October 6, 2026

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— Pro-Palestinian protesters rally in Chicago ahead of October 7 anniversary. Chicago Jewish Alliance to honor victims of 2023 Hamas attack at Highland Park event.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/pro-palestinian-protesters-rally-chicago-ahead-october-7-anniversary-hamas-attack-israel/15396973/

NBC5
— Trump returns to Pennsylvania for a rally at the site of assassination attempt. Trump’s running mate, JD Vance, and billionaire Elon Musk also spook at the rally.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/trump-returns-to-pennsylvania-for-a-rally-at-the-site-of-assassination-attempt/3566031/

CBS2
— Civil rights icon Jesse Jackson endorses GOP Cook County State’s Attorney candidate
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/civil-rights-icon-jesse-jackson-endorses-gop-cook-county-states-attorney-candidate/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Democrats ever-increasingly blame guns for gun crimes instead of blaming those who use guns illegally.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/10/04/donna-vickroy-without-tougher-gun-control-laws-we-and-our-children-get-to-live-in-fear-of-the-next-mass-shooting/
— To get elected, Biden falsely painted himself as being a centrist.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/10/06/opinion-centrism/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrats ever-increasingly run America and blame Republicans for everything that is bad.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/editorials/2024/10/05/hurricane-helene-showed-no-place-is-a-haven-from-climate-change

SOUTHERN
— Democrats ever-increasingly run America and demonize, denigrate, and condemn Republicans.
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2024/10/05/harris-dunks-on-trump-vance-at-flint-rally-with-an-assist-from-magic-johnson/

FOX ILLINOIS
— Elon Musk endorses Trump at Pennsylvania rally, calls it a ‘must-win situation’
https://www.foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/elon-musk-endorses-former-president-donald-trump-at-butler-pennsylvania-rally-calls-it-a-must-win-situation-vote-july-assassination-attempt-democracy-president-joe-biden-kamala-harris
— How voter roll purges to prevent fraud could impact 2024 election (COMMENT: How much deadwood is there on the voter rolls in your county, township, municipality, and precinct?)
https://www.foxillinois.com/news/beyond-the-podium/how-voter-roll-purges-to-prevent-fraud-could-impact-2024-election-alabama-georgia-donald-trump-kamala-harris-politics-votes-voting-polls-electronic-registration-republican-democrat-conservative-liberal-department-of-justice

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Musk makes appearance at Trump rally casting election in dire terms
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/elon-musk-makes-appearance-at-trump-rally-casting-election-in-dire-terms/
— Democrats ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/where-do-trump-harris-stand-on-marijuana-policy/

SOUTHLAND JOURNAL
— Reverend Jesse Jackson Sr. Endorses Bob Fioretti for Cook County States Attorney
https://thesouthlandjournal.com/breaking-reverend-jesse-jackson-sr-endorses-bob-fioretti-for-cook-county-states-attorney-while-opponent-burke-suffers-from-serious-racial-issues/

DIXON DAILY GAZETTE
— Democrats push pot in Dixon. If Reagan had used pot, he would not have been able to become a U.S. President.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/dixons-cannabis-dispensary-open-state-183100033.html

