January 5 Morning Edition

ABC7

— Chicago Public Schools cancels classes after CTU votes for remote learning. CPS cancels classes, after-school activities but take-home meals available for students. – Jessica D’Onofrio
https://abc7chicago.com/cps-chicago-public-schools-ctu-teachers-union/11427530/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— CPS classes canceled Wednesday after CTU votes to refuse in-person work. The cancellation came despite a last-minute proposal from city leaders that introduced improved testing and safety measures. – Nader Issa
https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2022/1/4/22867100/cps-ctu-classes-district-proposal-teachers-vote-remote-learning
— Three ICU beds left for 800,000 people? COVID-19 patients swamping Will, Kankakee Co. hospitals. Southern Illinois hospitals — which were overrun late last summer during the initial Delta variant wave — are also approaching capacity once again. – Mitchell Armentrout and Taylor Avery
https://chicago.suntimes.com/coronavirus/2022/1/4/22867608/illinois-coronavirus-hospitals-icu-filled-will-kankakee-county-covid-omicron-vaccinated

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— At pop-up COVID testing sites, customers report improper masking and social distancing, lengthy waits for results: ‘It’s kind of the wild, Wild West.’ – NARA SCHOENBERG and LISA SCHENCKER
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-covid-pop-up-test-sites-complaints-20220105-2unkywjqd5ap7ftotxsj5bdc3i-story.html
— COVID forcing Waukegan council back to virtual meetings; alderman suggests using cannabis-sales revenue for reparations to African Americans – STEVE SADIN
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/lake-county-news-sun/ct-lns-waukegan-city-council-st-0105-20220104-cgrcgi732javdehr7ax555ftfm-story.html

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— GOP taps candidate for secretary of state. A downstate lawyer and ex-prosecutor will seek the Republican nomination, while U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin endorses City Clerk Anna Valencia on the Democratic side. – GREG HINZ
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/greg-hinz-politics/durbin-endorses-valencia-milhiser-enters-secretary-state-race
— CPS classes canceled after teachers vote to go remote. Chicago Public Schools canceled classes Wednesday after Chicago Teachers Union members voted to refuse to work in person. – A.D. QUIG
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/education/chicago-public-schools-teachers-vote-remote-learning

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— New judicial ‘subcircuits’ would create more diversity on bench in Sangamon, Democrats say – Dean Olsen
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/politics/government/2022/01/05/illinois-politics-senate-democrats-judicial-subcircuits-sangamon-county/9088707002/

FOX ILLINOIS
— NYC spending $730K to install vending machines that dispense naloxone, clean needles – ZACHARY ROGERS
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/nyc-spending-730k-to-install-vending-machines-that-dispense-naloxone-clean-needles-narcan-heroin-drug-overdose-new-york-city-public-health-phvm

NPR ILLINOIS
— House Jan. 6 committee seeks to question Fox News’ Sean Hannity about the Capitol riot – Alana Wise
https://www.nprillinois.org/2022-01-04/house-jan-6-committee-seeks-to-question-fox-news-sean-hannity-about-the-capitol-riot

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— ‘Our leaders now place the physical safety of our families in jeopardy through failed approaches to crime’ – Kevin Coyne:
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/617832319-coyne-our-leaders-now-place-the-physical-safety-of-our-families-in-jeopardy-through-failed-approaches-to-crime

NEW YORK POST
— If you’re the wrong race, the push for health-care ‘equity’ could kill you – Betsy McCaughey
(COMMENT: How soon, if not already, will America, Illinois, your county, your township, your municipality, your park district, your school district, etc. officially prioritize everything for those who are Democrat, Libertarian, Green, Independent, RINO, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, moderate, liberal, Trump-haters, non-patriotic, non-married, renters, non-Christian, non-Protestant, non-Italian American, non-German American, those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time, those who have financial, health, and/or other problems, criminals, boozers, gamblers, stoners, citizens of foreign countries, etc.?)
https://nypost.com/2022/01/04/if-youre-the-wrong-race-the-push-for-health-care-equity-could-kill-you/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Republicans need to focus on an America that offers opportunity, not repression. Defanging the victimization and retribution state. – Peter Morici
(COMMENT: What do your critics/opponents attribute your successes to? My critics/opponents demonize, denigrate, and condemn my German American Missouri Synod Lutheran parents, grandparents, great grandparents, and the rest of my ancestors as being White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things. My critics/opponents attribute my successes to my unfairly benefitting from the aforesaid. I should write a book about my critics/opponents.)
https://m.washingtontimes.com/news/2022/jan/4/republicans-need-to-focus-on-an-america-that-offer/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Police chief says Capitol could withstand Jan. 6 attack today, rejecting union and Republican critics – Emily Brooks
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/police-chief-says-capitol-could-withstand-jan-6-attack-today-rejecting-union-and-republican-critics

FOX NEWS
— Two Arizona State University students who were reprimanded after a viral video showed them confronting White students studying in a campus multicultural center last year have accused the school of “openly” discriminating against them. – Emma Colton
https://www.foxnews.com/us/asu-students-reprimanded-white-students-multicultural-center-school-openly-discriminated

