GOPUSA Illinois

ABC7
— Electors meet Monday to formally choose Joe Biden as 46th President of the United States – AP
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/electors-meet-to-formally-choose-biden-as-next-president/8767247/
— COVID-19 vaccine: ABC News/Ipsos poll shows support for getting inoculated, but divide on timing – Jesse Kirsch
https://abc7chicago.com/health/abc-news-ipsos-poll-shows-support-for-getting-covid-19-vaccine-but-divide-on-timing/8765349/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— As COVID-19 vaccines arrive, so does reckoning with racism in health care; herd immunity hinges on Black trust. How do you persuade Black Americans to accept the COVID-19 vaccine when elders remember the Tuskegee Experiment and the younger have grown up in health care deserts, acutely aware they receive lower quality health care than whites? – Maudlyne Ihejirika (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats use COVID-19 to make Blacks hate Republicans.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/coronavirus/2020/12/13/22170484/covid-19-vaccine-arrive-reckoning-racism-health-care-herd-immunity-black-trust
— Illinois Electoral College members, including Mayor Lori Lightfoot, vote Monday in Springfield for Joe Biden and Kamala Harris. On Monday, Electoral College members across the nation meet to cast ballots for president and vice president. – Lynn Sweet
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2020/12/13/22173347/illinois-electoral-college-members-vote-monday-in-springfield-for-joe-biden-and-kamala-harris

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— TOP OF FOLD: Violent crime rate doubles on CTA rail system, even with stepped-up police efforts and far fewer riders: ‘The people that are driving the crime never left the system’ – KELLI SMITH and JOE MAHR
https://www.chicagotribune.com/investigations/ct-chicago-crime-cta-train-stations-20201214-el4tvqdanzb5jbgwlkecyx27kq-htmlstory.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump haters say “The crime against migrant children that Joe Biden needs to repair.”
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/ct-opinion-children-immigration-trump-biden-20201211-zl23lvnqljfgtfyiadhclqlthm-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats encourage Blacks to hate Republicans.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/heidi-stevens/ct-heidi-stevens-chicago-together-we-heal-racial-healing-1209-20201209-6rfh75pxi5dbbmtd2lj53ot2me-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats use COVID-19 to make Blacks hate Republicans.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/dahleen-glanton/ct-african-americans-covid-vaccine-fear-20201214-ievt67q73vhrrbge4vazbzhh34-story.html

LAKE COUNTY JOURNAL
— Local election season kicks off in earnest — please get involved – Scott T. Holland (DIERSEN: Republican county, township, and ward party chairmen should a) encourage Republicans to run for offices on April 6, 2021 ballots, b) advise their Republican Precinct Committeemen/Captains on which offices will be in April 6, 2021 ballots, and c) keep their Republican Precinct Committeemen/Captains up to date on the campaigns of Republican candidates.)
https://www.lakecountyjournal.com/2020/12/11/eye-on-illinois-local-election-season-kicks-off-in-earnest-please-get-involved/ave9c5v/

NPR ILLINOIS
— Trump Says White House Officials Won’t Be First To Receive COVID-19 Vaccine – EMMA BOWMAN (DIERSEN: If all those in America were surveyed, which groups would they say should be offered the vaccine first? Would they say that members of protected groups should be offered the vaccine first? Protected groups include those who are minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, poor, very ill, veteran, in America illegally, non-married, non-Christian, non-Protestant, non-German American, non-gun owner, those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time, liberal, moderate, Democrat, Libertarian, Green, Independent, RINO, and/or Trump-hater. I am not a member of any of the aforesaid protected groups.)
https://www.nprillinois.org/post/trump-says-white-house-officials-wont-be-first-receive-covid-19-vaccine#stream/0

