May 17 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Illinois COVID-19 Update: IL reports 946 cases, 6 deaths – Liz Nagy
https://abc7chicago.com/health/il-reports-946-covid-cases-6-deaths/10650750/
— Biden tax returns reveal he paid 25.9% rate and earned $607,336 in 2020 – AP
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/biden-tax-returns-show-president-paid-259%25-rate-/10652231/

NBC5
— Millionaires Who Favor Raising Taxes on the Rich Launch Protests in Front of Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos’ Home on Tax Day – Brian Schwartz
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/business/money-report/millionaires-who-favor-raising-taxes-on-the-rich-launching-protests-in-front-of-amazon-ceo-jeff-bezos-home-on-tax-day/2511755/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Downstate Illinois men charged in US Capitol breach asked cop for directions to the bathroom, feds say – JASON MEISNER
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/criminal-justice/ct-us-capitol-breach-illinois-charges-wangler-harrison-20210517-jz7eahg2rfgahcwaoyzs27amkq-story.html
— Pritzker tries to clear up mask confusion | State’s eviction moratorium will be phased out by August | Giannoulias gets boost from Downstate Democrats – LISA DONOVAN
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-pritzker-announces-state-follow-cdc-orders-eviction-ban-ending-spin-20210517-levbtmuiynegbecy2ckspw6p3m-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Feds charge 2 more Illinoisans in U.S. Capitol breach as massive investigation continues. Douglas K. Wangler allegedly told one witness, “if walking around and singing some patriotic songs is a crime then I guess I am guilty.” – Jon Seidel and Madeline Kenney
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2021/5/17/22439655/feds-charge-2-more-illinoisans-us-capitol-breach-investigation-continues

DAILY HERALD
— GOP says Democrats’ ethics bill doesn’t go far enough – PETER HANCOCK
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20210517/gop-says-democrats-ethics-bill-doesnt-go-far-enough
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Cheney-promoter promotes hatred against those who do not share his hatred of Trump.
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20210517/country-over-party
— House GOP was right – Dan Ulrey, Rolling Meadows
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20210517/house-gop-was-right

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— $693,792: That’s the lifetime tax tab for an Illinoisan. It ranks the state 10th in a study. New Jersey’s on top, at $931,698. – Bloomberg
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/news/693792-thats-lifetime-tax-tab-illinoisan

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Illinois Senate Republicans unveil sweeping bill to fight public corruption – Shabnam Danesh
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/illinois-senate-republicans-unveil-sweeping-bill-to-fight-public-corruption/

WJOL
— Kinzinger: Party’s Current Main Principle Is Loyalty To Trump
(DIERSEN: Republicans are fully aware of Trump’s strengths and weaknesses, his positives and negatives. RINOs a) ignore, dismiss, deny Trump’s strengths and positives and b) fixate on, overstate, amplify Trump’s weaknesses and negatives.)
https://www.wjol.com/rep-kinzinger-partys-current-main-principle-is-loyalty-to-trump/

WILLIAM J KELLY
— Chicago Democrats Demand Anti-Hair Discrimination Bill, Ignore Murders
https://www.williamjkelly.org/news/citizen-kelly-chicago-democrats-anti-hair-discrimination-murders

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Critical Race Theory: It’s A Cancer, Not A Cure – Ryan Scott Bomberger
https://illinoisfamily.org/marriage/critical-race-theory-its-a-cancer-not-a-cure/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— PRITZKER: NO MATTER WHAT, ABORTION WILL REMAIN LEGAL IN ILLINOIS
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2021/05/pritzker-no-matter-what-abortion-will-remain-legal-in-illinois.html
— OP-ED: GUESS WHAT? NOT ALL WORK IS WORTH $15 PER HOUR
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2021/05/op-ed-guess-what-not-all-work-is-worth-15-per-hour.html
— THORNER: CONCERN ABOUT BIDEN’S HEALTH AND LEADERSHIP GROWS AMONG MILITARY OFFICERS
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2021/05/thorner-concern-about-bidens-health-and-leadership-grows-among-military-officers-.html

CAPITOL FAX
— 946 new confirmed and probable cases; 6 additional deaths; 1,512 hospitalized; 398 in ICU; 2.4 percent average case positivity rate; 2.9 percent average test positivity rate; 61,275 average daily doses; 64+ percent of 18+ have received at least one dose
https://capitolfax.com/2021/05/17/946-new-confirmed-and-probable-cases-6-additional-deaths-1512-hospitalized-398-in-icu-24-percent-average-case-positivity-rate-29-percent-average-test-positivity-rate-61275-average-daily-doses-64-perce/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Biden’s HUD to let illegal immigrants use taxpayer funds for public housing – Dave Boyer
(DIERSEN: How many public housing units do the Democrats want to build in Illinois, in your county, in your county district, in your township, in your municipality, in your municipal district, in your precinct, and in your neighborhood? What do you say to those who want to build public housing in my precinct on the south side of Roosevelt Road in Wheaton between the Prairie Path and Main Street?)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/may/17/hud-under-joe-biden-wont-require-citizenship-housi/

GOPUSA
— Audacity: 1 RINO (Liz Cheney) Tells 74,000,000 Trump Supporters They Are ‘Misled’
(DIERSEN: Republicans are fully aware of Trump’s strengths and weaknesses, his positives and negatives. RINOs a) ignore, dismiss, deny Trump’s strengths and positives and b) fixate on, overstate, amplify Trump’s weaknesses and negatives.)
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=110354
— Biden Announces Police Week — And Insults Every Cop In America
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=110352
— Fauci Says Pandemic Highlights Racism’s Impact
(DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, hate-filled Republican-hating Republican-haters hint/imply/argue/shout that Republicans have caused, are causing, and will forever cause all the problems that minorities have had, are having, and will have.)
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=110364
— America Declines. The Media Obsess Over GOP Squabbles
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=110361
— American Medical Association Puts Critical Race Theory Above All
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=110357
— 88% Of US Children To Begin Receiving Federal Monthly Payments Starting In July
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=110400

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Biden Administration Diverts Funding from American Healthcare to Help Illegal Aliens – Eric Lendrum
https://amgreatness.com/2021/05/17/biden-administration-diverts-funding-from-american-healthcare-to-help-illegal-aliens/

BREITBART
— Not So Woke: NFL Brain Injury Lawsuit Claims Black Men Have Lower Cognitive Skills than White Men – WARNER TODD HUSTON
https://www.breitbart.com/sports/2021/05/17/not-so-woke-nfl-brain-injury-lawsuit-claims-black-men-have-lower-cognitive-skills-than-white-men/

DAILY CALLER
— Trump To Headline North Carolina GOP Convention This Summer – DYLAN HOUSMAN
https://dailycaller.com/2021/05/17/donald-trump-north-carolina-gop-convention-michael-whatley/

TOWNHALL
— The Media Hates You And Is Shocked That You Hate It Back – Kurt Schlichter
https://townhall.com/columnists/kurtschlichter/2021/05/17/the-media-hates-you-and-is-shocked-that-you-hate-it-back-n2589511
— It’s Your ‘Patriotic Duty’ To Ditch The Masks And Get A Job – Scott Morefield
https://townhall.com/columnists/scottmorefield/2021/05/17/its-your-patriotic-duty-to-ditch-the-masks-and-get-a-job-n2589545
— We Strongly Stand Behind Our Reporter (DIERSEN
: My critics/opponents shout that those who dominate the following never did, do not now, and never will stand behind me: Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Milton Township Republican Organization, Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Illinois Center Right Coalition, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter, GAO, IRS, Chicago Heights Firestone Store, Park Forest Post Office, etc.)
https://townhall.com//columnists/townhallcomstaff/2021/05/14/we-strongly-stand-behind-our-reporter-n2589406

EPOCH TIMES
— American Airlines Investigating Pilot Who Opposes School District’s Critical Race Theory Plan – GQ PAN
(DIERSEN: I should write a book about the adverse actions that my Democrat superiors in the federal government took against me a) because I complained about political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination and b) because in 1988, when I was 40 years old, I became an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged GAO with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.)
https://www.theepochtimes.com/mkt_breakingnews/american-airlines-investigating-pilot-who-opposes-school-districts-critical-race-theory-plan_3818459.html

THE HILL
— Biden revokes Trump-era order targeting shield for website operators – REBECCA KLAR
(DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes do not want me to have any kind of shield for anything that I do for you as your GOPUSA Illinois Editor. They want to stop me from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters. Failing that, they want to stop me from posting copies of the newsletters at www.gopillinois.com . Failing that, they want to stop everyone from reading the newsletters. Failing that, they do everything that they can to frustrate my efforts to put together and send out the newsletters.)
https://thehill.com/policy/technology/553895-biden-revokes-trump-era-order-targeting-shield-for-website-operators
— Confidant says Trump’s health might be too poor to run for president again. “I think for him, everything will depend on his health at that time. If he still has energy and strength like he does.” – Adam Barnes
(DIERSEN: I was born in 1948. All my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always promoted age discrimination. What would you stress in defense of your age? I stress that neither health problems nor any other kind of problem has stopped me from putting together and sending out a GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletter a) each and every morning since 2004 and b) each and every evening too since 2015. Further, I have the best record by far for attending Milton Township Republican Organization meetings and fundraisers since 1999.)
https://thehill.com/changing-america/well-being/longevity/553867-trump-confidant-says-trumps-health-might-be-too-poor-to

POLITICO
— Who’s next on ransomware’s hit list – SAM SABIN
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/weekly-cybersecurity/2021/05/17/whos-next-on-ransomwares-hit-list-795343

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats a) promote LGBTQ and b) destroy individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that do not promote LGBTQ.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/17/us/politics/biden-lgbtq-rights.html

SEATTLE TIMES
— Alaska Republican Party chair resigns, to move to Virginia – AP
https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/northwest/alaska-republican-party-chair-resigns-to-move-to-virginia/

BLOOMBERG
— Trump to Address State GOP Group as Part of His Return to Public – Mark Niquette
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-05-17/trump-to-address-state-gop-group-as-part-of-his-return-to-public

FINANCIAL POST
— Learning new skills can help both your brain and your career. Demand for those with financial proficiencies continues to grow.
(DIERSEN: What did you do to qualify yourself for better paying jobs? I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree (management from NIU) when I was 21 in 1970 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27 (MBA from Loyola), 31 (accounting from DePaul), and 48 (financial markets and trading from IIT), b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30 (CPA), 32 (Certified Internal Auditor), 41 (Certified Fraud Examiner), 45 (Certified Government Financial Manager), 47 (Certified Financial Services Auditor), and 48 (Forensic Accountant), and c) a job-related professional license when I was 32 (CPA).)
https://financialpost.com/personal-finance/business-essentials/learning-new-skills-can-help-both-your-brain-and-your-career

METRO WEEKLY
— SNL mocks Liz Cheney for opposing lesbian sister’s same-sex marriage. Kate McKinnon’s Liz Cheney complained about being cast out by Republicans, noting she “opposed gay marriage even though my own sister is a lez” – Rhuaridh Marr
https://www.metroweekly.com/2021/05/snl-mocks-liz-cheney-for-opposing-lesbian-sisters-same-sex-marriage/

LGBTQ NATION
— Anti-vaxxers now “identify as fully vaccinated” to get out of mask mandates. The old transphobic joke might get people killed as people say they will skirt mask guidelines by just “identifying” as fully vaccinated. – Alex Bollinger
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2021/05/anti-vaxxers-now-identify-fully-vaccinated-get-mask-mandates/

May 17 Morning Edition

ABC7
— Chicago shootings: 46 shot, 5 fatally, in weekend violence across city. A 2-year-old girl is among the weekend shooting victims in Chicago
https://abc7chicago.com/46-shot-5-killed-in-chicago-weekend-violence-/10649276/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Tom Dart says he’s spent $38 million during the pandemic on inmates who should have been in state prisons. The Cook County sheriff has told the head of the Illinois Department of Corrections he wants to begin sending hundreds of inmates from the county jail to the state prison system. – Frank Main
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2021/5/17/22436412/tom-dart-illinois-department-corrections-cook-county-jail-covid-pandemic

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Alexi Giannoulias gets Downstate county chairmen’s endorsement for secretary of state Democratic nomination – RICK PEARSON
(DIERSEN: Who are all the announced candidates for the offices on the March 15, 2022 Republican primary ballot for your precinct? Those offices include U.S. Senate, U.S. Congress, Illinois statewide offices, Illinois Senate and House offices, countywide offices, county district offices, and judicial offices. I certainly hope that Wheaton has a traditional Independence Day parade and that all the aforesaid candidates on ballots in DuPage County have entries in the parade and help sponsor Wheaton’s Independence Day fireworks and parade.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-alexi-giannoulias-endorsement-secretary-of-state-race-20210517-y6pgvb7ww5g3hcfs6imaso4f2u-story.html
— A humble plea to Mayor Lori Lightfoot: Please resubscribe to the Chicago Tribune – HEIDI STEVENS
(DIERSEN: I should write a book about those a) who discourage me from putting together and sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters and b) who discourage everyone from reading those newsletters.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/heidi-stevens/ct-heidi-stevens-subscribe-to-the-tribune-mayor-lightfoot-0514-20210514-5c5z6lafvvft3j4vqjo6ex4iue-story.html
— What do Chicago’s south suburbs need? New, strong leadership. – EDITORIAL
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/editorials/ct-editorial-chicago-covid-economic-recovery-south-suburbs-20210517-5u7gpj2kqbei5cg3v5frzmxfti-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Suburban projects on the list as Illinois lawmakers embrace return of earmarks – Russell Lissau
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20210517/suburban-projects-on-the-list-as-illinois-lawmakers-embrace-return-of-earmarks

WTTW
— Illinois Senate Bill Addresses Black Hair Discrimination in Schools Across State – Erica Gunderson
https://news.wttw.com/2021/05/16/illinois-senate-bill-addresses-black-hair-discrimination-schools-across-state

NPR ILLINOIS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats crow about their success in getting Blacks to hate Whites and to hate police.
https://www.nprillinois.org/post/poll-details-very-different-views-black-and-white-americans-race-and-police#stream/0

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Police punished for speaking out against Black Lives Matter – James Varney
(DIERSEN: I should write a book about the adverse actions that my Democrat superiors in the federal government took against me a) because I complained about political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination and b) because in 1988, when I was 40 years old, I became an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged GAO with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/may/16/police-punished-speaking-out-against-blm/

FOX NEWS
— Trump heading to battleground NC to headline state GOP convention Trump address will be first outside of his Mar-a-Lago resort since keynote CPAC speech – Paul Steinhauser
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-north-carolina-visit-state-gop-convention

AMERICAN THINKER
— Our Democrat Rulers Can’t Be Serious – Steve Feinstein
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2021/05/our_democrat_rulers_cant_be_serious.html
— Newsom turns to bribery, opening up a big bag of goodies to Californians in a bid to head off recall – Monica Showalter
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2021/05/newsom_turns_to_bribery_opening_up_a_big_bag_of_goodies_to_californians_in_a_bid_to_head_off_recall.html

BREITBART
— Air Force Lt. Colonel Fired After Remarks About Marxism, Critical Race Theory Spreading in Military – KRISTINA WONG
(DIERSEN: I should write a book about the adverse actions that my Democrat superiors in the federal government took against me a) because I complained about political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination and b) because in 1988, when I was 40 years old, I became an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged GAO with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.)
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/05/16/air-force-lt-colonel-fired-remarks-marxism-critical-race-theory-spreading-military/
— SNL Cruelly Mocks Liz Cheney Despite Diehard Never-Trump Virtue Signaling – ALANA MASTRANGELO
https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2021/05/16/snl-cruelly-mocks-liz-cheney-despite-diehard-never-trump-virtue-signaling/

DAILY SIGNAL
— Biden, the Border Crisis, and Flights for Illegal Immigrants – Ken McIntyre
https://www.dailysignal.com/2021/05/16/we-hear-you-biden-the-border-crisis-and-flights-for-illegal-immigrants/

TOWNHALL
— The New Bigotry: Vax Discrimination Against Republicans? – Joy Overbeck
https://townhall.com/columnists/joyoverbeck/2021/05/17/the-new-bigotry-vax-discrimination-against-republicans-n2589546

