ABC7
— Illinois COVID-19 Update: IL reports 946 cases, 6 deaths – Liz Nagy
https://abc7chicago.com/health/il-reports-946-covid-cases-6-deaths/10650750/
— Biden tax returns reveal he paid 25.9% rate and earned $607,336 in 2020 – AP
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/biden-tax-returns-show-president-paid-259%25-rate-/10652231/
NBC5
— Millionaires Who Favor Raising Taxes on the Rich Launch Protests in Front of Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos’ Home on Tax Day – Brian Schwartz
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/business/money-report/millionaires-who-favor-raising-taxes-on-the-rich-launching-protests-in-front-of-amazon-ceo-jeff-bezos-home-on-tax-day/2511755/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Downstate Illinois men charged in US Capitol breach asked cop for directions to the bathroom, feds say – JASON MEISNER
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/criminal-justice/ct-us-capitol-breach-illinois-charges-wangler-harrison-20210517-jz7eahg2rfgahcwaoyzs27amkq-story.html
— Pritzker tries to clear up mask confusion | State’s eviction moratorium will be phased out by August | Giannoulias gets boost from Downstate Democrats – LISA DONOVAN
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-pritzker-announces-state-follow-cdc-orders-eviction-ban-ending-spin-20210517-levbtmuiynegbecy2ckspw6p3m-story.html
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Feds charge 2 more Illinoisans in U.S. Capitol breach as massive investigation continues. Douglas K. Wangler allegedly told one witness, “if walking around and singing some patriotic songs is a crime then I guess I am guilty.” – Jon Seidel and Madeline Kenney
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2021/5/17/22439655/feds-charge-2-more-illinoisans-us-capitol-breach-investigation-continues
DAILY HERALD
— GOP says Democrats’ ethics bill doesn’t go far enough – PETER HANCOCK
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20210517/gop-says-democrats-ethics-bill-doesnt-go-far-enough
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Cheney-promoter promotes hatred against those who do not share his hatred of Trump.
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20210517/country-over-party
— House GOP was right – Dan Ulrey, Rolling Meadows
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20210517/house-gop-was-right
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— $693,792: That’s the lifetime tax tab for an Illinoisan. It ranks the state 10th in a study. New Jersey’s on top, at $931,698. – Bloomberg
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/news/693792-thats-lifetime-tax-tab-illinoisan
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Illinois Senate Republicans unveil sweeping bill to fight public corruption – Shabnam Danesh
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/illinois-senate-republicans-unveil-sweeping-bill-to-fight-public-corruption/
WJOL
— Kinzinger: Party’s Current Main Principle Is Loyalty To Trump (DIERSEN: Republicans are fully aware of Trump’s strengths and weaknesses, his positives and negatives. RINOs a) ignore, dismiss, deny Trump’s strengths and positives and b) fixate on, overstate, amplify Trump’s weaknesses and negatives.)
https://www.wjol.com/rep-kinzinger-partys-current-main-principle-is-loyalty-to-trump/
WILLIAM J KELLY
— Chicago Democrats Demand Anti-Hair Discrimination Bill, Ignore Murders
https://www.williamjkelly.org/news/citizen-kelly-chicago-democrats-anti-hair-discrimination-murders
ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Critical Race Theory: It’s A Cancer, Not A Cure – Ryan Scott Bomberger
https://illinoisfamily.org/marriage/critical-race-theory-its-a-cancer-not-a-cure/
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— PRITZKER: NO MATTER WHAT, ABORTION WILL REMAIN LEGAL IN ILLINOIS
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2021/05/pritzker-no-matter-what-abortion-will-remain-legal-in-illinois.html
— OP-ED: GUESS WHAT? NOT ALL WORK IS WORTH $15 PER HOUR
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2021/05/op-ed-guess-what-not-all-work-is-worth-15-per-hour.html
— THORNER: CONCERN ABOUT BIDEN’S HEALTH AND LEADERSHIP GROWS AMONG MILITARY OFFICERS
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2021/05/thorner-concern-about-bidens-health-and-leadership-grows-among-military-officers-.html
CAPITOL FAX
— 946 new confirmed and probable cases; 6 additional deaths; 1,512 hospitalized; 398 in ICU; 2.4 percent average case positivity rate; 2.9 percent average test positivity rate; 61,275 average daily doses; 64+ percent of 18+ have received at least one dose
https://capitolfax.com/2021/05/17/946-new-confirmed-and-probable-cases-6-additional-deaths-1512-hospitalized-398-in-icu-24-percent-average-case-positivity-rate-29-percent-average-test-positivity-rate-61275-average-daily-doses-64-perce/
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Biden’s HUD to let illegal immigrants use taxpayer funds for public housing – Dave Boyer (DIERSEN: How many public housing units do the Democrats want to build 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? What do you say to those who want to build public housing in my precinct on the south side of Roosevelt Road in Wheaton between the Prairie Path and Main Street?)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/may/17/hud-under-joe-biden-wont-require-citizenship-housi/
GOPUSA
— Audacity: 1 RINO (Liz Cheney) Tells 74,000,000 Trump Supporters They Are ‘Misled’ (DIERSEN: Republicans are fully aware of Trump’s strengths and weaknesses, his positives and negatives. RINOs a) ignore, dismiss, deny Trump’s strengths and positives and b) fixate on, overstate, amplify Trump’s weaknesses and negatives.)
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=110354
— Biden Announces Police Week — And Insults Every Cop In America
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=110352
— Fauci Says Pandemic Highlights Racism’s Impact (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, hate-filled Republican-hating Republican-haters hint/imply/argue/shout that Republicans have caused, are causing, and will forever cause all the problems that minorities have had, are having, and will have.)
