October 28, 2024

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Harris and Trump offer worlds-apart contrasts on top issues in presidential race  (COMMENT: Democrats promote dependency on government and charity, Republicans promote personal responsibility. Democrats promote LGBTQ, Republicans promote traditional marriage and family. Democrats promote abortion, Republicans promote right to life. Democrats promote mass/illegal immigration, Republicans promote compliance with immigration laws. Democrats promote booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, Republicans promote conservative principles. Democrats promote diminishment of Second Amendment rights, Republicans promote Second Amendment rights. Democrats promote Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, race and gender based preference giving, reparations, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination, Republicans promote equal opportunity.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/10/27/harris-and-trump-offer-worlds-apart-contrasts-on-top-issues-in-presidential-race-2/
— Democrats “Trump’s Madison Square Garden event begins with crude jokes and denunciations of critics.”  To make crude jokes about Harris is to help elect her. But some political consultants advise fighting fire with fire.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/10/27/trump-veers-away-from-swing-states-for-his-madison-square-garden-moment/
— The more hatred that you promote against Trump, the more that the mainstream news media promotes you.
https://www.dailyfreeman.com/2024/10/27/clarence-page-is-donald-trump-a-fascist-at-heart-close-enough/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Young Chicago cops are being arrested or killed at alarming rates amid department’s staffing crisis. Seventeen cops hired since 2016 have been arrested and washed out of the police department, the Chicago Sun-Times found. Twenty-one more young officers have died, including seven killed in the line of duty and two others who were fatally shot.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdogs/2024/10/25/chicago-crime-police-department-arrest-officer-cop-death-killing-homicide-shooting

ABC7
— At least 19 shot, 3 killed, in citywide weekend violence
https://abc7chicago.com/live-updates/chicago-shootings-weekend-gun-violence-city-police-department-says/15474734/
— Pritzker, first lady dress up as Shrek, Fiona for Halloween (COMMENT: Saturday, Iron Gate Motor Condos Association ( https://www.igmca.com/home/ ) in Naperville held an outstanding Halloween event for children.)
https://abc7chicago.com/post/gov-jb-pritzker-lady-dress-shrek-halloween-illinois-governors-mansion-springfield/15476116/

NBC5
— Democrats say “Trump’s Madison Square Garden event turns into a rally with crude and racist insults.” To insult Harris is to help elect her.  But some political consultants advise fighting fire with fire.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/decision-2024/donald-trump-madison-square-garden-rally/3585265/?os=vbkn42tqhopmkbextc&ref=app

DAILY HERALD
— GOP hopeful Evans gets cash boost from U.S. House Speaker Johnson — but total lags behind Foster’s
https://www.dailyherald.com/20241027/us-congress-politics/gop-hopeful-evans-gets-cash-boost-from-u-s-house-speaker-johnson-but-total-lags-behind-fosters/

WCIA
— To get more votes from women, Democrat candidates ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn men.
https://www.wcia.com/news/politics/ap-politics/ap-harris-will-rally-with-michelle-obama-in-michigan-as-early-in-person-voting-is-available-statewide/

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/ap-us-voters-concerned-about-post-election-violence-and-efforts-to-overturn-the-results-ap-norc-poll/

UNIVERSUITY OF ILLINOIS
— All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me were Democrats a) who had less work experience than I had, b) who had less education than I had, c) who had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or d) who had no professional license like the one I had and/or were minority, female, younger than me, and/or veteran.
https://news.illinois.edu/view/6367/786192273

CWB CHICAGO
— Donut-spinning ‘takeovers’ jam Lake Shore Drive, intersections citywide
https://cwbchicago.com/2024/10/donut-spinning-takeovers-jam-lake-shore-drive-intersections-citywide.html

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2024/10/28/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-395/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

COOK COUNTY RECORD
— ‘Abject failure:’ Suburban prosecutor says SAFE-T Act fueling crime, letting people skip court
https://cookcountyrecord.com/stories/665492025-abject-failure-suburban-prosecutor-says-safe-t-act-fueling-crime-letting-people-skip-court

