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April 27 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Illinois’ stay-at-home order overturned by judge as IL COVID-19 death toll nears 2K with 45K total cases
https://abc7chicago.com/health/illinois-stay-at-home-order-overturned-by-judge-as-death-toll-nears-2k/6132103/
— Illinois Mask Requirements: New face mask order changes mandate amid coronavirus pandemic
https://abc7chicago.com/health/what-does-illinois-new-face-mask-order-mean/6132820/
— Coronavirus IL: GOP leaders want details on inmates released during pandemic – AP
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/gop-leaders-want-details-on-inmates-released-during-coronavirus-pandemic/6132991/
— President Donald Trump tweets Illinois should not ask for federal coronavirus bailout
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/president-trump-suggests-illinois-should-not-ask-for-federal-covid-19-bailout/6132627/

NBC5
— Judge Grants Restraining Order to Block Extended Stay-at-Home Order Republican State Rep. Darren Bailey of Xenia, Illinois claimed in the lawsuit filed in Clay County Circuit Court that Pritzker exceeded his authority
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/judge-grants-restraining-order-to-block-extended-stay-at-home-order-reports/2262560/

CBS2
— Judge Blocks Gov. JB Pritzker’s Extension Of Stay-At-Home Order; Governor Vows To Appeal; ‘No One Is Better Off Because Of This Ruling’
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2020/04/27/clay-county-judge-blocks-stay-at-home-order-extension-gov-jb-pritzker-coronavirus-covid-19/

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Illinois judge blocks Governor Pritzker’s extension of stay-at-home order
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/illinois-judge-blocks-governor-pritzkers-extension-of-stay-at-home-order
— Social distancing will continue ‘through the summer,’ Dr. Deborah Birx says – Kelly Taylor Hayes
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/social-distancing-will-continue-through-the-summer-dr-deborah-birx-says

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Downstate judge rules Pritzker out of line with stay-at-home – but governor calls suit ‘dangerous,’ ‘insult to all Illinoisans’ The legislator who filed suit is a vocal supporter of President Donald Trump. He’s also a member of a small group of Downstate GOP legislators who once sponsored legislation to kick Chicago out of Illinois. – Tina Sfondeles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2020/4/27/21239029/downstate-judge-pritzker-bailey-stay-home-order-covid-19-coronavirus-clay-county

— 50 more die in Illinois from coronavirus; death toll nears 2,000 Confirmed COVID-19 deaths in Illinois are at 1,983. With 1,980 more positive cases reported Monday, the state’s tally is 45,883, state officials said. Sunday, 12,676 tests results were returned, according to Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s office. – Tina Sfondeles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/coronavirus/2020/4/27/21238797/coronavirus-death-count-positive-tests-total-cases-illinois-pritzker-daily-briefing
— President Trump, Nikki Haley attack Illinois Democrats in tweets Trump and former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley bashed Illinois Democrats after Illinois Senate President Don Harmon asked the feds for a $10 billion pension bailout. – Lynn Sweet 
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2020/4/27/21238448/president-trump-nikki-haley-attack-illinois-democrats-pension-bailout-bid
— COVID-19 has made Chicago’s affordable housing crisis worse, and the feds must step. Even before the pandemic, 63 percent of African American renters and 56 percent of Latino renters in Chicago were cost-burdened. – Marisa Novara
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/4/27/21238379/covid-19-affordable-housing-chicago-rent-marisa-novara-op-ed

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Coronavirus in Illinois updates: 1,980 new known COVID-19 cases and 50 more deaths reported as Pritzker defends decisions with message aimed downstate
https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-coronavirus-pandemic-chicago-illinois-news-20200427-whmegddbrnbyncb5mklb33vr24-story.html
— The law denies stimulus checks to Americans married to immigrants in the U.S. illegally. An Illinois man alleges that’s discrimination. – ROBERT BURNSON
https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-nw-coronavirus-stimulus-checks-immigrants-20200427-oj5jinbrafc6znxbibb3vyhwxm-story.html
— Nursing home workers authorize May 8 strike at 40 Illinois facilities, most in Chicago area – Robert McCoppin
https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-nursing-home-workers-strike-vote-20200427-ocbcfbk5ezaczdd3a6hkio6uz4-story.html
— Southern Illinois judge temporarily blocks Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s stay-at-home order from applying to Republican state lawmaker who sued – RICK PEARSON, JAMIE MUNKS and DAN PETRELLA
https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-coronavirus-illinois-stay-at-home-lawsuit-20200427-luf5hsnhpff7harnkckfopq26u-story.html
— After initially backing federal aid to states, Trump questions ‘bailing out poorly run states’ like Illinois – RICK PEARSON
https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-coronavirus-trump-illinois-pensions-20200427-5qaiqqqu4rdfdjcwlj6slhlvba-story.html
— Get ready for discrimination based on coronavirus immunity – JONATHAN TURLEY (DIERSEN: Of course, if testing shows that members of protected groups are potentially more contagious, testing will be immediately stopped. Protected groups include: Trump-haters, illegals, non-citizens, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, RINOs, moderates, liberals, globalists, Blacks, Hispanics, Asians, females, young people, LGBTQers, non-Protestants, non-German Americans, drinkers, gamblers, stoners, those who have criminal records, those who have less money than others, those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time, etc.) 
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/ct-opinion-coronavirus-antibody-immunity-bias-20200427-x34evfz5p5ejjblwjbwa5u5c3a-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: But once reliable tests are broadly available, this public health breakthrough could trigger some difficult legal questions. The country may soon have to deal with a new concept of bias: antibody- or immunity-based discrimination. Economic recovery in this pandemic will occur only to the degree that people feel safe if they venture into public spaces such as airplanes, trains, restaurants and shopping malls. With a vaccine still at least a year away, antibody tests could be used to divide the population into those who are presumed to have immunity and the potentially contagious. If you are in the latter group, the question is whether you can be denied certain services.)
— Evanston’s new blight: Brown-papered windows of shopkeepers like me, on life support – NINA BARRETT
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/ct-opinion-coronavirus-nina-barrett-evanston-bookstore-small-business-20200427-p3jqpm5kyfcthavect2j42lfhu-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— Judge upholds legislator’s suit against stay-at-home extension – Jake Griffin
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200427/judge-upholds-legislators-suit-against-stay-at-home-extension
— Judge to Chicago jail: Do more to protect inmates from virus – AP
https://www.dailyherald.com/article/20200427/news/304279914/
— DuPage poised to vote on plan to waive late fees on property taxes – Robert Sanchez
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200427/dupage-poised-to-vote-on-plan-to-waive-late-fees-on-property-taxes
— Aurora Area Interfaith Food Pantry struggles to feed the community – Maureen McGuire
https://www.dailyherald.com/submitted/20200427/aurora-area-interfaith-food-pantry-struggles-to-feed-the-community
— GOP leaders want details on inmates released during pandemic – AP
https://www.dailyherald.com/article/20200427/news/304279927/

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Trump questions whether U.S. should aid ‘Democrat’ states The president singled out Illinois in a tweet today after J.B. Pritzker repeatedly criticized his response to the coronavirus outbreak.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/government/trump-questions-whether-us-should-aid-democrat-states
— Aviation rebound will take years: Boeing CEO “The commercial market will be smaller and our customers’ needs will be different,” he said at the annual meeting today. – JOHN PLETZ
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/manufacturing/aviation-rebound-will-take-years-boeing-ceo
— Aon to cut pay 20% for most employees As the company girds for the COVID-19 fallout, the CEO casts the reductions as a temporary response to what he believes will be a deep and long-lasting recession. – STEVE DANIELS
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/insurance/aon-cut-pay-20-most-employees
— Pritzker vs. Trump redux as fight over federal COVID aid deepens After the president singles out Illinois, the governor suggests Trump focus on his own budget woes instead of attacking “Democrat run” Illinois for being “poorly run.”- GREG HINZ
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/greg-hinz-politics/pritzker-vs-trump-redux-fight-over-federal-covid-aid-deepens
— Downstate judge overturns Pritzker’s stay-at-home order The governor vows immediate efforts to appeal or otherwise block a Clay County judge’s ruling that found the governor lacks the authority to limit Illinoisans’ activities amid the COVID-19 pandemic. – GREG HINZ
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/greg-hinz-politics/downstate-judge-overturns-pritzkers-stay-home-order

WGN RADIO
— Number of US coronavirus cases nears 1 million – AP
https://wgnradio.com/news/number-of-us-coronavirus-cases-nears-1-million/

FOX ILLINOIS
— 2020 Watch: Voters focus on virus, not on Biden running mate – AP (DIERSEN: How strongly will potential running mates promise to help Biden to use the federal government to get rid of the following once and for all: individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/2020-watch-voters-focus-on-virus-not-on-biden-running-mate

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— State Rep Darren Bailey wins Temporary Restraining Order against Governor Pritzker’s stay at home Executive Order – KIRK ALLEN
https://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2020/04/state-rep-darren-bailey-wins-temporary-restraining-order-against-governor-pritzkers-stay-at-home-executive-order/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— JUDGE RULES IN REP. BAILEY’S FAVOR, AGAINST GOV PRITZKER’S CONTINUING STAY-AT-HOME ORDERS
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2020/04/illinois-state-rep-files-lawsuit-against-governor-pritzker.html

— THORNER/O’NEIL: WILL THE LIBERAL MEDIA SUCCEED IN ITS MESSAGE OF DECEPTION?
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2020/04/thorneroneil-will-the-liberal-media-succeed-in-its-message-of-deception.html

CAPITOL FAX
— Pritzker: “This ruling has put the people of Illinois at risk”
https://capitolfax.com/2020/04/27/pritzker-this-ruling-has-put-the-people-of-illinois-at-risk/
— Pritzker talks about hospitalization numbers, Downstate infection rates – “Of the top five counties by infection rate, two of them are downstate” – Pritzker apologizes for claim about dentists – Explains that testing has moved us up the list of most cases – Responds to Trump tweet – Says federal government offered more help with testing – Asked about pension reform – Asked whether it was time to lay off workers and if state workers are actually working – Asked about conventions and large gatherings – Says phone lines at IDES still a big problem – Explains why he’s not following Ohio’s lead – Explains how 14-day decline is defined – Watching meat industry, but doesn’t yet believe a meat shortage is imminent – Refuses to undermine Lightfoot on boating ban – Explains death rate – R0 still above 1 – Working with legislators on workers’ comp changes – Says Pence says Trump still wants to help state and local governments – Will ask GA to expand mail-in balloting
https://capitolfax.com/2020/04/27/pritzker-talks-about-hospitalization-numbers-downstate-infection-rates/
— 1,980 new cases, 50 additional deaths
https://capitolfax.com/2020/04/27/1980-new-cases-50-additional-deaths/
— Illinois’ COVID-19 death toll is probably significantly higher than what’s being reported
https://capitolfax.com/2020/04/27/illinois-covid-19-death-toll-is-probably-significantly-higher-than-whats-being-reported/
— COVID-19 roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2020/04/27/covid-19-roundup-28/
— Pritzker admin responds *** Trump asks why Americans should be “bailing out” states like Illinois
https://capitolfax.com/2020/04/27/trump-asks-why-americans-should-be-bailing-out-states-like-illinois/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Bailing out the broken pension system – Editorial
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/apr/27/editorial-should-congress-allow-states-fraudulentl/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Pelosi: Time to consider providing ‘guaranteed income’ – Susan Ferrechio
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/congress/pelosi-time-to-consider-providing-guaranteed-income

AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE
— Where Will You Live In The Post Covid-19 Future? Cities are cramped, sprawling suburbs are a dead end. That leaves two places well equipped for uncertain times. – JAMES HOWARD KUNSTLER
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/urbs/where-will-you-live-in-the-post-covid-19-future/

THE HILL
— Trump rips media after taking criticism over coronavirus briefings – BRETT SAMUELS AND MORGAN CHALFANT
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/494805-trump-rips-media-after-taking-criticism-over-coronavirus-briefings

CNN
— Nearly three quarters of US senators call on Trump administration to help local news – Brian Stelter (DIERSEN: So far, GOPUSA ILLINOIS does not need help because my Civil Service Retirement System pension, my and my wife’s Social Security, and our federal health, dental, and vision insurance subsidy continue to come.)
https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/24/media/senators-letter-support-local-news/index.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: United States Senators have a new idea to boost struggling local news outlets in their home states: Ads from the federal government. Nearly three-quarters of the US Senate have signed a letter to the Trump administration encouraging various agencies to “increase advertising in local newspapers and on broadcast stations in order to help ensure they are able to continue to operate throughout the Covid-19 pandemic.” More than half of the members of the US House of Representatives have lent their names to a letter endorsing the same idea earlier this week.)

NBC NEWS
— Coronavirus live updates: U.S. death toll nears 55,000
https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/live-blog/2020-04-27-coronavirus-news-n1193086/ncrd1193766#liveBlogHeader

NBC NEW YORK
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters say “NY Republicans Trust Cuomo More Than Trump on Virus Rebound, New Poll Shows. Self-identified conservative voters trust Cuomo on reopening the state over Trump by a 23-point margin.” I should write a book about those who self-identify as being religious, conservative, and/or Republican, but who talk and/or act like they are anti-religious, anti-conservative, and/or anti-Republican.
https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/politics/ny-republicans-trust-cuomo-more-than-trump-on-virus-rebound-new-poll-shows/2390989/

FORBES
— Why Illinois Is In Trouble – 109,881 Public Employees With $100,000+ Paychecks Cost Taxpayers $14B – Adam Andrzejewski (DIERSEN: GAO started paying me $100,000+ in today’s dollars in 1986 when I was 38 years old. In my defense, I had worked for GAO for almost 7 years, and before that, for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 levels, currently $85,084-$96,431. I had passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt when I was 32. I had become a licensed CPA when I was 32. I had passed the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30. I had earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul when I was 31. I had earned an MBA from Loyola when I was 27. I had earned a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU when I was 21.) 
https://www.forbes.com/sites/adamandrzejewski/2020/04/27/why-illinois-is-in-trouble–109881-public-employees-with-100000-paychecks-cost-taxpayers-14b/#64dd9c917ee9

GUARDIAN
— Malicious forces creating ‘perfect storm’ of coronavirus disinformation – Peter Beaumont, Julian Borger and Daniel Boffey
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/24/coronavirus-sparks-perfect-storm-of-state-led-disinformation

RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— Most Favor UN Action Against China for Coronavirus; 41% Want Their State to Sue
https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/current_events/china/most_favor_un_action_against_china_for_coronavirus_41_want_their_state_to_sue

April 26 Morning Edition

ABC7
— Chicago car protest calls for cancellation of rent during COVID-19 crisis
https://abc7chicago.com/chicago-coronavirus-illinois-rent-relief/6129852/
— Illinois coronavirus: Which counties are offering property tax relief during the COVID-19 pandemic? – Jason Knowles and Ann Pistone
https://abc7chicago.com/finance/are-illinois-counties-providing-property-tax-relief-during-the-pandemic-/6125150/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Naperville: Loaves & Fishes says people seeking food assistance up dramatically, and they need financial help to meet demand – SUZANNE BAKER
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-nvs-loaves-and-fishes-virtual-food-drive-st-0424-20200425-dz5owxfxlbek7j5v3mu4xdshim-story.html
— Newly released state figures show jump in COVID-19 deaths at some Illinois long-term care facilities – JOE MAHR and PATRICK M. O’CONNELL
https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-coronavirus-illinois-nursing-homes-deaths-increase-20200426-y7yt6zqpfrheve7dwtwn4y42ty-story.html
— Officials scale back McCormick Place plans by 2,000 beds as coronavirus curve flattens – Lisa Schencker
https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-coronavirus-mccormick-beds-not-opening-curve-flattening-20200425-dqsqvuk2wrd7pmbtgzjik7hkji-story.html
— Amazon plans 1.2 million-square-foot fulfillment center in University Park – MIKE NOLAN (DIERSEN: I bought a new town home in University Park in 1972 when I was 24 years old. I a) lived in it full-time 1972-1974, b) lived in it weekends 1974-1976, c) rented it out 1976-1984, and d) sold it in 1984.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/ct-sta-university-park-amazon-st-0423-20200423-z4324rj5zjbbvplg74mgr3gg4i-story.html
— ‘It’s a slap in the face’: Victims are angered as jails free inmates – JOHN ELIGON
https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/sns-nyt-victims-angry-as-jails-free-inmates-20200426-gmcnrwlt5zgzvprhvkmpan6vkq-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Illinois man sues Trump for denying stimulus checks to Americans married to immigrants “It’s a deliberately cruel carve-out,” Manar Waheed, senior legislative and advocacy counsel with the American Civil Liberties Union, said in the suit. – Sam Kelly
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/4/25/21237048/president-trump-sued-immigrant-cares-act-federal-lawsuit-stimulus-check
— Cook County medical examiner confirms 91 more coronavirus deaths, raising toll to 1,351 A 20-year-old Park Forest man without any underlying health conditions died Saturday of a COVID-19 infection, the medical examiner’s office said. – Sam Kelly
https://chicago.suntimes.com/coronavirus/2020/4/25/21236942/cook-county-medical-examiner-confirms-91-more-coronavirus-deaths-raising-toll-to-1351

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE: Lab medical director explains how COVID-19 testing works – Marie Wilson
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200425/lab-medical-director-explains-how-covid-19-testing-works

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Flaw in guidelines fuels wrong thinking on reopening – Mark Glennon
https://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/guest-commentary/guest-commentary-flaw-in-guidelines-fuels-wrong-thinking-on-reopening/article_cc15fac9-8c5c-53ff-bbbf-844049895c56.html

HERALD NEWS
— Protesters gather in Crest Hill due to stay-at-home order – ERIC GINNARD
https://www.theherald-news.com/lists/2020/04/25/abf8e1ef0d3a449297a30b1e41e3e238/index.xml

SOUTHERN
— ‘Mixed emotions’: Local GOP lawmakers happy with some of Pritzker’s stay-home response, still waiting on others – Isaac Smith 
https://thesouthern.com/news/local/mixed-emotions-local-gop-lawmakers-happy-with-some-of-pritzkers-stay-home-response-still-waiting/article_b573dd3e-9bfe-519f-a690-dbc2fb53ed84.html

PLATT COUNTY JOURNAL REPUBLICAN
— Third-party candidates’ ballot access rules officially loosened – Rebecca Anzel (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes talk and/or act like they are Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, Green plants, or RINOs. They focus on getting the leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Milton Township Republican Organization, etc. a) to discourage me from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails and b) to discourage everyone from reading those emails.)
https://www.journal-republican.com/coronavirus/third-party-candidates-ballot-access-rules-officially-loosened/article_42e1a318-868f-11ea-9c24-f3c45c1fd52a.html

WEEK
— Protesters demand Gov. Pritzker reopen Illinois – Mike Miletich
https://week.com/2020/04/25/protesters-demand-pritzker-reopen-illinois/

NPR ILLINOIS
— Concerns Over Giving Nursing Homes Civil Immunity Protections – INA JAFFE
https://www.nprillinois.org/post/concerns-over-giving-nursing-homes-civil-immunity-protections#stream/0
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, a) Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs a) encourage young people to be LGBTQers and b) demonize, denigrate, and condemn those who do not promote LGBTQ activity.
https://www.nprillinois.org/post/some-lgbtq-youth-find-hard-times-home#stream/0
https://www.npr.org/2020/04/25/844904676/some-lgbtq-youth-find-hard-times-at-home

FOX ILLINOIS
— Conservative group sues to stop California aid to illegal immigrants – AP
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/conservative-group-sues-to-stop-california-aid-to-immigrants
— Out of pandemic crisis, what could a new New Deal look like? – AP (DIERSEN: Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs want any “new deal” to get rid of the following once and for all: individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/out-of-pandemic-crisis-what-could-a-new-new-deal-look-like

NEWS CHANNEL 20
— In Trump’s shadow, Congress-at-home eyes reboot during virus – AP
https://newschannel20.com/news/coronavirus/in-trumps-shadow-congress-at-home-eyes-reboot-during-virus

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— AS PRITZKER CONTINUES TO EXTEND HIS EMERGENCY POWERS, WHAT ROLE SHOULD THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY PLAY? – Joe Tabor
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/as-pritzker-continues-to-extend-his-emergency-powers-what-role-should-the-general-assembly-play/

CAPITOL FAX
— 2,119 new cases, 80 additional deaths
https://capitolfax.com/2020/04/25/2119-new-cases-80-additional-deaths/
— Pritzker praises volunteers – Dr. Ezike bemoans “significant increase in calls to the Illinois Poison Center” – “Injecting, ingesting, snorting household cleaners is dangerous” – Ezike says state ran 11,985 tests in last 24 hours – Dr. Ezike asked about rumors – Encourages those who’ve had it to donate plasma – Reporter asks question posed by front group – Yet another question about summertime activities – Asked about boating – Ezike says she’s looking at allowing drive-in theaters – Pritzker counters WIND reporter: “We actually never closed dentists or doctors offices” – Says lakefront and city golf reopening is up to mayor – Reporter mischaracterizes memo – Says why county-by-county approach won’t work – Still no humidity guidance – Talks about limitations on rapid test machines – Says workers’ comp commission revisiting emergency rule – Deflects gotcha question on Trump – Dr. Ezike again explains nursing home reporting system – No housecalls for hairdressers – Says it’s possible state could allow independent pharmacies to do tests – Pleads for more federal help for small businesses
https://capitolfax.com/2020/04/25/pritzker-praises-volunteers-dr-ezike-bemoans-significant-increase-in-calls-to-the-illinois-poison-center/

CNS NEWS
— Sen. Cotton: ‘Stop Allowing Hundreds of Thousands of Chinese Students to Come to Our Universities’ – Susan Jones
https://cnsnews.com/article/washington/susan-jones/sen-cotton-stop-allowing-hundreds-thousands-chinese-students-come

TOWNHALL
— A Little Something For Everyone…To Hate – Derek Hunter
https://townhall.com/columnists/derekhunter/2020/04/26/a-little-something-for-everyoneto-hate-n2567618
— CBP Agents Rescue 4 Lost Illegals Who Called 911 After Crossing Border – Bronson Stocking
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/bronsonstocking/2020/04/26/cbp-agents-rescue-4-lost-illegals-who-called-911-after-crossing-border-n2567625

NEWS BUSTERS
— The Liberal Media’s Latest Corona Attack on Trump – Jeffrey Lord 
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/jeffrey-lord/2020/04/25/liberal-medias-latest-corona-attack-trump

HOT AIR
— Team Trump Fears Suburban Women In 2020, Especially After COVID-19
https://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2020/04/team-trump-fears-suburban-women-2020-especially-covid-19/

GATEWAY PUNDIT
— Tens of Thousands Defy Newsom’s Authoritarian Lockdown Order and Flock to SoCal Beaches Amid Heatwave – Cristina Laila
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/04/tens-thousands-defy-newsoms-authoritarian-lockdown-order-flock-socal-beaches-amid-heatwave/
— The Experts Were ALL WRONG: Six New Studies Show COVID-19 Infected Millions More than Predicted Across US from NYC to LA to Miami to Boston to Chicago! – Jim Hoft
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/04/experts-wrong-six-new-studies-show-covid-19-infected-millions-predicted-across-us-nyc-la-miami-boston-chicago/

