September 30, 2025

TED DABROWSKI
— VIDEO: Former Elected IL Legislators Endorsed Ted For Illinois
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2g-dmZJpial

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— I have been the Illinois reporter for GOPUSA since 2000. What do you say to my Republican critics/opponents who ever-increasingly do not want me a) to know about their events, b) to promote their events, c) to attend their events, d) to speak with anyone at their events, e) to ask questions of the speakers at their events, or f) to report on their events? Ever-increasingly they have their operatives and their dupes try to stop me from speaking with anyone at their events. Ever-increasingly, they blame me and blame my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters for all of their problems, for all of my problems, for all of your problems, and for all of everyone’s problems. According to them, I paint Republican candidates as being more conservative than they want to be painted and that causes them to lose elections. Should I start writing about my Republican critics/opponents and their operatives and their dupes? I would focus on those who have succeed in a) stopping me from attending their events and b) throwing me out of their events. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— What do your Republican critics/opponents do? Mine have their operatives and their dupes destroy those like me a) who they cannot manipulate or dominate, b) who refuse to glorify and praise them, c) who refuse to pander to them, d) who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, e) who refuse to cover up their wrongdoing, and/or f) who refuse to give them money. I should write about my Republican critics/opponents who are still in the mix and who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately. Most commonly, they reject the equal opportunity plank in the Republican Party platform. They want more and more and more preference for those who are minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, non-Protestant, non-German American, citizens of foreign countries, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Your attitude toward Charlie Kirk shows your attitude toward conservatives. If I was still the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, the organization would host an event honoring Kirk and I would invite all those who knew Kirk to speak at that event. If I was still an Illinois Center Right Coalition officer, I would urge that organization to host a similar event. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Assata Shakur, the Chicago Teachers Union’s depressing idea of a role model
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/30/assata-shakur-ctu-chicago-teachers-union-rhetoric/

JOURNAL COURIER
— Illinois law prohibits sheriffs from assisting ICE with immigration enforcement. Some wish they could.
https://www.myjournalcourier.com/news/article/illinois-sheriffs-ice-trust-act-21073538.php

STATE LINE
— Don Tracy aims for balance in Illinois politics with open Senate seat
https://www.mystateline.com/news/don-tracy-aims-for-balance-in-illinois-politics-with-open-senate-seat-run/amp/

WTVO
— Don Tracy, Republican, rallies support for Illinois Senate seat in Loves Park
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPabJGPmj14

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Seizing on the moment: GOP gubernatorial contender Darren Bailey poked at Pritzker. “It is a shame that the federal government has to send the military into Chicago just to protect ICE officers. This is what failed leadership looks like,” he said in a statement.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2025/09/30/pritzker-slams-plan-to-deploy-the-guard-00586114

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Mayor Johnson’s 6% Approval Shows: Race-Baiting Can’t Cover up Epic Public Safety Failure
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/09/mayor-johnsons-6-approval-shows-race-baiting-cant-cover-up-epic-public-safety-failure.html
— The United Nations Betrays Its Mission, Again
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/09/opinion-the-united-nations-betrays-its-mission-again.html

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Team of prominent defense lawyers steps in to defend accused Kirk assassin
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/sep/29/team-prominent-defense-lawyers-steps-defend-accused-kirk-assassin/

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Inside the Biden Administration’s Censorship of Everyday Americans
https://freebeacon.substack.com/p/inside-the-biden-administrations

NEW YORK POST
— Charlie Kirk wrote of his ‘deep love’ for Israel in letter to Netanyahu about how to counter rising opposition to the Jewish state in the US
https://nypost.com/2025/09/29/us-news/charlie-kirk-wrote-of-his-deep-love-for-israel-in-letter-to-netanyahu-about-how-to-counter-rising-opposition-to-the-jewish-state-in-the-us/

AMERICAN THINKER
— I do not trust Charlie Kirk’s ‘replacement’ Brilyn Hollyhand and neither should you
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/09/i_do_not_trust_charlie_kirk_s_replacement_and_neither_should_you.html

BLAZE
— Thousands wear ‘FREEDOM’ shirt in memory of Charlie Kirk at Oregon-Penn State game
https://www.theblaze.com/news/kirk-shirt-oregon-penn-game

DAILY WIRE
— Federal Retirement Dollars Used To Push Leftist Politics
https://www.dailywire.com/news/federal-retirement-dollars-used-to-push-leftist-politics-watchdog-warns

FEDERALIST
— Democrats’ Relentless Demonizing Paves Way For The Next Political Assassination
https://thefederalist.com/2025/09/30/democrats-relentless-demonizing-paves-way-for-the-next-political-assassination/

FOX NEWS
— Pritzker says ICE ‘harassing people for not being white.’  Democratic governor criticizes Trump administration’s immigration enforcement tactics in Chicago.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/jb-pritzker-says-ice-harassing-people-not-being-white
— Leftist lawmakers prioritize ‘hatred’ of Trump over public safety
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6380327595112
— Dems care about shielding illegals and catering to criminals
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6380324485112

NEWS BUSTERS
— New York Times Weeps on Front Page Over Ghouls Fired for Disgusting Kirk Posts
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/clay-waters/2025/09/29/new-york-times-weeps-front-page-over-ghouls-fired-disgusting-kirk

