November 5 Evening Edition

ABC7

— Illinois COVID Update: IL reports 2,942 cases, 23 deaths
https://abc7chicago.com/illinois-covid-testing-cases-test/11201847/

FOX32
— Illinois reports 17,462 coronavirus cases, 183 deaths in the past week
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/illinois-reports-17462-coronavirus-cases-183-deaths-in-the-past-week

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Supreme Court declines to take up Madigan opponent’s appeal in legal challenge over alleged sham candidates – RAY LONG
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-scotus-madigan-appeal-win-20211105-jcww4uwfibhx7dbfnrvyfiu7ki-story.html
— For Democrats, being ‘anti-Trump’ isn’t enough – CLARENCE PAGE
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/clarence-page/ct-column-youngkin-virginia-mcauliffe-trump-biden-page-20211105-v2ipfkaturbivmbyzxezotwkae-story.html
— Election results leave Republicans feeling glad, Democrats glum – TED SLOWIK
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/opinion/ct-sta-slowik-people-street-opinions-st-1107-20211105-tpdjz77rfzdfroer5ykcji2l5i-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Will repealing law on parental notification for abortions influence Illinois voters? The only poll where even a plurality of respondents supported the Parental Notification of Abortion Act repeal was commissioned by the pro-choice Personal PAC back in late April. – Rich Miller
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2021/11/5/22766134/illinois-pritzker-elections-repeal-parent-notification-abortion-column-rich-miller
— Fall back? Illinois COVID-19 cases up nearly 20% as temperatures drop and people head indoors. Cases had been falling for more than a month, but public health experts say more time indoors means more opportunity for the coronavirus to spread. – Mitchell Armentrout
https://chicago.suntimes.com/essential-coronavirus-news/2021/11/5/22766031/illinois-coronavirus-case-rise-20-winter-season-covid-pritzker-mask

DAILY HERALD
— What kind of shot does Kinzinger really have at another office? – Jake Griffin
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20211105/what-kind-of-shot-does-kinzinger-really-have-at-another-office
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, 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://www.dailyherald.com/news/20211105/after-two-year-legislative-fight-buffalo-grove-recreational-marijuana-dispensary-opens
— Redistricting lawsuit to be heard in early December – PETER HANCOCK
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20211105/redistricting-lawsuit-to-be-heard-in-early-december

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— New law could add billions to city police pension costs. Chicago’s police pension obligations could increase by another $3 billion total through 2055 if Illinois passes a law designed to force the city to acknowledge its probable liabilities for annual pay increases to retirees.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/government/chicago-police-pension-obligations-could-increase-3-billion

HERALD REVIEW
— Kinzinger decision disappointing – EDITORIAL
https://herald-review.com/opinion/editorial/our-view-kinzinger-decision-disappointing/article_9bf864c2-5dfd-5595-9578-28d04bccc0de.html

QUAD CITIES
— Illinois Junior High CLOSING Due To Covid Cases; Are More On The Way? – Sean Leary
https://www.quadcities.com/articles/60399/

FOX ILLINOIS
— Democrat commentators blame white supremacy for Republican electoral victories – ALEC SCHEMMEL
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/democrat-commentators-say-republican-victories-show-countrys-racist-undertones

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— WHERE’S WEYERMULLER? HEARING FROM 2022 IL GOP GUBERNATORIAL HOPEFULS
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2021/11/where-weyermuller-attending-republican-illinois-governor-candidate-forum.html

CAPITOL FAX
— COVID-19 roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2021/11/05/covid-19-roundup-125/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— White House says ‘Republicans are lying’ about critical race theory in schools – Haisten Willis
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-house/white-house-says-republicans-are-lying-about-critical-race-theory-in-schools
— GOP Senate candidate goes after ‘woke teachers and schools’ in new ad – Jeremiah Poff
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/gop-senate-candidate-goes-after-woke-teachers-and-schools-in-new-ad

BLAZE
— President Biden left 14,000 US residents behind in Afghanistan after promising to get every American out – CHRIS PANDOLFO
https://www.theblaze.com/news/biden-left-14000-us-residents-behind-in-afghanistan

FEDERALIST
— Boy Scouts Announce New Critical Race Theory Requirement. Scouting’s latest required merit badge is chock-full of critical race theory concepts that will push the BSA further to the left. – Spencer Lindquist
https://thefederalist.com/2021/11/05/boy-scouts-continue-their-decline-into-wokeness-with-new-critical-race-theory/

EPOCH TIMES
— Midnight Flights Carrying Illegal Aliens Into Florida Frustrating State Officials – Jannis Falkenstern
https://www.theepochtimes.com/midnight-flights-carrying-illegal-aliens-into-florida-frustrating-state-officials_4088745.html

NEWSWEEK
— Republican Adam Kinzinger Says Lies Are ‘Standard’ Under Trump, McCarthy Leadership – JASON LEMON
https://www.newsweek.com/republican-adam-kinzinger-says-lies-are-standard-under-trump-mccarthy-leadership-1646388

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.