May 10 Morning Edition

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— GOP in Wisconsin, Michigan, Pennsylvania fight Democratic governors over pandemic response – AP (DIERSEN: What about Illinois?)
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/gop-in-wisconsin-michigan-pennsylvania-fight-democratic-governors-over-pandemic-response

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG COLOR PICTURE IN NAPERVILLE SUN: Naperville Area Chamber of Commerce survey shows 10% of businesses near permanent closure, 32% two months from shuttering – ERIN HEGARTY (DIERSEN: What percent of businesses in your municipal district, your municipality, your township, and your county are near permanent closure or shuttering?)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-nvs-naperville-businesses-coronavirus-effects-st-20200509-gq6jykot2fgsha7ig55p547c44-story.html
— Push-back to governor’s plan to reopen the state growing more intense – DENISE CROSBY
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/aurora-beacon-news/opinion/ct-abn-crosby-reopen-pushback-st-0510-20200508-o3aalvzlzvbkhjirsjf6efajka-story.html
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Doubts about opening again – Robert Channick
https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-coronavirus-illinois-ppp-sba-round-two-20200508-mcxf7il65javbltaoqo764ygf4-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: White-haters use Ahmaud Arbery to promote hatred of Whites.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/nation-world/ct-nw-ahmaud-arbery-georgia-shooting-racial-terror-legacy-20200509-frqnudpoqzgbfabv2qh6iamdwm-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Illinois is sixth in COVID-19 death toll, but it’s 24th in fatality rate – Jake Griffin
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200509/illinois-is-sixth-in-covid-19-death-toll-but-its-24th-in-fatality-rate

NORTHWEST HERALD
— Reopen Illinois rally draws big crowd to Oswego shopping center – SHEA LAZANSKY
https://www.nwherald.com/2020/05/09/gallery-reopen-illinois-rally-draws-big-crowd-to-oswego-shopping-center/d5uo7ot/

HERALD & REVIEW
— Dozens rally in Rockford to reopen Illinois – Ken DeCoster
https://herald-review.com/news/state-and-regional/dozens-rally-in-rockford-to-reopen-illinois/article_b9491cb4-84f2-5fd7-875a-43b709870124.html
— Low level alarms experts: Illinois has tested fewer than 2% of inmates for COVID-19 – Molly Parker
https://herald-review.com/news/state-and-regional/low-level-alarms-experts-illinois-has-tested-fewer-than-2-of-inmates-for-covid-19/article_7f1cc287-cd1d-5006-8c7a-f19c81f4ee21.html

HERALD NEWS
— Coronavirus continues to hit elderly hard in Will County – ALEX ORTIZ
https://www.theherald-news.com/2020/05/09/coronavirus-continues-to-hit-elderly-hard-in-will-county/aez3mpa/

QUINCY HERALD WHIG
— Local plan to restart economy deserves a second look from governor – Editorial
https://www.whig.com/20200510/local-plan-to-restart-economy-deserves-a-second-look-from-governor

WIFR
— Reopen Illinois rally hosted in Rockford – Brandon Giesey
https://www.wifr.com/content/news/Reopen-Illinois-rally-hosted-in-Rockford-570345821.html

NEWS CHANNEL 20
— COVID-19 creates shocking need for food in Sangamon County – Devin Trubey
https://newschannel20.com/news/coronavirus/covid-19-creates-shocking-need-for-food-in-sangamon-county

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— New study projects 75,000 ‘deaths of despair’ resulting from COVID-19 fall-out – Darronté Matthews
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/local-news/new-study-projects-75000-deaths-of-despair-resulting-from-covid-19-fall-out/

NPR ILLINOIS
— Top Health Officials Enter Self-Quarantine After Exposure To Coronavirus – COLIN DWYER
https://www.nprillinois.org/post/fda-commissioner-enters-self-quarantine-after-exposure-coronavirus#stream/0

NAPERVILLE MAGAZINE
— SUBURBAN SHUTDOWN – Christie Willhite
https://napervillemagazine.com/2020/05/suburban-shutdown/

FOX NEWS
— VA Secretary pushes back on Dem senators: They’re ‘looking for a scapegoat’ for deaths in state-run facilities – Julia Musto (DIERSEN: Who blames you? I should write a book about those who blame me. I would focus on activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, campaign managers, etc. in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout and who paint themselves as being religious, conservative, and/or Republican. I might title the book “The Scapegoaters.”)
https://www.foxnews.com/media/wilkie-dem-senators-massachusetts-veterans-deaths
— Democrats to unveil ‘Rooseveltian’ COVID-19 relief bill
https://www.foxnews.com/transcript/democrats-to-unveil-rooseveltian-covid-19-relief-bill

AMERICAN THINKER
— Purging Christian Higher Education – Stephen Baskerville
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2020/05/purging_christian_higher_education.html

DAILY CALLER
— As Coronavirus Grips States, Some Elected Officials Encourage Americans To Report Each Other – Anders Hagstrom
https://dailycaller.com/2020/05/09/coronavirus-distancing-snitch-churches/

CNS NEWS
— Cuomo and De Blasio Try Hiding Their Ineptitude by Blaming Trump – Rabbi Aryeh Spero (DIERSEN: Who blames you? I should write a book about those who blame me. I would focus on activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, campaign managers, etc. in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout and who paint themselves as being religious, conservative, and/or Republican.)
https://www.cnsnews.com/commentary/rabbi-aryeh-spero/cuomo-and-de-blasio-try-hiding-their-ineptitude-blaming-trump
— Sen. Cruz Introducing Bill to Discourage Chinese Censorship of American Movies – Susan Jones (DIERSEN: What do you do? I put GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and send them out. Who discourages you from doing what you do? I should write a book about those who discourage me from doing what I do. I would focus on activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, campaign managers, etc. in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout and who paint themselves as being religious, conservative, and/or Republican.)
https://www.cnsnews.com/article/washington/susan-jones/sen-cruz-introducing-bill-discourage-chinese-censorship-american

THE HILL
— Impeachment figure among those chosen for Facebook’s new oversight board – J. EDWARD MORENO (DIERSEN: I should write a book about my critics/opponents and who they would put on a GOPUSA ILLINOIS oversight board. My critics/opponents have their operatives and their dupes destroy individuals, including me, and destroy organizations including TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee, Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, Illinois Center Right Coalition, and American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter.)
https://thehill.com/policy/technology/496960-impeachment-figure-among-people-on-facebooks-new-oversight-board
— States build contact tracing armies to crush coronavirus – REID WILSON
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/496957-states-build-contact-tracing-armies-to-crush-coronavirus

NEW YORK TIMES
— Top health officials are quarantining after being exposed.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/09/us/coronavirus-news-updates.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters say “Trump is losing ground with seniors when it comes to his handling of the virus.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/09/us/coronavirus-news-updates.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters say “Whistle-Blower Exposes Infighting and Animus in Trump’s Coronavirus Response The allegations suggest personal clashes influenced how the administration responded to the pandemic.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/09/us/politics/whistle-blower-trump-coronavirus.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH COLOR PICTURE: Why the Path to Reopening New York City Will Be So Difficult The factors that made the city one of the hardest hit on the planet — its density, mass transit and tourism — complicate a return to normalcy. – J. David Goodman and Michael Rothfeld
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/10/nyregion/reopen-coronavirus-nyc-testing.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater asks “Will Americans Lose Their Right to Vote in the Pandemic?” and says “The safest way to cast a ballot will very likely be by mail. But with opposition from the president, limited funding and time running out, will that option be available?”
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/05/magazine/voting-by-mail-2020-covid.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “The Anti-Lockdown Protesters Have a Twisted Conception of Liberty. Their notion of freedom derives a lot of its power from the enforcement of racial hierarchy.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/08/opinion/sunday/anti-lockdown-protesters.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters use coronavirus to promote illegal immigration.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/06/opinion/sunday/coronavirus-essential-workers.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters use coronavirus to turn older people against Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/09/us/politics/trump-older-voters-2020.html

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters say “White House aides rattled after positive coronavirus tests and officials send mixed messages on how to respond.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/white-house-aides-rattled-after-positive-coronavirus-tests-and-officials-send-mixed-message-on-how-to-respond/2020/05/09/6dab2df6-920d-11ea-a9c0-73b93422d691_story.html

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
— Jobs report shows how devastating coronavirus has been to workers – AP
https://www.nydailynews.com/news/ny-bleak-jobs-report-20200509-5b675nwxardslkic4ghn2fschq-story.html

MIAMI HERALD
— Immigrants make up nearly a third of Florida’s ‘essential’ workforce, new study finds – LAUTARO GRINSPAN (DIERSEN: How dependent on citizens of foreign countries are your municipality, your township, and your county?)
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/immigration/article242619786.html

FORBES
— Google Diversity Report Shows Little Progress for Women and People of Color (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, to promote diversity, organizations, companies, governments, and countries are dumping individuals 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.)
https://medium.com/forbes/google-diversity-report-shows-little-progress-for-women-and-people-of-color-ba139a98d005

