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May 29 Morning Edition

ABC7
— George Floyd death: Minneapolis police station torched amid protest – AP
https://abc7chicago.com/minneapolis-police-station-torched-amid-george-floyd-protest/6218926/
— CNN reporter arrested on live TV after George Floyd protests in Minneapolis
https://abc7chicago.com/cnn-reporter-arrested-on-live-tv-after-george-floyd-protests/6218970/

NBC5
— Minneapolis Protests Spread to Other Cities Across the US Thursday night’s demonstration came as protesters across the country, in cities including Los Angeles, Denver, New York and Memphis, turned out in alliance with demonstrators in Minneapolis, where George Floyd became the latest black man to die in police custody – AP
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/minneapolis-protests-spread-to-other-cities-across-the-us/2279999/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Minneapolis protests in response to the death of George Floyd spread to other cities across the US – AP
https://www.chicagotribune.com/nation-world/ct-nw-minneapolis-george-floyd-protests-spread-20200529-kb6vlqslxzcxdfvac4so3ptin4-story.html
— U. of I. study says Illinois can expect more than half-million full-time job losses, tens of billions of dollars in production and income due to pandemic – RICK PEARSON
https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-coronavirus-economic-impact-u-of-i-study-20200529-ys7xws77bnefhghqwnjp3axk4a-story.html
— Sens. Durbin and Duckworth defend House Democrats’ $3 trillion pandemic stimulus package, urge end to Senate GOP opposition – RICK PEARSON
https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-coronavirus-durbin-duckworth-town-hall-20200529-gggbvqjvn5dvzhbu5rug4tef3y-story.html
— Trump extends National Guard deployments after outcry over benefits – RICK PEARSON
https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-coronavirus-trump-national-guard-20200529-s2ovy7gqbvanxhdnnuamwxil6y-story.html
— Angry protesters in Minneapolis enter police precinct, ransack it and set fires in the 3rd night of violent demonstrations following death of George Floyd – TIM SULLIVAN AND AMY FORLITI
https://www.chicagotribune.com/nation-world/ct-nw-minneapolis-protests-looting-20200528-u5sy4flhgbg5rh4fgfm56sj3h4-story.html
— Law firm Jenner & Block is sued for $3.8 million in unpaid rent, in first big Chicago office space leasing lawsuit of COVID-19 pandemic – Ryan Ori
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/ryan-ori/ct-biz-coronavirus-lawsuit-jenner-and-block-rent-payments-ryan-ori-20200529-7brsyzldfza6vpaovltco65wpa-story.html
— Back to work? What to expect on your next commute – Editorial (DIERSEN: I rode METRA to/from Wheaton and a) my IRS job in the Loop 1978-1980, b) night/weekend Becker CPA Review courses in the Loop 1978-1979, c) night/weekend classes at DePaul in the Loop 1978-1980, d) my GAO job in the Loop 1980-1997, e) night/weekend classes at Roosevelt in the Loop 1980-1981, and f) night/weekend classes at IIT 1992-1997.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/editorials/ct-editorial-coronavirus-cta-metra-mass-transit-future-20200528-t3wqcja4azfknex3ryohxd6n7e-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot. If you want to destroy an individual, organization, company, government, or country, you push pot on that individual, organization, company, government, or country.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/5/28/21273769/chicago-downtown-pot-dispensary-river-north-sunnyside-recreational-weed

DAILY HERALD
— DuPage sheriff: Crime increases in unincorporated areas – Robert Sanchez
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200528/dupage-sheriff-crime-increases-in-unincorporated-areas-as-residents-stay-home

WBEZ
— Coronavirus In Illinois: Nearly Half Of COVID-19 Deaths Were In Long-Term Care Facilities
https://www.wbez.org/stories/coronavirus-in-illinois-nearly-half-of-covid-19-deaths-were-in-long-term-care-facilities/b9d4bbde-4bde-48e1-810b-5cc7df506ca0

KANKAKEE DAILY JOURNAL
— Latest budget looks like work of drunkards – Scott Reeder
https://www.daily-journal.com/opinion/columnists/scott-reeder-latest-budget-looks-like-work-of-drunkards/article_5a7e1c72-9f3a-11ea-b51e-97f7e8f0cf6e.html

SOUTHERN
— Illinois GOP lawmakers (Bryant, Marron, Meier, and Stephens) want audit of state employment agency – BEN ORNER (DIERSEN: I worked for GAO on audits of federal agencies for almost 18 years, the last 11 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-10 levels, currently $101,176-$131,532/year. 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 of the Association of Government Accountants Chicago Chapter for 13 years.)
https://thesouthern.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/illinois-gop-lawmakers-want-audit-of-state-employment-agency/article_3ffb15be-d075-584b-a723-cc11f000eb4a.html

SUBURBAN LIFE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “Trump administration must be held accountable for COVID-19 failures.”
https://www.mysuburbanlife.com/2020/05/28/foster-trump-administration-must-be-held-accountable-for-covid-19-failures/aushbb3/

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— McSweeney mulls lawsuit over ‘defamatory’ Blagojevich video – Mark Maxwell
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/top-stories/mcsweeney-mulls-lawsuit-over-defamatory-blagojevich-video/

NPR ILLINOIS
— U Of I Faculty Group Opposes Fall Campus Reopening – LEE V. GAINES
https://www.nprillinois.org/post/u-i-faculty-group-opposes-fall-campus-reopening#stream/0

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— UIHLEIN BACK WITH A CAUSE – Shia Kapos
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2020/05/29/pritzker-greenlights-churches-uihlein-back-with-a-cause-phase-3-is-real-489369
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Look who’s back. Dick Uihlein, the Republican megadonor known for putting his money behind far-right candidates, just gave $5,000 to state Rep. John Cabello (R-Machesney Park), who earlier this month filed a temporary restraining order against Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s stay-at-home order, saying it was hurting small business owners. The governor has maintained it’s a matter of safety to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. Uihlein and his wife, Liz, are taking a stand against the stay-at-home orders. Last month, Liz Uihlein sent a memo to employees at Uline, the couple’s shipping-supply company, urging them to support a petition calling for the recall of Democratic Gov. Tony Evers for violating their constitutional right to work during the coronavirus pandemic. The Uihleins have a history of supporting deeply conservative issues: pro-gun, anti-transgender rights, and pro-Roy Moore (the former Alabama U.S. Senate candidate accused of sexual misconduct with young girls). They were big donors in high-profile races in 2018 only to see their candidates lose, POLITICO’s Natasha Korecki wrote at the time. The Uihleins have since pulled back on — but not ended — their political giving. Along with donating to Cabello, their Americas PAC pumped more than $800,000 into funding two Senate races: Republican John James in Michigan and Sen. Joni Ernst in Iowa.)

WIREPOINTS
— Pritzker Wilts Hours Before United States Supreme Court Review, Double-Talks About-Face on Churches – Mark Glennon
https://wirepoints.org/pritzker-wilts-hours-before-united-states-supreme-court-review-double-talks-about-face-on-churches-wirepoints/
— Illinois government jobs protected, private sector jobs decimated during COVID-19 shutdown – Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner (DIERSEN: GAO jobs held by Republicans, Whites, males, and/or non-veterans who had not made GS-13 (currently $101,176) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $119,559) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $140,634) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $170,800) by age 40 were not protected during the 1980s and 1990s when politicians cut the agency’s budgets.)
https://wirepoints.org/illinois-government-jobs-protected-private-sector-decimated-during-covid-19-shutdown-wirepoints/

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— Gov. Pritzker removes restrictions on Churches on eve of responding to the U.S. Supreme Court – JOHN KRAFT
https://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2020/05/gov-pritzker-removes-restrictions-on-churches-on-eve-of-responding-to-the-u-s-supreme-court/
— Almost six years later, Illinois’ AG determines college violated FOIA – JOHN KRAFT
https://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2020/05/almost-six-years-later-illinois-ag-determines-college-violated-foia/
— Gov Pritzker’s response to the U.S. Supreme Court on the Churches’ Emergency Motion – JOHN KRAFT
https://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2020/05/gov-pritzkers-response-to-the-u-s-supreme-court-on-the-churches-emergency-motion/

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— WHY ILLINOIS STATE LAWMAKERS ARE STILL IN LINE FOR AN $1,800 PAY RAISE – Austin Berg
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/why-illinois-state-lawmakers-are-still-in-line-for-an-1800-pay-raise/

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Gov. Pritzker Backs Down Before The U.S. Supreme Court – David E. Smith
https://illinoisfamily.org/religious/gov-pritzker-backs-down-before-the-u-s-supreme-court/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— FORMER ILLINOIS STATE SENATOR ABOUT COVID-19: “IT’S A LIE TO PRETEND THAT GOVERNMENT CAN PROTECT YOU”
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2020/05/former-illinois-state-senator-about-covid-19-its-a-lie-to-pretend-that-government-can-protect-you.html
— ROSSI: HARD FACTS ON THE TRAGIC AND UNNECESSARY COVID 19 SHUTDOWN
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2020/05/rossi-hard-facts-on-the-tragic-and-unnecessary-covid-19-shutdown.html

CAPITOL FAX
— Madigan issues new guidance to members, staff
https://capitolfax.com/2020/05/29/madigan-issues-new-guidance-to-members-staff/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— NYC City Council passes bill banning ‘dehumanizing’ word ‘alien’ in local laws – Andrew Mark Miller (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats side with foreign countries and with their citizens against America and against its citizens.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/nyc-city-council-passes-bill-banning-dehumanizing-word-alien-in-local-laws
— Trump’s social media regulations would silence conservatives and give legacy media all the power – Tiana Lowe
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/trumps-social-media-regulations-would-silence-conservatives-and-give-legacy-media-all-the-power
— ‘Shut it down as far as I’m concerned’: Trump expresses willingness to shutter social media companies – Madison Dibble (DIERSEN: What percent of those who use social media 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-draft avoiders, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/shut-it-down-as-far-as-im-concerned-trump-expresses-willingness-to-shutter-social-media-companies

CONSERVATIVE HQ
— Trump Executive Order Strikes At The Heart Of Social Media’s Leftist Censorship – George Rasley
http://www.conservativehq.com/node/32603

HOT AIR
— Conservatives Pan Kushner Plan To Shrink GOP Platform – PHILIP WEGMANN (DIERSEN: Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes reject some, most, if not all of the planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform and the Republican Party platform. Most commonly, they reject the traditional family, right to life, immigration, Second Amendment, illegal drugs, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes focus on destroying individuals and destroying organizations that support the aforesaid planks.)
https://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2020/05/conservatives-pan-kushner-plan-shrink-gop-platform/

NEWSMAX
— GOP Congressman Pushes Bill to Keep Stimulus Aid Away From Illegal Immigrants – Tauren Dyson
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/illegalimmigrant-stimulus-gopcongressman/2020/05/28/id/969531/

PATRIOT POST
— Trump Defends Free Speech – Gary Bauer (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents what to abolish the First Amendment. My critics/opponents paint themselves as being arbitrators of the truth. According to them, all government and political news and commentary is false except for the government and political news and commentary that they put out or bless. I should write a book about my critics/opponents.)
https://patriotpost.us/opinion/70991-trump-defends-free-speech-2020-05-29
— Trump Takes on Social-Media Censorship The president will sign an executive order aimed at preventing leftist speech suppression. – Thomas Gallatin
https://patriotpost.us/articles/70976-trump-takes-on-social-media-censorship-2020-05-28

EPOCH TIMES
— Trump’s Order Pushes Social Media to Cease ‘Unfair’ Speech Restrictions – BOWEN XIAO AND PETR SVAB (DIERSEN: Of course, my critics/opponents want to restrict me and to restrict my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails. I should write a book about the adverse actions that my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have taken against me since 2000.)
https://www.theepochtimes.com/trumps-order-pushes-social-media-to-cease-unfair-speech-restrictions_3368730.html

THE HILL
— Minneapolis erupts for third night as protests spread, Trump vows retaliation – MIKE LILLIS AND OLIVIA BEAVERS
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/500097-minneapolis-erupts-for-third-night-as-protests-spread-trump-vows-retaliation

POLITICO
— Zuckerberg, Dorsey spar over Twitter’s flagging of Trump’s tweets – QUINT FORGEY (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents paint themselves as being arbitrators of the truth. According to them, all government and political news and commentary is false except for the government and political news and commentary that they put out or bless. I should write a book about my critics/opponents.)
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/05/28/zuckerberg-dorsey-spar-over-twitters-flagging-of-trumps-tweets-286881
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg argued Wednesday that private companies should not be the “arbiter of truth” online, implicitly rebuking fellow tech titan Jack Dorsey after the Twitter CEO flagged a pair of President Donald Trump’s posts with fact-check warnings that provoked the White House’s ire.)

CNN
— CNN team arrested by Minnesota police on live television
https://www.cnn.com/us/live-news/george-floyd-protest-updates-05-28-20/h_4ed08403663fa4ed3518221d0f2a1552

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Mail-in voting could turn Election Day into Election Week
https://www.examiner.org/mail-in-voting-could-turn-election-day-into-election-week/

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters hint/imply/argue/shout that Trump-hatred justifies arson
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/29/us/george-floyd-minneapolis-protests.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “Trump’s Looting Remarks Escalate Growing Crisis in Minneapolis. The president’s tweets prompted Twitter to append them with a note saying the posts were glorifying violence.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/29/us/politics/trump-looting-shooting.html
— Defying Trump, Twitter Doubles Down on Labeling Tweets Twitter continued fact-checking posts even as President Trump threatened to limit protections for social media companies. – Kate Conger and Mike Isaac
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/28/technology/trump-twitter-fact-check.html

USA TODAY
— Trump wants a crackdown on Twitter, Facebook, but the law protects them. Is that a good thing? – Nathan Bomey
https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2020/05/28/trump-executive-order-social-media-twitter-facebook-fact-checking/5274719002/
— Ready to quit because you’re scared of the coronavirus? Some things you need to know – Charisse Jones (DIERSEN: What percent of employees will demand that their employer get rid of its employees who are old, obese, and/or have health problems, including diabetes? What percent of members of organizations will demand that their organization get rid of its members who are old, obese, and/or have health problems, including diabetes?)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2020/05/29/can-you-still-get-unemployment-if-you-quit-because-coronavirus/5258438002/
— To reopen economy, Congress must redefine rules for business liability in coronavirus era The goal should be not to focus on liability as an end, but as the means for society to reset expectations for conduct in the new COVID-19 economy. – Adam J. White
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2020/05/29/coronavirus-era-congress-must-redefine-rules-business-liability-column/5258965002/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG COLOR PICTURES: George Floyd video adds to trauma: ‘When is the last time you saw a white person killed online?’ Analysis: African Americans face harmful mental health effects every time high-profile incidents of racism and police brutality go viral, especially when little changes in the aftermath. – Alia E. Dastagir
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/05/28/george-floyd-ahmaud-arbery-covid-emotional-toll-hits-black-families/5270216002/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Trump Signs Executive Order Targeting Social Media Measure seeks to limit the broad legal protection that federal law provides online platforms – John D. McKinnon and Rebecca Ballhaus
https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-to-sign-executive-order-targeting-social-media-11590681930
— The Twitter Fairness Doctrine Trying to enforce online ‘neutrality’ is a fool’s errand. Users can make up their own minds. – Editorial
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-twitter-fairness-doctrine-11590708199
— Police Station on Fire in Minneapolis Amid Protests Over George Floyd Death Footage shows a police precinct burning in Minneapolis after it was taken over by protesters late Thursday. Demonstrations over the death of George Floyd in police custody have spread to other cities.
https://www.wsj.com/video/police-station-on-fire-in-minneapolis-amid-protests-over-george-floyd-death/47BE2D2D-CD78-49E3-A373-06209DDABDE4.html
— Twitter’s Labels for Trump Tweets Show Platforms’ Split Over Political Speech Facebook said claim that prompted Twitter action complied with its rules – Deepa Seetharaman (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents want the Illinois Republican Party (IRP), DuPage County Republican Central Committee (DCRCC), and Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) to stop me from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails, and failing that, to stop everyone from reading those emails. I should write a book about my critics/opponents and the success that they have had in getting the IRP, DCRCC, MTRO, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Illinois Center Right Coalition, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter, Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, etc. to do what they want.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/twitters-labels-for-trump-tweets-show-platforms-split-over-political-speech-11590621829
— America’s Churches Weigh Coronavirus Danger Against the Need to Worship – Ian Lovett and Rebecca Elliott (DIERSEN: One could compare and contrast what churches have done to hold meetings with what political organizations have done to hold meetings.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/americas-churches-weigh-coronavirus-danger-against-the-need-to-worship-11590663601
— Tweet Responsibly: A Guide to Twitter in 2020 Between increased discussion of pandemics and politics, Twitter has turned into a messy place. Here are the tools and policies to know about upon entering. – Joanna Stern
https://www.wsj.com/articles/tweet-responsibly-a-guide-to-twitter-in-2020-11590694801
— The Covid Political Earthquake Subsidies will soon end. Americans will then feel the economic pain—and revolt. – Josh Holmes
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-covid-political-earthquake-11590706829
— Ballot-Collection Battles, Split by Partisanship, Move Through Courts Democrats argue third-party collection helps vulnerable voters; Republicans say it is unnecessary and invites fraud – Brent Kendall and Alexa Corse
https://www.wsj.com/articles/ballot-collection-battles-split-by-partisanship-move-through-courts-11590755212

FORBES
— Perks Members Of Congress Give To Themselves – The Selfie Report – Adam Andrzejewski
https://www.forbes.com/sites/adamandrzejewski/2020/05/29/perks-members-of-congress-give-to-themselves–the-selfie-report/

BLOOMBERG LAW
— Twitter Spat With Trump Escalates After Social Media Rule Signed
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/tech-and-telecom-law/trump-signs-social-media-order-amid-questions-over-what-it-does

SMALL BIZ TRENDS
— 10 Qualities That Make Content Get Shared – And Why You Should Care – Jayson DeMers (DIERSEN: The articles that you share say more about you than anything that you can say about yourself. Since 2000, I have used GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails to share articles of interest to Illinois Republicans. Since 2004, those emails have included links to more than 368,800 articles. Since 2000, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have viciously demonized, viciously denigrated, and viciously condemned a) my decisions to include links to articles in GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails and b) my comments on those articles. Most commonly, they do not want links in GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails to articles that promote the traditional family, right to life, immigration, Second Amendment, illegal drugs, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks in the Illinois Republican Party and Republican Party platforms.)
https://smallbiztrends.com/2020/05/what-makes-content-shareable.html

JD SUPRA
— COVID-19: U.S. Employment Considerations for Returning to Work (DIERSEN: What percent of employees will demand that their employer get rid of its employees who are old, obese, and/or have health problems, including diabetes, before they will come back? What percent of members of organizations will demand that their organization get rid of its members who are old, obese, and/or have health problems, including diabetes, before they will come back?)
https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/covid-19-u-s-employment-considerations-44141/
— Can Employees Refuse to Return to Work Because of COVID-19? (DIERSEN: What percent of employees will demand that their employer get rid of its employees who are old, obese, and/or have health problems, including diabetes, before they will come back? What percent of members of organizations will demand that their organization get rid of its members who are old, obese, and/or have health problems, including diabetes, before they will come back?)
https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/can-employees-refuse-to-return-to-work-95395/
— Inoculating Against The Coming Spread Of Employee Lawsuits Related To COVID-19
https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/inoculating-against-the-coming-spread-14081/
— To Test Or Not to Test: Taking Temperatures, Virus Testing, And Antibody Testing For COVID-19
https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/to-test-or-not-to-test-taking-52299/

MS MAGAZINE
— When to Quit: Lessons from Those Serving Our Government Today – ELIZABETH SHACKELFORD (DIERSEN: When have you decided that it was not worth the effort to stay? 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, IRS employee, Firestone Stores employee, Post Office employee, etc. I should write a book about the past and present leaders, members, and employees of the aforesaid who expended to most effort to get rid of me. I would focus on those who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton’s West District, Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois. I would focus on those who falsely paint themselves as being religious, conservative, and/or Republican to give them standing to destroy individuals, organizations, and governments that are religious, conservative, and/or Republican.)
https://msmagazine.com/2020/05/29/when-to-quit-lessons-from-those-serving-our-government-today/

May 28 Morning Edition

ABC7
— Trump preparing executive order targeting social media companies after fact checks applied to his tweets – AP
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/trump-preparing-executive-order-targeting-social-media/6217025/

NBC5
— Worker at Springfield Arena Where Illinois Legislative Session Held Tests Positive for Coronavirus
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/coronavirus/worker-at-springfield-arena-where-illinois-legislative-session-held-tests-positive-for-coronavirus/2278997/

