October 6 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE

— Cindy Cronin Cahill, former Elmhurst treasurer, considers run for DuPage County Board – GRAYDON MEGAN
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/elmhurst/ct-dob-elmhurst-cahill-dupage-board-tl-1007-20211005-d6p6cxfdc5hyrkxc4o4n7kvvtu-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Cook County commissioners delay vote on replacing Columbus Day with Indigenous Peoples’ Day. Columbus Day will remain a holiday in Cook County for now after a vote to replace it with Indigenous Peoples’ Day was delayed. The resolution faced pushback from local Italian American organizations. It was the second time a vote on the issue was postponed this year. – Jason Beeferman
https://chicago.suntimes.com/metro-state/2021/10/5/22711495/cook-county-commissioners-delay-vote-on-replacing-columbus-day-with-indigenous-peoples-day-italian

JOURNAL COURIER
— German heritage well-rooted in state – and a cause for celebration – Tom Emery
(COMMENT: All my ancestors immigrated during the 1840s and 1850s to northeast Illinois from what is now Germany. My grandfather on my father’s side fought the Germans during WWI. My uncles on my mother’s side fought the Germans during WWII. My father would have fought the Germans during WWII if he had not been 4-F. I should write a book about those who have used my being 100% German national origin against me the most. I would focus on those who have also used my being baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran against me the most.)
https://www.myjournalcourier.com/insider/article/German-heritage-well-rooted-in-state-and-a-16511797.php
(FROM THE ARTICLE: German-American Day is observed every Oct. 6 and, in Illinois, there is plenty of reason to celebrate. German ancestry remains prevalent in Illinois, as it has for a century and a half. The strength of German-Americans helped shape Illinois history through a Civil War, as well as two world wars against the old country. Of the nearly 1.8 million residents of Illinois in 1860, nearly 325,000 were of foreign birth. Germans were the largest ethnic group with 130,000, nearly 8% of the state’s total population. Some 20% of Chicago’s population was German. Many had arrived following the failed German revolution of 1848. . .Many Germans were farmers, while others were laborers, merchants, and skilled tradesmen. Some followed the popular crafts of their homeland and worked as butchers, bakers, shoemakers, furniture and wagon builders, and cigar makers. Architecture of traditionally German-American buildings, often in brick, still is visible across the state. German-language newspapers were found across the state, even in the smallest cities. In 1859, future presidential candidate Abraham Lincoln bought the press and type to establish a German-language Republican paper. In Peoria, future Illinois Secretary of State Edward Rummel, a native of Baden, Germany, ran a German paper and print shop that produced goods in both German and English. John Wood, who founded the city of Quincy and served as governor for 10 months in 1860-61, was born to a German mother. In 1892, John Altgeld, a Prussian native, won election for one term as Illinois governor and is best known for his pardon of three of the accused in the infamous Haymarket Riot. Politically, German support was crucial, and their weight was felt at the first Illinois Republican state convention in 1856. The German influence also was a key factor in the 1860 presidential race, and at the Republican National Convention in Chicago, German resolutions were even incorporated into the national platform. Germans were perceived to be staunch abolitionists, though some scholars dispute that claim. Nearly 6,000 Illinois Germans enlisted in the first six months of the Civil War, comprising practically three whole regiments. One top German commander was Friedrich Hecker, a renowned 1848 revolutionary who was a gentleman farmer near Belleville, in the heart of heavily German settlements. Another German regimental commander from St. Clair County was Gustave Koerner, who served as lieutenant governor of Illinois from 1852 to 1856 and was a pallbearer at Abraham Lincoln’s Springfield funeral. By 1910, more than 319,000 German immigrants were in Illinois, and more than 1 million people of German descent — a 10th of the national total — called the state home. With nearly 400,000 first- and second-generation German immigrants, Chicago was the sixth-largest German city on the globe in 1914. The high concentration of Germans caused some protest at the outbreak of World War I, as many of German descent decried their adopted country’s stance against their homeland. Music by German composers such as Mozart and Beethoven was banned in some public places, and some German-Americans were under surveillance by state and federal officials. Other German-Americans were forced to recite loyalty oaths in public spectacles. Within a few years, use of the German language, once prominent, faded from schools and churches. As a result, many Germans in Illinois distanced themselves from their heritage. From 1914 to 1920, the number of Illinois residents who identified themselves as German on the U.S. Census dropped more than 41%, to 112,000. But many Germans remained loyal to the American cause and took active roles in the war effort both at home and abroad. A quarter-century later, dislike of German residents was a minor issue in World War II, as many chose to focus their disgust on Adolph Hitler, rather than their German neighbors. Today, German heritage in Illinois is celebrated in festivals and carnivals statewide, while some communities in Chicagoland, as well as Moline, Peoria, Gibson City, Mascoutah, Waterloo and Millstadt, feature popular German restaurants. Museums and research centers on German-American history and heritage are found in several large metro areas, including Chicago, Frankfort and the Quad Cities.)

CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS
— COMMENT: Those who promote LGBTQ, that is, those who promote the destruction of traditional marriage and the destruction of the traditional family, should be held accountable for their actions.
https://www.capitolnewsillinois.com/NEWS/report-details-disparities-faced-by-aging-lgbtq-illinoisans

JOHN KASS
— It’s not Chicago Covid Mr. President, it’s Chicago violence
https://johnkassnews.com/its-not-chicago-covid-mr-president-its-chicago-violence/

WIREPOINTS
— The assault on merit continues: MIT cancels University of Chicago professor “My crime? Arguing for academic evaluations based on academic merit.” – Mark Glennon
(COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats and RINOs replace equal opportunity with equal outcome. How soon, if not already, will the race, gender, age, sexual orientation, etc. of those who take tests have to be proportional to those who pass those tests?)
https://wirepoints.org/the-assault-on-merit-continues-mit-cancels-university-of-chicago-professor-wirepoints-quickpoint/

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON ILLINOIS TIGHTENS: ILLINOIS’ RACIAL EMPLOYMENT GAP IS DOUBLE U.S. AVERAGE – Orphe Divounguy
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/illinois-racial-employment-gap-is-double-u-s-average/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— ‘Parents are not domestic terrorists’ – Jennifer Harper
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/oct/5/inside-beltway-parents-are-not-domestic-terrorists/
— GOP congressmen join defenders of Army vaccine whistleblower – Sean Salai
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/oct/5/gop-congressmen-join-defenders-army-vaccine-whistl/
— Nikki Haley blasts Afghanistan withdrawal, ‘our national self-loathing’ in Reagan Library speech – Joseph Clark
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/oct/5/nikki-haley-blasts-afghanistan-withdrawal-our-nati/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Justice Department to investigate anti-mask, anti-critical race theory parents – Becket Adams
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/justice-department-to-investigate-anti-mask-anti-critical-race-theory-parents
— More than 400,000 sneaked over southern border and got away in past year, former Border Patrol head says – Anna Giaritelli
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/many-sneaked-over-southern-border-and-got-away-in-past-year
— MIT cancels professor’s lecture after videos and op-ed rebuking equity agenda – Matthew Miller
(COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats and RINOs replace equal opportunity with equal outcome. How soon, if not already, will the race, gender, age, sexual orientation, etc. of those who take tests have to be proportional to those who pass those tests?)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/%20university-chicago-professor-swarmed-colleagues-standing-for-freedom-expression

FOX NEWS
— Who do your children belong to — you or your government? Parents have to understand that the current battle is one of control. – Karol Markowicz
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/children-belong-government-karol-markowicz
— Kevin McCarthy accuses Democrats of seeking to ‘silence parents’ At issue is a new DOJ effort to combat an alleged increase in violence and threats directed at schools boards – Michael Lee
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/mccarthy-calls-doj-targeting-parents-attending-school-board-meetings-disturbing
— Critical race theory opponents may face Biden Justice Dept. crackdown
https://www.foxnews.com/politics
— Dems use Facebook scandal to ramp up speech police
https://www.foxnews.com/politics
— Texas Border Patrol agents discover stash houses packed with nearly 100 illegal immigrants. – Bradford Betz
(COMMENT: How many stash houses are there in Illinois, in your county, in your township, in your municipality, and in your precinct?)
https://www.foxnews.com/us/texas-border-patrol-stash-houses-100-illegal-immigrants

FOX BUSINESS
— Facebook slammed for promoting 1619 Project content: ‘Utterly irresponsible’ Facebook boosting project ‘riddled with egregious errors of fact and careless, amateurish judgments,’ scholars say – Tyler O’Neil
https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/facebook-slammed-1619-project-content