BUSINESS INSIDER
— Facebook’s fight against coronavirus misinformation (DIERSEN: I should write a book about my critics/opponents and who they would put on a GOPUSA ILLINOIS oversight board. My critics/opponents have their operatives and their dupes destroy individuals, including me, and destroy organizations including TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee, Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, Illinois Center Right Coalition, and American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter.)
https://www.businessinsider.com/facebook-fight-covid-19-misinformation-increase-pressure-2020-5

BANKRATE
— 5 ways coronavirus could change your next home purchase – Jeff Ostrowski
https://www.bankrate.com/mortgages/how-coronavirus-will-change-housing/

EDUCATION WEEK
— Are Teachers and Principals in Your State at High Risk for COVID-19? See Analysis – Madeline Wil
https://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/District_Dossier/2020/05/how_many_teachers_and_principals_high_risk_covid_19_each_state.html

DAILY MAIL
— China’s nasty, lying, bullying Communist regime must face the judgment of the world over the coronavirus pandemic – LORD PATTEN
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-8303719/LORD-PATTEN-Chinas-nasty-lying-bullying-Communist-regime-face-judgment-coronavirus.html

May 9 Morning Edition

ABC7
— Nearly 4K COVID-19 cases, 500 deaths in long-term care facilities in last week, data shows – Ross Weidner, Jonathan Fagg
https://abc7chicago.com/health/nearly-half-of-illinois-covid-19-deaths-linked-to-long-term-care-facilities/6164790/
— Delta suspends service at Midway, 9 other locations through September to minimize COVID-19 risk
https://abc7chicago.com/travel/delta-suspends-service-at-midway-through-sept/6166178/

NBC5
— Illinois Restaurant Association Opposes Pritzker’s Reopening Plan, Wants Faster Timeline All restaurants and bars in Illinois have been closed for dine-in service since March 16
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/illinois-restaurant-association-opposes-governors-reopening-plan-wants-faster-timeline/2269192/
— Feeling Your Pain? Virus Reaches Into the Lives of Congress Like so much of the world, lawmakers are experiencing a humbling dose of fear, sorrow, anger and isolation – Laurie Kellman
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/coronavirus/feeling-your-pain-virus-reaches-into-the-lives-of-congress/2269227/

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Governor Pritzker’s reopening plan for Illinois – Mike Flannery
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/682507

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters say “Top White House officials buried CDC report on reopening communities during coronavirus pandemic.”
https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-nw-coronavirus-cdc-guidelines-buried-20200508-v2ix4it26reglh7cbnfakfe4ra-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Testing in Illinois passes 20,000 a day, but can schools reopen this fall? – Marni Pyke
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200508/testing-in-illinois-passes-20000-a-day-but-can-schools-reopen-this-fall
— COVID-19 nursing home deaths climb to 1,553 ­– 48% of state total – Katlyn Smith
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200508/covid-19-nursing-home-deaths-climb-to-1553-xadx2014-48-of-state-total
— FRONT PAGE: College of DuPage bracing for 8.5% drop in fall enrollment – Robert Sanchez
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200508/cod-bracing-for-85-drop-in-fall-enrollment
— Franks wants McHenry County in different region under Restore Illinois plan – Cassie Buchman
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200508/franks-wants-mchenry-county-in-different-region-under-restore-illinois-plan

NORTHWEST HERALD
— McHenry County reports 32 new coronavirus cases Countywide totals reach 918 confirmed cases, 50 deaths – KELLI DUNCAN
https://www.nwherald.com/2020/05/08/mchenry-county-reports-32-new-coronavirus-cases/atwr25k/

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— How the city of Springfield proposes to spend federal COVID-19 relief funds – Brenden Moore (DIERSEN: What proposals are your municipality considering to spend its federal COVID-19 relief funds?)
https://www.sj-r.com/news/20200508/how-city-of-springfield-proposes-to-spend-federal-covid-19-relief-funds

PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— Virus restrictions reimposed amid patchwork re-openings – AP
https://www.pjstar.com/ZZ/news/20200508/virus-restrictions-reimposed-amid-patchwork-re-openings

NEWS CHANNEL 20
— Trump knocks Biden for campaigning from basement amid virus – AP
https://newschannel20.com/news/coronavirus/trump-offers-biden-rapid-covid-19-test-to-resume-travel

WHEATON PATCH
— DuPage County Coronavirus Update: 4,378 Cases, 237 Deaths This article includes a breakdown of coronavirus cases by municipality. – Lisa Marie Farver
https://patch.com/illinois/wheaton/dupage-county-coronavirus-update-4-378-cases-237-deaths

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— More Views of Last Weekend’s Chicago Protest Against Pritzker’s Handing of Coronavirus Pandemic
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/05/09/more-views-of-last-weekends-chicago-protest-against-pritzkers-handing-of-coronavirus-pandemic/
— A Scenario Under Which Twice as Many Teachers Would Be Needed
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/05/08/a-scenario-under-which-twice-as-many-teachers-would-be-needed/
— New York Finds Most Coronavirus Patients Obeyed Stay-at-Home Instructions
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/05/08/new-york-finds-most-coronavirus-patients-obeyed-stay-at-home-instructions/

ILLINOIS BUSINESS DAILY
— Hospitality industry losses cost Illinois $636 million in state, local tax revenue
https://ilbusinessdaily.com/stories/536005430-hospitality-industry-losses-cost-illinois-636-million-in-state-local-tax-revenue

PRAIRIE STATE WIRE
— House candidate Breen says protests are a sign of residents’ frustration with Pritzker’s actions – Glenn Minnis
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/535054003-house-candidate-breen-says-protests-are-a-sign-of-residents-frustration-with-pritzker-s-actions

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— GOP precinct leader Chuck Smith: Bankruptcy might be best option for Illinois – T.H. Lawrence
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/535401169-gop-precinct-leader-bankruptcy-might-be-best-option-for-illinois
— Candidate Laura Hois (R-Downers Grove): Illinois does not deserve a bailout’ – Glenn Minnis
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/535027464-hois-illinois-does-not-deserve-a-bailout

ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— Why Do We Need the Illinois General Assembly if We Have a King? – Abigail Ruth
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2020/05/why-do-we-need-the-illinois-general-assembly-if-we-have-a-king/

GOPUSA
— Thousands Of ‘Disease Detectives’ Are In Training To Find You
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=88647

LIVE ACTION
— Pro-life journalists banned from Planned Parenthood events, ordered to pay $1 million – Nancy Flanders (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who have banned me from their events. I would focus on those in Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout and paint themselves as being religious, conservative, and/or Republican.)
https://www.liveaction.org/news/pro-life-journalists-banned-planned-parenthood-events/

THE HILL
— Eleven Secret Service agents test positive for COVID-19: report – BROOKE SEIPEL
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/496910-eleven-secret-service-agents-test-positive-for-covid-19-report

NBC NEWS
— Facebook names 20 people to its ‘Supreme Court’ for content moderation – David Ingram and Jo Ling Kent (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who reject the decisions that I make to include and to not include links to articles in GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails. I would focus on those who reject planks in the Republican Party platform, most commonly, the traditional family, right to life, immigration, Second Amendment, illegal drugs, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks. I would focus on those who focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate or dominate. I would focus on those who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton’s West District, and/or Wheaton. I would focus on those who say and/or do things that show that they are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. I would focus on those who blame me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails for their problems, for your problems, for my problems, and for everyone’s problems. I would focus on those who promote 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. I would focus on those who falsely claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican to give them standing to destroy those who are religious, conservative, and/or Republican.)
https://news.yahoo.com/facebook-names-20-people-supreme-170016341.html

NEW YORK TIMES
— As Job Losses Mount, Lawmakers Face a Make-or-Break Moment The United States just lost 20 million jobs. The wrong federal response could make those layoffs a permanent fixture of the U.S. economy and sentence thousands of companies to bankruptcy. – Jim Tankersley
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/09/business/as-job-losses-mount-lawmakers-face-a-make-or-break-moment.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters use “White House Coronavirus Cases” against Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/08/us/politics/white-house-coronavirus-safety.html
— Why 1.4 Million Health Jobs Have Been Lost During a Huge Health Crisis The industry used to be recession-proof. Not anymore. The postponement of elective procedures has crushed the bottom line. – Margot Sanger-Katz
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/08/upshot/health-jobs-plummeting-virus.html
— The Disastrous Employment Numbers Show Almost Every Job Is at Risk Even if public health concerns can be resolved relatively soon, a hole in aggregate demand could persist for some time. – Neil Irwin (DIERSEN: Are you retired? How soon will demands be made that those who are retired share the pain? How soon will demands be made that pensions and Social Security be cut if not eliminated? How soon will demands be made that retirement savings be confiscated and given to the unemployed?)
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/08/upshot/virus-jobless-rate-demand-collapse.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters say “With Push From Trump, Senate Moves to Install Contentious Filmmaker at U.S. Media Agency. A key Senate committee has scheduled a vote on the long-stalled nomination of Michael Pack, an ally of Stephen K. Bannon, to run the agency in charge of the Voice of America. Employees are worried.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/08/us/politics/michael-pack-voa.html

