September 12, 2024

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— Democrats promote Swift because she promotes Harris.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/taylor-swift-endorsement-kamala-harris-president-gets-young-chicago-area-voters-excited-2024-election/15291792/
— City of Chicago hiring freeze will not impact public safety positions, Mayor Brandon Johnson says. Chicago facing over $220M budget gap this year, nearly $1B projected deficit next year. (COMMENT: While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO for almost 18 years, the agency was almost always under Republican-caused hiring freezes and/or promotion freezes. GAO’s employees decreased from more than 6,000 to less than 3,000 during those 18 years.)
https://abc7chicago.com/post/city-chicago-budget-hiring-freeze-will-not-impact-public-safety-positions-essential-services-mayor-brandon-johnson-says/15292410/
— ABC7 Chicago’s Diane Pathieu goes back to school at Niles West HS (COMMENT: What high school did you graduate from and when? I graduated from Crete-Monee High School in 1966. The building was torn down in 2022.)
https://abc7chicago.com/post/abc7-chicagos-diane-pathieu-goes-back-school-niles-west-high-skokie/15294829/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Niles West High School, which is part of District 219, is recognized as a top district, not just in Illinois, but in the U.S. The school is making big strides in education, especially when it comes to diversity and inclusion for all.)

NBC5
— Chicago to close 3 migrant shelters in October. Shelters in Pilsen, West Town and Kenwood are scheduled to close in October.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-close-3-migrant-shelters-october/3545929/
— How far-reaching is Chicago’s hiring freeze amid budget mess?  The city is running a deficit of more than $200 million for FY 2024. (COMMENT: While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO for almost 18 years, the agency was almost always under Republican-caused hiring freezes and/or promotion freezes. GAO’s employees decreased from more than 6,000 to less than 3,000 during those 18 years.)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/how-far-reaching-is-chicagos-hiring-freeze-amid-budget-mess/3546053/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0zetr0CXmU

CBS2
— Democrats promote Swift because she promotes Harris
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/taylor-swift-kamala-harris-endorsement-vote-gov/
— Chicago seniors express concerns after windows hit by bullets
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/chicago-seniors-express-concerns-after-windows-hit-by-bullets/
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/bullets-coming-through-windows-leave-chicago-seniors-feeling-unsafe/
— Under the Democrats, soon, everyone will be handing out welfare and/or receiving welfare.
https://patch.com/illinois/southside/chicago-area-food-banks-hard-work-hunger-action-day

WGN9
— Illinois political, party leaders react to Trump-Harris debate, predictably along partisan lines
https://wgntv.com/politics-3/illinois-political-party-leaders-react-to-trump-harris-debate-predictably-along-partisan-lines/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Republican Party of Illinois, on the other hand, characterized Trump as a “strong leader” following the debate. Illinois GOP Chair Kathy Salvi released the following statement: “Tonight, Americans saw a stark contrast between President Trump, a strong leader who outlined his vision to secure our border, lower prices and save our country, and Kamala Harris, who continued to lie about her record and socialist policy positions. President Trump is the leader that Illinois, and America needs and we continue to share our common sense solutions to turn Illinois around.” . . . On his X feed Tuesday night, Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Whatley criticized the debate moderators for their performance, posting: “Another debate win for President Trump. “Even in a 3 on 1 matchup, he boldly laid out his plans to restore our border, rebuild our economy, and regain our standing in the world. “Kamala Harris didn’t give a single real answer.”)

FOX32
— Some Chicago aldermen call for mayor’s aide to be fired after alleged controversial comments
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago-aldermen-demand-mayors-aide-fired-alleged-controversial-comments
— Kamala Harris says she owns a gun during debate response to Donald Trump (COMMENT: Democrats a) blame Republicans for gun crimes and b) want to further diminish Second Amendment rights.)
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/harris-debate-response-gun-ownership
— Democrats ever-increasingly blame guns for gun violence instead of blaming those who use guns illegally.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4luB_O7AhM

WTTW
— Kim Foxx Reflects on Year Without Cash Bail in Illinois, Says Critics’ Attacks Were ‘Racist Propaganda’  (COMMENT: Democrats ever-increasingly promote criminals, that is, Democrats ever-increasingly promote crime.)
https://news.wttw.com/2024/09/11/kim-foxx-reflects-year-without-cash-bail-illinois-says-critics-attacks-were-racist

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Three City Council leaders demand ouster of top mayoral aide who called police ‘f—ing pigs’  In podcast interviews in 2021 and earlier this year, Johnson aide and former executive director of United Working Families Kennedy Bartley talked openly about defunding or the “abolition” of police.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2024/09/11/council-leaders-demand-ouster-mayoral-aide-bartley-called-police-f-ing-pigs
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/democracy/2024/09/11/trump-harris-debate-disinformation-lies-voting-democracy-solutions-project-editorial
— University of Illinois system sets record enrollment with more than 97,000 students. The enrollment surpasses the previous record of 94,861 students set in 2022 across the system’s three campuses. (COMMENT: I was a full-time UIC student 1966-1968 while lived with my parents and brother in Crete and worked part-time for the Park Forest Post Office. I transferred to NIU in 1969 and graduated with a bachelor’s degree in management in 1970. According to my critics/opponents, degrees from non-Ivy League colleges are worthless.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2024/09/11/university-of-illinois-record-student-enrollment
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The University of Illinois system’s Chicago campus saw its second-highest enrollment this year with nearly 34,000 students.)