CBS2
— Two Local Churches Appeal To Supreme Court To Reopen
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2020/05/28/two-local-churches-appeal-to-supreme-court-to-reopen/
— ‘There’s Just Not Enough of Us:’ Illinois Unemployment Workers Allege Understaffing, ‘Insurmountable’ Workloads, Fear Of Infection As They Process Claims – Tara Molina
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2020/05/27/theres-just-not-enough-of-us-illinois-unemployment-workers-allege-understaffing-insurmountable-workloads-fear-of-infection-as-they-process-claims/

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Illinois lawmaker Allen Skillicorn pushing for ballot referendum that would let voters remove Pritzker from office – Mike Flannery
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/illinois-lawmaker-pushing-for-ballot-referendum-that-would-let-voters-remove-pritzker-from-office

WGN TV
— Around 60 percent of CPS students logged into e-learning sites more than twice a week, data shows – Mike Ewing
https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/around-60-percent-of-cps-students-logged-into-e-learning-sites-more-than-twice-a-week-data-shows/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Illinois’ bloated budget needs a crash diet … again – JEANNE IVES
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/ct-opinion-illinois-budget-spending-excess-ives-20200527-24dv2kznprezzlzc3z3s7pzxbe-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Democrats want minorities to be pot pushers.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-coronavirus-illinois-marijuana-dispensary-delays-20200527-gjbbmysiwvebdfym7r65tcyidm-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “Trump wants Twitter to spread lies, not truth.”
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/steve-chapman/ct-trump-twitter-mail-in-voting-chapman-20200527-ndp4jrniajftnlbrn4khus37yi-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Trump preparing order targeting social media protections Trump had threatened social media companies with new regulation or even shuttering on Wednesday, lashing out at the new policy he believed interfered with his political messaging, but he alone can’t do that. – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/5/28/21273178/trump-preparing-order-targeting-social-media-protections-new-policies-political-messaging
— GOP Rep. Adam Kinzinger on Twitter, in video takes on Trump, conspiracy theories: “I’ve been a little worried about something lately,” Kinzinger says in a video. The excessive number of conspiracy theories that I’ve seen running all over social media.” – Lynn Sweet
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2020/5/27/21272707/rep-adam-kinzinger-twitter-video-takes-trump-conspiracy-theories-illinois
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: City’s first downtown pot shop to open Thursday Cresco’s new Sunnyside dispensary, located at 436 N. Clark St. in River North, will also be the first in the city to exclusively sell recreational weed. – Tom Schuba (DIERSEN: To encourage a person to use pot is to destroy that person.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/cannabis/2020/5/27/21272586/chicago-dispensaries-downtown-pot-shop-recreational
— Pam Zekman, 75, longtime Chicago investigative reporter, among layoffs at CBS 2 Zekman is a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner who had worked at the Chicago Sun-Times and Chicago Tribune. She’d been at the TV station since 1981. –
By Ben Pope
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2020/5/27/21272466/pam-zekman-cbs-2-chicago-layoffs-sun-times-tribune-investigative-reporter-mirage
— Four in 10 CPS students take part in online learning 2 days a week or fewer, new data shows Teachers say remote learning has been a challenge even for students who normally work hard in school. – Nader Issa
https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2020/5/27/21271582/online-remote-learning-cps-students-public-schools-engagement

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE: 160 new deaths bring state’s COVID-19 toll past 5,000; contact tracing ramping up – Jake Griffin
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200527/160-new-deaths-bring-states-covid-19-toll-past-5000-contact-tracing-ramping-up
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters say “President’s attacks on woman’s legacy represent worst of social media abuse.”
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20200527/editorial-presidents-attacks-on-womans-legacy-represent-worst-of-social-media-abuse

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Illinois faces $76 billion hit to economic output  The biggest impacts are expected in industries directly affected by state shutdowns, including the restaurant and hospitality businesses, but the report says other sectors will also bear outsize pain. – LYNNE MAREK
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/economy/illinois-faces-76-billion-hit-economic-output

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Langfelder, police chief served with cease-and-desist notices by Fox Run lawyer – Brenden Moore (DIERSEN: Constructively, since 2000, my critics/opponents have served me with many cease-and-desist notices to get me to stop sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails. I should serve them with cease-and-desist notices. Better yet, I should sue them.)
https://www.sj-r.com/news/20200527/langfelder-police-chief-served-with-cease-and-desist-notices-by-fox-run-lawyer
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A day after a Springfield restaurant received a cease-and-desist notice for defying Gov. JB Pritzker’s stay-at-home order, an attorney representing the restaurant and two other local businesses that opened early has returned the favor to Mayor Jim Langfelder and Police Chief Kenny Winslow. Thomas DeVore, an attorney representing Fox Run Restaurant, Bow and Arrow Salon and FitBodies, said he is “putting the City of Springfield on notice to cease and desist with any further efforts to violate my client’s civil rights” through enforcement of Pritzker’s order. The notice comes a day after Fox Run itself was served with a cease-and-desist notice from the Springfield Police Department, which informed the owners that failure to comply could result in the restaurant’s closure by the local or state health department or civil liability.)
— Good Standing certificates for attorneys will be available online – Doug Finke (DIERSEN: What about good standing certificates for journalists like me? I have served as the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000. I have put together and sent out GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails since 2000. I have put together and sent out a GOPUSA ILLINOIS email each and every morning since 2004 and each and every evening too since 2015. Since 2004, those emails have included links to 368,685 articles and information on many upcoming events. I worked for GAO as an Analyst 1980-1997, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 levels, currently $101,176-$131,532/year. Much of what GAO Analysts do is very similar to what journalists do.)
https://www.sj-r.com/news/20200527/good-standing-certificates-for-attorneys-will-be-available-online
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC, TREASONOUS: Illinois to become 1st state to provide Medicaid regardless of immigration status – Kade Heather (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs flush citizens of America down the toilet.)
https://www.sj-r.com/news/20200527/illinois-to-become-1st-state-to-provide-medicaid-regardless-of-immigration-status

ROCKFORD REGISTER STAR
— The link between booze and the state budget – Scott Reeder
https://www.rrstar.com/opinion/20200527/commentary-link-between-booze-and-state-budget

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— State GOP insurgents organize to challenge Democrats’ majorities – Jim Dey
https://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/politics/jim-dey-state-gop-insurgents-organize-to-challenge-democrats-majorities/article_a41fc2bc-782e-555b-9e84-00c0ec8eda32.html

JOURNAL GAZETTE TIMES COURIER
— As Illinois gradually reopens, will you be wearing a mask? – TERRI MADDOX
https://jg-tc.com/news/state-and-regional/as-illinois-gradually-reopens-will-you-be-wearing-a-mask/article_d504563c-4bb1-5538-9381-5cfb2e0d0d92.html

QUAD CITY TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: The more that you promote traditional marriage and the traditional family, the more that Democrats do to destroy you.
https://qctimes.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/bobby-schillings-son-under-fire-for-homophobic-tweets/article_b223c57f-10f3-50f4-8476-0e71a5e00072.html

DANVILLE COMMERCIAL NEWS
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Cannabis dispensary opens doors – JENNIFER BAILEY
https://www.commercial-news.com/news/local_news/cannabis-dispensary-opens-doors/article_bc07f2a8-a04b-11ea-9d02-8b457adfee75.html

FOX ILLINOIS
— Pompeo says Hong Kong no longer autonomous from China – AP
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/pompeo-says-hong-kong-no-longer-autonomous-from-china
— Champaign ministry files lawsuit against Pritzker – Taylor Deckert
https://foxillinois.com/news/local/champaign-ministry-files-lawsuit-against-pritzker

CHICAGO PATCH
— Gov’s Toilet Scam Contractor Got $9 Million Coronavirus Contract KONKOL COLUMN — Is it just a coincidence the contractor involved in Pritzker’s private construction projects got coronavirus contracts? – Mark Konkol
https://patch.com/illinois/chicago/govs-toilet-scam-contractor-got-9-million-coronavirus-contract

BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO
— Lakeview Rallies To Save Businesses After 75 Percent Say They’ll Fail By July The Lakeview Chamber of Commerce, spurred by alarming results of a small business survey, are rolling out the “Love Local, Love Lakeview” campaign. – Jake Wittich
https://blockclubchicago.org/2020/05/27/lakeview-rallies-to-save-businesses-after-75-percent-say-theyll-fail-by-july/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump: We will regulate or ‘close down’ social media platforms before they silence conservatives – David Sherfinski and Ryan Lovelace (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents want the following to discourage me from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails and to discourage everyone from reading those emails: a) the leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization; b) the leaders of Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, and Wheaton’s West District; c) conservative leaders; d) religious leaders; e) conservative and Republican activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, and campaign managers; f) etc. I should write a book about what the aforesaid have done since 2000 to discourage me from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails and to discourage everyone from reading those emails.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/may/27/trump-we-will-regulate-or-close-down-social-media-/
— ‘Second wave’ fears loom as U.S. passes ‘dark’ milestone Coronavirus death toll tops 100,000 in three months – Tom Howell Jr. and David Sherfinski
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/may/27/coronavirus-death-toll-us-tops-100000/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Trump’s slanderous attack on Joe Scarborough is incompatible with leadership – Editorial
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/editorials/trumps-slanderous-attack-on-joe-scarborough-is-incompatible-with-leadership
— Trump’s attacks on Jeff Sessions anger immigration hawks – W. James Antle III
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/trumps-attacks-on-jeff-sessions-anger-immigration-hawks
— Republicans urge Trump not to restrict immigrant work visas during pandemic – Mica Soellner
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/republicans-urge-trump-not-to-restrict-immigrant-work-visas-during-pandemic
— Head of Twitter site integrity called Trump White House officials ‘actual Nazis’ and Mitch McConnell a ‘bag of farts’ – Carly Ortiz-Lytle
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/head-of-twitter-site-integrity-called-trump-white-house-officials-actual-nazis-and-mitch-mcconnell-a-bag-of-farts
— Democratic lawmakers call for cancellation of Trump’s Fourth of July ‘Salute to America’ – Carly Ortiz-Lytle
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/democratic-lawmakers-call-for-cancellation-of-trumps-fourth-of-july-salute-to-america
— Kellyanne Conway: Twitter fact-check on Trump conducted by ‘same people who attack him all day long’ – Madison Dibble
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/kellyanne-conway-twitter-fact-check-on-trump-conducted-by-same-people-who-attack-him-all-day-long

FOX NEWS
— White House says Trump will sign an executive order on social media – Morgan Phillips (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents want the following to discourage me from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails and to discourage everyone from reading those emails: a) the leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization; b) the leaders of Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, and Wheaton’s West District; c) conservative leaders; d) religious leaders; e) conservative and Republican activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, and campaign managers; f) etc. I should write a book about what the aforesaid have done since 2000 to discourage me from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails and to discourage everyone from reading those emails.)
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/white-house-trump-will-sign-executive-order-social-media
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Earlier Wednesday, Trump warned social media giants that the federal government could “strongly regulate” or “close them down” if they continue to “silence conservative voices,” amid his flaring battle with Twitter after the platform fact-checked one of his tweets for the first time this week. “Republicans feel that Social Media Platforms totally silence conservatives voices,” Trump tweeted. “We will strongly regulate, or close them down, before we can ever allow this to happen. We saw what they attempted to do, and failed, in 2016. We can’t let a more sophisticated version of that happen again.”)

FOX BUSINESS
— TRAGIC, DISGUSTING: Who is more likely to smoke marijuana? – Daniella Genovese
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/more-likely-smoke-marijuana-194842942.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: According to a July 2019 poll from Gallup, which surveyed 1,525 adults across the nation who were at least 18 years old, the likelihood of someone smoking marijuana “varies significantly” by gender, age, region and political ideology. Overall, the survey indicated that adults between 18 to 29 years old are the age group most likely to smoke marijuana. According to the findings, 22 percent of 18- to 29-year-olds revealed they smoked, which makes them twice as likely to smoke compared to adults from 30-49 years old and seven times as likely as adults older than 65 years old. Eleven percent of adults from 30-49 years admitted to smoking and 12 percent of people ages 50 to 64 do. Meanwhile, only three percent of people over the age of 65 admitted to smoking. . .Aside from age, the results also revealed that men are twice as likely to smoke marijuana than women. Additionally, liberals are six times more likely to smoke than conservatives and twice as likely as moderates, according to the findings.)

RUSH LIMBAUGH
— Democrats Demand You Wear a Symbol of Fear
https://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2020/05/27/democrats-demand-you-wear-a-symbol-of-fear/
— Cesspool That Is Twitter Makes Huge Miscalculation by “Fact-Checking” Trump
https://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2020/05/27/cesspool-that-is-twitter-makes-huge-miscalculation-by-fact-checking-trump/

BREITBART
— Twitter Lets Verified Users Spread Fake Photo Linking MN Cop to ‘Make Whites Great Again’ Hat – JOSHUA CAPLAN
https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2020/05/27/twitter-lets-verified-users-spread-fake-photo-linking-mn-cop-to-make-whites-great-again-hat/
— UN Admits 70 Per Cent of Boat Migrants Not Eligible for Asylum – VIRGINIA HALE
https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2020/05/27/un-admits-majority-boat-migrants/

CONSERVATIVE HQ
— We Endorse The Essential Rep. Steve King (Iowa-4) For Reelection
http://www.conservativehq.com/node/32594

DAILY CALLER

— Twitter Dings Trump’s Tweets But Refuses To Fact Check Chinese Officials’ Virus Misinformation – Chris White
https://dailycaller.com/2020/05/27/twitter-donald-trump-fact-check-china/

DAILY SIGNAL
— Twitter Official Overseeing Misinformation Efforts Is Anti-Trump Partisan Who Donated to Planned Parenthood – Peter Hasson
https://www.dailysignal.com/2020/05/27/twitter-official-overseeing-misinformation-efforts-is-anti-trump-partisan-who-donated-to-planned-parenthood

MEDIA RESEARCH CENTER TV
— Illinois Judge Rules Against Stay At Home Order: ‘People Are Not Being Governed, They Are Being Ruled’ – Eric Scheiner
https://www.mrctv.org/blog/judge-rules-against-stay-home-order-people-are-not-being-governed-they-are-being-ruled

PATRIOT POST
— Biden Exposes the Democrat Party’s Racial Mindset “If you have a problem figuring out whether you’re for me or Trump, then you ain’t black.” – Arnold Ahlert
https://patriotpost.us/articles/70954-biden-exposes-the-democrat-partys-racial-mindset-2020-05-28

EPOCH TIMES
— Twitter’s New ‘Fact-Checking’ Label Has Dangerous Implications – BOWEN XIAO (DIERSEN: Since 2000, my critics/opponents have viciously demonized, viciously denigrated, and viciously condemned a) my decisions to include links in GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails and b) my comments on those articles. My critics/opponents focus on stopping the following from reading GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails: Republican Precinct Committeemen, activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, and campaign managers, etc. in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois. I should write a book about a) my critics/opponents and b) those who they have had the greatest success in turning against me and turning against my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails.)
https://www.theepochtimes.com/white-house-trump-campaign-respond-to-twitter-labeling_3366858.html
— States Demanding Biggest Bailouts Do Least to Control Spending, Deficits – MARK TAPSCOTT
https://www.theepochtimes.com/states-demanding-biggest-bailouts-do-the-least-to-control-their-spending-deficits_3366560.html

THE HILL
— The federal government could end California’s reckless immigration stance – IRA MEHLMAN
https://thehill.com/opinion/immigration/499124-the-federal-government-could-end-californias-reckless-immigration-stance

POLITICO
— Trump to sign executive order on social media amid Twitter furor “Big Tech is doing everything in their very considerable power to CENSOR in advance of the 2020 Election,” Trump tweeted late Wednesday. – CRISTIANO LIMA (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents want the following to discourage me from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails and to discourage everyone from reading those emails: a) the leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization; b) the leaders of Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, and Wheaton’s West District; c) conservative leaders; d) religious leaders; e) conservative and Republican activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, and campaign managers; f) etc. I should write a book about what the aforesaid have done since 2000 to discourage me from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails and to discourage everyone from reading those emails.)
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/05/27/trump-executive-order-social-media-twitter-285891
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Conservative-haters say “Appeals court ruling suggests little legal traction for Trump’s anti-Twitter campaign. D.C. Circuit decision spurns claims that social media giants broke the law by banning a conservative provocateur.”
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/05/27/trump-twitter-court-ruling-284632
— ‘Why are you not burying him?’: Trump allies fret over rising Biden threat Outside advisers and donors want the Trump campaign to unleash more resources quickly to dent Biden’s strength in the polls. – NANCY COOK
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/05/27/trump-biden-campaign-283602

REUTERS
— Trump to sign executive order on social media on Thursday: White House – Jeff Mason, Nandita Bose (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents want the following to discourage me from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails and to discourage everyone from reading those emails: a) the leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization; b) the leaders of Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, and Wheaton’s West District; c) conservative leaders; d) religious leaders; e) conservative and Republican activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, and campaign managers; f) etc. I should write a book about what the aforesaid have done since 2000 to discourage me from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails and to discourage everyone from reading those emails.)
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-twitter-trump/trump-threatens-social-media-shutdown-over-twitter-fact-check-label-idUSKBN2331NK

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Twitter fact-checks Trump; he threatens new regs or shutdown – ZEKE MILLER (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents want the following to discourage me from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails and to discourage everyone from reading those emails: a) the leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization; b) the leaders of Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, and Wheaton’s West District; c) conservative leaders; d) religious leaders; e) conservative and Republican activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, and campaign managers; f) etc. I should write a book about what the aforesaid have done since 2000 to discourage me from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails and to discourage everyone from reading those emails.)
https://apnews.com/c8898aad60175df06ebd160023285001

NBC NEWS
— ‘An ego trip’: Pelosi blasts Trump’s insistence that Republican convention occur Trump has threatened to move the convention from Charlotte, N.C., if the venue might not be filled there this summer because of coronavirus-related restrictions. – Adam Edelman
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/ego-trip-pelosi-blasts-trump-s-insistence-republican-convention-occur-n1215786

NEW YORK TIMES
— China Approves Plan to Rein In Hong Kong, Defying Worldwide Outcry Beijing ordered that a new law be written to extend many of mainland China’s security practices to Hong Kong, creating broad powers to quash unrest. – Keith Bradsher
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/28/world/asia/china-hong-kong-crackdown.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Americans have filed more than 40 million jobless claims in past 10 weeks, as another 2.1 million filed for benefits last week The economic struggle continues as states seek to reopen, but many workers and businesses remain uneasy about the future – Tony Romm
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/05/28/unemployment-claims-coronavirus/

USA TODAY
— Trump pushes ahead on July Fourth parade in DC despite objections from local Democratic lawmakers – Nicholas Wu (DIERSEN: Of course, if your municipality had polled its residents about canceling its Independency Day parade, Republicans would have said NO and Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs would have sad YES.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2020/05/27/coronavirus-trump-wants-july-fourth-dc-parade-local-democrats-object/5266631002/
— The next 100 days: How the coronavirus will continue to change your life at home, at work, at school and beyond – Jorge L. Ortiz
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/05/27/coronavirus-hundred-thousand-deaths-us-changes-schools-work-life/5225436002/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Back to school? 1 in 5 teachers are unlikely to return to reopened classrooms this fall, poll says – Susan Page
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/education/2020/05/26/coronavirus-schools-teachers-poll-ipsos-parents-fall-online/5254729002/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Twitter Plays Into Trump’s Hands ‘Fact-checking’ tweets will encourage political regulation of speech. – Editorial (DIERSEN: Will Twitter’s crackdown on Trump encourage my critics/opponents to crackdown more on me?)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/twitter-plays-into-trumps-hands-11590621733

FORBES
— College Graduates Rate The Campus Culture Of Their Alma Maters: There’s A Lot More Work To Do – Michael T. Nietzel (DIERSEN: What do those who recently graduated from your alma mater(s) think of you? I graduated from NIU in 1970, from Loyola in 1976, from DePaul in 1980, and from IIT in 1997. From what I see, as colleges ever-increasingly move to the left, that is, as colleges ever-increasingly crank out “good little Democrats,” recent graduates would have an extremely low opinion of me.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaeltnietzel/2020/05/28/college-graduates-rate-the-campus-culture-of-their-alma-maters-theres-a-lot-more-work-to-do/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: White-haters use coronavirus to promote hatred against Whites.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/maiahoskin/2020/05/27/2020-has-been-difficult-for-the-black-community-discrimination-at-work-only-adds-insult-to-injury/

NATIONAL LAW REVIEW
— Managing and Enforcing Restrictive Covenants during COVID-19
https://www.natlawreview.com/article/managing-and-enforcing-restrictive-covenants-during-covid-19-podcast