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— What is your Republican Precinct Committeeman/Captain doing today to get out the Republican vote in your precinct? In my precinct, today, I am finishing up 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 candidates and b) learn voters’ views and concerns. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters are increasingly successful in promoting more hatred against Trump. They are increasingly succeeding in getting registered Republican voters to not only not vote for Trump but to vote for Harris and for all the Democrat down ballot candidates. What are the following doing to counter the aforesaid promotion of hatred against Trump: a) leaders of the Illinois Republican Party and of your Republican county and township/ward party organizations, b) Republican candidates and elected officials in Illinois and in your county, township, and municipality, c) conservative leaders and activists, and d) religious leaders and activists? The aforesaid should be providing reasons why to vote for Trump and why not to vote for Harris. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Do your critics/opponents call you “too conservative?” How will defeats suffered by Republican down ballot candidates on November 5, 2024 impact you? My critics/opponents will ever-increasingly blame me and blame my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters for the defeats suffered by Republican down ballot candidates on the ballot in my precinct. According to my critics/opponents, I am way “too conservative” and because of that, the more that I do to promote candidates, the more votes that they lose in general elections. My critics/opponents reject many, most, if not virtually all of the planks in the Republican Party platform, most commonly, 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. They are furious that I promote those planks in my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters. They want me to stop promoting those planks. According to them, for Republican candidates to win, they have to be Democrat Lite if not anti-conservative if not anti-Republican. 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. What do you say to my critics/opponents? – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What do your critics/opponents use against you? In addition to demonizing, denigrating, and condemning me as being way “too conservative” and as someone who creates all their problems, all your problems, all my problems, and all of everyone’s problems, they stress the many big adverse actions that they have taken against me. They stress those who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois and who claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican and who could and should have come to my defense but did not. Those adverse actions include a) removing me from the Illinois Republican Party State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee this year, b) ending my service as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks in 2021, c) ending by bid to be selected to fill a Wheaton City Council West District vacancy in 2019, d) gerrymandering my precinct in 2015, e) ending my chairmanship of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois in 2012, e) ending my membership on the Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee in 2011, f) ending my service as the Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) webmaster in 2010 and 2004, g) ending my membership on the Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) Steering Committee in 2007, h) almost getting ICRC to censure me for my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters in 2006, i) ending my bid to serve as MTRO Treasurer in 2004, and j) ending my service as an American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board of directors member in 2004. In addition, they stress my bad demographics: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, draft avoider, Protestant, German American, my ancestors have been in America for a long time, Crete resident 1948-1872, and Wheaton resident since 1978. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— In Butler, Elon Musk gets out the vote for Trump
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_605a21e8-8380-11ef-8939-97df94b7239f.html
— Lawmakers recall former Illinois House speaker’s tactics ahead of corruption trial (COMMENT: 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. What do you say to my critics/opponents?)
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_1b5d96b6-828a-11ef-94f4-773553b4939c.html

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— The permanent temporary program that makes illegal immigrants legal (COMMENT: Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, anticipate/expect that ever-increasingly, America, Illinois, your county, your township, your municipality, and your school district will be ever-increasingly filled with illegals who want/need/demand more and more and more housing, food, clothing, medical care, transportation, education, etc., that is, anticipate/expect that ever-increasingly, poverty and crime will increase.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/in_focus/3177014/permanent-temporary-program-illegal-immigrants-legal/
— Trump revels in return to Butler with Musk after assassination attempt
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/presidential/3178528/trump-revels-in-return-to-butler-with-musk/
— The GOP’s murky future if Trump loses (COMMENT: The Republican Party exists to defend and advance conservative principles. The Democrat Party exists to defend and advance liberal principles. If Trump loses, the anti-conservatives who dominate the Illinois Republican Party (IRP), DuPage County Republican Central Committee (DCRCC), and Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) will use that to get rid of conservatives like me once and for all, that is, they will get rid of Republicans like me once and for all, that is, they will dissolve the IRP, DCRCC, and MTRO. I should write a book about the anti-conservatives, that is, the anti-Republicans who dominate the IRP, DCRCC, and MTRO.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/in_focus/3177509/what-maga-gop-will-look-like-post-donald-trump/
— Yes, Democrats spent FEMA money on illegal immigrants
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/3177118/yes-democrats-spent-fema-money-on-illegal-immigrants/

NEW YORK POST
— Why African Americans are finally voting for their best interests
https://nypost.com/2024/10/05/opinion/african-americans-are-finally-voting-for-their-best-interests/
— Republicans blame messaging, low turnout after ‘disappointing’ elections  (COMMENT: I should write a book about those Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct since 2000 who have blamed me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters the most for their defeats.)
https://nypost.com/2023/11/08/news/gop-politicians-strategists-blame-messaging-low-turnout-after-disappointing-election-results/

AMERICAN INTERPRISE INSTITUTE
— Trump Blames Extreme Pro-Lifers for Republican Midterm Defeats (COMMENT: I should write a book about those Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct since 2000 who have blamed me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters the most for their defeats.)
https://www.aei.org/op-eds/trump-blames-extreme-pro-lifers-for-republican-midterm-defeats/

AMERICAN THINKER
— FEMA cranks up its spin and gaslight operations
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/10/fema_cranks_up_its_spin_and_gaslight_operations.html
— Mexico sues American gun makers (COMMENT: Should America sue Mexican pot makers?)
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/10/mexico_sues_american_gun_makers.html

BREITBART
— Mayorkas Pretends to Cap ‘Parole’ Migration Before Election
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/10/05/mayorkas-pretends-to-cap-parole-migration-before-election/
— Trump Predicts at Butler Rally: The Left Will ‘Drop All Sorts of Bombs’ Before Election Day
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/10/05/trump-predicts-at-butler-rally-the-left-will-drop-all-sorts-of-bombs-before-election-day/

