September 17, 2025

What Kirk events have the leaders of your township and county Republican organizations and the leaders of Illinois Republican Party held and/or scheduled?  If I was still the chairman of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, the organization would host a Kirk event and I would invite all those who knew Kirk to speak at it. If I was still on the Steering Committee of the Illinois Center Right Coalition, I would urge the organization to host a Kirk event and to invite all those who knew Kirk to speak at it.

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— Tyler Robinson killed Charlie Kirk because he ‘spreads too much hate’
https://abc7chicago.com/post/tyler-robinson-suspect-charlie-kirk-shooting-face-charges-tuesday-before-first-court-hearing/17826170/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests against Trump
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-mayor-brandon-johnson-sign-executive-order-tuesday-amid-ice-crackdown-city-suburbs/17827971/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://abc7chicago.com/post/ice-chicago-news-mexican-independence-day-fears-among-areas-immigrant-community-grow-reports-arrests/17826326/

MBC5
— Charlie Kirk shooting suspect charged as new case details are released. The suspect appeared briefly Tuesday before a judge by video from jail.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/charlie-kirk-shooting-suspect-charges-court-hearing/3825054/

CBS2
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests against Trump
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/chicago-student-protest-ice-trump-tower/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect their criminals and their illegals
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/16/elgin-man-immigration-blitz-chicago/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/16/chicago-cook-county-immigration-ice-federal-blitz-trump/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/16/heartbroken-and-devastated-children-of-couple-arrested-by-ice-in-cicero-traffic-stop-ask-for-their-release/
— Pritzker ever-increasingly demonizes, denigrates, and condemns Trump
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/16/gov-pritzker-president-trump-losing-it-national-guard-chicago/
— Video gambling terminals in Chicago win initial approval. I led the successful effort to stop video gambling in Wheaton.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/16/video-gambling-terminals-chicago-approval-mayor-brandon-johnson-opposed/
— To get more votes from those who are the following, Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly give them more preference: minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, have less money than others, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, citizens of foreign countries, etc.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/17/column-donald-trump-target-black-women-washington/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/09/17/immigration-enforcement-chicago-mexican-independence-day
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/09/16/customs-and-border-protection-chief-gregory-bovino-chicago-deportation-campaign-ice-operation-at-large
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/09/16/homeland-security-secretary-kristi-noem-leads-elgin-raid-4-arrested
https://chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdogs/2025/09/16/ice-body-cameras-deadly-shooting-silverio-villegas-gonzalez-chicago
https://chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/2025/09/17/cook-county-board-commissioners-ice-immigration-jessica-vasquez-alma-anaya
— Kirk vigil in Northbrook
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/09/16/charlie-kirk-vigil-northbrook-assassination-tyler-robinson
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly give more and more and more preference to those who have demographics that vote for Democrats.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2025/09/16/feds-threaten-cps-magnet-school-grants-over-black-student-success-plan-treatment-of-trans-students
https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2025/09/17/cps-special-education-teachers-aides-cuts-and-new-positions-leaves-students-lost-behind-and-unserved-legally-required

DAILY HERALD
— Charlie Kirk memorial in Arlington Heights will stay up through Sunday
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250916/news/charlie-kirk-memorial-in-arlington-heights-will-stay-up-through-sunday/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PHOTO: Homeland Security chief Noem at Elgin immigration arrest Tuesday
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250916/news/homeland-security-chief-at-elgin-immigration-arrest-tuesday/

SOUTHERN
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and Illegals
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2025/09/16/bondi-faces-criticism-for-saying-doj-will-target-anyone-who-engages-in-hate-speech/

KANE COUNTY CHRONICLE
— Chris Lauzen to seek 2nd – and final – term as Kane County treasurer
https://www.shawlocal.com/kane-county-chronicle/2025/09/17/chris-lauzen-to-seek-2nd-and-final-term-as-kane-county-treasurer/

FOX VALLEY
— In Republican landslide year of 1994, Edgar defeated conservative challenger Jack Roeser in the Republican primary, and was re-elected by a wide margin carrying 101 of the state’s 102 counties in the General election against Democratic opponent, state comptroller and former state senator Dawn Clark Netsch.
https://foxvalleymagazine.com/2025/09/15/former-illinois-governor-jim-edgar-dies-at-79/