FOX BUSINESS
— Go woke, go broke. ‘This high tax, high spend, woke monstrosity is going nowhere’ says the FOX Business host – Larry Kudlow
https://www.foxbusiness.com/media/kudlow-woke-broke-manchin-biden

AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE
— The Great Conservative Exodus – ROD DREHER
(COMMENT: I should write a book about the success that Democrat plant, Libertarian plant, Green plant, Independent plant, and RINO leaders have had since 2000 in driving conservatives out of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Milton Township Republican Organization, Illinois, DuPage County, DuPage County’s 4th District, Milton Township, Wheaton, Wheaton’s West District, Wheaton Park District, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Illinois Center Right Coalition, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter, my precinct, etc.)
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/dreher/the-great-conservative-exodus/

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Wokeism Cannot Be Wished Away. Pronouncements on the impending death of the woke mania are premature. – Alexander Riley
(COMMENT: How much progress have the governments that you are under, the organizations that you are a member of, and your employer if you are still employed made in getting rid of those who 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://amgreatness.com/2022/01/04/wokeism-cannot-be-wished-away/

BREITBART
— 346 Police Officers Shot in Line of Duty During 2021 – AWR HAWKINS
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2022/01/04/346-police-officers-shot-line-duty-2021/
— Chicago Alderman Wants People to Blow Whistles, Run at Armed Robbers – AWR HAWKINS
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2022/01/04/chicago-alderman-wants-people-blow-whistles-run-armed-robbers/
— James Lindsay: Critical Race Theory is ‘Calling Everything Racist Until You Control It’ – ALANA MASTRANGELO
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2022/01/04/exclusive-james-lindsay-critical-race-theory-is-calling-everything-racist-until-you-control-it/
— White House Boasts of Joe Biden’s First-Year Gun Controls as 12 Cities Broke Homicide Records – AWR HAWKINS
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2022/01/04/white-house-boasts-of-joe-bidens-first-year-gun-controls-as-12-cities-broke-homicide-records/

BLAZE
— NYC is funding vending machines that will dispense clean syringes for those ‘disproportionately burdened’ by overdoses – CARLOS GARCIA
https://www.theblaze.com/news/nyc-needle-vending-machine-overdose

TOWN HALL
— New York Institutes ‘Health Equity’ By Prioritizing Non-whites for Scarce COVID-19 Treatments – Chris Talgo
(COMMENT: How soon, if not already, will America, Illinois, your county, your township, your municipality, your park district, your school district, etc. officially prioritize everything for those who are Democrat, Libertarian, Green, Independent, RINO, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, moderate, liberal, Trump-haters, non-patriotic, non-married, renters, non-Christian, non-Protestant, non-Italian American, non-German American, those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time, those who have financial, health, and/or other problems, criminals, boozers, gamblers, stoners, citizens of foreign countries, etc.?)
https://townhall.com/columnists/christalgo/2022/01/05/new-york-institutes-health-equity-by-prioritizing-nonwhites-for-scarce-covid19-treatments-n2601416

DAILY WIRE
— Schools Got $130B To Re-Open. Some Of It Went To CRT. Now Many Are Closed. Here’s how states actually spent money that was supposed to allow them to deal with COVID. – Luke Rosiak
(COMMENT: How much money has your school district spent promoting CRT, 1619, reparations, BLM, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, abolition of the First and Second Amendments, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, the rest of the Democrat, Libertarian, and Green party platforms, and hatred against those who are law enforcement officers, 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.dailywire.com/news/schools-got-130b-to-re-open-some-of-it-went-to-crt-now-many-are-closed

FEDERALIST
— California’s Riverside School District Lies About Teaching Critical Race Theory – SPENCER LINDQUIST (COMMENT: What does your school district say about teaching CRT?)
https://thefederalist.com/2022/01/05/californias-riverside-school-district-lies-about-teaching-critical-race-theory/

PJ MEDIA
— The Morning Briefing: ‘Democracy’ Is the Dems’ New Code Word for ‘Communism’ – STEPHEN KRUISER
https://pjmedia.com/columns/stephen-kruiser/2022/01/05/the-morning-briefing-democracy-is-the-dems-new-code-word-for-communism-n1546830

COLLEGE FIX
— DEI takeover of STEM hinders ability ‘to produce the best science,’ say scientists – DANIEL NUCCIO
(COMMENT: Democrats run the federal government; their top priority is not producing the best federal employees; their top priority is producing Democrat employees, and especially Democrat employees who are minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, non-Christian, non-Protestant, non-Italian American, non-German American, those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time, 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. Ever-increasingly, producing the best candidates is not the top priority for political parties; their top priority is producing candidates who are minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, non-Christian, non-Protestant, non-Italian American, non-German American, and/or those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time.)
https://www.thecollegefix.com/dei-takeover-of-stem-hinders-ability-to-produce-the-best-science-say-scientists/

