June 1 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Illinois COVID-19 Update: IL reports 401 cases, 8 deaths
https://abc7chicago.com/health/il-reports-401-covid-cases-8-deaths/10728434/
— Chicago’s Race Riot of 1919 left 38 dead, 2 years before Tulsa Massacre – Leah Hope
https://abc7chicago.com/before-tulsa-massacre-chicago-saw-its-own-deadly-race-riots/10730014/
— Biden honors forgotten victims on 100th anniversary of Tulsa race massacre in emotional speech – AP
https://abc7chicago.com/society/biden-honors-forgotten-victims-of-tulsa-race-massacre/10728108/
— Most Americans think they can spot fake news. They can’t, study finds – CNN
https://abc7chicago.com/society/most-americans-cannot-spot-fake-news-study-finds/10727952/

NBC5
— Biden Marks Tulsa Race Massacre in Emotional, Graphic Speech. Biden’s visit Tuesday comes amid a national reckoning on racial justice. – Jonathan Lemire and Darlene Superville
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/biden-to-honor-forgotten-victims-of-tulsa-race-massacre/2522605/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Gov. J.B. Pritzker touts ‘fiscal discipline’ of $42 billion budget passed by Democrats as debate over energy policy and subsidies to ComEd parent drags on – DAN PETRELLA, BILL RUTHHART and RICK PEARSON
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-illinois-legislature-adjourns-20210602-g4lmzcdznnaclptdi3p23fy24a-story.html
— Springfield in OT | Pritzker back before the cameras | US Rep. Danny Davis will have at least one Democratic opponent if he runs again – LISA DONOVAN
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-springfield-pritzker-budget-kina-collins-congress-danny-davis-spin-20210601-be7elhh2inf45ltd5d2bw6v2ja-story.html
— Illinois General Assembly spring session recap: Here’s a look at the legislation passed by state lawmakers
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-illinois-general-assembly-legislation-cb-20210601-b5lnobrlknbupo5qw67pnekr74-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DISGUSTING, OUTRAGEOUS, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot. To push pot on an individual, municipality, township, county, state, or country is to destroy that individual, municipality, township, county, state, or country.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/cannabis/2021/6/1/22455300/weed-consumption-illinois-dispensaries-d33-marijuana-nuera-chi-high-tours-west-loop

DAILY HERALD
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats promote LGBTQ in Buffalo Grove.
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20210601/buffalo-grove-pride-drive-will-return-for-another—-and-organizers-hope-final—-spin-sunday

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— As Lightfoot advocates diversity, a look at her own track record – GREG HINZ
(DIERSEN: While worked for the Democrats who ran GAO’s Chicago office 1980-1997, IRS’s Chicago office 1971-1980, and the Park Forest Post Office 1966-1969, Republicans were underrepresented as well as conservatives, Protestants, German Americans, and Whites whose ancestors had been in America for a long time.)
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/greg-hinz-politics/lightfoot-advocates-diversity-look-her-own-track-record

WSIL TV
— Pritzker and Illinois House leaders discuss budget, end of session – Mike Miletich
https://wsiltv.com/2021/06/01/pritzker-and-illinois-house-leaders-discuss-budget-end-of-session/

ILLINOIS NEWS TODAY
— Daily Plaza will raise the Rainbow Pride flag throughout June – Roger Milian
(DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will the Democrats who run Chicago officially announce that are going to get rid of all individuals, organizations, and companies that do not promote LGBTQ once and for all?)
https://illinoisnewstoday.com/daily-plaza-will-raise-the-rainbow-pride-flag-throughout-june/226836/

WILLIAM J KELLY
— Kelly issues updated campaign announcement for ’22 elections
https://www.williamjkelly.org/news/kelly-issues-updated-campaign-announcement-for-22-elections