DAILY HERALD
— Elk Grove reverses rule aimed at deterring migrants from local motels (COMMENT: How soon, if not already, will Democrat and RINO leaders fill the motels in your county, township, municipality, and school district with their illegals?)
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240911/news/elk-grove-reverses-rule-aimed-at-deterring-migrants-from-local-motels/
— Suburbs gather to observe 23rd anniversary of Sept. 11 terrorist attacks  (COMMENT: I organized Wheaton’s 2003 and 2004 Sept.11 events. I should write about those who not only boycotted the events, but discouraged everyone from attending the events.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240911/news/suburbs-gather-to-observe-23rd-anniversary-of-sept-11-terrorist-attacks/

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— University of Illinois System keeps growing as other state schools flounder (COMMENT: I was a full-time UIC student 1966-1968 while lived with my parents and brother in Crete and worked part-time for the Park Forest Post Office. I transferred to NIU in 1969 and graduated with a bachelor’s degree in management in 1970. According to my critics/opponents, degrees from non-Ivy League colleges are worthless.)
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/education/university-illinois-system-2024-enrollment-breaks-records

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— At Bloomington watch party, Illinois Republicans cast presidential debate as mixed bag
https://pantagraph.com/news/state-regional/government-politics/at-bloomington-watch-party-illinois-republicans-cast-presidential-debate-as-mixed-bag/article_587239c8-7004-11ef-8996-63710d4690b3.html

ALTON TELEGRAPH & CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Democrats ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/politics/article/could-america-s-divide-on-marijuana-be-coming-to-19759621.php
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/ap-could-americas-divide-on-marijuana-be-coming-to-an-end/

25 NEWS NOW
— State government investing money to find the homeless population jobs (COMMENT: According to my critics/opponents, they would never have stooped to take the jobs that I took. I did yard work, delivered newspapers, washed dishes, cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, pumped gasoline, delivered mail, worked on an automobile assembly line, sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances, collected delinquent taxes, and audited federal agencies. According to my critics/opponents, my having the aforesaid jobs proves that I am an unmitigated failure.)
https://www.25newsnow.com/2024/09/12/state-government-investing-money-find-homeless-population-jobs-planning-starts-now/

WEST SUBURBAN JOURNAL
— U.S. Supreme Court won’t hear challenge to Illinois’ assault weapons ban, for now
https://westsuburbanjournal.com/u-s-supreme-court-wont-hear-challenge-to-illinois-assault-weapons-ban-for-now/

NIU
— NIU again ranks among top colleges for LGBTQ+ students  (COMMENT: To  promote LGBTQ is to destroy traditional marriage and family.)
https://niutoday.info/2024/09/12/niu-again-ranks-among-top-colleges-for-lgbtq-students/

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2024/09/12/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-367/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2024/09/11/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-160/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Harris campaign avoids specifics, gambling that good vibes will propel her to White House
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/sep/11/kamala-harris-campaign-avoids-specifics-gambling-t/
— How do we raise our kids to be responsible, moral human beings in a world gone mad?
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/sep/11/everett-piper-is-asked-for-parenting-advice-on-rai/

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Top DEI Officials at Biden-Harris State Department Rake In Nearly $200k a Year, Records Show. ‘Woke’ work brings nearly double the pay of average State employees.
https://freebeacon.com/national-security/top-dei-officials-at-biden-harris-state-department-rake-in-nearly-200k-a-year-records-show/

NEW YORK POST
— Romney praises Harris’ debate performance: ‘Intelligent, capable person’  (COMMENT: I should write about those Romney supporters in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois who have a) blamed me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters the most for Romney’s defeats and b) taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me.)
https://nypost.com/2024/09/11/us-news/gop-sen-mitt-romney-praises-kamala-harris-debate-performance/
— Tren de Aragua takeover of El Paso hotel shows Biden-Harris migrant crisis is still wrecking the country
https://nypost.com/2024/09/11/opinion/tren-de-aragua-el-paso-hotel-takeover-shows-biden-harris-migrant-crisis-still-wrecking-country/
— NYC Council expected to back task force to study reparations for black residents (COMMENT: Affirmative Action and DEI are reparations.)
https://nypost.com/2024/09/11/us-news/nyc-council-expected-to-back-taskforce-to-study-reparations/