TEA PARTY
— Reporters Stand Ground After White House Tried To Move CNN To Back Row In Briefing Room – Gateway Pundit (DIERSEN: I should write a book about the following who pander to Capitol Fax and the rest of the Democrat news media in Illinois: activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, campaign managers, etc. in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois who paint themselves as being religious, conservative, and/or Republican and have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout. I would focus on those who blame me and blame my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails for their problems, for your problems, for my problems, and for everyone’s problems. ) 
https://www.teaparty.org/reporters-stand-ground-after-white-house-tried-to-move-cnn-to-back-row-in-briefing-room-437024/

NATIONAL REVIEW
— America Can’t Face China Alone – MATTHEW CONTINETTI (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats and other Trump-haters side with Communist China against America.)
https://www.nationalreview.com/2020/04/china-american-foreign-policy-facing-threat-requires-new-institutions-and-alliances/

THE HILL
— Biden takes back seat to Pelosi, Schumer in coronavirus response – ALEXANDER BOLTON (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents have their operatives and their dupes do their dirty work for them. While most of the operatives and dupes who work for my critics/opponents have severe financial, health, and other problems, some are candidates, elected officials, and Republican party leaders. I should write a book about them.)
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/494621-biden-takes-back-seat-to-pelosi-schumer-in-coronavirus-response
— Coronavirus exposes scars of Great Recession – SYLVAN LANE 
https://thehill.com/policy/finance/494625-coronavirus-exposes-scars-of-great-recession

NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE: A Candidate in Isolation: Inside Joe Biden’s Cloistered Campaign Walled off from voters in a distinctive kind of lockdown, Mr. Biden has developed a routine, of sorts, as he seeks the presidency from his basement. – Alexander Burns, Shane Goldmacher and Katie Glueck
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/25/us/politics/joe-biden-coronavirus-quarantine.html
— A Few Thousand Protest Stay-at-Home Order at Wisconsin State Capitol The protest was one of the nation’s largest gatherings to date to condemn lockdown orders enacted by state and local governments. – Reid J. Epstein and Kay Nolan
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/24/us/politics/coronavirus-protests-madison-wisconsin.html
— A Big, Once-Reliable Source of Investor Cash Is Drying Up The losses aren’t coming just from the drop in stock prices. The effect of the dividend cuts sweeping through the market will hurt, too. – Jeff Sommer
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/24/business/coronavirus-stocks-investing-dividends.html
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Economic Dignity For All – Gene Sperling (DIERSEN: I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes a) who make it very clear that they would never have stooped to take the jobs that I did and b) who demonize me, denigrate me, and condemn me as having been grossly overpaid. 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.) 
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/24/opinion/sunday/essential-workers-wages-covid.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: They treat the notion of a living wage as radical even though it was a Republican, Theodore Roosevelt, who called for a “living wage” that was high enough “to provide for education and recreation, to care for immature members of the family, to maintain the family during periods of sickness, and to permit of reasonable saving for old age.” Conservatives, and some traditional economic analyses, claim that a living wage would lead to job loss, but that has been repeatedly contradicted by empirical evidence — including a recent analysis of 138 state minimum-wage increases. But even this debate misses a larger reality. We have many policies that can be used in tandem to ensure an effective living wage while alleviating any fears of job loss. The $20-an-hour or more that is most likely needed for working parents to raise their children with true economic dignity can be reached by combining a $15 minimum wage with policies that do not raise employer costs at all — like major expansions of the earned-income tax credit and child-care subsidies. We could further protect employment levels by pairing a major minimum-wage increase with expansions of green jobs, health service jobs and caregiving.)
— Who Has Enough Cash to Get Through the Coronavirus Crisis? – Alissa Quart and Yaryna Serkez (DIERSEN: Sooner or later, if not already, the less that your income has gone down because of the crisis, the less that your expenses have increased because of the crisis, and/or the less that your net worth has gone down because of the crisis, the more that Trump-haters will viciously demonize you, viciously denigrate you, and viciously condemn you.) 
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/04/23/opinion/emergency-savings-coronavirus.html

WASHINGTON POST
— WHO says no evidence recovery prevents second infection as coronavirus deaths surpass 200,000 worldwide
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2020/04/25/coronavirus-latest-news/

NEW YORK POST
— Spa workers shocked after making more on unemployment than on the job – Dana Kennedy
https://nypost.com/2020/04/25/these-wa-spa-workers-make-more-on-unemployment-than-on-job/

BOSTON HERALD
— Facebook fails the coronavirus censorship test – DAVID HARSANYI (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes a) glorify, praise, and promote the Democrat/Libertarian/Green/RINO Facebook, b) want everyone to look at and read only what they post the Democrat/Libertarian/Green/RINO Facebook, c) discourage me from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails, and d) discourage everyone from reading GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails. That shows that my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes are anti-Republican.)
https://www.bostonherald.com/2020/04/26/facebook-fails-the-coronavirus-censorship-test/

BLOOMBERG
— Americans’ Fear of Job Loss Surges to 45-Year High, Poll Shows – Christopher Condon (DIERSEN: One reason why government employees endure the tremendous hatred against government employees is that government employees generally have more job security. I should write a book about those in my neighborhood, in my precinct, in Wheaton’s West District, in Wheaton, in Milton Township, in DuPage County’s 4th District, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout and who hate government employees the most. I would focus on those who hate past, present, and future federal employees and federal retirees the most. I was a federal employee for almost 30 years. I have been a federal retiree for almost 23 years.) 
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-04-22/americans-fear-of-job-loss-surges-to-45-year-high-poll-shows

FORBES
— Coronavirus, CARES And PPP Will Explode The Federal Deficit And Debt – Chuck Jones
https://www.forbes.com/sites/chuckjones/2020/04/25/the-coronavirus-will-explode-the-federal-deficit-and-debt/#2e35b1837ef7
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, a) Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs a) encourage young people to be LGBTQers and b) demonize, denigrate, and condemn those who do not promote LGBTQ activity.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/ashleefowlkes/2020/04/25/covid-19-the-gay-the-homeless-the-gay-and-homeless/#6e6a3a04ad78

BUSINESS JOURNAL
— Virus Casts a Dark Cloud Over Once-thriving Home Market – AP (DIERSEN: How many thousands, if not tens of thousands, if not hundreds of thousands of dollars have efforts to fight the virus driven down the value of real estate in your neighborhood, in your precinct, in your municipal district, in your municipality, in your township, and in your county?)
https://businessjournaldaily.com/virus-casts-a-dark-cloud-over-once-thriving-home-market/

ATLANTIC
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Who wants your main source of income to file for bankruptcy? My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes want the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) to file for bankruptcy. The CSRS should sue my Democrat GAO superiors for forcing me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old.
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/04/why-mitch-mcconnell-wants-states-go-bankrupt/610714/

NEW YORK MAGAZINE
— Why Americans Don’t Vote Their Class Anymore – Eric Levitz (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, those in the lower class join with those in the upper class to vote for Democrats, that is, to screw those the middle class. Ever-increasingly, those in the lower class and those in the upper class are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/04/why-americans-dont-vote-their-class-bernie-sanders-marxist-electoral-theory.html

JD SUPRA
— Three Ways COVID-19 Is Changing How We Will Work In The Future (DIERSEN: Democrat, Libertarian, Green, and RINO employers use Affirmative Action, Diversity, Inclusion, up-or-out, etc. to not hire, to not retain, to not promote, and to get rid of Republicans. So of course, they will use COVID-19 to not hire, to not retain, to not promote, and to get rid of Republicans.) 
https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/three-ways-covid-19-is-changing-how-we-94574/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Screening For COVID-19. For employees who will return to an office, many companies will ramp-up sanitation and screening measures to avoid turning the water cooler into a Coronavirus swap-meet. One such measure may include temperature and/or symptom screening. Disability-related inquiries and medical examinations are prohibited by the ADA unless they are job related and consistent with business necessity. However, because the CDC and local health authorities have acknowledged community spread of COVID-19, likely until the spread of COVID-19 reduces exponentially, the EEOC’s guidance tells us that employers may measure employees’ body temperature and ask employees if they are experiencing symptoms of COVID-19 or if they are at risk of exposure. Employers should carefully train managers and supervisors to ensure that inquiries are confidential and administered evenly among employees. Further, it is permissible to ask certain employees about their symptoms if those symptoms are COVID-19 related, such as sneezing, coughing, or appearing feverish. For more information on this topic, see Updated EEOC COVID-19 Guidance: The Commission Adds New Q&A To Help Employers Understand Their EEO Obligations In These Trying Times, available here. From a wage and hour standpoint, employers should update policies to reflect the compensability of time spent undergoing temperature checks or responding to medical inquires.)

VOICE OF AMERICA:
— Vietnam Blogger Crackdown Continues with Harsh Supreme Court Ruling, More Arrests – An Hai (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes a) glorify, praise, and promote the Democrat/Libertarian/Green/RINO Facebook, b) want everyone to look at and read only what they post the Democrat/Libertarian/Green/RINO Facebook, c) discourage me from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails, and d) discourage everyone from reading GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails. That shows that my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes are anti-Republican.)
https://www.voanews.com/press-freedom/vietnam-blogger-crackdown-continues-harsh-supreme-court-ruling-more-arrests
(FROM THE ARTICLE: An appeals court in Vietnam has upheld a lower court decision to sentence a music teacher to 11 years in prison for criticizing the government on Facebook. Nguyen Nang Tinh, 45, was found guilty of “making and spreading anti-state information and materials” in a one-day trial at the People’s Court in the north central province of Nghe An in November. On Tuesday, the Council of Justices of the Supreme People’s Court upheld that decision at a final appeals hearing. The decision comes amid increased pressure on Facebook to comply with Vietnam’s censorship demands and a spate of similar charges filed against people who used the platform to criticize Hanoi’s pandemic response online. With limited space for independent journalism, many bloggers and journalists use Facebook and social media to report on important issues. In January, the government accused Facebook of violating the law by allowing users to post anti-government comments. Facebook’s local servers in Vietnam were then taken offline until the U.S.-based company agreed to substantially increase the censorship of “anti-state” posts for local users, as Reuters reported Tuesday. In an emailed statement, Facebook confirmed it had reluctantly complied with the government’s request to “restrict access to content which it has deemed to be illegal.” In its 2020 annual World Press Freedom Index, Paris-based Reporters Without Borders (RSF) said bloggers are a primary source of independently reported information.)

LGBTQ NATION
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, those who promote LGBTQ activity make it clear that they are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2020/04/trumps-anti-lgbtq-press-secretary-defends-suggestion-inject-people-lysol/
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2020/04/parades-might-get-canceled-pride-never-will/

SPLC
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, SPLC promotes hatred against individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2020/04/24/trumps-immigration-order-was-drafted-officials-ties-hate-groups-according-report

GUARDIAN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “Donald Trump set to fall back on xenophobia with re-election plan in tatters.”
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/apr/26/donald-trump-xenophobia-re-election-campaign-2020

April 21 Morning Edition

ABC7
— Coronavirus Chicago: 2 more Cook County Jail detainees die after testing positive for COVID-19, bringing total to 6
https://abc7chicago.com/2-more-cook-county-jail-detainees-die-after-testing-positive-for-covid-19/6119164/
— Illinois Coronavirus: Matteson man billed nearly $2K after being tested for COVID-19 – Samantha Chatman
https://abc7chicago.com/health/matteson-man-billed-nearly-$2k-after-being-tested-for-covid-19-/6118404/

NBC5
— Chicago Works to Reach More Black Residents Amid Pandemic – Kathleen Foody and Don Babwin 
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-works-to-reach-more-black-residents-amid-pandemic/2259221/

CBS2
— Coronavirus Pandemic Means Major Changes To Marijuana Industry In Illinois – Tara Molina (DIERSEN: Of course, pot pushers, including the Democrats who run Illinois, want to use the coronavirus pandemic to push pot, then again, they want to use everything to push pot.)
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2020/04/20/coronavirus-pandemic-means-major-changes-to-marijuana-industry-in-illinois/

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— When and how to reopen Illinois amid coronavirus pandemic – Mike Flannery
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/when-and-how-to-reopen-illinois-amid-coronavirus-pandemic

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Some U.S. producers, states reopening amid political pressure The reopenings came amid economic gloom, as oil futures plunged below zero on Monday and stocks and Treasury yields also dropped on Wall Street. – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/coronavirus/2020/4/20/21228976/some-united-states-producers-reopening-amid-political-pressure-coronavirus-pandemic-economy-2020
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/cannabis/2020/4/20/21228425/wiz-khalifa-billy-ray-cyrus-4-20-virtual-celebration-weedmaps-cannabis-coronavirus
— Coronavirus has made incarceration a potential death sentence Prisons should be a priority for supplies, for tests, and for early release of as many inmates as possible, particularly the elderly and the vulnerable. – Jesse Jackson 
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2020/4/20/21228739/coronavirus-has-made-incarceration-a-potential-death-sentence

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Illinois to ramp up nursing home testing, Lightfoot rips Florida governor for beach reopening and hotels selling ‘bonds’ for future travel
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-cb-daywatch-newsletter-april21-20200421-xarluavouzcwvlqp4qhzq73fz4-story.html
— 4/20 just isn’t same this year for marijuana users amid the coronavirus crisis. ‘It’s a weird one.’ – Robert McCoppin (DIERSEN: Of course, pot pushers, including the Democrats who run Illinois, want to use the coronavirus pandemic to push pot, then again, they want to use everything to push pot.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-coronavirus-marijuana-4-20-20200421-rof4h4tb3jetjpgzce6qxgrjt4-story.html
— Suburban libraries are preparing major changes before they eventually reopen: ‘It may not be the same way that it was’ – JENNIFER JOHNSON (DIERSEN: Protected groups include those that are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. Protected groups include: Trump-haters, illegals, non-citizens, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, RINOs, moderates, liberals, Blacks, Asians, females, young people, LGBTQers, non-Protestants, non-German Americans, drinkers, gamblers, stoners, those who have criminal records, those who have less money than others, those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time, etc.) 
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/park-ridge/ct-prh-library-reopen-planning-tl-0423-20200416-abc7cznvs5gobdc2mytltqhh3e-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “I’ve heard some libraries talking about specific hours for protected groups,” she continued. “Maybe we need to have special hours for kids. But anything we do, we’ve got to think of the potential risk to the staff as well.”)
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “Protests against coronavirus stay-at-home orders put us all at risk, may delay America’s reopening.”
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/rex-huppke/ct-coronavirus-protesters-testing-social-distancing-trump-huppke-20200420-zy42j2pwabapvm3atk6236srtq-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— DuPage County plans to help tenants facing eviction during COVID-19 crisis – Robert Sanchez
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200421/dupage-county-plans-to-help-tenants-facing-eviction-during-covid-19-crisis
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers use coronavirus to push pot.
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200420/pot-company-donating-420-from-every-sale-on-420-to-health-care-workers

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Treasury hands out $2.9 billion to airlines—and says there’s more to come The feds didn’t say which carriers received the money yet. However, they said United Airlines, American, Delta and Southwest have struck agreements for aid. – 
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/government/treasury-hands-out-29-billion-airlines-and-says-theres-more-come
— State Farm funds $10 million for Illinois businesses, nonprofits The Bloomington-based insurance giant is working with a Chicago nonprofit to support women- and minority-owned businesses, as well as small nonprofits. – STEVE DANIELS
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/finance-banking/state-farm-funds-10-million-illinois-businesses-nonprofits

WTTW
— Illinois Elections Officials to Get $13.9M in Federal Funds to Hold 2020 Election – Heather Cherone
https://news.wttw.com/2020/04/20/illinois-elections-officials-get-139m-federal-funds-hold-2020-election

BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO
— Coronavirus Patients Occupying 40% Of State’s ICU Beds, Far Less Than Projections: ‘You Have Saved Thousands Of Lives’ The state still saw another 59 coronavirus deaths in the past 24 hours. But Illinoisans who came together to social distance “so far prevented our worst-case scenarios.” – Kelly Bauer
https://blockclubchicago.org/2020/04/20/coronavirus-patients-are-occupying-40-of-icu-hospital-beds-in-illinois-you-have-saved-thousands-of-lives/

CENTER SQUARE
— Illinois free clinics providing essential supplies for diabetics – Zeta Cross
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/illinois-free-clinics-providing-essential-supplies-for-diabetics/article_42ab2c50-8321-11ea-9df3-b79baaf2c2eb.html

CAPITOL FAX
— A look at the numbers
https://capitolfax.com/2020/04/21/a-look-at-the-numbers-3/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— 70% of voters support a ban on immigration in new poll – Jennifer Harper
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/apr/21/good-news-for-trump-70-of-voters-support-a-ban-on-/

FOX NEWS
— Cynthia Nixon says Biden is ‘courting hard-core racists’ in latest coronavirus ad – Julius Young 
https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/cynthia-nixon-biden-courting-hard-core-racists-coronavirus-ad

FOX BUSINESS
— Coronavirus sends one-fifth of workers to unemployment line in some states Rates of illness, however, don’t appear to be a factor – Kim Mackrael, Doug Cameron
https://www.foxbusiness.com/economy/coronavirus-workers-unemployment-line-states

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Media Dials Up Assaults on Trump at Press Conferences – Liz Sheld
https://amgreatness.com/2020/04/20/morning-greatness-media-dials-up-assaults-on-trump-at-press-conferences/

BREITBART
— Trump: Lockdown Protesters ‘Great People’ Who ‘Want Their Jobs Back’ – CHARLIE SPIERING (DIERSEN: What do you say to lockdown promoters who want to use lockdowns to get rid of the following once and for all: individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?) 
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/04/19/trump-lockdown-protesters-jobs-back/

DAILY WIRE
— ‘Infuriating’: Nikki Haley Unloads On Illinois Dems For Trying To Use Crisis To Fund Its ‘Corrupt’ Pension System – James Barrett
https://www.dailywire.com/news/infuriating-nikki-haley-unloads-on-illinois-dems-for-trying-to-get-coronavirus-money-for-its-pension-crisis
— Leftist Journalists Rip Americans Protesting Lockdowns: ‘Nazi, Confederate Death-Cult … Want More Black And Brown People To Die’ – Hank Berrien (DIERSEN: What do you say to lockdown promoters who want to use lockdowns to get rid of the following once and for all: individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?) 
https://www.dailywire.com/news/watch-leftist-journalists-rip-americans-protesting-lockdowns-nazi-confederate-death-cult-want-more-black-and-brown-people-to-die

TOWNHALL
— With Coronavirus, Liberals Only Have Racism Left – Derek Hunter
https://townhall.com/columnists/derekhunter/2020/04/21/with-coronavirus-liberals-only-have-racism-left-n2567268
— As We Fight The Wuhan Coronavirus, The Media Perverts This Four-Letter Word (HOPE) Because They Hate Trump – Matt Vespa
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2020/04/20/the-media-has-perverted-this-four-letter-word-because-they-hate-trump-n2567214

CNS NEWS
— 50% of Liberals Say U.S. Can Afford to Remain Locked Down ‘as Long as Gov’t Officials Say’ – Craig Bannister (DIERSEN: Liberals want to use coronavirus a) to replace capitalism with socialism, b) then to replace socialism with communism, and c) then to replace communism with dictatorship.) 
https://cnsnews.com/blog/craig-bannister/50-liberals-say-us-can-afford-remain-locked-down-long-govt-officials-say
(FROM THE ARTICLE: While the GAO says the federal government’s current fiscal path is “unsustainable,” a third of U.S. likely voters – and 50% of self-identified liberals – believe the U.S. can afford to remain shut down for “as long as government officials say is necessary,” results of a new Rasmussen Reports survey reveals.)
— Where COVID-19 Grants Lead to Racial, Sexual Discrimination – Hans Bader (DIERSEN: Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs use government grants to get rid of individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owners, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://cnsnews.com/commentary/hans-bader/where-covid-19-grants-lead-racial-sexual-discrimination

PATRIOT POST
— Chinese Influence on American Media Massive amounts of money flows from Beijing to U.S. media conglomerates. – Arnold Ahlert (DIERSEN: He who pays the piper calls the tunes.)
https://patriotpost.us/articles/70054-chinese-influence-on-american-media-2020-04-20

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— IL Senate Democrats Using Wuhan Coronavirus to Get Federal Aid to Solve Their Financial Mess – Mary Chastain 
https://legalinsurrection.com/2020/04/il-senate-democrats-using-wuhan-coronavirus-to-get-federal-aid-to-solve-their-financial-mess/

THE HILL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “Low trust in Trump mars crisis response.”
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/493777-the-memo-low-trust-in-trump-mars-crisis-response
— Trump says he will sign executive order temporarily suspending immigration into U.S. – BRETT SAMUELS
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/493812-trump-says-he-will-sign-executive-order-temporarily-suspending?rnd=1587435349
— Trump trails Biden by 8 points despite record high approval: poll – JONATHAN EASLEY
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/493674-trump-trails-biden-by-8-points-despite-record-high-approval-poll

POLITICO
— Coronavirus protests test Facebook’s free speech pledges Mark Zuckerberg says his company is combating “harmful misinformation” by taking down posts promoting defiance of social-distancing rules. But conservatives like Donald Trump Jr. call its actions “chilling & disturbing.” – STEVEN OVERLY (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents a) glorify and praise Facebook and b) want Facebook to get rid of me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails once and for all. My critics/opponents also want the following to get rid of me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails once and for all: Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, Wheaton’s West District, Wheaton, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Milton Township, DuPage County, Illinois, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Illinois Center Right Coalition, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter, GAO, etc.) 
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/04/20/coronavirus-protests-test-facebooks-free-speech-pledges-197724
— Surgeon general gets pushed to sidelines, sparking questions Jerome Adams is the Trump administration’s strongest voice for minority communities and the coronavirus, but has drawn fire from liberals. – DAN DIAMOND
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/04/20/surgeon-general-coronavirus-197508
— Republicans attack Facebook as network shuts down anti-lockdown protests The social network has already removed protest messages in California, New Jersey and Nebraska. – STEVEN OVERLY (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who focus on promoting the Democrat/Libertarian/Green/RINO Facebook. I would focus on those in Wheaton, Glen Ellyn, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout. I would focus on those who focus on a) destroying me, b) destroying my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails, and c) destroying those like you who read the emails.) 
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/04/20/facebook-shuts-down-anti-quarantine-protests-at-states-request-196143

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— US home sales plunge 8.5% in March, and it may grow worse – JOSH BOAK
https://wwmt.com/news/nation-world/us-home-sales-plummeted-85-in-march

NBC NEWS
— Coronavirus: Trump says some governors ‘have gone too far’ on lockdown measures – Linda Givetash
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/coronavirus-trump-says-some-governors-have-gone-too-far-lockdown-n1187596

NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump Says He Will Halt Immigration; States Start to Reopen Businesses
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/20/us/coronavirus-live-news.html
— Trump, Head of Government, Leans Into Antigovernment Message With his poll numbers fading after a rally-around-the-leader bump, the president is stoking protests against stay-at-home orders. – Maggie Haberman
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/20/us/politics/trump-coronavirus.html
— Stocks Fall as Oil’s Slide Continues: The S&P 500 fell about 2 percent in early trading.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/21/business/live-stock-market-trading-coronavirus.html

WASHINGTON POST
— ‘Someone in our building has it’: Covid-19 fuels tensions at apartments and condos – Michael E. Miller (DIERSEN: Will COVID-19 encourage people to live in single family homes?)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/someone-in-our-building-has-it-covid-19-fuels-tensions-at-apartments-and-condos/2020/04/19/576fcb32-7ff2-11ea-a3ee-13e1ae0a3571_story.html
— Trump to temporarily ban immigration; some state move to open up despite warnings
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2020/04/21/coronavirus-latest-news/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters say “Most rate Trump’s coronavirus response negatively and expect crowds will be unsafe until summer.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/most-rate-trumps-coronavirus-response-negatively-and-expect-crowds-will-be-unsafe-until-summer-post-u-md-poll-finds/2020/04/20/0b436dda-833b-11ea-a3eb-e9fc93160703_story.html
— Coronavirus recession could plunge tens of millions into poverty, new report warns The poverty rate could spike as much as 50 percent if the nation’s unprecedented plunge in unemployment is prolonged. – Christopher Ingraham 
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/04/20/coronavirus-recession-could-plunge-tens-millions-into-poverty-new-report-warns/
— Oil prices extend slide one day after U.S. crude drops below zero; Dow plunges 500 points The commodity’s collapse drives home the stark drop in economic activity due to the coronavirus – Thomas Heath 
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/04/21/oil-crash-stocks-today-coronavirus/

NEW YORK POST
— Kellyanne Conway slams states for going ‘too far’ with coronavirus lockdown – Bruce Golding
https://nypost.com/2020/04/20/kellyanne-conway-slams-michigan-going-too-far-with-lockdown/

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— In San Francisco, Latinos account for 25% of coronavirus cases – MAURA DOLAN
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-04-20/latinos-sf-coronavirus

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The Lockdown Rebellion Ordinary Americans protesting to reopen the economy face only contempt from elites. – William McGurn
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-lockdown-rebellion-11587400850
— States Burn Through Cash for Unemployment Payments Nearly half of U.S. states have logged double-digit percentage declines in their trust-fund balances since the end of February – Sarah Chaney
https://www.wsj.com/articles/states-burn-through-cash-for-unemployment-payments-11587412810
— Poll Finds 67% of Voters Support Mail-In Ballots for November Elections Some 58% of voters in the survey said they favor changing election laws permanently to allow voting by mail – Alexa Corse
https://www.wsj.com/articles/poll-finds-67-of-voters-support-mail-in-ballots-for-november-elections-11587463200

NEW YORK MAGAZINE
— Trump Adviser Stephen Moore Compares Social-Distancing Protesters to Rosa Parks – Matt Stieb
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/04/trump-advisor-compares-coronavirus-protesters-to-rosa-parks.html
— On 4/20, Coronavirus Is Killing the Buzz – Adam K. Raymond (DIERSEN: Of course, pot pushers, including Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs, want to use the coronavirus pandemic to push pot, then again, they want to use everything to push pot.)
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/04/on-4-20-coronavirus-is-killing-the-buzz.html

NEWSWEEK
— GOP LAWMAKERS JOIN HUNDREDS AT PENNSYLVANIA RALLY DEMANDING END TO CORONAVIRUS SHUTDOWN – EWAN PALMER
https://www.newsweek.com/coronavirus-reopen-pennsylvania-rally-protest-1499120
— IDAHO STATE REP. SAYS STAY-AT-HOME ORDER IS ‘NO DIFFERENT THAN NAZI GERMANY,’ CLAIMS PEOPLE CALL GOVERNOR ‘LITTLE HITLER’ – CHRISTINA ZHAO
https://www.newsweek.com/idaho-state-rep-says-stay-home-order-no-different-nazi-germany-claims-people-call-governor-1498824

VOICE OF AMERICA
— Who Will Foot Economic Costs of Coronavirus Pandemic? – Jamie Dettmer (DIERSEN: ANSWER: Individuals, organizations, and companies that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owners, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.voanews.com/covid-19-pandemic/who-will-foot-economic-costs-coronavirus-pandemic

FORBES
— On 4/20, It’s High Time To Rethink Marijuana & Taxes – Kelly Phillips Erb (DIERSEN: Of course, pot pushers, including Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs, want to use the coronavirus pandemic to push pot, then again, they want to use everything to push pot.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/kellyphillipserb/2020/04/20/on-420-its-high-time-to-rethink-marijuana–taxes/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Trump-haters a) glorify and praise Chinese Communists and b) paint Trump and his supporters as being Asian-haters. 
https://www.forbes.com/sites/tomspiggle/2020/04/20/coronavirus-scapegoating-employment-discrimination-against-asian-americans/

MOTLEY FOOL
— The Best-Case Scenario for the Coronavirus Impact on U.S. Auto Sales Just Got Worse Auto investors hoping for a quick rebound will be disappointed. – John Rosevear
https://www.fool.com/investing/2020/04/21/the-best-case-scenario-for-the-coronavirus-impact.aspx

JD SUPRA
— Reminder: Conduct An Adverse Impact Analysis Prior To Any COVID-19 Reductions In Force (DIERSEN: Democrats and RINOs use Affirmative Action, Diversity, Inclusion, up-or-out, budget cuts, etc. to get rid of Republicans, and especially to get rid of Republicans who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. It is called patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination.)
https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/reminder-conduct-an-adverse-impact-48009/
— EEOC Updates COVID-19 Guidance (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will it be illegal for employers to stop their employees who are members of the following protected groups from spreading coronavirus: anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?) 
https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/eeoc-updates-covid-19-guidance-86500/

NATIONAL LAW REVIEW
— Handling Employee Concerns and Protests During the Pandemic (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will it be illegal for employers to stop their employees who are members of the following protected groups from spreading coronavirus: anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
https://www.natlawreview.com/article/handling-employee-concerns-and-protests-during-pandemic-federal-law-interference

GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— Survey: Most Federal Employees Say the Coronavirus Pandemic Has Had a ‘Major’ or ‘Extreme’ Impact on Agency Operations Only 4-in-10 of those still reporting to work say their agencies have provided adequate protections. – Eric Katz
https://www.govexec.com/workforce/2020/04/survey-most-feds-say-coronavirus-pandemic-has-had-major-or-extreme-impact-agency-operations/164746/
— GAO is Reviewing the Federal Government’s Pandemic Response – Courtney BuBle
https://www.govexec.com/workforce/2020/04/coronavirus-roundup-gao-reviewing-federal-governments-pandemic-response/164743/
— Office of Special Counsel to Federal Employees: We’re Here to Protect You – HENRY J. KERNER (DIERSEN: Democrats run the federal government. If you are a federal employee, the more of the following that you are, the less protected that you are: Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owner, German American, draft avoider, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.govexec.com/workforce/2020/04/office-special-counsel-federal-employees-were-here-protect-you/164742/

April 20 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Coronavirus Illinois: COVID-19 has not peaked in IL as cases top 31K, Pritzker says; Nursing home concerns grow as PPE arrives from China
https://abc7chicago.com/health/covid-19-has-not-peaked-in-illinois-as-cases-top-31k-pritzker-says-/6116629/
— Coronavirus in the US: Trump says governors play ‘political game’ with COVID-19 tests – AP
https://abc7chicago.com/health/trump-says-governors-play-political-game-with-covid-19-tests/6117729/
— Park Forest coronavirus: National Guard starts COVID-19 testing at Elisabeth Ludeman Development Center – Cate Cauguiran
https://abc7chicago.com/health/il-national-guard-starts-covid-19-testing-at-park-forest-development-center/6118183/
— Governors, amid protests, ask Pence for help keeping people home, test gear – KATHERINE FAULDERS
https://abc7chicago.com/governors-amid-protests-ask-pence-for-help-keeping-people-home-test-gear/6118292/

NBC5
— Highest One-Week Coronavirus Death Toll Reported in Illinois In Illinois, 555 peopled died as a result of the coronavirus over the past seven days
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/highest-one-week-coronavirus-death-toll-reported-in-illinois/2259062/
— Illinois Reports 1,151 New Cases of Coronavirus, 59 Additional Deaths Illinois remains under a stay-at-home order through April 30, but Gov. J.B. Pritzker says a decision on whether that date will be extended is coming
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/coronavirus/illinois-reports-1151-new-cases-of-coronavirus-59-additional-deaths/2258826/

CBS2
— Lightfoot: City, Local Groups Launch COVID-19 ‘Response Team’ For Communities Of Color
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2020/04/20/lightfoot-city-community-organizations-launch-response-team-for-communities-of-color/

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Illinois COVID-19 cases rise to 31,508; statewide death toll now 1,349
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/illinois-covid-19-cases-rise-to-31508-statewide-death-toll-now-1349

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Another 59 people die of COVID-19 in Illinois; hospitalizations remain flat during outbreak Illinois has 1,151 new confirmed cases of the virus, bringing the state’s total to 31,508 positive case. The state has lost 1,349 people to the outbreak, and the coronavirus is now in 95 of the state’s 102 counties, officials said. – Tina Sfondeles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/coronavirus/2020/4/20/21228511/coronavirus-covid-19-illinois-deaths-hospitalization-confirmed-cases-pritzker 
— Efforts outlined to bridge Chicago’s racial divide in coronavirus-related deaths The strategy focuses, at least initially, on three hard-hit neighborhoods: Austin, Auburn-Gresham and South Shore. It includes expanded testing and 60,000 free masks, as well as three 90-minute telephone town hall meetings. – Fran Spielman
https://chicago.suntimes.com/coronavirus/2020/4/20/21228719/coronavirus-chicago-death-rate-racial-disparity-austin-auburn-gresham
— Community groups call for health care equity as black Chicago grapples with COVID-19 “The spread of COVID-19 to the heart of Chicago, which is the black community, has shown and uncovered every dark and ugly disparity that my community faces daily,” Action Now Chicago Executive Director Debra Harris said. – Sam Charles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/coronavirus/2020/4/20/21228284/health-care-equity-black-chicago-coronavirus-covid-19
— Illinois, nation need to do much more COVID-19 testing to safely reopen economy Some public health experts say testing must be doubled or even tripled before the nation’s economy can safely open its doors. – Editorial
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/4/20/21225168/illinois-coronavirus-covid-19-testing-pritzer-trump-governors

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— During daily briefing, President Donald Trump blasts Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker over COVID-19 testing – Dan Petrella
https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-coronavirus-trump-pritzker-spat-20200421-ghiz4o7h7vhlfc6qq47lxh3qbi-story.html
— Governors push back hard after Trump accuses Democrats of playing ‘a very dangerous political game’ by insisting there is a shortage of coronavirus tests – AP
https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-nw-coronavirus-testing-governors-meeting-20200420-qp77whwo7rhvxjsthulipkgx6i-story.html
— Coronavirus in Illinois updates: Officials report 1,151 new known COVID-19 cases and 59 additional deaths statewide, as Pritzker says hospitalizations up 7% from 5 days ago
https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-coronavirus-pandemic-chicago-illinois-news-20200420-fiyolw53xfhtvjdijyswhcwxei-story.html
— ‘We have learned a great deal in the past 12 weeks’; Naperville Mayor Steve Chirico wants some businesses to reopen May 1 – ERIN HEGARTY
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-nvs-mayor-steve-chirico-coronavirus-reopen-st-20200420-blqhpmkf2fchnkzawmr7z4nwba-story.html
— Chicago’s coronavirus disparity: Black Chicagoans still dying disproportionately in city as Mayor Lightfoot creates response teams for hard-hit neighborhoods – Gregory Pratt
https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-coronavirus-chicago-african-american-population-20200420-c2nyvnq4vrcundwdfvhdldtlfe-story.html
— Illinois congressional Republicans oppose Democratic state Senate president’s request for $41 billion in federal aid, accuse him of using crisis to try to cover mismanagement – RICK PEARSON
https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-coronavirus-don-harmon-40-billion-federal-request-republicans-20200420-6k5m54gcfffqtmkfsigpuql7hm-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: White-haters use coronavirus to promote hatred against Whites. 
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/ct-opinion-coronavirus-asian-americans-morita-20200420-ep3bmn3tincczfihw3qvl64boa-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— COVID-19 deaths rise by 59; Pritzker suggests eventual reopening by region – Marni Pyke
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200420/covid-19-deaths-rise-by-59-pritzker-suggests-eventual-reopening-by-region
— 16 migrants test positive for coronavirus on Mexican border – AP
https://www.dailyherald.com/article/20200420/news/304209918/
— April 20 COVID-19 cases per county; use our map to search by ZIP code
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200420/april-20-covid-19-cases-per-county-use-our-map-to-search-by-zip-code
— Governor pledges to expand testing of nursing home staffs – Katlyn Smith and Marie Wilson
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200420/governor-pledges-to-expand-testing-of-nursing-home-staffs

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— United projects $2.1 billion loss in first quarter The airline’s early look at first-quarter results is the first for big U.S. carriers and presages a gruesome set of earnings reports after flights were curtailed worldwide because of COVID-19.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/news/united-projects-21-billion-loss-first-quarter
— Northwestern freezes faculty pay, halts hiring The university said that increased financial pressure, including $25 million in lost revenue, requires measures to adjust to the pandemic and its impact. – LYNNE MAREK (DIERSEN: While I worked for GAO 1980-1997, the agency a) was almost always under hiring and/or promotion freezes and b) shrank by about 50%. SEE: https://www.gao.gov/assets/700/690041.pdf )
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/education/northwestern-freezes-faculty-pay-halts-hiring
— Lightfoot scales back bid for executive powers “If we were bypassing aldermanic oversight, we wouldn’t have presented an ordinance,” the mayor said in response to criticism of a new push for COVID-19 mayoral powers. – A.D. QUIG 
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/government/lightfoot-scales-back-bid-executive-powers
— Palmer House flagged for potential loan default The owner of the city’s second-largest hotel missed its April debt payment on the property as the hospitality sector continues to get slammed by the coronavirus crisis. – DANNY ECKER 
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/commercial-real-estate/palmer-house-flagged-potential-loan-default

WGN RADIO
— Pandemic squeezes finances of Democratic grassroots donors – AP
https://wgnradio.com/news/political-news/pandemic-squeezes-finances-of-democratic-grassroots-donors/

SOUTHERN
— Illinois Senate Republicans, including Schimpf, question Pritzker on prison sentence commutations – JERRY NOWICKI
https://thesouthern.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/illinois-senate-republicans-including-schimpf-question-pritzker-on-prison-sentence-commutations/article_22467b39-c72b-54aa-ad42-8477059eede4.html

HOMEWOOD FLOSSMOOR PATCH
— 15 Coronavirus Cases, 8 Deaths At Manor Care Homewood Data released by the Illinois Department of Public Health also shows eight cases and three deaths at Sunrise of Flossmoor. – Tim Moran (DIERSEN: My aunt has been a resident at Sunrise of Flossmoor since 2010.)
https://patch.com/illinois/homewood-flossmoor/15-coronavirus-cases-8-deaths-manor-care-homewood

SIDLEY
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: High Times for the Cannabis Business
https://www.sidley.com/en/insights/newsupdates/2020/04/podcast-high-times-for-the-cannabis-business

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— IL Senate Democrats Using Wuhan Coronavirus to Get Federal Aid to Solve Their Financial Mess 
https://legalinsurrection.com/2020/04/il-senate-democrats-using-wuhan-coronavirus-to-get-federal-aid-to-solve-their-financial-mess/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— FARMERS TO GET $16B IN FEDERAL DIRECT PAYMENTS, FOOD BANKS $3B, SAYS CONG. DAVIS
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2020/04/farmers-to-get-16b-in-federal-direct-payments-food-banks-3b-says-cong-davis.html
— WHERE’S WEYERMULLER? RALLYING IN WISCONSIN TO “REOPEN AMERICA”
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2020/04/wheres-weyermuller-rallying-in-wisconsin-to-reopen-america-.html
— WEGMANN: WH COUNTERS PRITZKER’S CLAIM OF STINGINESS WITH COVID AID
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2020/04/wegmann-wh-counters-pritzkers-claim-of-stinginess-with-covid-aid.html

CAPITOL FAX
— 1,151 new cases, 59 additional deaths
https://capitolfax.com/2020/04/20/1151-new-cases-59-additional-deaths/
— Pritzker talks about hospitalization numbers – Hospitalizations still rising, but slower – Talks about nursing home testing plans – Warns “bad actors” in nursing home management – Dr. Ezike explains challenges in reporting nursing home data “The data is as good as the data that went in” – Dr. Ezike working with nursing homes, hospitals to identify when residents can go home – Pritzker explains why White House claims on testing are not full story – Outlines how “air bridge” really works – Addresses question about when enough testing to reopen economy – Will address IDES issues in two days – Hints again that mask requirement could be in revised EO – Says regionalized reopening under consideration – Says White House admits antibody tests inadequate – Working with budgeteers – Repeats that we’ll need 14 days of numbers going down to start reopening process
https://capitolfax.com/2020/04/20/pritzker-talks-about-hospitalization-numbers/
— COVID-19 roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2020/04/20/covid-19-roundup-23/
— Republican delegation tells Harmon to withdraw graduated income tax, institute pension reforms, cut state and local spending
https://capitolfax.com/2020/04/20/republican-delegation-tells-harmon-to-withdraw-graduated-income-tax-institute-pension-reforms-cut-state-and-local-spending/
— The nursing home dilemma
https://capitolfax.com/2020/04/20/the-nursing-home-dilemma/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: According to pot pushers, “Black residents of Illinois were seven times more likely to be arrested for cannabis possession in Illinois before the State regulated purchase and possession at the beginning of this year.”
https://capitolfax.com/2020/04/20/study-before-legalization-illinois-had-the-3rd-highest-rate-of-racial-bias-in-cannabis-arrests/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters use coronavirus to promote hatred of Trump and his supporters.
https://capitolfax.com/2020/04/20/the-protesters-are-a-super-minority-of-a-super-minority/

GOPUSA
— Breaking Point? Coronavirus Protests ERUPT Over Lockdown Orders
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=87786
— Don’t Let The Cure Destroy The Patient
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=87767
— Obama AG Eric Holder Eagerly Uses COVID-19 For Political Advantage
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=87746
— Reports From CA Antibody Testing Suggest Many Have Had Coronavirus With No Symptoms
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=87802
— Omar, AOC, Tlaib Sponsor Bill To Cancel Rent, Mortgage Payments
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=87796?omhide=true
— Could Anti-Lockdown Protests Be New Tea Party Movement?
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=87762
— Trump Says That Christians Are Treated Differently Than Others During The COVID-19 Pandemic
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=87744

BREITBART
— Pat Buchanan: Biden’s Plan to Fight Coronavirus Is Healthcare for Illegals – JOHN BINDER
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/04/19/joe-biden-pat-buchanan-coronavirus-healthcare/
— 450,000 Illegal Immigrants Are Getting College Degrees – NEIL MUNRO (DIERSEN: Democrat employers give preference to illegals over citizens of America, that is, Democrat employers hire, retain, and promote illegals over citizens of America. Illegals are future Democrats.) 
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/04/19/report-450000-illegal-immigrants-college-degrees/
— ‘Squad’ Demands Vote-by-Mail, Benefits for Illegal Aliens in Relief Package – HANNAH BLEAU
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/04/20/squad-demandd-vote-mail-benefits-illegal-aliens-relief-package/
— Kevin McCarthy: China’s Lies, Democrats’ Gamesmanship Combine to Harm American Health, Economy in Coronavirus Crisis – MATTHEW BOYLE
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/04/19/exclusive-kevin-mccarthy-chinas-lies-democrats-gamesmanship-combine-to-harm-american-health-economy-in-coronavirus-crisis/
— Big Business Complains of Labor Shortage, High Wages While 22M Americans Out of Work – JOHN BINDER
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/04/19/big-business-complains-of-labor-shortage-high-wages-while-22m-americans-out-of-work/

TOWNHALL
— NYT Exploits Man’s Coronavirus Death With Shoddy, Hypocritical Hit Piece on Fox News – Guy Benson
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2020/04/20/nyt-fox-hit-piece-n2567204

THE HILL
— Fauci warns protests will ‘backfire,’ slow economic recovery – BRETT SAMUELS
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/493647-fauci-warns-protests-against-against-stay-at-home-orders-will

CNN
— US oil prices crash below $0 a barrel. – Clare Duffy
https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/19/tech/global-stocks/index.html

NEW YORK TIMES
— U.S. Oil Prices Plunge Into Negative Territory
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/20/business/stock-market-live-trading-coronavirus.html

WASHINGTON POST
— White House, GOP face heat after hotel and restaurant chains helped run small business program dry With program out of money, backlash prompts executives at Shake Shack to return $10 million loan. – Jonathan O’Connell 
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/04/20/white-house-gop-face-heat-after-hotel-restaurant-chains-helped-run-small-business-program-dry/
— Brett Giroir, Trump’s testing czar, was forced out of a job developing vaccine projects. Now he’s on the hot seat. – Michael Kranish (DIERSEN: In Diersen v. GAO, I entered into the record all of the many performance evaluations that I received while I worked for GAO 1980-1997. Not one of them justified the adverse actions that my Democrat superiors took against me including forcing me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, always ranking me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, not promoting me beyond GS-13, getting rid of my mentor in 1987, keeping me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and forcing me to take a $20,157 (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980.) 
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/brett-giroir-trumps-testing-czar-was-forced-out-of-a-job-developing-vaccine-projects-now-hes-on-the-hot-seat/2020/04/19/b061b968-7e89-11ea-8de7-9fdff6d5d83e_story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Brett Giroir, the federal official overseeing coronavirus testing efforts, says that his experience working on vaccine development projects at Texas A&M University helped prepare him for this historic moment. He once said that his vaccine effort was so vital that “the fate of 50 million people will rely on us getting this done.” But after eight years of work on several vaccine projects, Giroir was told in 2015 he had 30 minutes to resign or he would be fired. His annual performance evaluation at Texas A&M, the local newspaper reported, said he was “more interested in promoting yourself” than the health science center where he worked. He got low marks on being a “team player.” Now President Trump has given Giroir the crucial task of ending the massive shortfall of tests for the novel coronavirus. Some governors have blasted the lack of federal help on testing, which they say is necessary to enact Trump’s plan for reopening the economy.)
— Historic plunge in oil prices sends U.S. stocks reeling, with Dow losing nearly 600 points U.S. crude prices for May delivery turned negative – a first – amid scarce demand and limited storage capacity – Jacob Bogage and Thomas Heath
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/04/20/stocks-markets-today-oil-coronavirus/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— To Get Back to Work, Companies Seek Coronavirus Tests for Workers Testing workers for Covid-19 could prevent the virus’s spread and boost confidence about coming back to work, but it’s no easy undertaking, medical experts say – Sarah Krouse (DIERSEN: Of course, if members of protected groups disproportionally fail tests, Trump-haters will blame that on Trump and those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. Protected groups include: Trump-haters, illegals, non-citizens, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, RINOs, moderates, liberals, Blacks, Asians, females, young people, LGBTQers, non-Protestants, non-German Americans, stoners, those who have criminal records, those who have less money than others, those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time, etc.) 
https://www.wsj.com/articles/to-get-back-to-work-companies-seek-coronavirus-tests-for-workers-11587375003
— Coronavirus Testing Hampered by Disarray, Shortages, Backlogs State officials and labs say competition for supplies and questionable results are prolonging the national crisis – Christopher Weaver and Rebecca Ballhaus
https://www.wsj.com/articles/coronavirus-testing-hampered-by-disarray-shortages-backlogs-11587328441

RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— 60% of Democrats Blame Trump More Than China for Coronavirus
https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/current_events/disease/60_of_democrats_blame_trump_more_than_china_for_coronavirus

April 19 Morning Edition

ABC7
— South Side meat packing plant employees call for investigation after 21 COVID-19 cases confirmed – Alexis McAdams
https://abc7chicago.com/health/covid-19-outbreak-at-chicago-meat-packing-plant-sparks-calls-for-investigation/6114075/
— Coronavirus crisis: UK researchers training dogs to sniff out COVID-19 virus in humans – CNN
https://abc7chicago.com/pets-animals/researchers-training-dogs-in-uk-to-sniff-out-covid-19-virus-in-humans/6114833/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Fox News is trying to kill its audience – Rex Huppke
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/rex-huppke/ct-coronavirus-fox-news-protests-michigan-hannity-pirro-huppke-20200417-u4w3bflsyrb37e2epp37kws6yi-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Illinois cannot walk until it crawls in beating COVID-19, but on testing we’re still crawling We all know why we need to contain and reduce our risk to the COVID-19 virus. Now we details on how. – Rich Miller
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/4/17/21225830/illinois-cannot-walk-until-it-crawls-in-beating-covid-19-but-on-testing-were-still-crawling

DAILY HERALD
— Some Illinois golf officials say it’s time to open courses – John Dietz
https://www.dailyherald.com/sports/20200418/some-illinois-golf-officials-say-its-time-to-open-courses
— Lost insurance and need insulin? Makers offer it free or cheap – Linda A. Johnson (DIERSEN: My father fought type 1 diabetes from age 14. He died suddenly of heart failure in 1969 when I was 21 and he was 47. The high cost of insulin was one reason why he and his father had less money.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/entlife/20200419/lost-insurance-and-need-insulin-makers-offer-it-free-or-cheap

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— That $174 million is only part of the bill – Doug Finke (DIERSEN: One could argue that efforts to stop coronavirus are bankrupting every government entity and every country in the world.)
https://www.sj-r.com/news/20200418/statehouse-insider-that-174-million-is-only-part-of-bill

QUINCY HERALD WHIG
— Even group of Republicans won’t vote for Trump – Steve Miller, Nauvoo (DIERSEN: What do you say to Republican activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc. who talk and/or act like they are really anti-Trumps if not Trump-haters?) 
https://www.whig.com/20200419/even-group-of-republicans-wont-vote-for-trump
(FROM THE LETTER: So, I thought it would be interesting to share the contents of a recent Washington Post column written by members of the “Lincoln Project,” an organization of Republicans with a mission to defeat Trump in November. They say “The United States is beset with a president who was unprepared for the burden of the presidency and who has made plain his deficits in leadership, management, intelligence and morality.” They see the U.S. as “in a transcendent and transformative period” and conclude we “cannot afford another four years of chaos, duplicity and Trump’s reality distortion.” They have seen the damaging effect that “corruption and cultish amateurism” has done to this country and feel we need to heal and go in a new direction. This group supports Joe Biden for president, the first time any of them has ever supported a Democrat.)

SUBURBAN CHICAGOLAND
— Oberweis offers Speaker Pelosi ice cream if she goes to Washington D.C. to help small businesses
https://suburbanchicagoland.com/2020/04/19/oberweis-offers-speaker-pelosi-ice-cream-if-she-goes-to-washington-d-c-to-help-small-businesses/

NPR ILLINOIS
— Trump Warns Of ‘Consequences’ If China Was ‘Knowingly Responsible’ For Outbreak – JUANA SUMMERS (DIERSEN: Democrats side with Communist China against America.)
https://www.nprillinois.org/post/trump-hold-briefing-coronavirus-developments#stream/0

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— IL-14: Geneva Swedish Days 2020 Cancelled due to Coronavirus Pandemic
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/04/18/il-14-geneva-swedish-days-2020-cancelled-due-to-coronavirus-pandemic/ 
— IL-14: So What’s All the Chatter with House Nancy Speaker Pelosi and Ice Cream?
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/04/19/kingdom-man-called-home-arthur-evans-sr-august-12-1929-november-25-2019-copy/ 
— How Donald Trump Got His Bible
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/04/19/how-donald-trump-got-his-bible/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— ‘Heartbroken’ Obama ‘eager’ to help Biden defeat Trump in election – Anthony Leonardi (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, defeating Trump and defeating all the other Republicans on November 3, 2020 ballots in America is the Democrat Party’s top priority. 
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/heartbroken-obama-eager-to-help-biden-defeat-trump-in-election

FOX NEWS
— Maine lawmaker organizes protest of governor’s coronavirus stay-at-home order – Robert Gearty
https://www.foxnews.com/us/maine-lawmaker-organizes-protest-of-governors-coronavirus-restrictions
— How complicit is the WHO in China’s coronavirus cover-up? – Hollie McKay
https://www.foxnews.com/world/how-complicit-is-who-china-coronavirus-cover-up
— Trump hails ‘positive signs’ in coronavirus fight, says US is ‘king of ventilators’ – Adam Shaw
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/president-trump-hails-positive-signs-coronavirus-fight

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— China Might Try to Take Taiwan Not since the interwar period has the American military position in the Pacific been weaker—and the Chinese know it. – Brandon J. Weichert (DIERSEN: If Communist China takes Taiwan, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes will side with China.)
https://amgreatness.com/2020/04/18/china-might-try-to-take-taiwan/

BREITBART
— Franklin Graham: Democrats Exploit Coronavirus to ‘Defeat Donald Trump in the Election’ – THOMAS D. WILLIAMS, PH.D.
https://www.breitbart.com/health/2020/04/18/franklin-graham-democrats-exploit-coronavirus-defeat-donald-trump-election/

TOWNHALL
— Never Let A Good Crisis Go To Waste – Derek Hunter
https://townhall.com/columnists/derekhunter/2020/04/19/never-let-a-good-crisis-go-to-waste-n2567181
— Jeff Sessions Doesn’t Have Trump’s Support, But His Immigration Moratorium Should – Gavin Wax (DIERSEN: Whose support do you not have and why? I should write a book about those whose support I do not have. I would focus on those who paint themselves as being religious, conservative, and/or Republican. I would focus on those who hold leadership positions in the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois. I would focus on those who focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate or dominate. I would focus on those who blame me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails for their problems, your problems, my problems, and everyone’s problems.)
https://townhall.com/columnists/gavinwax/2020/04/19/jeff-sessions-doesnt-have-trumps-support-but-his-immigration-moratorium-should-n2567174

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Tucker Carlson: Blame America Or China? China Is Waging a Coronavirus Distraction Campaign – Ian Schwartz (DIERSEN: Democrats side with Communist China against America.)
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2020/04/18/tucker_carlson_blame_america_or_china_china_is_waging_a_coronavirus_distraction_campaign.html

EPOCH TIMES
— Why America’s Youth Have Such a Distorted View of America – FRED J. ECKERT
https://www.theepochtimes.com/why-americas-youth-have-such-a-distorted-view-of-america_3309073.html

THE HILL
— Progressives look for concession from Biden with running mate – TAL AXELROD (DIERSEN: Of course, progressives want Biden’s running mate to be anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.) 
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/493307-progressives-look-for-concession-from-biden-with-running-mate-pick
— Why China will likely avoid liability in spread of coronavirus pandemic – JONATHAN TURLEY (DIERSEN: Democrats side with Communist China against America.)
https://thehill.com/opinion/judiciary/493467-why-china-will-likely-avoid-liability-in-spread-of-coronavirus-pandemic
— Foreign powers test U.S. defenses amid coronavirus pandemic – ELLEN MITCHELL (DIERSEN: Trump-haters side with foreign countries and with their citizens against America and against its citizens.)
https://thehill.com/policy/defense/493490-foreign-powers-test-us-defenses-amid-coronavirus-pandemic

HUFFINGTON POST
— Lawmakers Demand To Know Where Business Stimulus Funds Are Going The Trump administration so far is stonewalling on even the most basic information. – Mary Papenfuss
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/business-stimulus-funds-basic-details-senators_n_5e9b9914c5b664cb6c43e702

POLITICO
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs blame not just Trump for coronavirus, but a) all the Republican candidates on November 3, 2020 ballots in America, b) all Republican elected and appointed officials, c) all Republican Party leaders, and d) all Republican Precinct Committeemen/Captains.
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/04/18/trump-coronavirus-who-bill-gates-fauci-193379
— Blackburn accuses Facebook of enabling WHO misinformation – ALEXANDRA S. LEVINE (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operative, and their dupes want everyone to look at their pictures on Facebook and read their postings on Facebook instead of reading GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails.)
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/morning-tech/2020/04/17/blackburn-accuses-facebook-of-enabling-who-misinformation-786945

MSNBC
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters say “Trump again takes credit for coronavirus successes while shifting blame for his failures.”
https://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/watch/trump-again-takes-credit-for-coronavirus-successes-while-shifting-blame-for-his-failures-82249285611

NEW YORK TIMES
— It’s the End of the World Economy as We Know It Experts suggest there will be “a rethink of how much any country wants to be reliant on any other country.” – Neil Irwin (DIERSEN: America-haters want America to be dependent on foreign countries and on their citizens.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/16/upshot/world-economy-restructuring-coronavirus.html
— Conservatives Fuel Protests Against Coronavirus Lockdowns – Manny Fernandez (DIERSEN: What percent of these “conservatives” are really Libertarians?)
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/18/us/texas-protests-stay-at-home.html
— For Charlie Kirk, Conservative Activist, the Virus Is a Cudgel – Matthew Rosenberg and Katie Rogers
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/19/us/politics/charlie-kirk-conservatives-coronavirus.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats side with Communist China against America.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/18/us/politics/trump-china-virus.html
https://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2020/04/18/world/asia/18reuters-health-coronavirus-trump-china.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG COLOR PICTURE: The Coronavirus in America: The Year Ahead There will be no quick return to our previous lives, according to nearly two dozen experts. But there is hope for managing the scourge now and in the long term. – Donald G. McNeil Jr.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/18/health/coronavirus-america-future.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters us coronavirus to promote hatred against Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/opinion/america-inequality-coronavirus.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/14/opinion/sunday/coronavirus-racism-african-americans.html
— ‘I AM THE PORTRAIT OF DOWNWARD MOBILITY’ Today’s 40-year-olds on the lives they’ve led, and now this. – Lora Kelley
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/04/17/opinion/inequality-economy-1980.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: It used to be a given that each American generation would do better than the last. Fully 92 percent of the Americans who reached their 30th birthday in 1970 earned more than their parents had earned at the same age, even after adjusting for inflation. But beginning in the 1970s, the economic ladder gradually became harder to climb, and fewer Americans were able to surpass their parents. In the cohort of Americans who turned 30 in 2010, only half earned more than their parents at the same age, according to research by a team of economists led by Raj Chetty, a Harvard professor. The American dream had become a coin flip. That group of Americans, born in 1980, missed out on the post-World War II economic boom that lifted their elders to prosperity. While the economy grew during their childhoods, the gains were distributed much less evenly, as the federal government backed away from policies aimed at minimizing inequality. The winners won bigger, but more people were left behind. The year this group turned 21, the stock market collapsed and the economy fell into recession. In 2008, there was a bigger recession. Now they’re turning 40 and life hasn’t gotten any easier. A decade of sluggish growth has ended in an economic collapse already more severe than the last. They have more debt, less predictable employment, and less reliable access to health care.)
— What Do You Owe Your Neighbor? The Pandemic Might Change Your Answer – Alexander W. Cappelen, Ranveig Falch, Erik O. Sorensen, Bertil Tungodden and Gus Wezerek (DIERSEN: According to Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs, Republicans owe everything to those who are Democrat, Libertarian, Green, and/or RINO, and especially to those who are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/04/16/opinion/coronavirus-inequality-solidarity-poll.html
— ‘All of It Is Happening All at Once’: When Congress Works From Home. With the Capitol shuttered for the foreseeable future, senators and representatives are struggling, with the rest of the country, to adapt to virtual working. – Nicholas Fandos and Sheryl Gay Stolberg
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/18/us/politics/coronavirus-congress-remote-work.html

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Republican-hater says “Stop saying ‘we’re all in this together.’ You have money. It’s not the same. Lower-income Americans easily can fall through the cracks — even without a pandemic.” Do you have money? Why do you have money? I should write a book about those who have demonized, denigrated, and condemned me the most for my having money. They hint/imply/argue/shout that I undeservedly have money because I am White, male, healthy, Protestant (baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran), conservative, Republican, 100% German American, draft avoider, my ancestors have been in America since 1844, federal employee for almost 30 years, federal retiree for more than 22 years, married since 1978, we gave up trying to have children, we did not adopt, and we did not become foster parents, etc. 
https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2020/04/18/coronavirus-retail-jobs-inequality/
— We’ve never backed a Democrat for president. But Trump must be defeated. – George T. Conway III, Reed Galen, Steve Schmidt, John Weaver and Rick Wilson (DIERSEN: What do you say to Republican activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc. who talk and/or act like they are really anti-Trumps if not Trump-haters?)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/04/15/weve-never-backed-democrat-president-trump-must-be-defeated/

NEW YORK POST
— Why coronavirus will not cost Trump reelection: Goodwin – Michael Goodwin
https://nypost.com/2020/04/18/why-coronavirus-will-not-cost-trump-reelection-goodwin/
— America’s junk food diet makes us even more vulnerable to coronavirus – Mary Kay (DIERSEN: What do you say to those who do things that increase their vulnerability to coronavirus?) 
https://nypost.com/2020/04/18/americas-junk-food-diet-makes-us-more-vulnerable-to-coronavirus/

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Coronavirus survivors face the stigma and discrimination – PAIGE ST. JOHN, MOLLY HENNESSY-FISKE
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-04-18/fear-and-stigma-around-coronavirus-deliver-harm-and-control

COLUMBUS DISPATCH
— Coronavirus: Racial divide on infections, deaths becomes even starker as more data emerge – AP (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will Democrats hint/imply/argue/shout that Republicans created coronavirus and spread coronavirus to get rid of minorities?)
https://www.dispatch.com/news/20200419/coronavirus–racial-divide-on-infections-deaths-becomes-even-starker-as-more-data-emerge

ST. LOUIS AMERICAN
— We must organize the black masses to fight for fair treatment – Malik Ahmed (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will Democrats hint/imply/argue/shout that Republicans created coronavirus and spread coronavirus to get rid of Blacks?)
http://www.stlamerican.com/news/columnists/guest_columnists/we-must-organize-the-black-masses-to-fight-for-fair-treatment/article_93dec13c-8186-11ea-bd29-3375fcf0ed07.html

PITTSBURGH POST GAZETTE
— Study finds link between air pollution and COVID-19 fatalities – DON HOPEY
http://shale.sites.post-gazette.com/news/health/2020/04/19/COVID-19-fatalities-linked-air-pollution-coronavirus-Harvard-study-PM25-particulate-allegheny-county/stories/202004140148

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— New York City’s Coronavirus Deaths Match Demographics in Other Hot Spots The elderly, men and some racial minorities among the disease’s most vulnerable victims – Shan Li
https://www.wsj.com/articles/new-york-citys-coronavirus-deaths-match-demographics-in-other-hot-spots-11587214800
— Coronavirus Trackers Try Out AI Tools as Eyes Turn to Reopening A lack of testing has spurred efforts to tap other data sources, ranging from medical records to real-time temperature readings – Daniela Hernandez
https://www.wsj.com/articles/coronavirus-trackers-try-out-ai-tools-as-eyes-turn-to-reopening-11587294000

BLOOMBERG
— Trump Suggests China May Be ‘Knowingly Responsible’ for Virus – Mario Parker (DIERSEN: Democrats side with Communist China against America.)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-04-18/trump-suggests-china-may-be-knowingly-responsible-for-virus

NPR
— Who’s Hit Hardest By COVID-19? Why Obesity, Stress And Race All Matter – Allison Aubrey
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/04/18/835563340/whos-hit-hardest-by-covid-19-why-obesity-stress-and-race-all-matter
— Supporters Of Digital Currency Say Pandemic Bolsters Case For A New Approach – MEREDITH ROATEN
https://www.npr.org/2020/04/19/837619834/supporters-of-digital-currency-say-pandemic-bolsters-case-for-a-new-approach

PBS
— Will antibody testing help get people back to work? (DIERSEN: Of course, if members of protected groups have lower antibodies, Trump-haters will blame that on Trump and those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. Protected groups include: Trump-haters, illegals, non-citizens, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, RINOs, moderates, liberals, Blacks, Asians, females, LGBTQers, non-Protestants, non-German Americans, those who have criminal records, those who have less money than others, those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time, etc.)
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/will-antibody-testing-help-get-people-back-to-work

NEWSWEEK
— MORE THAN 60,000 AMERICANS HAVE NOW RECOVERED FROM CORONAVIRUS – JENNI FINK
https://www.newsweek.com/more-60000-americans-have-now-recovered-coronavirus-1498635

NEW YORKER
— There Is No Panacea for the Coronavirus Economy – John Cassidy (DIERSEN: One could argue that the more that you speak one-on-one face-to-face with others, the more likely that you will get coronavirus. What has reduced your one-on-one face-to-face speaking with others? 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, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member, GAO employee, etc.)
https://www.newyorker.com/news/our-columnists/there-is-no-panacea-for-the-coronavirus-economy

HR DIGEST
— Inside America’s Attitude about Age (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always promoted age discrimination to get rid of those who are older than they are and/or to curry favor with those who promote age discrimination. I should write a book about them. They use Affirmative Action, Diversity, Inclusion, and up-or-out to promote age discrimination.)
https://www.thehrdigest.com/ok-boomer-inside-americas-attitude-about-age/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Anyone hitting forty in today’s work scenario is like hitting the wall– or use by date! You are no longer a correct fit in the work culture. Changing technology and a dismal job and economic scenario have forced many companies to tighten their budgetary belt. One of the steps taken is job cuts to make the company leaner meaner. With machine learning, AI, and apps taking over a myriad of jobs many job profiles have become redundant. It is the mid-segment executives that were handling the finance, accounting, sales, and administrative jobs that are finding themselves left out in the cold with applications software taking over their careers. This segment is mostly middle-aged and above, and companies are looking at this section as their pay scales now can no longer be justified. People in their mid-40s and later, who have hit the peak of their working career are suddenly faced with a very empty near future. A crucial point missed by the over-eager human resources is that these middle-aged people are rearing to take the company to the next level. They have passed the ‘learning process” and are ready to put everything into practice. Co-workers who have hit the mid-40s have had their career stalled. If the decision is based on performance or non-delivery of said work, one can accept the fact. Still, most times, the decision is based on the grey hair, and the belief that anyone over 50 is not capable of doing the task or “overqualified” is how they kindly put it. A colleague hitting 40, a star performer for most of his working life, was suddenly persona non grata. Why? Because he was upsetting the average age of the company, which was 28. It was subtle harassment at its best. Many of us have been a witness to workplaces that are glaring lessons in “how not to run a workplace.” The reason — people at the helm lack experience or are still finding their feet as workers, let alone leaders, as simple as that. Experience and age give perspective and patience, two things that the young lack in heaps. It is here that an older pair of shoulders comes in handy. So what is the case made out against the aging? The older generation is slower, not technologically savvy, and cannot think like the young. There is no denying the freshness of ideas that the young bring to the table, but most times, they lack the knowledge to translate that idea into a working one. A significant lacuna is the inability to see the larger picture or missing the forest for the trees. So much time is lost in the details that the actual work is lost somewhere in all the planning.)

DAILY MAIL
— President Trump’s Florida properties furlough 713 workers – including 153 at Mar-a-Lago – due to the coronavirus pandemic – LAUREN EDMONDS
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8232729/Trumps-Florida-properties-furlough-713-workers-coronavirus-pandemic.html
— Trump turns up the heat on ‘unreasonable’ governors who have ‘got carried away’ with lockdowns amid national protests from thousands demanding to be ‘liberated’ after president rips ‘rude’ and ‘nasty’ Democrats – KEITH GRIFFITH (DIERSEN: I should write a book about the most rude and nasty people in Wheaton, Glen Ellyn, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois. I would focus on those who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout and who paint themselves as being religious, conservative, and/or Republican. They talk and/or act like they want to destroy the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and the Illinois Republican Party. They talk and/or act like they are Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, Green plants, or RINOs. They do everything that they can to destroy me and to destroy my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails.)

