September 13, 2024

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— City prepares for Mexican Independence celebrations with hopes of avoiding gridlock
https://abc7chicago.com/post/mexican-independence-day-events-chicago-city-prepares-celebrations-hopes-avoiding-gridlock-new-fest-grant-park/15297195/
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ
https://abc7chicago.com/post/look-donald-trumps-transgender-operations-illegal-aliens-debate-claim/15294906/

NBC5
— Mexican Independence Day, El Grito in Chicago: What to know about traffic and more. The Mexican Independence Day and El Grito celebrations in Chicago could result in “excessive” traffic in and around the city
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/mexican-independence-day-el-grito-in-chicago-what-to-know-about-traffic-and-more/3547483/
— Chicago mayor’s top aide under fire as Johnson’s approval ratings decline. A new poll released first to NBC Chicago shows, citywide, the mayor has a 25 percent favorable rating, 60 percent unfavorable.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-mayors-top-aide-under-fire-as-johnsons-approval-ratings-decline/3547100/
— What’s the history of Mexican Independence Day? What to know about the holiday and Chicago celebrations. On Sept. 16, 2024, Mexicans in Chicago and around the world will celebrate Mexican Independence Day — Mexico’s independence from Spain — with parades, celebrations and more planned.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/whats-the-history-of-mexican-independence-day-what-to-know-about-the-holiday-and-chicago-celebrations/3546754/

CBS2
— Mexican Independence Day celebrations come to downtown Chicago this weekend
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/chicago-mexican-independence-celebrations-2024/
— Helicopter video provides new view into chaotic protest in Chicago’s West Loop during DNC
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/helicopter-video-protest-chicago-west-loop/

WGN9
— $3.5 million dollars stolen from LINK cards
https://wgntv.com/news/wgn-investigates/it-happens-again-another-3-5-million-dollars-stolen-from-link-cards/

FOX32
— Chicago braces for celebratory chaos this weekend as Mexican Independence Day festivities begin
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago-braces-celebratory-chaos-weekend-mexican-independence-day
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1515815

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Aldermen call on Mayor Johnson aide to resign over social media post, police comment
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/09/12/aldermen-call-on-mayor-johnson-official-to-resign-over-social-media-post-following-oct-7-attack-police-comment/
— Democrat leaders deny that they will have their illegals vote for Harris/Walz and for the rest of the Democrat candidates.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/09/12/gop-targets-noncitizen-voting/
— When government has to subsidize people’s property taxes, something is badly wrong (COMMENT: I have been paying real estate taxes since 1972 and my wife and I since 1978.  60%+ of real estate taxes go to schools. My wife and I have never sent any child to any school. According to my critics/opponents, because my wife and I do not have children, we should pay even more real estate tax.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/09/13/editorial-cook-county-assessor-fritz-kaegi-property-taxes-circuit-breaker/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— ALL OF THE FRONT PAGE: Downtown Mexican Independence Day celebrations return, as city makes effort to curb car caravans. Organizers say the two-day El Grito Fest, which runs Saturday and Sunday, should provide a “safe and vibrant” alternative to ad hoc celebrations that previously ended in gridlock and arrests.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/communities/2024/09/12/downtown-mexican-independence-day-celebrations-return
— Columbia College Chicago to cut 18 ‘underperforming’ majors from curriculum amid budget issues. The school announced Thursday it will phase out and consolidate several “underperforming” majors such as Bachelor of Arts in art history, American Sign Language-English interpretation, creative writing and Master of Fine Arts in photography and fine arts. (COMMENT: If I could do it over again, I would have majored in accounting instead of management at UIC 1966-1968, NIU 1969-1970, and Loyola 1972-1976. After competing 10 graduate evening accounting courses at DePaul and the Becker CPA Review, I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30 years old in 1979. But by then, I was viewed as being much too old to have a successful career in accounting.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2024/09/12/columbia-college-chicago-to-cut-18-underperforming-majors-from-curriculum-amid-budget-issues
— Chicago primed to pay out $15 million to more victims of police misconduct
https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2024/09/12/chicago-pay-15-million-victims-police-misconduct
— Haitian Americans in Chicago deride claims of immigrants eating pets
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2024/09/11/kwame-raoul-haitian-americans-chicago-trump-false-accusation-haitians-eating-pets
— Northwestern University student: Republicans say they’re standing up for Jewish college students against campus antisemitism. They’re not. (COMMENT: I should write a book about my Democrat superiors in the federal government who did everything that they could to get my many Jewish superiors and supervisors to waste my career and to get rid of me. They stressed that I was conservative, Republican, Protestant, 100% German American, a Crete resident 1948-1972, and a Wheaton resident since 1978. In my defense, I stressed that all my ancestors had immigrated during the 1840s and 1850s, 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, and that my father would have fought the Germans in WWII if he had not been 4-F.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/2024/09/13/republicans-say-theyre-standing-up-for-jewish-college-students-against-campus-antisemitism-theyre-not

