September 4, 2023

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Democrats say “Illinois is solidly blue” and ask “So why did President Joe Biden’s reelection effort spend so much time here this summer?” Ever-increasingly, it looks like if Biden is not the Democrat Party’s presidential candidate in 2024, it is going to be Pritzker. Pritzker has had great success in Illinois promoting the Democrat Party platform, that is, he has had great success in promoting a) dependency on government and charity, b) LGBTQ, c) abortion, d) mass/illegal immigration, e) diminishment of Second Amendment rights, f) booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, g) patronage, h) political affiliation discrimination, i) reverse discrimination, and j) age discrimination. Pritzker has had great success in destroying Illinois Republicans who share Trump’s demographics: a) heterosexual, b) conservative, c) Republican, d) White, e) male, f) older, g) non-poor, h) non-veteran, i) married, j) Protestant, k) German American, and l) those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-joe-biden-illinois-strategy-20230904-ijyxatf7n5dt5glfo5n7itswfi-story.html
— Democrats give Republican candidates advice. I should write a book about Republican activists, candidates, elected officials, and party leaders who talk and/or act like they take advice from Democrats.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/ct-column-republicans-house-majority-2024-18-incumbents-washington-20230904-5lic4t27d5fr5g6bege4u4czzu-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrats acknowledge that “City to again house migrants at Greektown hostel. Ald. Bill Conway (34th) expressed concern about the lack of advance notice that migrants will again be housed at the Parthenon Guest House, 310 S. Halsted St., starting Friday.” Democrats ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2023/9/3/23857723/greektown-migrant-shelter-parthenon-guest-house-bill-conway
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2023/9/3/23857355/trump-sign-tower-chicago-steinberg

DAILY HERALD
— I was a union member for almost 12 years. I was a union member while I worked for the Post Office 1966-1969 and for IRS 1971-1980. During that time, my salary increased from $18.05/hour to $104,583/year in today’s dollars. In my defense, a) I earned a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU in 1970, b) I earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976, and c) I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979. I transferred from IRS to GAO in 1980. GAO did not unionize until 2007. If GAO had been unionized, my Democrat GAO superiors could not have a) forced me to suffer a $21,863/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980 or b) taken the many adverse actions against me that they did including forcing me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old. I should write a book about my critics/opponents who have/had lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois and a) who have demonstrated the most hatred against unions and against union members and b) who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me.
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20230904/united-chicago-workers-win

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/crains-content-studio/responding-chicagos-heightened-need-food

ABC7
— Democrats acknowledge that “At least 32 shot, 3 fatally, in Labor Day Weekend gun violence.”
https://abc7chicago.com/shootings-in-chicago-last-night-this-weekend-gun-violence/13731700/
— Democrats acknowledge that “Chicago Heights shooting: 1 in custody after 2 men killed during neighborhood fight.” What are your Chicago Heights connections? I was born in Chicago Heights in 1948. I worked in Chicago Heights 1964-1966 and 1970-1972. I collected delinquent federal taxes in Chicago Heights 1972-1973. My father worked in Chicago Heights 1941-1969.
https://abc7chicago.com/chicago-heights-shooting-today-news-police-department/13732346/

NBC5
— Democrats acknowledge that “2 shot and killed during fight outside Chicago Heights home.” What are your Chicago Heights connections? I was born in Chicago Heights in 1948. I worked in Chicago Heights 1964-1966 and 1970-1972. I collected delinquent federal taxes in Chicago Heights 1972-1973. My father worked in Chicago Heights 1941-1969.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/2-shot-and-killed-during-fight-at-chicago-heights-home/3220416/

CBS2
— Democrats acknowledge “New plan from City of Chicago would move some migrants to a hostel in Greektown.” Democrats ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/chicago-migrants-greektown-hostel/