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8233409/Trump-says-governors-gotten-carried-away-lockdown-orders.html

April 17 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Illinois schools to remain closed for rest of school year; state sees highest daily spike in COVID-19 cases Illinois suffers highest spike in COVID-19 cases in 1 day – Sarah Schulte and Liz Nagy
https://abc7chicago.com/health/illinois-schools-closed-for-rest-of-academic-year-pritzker-says/6110838/

NBC5
— 1,842 New Coronavirus Cases Reported in Illinois- State’s Largest Single-Day Spike With the state preparing to enter its fourth week of a stay-at-home order, the total number of cases reached 27,575
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/coronavirus/1842-new-coronavirus-cases-reported-in-illinois-states-largest-single-day-total/2257659/
— Pritzker Announces Illinois Schools Will Remain Closed for Rest of School Year “My decisions are hard ones, but they will follow the science and the science says they can’t go back to their normal,” Pritzker said – Lauren Stone 
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/pritzker-to-announce-illinois-schools-will-remain-closed-for-rest-of-school-year-sources/2257533/
— Illinois Hasn’t Hit Its Peak Yet, Health Officials Say “We haven’t peaked yet,” Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker said Friday
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/coronavirus/illinois-hasnt-hit-its-peak-yet-health-officials-say/2257757/
— Senator Tells VP Failed Virus Testing Is ‘dereliction’ The Senate is away from Washington through May 4, but it convenes twice each week for pro forma sessions that could be used to pass more coronavirus aid – Lisa Mascaro and Andrew Taylor
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/politics/new-pressure-on-lawmakers-as-virus-aid-for-firms-hits-limit/2257484/
— Coronavirus Could Complicate Trump’s Path to Reelection The pandemic, which has killed more than 30,000 Americans and left millions out of work, has eviscerated Trump’s hope to run for reelection on a strong economy – Jonathan Lemire, Nicholas Riccardi and Thomas Beaumont 
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/coronavirus-complicate-trump-reelection-path/2257388/

WGN TV
— Illinois schools to be closed for remainder of academic school year as state sees 1,842 new COVID-19 cases
https://wgntv.com/news/coronavirus/illinois-schools-expected-to-be-closed-for-remainder-of-academic-school-year/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker shuts down schools for rest of academic year as state reports new single-day high in coronavirus cases – JAMIE MUNKS, GREGORY PRATT and JOHN BYRNE
https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-coronavirus-illinois-schools-pritzker-20200417-uxpkcai7ejcyhazlhii3kwuflq-story.html
— Wall Street agency downgrades Illinois debt after Gov. J.B. Pritzker says coronavirus will blow multibillion hole in state budget – Dan Petrella
https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-coronavirus-illlinois-finances-ratings-20200417-cv6w6xft5zbgzdqzehfkea7m6y-story.html
— Illinois National Guard activated for COVID-19 response at Park Forest developmental center with more than 100 cases – ZAK KOESKE
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/ct-sta-illinois-national-guard-ludeman-center-st-0419-20200417-evmpvn4bfbegtia2njinmdbf54-story.html
— Some states take nation’s first, small steps toward loosening coronavirus restrictions, some seek help from Washington to expand testing – AP
https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-nw-coronavirus-in-united-states-updates-20200417-qlhaumw7xvc6dpll4wgczuerxy-story.html
— Eight more coronavirus-related deaths reported in DuPage County, highest single day yet – Robert McCoppin
https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-coronavirus-illinois-dupage-8-deaths-20200417-hfbef7rh5vdg7c5e7whjk2wpgy-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Record spike of 1,842 new Illinois coronavirus cases: ‘The curve is bending. But it isn’t flat yet’ Get the latest news on how COVID-19 is impacting Chicago and Illinois.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/coronavirus/2020/4/17/21224770/latest-coronavirus-news-live-updates-chicago-illinois-2020

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Pritzker will keep schools closed – GREG HINZ
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/greg-hinz-politics/pritzker-will-keep-schools-closed

DAILY HERALD
— Illinois records highest single-day spike in COVID-19 cases, largely as a result of more tests – Jake Griffin
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200417/illinois-records-highest-single-day-spike-in-covid-19-cases-largely-as-a-result-of-more-tests
— Scant testing in US migration system risks spreading virus – AP
https://www.dailyherald.com/article/20200417/news/304179930/
— Sean Morrison reelected Cook County GOP chair
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200417/sean-morrison-reelected-cook-county-gop-chair
— Link, Shaw to keep political posts in Lake County
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200417/link-shaw-to-keep-political-posts-in-lake-county
— Madison County officials fired for alleged dirt-digging – AP
https://www.dailyherald.com/article/20200417/news/304179937/
— Some states more ready for mail-in voting than others – AP
https://www.dailyherald.com/article/20200417/news/304179980/
— DuPage schools concerned about impact of potential property tax delays – Robert Sanchez
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200417/dupage-schools-concerned-about-impact-of-potential-property-tax-delays

NEWS CHANNEL 20
— Virus forced schools online, but many students didn’t follow – AP
https://newschannel20.com/news/coronavirus/virus-forced-schools-online-but-many-students-didnt-follow

WIREPOINTS
— Illinois Senate Democrats Seek Massive Federal Bailout for State, Going Far Beyond Coronavirus Impact – Mark Glennon and Ted Dabrowski
https://wirepoints.org/illinois-senate-democrats-seek-massive-federal-bailout-for-state-going-far-beyond-coronavirus-impact-wirepoints/

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Trump: From Hamilton to Jefferson in Three Days: How Trump Positioned Governors to Take the Blame for Cocid-19 Deaths after Economy Re-Opened
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/04/17/trump-from-hamilton-to-jefferson-in-less-than-one-week-how-trump-positioned-governors-to-take-the-blame-for-deaths-after-economy-re-opened/ 
— Tyler Wilke Elected to Head McHenry County Republican Party
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/04/17/tyler-wilke-elected-to-head-mchenry-county-republican-party/ 
— Ness Pulls in BIG Bucks for Challenge to Skillicorn, Mainly from Mike Madigan and His Allies
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/04/17/ness-pulls-in-big-bucks-for-challenge-to-skillicorn/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— IVES BLASTS CASTEN FOR WITHHOLDING SUPPORT FOR DISTRICT SMALL BUSINESS COVID-19 AID
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2020/04/ives-blasts-casten-for-withholding-support-for-district-small-business-covid-19-aid.html
— WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION SAYS RESTRICT ALCOHOL SALES DURING COVID CRISIS
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2020/04/world-health-organization-says-restrict-alcohol-sales-during-covid-crisis.html
— SCHOOL NOT TO RESUME FOR 2019-20 YEAR, SAYS ILLINOIS GOV
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2020/04/school-not-to-resume-for-2019-20-year-says-illinois-gov.html
— IL ESSENTIAL BUSINESSES THREATENED WITH WORKERS COMP LAWSUITS IF EMPLOYEES ACQUIRE COVID-19
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2020/04/workers-comp-.html

CAPITOL FAX
— Pritzker closes schools for rest of the academic year – “This was not a decision that I made lightly” – New EO to modify teacher licensing requirement – Outlines federal aid – Asks for understanding on grades – Has messages for teachers and students – Superintendent Ayala: “Closing the digital divide will be pivotal” – IDPH is tracking cases of healthcare workers, hasn’t made them public yet, but will – McCormick Place has five patients – Leaves door open for summer school – Hasn’t contemplated allowing parents to redo school year – Dr. Ezike: “I don’t think we’ve peaked” – Pritzker: “We have not peaked” – No specific action available to force a downward curve – Shies away from a mask requirement: “We don’t live in a dictatorial society” – Asked about large state facilities in southern Illinois
https://capitolfax.com/2020/04/17/pritzker-closes-schools-for-rest-of-the-academic-year-this-was-not-a-decision-that-i-made-lightly/
— 1,842 new cases, 62 additional deaths
https://capitolfax.com/2020/04/17/1842-new-cases-62-additional-deaths/
— COVID-19 roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2020/04/17/covid-19-roundup-20/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Coronavirus case and death counts in U.S. ridiculously low – Cheryl K. Chumley
https://m.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/apr/14/coronavirus-case-and-death-counts-in-us-ridiculous/
— Joe Biden: Some Trump supporters back notion that ‘all Mexicans are rapists and all Muslims are bad’ – David Sherfinski (DIERSEN: Are you a Trump supporter? How do the following treat Trump supporters: a) the leaders of your Republican township/ward/county party organizations; b) the leaders of the Illinois Republican Party; c) the Republican leaders of your municipality; d) the Republican leaders of your township; e) the Republican leaders of your county; f) your Republican state representative and senator; g) your Republican U.S. Representative; and h) the Republican candidates on the November 3, 2020 ballot in your precinct?)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/apr/16/joe-biden-some-trump-supporters-back-notion-all-me/
— Coronavirus ‘much more widespread’ than previously thought, Stanford antibody study finds – Valerie Richardson
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/apr/17/coronavirus-much-more-widespread-previously-though/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— ‘Full steam ahead’: RNC chairwoman says GOP plans to stage August convention despite coronavirus – David M. Drucker
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/full-steam-ahead-rnc-chairwoman-says-gop-plans-to-stage-august-convention-despite-coronavirus
— Congressional scorekeeper estimates enacted pandemic relief bill will cost $1.8 trillion – Jay Heflin
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/congressional-scorekeeper-estimates-enacted-pandemic-relief-bill-will-cost-1-8t
— Republicans move away from their corporate allies and toward Trump on China – W. James Antle III (DIERSEN: From what I see, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes are going to stay with Communist China.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/republicans-move-away-from-their-corporate-allies-and-toward-trump-on-china

FOX NEWS
— Biden’s ‘deplorables moment’? Trump camp decries comments on president’s base – Gregg Re (DIERSEN: Are you a Trump supporter? How do the following treat Trump supporters: a) the leaders of your Republican township/ward/county party organizations; b) the leaders of the Illinois Republican Party; c) the Republican leaders of your municipality; d) the Republican leaders of your township; e) the Republican leaders of your county; f) your Republican state representative and senator; g) your Republican U.S. Representative; and h) the Republican candidates on the November 3, 2020 ballot in your precinct?)
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/bidens-deplorables-moment-trump-camp-decries-comments-on-presidents-base
(FROM THE ARTICLE: During a question-and-answer session, Biden responded “probably not” when someone asked if he could win over Trump supporters, and then he launched into a scathing critique. “There are people who support the president because they like the fact that he is engaged in the politics of division,” Biden said. “They really support the notion that, you know, all Mexicans are rapists and all Muslims are bad and… dividing this nation based on ethnicity, race. This is the one [sic] of the few presidents who succeeded by deliberately trying to divide the country, not unite the country.” Trump’s campaign fired back on Thursday. “Biden reveals his disdain for certain Americans burns just as hot as Hillary’s,” the Trump campaign said in a statement as Biden’s comments circulated. The campaign accused Biden of calling “working-class voters racist, xenophobic and Islamophobic.”)

GOPUSA
— Sacramento Cops Warn: Violate Coronavirus Stay-At-Home Order, You Could Be Arrested
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=87675

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Are We Witnessing a Targeted Hit Against Trump Voters? If you tried to design an attack against the president’s supporters, you couldn’t do better than what the experts have done in the name of public health. – Curtis Ellis (DIERSEN: Are you a Trump supporter? How do the following treat Trump supporters: a) the leaders of your Republican township/ward/county party organizations; b) the leaders of the Illinois Republican Party; c) the Republican leaders of your municipality; d) the Republican leaders of your township; e) the Republican leaders of your county; f) your Republican state representative and senator; g) your Republican U.S. Representative; and h) the Republican candidates on the November 3, 2020 ballot in your precinct?)
https://amgreatness.com/2020/04/15/are-we-witnessing-a-targeted-hit-against-trump-voters/

BREITBART
— Joe Biden Exposes #MeToo Movement as Total BS – JOHN NOLTE
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/04/17/joe-biden-exposes-metoo-movement-total-bs/
— Blue State Blues: Media Would Destroy Republicans for What Nancy Pelosi Is Doing to Block Funding for PPP – JOEL B. POLLAK
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/04/17/blue-state-blues-media-would-destroy-republicans-for-what-nancy-pelosi-is-doing-to-block-funding-for-ppp/
— George W. Bush Center: More Globalization Is the Answer to Coronavirus Crisis – John Binder (DIERSEN: America-haters want America to be dependent on foreign countries for everything.)
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/04/16/george-w-bush-center-globalization-answer-coronavirus-crisis/
— Goldman Sachs Predicts 36% Drop in iPhone Shipments – LUCAS NOLAN
https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2020/04/17/goldman-sachs-predicts-36-drop-in-iphone-shipments/
— Procter & Gamble Reports Biggest US Sales Surge in Decades – JOHN CARNEY
https://www.breitbart.com/economy/2020/04/17/procter-gamble-reports-biggest-us-sales-surge-in-decades/
— Coronavirus: International Flights Continue to Bring 100,000 Unchecked Travellers a Week to Britain – OLIVER JJ LANE
https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2020/04/17/coronavirus-international-flights-bring-100000-unchecked-travellers-week-britain/

NEWSMAX
— Undocumented Aliens and the Promised Land – James Walsh (DIERSEN: America-haters see illegals as being the soldiers in their army to destroy America.)
https://www.newsmax.com/jameswalsh/illegalimmigration/2020/04/17/id/963327/

HOT AIR
— “There’s nowhere to hide,” said Diane Swonk, chief economist at Grant Thornton in Chicago. “This is the deepest, fastest, most broad-based recession we’ve ever seen.” (DIERSEN: What helps you and your spouse to hide from the recession? For us, it includes my Civil Service Retirement System pension; our Social Security; our federal health, dental, and vision insurance subsidy; our having retirement savings; our owning a home; our not having debts; our not having dependents; etc.) 
https://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2020/04/nowhere-hide-unemployment-permeates-economy/

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— When Media Advertising Boycotts Backfire – Mark Hemingway (DIERSEN: Which individuals, organizations, companies, and governments boycott you? I should write a book about those that boycott me and boycott my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails. I would focus on those that claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican. I would focus on those that have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton’s West District, Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois.) 
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2020/04/10/when_media_advertising_boycotts_backfire_142918.html

CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR
— Why Trump supporters are protesting state lockdowns From Michigan to Ohio and Texas, both Democratic and Republican governors are being challenged by protestors who claim a forced lockdown infringes on their constitutional rights. – AP
https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2020/0417/Why-Trump-supporters-are-protesting-state-lockdowns

THE HILL
— Trump appears to back those protesting social distancing measures – BRETT SAMUELS
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/493329-trump-appears-to-back-those-protesting-social-distancing-measures
— Governors complain testing is weak spot in Trump plan – PETER SULLIVAN
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/493403-governors-complain-testing-is-weak-spot-in-trump-plan
— Trump announces $19B program to help agriculture sector – SYLVAN LANE 
https://thehill.com/policy/finance/493418-trump-announces-19b-program-to-help-agriculture-sector

NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump tweets to “LIBERATE” states where people are protesting virus restrictions.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/17/us/coronavirus-cases-news-update.html#link-12bb7c5e
— Most U.S. Firms Have No Plans to Leave China Due to Coronavirus: Survey – Reuters
https://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2020/04/17/business/17reuters-health-coronavirus-china-business.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Texas announces dates for relaxing some coronavirus-related restrictions
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2020/04/17/coronavirus-latest-news/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater hints/implies/argues/shouts that Trump’s cabinet members are not qualified. QUESTION: What qualifies candidates for positions? ANSWER: Their relevant work experience, their relevant education, and their relevant professional certifications and licenses. QUESTION: But what if candidates have to be minority, female, younger, etc.?) 
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/04/17/cabinet-qualified-men-women/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— A Fed Bailout Is Wrong for States and Cities The central bank should adjust its lending methods to prevent abuse by profligate local governments. – Robert C. Pozen
https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-fed-bailout-is-wrong-for-states-and-cities-11586988167

CNBC
— OCTOBER 23, 2018 FLASHBACK: ‘Where do you see yourself in 5 years?’ – Marguerite Ward and Kathryn Dill (DIERSEN: I see myself continuing to send out a GOPUSA ILLINOIS email each and every morning and each and every evening too, and continuing to serve as the DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 9 Republican Precinct Committeeman in Wheaton. Of course, my critics/opponents in Wheaton’s West District, Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois do not want that. Of course, they want to replace me with someone who they can manipulate/dominate. Of course, they want to replace me with a RINO who is not a Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, White, male, older, gun owner, German American, draft avoider, or someone whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes.) 
https://www.cnbc.com/2017/10/31/how-to-answer-the-interview-question-where-do-you-see-yourself-in-5-years.html

LAWYERS
— Ageism At Work Prominent In The United States – Sidney L. Gold (DIERSEN: Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs use Affirmative Action, Diversity, Inclusion, up-or-out, etc., otherwise known as political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination, to not hire Republicans and to get rid of Republicans.) 
https://blogs.lawyers.com/attorney/labor-and-employment/ageism-at-work-prominent-in-the-united-states-61926/

RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— Most Democrats Want Woman, Person of Color As VP Nominee But Have No Favorite (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponent, their operatives, and their dupes, ever-increasingly, everyone wants everyone to get rid of everyone who is a Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owner, German American, draft avoider, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. 
https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/elections/election_2020/most_democrats_want_woman_person_of_color_as_vp_nominee_but_have_no_favorite

SPLC
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: SPLC promotes hatred against individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2020/04/17/hate-groups-and-racist-pundits-spew-covid-19-misinformation-social-media-despite-companies

SUN
— Joe Biden says Trump supporters believe ‘all Mexicans are rapists and all Muslims are bad’ – David Boroff (DIERSEN: Are you a Trump supporter? How do the following treat Trump supporters: a) the leaders of your Republican township/ward/county party organizations; b) the leaders of the Illinois Republican Party; c) the Republican leaders of your municipality; d) the Republican leaders of your township; e) the Republican leaders of your county; f) your Republican state representative and senator; g) your Republican U.S. Representative; and h) the Republican candidates on the November 3, 2020 ballot in your precinct?)
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/11415811/joe-biden-donald-trump-supporters-mexicans-muslims/

April 16 Morning Edition

NBC5
— Pritzker Says State, Not Counties, Will Remain in Charge of Whether ‘Stay-at-Home’ Order is Changed Some lawmakers and local leaders are calling for municipalities and counties to have more say in what restrictions remain in place during the pandemic
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/coronavirus/pritzker-says-state-not-counties-will-remain-in-charge-of-whether-stay-at-home-order-is-changed/2256554/

ABC7
— Coronavirus Illinois: Face mask requirement in Skokie takes effect Thursday, joining Cicero, Glenview, Morton Grove – Diane Pathieu (DIERSEN: How soon do you predict that your municipal district, your municipality, your township, your county, Illinois, and America will require that residents wear a mask outside their home?) 
https://abc7chicago.com/health/face-mask-requirement-in-skokie-takes-effect-thursday/6107423/
— Coronavirus: Chicago barbers, stylists saying ‘no’ to house calls – Samantha Chatman (DIERSEN: I am so old that I remember when doctors made house calls.)
https://abc7chicago.com/business/covid-19-chicago-barbers-stylists-saying-no-to-house-calls/6105009/?cmp=emc-wls-news-headlines-4/16/2020
— Coronavirus tests for antibodies coming, but public health experts question accuracy – Chuck Goudie and Barb Markoff, Christine Tressel and Ross Weidner (DIERSEN: Having high/low antibodies can be used for/against people. Of course, Democrats will stop antibody testing immediately if shows that members of the following protected groups are more or less susceptible: Trump-haters, illegals, non-citizens, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, RINOs, moderates, liberals, minorities, females, LGBTQers, non-Protestants, non-German Americans, non-veterans, non-gun owners, those who have criminal records, those who have less money than others, those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time, etc.)
https://abc7chicago.com/health/coronavirus-antibody-tests-are-coming-but-experts-question-accuracy/6106743/?cmp=emc-wls-news-headlines-4/16/2020

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— COVID-19 numbers crunch packs one-two punch: Pritzker sees $2.7B budget jab now, $6.2B later “You don’t have to be an epidemiologist to see that the virus is going to hit our budget hard, a reality that is being visited upon every state in the United States,” the governor said. – Tina Sfondeles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2020/4/15/21222834/pritzker-state-budget-coronavirus-covid19-deficit-shortfall-billion
— As coronavirus cases rise, public health experts race to reach Latinos   Latinos make up 60% of the population in the 10 ZIP codes in Illinois with the fastest growing number of new COVID-19 cases, according to a recent analysis. – Carlos Ballesteros
https://chicago.suntimes.com/coronavirus/2020/4/15/21222478/coronavirus-covid-19-latinos-illinois-spread-public-health
— Lightfoot worried about ‘new wave of mortgage foreclosures’ due to coronavirus More than 86,000 people applied for 2,000 city rental assistance grants. They gobbled up in record time the $2 million that Lightfoot had set aside for the relief in record time. – Fran Spielman
https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2020/4/15/21222775/coronavirus-chicago-stimulus-funds-cares-act-housing-rent-small-businesses-lightfoot
— U. of I. expects $158M loss — at least — as state’s public universities ask for more federal aid Leaders of Illinois’ public universities say they’ve already lost more than $220 million — and the figure is growing every day. – Matthew Hendrickson
https://chicago.suntimes.com/coronavirus/2020/4/15/21221210/university-illinois-state-larry-dietz-timothy-killeen

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan spends nearly $462K from campaign fund with law firm that employs former Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley – DAN PETRELLA and JAMIE MUNK
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-illinois-house-speaker-madigan-campaign-funds-20200416-a7jvvxtd6fdd7nkblobfe7vv34-story.html
— Senate Democrats push Trump for $30 billion to fund a comprehensive national coronavirus testing plan – RICK PEARSON (DIERSEN: Will governments bar those in their jurisdictions from leaving their homes until they are tested? Will governments determine who gets tested first? Ever-increasingly, governments are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.) 
https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-coronavirus-testing-dick-durbin-20200415-nscybhcfnjefzbncvbc4qzred4-story.html
— With the loss of coffeehouse lattes and school lunches, dairy farmers face tough choices. Corn and soybeans are also hurting in an economy battered by coronavirus – PATRICK M. O’CONNELL
https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-illinois-farmers-coronavirus-20200415-r2z7viovubatdj2hflynhtltae-story.html
— How Illinois responded to coronavirus compared with other states – Kori Rumore
https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-how-illinois-responded-to-coronavirus-compared-20200415-i36jfp4o6raxlmm4xlk5fx2e7i-story.html
— Capt. Crozier should be commended, not censured for his actions on the USS Roosevelt – D’JUAN WILCHER
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/ct-opinion-coronavirus-captain-crozier-uss-roosevelt-20200415-ycuwtfl2bvbyjeynjvn3wbzsem-story.html
— Business owners bleeding money during the coronavirus shutdown gear up for a fight with insurers who’ve denied their claims – Alexia Elejalde-Ruiz
https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-coronavirus-business-interruption-insurance-lawsuits-20200416-b5kl3xaweja7refbqfr4cpkp3u-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— We need many more tests to ‘crush the curve’ – Editorial
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20200416/editorial-we-need-many-more-tests-to-crush-the-curve
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Aurora to allow drive-up alcohol sales, sipping while shopping at mall – Susan Sarkauskas
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200415/aurora-to-allow-drive-up-alcohol-sales-sipping-while-shopping-at-mall
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: TRAGIC: Official signals in-person classes won’t resume this school year – Madhu Krishnamurthy
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200415/official-signals-in-person-classes-wont-resume-this-school-year

WTTW
— How the Public Health Crisis is Hurting Illinois’ Livestock Farmers – Amanda Vinicky
https://news.wttw.com/2020/04/15/how-public-health-crisis-hurting-illinois-livestock-farmers

SUBURBAN LIFE
— 80 more cases of COVID-19, including 4 deaths, reported in DuPage County
https://www.mysuburbanlife.com/2020/04/15/80-more-cases-of-covid-19-including-4-deaths-reported-in-dupage-county/ahhi9eh/

STATELINE
— White House recruits Duckworth, Durbin to advise on reopening economy
https://www.mystateline.com/news/local-news/white-house-recruits-duckworth-durbin-to-advise-on-reopening-economy/

WREX
— More than 50,000 people in US have recovered from coronavirus, 525,000 worldwide – Andrew Carrigan
https://wrex.com/2020/04/16/more-than-50000-people-in-us-have-recovered-from-coronavirus-525000-worldwide/

WIFR
— Durbin is named to President Trump’s nation re-opening task force.
https://www.wifr.com/content/news/Durbin-is-named-to-President-Trumps–569691891.html