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Trump-haters side with foreign countries against America.
https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2020-05-08/is-the-coronavirus-crisis-cause-to-worry-about-other-nations-views-of-u-s-leadership

CBS LOS ANGELES
— Additional White House Staffers Test Positive For Coronavirus, Including Personal Assistant For Ivanka Trump
https://losangeles.cbslocal.com/video/4544638-additional-white-house-staffers-test-positive-for-coronavirus-including-personal-assistant-for-ivanka-trump/

USA TODAY
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasing, LGBTQers blame heterosexuals for their problems and especially heterosexuals 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.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/05/09/discrimination-racism-fuel-covid-19-woes-lgbtq-americans/3070036001/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The Economic Lockdown Catastrophe The worst jobs report in history shows why the economy must reopen. – Editorial
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-economic-lockdown-catastrophe-11588978716
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Decade of Job Gains Erased in April   April Unemployment Rate Rose to a Record 14.7%. Unprecedented 20.5 million jobs shed as coronavirus pandemic hit the economy – Sarah Chaney and Eric Morath
https://www.wsj.com/articles/april-jobs-report-coronavirus-2020-11588888089

U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— What You Need to Know About Becoming a Journalism Major  A journalism major should have a passion for interviewing people, writing and reporting, and delivering the truth. – Emily H. Bratcher (DIERSEN: I should write a book about a) those who stress that I do not have a degree in journalism, b) those who demonize, denigrate, and condemn what I have done since 2000 as the GOPUSA Illinois Editor, and c) those who demonize, denigrate, and condemn my GAO career. I worked for GAO as an Analyst for almost 18 years, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 levels, currently $101,176-$131,532/year. GAO analysts do much of what journalist do including interviewing, gathering facts, summarizing facts, analyzing facts, and writing reports. GAO Analysts develop recommendations to improve government operations.)
https://www.usnews.com/education/best-colleges/journalism-major-overview
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A JOURNALISM MAJOR studies how to report, write and distribute news to a particular audience. Journalism majors learn how to research and interview and then communicate the information they uncover with clarity and accuracy. Not long ago, most journalism programs gave students the choice between print or broadcast tracks. Today, many programs have adapted with the changing news industry and consolidated skills into a single track to teach writing and reporting for all mediums. Depending on the school and program, students are still able to specialize in areas like broadcast, data, investigative or political journalism. Students with a natural curiosity, a desire to communicate truth, and an interest in researching, interviewing and storytelling should consider a major in journalism.)

NATIONAL LAW REVIEW
— COVID-19 Layoff or Pretext for Age Discrimination? (DIERSEN: Democrats and RINOs use Affirmative Action, Diversity, Inclusion, up-or-out, budget cuts, etc. as pretexts to not hire Republicans, to not promote Republicans, and to get rid of Republicans, and especially Republicans who are Trump supporters, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, conservative, patriotic, non-poor, gun owners, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.natlawreview.com/article/covid-19-layoff-or-pretext-age-discrimination

GUARDIAN
— Journalists, politicians and judges to sit on Facebook’s free speech panel – Alex Hern (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who reject the decisions that I make to include and to not include links to articles in GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails. I would focus on those who reject planks in the Republican Party platform, most commonly, the traditional family, right to life, immigration, Second Amendment, illegal drugs, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks. I would focus on those who focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate or dominate. I would focus on those who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton’s West District, and/or Wheaton. I would focus on those who say and/or do things that show that they are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. I would focus on those who blame me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails for their problems, for your problems, for my problems, and for everyone’s problems. I would focus on those who promote 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. I would focus on those who falsely claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican to give them standing to destroy those who are religious, conservative, and/or Republican.)
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/may/06/facebook-oversight-board-freedom-expression-helle-thorning-schmidt-alan-rusbridger

May 1 Morning Edition

ABC7
— Illinois face mask order starts Friday, groups scramble to distribute masks to those in need
https://abc7chicago.com/coronavirus-illinois-face-mask-chicago/6141574/
— Illinois unemployment claims spike to 830K statewide as IDES scrambles to open call center – Will Jones
https://abc7chicago.com/unemployment-benefits-illinois-ides/6141377/
— Illinois coronavirus contact tracing, COVID-19 testing concerns cause challenges for pandemic tracking – Chuck Goudie, Barb Markoff, Christine Tressel, Ross Weidner and Jonathan Fagg
https://abc7chicago.com/cornavirus-illinois-coronavirus-update-test/6141274/

NBC5
— Public Health Officials Agree Contact Tracing is Necessary to Help Prevent the Spread of Coronavirus
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/public-health-officials-agree-contact-tracing-is-necessary-to-help-prevent-the-spread-of-coronavirus/2264780/
— Cases Remain High In Home Of Lawmaker Who Challenged Pritzker Virus Order Adequate testing was reported in Winnebago County only 6% of the time, NBC 5 Investigates found
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/data-reveals-insufficient-testing-in-parts-of-winnebago-county/2264680/
— Chicago Police Officers Required to Wear Protective Face Masks, Gloves Effective Midnight Friday The memo comes the evening prior to when Illinois’ modified stay-at-home order is set to take place
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-police-officers-required-to-wear-protective-face-masks-gloves-effective-midnight-friday/2264701/

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Illinois casinos to stay closed until further notice due to COVID-19 – AP
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/illinois-casinos-to-stay-closed-until-further-notice-due-to-covid-19
— Slowed COVID-19 spread leaves 1,000s of makeshift beds empty in Illinois
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/slowed-covid-19-spread-leaves-1000s-of-makeshift-beds-empty-in-illinois

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Masks at the ready: Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s modified stay-at-home order kicks in Friday amid legal and political pushback – DAN PETRELLA, RICK PEARSON, ANGIE LEVENTIS LOURGOS and JAMIE MUNKS
https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-coronavirus-illinois-pritzker-20200501-oeyl34k275gr3eai7gytkdcj4a-story.html
— Gov. Pritzker says coronavirus contact tracing is a key to reopening Illinois. Public health leaders concede the system isn’t ready yet. – HAL DARDICK and DAN PETRELLA
https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-coronavirus-illinois-pritzker-contact-tracing-20200501-74e5vzzj7fgzraypw5sljizvmq-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters say “Illinois residents give Pritzker thumbs-up, Trump thumbs-down in the middle on handling of coronavirus crisis.” (DIERSEN: What percent of Illinois residents 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? Pritzker promises to give more and more and more preference to the aforesaid.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-coronavirus-illinois-poll-pritzker-trump-stay-at-home-20200501-qxs3awpow5bzxfpqbihij3zj5m-story.html
— Judges rule in favor of Chicago in sanctuary city fight with Trump Justice Department – JOHN BYRNE (DIERSEN: America-haters are over-joyed.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-lori-lightfoot-rahm-emanuel-donald-trump-sanctuary-cities-suit-20200430-3pmfpqaagfdv3mx6ozrnxxmh34-story.html
— Can Gov. J.B. Pritzker handle the pushback against his coronavirus edicts? – John Kass
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/john-kass/ct-jb-pritkzer-michael-madigan-kass-20200501-jpguz4v3kvbv7fwtaavqkrowhy-story.html
— Time for states to reopen their economy? Political divisions emerge as Midwest governors weigh coronavirus cases vs. unemployment. – BILL RUTHHART
https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-coronavirus-midwest-governors-pandemic-reopen-businesses-20200501-wagokkrburbkzfbkaopwasyfpi-htmlstory.html
— Which Midwest states are reopening economies amid the coronavirus pandemic? Here’s a breakdown – BILL RUTHHART and KORI RUMORE
https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-coronavirus-which-midwest-states-are-reopening-20200501-hdisohtnbfd7tbgmmohgtw4fse-htmlstory.html
— Cost of emergency housing during pandemic rises to $300,000 and more for DuPage Pads and BEDS Plus – KIMBERLY FORNEK
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/clarendon-hills/ct-dch-homeless-dupage-pads-beds-tl-0507-20200430-avjlqz7wvbctpjvdaukq7qtkya-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— State unemployment funds going broke from record flood of claims Illinois and other states may be forced to raise taxes on employers as their unemployment trust funds face financial collapse, analysts say.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/government/state-unemployment-funds-going-broke-record-flood-claims
— Freedom to worship? Pritzker adds ‘free exercise of religion’ as ‘essential’ activity in new order — but not large gatherings The extended executive order contains a key change under permitted examples of leaving the home for “essential activities” during the coronavirus pandemic. But any religious gatherings are limited to ten people. – Tina Sfondeles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/4/30/21243640/illinois-stay-at-home-order-jb-pritzker-free-exercise-religion
— How Gov. Pritzker could slow the spread of COVID-19 at Cook County Jail The governor should lift an executive order that prevents 120 convicted detainees at the jail from being transferred to state prisons. – Editorial
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/4/30/21242699/cook-county-jail-covid-19-gov-j-b-pritzker-illinois-department-corrections-pandemic-idoc-editorial
— Illinois ‘fair map’ plans for Legislature and Congress unfair to Latinos The current legislative maps empower Latinos to elect leaders who truly represent our best interests. – U.S. Rep. Jesús “Chuy” García, et al. (DIERSEN: The following groups want maps empower them: 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 anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/4/30/21241677/illinois-fair-map-plan-unfair-latinos-suntimes-letters
— Armed suspects sought in Wheaton gas station robbery: police The trio entered a Bucky’s convenience store on Roosevelt Road and held three people at gunpoint, police say.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2020/5/1/21243968/wheaton-gas-station-robbery-buckys-convenience-store-roosevelt