WAND TV
— Pritzker ever-increasingly protects criminals and illegals
https://www.wandtv.com/news/illinois/pritzker-demanding-answers-regarding-federal-deployments/article_6e9f17b7-2541-4693-8580-8c360e30fac1.html

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD & NPR ILLINOIS
— Trump sues New York Times for $15 billion for defamation
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/trump-sues-new-york-times-for-15-billion-for-defamation/
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-09-16/trump-files-15-billion-defamation-lawsuit-against-new-york-times

WCIA
— Under Pritzker, anticipate/expect that Illinois Democrats and Illinois RINOs will ever-increasingly promote more hatred against not only Kirk, but against all conservatives.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/illinois-employees-facing-discipline-termination-014527809.html

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Pritzker to promote more hatred against Trump. No one believes that  Chicago homicides are down 29 percent or that Chicago shootings have dropped 34 percent so far this year.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2025/09/17/pritzker-on-trump-threat-a-sign-of-dementia-00567915

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/09/17/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-592/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/09/16/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-383/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

DABROWSKI
— Dabrowski calls out Pritzker’s dishonesty on reckless ‘Nazi’ rhetoric
https://mailchi.mp/tedforillinois/rhetoric?e=a1ff602a35

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— A Buffalo Grove middle school teacher who drew criticism for online comments about the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk has been seen clearing out her classroom amid mounting backlash.
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/09/buffalo-grove-teacher-seen-packing-up-classroom-after-outrage-over-social-media-posts-on-kirk-killing.html

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Illinois Adopts the Nation’s First Mandatory Mental Health Screening for Students
https://illinoisfamily.org/education/illinois-adopts-the-nations-first-mandatory-mental-health-screening-for-students/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— ‘Grampa’s rifle’ used in Charlie Kirk’s assassination. Alleged shooter said he carved “memes” into bullet casings.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/sep/16/grampas-rifle-used-charlie-kirks-assassination/
— Twenty-four years after 9/11, the war on the West expands not contracts
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/sep/16/twenty-four-years-911-war-west-expands-contracts/
— Leftists have become the monsters they decry. Kirk’s murder shows they will worsen in the face of defeat.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/sep/16/leftists-become-monsters-decry/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Secret Service faces security test with large-scale Charlie Kirk funeral service
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/crime/3808538/secret-service-security-test-large-scale-charlie-kirk-funeral/

NEW YORK POST
— ICE rips Pritzker for ‘siding with criminal illegal alien’ after officer dragged and suspect killed
https://nypost.com/2025/09/16/media/ice-rips-pritzker-for-siding-with-criminal-illegal-alien-after-officer-dragged-and-suspect-killed/
— ICE receives more than 150K job applications as Trump’s crackdown on illegal immigration continues. In my defense, I never applied to be an IRS Revenue Officer. IRS offered me that job because I had passed the Federal Service Entrance Examination and I had earned a bachelor’s degree in business. I took that job because I had to have a job. My Firestone Store boss had rudely fired me because I had accepted a job offer from Oldsmobile.  But Oldsmobile withdrew that job offer because it had just agreed to store hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint.  I had to have a job because I was helping support my mother and brother. I should write about my critics/opponents who have used my having been an IRS Revenue Officer for almost 9 years against me the most since 1971.
https://nypost.com/2025/09/16/us-news/ice-receives-more-than-150k-job-applications-amid-trumps-crackdown-on-illegal-immigration/
— Cleveland fire chief removed from duty over ‘incendiary’ Charlie Kirk social media post
https://nypost.com/2025/09/17/us-news/cleveland-fire-chief-removed-from-duty-over-incendiary-charlie-kirk-social-media-post/

AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE
— Charlie Kirk Is the Hero America Needs
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/charlie-kirk-is-the-hero-america-needs/

BRIETBART
— Underwood Admits ICE Arrested 250 Migrants Since Trump Began Chicago Crackdown
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2025/09/16/rep-lauren-underwood-admits-ice-arrested-250-migrants-since-trump-began-chicago-crackdown/

CONSERVATIVE HQ
— Sandy Rios: Here’s Why They Killed Charlie Kirk
https://conservativehq.com/post/sandy-rios-heres-why-they-killed-charlie-kirk

