September 24 Morning Edition

ABC7
— Cook County Sheriff’s Office sends officers to Chicago to help fight crime – John Garcia
https://abc7chicago.com/cook-county-sheriff-tom-dart-chicago-crime-police/11041735/
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats illegally encourage citizens of foreign countries to illegally come to America illegally and to illegally stay in America illegally.
https://abc7chicago.com/chicago-haitians-haiti-crisis-migrants-founder/11042430/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Lightfoot stalled universal basic income pilot to use it as budget sweetener, former floor leader says. Ald. Gilbert Villegas said 5,000 of Chicago’s neediest families could have been getting $500 monthly checks since spring had the mayor not dragged her feet. Dozens of U.S. cities and towns already have such programs. – Fran Spielman
https://chicago.suntimes.com/fran-spielman-show/2021/9/23/22690526/universal-basic-income-pilot-program-5000-dollars-500-families-budget-passage-villegas-lightfoot
— COMMENT: Hate-filled Republican-hating Republican-haters promote hatred against Republicans.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2021/9/23/22690728/gop-republican-big-lie-liars-mona-charen

DAILY HERALD
— What does it mean to be an American? – LEE H. HAMILTON
(COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, according to Democrats, to be American is to be anti-law enforcement, anti-Trump, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-heterosexual, anti-traditional marriage/family, anti-non-poor people, anti-gun owners, anti-Christian, anti-Protestant, anti-Italian American, anti-German American, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://elkodaily.com/opinion/columnists/article_0f523a8d-3853-5aab-97f8-433c1c6cc587.html

WBEZ
— Chicago Teens Are Protesting ‘Sexist’ Dress Codes As They Return To In-Person Learning. Some Chicago Public Schools students feel targeted by dress codes they say focus on censoring their style and policing their bodies. – Adriana Cardona-Maguigad
https://www.wbez.org/stories/dress-code/e1271261-4559-4772-97d9-b7a9248060dc

EVANSTON NOW
— Reparations program gets 17 applications in first day. If all qualify, that could tap out the program’s first year budget. – BILL SMITH
https://evanstonnow.com/reparations-program-gets-17-applications-in-first-day/

NIU NEWSROOM
— Strong in number, talent and diversity, NIU’s incoming class stands out
(COMMENT: Being “talented” is code for being non-White, female, younger, LGBTQ, non-married, non-Christian, non-Protestant, non-Italian American, non-German American, moderate, liberal, Democrat, Libertarian, Green, Independent, RINO, Trump-hater, citizen of a foreign country, recent immigrant, those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time, etc.)
https://newsroom.niu.edu/2021/09/23/strong-in-number-talent-and-diversity-nius-incoming-class-stands-out/

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Pritzker’s silence on revised maps ‘deafening,’ state Senator says – Greg Bishop
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/pritzker-s-silence-on-revised-maps-deafening-state-senator-says/article_b286da40-1c88-11ec-a4c2-f789c54799f2.html

JOHN KASS
— Mayor Moses, and that coming racial brawl over the city’s ward remap, the Chicago Way
https://johnkassnews.com/mayor-moses-and-that-coming-racial-brawl-over-the-citys-ward-remap-the-chicago-way/

WIREPOINTS
— Downtown Chicago is nearly empty. Pictures Show it. – Mark Glennon
https://wirepoints.org/downtown-chicago-is-nearly-empty-pictures-show-it-wirepoints-quickpoint/
— When federal money runs dry, Lightfoot’s record budget will leave Chicago with bigger fiscal cliff
https://wirepoints.org/when-federal-money-runs-dry-lightfoots-record-budget-will-leave-chicago-with-bigger-fiscal-cliff-wirepoints-on-wttws-chicago-tonight/

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Revenge Porn Nets Year Sentence, Same Charge as for Former State Rep. Nick Sauers
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/09/23/revenge-porn-nets-year-sentence/
— A Local Kankakee Government Official Convicted of a Felony
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/09/23/a-local-government-official-convicted-of-a-felony/
— UPDATEx2: McHenry County Board Approves Reapportionment Map in 17-7 Vote, New Map
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/09/22/cobrd092221/
— State Database Compromised
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/09/22/state-database-compromised/
— Advisory Referendum on Racall Sought
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/09/22/adivsory-referendum-on-racall-sought/
— A Video about Covid Shot Deaths That Google Would Have Removed
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/09/22/a-video-about-covid-shot-deaths-that-google-would-have-removed/
— U.S. Senate 2022: Two Familiar Gadflys File FEC Paperwork and Adam Kinzinger’s Entry Expected by One Candidate
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/09/21/gadflys092121/
— Feds Convict a Carjacker, Stats for Last Year
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/09/21/feds-convict-a-carjacker/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Schism erupts between Biden administration, Democrats over treatment of Haitian migrants – Dave Boyer and Jeff Mordock
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/sep/23/schism-erupts-between-biden-administration-democra/

