July 17 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats want athletes to be LGBTQers.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/olympics/ny-lgbtq-athletes-tokyo-olympics-record-number-gay-lesbian-bisexual-trans-queer-20210716-5nxexlajnfadzcqzqogjhs22vy-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Parents and activists warned for years about the violence that would erupt after school closings. It began with Renaissance 2010, a plan to shut down neighborhood schools and create charters, was launched. District officials dismissed neighborhood concerns. – Julie Woestehoff, Arlington Heights
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2021/7/17/22578639/school-closings-gun-violence-mayor-daley-arne-duncan-evan-moore-column-letters

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— What’s really at stake in Chicago’s ward remap. It’s about representation, power and politics. – A.D. QUIG
(DIERSEN: Democrats and RINOs gerrymander to empower voters who are 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. I should write a book about the 2015 gerrymandering of my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 9 in Wheaton.)
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/news/whats-really-stake-chicagos-ward-remap

WGN TV
— Wheaton Warrenville School District 200 parents protest optional mask-wearing decision for upcoming school year – Dana Rebik
https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/district-220-parents-protest-optional-mask-wearing-decision-for-upcoming-school-year/

WGN RADIO
— House Republican Leader Jim Durkin: ‘There is a meltdown going on with our criminal justice system in Illinois and a lot of it is because of bad policies’ – ANNA DAVLANTES
https://wgnradio.com/anna-davlantes/house-republican-leader-jim-durkin-there-is-a-meltdown-going-in-with-our-criminal-justice-system-in-illinois-and-a-lot-of-it-is-because-of-bad-policies/

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— House GOP requests amendatory veto of ethics bill, says inspector general would be weaker – Dean Olsen
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/2021/07/17/illinois-house-gop-asks-amendatory-veto-ethics-reform-legislation/7994506002/

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters promote Kinzinger.
https://www.pantagraph.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/watch-now-u-s-rep-adam-kinzinger-talks-about-outcome-of-2020-election/video_7e551dbc-50eb-59f6-96a7-15df6517063f.html

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Employers to Pritzker: End enhanced unemployment, reinstate work-requirement – Greg Bishop
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/employers-to-pritzker-end-enhanced-unemployment-reinstate-work-requirement/article_dc6fd512-e657-11eb-8761-a3c5499e012b.html
— Illinois cities leave $24 million in COVID-19 relief from 2020 unclaimed. 1,251 smaller Illinois cities still await details on $740 million in 2021 relief. – Greg Bishop
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/illinois-cities-leave-24-million-in-covid-19-relief-from-2020-unclaimed/article_b89e1e7a-e678-11eb-aa4a-dff30d839c02.html

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— $51,627 IN UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS IS AVERAGE FOR A PARENT IN ILLINOIS – Noah Shaar
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/51627-in-unemployment-benefits-is-average-for-a-parent-in-illinois/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Cardona retreats from making critical race theory part of new school grants – Kery Murakami
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/jul/16/education-cardona-retreats-critical-race-theory-gr/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Democrats ignore science with their new push for marijuana – Editorial
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/editorials/democrats-ignore-science-with-their-new-push-for-marijuana
— Denver school board member reveals critical race theory agenda – Jimmy Sengenberger
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/denver-school-board-member-reveals-critical-race-theory-agenda

FOX NEWS
— Chicago alderman warns crime spreading into suburbs: ‘Floodgates’ opened as criminals go unpunished. ‘We’re pushing a boulder up a hill,’ says Anthony Napolitano.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/chicago-alderman-defund-police-agenda-crime-spreading-suburbs
— Ingraham warns ‘misinformation’ censorship could extend to other areas of politics ‘I think the Democrats know their agenda is falling apart’ – Jen Golotko
(DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, all government and political news and commentary is misinformation except for the government and political news and commentary that they put out or bless.)
https://www.foxnews.com/media/ingraham-misinformation-censorship-extend-politics

AMERICAN THINKER
— More news about White hypocrites selling ‘anti-racism’ – Andrea Widburg
(DIERSEN: I should write a book about Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs who are the following and who hypocritically paint themselves as being anti-racist: 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.americanthinker.com/blog/2021/07/more_news_about_white_hypocrites_selling_antiracism.html

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Laws Against Critical Race Theory Are Only the First Step. Use every legal and political option to defund CRT. Don’t just ruffle their feathers, pluck ‘em. – David Randall
https://amgreatness.com/2021/07/16/laws-against-critical-race-theory-are-only-the-first-step/