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Democrats want unpaid student loans to be viewed as being financial hardship scholarships. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Did your grade school and high school teachers promote personal responsibility? Mine did.  Because of that, even though I was not viewed as being college material, I took college preparatory courses, I took the ACT, I graduated in the upper 20% of my class, and I got accepted by UIC. I went on to earn a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU in 1970, an MBA from Loyola in 1976, a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, a master’s degree in finance from IIT in 1997, job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and job-related professional license in 1981. What if instead of promoting personal responsibility my teachers had encouraged me to blame my problems on those who had lots of money and/or to blame those who did not share my demographics? – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Vance says Putin is an adversary, and America needs to be smart
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/oct/27/jd-vance-says-vladimir-putin-adversary-america-nee/

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Barred From Endorsing Kamala Harris, Journalists Freak Out and Quit Their Jobs. Chaos at the Los Angeles Times and Washington Post.
https://freebeacon.com/author/stiles/media/barred-from-endorsing-kamala-harris-journalists-freak-out-and-quit-their-jobs/
— Harris Gives Up on Men, Courts Angsty Resistance Women Who Scream at Children. Michelle Obama scolds men for supporting Trump: ‘women will become collateral damage to your rage’
https://freebeacon.com/author/stiles/biden-harris-administration/harris-gives-up-on-men-courts-angsty-resistance-women-who-scream-at-children/

NEW YORK POST
— As Vice President Kamala Harris slips in the polls, the Democratic National Committee/Harris campaign/mainstream media fusion talking points become even more absurd.
https://nypost.com/2024/10/27/opinion/harris-desperate-talking-point-flops-are-convincing-no-one/
— Harris made intel chiefs hunt for anti-woke language in intelligence briefings
https://nypost.com/2024/10/27/us-news/harris-spent-her-time-in-office-injecting-equity-into-every-aspect-of-government-she-could-nyt-report/
— The White House has come out against a provision in the annual defense spending bill that would require the military to base promotion decisions on who is the best candidate for the job, regardless of their race.
https://nypost.com/2023/07/11/biden-admin-objects-to-merit-based-military-promotions-no-race-quotas/

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Trump Packs Madison Square Garden
https://amgreatness.com/2024/10/28/morning-greatness-trump-packs-madison-square-garden/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Modern-day traitors betraying the American republic
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/10/modern_day_traitors_betraying_the_american_republic.html
— Who Is The ‘Real’ Kamala Harris? Who Is The ‘Real’ Tim Walz?
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2024/10/who_is_the_real_kamala_harris_who_is_the_real_tim_walz.html

CENTER FOR IMMIGRATION STUDIES
— Biden And Harris Fly Migrants In From the Bougiest Places On Earth Under Guise Of ‘Humanitarianism’
https://cis.org/Oped/Biden-And-Harris-Fly-Migrants-Bougiest-Places-Earth-Under-Guise-Humanitarianism

CENTER FOR IMMIGRATION STUDIES
— Court: Aliens on the Mexican Side of the Border Must Be Let in If They Say They Want Asylum. 9th Circuit declares lawfare against our border, writes insurance policy against a Trump presidency.
https://cis.org/Fishman/Court-Aliens-Mexican-Side-Border-Must-Be-Let-If-They-Say-They-Want-Asylum

CENTER SQUARE
— More than 3 million border crossers from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, Venezuela. Total more than individual populations of 20 states.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_0517d1f8-947f-11ef-988c-234250ad3908.html

DAILY SIGNAL
— Trump Kicks Off Final Full Week of Campaign in Madison Square Garden
https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/10/27/trump-kicks-off-final-full-week-of-campaign-in-madison-square-garden/

