April 29 Morning Edition

ABC7
— Motorcycle packs invade downtown, thousands of noise complaints registered – John Garcia
https://abc7chicago.com/automotive/motorcycle-packs-invade-downtown-chicago/10557277/

WTTW
— COVID-19 Vaccine Requirement for College Students ‘Under Discussion’: Pritzker – Kristen Thometz
https://news.wttw.com/2021/04/28/covid-19-vaccine-requirement-college-students-under-discussion-pritzker

WGN RADIO
— Big tech companies grilled about misinformation, power by senators – Kellie Meyer
https://wgnradio.com/news/big-tech-companies-grilled-about-misinformation-power-by-senators/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters promote Cheney.
https://wgnradio.com/news/political-news/cheney-wishful-thinking-by-trump-she-wont-seek-4th-term/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Republican-hating Republican-haters say “Calling on the Justice Department and corporate America to stand up for honest elections. The GOP is engaged in a blatant effort to steal future elections — on a scale that would make an old-time Chicago ward heeler blush.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2021/4/28/22406287/arizona-audit-voter-suppression-georgia-florida-michigan-editorial
— ‘Included and engaged’ or ‘political indoctrination?’ Mentoring bill passes state Senate after sharp debate. The Illinois State Board of Education defines culturally responsive educators as those who “critically think about the institutions in which they find themselves, working to reform these institutions whenever and wherever necessary” and have “assessed how their biases and perceptions affect their teaching practice.” – Andrew Sullender and Rachel Hinton
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2021/4/28/22408232/culturally-responsive-teaching-learning-standards-mentoring-program-illinois-senate-lightford-bailey
— Jackson-Akiwumi would be rare judge who was a public defender highlighted at her Senate confirmation hearing. That the Chicago-based federal 7th circuit appeals court is all-white was spotlighted at Jackson-Akiwumi’s Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing. – Lynn Sweet
(DIERSEN: In Diersen v. GAO, the 7th circuit made it clear that employers can discriminate against their employees who are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran to give preference to their employees who are Democrat, minority, female, younger, and/or veteran. Ever-increasingly, employers and organizations in the 7th circuit use that decision to get rid of their employees and members who are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2021/4/28/22408732/jackson-akiwumi-senate-confirmation-hearing-would-be-rare-judge-public-defender

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Renaming Chicago’s Lake Shore Drive for Jean Baptiste Point DuSable set for key vote on Thursday – JOHN BYRNE
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-chicago-dusable-lake-shore-drive-20210429-clshnxzjpzdtdpnpxvjdrhudpa-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— Wheaton to recognize landmark homes with ‘Pride in Preservation’ signs – Katlyn Smith
(DIERSEN: Historic homes in my precinct include 500 Arbor, 614 Arbor Avenue, 619 Frazier Court, 801 Golf Lane, 815 Golf Lane, 818 Golf Lane, 819 Golf Lane, 824 Golf Lane, 901 Golf Lane, 910 Golf Lane, 924 Golf Lane, 517 West Park, 534 West Roosevelt Road, 802 Warrenville Road, and 708 South Wheaton Avenue. SEE: https://wheaton.il.us/DocumentCenter/View/5261/Wheaton-Register-of-Historic-Places )
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20210429/wheaton-to-recognize-landmark-homes-with-pride-in-preservation-signs

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Map-drawing Dems ready to roll over the GOP – Jim Dey
https://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/jim-dey-map-drawing-dems-ready-to-roll-over-the-gop/article_d99930f4-84eb-5282-8e9d-b8ec6e34043b.html

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— LaHood issues statement on Biden address to Congress
https://www.pantagraph.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/lahood-issues-statement-on-biden-address-to-congress/article_ca6dbde7-8a55-5663-a870-1802f819e7f5.html

SUBURBAN LIFE
— DuPage County reports 157 COVID-19 cases Wednesday, 2 deaths, 34.07% of population fully vaccinated – Joshua Welge
https://www.shawlocal.com/my-suburban-life/coronavirus/2021/04/29/dupage-county-reports-157-covid-19-cases-wednesday-2-deaths-3407-of-population-fully-vaccinated/

WTAX
— State Rep. Brad Halbrook (R-Shelbyville) brought a House committee a proposal to begin the process of separating Cook County from the rest of the state. The other 101 counties would become the 51st state, “New Illinois.”
https://wtax.com/news/101101-new-illinois/

WGLT
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote LGBTQ.
https://www.wglt.org/post/advocacy-groups-say-hiv-criminalization-law-hurts-public-health#stream/0

WHEATON PATCH
— DuPage Activist Urges Abortion Rivals to Find Common Ground. Social Justice Trailblazer Urges Illinois Voters to Work Together to Preserve Parental Notice and Safeguard Vulnerable Minors – Lori Solyom
https://patch.com/illinois/wheaton/dupage-activist-urges-abortion-rivals-find-common-ground

ILLINOIS NEWSROOM
— Southern Illinois Could Be Target For Congressional District Loss – Eric Stock
https://illinoisnewsroom.org/southern-illinois-could-be-target-for-congressional-district-loss/

WIREPOINTS
— Spin it how you want, but the 2020 U.S. Census numbers were horrible for Illinois – Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner
https://wirepoints.org/spin-it-how-you-want-but-the-2020-u-s-census-numbers-were-horrible-for-illinois-wirepoints/
— Illinois Democrats Trying to Give More Power to Bureaucrats During All Health Crises – Illinois Family Institute
https://wirepoints.org/illinois-democrats-trying-to-give-more-power-to-bureaucrats-during-all-health-crises-illinois-family-institute/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Sen. Tim Scott: ‘Socialist dreams’ won’t help America thrive. Uses rebuttal to promote pre-pandemic GOP agenda. – Tom Howell Jr.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/apr/28/tim-scott-socialist-dreams-wont-help-america-thriv/

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Biden’s One Hundred Days of Hubris – Matthew Continetti
https://freebeacon.com/columns/bidens-one-hundred-days-of-hubris/
— Biden Threatens Political Opponents in Rambling Tirade: ‘Can’t Stop’ Me Now – Andrew Stiles
https://freebeacon.com/politics/biden-speech-congress/

FOX NEWS
— Sen. Tim Scott takes on politics of division during GOP rebuttal – Marisa Schultz
(DIERSEN: I should write a book about the most divisive past and present leaders of the following since 2000: Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Milton Township Republican Organization, etc.)
https://news.yahoo.com/sen-tim-scott-takes-politics-032045016.html

BREITBART
— Joe Biden Touts Massive Amnesty for Illegal Aliens in Address to Congress – JOHN BINDER
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/04/28/joe-biden-touts-massive-amnesty-for-illegal-aliens-in-address-to-congress/
— Democrat Sen. Mark Kelly Rips Joe Biden for Ignoring Illegal Immigration Crisis in Address to Congress – JOHN BINDER
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/04/28/democrat-sen-mark-kelly-rips-joe-biden-for-ignoring-illegal-immigration-crisis-in-address-to-congress/
— Biden Restores Grants for Sanctuary Jurisdictions Protecting Illegal Aliens – JOHN BINDER
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/04/28/biden-restores-grants-for-sanctuary-jurisdictions-protecting-illegal-aliens/

DAILY CALLER
— ‘No More Washington Schemes, Socialist Dreams’ — Tim Scott Delivers Republican Address After Biden’s Joint Session Of Congress – HENRY RODGERS
SENI
https://dailycaller.com/2021/04/28/tim-scott-address-republicans-mccarthy-mcconnell/

NUMBERS USA
— Biden Urges Congress to Approve Amnesty, blames Trump for Border Crisis – Chris Chmielenski
https://www.numbersusa.com/blog/biden-urges-congress-approve-amnesty-blames-trump-border-crisis

TOWNHALL
— Seven Ways You Can You Reject Today’s Tyranny – Kevin Grieve
https://townhall.com/columnists/kevingrieve/2021/04/29/seven-ways-you-can-you-reject-todays-tyranny-n2588689

FREEDOM’S JOURNAL
— Maxine Waters’ Anti-Cop Rhetoric is Getting Black People Killed – Larry Elder
https://freedomsjournalinstitute.org/blog/2021/04/29/maxine-waters-anti-cop-rhetoric-is-getting-black-people-killed

CNS NEWS
— New York Pressuring Insurers Into Race-Based Hiring – Hans Bader
(DIERSEN: GAO hired me in 1980 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. IRS hired me in 1971 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job. The Post Office hired me in 1966 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job.)
https://www.cnsnews.com/commentary/hans-bader/new-york-pressuring-insurers-race-based-hiring

ONE NEWS NOW
— Homosexual marriage, incest … What’s next? – Charlie Butts
https://onenewsnow.com/culture/2021/04/28/homosexual-marriage-incest-what-s-next

FEDERALIST
— Critical Race Theory Is Finally About To Face The Music In Court. Critical race theory is set to face a spate of lawsuits alleging it spurs discrimination and other illegal policies targeting whites, males, and Christians. – John Murawski
https://thefederalist.com/2021/04/28/critical-race-theory-is-finally-about-to-face-the-music-in-court/

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Roosevelt University Profs Caught Gloating on Zoom Call: ‘It’s All Social Justice, All Day’ “said they were proud to advocate for so-called ‘social justice’ Marxist economic concepts” – Mike LaChance
https://legalinsurrection.com/2021/04/roosevelt-university-profs-caught-gloating-on-zoom-call-its-all-social-justice-all-day/

FAMILY RESEARCH COUNCIL
— Big Money Is Driving the Transgender Trend
https://www.frcblog.com/2021/04/big-money-driving-transgender-trend/

THE HILL
— Federal workers’ job satisfaction increased in 2020 – CELINE CASTRONUOVO
(DIERSEN: Because the federal government gives preference big time to its employees who are the following, federal employees who are the following should be extremely satisfied: Democrat, moderate, liberal, minority, female, younger, veteran, LGBTQ, non-married, non-Christian, non-Protestant, non- Italian American, non-German American, and those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time.)
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/550456-federal-workers-morale-increased-in-2020-despite-pandemic-survey

POLITICO
— ‘America is not a racist country’: Sen. Tim Scott delivers GOP response. The South Carolina Republican delivered the GOP response to Biden’s first joint address to Congress. – BENJAMIN DIN, ANDREW DESIDERIO and MARIANNE LEVINE
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/04/28/scott-rebuttal-biden-address-484949

REUTERS
— Prominent affirmative action opponent Edward Blum targets Coca-Cola’s law firm diversity policy
(DIERSEN: GAO hired me in 1980 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. IRS hired me in 1971 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job. The Post Office hired me in 1966 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job.)
https://today.westlaw.com/Document/I36d60970a85711eb90d099c449e35171/View/FullText.html

NEW YORK TIMES
— The Rise of ‘Woke Capital’ Is Nothing to Celebrate – Elizabeth Bruenig
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/28/opinion/liberals-corporations-woke-capitalism.html

USA TODAY
— Joe Biden’s first 100 days in office have been a complete failure – Ronna McDaniel
https://www.usatoday.com/in-depth/opinion/todaysdebate/2021/04/29/republican-national-committee-biden-100-days-complete-failure-editorials-debates/4872227001/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Your Woke Money Is No Good Here. Corporations have taken advantage of Republicans for too long. I won’t take their PAC dollars anymore. – Ted Cruz
https://www.wsj.com/articles/your-woke-money-is-no-good-here-11619649421
— Biden’s Cradle-to-Grave Government. His latest $1.8 trillion plan rejects the old social contract of work for benefits. – Editorial
https://www.wsj.com/articles/bidens-cradle-to-grave-government-11619650937

NASDAQ
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled conservative-hating conservative-haters crow about their success in using Big Tech to destroy conservatives.
https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/facebooks-growth-puts-trump-in-his-place-2021-04-28

BLOOMBERG QUINT
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: LGBTQ-promoters crow about their success in getting Big Business to destroy individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that do not promote LGBTQ.
https://www.bloombergquint.com/businessweek/corporate-activism-on-voting-rights-echoes-role-in-lgbtq-battles

BOSTON REVIEW
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Life is a “zero-sum-game.” To give preference to members of one group is to discriminate against members of another group. To give preference to those who are minority, female, younger, veteran, Democrat, Libertarian, Green, Independent, RINO, moderate, liberal, LGBTQ, not married, non-Christian, non-Protestant, non-Italian American, non-German American, and/or those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time is to discriminate against those who are White, male, older, non-veteran, Republican, conservative, heterosexual, married, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
http://bostonreview.net/class-inequality-race/archon-fung-heather-c-mcghee-race-zero-sum

STAR HERALD
— Want to Retire With $2 Million? Here’s How Much You Need to Invest – Katie Brockman
(DIERSEN: What has harmed your efforts to save for your retirement? For me, the biggest reason was my Democrat GAO superiors’ success in forcing me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old. Previously, they had given me unfair performance expectations and appraisals, always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, did not promote me beyond GS-13, got rid of my mentor in 1987, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and forced me to take a $20,361 (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980.)
https://starherald.com/business/investment/personal-finance/want-to-retire-with-2-million-heres-how-much-you-need-to-invest/article_862749a4-f9a9-5e20-81f0-a0f1d485797e.html

HARVARD PRESS
— Diversity training is divisive – Bonnie Chandler, Prospect Hill Road
(DIERSEN: The Democrats who run the federal government require federal employees to take lots of diversity training. I took lots of diversity training while I worked for IRS for almost 9 years and while I worked for GAO for almost 18 years. Diversity training promotes hatred against Republicans, and especially against Republicans who are conservative, patriotic, White, male, older, non-veteran, 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://harvardpress.com/Opinion/Letters-to-the-Editor/missing-the-big-picture160diversity-training-is-divisive

LAW 360
— Boyden Gray Calls Coke’s Diversity Plan ‘Unlawful’
(DIERSEN: GAO hired me in 1980 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. IRS hired me in 1971 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job. The Post Office hired me in 1966 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job.)
https://www.law360.com/legalindustry/articles/1379550

WIKIPEDIA
— Protected Group
(DIERSEN: Of the organizations that you are a member of, what percent of the members are a member of one or more protected group? From what I see, protected groups include those who are: Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, RINOs, moderates, liberals, minorities, females, younger people, veterans, LGBTQers, disabled people, those who have less money than others, illegals, non-married people, non-gun owners, non-Christians, non-Protestants, non-Italian Americans, non-German Americans, criminals, boozers, gamblers, stoners, and those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time.)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protected_group

DAILY MAIL
— Get the shot or stay away from campus: At least 80 universities ORDER students to get COVID vaccine before returning in fall – CHRIS JEWERS
(DIERSEN: What about un-shot students who are members of protected groups?)
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9521543/Universities-order-students-coronavirus-vaccine-return-classes-fall.html
— Trump preps restart of MAGA rallies and will announce after 2022 midterms if he is running again – NIKKI SCHWAB and KATELYN CARALLE
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9521681/Trump-preparing-restart-rallies-says-hell-announce.html

WLS AM
— GOP precinct chair in Texas arrested in US Capitol riot
(DIERSEN: In 1999, my Republican Precinct Committeewoman appointed me to serve as her assistant. When she moved out of my precinct in 1999, to fill the vacancy, the Milton Township Republican Organization appointed me. For the 2000 election, my critics/opponents got a woman to run against me, but I was elected in large part because Randy Hultgren and Peter Roskam endorsed me in writing. I have been reelected unopposed every 2 years since then. My critics/opponents have done everything that they could to get someone to run against me and b) to get me to not run again. My critics/opponents demonize me, denigrate me, and condemn me as being “too conservative.” I should write a book about my critics/opponents and the adverse actions, including their 2015 gerrymandering of my precinct, that they have taken against me.)
https://www.wlsam.com/news/gop-precinct-chair-in-texas-arrested-in-us-capitol-riot/