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Cabello opposes ‘police state’ order, but wants all public officials to wear body cams – Bernard Schoenburg (DIERSEN: I have purchased a body camera and I reserve my right to use it to better document threats made against me.)
https://www.sj-r.com/news/20200430/bernard-schoenburg-cabello-opposes–police-state-order-but-wants-all-public-officials-to-wear-body-cams

FOX ILLINOIS
— ‘Everyone’s watching’: Biden’s VP audition process begins – AP
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/everyones-watching-bidens-vp-audition-process-begins
— How law enforcement want you to comply with face mask, covering executive order – Haydee Clotter
https://foxillinois.com/news/local/how-law-enforcement-want-you-to-comply-with-face-mask-covering-executive-order
— Trump predicts ‘spectacular’ rebound as economy plunges
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/trump-predicts-spectacular-rebound-as-economy-plunges
— Trump harshly blames China for pandemic; a lab ‘mistake’?
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/trump-harshly-blames-china-for-pandemic-a-lab-mistake
— Pelosi: $1T needed to avert state, city layoffs from virus
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/pelosi-1t-needed-to-avert-state-city-layoffs-from-virus

NPR ILLINOIS
— Russia’s Prime Minister Says He Has Coronavirus, As Country Tops 100,000 Cases – SCOTT NEUMAN
https://www.nprillinois.org/post/russias-prime-minister-says-he-has-coronavirus-country-tops-100000-cases#stream/0
— Passengers Must Wear Masks On Major Airlines To Cut Spread Of Coronavirus – DAVID SCHAPER
https://www.nprillinois.org/post/passengers-must-wear-masks-major-airlines-cut-spread-coronavirus#stream/0

DAILY NORTHWESTERN
— As states reopen, Evanston’s post-coronavirus path remains unclear – Andrew Myers (DIERSEN: What path to reopening does your municipality, your township, and your county have?)
https://dailynorthwestern.com/2020/04/30/city/as-states-reopen-evanstons-post-coronavirus-path-remains-unclear/

BATAVIA PATCH
— Coronavirus Cases in Batavia Double In 10 Days; 38 Total – Jason Addy
https://news.yahoo.com/coronavirus-cases-batavia-double-10-025817462.html

PROPUBLICA
— In Chicago, Urban Density May Not Be to Blame for the Spread of the Coronavirus The communities hardest hit by the coronavirus in Chicago are low-density black and Hispanic neighborhoods, including ones where economic decline and population loss have caused more people to live in the same household. – Haru Coryne
https://www.propublica.org/article/in-chicago-urban-density-may-not-be-to-blame-for-the-spread-of-the-coronavirus

BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO
— City Will Give 1 Million Masks To Residents, And Lightfoot Predicts We Could Wear Them Rest Of The Year Face coverings and masks can prevent people from unknowingly transmitting coronavirus to others. – Kelly Bauer
https://blockclubchicago.org/2020/04/30/city-will-give-1-million-masks-to-residents-and-lightfoot-predicts-well-wear-them-rest-of-the-year/

CENTER SQUARE
— Firearm range may sue Illinois if they’re kept from opening as essential business – Greg Bishop
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/firearm-range-may-sue-illinois-if-they-re-kept-from-opening-as-essential-business/article_31d584b2-8b04-11ea-b69b-578efab17912.html

WIREPOINTS
— The other curve: We’re not flattening it, it’s flattening us. – Mark Glennon
https://wirepoints.org/the-other-curve-were-not-flattening-it-its-flattening-us-wirepoints/

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— PRITZKER WRONGLY CLAIMS AN ILLINOIS BUDGET SURPLUS ‘IF NOT FOR CORONAVIRUS’ – Adam Schuster and Ben Szalinski
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/pritzker-wrongly-claims-an-illinois-budget-surplus-if-not-for-coronavirus/
— ILLINOIS FARMERS SEE LITTLE THAT IS FAIR ABOUT PRITZKER’S ‘FAIR TAX’ – Brad Weisenstein
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/illinois-farmers-see-little-that-is-fair-about-pritzkers-fair-tax/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— WAS THE SHUTDOWN NECESSARY?
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2020/05/was-the-shutdown-necessary.html

CAPITOL FAX
— Rep. Bailey asks to withdraw TRO, says he will file an amended complaint
https://capitolfax.com/2020/05/01/rep-bailey-asks-to-withdraw-tro-says-he-will-file-an-amended-complaint/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Forced face masking is a civil rights offense – Cheryl K. Chumley
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/may/1/forced-face-masking-civil-rights-offense/

FOX NEWS
— Trump suggests he’s seen evidence indicating coronavirus came from Wuhan lab, compares WHO to PR agency
https://www.foxnews.com/us/trump-suggests-hes-seen-evidence-indicating-coronavirus-came-from-wuhan-lab-compares-who-to-pr-agency

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Conservative Leaders Urge Trump to ‘Take Tough Action’ Against China for Unleashing COVID-19 on the World – Debra Heine
https://amgreatness.com/2020/04/29/conservative-leaders-urge-trump-to-take-tough-action-against-china-for-unleashing-covid-19-on-the-world/

BREITBART
— GOP Senators to Trump: Reject ‘Blank Check’ Bailouts to State Governments – SEAN MORAN
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/04/30/gop-senators-to-trump-reject-blank-check-bailouts-to-state-governments/

CONSERVATIVE HQ
— Trump Should Not Let Red China Keep Laughing At Us – George Rasley
http://www.conservativehq.com/node/32432

ONE NEWS NOW
— The Biden double standard – Ben Shapiro
https://onenewsnow.com/perspectives/ben-shapiro/2020/04/29/the-biden-double-standard

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Biden Breaks Silence on Sexual Assault Allegation, Vows to Search Senate Files for Reade’s Complaint – ZACHARY EVANS
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/biden-breaks-silence-on-sexual-assault-allegation-vows-to-search-senate-files-for-reades-complaint/

NATIONAL LAW REVIEW
— Five Steps To Create A Safer Workplace For Returning Employees During COVID-19
https://www.natlawreview.com/article/five-steps-to-create-safer-workplace-returning-employees-during-covid-19

POLITICO
— Wearing a mask is for smug liberals. Refusing to is for reckless Republicans. Welcome to Washington’s latest partisan standoff. – RYAN LIZZA and DANIEL LIPPMAN (DIERSEN: What assumptions do Trump-haters want everyone to make a) about those who wear masks and b) about those who do not wear masks? If you had to wear a mask to attend an event, how much would that discourage you from attending that event?)
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/05/01/masks-politics-coronavirus-227765
— Capitol physician says Senate lacks capacity to test all senators The Senate returns Monday amid mounting anxiety from lawmakers that the coronavirus could spread quickly through the chamber. – BURGESS EVERETT and MARIANNE LEVINE
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/04/30/capitol-physician-senators-coronavirus-testing-226980

ABC NEWS
— House Democrats ready virtual organizing as coronavirus derails ground games House Democrats launch a “Virtual Action Center” on Friday. – Kendall Karson and Meg Cunningham
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/house-democrats-ready-virtual-organizing-coronavirus-derails-ground/story?id=70415299

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters say : “Trump’s Disinfectant Talk Trips Up Sites’ Vows Against Misinformation. Facebook, Twitter and YouTube have declined to remove the president’s statements about unproven coronavirus treatments.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/30/technology/trump-coronavirus-social-media.html
— States Made It Harder to Get Jobless Benefits. Now That’s Hard to Undo. Systems that were devised to treat each case as potentially fraudulent are now rushing to deal with millions of newly unemployed people. – Emily Badger  Alicia Parlapiano
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/30/upshot/unemployment-state-restrictions-pandemic.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “Why the Trump Ploy Stopped Working. As the nation unifies, divisiveness falls flat.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/30/opinion/coronavirus-unity.html
— Crashing Economy, Rising Stocks: What’s Going On? What’s bad for America is sometimes good for the market. – Paul Krugman
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/30/opinion/economy-stock-market-coronavirus.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Millions Had Risen Out of Poverty. Coronavirus Is Pulling Them Back. Experts say that for the first time since 1998, global poverty will increase. At least a half billion people could slip into destitution by the end of the year. – Maria Abi-Habib
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/30/world/asia/coronavirus-poverty-unemployment.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Reopening of America: More than half of states will lift coronavirus restrictions by the end of the week
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2020/04/30/coronavirus-latest-news/
— Public companies received $1 billion in stimulus funds meant for small businesses Nearly 300 public companies have reported receiving loans. Some have returned them. – Jonathan O’Connell, Steven Rich, and Peter Whoriskey
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/05/01/sba-ppp-public-companies/