FEDERALIST
— There Is No Way To ‘Fix’ The Equality Act. It’s Identity Politics Or Equality Before The Law, And Republicans Must Choose. There can be no compromise with those whose political program requires erasing American citizens’ constitutionally guaranteed rights to freely speak and freely worship. – Joy Pullmann
https://thefederalist.com/2021/05/17/there-is-no-way-to-fix-the-equality-act-its-identity-politics-or-equality-before-the-law-and-republicans-must-choose/

NEWSMAX
— Hawley’s Once-Canceled Big Tech Book Emerges a Bestseller – Eric Mack
https://www.newsmax.com/us/josh-hawley-big-tech-cancel-culture-bestseller/2021/05/16/id/1021589/

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Woke Higher Ed Is A Mixture of “Cancel Culture, Critical Race Theory, and Cruelty” – William A. Jacobson
https://legalinsurrection.com/2021/05/woke-higher-ed-is-a-mixture-of-cancel-culture-critical-race-theory-and-cruelty/

THE HILL
— Republicans seize on conservative backlash against critical race theory – JULIA MANCHESTER
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/553631-republicans-seize-on-conservative-backlash-against-critical-race-theory

POLITICO
— Rise of a megadonor: Thiel makes a play for the Senate – ALEX ISENSTADT
(DIERSEN: He who pays the piper calls the tunes. I should write a book about Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct since 2000 who have talked and/or acted like those who gave them lots of money wanted/demanded that they a) stop me from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters, b) stop everyone from reading my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters, c) end my TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairmanship, d) end my Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee membership, e) end my Milton Township Republican Organization webmaster service, f) end my Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee membership, and/or g) end my American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board membership. I would focus on candidates for U.S. Senate, U.S. Congress, Illinois statewide offices, Illinois Senate and House offices, DuPage countywide offices, DuPage county district offices, Milton Township offices, Wheaton city-wide offices, Wheaton West District offices, and judicial offices.)
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/05/17/peter-thiel-senate-megadonor-488799

MSN
— Josh Hawley’s ‘canceled’ book on Big Tech is now a best-seller – Melissa Koenig
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/josh-hawleys-canceled-book-on-big-tech-is-now-a-best-seller/ar-BB1gO0wB
— Majority of Republicans agree with decision to replace Cheney: Poll – Lawrence Richard
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/majority-of-republicans-agree-with-decision-to-replace-cheney-poll/ar-BB1gNGcu?li=BBnbcA1

NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE WITH COLOR PICTURE: DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats illegally encourage citizens of foreign countries to illegally come to America illegally and to illegally stay in America illegally. Democrats should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/16/us/migrants-border-coronavirus-pandemic.html
— Why Justice Breyer May Resist Calls for His Retirement In a recent speech on “the peril of politics,” Justice Stephen G. Breyer said judges must renounce loyalty to “the political party that helped to secure their appointment.” – Adam Liptak
(DIERSEN: Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. I should write a book about candidates in ballots in my precinct since 2000 who got elected as Republicans, but then dumped many, most, if not virtually all of the planks in the Republican Party platform, most commonly, its traditional marriage/family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/17/us/justice-breyer-retirement.html

WASHINGTON POST
— The NRA just had a major legal setback. But its hold on the gun-control debate endures. – Tom Hamburger, Mike DeBonis
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/nra-gun-control-debate/2021/05/15/30b7cf04-b475-11eb-a980-a60af976ed44_story.html

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: To elect Biden, Democrats falsely painted him as being a moderate. They stressed that he was White, male, old, Catholic, Irish American, heterosexual, married, his ancestors have been in America for a long time, etc.
https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2021-05-16/joe-bidens-governing-as-a-progressive-thats-a-surprise-only-if-you-werent-paying-attention

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Can Freedom Survive the Narratives? We live in the age of supercharged story lines, most of which are demagogic nonsense. – Lance Morrow
https://www.wsj.com/articles/can-freedom-survive-the-narratives-11621185599
— Biden’s Plan for Free Community College Faces Resistance – Josh Mitchell
(DIERSEN: What motivated you to work while you were in high school and college? For me, it was to earn money to pay for college expenses and new cars to drive to/from classes and work. I paid for my college expenses at UIC 1966-1968 and NIU 1969-1970 and new cars with money that I earned washing dishes 1964-1966; cleaning golf shoes, chipping slag, and pumping gasoline in 1966; delivering mail 1966-1969; and working on an automobile assembly line and as a security guard in 1970. I bought a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint in 1966, a new 1968 Oldsmobile 442 in 1967, and a new 1969 Dodge Charger SE in 1968.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/bidens-plan-for-free-community-college-faces-resistance-11621170004
— Bill Gates Left Microsoft Board Amid Probe Into Prior Relationship With Staffer – Emily Glazer, Justin Baer, Khadeeja Safdar and Aaron Tilley
https://www.wsj.com/articles/microsoft-directors-decided-bill-gates-needed-to-leave-board-due-to-prior-relationship-with-staffer-11621205803
— Facebook’s ‘Fact Checks’ Suppress Debate. The social-media site seeks to discredit a review of my book on climate science. – Steven E. Koonin
https://www.wsj.com/articles/facebooks-fact-checks-suppress-debate-11621194172

ALIOS
— Franklin Graham worries Trump too old to run in 2024
(DIERSEN: I was born in 1948. All my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always promoted age discrimination. What would you stress in defense of your age? I stress that neither health problems nor any other kind of problem has stopped me from putting together and sending out a GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletter a) each and every morning since 2004 and b) each and every evening too since 2015. Further, I have the best record by far for attending Milton Township Republican Organization meetings and fundraisers since 1999.)
https://www.axios.com/franklin-graham-trump-2024-president-054ab9ca-f55e-4588-baa0-b564cefa0592.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Rev. Franklin Graham says a potential 2024 presidential bid by Donald Trump would “be a very tough thing to do,” the prominent Christian leader told “Axios on HBO.” Why it matters: Graham, the president of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association and Samaritan’s Purse, was among Trump’s earliest and most prominent evangelical defenders. Graham told “Axios on HBO” that a Trump comeback would be difficult because of his advancing age and eating habits. ““I think for him, everything will depend on his health at that time. If he still has energy and strength like he does. I don’t.” “You know the guy does not eat well, you know, and it’s amazing the energy that he has.” “He’s lost weight, fifteen pounds, Maybe. So he might be in good health and in good shape. I don’t know.” Trump would be 78 in 2024, the same age as Joe Biden in 2020. The big picture: Graham stood by Trump through repeated scandals, telling “Axios on HBO” in 2018 that he saw Trump as a defender of the faith. “Now people say ‘Well Frank but how can you defend him, when he’s lived such a sordid life?’ I never said he was the best example of the Christian faith. He defends the faith. And I appreciate that very much.”)

WASHINGTON BLADE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs promote LGBTQ. How soon, if not already, will the following officially ban you if you do not promote LGBTQ: the organizations that you are a member of, your employer if you are still employed, your municipality, your township, your county, Illinois, America, and the world?)
https://www.washingtonblade.com/2021/05/17/u-s-announces-global-lgbtq-rights-priorities/

FINANCIAL TIMES
— A revolt against the rich could be sparked by basic demographics. There are now far more millennial adults, some with children, for whom the economy is not delivering. – RHYMER RIGBY
(DIERSEN: I should write a book about my critics/opponents who have demonized, denigrated, and condemned me the most for my being a union member for almost 12 years. During those almost 12 years (1966-1969 and 1971-1980), my federal salary increased from $16.81/hour to $97,395/year in today’s dollars. In my defense, I earned a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU in 1970 and an MBA from Loyola in 1976, I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, and I started taking graduate accounting courses at DePaul in 1976.)
https://www.ft.com/content/39a68887-0277-4be8-bc1e-310601522f0a
(FROM THE ARTICLE: US President Joe Biden made a remarkable speech at the end of March: “I’m a union guy. I support unions. Unions built the middle class. It’s about time they start to get a piece of the action.” He said this at a carpentry trade school outside the rust-belt city of Pittsburgh, which only served to underscore the message. The idea that a political leader in an Anglosphere country might be interested in what unions have to say felt like a seismic shift — and one that took me back. One of the great stories of my adult life has the widespread acceptance that it is all right, even desirable, to be filthy rich.)


MANAGEMENT TODAY
— Should you ban political talk at work? – Orianna Rosa Royle
(DIERSEN: While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government 1966-1969 and 1971-1997, my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates frequently asked me questions to get/confirm information to use against me. For example, that I was a Republican, that I was conservative, that I opposed political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination, that I opposed promotion of dependency on government, that I opposed dependency on charity, that I opposed the promotion of LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, and diminishment of First and Second Amendment rights, that I avoided the draft, that I had been baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran, that I was 100% German national origin, that my ancestors had been America since 1844, that I had lived in Crete 1948-1972 and Wheaton since 1978, that my wife and I had given up trying to have children, that we did not adopt, and that we did not become foster parents, that I bought a new 1972 Corvette in 1971, a 1962 Chevy Impala SS collector car in 1989, and a 1968 Dodge Charger R/T collector car in 1994, that my wife and I bought a home in Wheaton in 1978 and that we had one built there in 1984, etc.)
https://www.managementtoday.co.uk/ban-political-talk-work/food-for-thought/article/1716074

May 16 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Massive Chicago march condemns violence on Gaza strip. A ‘We Stand with Israel’ event was also held in Buffalo Grove Sunday. – Alexis McAdams
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/massive-chicago-march-condemns-violence-on-gaza-strip/10646709/
— Chicago shootings: 39 people shot, 5 killed in weekend violence across city. A 2-year-old girl is among the weekend shooting victims in Chicago. – Alexis McAdams
https://abc7chicago.com/39-shot-5-killed-in-chicago-weekend-violence-/10645084/
— Illinois COVID-19 Update: IL reports 1,248 cases, 24 deaths – Liz Nagy
https://abc7chicago.com/health/il-reports-1248-covid-cases-24-deaths/10645159/
— Belvidere Jeep Cherokee factory to layoff 1,600 at Belvidere plant by end of July – AP
https://abc7chicago.com/careers/1600-layoffs-coming-at-il-jeep-cherokee-factory/10640058/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats encourage Japanese Americans to hate Republicans.
https://abc7chicago.com/our-america/japanese-americans-reflect-on-wwii-concentration-camps-racism-today/10538347/

NBC5
— Thousands Show Support for Palestinians at Downtown Chicago March
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/thousands-show-support-for-palestinians-at-downtown-chicago-march/2511448/

WGN TV
— Chicago Pro-Palestinian group march for end of Israeli airstrikes amid deadly conflict
https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/chicago-pro-palestine-group-march-for-end-of-israeli-airstrikes-amid-deadly-conflict/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Thousands take to Michigan Avenue to protest occupation of Palestinian territories: ‘Support right now is the only thing we can do’ – CLARE PROCTOR
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-palestinian-rally-chicago-20210516-jlgvvktfkvczpesyoclciqgpzm-story.html
— Trump critic Liz Cheney cautions Jan. 6 riot could happen again – AP
https://www.chicagotribune.com/nation-world/ct-aud-nw-liz-cheney-trump-capitol-riot-20210516-jrum7iquz5dpbg6czjhblnsgfy-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Amid intensifying violence in Middle East, thousands rally downtown in support of Palestinians: ‘The death, the destruction must end’ “We cannot — indeed we must not — characterize these events within the context of war or religious conflict or who shot the first rocket,” said Tarek Khalil, of American Muslims for Palestine. “This is not only false and misleading, but dangerous and dehumanizing. – Tom Schuba
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2021/5/16/22439322/amid-intensifying-violence-middle-east-thousands-rally-downtown-support-palestine-destruction-end
— The party of the rich doubles down – Richard Barsanti
(DIERSEN: Who has worked the hardest against you? I should write a book about those who have lots of money, their operatives, and their dupes and who have worked the hardest against me.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2021/5/16/22436340/joe-biden-infrastructure-mitch-mcconnell-red-line-letters-ceja-cdc-mask-rules

DAILY HERALD
— Judge orders full recount in DuPage County auditor race – Steve Zalusky
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20210516/judge-orders-full-recount-in-dupage-county-auditor-race

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— A new congressional map surfaces in Springfield. In the first firm indication of how the state’s congressional alignment is likely to change, a map of proposed new U.S. House districts is being quietly shopped to key players. Republicans aren’t going to like it. – GREG HINZ
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/greg-hinz-politics/new-congressional-map-surfaces-springfield

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— What happens when mayor barred from running is elected anyway? – Jim Dey
https://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/jim-dey-what-happens-when-mayor-barred-from-running-is-elected-anyway/article_022e6ef2-3184-573c-8c80-a0a5cfbc864b.html

NPR ILLINOIS
— Illinois Supreme Court Weighs Constitutionality Of Cook County Tax On Guns And Ammo – DEREK CANTÙ
https://www.nprillinois.org/post/illinois-supreme-court-weighs-constitutionality-cook-county-tax-guns-and-ammo#stream/0

NORTHBROOK PATCH
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Drag Queen Story Hour – Shabbat Shechina
https://patch.com/illinois/northbrook/calendar/event/20210522/1053706/drag-queen-story-hour-shabbat-shechina

BLAZE
— Ilhan Omar boasts higher lifetime conservative rating than Elise Stefanik on Club for Growth scorecard – CHRIS ENLOE
https://www.theblaze.com/news/ilhan-omar-boasts-higher-lifetime-conservative-rating-than-elise-stefanik-on-club-for-growth-scorecard

DAILY CALLER
— ‘I Never Get Asked About This’: Dan Crenshaw Says People Care About Skyrocketing Gas Prices, Not Liz Cheney – ELIZABETH LOUISE
https://dailycaller.com/2021/05/16/dan-crenshaw-liz-cheney-donald-trump-americans-border-crisis-gas-prices-inflation/
— ‘I’m Not Going To Let Donald Trump Win’: Adam Kinzinger Says He Won’t Let Trump Continue To ‘Hijack’ His Party – SHAKHZOD YULDOSHBOEV
https://dailycaller.com/2021/05/16/adam-kinzinger-donald-trump-liz-cheney-hijack-gop/

PJ MEDIA
— 40,000 Illegal ‘Got-Aways’ Crossed the Border in April – RICK MORAN
https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/rick-moran/2021/05/16/40000-illegal-got-aways-crossed-the-border-in-april-n1447293

EPOCH TIMES
— A U.S. Space Force commanding officer was removed from his post after publishing a book that warned of the spread of Marxism and critical race theory in the military. – JACK PHILLIPS
(DIERSEN: Because I opposed political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination, 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://www.theepochtimes.com/mkt_breakingnews/space-force-officer-relieved-after-denouncing-marxism-critical-race-theory-in-military_3817370.html
— Delta Air Lines to Force New Employees to Get COVID-19 Vaccines – ZACHARY STIEBER
https://www.theepochtimes.com/mkt_breakingnews/delta-air-lines-to-force-new-employees-to-get-covid-19-vaccines_3817182.html

THE HILL
— Kinzinger: ‘I would love to move on’ from Trump but he is the leader of the GOP – JOSEPH CHOI
https://thehill.com/homenews/sunday-talk-shows/553766-kinzinger-i-would-love-to-move-on-from-trump
— Lawmakers bicker over how to go after tax cheats – NAOMI JAGODA
https://thehill.com/policy/finance/553704-lawmakers-bicker-over-how-to-go-after-tax-cheats

YAHOO NEWS
— Crenshaw: GOP can’t ‘ex-communicate’ Trump
https://news.yahoo.com/crenshaw-gop-t-ex-communicate-134010094.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Why the GOP Has Gone Quiet Over Tax Hikes. Biden’s plan to get corporations and the wealthy to pay their fair share is popular. – Rahm Emanuel
(DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who since 1966 have made it the most clear that they want me to pay more taxes.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/why-the-gop-has-gone-quiet-over-tax-hikes-11621194969

NEWSWEEK
— Adam Kinzinger Says GOP All About ‘Loyalty to Donald Trump,’ Compares to North Korea – JASON LEMON
https://www.newsweek.com/adam-kinzinger-says-gop-all-about-loyalty-donald-trump-compares-north-korea-1591927
— Lin Wood Falls to Trump-Endorsed Drew McKissick in Bid to Lead South Carolina GOP
https://www.newsweek.com/lin-wood-falls-trump-endorsed-drew-mckissick-bid-lead-south-carolina-gop-1591850

May 16 Morning Edition

CBS2
— Rep. Danny Davis Holds Virtual Townhall Meeting On Reparations And Bill Awaiting Vote In Congress
(DIERSEN: Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion are reparations.)
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2021/05/15/rep-danny-davis-townhall-reparations/

WTTW
— Colleges Pushed Anew for Reparations for Slavery, Racism – AP
(DIERSEN: Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion are reparations. How much more reparations will the college(s) that you graduated from agree to pay in reparations? I attended UIC 1966-1968 and 1971, NIU 1969-1970, Loyola 1972-1976, DePaul 1976-1980, Roosevelt 1980-1981, and IIT 1992-1997. I earned a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU in 1970, an MBA from Loyola in 1976, a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, and a master’s degree in finance from IIT in 1997. Will UIC, NIU, Loyola, DePaul, Roosevelt, and IIT apologize for admitting me instead of Blacks?)
https://news.wttw.com/2021/05/15/colleges-pushed-anew-reparations-slavery-racism
(FROM THE ARTICLE: For Brown University students, the Ivy League college’s next step in its yearslong quest to atone for its legacy of slavery is clear: Pay up. Nearly two decades after the Providence, Rhode Island, institution launched its much-lauded reckoning, undergraduate students this spring voted overwhelmingly for the university to identify the descendants of slaves that worked on campus and begin paying them reparations. At the University of Georgia, community activists want the school to contribute to Athens’ efforts to atone for an urban renewal project that destroyed a Black community in the 1960s to make way for college dorms. And at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., there’s growing dissatisfaction among some slave descendants about the Catholic institution’s pioneering reparations efforts. Nearly a year after the killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis police sparked the latest national reckoning on racism, student and community activists from New England to the Deep South are demanding institutions take more ambitious steps to atone for past sins — from colonial-era slavery to more recent campus expansion projects that have pushed out entire communities of color.)