BROOKINGS INSTITUTE
— Public service and the federal government – Fiona Hill (DIERSEN: Who looks down on you? From what I see, ever-increasingly, Republicans look down on federal employees and look down on federal retirees. I was a federal employee for almost 30 years and I have been a federal retiree for almost 23 years.)
https://www.brookings.edu/policy2020/votervital/public-service-and-the-federal-government/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Popular appreciation of and respect for government service and public servants have steadily declined in the United States since the 1960s, with only two brief exceptions: in the 1990s during the Clinton administration, and in the months immediately after the 9/11 terrorist attacks. There is a particularly deep sense of distrust in the U.S. federal government. In an April 2019 Pew Research Center poll, for example, only 17% of respondents indicated that they trusted the federal government “to do the right thing.” Why is this the case? While there is significant support for the vital functions public servants perform at the local and state levels, and during crises, deeply entrenched misconceptions about the U.S. federal government and its individual agencies shape more negative views. For example, the opinion that the U.S. government is vast and unwieldly is widespread outside the public sector. The U.S. population has been evenly split for several years in its views on the optimal size of the U.S. government—with 47% of those polled by Pew in 2019 seeing government as either too big or too small. The two perspectives reveal a sharp partisan divide. Sixty-seven percent of those who affiliate with the Democratic Party express support for the expansion of government services. On the “too big” side of the ledger, 74% of those who describe themselves as Republicans want to see the government shrink in both size and functions. Newspaper and opinion page headlines such as “The sheer size of our government workforce is an alarming problem” encapsulate this view.)
— Destroying trust in the media, science, and government has left America vulnerable to disaster – Marc Hetherington and Jonathan M. Ladd (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who have focused on destroying trust in me and trust in my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails. I would focus on those who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton’s West District, Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois. I would focus on those who paint themselves as being religious, conservative, and/or Republican to give themselves standing to destroy those who are religious, conservative, and/or Republican.)
https://www.brookings.edu/blog/fixgov/2020/05/01/destroying-trust-in-the-media-science-and-government-has-left-america-vulnerable-to-disaster/

NEWSWEEK
— House Republicans Sue to Stop Historic Proxy Voting Plan Designed to Reduce Lawmakers’ Risk of Getting Coronavirus – ELIZABETH CRISP
https://www.newsweek.com/house-republicans-sue-stop-historic-proxy-voting-plan-designed-reduce-lawmakers-risk-getting-1506934
— Illinois Is Only State to Meet All Federal Criteria for Reopening, Will Move to Phase 3 on Friday – JEFFERY MARTIN
https://www.newsweek.com/illinois-only-state-meet-all-federal-criteria-reopening-will-move-phase-3-friday-1506968
— Trump Wants Americans to Learn About the Holocaust As Anti-Semitism in U.S. At All-Time High – EWAN PALMER (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Trump-haters paint members of the following groups as being anti-Semites: Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, gun owners, German Americans, non-veterans, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.newsweek.com/holocaust-educaton-schools-trump-never-again-1507027

NEW YORK MAGAZINE
— Reopening the City Too Soon Is, Effectively, Age Discrimination – Justin Davidson (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, you are unpopular if you are old, if you are obese, and/or if you have health problems including diabetes.)
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/05/reopening-without-universal-testing-is-age-discrimination.html

GUARDIAN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An America-hater says “The coronavirus has laid bare the reality of America’s racial caste system.” According to America-haters, the more that an American is successful, the more that American is a White supremacist, Nazi, KKK member, hater, racist, sexist, bigot, and even worse things. I should write a book about my critics/opponents who hint/imply/argue/shout that I passed the CPA and Certified Internal Auditor examinations on my first attempt, that I became a licensed CPA, that I earned master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance, etc. because I am a White supremacist, Nazi, KKK member, hater, racist, sexist, bigot, and even worse things. Better yet, I should sue them.)
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/may/27/coronavirus-america-racial-caste-system
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An America-hater says “As 100,000 die, the virus lays bare America’s brutal fault lines – race, gender, poverty and broken politics.” According to America-haters, the more that an American is successful, the more that American is a White supremacist, Nazi, KKK member, hater, racist, sexist, bigot, and even worse things. I should write a book about my critics/opponents who hint/imply/argue/shout that I passed the CPA and Certified Internal Auditor examinations on my first attempt, that I became a licensed CPA, that I earned master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance, etc. because I am a White supremacist, Nazi, KKK member, hater, racist, sexist, bigot, and even worse things. Better yet, I should sue them.)
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/may/28/us-coronavirus-death-toll-racial-disparity-inequality

May 27 Morning Edition

WBBM

— Republican Lawmaker Allen Skillicorn Pushes Recall Of Gov. Pritzker – DAVE DAHL

https://wbbm780.radio.com/articles/republican-lawmaker-pushes-recall-of-gov-pritzker

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES

— Total Recall? GOP quartet (Skillicorn, Halbrook, Wilhour, and Bailey) seeks to oust Pritzker, insisting ‘it’s going to be difficult’ but not ‘impossible’  State Rep. Allen Skillicorn said he would “happily” take his recall petition “off the table,” if the governor fixes the problem. But it might not matter what Skillicorn leaves on the table, given the high threshold for a successful recall petition. – Neal Earley

https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2020/5/26/21271283/pritzker-recall-skillicorn-bailey-wilhour-halbrook-covid-19-coronavirus-unemployment

— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats use coronavirus to promote illegal immigration.

https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2020/5/26/21269669/coronavirus-immigration-hospitals-treatment-insurance-undocumented-covid-19-chicago

CHICAGO TRIBUNE

— Trump threatens to shut down social media after Twitter fact-checks him; fires off another baseless murder tweet – AP

https://www.chicagotribune.com/nation-world/ct-nw-trump-social-media-joe-scarborough-20200527-gafdi22c75achnszxxttryb5d4-story.html

— Joe Biden’s inconvenient Democratic truth: ‘You ain’t black.’ – John Kass

https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/john-kass/ct-joe-biden-you-aint-black-kass-20200527-whgc2l4m2zhmxay63o3oxcxlji-story.html

— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD IN NAPERVILLE SUN WITH A BIG COLOR PICTURE: Racist, gang graffiti left on Naperville park property over the holiday weekend denounced by city officials, local groups – SUZANNE BAKER (DIERSEN: To scrawl “racist, gang graffiti” is to promote hated against individuals, against organizations, against companies, against governments, and against 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://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-nvs-naperville-graffiti-condemn-st-0527-20200526-f7jmhx67zrekpcekxnqqvyclja-story.html

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER

— Masks spark public judgment, ridicule among customers as businesses reopen –  USA TODAY (DIERSEN: In your neighborhood, in your precinct, in your municipal district, in your municipality, in your township, and in your county, a) who takes the lead in demonizing, denigrating, and condemning those who do not wear masks and b) who will take the lead in getting rid of those who are old, obese, and/or who have health problems including diabetes?)

https://www.sj-r.com/news/20200526/masks-spark-public-judgment-ridicule-among-customers-as-businesses-reopen

ALTON TELEGRAPH

— Republican representative Allen Skillicorn begins attempt to remove Pritzker  Crystal Lake lawmaker needs support of Democrats, voters – Rebecca Anzel

https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/article/Republican-representative-begins-attempt-to-15296510.php

LASALLE NEWS TRIBUNE

— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot in Peru.

https://www.newstrib.com/2020/05/27/peru-council-gives-go-ahead-to-marijuana-dispensary-growerinfuser/arnxdmg/

FOX ILLINOIS

— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot in Danville.

https://foxillinois.com/news/local/cannabis-cultivation-center-may-open-in-danville

NAPERVILLE COMMUNITY TELEVISION

— DuPage County Discusses Reducing Its Board Members

DuPage County Discusses Reducing Its Board Members

ILLINOIS REVIEW

— DID WE EVER CONSENT TO THIS?

https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2020/05/did-we-ever-consent-to-this.html

WASHINGTON TIMES

— Purge stifles anti-Trump resistance at White House, ODNI – Bill Gertz

https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/may/26/richard-grenell-robert-obrien-purge-stifles-anti-t/

FOX NEWS

— What is China’s social credit system? – Bradford Betz (DIERSEN: What if America, Illinois, your county, your township, your municipality, and your municipal district had social credit systems? What would cost people points – being a Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, obese, non-healthy, non-poor, gun owner, German American, draft avoider, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time?  What would put people on blacklists – opposing the promotion of dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, abolition of the First and Second Amendments, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation for opposing the aforesaid?)

https://www.foxnews.com/world/what-is-china-social-credit-system

(FROM THE ARTICLE: China’s social credit system is a government program being implemented nationwide to regulate its citizens’ behavior based on a point system. Under this system, citizens are ranked in different areas of civil life using data collected from court documents, government or corporate records, and in some cases, citizen observers. Citizens with higher scores have had an easier time getting bank loans, free medical checkups and discounts on heating. Points have been deducted for traffic violations, selling faulty products or defaulting on loan payments. In some cases, people with bad social credit scores have been barred from buying airline or train tickets. Other infractions have included smoking in non-smoking zones, buying – or playing – too many video games and posting false news stories online, Business Insider reported. People failing to comply have been placed on so-called “blacklists,” which companies may reference when considering potential employees. In other cases, students may be denied entry into universities because of their parents’ bad social credit scores. China’s State Council first introduced the plan in June 2014. The council announced the system would “allow the trustworthy to roam everywhere under heaven while making it hard for the discredited to take a single step.” At first, officials implemented the system gradually in different cities. It was expected to go nationwide this year, but has been delayed amid the coronavirus pandemic.)

FOX BUSINESS

— North Carolina governor threatens ban on large crowds  All options are on the table, Gov. Cooper said – Evie Fordham

https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/coronavirus-north-carolina-roy-cooper-large-crowd-ban-threat

CBN NEWS

— Former CBS News President Slams ‘Unrelentingly Liberal’ Media in WSJ Op-Ed – Steve Warren (DIERSEN: What do you say to my critics/opponents who do not want me to include links in GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails to articles in liberal sources including ABC7, NBC5, CBS2, FOX32, WGN TV, WTTW, WGN Radio, WBEZ, Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun-Times, Daily Herald,  Crain’s Chicago Business, Suburban Life, Capitol Fax, Politico Illinois, Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, USA TODAY, Hill, Politico, Forbes, Bloomberg, etc.? I disagree with my critics/opponents. Conservatives need to know what the liberal sources are saying. One could call it opposition research.)

https://www1.cbn.com/cbnnews/us/2020/may/former-cbs-news-president-slams-unrelentingly-liberal-media-in-wsj-op-ed

DAILY CALLER

— China Wants To Keep COVID Tracking System In Place Permanently, Fold It Into Social Credit System – Chris White

https://dailycaller.com/2020/05/26/china-coronavirus-world-health-organization-smartphones-drones/

(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Chinese government reportedly announced an initiative in 2017 to rate citizens in a social credit system, penalizing people for criminal behavior as well as what they buy, do and say. The country began implementing President Xi Jinping’s policy of “once untrustworthy, always restricted” in May of that year.)

REAL CLEAR POLITICS

— Bobby Jindal: Democrats Are “Willing To Crush The Economy” If It Leads To Trump Loss – Tim Hains (DIERSEN: Who takes the lead in crushing the economy in your county, in your township, in your municipality, and in your municipal district?)

https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2020/05/26/bobby_jindal_democrats_are_willing_to_crush_the_economy_if_it_leads_to_trump_loss.html

EPOCH TIMES

— Labor Secretary Says Cut Regulations to Heal US Economy – MATTHEW VADUM (DIERSEN: What about demands that employers get rid of their employees who are old, obese, and/or have health problems including diabetes?)

https://www.theepochtimes.com/labor-secretary-cut-regulations-to-heal-economy_3365696.html

THE HILL

— Trump, Biden signal how ugly the campaign will be – AMIE PARNES

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/499628-trump-biden-signal-how-ugly-the-campaign-will-be

— Poll: Voters list more unemployment relief as top priority for next spending bill (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes in the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, Wheaton’s West District, Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois, the majority of voters in Illinois, in DuPage County, in Milton Township, in Wheaton, in Wheaton’s West District, in my precinct, and in my neighborhood a) want government to get rid of those who 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 and b) want government to promote dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, abolition of the First and Second Amendments, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation for opposing the aforesaid.)

https://thehill.com/hilltv/what-americas-thinking/499528-poll-more-unemployment-relief-listed-as-voters-top-priority-for

POLITICO

— Twitter takes a first stand against some Trump tweets — but ignores most others  Twitter tells users to “get the facts about mail-in ballots” on Trump tweet claiming California’s mailed votes likely to be “substantially fraudulent.” – CRISTIANO LIMA

https://www.politico.com/news/2020/05/26/twitter-fact-check-trump-voting-fraud-tweets-282844

ASSOCIATED PRESS

— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater asks “Can Trump feel your pain?”

https://apnews.com/a1fe2766d9c24d628ad02d4e8fcfe2c5

CNN

— Trump takes his war on masks to new heights – Stephen Collinson

https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/26/politics/donald-trump-covid-masks-politics-health/index.html

— White House stokes fight with Biden over masks – Kevin Liptak, Betsy Klein and Maegan Vazquez

https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/26/politics/face-masks-trump-mulvaney-wedge-issue/index.html

— Security guards risk their lives by asking customers to wear masks – Nathaniel Meyersohn

https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/26/business/security-guard-grocery-stores-coronavirus/index.html

NEW YORK TIMES

— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters say “Mask-Wearing Needs to Be Easy, Understood and Expected. Persuasion works better than compulsion.”

— Biden, Urging Face Masks, Calls Trump a ‘Fool’ for Not Wearing One  Joseph Biden, in his first in-person interview since the coronavirus curtailed his campaign, suggested the president was being “falsely masculine’’ by refusing to wear a mask. – Sydney Ember (DIERSEN: In your neighborhood, in your precinct, in your municipal district, in your municipality, in your township, and in your county, a) who takes the lead in demonizing, denigrating, and condemning those who do not wear masks and b) who will take the lead in getting rid of those who are old, obese, and/or who have health problems including diabetes?)

— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: The Democrat ticket needs a contrast, not a clone. – Rachel Bitecofer (DIERSEN: A contrast would be someone who is conservative, non-White, female, young, veteran, non-Catholic, non-Irish national origin, not married, someone whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time, etc.)

— Could All Those ‘Quarantinis’ Lead to Drinking Problems?  Addiction specialists said it was possible for people who are drinking heavily and consistently during the coronavirus pandemic to develop a problem they did not have before. –  Maria Cramer

— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: China’s Young Struggle for Jobs in the Post-Outbreak Era  Finding work for a generation has become a major priority for the country’s leaders, who have promised a better life in exchange for a lack of political freedom. – Alexandra Stevenson and Keith Bradsher  (DIERSEN: What frustrated your job search when you earned your bachelor’s degree? I earned a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU in 1970. Potential employers viewed me as being draft bait; they did not believe that my financial hardship draft deferment application would be approved.)

WASHINGTON POST

— Trump calls mask wearing ‘politically correct,’ Biden calls him a ‘fool’ – Colby Itkowitz

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-calls-mask-wearing-politically-correct-biden-calls-him-a-fool/2020/05/26/a58025e6-9f9c-11ea-81bb-c2f70f01034b_story.html

— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “Trump’s mockery of wearing masks divides Republicans.” In your neighborhood, in your precinct, in your municipal district, in your municipality, in your township, and in your county, a) who takes the lead in demonizing, denigrating, and condemning those who do not wear masks and b) who will take the lead in getting rid of those who are old, obese, and/or who have health problems including diabetes?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trumps-mockery-of-wearing-masks-divides-republicans/2020/05/26/2c2bdc02-9f61-11ea-81bb-c2f70f01034b_story.html

— It’s not enough for Democrats to oppose hasty reopening. We should offer a plan for rebuilding. – Rahm Emanuel

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/05/26/trump-blames-know-it-alls-he-has-no-plan-fix-this-mess/

USA TODAY

— Masks spark public judgment, ridicule among customers as businesses reopen – Dalvin Brown

https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2020/05/26/coronavirus-should-wear-mask-differing-opinions-create-clashes/5228544002/

WALL STREET JOURNAL

— Amtrak Prepares to Cut 20% of Workforce  ‘The climb back will be hard,’ Chief Executive Bill Flynn says in internal memo – Ted Mann

https://www.wsj.com/articles/amtrak-prepares-to-cut-20-of-workforce-11590529328

— Boeing to Start Voluntary Layoffs, Will Shed an Initial 2,500 Workers  Union officials said initial wave of layoffs was focused on Seattle-area commercial airplanes operation – Doug Cameron

https://www.wsj.com/articles/boeing-to-start-voluntary-layoffs-will-shed-an-initial-2-500-workers-11590558072

— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Facebook Executives Shut Down Efforts to Make the Site Less Divisive  The social-media giant internally studied how it polarizes users, then largely shelved the research – Jeff Horwitz and Deepa Seetharaman  (DIERSEN: What do you say Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs who use Facebook 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/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)

https://www.wsj.com/articles/facebook-knows-it-encourages-division-top-executives-nixed-solutions-11590507499

— Planning to Use Your Home as a Retirement Nest Egg? Not So Fast.  The economic uncertainty casts doubt on the home-as-a-piggy-bank approach – Glenn Ruffenach

https://www.wsj.com/articles/planning-to-use-your-home-as-a-retirement-nest-egg-no-so-fast-11590328800

— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Drop in gasoline demand fuels higher prices for soda, beer – Vipal Monga

https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-coronavirus-chain-reaction-less-driving-means-less-fizz-for-sodas-11590525236

— Scrapping the SAT Won’t Help Black and Latino Students  Low-income minorities have more to lose than gain from the woke war on standardized testing. – Jason L. Riley

https://www.wsj.com/articles/scrapping-the-sat-wont-help-black-and-latino-students-11590532734

— Get Ready for the ‘Careful’ Economy  Reopening has costs for businesses, employees and consumers. Good thing Americans are adaptable. – John H. Cochrane

https://www.wsj.com/articles/get-ready-for-the-careful-economy-11590514492

— The Class of 1970 Meets History. Twice.  With graduation ceremonies canceled during the Vietnam War, coronavirus now puts off this group’s 50th reunion; ‘You will never forget your senior year at Grinnell’ – Clare Ansberry  (DIERSEN: I earned a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU in 1970? What has diminished your connection with the college that you earned your bachelor’s degree from? I was a NIU student for only three semesters and a summer session. I spent weekends during my first semester working for the Post Office in Park Forest. My father died suddenly at the start of my second semester. I never even tried to join a fraternity. Virtually all my classmates, roommates, instructors, etc. were to the left of me.)   

https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-class-of-1970-meets-history-twice-11590504907

— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Twitter Adds Fact-Check Notices to Trump Tweets on Mail-In Ballots  Move follows earlier appeal by widower that president’s false tweets about death of his wife be pulled down – Rebecca Ballhaus and Georgia Wells

https://www.wsj.com/articles/widower-asks-twitter-to-pull-trumps-false-tweets-on-death-of-joe-scarborough-aide-11590516200

FORBES

— Nearly $258 Billion In Stimulus Checks Paid With Most Going To California (Find Out How Your State Fared Here) – Kelly Phillips Erb

https://www.forbes.com/sites/kellyphillipserb/2020/05/26/nearly-258-billion-in-stimulus-checks-paid-with-most-going-to-california-find-out-how-your-state-fared-here/#5a4cd1ad5e68

CBS PITTSBURG

— Six People Suing Giant Eagle Over Face Mask Policy

Six People Suing Giant Eagle Over Face Mask Policy

ATLANTA JOURNAL CONSTITUTION

— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Trump-haters use coronavirus to promote 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.ajc.com/news/opinion/opinion-covid-affecting-some-more-than-others/KaQhQCFyNxbNjOOniBsQrK/

NEW YORK MAGAZINE

— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “Trump Is Laying the Groundwork to Contest the Results of the Election.”

