October 5, 2024

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Trump returns today to site of Pennsylvania assassination attempt for huge rally with Vance and Musk
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-trump-returns-to-site-of-pennsylvania-assassination-attempt-for-huge-rally-with-vance-and-musk/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— Biden promotes more hatred against Trump and Vance.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/biden-says-hes-concerned-2024-election-peaceful-after-trump-vance-comments/15393640/

NBC5
— Harris campaigns with Liz Cheney in a bid to win over Republicans skeptical of Trump (COMMENT: To not vote for Trump, and even worse, to vote for Harris/Walz, is to destroy the Republican Party. Anticipate/expect that all my critics/opponents, all their operatives, and all their dupes will vote for Harris/Walz.)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/business/money-report/harris-campaigns-with-liz-cheney-in-a-bid-to-win-over-republicans-skeptical-of-trump/3565065/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Pritzker’s big bucks help Illinois Democrats spend in down-ballot races. The Democratic Party is backing candidates in county races around the state a year after targeting, with success, local school board races to defeat candidates who wanted to ban books.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2024/10/04/gov-pritzkers-big-bucks-illinois-democrats-spend-down-ballot-races-election-rich-miller
— Why a surge of small-dollar donors in Illinois is a big deal for Kamala Harris. Kamala Harris brought in 60,000 small-dollar donations from Illinois in late July, and 91,000 in August. Biden’s campaign never collected more than 25,000 small contributions in any single month. (COMMENT: Those who promote Democrat candidates promote dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, diminishment of Second Amendment rights, and 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.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdogs/2024/10/04/kamala-harris-illinois-small-dollar-campaign-contributions-actblue-fec
— When you were in high school, were you viewed as being “college material?” I was not. Neither of my parents attended college. My father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma. My mother never attended high school. I could not run because I had a bone disease. My eyesight could not be corrected to 20/20. I had partial red/green color blindness. During my junior and senior years, I washed part-time and full-time during the summer in between. Nevertheless, I took college preparatory courses, got an ACT score of 24, graduated in the upper 20% of my class, and got accepted by UIC. One thing that motivated me was my father who often decried that he was passed over for promotions because he did not have a college degree.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/2024/10/04/youth-support-programs-jobs-black-brown-better-chicago-global-strategy-group-beth-swanson
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote more hated against Trump.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2024/10/04/donald-trump-mean-lies-americans-kamals-harris-presidents-race-haitians-immigrants-mona-charen
— Nearly year after the war in Gaza began, activists on Chicago’s college campuses vow not to let up. Students and faculty are recommitting themselves to Palestinian rights as conflict in the region escalates with Israeli strikes in Lebanon.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2024/10/04/student-activists-college-campuses-war-in-gaza

DAILY HERALD
— Underwood, Marter to meet in online forum Monday
https://www.dailyherald.com/20241004/us-congress-politics/underwood-marter-to-meet-in-online-forum-monday/

ADVANTAGE NEWS
— ‘Sanctuary state’ Illinois’ role in Trump’s deportation plan murky
https://www.advantagenews.com/news/local/sanctuary-state-illinois-role-in-trump-s-deportation-plan-murky/article_86e46a30-819b-11ef-8f56-63328a2b5487.html
— Pritzker hits the national campaign trail
https://www.advantagenews.com/news/local/governor-hits-the-national-campaign-trail/article_60751854-819b-11ef-8c84-335e28d26d10.html

CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2024/10/04/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-177/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— What is your Republican Precinct Committeeman/Captain doing to get out the Republican vote in your precinct? In my precinct, I am hand-delivering a sample ballot and campaign literature from the eight candidates who have provided literature to the 400 residences in my precinct that have at least one registered Republican or Independent voter. Of course, as I do the aforesaid, I speak with voters and a) advocate for Republican candidate and b) learn voters’ views and concerns. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— To promote Democrat candidates is to promote dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, diminishment of Second Amendment rights, and 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. To not vote for Trump, and even worse, to vote for Harris/Walz, is to destroy the Republican Party. Anticipate/expect that all my critics/opponents, all their operatives, and all their dupes will vote for Harris/Walz. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— RINO leaders ever-increasingly paint themselves as being woke, that is, they ever-increasing destroy Republicans like me who promote the personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity planks in the Republican Party platform. Recently, RINO leaders a) ended my membership on the Illinois Republican Party State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee, b) ended my service as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks, c) ended my bid to be selected to fill a Wheaton City Council West District vacancy, and d) gerrymandered my precinct. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— How many demographics do you share with Trump? Ever-increasingly, the more demographics that you share with Trump, the more that hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters promote hatred against you. Trump shares the following demographics with me: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, married, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and our ancestors have been in America for a long time. I should write about the biggest hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and/or Wheaton and who claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican and who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What do your critics/opponents do to advance themselves? My critics/opponents have their operatives and their dupes destroy those like me a) who they cannot manipulate or dominate, b) who refuse to glorify and praise them, c) who refuse to pander to them, d) who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, e) who refuse to cover up their wrong doing, and/or f) who refuse to give them money. I should write a book about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and/or Wheaton and who claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican and who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— I hope that everyone wants to be a productive member of society. What shows that you are a productive member of society?  For me, it is my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters that I use my time, money, experience, ability, and motivation to put together and to send out every morning free of charge and without any advertising or donation requests. I am an independent nonprofit conservative Republican government and political news and commentary aggregator. What do you say to my critics/opponents who do everything that they can to stop me from sending my newsletters out and to stop everyone from reading them? – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Discussion opposing Chinese battery plant in Illinois packs community center
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_a4af8148-81bf-11ef-90b6-5bcd111a4807.html

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Second gentleman Doug Emhoff denies allegations he hit ex-girlfriend (COMMENT: If Blair Hull’s wife had not accused him of kicking her in her shin, a) Blair Hull would have won the 2004 Democrat Illinois U.S. Senate primary, b) Obama would have lost that primary, c) Obama would not have been a U.S. Senator, and c) Obama would not have been a U.S. President.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/oct/4/second-gentleman-doug-emhoff-denies-allegations-he/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Both parties have been corrupted by the welfare state (COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, RINO candidates, elected officials, and party leaders paint themselves as being Democrat Lite. Ever-increasingly, they promote dependency on government and charity.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/3176577/both-parties-corrupted-by-welfare-state/

NEW YORK POST
— Trump to make triumphant return to Butler after assassination attempt
https://nypost.com/2024/10/05/us-news/trump-to-make-triumphant-return-to-butler-after-assassination-attempt/
— Trump rips ‘terrible’ WH response to Helene as FEMA accused of mismanaging crisis, blocking aid
https://nypost.com/2024/10/04/us-news/fema-accused-of-not-giving-staff-orders-seizing-aid-stalling-starlink-deliveries-to-hurricane-helene-victims/

AMAC
— Harris On The Border – Shameless
https://amac.us/newsline/elections/harris-on-the-border-shameless/
— Medicaid Spending on Illegal Aliens Has Cost Taxpayers over $16.2 Billion Under Open Border Czar Harris
https://amac.us/newsline/economy/cbo-medicaid-spending-on-illegal-aliens-has-cost-taxpayers-over-16-2-billion-under-open-border-czar-harris/

AMERICAN THINKER
— An illegal alien crime wave is washing over the country
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/10/an_illegal_alien_crime_wave_is_washing_over_the_country.html
— What Happens to All the Unnecessary DEI Workers?
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2024/10/what_happens_to_all_the_unnecessary_dei_workers.html

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— America Last: Trump slams Kamala for squandering FEMA money on illegals
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/10/04/america-last-trump-slams-kamala-for-squandering-fema-money-on-illegals-1492316/

BLAZE
— FEMA running out of money for American hurricane victims but gave BILLIONS to Ukraine and illegal aliens
https://www.theblaze.com/shows/the-glenn-beck-program/hurricane-helene-2669326668

BREITBART
— Biden, Harris Help Illegals While Americans Left to Suffer After Hurricane Helene
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/10/04/rep-mark-green-joe-biden-kamala-harris-help-illegals-while-americans-left-to-suffer-after-hurricane-helene/

DAILY CALLER
— Harris Says She Aims To Make The Rich ‘Pay Their Fair Share’ While Uber Exec Brother-In-Law Courts Billionaire Donors
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/harris-says-she-aims-to-make-the-rich-pay-their-fair-share-while-uber-exec-brother-in-law-courts-billionaire-donors/ar-AA1rIruh

DAILY SIGNAL
— Biden-Harris Admin Raids FEMA Funds to Resettle Illegal Aliens
https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/10/04/fema-money-is-for-disaster-stricken-americans-not-those-here-illegally/
— Billions for Ukraine and Illegals. North Carolina, Not So Much.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/10/04/tony-kinnett-cast-fema-fails-nc/