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Migrant parents separate from kids, send them into US alone – AP
https://www.chicagotribune.com/nation-world/ct-aud-nw-migrant-family-separation-20210515-u2cnfzdt3ndphpo7mhox6k5xeq-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A vaccine-promoter says “Vaccinated people don’t shed viral particles.”
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20210516/facts-matter-vaccinated-people-dont-shed-viral-particles

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Cheney removal prompts another example of media bias
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/05/16/local-commentary-on-liz-chaneys-dumping/
— “Neo-Segregation” Not So New
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/05/15/neo-segregation-not-so-new/
— IL-16: Catalina Lauf in DC Introduced by Republican Study Committee Chairman
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/05/15/lauf051521/
— UPDATED with Draft Map: County Board Remap Updates
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/05/14/cbremap050721/
— Pritzker Announces Subsidy for People Wealthy Enough to Buy Electric Cars
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/05/14/pritzker-announces-subsidy-for-people-wealthy-enough-to-buy-electric-cars/

WIREPOINTS
— “Equity” hire at Hinsdale District 86 is latest example of how CRTL standards will politicize Illinois classrooms – Ted Dabrowski
https://wirepoints.org/equity-hire-at-hinsdale-district-86-is-latest-example-of-how-crtl-standards-will-politicize-illinois-classrooms-wirepoints/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Dispute over new mask guidelines escalates partisan rancor in House – Susan Ferrechio
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/congress/mask-dispute-escalates-partisan-rancor-house

FOX NEWS
— NYC Pride bans police from events through 2025, LGBT officers slam the move – Caitlin McFall

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/nyc-pride-bans-police-from-events-through-2025

AMERICAN THINKER
— A Legal System Corrupted – Clarice Feldman
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2021/05/a_legal_system_corrupted.html

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Limitations of the Hatred Coalition. – Paul Gottfried
(DIERSEN: The hatred coalition promotes hatred 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. How successful has the hatred coalition been in your county, in your county district, in your township, in your municipality, in your municipal district, and in your precinct? I should conduct a survey of the voters in DuPage County, DuPage County’s 4th District, Milton Township, Wheaton, Wheaton’s West District, and my precinct.)
https://amgreatness.com/2021/05/15/limitations-of-the-hatred-coalition/

BLAZE
— American Airlines investigating pilot who criticized school district’s ‘diversity and inclusion’ plan – CHRIS ENLOE
(DIERSEN: I should write a book about the adverse actions that my Democrat superiors in the federal government took against me a) because I complained about political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination and b) because in 1988, when I was 40 years old, I became an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged GAO with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.)
https://www.theblaze.com/news/american-airlines-investigating-pilot-who-criticized-school-districts-diversity-and-inclusion-plan

DAILY SIGNAL
— How Biden Aims to Take Critical Race Theory to the Next Level in Your School – Lindsey Burke
https://www.dailysignal.com/2021/05/15/how-biden-aims-to-take-critical-race-theory-to-the-next-level-in-your-school/

TOWNHALL
— Chilling Changes Are Coming Out of the Biden Administration’s HHS Redefining Sex – Rebecca Downs
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/rebeccadowns/2021/05/15/chilling-changes-are-coming-out-of-the-biden-administrations-hhs-redefining-sex-n2589520
— Biden is the New Jimmy Carter, But He’s Even Worse – Craig Shirley
https://townhall.com/columnists/craigshirley/2021/05/16/biden-is-the-new-jimmy-carter-but-hes-even-worse-n2589517

PJ MEDIA
— OUTRAGEOUS: Space Force Unit C.O. Relieved of Duty for Criticizing Marxism in the Military – BRYAN PRESTON
https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/bryan-preston/2021/05/15/outrageous-space-force-unit-c-o-relieved-of-duty-for-criticizing-marxism-in-the-military-n1447237

POST MILLENNIAL
— American Boy Scouts have gone WOKE: Eagles now required to earn ‘diversity and inclusion’ badges. The Boy Scouts of America organization has released a lengthy letter iterating their support for the BLM organization and explaining the implementation of new diversity measures. – James Anthony
https://thepostmillennial.com/american-boy-scouts-have-gone-woke-eagles-now-required-to-earn-diversity-and-inclusion-badges

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Burgess Owens Introducing Legislation to Fight Biden Rollback of Trump Ban on Critical Race Theory. “Critical Race Theory preserves this way of thinking and undermines civil rights, constitutionally guaranteed equal protection before the law, and U.S. institutions at large.” – Mike LaChance
https://legalinsurrection.com/2021/05/burgess-owens-introducing-legislation-to-fight-biden-rollback-of-trump-ban-on-critical-race-theory/

ECONOMIST
— The souls of white folk White Americans are realizing that they belong to a race too.
(DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, if you are White, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs get rid of you if you fail/refuse to demonize, denigrate, and condemn Whites as being White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things. They especially want everyone to demonize, denigrate, and condemn Whites who are law enforcement officers, Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, 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 should write a book about a) Whites who promote hatred against Whites to curry favor with White-haters, b) men who promote hatred against men to curry favor with men-haters, c) older people who promote hatred against older people curry favor with those who hate older people, d) heterosexuals who promote hatred against heterosexuals to curry favor with those who hate heterosexuals, e) RINOs who promote hatred against Republicans to curry favor with Republican-haters, f) etc.)
https://www.economist.com/special-report/2021/05/14/the-souls-of-white-folk

THE HILL
— Trump tells followers not to give money to Karl Rove – MAX GREENWOOD
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/553628-trump-tells-followers-not-to-give-money-to-karl-rove

REUTERS
— Biden says unemployed offered jobs must take them or lose benefits – Nandita Bose
(DIERSEN: What about bad jobs? According to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, all the jobs that I had were bad jobs that they would never stoop to take. I did yard work and delivered newspapers in Crete 1962-1964; washed dishes in Chicago Heights 1964-1966; cleaned golf shoes in Flossmoor, chipped slag in Chicago Heights, and pumped gasoline in Chicago Heights in 1966; delivered mail in Park Forest 1966-1969; worked on an automobile assembly line in Belvidere and as a security guard in DeKalb in 1970; sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances in Chicago Heights 1970-1971; and pumped gasoline in Chicago Heights 1971-1972.)
https://www.yahoo.com/news/biden-says-unemployed-americans-offered-181318416.html

MSN
— McCarthy dings Biden after meeting: Doesn’t have ‘energy of Donald Trump’
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/mccarthy-dings-biden-after-meeting-doesnt-have-energy-of-donald-trump/ar-BB1gLEz9?li=BBnb7Kz

MSNBC
— Essential workers balk at GOP’s ‘lazy’ label, skip out on low wage standard
(DIERSEN: What about bad jobs? According to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, all the jobs that I had were bad jobs that they would never stoop to take. I did yard work and delivered newspapers in Crete 1962-1964; washed dishes in Chicago Heights 1964-1966; cleaned golf shoes in Flossmoor, chipped slag in Chicago Heights, and pumped gasoline in Chicago Heights in 1966; delivered mail in Park Forest 1966-1969; worked on an automobile assembly line in Belvidere and as a security guard in DeKalb in 1970; sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances in Chicago Heights 1970-1971; and pumped gasoline in Chicago Heights 1971-1972.)
https://www.msnbc.com/politicsnation/watch/essential-workers-balk-at-gop-s-lazy-label-skip-out-on-low-wage-standard-112036421858

NEW YORK TIMES
— Pride Group Bars Police From March In New York – Michael Gold
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/15/nyregion/nyc-pride-nypd-banned.html
– Two Candidates and the Disparate Wages of Political Sins. Before harassment allegations, city comptroller Scott Stringer, center, was a leading candidate in the mayoral race. – Ginia Bellafante
(DIERSEN: Needless-to-say, if you paint yourself as being religious, conservative, and/or Republican and if you have ever done anything that subjects you to blackmail, you should not seek or hold any of government or political office. What do you say to those who paint themselves as being religious, conservative, and/or Republican and who expect/demand that I not include links in GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters to credible articles on credible websites written by credible authors that report serious charges against them?)
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/13/nyregion/nyc-mayor-election-scott-stringer-eric-adams.html

NEWSWEEK
— Miles Taylor Disputes Kevin McCarthy Saying GOP Is ‘Big Tent,’ Calls for Breakaway 3rd Party – NATALIE COLAROSSI
(DIERSEN: Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, Green plants, Independent plants, and RINOs use the Republican Party’s “Big Tent” policy to destroy the Republican Party. I should write a book about the success that Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, Green plants, Independent plants, and RINOs have had in destroying the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Party, Milton Township Republican Organization, etc.)
https://www.newsweek.com/miles-taylor-disputes-kevin-mccarthy-saying-gop-big-tent-calls-breakaway-3rd-party-1591847

FORBES
— How Employers Can Cultivate Bravery In A Cancel-Culture World – Kimberly A. Whitler
(DIERSEN: The more of the following that their employees were, the more that my Democrat superiors in the federal government canceled them: Republican, conservative, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, gun owner, Protestant, German American, and/or if their ancestors had been in America for a long time.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/kimberlywhitler/2021/05/15/how-employers-can-cultivate-bravery-in-a-cancel-culture-world/

DESERET NEWS
— The 1619 Project and critical race theory rewrite history through the lens of ‘wokeness’ – Chris Stewart
https://www.deseret.com/opinion/2021/5/15/22434644/utah-critical-race-theory-in-schools-1619-project-education

SAND POINT READER
— Two Fourths equal a whole lot of trouble. As the city lays the debate to rest, how exactly did the 2021 Fourth of July parade become a hearsay showdown? – Zach Hagadone
https://sandpointreader.com/two-fourths-equal-a-whole-lot-of-trouble/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Perhaps it’s fitting that a holiday commemorating the commencement of a world-historical conflict should generate controversy. So it has been with Sandpoint’s traditional Fourth of July celebration — canceled by its longtime sponsors, the Lions Club, in 2020 in an abundance of caution over COVID-19 exposure and picked up by an independent group, Sandpoint Independence Day. The nonprofit SID organization, helmed by local conservative activists Steve Wasylko and Ron Korn, purported to “save” Independence Day in 2020, making claims that the Lions Club — which had put on the parade and fireworks show for nearly 70 years — had “pass[ed] the baton.” In that spirit, SID again applied for a permit to put on the parade in 2021, which the city denied. SID organizers then appealed the denial, arguing their case before City Council at its May 5 regular meeting. “They [the Lions] wanted to give this up,” Wasylko told the council, with Korn adding: “We were told by Janice [Rader, current vice president] that the Lions Club was no longer interested in hosting the event.”)

NEW YORK MAGAZINE
— Conservatives Excommunicated the Last Republican President Who Lost – Jonathan Chait
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2021/05/republicans-excommunicated-bush-for-losing-but-not-trump.html

ATLANTIC
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrat teachers teach their students to be anti-law enforcement, anti-Trump, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-heterosexual, anti-traditional marriage/family, anti-non-poor people, anti-gun owners, anti-Christian, anti-Protestant, anti-Italian American, anti-German American, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/05/civics-education-1619-crt/618894/

DAILY MAIL
— BLM co-founder Patrisse Cullors blasts ‘white supremacy’ of the housing market just weeks after her luxury $3MILLION property portfolio was revealed
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9583359/Marxist-Black-Lives-Matter-founder-Patrisse-Cullors-bemoans-racism-inside-housing-market.html

May 15 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Illinois COVID-19 Update: IL reports 1,513 cases, 47 deaths – Liz Nagy
https://abc7chicago.com/health/il-reports-1513-covid-cases-47-deaths/10639597/
— Liz Cheney says she regrets voting for Trump in 2020 – Jonathan Karl
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/liz-cheney-says-she-regrets-voting-for-trump-in-2020/10638999/
— Prosecutors agree to end former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s supervised release early. Former President Donald Trump commuted Blagojevich’s sentence for a federal corruption conviction.
https://abc7chicago.com/rod-blagojevich-donald-trump-president-now/10638413/
— Biden meets with ‘Dreamers’ in the White House to push pathway to citizenship – QUINN OWEN
(DIERSEN: Those who illegally encourage illegal immigration should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. Ever-increasingly, Democrats illegally encourage citizens of foreign countries to illegally come to America illegally and to illegally stay in America illegally. Democrats should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.)
https://abc7chicago.com/biden-meets-with-dreamers-in-the-white-house-to-push-pathway-to-citizenship/10640054/

CBS2
— Alderman Worried About Increase In Weekend Crime After Large Crowds Of Teens Cause Trouble In Downtown Chicago – Tara Molina
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2021/05/14/chicago-teens-crowds-weekend/

WLS AM
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote LGBTQ.
https://www.wlsam.com/news/pride-offers-snapshots-in-the-battle-for-lgbtq-rights-across-the-decades/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Republican Liz Cheney as the Democrats’ Joan of Arc – JOHN KASS
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/john-kass/ct-liz-cheney-john-kass-20210515-hlecpkgvnvfvtcqvsfbnw4vgmu-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Greene-hating Greene-haters say “Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s combative behavior could spark ethics review: ‘This is beneath the dignity of a person serving in the Congress’”
https://www.chicagotribune.com/nation-world/ct-aud-nw-marjorie-taylor-greene-ethics-review-20210515-2rotprw4djf43iharxvpfbxqu4-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— Democrats aim to have new map drawn by May 31
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20210515/democrats-aim-to-have-new-map-drawn-by-may-31
— Organizers of New York City’s Pride events said Saturday they are banning police and other law enforcement from marching in their huge annual parade until at least 2025 and will also seek to keep on-duty officers a block away from the celebration of LGBTQ people and history. – AP
https://www.dailyherald.com/article/20210515/news/305159925/
— Deaths reported from COVID-19 high for second day in Illinois
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20210515/deaths-reported-from-covid-19-high-for-second-day-in-illinois

ALTON TELEGRAPH
— Davidsmeyer seeks FOID change
https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/article/Davidsmeyer-seeks-FOID-change-16179794.php

