April 7 Morning Edition

ABC7
— Illinois Election Results 2021: Races across Chicago suburbs make history – Diane Pathieu
https://abc7chicago.com/illinois-election-results-2021-cook-county-dupage-school-board/10494164/

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Annual rankings name DuPage as healthiest county in Illinois
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/919245

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Live municipal election results
https://www.chicagotribune.com/election-results/
— Former House Speaker John Boehner says Trump ‘incited that bloody insurrection,’ GOP taken over by ‘whack jobs’ – MAGGIE HABERMAN
https://www.chicagotribune.com/nation-world/ct-aud-nw-nyt-john-boehner-book-trump-capitol-riot-20210407-i23unoacknbdvlnlvuqox4t6b4-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— Incumbent Holan wins re-election in College of DuPage battle. Holan, who garnered 39,234 votes, was followed by candidates Florence Appel with 34,739 and Deborah Sajdak with 29,723. – Katlyn Smith
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20210406/incumbent-holan-wins-re-election-in-college-of-dupage-battle
— MARCH 18, 2021 FLASHBACK: Deborah Sajdak: 2021 candidate for College of DuPage board
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20210225/deborah-sajdak-2021-candidate-for-college-of-dupage-board
(FROM THE ARTICLE: After a lengthy professional career, I am in a position now where I can become more involved in the community. Since education has such a vital role in our society I would like to make some contribution to the success of our young people as they learn and grow. In my positions with Nordstrom I have acquired a broad variety of skills that include: procurement, conflict resolution, negotiation, organization and communication and I would enjoy being able to use these skills in a completely different environment. The only direct experience I have had in higher education has been as a student myself, but it seems to me that the COD board is a place where the skills that I developed over decades at Nordstrom, a large, well known retailer, could be exceptionally useful. At Nordstrom, in my positions as store manager as well as a buyer, I was able to cultivate a broad variety of competence in important management skills including procurement, conflict resolution, negotiation, organization, and communication. I would really enjoy putting those abilities to good use in a completely different, noncommercial environment. I believe that I would bring a fresh set of eyes to the table and would be able to give a different perspective to the issues that are currently faced.)
— School board incumbents fare well in DuPage County in pandemic election – Katlyn Smith
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20210407/school-board-incumbents-fare-well-in-dupage-county-in-pandemic-election
— With union support, establishment candidates turn back critics of gradual school reopenings – Eric Peterson and John Lampinen
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20210407/with-union-support-establishment-candidates-turn-back-critics-of-gradual-school-reopenings
— Some Naperville, Lisle, Villa Park and Downers Grove incumbents lose reelection bids – Susan Sarkauskas
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20210407/some-naperville-lisle-villa-park-and-downers-grove-incumbents-lose-reelection-bids
— Senak victorious in Glen Ellyn village president race – Lauren Rohr
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20210406/senak-victorious-in-glen-ellyn-village-president-race
— Aurora Mayor Richard Irvin elected to second term – Lauren Rohr
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20210406/aurora-mayor-richard-irvin-elected-to-second-term
— Incumbents come out on top in DuPage mayoral races – Lauren Rohr
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20210407/incumbents-come-out-on-top-in-dupage-mayoral-races

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Surging COVID-19 cases, rising positivity mean it’s ‘time to double down’ on face masks and other precautions. Nearly 600 Chicagoans are testing positive every day on average, a figure that has more than doubled since the start of March. – Mitchell Armentrout
https://chicago.suntimes.com/coronavirus/2021/4/6/22370126/illinois-coronavirus-vaccine-cases-deaths-surge-pritzker-reopen-covid-19-april-6
— See you in church … oops, no I won’t. Gallup Poll finds that, for the first time, most Americans don’t belong to a congregation. – Neil Steinberg
(DIERSEN: What do you say to those who demonize, denigrate, and condemn me because I am not a member of a church, because I do not attend church services, and because I do not give money to a church?)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2021/4/6/22369616/gallup-poll-church-synagogue-mosque-membership-declining-religion-congregation-beliefs-steinberg

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Low turnout fueled by ‘voter fatigue’ expected for local elections, county clerk says – Dean Olsen
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/2021/04/06/sangamon-county-illinois-election-day-updates/7091036002/

SUBURBAN LIFE
— Senak victorious in Glen Ellyn village president race
https://www.shawlocal.com/my-suburban-life/news/government/2021/04/07/mark-senak-posts-early-lead-in-glen-ellyn-village-president-race/