CENTER SQUARE
— In Butler, Musk gets out the vote for Trump
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_605a21e8-8380-11ef-8939-97df94b7239f.amp.html

DAILY CALLER
— Vance Defended Trump Better Than Trump
https://dailycaller.com/2024/10/05/opinion-jd-vance-tim-walz-debate-2024-election-larry-elder/

DAILY SIGNAL
— The Left’s Word-Shaming Can’t Conceal ‘Third World’ Effects of Open Borders
https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/10/05/lefts-word-games-cant-conceal-third-world-impact-open-borders/

FOX BUSINESS
— Amazon Alexa gives starkly different answers when asked why to vote for Trump versus Kamala Harris. Amazon Alexa declined to get political on Trump, but touted Harris as a ‘woman of color’ fighting ‘racial injustice.’
https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/amazon-alexa-gives-starkly-different-answers-when-asked-why-vote-trump-versus-kamala-harris

FOX NEWS
— Musk calls 2024 a ‘must-win situation’ for free speech, touts Trump’s character after being ‘under fire’  Musk, invoking the ‘Fight, Fight, Fight’ chant, challenged rallygoers to ‘Vote, Vote, Vote’
https://www.foxnews.com/media/elon-musk-2024-must-win-situation-free-speech-touts-trumps-character-fire

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Failing at the Basics Week in Education
https://legalinsurrection.com/2024/10/failing-at-the-basics-week-in-education/

NATIONAL REVIEW
— The Woke War on the Past
https://www.nationalreview.com/2024/10/the-woke-war-on-the-past/

NEWSMAX
— FEMA Laundering Funds to NGOs, Diverting Aid
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/kat-cammack-fema-ngo/2024/10/05/id/1182961/

TEXAGS
— Fox News is Democrat Lite and has done major damage to conservatism in the US

TOWNHALL
— Kamala Harris, FEMA and Pete Buttigieg Victimize Hurricane Helene Survivors a Second Time
https://townhall.com/columnists/tomtradup/2024/10/05/kamala-harris-fema-and-pete-buttigieg-victimize-hurricane-helene-survivors-a-second-time-n2645769
https://texags.com/forums/16/topics/3493862

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

NBC NEWS
— Trump mixes somber remembrance with heated rhetoric in his return to Butler. Speaking before a large crowd in a critical battleground state, Trump promoted wealthy benefactors and foreshadowed a bruising conclusion to the presidential campaign.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/trump-somber-remembrance-heated-rhetoric-return-butler-rcna173637

REUTERS
— An American education: Classrooms reshaped by record migrant arrivals. The arrival of more than half a million school-age children since 2022 has strained school budgets and left teachers grappling with language barriers. (COMMENT: How far down have illegals dragged the students in your school district?)
https://www.reuters.com/investigations/an-american-education-classrooms-reshaped-by-record-migrant-arrivals-2024-10-05/

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Democrats ever-increasingly encourage everyone to be sexually active LGBTQers.
https://www.abqjournal.com/news/national/condoms-aren-t-a-fact-of-life-for-young-americans-they-re-an-afterthought/article_33d98eae-32b5-50db-b21a-2838ce5b18c4.html

THE HILL
— Republicans point fingers after embarrassing defeats (COMMENT: I should write a book about those Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct since 2000 who have blamed me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters the most for their defeats.)
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/4454599-republicans-point-fingers-after-embarrassing-floor-defeats/
— Trump, Republicans play blame game (COMMENT: I should write a book about those Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct since 2000 who have blamed me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters the most for their defeats.)
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4874888-trump-republicans-blame-game-debate/

NEW YORK TIMES
— Those who hate Republicans promote Harris.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/30/opinion/editorials/kamala-harris-2024.html
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/09/26/opinion/donald-trump-personality-history.html
— What shows your health, including your cognitive abilities? For me, it is my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/06/us/politics/trump-speeches-age-cognitive-decline.html
— What do your critics/opponents do? Mine 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.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/03/magazine/trump-justice-department-rivals.html
— Democrats ever-increasingly shout at women that getting abortions must be their top priority.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/05/us/politics/women-abortion-wisconsin-harris-campaign.html?searchResultPosition=1

WASHINGTON POST
— Republicans can blame themselves (COMMENT: I should write a book about those Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct since 2000 who have blamed me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters the most for their defeats.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/11/08/republican-election-loss-analysis/

COLORADO SENTINEL
— If there had been a many immigrants when I was young as there are now, they would have gotten the jobs that I got.
https://sentinelcolorado.com/metro/for-migrant-women-who-land-in-aurora-looking-for-jobs-its-often-no/