NPR ILLINOIS
— Christine Todd Whitman Pushes Formation Of Alternative Republican Party
https://www.nprillinois.org/post/christine-todd-whitman-pushes-formation-alternative-republican-party#stream/0

CHICAGO NOW
— Kamala Harris is the new George W. Bush – Dennis Byrne
https://www.chicagonow.com/dennis-byrnes-barbershop/2021/05/kamala-harris-is-the-new-george-w-bush/

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— Judge Orders County-Wide Vote Recount In DuPage County – JOHN KRAFT & KIRK ALLEN
(DIERSEN: Bob Grogan is losing by only 75 votes for DuPage County Auditor. If just 38 of the 522 registered voters in my precinct had voted for Grogan instead of White, Grogan would be wining. 38 in my precinct might very well have taken my advice as their Republican Precinct Committeeman to vote for Grogan instead of White if for the last 21 years, Democrat plants, Libertarian Plants, Green plants, Independent plants, and RINOs in the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, etc. had not focused on discrediting me as being “too conservative” and even worse things.)
https://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2021/05/judge-orders-county-wide-vote-recount-in-dupage-county/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In a May 12, 2021 Memorandum and Order, DuPage County Judge Craig R. Belford ordered a county-wide recount of the November 3, 2020, election results for the office of DuPage County Auditor. Petitioner Bob Grogan (R), Candidate for DuPage County Auditor, and Respondent Bill White (D), Candidate for DuPage County Auditor, are named in the complaint. The election was certified as White winning the election with a 75 vote margin of victory, with 491,067 votes cast. Grogan then exercised his right to examine for irregularities in a specified sampling of precincts. As a result of the examination at a particular polling place (containing three precincts) in Downers Grove Township, none of the ballots that were cast were initialed by an election judge, which is required by the Illinois Election Code. Grogan argued that the result of this, if the uninitialed ballots are declared invalid and not counted, Grogan would net 82 votes, which would exceed the 75 vote margin of victory of White. Based on this examination, Grogan asked for a county-wide recount. From the Order: “In construing the above provisions, the Illinois Supreme Court has been both explicit and resolute for more than a century: ” ‘statutes requiring election judges to initial ballots are mandatory, and *** uninitialed ballots may not be counted.’ ” “petitioner’s motion for a full recount us GRANTED, and this court hereby orders that a county-wide recount of the November 3, 2020, election for the office of DuPage County Auditor be conducted in accordance with the procedures set forth in the Agree Recount Order. . . During such recount . . . any in-precinct ballot that is not initialed shall be deemed defective and not counted.”)

GOPUSA
— First It Was The ‘Woke’ CIA, Now It’s The Army
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=110240

BREITBART
— Jen Psaki: Illegal Aliens Are Part of ‘What the American Dream Represents’ – NEIL MUNRO
(DIERSEN: Those who illegally encourage illegal immigration should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. Ever-increasingly, Democrats illegally encourage citizens of foreign countries to illegally come to America illegally and to illegally stay in America illegally. Democrats should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.)
https://www.breitbart.com/economy/2021/05/15/jen-psaki-illegal-aliens-part-what-american-dream-represents/

BLAZE
— FBI admits GOP baseball shooting was domestic terrorism after previously deeming it ‘suicide by cop’ – BRECK DUMAS
https://www.theblaze.com/news/fbi-admits-gop-baseball-shooting-was-domestic-terrorism-after-previously-deeming-it-suicide-by-cop

NEWS BUSTERS
— Jeff Greenfield: Divided GOP Civil War Is a Media Myth – P.J. Gladnick
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/pj-gladnick/2021/05/15/jeff-greenfield-divided-gop-civil-war-media-myth

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Biden WH hosts ‘undocumented Americans’ while FBI warns fake vaccination cards mean jail time – Ashley Hill
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2021/05/15/biden-wh-hosts-undocumented-americans-while-fbi-warns-fake-vaccination-cards-mean-jail-time-1074516/

THE HILL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats crow about their success in liberalizing younger voters.
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/553634-increasingly-active-younger-voters-liberalize-us-electorate

YAHOO NEWS
— ‘Donald Trump is still the leader’ of the GOP: Political analyst
https://news.yahoo.com/donald-trump-still-leader-gop-212724879.html
— ‘It’s hard to look at’: Donald Trump makes National Portrait Gallery debut – David Smith
https://www.yahoo.com/news/hard-look-donald-trump-makes-203322429.html

NEWSWEEK
— Adam Kinzinger Suggests McCarthy Allowing ‘Actual Insanity’ in GOP
https://www.newsweek.com/adam-kinzinger-suggests-mccarthy-allowing-actual-insanity-gop-points-lin-wood-video-1591831

INQUISITR
— Kevin McCarthy Says Biden Doesn’t Have Trump’s ‘Energy’ – Damir Mujezinovic
(DIERSEN: What shows that you have energy? For me, it includes my having put together and sent out a GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletter each and every morning since 2004 and each and every evening too since 2015.)
https://www.inquisitr.com/6489758/kevin-mccarthy-says-biden-doesnt-have-trumps-energy

GUARDIAN
— Shelter releases 1,000 feral cats on to Chicago streets to combat rat crisis – Gloria Oladipo
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/may/14/chicago-feral-cats-rat-crisis

May 15 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Former Park Forest mayor: The discrimination I see – JOHN A. OSTENBURG
(DIERSEN: I attended Hope Lutheran Grade School in Park Forest 1961-1962. I delivered mail for the Post Office in Park Forest 1966-1969. I lived in Crete 1948-1972, University Park full-time 1972-1974, and University Park part-time 1974-1976. I rented out a town home in University Park 1976-1984. I worked in Chicago Heights 1964-1966 and 1970-1972. I worked in Flossmoor in 1966. I worked in Harvey 1972-1973. I worked in Joliet 1973-1974. My brother continues to live in Crete.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/ct-opinion-south-suburbs-discrimination-mayor-park-forest-20210514-otekyravzvfavezrisg5ldpavy-story.html

NEWS CHANNEL 20
— Delays in FOID card processing continue – Devin Trubey
https://newschannel20.com/news/local/delays-in-foid-card-processing-continue

NPR ILLINOIS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Biden promotes hatred 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.nprillinois.org/post/biden-dissolves-controversial-trump-orders-race-and-culture#stream/0

FOX NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: White House promotes teaching hatred 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://news.yahoo.com/white-house-says-teaching-critical-215942996.html
— What is critical race theory? The spread of critical race theory in schools has sparked controversies across the country. – Sam Dorman
https://www.foxnews.com/us/what-is-critical-race-theory

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Biden Facing Increased Calls to Take Action on Border Crisis, Including Dumping His ‘Border Czar’ Kamala Harris – Debra Heine
https://amgreatness.com/2021/05/14/biden-facing-increased-calls-to-take-action-on-border-crisis-including-dumping-his-border-czar-kamala-harris/

BREITBART
— Kinzinger: GOP Going with ‘Loser President’ Trump Is Not Providing a ‘Path to the Future’ – Pam Key
(DIERSEN: Who has hinted/implied/argued/shouted that you are a loser? I should write a book about those who have hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I am loser. I would focus on the aforesaid who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton’s West District, Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County’s 4th District, DuPage County, and Illinois. I would focus on the aforesaid who destroy those like me a) who they cannot manipulate or 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, e) who refuse to cover-up their wrongdoing, and/or f) who refuse to give them money. Better yet, I should sue the aforesaid.)
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2021/05/14/kinzinger-gop-going-with-loser-president-trump-is-not-providing-a-path-to-the-future/

DAILY SIGNAL
— Critical Race Theory Weakens Society and Breeds Hate, Minorities Say – Jarrett Stepman
https://www.dailysignal.com/2021/05/14/critical-race-theory-weakens-society-and-breeds-hate-latinos-say/

DAILY WIRE
— ‘Turns Out That Your Ancestors Weren’t Killed Or Maimed Trying To End Slavery’: Tucker Rips Prof Insisting Slavery Still In U.S.. – Hank Berrien
https://www.dailywire.com/news/tucker-rips-prof-insisting-slavery-still-in-u-s
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Fox News’ Tucker Carlson responded, “’Okay, so the Civil War never happened. Turns out that your ancestors weren’t killed or maimed trying to end slavery. Abraham Lincoln never signed the Emancipation Proclamation. Slavery is still under way. That’s the view of some guy who is literally claiming to be a college professor. But he’s not alone, people like that are in charge of the schools now.”)
— Every Black Life Matters Co-Founder Blisters Biden On Critical Race Theory. “Perhaps his notorious ‘missteps’ and abhorrent track record toward blacks are what drives Biden’s attempt to curry favor with those pushing CRT.” – Hank Berrien
https://www.dailywire.com/news/every-black-life-matters-co-founder-blisters-biden-on-critical-race-theory

TOWNHALL
— As Federal Legislation is Introduced to Ban Critical Race Theory, It’s Coming to This Major School District – Rebecca Downs
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/rebeccadowns/2021/05/14/as-congressman-introduces-legislation-to-ban-critical-race-theory-parents-in-this-school-district-weigh-in-n2589486

NEWSMAX
— School District Paid $22,750 to Teach About Systemic Inequity – Nick Koutsobinas
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/critcal-race-theory-oklahoma-schools-education/2021/05/14/id/1021463/

CHRISTIAN POST
— The First Amendment: Alive and well? – Richard D. Land
(DIERSEN: My critics/opponents want to abolish the First Amendment. But failing that, they want power to stop me from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters. But failing that, because I am a Republican Precinct Committeeman, they want the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Milton Township Republican Organization, and Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct to dictate the content of GOPUSA Illinois newsletters. But failing that, because I am a resident of Illinois, DuPage County, DuPage County’s 4th District, Milton Township, Wheaton, and Wheaton’s West District and a member of the Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, they want the aforesaid to dictate the content of GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters.)
https://www.christianpost.com/news/the-first-amendment-alive-and-well.html

ONE NEWS NOW
— Awakened parents crashing party preaching anti-white hate. White students at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee were instructed to “confront whiteness” on their college campus by two far-left speakers, the latest example of rampant anti-white lectures, but elsewhere the public is rising up and pushing back on the Left’s twisted version of equality. – Bob Kellogg, Billy Davis
https://onenewsnow.com/education/2021/05/14/awakened-parents-crashing-party-preaching-anti-white-hate

LIFE SITE NEWS
— Fauci: Vaccinated should have ‘no concern’ about infection from the unvaccinated. This has prompted questions as to why mask mandates are still in force. – Michael Haynes
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/fauci-vaccinated-should-have-no-concern-about-infection-from-the-unvaccinated

POST MILLENNIAL
— Congressman Burgess Owens will introduce legislation to reinstate Trump’s critical race theory ban. Rep. Burgess Owens (R-UT) has stated that he will soon introduce a bill banning all critical race theory (CRT) materials for use with the federal government. along with a resolution on CRT in public education. – James Anthony
https://thepostmillennial.com/congressman-burgess-owens-will-introduce-legislation-to-reinstate-critical-race-theory-ban

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Psaki: Teaching Critical Race Theory, 1619 Project is ‘Responsible’ “…we believe that educating the youth and the future leaders of the country on systemic racism is indoctrination. That’s actually responsible.” – Mary Chastain
https://legalinsurrection.com/2021/05/psaki-teaching-critical-race-theory-1619-project-is-responsible/

EPOCH TIMES
— White House press secretary Jen Psaki on Thursday said it is responsible for colleges to teach the idea that racism is embedded in the American system, dismissing criticism that such teaching aims at indoctrinating American youth. – Gq Pan
https://www.theepochtimes.com/psaki-teaching-1619-project-critical-race-theory-in-college-is-responsible_3815765.html

THE HILL
— Cheney seen as merely first victim of Trump election attacks – MIKE LILLIS
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/553680-cheney-seen-as-merely-first-victim-of-trump-election-attacks

HUFFINGTON POST
— Kinzinger Predicts How Republican Purge Of Liz Cheney Will Backfire. “I think they actually created their worst enemy… in de-platforming her,” Illinois Republican Adam Kinzinger told “The View.” – Lee Moran (DIERSEN: Hate-filled Republican-hating Republican-haters love Kinzinger. Who has de-platformed you? I should write a book about those who have de-platformed me. I am no longer a TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member, Milton Township Republican Organization webmaster, Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, and American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member)
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/adam-kinzinger-liz-cheney-prediction-gop_n_609f812fe4b014bd0cac31c9

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater promotes Cheney.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/15/us/politics/republican-cancel-culture-liz-cheney.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats crow about their success in making Big Business anti-law enforcement, anti-Trump, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-heterosexual, anti-traditional marriage/family, anti-non-poor people, anti-gun owners, anti-Christian, anti-Protestant, anti-Italian American, anti-German American, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/14/business/economy/big-business-politics-economy.html
— Middle-Class Pay Lost Pace. Is Washington to Blame? A new paper by liberal economists presents evidence that policymakers helped hold down wages for four decades. – Noam Scheiber
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/13/business/economy/middle-class-pay.html

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled conservative-hating conservative-hater promotes hatred against conservatives.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/critical-race-theory-texas-gop/2021/05/14/3ac33140-b4f3-11eb-a980-a60af976ed44_story.html

NEW YORK POST
— Why antiracism zealots are trying to silence black voices like mine – Dr. Voddie Baucham
https://nypost.com/2021/05/15/why-antiracism-zealots-try-to-silence-black-voices-like-mine/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The GOP’s Post-Trump Trauma Can the party incorporate some of his political positions while moving past his poisonous style? – Peggy Noonan
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-gops-post-trump-trauma-11620945980
— ‘War on the Border’ Review: The Pursuit of Pancho Villa. A would-be strongman’s 1916 cross-border gambit resulted in a curiously inconclusive war. – Peter Cozzens
(DIERSEN: What were your grandparents doing in 1916? On my father’s side, my grandfather was helping his parents operate Crete’s only hardware store and my grandmother was helping her parents operate a farm in Crete. On my mother’s side, my grandfather and grandmother were helping their parents operate farms in Grant Park.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/war-on-the-border-review-the-pursuit-of-pancho-villa-11620999792
— How to Make Hiring Less Gender-Biased – Dan Ariely
(DIERSEN: While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, my superiors were always under tremendous pressure from Democrat politicians to hire, retain, and promote Democrat women.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-to-make-hiring-less-gender-biased-11620941070
— Good Moods Often Lead to Bad Judgments – Daniel Kahneman, Olivier Sibony and Cass R. Sunstein
(DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who have done the most to put me in a bad mood.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/good-moods-often-lead-to-bad-judgments-11620914661
— To Be Young and Pessimistic in America – Abigail Shrier
(DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who have done the most to make me pessimistic.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/to-be-young-and-pessimistic-in-america-11621019488

FORBES
— What’s Ahead For LGBTQ Senior Housing? – Mary Siobhan Brier
(DIERSEN: What do you say to those who want to build LGBTQ senior housing in your precinct, in your municipal district, in your municipality, in your township, in your county district, and in your county?)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/nextavenue/2021/05/14/whats-ahead-for-lgbtq-senior-housing/

CHIEF INVESTMENT OFFICER
— Diversity, Inclusion, ESG (environmental, social, and governance) Are Key Focuses for Headhunters Seeking CIOs
(DIERSEN: Expect that ever-increasingly, job applicants will crow that they are anti-law enforcement, anti-Trump, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-heterosexual, anti-traditional marriage/family, anti-non-poor people, anti-gun owners, anti-Christian, anti-Protestant, anti-Italian American, anti-German American, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
The pandemic and social upheaval have impacted trends in hiring at endowments, family offices, and foundations, recruiters tell our symposium.
https://www.ai-cio.com/news/diversity-inclusion-esg-are-key-focuses-for-headhunters-seeking-cios/

HOUSTON CHRONICLE & MIAMI HERALD
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats use critical race theory and 1619 to promote hatred against Republicans.
https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/Critical-race-theory-Texas-bill-schools-16174150.php
https://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/opn-columns-blogs/leonard-pitts-jr/article251416738.html