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/05/trump-is-preparing-to-contest-any-election-loss.html

FORD AUTHORITY

— Ford CEO Jim Hackett Says Automaker Will Be ‘One Of The Safest Places To Work’ – Brett Foote (DIERSEN: What about demands that employers get rid of their employees who are old, obese, and/or have health problems including diabetes?)

https://fordauthority.com/2020/05/ford-ceo-jim-hackett-says-automaker-will-be-one-of-the-safest-places-to-work/

— UAW Asks Ford To Shut Down Dearborn Truck Plant And Test All Workers For COVID-19  The union is also asking for an additional 20 minutes of break time. – Brett Foote (DIERSEN: What about demands that employers get rid of their employees who are old, obese, and/or have health problems including diabetes?)

https://fordauthority.com/2020/05/uaw-asks-ford-to-shut-down-dearborn-truck-plant-and-test-all-workers-for-covid-19/

May 26 Morning Edition

ABC7
— Chicago police to address stay-at-home order enforcement after video shows scuffle with crowd in Englewood Chance The Rapper calls on CPD to stop sending ‘militarized police’ to neighborhoods – Jessica D’Onofrio
https://abc7chicago.com/cpd-to-address-stay-at-home-order-enforcement-after-video-shows-scuffle-with-crowd/6212076/
— 48 shot, 10 fatally in deadliest Chicago Memorial Day weekend since 2015 Chicago sees deadliest Memorial Day weekend since 2015
https://abc7chicago.com/48-shot-10-fatally-in-deadliest-chicago-memorial-day-weekend-since-2015-/6212215/

NBC5
— Chicago Police Report 24 Arrests Related to Enforcement of Stay-at-Home Order
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-police-report-24-arrests-related-to-enforcement-of-stay-at-home-order/2277851/
— Some Area Residents Head to Other States With Eased COVID-19 Restrictions for Holiday
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/some-area-residents-head-to-other-states-with-eased-covid-19-restrictions-for-holiday/2277863/

CBS2
— With Illinois Beaches Closed, Many Head To Indiana Shores For Memorial Day – Charlie De Mar
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2020/05/25/with-illinois-beaches-closed-many-head-to-indiana-shores-for-memorial-day/

WGN TV
— Chicago drone video captures empty lakefront on Memorial Day weekend
https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-drone-video-captures-empty-lakefront-on-memorial-day-weekend/

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Indiana beaches packed with Illinois residents on Memorial Day – Brittany Garzillo
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/indiana-beaches-packed-with-illinois-residents-on-memorial-day

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Reopen Illinois protesters rally again, days before Pritzker’s next reopening phase Officers ultimately shut down the rally because organizers and attendees “were not practicing social distancing or abiding by the public safety guidelines” outlined in the very order they were protesting, according to police. – Tom Schuba
https://chicago.suntimes.com/coronavirus/2020/5/25/21269953/reopen-illinois-rally-coronavirus-chicago-police-shut-down

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE WITH COLOR PICTURE: Teen essential workers juggle labor, fear, stress — and remote learning — to help support their families – HANNAH LEONE (DIERSEN: What did you do with the money that you earned when you were at teen? I used the money that I earned a) to buy a 1958 Chevy BelAir in 1964 when I was 16, b) to buy a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint in 1966, c) to pay for tuition and books at UIC, d) to buy a new 1969 Dodge Charger SE in 1968, and e) to pay for room and board, tuition, and books at NIU. I did yard work and delivered newspapers 1962-1964; washed dishes 1964-1966; cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966; and delivered mail 1966-1969.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-coronavirus-teen-high-school-student-essential-workers-20200526-dau5jiw66fep3cdlcjumi7uc3m-story.html
— Americans have never liked being told what to do – Ron Grossman (DIERSEN: I am extremely thankful to those who told me to not smoke pot.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/ct-reopen-protests-americans-guns-grossman-20200526-f65e4mswbjehrekx2jfckyp5xm-story.html

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Your favorite cocktail may soon be ready for delivery or pick-up A bill passed by the legislature last week means Illinois could join 34 other states in allowing cocktails and mixed drinks to go – DALTON BARKER
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/restaurants/your-favorite-cocktail-may-soon-be-ready-delivery-or-pick
— Time to reach out? Or dig in? The jarring economic collapse brought on by COVID-19 offers partisans an opening to compromise on fixing public spending and taxing priorities. So far, they’re not taking the opportunity. – A.D. QUIG (DIERSEN: I should write a book about the following who demonize me, denigrate me, and condemn me as being a partisan: Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs.)
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/crain-forum-covid-19/time-reach-out-or-dig

WBEZ
— From Camping To Dining Out: Here’s How Experts Rate The Risks Of 14 Summer Activities – Allison Aubrey, Laurel Wamsley, Carmel Wroth
https://www.wbez.org/stories/from-camping-to-dining-out-heres-how-experts-rate-the-risks-of-14-summer-activities/b1753c65-6832-49ce-ac12-cf100155ab9c

NEWS CHANNEL 20
— Illinois Republicans upset over budget, alleged pay increases – Matt Roy
https://newschannel20.com/news/local/illinois-republicans-upset-over-budget-pay-increases

NPR ILLINOIS
— For Many, $600 Jobless Benefit Makes It Hard To Return To Work – SCOTT HORSLEY
https://www.nprillinois.org/post/when-returning-your-job-means-cut-pay#stream/0

GRAYSLAKE PATCH
— Grayslake Native Is Libertarian Party’s Presidential Pick Jo Jorgensen was selected over the weekend as the Libertarian’s pick for president. – Amie Schaenzer
https://patch.com/illinois/grayslake/grayslake-native-libertarian-partys-presidential-pick

NAPERVILLE PATCH
— All about yard work/drainage and hardscape installations – Domingo Crisostomo (DIERSEN: This spring, while I am not putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and sending them out, I have been making lot drainage improvements at my home.)
https://patch.com/illinois/naperville/classifieds/gigs-services/141263/all-about-yard-work-drainage-and-hardscape-installations

WIREPOINTS
— Questions Illinois Reporters Should Ask Governor Pritzker and Dr. Ezike – Mark Glennon
https://wirepoints.org/questions-illinois-reporters-should-ask-governor-pritzker-and-dr-ezike-wirepoints/

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— Rep Bailey files Reply to Objection and Emergency Supplemental Motions in Federal Court – JOHN KRAFT
https://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2020/05/rep-bailey-files-reply-to-objection-and-emergency-supplemental-motions-in-federal-court/

ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— Rahm Emanuel Announces Biden is “Fully Conscious” – Laurie Higgins
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2020/05/rahm-emanuel-announces-biden-is-fully-conscious/

CAPITOL FAX
— FROM THE RICH MILLER POSTING: I’m seriously thinking about taking two or three days off next week. (DIERSEN: I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who criticize, dismiss, belittle, decry, deplore, if not disparage, badmouth, demonize, denigrate, and condemn the fact that I have sent out a GOPUSA ILLINOIS email each and every morning since 2004 and each and every evening too since 2015.)
https://capitolfax.com/2020/05/26/open-thread-112/

GOPUSA
— Kayleigh McEnany Rips Reporters At White House Press Briefing! – Bobby Eberle
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=89355

BREITBART
— Dem Rep. Bobby Rush: Lawsuit Challenging IL Gov. Pritzker’s Lockdown ‘Insane,’ ‘Inane’ – Pam Key
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2020/05/25/dem-rep-rush-lawsuit-challenging-il-gov-pritzkers-lockdown-insane-inane/

DAILY WIRE
— Michael Moore: ‘Biden Does Not Generate Necessary Enthusiasm’ To Beat Trump – Paul Bois
https://www.dailywire.com/news/michael-moore-biden-does-not-generate-necessary-enthusiasm-to-beat-trump

TOWNHALL
— If You Ain’t Racist You Ain’t a Democratic Presidential Candidate – Ian Haworth
https://townhall.com/columnists/ianhaworth/2020/05/26/if-you-aint-racist-you-aint-a-democratic-presidential-candidate-n2569399
— Illegal Aliens Cause Destruction In the U.S. and Then Flee to Mexico – Beth Baumann
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/bethbaumann/2020/05/24/watch-illegal-aliens-cause-destruction-in-the-u-s-and-then-flee-to-mexico-n2569388

HERITAGE FOUNDATION
— National Coronavirus Recovery Commission Releases Recommendations for Reducing Future Risks of Pandemics (DIERSEN: What do you say to those who want to reduce future risks of pandemics by getting rid of people like me who are older, obese, and/or have health problems including diabetes? I would not be obese or have diabetes if had not spend so many hours since 2000, and especially since 2004, sitting in front of my desktop computer putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and sending them out instead of exercising.)
https://www.heritage.org/press/national-coronavirus-recovery-commission-releases-recommendations-reducing-future-risks

NATIONAL REVIEW
— How Important Are Political Conventions? – JIM GERAGHTY (DIERSEN: What is the status of the Illinois Republican Party State Convention?)
https://www.nationalreview.com/the-morning-jolt/how-important-are-political-conventions/

EPOCH TIMES
— The Lockdown Democrats – Stephen Moore
https://www.theepochtimes.com/the-lockdown-democrats_3364419.html

POLITICO
— The Forgotten Story of How 13 Black Men Broke the Navy’s Toughest Color Barrier – DAN GOLDBERG (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted a) that instead of me, the Post Office should have hired a Black or a veteran in 1966, b) that the Post Office should gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a Black or a veteran could have my job, c) that instead of me, IRS should have hired a Black or a veteran in 1971, d) that instead of me, IRS should have promoted Blacks or veterans in 1972, 1973, and 1974, e) that instead of me, GAO should have hired a Black or a veteran in 1980, f) that instead of me, GAO should have promoted a Black or a veteran in 1986, and g) that GAO should have gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a Black or a veteran could have my job and my preferred corner office.)
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2020/05/25/thirteen-black-men-navy-color-barrier-271084

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “Inside the Dizzying Effort to Pitch Trump to Black Voters Inside the Dizzying Effort to Pitch Trump to Black Voters
Joe Biden’s “you ain’t black” gaffe was immediate grist for an online show called “Black Voices for Trump.” But its cast of Trump advisers routinely ignores the president’s history of divisive remarks.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/26/us/politics/trump-biden-black-voters.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “Twitter Must Cleanse the Trump Stain.” Of course, my critics/opponents want to cleanse me, my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails, and my www.gopillinois.com website from the internet. My critics/opponents demonize, denigrate, and condemn the articles that I include links to in GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails. It would be great if my critics/opponents would get together, and especially those who paint themselves as being religious, conservative, and/or Republican, and a) analyze each and every one of the articles that I have included links to in GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails since 2000, and especially the 368,500+ articles that I have included links to since 2004, b) identify the top 100, top 1,000, or top 10,000 articles that they disapprove of the most, and c) give me an opportunity to defend my decisions to include links to those articles.).
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/26/opinion/trump-scarborough-twitter.html
— Rock-Bottom Interest Rates May Be Here to Stay Once the labor market begins to recover, the Federal Reserve’s experience in the pre-pandemic, record-long economic expansion is likely to influence when its raises rates. – Jeanna Smialek (DIERSEN: Low interest rates harm savers and retirees.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/22/business/economy/fed-interest-rates-coronavirus.html

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters use coronavirus to demonize, denigrate, and condemn Republicans as being White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/latinos-coronavirus/2020/05/25/6b5c882a-946e-11ea-82b4-c8db161ff6e5_story.html

USA TODAY
— Joe Biden vowed to pick a woman VP. Some Democrats say she must be a woman of color – Joey Garrison (DIERSEN: While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, my superiors were always under tremendous pressure to hire, retain, and promote young Democrat minorities and young Democrat females. Since I became a Republican Precinct Committeeman in 1999, my superiors have been under tremendous pressure to recruit, retain, promote, and elect young Republican minorities and young Republican females.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2020/05/20/election-2020-why-some-democrats-say-joe-biden-needs-woman-color-vp/3115414001/

KOMO NEWS
— Shunned by his party, Iowa’s Steve King fights for his seat – AP (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who the following organizations have shunned and why they shunned them: 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, Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, GAO, IRS, Post Office, etc. I should write a book about those who the following individuals have shunned and why they shunned them: activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, campaign manager, etc. who paint themselves as being religious, conservative, and/or Republican.)
https://komonews.com/news/nation-world/shunned-by-his-party-iowas-steve-king-fights-for-his-seat

FORBES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: A pot pusher says “Cannabis Legalization Is Key To Economic Recovery, Much Like Ending Alcohol Prohibition Helped Us Out Of The Great Depression.” If you want to destroy individuals, groups, organizations, companies, governments, and countries, you push pot on them. Ever-increasingly, Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs push pot on individuals, on groups, on organizations, on companies, on governments, and on countries.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/kriskrane/2020/05/26/cannabis-legalization-is-key-to-economic-recovery-much-like-ending-alcohol-prohibition-helped-us-out-of-the-great-depression/#191f09593241
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters use coronavirus to demonize, denigrate, and condemn Republicans as being White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/brucelee/2020/05/26/covid-19-coronavirus-continues-to-expose-anti-asian-bigotry-how-to-stop-it/
— How To Ensure Age Equity In Hiring When There Is More Talent Than Jobs – Sheila Callaham (DIERSEN: Democrats run the federal government. To assure “age equity,” the federal government gets rid of its employees who are Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who do not make GS-13 (currently $101,176) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $119,559) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $140,634) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $170,800) by age 40. It is called Affirmative Action, Diversity, Inclusion, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, early retirement, and “up-or-out.”)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/sheilacallaham/2020/05/26/how-to-ensure-age-equity-in-hiring-when-there-is-more-talent-than-jobs/
— 16 Techniques Junior Employees Can Use To Affect Change In Their Companies (DIERSEN: According my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government, federal employees who are Democrat, minority, female, younger, and/or veteran what the federal government to get rid of its employees who are Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who do not make GS-13 (currently $101,176) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $119,559) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $140,634) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $170,800) by age 40. Extremely few federal employees make the aforesaid promotion deadlines.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbescoachescouncil/2020/05/22/16-techniques-junior-employees-can-use-to-effect-change-in-their-companies/

BLOOMBERG
— Early Retirement Is Tempting Now. Don’t Do It. Why not let the pandemic accelerate a decision that was just over the horizon anyway? Here’s why. – Alexis Leondis (DIERSEN: I should write a book about early retirement.)
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2020-05-20/coronavirus-economy-makes-early-retirement-a-bad-idea
(FROM THE ARTICLE: For most Americans, even wealthy ones, the answer is clear: Don’t do it. The financial benefits of continuing to work, even for one more year as the pandemic crushes the economy, outweigh the health risks for most people. A recent report from the New School’s Retirement Equity Lab shows how dire the situation is for older employees. About 3 million more of them will fall into lifelong poverty than otherwise would have without a coronavirus recession. And the hit won’t just be for the poorest. While only 15% of high earners are expected to lose their jobs, average retirement savings at age 65 for those with retirement assets are projected to drop by 31% post-recession. For those who still aren’t dissuaded, here are some other things to keep in mind. First, it’ll be harder than ever to change your mind. Many retired workers end up going back to work; one study showed that 40% of those working at 65 or after had been retired previously. Employers are now likely to be even more skeptical than usual about hiring older people, who expect higher earnings and are potentially the most vulnerable to the virus. That makes retiring now more of a permanent decision than it’s ever been. A better bet than quitting might be negotiating a part-time schedule, or continuing to work from home after colleagues have returned to the office. Alicia Munnell, director of the Center for Retirement Research at Boston College, said she thinks employers are likely to make accommodations for older workers who are valued. It’s important not to underestimate how much money will be needed to retire comfortably. Some people mistakenly think that their spending will be greatly reduced in retirement, which isn’t what usually happens, according to Diahann Lassus, a financial planner in New Jersey. Retirees end up filling their time with activities that come with expenses, she said.)

REVERSE MORTGAGE DAILY
— Study: Workers Less Confident About Retirement Prospects Due to Pandemic – Chris Clow
https://reversemortgagedaily.com/2020/05/25/study-workers-less-confident-about-retirement-prospects-due-to-pandemic/

MONDAY VIEWS
— Switch Careers at 30: Your Ultimate Guide (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, I had switched careers, and therefore, I had to start at the bottom all over again when I transferred from IRS to GAO in 1980 when I was 31 years old. However, most of what IRS Revenue Officers do is very similar to what GAO Analysts do. Further, my last 5 1/2 years at IRS was at the GS-12 Step 1-5 levels, currently $85,084-$96,431. Further, GAO audits IRS. Further, I had passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979. Further, I had almost completed the requirements for a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul. Further, I had earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976.)
https://mondayviews.com/switch-careers-at-30/

WBUR
— Know Your Rights: What Your Employer Is Required To Do To Keep You Safe As You Return To Work – Laney Ruckstuhl (DIERSEN: From what I see, a) employees will ever-increasingly demand that their employers use coronavirus to get rid of their employers who are older, obese, and/or who have health problems including diabetes and b) members of organizations will ever-increasingly demand that their organizations use coronavirus to get rid of their members like me who are older, obese, and/or who have health problems including diabetes.)
https://www.wbur.org/bostonomix/2020/05/26/workers-rights-coronavirus-safety-workplace-protections

BLOOMBERG LAW
— Older Workers Returning to Office Fear Both Virus and Job Loss (DIERSEN: From what I see, a) employers will ever-increasingly use coronavirus to get rid of their employers who are older, obese, and/or who have health problems including diabetes and b) organizations will ever-increasingly use coronavirus to get rid of their members like me who are older, obese, and/or who have health problems including diabetes.)
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-report/older-workers-returning-to-office-fear-both-virus-and-job-loss

ATLANTIC
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says that Trump is “unmanly.”
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/05/donald-trump-the-most-unmanly-president/612031/

REASON
— The CDC’s New ‘Best Estimate’ Implies a COVID-19 Infection Fatality Rate Below 0.3% That rate is much lower than the numbers used in the horrifying projections that shaped the government response to the epidemic. – JACOB SULLUM
https://reason.com/2020/05/24/the-cdcs-new-best-estimate-implies-a-covid-19-infection-fatality-rate-below-0-3/#new_tab

DAILY MAIL
— Lockdown was a waste of time and could kill more than it saved, claims Nobel laureate scientist at Stanford University – SARA SCARLETT
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8351649/Lockdown-waste-time-kill-saved-claims-Nobel-laureate.html#new_tab

May 25 Morning Edition

ABC7
— President Trump threatens to pull RNC from NC, says Gov. Roy Cooper ‘in shutdown mood’ (DIERSEN: What is the status of the Illinois Republican Party State Convention? How many delegates are there in total and from each county, township, and Chicago ward?)
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/trump-threatens-to-pull-rnc-from-nc-says-gov-in-shutdown-mood/6210242/
— Illinois lawmakers remove key obstacle in decadeslong efforts to build Chicago casino – Michelle Gallardo
https://abc7chicago.com/illinois-legislature-budget-chicago-casino-coronavirus/6209065/
— 2 Chicago police officers injured while breaking up large crowd in Englewood – Jessica D’Onofrio
https://abc7chicago.com/2-cpd-officers-injured-while-breaking-up-large-crowd-in-englewood/6209901/?cmp=emc-wls-news-headlines-5/25/2020

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Does Joe Biden take black voters for granted? His latest gaffe suggests he might – SCOTT MARTELLE (DIERSEN: Who takes those who share your demographics for granted? I should write a book about those who take/took others for granted. I would focus on those who take/took the following for granted: those who are Republican Precinct Committeemen, Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owners, German American, those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time, etc. I would focus on those who have/had lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, and Wheaton’s West District. I would focus on past and present leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization.))
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/ct-opinion-joe-biden-black-voters-20200522-bviuwfyfazdirnqwmpkghx7ibe-story.html

CHICAGO SUB-TIMES
— “Finished, just finished”: Trump says he is done taking hydroxychloroquine Donald Trump promoted as a treatment for the coronavirus despite warnings from his own U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/5/25/21269521/trump-done-taking-hydroxychloroquine

WGN RADIO
— Rick Pearson speaks with Illinois Senate Republican leader Bill Brady
https://wgnradio.com/the-sunday-spin-politics-with-rick-pearson/the-sunday-spin-politics-with-rick-pearson-full-show-5-24-2020/

NPR ILLINOIS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “Trump Hasn’t Worn A Mask Publicly. Here’s What Might Convince Him To.”
https://www.nprillinois.org/post/trump-hasnt-worn-mask-publicly-heres-what-might-convince-him#stream/0

WTTW
— Pritzker ‘Disappointed’ that Lawmakers Failed to Pass New Rule to Punish Businesses Ignoring COVID-19 Order – Heather Cherone (DIERSEN: Who takes the lead in punishing others in Illinois, in your county, in your township, in your municipality, in your municipal district, in your precinct, and in your neighborhood? I should write a book about those who take the lead in punishing those in Illinois, in DuPage County, in Milton Township, in Wheaton, in Wheaton’s West District, in my precinct, and in my neighborhood. I would focus on those who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout and who punish those who they cannot manipulate/dominate.)
https://news.wttw.com/2020/05/24/pritzker-disappointed-lawmakers-failed-pass-new-rule-punish-businesses-ignoring-covid-19

WIREPOINTS
— No cuts, record spending, and hoping for a bailout. Six things you need to know about Illinois’ 2021 budget. – Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner
https://wirepoints.org/no-cuts-record-spending-and-hoping-for-a-bailout-six-things-you-need-to-know-about-illinois-2021-budget-wirepoints/
— Never mind the courts, says Pritzker. Only his views of the ‘science and data’ matter. – Mark Glennon
https://wirepoints.org/never-mind-the-courts-says-pritzker-only-his-view-of-the-science-and-data-matter-wirepoints/

ILLINOIS NEWSROOM
— Pandemic Puts Damper On Memorial Day Ceremonies – Jim Meadows
https://illinoisnewsroom.org/pandemic-puts-damper-on-memorial-day-ceremonies/

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— President Trump Deems Churches “Essential”; Calls on Governors to Reopen Houses of Worship – David E. Smith
https://illinoisfamily.org/religious/president-trump-deems-churches-essential-calls-on-governors-to-reopen-houses-of-worship/