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— POLL: Majority of Americans Say Biden Has Proven Himself ‘Too Old To Be President’ – Andrew Stiles
(COMMENT: I will soon be 73 years old. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes promote age discrimination. In my defense, neither health problems nor any other kind of problem have stopped me from putting together and sending out a GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletter each and every morning since 2004 and each and every evening since 2015.)
https://freebeacon.com/politics/joe-biden-mentally-unfit/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Biden can no longer ignore the border crisis – W. James Antle III
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/biden-can-no-longer-ignore-the-border-crisis

FOX NEWS
— Biden may owe up to $500K in back taxes. Biden may have improperly used ‘S corporations’ to avoid taxes on speaking fees and book sales. – Michael Lee
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-may-owe-up-to-500k-in-back-taxes-report-says

AMERICAN THINKER
— Congress Wants to Tax You by the Mile – Kevin Cochrane
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2021/09/congress_wants_to_tax_you_by_the_mile.html
— The Killing Fields of Utopia: Are We Socialists Yet? – Philip Crossing
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2021/09/the_killing_fields_of_utopia_are_we_socialists_yet.html
— One brave woman ripped down the perverted ads on the New York subway – Andrea Widburg
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2021/09/one_brave_woman_ripped_down_the_perverted_ads_on_the_new_york_subway.html
— Haitian migrants hijack buses, further embarrassing Biden administration – Eric Utter
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2021/09/haitian_migrants_hijack_buses_further_embarrassing_biden_administration.html
— The media invented a disease called ‘Trumpism.’ – Thomas Buckley
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2021/09/the_media_invented_a_disease_called_trumpism.html
— Border: A strategy or just plain incompetence? – Silvio Canto, Jr.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2021/09/a_strategy_or_just_plain_incompetence.html

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— National Sabotage by Immigration. If there is one truly existential issue for America in 2021 and beyond, it is immigration. – Brian Lonergan
https://amgreatness.com/2021/09/23/national-sabotage-by-immigration/
— White House Correspondents’ Association Files Formal Complaint After Biden Handlers Shoo Reporters Out of Oval Office – Debra Heine
https://amgreatness.com/2021/09/22/white-house-correspondents-association-files-formal-complaint-after-biden-handlers-shoo-reporters-out-of-oval-office/

BREITBART
— Poll: Voters Give Media ‘Poor’ Rating for Migration Coverage – NEIL MUNRO
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2021/09/24/poll-voters-give-media-poor-rating-for-migration-coverage/

DAILY CALLER
— White House Reportedly Orders Haitian Migrant Camp To Be Cleared Out Before BLM Protest Friday – TAYLOR GILES
https://dailycaller.com/2021/09/23/joe-biden-white-house-del-rio-texas-border-patrol-black-lives-matter/
— Migrants Are Being Released ‘In Record Numbers’ – JORDAN LANCASTER
https://dailycaller.com/2021/09/23/daily-caller-reporter-jorge-ventura-fox-news-border-crisis-migrants-record-numbers/

DAILY WIRE
— Facebook Reveals How It Suppresses Articles, Protecting Leftist Legacy Media – Ben Shapiro
https://www.dailywire.com/news/shapiro-facebook-reveals-how-it-suppresses-articles-protecting-leftist-legacy-media
— School Board Squirms As Mom Reads Them The Gay Porn In Books Available To Students – Luke Rosiak
https://www.dailywire.com/news/watch-mom-reads-graphic-gay-porn-found-in-school-library-to-school-board

FEDERALIST
— The Culture War Is The Big Tent – Emily Jashinsky
(COMMENT: Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs use the Republican Party’s anti-conservative “Big Tent” policy to destroy the Republican Party.)
https://thefederalist.com/2021/09/23/the-culture-war-is-the-big-tent/
— Tucker Carlson Slams His Publisher Simon & Schuster For Censorship That ‘Mirrors The Decline Of America’ – Jordan Davidson
https://thefederalist.com/2021/09/23/tucker-carlson-slams-his-publisher-simon-schuster-for-censorship-that-mirrors-the-decline-of-america/
— Left-Wing Journos Whine About Gabby Petito Coverage After Obsessing Over George Floyd For Months
https://thefederalist.com/2021/09/23/left-wing-journos-whine-about-gabby-petito-coverage-after-obsessing-over-george-floyd-for-months/
— Marco Rubio Proposes Bill To Help Shareholders Curb Unchecked Corporate Wokeism – Tristan Justice
https://thefederalist.com/2021/09/23/marco-rubio-proposes-bill-to-help-shareholders-curb-unchecked-corporate-wokeism/
— How ‘Woke Communism’ Attacks American Justice
https://thefederalist.com/2021/09/23/how-woke-communism-attacks-american-justice/
— Psaki Won’t Say If President Biden Has Visited The Border In His Life – Jordan Davidson
https://thefederalist.com/2021/09/23/psaki-wont-say-if-president-biden-has-visited-the-border-in-his-life/
— ESPN Showing College Games Because Of Players’ Skin Color Is Divisive And Wrong. ESPN’s new partnership with historically black colleges is being praised, but the new broadcasts are dividing the sport of football by race. – Reagan Reese
https://thefederalist.com/2021/09/24/espn-showing-college-games-because-of-players-skin-color-is-divisive-and-wrong/