ORANGE COUNTY REVIEW
— FROM THE ARTICLE: “People can be harsh taskmasters when you give them this power over you.” Who has power over you? Because I am a Republican Precinct Committeeman, those who run the following have power over me: Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, Republican Party, and Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct. Because I am a resident of the following, those who run the following have power over me: Wheaton’s West District, Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County’s 4th District, DuPage County, Illinois, and the federal government. Because I am a member of the Wheaton Chamber of Commerce (WCC), the WCC has power over me. Previously, those who ran the following had power over me: TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, WCC Government Affairs Committee, Illinois Center Right Coalition, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter, GAO, IRS, Firestone Stores, etc.)
https://dailyprogress.com/community/orangenews/lifestyles/happenings-may-13-2021/article_c63e3924-b389-11eb-be0b-f3fa70f18b9d.html

WTOP
— Steele joins call to wrestle control of the Republican Party from “extremists” – Bruce DePuyt
(DIERSEN: Who hints/implies/argues/shouts that you are an extremist? I should write a book about those who hint/imply/argue/shout that I am an extremist. I would focus on those who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton’s West District, Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County’s 4th District, DuPage County, and Illinois. I would focus on the aforesaid who destroy those like me a) who they cannot manipulate or 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, e) who refuse to cover-up their wrongdoing, and/or f) who refuse to give them money. Better yet, I should sue the aforesaid.)
https://wtop.com/maryland/2021/05/steele-joins-call-to-wrestle-control-of-the-republican-party-from-extremists/

ACCOUNTING TODAY
— Diversity efforts falling short in accounting and finance – Michael Cohn
(DIERSEN: If I had been a minority and/or a female, the Post Office, IRS, or GAO would have promoted me into the federal government’s Senior Executive Service long before I was 40 years old. I earned an MBA from Loyola when I was 27. I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30. I earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul when I was 31. I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt when I was 32. I became a Certified Fraud Examiner when I was 41, Certified Government Financial Manager when I was 45, Certified Financial Services Auditor when I was 47, and Forensic Accountant when I was 48. I earned a master’s degree in finance from IIT when I was 48.)
https://www.accountingtoday.com/news/diversity-efforts-falling-short-in-accounting-and-finance

JD SUPRA
— Awareness, Awokeness, And Affirmative Action
(DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes a) reject the equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) plank in the Republican Party platform and b) promote patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination. I should write a book about the aforesaid. I would focus on the aforesaid who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton’s West District, Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County’s 4th District, DuPage County, and Illinois. I would focus on the aforesaid who destroy those like me a) who they cannot manipulate or 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, e) who refuse to cover-up their wrongdoing, and/or f) who refuse to give them money. Better yet, I should sue the aforesaid.)
https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/awareness-awokeness-and-affirmative-8399483/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: February was a busy month for Students for Fair Admissions Inc. (“SFFA”), an anti-affirmative action organization. On February 25, 2021, SFFA sued Yale claiming that Yale’s affirmative action admissions policy unfairly favors Black, Hispanic, Native American, and Pacific Islander applicants over white and Asian applicants. (This, despite the fact that the U.S. Department of Justice dropped a similar suit against Yale less than a month earlier.) Perhaps unsurprisingly, SFFA also sued Harvard College (in case you’re wondering, Harvard College is the undergraduate institution of Harvard University) back in 2014, claiming that Harvard’s admissions policy disadvantaged Asian American applicants. After a lengthy stay, the district court in that case found that Harvard’s policy was not unlawful and the First Circuit affirmed. On the same day that SFFA filed its lawsuit against Yale, it asked the Supreme Court to weigh in on its suit against Harvard. If the Supreme Court hears the case, it will be the first time since 2016 (when Justice Kennedy cast the deciding vote upholding an affirmative action program in Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin) —and the first time since conservatives gained a 6-3 majority—that the Supreme Court will decide an affirmative action case. While the Supreme Court has not decided whether it will hear the case, at least 20 amicus briefs have already been filed.)
— Illinois Employers Face Significant New Requirements, Penalties Under Equal Pay Act, Business Corporation Act Amendments
(DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will Illinois employers officially proclaim that they will no longer hire those who are the following and that they are getting rid of their employees who are the following: 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.jdsupra.com/legalnews/illinois-employers-face-significant-new-4168673/

LGBTQ NATION
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, BLM and LGBTQ work together to get rid of old conservative Republican White males once and for all.
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2021/05/together-black-lives-matter-lgbtq-movement-will-make-world-better-place/

May 14 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Delta Air Lines will require COVID vaccination for new employees – CNN
https://abc7chicago.com/business/delta-will-require-covid-vaccines-for-new-employees/10633100/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Lightfoot makes historic appointment as vacancies pile up | Highlights of stolen City Hall emails | Pritzker officials testify state VA leaders misled them on COVID response – LISA DONOVAN
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-lightfoot-hacked-emails-historic-fire-department-appointment-pritzker-va-spin-20210514-s5yfsgswbrfvhl4475gufxl3ky-story.html
— 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.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-ryne-sandberg-weed-spokesman-verilife-20210514-zjdbdxkc5jakvlvdlpmwhblv2q-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Republican-hating Republican-haters promote Cheney.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/clarence-page/ct-column-liz-cheney-marjorie-taylor-green-aoc-page-20210514-yxwqyztroje35dkq5jc24h3h5i-story.html
— Despite a brightened financial picture, battle looms over Pritzker’s tax changes and federal relief money as legislators work toward a budget – DAN PETRELLA
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-pritzker-budget-illinois-legislature-20210514-o5uvq4yzr5awjeph3bsdagi6he-story.html
— Computer hackers stole thousands of Lightfoot administration emails. Here’s a look at some of what they leaked online. – GREGORY PRATT
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-lightfoot-administration-hacked-emails-closer-look-20210514-havyv352lfegrklmfi76a25wfi-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters promote Cheney.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2021/5/14/22436272/donald-trump-liz-cheney-sarah-palin-republican-hillary-clinton-prince-harry-dick-kay-john-mccain

DAILY HERALD
— McHenry County Board at odds over whether to keep jail contract with ICE – Megann Horstead
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20210514/mchenry-county-board-at-odds-over-whether-to-keep-jail-contract-with-ice
— Webinar hosted by Wheaton library to address anti-Asian hate
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20210514/webinar-hosted-by-wheaton-library-to-address-anti-asian-hate

WGLT & BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled conservative-hating Trump-hating RINOs promote hate-filled conservative-hating Trump-hating RINOs.
https://www.wglt.org/local-news/2021-05-14/gop-leaders-say-moderate-governor-candidate-key-in-2022
https://www.pantagraph.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/illinois-gop-discusses-future-of-party-in-bloomington-barickman-considering-run-for-governor/article_f726a962-7bba-5bc9-9657-1e1ea90b9779.html

WILLIAM J KELLY
— Citizen Kelly on Newsmax: Gov. Pritzker to blame in deaths of 36 veterans
https://www.williamjkelly.org/news/citizen-kelly-on-newsmax-gov-pritzker-to-blame-in-deaths-of-36-veterans

ILLINOIS TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-earlier, Democrats make children anti-law enforcement, anti-Trump, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-heterosexual, anti-traditional marriage/family, anti-non-poor people, anti-gun owners, anti-Christian, anti-Protestant, anti-Italian American, anti-German American, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.illinoistimes.com/springfield/why-you-must-talk-to-your-kids-about-race-especially-if-theyre-white/Content?oid=13571847

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— EMPLOYERS FACE LIABILITY BY REQUIRING COVID SHOTS, LIBERTY COUNSEL SAYS
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2021/05/employers-face-liability-by-requiring-covid-shots-liberty-counsel-says-.html
— YOUR OPINION MATTERS: WHO SHOULD CHALLENGE JB PRITZKER IN 2022?
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2021/05/your-opinion-matters-who-should-challenge-jb-pritzker-in-2022.html
— FACEBOOK TRUMP BAN ENDANGERS ALL OF US
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2021/05/facebook-trump-ban-endangers-all-of-us.html
— STOSSEL: SUCCESSFUL WITHOUT COLLEGE
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2021/05/stossel-successful-without-college.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “They’re in real trouble,” says Biden, “having to make choices between paying their student loan and paying the rent.” Poor students! But wait: Shouldn’t they have given some thought to debt payments when they signed up for overpriced colleges? When they majored in subjects like photography or women’s studies, unlikely to lead to good jobs? When they took six years to graduate (a third don’t graduate even after six years).)

CAPITOL FAX
— Rabine wants state to opt out of federal unemployment bonus
https://capitolfax.com/2021/05/14/rabine-wants-state-to-opt-out-of-federal-unemployment-bonus/
— 1,841 new confirmed and probable cases; 49 additional deaths; 1,708 hospitalized; 425 in ICU; 2.5 percent average case positivity rate; 3.1 percent average test positivity rate; 72,767 average daily doses
https://capitolfax.com/2021/05/14/1841-new-confirmed-and-probable-cases-49-additional-deaths-1708-hospitalized-425-in-icu-25-percent-average-case-positivity-rate-31-percent-average-test-positivity-rate-72767-average-daily-doses/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled conservative-hating Trump-hating RINOs promote hate-filled conservative-hating Trump-hating RINOs.
https://capitolfax.com/2021/05/14/edgar-to-republicans-dont-scare-the-folks-up-north/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— House GOP elects Trump defender Elise Stefanik to No. 3 post – Kery Murakami
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/may/14/house-gop-elects-trump-defender-elise-stefanik-no-/

GOPUSA
— The Chinese Communist Party Parrots The American Left.
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=110323
— Biden Refuses To Admit Whether $4M Ransom Was Paid To Pipeline Hackers
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=110334
— Tlaib & Omar Say Israel Is The Aggressor – What You Should Know
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=110336

BREITBART
— Illinois House Expands Confiscation Orders to Include Firearm Parts – AWR HAWKINS
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/05/14/illinois-house-expands-confiscation-orders-include-firearm-parts/

DAILY CALLER
— USA Today Editorial Says Republicans Are Bigger Threat Than 9/11 Hijackers After Cheney Ouster – THOMAS CATENACCI
(DIERSEN; Soon, if not already, hate-filled Republican-hating Republican-haters will get the Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Independents and Independent plants, and RINOs who run your municipality, your township, your county, Illinois, and America to get rid of Republicans once and for all. How should Republicans respond to that?)
https://dailycaller.com/2021/05/14/liz-cheney-donald-trump-usa-today/
— House Republicans Elect Elise Stefanik As Conference Chair After Ousting Liz Cheney – HENRY RODGERS
https://dailycaller.com/2021/05/14/house-republicans-elect-elise-stefanik-conference-chair-liz-cheney/

NEWS BUSTERS
— Nag Much? Facebook Releases New Pop-Up to Prevent So-Called Misinformation – Alexander Hall
(DIERSEN: One reason why putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters together takes so much time is reading enough text of articles to decide to include or not include links to them in the newsletters.)
https://newsbusters.org/blogs/free-speech/alexander-hall/2021/05/14/nag-much-facebook-releases-new-pop-prevent-so-called
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Facebook has rolled out a new pop-up to dissuade users from sharing so-called misinformation. Facebook released yet another stopgap to prevent what could be seen by some as possible misinformation. “Starting today, we’re testing a way to promote more informed sharing of news articles,” Facebook Newsroom announced via Twitter on Monday. “If you go to share a news article link you haven’t opened, we’ll show a prompt encouraging you to open it and read it, Facebook Newsroom’s tweet included an attached screenshot showing a pop-up warning a hypothetical user: “You’re about to share this article without opening it. Sharing articles without reading them may mean missing key facts.”)

PATRIOT POST
— ‘Fact-Checkers’ Enforce the COVID Narrative They’re suppressing evidence that the coronavirus originated in a Wuhan lab. – NATE JACKSON
https://patriotpost.us/articles/79888-fact-checkers-enforce-the-covid-narrative-2021-05-14

THE HILL
— Nearly two dozen cities are handing out cash with no conditions Los Angeles is working on a plan that would offer $1,000 per month to 1,000 families using public funds. – Adam Barnes
https://thehill.com/changing-america/respect/poverty/553562-nearly-two-dozen-cities-are-handing-out-cash-with-no
— Democrat moves to censure three Republicans for downplaying Jan. 6 – CRISTINA MARCOS
(DIERSEN: I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who unsuccessfully tried to get the Illinois Center Right Coalition to censure me for my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters at its 2006 Annual Convention in the Wheaton Bowl Banquet Hall. I would focus on Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct who had lost races, their major donors, their political consultants, their fundraisers, their campaign managers, their campaign staff, and their campaign volunteers. I would focus on those who focus on destroying those like me a) who they cannot manipulate or 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, e) who refuse to cover-up their wrongdoing, and/or f) who refuse to give them money. I would focus on those who blame me and blame my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters for their problems, for your problems, for my problems, and for everyone’s problems.)
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/553609-democrat-moves-to-censure-three-republicans-for-downplaying-jan-6

POLITICO
— It’s not a civil war; it’s a purge – RYAN LIZZA, TARA PALMERI, EUGENE DANIELS and RACHAEL BADE
(DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who have been purged and those who purged them in the following since 2000: Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Milton Township Republican Organization, Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Illinois Center Right Coalition, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter, etc.)
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/playbook/2021/05/14/its-not-a-civil-war-its-a-purge-492851

ABC NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters promote Kinzinger.
https://news.yahoo.com/rep-adam-kinzinger-future-gop-140134261.html

NEW YORK TIMES
— As Congress Dithers, States Step In to Set Rules for the Internet – David McCabe and Cecilia Kang
(DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will Democrat and RINO politicians get Illinois to stop me from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters, and if not that, to force me to get specific prior approval from the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization for each and every link that I include in the newsletters?)
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/14/technology/state-privacy-internet-laws.html
— A Breakaway Third Party of Ex-Republicans? Don’t Count on It. – Giovanni Russonello
(DIERSEN: In your county, in your county district, in your township, in your municipality, in your municipal district, and in your precinct, what percent of the registered Republicans are a) Democrat plants, b) Libertarian plants, c) Green plants, d) Independent plants, or e) RINOs?)
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/14/us/politics/republican-third-party.html

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— This job requires you to pay $1,800 for your own training – DAVID LAZARUS
(DIERSEN: How much did you pay for your job-related education expenses? I paid lots of money for tuition and books to take job-related courses at UIC 1966-1968, NIU 1969-1970, Loyola 1972-1976, DePaul 1976-1980, Becker CPA Review 1978-1979, Roosevelt 1980-1981, and IIT 1992-1997. I spent lots of money for room and board at NIU 1969-1970. I paid lots of money for cars to get to/from classes. If I had not had a 1970 bachelor’s degree in business from NIU, Firestone Stores would not have hired me in 1970, Oldsmobile would not have offered me a job in 1971, and IRS would not have hired me in 1971. If I had not been taking graduate business courses at Loyola, IRS might not have promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974. If had not had a 1976 MBA from Loyola, if I had not been taking graduate accounting courses at DePaul, and if I had not passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, GAO would not have hired me in 1980. If I had not had a 1980 master’s degree in accounting from DePaul, if I had not passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, and if I had not become a licensed CPA in 1981, GAO would not have promoted me in 1986. If I had not been taking graduate finance courses at IIT, my Democrat GAO superiors might have succeeded in forcing me to take their early retirement “offer” sooner than they did.)
https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2021-05-14/pure-barre-paying-for-your-own-training

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Trump Considers Contenders to Be His New Social-Media Outlet After Big Tech Crackdown. CloutHub and Skylab Apps are among companies vying to work with the former president, who was sidelined by Facebook and Twitter. – Keach Hagey
https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-considers-contenders-to-be-his-new-social-media-outlet-after-big-tech-crackdown-11621013567

FORBES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters side with Kinzinger.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jackbrewster/2021/05/13/marjorie-taylor-greenes-latest-stunt-elicits-backlash-from-a-fellow-republican/

NEWSWEEK
— Kinzinger Slams Fellow Republicans’ Claims About Capitol Riot as ‘Something Out of North Korea’
https://www.newsweek.com/adam-kinzinger-slams-fellow-republicans-claims-about-capitol-riot-something-out-north-korea-1591673

RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— Liberal Media Viewers Are Misinformed About Crime in America
https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/partner_surveys/liberal_media_viewers_are_misinformed_about_crime_in_america

