September 2, 2023

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

ABC7
— Democrats acknowledge that “120 migrants start moving into Lake Shore Hotel in Hyde Park.” How soon will Democrats and RINOs fill hotels near you with illegals?
https://abc7chicago.com/chicago-migrants-lake-shore-hotel-hyde-park-near-me/13726080/
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://abc7chicago.com/chicago-migrants-news-migrant-crisis-border/13713053/

NBC5
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more gambling.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/1-million-winning-powerball-ticket-sold-at-family-owned-liquor-store-in-downtown-chicago/3219864/
— Democrats acknowledge that “Migrants begin moving to Kenwood’s Lakeshore Hotel.” How soon will Democrats and RINOs fill hotels near you with illegals?
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/migrants-begin-moving-into-kenwoods-lakeshore-hotel/3219891/
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/top-videos-home/a-look-back-at-the-picketing-of-a-chicago-news-outlet-following-the-march-on-washington/3219922/

CBS2
— Democrats acknowledge “375 migrants into Hyde Park hotel amid complaints from neighbors.” How soon will Democrats and RINOs fill hotels near you with illegals?
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/migrants-hyde-park-hotel-friday/
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more gambling.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/1m-powerball-ticket-sold-in-chicago/

WGN9
— Democrats ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://wgntv.com/news/illinois/illinois-first-music-festival-permitting-cannabis-consumption-announced/

WTTW
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://news.wttw.com/2023/09/01/year-later-asylum-seekers-work-build-new-lives-help-chicagoans

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-migrants-chicago-one-year-crisis-asylum-seekers-20230902-gi6ml2dlrjgbrfoheefvbwwweq-story.html
— Democrats say “Potential candidates can start circulating petitions Tuesday as election year officially gets underway.” What offices will be on the March 19, 2024 Republican primary ballot in your precinct? Which candidates are running for those offices? What do you know about those candidates? How much does your Republican Precinct Committeeman/Captain know about those candidates? Starting in 2000, as a Republican Precinct Committeeman, I would circulate petitions in my precinct for all the Republican primary candidates. Typically, I would get 30 signatures for each candidate. But I am increasingly discouraged from doing that because too many candidates and their political consultants, major donors, fundraisers, pollsters, campaign managers, campaign staff members, and campaign volunteers have blamed me and have blamed my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters for their defeats. Most commonly, they demonize me, denigrate me, and condemn me as being far too conservative, and therefore, the more that I do to help elect a candidate in a primary, if that candidate wins that primary, the more votes that candidate will lose in the general election. They hint/imply/argue/shout that candidates who I help win Republican primary elections are too conservative to win general elections. Further, candidates routinely get copies of the petitions that their opponents filed and look for anything that they can use against their opponents. They especially look to see who circulated petitions for their opponents and what they can use about those circulators against their opponents. Beyond my being demonized, denigrated, and condemned as being far too conservative, my demographics are terrible: White, male, older, draft-avoider, gun-owner, Protestant, 100% German American, my ancestors have been in America for a long time, union member for almost 12 years, federal employee for almost 30 years, federal retiree for almost 26 years, and someone who fights against the promotion of dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, diminishment of Second Amendment rights, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination. The more that candidates are really Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, Green plants, Independent plants, or RINOs, the more that they do not want me to circulate their petitions. In my defense, political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform, The Republican Party platform in conservative. If you are not going to defend and advance the Republican Party platform, you should not seek or hold any kind of government or political office as a Republican.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-illinois-election-season-begins-20230901-ivmvk5klnnghbdcaz7dtchmwju-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrats ever-increasingly use books to make children sexually active LGBTQers.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2023/9/1/23855709/book-bans-illinois-intellectual-haven

NORTHWEST HERALD
— McHenry Co. state’s attorney threatens to sue marijuana dispensaries that don’t post mental health warnings. McHenry County State’s Attorney Patick Kenneally said he will file lawsuits against dispensaries that don’t comply. (COMMENT: I should write a book about my critics/opponents who push pot. They are furious that I successfully lead the effort to stop the sale of pot in Wheaton.)
https://www.shawlocal.com/northwest-herald/2023/09/01/mchenry-co-states-attorney-threatens-to-sue-marijuana-dispensaries-that-dont-post-mental-health-warnings/