WJBC
— Richards to lead McLean County Democrats; Beard re-elected to GOP chair – Katherine Murphy
https://www.wjbc.com/2020/04/16/richards-to-lead-mclean-county-democrats-beard-re-elected-to-gop-chair/

FOX ILLINOIS
— Tech companies step up fight against bad coronavirus info – AP (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, all information is bad except for the information that they put out or bless.)
https://foxillinois.com/news/coronavirus/tech-companies-step-up-fight-against-bad-coronavirus-info
— ‘Hold your nose and vote:’ Progressives weigh backing Biden – AP (DIERSEN: To win over progressives, Biden will promise to use the federal government to get rid of individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/hold-your-nose-and-vote-progressives-weigh-backing-biden
— Stimulus checks distributed: what to do with yours – Matt Roy (DIERSEN: What percent of stimulus money received in Illinois will be used to do what Illinois Democrats want everyone to do: a) buy booze, b) buy pot, and c) gamble?) 
https://foxillinois.com/news/local/stimulus-checks-distributed-what-to-do-with-yours

POSITIVELY NAPERVILLE
— April 15, 2020: Daily COVID-19 Case Counts* for DuPage County
https://www.positivelynaperville.com/2020/04/15/april-15-2020-daily-covid-19-case-counts-for-dupage-county/112035

BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers use coronavirus to push pot.
https://blockclubchicago.org/2020/04/15/weed-dispensaries-chicago-coronavirus-new-rules/

ROBERT FEDER
— Joe Walsh, the former suburban congressman and talk show host on Salem Media Group news/talk WIND 560-AM who challenged President Donald Trump for the 2020 Republican nomination, had tough words for his former colleagues: “I believe the vast majority of people in political talk radio are absolute bullshit artists and liars,” Walsh said in a two-part interview on Steve Cochran’s “Live From My Office” podcast. “They’ll say whatever they have to say to get ratings and whatever. I could never be that.” (Here is the link.) Walsh is promoting his new book, F*ck Silence: Calling Trump Out for the Cultish, Moronic, Authoritarian Con Man He Is, and hosting his own podcast at fsilencepodcast.com.
https://www.robertfeder.com/2020/04/15/robservations-weigel-broadcasting-gets-work-job-hunt-chicago/

ILLINOIS TIMES
— Libertarian-leaning Illinois Policy Institute at odds with stay-at-home orders – Rich Miller
https://www.illinoistimes.com/springfield/illinois-policy-institute-at-odds-with-stay-at-home-orders/Content?oid=12059570

CENTER SQUARE
— Pritzker says secret charter flights to China needed to keep feds from seizing medical supplies – Kevin Bessler
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/pritzker-says-secret-charter-flights-to-china-needed-to-keep-feds-from-seizing-medical-supplies/article_f033d50a-7f5e-11ea-a805-7371ca3c09de.html

CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS
— Chicago tavern sues insurer over ‘business disruption’ claim – PETER HANCOCK (DIERSEN: What about “career disruption” insurance? What disrupted your career? 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 $20,157 (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 resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968.)
https://www.capitolnewsillinois.com/NEWS/chicago-tavern-sues-insurer-over-business-disruption-claim

WIREPOINTS
— Bond market trades Illinois like it’s already junk – Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner
https://wirepoints.org/bond-market-trades-illinois-likes-its-already-junk-wirepoints/
— Illinois’ COVID-19 crisis: Daily data update for April 16th, 2020
https://wirepoints.org/illinois-covid-19-crisis-daily-data-update-wirepoints/

ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— At Last Obama’s Love for Joe Has Come Along – Laurie Higgins
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2020/04/at-last-obamas-love-for-joe-has-come-along/

CAPITOL FAX
— TRAGIC: 22+ million have filed for unemployment aid since national emergency declared
https://capitolfax.com/2020/04/16/22-million-have-filed-for-unemployment-aid-since-national-emergency-declared/

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— BEYOND DISGUSTING, BEYOND TRAGIC: Casten Defends Wet Markets in Face of Scientific Consensus About Their Dangers Rep. Casten wants to preserve Chinese wet markets suspected as source of pandemic – Yuichiro Kakutani
https://freebeacon.com/coronavirus/dem-defends-wet-markets-in-face-of-scientific-consensus-about-their-dangers/
— Joe Biden Has Yet to Face Single Question on Sexual Assault Allegations 3 weeks, 10 interviews, and 81 questions with no mention of sexual assault claim – Brent Scher (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who since 2000 have focused on stopping me from asking candidates questions. I would focus on those who paint themselves as being religious, conservative, and/or Republican. Sooner or later, their candidates do lots of anti-religious, anti-conservative, and/or anti-Republican things. Sooner or later, their candidates’ skeletons come out of their closets.)
https://freebeacon.com/2020-election/joe-biden-has-yet-to-face-single-question-on-sexual-assault-allegations/

GOPUSA
— Democrats Propose Bill To Give Americans $2K A Month During Coronavirus Crisis
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=87644
— Live Free Or Die: Michigan Has Had Enough
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=87637
— Trump Threatens To Close Congress To Push Through Nominations
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=87648
— Newsom Inks Deal To Buy 200M Masks A Month From China, Few Details On Deal
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=87611

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— The Push-back Begins: Protests of Stay-at-Home Orders Popping Up Nationwide- Debra Heine 
https://amgreatness.com/2020/04/15/the-push-back-begins-protests-of-stay-at-home-orders-popping-up-nationwide/
— Leftist Oligarchs Use Pandemic to Attack Trump These donors fund a Democratic Party that is creating the up-down coalition and destroying the middle class. While they try to make us blame the president, the mega businesses they invest in are using this crisis to break the will and the solvency of small independent business owners. – Edward Ring
https://amgreatness.com/2020/04/15/leftist-oligarchs-use-pandemic-to-attack-trump/

BREITBART
— Destruction of the British Family: Marriage Rate Falls to Lowest in Recorded History – KURT ZINDULKA (DIERSEN: I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes a) who claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican, but b) who do nothing to defend or promote the traditional family plank in the Illinois Republican Party platform. I would focus on those who promote LGBTQ activity in Illinois, in DuPage County, in Milton Township, in Wheaton, and in Wheaton’s West District.)
https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2020/04/16/destruction-of-the-british-family-marriage-rate-falls-to-lowest-in-recorded-history/

CONSERVATIVE HQ
— An Economic Shutdown Based On… What? – David Franke
http://www.conservativehq.com/node/32333

NEWSMAX
— Democrats Fight to Give Virus Stimulus Checks to Illegals – Fred Lucas 
https://www.newsmax.com/platinum/illegal-immigration-stimulus-cares-act/2020/04/16/id/963100/

TOWNHALL
— Some Things Will Never Be the Same After the Chinese Coronavirus – Kurt Schlichter
https://townhall.com/columnists/kurtschlichter/2020/04/16/some-things-will-never-be-the-same-after-the-chinese-coronavirus-n2566940

EPOCH TIMES
— China Using Facebook Ads to Attack America, Spread Virus Disinformation – BOWEN XIAO (DIERSEN: QUESTION: What do my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have to say about that? Instead of reading GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails, they want everyone to read only what they post on Facebook.)
https://www.theepochtimes.com/china-using-facebook-ads-to-attack-trump-spread-virus-disinformation-2_3311564.html
— Chinese Communist Subversion of WHO Undermined Global Pandemic Response – PETR SVAB
https://www.theepochtimes.com/chinese-communist-subversion-of-who-undermined-global-pandemic-response_3313092.html

THE HILL
— Far worse to come: COVID-19 collapse of state and local governments – GRADY MEANS (DIERSEN: How soon do you predict that America, Illinois, your county, your township, and your municipality will collapse because of COVID-19?)
https://thehill.com/opinion/finance/491503-far-worse-to-come-covid-19-collapse-of-state-and-local-governments
— Reopening economy emerges as new political battleground – MIKE LILLIS (DIERSEN: Trump-haters do not want the economy to be reopened until after they have defeated Trump on November 3, 2020.) 
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/493048-reopening-economy-emerges-as-new-political-battleground
— BEYOND TRAGIC: 5.2 million more file for unemployment – NIV ELIS 
https://thehill.com/policy/finance/493085-unemployment-claims

POLITICO
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters say “Don’t stop social distancing if coronavirus will spread.”
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/04/15/poll-dont-stop-social-distancing-coronavirus-spread-187290
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Biden promotes hatred against Trump.
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/04/15/biden-trump-temper-tantrum-188812
— The shutdown backlash is coming soon—with a vengeance It’s possible to support the stay-at-home order and still deeply resent it. – JOHN F. HARRIS (DIERSEN: What makes it easier for you to stay-at-home? For me it includes my no longer being a GAO employee, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member, Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, Milton Township Republican Organization webmaster, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, etc.) 
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2020/04/16/the-shutdown-backlash-is-coming-soonwith-a-vengeance-189809
— Progressive movement wary of Warren for VP Her bitter fight with Bernie has left a bad taste among some left-wing leaders. – ALEX THOMPSON and HOLLY OTTERBEIN (DIERSEN: To get picked for VP, Warren will promise to use the federal government to get rid of the following once and for all: individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/04/15/bernie-left-divided-on-warren-for-vp-187113

REUTERS
— TRUMP-HATERS ARE OVERJOYED: With confidence shattered, the road to a ‘normal’ U.S. economy looks long – Howard Schneider
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-confidence-ana/with-confidence-shattered-the-road-to-a-normal-u-s-economy-looks-long-idUSKCN21X2UH
— TRUMP-HATERS ARE OVERJOYED: Democrats, furious with Trump, much more keen to vote now than four years ago – Reuters/Ipsos – Chris Kahn (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Trump-haters shout that if you do not like something that Trump has said or done, you should vote for all the Democrats on the ballot in your precinct.)
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-enthusiasm-exclusive/exclusive-democrats-furious-with-trump-much-more-keen-to-vote-now-than-four-years-ago-reuters-ipsos-idUSKCN21X1AQ

CNN
— U.S. explores possibility that coronavirus started in Chinese lab, not a market – Josh Campbell, Kylie Atwood and Evan Perez
https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/15/politics/us-intelligence-virus-started-chinese-lab/index.html

CNBC
— TRUMP-HATERS ARE OVERJOYED: The economic data is even worse than Wall Street feared: ‘The economy is clearly in ruins here’ – Patti Domm
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/04/15/the-economic-data-is-even-worse-than-wall-street-feared-the-economy-is-clearly-in-ruins-here.html

NEW YORK TIMES
— BEYOND TRAGIC, BEYOND UNACCEPTABLE: More Than 5.2 Million U.S. Workers Filed for Unemployment Total claims have risen to about 22 million in the past four weeks.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/16/business/stock-market-today-coronavirus.html

WASHINGTON POST
— BEYOND TRAGIC, BEYOND UNACCEPTABLE: U.S. now has 22 million unemployed as economy sinks toward Depression-like scenario Last week, 5.2 million people filed unemployment claims, bringing the total to 22 million in the four weeks since President Trump declared a national emergency.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/04/16/unemployment-claims-coronavirus/
— TRUMP-HATERS ARE OVERJOYED: The U.S. has thrown more than $6 trillion at the coronavirus crisis. That number could grow. Between Congress and the Federal Reserve, the government has committed record levels to try to stop an economic calamity — with just limited success. – Andrew Van Dam
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/04/15/coronavirus-economy-6-trillion/

NEW YORK POST
— We must count the deaths from shutdowns as well as from coronavirus – Betsy McCaughey
https://nypost.com/2020/04/14/we-must-count-the-deaths-from-shutdowns-as-well-as-from-coronavirus/

BOSTON GLOBE
— Postal Service caught in the crunch of coronavirus – Paul Steidler, Senior fellow, Lexington Institute (DIERSEN: If my Democrat Park Forest Post Office superiors had not forced me to resign in 1969 when I was 20 years old, I might very well have spent my career working for the Post Office. My Democrat Park Forest Post Office supervisor disapproved of my demographics, especially my being a Missouri Synod Lutheran, 100% German-American, conservative, Republican, non-poor, draft avoider, gun owner, healthy, and my ancestors had been in America since 1844. He was especially furious that 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. He was especially furious that I was on track to earn a college degree.)
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/04/16/opinion/postal-service-caught-crunch-coronavirus/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG GRAPHIC: TRUMP-HATERS ARE OVERJOYED: Coronavirus Closures Froze Swaths of U.S. Economy in March Retail spending and industrial output plunged at record rates – Harriet Torry and Sarah Nassauer
https://www.wsj.com/articles/march-retail-sales-plunged-8-7-as-coronavirus-shutdowns-took-hold-11586954353
— FRONT PAGE: TRUMP-HATERS ARE OVERJOYED: For These Companies, Stimulus Was No Solution; ‘We Decided to Cut Our Losses’ Slammed by the coronavirus pandemic and unsure when, or if, their customers will return, some owners of small businesses are choosing not to apply for help and closing their doors for good – Ruth Simon (DIERSEN: How many employers in your municipal district, in your municipality, in your township, and in your county a) have already closed their doors for good and b) are soon to close their doors for good? What are your elected officials doing about it?)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/we-decided-to-cut-our-losses-why-some-small-firms-are-shutting-down-11586943002
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Business Leaders Urge Trump to Dramatically Increase Coronavirus Testing During first call to discuss reopening country, executives tell president more testing is needed to convince public to return to work – Michael C. Bender and Andrew Restuccia (DIERSEN: Will governments bar those in their jurisdictions from leaving their homes until they are tested? Will governments determine who gets tested first? Ever-increasingly, governments are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.) 
https://www.wsj.com/articles/business-leaders-tell-trump-to-dramatically-increase-coronavirus-testing-11586974130
— U.S. Unemployment Claims Likely Continued at Record Levels Report is likely to show the number of Americans receiving unemployment payments topped 10 million – Eric Morath and Sarah Chaney (DIERSEN: How soon, because of efforts to fight coronavirus, will more people in American be unemployed than employed? How soon, because of efforts to fight coronavirus, will everyone in America be receiving welfare and/or distributing welfare?) 
https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-unemployment-claims-likely-continued-at-record-levels-11587029401
— China’s Export Restrictions Strand Medical Goods U.S. Needs to Fight Coronavirus, State Department Says Products made by 3M, Owens & Minor, PerkinElmer sit in warehouses; GE ventilator production line in Wisconsin nearly brought to a halt – Kate O’Keeffe, Liza Lin and Eva Xiao (DIERSEN: What do you say to politicians who have fought the hardest to make America dependent on foreign countries? What do you say to those a) who hate vehicles made by GM, Ford, and/or Chrysler and/or b) who hate those like me who own/owned vehicles made by GM, Ford, and/or Chrysler?) 
https://www.wsj.com/articles/chinas-export-restrictions-strand-medical-goods-u-s-needs-to-fight-coronavirus-state-department-says-11587031203
— TREASONOUS: California to Assist Illegal Immigrants Affected by Coronavirus The $125 million fund is the first in the nation to help undocumented workers who can’t access unemployment insurance – Alejandro Lazo (DIERSEN: Why doesn’t California get Mexico and other foreign countries to give money to their citizens who are in California illegally?)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/california-to-assist-illegal-immigrants-affected-by-coronavirus-11586985899
— FRONT PAGE: How Coronavirus Is Eroding Privacy Technology to track and monitor individuals aims to slow pandemic, but raises concerns about government overreach – Liza Lin and Timothy W. Martin
https://www.wsj.com/articles/coronavirus-paves-way-for-new-age-of-digital-surveillance-11586963028
— Life at CNN: Skeleton Staff, Record Ratings and Vanishing Ads Coronavirus upends operations, revenue projections; but with viewership soaring network chief tells news staff to keep focused on the crisis – Benjamin Mullin (DIERSEN: QUESTION: Which individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries would NOT take out ads on GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails or www.gopillinois.com ? ANSWER: Those that are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. Those that focus on destroying those who they cannot manipulate/dominate.) 
https://www.wsj.com/articles/life-at-cnn-skeleton-staff-record-ratings-and-vanishing-ads-11586984881
— Joe Biden’s #MeToo Moment The former Vice President asks us not to believe the woman. – Editorial
https://www.wsj.com/articles/joe-bidens-metoo-moment-11586990871

BLOOMBERG
— Ken Griffin, CEOs from McDonald’s, United among those advising Trump on reopening the economy
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-04-15/trump-s-task-force-to-reopen-u-s-becomes-a-day-of-phone-calls

COMMITTEE TO PROTECT JOURNALISTS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters say “Trump’s attacks on credibility of the press are dangerously effective.”
https://cpj.org/2020/04/trumps-attacks-on-credibility-of-the-press-are-dan.php

FREE SPEECH CENTER
— Coronavirus and the First Amendment – John Vile (DIERSEN: If my critics/opponents succeeded in getting Pritzker to stop me from including links in GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails to coronavirus articles that he does not like, who would come to my defense? If my critics/opponents succeeded in getting candidates on November 3, 2020 ballots in my precinct to stop me from including links in GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails to articles about them that they do not like, who would come to my defense?) 
https://mtsu.edu/first-amendment/article/1777/coronavirus-and-the-first-amendment

NEW REPUBLIC
— The 2020 campaign is shaping up into a referendum on Trumpism. – JOHN A. FARRELL (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Trump-haters shout that if you do not like something that Trump has said or done, you should vote for all the Democrats on the ballot in your precinct.)
https://newrepublic.com/article/157173/2020-election-referendum-trumpism-white-grievance-politics

ATLANTIC
— The Coronavirus Is Splitting America in Two Cities and suburbs are only getting bluer. – RONALD BROWNSTEIN (DIERSEN: Ever-increasing, members of the following groups in cities and in suburbs have more to fear that RINO activists, RINO candidates, RINO elected officials, RINO party leaders, RINO major donors, RINO political consultants, RINO etc. will use coronavirus to dump them: Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older people, non-poor people, gun owners, German Americans, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.) 
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2020/04/covid-trump-pandemic/610075/

WINDY CITY TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: COVID-19 disproportionately affect LGBTQers and minorities; LGBTQers blame heterosexuals for that; Democrat, Libertarian, and Green minorities blame Whites for that. 
http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/lgbt/COVID-19-LGBTQs-minorities-disproportionately-affected/68373.html

LGBTQ NATION
— Aaron Schock is partying with a group of gay men in Mexico for his “self-isolation” The “Instagays,” one journalist noted, “have a very different definition of ‘social distancing’ than the rest of us!” – Alex Bollinger 
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2020/04/aaron-schock-partying-group-gay-men-mexico-self-isolation/

GUARDIAN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters say “Pandemic fears in border towns as workers flock in to build Trump’s wall.”
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/apr/16/trump-border-wall-coronavirus-pandemic-ajo-arizona

April 14 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Coronavirus Illinois: Updated COVID-19 death toll nears 900, 24K total; Pritzker says IL ‘bending the curve’ – Jessica D’Onofrio, Craig Wall and Liz Nagy
https://abc7chicago.com/health/illinois-bending-the-curve-pritzker-says-as-covid-19-deaths-near-900/6102017/
— Trump directs halt to payments to World Health Organization during coronavirus pandemic – AP
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/trump-directs-halt-to-payments-to-who-during-virus-pandemic/6103052/
— Fauci: ‘We’re not there yet’ on key steps to reopen economy after coronavirus outbreak – AP
https://abc7chicago.com/health/fauci-were-not-there-yet-on-key-steps-to-reopen-economy/6102644/

NBC5
— Illinois Reports 1,222 New Cases of Coronavirus, 74 Additional Deaths In recent days, Governor Pritzker and other officials have said numbers are indicating that the state might be starting to “flatten the curve” of COVID-19 cases
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/coronavirus/illinois-reports-1222-new-cases-of-coronavirus-74-additional-deaths/2255720/
— Pritzker Says ‘Positive Trends’ in Coronavirus Numbers Helping to Flatten Curve The governor says the state is increasing healthcare capacity as the number of new cases of the virus begins to slow
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/coronavirus/pritzker-cites-positive-trends-in-coronavirus-numbers-statewide/2255763/
— Trump Reverses Course on Power to ‘Reopen’ States Amid Virus It’s unclear if any states are actively considering reopening their economies before May 1 – Jill Colvin and Zeke Miller
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/politics/president-trump/trump-reverses-course-on-power-to-reopen-states-amid-virus/2255937/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Pritzker says Illinois is ‘bending the curve’ as coronavirus growth rate slows, ICU beds in use stabilize – LISA SCHENCKER and DAN PETRELLA
https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-coronavirus-pritzker-illinois-bending-curve-20200415-5x3xosckmvebjaisooibf5fisi-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— 4/20 plans nixed as celebrations of legal weed move online amid coronavirus outbreak But Dispensary 33’s festival going virtual means revelers can actually legal consume pot — at home, a spokeswoman says. – Tom Schuba (DIERSEN: To smoke pot is to increase the likelihood of your catching and spreading coronavirus.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/coronavirus/2020/4/14/21220991/4-20-legal-weed-illinois-cannabis-wellness-coronavirus-dispensary-33-olive-harvey
— Trump’s ‘I alone can fix it’ view and state powers collide In the days and weeks before, Trump had laid responsibility for the pandemic response at the feet of the nation’s governors. Now, he says he has vast powers as president to compel states to action. – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/coronavirus/2020/4/14/21221038/donald-trump-state-powers-collide-stay-at-home-orders-coronavirus-covid-19
— Illinois Democrats pushing CDC to collect racial data about COVID-19 deaths “These numbers shed light on grave racial disparities in communities across the United States,” Illinois Democrats said in a letter to HHS Secretary Alex Azar. – Lynn Sweet (DIERSEN: What about other health disparities including gender, sexual orientation, age, citizenship status, liberal/moderate/conservative, political affiliation, national origin, religion, income, net worth, veteran status, rural/suburban/urban, homeowner/renter, parents’ health, length of time ancestors have been in America, booze consumption, pot consumption, BMI, exercise, etc.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2020/4/14/21220519/illinois-democrats-demand-cdc-collect-data-on-covid-19-black-deaths
— Preckwinkle dumping two from party posts for backing Foxx rival: Her re-election ‘was particularly important to me’ “We serve at the pleasure of the president, and apparently, my independence doesn’t pleasure the president,” said state Sen. Laura Murphy, noting that her township organization has a long history of making its own endorsements. – Mark Brown
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2020/4/14/21221473/preckwinkle-foxx-reboyras-murphy-cook-county-democratic-party-slating
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: White-haters use coronavirus to promote hatred against Whites.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/4/13/21219283/racism-coronavirus-covid-19-african-americans
— King Donald can’t reopen America alone, but neither can governors As a practical matter, the president and the governors had better work this one out. A fractured effort to reopen the nation would be a lousy effort. – Editorial
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/4/14/21220778/coronavirus-covid-19-pandemic-reopen-american-economy-states-constitution-editorial-j-b-pritzker
— Pritzker arranging secret flights from China to bring millions of masks and gloves to Illinois The governor is worried President Trump might try to seize the supplies for the federal stockpile so he’s keeping the details quiet, a source said. – Frank Main
https://chicago.suntimes.com/coronavirus/2020/4/14/21221459/pritzker-secret-flights-china-illinois-ppe-trump-coronavirus