WGN9
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://wgntv.com/news/features/thousands-attend-celebration-of-lgbtq-families-at-the-salt-shed/
— Democrats acknowledge that “2 dead after shooting in Chicago Heights.” What are your Chicago Heights connections? I was born in Chicago Heights in 1948. I worked in Chicago Heights 1964-1966 and 1970-1972. I collected delinquent federal taxes in Chicago Heights 1972-1973. My father worked in Chicago Heights 1941-1969.
https://wgntv.com/news/south-suburbs/2-dead-after-apparent-shooting-in-chicago-heights-police-say/

FOX32
— Democrats acknowledge that “Two men killed in argument with neighbors in Chicago Heights.” What are your Chicago Heights connections? I was born in Chicago Heights in 1948. I worked in Chicago Heights 1964-1966 and 1970-1972. I collected delinquent federal taxes in Chicago Heights 1972-1973. My father worked in Chicago Heights 1941-1969.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/two-men-killed-in-argument-with-neighbors-in-chicago-heights

EFFINGHAM DAILY NEWS
— Democrats crow that “Pritzker, state leaders call on Biden to allow Illinois to sponsor work permits for migrants.” If there had been as many illegals in America when I was young as there are now, they would have gotten the jobs that I got. According to Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs, all the jobs that I got were bad jobs that they would never have stooped to take. But those bad jobs enabled me to a) buy a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint in 1966, b) pay for my UIC expenses 1966-1968, c) buy a new 1968 Oldsmobile 442 in 1967, d) buy a new 1969 Dodge Charger in 1968, e) pay for my NIU expenses 1969-1970, and f) graduate debt-free from NIU with a bachelor’s degree in management and owning that Charger in 1970. Further, because illegals drive down wages for bad jobs, even if I had still gotten the jobs that I did, my wages would have been lower and I would not have been able to do the aforesaid. Because my critics/opponents had parents who had way more money than my parents had and did not have to work their way through college, they do not understand or accept the aforesaid. I should write a book about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those whose parents had way more money than my parents had.
https://www.effinghamdailynews.com/news/pritzker-state-leaders-call-on-biden-to-allow-illinois-to-sponsor-work-permits-for-migrants/article_6eb15818-4aa3-11ee-aeb4-e3b9486c3043.html

WCIA
— Democrats say that Schiff says “14th Amendment disqualification fits Donald Trump to a T.”
https://www.wcia.com/hill-politics/schiff-says-14th-amendment-disqualification-fits-donald-trump-to-a-t/

BURR RIDGE PATCH
— ‘Parade Of Middle-Aged Men’ At Burr Ridge Home. Now, male genitalia has been painted on the skylights, a resident told village officials. – David Giuliani
https://patch.com/illinois/burrridge/parade-middle-aged-men-burr-ridge-home

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— States with weaker marijuana laws see more impaired driving – Casey Harper (COMMENT: Democrats ever-increasingly push more pot.)
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_e80f342a-48da-11ee-90fb-6b0c962331a4.html