(FROM THE ARTICLE: Fewer than 50 unarmed black suspects were killed by police last year and more people were killed with knives than with so-called “assault weapons,” but viewers of MSNBC and CNN are far more likely than Fox News viewers to get those facts wrong. A new Heartland Institute and Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey finds that 50% of Likely U.S. Voters who say MSNBC or CNN is their favorite cable news outlet believe more than 100 unarmed African Americans were fatally shot by police in 2020. By contrast, only 22% of Fox News viewers believe police shot more than 100 unarmed black people last year. Nearly a quarter of CNN viewers (24%) and almost one-in-five MSNBC viewers (19%) think cops fatally shot more than 500 unarmed black suspects last year, but only nine percent (9%) of Fox News viewers think so. Fox News viewers (60%) were about three times more likely than viewers of MSNBC (19%) or CNN (23%) to correctly estimate the number of unarmed black people shot and killed by police in 2020 as less than 50. Sixty percent (60%) of talk radio listeners also estimated the number correctly. About 1,500 homicides in the U.S. annually are committed with knives, while fewer than 500 are committed with rifles. However, 30% of Likely Voters think the annual number of homicides committed with rifles is more than 500, including 18% who believe more than 1,000 homicides a year are committed with rifles. Thirty percent (30%) of MSNBC viewers correctly estimated the number of homicides committed with rifles as between 100 and 500, as did 22% of CNN viewers and 19% of Fox News viewers. However, while 63% of Fox viewers underestimated the number of killings with rifles as less than 100, viewers of CNN and MSNBC were more likely to overestimate the number of homicides committed with rifles. Forty-three percent (43%) of CNN viewers and 40% of MSNBC viewers believe rifles are used in more than 500 homicides annually, compared to just 19% of Fox News viewers. Only 26% of talk radio listeners overestimated the number of homicides committed with rifles. . .“There is a strong correlation between a likely voter’s favorite television news outlet and his or her understanding of basic facts about police shootings and homicides involving rifles,” Justin Haskins of the Heartland Institute observed in an analysis. “Compared to viewers of Fox News, ‘another’ cable news outlet (such as The Blaze TV or Newsmax), and those who do not watch television news, viewers of CNN, MSNBC, ABC, CBS, and NBC were substantially more likely to overestimate the number of fatal police shootings of unarmed African Americans.” Thirty-four percent (34%) of Likely Voters say Fox News is their favorite cable news outlet, 20% say CNN, 17% say MSNBC, 19% say “another” network and 10% say they don’t watch cable news. Among Republican voters, Fox News is the overwhelming favorite (58%), while most Democrats are divided between CNN (34%) and MSNBC (29%). Among voters not affiliated with either major party, 27% say Fox News is their favorite cable news outlet, 15% say CNN, 12% say MSNBC, 30% say “another” network and 15% say they don’t watch cable news.)

May 14 Morning Edition

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Company that got nearly $300M in city contracts banned for lying that workers lived in Chicago. Joel Kennedy admits payroll records were falsified, blames a former partner and threatens to sue if City Hall doesn’t drop the ban, which he says would put him out of business. – Tim Novak
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2021/5/14/22433937/joel-kennedy-constructing-corp-chicago-contractor-residency-requirement-joseph-ferguson
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote LGBTQ.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2021/5/13/22434767/equality-act-republicans-transgender-girls-sports-durbin-editorial

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— McHenry County Board hears emotional comments in debate on whether to keep using county jail for people accused of illegal immigration – ROBERT MCCOPPIN
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-mchenry-jail-ice-contract-meeting-20210514-rnk2weijcrgjlab5uwz6ys3sym-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, those who promote vaccination destroy those who do not promote vaccination.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/vaccine/ct-aud-nw-truth-about-vaccines-2020-20210513-mjaufrkivrabppmlbguvf5rbra-story.html
— The virtue signaling of renaming Lake Shore Drive – JOHN KASS
(DIERSEN: Who are the biggest virtue signalers in your county, in your county district, in your township, in your municipality, and in your municipal district? I should write about the biggest virtue signalers in DuPage County, DuPage County’s 4th District, Milton Township, Wheaton, and Wheaton’s West District. I would focus on those who hint/imply/argue/shout a) that it is virtuous to 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 and b) that it is virtuous to get rid of individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that 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.chicagotribune.com/columns/john-kass/ct-lake-shore-drive-dusable-kass-20210514-heredcbyfzf37d7qsfo2b55sai-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— Naperville veteran organizations planning downsized Memorial Day parade, ceremonies – Lauren Rohr
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20210513/naperville-veteran-organizations-planning-downsized-memorial-day-parade-ceremonies

ALTON TELEGRAPH
— Davis reintroduces ‘Back the Blue’ Act
https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/article/Davis-reintroduces-Back-the-Blue-Act-16175070.php

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Illinois GOP discusses future of party in Bloomington; Barickman considering run for governor – BRENDEN MOORE
https://www.pantagraph.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/illinois-gop-discusses-future-of-party-in-bloomington-barickman-considering-run-for-governor/article_f726a962-7bba-5bc9-9657-1e1ea90b9779.html

BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO
— Lightfoot Canceled Her Chicago Tribune Subscription Over Reporting She Didn’t Like, Leaked Emails Show
(DIERSEN: My critics/opponents do not merely stop reading GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters themselves, they do everything that they can a) to stop me from sending out the newsletters and b) to stop everyone from reading the newsletters. I should write a book about my critics/opponents.)
https://blockclubchicago.org/2021/05/13/lightfoot-canceled-her-chicago-tribune-subscription-over-reporting-she-didnt-like-leaked-emails-show/

WIREPOINTS
— “A constitutional amendment would do nothing…” Illinois Senate President Harmon’s pension errors and falsehoods. – Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner
https://wirepoints.org/a-constitutional-amendment-would-do-nothing-illinois-senate-president-harmons-pension-errors-and-falsehoods-wirepoints/

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— 79,000 MORE ILLINOISANS ARE IN POVERTY BECAUSE STATE CAN’T FIX ITS CULTURE OF CORRUPTION – Orphe Divounguy
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/79000-more-illinoisans-are-in-poverty-because-state-cant-fix-its-culture-of-corruption/

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Critical Race Theory Finds a Home at Wheaton College – Laurie Higgins
https://illinoisfamily.org/faith/critical-race-theory-finds-a-home-at-wheaton-college/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: That probably explains why administrators and faculty said next to nothing when the increasingly woke, decreasingly conservative evangelical Wheaton College held a racially segregated pre-graduation ceremony for colorful people on May 8, 2021, which was advertised as “RACIALIZED MINORITY RECOGNITION CEREMONY” (all caps in original) and held in the campus chapel. While it was created “Especially for undergraduate students, staff, and faculty of color,” the school provided “limited seating” for colorless people. I wonder if those seats were way in the back. One Wheaton faculty member who likely loves Wheaton’s embrace of re-segregation is associate professor of philosophy and critical race theorist Nathan Cartagena who was recently interviewed for leftist Christian Jim Wallis’ Sojourners’ magazine. In this interview, Cartagena explained how he sussed out Wheaton’s friendliness to CRT by delivering a visiting lecture on controversial critical race theorist Tommy Curry during the interview process: I wanted to see: Is this a place that would welcome such reflection? I received a warm welcome from the students, my department, etc., so I thought “OK, this is a place where I can do this.” And by “do this,” Cartagena meant, not expose students to the debate on CRT, but to promote CRT: I taught a reading group my first year at Wheaton that involved one of the important texts in the critical race theory movement, Faces at the Bottom of the Well by Derrick Bell. The following year I asked if I could teach a half-semester class on critical race theory—I got a full thumbs up. . .Enquiring donors and parents considering sending their children to Wheaton may want to know if Cartagena spends equal time having students study any of the many works of criticism of CRT like Cynical Theories: How Activist Scholarship Made Everything About Race, Gender, and Identity—and Why This Harms Everyone or Voddie Baucham’s book Fault Lines: The Social Justice Movement and Evangelicalism’s Looming Catastrophe.)

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— HOW GLOBAL LEADERS USED COVID-19 TO RESTRICT RELIGIOUS LIBERTY
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2021/05/how-global-leaders-used-covid-19-to-restrict-religious-liberty.html

FOX NEWS
— Liz Cheney rips ‘dangerous’ Trump for ‘perpetuating lies’: ‘We do not swear allegiance to any individual’ Cheney denied rumors of a 2024 run, while dismissing a pro-Trump Bush family member as ‘misinformed’ – Charles Creitz
https://www.foxnews.com/media/liz-cheney-rips-dangerous-trump-for-perpetuating-lies-we-do-not-swear-allegiance-to-any-individual
— The Intercept condemned by founder Greenwald for ‘disgusting and dangerous’ video on reporters covering riots. ‘There is nothing ‘right-wing’ about documenting the destruction that was unleashed in American cities,’ one journalist reacts – Cortney O’Brien
https://www.foxnews.com/media/intercept-targets-conservative-reporters-covering-riots-riot-squad
— Democratic Texas border town mayor blasts Biden in Sara Carter exclusive: ‘I’m not going to back down’. Bruno Lozano says there’s no ‘accountability’ or ‘deterrence’ for illegal aliens. – Charles Creitz
https://www.foxnews.com/media/democratic-texas-border-town-mayor-blasts-biden-in-sara-carter-exclusive-im-not-going-to-back-down
— Samantha Bee gun special: Second Amendment is ‘useless,’ ‘fragile men are drawn to guns’ Left-wing comedian remarked, ‘I can’t believe that people can buy guns’ – David Rutz
https://www.foxnews.com/media/samantha-bee-gun-special-second-amendment-useless-fragile-men-guns

GOPUSA
— Ron DeSantis Warns Hate Group Rioters: Don’t Draw First Blood In Florida
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=110215
— Phony Bipartisanship Advances Biden Agenda – David Limbaugh
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=110301

AMERICAN THINKER
— Critical race theory on trial with school board recall election in Loudoun County, Virginia – Thomas Lifson
(DIERSEN: How strongly is critical race theory being pushed in the schools near you?)
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2021/05/critical_race_theory_on_trial_with_school_board_recall_election_in_loudon_county_virginia.html

ACCURACY IN ACADEMIA
— Fox News host, teachers’ union president spar over critical race theory – Spencer Irvine
https://www.academia.org/fox-news-host-teachers-union-president-spar-over-critical-race-theory/

PJ MEDIA
— GOP: Seek Not Phony Bipartisanship. Save the Nation – DAVID LIMBAUGH
https://pjmedia.com/columns/david-limbaugh/2021/05/14/gop-seek-not-phony-bipartisanship-save-the-nation-n1446886

NEWS BUSTERS
— NBC Paints Toxic Ellen DeGeneres as Victim Getting ‘Cancelled’ – Kyle Drennen
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/kyle-drennen/2021/05/13/nbc-paints-toxic-ellen-degeneres-victim-getting-cancelled

TOWNHALL
— Democrat Privilege: Hardly Ever Having to Be Canceled – Jeff Davidson
https://townhall.com/columnists/jeffdavidson/2021/05/14/democrat-privilege-hardly-ever-having-to-be-canceled-n2589409
— The Folly of Critical Race Theory – Marc Little
https://townhall.com/columnists/marclittle/2021/05/14/the-black-sisyphus-the-folly-of-critical-race-theory-n2589440

BREITBART
— Catholic League: Critical Race Theory Is ‘Inherently Racist’ – THOMAS D. WILLIAMS, PH.D.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/05/13/catholic-league-critical-race-theory-inherently-racist/
— OUTRAGEOUS, DISGUSTING: Joe Biden to Welcome DACA Illegal Aliens to White House for Amnesty Push – JOHN BINDER
(DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats illegally encourage citizens of foreign countries to illegally come to America illegally and to illegally stay in America illegally. Democrats should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.)
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/05/13/joe-biden-to-welcome-daca-illegal-aliens-to-white-house-for-amnesty-push/

PATRIOT POST
— Is White Privilege Real? Will Witt got all kinds of answers to this question from college students
https://patriotpost.us/videos/79874-is-white-privilege-real-2021-05-14

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— AG Merrick Garland Says White Supremacists ‘the Most Dangerous Threat to Our Democracy’ – Mike LaChance
(DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats make it clear that they will do whatever they believe is necessary to get rid of Republicans once and for all, and especially to get rid of 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://legalinsurrection.com/2021/05/ag-merrick-garland-says-white-supremacists-the-most-dangerous-threat-to-our-democracy/

WORLD NEWS GROUP
— Conservatives unfriend Facebook Silicon Valley’s actions against the right create a “techlash” – Harvest Prude (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes promote Facebook.)
https://wng.org/roundups/conservatives-unfriend-facebook-1620941707

EPOCH TIMES
— Get Involved in School Board Meetings: Rep. Lauren Boebert on How to Fight Critical Race Theory – LI HAI (DIERSEN: How strongly is critical race theory being pushed in the schools near you?)
https://www.theepochtimes.com/get-involved-in-school-board-meetings-rep-lauren-boebert-on-how-to-fight-critical-race-theory_3814776.html
— A Texas cafe owner is taking the Biden administration to court over alleged discrimination that prevents him from receiving COVID-19 relief grants because of his race and gender. – JANITA KAN
(DIERSEN: To give preference to one group is to discriminate against another group. Ever-increasingly, Democrats and RINOs give preference to those who are minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, Democrat, RINO, moderate, liberal, poor, non-Christian, non-Protestant, non-Italian American, non-German American, and/or those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time, that is, ever-increasingly, Democrats and RINOs discriminate against those who are White, male, older, heterosexual, Republican, conservative, non-poor, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.theepochtimes.com/biden-admin-sued-over-alleged-discrimination-against-certain-bar-and-restaurant-owners_3814061.html
— 1776 Action Takes on Anti-American Education, Critical Race Theory – MATTHEW VADUM
https://www.theepochtimes.com/1776-action-takes-on-anti-american-education-critical-race-theory_3814653.html

THE HILL
— Lawsuit from Stephen Miller group alleges racial discrimination in distribution of COVID-19 relief – CELINE CASTRONUOVO
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/553460-lawsuit-from-stephen-miller-group-alleges-racial-discrimination-in

NEW YORK TIMES
— Republicans Are Still Waging War on Workers – Paul Krugman
(DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have an extremely low opinion of workers. I was a worker 1962-1997. I did yard work and delivered newspapers 1962-1964; washed dishes 1964-1966; cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966; delivered mail 1966-1969; worked on an automobile assembly line and as a security guard in 1970; sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971; pumped gasoline 1971-1972; collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980; and audited federal agencies 1980-1997. I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/10/opinion/jobs-unemployment-benefits-republicans.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: The more that you promote hatred against Republicans, the more that hate-filled Republican-hating Republican-haters promote you.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/13/us/politics/john-boehner-liz-cheney-republicans.html

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters say “The GOP has lost its way. Fellow Americans, join our new alliance.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/05/13/new-gop-alliance-dent-peters-riggleman-steele-whitman/

BOSTON GLOBE
— The Boston Globe Trump dispatched a Bush, a Clinton, a Cheney, and many others. Is McConnell next?
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2021/05/14/nation/trump-dispatched-bush-clinton-cheney-many-others-is-mcconnell-next/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Tim Scott Leads GOP on Race and Policing. The sole Black Republican senator, a possible 2024 presidential contender, takes on a higher profile amid negotiations with Democrats – Eliza Collins
https://www.wsj.com/articles/tim-scott-takes-gop-lead-on-race-and-policing-11620914400
— Trump-Biden Was Worst Presidential Polling Miss in 40 Years, Panel Says Surveys overstated Democrats’ support up and down the ballot, as some voters were less inclined to participate in polls – Aaron Zitner
https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-biden-was-worst-presidential-polling-miss-in-40-years-panel-says-11620909178
— FRONT PAGE: Workers With Low Wages Are Now in High Demand – Heather Haddon, Sebastian Herrera
(DIERSEN: What did you do to qualify yourself for better paying jobs? 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.wsj.com/articles/big-companies-woo-scarce-hourly-workers-with-higher-pay-bonuses-11620930575
— FRONT PAGE: Chip Crisis Throws Wrench Into Car Business – Ben Foldy, Mike Colias, Nora Naughton
https://www.wsj.com/articles/empty-lots-angry-customers-chip-crisis-throws-wrench-into-car-business-11620909719

CHATHAM JOURNAL
— Following the success sequence is a path away from poverty and crime – Andrew Heath (DIERSEN: Who do you give credit to for your successes? I give credit to my outstanding parents who had me baptized as a Missouri Synod Lutheran (MSL), who raised me as a MSL, and who had me confirmed as a MSL. They sent me to Trinity Lutheran Grade School in Crete 1953-1961 and then to Hope Lutheran Grade School in Park Forest 1961-1962 to stay with the Missouri Synod.)
https://chathamjournal.com/2021/05/13/following-the-success-sequence-is-a-path-away-from-poverty-and-crime/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: First, graduate. Second, maintain full-time employment. Third, if you’re going to have kids, wait until you’re married. If you follow those three steps in that order, you are following what has been coined the “success sequence.” People who have followed the success sequence are much likelier to escape poverty and end up in the middle to upper-income brackets. Many parents have been giving similar advice for generations, but academics and policymakers have only recently given the concept any attention.)