(FROM THE ARTICLE: A Texas man arrested for storming the US Capitol and assaulting police officers on January 6 also serves as a Republican Party precinct chair and has been an election poll worker in north Texas. Mark Middleton, 52, was appointed as the chair of Precinct 14 in Cooke County in December, just a month after the presidential election, according to Chris McNamara, chairman of the Cooke County Republican Party. A precinct chair is a low-level elected position in local party politics. However, Middleton was not elected. He was appointed by a committee of local Republicans to fill the vacant precinct officer position. The Texas Republican Party says the duty of its precinct chairs is to “help promote and grow the local county party” and “to maximize the Republican vote in your precinct.” Middleton is one of multiple rioters with local Republican Party ties. Derrick Evans, a former member of the West Virginia House of Delegates, and Jorge Riley, former secretary for the State Board of the California Republican Assembly, are among those who have faced criminal charges for participating in the riot. Both men resigned after the riot. Middleton and his wife, Jalise Middleton, were both arrested and face seven federal charges each. They have pleaded not guilty. Their attorney did not respond to a request for comment. Middleton also worked as an election clerk in two recent Cooke County elections, according to Pam Harrison, the Cooke County clerk and elections administrator. Clerks are usually picked by the precinct election judge overseeing individual election sites. “These people tried to overturn the election. I don’t want someone like that near a poll,” said John Angus, the chairman of the Cooke County Democratic Party. ‘We are on the front lines’ Mark and Jalise Middleton traveled to Washington, DC, to attend the protest against the certification of the 2020 presidential election. In court documents, FBI investigators say the Middletons marched from the White House to the Capitol grounds where they engaged in violent confrontations with two police officers trying to prevent the mob from storming inside the building. On officer body camera footage, federal investigators say Middleton is heard saying “F**K You” after Capitol Police officers warn him and other rioters to “get back.” The court documents allege the Middletons helped knock down a barrier that allowed hundreds of other protesters to storm the west side of the Capitol. Investigators say the Middleton couple assaulted the officers by repeatedly grabbing and striking at them with their hands. The couple would later write in Facebook posts that the officers doused them in pepper spray to keep the crowd from moving forward. Investigators say the Middletons documented their movements on January 6 in a series of now deleted Facebook postings. “We are on the front lines. We helped push down the barriers,” Middleton wrote in the Facebook post, according to federal investigators. “We had to retreat, but more patriots pushed forward, and they’re taking back our house.” Mark Middleton started volunteering with the Cooke County Republican Party last year before he was appointed as a precinct chair, according to McNamara. Cooke County is deeply conservative and sits on the Texas-Oklahoma border about 65 miles north of the Dallas-Fort Worth area. Trump won the county in the 2020 election with 82% of the vote. Middleton was appointed to the precinct chair position as Trump was scaling up his fraudulent attacks on the 2020 election results. But McNamara says he doesn’t know if Trump’s lies about the election inspired Middleton to take on a more official role in local party politics. “I never got extreme vibes from him,” McNamara said. “I felt that he was disappointed that President Trump lost.” If he chooses, Mark Middleton will be able to serve out the remainder of his term until March 2022. The Cooke County Republican chairman says the party “has no mechanism for removing him” from office. McNamara said he was “very disappointed” in Middleton’s actions and the Cooke County Republican Party does not condone the attack on the Capitol. “It’s a sad day in American history,” he said. “It’s not the way we do things.”)

April 28 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Tim Scott, only Black Republican senator, set to respond to Joe Biden’s address to Congress – AP
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/tim-scott-only-black-gop-senator-set-to-respond-to-biden/10556044/
— 2020 census results: Illinois loses population, but not from where you’d think – Sarah Schulte
https://abc7chicago.com/society/illinois-is-losing-residents-but-not-from-where-youd-think/10554392/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Cordova said while whites and Blacks are leaving Chicago, the same number of Asians and Latinos are moving in. She said Illinois’ population loss is being driven by downstate declines. “The decline is occurring in the smaller areas, smaller towns, primarily places that are rural,” she said. She said the loss of manufacturing jobs for decades is a big factor in that movement. Cordova said the state must begin to do things differently to reverse the trend, especially in rural areas.)
— Illinois COVID-19 Update: IL reports 2,728 new coronavirus cases, 33 deaths
https://abc7chicago.com/health/il-reports-2728-new-covid-19-cases-33-deaths/10556636/

NBC5
— Biden Promises No New Taxes on Anyone Making Less Than $400,000. Experts Doubt He Can Keep That Pledge – Lorie Konish
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/business/money-report/biden-promises-no-new-taxes-on-anyone-making-less-than-400000-experts-doubt-he-can-keep-that-pledge/2497434/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Chicago top cop’s inconvenient truth: Fathers in gang life bear responsibility when their kids get hurt – JOHN KASS
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/john-kass/ct-prem-police-superintendent-david-brown-chicago-crime-kass-20210428-enjunlyd5ne6pioenvmupacjqu-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push Pot. To push pot on and individual, municipality, township, county, state, or country is to destroy that individual, municipality, township, county, state, or country.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/lake-county-news-sun/opinion/ct-lns-selle-marijuana-sales-st-0429-20210428-yqwkz3psbrdbvljp6lasijeln4-story.html
— McDonald’s board members sued over ‘lavish’ $56 million severance for fired CEO Easterbrook – ROBERT CHANNICK
https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-teamsters-mcdonalds-lawsuit-easterbrook-severance-20210428-rlofg6yvzrbkhodagi5ga5icdy-story.html
— Lightfoot reboots peace message ahead of Anthony Alvarez fatal police shooting video | Mayor says ‘Vax Pass’ a work in progress | WaPo: Biden close to picking Emanuel as diplomat – LISA DONOVAN
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-lightfoot-peace-police-video-emanuel-japan-ambassador-report-spin-20210428-vbonhvojlzbb5iczsvxr6rsogm-story.html
— Using flawed census data to remap Illinois will hurt voters. State should wait. – MADELEINE DOUBEK
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/ct-opinion-census-remap-districts-20210428-kyiusximerbmflqc4vgnhvf324-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— State’s unpaid bill backlog shrinks to $3.5 billion — and in Illinois, that’s called ‘remarkable. The drop in the backlog — which, at its highest point, stood at $16.7 billion in 2017 — means Illinois can pay its bills as they come in and moves closer to paying off its debts within a normal 30-day cycle. – Rachel Hinton
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2021/4/28/22408050/unpaid-bill-backlog-billion-illinois-mendoza-rauner-impasse-credit-rating

DAILY HERALD
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: The more Democrats who move in, the more that poverty and crime increase.
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20210426/we-can-fight-crime-with-early-education-funding
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push Pot. To push pot on and individual, municipality, township, county, state, or country is to destroy that individual, municipality, township, county, state, or country.
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20210428/mundelein-approves-parking-plan-for-pot-shop
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20210428/second-marijuana-dispensary-in-schaumburg-opening-friday
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Gambling pushers push gambling. To push gambling on and individual, municipality, township, county, state, or country is to destroy that individual, municipality, township, county, state, or country.
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20210428/lawmakers-consider-lifting-ban-on-betting-on-in-state-colleges-universities
— New resolution to cancel McHenry County Jail’s contract with ICE voted down in committee – Kelli Duncan
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20210428/new-resolution-to-cancel-mchenry-county-jails-contract-with-ice-voted-down-in-committee
— Optimism for regional economy reigns at Choose DuPage event – Orrin Schwarz
https://www.dailyherald.com/business/20210428/optimism-for-regional-economy-reigns-at-choose-dupage-event

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Forgive me, but student-loan forgiveness program is unforgivable – Scott Reeder
https://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/scott-reeder-forgive-me-but-student-loan-forgiveness-program-is-unforgivable/article_0f98ec23-55ef-54fd-bc37-35b27f02218c.html

ALTON TELEGRAPH
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push Pot. To push pot on and individual, municipality, township, county, state, or country is to destroy that individual, municipality, township, county, state, or country.
https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/article/Medical-marijuana-bill-stalls-employees-fired-16136010.php

OAK PARK PATCH
— Diversity, Equity And Inclusion Advisory Group Members Appointed. More than 40 members were appointed at the April 26 Village Board meeting.
(DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrat and RINO municipalities make it clear that they want to get rid of their residents 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://patch.com/illinois/oakpark/diversity-equity-inclusion-advisory-group-members-appointed

GLEN ELLYN PATCH
— Ballot Measure Creating a Milton Township 708 Mental Health Board is Certified by DuPage County Election Division – Karin Daly
https://patch.com/illinois/glenellyn/ep/2001302

WIREPOINTS
— Former Gov. Bruce Rauner looks back on four embattled years in Springfield. – Dartmouth Alumni Magazine
https://wirepoints.org/capital-business-former-gov-bruce-rauner-looks-back-on-four-embattled-years-in-springfield-dartmouth-alumni-magazine/

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— ILLINOIS POPULATION LOSS DROPS IT TO 6TH-MOST POPULOUS STATE – Bryce Hill
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/illinois-population-loss-drops-it-to-6th-most-populous-state/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— ISRA APPLAUDS CIRCUIT COURT DECISION STRIKING DOWN ILLINOIS’ FOID CARD LAW
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2021/04/isra-applauds-circuit-court-decision-striking-down-illinois-foid-card-law.html
— DR. BROOK BELLO PLEADS WITH ILLINOIS LAWMAKERS TO KEEP PARENTAL NOTIFICATION
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2021/04/dr-brook-bello-pleads-with-illinois-lawmakers-to-keep-parental-notification.html

CAPITOL FAX
— Bailey event draws local health department scrutiny
https://capitolfax.com/2021/04/28/bailey-event-draws-local-health-department-scrutiny/
— 2,728 new confirmed and probable cases; 33 additional deaths; 2,154 hospitalized; 502 in ICU; 3.4 percent average case positivity rate; 4.1 percent average test positivity rate; 100,823 average daily doses
https://capitolfax.com/2021/04/28/2728-new-confirmed-and-probable-cases-33-additional-deaths-2154-hospitalized-502-in-icu-34-percent-average-case-positivity-rate-41-percent-average-test-positivity-rate-100823-average-daily-doses/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Biden’s racial equity agenda targets ‘exclusionary’ single-family neighborhoods – Kery Murakami
(DIERSEN: Many in my Wheaton precinct believe that the south side of Roosevelt Road between the Prairie Path and Main Street is targeted for low-income apartment buildings.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/apr/28/biden-racial-equity-agenda-targets-exclusionary-si/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: President Biden wants to transform the character of many American cities and suburbs by building more apartment buildings in quiet and frequently disproportionately White neighborhoods of single-family homes. The Biden administration sees remnants of America’s segregationist past in what it calls “exclusionary” zoning laws, which allow only single-family homes in large swaths of cities and suburbs. As part of a racial equity agenda the president is pursuing in his massive infrastructure plan, Mr. Biden would send federal grants to cities if they eliminate those zoning laws and allow more lower-income people, often minorities, in areas that typically have better schools and fewer social ills that plague poor, inner-city communities.)
— ICE to cut arrests of violent criminal aliens 50% – Paul Bedard
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/washington-secrets/ice-to-cut-arrests-of-violent-criminal-illegal-immigrants-50

DAILY WIRE
— Texas School District Shames White Students As Part Of ‘Cultural Competence,’ Parents Enraged – Ashe Schow
https://www.dailywire.com/news/texas-school-district-shames-white-students-as-part-of-cultural-competence-parents-enraged

ONE AMERICA NEWS NETWORK
— Smugglers Find New Route For Adults To Bypass Biden Border Rules
https://www.oann.com/smugglers-find-new-route-for-adults-to-bypass-biden-border-rules/

NEWSMAX
— These Ten Key 2022 Midterm Election Issues Favor the GOP – Larry Bell
https://www.newsmax.com/larrybell/midterm-elections-republic-cancel/2021/04/28/id/1019324/

THE HILL
— McConnell accuses Biden of breaking promise to unify – ALEXANDER BOLTON
(DIERSEN: Democrats have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans.)
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/550689-mcconnell-accuses-biden-of-breaking-promise-to-unify
— US settling age-discrimination case by former FAA workers for $44M – CELINE
CASTRONUOVO (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, governments, employers, organizations, etc. discriminate against those who are older, White, and/or male in order to give preference to those who are younger, minority, and/or female. I should write a book about that.)
https://thehill.com/policy/transportation/aviation/550772-us-settling-age-discrimination-case-by-former-faa-workers-for

CNN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters promote Kinzinger. Overwhelmingly, hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters hate individuals, hate organizations, hate companies, hate governments, and hate countries 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. Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters hate me and hate my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters.
https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/28/politics/adam-kinzinger-donald-trump-2024/index.html

CBS NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: How soon, if not already, will Amazon, Delta, Pfizer and Tesla a) fire its employees who do not promote LGBTQ and b) refuse to do business with those who do not promote LGBTQ?
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/amazon-delta-pfizer-and-tesla-among-companies-backing-lgbtq-bill/

YAHOO NEWS
— US Catholic bishops may press Biden to stop taking Communion – DAVID CRARY
https://www.yahoo.com/news/us-catholic-bishops-may-press-143840441.html

NEW YORK TIMES
— People of Color Breathe More Hazardous Air. – Hiroko Tabuchi and Nadja Popovich
(DIERSEN: My father attended high school in Chicago Heights in 1940 and 1941 and he worked in a nasty chemical plant in Chicago Heights 1941-1969. I worked in Chicago Heights 1964-1966 and 1970-1972 and in Harvey 1972-1973.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/28/climate/air-pollution-minorities.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Deadly air pollutant ‘disproportionately and systematically’ harms Americans of color, study finds. Black, Latino and Asian Americans face higher levels of exposure to fine particulate matter from traffic, construction and other sources. Juliet Eilperin and Darryl Fears
(DIERSEN: My father attended high school in Chicago Heights in 1940 and 1941 and he worked in a nasty chemical plant in Chicago Heights 1941-1969. I worked in Chicago Heights 1964-1966 and 1970-1972 and in Harvey 1972-1973.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2021/04/28/environmental-justice-pollution/

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Orange County debates ethnic studies: Vital learnings or ‘anti-white’ divisiveness? – HAYLEY SMITH
(DIERSEN: Democrats use ethnic studies to promote hatred against Republicans, and especially against 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://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-04-28/ethnic-studies-slammed-as-anti-white-in-orange-county

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
— U.S. Air Force creates 2 teams to address issues affecting LGBTQ, Indigenous members – MURI ASSUNÇÃO
(DIERSEN: How soon, if noit already, will the U.S. military officially announce that it is officially getting rid of all its personnel who are Republican starting with those 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://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/ny-air-force-creates-teams-address-lgbtq-indigenous-members-20210428-mb4q6m6jfbddbgrgfv7yaztlfq-story.html

DULUTH NEWS TRIBUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: I should write a book about those who make those in Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton who are the following feel unwelcome: 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. I would focus on those who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout and who done the most to make me feel unwelcome.
https://www.duluthnewstribune.com/opinion/letters/6995063-Readers-View-White-people-need-to-feel-uncomfortable-too

BUSINESS INSIDER
— A conservative ETF designed to boycott ‘hostile’ companies like Disney and Nike that support the ‘liberal agenda’ has beaten the broader market since Biden took office – Emily Graffeo
https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/conservative-etf-american-values-exchange-traded-fund-liberal-flaig-ridgeline-2021-4-1030359673

NEWSWEEK
— As Clock Ticks Down to Midterms, Progressives Can’t Agree on Reparations
(DIERSEN: Democrats promote reparations to promote hatred against Republicans, and especially against 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://www.newsweek.com/clock-ticks-down-midterms-progressives-cant-agree-reparations-1586938

ZILLOW
— FOR SALE: 1003 James Court, Wheaton – $829,000
https://www.zillow.com/wheaton-il/X1-SS1apc9gppw622z_3o1g1_sse/4448312_zpid/

April 28 Morning Edition

ABC7
— Chicago considering vaccine passports for entry to summer festivals, concerts, events – Craig Wall and Eric Horng
(DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will the Democrats require vaccine passports to get into grocery stores, pharmacies, hospitals, restaurants, schools, government buildings, hotels, etc.?)
https://abc7chicago.com/health/chicago-considering-vaccine-passports-for-summer-events-/10553492/

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Debate erupts after U.S. Census delivers bad news for Illinois – Mike Flannery
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/debate-erupts-after-u-s-census-delivers-bad-news-for-illinois

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Remap flip-flop flap: Pritzker now says he trusts lawmakers to handle redistricting – GOP accuses him of ‘retrograde amnesia. Pritzker said in 2018 that he would veto maps “in any way drafted or created by legislators, political party leaders and/or their staffs or allies” and would support an independent commission set up by the state Legislature. – Andrew Sullender
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2021/4/27/22406717/remap-flip-flop-pritzker-redistricting-durkin-census-independent-campaign-promise