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— MCGOPAC Sponsors Donald Trump Jr. Event in Addison Friday October 27, 11am-1pm in DuPage County (COMMENT: I should write a book about how hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters did everything that they could to stop me from reporting on their recent DeSantis event in Elmhurst.)
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2023/09/03/mcgopac-sponors-donald-trump-jr-event-in-addison/
— The 1973 Debate on Designating Martin Luther King’s Birthday a Commemorative Holiday, That Is, One Where Public Employees Do Not Get Another Day Off
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2023/09/03/the-1973-debate-on-designating-martin-luther-kings-birthday-a-commemorative-holiday-copy/
— Slim Lake in the Hills Parade Features Mainly Kids
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2023/09/03/slim-lake-in-the-hills-parade-features-mainly-kids/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— In the pivotal South Carolina primary, Republican candidates search for a path against Trump – Meg Kinnard and Michelle L. Price
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/sep/4/in-pivotal-south-carolina-primary-republican-candi/
— McConnell health concerns stir talk of new leadership battle. – Susan Ferrechio
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/sep/4/mitch-mcconnell-health-concerns-stir-talk-of-new-l/
— Donna Brazile, former DNC chair, warns Biden, Dems: Trump movement is unprecedented – Tom Howell Jr. (COMMENT: Yes, but hatred against Trump is also unprecedented. I should write a book about those in Wheaton, in Milton Township, and in DuPage County who are the most filled with hatred against Trump and against his supporters. I would focus on those who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me since 2015.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/sep/4/donna-brazile-former-dnc-chair-warns-biden-dems-tr/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Ramaswamy claims he would’ve handled Jan. 6 differently than Trump – Eden Villalovas (COMMENT: Of course, I take it as a badge of honor that my critics/opponents say “You can’t tell Diersen what to do.” No one can manipulate me or dominate me. I should write a book about my critics/opponents. I would focus on the big articles that I included links to in GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters that they would not have. I would focus on the speakers that I invited to speak at TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois events that they would not have. I would focus on what I did to help elect Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct that they would not have. I would focus on my critics/opponents who blame me and who blame my GOPUSA newsletters the most for their problems, for your problems, for my problems, and for everyone’s problems. I would focus on my critics/opponents who 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 cover up their wrong doing, and/or f) who refuse to give them money. I would focus on my critics/opponents who I have done the most to help elect and to help reelect since 2000.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/ramaswamy-handled-jan-6-differently-than-trump

AMERICAN FAMILY NEWS
— Navy dead-set on ignoring conservatives – Chad Groening
https://afn.net/national-security/2023/09/04/collision-prone-navy-seems-dead-set-on-ignoring-conservatives/

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Mexico erects piece of Berlin Wall near US border to send bold message – Vivek Saxena (COMMENT: Those who hate America side with Mexico.)
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2023/09/03/mexico-erects-piece-of-berlin-wall-near-us-border-to-send-bold-message-1392809/

BREITBART
— Rep. Mike Gallagher Blasts ‘Insane’ DOD Gender-Neutral Policy: Wasting Time on ‘Wokeness Instead of Warfighting’ – JOSHUA KLEIN
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/09/03/rep-mike-gallagher-blasts-insane-dod-gender-neutral-policy-wasting-time-wokeness-instead-warfighting/
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2023/09/03/lady-gaga-dedicates-performance-of-2011-single-born-this-way-to-trans-rights/

CHRISTIAN POST
— 1 in 6 churchgoers have had, paid for or encouraged an abortion – Ryan Foley (COMMENT: My critics/opponents reject the right to life plank in the Republican Party platform. I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me because I support that plank.)
https://www.christianpost.com/news/1-in-6-churchgoers-have-had-or-encouraged-an-abortion-poll.html

COLLEGE FIX
— Wisc. universities keep DEI positions despite GOP gutting budget by $32 million – GARRETT MARCHAND
https://www.thecollegefix.com/wisc-universities-keep-dei-positions-despite-gop-gutting-budget-by-32-million/

