July 20 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Evanston parents, students stand up for critical race theory after lawsuit – Maher Kawash
https://abc7chicago.com/evasonton-evanston-schools-school-district-65-critical-race-theory/10900198/
— Illinois Rep. Rodney Davis among 5 Republicans nominated for Jan. 6 panel Kelly Armstrong of North Dakota, Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan also picked – AP
https://abc7chicago.com/rodney-davis-jan-6-commission-rep-illinois/10899175/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Chicago expands travel advisory again and mayor warns restrictions could return as COVID-19 numbers creep up – JOHN BYRNE
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-chicago-covid-warning-lightfoot-20210720-idzkqh4xv5bqvbbz2vq5s6b5pm-story.html
— Lawsuit by Michigan-based company seeks to stop lotteries for new Illinois marijuana store licenses – ROBERT MCCOPPIN
https://www.chicagotribune.com/marijuana/illinois/ct-illinois-marijuana-lawsuit-to-stop-license-lotteries-20210720-bg4justq2fbxxfbvnea2i4ij6a-story.html
— Lightfoot says no regrets about green-lighting Lollapalooza as COVID-19 cases rise | New report reinforces Chicago police not prepared for unrest last year | Gov. Pritzker says he’ll sign controversial ethics bill – LISA DONOVAN
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-lighfoot-lollapalooza-delta-variant-pritzker-ethics-legislation-spin-20210720-w5ldyn4j55gqfaxsq34ho343am-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Report details chaos of police response to protests, looting last summer. The city hasn’t dedicated sufficient resources toward responding to protests and potential unrest since it hosted the NATO summit in 2012, the report said. – Mitch Dudek and Fran Spielman
https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2021/7/20/22585107/chicago-police-protests-riots-george-floyd-summer-2020-report-consent-decree-maggie-hickey
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Pritzker makes it clear that he would use a second term to get rid of the remaining individuals, organizations, companies, and governments in Illinois that are law enforcement, 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://chicago.suntimes.com/elections/2021/7/20/22585591/pritzker-reelection-launch-interview-robust-campaign-democrat-republican-bailey-rabine-schimpf-2022
— New lawsuit could upend state’s problematic pot shop licensing process — again Sozo Health, a Michigan-based pot firm that applied for 11 licenses, filed the suit just a day after Gov. J.B. Pritzker enacted a law that seeks to get the long-delayed process back on track. – Tom Schuba
(DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes promote “social equity,” that is, they promote discrimination against those who are White, male, older, heterosexual, non-poor, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/cannabis/2021/7/20/22585497/cannabis-marijuana-illinois-dispensary-licenses-social-equity-permit-pot-shop-sozo-health
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The suit also holds that Sozo is effectively being locked out of one of the lotteries based on updated qualifications for earning social equity status, a designation created to bolster diversity in the cannabis industry. Sozo has earned social equity status by hiring a workforce largely made up of individuals who either lived in area disproportionately impacted by the drug war or who have a past cannabis-related criminal offense. But after being lambasted by critics as the “slave master clause,” the hiring provision was stripped out for one of the lotteries added in the new pot law, meaning Sozo can’t earn the 50 crucial points needed to qualify. The legislative fix was devised after the initial 75 licenses were mothballed amid a series of lawsuits and resounding outcry from so-called social equity applicants, who raised concerns about the grading process and accused state officials of falling short of their goal of diversifying the lily-white industry.)

DAILY HERALD
— Joe Biden’s big lie – Michael Barone
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20210720/joe-bidens-big-lie

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— George Ryan, Dan Rutherford want U.S. trade embargo against Cuba to end – Scott Reeder
(DIERSEN: Ryan and Rutherford supporters blame me and blame my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters for Ryan’s and Rutherford’s problems. Then again, they blame me and blame my newsletters for everyone’s problems.)
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/columns/2021/07/20/former-illinois-governor-end-trade-embargo-against-cuba/8028315002/

ROCKFORD REGISTER STAR
— Winnebago County Republican Party chairman Eli Nicolosi officially kicks off campaign for Illinois Senate – Chris Green
https://www.rrstar.com/story/news/2021/07/20/eli-nicolosi-runs-illinois-senate-challenging-dave-syverrson/7987329002/