BREITBART
— Joe Biden’s Open Border to Drive 1.7M Illegal Aliens to U.S. in 2021 – JOHN BINDER
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/07/16/analysis-joe-bidens-open-border-to-drive-1-7m-illegal-aliens-to-u-s-in-2021/
— Democrats Rely on Senate Parliamentarian to Sneak Amnesty into Infrastructure Bill – WENDELL HUSEBØ
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/07/16/democrats-rely-senate-parliamentarian-sneak-amnesty-infrastructure-bill/

BLAZE
— Facebook fires back at President Biden after he says ‘they’re killing people’ with COVID misinformation – CARLOS GARCIA
(DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, all government and political news and commentary is misinformation except for the government and political news and commentary that they put out or bless.)
https://www.theblaze.com/news/biden-facebook-killing-people-misinformation

DAILY CALLER
— Anti-Trump Republicans Blow Away Challengers In Second-Quarter Fundraising – ANDREW TRUNSKY
https://dailycaller.com/2021/07/16/adam-kinzinger-liz-cheney-donald-trump-elections-2020/

DAILY WIRE
— Teachers Union’ President Attacks DeSantis, ‘Millions Will Die,’ Gets Slammed, Offers Only Partial Apology – Hank Berrien
https://www.dailywire.com/news/teachers-union-president-attacks-desantis-millions-will-die-gets-slammed-offers-only-partial-apology

DAILY SIGNAL
— ‘Let Them Die,’ Intolerant PTA, NAACP Official Says of Critical Race Theory Foes – Jarrett Stepman
https://www.dailysignal.com/2021/07/16/let-them-die-intolerant-pta-naacp-official-says-of-critical-race-theory-foes/

FEDERALIST
— Border Apprehensions Pass 1 Million, On Track To Set New Record While Democrats Plan Amnesty – Spencer Lindquist
https://thefederalist.com/2021/07/16/border-apprehensions-pass-1-million-on-track-to-set-new-record-while-democrats-plan-amnesty/

PJ MEDIA
— Biden Says Facebook Is ‘Killing People,’ Even While They’re Doing His Bidding on the Approved COVID Narrative – PAULA BOLYARD
(DIERSEN: Whose bidding are you doing? I am doing no one’s bidding. My critics/opponents hint that that if I did their bidding as the GOPUSA Illinois Editor, they might a) let me continue sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters and b) let me raise funds from Republicans to help sponsor Wheaton’s 2022 Independence Day Parade and Fireworks. I should write a book about my critics/opponents. Better yet, I should sue them.)
https://pjmedia.com/columns/paula-bolyard/2021/07/17/biden-misinformation-on-facebook-is-killing-people-n1462446
— Democrats Eye Radical Immigration Changes in $3.5 Trillion Spending Bill – RICK MORAN
https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/rick-moran/2021/07/16/democrats-eye-radical-immigration-changes-in-3-5-trillion-spending-bill-n1462384

PATRIOT POST
— Misinformation & Misdirection. Conservatives need to stop being so defensive. They need to start saying to the left, “You’re the insurrections, and here’s why!” – Gary Bauer
(DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, all government and political news and commentary is misinformation except for the government and political news and commentary that they put out or bless.)
https://patriotpost.us/opinion/81402-misinformation-and-misdirection-2021-07-17
— Biden Betrays America Secretary of State Antony Blinken issued “a formal invitation for the U.N. Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism to visit the U.S.” – Gary Bauer
(DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will the Democrats and RINOs who run your school district, your municipality, your township, your county, and Illinois invite the UN to come in and call the Republicans in the aforesaid racists?)
https://patriotpost.us/opinion/81369-biden-betrays-america-2021-07-16

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Secretary of State Blinken Invites United Nations to Investigate Racism in the U.S. “Responsible nations must not shrink from scrutiny of their human rights record. Rather, they should be transparent with the intent to grow and do better.” – Mike LaChance
(DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will the Democrats and RINOs who run your school district, your municipality, your township, your county, and Illinois invite the UN to come in and call the Republicans in the aforesaid racists?)
https://legalinsurrection.com/2021/07/secretary-of-state-blinken-invites-united-nations-to-investigate-racism-in-the-u-s/

EPOCH TIMES
— Federal Judge Declares Obama-Era DACA Program Illegal Order stipulates that current DACA recipients aren’t affected – JACK PHILLIPS
https://www.theepochtimes.com/mkt_morningbrief/federal-judge-declares-obama-era-daca-program-illegal_3905492.html