AMERICAN THINKER
— How to Reclaim Freedom of Speech in a Culture of Censorship – Larry Alton
(COMMENT: My critics/opponents want to censor me and to censor my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters. Failing that, they want the following to censor me and to censor my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters: a) the leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party, b) the leaders of the Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Wheaton Park District, Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois, c) conservative leaders, d) religious leaders, e) unsuccessful Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct, their political consultants, major donors, fundraisers, pollsters, campaign managers, campaign staff members, and campaign volunteers, and f) those who I have sued.)
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2021/10/how_to_reclaim_freedom_of_speech_in_a_culture_of_censorship.html
— If America’s going to split apart, here’s what will happen to you – Peter Skurkiss
(COMMENT: Expect that in states, counties, townships, and municipalities where Democrats and/or RINOs are the majority, those Democrats and RINOs will ever-increasingly drive out individuals, organizations, and companies that are 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. In Wheaton this year, they succeeded in stopping Republicans from helping sponsor Wheaton’s Independence Day parade and fireworks.)
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2021/10/if_americas_going_to_split_apart_heres_what_will_happen_to_you.html
— School Board member allegedly tried to destroy a critic – Andrea Widburg
(COMMENT: During the 1980s, I sued Wheaton. I should write a book about the success that a Wheaton official had in harming my GAO career.)
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2021/10/school_board_member_allegedly_tried_to_destroy_a_critic.html
— Independent voters… you own Joe Biden – AZ Buck
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2021/10/independent_voters_you_own_joe_biden.html
— Ready for the government to control how you spend your money? – Anna L. Stark
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2021/10/ready_for_the_government_to_control_how_you_spend_your_money.html
— Government spending has become insane – John Green
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2021/10/government_spending_has_become_insane.html

BREITBART
— Pennsylvania Democrat to Introduce Forced Vasectomy Bill in Response to Texas Pro-Life Law – KATHERINE HAMILTON
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/10/05/pennsylvania-democrat-introduce-forced-vasectomy-bill-response-texas-pro-life-law/

CHRISTIANITY TODAY
— Trump doesn’t understand how any Catholics could support Biden – Jennifer Lee
(COMMENT: What percent voted for Biden because he is a) Catholic, b) Irish American, c) an abortion promoter, and/or d) a Trump-hater?)
https://www.christiantoday.com/article/trump.doesnt.understand.how.any.catholics.could.support.biden/137492.htm

DAILY CALLER
— Republicans Pepper Deputy AG With Questions About Treating American Parents As Domestic Terrorists – MICHAEL GINSBERG
https://dailycaller.com/2021/10/05/tom-cotton-josh-hawley-lisa-monaco-memorandum-fbi-local-law-enforcement/
— ‘Democrats Don’t Even Believe In America’: Nikki Haley Goes After Liberals In Reagan Library Speech – SEBASTIAN HUGHES
https://dailycaller.com/2021/10/05/nikki-haley-democrats-believe-america-barack-obama/
— ‘Basically Inviting The Entire World’: Chip Roy Slams Biden Admin Over Open Border Policies – SAMANTHA RENCK
https://dailycaller.com/2021/10/05/basically-inviting-entire-world-chip-roy-slams-biden-open-border-policies/
— ‘The Biden Administration Would Like A Look At Your Checking Account’: WSJ Editorial Board Goes After The IRS – VARUN HUKERI
https://dailycaller.com/2021/10/05/wsj-editorial-board-irs-bank-account-reporting/
— Victor Davis Hanson Breaks Down How Elites Are Destroying What It Means To Be An American Citizen In New Book
(COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats and RINOs replace equal opportunity with equal outcome. How soon, if not already, will the race, gender, age, sexual orientation, etc. of those who take tests have to be proportional to those who pass those tests?)
https://dailycaller.com/2021/10/05/victor-davis-hanson-breaks-down-how-elites-are-destroying-what-it-means-to-be-an-american-citizen-in-new-book/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The overarching theory of social scientists and historians is the shift from an “equality-of-opportunity” to an “equality-of-outcome” society. This transformation during the New Deal was the requisite for the entire 1960s continuance under the Great Society programs and their redefinition of civil rights to encompass government-ensured economic parity through higher taxes, income redistribution, massive new government spending, and forced proportional representation by race and gender in hiring and admission. Up until then, Americans traditionally had been open to new and stronger laws protecting equality of opportunity but were wary of the destructiveness of envy, the ancient fuel of an equality-of-result society that saw government punish its more successful citizens.)

DAILY SIGNAL
— And Jews Will Still Vote Democrat – Dennis Prager
(COMMENT: While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, many of my superiors and supervisors were Jewish. I should write a book about how my Democrat superiors forced them to take adverse actions against me. During the last 4 years that I worked for GAO, all of my superiors and supervisors were Jewish and 2/3 of them were female. My Democrat superiors stressed to my Jewish supervisors a) that I was conservative, b) that I was Republican, c) that I had been baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran, d) that I was 100% German national origin, e) that I lived in Crete 1948-1972, and f) that I lived in Wheaton since 1978. In my defense, I stressed that my grandfather on my father’s side fought the Germans in WWI, that my uncles on my mother’s side fought the Germans in WWII, that my father would have fought the Germans in WWII if he had not been 4-F, and that all my ancestors immigrated to northeast Illinois during the 1840s and 1850s.)
https://www.dailysignal.com/2021/10/05/and-jews-will-still-vote-democrat/
— Noncitizen Voting in Vermont Part of Democrats’ ‘Long Game’ – Fred Lucas
https://www.dailysignal.com/2021/10/04/noncitizen-voting-in-vermont-part-of-democrats-long-game/
— COMMENT: Democrats use heritage months to divide non-Whites against Whites.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2021/10/05/why-hispanic-heritage-month-shouldnt-be-a-thing/