DAILY CALLER
— The Biden Admin Is Ushering In Tens Of Thousands Of Migrants Each Month To Work In The US Through Key Border Program – JENNIE TAER (COMMENT: If there had been as many illegals in America when I was young as there are now, they would have gotten the jobs that I got. According to Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs, all the jobs that I got were bad jobs that they would never have stooped to take. But those bad jobs enabled me to a) buy a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint in 1966, b) pay for my UIC expenses 1966-1968, c) buy a new 1968 Oldsmobile 442 in 1967, d) buy a new 1969 Dodge Charger in 1968, e) pay for my NIU expenses 1969-1970, and f) graduate debt-free from NIU with a bachelor’s degree in management and owning that Charger in 1970. Further, because illegals drive down wages for bad jobs, even if I had still gotten the jobs that I did, my wages would have been lower and I would not have been able to do the aforesaid. Because my critics/opponents had parents who had way more money than my parents had, they do not understand or accept the aforesaid. I should write a book about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those whose parents had way more money than my parents had.)
https://dailycaller.com/2023/09/03/biden-admin-border-program/
— It’s Time For Conservatives To Reclaim Labor Day – Gage Klipper (COMMENT: I was a union member for almost 12 years. I was a union member while I worked for the Post Office 1966-1969 and for IRS 1971-1980. During that time, my salary increased from $18.05/hour to $104,583/year in today’s dollars. In my defense, a) I earned a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU in 1970, b) I earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976, and c) I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979. I transferred from IRS to GAO in 1980. GAO did not unionize until 2007. If GAO had been unionized, my Democrat GAO superiors could not have a) forced me to suffer a $21,863/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980 or b) taken the many adverse actions against me that they did including forcing me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old. I should write a book about my critics/opponents who have/had lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois and a) who have demonstrated the most hatred against unions and against union members and b) who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me.)
https://dailycaller.com/2023/09/03/conservatives-reclaim-labor-day/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: At its core, the America First movement is really just a modern day labor movement. Sure, there is no shortage of bankers, doctors, and lawyers waving MAGA flags — but they are not the locus of momentum. The true power of the movement, its moral weight and foundation, comes from a working class who has gotten the short end of the stick in every policy decision since the end of the Cold War. Globalization, it was promised, would raise all boats. Open markets, cheap manufacturing, free-flowing capital would benefit the wealthy most, but the working man could get cheaper flat screens at Walmart — so really, it’s a win-win. The value and purpose of work was exported by people who could not understand why having an honest job matters as long as welfare expansion keeps pace with market growth. Who needs a community when we’re all global citizens now, anyway? Today’s labor movement is not asking for anything radical — merely that we return to the type of social contract that we already know works. Yet it is these notions of dignity and patriotism — utterly uncontroversial until a few short years ago — that the modern left fears the most. Conservatives should not run from the movement Trump created. Some may resist out of their own pretensions, but zombie Reaganism is not enough to keep the Republican party alive for much longer. If for no other reason than self-interest, Republicans should embrace the ethos of Labor Day and proudly reclaim it has a conservative holiday. More than that though, they ought to internalize that message and give voice to the constituency most overlooked by both parties. Now we can never go back to the 1950s economy, nor should we seek to. But conservative leaders should heed Grover Cleveland’s lesson: when you ignore the genuine concerns of the masses, you risk fomenting the very radicalism you seek to deter. This time around, Americans will need much more than just another day off.)

FOX NEWS
— Tim Scott is the leading Black Republican in the GOP primary: Here’s how he talks about race. Scott says the United States is not fundamentally racist. (COMMENT: My critics/opponents disagree with Scott. They reject the equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) plank in the Republican Party platform. They reject the Supreme Court Affirmative Action decision. To get votes from those who are minority, female, and/or younger, they want the Republican Party to give them more and more and more preference, that is, they want the Republican Party to get rid of those like me who share Trump’s demographics: a) heterosexual, b) conservative, c) Republican, d) White, e) male, f) older, g) non-poor, h) non-veteran, i) married, j) Protestant, k) German American, and l) those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/tim-scott-leading-black-republican-gop-primary-heres-how-talks-race

NATIONAL REVIEW
— OUTSTANDING: Nebraska Governor Signs Executive Order Enshrining Biological Sex in State Law – ARI BLAFF
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/nebraska-governor-signs-executive-order-enshrining-biological-sex-in-state-law/

NEWS BUSTERS
— Democrats ever-increasingly use reports of crimes against LGBTQers to promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/clay-waters/2023/09/03/pbs-gop-has-turned-volume-violence-against-trans-people

NEWSMAX
— The Biden administration is making it a priority to bring illegal immigrants into the United States, and rather than emphasizing the laws at the border. – Chad Wolf
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/chad-wolf-immigration-white-house/2023/09/03/id/1133069/