EVANSTON PATCH
— Northwestern Distances From Joseph Epstein After Jill Biden OpEd. Former Northwestern adjunct professor Joseph Epstein said the soon-to-be first lady should not claim to be a doctor, despite her Ed.D. – Tim Moran (DIERSEN: How old is your work experience? If I sought a government office or a political office, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes would stress that a) my MBA from Loyola is 44 years old, b) my passing the CPA examination on my first attempt is 41 years old, c) my master’s degree in accounting from DePaul is 40 years old, d) my passing the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt is 39 years old, e) my becoming a licensed CPA is 39 years old, f) my master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT is 23 years old, g) my almost 9 years of experience working for IRS is 40 years old, and h) my almost 18 years of experience working for GAO is 23 years old.)
https://patch.com/illinois/evanston/northwestern-distances-joseph-epstein-after-jill-biden-oped
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Epstein penned an editorial that appeared in the Wall Street Journal on Saturday suggesting Dr. Jill Biden should not be referred to as a doctor because she does not have a Ph.D. Biden, wife of President-elect Joe Biden and the soon-to-be first lady, has earned an Ed.D, a doctor of education. . .Epstein’s school profile page on the school’s website had been deleted by Sunday morning. Northwestern’s English department made its own statement opposing Epstein’s views. The statement said Epstein’s opinion piece “casts unmerited aspersion on Dr. Jill Biden’s rightful public claiming of her doctoral credentials and expertise.)

MALEC & SONS FUNERAL HOME
— OBITUARY: Florence M. Dangelo NOVEMBER 21, 1935 – NOVEMBER 29, 2020 (DIERSEN: Flo headed the Trump campaign in Milton Township. She was an outstanding Milton Township Republican Precinct Committeeman.)
https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/chicago-il/florence-dangelo-9925410

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Drop Out of Diversity Re-education Struggle Sessions While You Can – Laurie Higgins (DIERSEN: The federal government requires all its employee to take diversity training. I should write a book about all the diversity training that IRS required me to take 1971-1980 and all the diversity training that GAO required me to take 1980-1997. The aforesaid training tried but failed to make me anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-heterosexual, anti-married people, 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://illinoisfamily.org/religious/drop-out-of-diversity-re-education-struggle-sessions-while-you-can/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— AMERICAN HIGH SCHOOLS GO WOKE
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2020/12/american-high-schools-go-woke.html

WASHINGTON TIMES
— 50 years ago, constitution updated Illinois; can it do more? – AP (DIERSEN: Democrats run Illinois. They have made it extremely clear that if any changes were made to the constitution, those changes would harm Illinois residents who are law enforcement officers, Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, gun owners, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/dec/13/50-years-ago-constitution-updated-illinois-can-it-/

FOX NEWS
— Trump: Election fight not over ahead of Electoral College vote
https://video.foxnews.com/v/6215963750001?playlist_id=938973798001#sp=show-clips

THE HILL
— Time awarding Biden, Harris ‘Person of the Year’ is an insult to health care workers – JOE CONCHA
https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/529970-time-awarding-biden-harris-person-of-the-year-is-an-insult-to-health-care

POLITICO
— In final years at Liberty, Falwell spent millions on pro-Trump causes. The nonprofit university’s think tank ran Facebook ads to “pray for our president,” with Donald Trump’s image. (DIERSEN: Needless-to-say, if you are a high-profile Trump supporter, the more problems that you have, the more that hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters will stress your problems. While I support Trump, I am not high-profile. If I was high-profile, hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters would stress a) how hate-filled Trump-hating leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization have treaded me, b) how hate-filled Trump-hating Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct, their political consultants, their campaign managers, their campaign staff members, and their volunteers have treated me, and c) how hate-filled Trump-hating Republican elected/appointed officials in Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton have treated me. I should write a book about the aforesaid hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters and the adverse actions that they have taken against me since 2016.)
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/12/14/jerry-falwell-trump-liberty-university-444661
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Falwell resigned from his post in August, in the wake of a series of reports about his and his wife’s personal lives and use of university funds on businesses associated with friends and family members. Now, Liberty’s board of trustees appears torn over his use of Liberty resources for political activities. . .Falwell, who blamed his political enemies at Liberty and beyond for seizing on news of his wife’s affair to drum him out of his job, did not respond to a request for comment. Kirk, a 27-year-old conservative activist and chair of Students for Trump, also declined to comment.)