FOX ILLINOIS
— With over 1M arrests at border, rescinding Title 42 ‘defies logic,’ says former official – ELISSA SALAMY
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/with-over-1m-arrests-at-border-rescinding-title-42-defies-logic-says-former-official
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs want Big Tech to do ever more to get rid of Republicans once and for all.
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/biden-killing-people-remark-was-call-for-big-tech-to-act
— Provision to give IRS more money to do its job is off the table — but why? – KRISTINE FRAZAO
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/provision-to-give-irs-more-money-to-do-its-job-is-off-the-tablebut-why

ILLINOIS NEWS TODAY
— Cuba disconnects internet as protests against the country’s communist dictatorship rage – Markus McGnie
(DIERSEN: Of course, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs want internet service providers to completely block my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters and to completely block my www.gopillinois.com website. If they succeed, would the leaders of the following come to my defense: Illinois Republican Party (IRP), my representative on the IRP State Central Committee, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization? Would GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletter subscribers come to my defense? The answer appears to be NO based on the tremendous support that Wheaton Park District Executive Director Mike Benard got for his stopping me from raising funds from Republicans to help sponsor Wheaton’s 2021 Independence Day Parade and Fireworks.)
https://illinoisnewstoday.com/cuba-disconnects-internet-as-protests-against-the-countrys-communist-dictatorship-rage/295944/

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— SIU report shows booting Chicago would leave Illinois poorer – Cole Lauterbach
(DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Chicago Democrats destroy individuals, organizations, companies, and governments in Illinois that do not promote dependency on government, dependency on charity, wokeism, LGBTQ, BLM, CRT, 1619, reparations, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, abolition of the First and Second Amendments, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and/or age discrimination.)
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/siu-report-shows-booting-chicago-would-leave-illinois-poorer/article_46cf1290-e4e3-11eb-afab-b3c8a205d256.html
— Pritzker signs law to add media literacy to high school curriculum – Andrew Hensel
(DIERSEN: How would the leaders of the following respond if asked if GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters are reputable: your school district, your municipality, your township, your county, Illinois, your Republican township/ward party organization, your Republican county party organization, Illinois Republican Party (IRP), and your representative on the IRP State Central Committee?)
https://www.cities929.com/2021/07/20/pritzker-signs-law-to-add-media-literacy-to-high-school-curriculum/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Some Republicans opposed the bill, concerned that it would lead to school boards picking what media outlets are reputable. . .State Rep. Adam Niemerg, a Republican, opposed House Bill 234. He called it an “anti-Trump, anti-conservative” reactionary bill, which he said is an attempt by the left “to get into our school systems at a young age and teach them the means of mainstream media.” The Illinois Press Association and the Illinois Association of School Library Educators along with dozens of schools filed witness slips in support of the measure in May. The Illinois Education Association, a union that represents more than 135,000 members including teachers, did not take a position on the bill, according to witness slips. The Illinois State Board of Education also did not take a position. The legislation went into effect immediately throughout the state.)

SIU
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Illinois Democrats promote hatred against Illinois Republicans, and especially against Illinois 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://news.siu.edu/2021/07/072021-SIU-establishing-new-doctoral-fellowship-program-for-equity-and-social-justice-in-education.php

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, OUTRAGEOUS, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/study-legal-cannabis-boosts-home-values/article_2ab6243a-e665-11eb-a180-fff62a855f11.html

WIREPOINTS
— School District U-46 bars parents without masks from entering board meeting to talk mask policy
https://wirepoints.org/school-district-u-46-bars-parents-without-masks-from-entering-board-meeting-to-talk-mask-policy-wirepoints-on-chicagos-morning-answer/

CAPITOL FAX
— Syverson responds on term limit issue
https://capitolfax.com/2021/07/20/syverson-responds-on-term-limit-issue/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— House Republicans challenge caught-and-released migrants’ ability to fly on U.S. airlines – Stephen Dinan
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/jul/20/michael-cloud-challenges-illegal-immigrants-abilit/
— NOVEMBER 11, 2019 FLASHBACK: Moderate Republicans building ‘farm team’ to recapture House in 2022 – Ryan Lovelace
(DIERSEN: Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. Moderate Republicans reject some, if not many, if not most, if not virtually all the planks in the Republican Party platform, most commonly its traditional marriage/family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks. Moderate Republicans focus on a) stopping me from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters and b) stopping everyone from reading those newsletters.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/nov/11/moderate-republicans-building-farm-team-recapture-/