NEW YORK POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs promote distrust of Republicans.
https://nypost.com/2020/04/30/seeking-virus-data-people-struggle-with-trust/

USA TODAY
— Haircut? Sure. Flying? Maybe not. As states reopen, Americans more comfortable with small steps, survey shows – Rebecca Morin
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2020/04/30/states-reopen-americans-more-comfortable-small-steps-survey/3052951001/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— U.S. Deaths From Coronavirus Top 63,000 as Crisis Slams Economies More than 3.8 million Americans file for jobless benefits; eurozone economy suffers sharpest contraction on record – Jennifer Calfas, Rebecca Ballhaus and Joshua Jamerson
https://www.wsj.com/articles/coronavirus-latest-news-04-30-2020-11588242578
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Over 3.8 Million Americans Filed for Jobless Benefits Last Week as States Struggle With Coronavirus Claims Surge Archaic technology hamstrings systems for processing benefits; ‘not really acceptable now’ – Sarah Chaney and Kate King
https://www.wsj.com/articles/states-struggle-with-coronavirus-unemployment-claims-surge-11588239004
— New York City Subways Won’t Run 24 Hours a Day During Pandemic MTA to shut system down from 1 a.m to 5 a.m. to allow for deep cleaning – Paul Berger
https://www.wsj.com/articles/mta-to-shut-new-york-city-subway-between-1-a-m-to-5-a-m-during-coronavirus-pandemic-11588265268
— Democrats Urge Joe Biden to Address Sexual Assault Allegation Prominent Democrats have defended Mr. Biden, whose campaign has denied the claim, but others say it could alienate voters – Tarini Parti and Eliza Collins
https://www.wsj.com/articles/democrats-urge-joe-biden-to-address-sexual-assault-allegation-11588276919
— FRONT PAGE: Coronavirus Pushes Colleges to the Breaking Point, Forcing ‘Hard Choices’ About Education Forecast declines in enrollment and revenue trigger spending cuts and salary freezes; ‘the world order has changed’ – Melissa Korn, Douglas Belkin and Juliet Chung
https://www.wsj.com/articles/coronavirus-pushes-colleges-to-the-breaking-point-forcing-hard-choices-about-education-11588256157
— Coronavirus Prompts Record Drop in Consumer Spending Report highlights early effects of the pandemic on personal income; ‘the tip of the iceberg’ – Sarah Chaney and Harriet Torry
https://www.wsj.com/articles/personal-income-household-spending-coronavirus-march-2020-11588197997
— All Tara Reade’s Deniers The Democrats who attacked Brett Kavanaugh duck and cover for Joe Biden. – Editorial
https://www.wsj.com/articles/all-tara-reades-deniers-11588266554
— De Blasio’s ‘Message’ to Jews Other demographic groups get only sympathy when hit especially hard by the coronavirus pandemic. – Jeff Ballabon and Mark Goldfeder
https://www.wsj.com/articles/de-blasios-message-to-jews-11588266378
— An Allied Plan to Depend Less on China The U.S., Australia, Japan and India already have a forum for coordination. – Paula J. Dobriansky
https://www.wsj.com/articles/an-allied-plan-to-depend-less-on-china-11588288513
— McDonald’s Sales Fall as Coronavirus Pandemic Changes Dining Habits Burger chain sees disruptions lasting for months; ‘getting back that breakfast business will be critical for us’ – Heather Haddon
https://www.wsj.com/articles/mcdonalds-sales-drop-6-11588248343

FORBES
— COVID-19 Layoff Or Pretext For Age Discrimination Against Older Employees? – Eric Bachman (DIERSEN: Democrats and RINOs use Affirmative Action, Diversity, Inclusion, up-or-out, budget cuts, etc. as pretexts to not hire Republicans, to not promote Republicans, and to get rid of Republicans, and especially Republicans who are Trump supporters, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, conservative, patriotic, non-poor, gun owners, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/ericbachman/2020/04/30/covid-19-layoff-or-pretext-for-age-discrimination-against-older-employees/#227e2e364c56

JD SUPRA
— EEOC Offers Guidance To Employers Preparing To Reopen Their Workplaces
https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/eeoc-offers-guidance-to-employers-85442/

DAILY MAIL
— Illinois’ billionaire governor dodges question about his wife leaving town to see out coronavirus pandemic on their $12.1 million equine estate in Florida as he extends stay-at-home order to May 30 – FRANCES MULRANEY
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8275807/Illinois-billionaire-governor-dodges-question-wife-leaving-town-pandemic.html

April 26 Morning Edition

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE: A Candidate in Isolation: Inside Joe Biden’s Cloistered Campaign Walled off from voters in a distinctive kind of lockdown, Mr. Biden has developed a routine, of sorts, as he seeks the presidency from his basement. – Alexander Burns, Shane Goldmacher and Katie Glueck
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/25/us/politics/joe-biden-coronavirus-quarantine.html
— A Few Thousand Protest Stay-at-Home Order at Wisconsin State Capitol The protest was one of the nation’s largest gatherings to date to condemn lockdown orders enacted by state and local governments. – Reid J. Epstein and Kay Nolan
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/24/us/politics/coronavirus-protests-madison-wisconsin.html
— A Big, Once-Reliable Source of Investor Cash Is Drying Up The losses aren’t coming just from the drop in stock prices. The effect of the dividend cuts sweeping through the market will hurt, too. – Jeff Sommer
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/24/business/coronavirus-stocks-investing-dividends.html
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Economic Dignity For All – Gene Sperling (DIERSEN: I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes a) who make it very clear that they would never have stooped to take the jobs that I did and b) who demonize me, denigrate me, and condemn me as having been grossly overpaid. I did yard work and delivered newspapers 1962-1964; washed dishes 1964-1966; cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966; delivered mail 1966-1969; worked on an automobile assembly line and as a security guard in 1970; sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971; pumped gasoline 1971-1972; collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980; and audited federal agencies 1980-1997.) 
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/24/opinion/sunday/essential-workers-wages-covid.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: They treat the notion of a living wage as radical even though it was a Republican, Theodore Roosevelt, who called for a “living wage” that was high enough “to provide for education and recreation, to care for immature members of the family, to maintain the family during periods of sickness, and to permit of reasonable saving for old age.” Conservatives, and some traditional economic analyses, claim that a living wage would lead to job loss, but that has been repeatedly contradicted by empirical evidence — including a recent analysis of 138 state minimum-wage increases. But even this debate misses a larger reality. We have many policies that can be used in tandem to ensure an effective living wage while alleviating any fears of job loss. The $20-an-hour or more that is most likely needed for working parents to raise their children with true economic dignity can be reached by combining a $15 minimum wage with policies that do not raise employer costs at all — like major expansions of the earned-income tax credit and child-care subsidies. We could further protect employment levels by pairing a major minimum-wage increase with expansions of green jobs, health service jobs and caregiving.)
— Who Has Enough Cash to Get Through the Coronavirus Crisis? – Alissa Quart and Yaryna Serkez (DIERSEN: Sooner or later, if not already, the less that your income has gone down because of the crisis, the less that your expenses have increased because of the crisis, and/or the less that your net worth has gone down because of the crisis, the more that Trump-haters will viciously demonize you, viciously denigrate you, and viciously condemn you.) 
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/04/23/opinion/emergency-savings-coronavirus.html

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

April 21 Morning Edition

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

April 19 Morning Edition

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

NEW YORKER
— There Is No Panacea for the Coronavirus Economy – John Cassidy (DIERSEN: One could argue that the more that you speak one-on-one face-to-face with others, the more likely that you will get coronavirus. What has reduced your one-on-one face-to-face speaking with others? I am no longer a TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member, Milton Township Republican Organization webmaster, Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member, GAO employee, etc.)
https://www.newyorker.com/news/our-columnists/there-is-no-panacea-for-the-coronavirus-economy

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

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

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

April 17 Evening Edition

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

April 14 Evening Edition

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

April 11 Morning Edition

ABC7
— Harvey nurses protest over lack of protective equipment during COVID-19 pandemic
https://abc7chicago.com/coronavirus-illinois-chicago-harvey-nurse-protest/6094207/
— Coronavirus danger escalating behind bars at some Illinois prisons, jails – Chuck Goudie and Barb Markoff, Christine Tressel and Ross Weidner
https://abc7chicago.com/health/coronavirus-danger-escalating-behind-bars-at-some-illinois-prisons-jails/6093868/

NBC5
— Inmates’ Families, Health Care Workers Voice Concerns About Coronavirus at Cook County Jail As of Friday, a total of 289 detainees at the jail tested positive for coronavirus
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/inmates-families-health-care-workers-voice-concerns-about-coronavirus-at-cook-county-jail/2254176/

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Pritzker grants commutations amid coronavirus pandemic – AP
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/pritzker-grants-commutations-amid-coronavirus-pandemic
— Pet Food Bank: Helping low-income households afford their food – Taylor Deckert
https://foxillinois.com/news/coronavirus/pet-food-bank-helping-low-income-households-afford-their-food