DAILY SIGNAL
— What Would a Cold Civil War Look Like? Democrat leaders have declared their Second Civil War against Republicans. Illegals are soldiers in the Democrat Army.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/09/16/why-do-some-leftists-celebrate-charlie-kirks-death-cold-civil-war/

DAILY WIRE
— Smearing The Dead: The Left Lies About Charlie Kirk
https://www.dailywire.com/news/smearing-the-dead-the-left-lies-about-charlie-kirk

FEDERALIST
— Debunking The Top 5 Lies The Left Is Spreading About Charlie Kirk After His Death
https://thefederalist.com/2025/09/16/debunking-the-top-5-lies-the-left-is-spreading-about-charlie-kirk-after-his-death/

FOX NEWS
— What Kirk events have the leaders of your township and county Republican organizations and the leaders of Illinois Republican Party held and/or scheduled?  If I was still the chairman of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, the organization would host a Kirk event and I would invite all those who knew Kirk to speak at it. If I was still on the Steering Committee of the Illinois Center Right Coalition, I would urge the organization to  host a Kirk event and invite all those who knew Kirk to speak at it.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/red-hats-chants-usa-mark-vigil-honoring-slain-conservative-leader-charlie-kirk-act
— DHS ‘blitzes’ Chicagoland, netting ‘many arrests’ as Noem onsite for immigration crackdown. Illinois leaders have vociferously opposed federal intervention in Chicago.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/dhs-blitzes-chicagoland-netting-many-arrests-noem-onsite-immigration-crackdown
— Pritzker swiftly fact-checked after claiming he never derided GOP with dictatorship comparison: ‘Pathological’  Pritzker is facing renewed calls for impeachment over political rhetoric.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/pritzker-swiftly-fact-checked-after-claiming-he-never-derided-gop-dictatorship-comparison-pathological
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7Q9M_NWgc4

NEWSMAX
— Noem in Chicago as ICE Targets Illegal Immigrants
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/kristi-noem-chicago-ice-raids/2025/09/16/id/1226604/
—  ‘WARPED IDEOLOGIES’: Kirk assassin’s motive strong considering evidence
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7Q9M_NWgc4

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Anticipate/expect that Democrats and RINOs will ever-increasingly promote more hatred against not only Kirk, but against all conservatives.
https://apnews.com/article/trump-charlie-kirk-radical-left-political-opposition-3875efd0674ed2a22a719dfb42ace6ab

ABC NEWS
— As officials searched for Charlie Kirk’s shooter, suspect confessed to his partner
https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/officials-searched-charlie-kirks-shooter-suspect-confessed-partner-125650596
— Anticipate/expect that Democrats and RINOs will ever-increasingly promote more hatred against not only Kirk, but against all conservatives.
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/trumps-threat-target-radical-left-after-kirk-killing-125649401

CBS NEWS
— Charlie Kirk shooting suspect charged with aggravated murder, could face death penalty
https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/charlie-kirk-shooting-tyler-robinson-charges-court-hearing-utah/

NEW YORK TIMES
— Social Platforms Duck Blame for Inflaming Divisions Before Charlie Kirk’s Death. After authorities said Mr. Kirk’s suspected shooter had been “radicalized” online, Meta, Reddit, TikTok and other platforms have stayed quiet — though not Elon Musk, who owns X.  Google ever-increasingly steers everyone to websites that promote hatred against conservatives.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/technology/charlie-kirk-meta-x-tiktok.html
— According to foreign countries, America exists a) to stop countries from being invaded and b) to liberate countries when they are invaded. In WWIII, which countries will side with Russia and China against America?
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/opinion/trump-putin-russia-ukraine.html
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters fight Patel’s firing of FBI Agent Chris Meyer.  No one fought my Democrat GAO superiors’ forcing me to retire when I was 49 in 1997, that is, no one fought their firing me. Republican federal elected officials could have come to my defense, but they did not.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/us/politics/kash-patel-fired-fbi-agents.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Anticipate/expect that Democrats and RINOs will ever-increasingly promote more hatred against not only Kirk, but against all conservatives.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/09/16/house-republicans-charlie-kirk-ilhan-omar-van-orden/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/09/16/employee-firings-charlie-kirk-shooting-social-media/
— Charlie Kirk gunman wrote: ‘I had enough of his hatred’ The more planks in the Republican Party platform that you promote, the more that Democrats and RINOs call you a hater. I promote all the planks in the Republican Party platform.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/09/16/kirk-shooting-suspect-tyler-robinson/