GOPUSA
— 30K More Registered Voters Than Eligible Voters In Detroit (DIERSEN: How much deadwood is on the voter rolls in your precinct, in your municipal district, in your municipality, in your township, in your county district, in your county, and in Illinois?)
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=89316
— Jeff Sessions Failed His Biggest Test (DIERSEN: What tests do your critics/opponents say that you failed. I should write a book about my critics/opponents and the tests that they hint/imply/argue/shout that I have failed as the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000. They include my including links in GOPUSA emails to articles that they do not like.)
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=89338
— Former U.S. Rep. Allen West Hurt In Motorcycle Crash
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=89347

BRIETBART
— Democrats Face Criticism for Not Wearing Face Masks, Violating Own Rules – JOEL B. POLLAK
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/05/24/democrats-face-criticism-for-not-wearing-face-masks-violating-own-rules/

AOL
— These unlikely celebrities still use AOL email accounts and we’re really not that surprised – TATIANA PILE (DIERSEN: How long have you had your email address? I have had diersen@aol.com for more than 25 years, since January of 1995 when I was 46 years old. How long have you owned a computer system? I have owned a computer system since 1982 when I was 34 years old. While I worked for GAO during the 1990s, before GAO provided its staff with computer systems, I bought several computer systems and used them in my office. I published Milton Township Republican Organization’s (MTRO) first website in 2000 and served as MTRO’s webmaster 2000-2004 and 2008-2010. I published Milton Township’s first website in 2001 and served as its webmaster 2001-2003. I served as Illinois Center Right Coalition’s webmaster 2004-2006. I have been sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails since 2000 and publishing copies of them at www.gopillinois.com since 2005. I have been on Facebook since January of 2009.)
https://www.aol.com/article/entertainment/2020/05/25/these-unlikely-celebrities-still-use-aol-email-accounts-and-were-really-not-that-surprised/24357428/

THE HILL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters use coronavirus to destroy America.
https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/499181-the-big-tent-unifying-america

CNN
— Trump threatens to pull Republican convention out of North Carolina – Betsy Klein and Jeff Zeleny (DIERSEN: What is the status of the Illinois Republican Party State Convention? How many delegates are there in total and from each county, township, and Chicago ward?)
https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/25/politics/trump-threatens-charlotte-republican-convention/index.html

NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: The Coronavirus Is Deadliest Where Democrats Live Beyond perception and ideology, there are starkly different realities for red and blue America right now. – Jennifer Medina and Robert Gebeloff (DIERSEN: Obviously, therefore, the more Democrats who live in your neighborhood, in your precinct, in your municipal district, in your township, and in your county, the more that you have to worry about.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/25/us/politics/coronavirus-red-blue-states.html
— Pay Cuts Become a Tool for Some Companies to Avoid Layoffs “Shared sacrifice” in the white-collar ranks aims to avoid the cost of staffing up again. With no end to the crisis in sight, it is a leap of faith. – Nelson D. Schwartz (DIERSEN: When Republicans cut GAO’s budgets during the 1980s and 1990s, the Democrats who ran the agency never considered pay cuts. Instead, they used the budget cuts to get rid of their employees like me who were Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who they had not promoted to GS-13 (currently $101,176) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $119,559) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $140,634) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $170,800) by age 40. I should write a book about the aforesaid.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/24/business/economy/coronavirus-pay-cuts.html
— Are Cars Protecting Los Angeles? The city is reviled for its sprawl-and-crawl culture, but a pandemic can change things. – Amy Wilentz (DIERSEN: Overwhelmingly, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes are anti-car. I should write a book about them. I would focus on those who are full of hatred against American-nameplate cars and full of hatred against those who own them.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/23/opinion/coronavirus-los-angeles-cars.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “On Somber Weekend, President shares Posts Demeaning Rivals. ” I should write a book about those who demonize, denigrate, and condemn my judgment on which articles to include links to in GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails. I would focus on those critics/opponents who paint/painted themselves as being religious, conservative, and/or Republican. I would focus on those who have/had lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois. I would focus on those who are/were leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/24/us/politics/trump-tweets-racist.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “Trump Sows Doubt on Voting. It Keeps Some People Up at Night. A group of worst-case scenario planners — mostly Democrats, but also some anti-Trump Republicans — have been gaming out how to respond to various doomsday options for the 2020 presidential election.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/24/us/politics/trump-2020-election-voting-rights.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Trump Considers Forming Panel to Review Complaints of Online Bias Move is likely to draw pushback from tech companies; ACLU raises free-speech concerns – John D. McKinnon and Alex Leary (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents side with the left against me and against my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails. I should write a book about my critics/opponents. I would focus on a) those who discourage me from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS mails and b) those who discourage everyone from reading those emails. I would focus on past and present leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, Illinois, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Illinois Center Right Coalition, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter, etc. I would focus on those who have lots of religious, government, political, and or financial clout. I would focus on those who falsely paint themselves as being religious, conservative, and/or Republican to give themselves standing to destroy individuals and to destroy organizations that are conservative and/or Republican.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-considers-forming-panel-to-review-complaints-of-online-bias-11590238800
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “Left-wing bias in the tech world is a concern that definitely needs to be addressed from our vantage point, and at least exposed [so] that Americans have clear eyes about what we’re dealing with,” a White House official said. Mr. Trump has long expressed that viewpoint, and in a recent Twitter post indicated that a plan to address complaints of bias is in the works. “The Radical Left is in total command & control of Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and Google,” Mr. Trump tweeted May 16, adding that his administration is “working to remedy this illegal situation.”)
— In Seattle, Coronavirus Fallout Opens Economic Divide Tech workers have been able to work from home, but manufacturing and service-sector employees are facing layoffs and infection risk –
Kim Mackrael and Andrew Tangel
https://www.wsj.com/articles/in-seattle-coronavirus-fallout-opens-economic-divide-11590328819
— Covid-19 Tests Come to Work Companies are asking more workers to take coronavirus tests, but the logistics are complicated Employers are puzzling over whom to test, and how often, particularly given that tests typically cost $100 or more each. – Sarah Krouse (DIERSEN: Are you a member of organizations? If so, what tests will those organizations require their members to pass to attend meetings? Will all members be required to pass tests or just those who are old, obese, and/or have health problems including diabetes? )
https://www.wsj.com/articles/covid-19-tests-come-to-work-11590399001
— Summer Jobs Dry Up and Teens Face Highest Unemployment in Decades Younger workers’ go-to positions at pools, restaurants, golf courses are hit by the coronavirus – Patrick Thomas (DIERSEN: What summer jobs did you have? I washed dishes during the summer of 1965. I cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline during the summer of 1966. I delivered mail during the summers of 1967, 1968, and 1969.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/summer-jobs-dry-up-and-teens-face-highest-unemployment-in-decades-11590312600

USA TODAY
— ‘Draconian’? ‘House arrest’? Coronavirus lockdowns prompt raft of lawsuits against states – Bart Jansen
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2020/05/25/coronoavirus-lockdowns-prompt-raft-lawsuits-against-states/5231533002/

BOSTON GLOBE
— Goodbye to hugs and handshakes Coronavirus allows us to leave some rituals behind. Good riddance! – Scot Lehigh
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/05/20/opinion/goodbye-hugs-handshakes/

DAILY POST
— Three fires in one week at homeless encampment near Facebook – EMILY MIBACH
https://padailypost.com/2020/05/24/three-fires-in-one-week-at-homeless-encampment-near-facebook/

GUARDIAN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, America-haters use coronavirus to demonize, to denigrate, and to condemn America as being full of White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things. If that is true, why do so many citizens of foreign countries who are non-White, who are female, and/or who are younger, who lack education, who lack job skills, who have financial problems, who have health problems, who have other problems, etc. come to America? Democrats want immigrants because immigrants vote for Democrats. RINOs want immigrants because RINOs want cheap labor. Democrats and RINOs promise citizens of foreign countries that if they come to America, they will get preference over citizens of America who are White, male, older, Trump supporters, Protestant, Republican, German American, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/may/25/latino-workers-coronavirus-discrimination-meat-plants

May 23 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Coronavirus Illinois: COVID-19 cases top 107K with over 4K deaths as Memorial Day weekend gets underway
By Eric Horng, Craig Wall and Liz Nagy
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/illinois-covid-19-cases-top-107k/6206947/

NBC5
— Illinois Reports 2,352 New Coronavirus Cases, 75 Additional Deaths The state reported 25,114 new test results on Saturday
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/coronavirus/illinois-reports-2352-new-coronavirus-cases-75-additional-deaths/2277240/

CBS2
— Coronavirus In Illinois: 2,352 New COVID-19 Cases, 75 Additional Deaths
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2020/05/23/coronavirus-in-illinois-2352-new-covid-19-cases-75-additional-deaths/

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Illinois reports 75 coronavirus deaths Saturday and more than 2,300 new cases
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/illinois-reports-75-coronavirus-deaths-saturday-and-more-than-2300-new-cases

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— 75 more Illinois coronavirus deaths; state testing tops 700K More than half the deaths have occurred during the first three weeks of May, during what Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s office has said is a plateau period for the outbreak’s impact on Illinois that could last through June. – Mitchell Armentrout
https://chicago.suntimes.com/coronavirus/2020/5/23/21268596/illinois-coronavirus-cases-deaths-pritzker-reopening-may-23
— Illinois House clears Chicago casino measure in waning hours of special session There were several amendments flying around Saturday morning, but ultimately, bill sponsor state Rep. Bob Rita was able to round up enough support. The measure was pushed by Mayor Lori Lightfoot and is essential in helping the city’s police and fire pensions. – Tina Sfondeles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/5/23/21268597/chicago-casino-bill-fix-springfield-illinois-house-pass-pritzker-gambling-expansion

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Age is more than a number for nation’s geezer politicians – CHARLES SELLE (DIERSEN: What do you say to those who promote age discrimination?)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/lake-county-news-sun/opinion/ct-lns-selle-older-politicians-st-0526-20200522-eebmt7cwbfc4fpmxqxgndmplee-story.html
— Chicago faith leaders divided on whether to reopen for in-person service as state adds more than 2,300 new COVID-19 cases – MADELINE BUCKLEY
https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-coronavirus-chicago-illinois-update-churches-20200523-bccarmy2y5gznm5rminnpiooci-story.html
— Illinois House passes legislation sought by Mayor Lori Lightfoot in her effort to land a casino in Chicago – JAMIE MUNKS and DAN PETRELLA
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-chicago-casino-legislation-20200523-c5sem6ajmrgspme53h2mzgo4gy-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— Illinois reports 2,352 new COVID-19 cases, 75 more deaths Saturday
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200523/illinois-reports-2352-new-covid-19-cases-75-more-deaths-saturday

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Mark Curran takes on Durbin but also some in GOP – Bernard Schoenburg
https://www.sj-r.com/news/20200523/curran-takes-on-durbin-but-also-some-in-gop

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker’s executive orders are unconstitutional, lawsuit argues – REBECCA ANZEL
https://www.bnd.com/news/politics-government/article242962006.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Two parties in the lawsuit are George Pearson, the Will County Republican Committee chairman, and Steve Balich, a member of the Will County Board. Both claim the state’s restrictions “deprived” them of income. Pearson claims he cannot perform his duties to nominate candidates for the Nov. 3 general election ballot. Balich claims he cannot “effectively represent his constituents” or run for reelection.)

KANKAKEE DAILY JOURNAL
— ‘Freedom is important:’ Few hundred rally to demand reopening of region, state – Lee Provost
https://www.daily-journal.com/news/local/freedom-is-important-few-hundred-rally-to-demand-reopening-of-region-state/article_cd5dc5c8-9bcd-11ea-bd6f-ff3051750016.html

FOX ILLINOIS
— Pandemic halts vaccination for nearly 80 million children – AP
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/pandemic-halts-vaccination-for-nearly-80-million-children
— Memorial Day spurs worries of spikes in cases while warnings come of second outbreak – Ahtra Elnashar
https://foxillinois.com/news/coronavirus/memorial-day-spurs-worries-of-spikes-in-cases-while-warnings-come-of-second-outbreak
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters say “Virus, economy, Trump and cash hamper GOP’s bid for House.”
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/virus-economy-trump-and-cash-hamper-gops-bid-for-house

NPR ILLINOIS
— Evangelical Leader Cites ‘Growing Angst’ With Guv’s Covid-19 Response – MAUREEN FOERTSCH MCKINNEY
https://www.nprillinois.org/post/evangelical-leader-cites-growing-angst-guvs-covid-19-response#stream/0

WEST SUBURBAN JOURNAL
— Lightford announces $31.5 million in grant opportunities for historically underserved communities (DIERSEN: Why do some communities need more service than others?)
https://westsuburbanjournal.com/lightford-announces-31-5-million-in-grant-opportunities-for-historically-underserved-communities/

EVANSTON NOW
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Democrat push pot to push reparations.
https://evanstonnow.com/story/government/bill-smith/2020-05-22/84623/reparations-rally-promotes-more-funding

CHICAGO READER
— When it comes to pandemic planning, is the mayor responsive and collaborative, or dismissive and combative? – Dave Glowacz
https://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/lightfoot-covid-19-funding/Content?oid=80102325&mc_cid=1a233b50a1&mc_eid=c968c7978e

CENTER SQUARE
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Illinois has 9,176 legal cannabis industry jobs, study finds
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/illinois-has-9-176-legal-cannabis-industry-jobs-study-finds/article_a61092be-9aa3-11ea-be40-07b038e94c45.html

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— ILLINOIS TOPS LIST FOR HARSHEST COVID-19 RESTRICTIONS IN AMERICA – Ben Szalinski
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/illinois-tops-list-for-harshest-covid-19-restrictions-in-america/

CAPITOL FAX
— 2,352 new cases, 75 additional deaths
https://capitolfax.com/2020/05/23/2352-new-cases-75-additional-deaths/
— Amendment introduced to allow remote legislating
https://capitolfax.com/2020/05/23/amendment-introduced-to-allow-remote-legislating/
— House approves gaming bill 77-32
https://capitolfax.com/2020/05/23/house-approves-gaming-bill-77-32/
— Sen. Dale Righter cleans up Eastern Bloc member’s mess
https://capitolfax.com/2020/05/23/sen-dale-righter-cleans-up-eastern-bloc-members-mess/
— IDPH stops reporting historical nursing home COVID-19 outbreak data
https://capitolfax.com/2020/05/23/idph-stops-reporting-historical-nursing-home-covid-19-ourtbreak-data/
— End of session cheat sheet
https://capitolfax.com/2020/05/23/end-of-session-cheat-sheet/
— New approp, BIMP amendments surface, casino push continues, cannabis bill hits a snag with Pritzker thumbs down
https://capitolfax.com/2020/05/23/new-approp-bimp-amendments-surface-casino-push-continues-cannabis-bill-hits-a-snag-with-pritzker-thumbs-down/

NEWSMAX
— Illegal Aliens Have Major Role in Food Supply – James Walsh
https://www.newsmax.com/jameswalsh/immigration-food-supply/2020/05/22/id/968538/

THE HILL
— Trump campaign: Biden remarks about black people ‘racist and dehumanizing’ – JONATHAN EASLEY
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/499143-trump-campaign-biden-remarks-about-black-people-racist-and-dehumanizing
— Trump escalates fight against mail-in voting – BRETT SAMUELS
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/499269-trump-escalates-fight-against-mail-in-voting

NBC NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters say “More Americans are souring on Trump’s coronavirus handling.”
https://www.aol.com/article/news/2020/05/22/more-americans-are-souring-on-trumps-coronavirus-handling-new-polling-shows/24389274/

NEW YORK TIMES
— Biden’s ‘Breakfast Club’ Controversy Shows What His Rivals Already Knew – Tariro Mzezewa
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/23/us/politics/joe-biden-breakfast-club.html

BLOOMBERG LAW
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Cannabis Binge in Quarantine Lifts Hope for Federal Legalization – Patrick T. Fallon/
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/coronavirus/quarantined-americans-embrace-cannabis-reshaping-an-industry

JD SUPRA
— Seven Things To Consider When An Employee Refuses To Return to Work (DIERSEN: What percent of employees will use coronavirus to refuse to return to work until their employer gets rid of all its employees who are older, obese, and/or have health problems including diabetes? What percent of members of organizations will use coronavirus to refuse to stay a member until the organization gets rid of all its members who are older, obese, and/or have health problems including diabetes?)
https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/seven-things-to-consider-when-an-45827/

ACLU
— America, It Is Time to Talk About Reparations – Jeffery Robinson (DIERSEN: If the leaders of your municipality imposed reparations, which residents would they require to pay the most reparations – those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, non-poor, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
https://www.aclu.org/news/racial-justice/america-it-is-time-to-talk-about-reparations/

May 23 Morning Edition

ABC7
— Cook County Board resolution instructs county health officials to give COVID-19 patient addresses to first responders – Chuck Goudie and Barb Markoff, Christine Tressel, and Ross Weidner (DIERSEN: How soon will addresses of those who are older, obese, and/or have health problems, including diabetes, be given to first responders?)
https://abc7chicago.com/health/cook-co-covid-19-patient-addresses-to-be-given-to-first-responders-after-county-board-vote/6205478/

NBC

— 2,758 New Coronavirus Cases Reported in Illinois, With State 1 Week Away From Potential Phase 3 All four state healthcare regions remain within the limits outlined by the governor’s phased reopening plan, meaning that they will likely be eligible to move to phase three of the plan by month’s end
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/2758-new-coronavirus-cases-reported-in-illinois-with-state-1-week-away-from-phase-3/2276819/?amp
— Chicago Pastor Applauds President Trump’s Decision to Call Churches ‘Essential’ The president on Friday threatened to “override” governors who defy him in blocking religious services – Regina Waldroup
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-pastor-applauds-president-trumps-decision-to-call-churches-essential/2277058/

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Illinois construction workers traveling to Wisconsin to work on Pritzker’s farm amid stay-at-home order – Dane Placko
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/illinois-construction-workers-traveling-to-wisconsin-to-work-on-pritzkers-farm-amid-stay-at-home-order#new_tab

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Springfield springs into action: Lawmakers pass mail voting, property tax, jobless, borrowing bills — and plan to return Saturday The wheels were rolling on Friday — all day — on several key issues, including measures to delay property tax payments during the pandemic and allow a ”bridge loan” from the federal government — up to $5 billion — to help fill a revenue gap caused by COVID-19. – Tina Sfondeles and Neal Earley
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2020/5/22/21267824/springfield-lawmakers-mail-voting-property-tax-unemployment-federal-loan-saturday

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Kane sheriff’s office sets up COVID-19 online ‘needs form’
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/aurora-beacon-news/ct-abn-aurora-community-briefs-st-0525-20200523-i6zpuufmlvd3rjby46mfnsfdje-story.html

— With growing anger over shutdown, Republicans saw opportunity to send a message in special pandemic session – RICK PEARSON, JAMIE MUNKS and DAN PETRELLA
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-illinois-legislature-special-session-roundup-20200523-twl7cgkeknefpp2bf44g2aof4e-story.html

ROCK RIVER TIMES
— Illinois House extends special session, will meet Saturday – Jim Hagerty
http://rockrivertimes.com/2020/05/22/illinois-house-extends-special-session-will-meet-saturday/

LINCOLN COURIER
— Senate Republicans want legislature to stay longer to discuss economic reopening – Kade Heather
https://www.lincolncourier.com/news/20200522/senate-republicans-want-legislature-to-stay-longer-to-discuss-economic-reopening

CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS
— Lawmaker gains U.S. attorney general’s office as an ally in case against Pritzker – REBECCA ANZEL (DIERSEN: In Diersen v. GAO, the Republican-appointed U.S. Attorney sided with the Democrat GAO, that is, the U.S. Attorney approved of GAO’s policy of getting rid of its employees who were Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who had not made GS-13 (currently $101,176) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $119,559) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $140,634) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $170,800) by age 40, that is, the U.S. Attorney approved of GAO’s political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation policies.)
https://www.capitolnewsillinois.com/NEWS/lawmaker-gains-us-attorney-generals-office-as-an-ally-in-case-against-pritzker

WIREPOINTS
— Pritzker doubles down on linking critics and Republicans to Nazism, anti-Semitism or whatever – Quicktake
https://wirepoints.org/pritzker-doubles-down-on-linking-critics-and-republicans-to-nazism-anti-semetism-or-whatever-quicktake/

PRAIRIE STATE WIRE
— State House candidate Breen says governor’s COVID-19 mandates are ‘desperate’ acts of a ‘failed despot’ – Glenn Minnis
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/537452245-state-house-candidate-breen-says-governor-s-covid-19-mandates-are-desperate-acts-of-a-failed-despot

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Sean Casten Voted to Give Nancy Pelosi Your Vote
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/537859524-sean-casten-voted-to-give-nancy-pelosi-your-vote
— GOP House candidate Ives says governor’s response to COVID-19 is full of hypocrisy – Glenn Minnis
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/537452236-gop-house-candidate-ives-says-governor-s-response-to-covid-19-is-full-of-hypocrisy

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— AG to Judge: Governor can extend disaster until everyone is vaccinated – KIRK ALLEN
https://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2020/05/ag-to-judge-governor-can-extend-disaster-until-everyone-is-vaccinated/#new_tab