FOX NEWS
— Rep. Jeffries says Jan. 6 committee is an opportunity for GOP to show they really ‘back the blue’ The first hearing will be July 27 with police officers testifying about the attack. – Marisa Schultz
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/jeffries-jan-6-committee-opportunity-gop-back-blue
— GOP senators demand teachers union disclose if it is collecting info on critical race theory opponents. Sens. Marsha Blackburn, Marco Rubio and Tommy Tuberville said they were ‘deeply concerned’ – Thomas Barrabi
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/gop-senators-teachers-union-collecting-info-critics-critical-race-theory

GOPUSA
— ‘Defund The Police’ Backfires On The Left — So They Blame Republicans
https://www.gopusa.com/defund-the-police-backfires-on-the-left-so-they-blame-republicans/
— The Left’s Disgraceful Failure To Condemn Cuba’s Communist Dictatorship
(DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs make it clear that they 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.)
https://www.gopusa.com/the-lefts-disgraceful-failure-to-condemn-cubas-communist-dictatorship/

BREITBART
— GOP Rep. Cammack: ‘Every Town in America Is a Border Town’ – TRENT BAKER
(DIERSEN: How many illegals have the leaders of the following secretly agreed to accept: your school district, your municipality, your township, your county, and Illinois?)
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2021/07/20/gop-rep-cammack-every-town-in-america-is-a-border-town/

DAILY CALLER
— Trump’s Judicial Appointments Are A Critical Insurance Policy To Protect Americans From Woke Mobs – MIKE DAVIS
https://dailycaller.com/2021/07/20/davis-trumps-judicial-appointments-are-a-critical-insurance-policy-to-protect-americans-from-woke-mobs/

DAILY WIRE
— After Conservative Backlash, Department Of Education Scales Back Critical Race Theory Plans – Ben Zeisloft
https://www.dailywire.com/news/after-conservative-backlash-department-of-education-scales-back-critical-race-theory-plans

NEWSMAX
— Rep. Babin to Newsmax: Biden Admin Shipping in Hundreds of Thousands of Illegal Immigrants – Solange Reyner
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/biden-babin-immigrants-illegals/2021/07/20/id/1029326/

PAT BUCHANAN
— Why can’t Biden stop this invasion?
(DIERSEN: Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs side with the invaders. They intend to use the invaders to get rid of Republicans once and for all.)
https://triblive.com/opinion/pat-buchanan-why-cant-biden-stop-this-invasion/

FEDERALIST
— Public Schools’ Systemic Problem Isn’t Racism Or Money. It’s Teachers’ Unions. Teachers’ unions prevent low-income parents from having the same choices as well-to-do parents, which is the true systemic problem in our education system. – Helen Raleigh
https://thefederalist.com/2021/07/20/public-schools-systemic-problem-isnt-racism-or-money-its-teachers-unions/

HERITAGE FOUNDATION
— Wokeness Is Sabotaging the Military Academies – John Cooper
https://www.heritage.org/defense/commentary/wokeness-sabotaging-the-military-academies

EPOCH TIMES
— Facebook, White House Colluding on Censorship: Lawsuit – ZACHARY STIEBER
https://www.theepochtimes.com/mkt_breakingnews/facebook-white-house-colluding-on-censorship-lawsuit_3910455.html
— Starbucks Manager Quits Over Woke Culture That Led to Bullying, Division. Award-winning manager says company’s ‘anti-racist’ indoctrination led to choice between ‘my morals, my values, my beliefs—or my job’ – PETR SVAB
https://www.theepochtimes.com/starbucks-manager-quits-over-woke-culture-that-led-to-bullying_3908165.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Despite solid career prospects and reasonable pay that supported her three children, she quit her job in June due to a toxic work environment that, she said, was the result of political indoctrination masked as “anti-racism” and other employee trainings.)

HILL
— Staffers in White House, Pelosi’s office test positive for coronavirus – BRETT SAMUELS
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/563879-staffers-in-white-house-pelosis-office-test-positive-for-coronavirus
— Trump ally and ex-campaign adviser Thomas Barrack charged with secretly lobbying for UAE – HARPER NEIDIG
(DIERSEN: He who pays the piper calls the tunes. I should write a book about my critics/opponents who claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican, but who talk and/or act like they are secretly being paid to lobby for Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs. I would focus those who promote dependency on government, dependency on charity, wokeism, LGBTQ, BLM, CRT, 1619, reparations, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, abolition of the First and Second Amendments, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and/or age discrimination. I would focus on those who focus on a) stopping me from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters and b) stopping everyone from reading those newsletters. I would focus on those who have taken adverse actions against me.)
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/563943-trump-ally-and-ex-campaign-adviser-thomas-barrack-charged-with