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=110364
— America Declines. The Media Obsess Over GOP Squabbles
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=110361
— American Medical Association Puts Critical Race Theory Above All
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=110357
— 88% Of US Children To Begin Receiving Federal Monthly Payments Starting In July
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=110400
AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Biden Administration Diverts Funding from American Healthcare to Help Illegal Aliens – Eric Lendrum
https://amgreatness.com/2021/05/17/biden-administration-diverts-funding-from-american-healthcare-to-help-illegal-aliens/
BREITBART
— Not So Woke: NFL Brain Injury Lawsuit Claims Black Men Have Lower Cognitive Skills than White Men – WARNER TODD HUSTON
https://www.breitbart.com/sports/2021/05/17/not-so-woke-nfl-brain-injury-lawsuit-claims-black-men-have-lower-cognitive-skills-than-white-men/
DAILY CALLER
— Trump To Headline North Carolina GOP Convention This Summer – DYLAN HOUSMAN
https://dailycaller.com/2021/05/17/donald-trump-north-carolina-gop-convention-michael-whatley/
TOWNHALL
— The Media Hates You And Is Shocked That You Hate It Back – Kurt Schlichter
https://townhall.com/columnists/kurtschlichter/2021/05/17/the-media-hates-you-and-is-shocked-that-you-hate-it-back-n2589511
— It’s Your ‘Patriotic Duty’ To Ditch The Masks And Get A Job – Scott Morefield
https://townhall.com/columnists/scottmorefield/2021/05/17/its-your-patriotic-duty-to-ditch-the-masks-and-get-a-job-n2589545
— We Strongly Stand Behind Our Reporter (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents shout that those who dominate the following never did, do not now, and never will stand behind me: Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Milton Township Republican Organization, Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Illinois Center Right Coalition, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter, GAO, IRS, Chicago Heights Firestone Store, Park Forest Post Office, etc.)
https://townhall.com//columnists/townhallcomstaff/2021/05/14/we-strongly-stand-behind-our-reporter-n2589406
EPOCH TIMES
— American Airlines Investigating Pilot Who Opposes School District’s Critical Race Theory Plan – GQ PAN (DIERSEN: I should write a book about the adverse actions that my Democrat superiors in the federal government took against me a) because I complained about political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination and b) because in 1988, when I was 40 years old, I became an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged GAO with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.)
https://www.theepochtimes.com/mkt_breakingnews/american-airlines-investigating-pilot-who-opposes-school-districts-critical-race-theory-plan_3818459.html
THE HILL
— Biden revokes Trump-era order targeting shield for website operators – REBECCA KLAR (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes do not want me to have any kind of shield for anything that I do for you as your GOPUSA Illinois Editor. They want to stop me from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters. Failing that, they want to stop me from posting copies of the newsletters at www.gopillinois.com . Failing that, they want to stop everyone from reading the newsletters. Failing that, they do everything that they can to frustrate my efforts to put together and send out the newsletters.)
https://thehill.com/policy/technology/553895-biden-revokes-trump-era-order-targeting-shield-for-website-operators
— Confidant says Trump’s health might be too poor to run for president again. “I think for him, everything will depend on his health at that time. If he still has energy and strength like he does.” – Adam Barnes (DIERSEN: I was born in 1948. All my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always promoted age discrimination. What would you stress in defense of your age? I stress that neither health problems nor any other kind of problem has stopped me from putting together and sending out a GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletter a) each and every morning since 2004 and b) each and every evening too since 2015. Further, I have the best record by far for attending Milton Township Republican Organization meetings and fundraisers since 1999.)
https://thehill.com/changing-america/well-being/longevity/553867-trump-confidant-says-trumps-health-might-be-too-poor-to
POLITICO
— Who’s next on ransomware’s hit list – SAM SABIN
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/weekly-cybersecurity/2021/05/17/whos-next-on-ransomwares-hit-list-795343
NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats a) promote LGBTQ and b) destroy individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that do not promote LGBTQ.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/17/us/politics/biden-lgbtq-rights.html
SEATTLE TIMES
— Alaska Republican Party chair resigns, to move to Virginia – AP
https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/northwest/alaska-republican-party-chair-resigns-to-move-to-virginia/
BLOOMBERG
— Trump to Address State GOP Group as Part of His Return to Public – Mark Niquette
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-05-17/trump-to-address-state-gop-group-as-part-of-his-return-to-public
FINANCIAL POST
— Learning new skills can help both your brain and your career. Demand for those with financial proficiencies continues to grow. (DIERSEN: What did you do to qualify yourself for better paying jobs? I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree (management from NIU) when I was 21 in 1970 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27 (MBA from Loyola), 31 (accounting from DePaul), and 48 (financial markets and trading from IIT), b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30 (CPA), 32 (Certified Internal Auditor), 41 (Certified Fraud Examiner), 45 (Certified Government Financial Manager), 47 (Certified Financial Services Auditor), and 48 (Forensic Accountant), and c) a job-related professional license when I was 32 (CPA).)
https://financialpost.com/personal-finance/business-essentials/learning-new-skills-can-help-both-your-brain-and-your-career
METRO WEEKLY
— SNL mocks Liz Cheney for opposing lesbian sister’s same-sex marriage. Kate McKinnon’s Liz Cheney complained about being cast out by Republicans, noting she “opposed gay marriage even though my own sister is a lez” – Rhuaridh Marr
https://www.metroweekly.com/2021/05/snl-mocks-liz-cheney-for-opposing-lesbian-sisters-same-sex-marriage/
LGBTQ NATION
— Anti-vaxxers now “identify as fully vaccinated” to get out of mask mandates. The old transphobic joke might get people killed as people say they will skirt mask guidelines by just “identifying” as fully vaccinated. – Alex Bollinger
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2021/05/anti-vaxxers-now-identify-fully-vaccinated-get-mask-mandates/