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— PRITZKER FAMILY FIRM HAS TIES TO COVID-19 TESTING COMPANIES – Joe Barnas
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/pritzker-family-firm-has-ties-to-covid-19-testing-companies/

FOX NEWS
— Cook county slammed for vote to disclose coronavirus patient data: ‘Terrible decision’ – Adam Shaw
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/illinois-county-disclose-coronavirus-patient-data

CNN
— CDC estimates that 35% of coronavirus patients don’t have symptoms – Arman Azad
https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2020/05/22/health/cdc-coronavirus-estimates-symptoms-deaths/index.html
— Election watchdog regains policing powers with new member – Fredreka Schouten (DIERSEN: Of course, candidates resist disclosure of anything that their critics/opponents might use against them. What have your critics/opponents used against you? My critics/opponents have used the following against me: I am a Trump supporter, Protestant (baptized, raised and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran), conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, old (born in 1948), non-poor, gun owner, draft avoider, 100% German American, Crete resident 1948-1972, my ancestors have been in America since 1844, federal employee for almost 30 years, federal retiree for almost 23 years, no children, and non-dog owner. I oppose promoting LGTBQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, abolition of the First and Second Amendments, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation for opposing the aforesaid. I am no longer a TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member, Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) webmaster, Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member, GAO employee, etc. The adverse actions that my Democrat superiors in the federal government took against me. The lawsuits that I have filed. The Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and MTRO do not encourage Republicans to read my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails.)
http://www.wicz.com/story/42149605/election-watchdog-regains-policing-powers-with-new-member

NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: What Role Should Employers Play in Testing Workers? – Steve Eder, Ellen Gabler, Sarah Kliff and Heather Murphy (DIERSEN: What role should organizations play in testing their members? Of course, Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs want the Republican National Committee, Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Milton Township Republican Organization, etc. to bar Republican candidates, bar Republican elected officials, bar Republican party leaders, bar Republican Precinct Committeemen/Captains, bar etc. who are old, obese, and/or have health problems from attending Republican events unless they are tested and pass. How soon, if not already, will the aforesaid organizations officially dump all those who are old, obese, and/or have health problems?)
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/22/business/employers-coronavirus-testing.html
— Hertz, Car Rental Pioneer, Files for Bankruptcy Protection – Niraj Chokshi
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/22/business/hertz-bankruptcy-coronavirus-car-rental.html
— Will the Coronavirus Kill What’s Left of Americans’ Faith in Washington? In 2019, just 17 percent of Americans said they trusted the federal government to do the right thing. The pandemic appears to be eroding their faith even more. – Sabrina Tavernise (DIERSEN: I should write a book about the ever-increasing hatred of federal employees and the ever-increasing hatred of federal retirees.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/23/us/coronavirus-government-trust.html
— Pandemic Has Increased Money Anxiety. Therapists Hope to Cure That. Interest in financial therapy rose after the 2008 recession, as Americans confronted their fears about money. The field has become relevant again, professionals say. – Paul Sullivan (DIERSEN: Investing money in the stock market is ever-increasingly stressful. But seeing the purchasing power of money invested in fixed income decrease is also stressful.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/22/your-money/coronavirus-money-fears-financial-therapy.html
— Another Casualty of the Coronavirus: Summer Internships Like so much else, summer internships have been upended by the pandemic, with hundreds of companies canceling their programs and rescinding offers. – David Yaffe-Bellany (DIERSEN: Did you have any summer internships? I did not. I washed dishes during the summer of 1965 in Chicago Heights. I cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline during the summer of 1966 in Flossmoor and Chicago Heights. I delivered mail during the summers of 1967, 1968, and 1969 in Park Forest.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/22/business/coronavirus-summer-internships.html
— How the Trump Effect Could Lift Democratic Senate Candidates Republican incumbents in swing states have struggled to disentangle themselves from President Trump, whose voters are loyal but represent a minority of the electorate. (DIERSEN: What do you say to Republican candidates who hint/imply/argue/shout that they are anti-Trump? Such candidates certainly do not want me to help elect them. They discourage me from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails. They discourage everyone from reading those emails.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/22/us/politics/polling-senate-races.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats demonize, denigrate, and condemn Blacks who do not vote for Democrats.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/19/opinion/stacey-abrams-coronavirus-black-voters-2020.html
— Biden’s Online Campaign Is Still Loading As Trump hogs the cameras, the homebound presumptive nominee’s video presence is a limbo of “virtual rallies,” glitches and … birds. – James Poniewozik
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/22/arts/television/biden-campaign.html

NEW YORK POST
— Fauci warns overextending coronavirus lockdowns could cause ‘irreparable damage’ – Vincent Barone
https://nypost.com/2020/05/22/what-overextended-coronavirus-lockdowns-could-cause-fauci/amp/

WASHINGTON POST
— Women 55 and older who lose their jobs in the pandemic face greater risk of long-term unemployment – Michelle Singletary
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/personal-finance/women-55-and-older-who-lose-their-jobs-in-the-pandemic-face-greater-risk-of-long-term-unemployment/2020/05/22/7df768ea-9c3b-11ea-ac72-3841fcc9b35f_story.html
— Study estimates 24 states still have uncontrolled coronavirus spread – Joel Achenbach, Rachel Weiner and Isaac Stanley-Becker
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/study-estimates-24-states-still-have-uncontrolled-coronavirus-spread/2020/05/22/d3032470-9c43-11ea-ac72-3841fcc9b35f_story.html
— The lockdown is very hard for small businesses, including mine – Stephanie Lundquist-Arora, Springfield (DIERSEN: My Civil Service Retirement System pension is only 41% of what my GAO salary was in 1997 in today’s dollars.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-lockdown-is-very-hard-for-small-businesses-including-mine/2020/05/22/02f572b2-9ab1-11ea-ad79-eef7cd734641_story.html
(FROM THE LETTER: I have sympathy all around and worry for the most vulnerable people (health-wise). I am also increasingly concerned for the people who are not federal employees, public officials, teachers or private-sector employees continuing to work remotely. . .Even with significant financial losses, I am fortunate that my husband is a federal employee. We have many friends in the county who do not have this privilege.)

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Businesses are reopening. If you’re older or sick, what happens to your job? – LAURENCE DARMIENTO (DIERSEN: From what I see, ever-increasingly, governments, businesses, and organizations will use coronavirus to get rid of their employees and members who are older, who are obese, and/or who have health problems. They will use budget cuts and “up-or-out” policies as pretexts to accomplish the aforesaid. Expect that the Democrat and Republican parties will officially dump their precinct committeemen who are White and/or male who fail to make township/ward party chairman by age 30, county party chairman by age 35, state central committee member by age 40, state party officer by age 45, and state party chairman by age 50.)
https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2020-05-22/coronavirus-reopening-preexisting-conditions-seniors-older-workers
(FROM THE ARTICLE: With some 39 million Americans filing jobless claims since the pandemic broke out and fears growing of another Great Depression, getting workplaces open has become a priority. That’s a tricky proposition as the number of coronavirus cases and deaths mount, even if the rate of transmission slows in some places. But for workers especially vulnerable to complications from COVID-19, a return to work can feel like a death sentence. That’s not a small group. Some 41 million Americans ages 18 to 64 are at risk for serious complications from COVID-19 due to underlying conditions such as diabetes, uncontrolled asthma and heart disease, according to a Kaiser Family Foundation analysis. Also at risk are Americans 65 and older, about 10.4 million of whom remain in the workforce — an age group that accounts for 80% of U.S. COVID deaths. . .While federal law provides special protections for workers who have disabilities or are older, ultimately they can be recalled to the workplace, even if it can’t be made 100% safe. And should employers try to prevent certain employees from returning to their jobs, they could face discrimination claims from older workers and disabled workers. . .Workers who are diabetic or asthmatic or have other conditions that are considered disabilities are offered special protections by the Americans with Disabilities Act, which requires employers to provide so-called “reasonable accommodations” as needed. The Age Discrimination in Employment Act offers workers older than 40 protections against discrimination on the basis of their age. Questions linger about whether and how such protections will shield workers who are older or have medical conditions in the time of the coronavirus. “It’s definitely a minefield for employers,” said Walter Stella, a labor and employment attorney at Cozen O’Connor, which represents employers. “The traditional reasonable accommodation analysis requires employers to accommodate disabled employees so that they can continue to perform the essential functions of their jobs. The focus of the law is not to give employees a reasonable accommodation so that they don’t get the coronavirus.” That legal analysis rubs up against the demands of employee advocates who say that providing a safe workplace is the fundamental duty of employers amid the pandemic.)

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— U.S. Coronavirus Death Toll Approaches 100,000 More than five million people have been infected world-wide with over 1.6 million of those cases in the U.S. – Frances Yoon
https://www.wsj.com/amp/articles/coronavirus-latest-news-05-23-2020-11590223953
— Beware of Moralistic Narratives of the Lockdown Debate The effort to reopen is not a neat fable with villains and heroes – Gerard Baker (DIERSEN: In your neighborhood, in you precinct, in your municipal district, in your municipality, in your township, in your county, and in Illinois, who takes the lead in demonizing, denigrating, and condemning those who want the lockdown lifted?)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/beware-of-moralistic-narratives-of-the-lockdown-debate-11590166671
— The Germs That Transformed History For eons, epidemics have caused mass deaths and social upheaval, with far-reaching effects on politics, trade, migration, colonization and conquest – Jared Diamond
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-germs-that-transformed-history-11590159271
— So You’re Getting a Pandemic Puppy. Here’s What It Will Cost. A furry quarantine buddy is often an impulse decision that can quickly add up in expenses – Amber Burton
https://www.wsj.com/articles/so-youre-getting-a-pandemic-puppy-heres-what-it-will-cost-11590139800
— The Job Market’s Long Road Back Job losses were sudden and swift. At first, workers and employers thought they would be temporary. For many, that is starting to look like wishful thinking. – Eric Morath
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-job-markets-long-road-back-11590206400
— A Vote-by-Mail Nightmare Trump or Biden by a whisker, with a million ballots thrown out. – Editorial (DIERSEN: What percent of ballots mailed in by Republicans will be “lost in the mail?”)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-vote-by-mail-nightmare-11590189749
— California’s College Testing Mistake The state university system puts racial politics above merit. – Editorial (DIERSEN: What tests have you passed? I passed a) the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979 when I was 30 years old, b) the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, c) all the tests necessary to earn a master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT in 1997, d) all the tests necessary to earn a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, e) all the tests necessary to earn an MBA from Loyola in 1976, f) all the tests necessary to earn a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU in 1970, g) the Federal Service Entrance Examination in 1970, and h) the Post Office employment examination in 1966.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/californias-college-testing-mistake-11590189601

HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW
— How U.S. Companies Can Support Employees of Color Through the Pandemic – Laura Morgan Roberts , Courtney L. McCluney , Erin L. Thomas and Michelle Kim (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, since the 1960s, Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion have required governments, businesses, and organizations to give preference to their employees and members who are minority and/or female, and more recently, to their employees who are LGBTQ. Consequently, ever-increasingly, governments, businesses, and organizations get rid of their employees and members who are White, male, older, heterosexual, and/or non-veteran.)
https://hbr.org/2020/05/how-u-s-companies-can-support-employees-of-color-through-the-pandemic

NEWSWEEK
— DOJ Files Brief in Federal Court Against Illinois Governor’s Stay-At-Home Order – AILA SLISCO (DIERSEN: In Diersen v. GAO, the Republican-appointed U.S. Attorney sided with GAO, that is, the U.S. Attorney approved of GAO’s policy of getting rid of its employees who were Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who had not made GS-13 (currently $101,176) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $119,559) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $140,634) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $170,800) by age 40, that is, the U.S. Attorney approved of GAO’s political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation policies.)
https://www.newsweek.com/doj-files-brief-federal-court-against-illinois-governors-stay-home-order-1506136

FIVE THIRTY EIGHT
— The Gap Between Democrats And Republicans Is Growing On The Coronavirus Crisis – Geoffrey Skelley
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/democrats-and-republicans-are-increasingly-split-on-the-coronavirus-crisis/amp/

FORD AUTHORITY
— 2020 New York Auto Show Officially Cancelled Due To COVID-19 – Brett Foote
https://fordauthority.com/2020/05/2020-new-york-auto-show-officially-cancelled-due-to-covid-19/

May 22 Morning Edition

ABC7
— Why the COVID-19 pandemic is deepening a racial divide in Chicago area communities – Chuck Goudie, Barb Markoff, Christine Tressel, Ross Weidner, Jonathan Fagg and Adriana Aguilar
https://abc7chicago.com/health/why-the-pandemic-is-deepening-a-racial-divide-in-chicago-area-communities/6203131/
— Chicago issues thousands of citations to businesses operating in violation of stay-at-home order – Jason Knowles and Ann Pistone
https://abc7chicago.com/coronavirus-chicago-illinois-stay-at-home-order-non-essential-businesses/6201791/

NBC5
— Pritzker ‘Very Concerned’ About Surge of Coronavirus Cases in Fall A surge is likely, Gov. Pritzker said, if a vaccine or very effective treatment isn’t available
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/pritzker-very-concerned-about-surge-of-coronavirus-cases-in-fall/2276187/

WGN TV
— Chicago area governments laying off workers as revenues fall amid coronavirus – Ben Bradley, Andrew Schroedter (DIERSEN: During the 1980s and 1990s, the Democrats who ran GAO used Republican-led budget cuts to get rid of their employees who were Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who they had not promoted to GS-13 (currently $101,176) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $119,559) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $140,634) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $170,800) by age 40.)
https://wgntv.com/news/wgn-investigates/chicago-area-governments-laying-off-workers-as-revenues-fall-amid-coronavirus/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Donning masks and rolling up sleeves, lawmakers tackle vote-by-mail, pot tweaks — with budget, COVID-19 relief looming No mask faceoffs added any drama to Day Two of the special legislative session. State Rep. Darren Bailey, R-Xenia, entered the Bank of Springfield Center wearing a face covering. State Sen. Jim Oberweis, R-Sugar Grove, went a little further, donning a complete face shield. – Tina Sfondeles and Neal Earley
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2020/5/21/21266946/lawmakers-masks-vote-mail-legal-pot-budget-covid-19-relief-bailey-oberweis-coronavirus
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater uses Phyllis Schlafly to demonize, denigrate, and condemn the 53% of White women who voted for Trump.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2020/5/21/21266599/phyllis-schlafly-feminism-equal-rights-amendment-mrs-america-era-culture-wars

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Illinois unemployment rate hit 16.4% in April, a 44-year high, as coronavirus-related job losses multiplied – Abdel Jimenez (DIERSEN: What were you doing in 1976? I turned 28 years old. I worked for IRS in its Loop office as a GS-12 Step 3 (currently $90,758/year) Revenue Officer assigned to its Special Procedures Staff. I traded in to the building’s developer my studio condo for a one bedroom condo in the Outer Drive East building in downtown Chicago. I completed the requirements for an MBA from Loyola and started taking graduate accounting classes at DePaul. I rented out my town home in University Park. I drove a 1962 Chevy BelAir and garaged my 1972 Corvette at my mother’s home in Crete.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-coronavirus-illinois-april-unemployment-rate-20200521-gfg675giqbcqtaahirsrmyaaga-story.html
— Judgment just as contagious in our culture war of wearing masks in public – JERRY DAVICH (DIERSEN: If you demonize, denigrate, and condemn people for not wearing a mask, you should be wearing one yourself.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/post-tribune/opinion/ct-ptb-davich-wearing-masks-in-public-culture-war-controversy-st-0517-20200515-liwsboclbrdljhsuprp2hivo24-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— In close vote, Cook County Board agrees to release COVID-19 patient addresses – Christopher Placek
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200521/in-close-vote-cook-county-board-agrees-to-release-covid-19-patient-addresses-
— Masks are for protection of others, not political symbols – Editorial (DIERSEN: If you demonize, denigrate, and condemn people for not wearing a mask, you should be wearing one yourself.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20200522/editorial-masks-are-for-protection-of-others-not-political-symbols

WBEZ
— Coronavirus In Illinois: Unemployment Rate Is Now The Highest It’s Been Since 1976
https://www.wbez.org/stories/coronavirus-in-illinois-unemployment-rate-is-now-the-highest-its-been-since-1976/b9d4bbde-4bde-48e1-810b-5cc7df506ca0
— Illinois Lawmakers Push Vote-By-Mail Expansion – But Not Much Else – During Emergency Session – Tony Arnold, Dave McKinney
https://www.wbez.org/stories/illinois-lawmakers-push-vote-by-mail-expansion-but-not-much-else-during-emergency-session/7c1e0966-07b0-43ea-818f-9bf3aa28f358

ROCKFORD REGISTER STAR
— Thousands still await COVID-19 test results in Winnebago County – Isaac Guerrero
https://www.rrstar.com/news/20200521/thousands-still-await-covid-19-test-results-in-winnebago-county

WJOL
— Many Illinois Residents Still Struggling With Unemployment Claims
https://www.wjol.com/many-illinois-residents-still-struggling-with-unemployment-claims/

WCIA
— Righter rebukes Bailey’s mask antics: ‘Half the game is showing up’ – Mark Maxwell (DIERSEN: According to your critics, what should you have NOT done?” According to my critics, I should NOT have been a Republican, been conservative, avoided the draft, opposed political affiliation discrimination, opposed reverse discrimination, opposed age discrimination, opposed the traffic signal at Harrison and President in Wheaton, filed lawsuits, became an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged my superiors with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation, opposed promoting booze, pot, and other vices, opposed promoting LGBTQ activity, opposed promoting abortion, opposed promoting mass/illegal immigration, opposed promoting abolition of the First and Second Amendments, failed/refused to become one of their operatives/dupes, failed/refused to pander to them, failed/refused to give them money, etc. )
https://www.wcia.com/news/capitol-news/righter-rebukes-baileys-mask-antics-half-the-game-is-showing-up/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The veteran downstate legislator who is preparing to pass the legislative baton of his rural State Senate district over to House Representative Darren Bailey (R-Louisville) next January was not entertained by Bailey’s public act of defiance when he refused to wear a face mask on the floor of the Illinois House on Wednesday. “I would not have done that,” Senator Dale Righter (R-Mattoon) said in an interview Thursday morning, arguing that in orchestrating his own ejection from the House floor, Bailey also effectively abandoned his duties as an elected official in the legislature. Bailey won the March primary election to replace Righter, who is retiring from the statehouse after 23 years in office. Bailey is running unopposed for the Senate seat in November.)

FOX ILLINOIS
— Coronavirus-triggered layoffs in US hit nearly 39 million – AP
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/millions-more-people-likely-sought-us-unemployment-benefits

KENDALL COUNTY NOW
— GOP lawmakers to offer free masks, milk and food at Kendall County Food Pantry Saturday
https://www.kendallcountynow.com/2020/05/20/gop-lawmakers-to-offer-free-masks-milk-and-food-at-kendall-county-food-pantry-saturday/aixpb1y/

WIRE POINTS
— Big raises for Chicago Teachers Union, state’s AFSCME shows where federal aid to Illinois will end up – Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner
https://wirepoints.org/big-raises-for-chicago-teachers-union-states-afscme-shows-where-federal-aid-to-illinois-will-end-up-wirepoints/

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— ILLINOIS BILL WOULD MAKE ELECTION DAY A HOLIDAY, BUT ONLY FOR GOVERNMENT WORKERS – Joe Barnas
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/illinois-bill-would-make-election-day-a-holiday-but-only-for-government-workers/

FOX NEWS
— Sanders delegates push back at agreements prohibiting convention dissent: ‘It’s ridiculous’ – Paul Steinhauser (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who have painted themselves as being attack dogs for activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, campaign managers, those who I have sued, etc. I would focus on those who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton’s West District, Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois. I would focus on those who blame me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails for their problems, for your problems, for my problems, for everyone’s problems, and for all the problems that the following have had: Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Illinois Center Right Coalition, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter, etc. I might title the book “The Scapegoaters.”)
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/sanders-convention-delegates-push-back
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The agreements – first reported by the Washington Post and confirmed by Fox News – call on Sanders delegates to “Refrain from making negative statements about other candidates, party leaders, Campaigns, Campaign staffers, supporters, news organizations or journalists. This Campaign is about the issues and finding solutions to America’s problems. Our job is to differentiate the senator from his opponents on the issues — not through personal attacks.” Another of the 10 rules listed in the document states: “Do your best to avoid online arguments or confrontations. … If engaging in an adversarial conversation, be respectful when addressing opposing viewpoints or commenting on the opposition.” And the agreement states that “If a member of the media contacts you about a posting of any kind: do not respond.” Instead, it directs them to contact the Sanders press team. The document states that “failure to comply with these expectations may result in disciplinary action, including but not limited to your removal from the delegation.” The agreements were sent to some Sanders delegates across the country last week.)