EPOCH TIMES
— 5 Highlights From Trump’s Madison Square Garden Speech
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/5-highlights-from-trumps-madison-square-garden-speech-5748894
— Americans Are More Dependent Than Ever on Government Handouts (COMMENT: Of course, my critics/opponents paint as being government handouts my Civil Service Retirement System pension and my and my wife’s federal health insurance premium subsidies. But I would not have become a federal employee in 1971 when I was 22 years old if Oldsmobile had not withdrew a job offer that I had accepted because it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint.)
https://www.theepochtimes.com/business/americans-are-more-dependent-than-ever-on-government-handouts-new-report-states-5748148

FOX NEWS
— Walz education appointee called for the US government to be overthrown. He has clearly explained publicly and on video that he supports the deconstruction and overthrow of the United States,’
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/walz-education-appointee-who-called-us-government-overthrown-under-gop-fire-insurrectionist

HOT AIR
— Toxic Femininity and Wokeism Are Driving Voters From Harris
https://hotair.com/headlines/2024/10/27/toxic-femininity-and-wokeism-are-driving-voters-from-harris-n3796338

NEWSMAX
— Trump at MSG: Harris Is ‘Vessel’ for ‘Radical Left Machine’
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/trump-madison-square-garden-harris/2024/10/27/id/1185620/

PJ MEDIA
— Dems Target Gen Z with Deceptive Last-Minute Billboard Attack on Trump. Will It Work?
https://pjmedia.com/gwendolynsims/2024/10/27/here-we-go-again-desperate-dems-launch-deceptive-last-minute-billboard-attack-on-trump-n4933687

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

REUTERS
— In pictures: Trump headlines rally at Madison Square Garden
https://www.reuters.com/pictures/pictures-trump-headlines-rally-madison-square-garden-2024-10-28/

CNN
— Ever-increasingly, according to the mainstream news media, everything that Harris says is true and everything that Trump says is false.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/27/politics/fact-check-trump-rogan-podcast/index.html

NBC NEWS
— Democrats say “Musk’s X is boosting election conspiracy theories with AI-powered trending topics. The misinformation boosted by X’s AI model Grok has included conspiracy theories about voter fraud and unsubstantiated smears about Vice President Kamala Harris.”
https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/misinformation/elon-musk-x-boosts-election-conspiracy-theories-ai-trends-twitter-rcna176941

CBS NEWS
— Ever-increasingly, to get more votes from women, Democrats promote more hatred against men.
https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/liz-cheney-vote-your-conscience-secret-vote-face-the-nation/
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly crow that they have won, that is, that they have flooded America with so many millions of their illegals that it futile to try to deport any of them. The more illegals that there are in America, the sooner that America will be destroyed.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-mass-deportation-plan-cost-consequences-60-minutes-transcript/
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/blueprint-of-trump-deportation-plan-a-questionable-approach-by-eisenhower-60-minutes/

NEW YORK TIMES
— Four Lessons From Nine Years of Being ‘Never Trump’ (COMMENT: My critics/opponents despise/hate Trump. I should write about them and the big adverse actions that they have had their operatives and their dupes take against me since 2015.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/27/opinion/never-trump-maga-evangelicals.html
— Democrat and RINO employers ever-increasingly use DEI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/26/business/dealbook/dei-backlash-advisers.html
— Quiz: If America Had Six Parties, Which Would You Belong To? (COMMENT: RINO party leaders reject some, many, most, virtually all, if not all of the planks in the Republican Party platform. RINOs drive out of the Republican Party those like me who support those planks. I should write a book about the biggest RINO leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization since 2000. I would focus on those who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me.)
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/09/08/opinion/republicans-democrats-parties.html
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/23/opinion/gender-trans-republicans.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/27/us/trump-msg-rally.html
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/10/28/us/politics/inside-the-movement-behind-trumps-election-lies.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Elon Musk claims student visa permitted him to work in U.S.  After a Washington Post report and remarks from President Joe Biden, Musk denied working in the U.S. illegally.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/10/27/elon-musk-immigration/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/10/27/trump-msg-rally-puerto-ricans/

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2024-10-27/2024-election-trump-rally-madison-square-garden