POST MILLENNIAL
— Washington state prioritizes minority patients for COVID treatments – Ari Hoffman
(COMMENT: How soon, if not already, will America, Illinois, your county, your township, your municipality, your park district, your school district, etc. officially prioritize everything for those who are Democrat, Libertarian, Green, Independent, RINO, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, moderate, liberal, Trump-haters, non-patriotic, non-married, renters, non-Christian, non-Protestant, non-Italian American, non-German American, those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time, those who have financial, health, and/or other problems, criminals, boozers, gamblers, stoners, citizens of foreign countries, etc.?)
https://thepostmillennial.com/washington-state-prioritizes-minority-patients-for-covid-treatments

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Emory Law Journal Refuses To Publish Scholarly Article Challenging “Systemic Racism” Finding It “Hurtful and Unnecessarily Divisive” “We take issue with your conversation on systemic racism, finding your words hurtful and unnecessarily divisive,” wrote the Editors of Emory Law Journal to U. San Diego Law Professor Lawrence Alexander. – William A. Jacobson
https://legalinsurrection.com/2022/01/emory-law-journal-refuses-to-publish-scholarly-article-challenging-systemic-racism-finding-it-hurtful-and-unnecessarily-divisive/

EPOCH TIMES
— Progressivism and the Chinese Regime – Bradley A. Thayer
https://www.theepochtimes.com/progressivism-and-the-chinese-regime_4187301.html

POLITICO
— GOP sees ‘huge red wave’ potential by targeting critical race theory. Republicans in state legislatures across the country are gearing up to push through dozens of anti-critical race theory bills this year. – LIZ CRAMPTON
(COMMENT: What are your Republican state, county, township, municipal, and school board officials doing to stop CRT?)
https://www.politico.com/news/2022/01/05/gop-red-wave-critical-race-theory-526523
— Sean Hannity repeatedly tried to scale back Donald Trump’s effort to use the Jan. 6 session of Congress to overturn the 2020 election results, according to text messages between the Fox News host and former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows revealed publicly Tuesday. – KYLE CHENEY and NICHOLAS WU
https://www.politico.com/news/2022/01/04/sean-hannity-dissuade-trump-january-6-526508

NEW YORK TIMES
— Chicago cancels classes as teachers resist returning to school.
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2022/01/04/world/omicron-covid-vaccine-tests
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters promote hatred against Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/04/opinion/trump-jan-6-democracy.html

WASHINGTON POST
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters promote hatred against those who do not hate Trump. How soon, if not already, will America, Illinois, your county, your township, your municipality, your park district, your school district, etc. officially banish those who do not hate Trump?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/01/04/memorializing-anger-ignorance/
— With simulations and more information-sharing, Biden administration tries to prevent another Jan. 6 – Devlin Barrett, Ashley Parker and Aaron C. Davis
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/white-house-jan-6-lessons/2022/01/04/10970c9c-6cd2-11ec-a5d2-7712163262f0_story.html

FOX TAMPA BAY
— Fliers left on New York tourists’ cars in Palm Beach tell them to leave Florida if they are ‘woke’ – AP
(COMMENT: To be woke is to be 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.fox13news.com/news/fliers-left-on-new-york-tourists-cars-in-palm-beach-tell-them-to-leave-florida-if-they-are-woke

FORBES
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs get rid of you if you do not promote hatred against Republicans, that is, if you do not promote systemic racism, CRT, 1619, reparations, BLM, Affirmative Action, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/janicegassam/2022/01/04/what-people-misunderstand-about-anti-racism-training/

NEWSWEEK
— Signs Placed on New York Cars in Florida Telling ‘Woke’ People to Leave: Police – ZOE STROZEWSKI
(COMMENT: To be woke is to be 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.newsweek.com/signs-placed-new-york-cars-florida-telling-woke-people-leave-police-1665527
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, corporations paint themselves as being 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.newsweek.com/corporate-wokeism-drives-wedge-between-americas-c-suite-customers-opinion-1665462

FAST COMPANY
— How big philanthropists making big bets can keep their efforts compatible with democracy. Can philanthropy offer appropriate or meaningful solutions to vexing challenges—or does it just push the agenda of wealthy donors? – TED LECHTERMAN
(COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Republican political organizations and candidates in Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton talk and/or act like they are taking lots of money from hate-filled conservative-hating Republican-hating Trump-hating Protestant-hating German American-hating Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs.)
https://www.fastcompany.com/90710393/how-big-philanthropists-making-big-bets-can-keep-their-efforts-compatible-with-democracy

NORTHEASTERN
— WHY WOULD SOMEONE FAKE A HATE CRIME? – Hillary Chabot
(COMMENT: Democrats are moral relativists who believe that their end justifies their means. Their top priority is demonizing, denigrating, and condemning Republicans as being White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things who should be gotten rid of once and for all.)
https://news.northeastern.edu/2022/01/04/why-fake-a-hate-crime/

AXIOS
— How Trump’s endorsements are shaping a future GOP Congress – Andrew Solender
https://www.axios.com/trump-house-gop-endorsements-a87931da-980a-4bd6-9792-f8a76fd45892.html

GM AUTHORITY
— TRAGIC: General Motors Is No Longer The Number One Automaker In The U.S. – JONATHAN LOPEZ
https://gmauthority.com/blog/2022/01/general-motors-is-no-longer-the-number-one-automaker-in-the-u-s/

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.