BREITBART
— Pew Research: Less Than 3-in-8 Americans Support Coronavirus Relief for Illegal Aliens – John Binder
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/05/21/pew-research-less-than-3-in-8-americans-support-coronavirus-relief-for-illegal-aliens/

TOWNHALL
— Trump Administration Extends Border Restrictions Amid Coronavirus Pandemic – Bronson Stocking
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/bronsonstocking/2020/05/21/cdc-extends-title-42-following-major-success-slowing-illegal-immigration-at-the-border-n2569259

FEDERALIST
— California Democrats Try To Legalize Racial Discrimination During Pandemic – Kenny Xu
https://thefederalist.com/2020/05/21/californa-democrats-try-to-legalize-racial-discrimination-during-pandemic/

HERITAGE FOUNDATION
— “Hate Speech” and the New Tyranny over the Mind – Arthur Milikh
https://www.heritage.org/civil-society/report/hate-speech-and-the-new-tyranny-over-the-mind

CNN
— The pandemic could cause long-term damage to how we get our food – Bob Ortega
https://www.cnn.com/interactive/2020/05/business/coronavirus-food-supply-invs-cnnphotos/
— Coronavirus ‘immunity passports’ are a terrible idea that could backfire, experts warn – Faith Karimi and Maggie Fox (DIERSEN: Of course, according to Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs, if you have immunity, it is because you unfairly benefitted from your parents’, grandparents’, great grandparents’, and the rest of your ancestors’ discrimination against minorities, against females, against poor people, against Democrats, against Libertarians, against Greens, against RINOs, against non-Protestants, against non-German Americans, against those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time, against etc.)
https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/22/health/immunity-passport-coronavirus/index.html

NEW YORK TIMES
— Fed Chair Warns This Is a ‘Downturn Without Modern Precedent’ – Jeanna Smialek and Alan Rappeport
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/21/business/economy/fed-chair-warns-this-is-a-downturn-without-modern-precedent.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats stimulus dollars to go 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/2020/05/21/opinion/coronavirus-stimulus-women.html
— University of California Will End Use of SAT and ACT in Admissions The change is expected to accelerate the momentum of American colleges away from the tests, amid concern that they are unfair to poor, black and Hispanic students. – Shawn Hubler (DIERSEN: What tests have you passed? I passed a) the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979 when I was 30 years old, b) the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, c) all the tests necessary to earn a master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT in 1997, d) all the tests necessary to earn a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, e) all the tests necessary to earn an MBA from Loyola in 1976, f) all the tests necessary to earn a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU in 1970, g) the Federal Service Entrance Examination in 1970, and h) the Post Office employment examination in 1966.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/21/us/university-california-sat-act.html
— A Wave of Small Business Closures Is on the Way. Can Washington Stop It? Bipartisan proposals address weaknesses of a hastily passed aid program. – Neil Irwin
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/21/upshot/virus-small-business-closures.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater asks “How Many Will Die for the Dow?”
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/21/opinion/trump-coronavirus-dow.html
— The First Invasion of America And the cultural earthquake it’s unleashing. – David Brooks (DIERSEN: The first invasion of America was by citizens of Mexico.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/21/opinion/us-coronavirus-history.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: FRONT PAGE: Trump-haters say “Host of Virus Alarms Ignored By a Single-Minded President.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/21/us/politics/presidents-daily-brief-trump.html
— Many Jobs May Vanish Forever as Layoffs Mount With over 38 million U.S. unemployment claims in nine weeks, one economist says the situation is “grimmer than we thought.” – Patricia Cohen
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/21/business/economy/coronavirus-unemployment-claims.html

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats use coronavirus to promote hatred against Republicans.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/05/21/us-them-pandemic-shows-america-is-still-impervious-black-pain/
— Shrinking newsrooms could affect how we view the coronavirus pandemic Journalists of color are particularly susceptible to layoffs, and that can distort coverage of the crisis – Marian Liu (DIERSEN: Virtually all federal employees are Democrats. They are protected, and especially those who are minority, female, younger, and/or veteran, because the federal government gets rid of its employees who are Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who do not make GS-13 (currently $101,176) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $119,559) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $140,634) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $170,800) by age 40. Extremely few federal employees make the aforesaid promotion deadlines.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/05/21/diversity-coronavirus-coverage/
— Trump’s purge of inspectors general is alarming. His replacements may be worse. – David C. Williams (DIERSEN: I should write a book about all my coworkers in the federal government who my Democrat superiors a) promoted over me and/or b) retained instead of me. They all were Democrats, minorities, females, younger than me, non-Protestant, non-German American, veterans, their ancestors had been in America for less time than mine, they had less work experience than I had, they had less education than I had, and/or they had fewer professional certifications and/or licenses than I had.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/05/21/trumps-widespread-removal-inspectors-general-is-alarming-so-are-his-appointments/
— Antimalarial drug touted by President Trump is linked to increased risk of death in coronavirus patients, study says – Ariana Eunjung Cha and Laurie McGinley
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2020/05/22/hydroxychloroquine-coronavirus-study/

NEW YORK POST
— Joe Biden asks Amy Klobuchar to undergo VP vetting process, report says – Ebony Bowden (DIERSEN: Needless-to-say, if you have skeletons in your closets, you should not seek or hold any kind of government or political office, and especially if you paint yourself as being religious, conservative, and/or Republican.)
https://nypost.com/2020/05/21/joe-biden-asks-amy-klobuchar-to-undergo-vp-vetting-process-report/

USA TODAY
— Food prices soar to highest one-month increase since 1974; price of eggs up 16% in April – Susan Selasky
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2020/05/20/food-prices-soar-coronavirus-covid-19/5226969002/
— How Joe Biden is working to win over progressive voters – Rebecca Morin (DIERSEN: To win over progressive voters, Biden 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.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2020/05/21/joe-biden-bernie-sanders-work-together-bring-progressives-board/5155900002/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— How to Keep Workers Off the Job More evidence that the enhanced $600 unemployment benefit will slow the recovery and keep the jobless rate high. – Editorial
https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-to-keep-workers-off-the-job-11590103444
— The Covid Surcharge: Companies Confront the Unforgiving Economics of Coronavirus Rising costs, weak demand and customer limits challenge efforts to reopen for business – Matt Grossman
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-covid-surcharge-companies-confront-unforgiving-economics-of-coronavirus-11590139802
— Behind Trump’s Removal of Inspectors General: Support for His Agenda He views himself ‘a victim of overly aggressive actions,’ according to one senior administration official – Catherine Lucey and Gordon Lubold
https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-moves-to-make-own-picks-for-oversight-posts-11590064279

BLOOMBERG
— Lockdowns Haven’t Proved They’re Worth the Havoc – Joe Nocera
https://www.yahoo.com/news/lockdowns-haven-t-proved-worth-100003823.html

WCNC
— Minorities carrying the biggest financial burden of COVID-19 crisis In April, the unemployment rate soared to 14.7%, minority groups were hit the hardest with 19% of Hispanic workers and almost 17% of black workers unemployed. – Billie Jean Shaw
https://www.wcnc.com/article/money/minorities-carrying-the-biggest-financial-burden-of-covid-19-crisis/275-062fbd49-70ae-41b9-bb05-0560b3ff3add

NEWSWEEK
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Trump-haters side with Communist China against America.
https://www.newsweek.com/trumps-blame-china-re-election-strategy-might-seriously-backfire-opinion-1505813

NEW YORK MAGAZINE
— Just Give People Handouts – Sarah Jones (DIERSEN: How soon, because of efforts to fight coronavirus, will everyone in the world be getting welfare and/or handing out welfare?)
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/05/people-need-money-not-skills-retraining.html

GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— These Federal Agencies Have Seen the Most COVID-19 Deaths Nearly 130 federal workers have died from the coronavirus pandemic. – ERIC KATZ
https://www.govexec.com/workforce/2020/05/these-federal-agencies-have-seen-most-covid-19-deaths/165578/

FORD AUTHORITY
— Ford Will ‘Likely’ Conduct Daily Employee COVID-19 Tests When It’s Possible – Brett Foote
https://fordauthority.com/2020/05/ford-will-likely-conduct-daily-employee-covid-19-tests-when-its-possible/

SUN
— Michigan Attorney General says Trump is NOT welcome in the state after flouting mask rules ‘like a petulant child’ – Mollie Mansfield
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/11681799/donald-trump-michigan-attorney-general-not-welcome/

NATIONAL HERALD INDIA
— Amid reports that Google has reduced diversity and inclusion training programmes fearing conservative backlash, CEO Sundar Pichai denied any digression from company’s commitment to promoting diversity (DIERSEN: Democrats use Affirmative Action, Diversity, Inclusion, up-or-out, budget cuts, etc. to not hire Republicans and to get rid of their employees who are Republican, and especially those 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.)
https://www.nationalheraldindia.com/international/have-more-resources-invested-in-diversity-than-ever-google-ceo

ZILLOW
— FOR SALE: 921 James Court, Wheaton – $650,000
https://www.zillow.com/wheaton-il/X1-SS1apc9gppw622z_3o1g1_sse/4448311_zpid/

May 21 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Illinois and other states should get a lot of federal money – Steve Chapman
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/steve-chapman/ct-column-coronavirus-federal-aid-states-chapman-20200520-d62q7wd26bg6rktj4udsjrbcna-story.html
— Court hearing Friday is latest round in battle over legality of Illinois stay-at-home order – ROBERT MCCOPPIN
https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-coronavirus-illinois-stay-at-home-legal-fight-20200521-fqrhqhrygnbtzograqlrm62kye-story.html
— Comparing Pritzker to Hitler always wrong – Richard Porter, Chicago, Illinois Committeeman to the Republican National Committee
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/letters/ct-letter-vp-052120-20200520-scgcqrcqf5d65ab7jku2noxesi-story.html
— ‘Sad day’ when citizens can’t question government – Mark Glennon, Wilmette
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/letters/ct-letter-vp-052120-20200520-scgcqrcqf5d65ab7jku2noxesi-story.html
— Is Pritzker’s coronavirus levee about to break? – John Kass
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/john-kass/ct-coronavirus-illinois-churches-kass-20200521-o2pk6tvcprhwvblo5mvfntuwoa-story.html
— Nearly 39 million US layoffs during coronavirus pandemic; more than 1 million Illinois jobless claims since mid-March – AP
https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-biz-coronavirus-unemployment-pandemic-20200521-2jygua5a5bcotcmyo46ku37n6i-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: As impersonal as 2019 was, it could become good old days to millennials – Jennifer Rosen (DIERSEN: When were your good old days? Mine include 1970 when I earned a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU and Firestone Stores hired me; 1971 when IRS hired me and I bought a new 1972 Corvette; 1972, 1973, and 1974 when IRS promoted me; 1976 when I earned an MBA from Loyola; 1978 when I got married; 1979 when I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt; 1980 when GAO hired me and I earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul; 1981 when I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt and became a licensed CPA; 1986 when GAO promoted me; 1986, 1987, and 1988 when I worked for GAO on audits of IRS; and 1997 when I earned a master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/5/19/21262701/millennial-dating-pandemic-lockdown-remote-work-from-home-zoom-jennifer-rosner

WBBM
— DuPage County Lays Out What Is Needed To Get Through COVID-19 Pandemic – JENNIFER KEIPER
https://wbbm780.radio.com/articles/dupage-county-lays-out-needs-for-covid-19-pandemic

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— GOP wants vote on reopening plan – Doug Finke
https://www.sj-r.com/news/20200520/GOP-wants-vote-on-reopening-plan

FOX ILLINOIS
— Legislation introduced to help safely reopen Illinois
https://foxillinois.com/news/local/legislation-introduced-to-help-safely-reopen-illinois
— Pandemic exposes need to bring some manufacturing back to U.S. – AHTRA ELNASHAR
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/pandemic-exposes-need-to-bring-some-manufacturing-back-to-us

NEWS CHANNEL 20
— Downtown Springfield protest of Pritzker’s stay at home order draws hundreds – Matt Roy
https://newschannel20.com/news/local/protesters-crowd-downtown-springfield-calling-for-freedom

CHEROKEE TRIBUNE LEDGER NEWS
— Will Illinois switch to all vote-by-mail in November? It could cost counties millions – Kelsey Landis
https://www.tribuneledgernews.com/extra/news/will-illinois-switch-to-all-vote-by-mail-in-november-it-could-cost-counties-millions/article_96d4ea0e-6da4-5ed0-a7b3-92dc113807c6.html

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Reopened states revive economy as doomsday predictions don’t materialize – Dave Boyer
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/may/20/reopened-states-revive-economy-doomsday-prediction/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Democrats’ ‘whose side?’ rhetoric takes on dark connotation as they heighten the culture wars – Timothy P. Carney (DIERSEN: I should write a book about RINO activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc. who ever-increasingly talk and/or act like they are going over to the other side.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/democrats-whose-side-rhetoric-takes-on-dark-connotation-as-they-heighten-the-culture-wars

BREITBART
— Illinoisans Revolting Against Lockdowns as Chicago Mayor Orders Parking Bans Around Churches to Thwart Services – WARNER TODD HUSTON
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/05/21/illinoisans-revolting-against-lockdowns-as-chicago-mayor-orders-parking-bans-around-churches-to-thwart-services/
— Colorado State Offers $1,500 Coronavirus Aid Checks to Illegal Alien Students – TOM CICCOTTA
https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2020/05/20/colorado-state-offers-1500-coronavirus-aid-checks-to-illegal-alien-students/
— Trump Cuts Illegal Immigration Strain on American Hospitals by 94 Percent – John Binder
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/05/20/trump-cuts-illegal-immigration-strain-on-american-hospitals-by-94-percent/

LIFE SITE NEWS
— Pro-lifers plan protest Friday against new Chicago-area Planned Parenthood Pro-Life Action League president Eric Scheidler noted that Planned Parenthood has a history of using deception to sneak into Illinois communities.
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/pro-lifers-plan-protest-friday-against-new-chicago-area-planned-parenthood

POLITICO
— Facebook grows, unfazed by Washington – ALEXANDRA S. LEVINE (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, members of the following groups promote Facebook: anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-heterosexuals, 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.politico.com/newsletters/morning-tech/2020/05/20/facebook-grows-unfazed-by-washington-787758

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Pelosi: ‘Morbidly obese’ was taste of Trump’s ‘own medicine’ – LAURIE KELLMAN
https://apnews.com/6f658ee91cc411eb2ed54b535d35314f

NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters say “Lockdown Delays Cost at Least 36,000 Lives.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/20/us/coronavirus-distancing-deaths.html
— Fed Is Wary That Economic Pain Could Last, April Minutes Show – Jeanna Smialek
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/20/business/economy/fed-virus-economy-april-minutes.html
— As Reopening Starts, Americans Expect Recovery to Take Years Even those financially unaffected by the coronavirus shutdown don’t foresee a rapid rebound for the economy, a Times survey finds. – Ben Casselman and Jim Tankersley
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/20/business/economy/coronavirus-economy-survey.html
— Coronavirus Shut Down the ‘Experience Economy.’ Can It Come Back? Large-scale gatherings are on hold for the foreseeable future. That is taking a toll on the live events industry and society at large. – David Gelles
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/20/business/public-gathering-events-coronavirus.html
— After Coronavirus, Office Workers Might Face Unexpected Health Threats Stagnant plumbing systems in emptied commercial buildings could put returning employees at risk of Legionnaires’ and other illnesses. – Max Horberry
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/20/health/coronavirus-legionnaires-offices.html

WASHINGTON POST
— ‘A callous disregard for life’: GOP lawmaker kicked out of Illinois legislative session over refusal to wear mask – Meagan Flynn
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/05/21/illinois-gop-lawmaker-removed-mask/
— 2.4 million Americans filed jobless claims last week, bringing nine-week total to 38.6 million Americans continue clamoring for aid as a fight has broken out in Washington about whether to renew expanded benefits past July. – Tony Romm and Jeff Stein
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/05/21/unemployment-claims-coronavirus/

USA TODAY
— Millions more expected to file jobless claims, as coronavirus layoffs wind on – Charisse Jones
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2020/05/20/millions-more-expected-file-unemployment-amid-coronavirus/5227975002/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Will Bernie Take Over the Biden Campaign? Radicals handpicked by Sen. Sanders will help his old opponent decide what to believe. – Karl Rove (DIERSEN: I should write a book about “Republican” candidates, elected officials, and party leaders who talk and/or act like they are taking advice from “Republican” political consultants and campaign managers to dump voters 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.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/will-bernie-take-over-the-biden-campaign-11590016248
— Google’s Diversity Inquisition – Editorial (DIERSEN: Democrats use Affirmative Action, Diversity, Inclusion, up-or-out, budget cuts, etc. to not hire and to get rid of employees who are Republican, and especially those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, 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.wsj.com/articles/googles-diversity-inquisition-11590016961
— Nearly Half of Adults Live in U.S. Households That Lost Income Since Lockdowns Started Census Bureau report also shows more than a third expect to lose income over next four weeks in fallout from coronavirus pandemic, despite reopening efforts – David Harrison and Paul Overberg
https://www.wsj.com/articles/nearly-half-of-u-s-households-have-lost-income-since-lockdowns-started-11589997049
— U.K. Government Sells Bonds at Negative Yield for First Time – Caitlin Ostroff
https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-k-government-sells-bonds-at-negative-yield-for-first-time-11589984194

FORBES
— OK Boomer, OK Millennial: Why We’re Not OK At Work Together – Mark C. Perna (DIERSEN: To get rid of their employees a) who were Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran and/or b) who they had not promoted to GS-13 (currently $101,176) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $119,559) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $140,634) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $170,800) by age 40, my Democrat GAO superiors encouraged their employees who were Democrat, minority, female, younger, and/or veteran to help them.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/markcperna/2020/05/21/ok-boomer-ok-millennial-why-were-not-ok-at-work-together/#2678164426ff

PBS
— PBS documentary series takes an in-depth look at ‘how Asians shape America’ – THEODORA YU (DIERSEN: How did those who shared your national origin and your religion shape America, Illinois, your county, your township, your municipality, your municipal district, your precinct, and your neighborhood?)
https://www.sacbee.com/news/nation-world/article242856316.html

NEW YORK MAGAZINE
— Trump Threatens to Cut Off Funds for States That Expand Voting by Mail – Ed Kilgore
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/05/trump-threatens-funds-for-states-expanding-by-mail-voting.html

FED SMITH
— 26.71% Federal Employee Pay Disparity Says Federal Salary Council – Ralph R. Smith (DIERSEN: How much is someone working in the private sector who has the following qualifications being paid today: a) passed the CPA and the Certified Internal Auditor examinations on their first attempt, b) has master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance, c) became a licensed CPA, Certified Fraud Examiner, Certified Government Financial Manager, Certified Financial Services Auditor, and Forensic Accountant, and d) has 27 years of work experience. I had the aforesaid qualifications in 1997 when I was 49 years old and GAO paid me $131,532/year (GS-13, Step 10) in today’s dollars.)
https://www.fedsmith.com/2020/05/19/26-71-federal-employee-pay-disparity-says-fsc/
— Group Calls for 20% Pay Cut for All Federal Employees – Ian Smith (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who demonize, denigrate, and condemn federal employees and federal retirees. I was a federal employee for almost 30 years and I have been a federal retiree for almost 23 years. Many millions have not and will not seek a job with the federal government a) because the pay and benefits are terrible, b) because the advancement opportunities are terrible, c) because they lack required education, work experience, professional certifications, and/or professional licenses, d) because they cannot pass an employment examination, e) because they cannot pass a background investigation, f) because they cannot pass a physical examination, g) because they cannot take the demonization, denigration, and condemnation that comes with being a federal employee or federal retiree, and/or h) because they are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran and they know that the federal government discriminates against the aforesaid.)
https://www.fedsmith.com/2020/05/20/group-calls-20-pay-cut-all-federal-employees/

GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— Federal Advisory Group Finds Feds Are Paid 26.71% Less than Private Sector Counterparts – Erich Wagner
https://www.govexec.com/pay-benefits/2020/05/federal-advisory-group-finds-feds-are-paid-2671-less-private-sector-counterparts/165544/

BBC
— Nancy Pelosi accused of fat-shaming ‘obese’ Trump (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will employers and organizations officially get rid of their employees and members who have a BMI over 30, who are old, and/or who have health problems including diabetes?)
https://www.bbc.com/news/52733199

INDEPENDENT
— Economically the young are suffering most in this crisis – and they need special support coming out of it – Ben Chu (DIERSEN: But young healthy employees will benefit as employers ever-increasingly get rid of their employees who are old, who have a BMI over 30, and/or who have health problems including diabetes.)
https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/young-people-coronavirus-uk-economy-jobs-housing-generations-equity-a9521766.html