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote hatred against Republicans, and especially against 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://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/glencoe/ct-gln-glencoe-community-forum-tl-0429-20210427-ob5g2alsafc4jnfp235fbb663q-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— Representative Tom Morrison’s motives criticized unfairly – Linda Melder, Hoffman Estates
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20210428/representatives-motives-criticized-unfairly
— Media literacy bill a welcome tool in the fight against fake news – Editorial
(DIERSEN: While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997, the last 11 years of which at GS-13 Step 1-10 levels, currently $102,188-$132,845/year, I increasingly worked as a referencer, that is, as a fact-checker. That work required assuring the accuracy and support for each and every word, number, table, graph, chart, conclusion, opinion, and recommendation in GAO reports. I worked for IRS 1971-1980, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 levels, currently $85,935-$97,395/year. My other fact-checking qualifications include my becoming a Forensic Accountant in 1997, Certified Fraud Examiner in 1990, licensed CPA in 1981, Certified Internal Auditor in 1981, and CPA in 1979.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20210428/editorial-media-literacy-bill-a-welcome-tool-in-the-fight-against-fake-news

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— President Biden has reached 100 days in office. Here’s how Illinois has fared in that time.
https://www.pantagraph.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/watch-now-president-biden-has-reached-100-days-in-office-heres-how-illinois-has-fared/article_4e5679dd-2eb6-52e9-85e6-d38ffd1e8bff.html

DAILY NORTHWESTERN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote hatred against Republicans, and especially against 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://dailynorthwestern.com/2021/04/28/campus/speakers-discuss-racial-equity-and-prioritization-in-cultural-institutions/

FOX ILLINOIS
— House passes bill to rename, revamp affirmative action policy in Illinois – Jakob Emerson
(DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Republican-haters give preferential treatment to members of protected groups. Protected Groups include: Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, RINOs, moderates, liberals, minorities, females, younger people, veterans, LGBTQers, disabled people, those who have less money than others, illegals, non-married people, non-gun owners, non-Christians, non-Protestants, non-Italian Americans, non-German Americans, criminals, boozers, gamblers, stoners, and those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time.)
https://www.foxillinois.com/news/local/house-passes-bill-to-rename-revamp-affirmative-action-policy-in-illinois
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Illinois lawmakers are looking to revamp affirmative action policies in the state. Under a new bill (HB 3914), all references to affirmative action under Illinois law would be changed instead to be called “positive actions.” If signed into law, the bill would require every state agency to take positive actions they believe are necessary to combat discrimination against employees in a protected class. That means that those who are considered a protected class can be favored for job recruitment or promotions over those that aren’t. According to the bill, “’protected characteristic’ means race and any other characteristic which may be used, either directly or indirectly, to discriminate against or place at a disadvantage such persons having that characteristic.” “It would be something positive and give me, and people like me, the opportunity to have the same jobs, and equity, and housing, and access,” State Rep. Mary Flowers, D-Chicago, said. The bill passed the Illinois House on Thursday, April 22, along party lines and with Democrats in favor. It now heads to the Senate. Republicans opposed say the state’s Central Management Services is against the bill, which is the agency that ensures the other 80 state agencies are running smoothly and efficiently.)

OUR QUAD CITIES
— Illinois governor’s redistricting map comments cause concern for Republicans – Demetrios Sanders
https://www.ourquadcities.com/news/state-news/illinois-governors-redistricting-map-comments-cause-concern-for-republicans/

NPR ILLINOIS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Biden’s Policies Are Far Left
https://www.nprillinois.org/post/bidens-100-day-mark-republicans-attempt-paint-his-policies-far-left#stream/0

WAND
— DISGUSTING: Rodney Davis seeks to allow pot smokers to buy firearms – Doug Wolfe
https://www.wandtv.com/news/gop-seeks-to-allow-pot-smokers-to-buy-firearms/article_54eea538-a795-11eb-8617-1b36541abdd5.html

CHICAGO NOW
— Illinois teachers union targets home schooling – Dennis Byrne
https://www.chicagonow.com/dennis-byrnes-barbershop/2021/04/illinois-teachers-union-targets-home-schooling/

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— White County judge finds Illinois FOID card unconstitutional, state’s attorney expects appeal – Greg Bishop
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/white-county-judge-finds-illinois-foid-card-unconstitutional-states-attorney-expects-appeal/article_67dbf972-a798-11eb-8168-6b59440094a7.html

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— ILLINOIS LAWMAKERS TACKLE BALLOONS, PITCHFORK FISHING, BUT KEEP RESIDENTS IN DARK ON ETHICS REFORMS – Brad Weisenstein
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/illinois-lawmakers-tackle-balloons-pitchfork-fishing-but-keep-residents-in-dark-on-ethics-reforms/

ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— LGBTQ Ideologues’ Propaganda Brainwashing The Young, and Younger Still – Robert Knight
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2021/04/lgbtq-ideologues-propaganda-brainwashing-the-young-and-younger-still/

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Illinois Democrats Trying to Give More Power to Bureaucrats During All Health Crises – Laurie Higgins
https://illinoisfamily.org/education/illinois-lawmakers-to-give-bureaucrats-more-power-over-all-schools-during-health-crises/

CAPITOL FAX
— Pritzker to appeal latest Shakman decision
(DIERSEN: GAO hired me in 1980 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. IRS hired me in 1971 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job. The Post Office hired me in 1966 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job.)
https://capitolfax.com/2021/04/28/pritzker-to-appeal-latest-shakman-decision/

FOX NEWS
— OUTSTANDING: GOP Reps warn against Biden administration’s ‘dangerous’ and ‘divisive’ critical race theory push. ‘This book is anti-thetical to the American Dream’ – Jon Street, Audrey Conklin |
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-critical-race-theory-push
— OUTRAGEOUS: New York Times’ left-wing reporter Hannah-Jones joins UNC’s journalism school. Controversial ‘1619 Project’ author will be Knight Chair in Race and Investigative Journalism – David Rutz
https://www.foxnews.com/media/new-york-times-left-wing-reporter-hannah-jones-journalism-school

WIREPOINTS
— Illinois state tax grab could cost municipalities $150M: A city like Joliet could lose up to $1.8M
https://wirepoints.org/illinois-state-tax-grab-could-cost-municipalities-150m-a-city-like-joliet-could-lose-up-to-1-8m-wirepoints-on-slocum-in-the-morning-on-wjol/
— t’s no wonder Illinois is losing people and representation in Congress. People vote with their feet when you have horrible policies, restrict freedoms and are bankrupt.
https://wirepoints.org/its-no-wonder-illinois-is-losing-people-and-representation-in-congress-people-vote-with-their-feet-when-you-have-horrible-policies-restrict-freedoms-and-are-bankrupt-wirepoints-joins-ch/

GOPUSA
— Florida Official Orders Workers To Vaccinate Or Risk Firing
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=109562
— Immigration Advocacy Groups Launch $50M Citizenship Demand
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=109578
— Social Media Companies, Experts Talk Role Of Algorithms In Democracy
(DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters are harmful. If I were to ask my critics/opponents why my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters are harmful, what would they say?)
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=109564
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Social media company executives and technology researchers differed in the extent to which they believe algorithms are being used to suppress harmful content on online platforms during a Tuesday congressional hearing. Executives from Facebook, Twitter and YouTube told senators from the judiciary subcommittee on privacy, technology and the law that the companies use formulas to remove content that violates their terms of use. They said they also suppress content that has more borderline hateful content. Facebook’s vice president for content policy, Monika Bickert, said it would be “self-defeating” for the company’s algorithms to push extreme content.)

AMERICAN THINKER
— The Democratic Party is Now America’s Extremist Party – J. Robert Smith
(DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, to be a Democrat is to be full of hatred against individuals, against organizations, against companies, against governments, and against countries 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://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2021/04/the_democratic_party_is_now_americas_extremist_party.html

BREITBART
— Joe Biden ‘Sanctuary Country’ Orders Freeing Thousands of Criminal Illegal Aliens into U.S. Communities – JOHN BINDER
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/04/27/report-biden-sanctuary-country-orders-freeing-thousands-criminal-illegal-aliens-usa/

NEWS BUSTERS
— Even Liberal Senator Ossoff Can’t Ignore Facebook’s Massive ‘Gatekeeper’ Power – Kayla Sargent
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/free-speech/kayla-sargent/2021/04/27/what-even-liberal-senator-ossoff-cant-ignore-facebooks

NEWSMAX
— Rick Scott to Newsmax TV: Florida’s Policies Bringing New Residents ‘In Droves’
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/rickscott-florida-census-reapportionment/2021/04/27/id/1019250/

HERITAGE FOUNDATION
— The Return of “Blame America First” – Brett D. Schaefer, Mike Gonzale, and Angeles T. Arredondo
https://www.heritage.org/global-politics/commentary/the-return-blame-america-first
— What Is the Freedom of Association and Will the Supreme Court Protect It? – GianCarlo Canaparo
(DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats and RINOs make it clear that they do not want those who are the following to associate with each other: 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.heritage.org/the-constitution/commentary/what-the-freedom-association-and-will-the-supreme-court-protect-it

CENTER SQUARE
— Critical race theory is about to face its day(s) in court – John Murawski
(DIERSEN: Republican-haters use critical race theory to promote hatred against Republicans who are White, male, older, law enforcement officers, Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, 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.thecentersquare.com/national/op-ed-critical-race-theory-is-about-to-face-its-day-s-in-court/article_9dcefa10-a76c-11eb-bf9f-27e0e238e56d.html

LEGAL INSURRECTION
“Cancel culture, as it exists now, is … really the warfare of personal destruction” Cancel culture has “morphed into an extremely dangerous targeting of people, attempts to destroy their lives, to so-called dox them, to harass them, to harass their employers, to harass people who know them to get them fired.” – William A. Jacobson
(DIERSEN: Everyone should write a book about those who worked the hardest to destroy them and why. I would focus on those who succeeded in ending my TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairmanship, my Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee membership, my Milton Township Republican Organization webmaster service, my Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee membership, my American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board membership, my GAO employment, etc.)
https://legalinsurrection.com/2021/04/lecture-cancel-culture-as-it-exists-now-is-really-the-warfare-of-personal-destruction/

EPOCH TIMES
— Biden’s First 100 Days a Radical Transformation of America – IVAN PENTCHOUKOV
(DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, abolition of the First and Second Amendments, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination.)
https://www.theepochtimes.com/mkt_morningbrief/bidens-first-100-days-a-radical-transformation-of-america_3793489.html
— Safe Spaces Are Creating a Generation of ‘Snowflake Tyrants’: Dr. Everett Piper – TOM OZIMEK AND JOSHUA PHILIPP
https://www.theepochtimes.com/mkt_app/safe-spaces-are-creating-a-generation-of-snowflake-tyrants-dr-everett-piper_3792871.html

THE HILL
— Trump discussing resumption of MAGA rallies – OLAFIMIHAN OSHIN
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/550653-trump-discussing-resumption-of-maga-rallies-report

POLITICO
— Tim Scott: The loneliest conservative – BRAKKTON BOOKER
(DIERSEN: In your township/ward and county, what percent of the Republican Precinct Committeemen/Captains are conservative?)
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/the-recast/2021/04/27/tim-scott-loneliest-conservative-492617

CNN
— OUTSTANDING: Idaho moves to ban critical race theory instruction in all public schools, including universities – Leah Asmelash
https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/27/us/critical-race-theory-idaho-bill-trnd/index.html

CBS NEWS
— Wall Street and Silicon Valley have little to show for diversity pledges, critics say – KATE GIBSON
(DIERSEN: I should write a book about governments, employers, and organizations in Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton that have made the most progress in promoting diversity, that is, that have done the most to promote political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination.)
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/wells-fargo-resists-diversity-audit-as-wall-street-silicon-valley-fall-short/

NEW YORK TIMES
— College Accounts at Birth: State Efforts Raise New Hopes. Creating and seeding accounts for every newborn is found to have an impact on aspirations as well as savings. – Patricia Cohen
(DIERSEN: Were you viewed as being “college material?” I was not. Neither of my outstanding parents attended college. My father was the first of his ancestors to earn a high school diploma. My mother never attended high school. During my junior and senior years and the summer in between, I washed dishes for the minimum wage in the basement of the S.S. Kresges in Chicago Heights. Nevertheless, I took college-preparatory courses, got into the upper 20% of my class, and got a 24 on the ACT.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/27/business/economy/child-education-accounts.html
— Vandalism Fuels Wrath And Division In Portland. The mayor of Portland, Ore., recently urged people to report anything they might overhear about property destruction plans or boasts. – Mike Baker
(DIERSEN: Democrats hint/imply/argue/shout that if Democrats are elected, there will be less poverty, crime, vandalism, looting, rioting, arson, etc.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/27/us/portland-protests-mayor-ted-wheeler.html

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A conservative-hater says “Elite conservatives want you to be a terrible person.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/04/27/elite-conservatives-want-you-be-terrible-person/

NEW YORK POST
— OUTSTANDING: Idaho lawmakers vote to ban critical race theory, ‘indoctrinating’ students – Lee Brown
https://nypost.com/2021/04/27/idaho-lawmakers-vote-to-ban-critical-race-theory-indoctrinating-students/

USA TODAY
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats illegally do everything that illegally can to illegally encourage citizens of foreign countries to illegally come to America illegally and to illegally stay in America illegally.
https://www.usatoday.com/in-depth/news/nation/2021/04/16/unaccompanied-minors-foster-care-immigration-florida/7186651002/
— HARD COPY ARTICLE TITLE: More expect U.S. division to widen. – Phillip M. Bailey and Sarah Elbeshbishi
(DIERSEN: Democrats are hate-mongers. Ever-increasingly, Democrats do everything that they can to make everyone hate Republicans, and especially to hate 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://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/hiddencommonground/2021/04/27/americans-want-compromise-but-think-divides-worsen-poll-finds/7201888002/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— FRONT PAGE: Biden to Seek $80 Billion to Bolster IRS, Tax Enforcement. Administration estimates plan would generate $700 billion in net taxes that otherwise would go uncollected. – Richard Rubin
(DIERSEN: I worked for IRS’s Collection Division for almost 9 years. While I worked for GAO for almost 18 years, I worked on audits of IRS’s Criminal Investigation Division (CID) for 3 years 1986-1988. In April of 1988, GAO issued a 49-page report on CID’s program to address unreported illegal source income. SEE: https://www.gao.gov/products/ggd-88-61 In March of 1989, GAO issued a 32-page report on CID’s program to address unreported legal source income. SEE: https://www.gao.gov/products/ggd-89-41 )
https://www.wsj.com/articles/biden-to-seek-80-billion-to-bolster-irs-tax-enforcement-11619539465
— Race Relations in America Are Better Than Ever. Obsessed with theories of ‘systemic racism’ and ‘unconscious bias,’ the media ignores good news. – Jason L. Riley
(DIERSEN: Democrats are hate-mongers. Ever-increasingly, Democrats do everything that they can to make everyone hate Republicans, and especially to hate 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://www.wsj.com/articles/race-relations-in-america-are-better-than-ever-11619561751

FORBES
— OK Boomer: 5 Surprising Insights Into What Gen-Z Workers Want In A Job
(DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who wanted my GAO job and my preferred corner office.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/markcperna/2021/04/27/ok-boomer-5-surprising-insights-into-what-gen-z-workers-want-in-a-job/

BUSINESS INSIDER
— Mike Pence Plots a Comeback Course in Trump’s Republican Party
https://www.businessinsider.com/mike-pence-president-republican-party-donald-trump-2021-4

NEWSWEEK
— There’s a Better Way to Improve Race Relations in America – SUSAN HARMELING AND CHARLES M. HENDERSON
(DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs promote 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.newsweek.com/theres-better-way-improve-race-relations-america-opinion-1586063

TEXAN
— Following Incumbent’s DWI Arrest, Republican Dolcefino Announces Run for Texas House. The arrest of state Rep. Dan Huberty has led at least one new candidate to file for the 2022 election in a heavily Republican district. – HOLLY HANSEN
https://thetexan.news/following-incumbents-dwi-arrest-republican-dolcefino-announces-run-for-texas-house/