THE HILL
— Can we please have an authoritative definition of RINO? – JIM JONES
(DIERSEN: Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. RINOs a) do little or nothing to defend or advance the Republican Party platform, and especially its traditional marriage/family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks and/or b) destroy those like me who support the aforesaid planks. I should write a book about the biggest RINOs in the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization. RINOs are having great success in destroying the aforesaid organizations.)
https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/563414-can-we-please-have-an-authoritative-definition-of-rino
— Lindsey Graham declares win against cancel culture as Notre Dame OKs on-campus Chick-fil-A – JORDAN WILLIAMS
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/563484-lindsey-graham-declares-win-against-cancel-culture-as-notre-dame-oks-on

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote hatred against Republicans.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/16/opinion/republicans-democrats-voter-suppression.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Biden promised to support democracy. – Editorial
(DIERSEN: Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs use democracy to destroy individuals, destroy organizations, destroy companies, destroy governments, and destroy countries that are Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, 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.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/07/16/biden-promised-support-democracy-he-now-has-an-opportunity-with-belarus-show-he-means-business/

USA TODAY
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats shout at AAPIs that Republicans hate them.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/2021/07/16/asian-american-travel-tourists-aapi-hate-fear-love/7840666002/

YONKERS TRIBUNE
— How the Left Uses Stereotypes to Divide Us – Bob Weir
(DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who negatively stereotype those who are the following: law enforcement officers, Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, draft avoiders, 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. I would focus on negative stereotypers who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton’s West District, Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County’s 4th District, DuPage County, and Illinois. I would focus on those who have done the most to negatively stereotype me.)
https://www.yonkerstribune.com/2021/07/how-the-left-uses-stereotypes-to-divide-us-by-bob-weir

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Censorship Coordination Deepens. The White House says it is ‘flagging’ Facebook posts on Covid. – Editorial
(DIERSEN: My critics/opponents want the leaders of the following to censure me and to censure my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters: Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Milton Township Republican Organization, Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, Wheaton Park District, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, etc. My critics/opponents want the leaders of the aforesaid to do everything that they can a) to stop me from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters and b) to stop everyone from reading those newsletters. I should write an article about what they have done during the last week, month, year, decade, and since 2000.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/censorship-coordination-deepens-11626474643
— Illinois Democrats Play Politics With the State’s Electricity. Their climate bill would raise prices and kill jobs in heavily Republican southern counties. – Allysia Finley
https://www.wsj.com/articles/illinois-democrats-unemployment-prairie-state-climate-energy-change-fuel-prices-11626451190
— The Woke Threat to Philanthropy. Lawmakers and ideologues are growing increasingly insistent in their demands on the nonprofit world. – Naomi Schaefer Riley
https://www.wsj.com/articles/elise-westhoff-woke-philanthropy-cancel-culture-charity-11626448092

FORBES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled conservative-hating conservative-haters say “The White House And Jen Psaki Didn’t Actually Call For Censorship Of Social Media.”
https://www.forbes.com/sites/petersuciu/2021/07/16/misinformation-the-white-house-and-jen-psaki-didnt-actually-call-for-censorship-of-social-media/

FORTUNE
— The Department of Labor wants to partner with companies on diversity goals – NICOLE GOODKIND
(DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, the more of the following that you are, the sooner that Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs will get rid of you: law enforcement officer, Trump supporter, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-veteran, non-poor, gun owner, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://fortune.com/2021/07/16/department-of-labor-partner-with-companies-diversity-inclusion/

LAW 360
— 4 Things Employers Should Know About The Vaccination Gap – Vin Gurrier
(DIERSEN: What adverse actions are the following taking against those who are both a) not vaccinated and b) not a member of a protected group: your employer if you are still employed, the organizations that you are a member of, your municipality, your township, and your county?)
https://www.law360.com/employment-authority/articles/1403898/4-things-employers-should-know-about-the-vaccination-gap

HR NEWS
— Ageism in the workplace spikes due to Covid-19 – Thom Dennis
(DIERSEN: Of course, age discriminators use Covid-19 to get of those who are older. What adverse actions are the following taking against those who are both a) not vaccinated and b) not a member of a protected group: your employer if you are still employed, the organizations that you are a member of, your municipality, your township, and your county?)
http://hrnews.co.uk/ageism-in-the-workplace-spikes-due-to-covid-19/

SALON
— Right-wing student group Turning Point USA struggles to bar white nationalists from gathering. Charlie Kirk’s right-wing youth group faces possible conflict with Nick Fuentes’ white nationalist “groypers” – ZACHARY PETRIZZO
(DIERSEN: Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs use the Republican Party’s Big Tent policy to infiltrate and to destroy Republican organizations. I should write a book the aforesaid infiltrators and the success that they have had in destroying the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization. I would focus on those who hold/held leadership positions in the aforesaid organizations.)
https://www.salon.com/2021/07/17/right-wing-student-group-turning-point-usa-struggles-to-bar-white-nationalists-from-gathering/

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.