DAILY HERALD
— Deception reigns in cannabis industry
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240823/letters-to-the-editor/deception-reigns-in-cannabis-industry/

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Chicago’s Best Places to Work  (COMMENT: My Democrat GAO, IRS, and Post Office coworkers who were the following were happy because my Democrat superiors and supervisors gave them lots of preference: minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time. All my coworkers who my superiors promoted over me were Democrats a) who were the aforesaid and/or b) who had less work experience than I had, less education than I had, no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or no professional license like the one I had.)
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/best-places-work/chicagos-best-places-work-2024-facts-and-figures
(FROM THE ARTICLE: 91% of the winners have a strategy to recruit and retain a diverse workforce. 78% seek to recruit and retain Gen Z workers.)

STATE LINE
— Pritzker invites LGBTQ visitors to Illinois, makes dig at Florida (COMMENT: Anticipate/expect that Pritzker will ever-increasingly get rid of those in Illinois who do not promote LGBTQ.)
https://www.mystateline.com/news/local-news/pritzker-invites-lgbtq-visitors-to-illinois-makes-dig-at-florida/

OUR QUAD CITIES
— Illinois, 41 other states call for cigarette-like warning label on social media  (COMMENT: What warning label would my critics/opponents want to see on my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters? Would it be “WARNING: This newsletter promotes conservative principles.”)
https://www.ourquadcities.com/news/state-news/illinois-news/illinois-41-other-states-call-for-cigarette-like-warning-label-on-social-media/

SOUTHERN
— What does Swift think of you? What do you say to Whites like Swift who call Whites like Trump White supremacists and racists because they oppose Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, race and gender based preference giving, reparations, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2024/09/12/how-taylor-swifts-endorsement-could-shape-the-2024-election/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In 2020, she endorsed President Joe Biden and lambasted then-President Donald Trump for “stoking the fires of white supremacy and racism” and putting “millions of Americans’ lives at risk in an effort to hold on to power.”

CWB CHICAGO
— In Chicago, nearly 20% of felony arrests are people already on pretrial release for other cases
https://cwbchicago.com/2024/09/in-chicago-nearly-20-of-felony-arrests-are-people-already-on-pretrial-release-for-other-cases.html

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2024/09/13/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-368/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2024/09/12/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-161/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

EAST CENTRAL REPORTER
— Pritzker signs bill affecting employer use of E-Verify in Illinois (COMMENT: Democrat employers oppose E-Verify because illegals vote for Democrats. RINO employers oppose E-Verify because they want cheap labor.)
https://eastcentralreporter.com/stories/664261305-governor-pritzker-signs-bill-affecting-employer-use-of-e-verify-in-illinois

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Ives: Illinois resident ‘tired of talk’ about property taxes, ‘they want action’
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/664246650-ives-illinois-resident-tired-of-talk-about-property-taxes-they-want-action

JOHN KASS
— So About That Rigged Trump/Harris Debate
https://johnkassnews.com/so-about-that-trump-harris-debate/

IRON GATE MOTOR CONDOS
— CARTOBERFEST!! Car/Condo Show Saturday, September 21, 2024 11AM – 3PM
https://www.facebook.com/events/1496403127602522/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Latest DOJ data shows crime rates remain elevated under Biden
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/sep/12/latest-doj-data-shows-crime-rates-remain-elevated-/
— DHS designates Electoral College vote count as special national security event
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/sep/11/electoral-college-vote-count-designated-as-special/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Chicago lives up to its criminal reputation
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/magazine-your-land/3149221/chicago-lives-up-to-its-criminal-reputation/