WBAP
— ‘Hate America’ Campaign Is In High Gear – Dr. Bill Donohue
(DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who promote/promoted hatred against Republicans. I would focus on those who falsely paint/painted themselves as being religious, conservative, and/or Republican and who have/had lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton.)
https://www.wbap.com/news/hate-america-campaign-is-in-high-gear/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The United States is beset with numerous problems, though none as serious as teaching students and workers why they should hate America. It is an intellectually dishonest game, riddled with distortions and out-and-out lies about American history, as well as tortured interpretations of current events. It is disturbing to note that the left-wing agenda is no longer confined to places like higher education and the media. No, it has been mainstreamed into the corporate world, collegiate and professional sports, and beyond. Some politicians have also embraced the “Hate America” campaign. There are three identifiable stages to this campaign. The baby boomers, who were born after World War II, came of age in the Sixties at a time of unprecedented affluence and domestic strife. The Sixties and Seventies were marked by a movement to hate America, though the agenda of the left was inchoate as compared to the stages that followed. Stage one flowered in academia and in select urban neighborhoods. College students were taught how racist and sexist our heritage is, and how imperialistic our foreign policy is. “Amerikkka,” as it was called, was the land of oppression. It did not matter that those who promoted this lie were Marxists, the masters of oppression. Parts of many urban areas, particularly on the east and west coasts, were overtaken by drug-addicted hippies who preached love while throwing Molotov cocktails at the police. Stage two was born in the Eighties. Just as the college campuses gave rise to the first installment of hatred, they were the site of the second wave. Its principal vehicle was multiculturalism. This pedagogical tool was never about teaching students to appreciate diverse cultures; rather, it was used as an ideological weapon to trash Western civilization and its Judeo-Christian heritage. Pope Benedict XVI wasn’t fooled. Multiculturalism, he observed, has led to “a peculiar Western self-hatred that is nothing short of pathological.” The distinguished historian, Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr., was more specific. “There is surely no reason for Western civilization to have guilt trips laid on it by champions of cultures based on despotism, superstition, tribalism, and fanaticism.” Multiculturalism is also about fomenting division, segregating various demographic groups, emphasizing how little we have in common. We see expressions of it today. The class of 2021 at Columbia University allows for separate “Multicultural Graduation Celebrations.” The menu includes events for Native, Asian, “Latinx” (it is not chic to have masculine and feminine identifiers, as in Latinos and Latinas, respectively), African Americans, Lavender (homosexuals and transgender persons) and FLI (first-generation, low-income students). This obviously presents a dilemma for rich gay first-generation persons of mixed ancestry, but such is life at the Ivies these days. The third stage of the “Hate America” campaign, which began in the 1990s and is now in full bloom, is grounded in critical race theory, an ideology that was crafted by racists to combat racism. It is a curious blend of Marxism (the capitalists are the oppressive class) and racism (white people are inherently racist). Its popularity is widespread, extending from the halls of government to Wall Street. The Biden administration is currently weighing strategies to implement critical race theory in the schools, making certain that no one will escape participation in the “Hate America” campaign. Where do you rank on the scale of “power and privilege?” That is what first-grade students in California are being asked. In Missouri, middle-school teachers are being asked to rate themselves on an “oppression” index. Predictably, the bad guys are white, heterosexual, English-speaking, Christian males. They oppress people. Take note of that, Oprah. The college campuses are alive with critical race theory. Michigan State University will hold a conference in May instructing white students to admit their “white privilege,” even if reared in a foster home. At Smith College, all employees were forced to undergo “antibias” training after a black student claimed she was racially profiled. It was later learned that she lied. Georgetown fired a tenured professor for simply noting that her black law students were not doing well in her classes. There is little pushback in the corporations, or on the college campuses, against the “Hate America” campaign, but there are signs that parents of elementary school students have had enough. In New York City, Megyn Kelly pulled her two children from a pricey Upper West side school. She was followed by a father who took his daughter out of an expensive Upper East side school; he made his informed letter public, sharing it with the school’s parents. A faculty member at Grace Church School in Greenwich Village recently went public with his complaints against the headmaster: He accused him of “demonizing white people for being born.” Not until more Americans object to these pernicious “Hate America” campaigns in the workplace, schools, and government will we liberate ourselves from this demonic attack on our heritage and our sensibilities. The barbarians are not at the gate—they’ve captured our culture and our institutions.)

WEEK
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Republican-hater says “The Republican plot to steal the 2024 election.”
https://theweek.com/articles/979505/republican-plot-steal-2024-election

AARP
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: LGBTQ-promoters promote LGBTQ-promoters.
https://www.aarp.org/home-family/friends-family/info-2021/rachel-levine.html

LEXOLOGY
— OK, Boomer…Does Your Employee Have an Age Discrimination Claim? – Jessica Holliday
(DIERSEN: My critics/opponents promote age discrimination a) because they want to get rid of those who are older than they are and/or b) because they want to curry favor with those who promote age discrimination.)
https://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=0d3ff746-dc22-49d0-82c5-8314b1179ef2

JD SURPA
— Chicago Enacts Vaccination Anti-Retaliation and Rights Ordinance
https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/chicago-enacts-vaccination-anti-7771851/

April 27 Evening Edition

NBC5
— OUTRAGEOUS: Americans Support Biden’s Spending and Want Him to Spend More, Polls Show – Kevin Breuninger
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/business/money-report/americans-support-bidens-spending-and-want-him-to-spend-more-polls-show/2496274/
— Biden to Propose Free Preschool, a $200B Investment. The new details are part of Biden’s $1 trillion-plus package focused on so-called human infrastructure. – Lisa Mascaro and Josh Boak
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/biden-to-propose-free-preschool-a-200b-investment/2496633/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Pritzker chastises GOP for failing to collaborate on new legislative maps and cheers census data showing smaller population loss than many feared – RICK PEARSON
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-illinois-redistricting-pritzker-20210427-d4o2soxc4rhqlnw5jsq4upperm-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, since the Civil War, Democrats blame Republicans for the problems that Blacks have.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/clarence-page/ct-column-evanston-slavery-reparations-housing-ta-nehisi-coates-page-20210427-33fp6rqrrfaundibj22gzpedvu-story.html
— Pritzker to follow CDC’s lead on easing mask guidelines | Chicago looking at ‘Vax Pass’ | Governor signs into law bill aimed at closing racial disparities in health care – LISA DONOVAN
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-prizker-mask-easing-guidelines-following-cdc-abby-witt-tapped-democrats-spin-20210427-fvommzxdm5cqfl5nlrq7wh3tgm-story.html
— Part victory lap, Part sales job: President Biden to address a joint session of Congress. Here’s what we expect him to say. – MICHAEL D. SHEAR
https://www.chicagotribune.com/nation-world/ct-aud-nw-nyt-biden-congress-address-20210427-i352dzzypjbjncbtozlib3xwai-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Where’s Caitlyn? So far, Jenner’s campaign is virtual. Jenner’s written statement last week that she would enter a likely recall election that could oust Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom generated international publicity. But so far the political newcomer’s campaign exists in the virtual realm, a string of tweets and vaguely worded posts with no specifics about what she might do if elected. – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2021/4/27/22406647/caitlyn-jenners-campaign-so-far-virtual

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Chicago’s top doctor teases vaccine passport for events. Those vaccinated against COVID-19 may get special access to concerts under a new program, which could start next month. – STEPHANIE GOLDBERG
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/health-care/chicagos-top-doctor-teases-vaccine-passport-events

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Democrats want to start race war – Michael Reagan
https://www.pantagraph.com/opinion/columnists/michael-reagan-democrats-want-to-start-race-war/article_b37b12e0-160c-5b63-a0e4-3e81eeb13c87.html

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Gov. JB Pritzker signs sweeping health care equity reform bill – Dean Olsen
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/2021/04/27/pritzker-signs-transformative-health-care-equity-bill-into-law/4856711001/

WEDNESDAY JOURNAL
— Conservative site seeking to fill news void invites suspicion. West Cook News makes known its partisan edge, but largely abandons journalistic tools in local coverage. – Michael Romain
(DIERSEN: The mainstream news media serves as an arm of the Democrat, Libertarian, and Green parties.)
https://www.oakpark.com/2021/04/27/conservative-site-seeking-to-fill-news-void-invites-suspicion/

WAND
— Smoke pot? Can’t buy a gun – Doug Wolfe
https://www.wandtv.com/news/smoke-pot-cant-buy-a-gun/article_54eea538-a795-11eb-8617-1b36541abdd5.html

CAPITOL FAX
— Southern Illinois judge rules FOID card unconstitutional
https://capitolfax.com/2021/04/27/southern-illinois-judge-rules-foid-card-unconstitutional/
— Pritzker mischaracterizes his own 2018 remap veto pledge, also claims 2011 remap had a “very strong leaning toward fairness”
https://capitolfax.com/2021/04/27/pritzker-mischaracterizes-his-own-2018-remap-veto-pledge-also-claims-2011-remap-had-a-very-strong-leaning-toward-fairness/
— 2,556 new confirmed and probable cases; 23 additional deaths; 2,180 hospitalized; 502 in ICU; 3.5 percent average case positivity rate; 4.1 percent average test positivity rate; 105,757 average daily doses
https://capitolfax.com/2021/04/27/2556-new-confirmed-and-probable-cases-23-additional-deaths-2180-hospitalized-502-in-icu-35-percent-average-case-positivity-rate-41-percent-average-test-positivity-rate-105757-average-daily-doses/
— Pritzker signs fourth Black Caucus “pillar” into law
https://capitolfax.com/2021/04/27/pritzker-signs-fourth-black-caucus-pillar-into-law/
— Abby Witt named new DPI executive director
https://capitolfax.com/2021/04/27/abby-witt-named-new-dpi-executive-director/

GOPUSA
— Woke Democrats Broke American Cities
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=109446

DAILY SIGNAL
— Wealthiest Cities in Bluest States Reap Windfall From Democrats’ COVID-19 ‘Stimulus’ – Fred Lucas
https://www.dailysignal.com/2021/04/26/wealthiest-cities-in-bluest-states-reap-windfall-from-democrats-covid-19-stimulus/

FEDERALIST
— The Derek Chauvin Verdict Is More Evidence America Isn’t Systemically Racist That the U.S. justice system punished Derek Chauvin shows both the promise of America and the hollowness of critical race theory. – Kyle Sammin
https://thefederalist.com/2021/04/27/the-derek-chauvin-verdict-is-more-evidence-america-isnt-systemically-racist/

NEW AMERICAN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: I should write a book about fiscal conservatives who destroy social conservatives.
https://thenewamerican.com/gop-seeks-return-to-fiscal-conservatism-laments-bases-focus-on-culture-war-issues/

THE HILL
— Republicans embrace Trump in effort to reclaim Senate – JARED GANS AND REID WILSON

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/550550-republicans-embrace-trump-in-effort-to-reclaim-senate

— Hundreds of businesses sign on to support LGBTQ rights legislation – MYCHAEL SCHNELL (DIERSEN: To promote LGBTQ is to destroy traditional marriage and the traditional family.)
https://thehill.com/regulation/lobbying/550455-hundreds-of-businesses-sign-on-to-support-lgbtq-rights-legislation
— Trump swipes at Cheney amid House GOP spat – TAL AXELROD
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/550590-trump-swipes-at-cheney-amid-house-gop-spat

ROLL CALL
— Census results start wave of litigation over new maps. Rushed redistricting process looms ahead of 2022 midterms. – Michael Macagnone
https://www.rollcall.com/2021/04/27/census-results-start-wave-of-litigation-over-new-maps/

ABC NEWS
— Republicans face identity crises from within own ranks: The Note. There’s continued disagreement over Trump’s role in determining the GOP’s future. – Rick Klein, Averi Harper, and Kendall Karson
(DIERSEN: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters want to dump those like me who do not share their hatred of Trump. 157 in my precinct voted for Trump. 26,080 in Milton Township voted for Trump. 193,611 in DuPage County voted for Trump. 2,446,891 in Illinois voted for Trump.)
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/republicans-face-identity-crises-ranks-note/story?id=77323767

WASHINGTON POST
— Wheaton: For evangelical leader Jamie Aten, advocating for vaccines led to a death threat – Bob Smietana
https://www.washingtonpost.com/religion/for-evangelical-leader-jamie-aten-advocating-for-vaccines-led-to-a-death-threat/2021/04/27/ce95acbe-a7a5-11eb-a8a7-5f45ddcdf364_story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: When Aten, executive director of the Humanitarian Disaster Institute at Wheaton College, began to urge his fellow evangelicals to get vaccinated, however, things got ugly. “How’s your Monday going?” he tweeted on April 27. “Mine started with having to file a police report in response to the increasing number of threats I’m getting for encouraging white evangelicals to get vaccinated against COVID-19.” Aten, who teaches at an evangelical college and identifies as an evangelical, told Religion News Service he’d filed a report with the sheriff’s office in DuPage County, Illinois, where he lives, after getting an email claiming his work on vaccines was “punishable by death.” The email was part of a pattern of emails and calls from people angry about Aten’s work helping Christian groups and churches respond to the COVID-19 vaccine. The threats intensified after he spoke to The New York Times about the need for evangelicals to be vaccinated.)

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Facebook, Twitter, YouTube pressed on ‘poisonous’ algorithms – ANNA EDGERTON AND ILYA BANARES
https://www.latimes.com/business/technology/story/2021-04-27/facebook-twitter-youtube-pressed-on-poisonous-algorithms

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— GOP Leaders Clash on Trump at Annual Retreat. Republicans hope to take back control of Congress in midterms – Kristina Peterson
https://www.wsj.com/articles/gop-leaders-clash-on-trump-at-annual-retreat-11619563002
— Biden’s Post-Trump Honeymoon. He’s riding the end of the pandemic to pass a radical agenda. – Editorial
https://www.wsj.com/articles/bidens-post-trump-honeymoon-11619564017

NEWSWEEK
— Marjorie Taylor Greene Says Republicans ‘Stupid’ to Not Invite Trump to GOP Retreat – DANIEL VILLARREA
https://www.newsweek.com/marjorie-taylor-greene-says-republicans-stupid-not-invite-trump-gop-retreat-1586607

April 27 Morning Edition

CBS2
— ‘Help Wanted’ Signs Are Everywhere, But Employers Still Having A Hard Time Attracting Workers – Chris Tye
(DIERSEN: Democrat employers do not want to hire 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://chicago.cbslocal.com/2021/04/26/help-wanted-signs-no-workers/

WGN TV
— Some Evanston families receiving reparations ahead of housing program payments – Dana Rebik
(DIERSEN: Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion are reparations.)
https://wgntv.com/news/some-evanston-families-receiving-reparations-ahead-of-housing-program-payments/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Waukegan schools recruiting teachers from Puerto Rico and internationally to provide Latinx students ‘enriched educational experience’ – STEVE SADIN
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/lake-county-news-sun/ct-lns-waukegan-teachers-st-0427-20210426-nv7ziyufbnb5lcqk4q2wk6v2ga-story.html

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— A Chicago tech firm follows Coinbase in banning politics talk at work. Political discussion at work is “a major distraction” that “saps our energy, and redirects our dialog towards dark places,” Basecamp’s co-founder, Jason Fried, wrote in a blog post on Monday. – Bloomberg  
(DIERSEN: While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO’s Chicago office 1980-1997, my Democrat coworkers and Democrat subordinates frequently asked me questions to get me to affirm a) that I was a conservative Republican, b) that I opposed political affiliation discrimination, c) that I opposed reverse discrimination, that is, that I opposed race and gender based preference giving, d) that I opposed age discrimination, e) that I had avoided the draft, f) that I was 100% German American, g) that I was a Missouri Synod Lutheran, h) that my ancestors had been in America since 1844, h) that had lived in Crete 1948-1972 and that I had lived in Wheaton since 1978, i) that my wife had a good job, j) that my wife and I had given up trying to have children, that we did not adopt, and we did not become foster parents, k) that we had a home built in Wheaton in 1984, l) that I bought collector cars in 1989 and 1994, m) that etc.  Of course, they shared my responses with my Democrat supervisors and superiors.)    
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/technology/chicago-tech-firm-follows-coinbase-banning-politics-talk-work

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Groups want to deter Sangamon County sheriff from acquiring an armored vehicle – Steven Spearie
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/2021/04/27/sangamon-county-sheriff-gets-pushback-buying-armored-vehicle/7382369002/

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Illinois is losing a US House seat. What McLean County political leaders think the outcome will be.
https://www.pantagraph.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/watch-now-illinois-is-losing-a-u-s-house-seat-what-mclean-county-political-leaders/article_9c65922a-f0d8-51e8-b22e-4f881fd10da8.html

WGLT
— Sen. Barickman: Voters Will Determine Republican Party’s Direction – CHRISTINE HATFIELD
(DIERSEN: Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. Every 2 years, a) in Chicago, Republican voters elect Ward Committeemen, b) in Cook County but outside of Chicago, Republican voters elect Township Committeemen, and c) in Illinois but outside of Cook County, Republican voters elect Precinct Committeemen. Every 4 years, the aforesaid committeemen elect Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Central Committee (SCC) members. Every 4 years, those IRP SCC members appoint members to a committee that drafts a new platform which is voted on by delegates to the IRP State Convention.)
https://www.wglt.org/post/sen-barickman-voters-will-determine-republican-partys-direction#stream/0

