September 2, 2024

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Biden, Harris call parents of Hersh Goldberg-Polin, the hostage with Chicago ties slain by Hamas
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2024/09/01/biden-harris-call-parents-hersh-goldberg-polin-hostage-hamas-israel-ceasefire
— To give preference to one group is to discriminate against another group. While I worked for the Post Office 1966-1969, IRS 1971-1980, and GAO 1980-1997, my superiors were under ever-increasing pressure from Democrat politicians to promote Democrat women and especially those who were minority, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time. All my coworkers who were the aforesaid and who my superiors promoted over me had less work experience than I had, had less education than I had, had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/2024/09/01/united-states-falls-behind-women-building-trades-construction-tim-drea-mandy-jo-ganieany

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE WITH BIG PICTURE: Illinois mourns killing of Israeli hostages including Hersh Goldberg-Polin, 23, who had Chicago ties
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/09/01/illinois-mourns-killing-of-israeli-hostages-including-hersh-goldberg-polin-23-who-had-chicago-ties/
— As Democrats move in, poverty and crime increase.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/09/01/theres-risk-in-all-of-it-peacekeepers-endure-a-deadly-summer-as-they-work-to-make-neighborhoods-safer/
— My critics/opponents have always dismissed/belittled/badmouthed the jobs that I had while I attended Crete-Monee High School 1962-1966, UIC 1966-1968, and NIU 1969-1970. I did yard work 1962-1964. I delivered newspapers 1962-1966. I washed dishes 1964-1966. I cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966. I delivered mail 1966-1969. I worked on an automobile assembly line in 1970. According to my critics/opponents, my taking those jobs proved that I am a loser.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/08/22/donna-vickroy-like-many-of-us-kamala-harris-mcdonalds-job-shows-that-from-small-things-mama-big-things-one-day-come/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Democrats ever-increasingly crow about their success in flooding America with millions of illegals who are going to vote for Harris/Walz.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/09/02/two-years-after-migrants-began-to-arrive-many-have-settled-in-chicago-even-as-some-continue-to-struggle/
— Public higher education is essential to training our future workforce (COMMENT: Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, because of their Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, because of their race and gender based preference giving, that is, because of their patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination, fewer and fewer and fewer high school students who are the following seek college degrees: Republican, White, male, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. They see that under the Democrats and under the RINOs, the likelihood of their getting hired for jobs that require college degrees is less and less and less. After I graduated from NIU with a bachelor’s degree in management in 1970, it took me 10 months to get a job that required a college degree, and I got that job because the Democrats who ran IRS could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or someone who had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time who would take the job. None of my IRS coworkers had master’s degrees in business. IRS would not have promoted me in 1972, 1973, or 1974 if I had not been taking graduate evening business courses at Loyola. Further, under the Democrats and under the RINOs, Democrat and RINO employers ever-increasingly view degrees from non-Ivy League universities as being worthless. So unless you can get a degree from an Ivy-League university, you are discouraged from trying to get one at all. My Democrat IRS and then GAO superiors ever-increasingly viewed as being worthless my aforesaid bachelor’s degree, my 1976 MBA from Loyola, my 1980 master’s degree in accounting from DePaul, and my 1997 IIT master’s degree in financial markets and trading.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/09/02/opinion-american-higher-education-jobs-university-of-illinois-chicago/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE & CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— What is your position on unions? I should write about my critics/opponents who are the most anti-union and who have demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me the most as having been overpaid because I was a union member. They stress that while I was a union member for almost 12 years, my salary increased from $18.99/hour to $110,020/year in today’s dollars. In my defense, I stress that during that time, a) I earned a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU, a master’s degree in business from Loyola, and a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul and b) I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/09/01/pullman-residents-recall-gains-from-labor-movement-during-parade/
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2024/09/01/neil-steinberg-labor-day-honor-co-workers-clients-holiday-working-jobs-covid-workplace