PJ MEDIA
— Are Progressives Determined to Sink Biden’s Presidency? – A.J. KAUFMAN
https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/ari-j-kaufman/2021/10/06/are-progressives-determined-to-sink-bidens-presidency-n1521988

NEW AMERICAN
— Schools Teaching Sodomy, Pedophilia & Perversion to Kids, Warns Rev. Lowery – Alex Newman
https://thenewamerican.com/schools-teaching-sodomy-pedophilia-perversion-to-kids-warns-rev-lowery/
— While Gov Shut Down Church Over COVID, “Mosques Were Fully Operational” – Selwyn Duke
https://thenewamerican.com/while-gov-shut-down-church-mosques-were-fully-operational-says-pastor/

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Critical Race Theory infiltrating America’s 25 most elite private K-12 schools – William A. Jacobson
https://legalinsurrection.com/2021/10/our-new-database-critical-race-theory-infiltrating-americas-25-most-elite-private-k-12-schools/
— Facebook and Leftist ‘Whistleblower’ Want Congress to Censor and Regulate Online Speech – Mary Chastain
(COMMENT: My critics/opponents want to censor me and to censor my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters. Failing that, they want the following to censor me and to censor my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters: a) the leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party, b) the leaders of the Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Wheaton Park District, Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois, c) conservative leaders, d) religious leaders, e) unsuccessful Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct, their political consultants, major donors, fundraisers, pollsters, campaign managers, campaign staff members, and campaign volunteers, and f) those who I have sued.)
https://legalinsurrection.com/2021/10/facebook-and-leftist-whistleblower-want-congress-to-censor-and-regulate-online-speech/

POLITICO
— Whistleblower to Senate: Don’t trust Facebook – ALEXANDRA S. LEVINE, CLAIRE RAFFORD, JULIA ARCIGA, EMILY BIRNBAUM and BENJAMIN DIN
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/10/05/facebook-whistleblower-testifies-congress-515083

CNN
— How to protect ourselves against Facebook’s failures – Kara Alaimo
(COMMENT: I should write a book about my critics/opponents a) who promote Facebook the most, b) who discourage me from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters the most, and c) who discourage everyone from reading the newsletters the most.)
https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/05/opinions/facebook-whistleblower-what-users-should-know-alaimo/index.html

USA TODAY
— Amazon has more Black and Hispanic employees than ever, but most people in top jobs are still white and male – Jayme Fraser and Jessica Guynn
https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2021/10/04/amazon-black-hispanic-workers-executives-diversity/5955223001/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Facebook Needs to Empower Parents, Not Censor Political Speech. The company wants to appease politicians but it should worry more about users. – Editorial
https://www.wsj.com/articles/facebook-in-the-dock-congress-frances-haugen-mark-zuckerberg-11633471560

NEWSWEEK
— Concerned About Your Child’s School? You Might Be a Domestic Terrorist
https://www.newsweek.com/concerned-about-your-childs-school-you-might-domestic-terrorist-opinion-1635751
— Fighting Evolution’s Mistakes: Ensuring Equitable Hiring with Machine Learning We understand how to reduce bias in AI through rigorous empirical data, and we can take these lessons and apply them to society by reintroducing diversity to our corporate and academic population. – NOAH MITSUHASHI
(COMMENT: How soon, if not already, will employers officially proclaim that they will no longer hire those who are 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.newsweek.com/fighting-evolutions-mistakes-ensuring-equitable-hiring-machine-learning-1634661

FAST COMPANY
— The deep-rooted myth of meritocracy is widening the racial wealth gap – TALIB VISRAM
(COMMENT: According to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, I owe all the successes that I have had in life NOT to meritocracy, but to my benefiting from discrimination against minorities, females, younger people, LGBTQers, veterans, non-Protestants, non-German Americans, etc. In my defense, neither of my outstanding parents attended college. My father was the first of his ancestors to earn a high school diploma. My mother never attended high school.)
https://www.fastcompany.com/90681653/the-deep-rooted-myth-of-meritocracy-is-widening-the-racial-wealth-gap

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.