USA TODAY
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/10/23/harris-trump-poll-results-violence-trust/75682682007/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/10/28/election-workers-2024-hostility/75586254007/
— The more hatred that you promote against Trump, the more that the mainstream news media promotes you.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2024/10/25/harris-republican-endorsement-trump-gop-lawmakers/75825107007/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2024/10/28/trump-healthcare-public-health-crisis-covid-denial/75803322007/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2024/10/28/republican-write-in-candidate-conservative-vote-trump/75781358007/
— Where’d the joy go? Harris ditches happy vibes for fearmongering about Trump. She is having to ditch the joy and turn to stoking fear of Donald Trump.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2024/10/27/harris-trump-polls-voters-fear-fascist/75821182007/
— Trump’s plan for Election Day? Campaign readies for a party in Florida.
https://www.aol.com/donald-trumps-plan-election-day-162524704.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— How a Splintered Left Is Preparing for a Possible Trump Victory. After the former president’s 2016 victory, they marched. Now, Democrats wrestle with how to mount an uprising—and whether to even do so.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/left-wrestles-with-a-possible-trump-win-40857a95
— Democrats Ready Thousands of Lawyers for Final Days of Race. Harris campaign’s legal teams meld law-firm partners with local specialists steeped in their states’ terrains.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/kamala-harris-campaign-election-lawsuits-a6a26850
— Press Bias Bolsters Trump, Again. Unhinged attacks on the candidate and his voters helped him win in 2016. They may do so again.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/press-bias-bolsters-trump-again-unhinged-attacks-helped-him-2016-they-might-again-ecfb3f37
— America’s Immigration Conundrum. The U.S. economy needs to import humans. We don’t make them anymore. (COMMENT: Democrats ever-increasingly promote more abortion.)
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/americas-immigration-conundrum-the-us-needs-more-people-job-market-border-crisis-577929e2?mod=opinion_lead_pos11

FORBES
— Democrat and RINO employers ever-increasingly use DEI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/juliekratz/2024/10/27/how-to-balance-dei-backlash-with-employee-support-for-dei/

POLITIFACT
— Ever-increasingly, according to the mainstream news media, everything that Harris says is true and everything that Trump says is false.
https://www.politifact.com/article/2024/oct/27/live-trump-fact-check-madison-square-garden/

HUFFINGTON POST
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2024/10/28/trump-healthcare-public-health-crisis-covid-denial/75803322007/

HUFFINGTON POST & FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT & GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE & NFFE & WASHINGTON POST
— All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me were Democrats a) who had less work experience than I had, b) who had less education than I had, c) who had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or d) who had no professional license like the one I had and/or were minority, female, younger than me, and/or veteran.
https://www.huffpost.com/archive/in/entry/merit-vs-seniority-picking-the-right-employees-to-promote_b_10254756
https://www.fm-magazine.com/issues/2020/oct/skills-based-promotions.html
https://www.govexec.com/management/2020/09/we-must-address-crisis-merit-system/168814/
https://www.govexec.com/management/2023/02/federal-workplace-changing-rapidly-merit-principles-must-remain-untouched/383339/
https://www.govexec.com/pay-benefits/2013/12/favoritism-still-prevalent-federal-offices-some-employees-say/75788/
https://nffe.org/press-release/nffe-testifies-in-senate-to-promote-merit-systems-principles-and-warn-against-dark-money-political-appointees/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/2002/02/17/survey-tries-to-show-the-score-in-the-game-of-federal-promotions/868c8fc8-3c92-4b29-9a84-bbc9a2212d15/

GUARDIAN
— Republican campaign says Tony Hinchcliffe’s Puerto Rico joke ‘does not reflect Trump’s views.’ Hinchcliffe defends his racist Puerto Rico joke at Trump rally as backlash grows. He says ‘I make fun of everyone’ after referring to Puerto Rico as ‘a floating island of garbage’ at Trump’s New York rally.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2024/oct/28/us-election-live-donald-trump-tony-hinchcliffe-puerto-rico-kamala-harris-obama-springsteen

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.