ROANOKE TIMES
— Who are the real RINOs? – Editorial
(DIERSEN: Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. RINOs reject some, if not most, if not all the planks in the Republican Party platform. Most commonly, they reject the traditional marriage/family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks. RINOs focus on destroying individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that support the planks that they reject. I should write a book about RINOs who have had the most success in destroying the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization.)
https://roanoke.com/opinion/editorial/editorial-who-are-the-real-rinos/article_adea68be-9e19-11eb-90d5-032773e041bc.html

BLOOMBERG
— Trump Plans to Resume His Trademark Rallies in June
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-05-13/trump-plans-to-resume-his-trademark-rallies-in-june

NEWSWEEK
— Donald Trump Again Backs Stefanik for GOP Chair but Rival Chip Roy Has More Conservative Record – AILA SLISCO
https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-again-backs-stefanik-gop-chair-rival-chip-roy-has-more-conservative-record-1591397

FED WEEK
— OUTSTANDING: Strengthening of Age Discrimination Protections Proposed
(DIERSEN: All my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes promote age discrimination a) to get rid of those who are older than they are and/or b) to curry favor with those who promote age discrimination. I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes.)
https://www.fedweek.com/retirement-financial-planning/strengthening-of-age-discrimination-protections-proposed/

May 13 Evening Edition

NBC5
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hater promotes Cheney.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/politics/today-exclusive-liz-cheney-says-bring-it-on-to-potential-trump-backed-challenger/2509074/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Rep. Lauren Underwood’s reelection stands as US House dismisses challenge by Jim Oberweis – RICK PEARSON
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-lauren-underwood-oberweis-challenge-dismissed-20210513-u3hghtexwraplfncpxh2gclgzm-story.html
— Mayor Lightfoot faces exodus of top staffers | Poll finds approval for Lightfoot’s job performance | More COVID-19 restrictions easing throughout Illinois – LISA DONOVAN
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-lightfoot-pritzker-federal-covid-money-debt-jeopardy-bridge-phase-spin-20210513-ocha36qdabafrhk3j2jezclxyq-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Republican-hating Republican-hater says “Trump’s falsehoods about election security used to justify Republican push in states to restrict voting.”
https://www.chicagotribune.com/nation-world/ct-aud-nw-nyt-voting-laws-disinformation-20210513-vefklmnumzdfhpgvgafydkzcda-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater calls for more Democrat gerrymandering.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2021/5/13/22435206/donald-trump-big-lie-democrats-remap-redisctrict-legislative-map-gerrymander-illinois

DAILY HERALD
— Underwood campaign responds to dismissal of Jim Oberweis’ election contest – Kayleigh Padar
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20210512/underwood-campaign-responds-to-dismissal-of-jim-oberweis-election-contest
— DuPage County to seek proposals for new election equipment – Lauren Rohr
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20210513/dupage-county-to-seek-proposals-for-new-election-equipment

FOX ILLINOIS
— Back to square one? Trump decision still weighs on Facebook – AP
https://www.foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/back-to-square-one-trump-decision-still-weighs-on-facebook

LOYOLA PHOENIX
— Thousands of Protesters Take To Chicago Streets In Support of Palestine – Zack Miller
http://loyolaphoenix.com/2021/05/thousands-of-protesters-take-to-chicago-streets-in-support-of-palestine/

GOPUSA
— Party Split: Was The Ouster Of Liz Cheney The Final Straw For RINOs?
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=110257
— Has The Backlash Arrived For Police-Bashing? – Patrick J. Buchanan
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=110099
— Team Biden’s Rigid Control Of The Press
(DIERSEN: My critics/opponents want to stop me from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters, but failing that, they want to stop everyone from reading the newsletters, but failing that, they want the following to control me and to control the content of my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters: Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Milton Township Republican Organization, Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct, their major donors, their political consultants, their fundraisers, their campaign managers, their campaign staff members, their campaign volunteers, etc. I should write a book about the many adverse actions that the aforesaid have taken against me since 2000.)
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=110154

CAPITOL FAX
— Rodney Davis claims he missed the Cheney vote
https://capitolfax.com/2021/05/13/rodney-davis-claims-he-missed-the-cheney-vote/
— 1,918 new confirmed and probable cases; 35 additional deaths; 1,765 hospitalized; 465 in ICU; 2.7 percent average case positivity rate; 3.2 percent average test positivity rate; 76,082 average daily doses
https://capitolfax.com/2021/05/13/1918-new-confirmed-and-probable-cases-35-additional-deaths-1765-hospitalized-465-in-icu-27-percent-average-case-positivity-rate-32-percent-average-test-positivity-rate-76082-average-daily-doses/

DAILY CALLER
— Republican Coalition Threatens To Leave GOP If It Doesn’t Reject ‘Despotism’ And ‘Forces Of Conspiracy’ – NICOLE SILVERIO
https://dailycaller.com/2021/05/13/republican-coalition-threatens-leave-gop/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Signatories on the coalition Charlie Dent, Michael Steele, Mary Peters, Denver Riggleman and Christine Todd Whitman mentioned the coalition in an op-ed in The Washington Post Thursday, adding that the Republican Party has “lost its way” for ousting Rep. Liz Cheney as House Republican conference chair after she stood up to former President Donald Trump’s election fraud claims. Anthony Scaramucci, who formerly served as a White House communications director during Trump’s presidency, also signed on to the coalition.)

FEDERALIST
— Due To Arson Attack, Peoria Pro-Life Center Suffers $250,000 In Damages – Jordan Davidson
https://thefederalist.com/2021/05/13/due-to-arson-attack-pro-life-center-suffers-250000-in-damages/

TIMES EXAMINER
— Biden’s Ruinous Refugee Dump – Michelle Malkin
https://www.timesexaminer.com/michelle-malkin/8110-biden-s-ruinous-refugee-dump

POST MILLENNIAL
— CNN ‘fact checker’ provides cover for violent BLM protesters at Iowa state Capitol
(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://thepostmillennial.com/cnn-fact-checker-provides-cover-for-violent-blm-protesters-at-iowa-state-capitol

EPOCH TIMES
— Over 15,000 Gas Stations Out of Fuel Nationwide. Gas shortages ease in some states, but worsen in others. – ZACHARY STIEBER
https://www.theepochtimes.com/mkt_breakingnews/over-15000-gas-stations-out-of-fuel-nationwide_3814243.html
— The High-Pressure Business of Selling Woke Corporate Armor
https://www.theepochtimes.com/the-high-pressure-business-of-selling-woke-corporate-armor_3814298.html

THE HILL
— What now for anti-Trump Republicans? – NIALL STANAGE
(DIERSEN: How successful will anti-Trump Republicans, that is, Kinzinger-supporters, be in destroying the Illinois Republican Party, your Republican county party organization, and your Republican township/ward party organization?)
https://thehill.com/homenews/the-memo/553476-the-memo-what-now-for-anti-trump-republicans

ROLL CALL
— Capitol staff diversity ‘can’t just start at the bottom,’ panel told. Sustained effort, cultural shifts needed, witnesses tell Modernization Committee. – Katherine Tully-McManus
(DIERSEN: GAO works for Congress. GAO hired me in 1980 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job.)
https://www.rollcall.com/2021/05/13/capitol-staff-diversity-cant-just-start-at-the-bottom-panel-told/

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “Republicans Rewrite History of the Capitol Riot, Hampering an Inquiry.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/13/us/politics/republicans-capitol-riot.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Republicans should be nervous about the proposed third party. Democrats should be, too. – Henry Olsen
(DIERSEN: What would this third party be called? The Kinzinger Party, Never-Trump Party, Anti-Conservative Party?)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/05/12/republicans-should-be-nervous-about-proposed-third-party-democrats-should-be-too/

YAHOO NEWS
— Kinzinger: Trump just created something he should be afraid of
https://news.yahoo.com/rep-kinzinger-trump-just-created-132100553.html

BLOOMBERG
— Colonial pays hackers $5M | Expects to restore all service by midday
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-05-13/colonial-pipeline-paid-hackers-nearly-5-million-in-ransom

NEWSWEEK
— Kinzinger Defends AOC, Suggests Marjorie Taylor Greene Can’t ‘Handle’ Her Emotions
https://www.newsweek.com/republican-adam-kinzinger-defends-aoc-suggests-marjorie-taylor-greene-cant-handle-her-emotions-1591228

LGBTQ NATION
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: LGBTQ-promoters demonize, denigrate, and condemn Stefanik.
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2021/05/liz-cheneys-likely-successor-republican-leadership-shows-everything-thats-wrong-gop/

May 13 Morning Edition

CBS2
— Texas Sen. Ted Cruz Spends Over $240,000 On Facebook Advertising In Last Two Months
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2021/05/12/cruz-spends-over-240000-facebook-advertising/

FOX NEWS CHICAGO & WGN RADIO
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters love Cheney and Kinzinger.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/illinois-rep-adam-kinzinger-stands-by-rep-liz-cheney-even-after-her-ouster-as-gop-leader
https://wgnradio.com/news/gop-votes-rep-liz-cheney-out-of-leadership-role-rep-elise-stefanik-runs-for-open-position/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— You should be worried. Your town is likely cutting staff and services to pay for pensions – TED SLOWIK
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/opinion/ct-sta-slowik-wirepoints-pension-crisis-st-0513-20210512-xxqvcn372bakja64bejzgm2gz4-story.html
— Coronavirus in Illinois updates: Northwestern will require students to be vaccinated next school year; 1,795 new cases and 26 deaths reported Wednesday
https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-aud-covid-19-pandemic-chicago-illinois-news-20210512-glotuoz4sfd7fev6ceuerah3ci-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Republican-hating Republican-hater promotes hatred against Republicans.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2021/5/12/22433103/republican-party-future-big-lie-voter-demographics-gene-lyons
— Chicago real estate agent who lost her job after Capitol riot sues over MSNBC report. The lawsuit claims Libby Andrews “had no notoriety of any kind” prior to a Jan. 10 broadcast, though her name appeared in multiple news reports after her firing Jan. 7. – Jon Seidel
(DIERSEN: I attended a Bob Dole rally in Wheaton in 1996. That made my Democrat GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates furious. SEE: https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1996/07/05/dole-takes-pulse-of-the-heartland/913b56e4-dd07-4491-9bb3-7de45ad54d5f/ )
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2021/5/12/22432614/chicago-real-estate-agent-libby-andrews-capitol-attack-election-lawsuit-filed-msnbc-graphic
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters demonize, denigrate, and condemn Cheney challengers.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2021/5/13/22433984/scrum-challengers-awaits-rep-liz-cheney-house-gop-ouster

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Voting machine wish list What DuPage clerk wants from new systems ahead of the next primary – Lauren Rohr
https://e-edition.dailyherald.com/html5/reader/production/default.aspx?pubname=&pubid=3e6b7a1a-154f-4405-805e-038015cdb648&edid=c2a75b20-d047-4535-aedd-c945abe019cb

HERALD PUBLICATIONS
— State Representative Charlie Meier To Serve As Chairman Of The Downstate GOP
https://www.heraldpubs.com/2021/05/12/meier-to-serve-as-chairman-of-the-downstate-gop/

BELOIT DAILY NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats push colleges further and further to the left.
https://www.beloitdailynews.com/news/illinois-news/colleges-pushed-anew-for-reparations-for-slavery-racism/article_71352589-b78a-5ec9-bce9-050c90af6e3d.html

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— Mary Miller is proudly pro-Trump. What about IL Republicans Mike Bost and Rodney Davis? – KELSEY LANDI
https://www.bnd.com/news/politics-government/article251353383.html

NPR ILLINOIS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats look forward to Cheney and Kinzinger destroying the Republican Party.
https://www.nprillinois.org/post/what-liz-cheneys-removal-means-future-gop#stream/0
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats illegally encourage citizens of foreign countries to illegally come to America illegally and to illegally stay in America illegally. Needless-to-say, Democrats should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.
https://www.nprillinois.org/post/all-our-opportunity-was-taken-away-sanctuary-family-slowly-restarts-life#stream/0

WSIL TV
— Republicans continue calls for a “fair map” in Illinois – Ali Rasper
https://wsiltv.com/2021/05/12/republicans-continue-calls-for-a-fair-map-in-illinois/

WGLT
— What Reps. LaHood, Davis Say About Liz Cheney’s Ouster From GOP Leadership – Ryan Denham, Charlie Schlenker, Tim Shelley
https://www.wglt.org/local-news/2021-05-12/what-reps-lahood-davis-say-about-liz-cheneys-ouster-from-gop-leadership

NAPERVILLE PATCH
— Naperville Cops Dole Out Over 100 Tickets During April Crackdown – Lisa Marie Farver,
https://patch.com/illinois/naperville/naperville-cops-dole-out-over-100-tickets-during-april-crackdown
(FROM THE ARTICLE: 36 citations for other violations that included illegal transportation of cannabis and driving under the influence of drugs.)

