent-virginia-democrats-want-school-boards-control-curriculum-not-parents/
— ‘History Will Not Judge Us Kindly:’ Facebook Employees Attack Zuckerberg for Not Suppressing Conservatives Enough – LUCAS NOLAN
https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2021/10/26/history-will-not-judge-us-kindly-facebook-employees-attack-zuckerberg-for-not-suppressing-conservatives-enough/
— Sen. Bill Hagerty: End Facebook’s Censorship of Breitbart News by Regulating Them like Phone Companies – ROBERT KRAYCHIK
https://www.breitbart.com/radio/2021/10/26/exclusive-sen-bill-hagerty-end-facebooks-censorship-of-breitbart-news-by-regulating-them-like-phone-companies/
— Marsha Blackburn Blasts Silicon Valley Leftists for Censoring Breitbart, ‘Squashing Dissent’ – ALLUM BOKHARI
(COMMENT: I should write a book about my critics/opponents who do not want me to include links in GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters to articles posted on American Greatness, American Thinker, Biz Pac Review, Breitbart, Conservative HQ, Daily Caller, Daily Signal, Epoch Times, Federalist, Fox News, GOPUSA, Illinois Family Institute, Illinois Leaks, Illinois Review, Legal Insurrection, McHenry County Blog, Media Research Center, News Busters, Newsmax, One America News Network, PJ Media, Real Clear Politics, Townhall, Washington Examiner, Washington Times, etc. I would focus on 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. I would focus on the aforesaid who focus on a) stopping me from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters and b) stopping everyone from reading those newsletters.)
https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2021/10/26/exclusive-marsha-blackburn-blasts-silicon-valley-leftists-for-censoring-breitbart-squashing-dissent/

CBN NEWS
— Woke Baby Books Take Over Bookstore Shelves with Stories to ‘Indoctrinate Children Into a Specific Ideology’ – Andrea Morris
https://www1.cbn.com/cbnnews/us/2021/october/woke-baby-books-take-over-bookstore-shelves-with-stories-to-indoctrinate-children-into-a-specific-ideology

DAILY CALLER
— Migrants From All Over The World Are Crossing Illegally Into Yuma, Arizona – JORGE VENTURA
https://dailycaller.com/2021/10/26/migrants-border-crisis-yuma-arizona/
— House Republicans Demand Hearing On ‘Unprecedented’ Immigration Crisis – MICHAEL GINSBERG
https://dailycaller.com/2021/10/26/oversight-republicans-border-hearing-unprecedented-immigration/

DAILY SIGNAL
— Democrats Use Accounting Gimmicks to Conceal Spending in Bloated ‘Build Back Better’ Bill – Grace-Marie Turner
https://www.dailysignal.com/2021/10/26/democrats-use-accounting-gimmicks-to-conceal-spending-in-bloated-build-back-better-bill/

NEWSMAX
— Sen. Ron Johnson to Newsmax: Young People ‘Indoctrinated’ to Hate America – Charles Kim
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/johnson-schools-education-biden/2021/10/26/id/1042081/
— Newsmax’s Bolling: Fox News Abandoned Conservatives – Charlie McCarthy
(COMMENT: I should write a book about how the following have abandoned conservatives: 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. I would focus on the aforesaid who focus on a) stopping me from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters and b) stopping everyone from reading those newsletters.)
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/eric-bolling-newsmax-fox-news-conservatives/2021/10/26/id/1041988/
— Federal Reserve to Hold Conferences on Diversity and Inclusion Next Month – Charles Kim
(COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, employers make it clear that they have stopped hiring those who are the following and that they are getting 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.newsmax.com/newsfront/fed-bank-diversity-biden/2021/10/26/id/1042076/

LIFE NEWS
— Facebook Staff Caught Censoring Conservative Web Sites, But Not Liberal Ones – Ailan Evans
https://www.lifenews.com/2021/10/26/facebook-staff-caught-censoring-conservative-web-sites-but-not-liberal-ones/

THE HILL
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats use TV 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 the rest of the Democrat Party platform.
https://thehill.com/homenews/media/578491-tv-greater-reflects-racial-ethnic-diversity-in-us-study

YAHOO NEWS
— Dolton Mayor Hires A Formerly Incarcerated Child Sex Offender To Inspect Community Homes And Residents Are Angry – Shannon Dawson
https://news.yahoo.com/illinois-mayor-hires-formerly-incarcerated-183012680.html

NEW YORK TIMES
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats and RINOs want America to be dependent on foreign workers.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/25/business/economy/foreign-workers-shortage-hiring.html

NEW YORK POST
— Trump alums urge border states to declare ‘invasion’ by illegal immigrants, deport without feds – Steven Nelson
https://nypost.com/2021/10/26/trump-alums-urge-border-states-to-declare-invasion-by-illegal-immigrants/

USA TODAY
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote LGBTQ.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2021/10/26/lgbt-politicians-running-office-hits-new-off-year-record-2021/6171384001/
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats encourage children to be LGBTQers.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2021/10/25/halloween-costumes-gender-play-disney/6141332001/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Google Nearly Doubles Profit Behind Red-Hot Ad Market. Search giant posts highest quarterly revenue increase in 14 years. – Tripp Mickle
(COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Google Alerts repeatedly send everyone to old non-credible articles on non-credible websites written by non-credible authors that promote the Democrat, Libertarian, and/or Green party platforms.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/google-alphabet-googl-q3-earnings-report-2021-11635212409
— People Are Using Marijuana to Treat Anxiety and Depression, but the Science Is Murky. Wary of side effects from conventional drugs, some people are using cannabis as a treatment. Doctors aren’t sure that’s a good idea. – Andrea Petersen
(COMMENT: The more that you oppose pot, the more that pot pushers, their operatives, and their dupes destroy you.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/people-are-using-marijuana-to-treat-anxiety-and-depression-but-the-science-is-murky-11635253201

FORD AUTHORITY
— 2016 Ford Mustang Among Top 10 Vehicles With Lowest Depreciation – Brett Foote
(COMMENT: I bought a new 2016 Mustang in 2016.)
https://fordauthority.com/2021/10/2016-ford-mustang-among-top-10-vehicles-with-lowest-depreciation/

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.