AMAC
— Potentially Hundreds Of Thousands Of Ineligible Voters On Undisclosed Voter Rolls In Crucial Battleground States Like PA, AZ, WI, and MI: It’s Time For The RNC To Pursue Offensive Strategy
https://amac.us/newsline/elections/potentially-hundreds-of-thousands-of-ineligible-voters-on-undisclosed-voter-rolls/

AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE
— Diversity vs. Merit: The Uncomfortable Truth Behind the Affirmative Action Numbers
https://www.aei.org/multimedia/diversity-vs-merit-the-uncomfortable-truth-behind-the-affirmative-action-numbers/

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Immigration Crisis On Display In Springfield, Ohio: It’s Not Just About Haitians Eating Pets
https://amgreatness.com/2024/09/10/immigration-crisis-on-display-in-springfield-ohio-its-not-just-about-haitians-eating-pets/
— Degrading in the Name of Equity. Grading for equity is an idea whose time never should never come.
https://amgreatness.com/2024/09/12/degrading-in-the-name-of-equity/

BREITBART
— Harris Co-Chair: Taxpayer-Funded Transition Surgery for Prisoners, Illegals Not ‘Central Issue’, It’s ‘Non-Issue’
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2024/09/11/harris-co-chair-taxpayer-funded-transition-surgery-for-prisoners-illegals-not-central-issue-its-non-issue/
— Time Issues Humiliating Correction Admitting Kamala Supports Taxpayer-Funded Gender Surgery for Illegals
https://www.breitbart.com/the-media/2024/09/11/nolte-time-issues-humiliating-correction-admitting-kamala-supports-taxpayer-funded-gender-surgery-for-illegals/
— 23 Years After 9/11: More ‘Terrorist Watch List’ Migrants Arriving at Border than Ever Before
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2024/09/11/23-years-after-9-11-more-terrorist-watch-list-migrants-arriving-at-border-than-ever-before/

CONSERVATIVE HQ
— Trump – Harris Debate Viral Moments
https://www.conservativehq.com/post/trump-harris-debate-viral-moments
— The Biden-Harris Border Crisis and Noncitizen Voting
https://www.conservativehq.com/post/cleta-mitchell-on-the-biden-harris-border-crisis-and-noncitizen-voting

DAILY CALLER
— ‘Disgraceful’: ABC News Roasted For Repeatedly Fact-Checking Trump While Letting Kamala Slide
https://dailycaller.com/2024/09/11/abc-news-roasted-fact-checking-trump-kamala-debate/
— Trump’s critics/opponents show tremendous contempt of him. Who has shown contempt of you? I should write a book about those who have shown the most contempt of me. I would focus on those who have/had lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois. I would focus on those who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me.
https://dailycaller.com/2024/09/11/frank-luntz-trumps-contempt-harris-during-debate-fatal-mistake/

FEDERALIST
— Debate Spotlights How Disingenuous Kamala Harris Really Is
https://thefederalist.com/2024/09/11/debate-spotlights-how-disingenuous-kamala-harris-really-is/

FOX NEWS
— Top 5 moments during Trump-Harris presidential debate: ‘I’m talking now’
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/top-5-moments-during-trump-harris-presidential-debate-im-talking-now

HERITAGE FOUNDATION
— The Middle Class Is Collateral Damage in Biden’s War on Wealth (COMMENT: I was collateral damage, or was I?  When Republican senators and representatives gutted GAO during the 1980s and 1990s, they had to know that the Democrats who ran the agency would use those budget cuts to get rid of the agency’s Republican employees, of which I was one. My Democrat GAO superiors a) forced me to take a $22,996/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980, b) gave me unfair performance expectations and performance appraisals, c) assigned me to supervise their most problematic employees, d) delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13, e) kept me off audits of IRS except 1986-1988, f) always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, and g) forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997. While I worked for GAO, I was always one of the very few Republican employees in its Chicago Office.)
https://www.heritage.org/taxes/commentary/the-middle-class-collateral-damage-bidens-war-wealth

NATIONAL REVIEW
— The Moderators of the Debate Were a Disgrace, and Trump’s Ill Discipline Doesn’t Change That
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/the-moderators-of-the-debate-were-a-disgrace-and-trumps-ill-discipline-doesnt-change-that/

NEWS BUSTERS
— The Left is Turning America Into The Third World
https://newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/justine-brooke-murray/2024/09/11/video-left-turning-america-third-world-woke-weak

