February 29 Morning Edition

ABC7
— Chicago police, Lightfoot defend decision not to cooperate with ICE after DHS says man accused in McDonald’s child sex assault was previously deported – Diane Pathieu and Michelle Gallardo
https://abc7chicago.com/man-accused-in-mcdonalds-child-sex-assault-previously-deported-dhs-/5973356/?cmp=emc-wls-news-headlines-2/29/2020

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— President Trump accuses Democrats of a new ‘hoax’ over criticism of coronavirus plan – AP
https://www.chicagotribune.com/election-2020/ct-trump-democrats-coronavirus-hoax-20200229-guhfdsau6fafvbothszzyhmry4-story.html
— Two groups — one in favor of Naperville pot sales and the other against — waging campaigns for referendum votes – ERIN HEGARTY
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-nvs-naperville-for-marijuana-opt-out-referendum-st-20200229-zyjz2lcttvccroufkhso72fmga-story.html
— Attorney, IT consultant facing off in battle for Dem nomination in DuPage circuit clerk’s race – ALICIA FABBRE
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-nvs-dupage-county-clerk-candidates-st-0301-20200228-x4th3pfsgrf4rd3pxkojlbxcf4-story.html
— 3 Illinois Racing Board members forced out over campaign contributions they made in violation of 2019 gaming law – Dan Petrella (DIERSEN: What encourages you to contribute to Republican candidates, elected officials, and organizations? For me, it is their demonstrating that they can and will defend and advance the Republican Party platform including its traditional family, right to life, immigration, Second Amendment, illegal drugs, and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks. For me, it is their demonstrating opposition to promoting dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, abolition of the First and Second Amendments, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation for opposing the aforesaid.) 
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-illinois-racing-board-campaign-contributions-20200228-zjkr32hxqbfwzbzgrtjpmdjso4-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Illinois to greatly expand testing for coronavirus even though risk remains low, officials say Gov. J.B. Pritzker and Mayor Lori Lightfoot insisted Chicago and Illinois are prepared to handle an outbreak and said there is no cause for alarm. – Tina Sfondeles 
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/2/28/21157874/coronavirus-illinois-chicago-outbreak-testing-pritzker-lightfoot
— Worth Township supervisor, under federal scrutiny in red-light camera probe, resigns John O’Sullivan, a former state legislator, Democratic committeeman and rep for SafeSpeed, told officials of his decision Friday. – Mark Brown and Robert Herguth
https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2020/2/28/21158208/red-light-camera-investigation-safespeed-worth-township-supervisor-under-federal-scrutiny-resign

WTTW
— Coronavirus Panic Crashes Markets – Nick Blumberg
https://news.wttw.com/2020/02/28/week-review-coronavirus-panic-crashes-markets

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Springfield attorney quits racing board over donations – Bernard Schoenburg (DIERSEN: What encourages you to donate to Republican candidates, elected officials, and organizations? For me, it is their demonstrating that they can and will defend and advance the Republican Party platform including its traditional family, right to life, immigration, Second Amendment, illegal drugs, and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks. For me, it is their demonstrating opposition to promoting dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, abolition of the First and Second Amendments, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation for opposing the aforesaid.) 
https://www.sj-r.com/news/20200228/springfield-attorney-quits-racing-board-over-donations

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Governor asking for trouble Gov. J.B. Pritzker wants to ensure that as many illegal immigrants who are convicted felons as possible remain in the state. – Editorial
https://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/editorials/editorial-governor-asking-for-trouble/article_77957275-cb57-5cc7-9755-baf19a3c5965.html

WGEM
— Addressing prohibited activities for public officials: What is allowed? – Mike Miletich
https://wgem.com/2020/02/28/addressing-prohibited-activities-for-public-officials-what-is-allowed/

FOX ILLINOIS
— Health District urging public to use precaution with coronavirus – Tiffani Homer
https://foxillinois.com/news/local/champaign-urbana-health-district-urging-public-to-use-precaution-with-coronavirus