YAHOO NEWS
— Tomi Lahren: Companies should return to selling products instead of virtue signals
https://news.yahoo.com/tomi-lahren-companies-return-selling-122855914.html

REUTERS
— Twitter temporarily blocks U.S. Republican Greene for COVID-19 posts
(DIERSEN: Of course, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs want internet service providers to completely block my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters and to completely block my www.gopillinois.com website. If they succeed, would the leaders of the following come to my defense: Illinois Republican Party (IRP), my representative on the IRP State Central Committee, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization? Would GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletter subscribers come to my defense? The answer appears to be NO based on the tremendous support that Wheaton Park District Executive Director Mike Benard got for his stopping me from raising funds from Republicans to help sponsor Wheaton’s 2021 Independence Day Parade and Fireworks.)
https://www.reuters.com/technology/twitter-temporarily-blocks-us-republican-greene-covid-19-posts-2021-07-20/

UPI
— White House says social sites should be liable for COVID-19 misinformation – Sommer Brokaw
(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. I should write a book about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who focus on a) stopping me from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters and b) stopping everyone from reading those newsletters. I would focus on those who have taken the biggest adverse actions against me.)
https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2021/07/20/white-house-covid-misinformation-social/1961626793232/

WASHINGTON POST
— Are our election laws here in Illinois also ‘21st century Jim Crow’? – John C. Ackerman, Republican, County Clerk, Tazewell County
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/07/20/are-our-election-laws-here-illinois-also-21st-century-jim-crow/

TEXAS NEWS TODAY
— “All journalism is activist,” said Nicole Hannah Jones, founder of the 1619 project and reporter for the New York Times. – Iisabella Khademhosseini
(DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have no problem with Democrat, Libertarian, Green, Independent, or RINO activists being journalists, but viciously demonize, denigrate, and condemn Republican activists like me being journalists.)
https://texasnewstoday.com/all-journalism-is-activist-said-nicole-hannah-jones-founder-of-the-1619-project-and-reporter-for-the-new-york-times/370579/

FORBES
— Democratic Mayors Defunded Their Police, While Spending Millions On Their Own Police Protection – Adam Andrzejewski
https://www.forbes.com/sites/adamandrzejewski/2021/07/20/democratic-mayors-defunded-their-police-while-spending-millions-on-their-own-police-protection/

AMERICAN PROSPECT
— Right-Wing Group Exposes Colleagues Funded by Big Tech. A family-values organization has put together a browser extension that identifies Twitter users who have taken tech money. – DAVID DAYEN
(DIERSEN: He who pays the piper calls the tunes. I should write a book about my critics/opponents who claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican, but who talk and/or act like their major donors are anti-religious, anti-conservative, and/or anti-Republican. I would focus those who promote dependency on government, dependency on charity, wokeism, LGBTQ, BLM, CRT, 1619, reparations, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, abolition of the First and Second Amendments, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and/or age discrimination. I would focus on those who focus on a) stopping me from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters and b) stopping everyone from reading those newsletters. I would focus on those who have taken adverse actions against me.)
https://prospect.org/power/right-wing-group-exposes-colleagues-funded-by-big-tech/

FEDERAL NEWS NETWORK
— Can mighty Facebook control false information? – AP
(DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, all government and political news and commentary is false information except for the government and political news and commentary that they put out or bless. I should write a book about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who focus on a) stopping me from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters and b) stopping everyone from reading those newsletters. I would focus on those who have taken the biggest adverse actions against me.)
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/entertainment-news/2021/07/book-review-can-mighty-facebook-control-false-information/

INDEPENDENT
— MAY 10, 2019 FLASHBACK: Nearly half of social media users who share articles have passed on fake news, study suggests – Andrew Woodcock
(DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, all government and political news and commentary is fake news except for the government and political news and commentary that they put out or bless. I should write a book about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who focus on a) stopping me from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters and b) stopping everyone from reading those newsletters. I would focus on those who have taken the biggest adverse actions against me.)
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/fake-news-facebook-twitter-share-misinformation-survey-a8908361.html

CHICAGO PRIDE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, LGBTQ-promoters promote hatred against those who do not promote LGBTQ.
https://chicago.gopride.com/news/article.cfm/articleid/119948704
https://chicago.gopride.com/news/article.cfm/articleid/119992500
https://chicago.gopride.com/news/article.cfm/articleid/119970601

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.