WCIA
— Democrats crow that “Pritzker, others call on Biden to expand work permits for immigrants.” Work permits today, voting rights tomorrow.
https://news.yahoo.com/pritzker-others-call-biden-expand-163203383.html

WGLT
— Democrats say “Biden is touring Hurricane Idalia damage. But DeSantis doesn’t have plans to meet him.”
https://www.wglt.org/2023-09-01/biden-is-touring-hurricane-idalia-damage-but-desantis-doesnt-have-plans-to-meet-him
— Democrats say “See how Trump’s trials crowd the Republican political calendar.”
https://www.wglt.org/2023-09-02/see-how-trumps-trials-crowd-the-republican-political-calendar

BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO
— Democrats acknowledge that “One Year After First Migrant Buses Sent To Chicago, City Still Unprepared To Tackle Crisis: ‘There Is No Over For This’
Thousands of people are still sleeping on police station floors and a lack of concrete, long-term planning has the city’s stopgaps failing.” Democrats ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://blockclubchicago.org/2023/09/01/one-year-after-first-migrant-buses-sent-to-chicago-city-still-unprepared-to-tackle-crisis-there-is-no-over-for-this/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

CENTER SQUARE
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more dependency on government and on charity.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_4d08df82-4900-11ee-ac41-332f906e7c40.html

CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS
— ‘Surge’ in organization efforts has labor leaders optimistic for the future – PETER HANCOCK (COMMENT: I was a union member for almost 12 years. My critics/opponents are vehemently anti-union if not union-haters.)
https://capitolnewsillinois.com/NEWS/surge-in-organization-efforts-has-labor-leaders-optimistic-for-the-future

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Organized retail theft an increasing threat to Illinois bricks-and-mortar retailers – State Rep. Dan Ugaste (COMMENT: SEE: California Senate Passes Bill Preventing Employers from Requiring Staff to Stop Shoplifters by JOEL B. POLLAK at https://www.breitbart.com/crime/2023/06/07/california-senate-passes-bill-preventing-employers-from-requiring-staff-to-stop-shoplifters/ )
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2023/09/01/retail-theft-a-growing-problem/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Mitch McConnell: Winding Down A Long Career in Washington – John F. Di Leo
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2023/09/opinion-winding-down-a-long-career-in-washington.html

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— School administrators admit to using curriculum service Newsela to bypass CRT bans – Jeremiah Poff
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/education/schools-newsela-bypass-crt-bans
— Pentagon extends hundreds of troops’ stay on Mexico border through end of September – Misty Severi
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/defense-national-security/pentagon-extends-stay-hundreds-of-troops-mexico-border

NEW YORK POST
— Elon Musk is not alone in feeling betrayed — every school has instituted a woke indoctrination program – Andrew Gutmann (COMMENT: How did your teachers impact you? I should write a book about how my Trinity Lutheran Grade School, Hope Lutheran Grade School, and Crete-Monee High School teachers impacted me. They enabled me to a) graduate in the upper 20% of my high school class, get an ACT score of 24, and get accepted by UIC in 1966, b) earn a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU in 1970, c) earn an MBA from Loyola in 1976, d) pass the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, e) earn a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, f) pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt and become a licensed CPA in 1981, and g) earn a master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT in 1997.)
https://nypost.com/2023/09/01/elon-is-not-alone-in-feeling-betrayed-schools-spread-woke-virus/
— Biden’s big lie about the border exposed – Mark Krikorian
https://nypost.com/2023/09/01/bidens-big-lie-about-the-border-exposed/

AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE & CENTER FOR IMMIGRATION STUDIES
— America Overrun, America Transformed – Phillip Linderman (COMMENT: Democrats want immigrants because immigrants vote for Democrats. RINOs want immigrants because RINOs want cheap labor. Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly illegally flood America with citizens of foreign countries a) who have demographics that vote for Democrats and b) who can/will take low-paid jobs, that is, people who need/want massive government assistance, that is, those who are minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, non-Protestant, lack education, lack job skills, and/or have health problems.)
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/america-overrun-america-transformed/
https://cis.org/Linderman/America-Overrun-America-Transformed
(FROM THE ARTICLE: By the end of four years in power, the Biden administration will almost surely have admitted over 10 million illegal immigrants. Todd Bensman’s Overrun: How Joe Biden Unleashed the Greatest Border Crisis in U.S. History is an essential book for understanding this migrant maelstrom. Reading his analysis of the unfolding border catastrophe can be wrenching, even infuriating, but conservatives need to grapple with a historic disaster, and the valuable material presented in this important book. Overrun is a fire-bell ringing in the night. A White House that erases national borders, ignores federal laws, and refuses to expel illegal arrivals is on a mission to fundamentally change the country. While the country’s situation is dire, even desperate, Overrun also offers crucial policy fixes, most notably the need to “tear down and rebuild the American asylum system.” Few people know more about Biden’s disastrous policies than Bensman, a former intelligence official for the Texas Department of Public Safety, a border-security analyst, and an award-winning investigative journalist. As the reader would expect, Overrun examines much public policy, but it is also filled with human-interest stories based on the author’s field interviews with migrants, criminal operatives, and officials, both honest and corrupt. Bensman’s field research is unmatched; in compiling this book, the author dodged death threats and criminal gangs in his travels to the boondocks across Mexico and Central America. Overrun is not “anti-immigrant.” Recounting his own family’s immigration history, Bensman writes with humanity about the many migrants he interviewed. But he also understands that concentrating on individual human dramas, as establishment journalists always do, obscures the true national tragedy: the unlawful and reckless federal government actions at the center of these historic events. More than anything, Overrun details the Biden administration’s unprecedented, corrupt mismanagement of our country’s frontier. Government corruption is not just about gaining illicit financial profit; it is also about systematically upending rule of law by neglecting to enforce statutes and regulations, and issuing unlawful executive orders — exactly the strategy Biden officials are using to bypass Congress and force their radical immigration agenda on the nation.)

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— ‘Not putting anyone at risk’: Blue city activists set up rogue drug injection site as overdoses soar. – Lillian Tweten
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2023/09/01/not-putting-anyone-at-risk-blue-city-activists-set-up-rogue-drug-injection-site-as-overdoses-soar-1392350/

BREITBART
— Chicago Schools Enroll 2K Migrant Kids as Taxpayers Spend Another $15M for Bilingual Services – JOHN BINDER (COMMENT: If America had been multilingual, it would not have been able to a) win the Revolution, World War I, World War II, or the Cold War, b) put a man on the moon, c) etc.)
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/09/01/chicago-schools-enroll-2k-migrant-kids-as-taxpayers-spend-another-15m-for-bilingual-services/

DAILY WIRE
— Pelosi ever-increasingly promotes hatred against Trump supporters, and especially those who share Trump’s demographics: heterosexual, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/pelosi-attacks-trump-supporters-theyre-afraid-of-diversity-women-minorities-lgbtq

EPOCH TIMES
— New Debate Rages Over Age Limits for Politicians After McConnell’s Latest Freeze – Joe Gomez
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/new-debate-rages-over-age-limits-for-politicians-after-mcconnells-latest-freeze-5484830