NEW YORK POST
— NYC Council pass bill to create task force to study reparations for black residents
https://nypost.com/2024/09/12/us-news/nyc-council-pass-bill-to-create-task-force-to-study-reparations-for-black-residents/

AMERICAN FAMILY NEWS
— Dems eager to muddy the waters on abortion-near-birth numbers
https://afn.net/pro-life/2024/09/12/dems-eager-to-muddy-the-waters-on-abortion-near-birth-numbers-says-life-advocate/

BLAZE
— The ‘great replacement’ comes to America’s heartland (COMMENT: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly replace those who have demographics that vote for Republicans with those who have demographics that vote for Democrats. Demographics that vote for Republicans include: conservative, White, male, older, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. Demographics that vote for Democrats include: liberal, minority, female, younger, poor, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.)
https://www.theblaze.com/columns/opinion/the-great-replacement-comes-to-americas-heartland

DAILY SIGNAL
— Venezuelan Illegal Alien Gang Activity Wreaking Havoc in US
https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/09/13/illegal-alien-gang-activity-wreaking-havoc-us/
— DOJ Charges Illegal Immigrant With Voting in Multiple Elections
https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/09/12/doj-charges-illegal-immigrant-with-voting-in-multiple-elections/
— Ohio City Suffers From Huge Haitian Migrant Influx
https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/09/12/problems-mass-immigration-springfield-ohio-are-real-media-shamefully-dismiss-it/

FEDERALIST
— Newsom Will Oppose Giving Home Down Payments To Illegals Only As Long As Kamala Needs Votes
https://thefederalist.com/2024/09/13/newsom-will-oppose-giving-home-down-payments-to-illegals-only-as-long-as-kamala-needs-votes/

FOX NEWS
— Harris once boasted of ‘behind the scenes’ work to get ‘every’ trans inmate access to gender surgeries. Critics cried foul after Trump insisted Harris ‘wants to do transgender operations on illegal aliens that are in prison’ during the debate.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/harris-once-boasted-behind-scenes-work-get-every-trans-inmate-access-gender-surgeries

MRC TV
— Towns Overrun By Illegals Are Simply Being ‘Reshaped By Migrants,’ Facing ‘Economic Renewal’
https://www.mrctv.org/blog/brittany-m-hughes/ap-towns-overrun-illegals-are-simply-being-reshaped-migrants-facing-economic
— The Peacock Network presented as a news report an item demonizing those who caution against illegal aliens voting, while simultaneously admitting that illegal aliens vote. This report is another instance of the Regime Media holding off on reporting something inconvenient until it can be made into a Trump-adverse story.
https://newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/jorge-bonilla/2024/09/12/unreal-nbc-news-now-firefighting-illegal-aliens-voting

NEWS BUSTERS
— A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater says “Electoral College Gives Trump Chance To Win.”
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/mark-finkelstein/2024/09/12/frustrated-frum-probably-stupid-electoral-college-gives-trump

PJ MEDIA
— Standing Up to the LGBTQ Bullies
https://pjmedia.com/chris-queen/2024/09/12/standing-up-to-the-lgbtq-bullies-n4932462

RAIR FOUNDATION
— Springfield, Ohio: Another Town Destroyed by Biden’s Open-Border Policies – Americans Displaced While Illegals Thrive
https://rairfoundation.com/springfield-ohio-another-town-destroyed-bidens-open-border/

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Donald Trump Jr: It Took This “Eating Pets” Story For People To Care That Kamala Harris Put 20,000 Migrants In One Small Town
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2024/09/12/donald_trump_jr_it_took_this_eating_pets_story_for_people_to_care_that_kamala_harris_put_20000_migrants_in_one_small_town.html

ZERO HEDGE
— Harvard, Columbia, UNC See Drop In Black Freshman Enrollment After Supreme Court Ruling On Affirmative Action (COMMENT: My Democrat superiors in the federal government used Affirmative Action and DEI to promote Democrats over me a) who were minority, female, younger than me, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in American for a long time and/or b) had less work experience than I had, had less education than I had, had fewer professional certifications than I had or no professional certifications, and/or had no professional license like the one I had.)
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/harvard-columbia-unc-see-drop-black-freshman-enrollment-after-supreme-court-ruling

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

NEWSEEK
— Democrats say “Haitians in Springfield, Ohio, are considering leaving the city over unfounded claims some have been eating pets and livestock.”
https://www.newsweek.com/immigrants-eating-pets-cats-springfield-ohio-donald-trump-1952910