ABC7
— Chicago shootings: At least 17 shot, 3 fatally, in Labor Day weekend gun violence
https://abc7chicago.com/live-updates/chicago-shootings-weekend-gun-violence-city-police-say-live-news-updates/15252205/
— Israelis erupt in protest to demand cease-fire after 6 more hostages die in Gaza
https://abc7chicago.com/post/israeli-hostages-found-dead-gaza-including-israeli-american-hersh-goldberg-polin-netanyahu-responds-killing/15255381/
— Chicago area mourns death of Israeli-American hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin
https://abc7chicago.com/post/israel-hamas-war-chicago-area-mourns-death-israeli-american-hostage-hersh-goldberg-polin-illinois-senators-call-ceasefire/15257401/

NBC5
— Illinois officials issue statements on death of American-Israeli hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/illinois-officials-issue-statements-on-death-of-american-israeli-hostage-hersh-goldberg-polin/3536947/

FOX32
— 6 hostages found dead in Gaza
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1510032
— Community comes together to honor hostages killed by Hamas
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1510033

WGN RADIO
— Israelis erupt in protest to demand a cease-fire after 6 more hostages die in Gaza
https://wgnradio.com/news/international/ap-family-confirms-death-of-israeli-american-hostage-hersh-goldberg-polin/

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Vance’s wife against Republicans
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/ap-is-usha-vances-hindu-identity-an-asset-or-a-liability-to-the-trump-vance-campaign/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Usha Chilukuri Vance loves her “meat and potatoes” husband, JD Vance. She explained to a rapt Republican National Convention audience how their vice-presidential candidate adapted to her vegetarian diet and even learned to cook Indian food from her immigrant mother. That image of her white, Christian husband making the spicy cuisine of her parents’ native state in South India is atypical for the leaders of a party whose members are still largely white and Christian. Her presence at the RNC sparked enthusiasm on social media among some Indian American conservatives, particularly Hindu Americans, although most Indian Americans identify as Democrats. But for all Usha Vance shared about their identity-blending marriage in her speech last month in Milwaukee, which was a little over four minutes, she made no mention of her Hindu upbringing or her personal faith and their interfaith relationship – biographical details that have exposed her to online vitriol and hate.)
— Trump issues statement from Gold Star families defending Arlington Cemetery visit and ripping Harris
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/ap-trump-issues-statement-from-gold-star-families-defending-arlington-cemetery-visit-and-ripping-harris/
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly make it clear that they will have their illegals use their false identifications to vote for Harris/Walz.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/ap-illegal-voting-by-noncitizens-is-rare-yet-republicans-are-making-it-a-major-issue-this-election/
— To get more votes from those who are the following, Democrat and RINO candidates ever-increasingly promise to use government to give them more preference: minority, female, younger, unmarried, LGBTQ, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/hill-politics/harris-sees-signs-of-surging-enthusiasm-among-young-voters/
— Federal workers around nation’s capital worry over Trump’s plans to send some of them elsewhere (COMMENT: Many of my IRS and GAO coworkers who got promotions got them by transferring to DC.)
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/ap-federal-workers-around-nations-capital-worry-over-trumps-plans-to-send-some-of-them-elsewhere/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Ever-increasingly, to get votes from those who will never vote for them, Republican candidates ever-increasingly paint themselves as being Democrat-Lite if not anti-conservative if not anti-Republican. Ever-increasingly, they hint/imply/argue/shout that if elected, they will use government to give more preference to voters who are the following: liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, unmarried, LGBTQ, have less money than others, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, boozers, gamblers, stoners, criminals, in America illegally, etc. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Democrat and RINO candidates, elected officials, and party leaders ever-increasingly promote the following but then blame Republicans for the problems that the following cause: a) dependency on government and charity, that is, poverty and crime, b) LGBTQ, that is, destruction of traditional marriage and family, c) abortion, that is, destruction of respect for human life, d) mass/illegal immigration, that is, poverty and crime, e) booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, that is, poverty and crime, f) diminishment of Second Amendment rights, that is, diminishment of personal safety, and f) Affirmative Action and DEI, that is race and gender based preference giving, that is, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, national origin discrimination, and the end of meritocracy. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— How fast are Republicans in your county, in your township, in your municipality, in your school district, and in your precinct selling their homes and moving to Florida and to other red states? How fast are Democrats buying those homes? From what see, the pace is increasing in Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, School District 200, and my precinct. As Democrats move in, poverty and crime increase. Of course, hate-filled conservative-hating conservative-haters blame Trump for that. But they do not blame anti-conservative and conservative-hating leaders of the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) or of their Republican county/township/ward party organizations. None of the leaders of the IRP are directly by Republicans. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Has-beens for Harris are RINOs’ revenge (COMMENT: Anticipate/expect that all my critics/opponents, all their operatives, and all their dupes who claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican will vote for Harris/Walz.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/sep/1/has-beens-for-harris-are-rinos-revenge/
— The hilarious stupidity of Democrat voters
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/aug/31/hilarious-stupidity-of-democrat-voters/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Trump comes out as pro-choice
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/3138984/trump-comes-out-as-pro-choice/