NEWSMAX
— Dems Want Shutdown, Free Care for Illegals
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/rick-scott-democrats-government/2025/09/29/id/1228363/
— Charlie Kirk’s Assassination and the Shadowy Rise of ‘Trantifa’
https://www.newsmax.com/platinum/charlie-kirk-assassination-trantifa/2025/09/29/id/1228267/

USA HERALD
— Charlie Kirk’s Estate and Questions Over Turning Point Wealth and Life Insurance Payouts
https://usaherald.com/charlie-kirks-estate-raises-questions-over-turning-point-wealth-and-life-insurance-payouts/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

THE HILL
— DD: Anticipate/expect that hate-filled conservative-hating conservative-haters will ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Kirk.
https://thehill.com/opinion/civil-rights/5522184-trump-regime-threat-to-freedom/amp/

CNN
— Democrat and RINO leaders decry that “In aftermath of Kirk’s assassination, Republicans seek to galvanize support from young conservatives.”
https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/30/politics/republican-candidates-charlie-kirk-death

NBC NEWS
— Pritzker calls armed immigration officers in Chicago an ‘attack on Americans’ DD: Attacking federal facilities is an act of war. Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans. Illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/pritzker-blasts-trump-immigration-chicago-enforcement-rcna234501

NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: Anticipate/expect that hate-filled conservative-hating conservative-haters will ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Kirk.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/29/us/charlie-kirk-free-speech.html
— Get Ready for Higher Health Insurance Premiums Next Year. DD: Since I was 18 years old in 1966, my critics/opponents have been furious that because I was a federal employee, the federal government pays 72% of my health care premiums. Since I was 29 years old in 1978, my critics/opponents have been even more furious that because I was a federal employee, the federal government pays 72% of my wife’s health care premiums.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/26/your-money/health-insurance-premiums-increase.html
— DD: Google ever-increasingly steers everyone a) to websites that promote the Democrat Party platform and b) away from websites the promote the Republican Party platform.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/26/opinion/google-judge-mehta-remedy-monopoly.html

WASHINGTON POST
— DD: The Democrat Party is ever-increasingly more anti-Christian
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/09/29/charlie-kirk-christianity-conservatives-trump/

USA TODAY
— FRONT PAGE: DD: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly call Trump a dictator.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/09/28/trump-makes-immigrants-nervous-authoritarian-dictator/86064657007/
— ICE wants National Guard troops in Chicago amid ‘riots’ and arrests. DD: Attacking federal facilities is an act of war. Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans. Illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/09/29/ice-national-guard-chicago-riots/86429274007/
— What working parents really need – and how the workplace can deliver. DD: All of my Democrat superiors in the federal government were working parents. They all decried the tremendous amount of time and money needed to raise children. They all hinted/implied/argued/shouted that they were underpaid and that if I had children, I would never would have been able a) to earn three job-related master’s degrees, b) earn six job-related professional certifications, c) earn a job-related professional license, c) buy real estate when I was 24, 25, 27, and 35, d) buy new cars when I was 23, 25, and 29, and e) buy collectors cars when I was 40 and 45.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2025/09/25/what-working-parents-really-need/86248270007/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2025/09/04/raising-kids-cost-parents/85958383007/
— Parents face support issues. Helping adult children comes at huge cost. DD: My father died suddenly in 1969 when he was 47 and I was 21. My mother had never attended high school and had never worked outside of the home. I helped support her and my brother 1970-1972.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/personalfinance/2025/09/26/stop-supporting-adult-children/86222216007/

ATLANTIC
— DD: Anticipate/expect that hate-filled conservative-hating conservative-haters will ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Kirk.
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/09/maga-cancel-culture-revenge-tactics/684296/

BUZZFEED
— DD: Anticipate/expect that hate-filled conservative-hating conservative-haters will ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Kirk.
https://www.buzzfeed.com/victoriavouloumanos/people-losing-jobs-posting-anti-charlie-kirk-content

SALON
— DD: Democrat leaders are ever-increasingly closer to officially declaring their Second Civil War against Republicans.
https://www.salon.com/2025/09/30/chicago-prepares-to-resist-federal-intimidation/

FROM FOREIGN SOURCES

ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS
— At the ADL, liberalism has trumped loyalty. Today, Jewish safety depends on strength. Jewish survival depends on sovereignty. And Jewish dignity depends on the refusal to be defined by others. The reborn State of Israel is the embodiment of that principle. Charlie Kirk knew that. The ADL does not.
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/415617

ECONOMIC TIMES
— ADL labels Charlie Kirk’s Turning Point USA an extremist hate group, triggering backlash from Donald Trump Jr. and Elon Musk. DD: I served as the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman 2005-2012 and as an Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) officer 2003-2007. My critics/opponents have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that TAPROOT and ICRC were extremist hate groups.  They had their operatives and their dupes destroy TAPROOT in 2012 and ICRC in 2007.
https://m.economictimes.com/news/international/us/adl-labels-charlie-kirks-turning-point-usa-an-extremist-hate-group-triggering-backlash-from-donald-trump-jr-and-elon-musk/amp_articleshow/124226221.cms

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.