WIREPOINTS
— Cities across Illinois create new taxes, fees and sell assets to pay rising pension costs – Ted Dabrowski
https://wirepoints.org/cities-across-illinois-create-new-taxes-fees-and-sell-assets-to-pay-rising-pension-costs-wirepoints-on-wjpf-with-tom-miller/

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Repealing Parental Notice is A Gift for Sexual Predators
https://illinoisfamily.org/video/repealing-parental-notice-is-a-gift-for-sexual-predators/

CAPITOL FAX
— Davis won’t say how he voted on Liz Cheney, but said “I don’t disagree with anything she said,” encourages people to get vaccinated
https://capitolfax.com/2021/05/12/davis-wont-say-how-she-voted-on-liz-cheney-but-said-i-dont-disagree-with-anything-she-said-encourages-people-to-get-vaccinated/
— Vaccine roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2021/05/13/vaccine-roundup/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Anti-Trump Republicans who backed Biden threaten to bolt GOP. “It’s time for a resistance of the ‘rationals’ against the ‘radicals'” – Haris Alic
(DIERSEN: If the hate-filled Trump-hating Illinois Republican Party (IRP) leaders left the IRP, new leaders could take over who would promote the IRP platform including its traditional marriage/family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks in the Republican Party platform.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/may/12/anti-trump-republicans-backed-joe-biden-2020-threa/

AMERICAN THINKER
— The Left’s Long Love Affair with Criminals – Gary Gindler
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2021/05/the_lefts_long_love_affair_with_criminals.html

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— What Needs ‘Repairing’ Isn’t America, But White Guilt. As long as white guilt is in steady supply and black slavery is allowed to swallow up America’s otherwise rich and proud history, power politics will be the dominant form of American black identity. – Bradford H.B.
https://amgreatness.com/2021/05/12/what-needs-repairing-isnt-america-but-white-guilt/

NEW AMERICAN
— Biden Border Rush Continues: 178K+ Illegals Caught in April. FY21 Total Exceeds All of Last Year by 64 Percent. – R. Cort Kirkwood
https://thenewamerican.com/biden-border-rush-continues-178k-illegals-caught-in-april-fy21-total-exceeds-all-of-last-year-by-64-percent/
— The Modern Militiamen – Zoe Warren
(DIERSEN: I should write a book about my critics/opponents who reject the Second Amendment plank in the Republican Party platform. I would focus on past and present leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Milton Township Republican Organization, Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, and Wheaton Chamber of Commerce. I would focus on unsuccessful Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct, their major donors, their political consultants, etc. I would focus on the aforesaid who destroy those like me a) who they cannot manipulate or 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, e) who refuse to cover-up their wrong doing, and/or f) who refuse to give them money.)
https://thenewamerican.com/the-modern-militiamen-2a-for-today/

BREITBART
— Joe Biden Increases Refugee Resettlement by 904 Percent Compared to Last Year – JOHN BINDER
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/05/12/biden-increases-refugee-resettlement-by-904-percent-compared-to-last-year/
— Some House Republicans Are Against Elise Stefanik Running Unopposed for Leadership Role – ASHLEY OLIVER
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/05/12/some-house-republicans-against-elise-stefanik-running-unopposed-leadership/

BLAZE
— Revolution on the Rise: How Marxism’s Early Stages Are Happening NOW
https://www.theblaze.com/shows/glenn-tv/live-now-revolution-on-the-rise-how-marxisms-early-stages-are-happening-now

DAILY SIGNAL
— Abortion Isn’t Essential Health Care – Virginia Allen
(DIERSEN: I should write a book about my critics/opponents who reject the right to life plank in the Republican Party platform. I would focus on past and present leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Milton Township Republican Organization, Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, and Wheaton Chamber of Commerce. I would focus on unsuccessful Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct, their major donors, their political consultants, etc. I would focus on the aforesaid who destroy those like me a) who they cannot manipulate or 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, e) who refuse to cover-up their wrong doing, and/or f) who refuse to give them money.)
https://www.dailysignal.com/2021/05/13/abortion-isnt-essential-health-care-this-ob-gyn-explains-why/

DAILY WIRE
— Is White Privilege Real? – Will Witt
(DIERSEN: I should write a book about Whites who paint other Whites as being White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things to curry favor with those who are anti-law enforcement, anti-Trump, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-heterosexual, anti-traditional marriage/family, anti-non-poor people, anti-gun owners, anti-Christian, anti-Protestant, anti-Italian American, anti-German American, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.dailywire.com/episode/is-white-privilege-real

PJ MEDIA
— Adults in the Room: Retired Military Brass Not Afraid to Voice Their Concerns About Biden – TYLER O’NEIL
https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/tyler-o-neil/2021/05/12/retired-military-brass-raise-the-alarm-about-joe-bidens-threat-to-national-security-n1446554
— MSM Meltdown Over Cheney Proves GOP Did the Right Thing – STEPHEN KRUISER
https://pjmedia.com/columns/stephen-kruiser/2021/05/12/msm-meltdown-over-cheney-proves-gop-did-the-right-thing-n1446390

FEDERALIST
— Oregon Hires ‘1619 Project’ Writer To Lecture Teachers And Students On ‘Reframing’ History – Gabe Kaminsky
https://thefederalist.com/2021/05/12/oregon-hires-1619-project-writer-to-lecture-teachers-and-students-on-reframing-history/

TOWNHALL
— Top Ten Lies About the Fall of Liz Cheney – Mark Davis
https://townhall.com/columnists/markdavis/2021/05/13/top-ten-lies-about-the-fall-of-liz-cheney-n2589366

NEWSMAX
— Indicted Parkland Superintendent Receives $740,000 Severance – Nick Koutsobinas
(DIERSEN: I should write a book about my critics/opponents who have hinted/implied/argued/shouted the loudest that my $54,864/year Civil Service Retirement System pension is too generous. I would focus on those who have never sought a federal job a) because federal pay and benefits are terrible, b) because the advancement opportunities in the federal government are terrible, c) because they lack required education, work experience, professional certifications, and/or professional licenses, d) because they cannot pass an employment examination, e) because they cannot pass a background investigation, f) because they cannot pass a physical examination, g) because they cannot take the demonization, denigration, and condemnation that comes with being a federal employee or federal retiree, and/or h) because they are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran and they know that the federal government discriminates against the aforesaid.)
https://www.newsmax.com/us/parkland-shooting-stonemandouglas-indicted/2021/05/12/id/1021172/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: He has served as superintendent since 2011. Opponents to Runcie’s severance package who cite it as too generous include Lori Alhadeff and Debra Hixon. Both had family members killed in the Feb. 14, 2018, mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, that killed 17 people.)

HERITAGE FOUNDATION
— Joe Biden Wants to Take Critical Race Theory to the Next Level – Lindsey M. Burke, Ph.D.
https://www.heritage.org/education/commentary/joe-biden-wants-take-critical-race-theory-the-next-level

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Betsy DeVos: The 1619 Project is Not History. It denies 1776 and our constitution and our founding documents and the goal of forming a more perfect union. – Mike LaChance
https://legalinsurrection.com/2021/05/betsy-devos-lets-be-really-clear-the-1619-project-is-not-history/
— Biden Admin Will Resume Construction of Border Wall in Rio Grande Valley. Fox News said the decision came “after pressure from local residents & politicians.” But will Biden admit we have a border crisis? – Mary Chastain
(DIERSEN: I should write a book about my critics/opponents who reject the immigration plank in the Republican Party platform. I would focus on past and present leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Milton Township Republican Organization, Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, and Wheaton Chamber of Commerce. I would focus on unsuccessful Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct, their major donors, their political consultants, etc. I would focus on the aforesaid who destroy those like me a) who they cannot manipulate or 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, e) who refuse to cover-up their wrong doing, and/or f) who refuse to give them money.)
https://legalinsurrection.com/2021/05/report-biden-admin-will-resume-construction-of-border-wall-in-rio-grande-valley/

EPOCH TIMES
— House GOP Introduces Bills to Combat Critical Race Theory – LI HAI
https://www.theepochtimes.com/house-gop-introduces-bills-to-combat-critical-race-theory_3813300.html

THE HILL
— Conservative group sues over prioritization of women, minorities for restaurant aid – MYCHAEL SCHNELL
(DIERSEN: I should write a book about my critics/opponents who reject the equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) plank in the Republican Party platform. I would focus on past and present leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Milton Township Republican Organization, Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, and Wheaton Chamber of Commerce. I would focus on unsuccessful Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct, their major donors, their political consultants, etc. I would focus on the aforesaid who destroy those like me a) who they cannot manipulate or 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, e) who refuse to cover-up their wrong doing, and/or f) who refuse to give them money.)
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/553275-conservative-group-sues-over-prioritization-of-women-minorities-for

POLITICO
— Why a Republican Trans Candidate Is Good for Trans People – BARBARA MINNEY
(DIERSEN: I should write a book about my critics/opponents who reject the traditional marriage/family plank in the Republican Party platform. I would focus on past and present leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Milton Township Republican Organization, Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, and Wheaton Chamber of Commerce. I would focus on unsuccessful Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct, their major donors, their political consultants, etc. I would focus on the aforesaid who destroy those like me a) who they cannot manipulate or 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, e) who refuse to cover-up their wrong doing, and/or f) who refuse to give them money.)
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2021/05/13/caitlyn-jenner-trans-republican-candidate-487792

YAHOO NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats crow about their success in getting companies to promote LGBTQ.
https://finance.yahoo.com/video/more-companies-speak-against-laws-213016440.html

NEW YORK TIMES
— Biden Can’t Decide What Counts as a ‘Democracy’ – Ivan Krastev
(DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats use “democracy” to get rid of 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/2021/05/12/opinion/biden-democracy-alliance.html

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters love Cheney.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/2021/05/12/8b241850-b356-11eb-a980-a60af976ed44_story.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/05/12/cancel-culture-republicans-just-canceled-liz-cheney/
— Rep. Greene aggressively confronts Rep. Ocasio-Cortez, causing New York congresswoman to raise security concerns – Marianna Sotomayor
(DIERSEN: I should write a book about my critics/opponents who have had their nasty operatives and nasty dupes aggressively confront me. I would focus on past and present leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Milton Township Republican Organization, Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, and Wheaton Chamber of Commerce. I would focus on unsuccessful Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct, their major donors, their political consultants, etc. I would focus on the aforesaid who reject the traditional marriage/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. I would focus on the aforesaid who destroy those like me a) who they cannot manipulate or 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, e) who refuse to cover-up their wrong doing, and/or f) who refuse to give them money.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/greene-ocasio-cortez/2021/05/12/fd61d664-b37e-11eb-a3b5-f994536fe84a_story.html

NEW YORK POST
— Stefanik makes her pitch to conservatives ahead of leadership vote – Juliegrace Brufke
(DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who have demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me the most as being too conservative and even worse things. I would focus on past and present leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Milton Township Republican Organization, Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, and Wheaton Chamber of Commerce. I would focus on unsuccessful Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct, their major donors, their political consultants, etc. I would focus on the aforesaid who reject the traditional marriage/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. I would focus on the aforesaid who destroy those like me a) who they cannot manipulate or 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, e) who refuse to cover-up their wrong doing, and/or f) who refuse to give them money.)
https://nypost.com/2021/05/13/rep-elise-stefanik-makes-pitch-to-conservatives-ahead-of-leadership-vote/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) huddled with members of the conservative House Freedom Caucus to lay out her case on why she believes she should succeed Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) as House Republican Conference chair amid concerns her record is too moderate to succeed in the leadership role. Stefanik’s push for support from the far-right faction of the conference came the same day that Cheney — one of Trump’s most vocal critics who previously served as the No. 3 Republican in the House — was ousted from her leadership position.)

USA TODAY
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: To teach critical race theory is to promote hatred against Americans, and especially against Americans who are law enforcement officers, Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, Republican, 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/education/2021/05/13/republicans-seek-stop-schools-teaching-critical-race-theory/4993370001/
— Third way? Republican opponents of Donald Trump talk about forming third party – David Jackson and Savannah Behrmann
(DIERSEN: If the hate-filled Trump-hating Illinois Republican Party (IRP) leaders left the IRP, new leaders could take over who would promote the IRP platform including its traditional marriage/family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks in the Republican Party platform.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2021/05/12/third-way-republican-critics-donald-trump-talk-third-party/5057995001/
— What’s a college degree worth? New report pushes for more transparency to close disparities – Chris Quintana
(DIERSEN: If I had not earned a bachelor’s degree in management in 1970, a) Firestone Stores would not have hired me in 1970, b) Oldsmobile would not have offered me a job in 1971, and c) IRS would not have hired me in 1971. If I had not been taking graduate business courses 1972-1974, IRS might not have promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974. If I had not earned an MBA in 1976, if I had not been taking graduate accounting courses 1976-1980, and if I had not passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, GAO would not have hired me in 1980. If I had not earned a master’s degree in accounting in 1980, if I had not passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, and if I had not became a licensed CPA in 1981, GAO would not have promoted me in 1986. If I had not become a Certified Fraud Examiner in 1990, Certified Government Financial Manager in 1994, Certified Financial Services Auditor in 1996, and Forensic Accountant in 1997 and if I had not earned a master’s degree in financial markets and trading in 1997, GAO would have succeeded in forcing me to take its early retirement offer earlier than it did.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/education/2021/05/12/new-data-tool-promises-better-insights-into-value-college-education/5024460001/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— ‘For the People’ Is About Helping the Party. The Senate takes up a voting bill designed to rig the system in favor of Democrats. – Karl Rove
https://www.wsj.com/articles/for-the-people-is-about-helping-the-party-11620858513
— In Donald Trump’s Purgatory. Ousting Liz Cheney doesn’t end the GOP’s 2022 election problems. – Editorial
https://www.wsj.com/articles/in-donald-trumps-purgatory-11620859899
— Is the American Work Ethic Dying? Covid laid off much of the country. Now the Biden Democrats are paying people to stay home. – Daniel Henninger
(DIERSEN: While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, they did everything that they could to kill my work ethic.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/is-the-american-work-ethic-dying-11620858123
— Classroom Chaos in the Name of Racial Equity Is a Bad Lesson Plan. Going easy on bad behavior makes life difficult for those students who are in school to get an education. – Jason L. Riley
https://www.wsj.com/articles/classroom-chaos-in-the-name-of-racial-equity-is-a-bad-lesson-plan-11620771445

BLOOMBERG
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater says “Trump’s Kingmaking Plan Threatens GOP’s Congress Hopes in 2022.” Who are the announced candidates so far for offices on the March 15, 2022 Republican primary ballot in your precinct? It would be great if the Illinois Republican Party would list on its website all the announced Republican candidates for U.S. Senate, U.S. House, Illinois statewide offices, Illinois Senate, and Illinois House. It would be great if each of the 102 Republican county party organizations would list on their websites all the announced Republican candidates for their countywide and county district offices.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-05-13/trump-s-kingmaking-plan-threatens-gop-s-congress-hopes-in-2022

BALTIMORE SUN
— Maryland Democratic Party is taking aim at second-term Republican Gov. Larry Hogan by hiring an additional political operative and starting what it bills as the “Larry Hogan Accountability Initiative.” – BRYN
STOLE (DIERSEN: I should write a book about Democrat plant, Libertarian plant, Green plant, Independent plants, and RINO politicians and the political operatives who work for them. I would focus on those who have taken adverse actions against me since 2000. I am no longer a TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member, Milton Township Republican Organization webmaster, Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, or Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member.)
https://www.baltimoresun.com/politics/bs-md-pol-dems-hogan-20210512-g7kmmqie65bjnd7ytkivv6iuiq-story.html

BOSTON GLOBE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater says “With Cheney out and Stefanik likely in, Republicans decide to live and die with the Big Lie.”
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2021/05/12/nation/with-cheney-out-stefanik-likely-republicans-decide-live-die-with-big-lie/

DESERT NEWS
— ‘A call for American renewal’: A manifesto from 150 Republican Party reformers
(DIERSEN: My critics/opponents want the Republican Party a) to dump the traditional marriage/family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks its platform and b) to get rid of voters 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.deseret.com/opinion/2021/5/13/22432664/republicans-third-party-trump-threaten-to-split-from-gop-evan-mcmullin-miles-taylor-liz-cheney

POST MILLENNIAL
— Disney pulls woke critical race theory training from website after public backlash. Employees said Disney “actively discourages conservative and Christian employees from expressing their views.”
https://thepostmillennial.com/disney-pulls-woke-critical-race-theory-training-from-website-after-public-backlash

U.S. AIR FORCE
— Air Force announces Diversity and Inclusion Award winners
(DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, under the Democrats and under the RINOs, the more of the following that you are, the bleaker that your future is: Trump supporter, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, gun owner, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/2605121/air-force-announces-diversity-and-inclusion-award-winners/

COURTHOUSE NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats make it clear that their top priority is to get rid of Republicans once and for all, and especially Republicans who are White, male, older, law enforcement officers, veterans, patriotic, gun owners, Trump supporters, conservative, heterosexual, married, non-poor, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.courthousenews.com/taking-on-white-nationalism-feds-say-big-threats-need-big-spending/

LUMEN LEARNING
— Motivation in Organizational Behavior
(DIERSEN: I should write a book about how the leaders of the following organizations motivate/demotivate their members: Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Milton Township Republican Organization, and Wheaton Chamber of Commerce.)
https://courses.lumenlearning.com/wmopen-organizationalbehavior/chapter/motivation-in-organizational-behavior/

MARIJUANA MOMENT
— Congressional Bill To Federally Legalize Marijuana Filed By Republican Lawmakers – Kyle Jaeger
(DIERSEN: I should write a book about my critics/opponents who reject the illegal drugs plank in the Republican Party platform. I would focus on past and present leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Milton Township Republican Organization, Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, and Wheaton Chamber of Commerce. I would focus on unsuccessful Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct, their major donors, their political consultants, etc. I would focus on the aforesaid who destroy those like me a) who they cannot manipulate or 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, e) who refuse to cover-up their wrong doing, and/or f) who refuse to give them money.)
https://www.marijuanamoment.net/congressional-bill-to-federally-legalize-marijuana-filed-by-republican-lawmakers/