KPC NEWS
— Indiana ranks 10th most representative of U.S. demographics – Steve Garbacz (DIERSEN: How representative is your precinct, your municipal district, your municipality, your township, and your county of U.S. demographics? What percent are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time? What percent promote dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, abolition of the First and Second Amendments, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation for opposing the aforesaid? My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes hint/imply/argue/shout that my precinct, Wheaton’s West District, Wheaton, Milton Township, and DuPage County are full of the aforesaid, and therefore, I should pander to them like they do.)
https://www.kpcnews.com/election/article_21031591-8d34-5b9a-aaf5-dc473f34c2f6.html

CHICAGO MAGAZINE
— Gerrymandering: Finally a Thing of the Past? The Fair Maps Amendment is issuing a challenge to the shady partisan practice. But good luck getting it past Mike Madigan. – EDWARD MCCLELLAND (DIERSEN: I should write a book about the 2015 gerrymandering of my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 9 in Wheaton and how politicians use gerrymandering to punish precinct committeemen like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate.)
http://www.chicagomag.com/city-life/March-2020/Will-the-Fair-Maps-Amendment-Kill-Gerrymandering-for-Good/

BLUE LIVES MATTER ILLINOIS
— Illinois Putting Violent Felons Into Communities Instead Of Giving Them To ICE – Holly Matkin
https://defensemaven.io/bluelivesmatter/news/illinois-putting-violent-felons-into-communities-instead-of-giving-them-to-ice-0leBP9A0E0iLu7OuqCOBCg

ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— IFA Endorsements for the 2020 Primary Election – David E. Smith
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2020/02/ifa-endorsements-for-the-2020-primary-election/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Media peddles coronavirus panic, indulges in Trump bashing – Jennifer Harper 
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/feb/27/inside-the-beltway-media-peddles-coronavirus-panic/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Republicans say Democratic leaders using coronavirus scare as political weapon – Kerry Picket
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/republicans-say-democratic-leaders-using-coronavirus-scare-as-political-weapon
— Trump tells black supporters his approval rating among African Americans ‘should be at 100%’ – John Gage 
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/trump-tells-black-supporters-his-approval-rating-among-african-americans-should-be-at-100

FOX NEWS
— Laura Ingraham debunks ‘biggest lies’ levied at Trump administration over coronavirus response – Victor Garcia
https://www.foxnews.com/media/laura-ingraham-debunks-biggest-lies-levied-at-trump-administration-over-coronavirus-response

AMERICAN THINKER
— Hope for America from CPAC – Lloyd Marcus
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2020/02/hope_for_america_from_cpac.html

BREITBART
— Court Stands Up for Rule of Law and American People by Bucking Sanctuary Cities – JEFF SESSIONS
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/02/28/jeff-sessions-court-stands-up-for-rule-of-law-and-american-people-by-bucking-sanctuary-cities/

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Trump administration sides with Asian American students in discrimination suit against Harvard – William A. Jacobson 
https://legalinsurrection.com/2020/02/trump-administration-sides-with-asian-american-students-in-discrimination-suit-against-harvard/

EPOCH TIMES
— Arizona’s Most Populous County Becomes ‘Second Amendment Preservation County’ – ISABEL VAN BRUGEN
https://www.theepochtimes.com/arizonas-most-populous-county-becomes-second-amendment-preservation-county_3254051.html

NBC NEWS
— In the South Carolina primary, Clyburn endorsements carry political weight – Janell Ross (DIERSEN: Not that my endorsement carries any political weight, but since 2000, RINOs, their operatives, and their dupes in Wheaton, Glen Ellyn, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois have hinted/implied/argued/shouted at Republican candidates in primary elections that they should not seek/accept my endorsement because I only endorse candidates who are “too conservative” to win in general elections.) 
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/south-carolina-primary-clyburn-endorsements-carry-political-weight-n1145746
— Asian American lawmakers urge Congress members to help stop coronavirus-fueled xenophobia “The best way to stop the spread of coronavirus is to wash your hands, not perpetuate racist stereotypes,” reads a letter sent from the Asian American caucus to fellow Congress members. – Kimmy Yam
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/asian-american-lawmakers-urge-congress-members-stop-spreading-coronavirus-misinformation-n1145581

NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE: Trump Accuses Media and Democrats of Exaggerating Coronavirus Threat   The accusations came as other elements of the federal government moved to head off a broader wave of infections like those in China. – Peter Baker and Annie Karni
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/28/us/politics/trump-accuses-media-democrats-coronavirus.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Asian-American Voters to Play Big Role on Super Tuesday The fastest-growing racial group in the U.S. has become a key Democratic constituency, but Trump is courting them, too – Emily Glazer and Christine Mai-Duc (DIERSEN: Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs shout at Asian-Americans, and at everyone else, that Republicans are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things who should be gotten rid of once and for all. Republicans encourage Republican Asian-Americans to run for government offices and political offices.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/asian-american-voters-to-play-big-role-on-super-tuesday-11582894805

NEWSWEEK
— Will Trump Restart White House Press Conferences? – John Gizzi 
https://www.newsmax.com/john-gizzi/white-house-press-conference-jim-acosta/2020/02/28/id/956148/

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— In red California, Democrats struggle to win young voters amid a ‘sea of gray hairs’ – HAILEY BRANSON-POTTS
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-02-28/young-democrat-voters-conservative-placer-county-california-election
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Millennials and the younger Generation Z overwhelmingly disapprove of President Trump. They also are more racially and ethnically diverse and more liberal than previous generations, according to the Pew Research Center. But they are more unlikely to vote than any other age group. People ages 18 to 24 consistently vote at a rate 15 to 25 percentage points lower than the overall population, according to a Times analysis of census data.)

FIVE THIRTY EIGHT
— Which Candidates Are Asian Americans Supporting In California? – Likhitha Butchireddygari (DIERSEN: Which candidates are Asian Americans supporting in your precinct, in your municipal district, in your municipality, in your township, and in your county?) 
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/sanders-might-have-an-edge-with-asian-americans-in-california/

LAGUNA BEACH INDEPENDENT
— Accountants Push for CPA on Audit Committee – Daniel Langhorne (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who have worked the hardest to stop me from serving as the Treasurer of the Milton Township Republican Organization. I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979. I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981. I became a Licensed CPA in 1981, Certified Fraud Examiner in 1990, Certified Government Financial Manager in 1994, Certified Financial Services Auditor in 1996, and Forensic Accountant in 1997. I worked for GAO as an Analyst 1980-1997, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 levels, currently $101,176-$131,532/year. I worked for IRS as a Revenue Officer 1971-1980, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 step 1-5 levels, currently $85,084-$96,431/year. I served on the Association of Government Accountants Chicago Chapter Executive Committee 1983-1996 and as its Treasurer 1983-1986. I served as the Illinois Center Right Coalition Treasurer 2003-2006.) 
https://www.lagunabeachindy.com/accountants-push-for-cpa-on-audit-committee/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A Laguna Beach citizens committee charged with watchdogging city finances presented its report Tuesday on the 2017-18 Fiscal Year, about 19 months after the close of the accounting period. The 32-page report published by the Citizens’ Audit Review and Measure LL Oversight Committee has sparked criticism and concerns by a group of 24 Laguna Beach residents with professional backgrounds in finance, business, accounting, and auditing who argue the panel should have at least one certified public accountant with expertise in auditing. Considering the city’s reported revenues were more than $109 million in 2017-18, this watchdog cadre says the taxpayers would be better served with additional experienced eyes on the city’s ledger.)

BENEFITS PRO
— 10 best companies to work for – Katie Kuehner-Hebert (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will these companies officially stop hiring those who are the following and get rid of those who are the following: Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?) 
https://www.benefitspro.com/2020/02/28/10-best-companies-to-work-for/?slreturn=20200129074946

ROOT
— Every Democratic Candidates’ ‘Black Agenda,’ Ranked – Michael Harriot (DIERSEN: To give preference to Blacks is to discriminate against Whites, Hispanics, Asians, etc. To give preference to women is to discriminate against men. To give preference to younger people is to discriminate against older people. To give preference to those who have less money is to discriminate against those who have more money. To give preference to non-Protestants is to discriminate against Protestants. To give preference to non-German Americans is to discriminate against German Americans. To give preference to citizens of foreign countries is to discriminate against citizens of America. To give preference to those whose ancestors have NOT been in America for a long time is to discriminate against those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.) 
https://www.theroot.com/every-democratic-candidates-black-agenda-ranked-1841959166

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.