NEW YORK POST
— Black Californians warn Newsom of ‘direct impact’ on Harris after Dems kill slavery reparation bills (COMMENT: Affirmative Action (AA) and DEI are reparations. All my critics/opponents, all their operatives, and all their dupes promote AA and DEI, that is, they all promote reparations.)
https://nypost.com/2024/09/01/us-news/black-californians-warn-newsom-of-impact-on-harris-after-slavery-reparation-bills-nixed/

AMERICAN THINKER
— California’s ethnic studies mandate turns virulently antisemitic in Santa Ana
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/09/california_s_ethnic_studies_mandate_turns_virulently_antisemitic_in_santa_ana.html
— If we’re to believe Kamala Harris, she’s the most immigration hawkish immigration hawk that ever lived. Sure, she denies she was ever the Border Czar, though googling the term—if Google hasn’t scrubbed it—yields more than 30,000 references to Kamala as the Border Czar, but that’s surely disinformation or Trump or something.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/09/kamala_saving_illegals_from_our_values.html
— California lawmakers pass bill banning voter ID requirements
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/09/california_lawmakers_pass_bill_banning_voter_id_requirements.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: People must provide an ID to cash a check, purchase a beer, open a bank account, rent a car, adopt a pet, get married, buy a fishing license, visit a casino, pick up a medical prescription, donate blood, board a plane, or any of a myriad other things. Yet Democrats don’t want anyone to have to produce an ID to vote for the president of the United States/Leader of the Free World, though one is needed to do virtually everything else!)

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Elon Musk on Pelosi amnesty talk: ‘Democratic Party is importing voters. It’s as simple as that.’
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/09/01/elon-musk-on-pelosi-amnesty-talk-democratic-party-is-importing-voters-its-as-simple-as-that-1484113/

BREITBART
— California Activists Warn Kamala Harris’s Failure to Campaign on Reparations Will Hurt Her
https://www.breitbart.com/2024-election/2024/09/01/california-activists-warn-kamala-harriss-failure-campaign-reparations-will-hurt-her/

CHRISTIAN POST
— How abortion corrupted the Democratic Party
https://www.christianpost.com/voices/how-abortion-corrupted-the-democratic-party.html

DAILY CALLER
— ‘Clearly Flawed’: Immigration Hawks Decry Biden-Harris Admin’s Decision To Quickly Resume Mass Parole Program
https://dailycaller.com/2024/09/01/immigration-hawks-decry-return-of-chnv/
— Harris Attempt To Attack Trump’s Arlington Visit Backfires Horribly When Gold Star Families Respond
https://dailycaller.com/2024/09/01/kamala-harris-gold-star-families-arlington-national-cemetery-donald-trump/

FOX NEWS
— Harris-led office, ATF stonewalling probe into ‘collusion’ with anti-gun group lawsuit: House Oversight chair. Both the White House and ATF have turned down multiple House Oversight inquiries into charges of ‘collusion’ with Chicago’s lawsuit against Glock.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/harris-led-office-atf-stonewalling-probe-collusion-anti-gun-group-lawsuit-house-oversight-chair
— Protests erupt at California State Capitol after pair of reparations bills shelved
https://www.foxnews.com/us/protests-erupt-california-state-capitol-after-pair-reparations-bills-shelved
— Kamala Harris ‘fought me harder than anybody’ on the border wall: Donald Trump
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HNini5yyfkI