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Candidate Preparation Workshops Scheduled in Rockford and Naperville
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/06/01/candidate-preparation-workshops-scheduled-in-rockford-and-naperville/
— UPDATED: 2022 Primary Pushed Back from March 15 to June 28 Due to Congressional Remap
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/06/01/primary052821/
— Ethics Legislation Summarized
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/05/31/ethics-legislation-summarized/
— Bill Passes Requiring All Grade School Bathrooms To Provide Menstrual Products with Roll Calls
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/05/31/bill-passes-requiring-all-grade-school-bathrooms-to-provide-menstrual-products/
— Legislature Orders Ice Detention Center Closed by New Year’s Day with Roll Call
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/05/31/legislature-order-ice-detention-center-closed-by-new-years-day/
— Jeanne Ives Points to Potential Pornographic Sex Ed Booklets for School Kids with Roll Calls
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/05/31/jeanne-ives-points-to-potential-pornographic-sex-ed-booklets-for-school-kids/
— Sex Ed Bill Passes by One Vote, Ness Supported and Could Be Said to Be THE Deciding Vote with Roll Calls
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/05/29/sex-ed-bill-passes-by-one-vote-ness-supported-and-could-be-said-to-be-the-deciding-vote/
— Republicans at Woodstock Memorial Day Parade – Preparation
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/05/31/republicans-at-woodstock-memorial-day-parade/
— Oberweis Dairy Hit with Suit for Not Getting Permission to Use Fingerprints to Check Employees In and Out of Work
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/05/31/oberweis-dairy-hit-with-suit-for-not-getting-permission-to-use-fingerprints-to-check-employees-in-and-out-of-work/
— FOID Card Fingerprint Bill Passes by One House Vote with Roll Call
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/05/30/foid-card-fingerprint-bill-passes-by-one-house-vote/
— UPDATE: Orange Man Bad for Suggesting Chinese Lab Manufactured Coronavirus, Biden Good for Looking into Possibility a Year Late
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/05/30/orange-man-bad-for-suggesting-chinese-lab-manufactured-coronavirus-biden-good-for-looking-into-possibility-a-year-later-copy/
— Eastern Illinois State Rep. Blaine Wilhour Lays It on the Line on Protecting Unions in the Illinois Constitutional: “Unions Don’t Create Jobs” with Roll Calls with Republicans Shown
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/05/30/eastern-illinois-state-rep-blaine-wilhour-lays-it-on-the-line-on-protecting-unions-in-the-illinois-constitutional-unions-dont-create-jobs/
— House Republicans Tank for Crooked ComEd
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/05/29/house-republicans-tank-for-crooked-comed/

CAPITOL FAX
— 401 new confirmed and probable cases; 8 additional deaths; 1,031 hospitalized; 284 in ICU; 1.6 percent average case positivity rate; 1.9 percent test positivity rate; 45,545 average daily doses
https://capitolfax.com/2021/06/01/401-new-confirmed-and-probable-cases-8-additional-deaths-1031-hospitalized-284-in-icu-16-percent-average-case-positivity-rate-19-percent-test-positivity-rate-45545-average-daily-doses/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Memorial Day lost on the likes of Kamala Harris – Charles Hurt
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/may/31/memorial-day-lost-on-the-likes-of-kamala-harris/

GOPUSA
— Division: Biden Travels To Tulsa To Unveil New Efforts To Increase Black Wealth Using Federal Power
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=111034

AMERICAN THINKER
— With Kamala Harris doing nothing on the border – Monica Showalter
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2021/06/with_kamala_harris_doing_nothing_on_the_border_joe_biden_gets_out_his_pen_and_phone.html

BLAZE
— Trump slams former GOP congresswoman and other ‘RINO losers’ after she jokes about him – CARLOS GARCIA
https://www.theblaze.com/news/trump-comstock-rino-republicans
— National Black Power Convention activist says a time to ‘kill everything white in sight’ will soon come – SARAH TAYLOR
https://www.theblaze.com/news/national-black-power-activist-kill-everything-white

CONSERVATIVE HQ
— The Poison Of Paul Ryan – George Rasley
https://www.conservativehq.org/post/the-poison-of-paul-ryan

FEDERALIST
— New Poll Finds All Those People Moving To Texas Aren’t Going To Be Voting For Democrats. It’s not just high-profile movers like Elon Musk and Joe Rogan. They’re joined by about three-quarters of a million people a year. – Chuck DeVore
https://thefederalist.com/2021/06/01/new-poll-finds-all-those-people-moving-to-texas-arent-going-to-be-voting-for-democrats/

DAILY WIRE
— New York Times Blames ‘GOP Elites’ For BLM’s Decline In Popularity Nationwide – Ben Johnson
https://www.dailywire.com/news/new-york-times-blames-gop-elites-for-blms-decline-in-popularity-nationwide
— ‘Blue Lives Murder’ Apparel Appears For Sale On Amazon, Law Enforcement Demands Its Removal – Paul Bois
https://www.dailywire.com/news/blue-lives-murder-apparel-appears-for-sale-on-amazon-law-enforcement-demands-its-removal
— Shoplifting Skyrockets In San Francisco, Forcing Retailers To Close Stores – Ashe Schow
https://www.dailywire.com/news/shoplifting-skyrockets-in-san-francisco-forcing-retailers-to-close-stores