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater says “Trump Has Never Believed in Democracy. He wants to wield power without winning it legitimately.” (DIERSEN: Will Adam Kinzinger, Joe Walsh, Pat Brady, and other hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters get together and banish Trump supporters from a) the Illinois Republican Party, b) Republican county, township, and ward party organizations, and c) Illinois once and for all? 2,446,891 in Illinois,193,611 in DuPage County, 20,080 in Milton Township, and 157 in my precinct voted for Trump in the November 3, 2020 election.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/13/opinion/donald-trump-election.html
— What’s Next for Trump Voters Who Believe the Election Was Stolen? Some are certain the election was fraudulent. Others aren’t so sure. What becomes of their skepticism has important implications for American democracy. – Sabrina Tavernise (DIERSEN: Will Adam Kinzinger, Joe Walsh, Pat Brady, and other hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters get together and banish Trump supporters from a) the Illinois Republican Party, b) Republican county, township, and ward party organizations, and c) Illinois once and for all? 2,446,891 in Illinois,193,611 in DuPage County, 20,080 in Milton Township, and 157 in my precinct voted for Trump in the November 3, 2020 election.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/14/us/trump-voters-stolen-election.html
— Why Getting the Most Votes Matters – Jesse Wegman (DIERSEN: Are Democrat candidates getting more votes in your precinct, in your municipal district, in your municipality, in your township, in your county district, and/or in your county? Democrats are anti-law enforcement, anti-Trump, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-heterosexuals, anti-married people, 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/2020/12/13/opinion/electoral-college-trump-election.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: To vote for Democrats is to illegally encourage citizens of foreign countries to illegally come to America illegally and to illegally stay illegally in America illegally.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/13/us/border-crossing-migrants-biden.html

WASHINGTON POST
— ‘A dark, empty place:’ Public officials face personal threats as tensions flare – Hannah Knowles, Annie Gowen and Tom Hamburger (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, because of fear of hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters, RINOs are dumping Trump. RINOs want the Republican Party to dump its traditional marriage, 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.washingtonpost.com/national/public-officials-threatened-covid-election/2020/12/13/680bd380-3be7-11eb-bc68-96af0daae728_story.html

USA TODAY
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater says “Reality check for Trump’s fantasies: Judges aren’t his pawns on election lawsuits. Scorching rulings even from judges Trump named show that American democracy can survive an assault even by the president of United States.”
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2020/12/11/trump-election-lawsuits-and-judges-chaotic-aftermath-courts-column/3877651001/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— As Pfizer’s Covid-19 Vaccine Rolls Out, Next Step Is Getting People to Take It. Many Americans are wary of assurances from the government and drug companies regarding safety. – Jared S. Hopkins and Arian Campo-Flores (DIERSEN: If all those in America were surveyed, which groups would they say should be offered the vaccine first? Would they say that members of protected groups should be offered the vaccine first? Protected groups include those who are minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, poor, very ill, veteran, in America illegally, non-married, non-Christian, non-Protestant, non-German American, non-gun owner, those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time, liberal, moderate, Democrat, Libertarian, Green, Independent, RINO, and/or Trump-hater. I am not a member of any of the aforesaid protected groups.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/as-pfizers-covid-19-vaccine-rolls-out-next-step-is-getting-people-to-take-it-11607859001
— Iran’s Execution of Dissident Journalist Threatens Push for Diplomacy With Europe. France and Germany spoke out against the execution of Ruhollah Zam, who was abducted by Iranian forces. Sune Engel Rasmussen (DIERSEN: According to Illinois RINOs, DuPage County RINOs, Milton Township RINOs, and Wheaton RINOs, I am a “dissident” journalist because I promote the traditional 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.wsj.com/articles/irans-execution-of-dissident-journalist-threatens-push-for-diplomacy-with-europe-11607891793
— Getting Covid Vaccines to People Will Cost States Billions They Don’t Have Federal government is providing vaccines and some supplies, but states must hire medical workers, set up clinics, provide community outreach – Stephanie Armour and Scott Calvert (DIERSEN: If all those in America were surveyed, which groups would they say should be offered the vaccine first? Would they say that members of protected groups should be offered the vaccine first? Protected groups include those who are minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, poor, very ill, veteran, in America illegally, non-married, non-Christian, non-Protestant, non-German American, non-gun owner, those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time, liberal, moderate, Democrat, Libertarian, Green, Independent, RINO, and/or Trump-hater. I am not a member of any of the aforesaid protected groups.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/getting-covid-vaccines-to-people-will-cost-states-billions-they-dont-have-11607855400
— In India, Facebook Fears Crackdown on Hate Groups Could Backfire – Jeff Horwitz and Newley Purnell (DIERSEN: According to Democrats, a group is a hate group a) if it does NOT promote dependency on government, dependency on charity, BLM, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, abolition of the First and Second Amendments, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination and b) if it does NOT promote 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.wsj.com/articles/in-india-facebook-fears-crackdown-on-hate-groups-could-backfire-on-its-staff-11607871600
— Arizona Republicans Are Racked by Infighting Over Trump, Coronavirus. Party leaders trade personal insults; ‘enjoy your time as permanent resident of Crazytown.’ – Eliza Collins (DIERSEN: Will Adam Kinzinger, Joe Walsh, Pat Brady, and other hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters get together and banish Trump supporters from a) the Illinois Republican Party, b) Republican county, township, and ward party organizations, and c) Illinois once and for all? 2,446,891 in Illinois, 193,611 in DuPage County, 20,080 in Milton Township, and 157 in my precinct voted for Trump in the November 3, 2020 election.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/arizona-republicans-are-racked-by-infighting-over-trump-coronavirus-11607871601