QUAD CITIES ONLINE
— Former Republican Illinois U.S. Rep. Bobby Schilling dies after bout of cancer. – Tom Barton
https://qconline.com/news/local/former-republican-illinois-u-s-rep-bobby-schilling-dies-after-bout-of-cancer/article_2b520f2f-2167-51d4-8fcc-2882bee37da7.html

NPR ILLINOIS
— San Francisco School Board Rescinds Controversial School Renaming Plan – VANESSA ROMO
https://www.nprillinois.org/post/san-francisco-school-board-rescinds-controversial-school-renaming-plan#stream/0


— The Military Confronts Extremism, One Conversation At A Time – TOM BOWMAN & STEVE WALSH
(DIERSEN: Soon, under the Democrats, all those in the military will be 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://www.nprillinois.org/post/military-confronts-extremism-one-conversation-time#stream/0

FOX ILLINOIS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Democrats see refugees as being their soldiers in their army to get rid of Republicans once and for all.
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/refugee-families-urge-biden-to-keep-promise-to-up-admissions

KANE COUNTY CONNECTS
— APRIL 6 MAYOR, VILLAGE PRESIDENT ELECTION RESULTS — IRVIN WINS AURORA, BURNS IN GENEVA, VITEK IN STC
https://kanecountyconnects.com/2021/04/april-6-mayor-village-president-election-results-irvin-wins-aurora-burns-in-geneva-vitek-in-stc/

ELMHURST PATCH
— Republicans Prevail In York Township Races. Democrats draw more votes in trustee contests than they did four years ago. – David Giuliani
https://patch.com/illinois/elmhurst/republicans-prevail-york-township-races

CHICAGO NOW
— An Interview with 2022 U.S. Senate hopeful Peggy Hubbard – Ray Johnson
https://www.chicagonow.com/chicago-history-cop/2021/04/an-interview-with-2022-u-s-senate-hopeful-peggy-hubbard/

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— States With Racist Jim Crow Voter Suppression Laws – Laurie Higgins
https://illinoisfamily.org/federal/states-with-racist-jim-crow-voter-suppression-laws/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Public to Biden: Get OK before shipping migrants to towns – Paul Bedard
(DIERSEN: How many illegals do the Democrats want to dump in Illinois, in your county, in your county district, in your township, in your municipality, in your municipal district, in your precinct, and in your neighborhood?)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/washington-secrets/public-to-biden-get-ok-before-shipping-migrants-to-their-towns
— California’s migrant mess – Tori Richards
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/californias-migrant-mess

FOX NEWS
— Livington County, Illinois Sheriff Tony Childress on border crisis: ‘Who leaves their doors unlocked at night when they go to sleep?’
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/illinois-sherriff-border-crisis-doors-unlocked-biden-wall
— Indiana AG probing Big Tech, social media company ‘methods’ limiting conservative content. Attorney General Todd Rokita claims Big Tech censorship ‘potentially harmful and unfair’ – Brooke Singman
(DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Google Alerts are to non-credible articles on non-credible websites written by non-credible authors that promote the Democrat, Libertarian, and/or Green party platforms. Ever-increasingly, Google Alerts are duplicative and not timely. I should write a book the aforesaid.)
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/indiana-attorney-general-google-facebook-amazon-apple-twitter
— Politico sparks backlash for proclaiming Andrew Yang the ‘most prominent’ Asian-American politician. Liberals outraged over Politico forgetting about Kamala Harris. – Cortney O’Brien
(DIERSEN: Who are the most prominent Asian-Americans in your county, in your township, and in your municipality? How are they treated by those who have the most religious, government, political, and/or financial clout. I should write a book about the most prominent Asian-Americans in DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton and how they are treated by those who have the most religious, government, political, and/or financial clout.)
https://www.foxnews.com/media/politico-backlash-andrew-yang-prominent

EPOCH TIMES
— White House: Americans Not Required to Carry ‘Vaccine Passports’ – JACK PHILLIPS
https://www.theepochtimes.com/mkt_morningbrief/white-house-americans-not-required-to-carry-vaccine-passports_3764360.html

THE HILL
— Tammy Duckworth pressures postal service board on firing DeJoy – CELINE CASTRONUOVO
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/546795-tammy-duckworth-pressures-postal-service-board-on-firing-dejoy
— Boehner slams Trump: He ‘incited that bloody insurrection for nothing more than selfish reasons’ – DOMINICK MASTRANGELO
https://thehill.com/homenews/media/546856-boehner-slams-trump-he-incited-that-bloody-insurrection-for-nothing-more-than
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Politics upended as corporate America panders to Democrats. Democrats will destroy corporate America.
https://thehill.com/homenews/the-memo/546828-the-memo-politics-upended-as-top-republicans-slam-corporate-america

NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs want to use vaccination passport requirements to get rid of Republicans, and especially Republicans who are law enforcement officers, 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.nytimes.com/2021/04/06/us/politics/vaccine-passports-coronavirus.html?searchResultPosition=1
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Big Business paints itself as being an operative for the Democrat Party, that is, 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://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/06/business/dealbook/mcconnell-mlb-democrats-republicans.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Capitol rioters come municipalities that are ever-increasingly 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://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/06/us/politics/capitol-riot-study.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Biden defends MLB’s choice to move All-Star Game to Colorado – John Wagner
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/04/06/joe-biden-live-updates/#link-U2ZEFRE3N5AJ7J2LK3PSF5UJGY

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: What percent of artificial intelligence workers are one or more of the following: 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 – 98%, 99%, 100%?
https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-can-government-attract-the-ai-talent-it-needs-11617724802
— Texas Bans Vaccine Passports – Melanie Grayce West
https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/covid-2021-04-06/card/ISLLgZTErrYxgA86Lw7q
— Ivy League Acceptance Rates Fall to Record Lows Due to Covid-19. Harvard accepts just 3.4% of applicants, while Columbia admitted 3.7%. – Douglas Belkin
(DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, your degree is worthless if it is not from an Ivy League university, and therefore, my degrees from NIU, Loyola, DePaul, and IIT are worthless.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/ivy-league-acceptance-rates-fall-to-record-lows-due-to-covid-19-11617767857

USA TODAY
— Trips to national parks made easier – Ashley Rossi
(DIERSEN: Between 1978 and 1992, while my wife worked for the U.S. League of Savings Institutions, we took four short vacations every year following her business trips, most commonly to luxury golf resorts across America. Most commonly, we rented a car and visited nearby national parks. Needless-to-say, my Democrat IRS and GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates, and especially those whose spouse had little or no income and those who were not married were beyond furious about that.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/experience/america/national-parks/2021/04/05/national-park-heres-how-make-family-trip-easier-2021/7092543002/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Vaccine-promoters promote those who get vaccinated.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2021/04/05/covid-vaccine-stirs-up-emotions-recipients-across-country/7094426002/

NEWSWEEK
— Adam Kinzinger Warns Fear and Conspiracies Might Get Votes but Is ‘Destructive to Democracy’ – MEGHAN ROOS
https://www.newsweek.com/adam-kinzinger-warns-fear-conspiracies-might-get-votes-destructive-democracy-1581434

PITT NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, the mainstream news media exists to elect Democrats and to reelect Democrats.
https://pittnews.com/article/164807/opinions/opinion-all-mainstream-media-networks-serve-the-same-goal-make-tons-of-money/

FIVE THIRTY EIGHT
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, if you are a Republican, the longer that your ancestors have been in America, the more that Democrats demonize, denigrate, and condemn you, your parents, your grandparents, your great grandparents, and the rest of your ancestors as being disgusting racists.
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/can-a-local-reparations-program-undo-decades-of-housing-discrimination/

AMERICAN PROSPECT
— How Workers Really Get Canceled on the Job. Pre-hiring personality screening and ongoing employer monitoring explicitly weed out workers likely to agitate for a union. – NATHAN NEWMAN
(DIERSEN: I should write a book about my superiors in the federal government who hated unions and hated union members the most. GAO hired me in 1980 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. IRS hired me in 1971 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job. The Post Office hired me in 1966 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job. I was a union member while I worked for IRS 1966-1969 and for IRS 1971-1980.)
https://prospect.org/labor/how-workers-really-get-canceled-on-the-job/

CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION
— How to ‘Read’ a Job Candidate’s CV – David D. Perlmutter
(DIERSEN: Disqualifiers include anything in the CV that indicates that the candidate in White, male, older, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, Trump supporter, heterosexual, married, non-poor, gun owner, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or that the candidate’s ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.chronicle.com/article/admin-101-how-to-read-a-job-candidates-cv

DAILY MAIL
— Everywhere but the border: Kamala Harris has visited a bakery, a water plant with Gavin Newsom and cooked a ‘beautiful’ roast pork at her LA home in the 14 days since Biden made her immigration ‘czar’ – and still hasn’t held a news conference. The Vice President was tasked with addressing the migrant crisis at the border. In two weeks she has only held one phone call with the Guatemalan President. She did not visit the border despite traveling home to California for Easter. – JACK NEWMAN
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9444413/Kamala-Harris-not-visited-Mexico-border-taking-charge-migrant-crisis.html

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.