DAILY HERALD
— April 14 COVID-19 cases per county, some towns, and how to search by ZIP code.
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200414/april-14-covid-19-cases-per-county-some-towns-and-how-to-search-by-zip-code
— 6th Congressional District: Call with Casten, doctor tells seniors of scarcity in testing, masks – Marie Wilson
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200414/call-with-casten-doctor-tells-seniors-of-scarcity-in-testing-masks

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Pritzker looks to form Midwest version of West Coast, Northeast COVID coalitions The governor’s office confirms both he and key staffers have been on the phone with Midwest peers even as governors in the Northeast and Pacific Coast areas step up regional coordination. – GREG HINZ
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/greg-hinz-politics/pritzker-looks-form-midwest-version-west-coast-northeast-covid-coalitions
— Big law firms cut pay amid COVID-19 worries Baker McKenzie is slashing base compensation 15 percent for U.S. lawyers and other professionals. Winston & Strawn has reduced monthly draws made by partners against their salaries by 50 percent. – STEVEN R. STRAHLER
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/law/big-law-firms-cut-pay-amid-covid-19-worries
— State’s COVID tab so far: $170 million Nearly all Illinois’ charges since March 24 are for personal protective equipment, but also included are two chartered flights to Shanghai and hospital beds for the state’s alternative care sites. – A.D. QUIG
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/government/states-covid-tab-so-far-170-million

WGN TV
— Indiana man waiting for $1,700 stimulus payment sees millions in his bank account – Dana Rebik (DIERSEN: To smoke pot is to increase the likelihood of your catching and spreading coronavirus.)
https://wgntv.com/news/coronavirus/indiana-man-waiting-for-1700-stimulus-payment-sees-millions-in-his-bank-account/

ROCKFORD REGISTER STAR
— Recreational marijuana sales in Illinois are “essential” according to our state’s leaders. Why? Because according to a news release from the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, revenue generated by adult-use sales funds social justice and equity goals that are “at the core of Illinois’ adult use law.” – Philip J. Meyers, Rockford
https://www.rrstar.com/opinion/20200414/essential-businesses-are-just-those-that-make-money

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— State has spent over $174 million to fight COVID-19 – Doug Finke
https://www.sj-r.com/news/20200414/state-has-spent-over-174-million-to-fight-covid-19

HERALD NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Newman says that those who agree with her are savvy.
https://www.theherald-news.com/2020/04/13/newman-says-her-ideas-resonated-with-savvy-voters-in-illinois-3rd-district/amddmip/

NEWS CHANNEL 20
— Fauci: ‘We’re not there yet’ on key steps to reopen economy – AP
https://newschannel20.com/news/coronavirus/fauci-were-not-there-yet-on-key-steps-to-reopen-economy

WSIL TV
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: COVID-19 pandemic fuels push for online marijuana sales
https://wsiltv.com/2020/04/14/covid-19-pandemic-fuels-push-for-online-marijuana-sales/

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Secretary of State’s Police Report on Jack Franks
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/04/14/secretary-of-states-police-report-on-jack-franks/ 
— DuPage, Lake County Boards Move Toward Freezing Elected Officials’ Salaries
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/04/14/dupage-lake-county-boards-move-toward-freezing-elected-officials-salaries/ 
— IL-06/IL-14: First Attack Ad Using Coronavirus Pandemic Launched by Republican Mike Garcia in California
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/04/14/il-06-il-14-first-attack-ad-using-coronavirus-pandemic-launched-by-republican-mike-garcia-in-california/ 
— Wilcox Asks Unemployment Comp Help for Gig Workers
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/04/14/wilcox-asks-unemployment-comp-help-for-gog-workers/

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— ILLINOIS STATE, LOCAL TAX BURDEN RANKED HIGHEST IN NATION – Brad Weisenstein
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/illinois-state-local-tax-burden-ranked-highest-in-nation/

CAPITOL FAX
— Brady sends out press release asking Pritzker to convene leaders meeting
https://capitolfax.com/2020/04/14/brady-sends-out-press-release-asking-pritzker-to-convene-leaders-meeting/
— Pritzker points to improved doubling rate, increased hospital capacity – 3600 out of state and retired healthcare professionals have signed up to join fight – Survey shows 69% recovery rate after 28 days – Talks about regional cooperation – Cooperation not a reaction to Trump comments – Repeats that state offers to Chicago for election day assistance were all rejected – Open to leaders meeting – Refuses to take Trump bait – Will talk about budget later this week – Decision “relatively soon” on state fairs
https://capitolfax.com/2020/04/14/pritzker-points-to-improved-doubling-rate-increased-hospital-capacity/
— 1,222 new cases, 74 additional deaths – 23,247 total cases, 868 total deaths
https://capitolfax.com/2020/04/14/1222-new-cases-74-additional-deaths-23247-total-cases-868-total-deaths/
— COVID-19 roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2020/04/14/covid-19-roundup-17/
— Comptroller says state has spent $174 million on COVID-19-related supplies
https://capitolfax.com/2020/04/14/comptroller-says-state-has-spent-174-million-on-covid-19-related-supplies/
— Pritzker’s three “T’s” to reopening: Testing, tracing and treatment
https://capitolfax.com/2020/04/14/pritzkers-three-ts-to-reopening-testing-tracing-and-treatment/
— Rep. Mark Batinick (R-Plainfield) calls for mask requirement in stores and restaurants
https://capitolfax.com/2020/04/14/republican-calls-for-mask-requirement-in-stores-and-restaurants/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— ‘Greatest fear’: Chicago hides names of released prisoners from police – Jeff Mordock
https://m.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/apr/12/chicago-hides-names-cook-county-prisoners-released/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— ‘They have contempt for the American people’: Hannity rips ‘media mob’ as ‘destructive force for the country’ – Spencer Neale 
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/they-have-contempt-for-the-american-people-hannity-rips-media-mob-as-destructive-force-for-the-country
— States shell out billions for illegal immigrants while homeless veterans still languish – Andrew Mark Miller (DIERSEN: Democrats see illegals being their soldiers in their war against America.) 
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/states-shell-out-billions-for-illegal-immigrants-while-homeless-veterans-still-languish-study
— ‘CNN has a tenuous claim on being a news outlet’: Tucker Carlson rakes network over negative Trump coverage – Spencer Neale
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/cnn-has-a-tenuous-claim-on-being-a-news-outlet-tucker-carlson-rakes-network-over-negative-trump-coverage
— New survey results undercut liberal narrative that Republicans are anti-gay rights – Brad Polumbo (DIERSEN: In Illinois, ever-increasingly, RINO activists, RINO candidates, RINO party leaders, RINO major donors, RINO political consultants, RINO etc. get rid of and destroy Republicans like me who do not promote LGBTQ activity.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/new-survey-results-undercut-liberal-narrative-that-republicans-are-anti-lgbt

GOPUSA
— Shutdown Could Kill More Americans Than COVID-19
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=87530
— Parishioners In Their Cars With Windows Up, Fined $500 For Attending Drive-In Church Service
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=87553

BREITBART
— Trump: World Health Organization’s Attack on Travel Bans Put Political Correctness Above Saving Lives – John Binder
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/04/14/trump-world-health-organizations-attack-on-travel-bans-put-political-correctness-above-saving-lives/

RUSH LIMBAUGH
— Pushback! Trump Exposes Phony Journalists with Video Montage
https://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2020/04/14/trump-exposes-phony-journalists-with-video-montage/

TOWNHALL
— ‘Get Us Out of This!’ – Bill Murchison
https://townhall.com/columnists/billmurchison/2020/04/14/get-us-out-of-this-n2566895

ONE NEWS NOW
— Liberal leaders say illegals deserving of stimulus money – Chad Groening (DIERSEN: Liberals see illegals being their soldiers in their war against America.)
https://onenewsnow.com/politics-govt/2020/04/14/liberal-leaders-say-illegals-deserving-of-stimulus-money

CAMPUS REFORM
— Will Obama’s endorsement help Biden? This video casts doubt. – Jon Street
https://campusreform.org/?id=14713

THE HILL
— Trump sparks GOP backlash with claim of ‘total’ power to reopen the country – JORDAIN CARNEY 
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/492716-trump-sparks-gop-backlash-with-claim-of-total-power-to-reopen-the-country

ROLL CALL
— As we rebuild from COVID-19, we cannot allow the Democrats, the liberal media or China to take us for a ride President Trump and House Republicans are up for the challenge, NRCC chairman Tom Emmer writes
https://www.rollcall.com/2020/04/14/as-we-rebuild-from-covid-19-we-cannot-allow-the-democrats-the-liberal-media-or-china-to-take-us-for-a-ride/

HUFFINGTON POST
— The Pandemic Is Crushing The Journalism Industry. The Government Could Save It. The scale of the crisis facing the journalism industry requires a radical and dramatic response: a massive public investment in local news. – Travis Waldron (DIERSEN: He who pays the piper calls the tunes.) 
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/journalism-coronavirus-bailout-stimulus_n_5e8de43ac5b6e59ccbfb9381
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters say “Trump’s Cabinet MIA As Coronavirus Pandemic Rages It’s supposed to be “all hands on deck,” but it’s really not.”
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-cabinet-missing-coronavirus_n_5e95bc65c5b6cc788eaf729e

CNN
— Trump halts World Health Organization funding over handling of coronavirus outbreak – Betsy Klein
https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/14/politics/donald-trump-world-health-organization-funding-coronavirus/index.html

NEW YORK TIMES
— N.Y.C. Death Toll Soars Past 10,000 in Revised Virus Count The city has added more than 3,700 additional people who were presumed to have died of the coronavirus but had never tested positive. – J. David Goodman and William K. Rashbaum
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/14/nyregion/new-york-coronavirus-deaths.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: White-haters use coronavirus to promote hatred of Whites. 
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/14/opinion/coronavirus-racism-african-americans.html

NEW YORK POST
— Wall Street feasts on federal coronavirus aid while Main Street starves – Charles Gasparino
https://nypost.com/2020/04/14/wall-street-feasts-on-federal-coronavirus-aid-while-main-street-starves/

WASHINGTON POST
— Coming to your $1,200 relief check: Donald J. Trump’s name – Lisa Rein 
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/coming-to-your-1200-relief-check-donald-j-trumps-name/2020/04/14/071016c2-7e82-11ea-8013-1b6da0e4a2b7_story.html

FORBES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, employers a) will not hire you, b) will not retain you, c) will not promote you, and d) will get rid of you if you do not promote Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion, that is, if you do not promote political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation for opposing the aforesaid. 
https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbesagencycouncil/2020/04/14/an-always-on-approach-to-gender-parity/
https://www.forbes.com/sites/nextavenue/2020/04/14/how-the-coronavirus-punishes-many-older-workers/#2c4b3a9b202a

NEW YORK MAGAZINE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters side with Communist China against America.
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/04/trump-china-biden-coronavirus-false-travel-ban-wuhan.html

GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— Federal Employee Cases and Deaths Continue to Increase There’s a lot to keep track of. Here’s today’s list of news updates and stories you may have missed. – COURTNEY BUBLÉ
https://www.govexec.com/workforce/2020/04/coronavirus-roundup-federal-employee-cases-and-deaths-continue-increase/164603/
— Congress Should Withhold Support for Agency Requests Until Trump Nominates Qualified Leaders, Groups Say Permanent, qualified officials are necessary to stabilize the administration’s ‘fumbling response’ to coronavirus, organizations say. – ERIC KATZ
https://www.govexec.com/management/2020/04/congress-should-withhold-support-agency-requests-until-trump-nominates-qualified-leaders-groups-say/164615/

SLATE
— The Coronavirus Recovery Could Pit the Old and Young Against Each Other – JOSHUA KEATING (DIERSEN: Individuals, organizations, companies, governments, countries that promote age discrimination will use coronavirus to promote age discrimination. “Up-or-out” will become more and more and more official.)
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/04/graying-populations-economic-recovery.html

NEWS ONE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: White-haters use COVID-19 to promote hatred of Whites.
https://newsone.com/3927994/black-america-covid-19-bullet-america-gun/

RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— 65% of GOP Voters Say Coronavirus Reporters Chiefly Out to Get Trump
https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/current_events/disease/65_of_gop_voters_say_coronavirus_reporters_chiefly_out_to_get_trump

April 13 Morning Edition

CBS2
— How Will We Pay For The Astronomical Costs Of The COVID-19 Crisis? ‘Draconian Cuts In Essential Services’ Could Come Soon – Lauren Victory
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2020/04/13/how-will-we-pay-for-the-astronomical-costs-of-the-covid-19-crisis-draconian-cuts-in-essential-services-could-come-soon/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Illinois’ fiscal plight goes from bad to worse – Editorial
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/editorials/ct-editorial-illinois-budget-coronavirus-revenue-20200413-pz62fslk2bbvxenh656cus7brq-story.html
— With conventions canceled, historic sites closed and the Illinois General Assembly not meeting, coronavirus deals Springfield a severe economic blow – JAMIE MUNKS
https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-springfield-economy-coronavirus-20200413-hu6vwm3cqfh5xkag64xjdqdaqq-story.html
— Gov. Pritzker should remove the graduated income tax amendment from the ballot – Leslie Munger, former Illinois comptroller
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/letters/ct-letters-vp-041120-20200410-77a6in76fzb7reohcz45z2yqc4-story.html
— Is it time to invest in the stock market? – Elliot Raphaelson
https://tribunecontentagency.com/article/is-it-time-to-invest-in-the-stock-market/
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Working past 64 Many are staying in the game so benefits can grow – Robert Niedt (DIERSEN: My Civil Service Retirement System pension and retirement savings are dramatically less because of the success that my Democrat superiors in the federal government had in wasting my career and forcing me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old.)
https://www.kiplinger.com/article/retirement/T039-C022-S002-financial-planning-decisions-for-when-i-m-64.html
— Trump quote-tweets message seeking firing of Dr. Anthony Fauci amid criticism of the president’s slow virus response
https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-nw-nyt-trump-anthony-fauci-coronavirus-response-20200413-ppaqpwamabfqdi4teqixidl73q-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Pandemic’s pall over Chicago economy won’t depart quickly The shutdown of business activity came fast, and it will take time to repair the damage caused by the coronavirus. – David Roeder
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/4/13/21216294/chicago-economic-outlook-coronavirus-covid-19-recovery
— Pritzker sounds alarm: Trump administration trying to limit gig worker jobless benefits Allowing self-employed, independent contractors and gig workers — such as Uber and Lyft drivers — the ability to collect unemployment on a temporary basis is a key new program created in the CARES Act. – Lynn Sweet
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2020/4/12/21218453/pritzker-sounds-alarm-trump-administration-trying-to-limit-gig-worker-jobless-benefits

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Healing the economic trauma of the pandemic must start now With millions losing their livelihoods and businesses going under by the day, we can’t afford to wait any longer to take intelligent action. – Editorial (DIERSEN: Exactly what “intelligent action” does Crain’s want to be taken?)
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/opinion/healing-economic-trauma-pandemic-must-start-now
— Illinois must cut debt to avoid another lost decade There is an army of investors armed with capital ready to pour into Illinois. And the federal government might help if Illinois cuts its debt and gets its fiscal house in order. – MICHAEL LUCCI
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/opinion/illinois-must-cut-debt-avoid-another-lost-decade

WGN RADIO
— Retailers and restaurants may be changed forever due to COVID-19
https://wgnradio.com/the-sunday-spin-politics-with-rick-pearson/retailers-and-restaurants-may-be-changed-forever-due-to-covid-19/

JOURNAL GAZETTE TIMES COURIER
— Amid coronavirus uncertainty, Gov. J.B. Pritzker and other top Democrats back increased mail-in voting in November. But it’s not that simple. – RICK PEARSON
https://jg-tc.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/amid-coronavirus-uncertainty-gov-j-b-pritzker-and-other-top-democrats-back-increased-mail-in/article_be4e4f42-38cc-556f-a85d-d21bec1d98f0.html

FOX ILLINOIS
— Trump’s fundraising slows amid outbreak, still sets records – AP
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/trumps-fundraising-slows-amid-outbreak-still-sets-records
— Navy reports first coronavirus death from Roosevelt crew – AP
https://foxillinois.com/news/coronavirus/navy-reports-first-coronavirus-death-from-roosevelt-crew

NEWS CHANNEL 20
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters say “Signs missed and steps slowed in Trump’s COVID-19 pandemic response.” Ever-increasingly, Trump-haters use coronavirus to destroy Trump.
https://newschannel20.com/news/coronavirus/trumps-covid-19-pandemic-response

WIREPOINTS
— Pritzker Still Stonewalling What Illinois Department of Public Health Says is ‘Most Important Information’ – Mark Glennon
https://wirepoints.org/pritzker-still-stonewalling-what-illinois-department-of-public-health-says-is-most-important-information-wirepoints/
— Illinois’ COVID-19 crisis: Daily data update for April 12, 2020 – Wirepoints
https://wirepoints.org/illinois-covid-19-crisis-daily-data-update-for-april-12-2020-wirepoints/
— Here are the details on COVID-19 hospitalization numbers Illinois should have collected and published weeks ago – Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner
https://wirepoints.org/here-are-the-details-on-covid-19-hospitalization-numbers-illinois-should-have-collected-and-published-weeks-ago-wirepoints/
— California Governor Gavin Newsom vs. Illinois Governor JB Pritzker: You Decide Who is Right – Mark Glennon
https://wirepoints.org/california-governor-gavin-newsom-vs-illinois-governor-jb-pritzker-you-decide-who-is-right-wirepoints/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— FOREIGN FUNDING OF UNIVERSITIES REVEALS $1 BILLION ‘BLACK HOLE’
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2020/04/foreign-funding-of-universities-reveals-1-billion-black-hole.html

CAPITOL FAX
— Illinois Policy Institute privately telling business owners it’s trying to “pressure the governor to reopen the state’s economy”
https://capitolfax.com/2020/04/13/ipi-privately-telling-business-owners-its-trying-to-pressure-the-governor-to-reopen-the-state%e2%80%99s-economy/

FOX NEWS
— Charlie Kirk fires back at Trump critics over economic shutdown: Time to stop ‘crisis in America’ – Yael Halon
https://www.foxnews.com/media/charlie-kirk-coronavirus-trump-economy
— Trump retweets #firefauci tweet, raises speculation of a frayed relationship – Edmund DeMarche
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-retweets-firefauci-tweet-raising-speculation-of-a-frayed-relationship

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— COVID Rescue Only Scratches at Illinois’ Fiscal Problems – Richard Porter
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2020/04/13/covid_rescue_only_scratches_at_illinois_fiscal_problems_142926.html

BLAZE
— ‘STOP THE HATE’: Ted Cruz unloads on PBS reporter, media for stoking ‘racial & ethnic division’ ‘Seriously, what the hell is wrong w/ MSM?!?’ – Chris Enloe (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those in Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton who focus on promoting hatred against those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.theblaze.com/news/stop-the-hate-ted-cruz-unloads-on-pbs-reporter-media-for-stoking-racial-ethnic-division

TOWNHALL
— Trump Goes on a Tear Correcting Fake Coronavirus News – Cortney O’Brien
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/cortneyobrien/2020/04/12/trump-goes-on-a-tear-correcting-fake-news-n2566785

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Powerful Americans Were Catastrophically Wrong about China – JIM GERAGHTY
https://www.nationalreview.com/the-morning-jolt/powerful-americans-were-catastrophically-wrong-about-china/

THE HILL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters crow that “Political tide on crisis threatens to turn against Trump.”
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/492439-the-memo-political-tide-on-crisis-threatens-to-turn-against-trump
— Trump lashes out at New York Times over report on coronavirus response – ARIS FOLLEY 
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/492449-trump-lashes-out-at-new-york-times-over-report-on-coronavirus
— Trump shares tweet from supporter calling for Fauci to be fired – JOHN BOWDEN
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/492450-trump-retweets-supporter-calling-for-fauci-to-be-fired
— Fox News host hits back at Trump over Chris Wallace criticism: ‘Enough’ – JOHN BOWDEN
https://thehill.com/homenews/media/492446-fox-news-host-hits-back-at-trump-over-chris-wallace-criticism-enough
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-hating psychiatrists “recommend the president’s removal from office and removal from all authority over the coronavirus pandemic.”
https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/492441-trump-is-posing-a-public-health-threat-that-must-be-addressed

HUFFINGTON POST
— Trump Retweets ‘Fire Fauci’ Coronavirus Message In Easter Sunday Twitter Rampage The retweet came hours after Fauci suggested earlier action could have saved lives from COVID-19. – Ed Mazza
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/donald-trump-fire-fauci-twitter_n_5e93c0c6c5b6ac981512de71

POLITICO
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats use Wisconsin to push for mail-in voting.
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/04/13/democrats-fear-november-wisconsin-voting-spectacle-179585
— Trump inches toward open war with his health department – DAN DIAMOND and ADAM CANCRYN 
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/politico-pulse/2020/04/13/trump-inches-toward-open-war-with-his-health-department-786810

CNN
— India coronavirus cases surge – Ben Westcott and Adam Renton
https://www.cnn.com/world/live-news/coronavirus-pandemic-04-13-20/index.html
— What Trump can — and can’t — do to reopen the US – Elie Honig
https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/12/opinions/reopen-us-covid-19-coronavirus-honig/index.html

ABC NEWS
— Trump retweets call to fire Fauci The U.S. is the global leader in the number of cases and deaths. – Jon Haworth
https://abcnews.go.com/US/coronavirus-live-updates-trump-retweets-call-fire-fauci/story?id=70114771

NBC NEWS
— Swift coronavirus testing needed before reopening country, CDC director says – Elisha Fieldstadt (DIERSEN: Of course, Democrats will stop this testing immediately if shows that members of protected groups (Trump-haters, illegals, non-citizens, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, RINOs, moderates, liberals, minorities, females, LGBTQers, non-Protestants, non-German Americans, non-veterans, non-gun owners, those who have criminal records, those who have less money than others, those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time, etc.) are more susceptible.)
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/swift-coronavirus-testing-needed-reopening-country-cdc-director-says-n1182486
— Coronavirus: Trump weighs reopening economy, Fauci says early action could have saved lives
https://news.yahoo.com/coronavirus-trump-weighs-reopening-economy-230044422.html
— Woman broadens claims against Biden to include sexual assault The Biden campaign says the incident, alleged to have occurred in 1993, “absolutely did not happen.” – Ali Vitali and Mike Memoli
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/woman-broadens-claims-against-biden-include-sexual-assault-n1182296
— From Clinton to Trump, 20 years of boom and mostly bust in prepping for pandemics Over 20 years and 4 administrations, the U.S. government has failed to take steps that would have made it easier to respond to a pandemic like coronavirus. – Ken Dilanian, Dan De Luce, Andrew W. Lehren and Grace Dille
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/clinton-trump-20-years-boom-mostly-bust-prepping-pandemics-n1182291
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Government Accountability Office published reports over the past decade about the lack of coordination among federal agencies on preparations for a pandemic or biological terrorism, predicting much of the confusion that has unfolded since the outbreak emerged. A 2010 GAO report warned that there are not enough skilled workers to deal with pandemics, and cautioned that a 2009 national strategy for situational awareness “does not meet the need for a biosurveillance strategy.” “The biggest concern we’ve had has been … that lack of one central strategy,” said Chris Currie, director of Homeland Security and Justice at the GAO.)
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Conservative-haters falsely argue that conservatives run the Republican Party. I should write a book about past, present, and future anti-conservative Republican Party leaders in Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton. 
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/no-progressive-tea-party-sanders-exit-highlights-asymmetry-between-parties-n1181571