USA TODAY
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Once these recruits couldn’t make the cut. Now they make up a quarter of Army troops. Since I was 18 years old in 1966, my critics/opponents have always stressed a) that I was 1-A for the Vietnam War draft and b) that I avoided the Vietnam War draft with student draft deferments 1966-1970 and a financial hardship draft deferment 1970-1971. They ignore/dismiss that I could not run because I had a bone disease, that my eyesight could not be corrected to 20/20, and that I had partial red/green color blindness. Worse yet, according to them, my aforesaid health problems prove that I am an unpatriotic hypocritical coward because I would not have been sent into combat. My Democrat Post Office, Firestone Store, IRS, and GAO superiors used my avoiding the Vietnam War draft against me the most. I should write about them. They blamed Republicans for America losing the Vietnam War. Of course, further, they have always stressed that if I had not avoided the Vietnam War draft, I would not have been able to a) earn a bachelor’s degree when I was 21 and master’s degrees when I was 27 and 31, b) buy new cars when I was 19, 20, 23, 25, and 29, c) buy real estate when I was 24, 25, 27, 29, and 35, and d) get married when I was 29.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/09/06/how-army-troops-pumped-up-recruiting/85817160007/

FOX4
— Charlie Kirk memorial service speaker lineup: Trump, Vance, Erika Kirk & more
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOg2giBlqus

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— My critics/opponents a) want cheap labor, b) never had to take a bad job, and/or c) never would have taken a bad job. According to my critics/opponents, a) all the jobs that I had were bad jobs that they never would have stooped to take, b) I have always been grossly overpaid, and c) minorities, females, and citizens of foreign should be given bad jobs.  I did yard work, delivered newspapers, washed dishes, cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, pumped gasoline, delivered mail, worked on an automotive assembly line, sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances, pumped more gasoline, collected delinquent taxes, and audited federal agencies. My critics/opponents have always used my taking bad jobs against me. According to them, all the jobs that I had should have been given to minorities, females, and citizens of foreign countries.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/trump-secured-the-border-so-where-are-the-jobs-64cee458

CREATORS SYNDICATE
— Anticipate/expect that hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters will ever-increasingly blame not only Trump but all conservatives for Kirk’s assassination.
https://www.creators.com/read/susan-estrich/09/25/blaming-charlie-kirks-killing-on-someone-other-than-the-killer

CPA JOURNAL
— The CPA profession had no use for me not only a) because I did not become a licensed CPA until I was 32 in 1981, b) because I did not take and pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt until I was 32, c) because I did not earn a master’s degree in accounting until I was 31, and d) because I did not take and pass the CPA on my first attempt until I was 30, but because I was not a minority or a female.
https://www.cpajournal.com/2025/09/16/are-corporate-dei-efforts-sustainable-in-todays-environment/

EEOC
— How has EEOC impacted you? When I was 22 years old in 1971, Oldsmobile withdrew a job offer that I had accepted because it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. My Firestone Store boss rudely fired me because I had accepted that offer. That directly resulted in my accepting a job offer from IRS.
https://www.eeoc.gov/newsroom/eeoc-sues-two-businesses-operating-chicago-area-under-pregnant-workers-fairness-act

DAILY KOS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use democracy to destroy Republicans. They flood political jurisdictions with voters who have demographics that vote for Democrats.
https://www.dailykos.com/story/2025/9/16/2343842/-Who-is-left
— Anticipate/expect that hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters will ever-increasingly blame guns for Kirk’s assassination instead of their ever-increasing promotion of hatred against Trump.
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/9/16/2343840/-Charlie-Kirk-Gun-Control-Act

FOREIGN SOURCES

WION NEWS
— LGBTQ ideology inspired Robinson to kill Kirk
https://www.wionews.com/photos/did-lgbtq-ideology-inspire-tyler-robinson-to-kill-charlie-kirk-1758053298535/1758053298538

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.