NEWSWEEK
— Republicans’ Six Most Painful Election Losses (COMMENT: I should write a book about those Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct since 2000 who have blamed me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters the most for their defeats.)
https://www.newsweek.com/election-results-gop-democrats-ohio-kentucky-1841832

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— How Donald Trump Jr. Became the Crown Prince of MAGA World (COMMENT: Who heads the Trump campaign in Illinois, in your county, in your township, and in your municipality?)
https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/how-donald-trump-jr-became-the-crown-prince-of-maga-world-debd9c52

FORBES
— How Will The 2024 Election Impact Your Job? Changes To Expect At Work (COMMENT: My Democrat superiors ever-increasingly used Affirmative Action and Diversity a) to retain and promote their Democrat employees who were minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time and b) to waste the careers of and get rid of their Republican employees who were White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or had ancestors who had been in America for a long time.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/dianehamilton/2024/10/05/how-will-the-2024-election-impact-your-job-changes-to-expect-at-work/

INC.
— Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, those who are the following will be ever-increasingly isolated: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.inc.com/jessica-stillman/this-is-what-8-hours-social-isolation-does-your-brain-body-not-pretty.html

CITY JOURNAL
— Is Merit Really Making a Comeback? (COMMENT: According to my critics/opponents, I owe all of my accomplishments in life to my benefitting from discrimination against those who share their demographics (minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time) and I owe none of my accomplishments in life to merit. In my defense, 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, and I had to work my way through college.)
https://www.city-journal.org/article/is-merit-really-making-a-comeback

INDEPENDENT JOURNAL REVIEW
— Vance Slams Biden Administration: ‘Who the Hell is Running This Country Right Now?’
https://ijr.com/vance-slams-biden-administration-who-the-hell-is-running-this-country-right-now/

DAILY BEAST
— Trump Reveals Who He Will Blame If He Loses Election  (COMMENT: I should write a book about those Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct since 2000 who have blamed me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters the most for their defeats.)
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-reveals-who-he-plans-to-blame-if-he-loses-election

REASON
— Hate-filled conservative-hating conservative-haters ever-increasingly promote more mass/illegal immigration.
https://reason.com/volokh/2024/10/05/biden-foolishly-decides-not-to-extend-legal-status-for-migrants-who-entered-the-us-under-the-chnv-private-sponsorship-program/

PEW RESEARCH
— 10 facts about Republicans in the U.S. (COMMENT: Many vote for candidates who share their demographics. What do you say to Republican candidates, elected officials, and party leaders who ever-increasingly dump Republicans like me who share Trump’s demographics: conservative, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time?)
https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2024/07/12/10-facts-about-republicans-in-the-us/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Republican voters are overwhelmingly White, though less so than in the past. . .Republican voters are older than voters overall. . .Around eight-in-ten Republican voters (81%) identify with a Christian denomination, compared with 67% of all registered voters. . .The vast majority of Republican voters plan to vote for Donald Trump. . .Large majorities of Republican voters are confident that Trump can make good decisions on key policies, but many have reservations about his personal conduct. . .Most Republicans say the stakes of the 2024 presidential election are high. . .Republicans overwhelmingly see illegal immigration as one of the top problems facing the country. . .Republicans are very negative about the state of the U.S. economy. . .Republicans are more divided over abortion than Democrats are. . .Republican hostility toward Democrats has increased significantly in recent decades.)
— 10 facts about Democrats in the U.S. (COMMENT: Many vote for candidates who share their demographics. What do you say to Republican candidates, elected officials, and party leaders who ever-increasingly pander to those who share Harris’ demographics: liberal, minority, female, younger, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time?)
https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2024/08/16/10-facts-about-democrats-in-the-us/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The racial and ethnic composition of Democratic voters has changed a lot in recent decades. . .The share of Democratic voters with at least a four-year college degree has roughly doubled since the 1990s. . .Religiously, nearly half of Democratic voters (46%) identify as something other than Christian. . .Harris draws more support from Democratic voters – and considerably more strong support – than President Joe Biden did. . .Most Democratic voters (66%) say they are “extremely” motivated to vote this fall. . .Majorities of Democrats say gun violence, health care costs and partisan gridlock are major national problems. . .Democrats continue to favor an active federal government.  . .Democrats overwhelmingly say abortion should be legal. . .Democrats’ views of the Supreme Court have grown much more negative. . .Democratic hostility toward the Republican Party has risen in recent decades. )

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.