NEW YORK TIMES
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly use Swift to get those who share her demographics (White, female, younger, non-poor, Christian, and German and English American) to hate Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/12/upshot/taylor-swift-endorsement-harris-election.html
— New York City to Study Reparations for Descendants of Enslaved People
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/12/nyregion/reparations-slavery-nyc.html
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly a) promote Harris and b) demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/12/opinion/trump-harris-joy.html
— High Schoolers Need to Do Less So That They Can Do Better  (COMMENT: I had to work my way through college. To have money for tuition and books at UIC and a new car to commute to classes there from my parents’ home in Crete, I worked as many hours that I could during my junior and senior years at Crete-Monee High School and the summer in between washing dishes for the minimum wage. Consequently, my GPA suffered, I only just barely made into the upper 20% of my graduating class and my ACT score was only 24.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/07/opinion/high-school-students-free-time.html

USA TODAY
— How to avoid election-related fake news  (COMMENT: To discourage/stop everyone from reading my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters, my critics/opponents hint/imply/argue/shout that they are full of fake news and even worse things. I should write about my critics/opponents.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/columnist/komando/2024/09/05/2024-election-fake-news-ai-images-donations/75002834007/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly use Springfield, Ohio to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/09/12/immigration-pets-historic-trope/75183935007/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/09/12/springfield-ohio-bomb-threat-after-trump-debate/75189943007/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2024/09/12/trump-vance-lie-haitian-immigrants-cats-dogs/75173688007/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2024/09/11/haitian-migrants-pets-ducks-ohio-fact-check/75177917007/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/09/11/springfield-ohio-haitians-respond-to-jd-vance/75171696007/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— ABC’s Bias Deprived Voters of a Fair Debate. They called Trump out on every falsehood but let Harris get away with one lie after another.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/abcs-bias-deprived-voters-of-a-fair-debate-2024-presidential-election-trump-harris-01410617
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more mass/illegal immigration.
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/trump-election-deport-immigrants-f21a943a

FORTUNE
—  NYC bills propose sign marking Wall Street as first slave market, along with reparations study
https://fortune.com/2024/09/12/nyc-bills-wall-street-first-slave-market-reparations/

FORBES
— The mainstream news media ever-increasingly does everything that it can a) to drive Harris’ approval rating up and b) to drive Trump’s approval rating down.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/saradorn/2024/09/12/trump-vs-harris-2024-polls-harris-leads-by-2-points-in-latest-survey/
— Democrats deny “pet-eating claims.”
https://fortune.com/2024/09/11/gop-strategist-trumps-false-pet-eating-claims-debate-hurt/
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaelposner/2024/09/12/why-us-corporations-need-to-promote-greater-workplace-diversity/

CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR
— Democrats ask “Are noncitizens really voting in US elections?”
https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2024/0911/illegal-immigration-noncitizen-voting-save-act

NEW REPUBLIC
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters say “You Are Way Better Off Than You Were Four Years Ago.”
https://newrepublic.com/article/185893/harris-better-off-four-years

PEW RESEARCH
— White Protestants and Catholics support Trump, but voters in other U.S. religious groups prefer Harris (COMMENT: My critics/opponents have always stressed a) that my parents had me baptized as a Missouri Synod Lutheran (MSL) in 1948, b) that they sent me to Trinity Lutheran Grade School in Crete 1953-1961, c) that they sent me to Hope Lutheran Grade School in Park Forest 1961-1962 to stay with the Missouri Synod, and d) that they had me baptized as a MSL in 1962.)
https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2024/09/09/white-protestants-and-catholics-support-trump-but-voters-in-other-us-religious-groups-prefer-harris/

NPR
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly replace those who have demographics that vote for Republicans with those who have demographics that vote for Democrats. Demographics that vote for Republicans include: conservative, White, male, older, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. Demographics that vote for Democrats include: liberal, minority, female, younger, poor, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.
https://www.npr.org/2024/09/06/nx-s1-5101765/swing-states-demographics-electorate

ALTER NET
— To get more votes from those who are the following, Democrat and RINO candidates promise to give them more preference: minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, unmarried, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.
https://www.alternet.org/trump-young-voters/

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.