FOX NEWS
— DHS to launch ‘national campaign’ to get some migrants work permits as New York begs for help. Multiple Democratic governors have called for more work permits. – Adam Shaw (COMMENT: Work permits today, voting rights tomorrow.)
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/dhs-to-launch-national-campaign-migrants-work-permits-new-york-help
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/dhs-to-launch-national-campaign-to-get-some-migrants-work-permits-as-new-york-begs-for-help/ar-AA1g6V2j
— DHS to launch ‘national campaign’ to get some migrants work permits as New York begs for help. Multiple Democratic governors have called for more work permits. – Adam Shaw (COMMENT: Work permits today, voting rights tomorrow.)
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/dhs-to-launch-national-campaign-migrants-work-permits-new-york-help
— ‘They wanted a scapegoat’: Americans split on who’s accountable for auto thefts, criminals or car makers. Mayor Brandon Johnson has sued Kia and Hyundai for allegedly lacking sufficient theft prevention features as car crimes surge. – Jon Michael Raasch
https://www.foxnews.com/us/wanted-scapegoat-americans-split-accountable-auto-thefts-criminals-car-makers

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Florida and Texas Schools Excluded From List of LGBTQ Friendly Colleges. – Mike LaChance (COMMENT: How strongly does your school district promote LGBTQ?)
https://legalinsurrection.com/2023/09/florida-and-texas-schools-excluded-from-list-of-lgbtq-friendly-colleges/

NATIONAL REVIEW
— More Migrant Families Crossed the U.S. Border in August Than Ever Before – BRITTANY BERNSTEIN
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/more-migrant-families-crossed-the-u-s-border-in-august-than-ever-before/

NEW AMERICAN
— Young Men Lean Right as Ideological Gap Between Sexes Widens – Luis Miguel (COMMENT: I should write a book about the following who have moved the furthest to the left since 2000: Republican a) activists, b) elected officials, c) party leaders, d) candidates and their political consultants, major donors, fundraisers, pollsters, campaign managers, campaign staff members, and campaign volunteers, e) conservative leaders, and f) religious leaders. I would focus on the aforesaid Republicans in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois. I would focus on the aforesaid Republicans who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me since 2015.)
https://thenewamerican.com/us/culture/young-men-lean-right-as-ideological-gap-between-sexes-widens/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Since the 1970s, the group Monitoring the Future has kept track of where young people fit on the political spectrum. Over the last three years, their survey results have shown that approximately one-fourth of high school senior boys identify as “conservative” or “very conservative.” By contrast, 13 percent of boys surveyed identified as “liberal” or “very liberal.” In other words, nearly twice as many boys in their senior year are conservative than are liberal. This has not always been the case. In past eras, such as the early 2000s, liberal high school boys outnumbered conservatives in Monitoring the Future’s surveys. And during the days of the Jimmy Carter administration, both boys and girls swung left. But the shift of young men to the right is more notable in light of the much more dramatic shift of young women to the left. Per Monitoring the Future’s polling, the percentage of high school senior girls who identify as “liberal” or “very liberal” rose from 19 percent in 2012 to 30 percent in 2022. In last year’s survey, only 12 percent of girls said they were conservative — half the percentage of boys. This suggests a growing ideological gap between the sexes, with men becoming increasingly conservative and women increasingly liberal.)

TOWNHALL
— Record Number of Migrant Families Illegally Crossed Border in August – Leah Barkoukis
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/leahbarkoukis/2023/09/01/illegal-crossings-of-migrant-families-breaks-records-n2627852
— Video Footage Captures Hundreds of Illegal Migrants Walk Over Biden’s ‘Closed’ Border Daily – Sarah Arnold
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2023/09/01/video-captured-large-group-of-illegal-migrants-walking-over-bidens-closed-border-n2627878

WESTERN JOURNAL
— Biden Admin Pushes American Businesses to Step Up in Helping Illegal Aliens With Free Stuff – George C. Upper III
https://www.westernjournal.com/biden-admin-pushes-american-businesses-step-helping-illegal-aliens-free-stuff/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

ROLL CALL
— Democrats say “GOP courts union support, but not when it comes to teachers.” I should write a book about RINO candidates, elected officials, and party leaders who court support from voters who are LGBTQ, liberal, Democrat, Libertarian, Green, Independent, minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-Italian American, non-German American, and/or those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time by DUMPING voters like me who are heterosexual, conservative, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. I would focus on the aforesaid RINOs who have DUMPED me. I would focus on the aforesaid RINOs who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me.
https://rollcall.com/2023/09/01/gop-courts-union-support-but-not-when-it-comes-to-teachers/

