May 26 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Pride Parade returns to Chicago this fall. Chicago Pride in the Park also coming back to Grant Park as part of LGBTQ celebrations (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote LGBTQ.)
https://abc7chicago.com/community-events/pride-parade-returning-to-chicago-this-year/10697881/
— Illinois COVID-19 Update: IL reports 1,139 cases, 27 deaths
https://abc7chicago.com/health/il-reports-1139-covid-19-case-27-deaths/10698228/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Grand jury charges former Madigan chief of staff Tim Mapes with perjury, obstruction of justice. The charges bring the feds closer than ever to Madigan, who has not been criminally charged and denies wrongdoing. It also lifts the curtain slightly on a grand jury drilling deep into Illinois politics. – Jon Seidel and Rachel Hinton
https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2021/5/26/22455336/grand-jury-charges-former-madigan-chief-staff-tim-mapes-with-perjury-obstruction-of-justice
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Republican-hating Republican-hater promotes hatred against Republicans.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2021/5/26/22455789/arizona-maricopa-county-audit-gop-voter-suppression-gene-lyons

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Plan to rename Lake Shore Drive for Dusable stalls in City Council | Pritzker nudges state Senate on weed equity bill | Lightfoot says city’s beaches to reopen – LISA DONOVAN
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-city-council-halts-lake-shore-drive-dusable-general-assembly-spin-20210526-63hflusizfbulij2zh6piyaqbq-story.html
— Illinois legislators approve proposal to ask voters if workers should have a ‘fundamental right’ to organize under the state constitution – RICK PEARSON and DAN PETRELLA
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-illinois-union-amendment-20210526-jzf3ffx62bbbtmg4dpmvvyl3fi-story.html

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote hatred against Republicans and then hypocritically complain about “the vanishing political center.”
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/greg-hinz-politics/search-vanishing-political-center

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Abortion foes to challenge ‘culturally responsive’ teaching standards – Peter Hancock
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/politics/government/2021/05/26/illinois-teaching-standards-face-challenge-abortion-foes/7449640002/

BELLEVIEW NEWS DEMOCRAT
— IL Republican lawmakers complain data used to draw legislative maps still not available – PETER HANCOCK
https://www.bnd.com/news/politics-government/article251687668.html

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— THORNER: THE BIG LIE
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2021/05/thorner-the-big-lie.html
— NAPOLITANO: THE GOVERNMENT’S EMERGENCY POWERS MYTH
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2021/05/napolitano-the-governments-emergency-powers-myth.html
— THE CHILD SOLDIERS OF PORTLAND
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2021/05/the-child-soldiers-of-portland.html

CAPITOL FAX
— Illinois Supreme Court remap roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2021/05/26/illinois-supreme-court-remap-roundup/
— 1,139 new confirmed and probable cases; 27 additional deaths; 1,395 hospitalized; 351 in ICU; 2.0 percent average case positivity rate; 2.6 percent average test positivity rate; 71,215 average daily doses; 49 percent of adults fully vaxed
https://capitolfax.com/2021/05/26/1139-new-confirmed-and-probable-cases-27-additional-deaths-1395-hospitalized-351-in-icu-20-percent-average-case-positivity-rate-26-percent-average-test-positivity-rate-71215-average-daily-doses-49-per/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Republican Party and corporate America embark on a long divorce When it’s finished, it’s unclear where or to whom corporations will go to advocate for their political preferences – Michael McKenna (DIERSEN: What percent of corporate America has always wanted cheap labor, age discrimination, LGBTQ, abortion, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, etc.?)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/apr/17/the-republican-party-and-corporate-america-embark-/

FOX NEWS
— Tucker: Americans given barrage of ‘propaganda’ from Big Tech on transgender youth
https://video.foxnews.com/v/6256014873001

GOPUSA
— China Isn’t Winning. The West Is Forfeiting
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=110759

BREITBART
— Duckworth: GOP Would Rather Defend Trump and Traitors ‘than Defend Our Democracy’ – PAM KEY
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2021/05/26/duckworth-gop-would-rather-defend-trump-and-traitors-than-defend-our-democracy/

DAILY CALLER

— Border Crisis Continues: Large Group Of Venezuelan Migrants Crosses Into Texas Illegally – JORGE VENTURA
https://dailycaller.com/2021/05/26/border-crisis-continues-large-group-of-venezuelan-migrants-crosses-into-texas-illegally/

TOWNHALL
— The Gerrymandered Map Proposal from Illinois Democrats Is Wild – Guy Benson
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2021/05/26/behold-the-insane-gerrymandering-map-from-illinois-democrats-n2589927

EPOCH TIMES
— ‘Dangerous’ New Wave of Censorship Culminating in the US: Dershowitz – ISABEL VAN BRUGEN AND JOSHUA PHILIPP
https://www.theepochtimes.com/mkt_breakingnews/dangerous-new-wave-of-censorship-culminating-in-the-us-dershowitz_3831339.html

THE HILL
— What happens to the children Biden welcomes into the country? – NOLAN RAPPAPORT
https://thehill.com/opinion/immigration/555391-what-happens-to-the-children-biden-welcomes-into-the-country

FORBES
— Study Shows People Working From Home Are Having Sex, Dating, Taking Naps And Doing Side Hustles On Company Time – Jack Kelly
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jackkelly/2021/05/26/study-shows-people-working-from-home-are-having-sex-dating-taking-naps-and-doing-side-hustles-on-company-time/

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.