FOX NEWS ILLINOIS
— OUTRAGEOUS: US House (including Rodney Davis) pushes to allow marijuana users to buy guns – Evan Hensley
https://www.foxillinois.com/news/local/us-house-pushes-to-allow-gun-sales-to-marijuana-users

WEST COOK NEWS
— ‘It’s all social justice. All day. Every day.’ Socialist OPRF school board members caught gloating on Zoom – April Bamburg
(DIERSEN: Expect that under the Democrats, ever-increasingly, students will become 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://westcooknews.com/stories/591458925-it-s-all-social-justice-all-day-every-day-socialist-oprf-school-board-members-caught-gloating-on-zoom

WIREPOINTS
— Already strangled by unfunded state mandates, Illinois mayors are right to revolt against new tax grab by Springfield. – Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner
https://wirepoints.org/already-strangled-by-unfunded-state-mandates-illinois-mayors-are-right-to-revolt-against-new-tax-grab-by-springfield-wirepoints/
— ‘What a foundation!’: Two Illinois Profs On Hot Mic Giddy About Social Justice Everywhere In Schools – Mark Glennon
(DIERSEN: Expect that under the Democrats, ever-increasingly, students will become 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://wirepoints.org/what-a-foundation-two-illinois-profs-on-hot-mic-giddy-about-social-justice-everywhere-in-schools-wirepoints/

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Book Banning Propaganda and Shaming in Government Schools and Society
https://illinoisfamily.org/podcast/podcast-book-banning-propaganda-and-shaming-in-government-schools-and-society/

FOX NEWS
— LeVar Burton defends cancel culture as ‘consequence culture.’ – Yael Halon
(DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who have had the most success since 2000 in canceling individuals and canceling organizations. They cancel individuals like me a) who they cannot manipulate/dominate, b) who refuse to glorify and praise them, c) who refuse to pander to them, d) who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, and/or e) who refuse to give them money. They cancel organizations like Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Milton Township Republican Organization, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Illinois Center Right Coalition, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter, etc. a) that they cannot manipulate/dominate, b) that refuse to glorify and praise them, c) that refuse to pander to them, d) that refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, and/or e) that refuse to give them money. I would focus on cancelers who paint themselves as being religious, conservative, and/or Republican and have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and/or Wheaton.)
https://www.foxnews.com/media/levar-burton-defends-cancel-culture-as-consequence-culture-i-think-its-misnamed

AMERICAN THINKER
— Where to get straight news – Ted Noel
(DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who demonize, denigrate, and condemn a) me, b) the decisions that I make to include or to not include links to articles in GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters, and c) the comments that I make on those articles. I would focus on those who paint themselves as being religious, conservative, and/or Republican and 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/or Illinois. I would focus on the aforesaid who blame me and blame my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters for their problems, for your problems, for my problems, and for everyone’s problems. I would focus on the aforesaid who have taken the strongest adverse actions against me.)
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2021/04/where_to_get_straight_news.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The gorilla in the room is Breitbart. It has two problems. The first is that, while it is generally a good source, it clearly pushes its product in the conservative direction. The second is that its website is formatted like a tabloid. If you want straight news, try Just the News or One America News Network. Newsmax and Fox are generally good, but neither sticks to straight news very well. The Epoch Times or the Wall Street Journal may also suit you. You may have to search for what you want. News aggregators such as The Liberty Daily, Citizen Free Press, Populist Press, and Conservative Playlist may have what you’re looking for. Once you leave pure news, you’ll be looking at commentary. If you want all sorts of viewpoints, RealClearPolitics is without peer. You’ll find the whole spectrum there, including the insane left. You pick and choose. There are also the three commentary sites I write for: American Thinker, Townhall, and NOQReport. There are lots of others, and as you follow hyperlinks in articles on those sites, you’ll discover more than you can possibly read. Particularly good ones are The Federalist, Reason Magazine, American Greatness, Daily Wire, and American Spectator.)

CNS NEWS
— Sen. Kennedy: ‘If You Support Defunding the Police, You Have Tested Positive for Stupid’ – Susan Jones
https://www.cnsnews.com/article/national/susan-jones/sen-kennedy-if-you-support-defunding-police-you-have-tested-positive

DAILY CALLER
— Anti-Trump Group Hands Out A Ton Of ‘F’ Grades On Republicans’ ‘Democracy’ Report Cards – BRADLEY DEVLIN
(DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats use “democracy” to get rid of Republicans, and especially to get rid of 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://dailycaller.com/2021/04/26/anti-trump-group-failing-grades-republicans-democracy-report-card/

DAILY SIGNAL
— How Conservatives Are Being Excluded by ‘Inclusive’ Platforms Run by Left – Douglas Blair
https://www.dailysignal.com/2021/04/26/how-conservatives-are-being-excluded-by-inclusive-platforms-run-by-left/

FEDERALIST
— The White House Declares Everything A ‘Crisis’ Except The One At The Border. The Biden White House is quick to call many other things a ‘crisis,’ but unwilling to identify the border surge as one, for clearly political reasons. – Gabe Kaminsky
https://thefederalist.com/2021/04/27/the-white-house-declares-everything-a-crisis-except-one-at-the-border/

TOWNHALL
— The Left’s Horribleness Was On Full Display – Derek Hunter
https://townhall.com/columnists/derekhunter/2021/04/27/the-lefts-horribleness-was-on-full-display-n2588552

PJ MEDIA
— Woke Fascism: Securing the Democrats’ Monopoly of Power in Perpetuity – PHILIP CARL SALZMAN
https://pjmedia.com/columns/philip-carl-salzman/2021/04/26/woke-fascism-securing-the-democrats-monopoly-of-power-in-perpetuity-n1442726
(FROM THE ARTICLE: America is less racist than ever, and perhaps less racist than any country in world history. The surveys show that personal attitudes are not racist, as do voting patterns that elect blacks to the highest offices, and as does the huge spike in interracial marriages. If all of that were not enough, for fifty years “affirmative action” has given special preferences and privileges to blacks in education, business, and government.)

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Uncle Sam Does Not Belong in Girls’ Dorms or Showers – JERRY C. DAVIS
https://www.nationalreview.com/2021/04/uncle-sam-does-not-belong-in-girls-dorms-or-showers/

COLLEGE FIX
— Harvard conservative students form coalition to fight for representation at Institute of Politics – RACHEL LALGIE
(DIERSEN: Who fights for conservative representation in the organizations that you are a member of? I fight for conservative representation in the Milton Township Republican Organization. Previously, I fought for conservative representation in TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Illinois Center Right Coalition, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter, GAO, IRS, and Post Office.)
https://www.thecollegefix.com/harvard-conservative-students-form-coalition-to-fight-for-representation-at-institute-of-politics/

THE HILL
— A permanent Trump ban has grave implications for global free expression – TINA RAMIREZ AND LENA ABBOUD
(DIERSEN: Who bans you? I should write a book about those who ban me. I would focus on those who paint themselves as being religious, conservative, and/or Republican and 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/or Illinois. I would focus on the aforesaid who blame me and blame my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters for their problems, for your problems, for my problems, and for everyone’s problems. I would focus on the aforesaid who have taken the strongest adverse actions against me.)
https://thehill.com/opinion/technology/550347-a-permanent-trump-ban-has-grave-implications-for-global-free-expression
— On The Trail: Census data kicks off the biggest redistricting fight in American history – REID WILSON
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/550358-on-the-trail-census-data-kicks-off-the-biggest-redistricting-fight-in
— Biden’s tax hikes will hurt the ‘little guy’ and kill Trump’s ‘opportunity economy’ – MONICA CROWLEY
https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/550369-bidens-tax-hikes-will-hurt-the-little-guy-and-kill-trumps-opportunity

POLITICO
— Redistricting kicks off ruthless year of House infighting. Incumbents in states that are losing seats are about to face a zero-sum deliberation: Give up their jobs, or run against a colleague. – ALLY MUTNICK
(DIERSEN: In 2015, anti-conservatives unsuccessfully gerrymandered me into the same precinct with Jeanne Ives. I should write a book about that.)
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/04/26/appointment-scramble-redistricting-house-484760

REUTERS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters promote hatred against Trump and against Trump’s supporters.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/anti-trump-group-grades-republicans-with-democracy-report-card-2021-04-26/

NBC NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters say “After 100 days out of office, Trump’s support softens.”
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/meet-the-press/after-100-days-out-office-trump-s-support-softens-nbc-n1265457

NEW YORK TIMES
— In California, a campaign to oust Gov. Gavin Newsom qualifies for the ballot. Several Republican candidates have already announced challenges to Mr. Newsom, including Caitlyn Jenner, a transgender activist; Kevin Faulconer, a former mayor of San Diego; and John Cox, a Republican businessman who lost to Mr. Newsom in 2018. – Shawn Hubler
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/26/us/gavin-newsom-recall.html
— Race and the Coming Liberal Crackup – Bret Stephens
(DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, liberals, that is, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs, call conservatives racist, that is, ever-increasingly, they call Republicans racist. Needless-to say, Republicans should sue Democrats, Libertarians, Grrens, Independents, and RINOs for slander.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/26/opinion/race-police-violence-liberalism.html
— Biden Seeks $80 Billion to Beef Up I.R.S. Audits of High-Earners The president’s “American Families Plan,” which he will detail this week, will be offset in part by a tax enforcement effort that administration officials believe will raise $700 billion over a decade. – Jim Tankersley
(DIERSEN: I worked for IRS’s Collection Division for almost 9 years. While I worked for GAO for almost 18 years, I worked on audits of IRS’s Criminal Investigation Division (CID) for 3 years 1986-1988. In April of 1988, GAO issued a 49-page report on CID’s program to address unreported illegal source income. SEE: https://www.gao.gov/products/ggd-88-61 In March of 1989, GAO issued a 32-page report on CID’s program to address unreported legal source income. SEE: https://www.gao.gov/products/ggd-89-41 )
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/27/business/economy/biden-american-families-plan.html

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, since the Civil War, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs demonize, denigrate, and condemn Republicans as being White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, and bigots who should be gotten rid of once and for all, and especially 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://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/04/26/hate-crime-laws-explained/
— Congress must decide: Will it protect social media profits, or democracy? – Tom Malinowski and Anna Eshoo
(DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes want Facebook, Google, etc. to continue to have the power to destroy conservatives.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/04/26/malinowski-eshoo-congress-social-media-section-230/

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— A hate crime law is a start. But it will take much more to make Asian Americans feel safer – STEWART KWOH, CONNIE CHUNG JOE AND CONNIE RICE
(DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, since the Civil War, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs demonize, denigrate, and condemn Republicans as being White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, and bigots who should be gotten rid of once and for all, and especially 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://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2021-04-26/hate-crime-law-asians-community-solutions

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— ‘Woke’ Corporations Use the Chinese Model. They make a profit and suppress dissent at the same time. – Crispin Sartwell
(DIERSEN: Work Corporations serve as operatives or dupes for Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs. How soon, if not already, will Woke Corporations officially declare that they will officially destroy individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries 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://www.wsj.com/articles/woke-corporations-use-the-chinese-model-11619476547
— American Vets See Echoes of Vietnam in Afghanistan Withdrawal Plan. U.S. troops who fought in conflicts decades apart see their country leaving behind wars unfinished and allies to face the consequences. – Michael M. Phillips and Nancy A. Youssef
https://www.wsj.com/articles/american-vets-see-echoes-of-vietnam-in-afghanistan-withdrawal-plan-11619446397

FORBES
— Why Trump’s Portrait Won’t Hang Near Obama’s For Long – Suzanne Rowan Kelleher
https://www.forbes.com/sites/suzannerowankelleher/2021/04/27/why-trumps-portrait-wont-hang-near-obamas-for-long/
— How Did “Hate” Become A Thing? – John Torpey
(DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, since the Civil War, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs demonize, denigrate, and condemn Republicans as being White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, and bigots who should be gotten rid of once and for all, and especially 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://www.forbes.com/sites/johntorpey/2021/04/26/how-did-hate-become-a-thing/

LGBTQ NATION
— Republicans are super upset that embassies can fly Pride flags again this year. Newt Gingrich’s interview with Jeanine Pirro is something to see. – Bil Browning
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2021/04/republicans-super-upset-embassies-can-fly-pride-flags-year/

TELEGRAPH
— Nigel Farage flies into America for speaking tour to re-energize disillusioned conservatives.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/04/26/nigel-farage-flies-america-speaking-tour-re-energise-disillusioned/

April 26 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Illinois loses 1 seat in Congress after 2020 census, will have 17 instead of 18 in House of Representatives
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/illinois-loses-1-congressional-seat-after-2020-census/10550084/
— Texas Gains Congress Seats, Calif. Loses Seat for First Time: Census The Census Bureau released the first data from its 2020 headcount – Mike Schneider and Nicholas Riccardi
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/census-bureau-to-release-state-population-data-used-to-determine-house-seats/2495162/
— 1st census numbers released, setting up contentious redistricting cycle – KENDALL KARSON
https://abc7chicago.com/1st-census-numbers-released-setting-up-contentious-redistricting-cycle/10550205/
— Illinois COVID-19 Update: IL reports 2,137 new coronavirus cases, 10 deaths – Evelyn Holmes
https://abc7chicago.com/health/il-reports-2137-new-covid-19-cases-10-deaths/10549665/

CBS2
— Illinois To Lose Congressional Seat Following 2020 Census
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2021/04/26/illinois-losing-congressional-seat-2020-census/
— ‘The More Convenient The Better’: DuPage Leads The Area With The Most COVID Vaccinations – Marie Saavedra
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2021/04/26/dupage-leads-area-most-covid-vaccinations/

WGN TV
— Some Illinois community colleges not requiring COVID-19 vaccinations
https://wgntv.com/news/coronavirus/some-illinois-community-colleges-not-requiring-covid-19-vaccinations/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Illinois to lose one seat in Congress due to population shifts found in the new Census. The U.S. Constitution requires an apportionment of representatives among the states every 10 years. – Lynn Sweet
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2021/4/26/22403917/illinois-congress-seats-house-representatives-reapportionment-census-population
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote race-based politics.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2021/4/26/22404146/washington-d-c-statehood-hr51-jesse-jackson

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— The Illinois Exodus continues. We’re losing a congressional seat. – EDITORIAL
(DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who have worked the hardest during the last 20 years to drive out of Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton who have the following demographics: 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.chicagotribune.com/opinion/editorials/ct-prem-edit-illinois-fair-map-redistricting-20210426-7phjrhb4g5cz7ejmkuz4elmwmi-story.html
— Illinois to lose congressional seat over population drop | Former congressman Gutiérrez blasts Kim Foxx | Lightfoot touts economic development in struggling neighborhoods as critics hammer her over crime – LISA DONOVAN
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-gutierrez-foxx-lightfoot-economic-development-crime-spin-20210426-d2usn2au3ja6be7a6u3b2lmfhi-story.html
— Illinois will lose one congressional seat as a result of latest US census, which shows state was 1 of 3 to see population drop in last decade – RICK PEARSON
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-illinois-congress-redistricting-census-20210426-6sxfzcxhmfe2dpokhg5qqnnv4u-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— Census shows Indiana grows, retains all 9 US House seats – AP
https://www.dailyherald.com/article/20210426/news/304269908/
— Earmarks return to Illinois politics, and so does the debate – Marni Pyke
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20210426/earmarks-return-to-illinois-politics-and-so-does-the-debate
— Illinois opioid deaths increased 32% in 2020 – Jake Griffin
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20210426/illinois-opioid-deaths-increased-32-in-2020
— General Assembly passes hundreds of bills as session’s end approaches – SARAH MANSUR
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20210426/general-assembly-passes-hundreds-of-bills-as-sessions-end-approaches
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Republican-hater says “A reckoning on racism? Not for many leaders of GOP.” Republicans should sue those who call them racists.
https://www.dailyherald.com/article/20210426/news/304269994/

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Bill to create more elected positions in Capital Township passes Senate, pending in House – Dean Olsen
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/2021/04/26/more-elected-positions-capital-township-approved-illinois-senate/7388628002/