NEW YORK TIMES
— My Plan to Safely Reopen America An effective strategy to beat the virus is the ultimate answer to how we get our economy back on track. – Joe Biden
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/12/opinion/joe-biden-coronavirus-reopen-america.html
— News Media Outlets Have Been Ravaged by the Pandemic Roughly 28,000 workers at news companies in the U.S. have been laid off, been furloughed or had their pay reduced. Some publications that rely on ads have shut down. – Marc Tracy
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/10/business/media/news-media-coronavirus-jobs.html
— Disney World Furloughing 43,000 Workers The action comes after the Florida attraction closed last month because of the coronavirus pandemic. About 200 employees who are considered essential will remain on the job. – Johnny Diaz (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents have always painted the following as being essential a) themselves, b) those who glorify and praise them, c) those who pander to them, d) those who serve as their operatives or dupes, and/or e) those who give them money. I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes.) 
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/12/business/disney-furloughs-coronavirus.html
— Working From Home Feeds Market’s Woes in Little Ways That Add Up As traders scattered to their homes, sacrificing fast speeds, multiple screens and intricate setups, decisions took longer to communicate, slowing markets and adding uncertainty. – Matt Phillips, Emily Flitter and Kate Kelly
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/12/business/coronavirus-traders-work-from-home.html
— The Brother Killer Many factors make blacks, especially black men, particularly vulnerable to the coronavirus. – Charles M. Blow (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Trump-haters hint/imply/argue/shout that if you are adversely impacted by coronavirus, it is because of Trump.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/12/opinion/coronavirus-black-men.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters crow about their success in making young people anti-Trump, anti-Cristian, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, anti-Corvette owners, anti-former/present/future federal employees, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. But wait. Biden is Christian, patriotic, American, White, male, older, rich, Corvette owner, former federal employee, and his ancestors have been in America for a long time.) 
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/12/opinion/biden-sanders-young-voters.html
— FRONT PAGE: The Coronavirus Class Divide: Space and Privacy “Shelter in place” is a dictate that assumes the existence of shelter — the safe, stable, controlled environment that poor people often lack. – Jason DeParle (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Trump-haters blame Trump for the problems that poor people have.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/12/us/politics/coronavirus-poverty-privacy.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters blame Trump for military problems.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/12/us/politics/coronavirus-roosevelt-carrier-crozier.html

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats plan on using coronavirus to not only get rid of Trump, but to get rid of all individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/democrats-look-at-the-presidential-contest-with-a-new-sentiment-optimism/2020/04/11/4d1bf6ce-78fe-11ea-b6ff-597f170df8f8_story.html
— China reports highest number of new coronavirus cases in nearly six weeks; U.S. weighs risks of May 1 restart – Teo Armus and Antonia Noori Farzan 
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2020/04/13/coronavirus-latest-news/
— Trump retweets call to fire Anthony Fauci after the coronavirus expert says quicker response ‘could have saved lives’ – Katie Shepherd
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/04/13/trump-fire-fauci-coronavirus/
— Sailor from USS Theodore Roosevelt dies of coronavirus complications; China reports its largest number of new cases in six weeks
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2020/04/13/coronavirus-latest-news/

NEW YORK POST
— Trump retweets post calling for firing of Dr. Anthony Fauci – Kenneth Garger
https://nypost.com/2020/04/13/trump-retweets-post-about-firing-dr-anthony-fauci/

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
— Trump tweets link to ‘fire Fauci’ post – CATHY BURKE
https://www.nydailynews.com/coronavirus/ny-trump-fauci-coronavirus-response-time-20200413-gi4irsnv3nav5lsbtdwygkorjy-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Trump-haters use coronavirus to promote hatred of Trump.
https://www.nydailynews.com/coronavirus/ny-coronavirus-taxpayers-new-york-relief-payments-20200413-xcv7uxc3dfhfrfdiz7wxvbrq7a-story.html

USA TODAY
— Grads face uncertain job market as coronavirus pushes companies to rescind offers – Josh Peter (DIERSEN: In 1971, when I was 22 years old, Oldsmobile rescinded a job offer that I had accepted saying that it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. That directly resulted in my accepting a job offer from IRS.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2020/04/10/college-grads-uncertain-job-market-offers-rescinded/2951273001/
— When will we reopen the country? Antibody testing may help officials decide, experts say – Adrianna Rodriguez (DIERSEN: Of course, Democrats will stop testing immediately if shows that members of protected groups (Trump-haters, illegals, non-citizens, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, RINOs, moderates, liberals, minorities, females, LGBTQers, non-Protestants, non-German Americans, non-veterans, non-gun owners, those who have criminal records, those who have less money than others, those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time, etc.) are more susceptible.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2020/04/10/coronavirus-antibody-testing-what-it-can-reopen-us-economy/5128996002/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: African American medical leaders use coronavirus to promote hatred against Trump. 
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2020/04/10/coronavirus-health-inequities-deadly-african-americans-column/5124088002/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG COLOR PICTURE: Trump-haters promote hatred of Trump.
https://www.usatoday.com/in-depth/news/investigations/2020/04/09/instead-prepping-coronavirus-trump-partied-golfed-held-fundraisers/2941076001/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2020/04/13/poll-americans-fears-covid-19-explode-four-devastating-weeks/2970032001/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The Employer Will Test You Now Reopening the economy will depend on companies diagnosing coronavirus cases in the workplace. – Scott Gottlieb and Lauren Silvis (DIERSEN: Of course, Democrats will stop this testing immediately if shows that members of protected groups (Trump-haters, illegals, non-citizens, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, RINOs, moderates, liberals, minorities, females, LGBTQers, non-Protestants, non-German Americans, non-veterans, non-gun owners, those who have criminal records, those who have less money than others, those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time, etc.) are more susceptible.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-employer-will-test-you-now-11586714684
— Facebook Ad Rates Fall as Coronavirus Undermines Spending – (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes shout at everyone that instead of reading GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails, everyone should look at what they post on Facebook. What they post on Facebook DOES NOT PROMOTE religious, conservative, and/or Republican principles including individual responsibility, traditional marriage, traditional family, right to life, enforcement of immigration laws, preservation of First and Second Amendment rights, and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving).) 
https://www.wsj.com/articles/facebook-ad-rates-fall-as-coronavirus-undermines-spending-11586530801
— Trump Retweets Call for Dr. Fauci to Be Fired Over Coronavirus Comments The member of the White House’s coronavirus task force said on CNN that the U.S. “could have saved more lives” if it had moved faster – Alex Leary (DIERSEN: According to Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, Green plants, and RINOs, if the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Milton Township Republican Organization, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Illinois Center Right Coalition, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter, etc. had moved faster to get rid of conservatives like me, since 2000, Republicans would not have suffered any losses in Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, or Wheaton.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-retweets-call-for-dr-fauci-to-be-fired-over-coronavirus-comments-11586760531
— It’s Still America, Virus or Not Draconian orders and enforcement will undermine public support for social distancing. – Editorial
https://www.wsj.com/articles/its-still-america-virus-or-not-11586718091
— When News Suppression Hits Home My brother in India faces criminal charges for reporting a story. – Tunku Varadarajan (DIERSEN: I should write a book about a) articles that I have linked to in GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails since 2000 that infuriated my critics/opponents the most, b) who those critics/opponents are, and c) how they have punished me.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/when-news-suppression-hits-home-11586717386

FORBES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: The more that you blast Trump, the more that Trump-haters promote you.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/carminegallo/2020/04/13/fauci-cuomo-and-the-metaphors-leaders-use-to-spark-action-in-the-coronavirus-battle/

BLOOMBERG
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Americans promote anti-Americans. America-haters promote America-haters.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-04-13/one-legacy-of-coronavirus-is-a-return-to-activist-government

NEWSWEEK
— NEARLY 600 USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT SAILORS CATCH CORONAVIRUS, NAVY EVACUATES THOUSANDS FROM AIRCRAFT CARRIER – LYDIA SMITH 
https://www.newsweek.com/uss-theodore-roosevelt-sailors-coronavirus-navy-evacuates-thousands-aircraft-carrier-1497512

FIVE THIRTY EIGHT
— The COVID-19 Blame Game Is Going To Get Uglier – Lee Drutman (DIERSEN: The more of the following that you are, the more that Trump-haters will blame you for COVID-19: Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owner, German American, draft avoider, and if your ancestors have been in America for a long time. To avoid being blamed for COVID-19, how many of the aforesaid will become anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-non-poor-people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/the-covid-19-blame-game-is-going-to-get-uglier/

GUARDIAN
— Donald Trump is wrong, the economic hit of the coronavirus will last for years – Barry Eichengreen
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/apr/13/donald-trump-is-wrong-the-economic-hit-of-the-coronavirus-will-last-for-years

INDEPENDENT
— Trump news – live: President retweets ‘Fire Fauci’ message and accused of ‘third grade name-calling’ for attack on Fox host in middle of coronavirus pandemic
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-news-live-coronavirus-us-update-cases-deaths-latest-today-a9462126.html

April 12 Morning Edition

ABC7
— Coronavirus Illinois Update: Latest news on 19,180 COVID-19 cases, Chicago area impact
https://abc7chicago.com/health/what-to-know-about-illinois-19180-covid-19-cases/5973196/?cmp=emc-wls-news-headlines-4/12/2020

NBC5
— Gov. Pritzker Announces New Coronavirus Health Initiatives
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/gov-pritzker-announces-new-coronavirus-health-initiatives/2254446/
— Health Officials Focus on Testing, Treatment as Illinois Announces New Program
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/health-officials-focus-on-testing-treatment-as-illinois-announces-new-program/2254496/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters use coronavirus to promote hatred against Trump.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-nw-nyt-trump-early-warnings-ignored-timeline-20200411-dmyrwzmmanhajptjnqlwqfees4-story.html
— Chicago’s health department has started using COVID-19 antibody testing to determine if someone had the virus – BILL RUTHHART
https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-coronavirus-antibody-test-chicago-20200411-nag2o3tkq5h55fsel4yle3sz74-story.html
— Businesses feel cost effects of coronavirus outbreak Health care to safety equipment, financial toll looms – Abdel Jimenez
https://blendle.com/i/chicago-tribune/businesses-feel-cost-effects-of-coronavirus-outbreak/bnl-chicagotribune-20200412-e1b02b3d
— Should you tell your landlord if you have coronavirus? As Chicago tenants get requests to disclose, experts say such attempts are misguided – Ariel Cheung
https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-coronavirus-re-landlord-diagnosis-report-20200403-bajrvqewc5hhtc36zazmogja74-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Cook County medical examiner confirms 49 more coronavirus deaths The county’s total has risen to 487 deaths, about 71% of the statewide total.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/4/11/21218035/cook-county-coronavirus-deaths-medical-examiner
— Students wonder when they can return to school during Gov. Pritzker’s live-streamed town hall for youth Young people from around the state submitted questions for Saturday’s youth-centric town hall that also addressed mental health issues. – Jake Wittich
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/4/11/21217862/youth-town-hall-j-b-pritzker-coronavirus-covid-19-school-education-mental-health
— Your Teen’s First Car: A Low-Cost, Low-Upkeep Used EV Affordability, limited range and fuel savings can make a used electric vehicle the ideal first car for teenagers. – Philip Reed (DIERSEN: How times have changed. I bought a) a 1958 Chevy BelAir when I turned 16 in 1964, b) a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint when I was 17, c) a new 1968 Oldsmobile 442 when I was 19, and d) a new 1969 Dodge Charger SE when I was 20. I bought the Chevy with money that I earned doing yard work and delivered newspapers 1962-1964. I bought the Pontiac with money that I earned washing dishes 1964-1966. I bought the Oldsmobile with money that I earned cleaning golf shoes, chipping slag, and pumping gasoline in 1966 and delivering mail 1966-1967. I bought the Dodge with money that I earned delivering mail 1967-1968. I attended Crete-Monee High School 1962-1966, UIC 1966-1968, and NIU 1969-1970.)
https://www.nerdwallet.com/article/loans/auto-loans/your-teens-first-car-a-low-cost-low-upkeep-used-ev

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE: How will coronavirus affect your property taxes? – Jake Griffin
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200411/how-will-coronavirus-affect-your-property-taxes

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Illinois is bending the virus curve faster than other hot spots New data from Rush University Medical Center offers a glimmer of optimism. “We’re hoping we continue to see this change in the doubling time and the next few weeks we start to see something that resembles a peak.”
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/health-care/illinois-bending-virus-curve-faster-other-hot-spots
— Some airlines aren’t happy with terms of Mnuchin’s aid package His insistence that America’s major airlines partially repay taxpayer funds aimed at shoring up the industry sets up a clash between the Trump administration and the carriers.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/airlines-airports/some-airlines-arent-happy-terms-mnuchins-aid-package

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Illinois endures second-deadliest coronavirus day, but Gov. J.B. Pritzker encouraged by trend of COVID-19 cases – Bill Ruthhart
https://www.pantagraph.com/news/state-and-regional/illinois-endures-second-deadliest-coronavirus-day-but-gov-j-b-pritzker-encouraged-by-trend-of/article_fc0f5da4-bd16-5347-9a5f-a020ccc27d27.html

NPR ILLINOIS
— U.S. Has Most Coronavirus Deaths In The World – NICOLE HERNANDEZ 
https://www.nprillinois.org/post/us-has-most-coronavirus-deaths-world#stream/0

WREX
— Trump attacks Inspector Generals on false grounds – AP (DIERSEN: All the audits of all the federal agencies that I worked on for GAO 1980-1997 required coordination with those agency’s Inspector Generals (IG). I worked on audits of federal financial institution regulators for almost 9 years, on audits of IRS for 3 years, and on audits of many other federal agencies, including Railroad Retirement Board, Department of Defense, U.S. Postal Service, Environmental Protection Agency, Department of Energy, Department of Transportation, Immigration and Naturalization Service, General Service Administration, Federal Highway Administration, Department of Labor, Federal Aviation Administration, Veteran Administration, Department of Housing and Urban Development, and Department of Health and Human Services, for almost 6 years. I served on Executive Committee (EC) of the Association of Government Accountants for 13 years 1983-1996. Almost all the other EC members were employees of IG offices.) 
https://wrex.com/2020/04/12/ap-fact-check-trump-attacks-govt-watchdogs-on-false-grounds/

WJBC
— Numbers of COVID-19 cases in Illinois continue to grow – Katherine Murphy
https://www.wjbc.com/2020/04/11/numbers-of-covid-19-cases-in-illinois-continue-to-grow/

CHICAGO NOW
— 16 million Americans lose their jobs. But no one working for Chicago will – Dennis Byrne (DIERSEN: While I worked for GAO 1980-1997, the agency a) was almost always under hiring and/or promotion freezes and b) shrank by about 50%. SEE: https://www.gao.gov/assets/700/690041.pdf )
http://www.chicagonow.com/dennis-byrnes-barbershop/2020/04/16-million-americans-lose-their-jobs-but-no-one-working-for-chicago/

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— McHenry County Sheriff Wins Suit Against Health Department for ID of Those Actively Infected with Coronavirus
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/04/11/mchenry-county-sheriff-wins-suit-against-health-department-for-id-of-those-actively-infected-with-coronavirus/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Dr. Anthony Fauci: Americans could eventually carry certificates of immunity to coronavirus – David Sherfinski
https://m.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/apr/10/dr-anthony-fauci-americans-could-eventually-carry-/

DAILY CALLER
— Former Biden Staffer Files Criminal Complaint With DC Police – SCOTT MOREFIELD
https://dailycaller.com/2020/04/11/former-joe-biden-staffer-tara-reade-criminal-complaint/

FEDERALIST
— Woke Reporter Accuses Black Surgeon General Of Racism – Tristan Justice
https://thefederalist.com/2020/04/10/woke-reporter-accuses-black-surgeon-general-of-racism/

TOWNHALL
— Trump Uses Persuasion, Not Force, in Coronavirus Crisis – Debra J. Saunders
https://townhall.com/columnists/debrajsaunders/2020/04/12/trump-uses-persuasion-not-force-in-coronavirus-crisis-n2566728

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— College Republicans at Syracuse U. Reject Resolution Condemning Ben Shapiro – Mike LaChance 
https://legalinsurrection.com/2020/04/college-republicans-at-syracuse-u-reject-resolution-condemning-ben-shapiro/

THE HILL
— Pressure for quick action on next relief bill strains GOP unity – ALEXANDER BOLTON 
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/492312-pressure-for-quick-action-on-next-relief-bill-strains-gop-unity

ABC NEWS
— When will the country get back to normal? 3 things to know about reopening America Top health officials warn “we have not reached the peak.” – Anne Flaherty
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/country-back-normal-things-reopening-america/story?id=70094185

CNBC
— ‘This will lead to airline bankruptcies’ — flight attendant union furious with Treasury bailout offers – Phil LeBeau
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/04/11/flight-attendant-union-furious-with-treasury-bailout-offers.html

NEW YORK TIMES
— Boris Johnson Is Discharged From Hospital After Coronavirus Treatment Russia reported its largest daily increase in new cases since the start of the outbreak. The pope spoke of “a contagion of hope” in his Easter Mass. Britain closed in on 10,000 deaths from the coronavirus.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/12/world/coronavirus-news.html
— Will an Antibody Test Allow Us to Go Back to School or Work? – Apoorva Mandavilli and Katie Thomas
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/10/health/coronavirus-antibody-test.html
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: A job without benefit means nest egg trouble – Tammy La Gorce (DIERSEN: Overwhelmingly, the operatives and the dupes who work for my critics/opponents have severe financial, health, and/or other problems.) 
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/09/business/retirement-jobs-no-benefits.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “Trump Wants 50 Wisconsins on Election Day. The G.O.P. has turned voting in person into a death threat.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/10/opinion/sunday/wisconsin-primary-2020-election.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Republican-haters blame Republicans for minorities dying of coronavirus. 
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/11/opinion/coronavirus-poor-black-latino.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Republican-hater promotes hatred against Republicans.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/11/opinion/sunday/republicans-voter-suppression.html
— Cities Close Streets to Cars, Opening Space for Social Distancing Boston, Minneapolis, Oakland and other cities have temporarily banned through traffic on streets, giving pedestrians and cyclists extra elbow room during the coronavirus pandemic. – Johnny Diaz (DIERSEN: How close are the leaders of your municipality to banning cars?) 
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/11/us/coronavirus-street-closures.html
— Voting by Mail Could Be What States Need. But Can They Pull It Off? Politics aside, many states will face daunting financial, logistical and personnel challenges to making mail balloting the norm. – Michael Wines
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/11/us/coronavirus-voting-by-mail-elections.html
— What Is Britain Without the Pub? Through two world wars, Britain’s pubs stayed open. Their closure now, for the first time in the country’s history, is forcing some to seek creative alternatives. – Allison McCann
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/09/world/europe/uk-pub-coronavirus.html
— TRAGIC: Dumped Milk, Smashed Eggs, Plowed Vegetables: Food Waste of the Pandemic With restaurants, hotels and schools closed, many of the nation’s largest farms are destroying millions of pounds of fresh goods that they can no longer sell. – David Yaffe-Bellany and Michael Corkery
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/11/business/coronavirus-destroying-food.html
— OCTOBER 28, 2010 FLASHBACK: Andrew Cuomo: Indulging an Obsession With Motors and Muscle – Michael Barbaro
https://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/29/nyregion/29cars.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Russia’s state-backed media uses the pandemic to spin anti-Western views. They are not alone. – Isabelle Khurshudyan (DIERSEN: In America, the Democrat Party backed media uses the pandemic, and everything else, to spin anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time views.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/coronavirus-russia-china-turkey-media/2020/04/11/fe34e7b2-7a53-11ea-a311-adb1344719a9_story.html

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Coronavirus infection may cause lasting damage throughout the body, doctors fear – MELISSA HEALY
https://www.latimes.com/science/story/2020-04-10/coronavirus-infection-can-do-lasting-damage-to-the-heart-liver

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Communist China promoters say “U.S. Tariffs Hamper Imports of Sanitizer, Disinfectants.”
https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-tariffs-hamper-imports-of-sanitizer-disinfectants-11586683800

BLOOMBERG
— Record bankruptcies predicted in next year as unemployment soars – Anita Sharpe
https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2020/apr/12/record-bankruptcies-predicted-in-next-year-as-unem/

FORBES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “Trump Ignored Pleas To Put Social Distancing Practices In Place, Warnings Of A Pandemic.”
https://www.forbes.com/sites/mattperez/2020/04/11/report-trump-ignored-pleas-to-put-social-distancing-practices-in-place-warnings-of-a-pandemic/

MERCURY NEWS
— Millennials willing to compromise more to buy a home Young buyers unfazed by bad neighborhoods, high rates – LOUIS HANSEN (DIERSEN: I bought a new town home in University Park in 1972 when I was 24 years old. The down payment came from what I had earned and saved a) working for IRS for 15 months in 1971 and 1972 and b) working for Firestone Stores full-time for 7 months 1970-1971 and part-time for 18 months 1971-1972. That money also enabled me to buy a new Corvette in 1971 and to pay tuition for graduate business courses at Loyola.)
https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/02/04/millennials-willing-to-compromise-more-to-buy-a-home/

ARGUS PRESS
— Trump bashing only gives his supporters resolve
https://www.argus-press.com/opinion/letters_to_editor/article_4543819e-7c44-11ea-b057-df09727112a2.html

SUBURBAN TIMES
— How the coronavirus will change closings, home prices and what’s on the market – DON DOMAN
https://thesubtimes.com/2020/04/02/how-the-coronavirus-will-change-closings-home-prices-and-whats-on-the-market-pierce-county-foreshadowing/

HILL REPORTER
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: The more hatred of Republicans that you promote, the more that Republican-haters promote you. 
https://hillreporter.com/former-rnc-boss-blasts-his-own-partys-stance-over-their-obvious-voter-suppression-tactics-64122

TIMES
— Coronavirus sends China crashing to worst economic slump in 60 years
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/coronavirus-sends-china-crashing-to-worst-economic-slump-in-60-years-x66pmdld7

RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— Andrew Cuomo Ties Biden for Presidential Nomination Among Democrats
https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/elections/election_2020/cuomo_ties_biden_for_presidential_nomination_among_democrats