ONE AMERICA NEWS
— Ohio: Governor Sending Troops, $2.5M To Springfield, Where Haitian Migrants Have Relocated To
https://www.oann.com/newsroom/ohio-governor-sending-troops-2-5m-to-springfield-where-haitian-migrants-have-relocated-to/

PJ MEDIA
— Police Report Describes Haitians Carrying Dead Geese Down the Street in Springfield, Ohio
https://pjmedia.com/rick-moran/2024/09/11/police-report-describes-haitians-carrying-dead-geese-down-the-street-n4932444

POST MILLENNIEL
— Haitian migrants capture geese in Springfield, Ohio
https://thepostmillennial.com/haitian-migrants-capture-geese-in-springfield-ohio-police-report#google_vignette

TOWNHALL
— Who Holds the Future of America — Harris or Trump? (COMMENT: Under Harris, the future would be extremely bleak for Americans who are heterosexual, conservative, Republican, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been America for a long time.)
https://townhall.com/columnists/armstrongwilliams/2024/09/12/who-holds-the-future-of-america-harris-or-trump-n2644627

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

THE HILL
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more mass/illegal immigration.
https://thehill.com/opinion/immigration/4874721-refugees-immigrants-america-legacy/

ABC NEWS
— Democrats promote Swift because she promotes Harris
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/taylor-swifts-endorsement-shape-2024-election/story?id=113586326

NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote communist China and more mass/illegal immigration.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/12/business/chinese-h1b-visa.html
— They Wanted a House in Chicago for Their Growing Family. Would $650,000 Be Enough?
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/09/12/realestate/chicago-house-sale.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: To Trump, U.S. Is Failing. To Harris, There’s Hope. (COMMENT: Under Harris, the future would be extremely bleak for Americans who are heterosexual, conservative, Republican, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been America for a long time.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/11/us/politics/harris-trump-debate.html

USA TODAY
— Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly use DEI to get rid of Republicans. (COMMENT: How soon will Republican organizations officially require their leaders to be one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, if not all of the following: liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time?)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2024/09/12/anti-dei-activist-targets-lgbtq/75165395007/
— Black borrowers’ mortgage applications denied twice as often as whites’ (COMMENT: How old were you when you got your first mortgage and what helped you get it? I got my first mortgage to buy a new town home when I was 24 years old in September of 1972. I had worked for IRS for 15 months, for Firestone Stores part-time for 18 months, and for Firestone Stores full-time for 7 month before that. I had earned a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU 25 months before. I had been taking graduate evening business courses at Loyola for 9 months. I owned a 1972 Corvette and a 1962 Chevrolet Bel Air.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/personalfinance/real-estate/2024/09/08/black-latinx-mortgage-application-denials/75103741007/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Why Trump Is the Abortion Moderate
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/donald-trump-kamala-harris-abortion-debate-2024-23779d80

FORTUNE
— How soon will corporations officially require their board members to be one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, if not all of the following: liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time?
https://fortune.com/2024/09/11/dei-diverse-new-corporate-board-members-decline-black-latino-study/

FORBES
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly use Project 2025 to promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/alisondurkee/2024/09/11/project-2025-explained-what-to-know-about-right-wing-policy-map-for-trump-after-harris-attacks-it-at-debate/

GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— IRS workforce is more diverse than the national civilian labor force. So why is GAO criticizing the tax agency’s DEI programs? A new GAO report found that women, employees from historically disadvantaged racial or ethnic groups and persons with disabilities were underrepresented in senior levels at the agency. (COMMENT: While I worked for the Democrats who ran IRS for almost 9 years 1971-1980, they used Affirmative Action and DEI big time to not hire Republicans and to get rid of their Republican employees. All my coworkers who they promoted over me a) were Democrats who had less work experience than I had, had less education than I had, and/or had no professional certification like the one I had and/or b) were Democrats who were minority, female, younger than me, and/or veteran. I earned an MBA in 1976, I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, and I earned a master’s degree in accounting in 1980. Because I complained about political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination, my Democrat IRS superiors not only did not promote me after 1974, they a) disallowed my travel vouchers in 1974, b) got rid of the IRS manager who had promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974, and c) disallowed my education deductions in 1978.)
https://www.govexec.com/oversight/2024/09/irs-workforce-more-diverse-national-civilian-labor-force-so-why-gao-criticizing-tax-agencys-dei-programs/399446/

U.S. POLITICS
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly demand that more preference be given to Black men. My Democrat GAO superiors gave my Black male subordinate tremendous preference. They forced me to retire and gave him my job and my preferred corner office. I should write a book about that. He had less work experience than I had. He had less education than I had. He had fewer professional certifications than I had. He had no professional license like the one I had.
https://uspolitics.einnews.com/pr_news/741461175/born-on-the-hit-list-a-book-that-provides-a-survival-guide-for-black-men-navigating-racism-in-america

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.