TOWNHALL
— Mexico Sends a Clear Message to U.S. Officials Advocating for a Border Wall. Tijuana Mayor Montserrat Caballero and former Mexican foreign secretary Marcelo Ebrard installed pieces of the Berlin Wall a few steps from where the U.S. began building its stretch of border wall. – Sarah Arnold (COMMENT: Those who hate America side with Mexico.)
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2023/09/03/mexico-places-piece-of-berlin-wall-near-us-border-may-this-be-a-lesson-n2627902
— Musk Must Decide to Own or Be Owned – Brian Pfail (COMMENT: No one owns me. I take that as a badge of honor. I should write a book about my critics/opponents who get lots of money from major donors. I would focus on those who are owned by their major donors. I would focus on those who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me.)
https://townhall.com/columnists/brianpfail/2023/09/04/column-n2627907

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

MSN
— Democrats crow that “Donald Trump May Be Barred From Running In New Hampshire.” Will Illinois Democrats and Illinois RINOs bar Trump from running in Illinois?
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/donald-trump-may-be-barred-from-running-in-one-key-primary-state/ar-AA1gbbR8
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/florida-lgbtq-safe-places-program-under-threat-from-republican-lawmakers/ar-AA1gbWF1
— Democrats ever-increasingly use the Pope to promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/we-are-all-children-of-god-pope-francis-offers-heartfelt-support-to-young-trans-individuals-expressing-unity-with-the-lgbtqia-community/ss-AA1gaAko

NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs reject the Supreme Court Affirmative Action decision.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/04/magazine/affirmative-action-race-college-admissions.html
— Democrats ever-increasingly a) run America and b) blame Republicans for bad weather and for everything else that is bad.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/03/opinion/climate-change-summer-vacation-greece-rhodes-maui.html
— Democrats ever-increasingly a) run America and b) blame Republicans for drug abuse and for everything else that is bad.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/29/opinion/arrest-drug-treatment-addiction.html

FORBES
— What was your ACT score? Mine was only 24. I only just barely made it into the upper 20% of my high school class. In my defense, instead of studying, I washed dishes for the minimum wage in the basement of the S.S. Kresge during my junior and senior years and the summer in between. Neither of my parents attended college. My father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma. My mother never attended high school.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/petergreene/2023/07/10/the-myths-of-merit-scholarships/

POLITICO
— Democrats a) crow that “Chris Christie is actually gaining support for president,” b) but decry that support is from Democrats, and c) say that “They can’t get enough of his new Trump-bashing persona.” I should write a book about hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters who have a) treated me the most like I have run Trump’s campaign in Wheaton, in Milton Township, and in DuPage County since 2015 and b) who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me since 2015.
https://www.politico.com/news/2023/09/04/new-hampshire-democrats-chris-christie-00111379

BET
— Democrats crow that “Gen Z Likely Last Generation With White Majority.” Democrats ever-increasingly replace those in America who have demographics that vote for Republicans with those who have demographics that vote for Democrats. Overwhelmingly, those who vote for Democrats need/want massive government assistance and are overwhelmingly minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, veteran, non-married, non-Protestant, non-German American, lack education, lack job skills, have major financial, health, and/or other problems and/or are drinkers, gamblers, stoners, and/or criminals. Beyond the aforesaid, limousine liberals vote for Democrats and especially those whose parents had lots of money and even more especially those whose ancestors owned slaves.
https://www.bet.com/article/frsepb/white-population-decline-us-census-data
(FROM THE ARTICLE: America is aging quickly as Baby Boomers, those born between 1946 and 1964, become seniors. White Americans constituted a significant portion of that generation, particularly in the 65 to 74 age group. At the same time, the census data indicates that the White American population declined between 2010 and 2020 in age groups below 55. Demographers attributed the White population’s decrease in younger generations to increased births and immigration among people of color, but more significantly, to Baby Boomers entering the senior age ranks.)

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.