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— ‘We’ve got to turn that around,’ Pritzker says of declining population that will cost Illinois a congressional seat – TIM KIRSININKAS
(DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who have worked the hardest during the last 20 years to drive out of Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton who have the following demographics: 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.news-gazette.com/news/we-ve-got-to-turn-that-around-pritzker-says-of-declining-population-that-will-cost/article_2354e2ba-28f0-574a-8a18-57a206164322.html

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Illinois General Assembly passes hundreds of bills as session end approaches – SARAH MANSUR
https://www.pantagraph.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/watch-now-illinois-general-assembly-passes-hundreds-of-bills-as-session-end-approaches/article_9a5e7c37-b7d7-5961-ac46-c0476ece4b1b.html

MY RADIO LINK
— Congresswoman Miller Issues a Statement of Support for Effingham County’s Second Amendment Preservation Act
https://www.myradiolink.com/2021/04/26/congresswoman-miller-issues-a-statement-of-support-for-effingham-countys-second-amendment-preservation-act/

WHEATON PATCH
— DuPage County Coronavirus Update: 1,420 New Cases In 1 Week. In total, there have been 87,807 coronavirus cases and 1,257 deaths in DuPage County as of Sunday, according to IDPH. – Lisa Marie Farver
https://patch.com/illinois/wheaton/dupage-county-coronavirus-update-1-420-new-cases-1-week

CENTER FOR ILLINOIS POLITICS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats use Evanston to promote reparations nationwide. Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion are reparations.
https://www.centerforilpolitics.org/articles/evanston-reparations-law-breaks-new-ground-sets-stage-for-national-debate

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— TEACHERS’ UNION LEADS EFFORT FOR STATE TO CONTROL NON-PUBLIC, HOME SCHOOLS DURING HEALTH EMERGENCIES
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2021/04/teachers-union-lead-effort-for-state-to-control-non-public-home-schools-during-health-emergencies.html

CAPITOL FAX
— 2,137 new confirmed and probable cases; 10 additional deaths; 2,083 hospitalized; 506 in ICU; 3.5 percent average case positivity rate; 4.1 percent average test positivity rate; 105,873 average daily doses
https://capitolfax.com/2021/04/26/2137-new-confirmed-and-probable-cases-10-additional-deaths-2083-hospitalized-506-in-icu-35-percent-average-case-positivity-rate-41-percent-average-test-positivity-rate-105873-average-daily-doses/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Migrants take to trains to jump border, get around highway checkpoints. El Paso reports 62% jump in illegal immigrants nabbed on trains at ports of entry. – Stephen Dinan
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/apr/26/migrants-take-trains-jump-border-get-around-highwa/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Texas and Florida to get new House seats, boosting GOP 2022 chances for majority – David Mark
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/texas-and-florida-get-new-house-seats-boosting-gop-2022-chances-for-majority

GOPUSA
— The Destructive & Arrogant Ignorance Of The Black Lives Matter Movement
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=109448
— Chamber Of Commerce Endorses Plan To Disenfranchise American Workers
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=109441

DAILY CALLER
— ‘Afforded Special Treatment’ — GOP Congressmen (including Rodney Davis) Send Letter To Acting Sergeant At Arms Over Pelosi And Metal Detector Fines – HENRY RODGERS
https://dailycaller.com/2021/04/26/republicans-rodney-davis-loudermilk-steil-nancy-pelosi-metal-detector-fines-letter-sergeant-arms/

PJ MEDIA
— The Census Results May Give Republicans an Edge in the 2022 Election – TYLER O’NEIL
https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/tyler-o-neil/2021/04/26/will-the-census-results-give-republicans-an-edge-in-the-2022-election-n1442868

THE HILL
— Six states to gain House seats as population growth slows – REID WILSON
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/550327-six-states-to-gain-house-seats
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters say “Uninvited Trump is specter at GOP retreat.”
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/550338-uninvited-trump-is-specter-at-gop-retreat

CNN
— Census Bureau announces 331 million people in US, Texas will add two congressional seats – Dan Merica
https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/26/politics/us-census-2020-results/index.html

NEW YOUR TIMES
— U.S. Population Over Last Decade Grew at Slowest Rate Since 1930s – Sabrina Tavernise and Robert Gebeloff
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/26/us/us-census-numbers.html

WASHINGTON POST
— New census numbers shift political power south to Republican strongholds – Michael Scherer
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/census-politics-house-electoral-votes/2021/04/26/1d1c28f6-a439-11eb-a774-7b47ceb36ee8_story.html
— 2020 Census shows U.S. population grew at slowest pace since the 1930s – Tara Bahrampour, Harry Stevens and Adrian Blanco
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/interactive/2021/2020-census-us-population-results/

NEWSWEEK
— GOP Gets Big Win in Census Redistricting Battle, As 3 Republican-Held States Gain Seats in Congress – GRAHAM MCNALLY
https://www.newsweek.com/gop-gets-big-win-census-redistricting-battle-gaining-control-3-swing-states-1586563

April 26 Morning Edition

ABC7
— Chicago shootings: 24 shot, 3 fatally, in weekend violence across city
https://abc7chicago.com/24-shot-3-fatally-in-chicago-weekend-violence-/10548837/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Illinois should do more to regulate recreational marijuana – B. Elizabeth Mina, Chicago
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/letters/ct-letters-vp-042621-20210426-3nduss262zhrrnf2ubbitp2soq-story.html
— Treating vaccine skeptics like crackpots won’t get us to herd immunity. – GABRIELLE FINESTONE
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/ct-opinion-pandemic-vaccine-skeptics-herd-immunity-20210423-oxjjvuseh5aytclsvftbwpbose-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote LGBTQ.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-transgender-studies-research-center-chicago-20210426-3s2nkz4jhbe7vmwxzahvcgmjua-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats who claim to speak for Blacks blame everyone else, including Black female LGBTQ mayors, for the problems that Blacks have.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/dahleen-glanton/ct-prem-superintendent-david-brown-one-year-anniversary-20210426-bgpa6hacvvcapn4twpjecbegdm-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Throwing cold water on any talk that Illinois finances are looking better. State government still faces a severe structural budget gap, a new report warns, and every possible fix is painful. – Rich Miller
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2021/4/23/22400226/illinois-state-finances-government-j-b-pritzker-cogfa-rich-miller-capitol-fax
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater says “Both facts and fact-checking a threat to GOP. U.S. Sen. Tim Scott claims to be outraged that the Washington Post checked his claims against the record.” While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997, the last 11 years of which at GS-13 Step 1-10 levels, currently $102,188-$132,845/year, I increasingly worked as a referencer, that is, as a fact-checker. That work required assuring the accuracy and support for each and every word, number, table, graph, chart, conclusion, opinion, and recommendation in GAO reports. I worked for IRS 1971-1980, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 levels, currently $85,935-$97,395/year. My other fact-checking qualifications include my becoming a Forensic Accountant in 1997, Certified Fraud Examiner in 1990, licensed CPA in 1981, Certified Internal Auditor in 1981, and CPA in 1979.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2021/4/25/22402115/facts-fact-checking-tim-scott-washington-post-record
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats encourage Blacks to hate Republicans, and especially to hate 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://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2021/4/23/22399960/maxine-waters-street-protests-black-justice-laura-washington-george-floyd-columnist
— ALL OF THE FRONT PAGE: DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters crow about their illegal success in illegally getting citizens of foreign countries to illegally come to America illegally and to illegally stay in America illegally.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2021/4/22/22393860/immigration-chicago-immigrant-transit-assistance-volunteers-bus-station

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— New COVID-19 cases plummet in Illinois, Logan County – Mike Stucka
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/2021/04/26/gda-covid-19-state-2021-04-26-il-nsjr-17107/115744484/

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats crow about their success in getting young people to serve as their operatives and as their dupes.
https://www.pantagraph.com/news/local/public_safety/watch-now-bloomington-normal-naacp-urges-youth-to-stand-against-racial-injustice/article_7fdcb897-57ef-5df0-8a78-ea544615e47d.html

SOUTHEAST MISSOURIAN
— The left’s systemic exploitation of race – David Limbaugh
https://www.semissourian.com/story/2879512.html

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Kinzinger building a national political base – Tom Kacich
https://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/tom-kacich-kinzinger-building-a-national-political-base/article_2bd2cc65-6720-5569-8245-dfca554f4e0e.html
— Scholarship program for poor kids is under fire – Jim Dey
https://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/jim-dey-scholarship-program-for-poor-kids-is-under-fire/article_60bdc7a0-3669-505c-8642-aa8ebdc11ac5.html

WIFR
— Rep. Kinzinger releases new video in continued Country First movement. Video focuses on struggles facing the “The Land of Opportunity.”
https://www.wifr.com/2021/04/26/rep-kinzinger-releases-new-video-in-continued-country-first-movement/

WPSD
— Census Bureau to release state population totals and House seats Monday
https://www.wpsdlocal6.com/news/census-bureau-to-release-state-population-totals-and-house-seats-monday/article_da0f618e-a68d-11eb-a08a-57085dc4d529.html

NPR ILLINOIS
— Mandatory Fingerprinting, Universal Background Checks Wrapped Into Package To Fix FOID Card Backlog – HANNAH MEISEL
https://www.nprillinois.org/post/mandatory-fingerprinting-universal-background-checks-wrapped-package-fix-foid-card-backlog#stream/0
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats threaten not only protests, but rioting, looting, arson, and even worse things.
https://www.nprillinois.org/post/republicans-push-wave-anti-protest-bills-alternative-universe-backlash#stream/0
— Supreme Court Eyes Rich Activists, Their Anonymous Donations And Tax Breaks – NINA TOTENBERG
(DIERSEN: I should write a book about a) those who have donated lots of money to Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct since 2000 and b) those candidates who received that money, their political consultants, their campaign managers, their campaign staff members, and their campaign volunteers. I would focus on those candidates, their political consultants, their campaign managers, their campaign staff members, and their campaign volunteers who talked and/or acted like donors had demanded that they get rid of me and get rid of my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters. I would focus on candidates for U.S. Senate, U.S. Representative, statewide Illinois offices, Illinois Senate, Illinois Representative, countywide DuPage candidates, DuPage County District 4 candidates, Milton Township candidates, and Wheaton candidates.)
https://www.nprillinois.org/post/supreme-court-eyes-rich-activists-their-anonymous-donations-and-tax-breaks#stream/0

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats crow about their success in getting churches to promote LGBTQ.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/top-stories/central-illinois-man-on-path-to-church-leadership-is-breaking-barriers-within-the-united-methodist-church/

DEPAULIA
— ‘Systemic racism’ at DePaul condemned by communication scholars nationwide in petition to administration – Ella Lee
(DIERSEN: I am White. DePaul admitted me in 1976 and awarded me a master’s degree in accounting in 1980. My critics/opponents hint/imply/argue/shout that because of systemic racism, DePaul would not have admitted me if I had been a minority. But wait, since the 1960s, DePaul has been under tremendous pressure to admit minorities.)
https://depauliaonline.com/53543/news/systemic-racism-at-depaul-condemned-by-communication-scholars-nationwide-in-petition-to-administration/

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Illinois Democrats Trying to Give More Power to Bureaucrats During All Health Crises – Laurie Higgins
https://illinoisfamily.org/education/illinois-lawmakers-to-give-bureaucrats-more-power-over-all-schools-during-health-crises/

FOX NEWS
— Florida bill would allow students to record professor lectures to use as political bias evidence. The lecture recording is prohibited from being published publicly without the consent of the professor. – Lucas Manfredi
(DIERSEN: Needless-to-say, I should have recorded the threats that my Democrat GAO superiors and supervisors made against me to force me to take their early retirement offer in 1997 when I was 49 years old.)
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/florida-bill-would-allow-students-to-record-professor-lectures-to-use-as-evidence-of-political-bias

AMERICAN THINKER
— Bush Republicanism Must Go Away – J.B. Shurk
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2021/04/bush_republicanism_must_go_away.html

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— The New Antiracism Is the Old Racism. The benchmarks of the Back Lives Matter and affiliated woke movements are overt racism, systemic untruth, and the hypocritical privilege of their elite architects. – Victor Davis Hanson
https://amgreatness.com/2021/04/25/the-new-antiracism-is-the-old-racism/

BREITBART
— Georgia Lawmakers Pass Professional Licenses for Illegal Aliens After Lobbying from Chamber of Commerce – JOHN BINDER
(DIERSEN: In 1981, when I was 32 years old, I became the only licensed CPA in GAO’s Chicago office. Of course, my Democrat GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were furious about that. My qualifications for being licensed included my passing the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, my having worked for IRS for almost 9 years, my having worked for GAO for 16 months, and my passing the Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) examination on my first attempt in 1981. Few of my GAO coworkers and subordinates had taken the CPA or CIA examinations, let alone passed them, let alone passed them on their first attempt. Few of my GAO coworkers and subordinates had any work experience before GAO hired them.)
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/04/25/georgia-lawmakers-pass-professional-licenses-illegal-aliens-after-lobbying-chamber-commerce/

HERITAGE FOUNDATION
— Left Labeling Election Integrity Reforms As “Jim Crow” Is a Lie and Insulting to Black People – Kay C. James
https://www.heritage.org/election-integrity/commentary/left-labeling-election-integrity-reforms-jim-crow-lie-and-insulting

YOUNG AMERICA’S FOUNDATION
— Chicago Public Schools Implement Race Trainings Claiming Schools ‘Develop White Supremacy’ – Elizabeth Guldimann
https://www.yaf.org/news/chicago-public-schools-implement-race-trainings-claiming-schools-develop-white-supremacy/

TOWNHALL
— What We Learned When Joy Behar Called ‘Caitlyn’ Jenner ‘He’ – Michael Brown
https://townhall.com/columnists/michaelbrown/2021/04/26/what-we-learned-when-joy-behar-called-caitlyn-jenner-he-n2588491

LUTHERAN WORLD
— Don’t go down that road – Rev. Dr Martin Junge
(DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who demonize, denigrate, and condemn others. I would focus on those who paint themselves as being religious, conservative, and/or Republican and 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 focus on demonizing, denigrating, and condemning 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://www.lutheranworld.org/blog/dont-go-down-road
(FROM THE ARTICLE: I was a teenager when it started. It was a time of profound changes in Chilean society, with polarized opinions. People increasingly resorted to a demonization of the other. Hate speech began to spread and became “normal”. History tells us, that where hate speech prevails, violence follows. This happened in my country Chile, and it happens today in many countries in the world. In Europe too. Hate speech erodes the public space of society. It stigmatizes individuals and groups because of their political convictions, religious believes, origin, the colour of their skin, gender. Hate speech makes the collective moral compass of society to go astray, and eventually leads to the collapse of democracy. What follows is a nightmare. When individuals and groups demonize the other, they unleash the demon of violence, oppression, and dehumanized treatment of the other. Hate speech leaves destruction in its wake.)