CBS NEWS
— Work permits today, voting rights tomorrow.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/u-reminds-migrants-apply-permits-005004753.html

NBC NEWS
— Democrats crow that “California’s Democratic leaders escalate fights with conservative school boards.” DuPage school boards are either moderate or liberal. DuPage Republican leaders do not fight liberal school boards.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/california-democratic-leaders-battle-conservative-school-boards-rcna102602
— Democrats ever-increasingly do everything that they can to make children sexually active LGBTQers.
https://www.nbcnews.com/now/video/texas-bans-gender-affirming-care-for-transgender-youth-192111173642

NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/31/nyregion/migrant-messaging-nyc-adams.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/01/us/immigration-spending-shutdown.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Democrats say that “Kevin McCarthy would risk Republican popularity if he pursues impeachment of Joe Biden.” I am certainly no Biden and my critics/opponents are no McCarthys. But nevertheless, I should write a book about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those whose popularity increased after they took big adverse actions against 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.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/09/02/biden-impeachment-house-republicans/

TRIBUNE DEMOCRAT
— Motives behind illegal immigration – Cal Thomas
https://www.tribdem.com/news/editorials/columns/cal-thomas-motives-behind-illegal-immigration/article_d4c28548-4826-11ee-af56-13958513b078.html

COLORADO SUN
— Democrats decry Colorado GOP efforts to stop ever-increasing Democrat efforts to make children sexually active LGBTQers.
https://coloradosun.com/2023/09/01/colorado-gop-leader-seeks-gender-affirming-care-initiative/

TEXAS SCOREBOARD
— Fake Republicans Need To Be Outed & Sent Packing
https://texasscorecard.com/podcasts/fake-republicans-need-to-be-outed-sent-packing/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Glenn Youngkin’s Quest to Keep Virginia From Becoming Illinois. Before he can think about running for president, the Republican governor has to rein in public unions. – John Tillman
https://www.wsj.com/articles/glenn-youngkins-quest-to-keep-virginia-from-becoming-illinois-public-unions-taxpayers-da1ded0f
— Trump Is Top Choice for Nearly 60% of GOP Voters, WSJ Poll Shows. Support for DeSantis collapses in post-debate survey. – Aaron Zitner and John McCormick
https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/trump-is-top-choice-for-nearly-60-of-gop-voters-wsj-poll-shows-877252b6
— FRONT PAGE: Millions of Migrants Stuck in Legal Limbo. Immigrants facing a court backlog are raising their American children and settling into work lives without knowing if they will be allowed to stay. – Alicia A. Caldwell
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/immigration-courts-yearslong-backlog-illegal-immigration-c732d381
— Labor Unions Have Lost Their Way. The AFT and the NEA are more concerned with left-wing causes than their members’ interests. – Elisabeth Messenger (COMMENT: When I was an IRS employee during the 1970s, the National Treasury Employees Union came to my defense big time. But if I was an IRS employee today, I doubt that it would.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/labor-unions-have-lost-their-way-nea-aft-randi-politics-teachers-3eb93545

FORBES
— Work permits today, voting rights tomorrow.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/stuartanderson/2023/09/01/new-york-businesses-give-immigrant-work-permits-to-asylum-seekers/

PBS
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration. Work permits today, voting rights tomorrow.
https://www.pbs.org/video/local-officials-ask-for-work-permits-for-migrants-2b9teh/
https://www.pbs.org/video/migrant-designs-chicago-flag-inspired-logo-to-raise-funds-us/

NEWS ONE
— Democrats ask “Why Isn’t Tim Scott Married?” and say “Republican Donors Reportedly Want To Know. The GOP has touted itself as the party of conservative values, which apparently includes viewing single adults suspiciously.” Government is nasty/vicious. Politics is nasty/vicious. I have been married since 1978. If I had not been married, my critics/opponents would have used that against me viciously. I should write a book about my critics/opponents.
https://newsone.com/4696150/why-isnt-tim-scott-married/

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.