DAILY WIRE
— DHS Lets Illegals Enter U.S. Without ID, Harming National Security. TSA lets illegal immigrants with unconfirmed identities board domestic flights.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/dhs-lets-illegals-enter-u-s-without-id-harming-national-security-inspector-general-says
— Musk: Democrats Trying To Make U.S. ‘Permanent One-Party Rule’ Through Mass Illegal Immigration. Musk warned that 2024 will be the last election the U.S. if Trump does not win. (COMMENT: Anticipate/expect that Democrat and RINO leaders will ever-increasingly dump their illegals into your county, your township, your municipality, your school district, and your precinct.)
https://www.dailywire.com/news/musk-democrats-trying-to-make-u-s-permanent-one-party-rule-through-mass-illegal-immigration

FEDERALIST
— Our Government Serves At The Pleasure Of Everyone Except Americans
https://thefederalist.com/2024/10/04/our-government-serves-at-the-pleasure-of-everyone-except-americans/

FOX NEWS RADIO
— FEMA Wasted Your $ on Illegals!
https://radio.foxnews.com/2024/10/04/fema-wasted-your-on-illegals/

NATIONAL REVIEW
— There’s No War on IVF  (COMMENT: I should write about how Democrats use IVF against Republicans. I would use my Democrat GAO superiors as an example.)
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/theres-no-war-on-ivf/

NEW AMERICAN
— Per Capita Aid to Ukraine, Israel, Illegals 10,000 Times Higher Than to Helene Victims
https://thenewamerican.com/us/per-capita-aid-to-ukraine-israel-illegals-10000-times-higher-than-to-helene-victims/

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Biden-Harris Border Legacy: 1.7 Million Potential National Security Threats
https://amgreatness.com/2024/10/04/biden-harris-border-legacy-1-7-million-potential-national-security-threats/

NEWSMAX
— RINOs Supporting Harris Betray Conservative Values  (COMMENT: To promote Democrat candidates is to promote dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, diminishment of Second Amendment rights, and 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. To not vote for Trump, and even worse, to vote for Harris/Walz, is to destroy the Republican Party. Anticipate/expect that all my critics/opponents, all their operatives, and all their dupes will vote for Harris/Walz.)
https://www.newsmax.com/clarencevmckee/cheney-mccain-romney/2024/10/03/id/1182703/

PJ MEDIA
— America Last: U.S. Lavishes Disaster Relief, College Aid on Illegals
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2024/10/04/america-last-us-disaster-relief-college-aid-lavished-on-illegals-n4933072#google_vignette

TOWNHALL
— The Number of Illegal Aliens Dumped Into Swing States Is Jaw-Dropping
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2024/10/04/the-number-of-illegal-aliens-dumped-into-swing-states-is-jawdropping-n2645729#google_vignette

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

THE HILL
— Cook shifts 5 House races toward Democrats
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/cook-shifts-5-house-races-toward-democrats/ar-AA1rHYK5
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In Illinois, a contest for a Democratic incumbent has solidified from “lean” to “likely” blue. Rep. Eric Sorensen (D) is running for reelection in Illinois’s 17th Congressional District.)

NBC NEWS
— Presidential Election Battleground States and Early Voting 2024 Results
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-elections/president-electoral-college-battleground-states

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— How the Butler shooting changed Donald Trump’s campaign
https://apnews.com/article/trump-assassination-rallies-secret-service-iran-2c7fa3966e06b5d7e84c39d27cbc2159

YAHOO
— Trump says he’ll set up an anti-woke task force in US military to monitor generals  (COMMENT: RINO leaders ever-increasingly paint themselves as being woke, that is, they ever-increasing destroy Republicans like me who promote the personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity planks in the Republican Party platform. Recently, RINO leaders a) ended my membership on the Illinois Republican Party State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee, b) ended my service as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks, c) ended my bid to be selected to fill a Wheaton City Council West District vacancy, and d) gerrymandered my precinct.)
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-says-ll-set-anti-010255215.html

NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Secret Service stretched Thin as Agents Burn Out (COMMENT: One of my best friends during the 1960s and 1970s was a Secret Service Agent.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/03/us/politics/secret-service-staffing-retention-hiring.html
— FRONT PAGE WITH GRAPHIC: ‘It Took Over Everything’: Stories of Marijuana’s Little-Known Risks. A growing number of marijuana users in the U.S. are experiencing severe health problems like these. (COMMENT: Democrats ever-increasingly push everyone to be stoners.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/04/health/marijuana-weed-addiction-psychosis-vomiting.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: As marijuana legalization spreads across the country, people are consuming more of the drug, more often and at ever-higher potencies. Most of the tens of millions of people using marijuana, for health benefits or for fun, don’t experience problems. But a growing number, mainly heavy users, have experienced addiction, psychosis and other harmful effects, The New York Times found. “Cannabis is a lot of things at once,” said Dr. Kevin Gray, a psychiatrist and specialist in bio-behavioral medicine at Medical University of South Carolina Health. “It can be medically therapeutic. It also can be highly problematic.” In interviews and surveys, hundreds of people told The Times about serious — sometimes frightening — symptoms that they were stunned to learn could be caused by cannabis. Here are some of their stories.)
— States Are Enticing Employers to Help Their Workers Save for College (COMMENT: I had to work my way through college. If I did not have to do that, my GPA would have been higher if not much higher. Far too many times I skipped classes on Mondays and Fridays to work more part-time hours for the Park Forest Post Office.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/04/your-money/college-saving-plans-employee-benefits.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Harris is running a much bigger campaign than Trump. Will it matter?  She spends three times as much, employs hundreds more staff and dominates the ad war. But the race is effectively tied.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/10/05/harris-trump-campaign-spending/
— Democrat and RINO leaders falsely say that they are slowing down illegal immigration.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2024/10/04/biden-migrants-parole/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Your Power to Choose Is Unlimited (COMMENT: What are some of the biggest decision that you made? Mine include a) earning a job-related bachelor’s degree, three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license, b) seeking and accepting job offers from the Post Office, Firestone Stores, IRS, and GAO, c) buying a new town home and two condos, d) getting married, and e) buying a home and having one built with my wife.)
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/your-power-to-choose-is-unlimited-cc8bc0cb
— Stop Asking People ‘What Do You Do?’ (COMMENT: I hope that everyone wants to be a productive member of society. What shows that you are a productive member of society?  For me, it is my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters that I use my time, money, experience, ability, and motivation to put together and to send out every morning free of charge and without any advertising or donation requests. I am an independent nonprofit conservative Republican government and political news and commentary aggregator. What do you say to my critics/opponents who do everything that they can to stop me from sending my newsletters out and to stop everyone from reading them?)
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/careers/stop-asking-people-what-do-you-do-cf5a4902

FAST COMPANY
— When layoffs are coming: Experts weigh in on the pros and cons of signaling downsizing (COMMENT: GAO works for Congress. As Republican U.S. Senators and Republican U.S. Representatives ever-increasingly cut GAO’s budgets during the 1980s and 1990s, the Democrats who ran GAO ever-increasingly wasted the careers of and got rid of GAO’s Republican employees like me who were conservative, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or had ancestors who had been in America for a long time. I should write a book about the aforesaid.)
https://www.fastcompany.com/91042339/when-layoffs-are-coming-experts-weigh-in-on-the-pros-and-cons-of-signaling-downsizing

HR MORNING
— Not Upskilling Your Workforce? 4 Reasons It’s a Must Now (COMMENT: While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997, IRS 1971-1980, Firestone Stores 1970-1972, and the Post Office 1966-1969, extremely few of my coworkers earned job-related college degrees, professional certifications, or professional licenses. I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree in 1970, b) job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997, c) job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and d) a job-related professional license in 1981.)
https://www.hrmorning.com/articles/upskilling-your-workforce/

24/7 WALL STREET
— Wall St. Pro Breaks Down What a $1m Retirement Looks Like (COMMENT:
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/personalfinance/wall-st-pro-breaks-down-what-a-1m-retirement-looks-like/ar-AA1rHGOV
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Prudence in spending is crucial for extending the longevity of retirement savings. Moving to a lower-cost area or tax-friendly state can significantly increase the value of your retirement funds. Assess all assets, including home equity, and consider downsizing to maximize financial security in retirement.)

HUFFINGTON POST
— Trump’s Company Has Diversity And Inclusion Policy While He Rages Against It
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/donald-trump-s-company-has-diversity-and-inclusion-policy-while-he-rages-against-it/ar-BB1lM39s

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.