ROLL CALL
— Lawmakers spar in Supreme Court case on nonprofit donor disclosure. Cases touch on hot-button issues, including social media, the Jan. 6 insurrection and anonymous donors. – Todd Ruger
(DIERSEN: I should write a book about a) those who have donated lots of money to Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct since 2000 and b) those candidates who received that money, their political consultants, their campaign managers, their campaign staff members, and their campaign volunteers. I would focus on those candidates, their political consultants, their campaign managers, their campaign staff members, and their campaign volunteers who talked and/or acted like donors had demanded that they get rid of me and get rid of my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters. I would focus on candidates for U.S. Senate, U.S. Representative, statewide Illinois offices, Illinois Senate, Illinois Representative, countywide DuPage candidates, DuPage County District 4 candidates, Milton Township candidates, and Wheaton candidates.)
https://www.rollcall.com/2021/04/26/lawmakers-spar-in-supreme-court-case-on-nonprofit-donor-disclosure/

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters promote Liz Cheney. I should write a book about those who promote my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/22/magazine/liz-cheney-vs-maga.html
— Why Is Big Tech Under Assault? Power. Tech executives wanted to change the world, and they did. Of course we’re now questioning them. – Shira Ovide
(DIERSEN: Of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes side with Big Tech against individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries 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://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/21/technology/big-tech-power.html
— Why Are Democrats Pushing a Tax Cut for the Wealthy? Restoring an unlimited federal tax deduction for state and local tax payments is bad politics and bad policy. – Editorial
(DIERSEN: The SALT cap should be increased from $10,000 to $20,000 for married filing jointly.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/25/opinion/salt-deduction-democrats.html

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote LGBTQ.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/letters-to-the-editor/discrimination-against-transgender-women-in-sports/2021/04/25/412a49d4-a20f-11eb-b314-2e993bd83e31_story.html

NEW YORK POST
— US kids get bad Marx; China students excel – Miranda Devine
https://nypost.com/2021/04/25/us-kids-get-bad-marx-china-students-excel-devine/

USA TODAY
— Biden administration converts oil field ‘man camp’ into shelter for migrant children. The oil worker lodge-turned-shelter in Pecos, Texas, is among 15 ’emergency intake sites’ the Biden administration is using to house migrant children. – Lauren Villagran
https://www.usatoday.com/in-depth/news/politics/2021/04/25/unaccompanied-migrant-children-shelter-pecos-texas-oil-camp-biden-administration/7367081002/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— A Revealing Vote on Anti-Asian Bias. Democrats vote to condone discrimination in higher education. – Editorial
https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-revealing-vote-on-anti-asian-bias-11619384585
— Time to End Outdoor Mask Edicts. The CDC is moving too slowly in updating its advice to comport with the scientific evidence. – Scott Gottlieb
https://www.wsj.com/articles/time-to-end-outdoor-mask-edicts-11619383852
— U.S. Policies Ensure More Migrants – Mary Anastasia O’Grady (DIERSEN: Democrats want immigrants because immigrants vote for Democrats. RINOs want immigrants because RINOs want cheap labor.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-policies-ensure-more-migrants-11619383797
— The Workers Who Can’t Commit to a Vacation. Even as vaccination rates climb and more businesses reopen, some workers remain hesitant to use their paid time off, no matter how burned out they feel. – Rachel Feintzeig
(DIERSEN: Between 1978 and 1992, while my wife worked for the U.S. League of Savings Institutions, we took four short vacations every year following her business trips, most commonly to luxury golf resorts across America. Most commonly, we rented a car and visited nearby national parks. Needless-to-say, my Democrat IRS and GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were beyond furious about that, and especially those whose spouse had little or no income and those who were not married.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-workers-who-cant-commit-to-a-vacation-11619395200
— When Job References Still Make Sense Before Hiring. They’re a less popular way to vet job candidates than they used to be, but some bosses won’t finish a search without them. – Krithika Varagur
(DIERSEN: I should write a book about what my Democrat GAO superiors did to stop me from getting a job appropriate for someone with my education, work experience, professional certifications, and professional license. My Democrat GAO superiors would say that all they did was to disclose the adverse actions that they took against me. They forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, gave me unfair performance expectations and appraisals, always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, did not promote me beyond GS-13, got rid of my mentor in 1987, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and forced me to take a $20,361 (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/when-job-references-still-make-sense-before-hiring-11619352000

FORBES
— Major Donors Reveal How To Lay The Groundwork For Requesting Donations – Esther Choy
(DIERSEN: I should write a book about a) those who have donated lots of money to Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct since 2000 and b) those candidates who received that money, their political consultants, their campaign managers, their campaign staff members, and their campaign volunteers. I would focus on those candidates, their political consultants, their campaign managers, their campaign staff members, and their campaign volunteers who talked and/or acted like donors had demanded that they get rid of me and get rid of my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters. I would focus on candidates for U.S. Senate, U.S. Representative, statewide Illinois offices, Illinois Senate, Illinois Representative, countywide DuPage candidates, DuPage County District 4 candidates, Milton Township candidates, and Wheaton candidates.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/estherchoy/2021/04/25/major-donors-reveal-how-to-lay-the-groundwork-for-requesting-donations/
— PwC To Hire 10,000 Black And Latinx College Students By 2026 – Ali Shahbaz
(DIERSEN: GAO hired me in 1980 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. IRS hired me in 1971 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job. The Post Office hired me in 1966 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/alishahbaz/2021/04/26/pwc-aspires-to-hire-10000-black-and-latinx-college-students-by-2026/

INC.
— 3 Ways You Are Personally Sabotaging Your Company Culture  Your team is watching. Make sure you’re doing the right thing. – DAVID FINKEL
(DIERSEN: I should write a book about the cultures that the leaders of the following created in: a) Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, Illinois, Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Illinois Center Right Coalition, and American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter since 2000; b) GAO 1980-1997, c) IRS 1971-1980, d) Firestone Stores 1970-1972, and e) Post Office 1966-1969.)
https://www.inc.com/david-finkel/3-ways-you-are-personally-sabotaging-your-company-culture.html

NEWSWEEK
— Joe Biden Must Fix the Racist Criminal Justice System He Helped Create – SHAUN KING
(DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats hint/imply/argue/shout that all those involved in law enforcement are racists.)
https://www.newsweek.com/2021/05/14/shaun-king-joe-biden-must-fix-racist-criminal-justice-system-he-helped-create-1586289.html

WASHINGTON MONTHLY
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats Libertarians, Greens, Independents, RINOs love it when the aforesaid take adverse actions against Republicans.
https://washingtonmonthly.com/2021/04/25/it-turns-out-people-like-it-when-you-do-popular-things/

April 25 Evening Edition

NBC5
— Airline Bans Alaska State Senator for Violating Mask Rules. The senator has opposed COVID-19 mitigation measures.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/airline-bans-alaska-state-senator-for-violating-mask-rules/2494772/
— COVID in Illinois: 2,035 New Coronavirus Cases, 24 Deaths, 74K Vaccinations
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/coronavirus/covid-in-illinois-2035-new-coronavirus-cases-24-deaths-74k-vaccinations/2494740/

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Alaska Airlines bans Republican State Sen. Lora Reinbold for not wearing a mask
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/alaska-airlines-bans-republican-state-sen-lora-reinbold-for-not-wearing-a-mask

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Community colleges hope to bring students back to campus this fall. Although no community colleges have implemented vaccination requirements so far, they are actively encouraging students, faculty and staff to get shots. – Zinya Salfiti
https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2021/4/25/22394117/illinois-city-colleges-lake-oakton-university-illinois-community-vaccines-learning

DAILY HERALD
— New cases and hospitalizations fall for second consecutive day
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20210425/new-cases-and-hospitalizations-fall-for-second-consecutive-day

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Redistricting process has politicians praying
https://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/editorials/editorial-redistricting-process-has-politicans-praying/article_8831b348-5186-5e62-b1c7-c130448e37fd.html

FOX ILLINOIS
— Despite racial reckoning, state efforts stall on reparations – AP
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/despite-racial-reckoning-state-efforts-stall-on-reparations

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Another Former Democratic State Legislator Gotten by Feds
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/04/25/another-former-democratic-state-legislator-indicated/
— Judges Making Bloomington, Illinois, Rioters Pay for Damage
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/04/25/judges-making-bloomington-illinois-rioters-pay-for-damage/
— UPDATE: Another McHenry Anti-ICE Rally Saturday
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/04/25/another-mchenry-anti-ice-rally-saturday/
— Filling Vacant Legislative Seats
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/04/25/filling-vacant-legislative-seats/
— Union Contracts Rule
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/04/25/union-contracts-rule/
— Reader Captures Images of Saturday Black Lives Matter Demonstration in Elgin
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/04/24/reader-captures-images-of-saturday-demonstration-in-elgin/
— DeWitte Bill Modifies Tax Cap
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/04/24/dewitte-bill-modifies-tax-cap/
— Biden Ends Fines for Illegal Aliens
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/04/24/biden-ends-fines-for-illegal-aliens/
— Champaign Columnist Continues Crusade to Consolidate Local Governments
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/04/24/champaign-columnist-continues-crusade-to-consolidate-local-governments/
— Adam Andrzejewski Asks, “Can Illinois Be Saved?”
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/04/24/adam-andrzejewski-asks-can-illinois-be-saved/
— Integration of Schools, Then and Now
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/04/24/integration-of-schools-then-and-now/
— New June State Holiday Passes Senate
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/04/23/new-june-state-holiday-passes/
— Higher Electric User Subsidy for Profitable Corrupt ComEd?
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/04/23/higher-electric-user-subsidy-for-profitable-corrupt-comed/
— Washington, Douglass Commonwealth
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/04/23/washington-douglass-commonwealth/
— New House Speaker Accused of “Putting Thumb on” Bill to Allow Referendum to Consolidate Springfield Township with Sangamon County
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/04/23/new-house-speaker-accused-of-putting-thumb-on-bill-to-allow-referendum-to-consolidate-springfield-township-with-sangamon-county/
— Another Illinois Bye-Bye
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/04/23/message-of-the-day-bye-bye/
— Connection of Phil Stephan Campaign Contributions to Lakewood
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/04/23/connection-of-phil-stephan-campaign-contributions-to-lakewood/
— GOP Not Happy about Drug Penalty Reductions by House Democrats
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/04/22/gop-not-happy-about-drug-penalty-reductions-by-house-democrats/
— Term Limits for Legislative Leaders Passes Illinois House
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/04/22/term-limits-for-legislative-leaders-passes-illinois-house/
— Dundee Township Approves Pursuit of “Minimal Legal Action” to Force Kane County Clerk to Extend Tax Levy for 708 Mental Health Board
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/04/22/dundee042221/
— Another School Mandate on House Floor: Menstrual Products in Boys Bathrooms
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/04/22/another-school-mandate-on-house-floor/
— Naperville State Senate Wants Another Holiday to Celebrate Muslim Culture
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/04/22/naperville-state-senate-wants-another-holiday/
— Which Types of McHenry County Governmental Units Raised and Which Lowered Real Estate Taxes This Year?
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/04/22/which-types-of-governmental-units-raised-and-which-lowered-real-estate-taxes-for-this-spring/

AMERICAN THINKER
— How much farther to go before woke Coke hits rock bottom? – Silvio Canto, Jr.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2021/04/how_much_farther_to_go_before_woke_coke_hits_rock_bottom.html
— Kellogg’s continues its quest to be America’s most woke corporation – Andrea Widburg
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2021/04/kelloggs_continues_its_quest_to_be_americas_most_woke_corporation.html

ONE AMERICA NEWS NETWORK
— Socialist Dems Praise Biden Policies, Measures
https://www.oann.com/socialist-dems-praise-biden-policies-measures/

EPOCH TIMES
— Black Lives Matter Protesters Block Traffic on Brooklyn Bridge, Clash With Police – JACK PHILLIPS
https://www.theepochtimes.com/mkt_breakingnews/black-lives-matter-protesters-block-traffic-on-brooklyn-bridge-clash-with-police_3790115.html
— Why the District of Columbia Should Not Be a State – Rob Natelson
https://www.theepochtimes.com/mkt_breakingnews/why-the-district-of-columbia-should-not-be-a-state_3788893.html

WASHINGTON POST
— House Minority Leader McCarthy defends Trump’s response to Jan. 6 insurrection – Amy B Wang and Marianna Sotomayor
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/04/25/mccarthy-defends-trump-january-6-insurrection/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— ‘Donor Disclosure’ Chills Free Speech. California seeks to force advocacy groups to reveal who gives the money. The justices should say no. – Allen Dickerson
https://www.wsj.com/articles/donor-disclosure-chills-free-speech-11619383972

BLOOMBERG
— Once-A-Decade Census Numbers to Redraw U.S. Political Landscape – Gregory Korte
https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2021-congress-reapportionment/

April 25 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Illinois’ student loan bailout program: Unfair and unwarranted – JEANNE IVES
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/ct-opinion-student-loan-bailouts-illinois-ives-20210423-5rfqp2zo4vbbnpyj5rkbe7jyim-story.html
— Cards with messages against police brutality dangle from Grant Park trees following vigil, protest – ALICE YIN
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-grant-park-vigil-police-brutality-20210424-puim5ezmdfeupjf62xyw4n6cjm-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats use Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20210425/carmel-high-to-open-multicultural-center-promoting-inclusivity

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, 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://www.sj-r.com/story/news/2021/04/24/springfield-marijuana-dispensary-opens-citys-west-side/7354193002/

WIREPOINTS
— Illinoisans overwhelmingly oppose racial indoctrination now rampant in schools, yet they cower in silence – Mark Glennon
https://wirepoints.org/illinoisans-overwhelmingly-oppose-racial-indoctrination-now-rampant-in-schools-yet-cower-in-silence-wirepoints/

FOX NEWS
— Criminals are basically ‘walking free’ in Cook County: Chicago Police Gang Unit
https://video.foxnews.com/v/6250018286001#sp=show-clips
— Jesse Watters: ‘Media uses racism to sell fear’ Democrats and media want to ‘control’ a scared population, getting them to vote Democrat
https://www.foxnews.com/media/jesse-watters-media-uses-racism-to-sell-fear
— New York lawmakers look to ban cops who resign, are fired for misconduct, from being rehired elsewhere. The lawmakers made the announcement at the headquarters of the Rev. Al Sharpton’s National Action Network. – Brie Stimson
(DIERSEN: I should write a book about what my Democrat GAO superiors did to stop me from getting a job appropriate for someone with my education, work experience, professional certifications, and professional license. My Democrat GAO superiors would say that all they did was to disclose the adverse actions that they took against me. They forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, gave me unfair performance expectations and appraisals, always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, did not promote me beyond GS-13, got rid of my mentor in 1987, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and forced me to take a $20,361 (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/new-york-lawmakers-look-to-ban-cops-who-resign-are-fired-for-misconduct-from-being-rehired-elsewhere
— Tennessee professor rejects ‘racist’ label in flyers distributed by colleagues. Tennessee Tech has not taken any disciplinary action ‘at this time’ – Audrey Conklin
https://www.foxnews.com/us/tennessee-professor-rejects-racist-label-in-flyers-distributed-by-colleagues

AMERICAN THINKER
— The Disunited Identities of America – Phyllis Chesler
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2021/04/the_disunited_identities_of_america.html
— Once, long ago, The New York Times claimed a commitment to diversity of thought – David Zukerman
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2021/04/once_long_ago_the_new_york_times_claimed_a_commitment_to_diversity_of_thought.html
— Dems are out to destroy a Chauvin defense witness’s life and reputation – Andrea Widburg
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2021/04/dems_are_out_to_destroy_a_chauvin_defense_witnesss_life_and_reputation.html

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Republicans Join Virtue-Signaling Democrats to Pass Anti-Asian Hate Bill. This nation wasn’t built by cowards. But Senate Republicans are showing their cowardice every day. – Drew Allen
(DIERSEN: While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO’s Chicago office for almost 18 years, they a) assigned me to supervise all the Asian-Americans who they hired and b) did everything that they could to turn those Asian-Americans against me.)
https://amgreatness.com/2021/04/24/republicans-join-virtue-signaling-democrats-to-pass-anti-asian-hate-bill/
— Slow-Motion Suicide of the West. Some people thought James Burnham’s identification of liberalism with civilization’s suicide was hyperbolic. In light of American institutions’ embrace of anti-Americanism, what would they say now? – Roger Kimball
https://amgreatness.com/2021/04/24/slow-motion-suicide-of-the-west/
— Republicans Shouldn’t Have Caved on ‘Hate Crimes’ When we weigh a person’s guilt or innocence, their actions alone are what should determine our final verdict. – Nicholas L. Waddy
(DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats demonize, denigrate, and condemn Republicans as being haters.)
https://amgreatness.com/2021/04/24/republicans-shouldnt-have-caved-on-hate-crimes/
— Critical Race Theory—You Paid for It, You Got It. When conservatives decry the advancement of critical race theory they should remember that it couldn’t have happened without the support of the people they see in the mirror. – Mark Bauerlein
https://amgreatness.com/2021/04/24/critical-race-theory-you-paid-for-it-you-got-it/

BREITBART
— Thousands Protest Against Vaccine Passports in London – KURT ZINDULKA
https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2021/04/25/pics-thousands-protest-in-london-against-vax-passes/

BLAZE
— Police shortage: Cops retiring in droves, ‘recruiting crisis,’ applications ‘historically low’ – PAUL SACCA
(DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who have made it the most clear that they hate past, present, and future federal employees. GAO hired me in 1980 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. IRS hired me in 1971 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job. The Post Office hired me in 1966 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job.)
https://www.theblaze.com/news/police-shortage-retirement-recruiting-philadelphia
— Black-owned businesses in ‘George Floyd Square’ plea for help, say skyrocketing crime is killing business – CHRIS ENLOE
(DIERSEN: When Democrats move in, poverty and crime increase.)
https://www.theblaze.com/news/black-owned-businesses-george-floyd-square