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Coronavirus was slow to spread to rural America. Not anymore. – NYT
https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/sns-nyt-coronavirus-arrives-in-rural-america-20200410-upyapp65ana4rk5di4tqylmrla-story.html
— To defeat COVID-19, bring on more testing. Much more testing. – Editorial
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/editorials/ct-editorial-coronavirus-testing-illinois-pritzker-20200411-4vic5mghevdyvds7iphx3cjete-story.html
— The race for an effective COVID-19 treatment: Hunches, trials and no clear answer – Hal Dardick
https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-coronavirus-treatments-hydroxychloroquine-plasma-remdesivir-20200410-6kyzro2ahvb5rn57jzgy4dvj4y-story.html
— Millennials already burdened with college debt are now facing another economic crisis – NATHANIEL POPPER (DIERSEN How much debt did you have when you were younger? At the end of 1977, when I was 29 years old, I had a $38,795 mortgage on a one bedroom condo in downtown Chicago worth $60,000 and a $19,380 mortgage on a town home in University Park worth $26,000 that I rented out.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-nw-nyt-coronavirus-millennials-economic-crisis-20200406-4vgztwqpujadtmk7vj7a22qh2q-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “A look at coronavirus promises made and not kept by the White House.”
https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-nw-trump-fact-check-covid-19-20200411-b2wzef35xffs5d4vxqy6p5haxm-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Illinois prisoners denied request for sweeping release of at-risk inmates As of Friday, 139 Illinois inmates and 93 prison staffers have tested positive for COVID-19, records show. – Jon Seidel and Nader Issa 
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/4/10/21217170/coronavirus-prison-inmates-release-corrections-stateville-pandemic-testing
— Medical examiner confirms 42 more COVID-19 deaths in Cook County The newly confirmed cases bring the total in the county to 438.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/coronavirus/2020/4/11/21217348/medical-examiner-confirms-42-covid-19-deaths-cook-county
— Illinois is hurting. Red states and blue states are hurting — and desperate for a real federal rescue  The federal government’s response to the coronavirus pandemic should look beyond handing out trillion-dollar Band-Aids. It should roll out in the spirit of a modern day New Deal, with an eye toward addressing historic inequities – Editorial (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats use coronavirus to get governments a) to promote socialism, communism, and dictatorship and b) to get rid of individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/4/10/21215144/covid-19-coronavirus-federal-stimulus-new-deal-fdr-lori-lightfoot-j-b-pritzker-trillion-dollar
(FROM THE EDITORIAL: A deal to make a better America Beyond that, government should seize on this moment to address historic structural inequities — such as wildly uneven access to health care, a living wage or a financially secure retirement — that have been exposed and exacerbated by the coronavirus’ spread. We’re not delusional. We know a modern New Deal — a version of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s massive public works undertaking to pull America out of the Great Depression — will never happen under a President Trump. Nor will it be embraced by the Republican-majority Senate. But this broader vision should be an aspirational guide to our nation’s long-term response to the pandemic, embraced for the moment at least by the Democratic House. We’re calling for a return to that spirit. The coronavirus is real and deadly. It also is a metaphor. In the same way the virus spreads without distinction or favor, most of our nation’s biggest social problems hurt us all. We do our nation no favors allowing poor children to be poorly educated, allowing mentally ill people to live on the streets, forcing low-income workers to hold two or three jobs. It all comes back to haunt us in the form of more crime, bigger prisons and a nagging conscience during church services on Easter Sunday morning.)
— Gun shops see COVID-19 business boom: ‘This is a very different panic than we have seen in the past’ Illinois State Police declined to speculate on a reason for what the agency described as “an unprecedented number of Firearms Transfer Inquiries,” but the Illinois State Rifle Association pointed squarely at the coronavirus pandemic. – Neal Earley (DIERSEN: One could ask “What if I call 911 and no one answers?) 
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2020/4/10/21217195/gun-shops-covid-19-firearm-sales-second-amendment-panic-pritzker-essential
— As COVID-19 spreads, CPD officers on desk duty call in sick most Data obtained by the Chicago Sun-Times show officers assigned to a unit that has little to no face-to-face interaction with the public called off work more than any other group of officers between March 16 and March 25. – Sam Charles 
https://chicago.suntimes.com/coronavirus/2020/4/11/21217158/coronavirus-chicago-police-sick-desk-duty-oemc-covid-19
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Trump-haters use coronavirus to blame the problems that “young people of color” have on individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owners, German American, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. 
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2020/4/11/21216961/chicago-coronavirus-deaths-race-inequality-youth-laura-washington
— ALL OF THE FRONT PAGE: Working from home not an option for most black, Latino workers during coronavirus crisis “A lot of them have either lost their job altogether or risk contracting COVID-19 to put food on the table,” one economist said. “They can’t have both job security and health security at the same time.” – Carlos Ballesteros
https://chicago.suntimes.com/coronavirus/2020/4/9/21212043/coronavirus-covid-19-racial-disparity-black-latino-workers-work-from-home

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Friday promised more testing to reduce COVID-19 infections and deaths in black communities in Chicago, Cook County and elsewhere in Illinois. They are “suffering a vastly disproportionate effect,” Pritzker said. – Marni Pyke (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Trump-haters hint/imply/argue/shout that because of Trump, members of protected groups, that is, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs are “suffering a vastly disproportionate effect” of coronavirus.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200410/covid-19-cases-near-18000-in-illinois-more-testing-for-minority-communities

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— COVID-19 updates: Cease-and-desist letter sent to Springfield salon (DIERSEN: Of course, my critics/opponents hint/imply/argue/shout that my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails spread disinformation, misinformation, propaganda, false information, fake news, etc. about coronavirus. According to my critics/opponents, all government and political news and commentary is disinformation, misinformation, propaganda, false information, fake news, etc. except for the government and political news and commentary that they put out or bless. How soon, if not already, will my critics/opponents demand that the following send me cease-and-desist letters: Trump Administration, U.S. Senators Duckworth and Durbin, U.S. Representative Casten, Republican National Committee, Illinois Republican Party Chairman Schneider, DuPage County Republican Party Chairman Keller, Milton Township Republican Organization Chairman LeVan, Illinois Governor Pritzker, Illinois Representative Grant, DuPage County Board Chairman Cronin, Milton Township Supervisor Heidorn, Wheaton Mayor Suess, Wheaton City Councilwomen At Large Fitch and Parker, Wheaton West District Councilwoman Robbins, etc.) 
https://www.sj-r.com/news/20200410/covid-19-updates-cease-and-desist-letter-sent-to-springfield-salon

QUINCY HERALD WHIG
— APRIL 7, 2020 FLASHBACK: Adams County parties adjust caucuses in response to pandemic (DIERSEN: If you are a Republican Precinct Committeeman, who do you want to serve as the officers of your township and/or county Republican party organizations? What do you want them to promise to do? What about pressure on candidates from Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs a) to promote Affirmative Action, Diversity, Inclusion, and Up-Or-Out and b) to dump those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?) 
https://www.whig.com/20200407/adams-county-parties-adjust-caucuses-in-response-to-pandemic
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Adams County political organizations are forming alternative plans to move forward with the county caucuses set for April 14 in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Adams Committee Democratic Central Committee announced it will postpone its caucus because of Illinois stay-at-home order, which is in line with the Democratic National Convention delaying its convention to August. The Democratic Central Committee will elect a new chairman after Chairman Keith Niewohner announced last year that he wished to retire as chairman but will remain a committeeman. Niewohner said it’s important that the committees are able to meet in-person to elect a new chairman, but that now is the time to focus “on the health, safety and well-being of ourselves, our families, the community and all of our momentum.” A date for a future caucus was not set. Dave Bockhold, chairman of the Adams County Republican Central Committee, said the party’s executive committee is seeking to host the caucus by mail. Letters have been sent to all precinct committeemen to get approval for the move.)

GALESBURG REGISTER MAIL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Republican-haters say “Vote by mail convenient and safer than at polls.” Democrats run the United States Postal Service. Democrats are moral relativists who believe that their end (destroying Republicans) justifies their means.
https://www.galesburg.com/news/20200410/vote-by-mail-convenient-and-safer-than-at-polls

FOX ILLINOIS
— White House points to hopeful signs as deaths keep rising – AP
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/white-house-points-to-hopeful-signs-as-deaths-keep-rising
— Apple, Google to harness phones for virus infection tracking – AP
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/apple-google-to-adapt-phones-for-virus-infection-tracking

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Advocate groups, Congress working to support veterans during coronavirus crisis – Joe Khalil
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/washington/washington-dc/advocate-groups-congress-working-to-support-veterans-during-coronavirus-crisis/

CHICAGO REPORTER
— Race takes center stage ahead of Illinois’ anticipated COVID-19 peak Stark disparities in the impact of the crisis emerge as the state marks one month of staying at home and officials are pressed to do more to protect the most vulnerable, including essential workers and the incarcerated. – Asraa Mustufa (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Trump-haters shout at members of the following groups that Trump caused their coronavirus problems: anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.) 
https://www.chicagoreporter.com/roundup-race-takes-center-stage-ahead-of-illinois-anticipated-covid-19-peak/

CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS
— Increased COVID-19 testing announced for communities of color – BEN ORNER (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Trump-haters shout at members of the following groups that Trump caused their coronavirus problems: anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.capitolnewsillinois.com/NEWS/increased-covid-19-testing-announced-for-communities-of-color
— COVID-19 lays racial health disparities bare – JERRY NOWICKI (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Trump-haters shout at members of the following groups that Trump caused their coronavirus problems: anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.capitolnewsillinois.com/NEWS/covid-19-lays-racial-health-disparities-bare

CHICAGO CITY WIRE
— Families of victims of illegal immigrant crime blast Lightfoot’s order granting benefits to immigrants and refugees – W.J. Kennedy
https://chicagocitywire.com/stories/530071621-families-of-victims-of-illegal-immigrant-crime-blast-lightfoot-s-order-granting-benefits-to-immigrants-and-refugees

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— More than 33,000 businesses in DuPage County suffer from economic hardship due to coronavirus as calls continue to pull Pritzker’s progressive tax from ballot – April Bamburg
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/530166105-more-than-33-000-businesses-in-dupage-county-suffer-from-economic-hardship-due-to-coronavirus-as-calls-continue-to-pull-pritzker-s-progressive-tax-from-ballot
— Casten Leads Letter Demanding Social Media Platforms Do More to Stop the Spread of Deadly COVID-19 Misinformation Online (DIERSEN: Of course, my critics/opponents hint/imply/argue/shout that my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails spread disinformation, misinformation, propaganda, false information, fake news, etc. about coronavirus. According to my critics/opponents, all government and political news and commentary is disinformation, misinformation, propaganda, false information, fake news, etc. except for the government and political news and commentary that they put out or bless. How soon, if not already, will my critics/opponents demand that the following send me cease-and-desist letters: Trump Administration, U.S. Senators Duckworth and Durbin, U.S. Representative Casten, Republican National Committee, Illinois Republican Party Chairman Schneider, DuPage County Republican Party Chairman Keller, Milton Township Republican Organization Chairman LeVan, Illinois Governor Pritzker, Illinois Representative Grant, DuPage County Board Chairman Cronin, Milton Township Supervisor Heidorn, Wheaton Mayor Suess, Wheaton City Councilwomen At Large Fitch and Parker, Wheaton West District Councilwoman Robbins, etc.)
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/530065201-casten-leads-letter-demanding-social-media-platforms-do-more-to-stop-the-spread-of-deadly-covid-19-misinformation-online

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Crime Drops Around the World as COVID-19 Keeps People Inside The coronavirus pandemic that has crippled big-box retailers and mom-and-pop shops worldwide may be making a dent in illicit business, too.
https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2020-04-11/crime-drops-around-the-world-as-covid-19-keeps-people-inside

WASHINGTON TIMES
— White House rips VOA for parroting China’s coronavirus propaganda, speaking for U.S. ‘adversaries’ – Douglas Ernst
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/apr/10/white-house-rips-voa-for-parroting-chinas-coronavi/
— Biden and Dems slurping down Sanders’ Marxist Kool-Aid Difficult to pretend they’re not captive to the Bernie/AOC wing of true believers – Robert Knight
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/apr/10/joe-biden-and-democratic-party-slurping-down-berni/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Trump: ‘Lamestream Media,’ Democrats, and ‘the few remaining RINO’S’ are trying to stop coronavirus briefings – Mike Brest (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who have worked the hardest since 2000 a) to stop me from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails and b) to stop everyone from reading those 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 falsely claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican.) 
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/trump-lamestream-media-democrats-and-the-few-remaining-rinos-are-trying-to-stop-coronavirus-briefings

GOPUSA
— PBS Reporter Accuses Surgeon General Of Offensive Remarks To Minorities
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=87407
— Kentucky: New Quarantine Orders Go Further Than Before Kentucky State Police will record the license plates of residents who attend church on Easter — and report them to local health departments for quarantine, Gov. Andy Beshear said Friday.
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=87426
— NY Times Dodges Details Of WHO Chief’s Checkered Past
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=87401
— China Considers Ending Dog Meat Consumption, Proposes New List Of Animals Fit For Livestock
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=87424

BREITBART
— Abortion Funding, Surveillance, Mail-in Voting: Progressives Unveil Wish List for Next Coronavirus Stimulus Bill – AARON KLEIN
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/04/10/abortion-funding-surveillance-mail-in-voting-progressives-unveil-wish-list-for-next-coronavirus-stimulus-bill/

BLAZE
— Reporter complains that US Surgeon General Jerome Adams made racially offensive remarks. He isn’t having it at all. Good for him – Sarah Taylor (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs encourage everyone to engage in high-risk activities including smoking pot, drinking lots of booze, and being an LGBTQer.) 
https://www.theblaze.com/news/reporter-complains-that-us-surgeon-general-jerome-adams-made-racially-offensive-remarks-he-isnt-having-it-at-all
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Adams previously said that minorities such as African Americans and Latinos should avoid engaging in high-risk behaviors such as drinking, smoking, and drug use during the COVID-19 pandemic. “I have a quick question for you,” PBS reporter Yamiche Alcindor said during the briefing. “You said that African Americans and Latinos should avoid alcohol, drugs, and tobacco. You also said do it for your abuela, do it for your big mama and papa. There are some people online that are already offended by that language and the idea that you’re saying behaviors might be leading to these high death rates.”)

CNS NEWS
— Taiwan Tells WHO: ‘We Know Better Than Anyone Else What It Feels Like to be Discriminated Against’ – Patrick Goodenough
https://cnsnews.com/article/international/patrick-goodenough/taiwan-tells-who-we-know-better-anyone-else-what-it-feels

DAILY CALLER
— Trump Brags About TV Ratings, Blasts ‘Lamestream Media’ As Coronavirus Deaths Hit Record High – JUSTIN CARUSO
https://dailycaller.com/2020/04/10/trump-brags-about-tv-ratings-blasts-lamestream-media-as-coronavirus-deaths-hit-record-high/

NEWS BUSTERS
— Spike Lee Blasts Trump, Praises Cuomo, Claims Coronavirus Is Earth’s Revenge – Gabriel Hays
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/culture/gabriel-hays/2020/04/10/spike-lee-blasts-trump-praises-cuomo-claims-coronavirus-earths

TOWNHALL
— Cracking Down on the Faithful Is No Way to Fight a Pandemic – Jenny Beth Martin
https://townhall.com/columnists/jennybethmartin/2020/04/11/cracking-down-on-the-faithful-is-no-way-to-fight-a-pandemic-n2566651
— Washington Post’s ‘Conservative’ Writer Is Now Just Beyond Parody After Her Last Tweet About Trump – Matt Vespa (DIERSEN: What do you say to those who claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican, but who 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/or retaliation for opposing the aforesaid?) 
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2020/04/10/the-washington-posts-conservative-writer-is-now-just-beyond-parody-after-her-l-n2566681

THE HILL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters fear ‘national naivete’ on COVID optimism.
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/492258-experts-fear-national-naivete-on-covid-optimism
— Sanders’s fate sealed by the over 40 crowd – BRIAN ARBOUR
https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/492156-sanders-fate-sealed-by-the-over-40-crowd
— ‘Low-risk’ activities to resume in Iran on April 11, Rouhani says – ZACK BUDRYK (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs encourage everyone to engage in high-risk activities including smoking pot, drinking lots of booze, and being an LGBTQer.)
https://thehill.com/policy/international/middle-east-north-africa/491248-low-risk-activities-to-resume-in-iran-on-april

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Trump feels no need for crisis advice from predecessors – DARLENE SUPERVILLE (DIERSEN: While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, I was extremely reluctant to seek/take advice from my superiors because I knew that they were under tremendous pressure from Democrat politicians to get rid of their employees who shared my demographics.) 
https://www.lowellsun.com/2020/04/10/trump-feels-no-need-for-crisis-counsel-from-predecessors/

CNN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “President Trump is wrong in so many ways about hydroxychloroquine studies.”
https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/10/health/trump-wrong-about-hydroxychloroquine/index.html

MSNBC
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater calls Trump a liar and says “Trump fact-checked for dangerous coronavirus claims.”
https://www.msnbc.com/the-beat-with-ari/watch/-liar-trump-fact-checked-for-dangerous-coronavirus-claims-81908293524