EPOCH TIMES
— Beijing Criticizes Chinese Youth’s ‘Do-Nothing’ Approach to Life – JESSICA MAO, RONA RUI AND TERRI WU
(DIERSEN: What did you do when you were young? I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 32. I did yard work and delivered newspapers 1962-1964; washed dishes 1964-1966; cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966; delivered mail 1966-1969; worked on an automobile assembly line and as a security guard in 1970; sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971; pumped gasoline 1971-1972; collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980; and audited federal agencies 1980-1997. I bought real estate when I was 24, 25, and 27 and with my wife when I was 29 and 35. I bought new cars when I was 17, 19, 20, 23, 29, etc.)
https://www.theepochtimes.com/beijing-criticizes-chinese-youths-do-nothing-approach-to-life_3838831.html
— Texas Counties Start Charging Illegal Aliens With Child Endangerment, Trespass – CHARLOTTE CUTHBERTSON
https://www.theepochtimes.com/mkt_breakingnews/texas-counties-start-charging-illegal-aliens-with-child-endangerment-trespass_3838725.html
— Supreme Court Rules Asylum Applicants Bear Burden of Proof, Reversing 9th Circuit – MATTHEW VADUM
https://www.theepochtimes.com/mkt_breakingnews/supreme-court-reverses-9th-circuit-in-chinese-asylum-case_3839831.html
— There Are Alarming Trends Toward Socialism Developing Under the Biden Administration
https://www.theepochtimes.com/there-are-alarming-trends-toward-socialism-developing-under-the-biden-administration_3840363.html

CNN
— AP explains why it fired Emily Wilder for pro-Palestinian tweets – David Goldman
(DIERSEN: AP hired Wilder knowing that she “was an active member of pro-Palestinian groups at her college. She was a proponent of Palestinian human rights and a critic of the Israeli government.” If I had been active in Republican politics when I attended high school 1962-1966, the Post Office would not have hired me in 1966. If I had been active in Republican politics when I attended UIC 1966-1968 or NIU 1969-1970, IRS would not have hired me in 1971. If I had been active in Republican politics when I attended Loyola 1972-1976 or DePaul 1976-1980, GAO would not have hired me in 1980.)
https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/30/media/ap-emily-wilder-firing/index.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Before joining the AP, Wilder was an active member of pro-Palestinian groups at her college. She was a proponent of Palestinian human rights and a critic of the Israeli government.)

REUTERS
— Biden says nearly 14% of his 1,500 agency appointees identify as LGBTQ – Nandita Bose
(DIERSEN: Those who promote LGBTQ force LGBTQers to destroy those who do not promote LGBTQ.)
https://www.reuters.com/article/usa-biden-pride/biden-says-nearly-14-of-his-1500-agency-appointees-identify-as-lgbtq-idUSL2N2NJ1OR

WASHINGTON POST
— Biden will allow undocumented students to access pandemic relief – Sarah R. Coleman
(DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats illegally encourage citizens of foreign countries to illegally come to America illegally and to illegally stay in America illegally. Democrats should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/06/01/biden-will-allow-undocumented-students-access-pandemic-relief/

FORBES
— Bill Banning LGBT Flags At Embassies Gains GOP Backers On First Day Of Pride Month – Andrew Solender
https://www.forbes.com/sites/andrewsolender/2021/06/01/bill-banning-lgbt-flags-at-embassies-gains-gop-backers-on-first-day-of-pride-month/

RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— Voters Don’t Think Biden Has Made Much Difference for Black America
(DIERSEN: In 1997, when I was 49 years old, my Democrat GAO superiors made lots of difference for my Black subordinate. They forced me to take their early retirement “offer” and gave him my job and my preferred corner office.)
https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/biden_administration/voters_don_t_think_biden_has_made_much_difference_for_black_america

MINNESOTA STATE UNIVERSITY
— When a Reporter Calls
(DIERSEN: What do you say to those who read my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters, but who fail/refuse to return my phone calls? What message are they sending me by doing that? Are they caving in to my critics/opponents who have threatened to destroy them if they return my phone calls? Do they read my newsletters only for “opposition research?”)
https://www.mnsu.edu/media/reportercall.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.