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— California Reparations Supporters Threaten Newsom: Sign the Bill or We Won’t Vote for Kamala
https://legalinsurrection.com/2024/09/california-reparations-supporters-threaten-newsom-sign-the-bill-or-we-wont-vote-for-kamala/

NATIONAL REVIEW
— An Out-of-Control Border Threatens Legal Immigration
https://www.nationalreview.com/2024/09/an-out-of-control-border-threatens-legal-immigration/

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Tulsi Gabbard: “Woke Warmongers” Are Running The Country, Not Joe Biden Or Kamala Harris
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2024/09/01/tulsi_gabbard_woke_warmongers_are_running_the_country_not_joe_biden_or_kamala_harris.html

HOT AIR
— Leftist Media Hyenas, And the Chicago Tribune Becomes a Laughingstock
https://hotair.com/headlines/2024/09/01/leftist-media-hyenas-and-the-chicago-tribune-becomes-a-laughingstock-n3793923

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump Campaign Uses Statements From Gold Star Families to Attack Harris
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/01/us/politics/trump-harris-gold-star-families.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Trump eyes plan that may give Elon Musk role in auditing U.S. agencies (COMMENT: Just kidding, but if Trump is elected, maybe he will give me a “role in auditing U.S. agencies.” I audited U.S. agencies for GAO for almost 18 years 1980-1997, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 Levels, currently $115,439-$150,075/year. I passed on my first attempt the CPA examination in 1979 and the Certified Internal Auditor examination in 1981. I became a licensed CPA in 1981 and a Certified Fraud Examiner in 1990, Government Financial Manager in 1994, Financial Services Auditor in 1996, and Forensic Accountant in 1997. I earned master’s degrees in business in1976), in accounting in1980, and in finance in 1997. I worked for IRS for almost 9 years 1971-1980, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $97,079-$110,020/year.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/09/02/trump-elon-musk-commission-doge/
— Ever-increasingly, the more patriotic that you are, the faster that Democrat and RINO leaders get rid of you.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/09/02/trump-1776-commission-education/

THE HILL & AP
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.aol.com/opinion-denying-rights-migrants-ends-180000001.html
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/opinion-denying-rights-to-migrants-ends-up-eroding-the-civil-liberties-of-americans/ar-AA1pOpkp
https://apnews.com/article/noncitizens-voting-republicans-election-2024-immigration-09b86e6768f755fd875f3c51b0e8ea70

THE HILL
— Trump: The way Harris treated Pence was ‘horrible’
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4858484-donald-trump-slams-kamala-harris-vicious/

MSN
— More migrants receive permits to legally work in Chicago.  Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/more-migrants-receive-permits-to-legally-work-in-chicago/ar-BB1h7NcL
— Woke Backlash: Elon Musk Moves HQ Out of California
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/woke-backlash-elon-musk-moves-hq-out-of-california/ss-BB1qkflO
— Army Opens Investigation Into Military Training That Called Pro-Life Orgs ‘Terrorists’
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/army-opens-investigation-into-military-training-that-called-pro-life-orgs-terrorists/ar-BB1pSUNP

NBC NEWS
— What Affirmative Action had been only for those whose parents did not have college degrees? Beyond overwhelmingly, my critics/opponents have parents who have college degrees. I should write about them.
https://www.nbcnews.com/nightly-news/video/first-look-at-how-college-enrollment-has-changed-since-supreme-court-ruling-on-affirmative-action-218419781525

U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— Did you get scholarships? I did not. My critics/opponents have always used that against me. In my defense, neither of my parents attended college, my father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma, and my mother never attended high school. Further, because my parents were not poor but they lacked money, I had to work my way through college. Instead of studying, I washed dishes while I was in high school and I delivered mail while I was in college. Consequently, my ACT score was lower and my GPAs were lower. I should write about my critics/opponents whose parents were wealthy and who got scholarships because their ACT score and their GPA were high.
https://www.usnews.com/education/best-colleges/paying-for-college/articles/strategies-to-bridge-the-gap-between-financial-aid-and-college-costs

FORBES
— Democrats say “Harris Leads By 6 Points” No one should trust polling.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/saradorn/2024/09/01/trump-vs-harris-2024-polls-harris-leads-by-6-points-in-latest-likely-voter-survey/

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.