May 20 Morning Edition

ABC7
— GOP lawmakers set to challenge Gov. Pritzker’s stay-at-home order – Jessica D’Onofrio
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/il-gop-lawmakers-set-to-challenge-pritzkers-stay-at-home-order/6198318/
— Oprah donates $5M to support Chicago coronavirus fight in communities of color (DIERSEN: In your municipal district, in your municipality, in your township, and in your county, to what extent are minorities and poor people dying from coronavirus compared to Whites and rich people, and why is that?)
https://abc7chicago.com/society/oprah-donates-$5m-to-fight-covid-19-in-chicago-communities-of-color/6197541/?cmp=emc-wls-news-headlines-5/20/2020

WGN TV
— For those dealing with substance abuse, pandemic can cause more anxiety. – Dina Bair, Katharin Czink (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs promote substance abuse.)
https://wgntv.com/news/medical-watch/for-those-dealing-with-substance-abuse-pandemic-can-cause-more-anxiety-experts-say-reach-out-for-help/
— Temperature scanners may be the future of re-entry – Dina Bair, Katharin Czink
https://wgntv.com/news/medical-watch/temperature-scanners-may-be-the-future-of-re-entry/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Illinois General Assembly returns to Springfield as pandemic drives partisan politics and rocks budget plans – RICK PEARSON, JAMIE MUNKS and DAN PETRELLA
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-illinois-legislature-special-session-20200520-wgqpyzcv5nbzhmu2jdrjdjwyue-story.html
— Nominate your company as a Top Workplace (DIERSEN: One would expect that the more preference that employees get in a workplace, the more highly that they will rate that workplace. While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, my superiors were always under tremendous pressure from Democrat politicians to give preference to their employees who were Democrat, minority, female, younger, and/or veteran. Virtually all my superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were members of one or more of the aforesaid groups.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/careers/top-workplaces/ct-biz-top-workplaces-2020-nominations-20200501-bvjl4sbbjfakdp2rr5v7hj62em-story.html
— The key to restoring a robust economy: Protecting public health – Steve Chapman (DIERSEN: How strongly is/will getting rid of those who are older, who are obese, and/or who have health problems including diabetes be viewed as “protecting public health?”)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/steve-chapman/ct-column-coronavirus-economy-reopen-chapman-20200515-k2gk2tbba5dutntxkf2yaurvsm-story.html
— City dwellers headed to the suburbs after pandemic? Only time will tell – DENISE CROSBY
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/aurora-beacon-news/opinion/ct-abn-crosby-suburban-advantage-st-0515-20200517-gigbzqwk7jgmfauau2vtsb2rv4-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— Historic legislative session amid COVID-19 crisis holds plenty of minefields – Marni Pyke
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200520/historic-legislative-session-amid-covid-19-crisis-holds-plenty-of-minefields
— Local governments showing public sector, too, must endure job, pay cuts – Editorial (DIERSEN: In response to Republican-led budget cuts during the 1980s and 1990s, GAO employees who were Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who had not made GS-13 (currently $101,176) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $119,559) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $140,634) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $170,800) by age 40 were gotten rid of by the Democrats who ran GAO.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20200520/editorial-local-governments-showing-public-sector-too-must-endure-job-pay-cuts
— McHenry County residents may choose moving to Wisconsin over paying increased property taxes – Kelli Duncan
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200519/mchenry-county-residents-may-choose-moving-to-wisconsin-over-paying-increased-property-taxes

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— What’s on the agenda—and what’s not—as lawmakers head back to Springfield Look for a budget, a hospital assessment plan, a push for early voting and maybe a dust-up over wearing face masks. – GREG HINZ
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/greg-hinz-politics/whats-agenda-and-whats-not-lawmakers-head-back-springfield

DEKALB DAILY CHRONICLE
— Republicans hope to block rules making some business openings a crime Joint Committee on Administrative Rules to meet Wednesday – PETER HANCOCK
https://www.daily-chronicle.com/2020/05/20/republicans-hope-to-block-rules-making-some-business-openings-a-crime/av4yxiq/

WTTW & PBS
— VIDEO: Created Equal: Clarence Thomas in His Own Words
https://video.wttw.com/video/created-equal-clarence-thomas-in-his-own-words-rymp6z/
https://www.pbs.org/show/created-equal-clarence-thomas-his-own-words/

SUBURBAN LIFE
— IDPH Director Ezike says trend of new cases ‘may be going down’ for the first time Illinois now conducting more COVID-19 tests than New York, on a per capita basis – KELLI SUNCAN (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will employers and organizations require their employees and members who are older, who have a BMI over 30, and/or who have underlying conditions, including diabetes, to be tested before they can keep their job or membership?)
https://www.mysuburbanlife.com/2020/05/19/idph-director-ezike-says-trend-of-new-cases-may-be-going-down-for-the-first-time/a91wl56/
— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON ILLINOIS AND ON THE 6TH, 14TH, and 11TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS TIGHTENS: Casten, Underwood, Foster highlight structural inequalities in communities of color affected by COVID-19 – JOSHUA WELGE (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats blame Republicans for all the problems that the following have: individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries 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.)
https://www.mysuburbanlife.com/2020/05/19/casten-underwood-foster-highlight-structural-inequalities-in-communities-of-color-affected-by-covid-19/aqtjnk6/

EVANSTON ROUNDTABLE
— City’s Reparations Subcommittee to Host Virtual Town Hall on May 21 (DIERSEN: If the leaders of your municipality imposed reparations, which residents would they require to pay the most reparations – those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, non-poor, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
https://evanstonroundtable.com/Content/City-News/City-News/Article/City-s-Reparations-Subcommittee-to-Host-Virtual-Town-Hall-on-May-21/15/26/17973

COLUMBIA CHRONICLE
— Political pandemic: scope of local and national politics altered due to coronavirus – Lauren Leazenby (DIERSEN: Of course, Democrats shout at everyone that if you do not like how Trump is handling the pandemic or how he is handling anything else, vote for all the Democrats on the November 3, 2020 ballot in your precinct.)
https://columbiachronicle.com/political-pandemic-scope-of-local-and-national-politics-altered-due-to-coronavirus

CHICAGO NOW
— Illinois Rep. Darren Bailey ain’t through with Gov. Pritzker, not by a long shot – Dennis Byrne
http://www.chicagonow.com/dennis-byrnes-barbershop/2020/05/illinois-rep-darren-bailey-aint-through-with-gov-pritzker-not-by-a-long-shot/

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Joint Statement in Opposition to Emergency Rules Filed by Pritzker Administration – Illinois Senate Republican Caucus and Illinois House Republican Caucus (DIERSEN: Anti-conservative Republican organizations, anti-conservative Republican candidates, and anti-conservative Republican elected officials in Illinois a) fail/refuse to keep diersen@aol.com on their press advisory and press release lists and b) pander to Rich Miller and the rest of the Democrat news media in Illinois. I should write a book about the aforesaid.)
https://www.politico.com/f/?id=00000172-31bb-dc3e-aff6-3dbf7eff0000&nname=illinois-playbook&nid=00000150-1596-d4ac-a1d4-179e288b0000&nrid=00000150-705d-d7de-afdb-7d7f3ea90001&nlid=639163

WIREPOINTS
— COVID-19 spreads to half of all Chicagoland retirement homes. How did this happen? – Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner
https://wirepoints.org/covid-19-spreads-to-half-of-all-chicagoland-retirement-homes-how-did-this-happen-wirepoints/
— “People are waking up. Overwhelmingly people are indignant about this emergency rule.” – Mark Glennon with Steve Cortes
https://wirepoints.org/people-are-waking-up-overwhelmingly-people-are-indignant-about-this-emergency-rule-mark-glennon-with-steve-cortes/

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— Legal Dubiousness of En Masse State Lock-Downs and “Shelter-in-Place” Orders as a Response to COVID-19 – JOHN KRAFT
https://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2020/05/legal-dubiousness-of-en-masse-state-lock-downs-and-shelter-in-place-orders-as-a-response-to-covid-19/

ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— Pritzker, Planned Parenthood, and the Pandemic – Laurie Higgins
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2020/05/pritzker-planned-parenthood-and-the-pandemic/

ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— ILLINOIS HAS MOST CORONAVIRUS RESTRICTIONS IN COUNTRY: STUDY
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2020/05/illinois-has-most-coronavirus-restrictions-in-country-study.html

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Pelosi bails out Post Office in name of coronavirus relief – Ryan Ellis
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/pelosi-bails-out-post-office-in-name-of-coronavirus-relief

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Minnesota Governor Stonewalls Conservative Journalist Democrat Tim Walz has refused to tell a conservative journalist why his office isn’t allowing him to participate in the state’s coronavirus briefings – Collin Anderson (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who have treated me like I am not a journalist, that is, those who have accused me of falsely claiming to be a journalist. Better yet, I should sue them. I would focus on activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, campaign managers, etc. who claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican. I would focus on those who pander to Rich Miller and to the rest of the Democrat news media in Illinois.)
https://freebeacon.com/coronavirus/minnesota-governor-stonewalls-conservative-journalist/
— Joe Biden Just Urged a Majority of Americans Not to Vote for Him A lot of voters think Tara Reade is telling the truth, polls show
https://freebeacon.com/satire/joe-biden-tara-reade-poll/

FOX NEWS
— Illinois governor’s family firm owns stake in companies involved in coronavirus testing – Andrew O’Reilly
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/illinois-governors-family-firm-owns-stake-in-companies-conducting-coronavirus-testing

GOPUSA
— Would Americans Submit To A Second Lockdown? – Patrick J. Buchanan
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=89050

FREEDOM’S JOURNAL
— THEY SHOOT OLD PEOPLE, DON’T THEY? – Patrick Hall (DIERSEN: Who works the hardest to promote age discrimination in your municipal district, in your municipality, in your township, in your county, and in Illinois? I should write a book about those in Wheaton’s West District, Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois who work the hardest to promote age discrimination. I would focus on those who are older, anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, 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://freedomsjournalinstitute.org/latest-news/opinion/they-shoot-old-people-dont-they/

DAILY CALLER
— Trump Tells Governors He’ll ‘Step In’ If They Fumble Reopening Plans – WILLIAM DAVIS
https://dailycaller.com/2020/05/19/trump-governors-step-in-reopening-coronavirus/

TOWNHALL
— Contact Tracing? No Thanks. – John and Andy Schlafly
https://townhall.com/columnists/johnandandyschlafly/2020/05/20/contact-tracing-no-thanks-n2569115

PJ MEDIA
— California Governor to Feds: Give Us the Money or the First Responders ‘Get It’ – VICTORIA TAFT (DIERSEN: During the 1980s and 1990s, the Democrats who ran GAO made it very clear that if Republicans cut GAO’s budget, they would use those cuts to get rid of GAO employees who were Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who they had not promoted to GS-13 (currently $101,176) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $119,559) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $140,634) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $170,800) by age 40.)
https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/victoria-taft/2020/05/19/california-governor-to-feds-give-us-the-money-or-the-first-responders-get-it-n408022

LIFE SITE NEWS
— Chinese government scheming to spread influence inside America, Pompeo warns The Chinese Communist Party is striving to embed itself in U.S. institutions, Trump’s secretary of state declared, and ‘we’re doing everything we can to push back against that.’ – Calvin Freiburger
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/chinese-government-scheming-to-spread-influence-inside-america-pompeo-warns

NATIONAL REVIEW
— COVID-19 Makes the Reinvigoration of American Manufacturing a National-Security Concern – VARSHA KODUVAYUR & GREG EVERETT
https://www.nationalreview.com/2020/05/coronavirus-reinvigorating-american-manufacturing-national-security-concern/

THE HILL
— Chicago blocks church parking lots to enforce stay-at-home order – JUSTINE COLEMAN
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/498475-chicago-blocks-church-parking-lots-to-enforce-stay-at-home-order

POLITICO
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “Trump’s push to reopen schools and day care gets chilly reception from voters.”
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/05/19/trumps-push-to-reopen-schools-and-day-care-gets-chilly-reception-from-voters-269430

CNN
— Nancy Pelosi called President Trump ‘morbidly obese.’ Is he? – Chris Cillizza (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will employers and organizations officially get rid of their employees and members who have a BMI over 30, who are old, and/or who have health problems including diabetes?)
https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/19/politics/nancy-pelosi-donald-trump-fat-hydroxychloroquine/index.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Generally speaking, it defines obesity as having a Body Mass Index (BMI) of 30 or higher. (BMI is calculated by taking “a person’s weight in kilograms divided by the square of height in meters,” according to the CDC website.) Within “obese,” the CDC has three distinctions: 1) Those with a BMI between 30 and 35 2) those with a BMI between 35 and 40 and 3) those with a BMI over 40, which the CDC categorizes as having “extreme” or “severe” obesity. While the CDC doesn’t describe that third category as “morbid obesity,” it is referred to that way by other sites including Web MD (aka the scourge of every hypochondriac’s life). How large would you need to be to qualify as having “severe” or “morbid” obesity? According to this BMI calculator, a 6 foot tall man weighing 300 pounds would have a BMI of 41 — and would be considered in a state of “morbid” obesity. Which is not Donald Trump, at least according to the White House physician. In his February 2019 annual physical, Trump, who is 6’3″, tipped the scales at 243 pounds. That gave him a BMI of 30.4 — just over the edge of obesity but far from the technical definition of “severe” or “extreme” (or “morbid”) obesity.)

REUTERS
— Crucial Latino voters seek more attention from Biden – Saundra Amrhein, Simon Lewis (DIERSEN: To promote preference giving is to reject equal opportunity. To give preference to one group is to discriminate against another group. To give preference to Latinos is to discriminate against Blacks, Asians, Whites, etc. To give preference to women, younger people, people who have less money, non-Protestants, non-German Americans, non-draft avoiders, and/or to those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time is to discriminate against men, older people, people who have more money, Protestants, German Americans, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-latinos/crucial-latino-voters-seek-more-attention-from-biden-idUSKBN22V1B2?il=0

NEW YORK TIMES
— Emulating Democrats, G.O.P. Ties House Hopes to Diverse Recruits “We need candidates other than boring old white people”: House Republicans are betting on a group of diverse candidates with compelling biographies to help them reclaim lost seats. – Catie Edmondson (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will the Republican National Committee, Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Milton Township Republican Organization, etc. officially dump those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time, those who are obese, and those who have health problems including diabetes?)

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/19/us/politics/republicans-house-diversity-election.html
— Race and income are the key factors that decide who dies from Covid-19 and who survives – Michael Schwirtz and Lindsey Rogers Cook (DIERSEN: In your municipal district, in your municipality, in your township, and in your county, to what extent are minorities and poor people dying from Covid-19 compared to Whites and rich people, and why is that?)
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/18/nyregion/coronavirus-deaths-nyc.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/19/us/politics/republicans-house-diversity-election.html
— The Right of the People to Protest Lockdown Although some states have tried to ban them, anti-lockdown demonstrations are protected by the First Amendment. – Floyd Abrams and John Langford (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, if you protest lockdowns, members of the following groups call you a White supremacist, Nazi, KKK member, hater, racist, sexist, bigot, and even worse things: 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, ant-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/19/opinion/coronavirus-first-amendment-protests.html

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “Trumpites dish out abuse, but they can’t take it: On the reaction to Pelosi’s morbidly obese crack.”‘
https://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/ny-oped-trumpites-dish-out-abuse-cant-take-it-20200519-ulfp2isuqzgl7fugza6uc2jhza-story.html

DETROIT NEWS
— Trump visit to Rawsonville Ford plant will proceed despite governor’s order – Keith Laing
https://www.detroitnews.com/story/business/autos/2020/05/19/trump-visit-rawsonville-ford-plant-proceed-despite-governors-order/5221559002/

MISSOULIAN
— Employment and stigma of those who are sick – BECKY FRANKS (DIERSEN: While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, I had better health than most, if not virtually all, of my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates. Of course, they hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I did not earn or disserve my good health. Many hinted/implied/argued/shouted that if I had not avoided the draft, I would not have had good health.)
https://missoulian.com/opinion/columnists/employment-and-stigma-of-those-who-are-sick/article_d7dd82b2-1841-5978-a0ac-189195f16c45.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— U.S. Birthrates Fall to Record Low Last year’s data are another sign of how American childbearing, which began declining during the 2007-09 recession, never fully rebounded – Janet Adamy
https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-birthrates-fall-to-record-low-11589947260
— U.S. Economic Recovery Will Drag On Through Next Year, CBO Says Congressional Budget Office sees sharpest labor-market deterioration since 1930s amid coronavirus – Paul Kiernan
https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-economy-likely-to-shrink-5-6-this-year-amid-coronavirus-cbo-says-11589918370
— ‘One Mighty and Irresistible Tide’ Review: How They Became Us Deciding exactly whom we should welcome to our shores is a matter of ever-shifting public debate and ever-changing public sentiment. – Philip Terzian (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, under the Democrats, immigrants 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, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/one-mighty-and-irresistible-tide-review-how-they-became-us-11589927080

BLOOMBERG
— Ford Backs Off Mask-Wearing Requirement for Trump’s Factory Tour – Keith Naughton and Jordan Fabian
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-05-19/ford-says-trump-will-be-expected-to-wear-a-mask-on-plant-tour

FORBES
— The Pandemic Paradox For Older Workers – Richard Eisenberg (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will employers and organizations officially get rid of their employees and members who have a BMI over 30, who are old, and/or who have health problems including diabetes?)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/nextavenue/2020/05/19/the-pandemic-paradox-for-older-workers/#6b68de16dee7

NATIONAL LAW REVIEW
— COVID-19: Plan Now For Bringing Back Your Workforce (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will employers and organizations officially get rid of their employees and members who have a BMI over 30, who are old, and/or who have health problems including diabetes?)
https://www.natlawreview.com/article/covid-19-plan-now-bringing-back-your-workforce-part-iv
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Before we discuss the guidance itself, we offer this important context. Some epidemiologists and other experts note that the most important metric relating to resuming more full-scale economic activity is getting the rate of spread down to less than one new infection per existing infection. This is known as the R0 factor. The Massachusetts High Tech Council, for example, recommends that to get that metric to R<1, employers should segment their workforces by vulnerability to COVID-19, bringing back younger and healthier workers first, and workers over 60 or with certain medical conditions last. The goals are laudable: to continue driving down the infection rate and protect the health care system. But is the practice legal?)
— Risky Business: COVID-19 Employment Litigation Claims Will Be on the Rise (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will employers and organizations officially get rid of their employees and members who have a BMI over 30, who are old, and/or who have health problems including diabetes?)
https://www.natlawreview.com/article/risky-business-covid-19-employment-litigation-claims-will-be-rise

INSURANCE JOURNAL
— U.S. Employers Shying Away From Using Coronavirus ‘Immunity’ Tests in Reopening – Caroline Humer and Timothy Aeppel (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will employers and organizations officially get rid of their employees and members who have a BMI over 30, who are old, and/or who have health problems including diabetes?)
https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2020/05/19/568971.htm

POLITIFACT
— Donald Trump doesn’t meet the definition of morbidly obese – Emily Venezky (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will employers and organizations officially get rid of their employees and members who have a BMI over 30, who are old, and/or who have health problems including diabetes?)
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/may/19/nancy-pelosi/no-he-not-morbidly-obese/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Officially, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention does not define the threshold needed for someone to be considered “morbidly obese.” Instead, the CDC says that “Class 3” obesity, sometimes categorized as “extreme” or “severe” obesity, is defined as having a body-mass index, or BMI, of 40 or higher. Other medical sources list a definition of “morbidly obese” as equivalent to a BMI of 40 or higher. Some available data about Trump comes from his most recent periodic physical exam. In a 2019 memo, Trump’s physician Dr. Sean Conley said Trump was 6 feet, 3 inches tall and 243 pounds. Trump, who was 72 at the time, had gained 4 pounds since his 2018 exam, when his previous doctor, Ronny Jackson, said Trump’s “overall health is excellent” but “he would benefit from a diet that is lower in fat and carbohydrates and from a routine exercise regimen.” Officially, Trump’s height and weight would correlate to a BMI of 30.1, just a bit over the 30.0 level to be considered obese — the lowest of three levels. That is not high enough to count as Class 3 obesity.)

JD SUPRA
— Avoiding Potential Workplace Claims Arising from Reopening of Businesses (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will employers and organizations officially get rid of their employees and members who have a BMI over 30, who are old, and/or who have health problems including diabetes?)
https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/avoiding-potential-workplace-claims-54653/

LAWYERS
— Protecting Your Business From Employment Discrimination Claims – Gregory G. Brown (DIERSEN: Political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination were the real reasons why my Democrat superiors in the federal government got rid their employees who were Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who they had not promoted to GS-13 (currently $101,176) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $119,559) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $140,634) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $170,800) by age 40.)
https://blogs.lawyers.com/attorney/business-law/protecting-your-business-from-employment-discrimination-claims-62441/

MASSACHUSETTS LAWYERS WEEKLY
— Employment – Age discrimination – Pretext (DIERSEN: Political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination were the real reasons why my Democrat superiors in the federal government got rid their employees who were Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who they had not promoted to GS-13 (currently $101,176) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $119,559) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $140,634) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $170,800) by age 40.)
https://masslawyersweekly.com/2020/05/19/employment-age-discrimination-pretext-13/