FEDERALIST
— Corporate Media And Other Race-Baiters Have Incited More Violence Than Trump Ever Did. When you can convince people racism is rampant, you ignite a flame of division and destruction that can only end with bodies on the ground and cities leveled. – Kylee Zempel
(DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs encourage Trump-haters, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs minorities, females, younger people, moderates, liberals, poor people, non-citizens of America, non-Christians, non-Protestants, non-Italian Americans, non-German Americans, and those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time to hate non-Trump-haters, Republicans, Whites, males, older people, conservatives, non-poor people, citizens of America, Christians, Protestants, Italian Americans, German Americans, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://thefederalist.com/2021/04/23/corporate-media-and-other-race-baiters-have-incited-more-violence-than-trump-ever-did/
— John McWhorter: ‘Hyper Woke’ People Are Just Racists Hiding Behind Language
https://thefederalist.com/2021/04/24/john-mcwhorter-hyper-woke-people-are-just-racists-hiding-behind-language/
— Ben Domenech: To Win The U.S. Culture War, We Must Fight Small Battles
https://thefederalist.com/2021/04/24/ben-domenech-to-win-the-u-s-culture-war-we-must-fight-small-battles/
— Ben Domenech: The Ruling Class Is Leading America Into Decline, But They Don’t Have To Win
https://thefederalist.com/2021/04/24/ben-domenech-the-ruling-class-is-leading-america-into-decline-but-they-dont-have-to-win/
— The Marriage Of Media And Radical Leftism Distorts America’s Self-Image
https://thefederalist.com/2021/04/23/the-marriage-of-media-and-radical-leftism-distorts-americas-self-image/

TOWNHALL
— Woke Democrats Broke American Cities – Jeff Crouere
https://townhall.com/columnists/jeffcrouere/2021/04/25/woke-democrats-broke-american-cities-n2588494
— Delta Airlines and the Irony of Corporate Wokism – Jeff Davidson
https://townhall.com/columnists/jeffdavidson/2021/04/25/delta-airlines-and-the-irony-of-corporate-wokism-n2588492
— To Save The Republic, Destroy The Media – Derek Hunter
(DIERSEN: The Democrat news media manipulates/dominates my critics/opponents. My critics/opponents a) serve as operatives or as dupes for the Democrat news media in Illinois, b) glorify and praise the Democrat news media in Illinois, c) pander to the Democrat news media in Illinois, d) cover up the wrongdoing of the Democrat news media in Illinois, and/or e) give money to the Democrat news media in Illinois. Everyone in Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton sees how my critics/opponents treat me and treat my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters. They see how the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization treat me and treat my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters. They see how Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, and Wheaton Chamber of Commerce treat me and treat my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters.)
https://townhall.com/columnists/derekhunter/2021/04/25/to-save-the-republic-destroy-the-media-n2588493

COLLEGE FIX
— Black Loyola students want to ‘eradicate focus on Western Civilization’ in honors program – RACHELLE HERNANDEZ
https://www.thecollegefix.com/black-loyola-students-want-to-eradicate-focus-on-western-civilization-in-honors-program/

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Facebook ‘Independent Oversight Board’ Weighs Decision on Whether to Lift Trump Ban. “Trump was the only case in which Facebook has indefinitely suspended a sitting head of state” – Mike LaChance
https://legalinsurrection.com/2021/04/facebook-independent-oversight-board-weighs-decision-on-whether-to-lift-trump-ban/

NEW YORK TIMES
— C.E.O. Pay Remains Stratospheric, Even at Companies Battered by Pandemic. While millions of people struggled to make ends meet, many of the companies hit hardest in 2020 showered their executives with riches. – David Gelles
(DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who have viciously demonized me, viciously denigrated me, and viciously condemned me the most as being overpaid. In my defense, 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.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/24/business/ceos-pandemic-compensation.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Boeing had a historically bad 2020. Its 737 Max was grounded for most of the year after two deadly crashes, the pandemic decimated its business, and the company announced plans to lay off 30,000 workers and reported a $12 billion loss. Nonetheless, its chief executive, David Calhoun, was rewarded with some $21.1 million in compensation. Norwegian Cruise Line barely survived the year. With the cruise industry at a standstill, the company lost $4 billion and furloughed 20 percent of its staff. That didn’t stop Norwegian from more than doubling the pay of Frank Del Rio, its chief executive, to $36.4 million. And at Hilton, where nearly a quarter of the corporate staff were laid off as hotels around the world sat empty and the company lost $720 million, it was a good year for the man in charge. Hilton reported in a securities filing that Chris Nassetta, its chief executive, received compensation worth $55.9 million in 2020.)
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: I should write a book about the ever-increasing pressure from Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs in Illinois, DuPage County, DuPage County’s 4th District, Milton Township, Wheaton, Wheaton’s West District, and my precinct a) to promote LGBTQ and b) to get rid of those who do not promote LGBTQ.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/24/world/europe/poland-lgbtq-gay-migration.html

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters approve of Biden.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/04/25/biden-100-days-poll/
— The fading GOP establishment moves to support Cheney as Trump attacks and McCarthy keeps his distance. – Paul Kane
https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/cheney-trump-mccarthy-orlando/2021/04/23/0b41df94-a3a4-11eb-85fc-06664ff4489d_story.html

NEW YORK POST
— Big tech bankrolls BLM co-founder’s PAC, charities in exchange for support – Isabel Vincent
https://nypost.com/2021/04/24/big-tech-bankrolls-blm-in-exchange-for-net-neutrality-support/
— Anti-racism themed messaging hurts Democratic pols, Yale study finds – Jesse O’Neill
(DIERSEN: To be a Democrat, Libertarian, Green, Independent, or RINO, you have to hate 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 those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://nypost.com/2021/04/25/democrats-anti-racism-messaging-seems-to-alienate-voters-study/

SANTA BARBARA NEWS PRESS
— The left’s systemic exploitation of race – Editorial
https://newspress.com/the-lefts-systemic-exploitation-of-race/

CENTRAL MAINE
— With handouts, US heading toward socialism – Rowland Hastings, Augusta
https://www.centralmaine.com/2021/04/25/with-handouts-us-heading-toward-socialism/

NPR
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled White-hating White-haters, their operatives, and their dupes promote D.C. statehood.
https://www.npr.org/2021/04/24/990544576/how-the-battle-against-d-c-statehood-is-rooted-in-racism

GUARDIAN
— Florida bill would allow students to record professors to show political bias. The bill, which is awaiting the signature of the governor, seems to align with the position of rightwing student activist groups. – Richard Luscombe
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/apr/25/florida-bill-record-professors-universities

TIMES
— Why Zuckerberg unfriended Apple
(DIERSEN: I should write a book about a) those who have unfriended me and b) the reasons why they unfriended me. Overwhelmingly, the reasons include a) they object to one or more of the articles that I linked to in my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters, b) I refuse to be manipulated or dominated by them, c) I refuse to glorify and praise them, d) I refuse to pander to them, e) I refuse to serve as one or their operatives or dupes, f) I refuse to cover-up their wrongdoing, and/or g) I refuse to give them money. Overwhelmingly, when push comes to shove, a) they refuse to defend or advance the traditional family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks in the Republican Party platform and b) they promote dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ, 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. Overwhelmingly, they blame me and blame my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters for their problems, for your problems, for my problems, and for everyone’s problems. Overwhelmingly, when push comes to shove, they disclose a) their tremendous hatred of Trump and b) their tremendous hatred of those like me who do not hate Trump. Overwhelmingly, they read GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters to get information to destroy others.)
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/why-zuckerberg-unfriended-apple-ksx9s9pkf

April 24 Evening Edition

NBC5
— Coronavirus in Illinois: 2,907 New COVID Cases, 25 Deaths, 125K Vaccinations. Both the statewide positivity rate all tests returning positive results and the positivity rate for individuals tested in the last seven dropped Friday.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/coronavirus/coronavirus-in-illinois-2907-new-covid-cases-25-deaths-125k-vaccinations/2494486/

WTTW
— State Lawmakers Consider Letting Local Voters Decide on Rent Control – Nick Blumberg
(DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will voters be allowed to ban the following from their municipality, township, county, and state and from America: those who are not a member of a protected group, that is, 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://news.wttw.com/2021/04/24/state-lawmakers-consider-letting-local-voters-decide-rent-control

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— First White House Black Secret Service agent still trying to clear his name. For Abraham Bolden, now 86, time is running out on years-long efforts to obtain a presidential pardon. – Mary Mitchell
(DIERSEN: I am still trying to clear my name. My Democrat superiors in the federal government would not have taken the following adverse actions against me if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, or veteran. My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, gave me unfair performance expectations and appraisals, always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, did not promote me beyond GS-13, got rid of my mentor in 1987, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and forced me to take a $20,361 (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. My Democrat IRS superiors did not promote me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions in 1978, got rid of my mentor in 1975, and disallowed my partial day per diem claims in 1974. My Democrat Post Office superiors forced me to resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2021/4/23/22400324/abraham-bolden-first-black-secret-service-agent-pardon-efforts

DAILY HERALD
— A wave of color sweeps into local offices – Madhu Krishnamurthy
(DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, the more of the following that you are, the more that you are discouraged from seeking or holding any kind of government or political office: Trump supporter, conservative, patriotic, Republican, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, gun owner, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20210424/a-wave-of-color-sweeps-into-local-offices

ROCKFORD REGISTER STAR
— Demonstrators in Rockford pray for legislators to support parental notice before abortion – Ken DeCoster
https://www.rrstar.com/story/news/2021/04/24/illinois-legislature-demonstrators-rally-anti-abortion-law/7320410002/
— Pritzker’s failure to listen has hurt Illinois economy, people – Paul Schimpf
https://www.rrstar.com/story/opinion/2021/04/24/pritzkers-failure-listen-has-hurt-illinois-economy-people/7362572002/

JACKSONVILLE JOURNAL COURIER
— New leadership, same politics, GOP lawmaker says
https://www.myjournalcourier.com/insider/article/New-leadership-same-politics-GOP-lawmaker-says-16124934.php
— Symbolic ordinance ‘protects’ gun rights – Charles Mills
https://www.myjournalcourier.com/news/article/Symbolic-ordinance-protects-gun-rights-16126091.php

STATELINE
— Pro-life activists hold rally in Rockford against abortion bill
https://www.mystateline.com/news/local-news/pro-life-activists-hold-rally-in-rockford-against-abortion-bill/

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— U of I student dismissed for failing to comply with Covid-19 testing – Brice Bement
(DIERSEN: If you are employed, how soon, if not already, will your employer dismiss its employees who are not tested? If you are a member of an organization, how soon, if not already, will your organization dismiss its members who are not tested? How soon, if not already, will your municipality dismiss its residents who are not a member of a protected group and who are not tested?)
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/coronavirus/u-of-i-student-dismissed-for-failing-to-comply-with-covid-19-testing/

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— ECWd Founders Seek Declaratory Judgement Against Governor Pritzker – KIRK ALLEN & JOHN KRAFT
https://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2021/04/ecwd-founders-seek-declaratory-judgement-against-governor-pritzker/

GOPUSA
— Is America Led By Anti-Americans Today? – Patrick J. Buchanan
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=109383

BLAZE
— Democrats threaten retaliation against Republicans over move to censure Rep. Maxine Waters One Democrat has already renewed efforts to punish Rep. Marjorie TaylorGreene – CHRIS ENLOE
(DIERSEN: I should write a book about the unsuccessful attempt by my critics/opponents to get the Illinois Center Right Coalition to censure me for my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters at its 2006 Annual Convention in the Wheaton Bowl. I would focus on my critics/opponents and their operatives and dupes who carried out the attempt. I would focus on my critics/opponents who were unsuccessful Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct, their major donors, their political consultants, their campaign managers, their campaign staff members, and their campaign volunteers. I would focus on the unsuccessful gubernatorial campaigns in the 2006 Republican primary. Jim Oberweis got 31.74% of the vote in that primary, Bill Brady got 18.40%, and Ron Gidwitz got 10.88%.)
https://www.theblaze.com/news/democrats-threaten-retaliation-maxine-waters-censure-effort

ONE NEWS NOW
— Will ‘woke’ companies cancel Christians? – Michael F. Haverluck
https://onenewsnow.com/culture/2021/04/24/will-woke-companies-cancel-christians

EPOCH TIMES
— The United States of 2 Americas – John Mills
(DIERSEN: To get those who are religious, conservative, and/or Republican to leave Illinois, leave DuPage County, leave Milton Township, and leave Wheaton, Democrats and RINOs do everything that they can to get Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, and Wheaton Downtown Association to promote a) dependency on government, b) dependency on charity, c) LGBTQ, d) abortion, d) mass/illegal immigration, e) booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, f) abolition of the First and Second Amendments, g) patronage, h) political affiliation discrimination, i) reverse discrimination, and j) age discrimination.)
https://www.theepochtimes.com/the-united-states-of-two-americas_3782214.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A part of this blue/red separation is the manifest “Digital Apartheid” that is being applied by the blue side to the red side to create two social media systems. This Digital Apartheid is pervasive and driven by the new, vicious, lockstep, “social justice” mantra that has taken over the automatons who lead U.S. social media. We are experiencing an unprecedented shakedown by groups such as Black Lives Matter (BLM) and Antifa who broadcast through their relentless bullhorn of social media and old media. There are now two business systems in America—blue and red. Many of the businesses that lead major market sectors have now revealed themselves to be de-facto thought police to enforce Social Justice. MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell is the poster child of this, as he has been targeted for elimination by the self-appointed high priests of “wokism.” We’re also finding out there are two financial systems in America, as those with capital now act as the gatekeepers of who receives capital and who is excluded. Bank of America has become “Bank of who I decide to allow access to the capital system.” That’s a far cry from the intent of its founder, who wanted to make sure all had access. The modern bank staff has now become an appendage of the virtue-signaling synchronized chorus. There are now two media systems in America. The Hollywood award shows are now a Roman circus of self-loathing, lecturing, and virtue signaling. Few are watching these award shows—in fact, few are watching legacy media as ratings collapse. It’s curious from an agnostic business perspective how CNN even survives at this point in time. Somehow the citizen’s pocketbook is being fleeced by corporations and advertisers who recycle ad revenue through “woke” media to keep them alive when it’s patently obvious the viewership has imploded—but that’s the beauty of the new era of crony capitalism (which is a transition phase to socialism). The citizens of our nation have consciously or unconsciously chosen sides. If you’re angry at yourself for not being woke enough and have righteous virtue-signal signs in your yard lauding BLM, you’re likely on the blue side. If the drivel of virtue signaling makes no sense to you, you’re probably on the red side.)

THE HILL
— Democrats seek to keep spotlight on Capitol siege – MIKE LILLIS AND SCOTT WONG
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/550075-democrats-seek-to-keep-spotlight-on-capitol-siege

YAHOO NEWS
— Tennessee Tech professor Andrew Donadio refutes ‘racist’ label hung on him by colleagues for his role in Turning Point USA.
(DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats run America. Ever-increasingly, Democrats slander Republicans as being White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, and bigots. To be called a White supremacist, Nazi, KKK member, hater, racist, sexist, or bigot in America today is like being called a Jew in Germany during the 1930s, if not 1940s.)
https://news.yahoo.com/professor-refutes-racist-label-colleagues-134443292.html

WASHINGTON POST
— After Arkansas passes its trans ban, parents and teens wonder: Should we stay? – Emily Wax-Thibodeaux
(DIERSEN: To get those who are religious, conservative, and/or Republican to leave Illinois, leave DuPage County, leave Milton Township, and leave Wheaton, Democrats and RINOs do everything that they can to get Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, and Wheaton Downtown Association to promote a) dependency on government, b) dependency on charity, c) LGBTQ, d) abortion, d) mass/illegal immigration, e) booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, f) abolition of the First and Second Amendments, g) patronage, h) political affiliation discrimination, i) reverse discrimination, and j) age discrimination.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/after-arkansas-passes-its-trans-ban-parents-and-teens-wonder-should-we-stay/2021/04/23/74c822f0-9d34-11eb-8005-bffc3a39f6d3_story.html

SEATTLE TIMES
— Ted Cruz maintains ties to right-wing group despite its extremist messaging – Beth Reinhard and Neena Satija
(DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who hinted/implied/argued/shouted that TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois and Illinois Center Right Coalition were right-wing extremist groups. I would focus on my critics/opponents who were unsuccessful Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct, their major donors, their political consultants, their campaign managers, their campaign staff members, and their campaign volunteers.)
https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/nation-politics/ted-cruz-maintains-ties-to-right-wing-group-despite-its-extremist-messaging/