FORTUNE
— Only 1 in 4 millennials say they’ll get the COVID vaccine right away – LANCE LAMBERT (DIERSEN: If all those in America were surveyed, which groups would they say should be offered the vaccine first? Would they say that members of protected groups should be offered the vaccine first? Protected groups include those who are minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, poor, very ill, veteran, in America illegally, non-married, non-Christian, non-Protestant, non-German American, non-gun owner, those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time, liberal, moderate, Democrat, Libertarian, Green, Independent, RINO, and/or Trump-hater. I am not a member of any of the aforesaid protected groups.)
https://fortune.com/2020/12/13/covid-vaccine-millennials-first-round-vaccinations-distribution/

INC.
— Saying you’re sorry at work – JIM SCHLECKSER (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who want me to say that I am sorry, that is, I should write a book about those who blame me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails for their problems, for your problems, for my problems, and for everyone’s problems. I would focus on those who claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican and who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois. I would focus on Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct who have lost races. I would focus on those who I have sued.)
https://www.inc.com/jim-schleckser/how-to-say-youre-sorry.html
— Graduates From ‘Elite’ Universities Get Paid More Than They’re Worth – JEFF HADEN (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, degrees from non-Ivy League universities are worthless, that is, that my 1997 master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT is worthless, that my 1980 master’s degree in accounting from DePaul is worthless, that my 1976 MBA from Loyola is worthless, and that my 1970 bachelor’s degree in management from NIU is worthless.)
https://www.inc.com/jeff-haden/new-study-graduates-from-elite-universities-get-paid-more-than-theyre-worth.html

TIMES NEWS
— Orange County latest to support reparations – Dean-Paul Stephens (DIERSEN: The more of the following that you are, the more reparations that Democrats want you to pay: law enforcement officer, 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.thetimesnews.com/story/news/2020/12/14/nearby-orange-county-latest-support-reparations/3884306001/

BERKELEY DAILY PLANET
— How Berkeley Voted: Biden 93.3%; Trump 4.0% Trump Vote Second Lowest in Nation – Rob Wrenn (DIERSEN: To steer Democrats into my precinct, into Milton Township, and into DuPage County, Democrat realtors can stress that Trump got only 36% of the vote in my precinct, only 39 percent of the vote in Milton Township, and only 40% of the vote in DuPage County. From what I see, the more of the following that you are, the more likely that you vote for Democrat candidates: minority, female, younger, poor, ill, liberal, moderate, non-Christian, non-Protestant, non-German American, non-Italian American, recent immigrant, anti-law enforcement, anti-Trump, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-Protestant, anti-German American, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.berkeleydailyplanet.com/issue/2020-12-11/article/48899
(FROM THE ARTICLE: I have found only one city of any size with a percentage for Trump below Berkeley’s 4%. East St. Louis, Illinois’ Election Commission report that Trump received only 281 votes, or 3.3% of the total. . .Cities and towns with large student populations whose major employer is a college or university also tend to be strongly anti-Trump and pro-Biden. In addition to Berkeley, Cambridge and Amherst Mass, Evanston Illinois and the city of Ithaca New York make the list of cities with under 10% support for Trump. )

METRO
— Rich MP urged to pay reparations for ancestors’ role in slave trade – Jordan King (DIERSEN: The more of the following that you are, the more reparations that Democrats want you to pay: law enforcement officer, 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://metro.co.uk/2020/12/13/rich-mp-urged-to-pay-reparations-for-ancestors-role-in-slave-trade-13746569/