HOT AIR
— Pew: Share who say Biden is “mentally sharp” drops to 43%, down double digits since March
(COMMENT: I will soon be 73. According to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, the older that you are, the less mentally sharp that you are. In my defense, neither health problems nor any other kind of problems have stopped me from putting together and sending out a GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletter each and every morning since 2004 and each and every evening since 2015.)
https://hotair.com/allahpundit/2021/09/23/pew-share-who-say-biden-is-mentally-sharp-drops-to-43-down-double-digits-since-march-n417964

PJ MEDIA
— Enraged New Yorkers Tear Down Sexually Explicit ‘OK Cupid’ Subway Ads – MEGAN FOX
https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/megan-fox/2021/09/23/watch-enraged-new-yorkers-tear-down-sexually-explicit-ok-cupid-subway-ads-n1480941

RED STATE
— Man Attacked and Accused of Being ‘White’ in ‘Multicultural Space’
https://redstate.com/bonchie/2021/09/23/watch-man-attacked-and-accused-of-being-white-in-multicultural-space-n447264

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Why Aren’t Americans Protesting in the Streets? – CHARLES C. W. COOKE
https://www.nationalreview.com/2021/09/why-arent-americans-protesting-in-the-streets/
— Americans Invest in Chinese Censorship – JIMMY QUINN
https://www.nationalreview.com/2021/09/americans-invest-in-chinese-censorship/
— Majority Says Biden Isn’t ‘Mentally Sharp’: Poll – PHILIP KLEIN
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/majority-says-biden-isnt-mentally-sharp-poll/

EPOCH TIMES
— Donate to Candidates, Not Political Parties – Roger L. Simon (COMMENT: Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs use the Republican Party’s anti-conservative “Big Tent” policy to destroy the Republican Party.)
https://www.theepochtimes.com/donate-to-candidates-not-political-parties_4009471.html

THE HILL
— Biden’s immigration problems reach crescendo in Del Rio – NIALL STANAGE
https://thehill.com/homenews/the-memo/573739-the-memo-bidens-immigration-problems-reach-crescendo-in-del-rio

NEW YORK TIMES
— Rural America’s Roads Might Resemble Cuba in 20 Years. As the nation shifts to electric vehicles, picture well-kept but long discontinued gas-powered pickups, especially in areas where charging stations may be sparse. – Mike Seely
(COMMENT: America-haters not only do not want you to buy American-nameplate gas-powered vehicles, they do not want you to buy American-nameplate electric vehicles.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/23/business/electric-cars-cuba.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Sen. Grassley, the oldest GOP senator at 88, announces he will seek another term – Eugene Scott
(COMMENT: I will soon be 73 years old. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes promote age discrimination. In my defense, neither health problems nor any other kind of problems have stopped me from putting together and sending out a GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletter each and every morning since 2004 and each and every evening since 2015.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/grassley-senate-republicans-elections/2021/09/24/52ac70ce-1bae-11ec-a99a-5fea2b2da34b_story.html
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs paint Republicans as being losers who should be gotten rid of once and for all, and especially Republicans who are Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, gun owners, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/09/24/its-dangerous-when-we-allow-losers-rewrite-history/

USA TODAY
— First Amendment Day is an important reminder of the rights we enjoy – and must protect. – Jan Neuharth
(COMMENT: My critics/opponents want to abolish the First Amendment. Further, they want the following to stop me from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters, and failing that, to stop everyone from reading those newsletters: a) the leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization; b) the leaders of Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, and Wheaton Park District; c) candidates on ballots in my precinct, their political consultants, their major donors, their fundraisers, their pollsters, their campaign managers, their campaign staff members, and their campaign volunteers; d) conservative leaders; e) religious leaders; f) Google; and g) Facebook. Everyone in Illinois, in DuPage County, in Milton Township, and in Wheaton sees what the aforesaid have done to stop me from sending out the newsletters and to stop everyone from reading the newsletters. This year, they saw the aforesaid stop me from raising funds from Republicans so that Republicans could help sponsor Wheaton’s Independence Day parade and fireworks.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2021/09/23/first-amendment-rights-must-protect/8377984002/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Scapegoats at the Texas Border. The Biden White House blames border agents who are overwhelmed. – Editorial
https://www.wsj.com/articles/scapegoats-at-the-texas-border-joe-biden-administration-alejandro-mayorkas-11632433558

BLOOMBERG
— Sean Spicer Sues Biden Over Ouster From Naval Academy Board – David Yaffe-Bellan
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-09-23/sean-spicer-sues-biden-over-ouster-from-naval-academy-board

ECONOMIST
— In the West, China holds growing sway over Chinese-language media. WeChat is helping to amplify the Communist Party’s voice.
https://www.economist.com/china/2021/09/23/in-the-west-china-holds-growing-sway-over-chinese-language-media

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.