NEW YORK TIMES
— White House Mounts Heated Attack on a U.S. Government Media Voice A White House website this week lodged a highly unusual barrage against the Voice of America, a media voice nominally run by the Trump administration. – Elizabeth Williamson
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/10/us/politics/white-house-voice-of-america.html
— Health and economic crises pull President Trump in opposite directions.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/11/us/coronavirus-live-updates.html#link-796fb9b2
— Citing virus, Trump moves to punish countries that won’t accept deported citizens.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/10/us/coronavirus-live-updates.html#link-44b22a2f
— Global deaths cross 101,000, a devastating toll, as cases surge past 1.6 million.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/10/world/coronavirus-world-news-updates.html#link-3c51d1b9
— Trump Has Emergency Powers We Aren’t Allowed to Know About Given that they could make their first appearance in the coronavirus crisis, Congress should insist on having full access to them. – Elizabeth Goitein and Andrew Boyle (DIERSEN: Of course, my critics/opponents want anyone and everyone to have the power a) to stop me from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails and b) to stop everyone from reading them. According to my critics/opponents, all government and political news and commentary is disinformation, misinformation, propaganda, false information, fake news, etc. 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.nytimes.com/2020/04/10/opinion/trump-coronavirus-emergency-powers.html
— After the Pandemic, the Big Reset Some of the greatest advances in American history were birthed by disaster. – Timothy Egan (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs use the pandemic to get rid of individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.) 
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/10/opinion/coronavirus-political-reform.html
— ‘We’re Going Down, Down, Down, Down, Down’ Staggering job losses are not a foregone conclusion. There is still time to fix the federal government’s aid program. – Editorial
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/10/opinion/coronavirus-unemployment-small-business.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters say “New Trump Ad Suggests a Campaign Strategy Amid Crisis: Xenophobia.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/10/us/politics/trump-ad-gary-locke.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters say “Trust in Trump’s Virus Response Is Falling” and ask “What Does It Mean for November” and say “Polls suggest that faith in the president to handle the outbreak has slipped among some crucial voting blocs in the general election.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/10/us/politics/trump-polls-coronavirus.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: TRUMP-haters ask “Does Vote-by-Mail Favor Democrats” and say “No” and say “It’s a False Argument by Trump. Even some Republican officials, disagreeing with president, say that vote-by-mail has not hurt the G.O.P. in elections.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/10/us/politics/vote-by-mail.html
— Will an Antibody Test Allow Us to Go Back to School or Work? Tests that reveal whether someone has been infected with the coronavirus are on their way. But they’re not perfect. Here’s what you need to know. – Apoorva Mandavilli and Katie Thomas (DIERSEN: What if certain protected groups (for example, Trump-haters, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, RINOs, minorities, women, veterans, parents, unmarried people, LGBTQers, poor people, illegals, non-Protestants, non-German Americans, etc.) have low antibodies?)
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/10/health/coronavirus-antibody-test.html

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater asks “Who is telling Trump to reopen the economy?”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/04/10/who-is-telling-trump-reopen-economy/
— Coronavirus death toll surpasses 2,000 a day in U.S., and 100,000 total worldwide
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2020/04/09/coronavirus-latest-news/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “Trump’s narcissism is endangering his reelection. His own advisers admit it..”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/04/10/trumps-narcissism-is-endangering-his-reelection-his-own-advisers-admit-it/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— U.S. Budget Deficit Grew 8% in First Half of Fiscal 2020, Treasury Says An expected sharp contraction in the U.S. economy means the deficit is likely to rise even more dramatically as a share of GDP – Paul Kiernan (DIERSEN: The following are overjoyed: individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries a) that want socialism, communism, and dictatorship and b) 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.wsj.com/articles/u-s-budget-deficit-grew-8-in-first-half-of-fiscal-2020-treasury-says-11586542608
— Joe Biden and the Slow Death of Liberalism Democrats are again choosing a moribund ideology bereft of new ideas. Radicalism beckons. – Barton Swaim
https://www.wsj.com/articles/joe-biden-and-the-slow-death-of-liberalism-11586536797
— U.S. Pilots, Flight Attendants Fear Coronavirus on the Job Pilots union says airline employees need more protection to keep flights safe – Andy Pasztor and Alison Sider (DIERSEN: Obviously, keeping their employees safe from coronavirus will drive many, if not most, companies out of business. Obviously, that promotes socialism, communism, and dictatorship.) 
https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-pilots-flight-attendants-fear-coronavirus-on-the-job-11586539278
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Americans Stock Up on Booze. – Saabira Chaudhuri
https://www.wsj.com/articles/coronavirus-closed-the-bars-america-stocked-the-liquor-cabinet-11586511001
— Heed Jimmy Carter on the Danger of Mail-In Voting ‘Absentee ballots remain the largest source of potential voter fraud.’ – John R. Lott Jr.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/heed-jimmy-carter-on-the-danger-of-mail-in-voting-11586557667
— Two Children of the 1940s Now Will Face Off in 2020 Coronavirus response will turn the election into a referendum on President Trump, while Joe Biden will continue to face pressure from the left – Gerald F. Seib (DIERSEN: Are you a child of the 1940s? I am. I was born in 1948.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/two-children-of-the-1940s-now-will-face-off-in-2020-11586577660
— FRONT PAGE: Coronavirus Panic Buying: Puppies Isolated in their homes, uncertain about the future and desperate for uncontaminated unconditional love, Americans are stocking up on dogs – Michael M. Phillips
https://www.wsj.com/articles/coronavirus-makes-us-upset-puppies-are-coming-to-the-rescue-11586530110
— Apple, Google to Turn Smartphones Into Coronavirus Tracking Devices In rare collaboration, tech rivals look to method used in some Asian countries to curb contagion; effort is likely to raise privacy concerns – Tripp Mickle, Rob Copeland and Sam Schechner
https://www.wsj.com/articles/apple-google-partner-on-coronavirus-contact-tracing-technology-11586540203

FACT CHECK
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “Trump’s Latest Voter Fraud Misinformation.” (DIERSEN: QUESTION: What qualifications do I have to be a fact checker? ANSWER: While I worked for GAO 1980-1997, the last 11 years of which at GS-13 Step 1-10 levels, currently $101,176-$131,532/year, I increasingly worked as a referencer, that is, as a fact checker. That work required assuring the accuracy and support for each and every word, number, table, graph, chart, conclusion, opinion, and recommendation in GAO reports. I worked for IRS 1971-1980, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 levels, currently $85,084-$96,431/year. My other fact checking qualifications include my becoming a Forensic Accountant in 1997, Certified Fraud Examiner in 1990, licensed CPA in 1981, Certified Internal Auditor in 1981, and CPA in 1979.)
https://www.factcheck.org/2020/04/trumps-latest-voter-fraud-misinformation/

INDEPENDENT
— Trump administration launches attack on government media group Voice of America White House claims broadcaster used communist government statistics to compare China’s coronavirus death toll to America’s
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/donald-trump-white-house-voice-of-america-wuhan-a9460441.html

April 7 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Mayor Lori Lightfoot floats move to crack down on congregating outside Chicago liquor stores – JOHN BYRNE and SOPHIE SHERRY (DIERSEN: What do you say to politicians and others who promote booze, gambling, pot, and other vices?)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-coronavirus-chicago-liquor-stores-curfew-20200406-enzwz3rvbfeb5cpz4g6yhcz6cm-story.html
— On turning 30 during a pandemic — it’s just another crisis for our generation – TRAVIS GIDADO (DIERSEN: What did you do during the year that you turned 30? During 1978, the year that I turned 30, I was the subject of a nasty 4-page article in Money Magazine, I sold my one bedroom condo in the Outer Drive East building, I got married, we bought 1017 East Harrison in Wheaton, I worked for IRS in its Loop office in its Special Procedures Staff, I took graduate accounting courses at DePaul at its Loop campus, I took IRS to Tax Court and won a split decision after my Democrat IRS superiors disallowed my graduate business and accounting courses, I sold my 1962 Chevy Bel Air and bought a new 1978 Oldsmobile Delta 88 Royale and a new Chevy Chevette, I continued to store my 1972 Corvette in my mother’s garage in Crete, I started taking Becker CPA review courses, I continued to rent out my town home in University Park, etc.) 
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/ct-opinion-coronavirus-turning-30-generation-crisis-20200406-ntjfirnpdzdqthhxcrdqro76xy-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Why COVID-19 is raging through Chicago’s black neighborhoods — and what must be done Seventy-two percent of Chicagoans who have died of COVID-19 are African American. Social and economic factors play a role. – Editorial (DIERSEN: One could argue that the more money that you have, the easier that it is for you to “stay at home.” One could argue that if you have a pension and/or Social Security, the easier that it is for you to “stay at home.”)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/4/6/21209919/coronavirus-deaths-chicago-racial-gap-editorial-covid-19-african-american
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/cannabis/2020/4/6/21209803/river-north-pot-shops-marijuana-cannabis-cresco-moca

DAILY HERALD
— No news is bad news in the briefing room – Debra J. Saunders
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20200407/no-news-is-bad-news-in-the-briefing-room
— Let’s have a ‘cease-fire’ from news conference sniping – Editorial (DIERSEN: Government is nasty. Politics is nasty. Since 2005, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have demonized me, denigrated, me, and condemned me as being like Jeff Gannon. Since 2005, they have viciously used against me what happened with GOPUSA, Talon News, and White House Correspondent Jeff Gannon. SEE: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talon_News They paint me as being a clone of Jeff Gannon and even worse things. Ever since I became a GOPUSA reporter in 2000, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I ask bad questions at press conferences and share privileged information with reporters that have caused Republican candidates to be defeated and even worse things. Of course, I should sue my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes. But if not that, I should write a book about activists, candidates, elected officials, and party leaders in Illinois who claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican, but a) who do NOT want me to know about their press conferences, b) who do NOT want me to attend their press conferences, c) who do NOT want me to ask questions during their press conferences, d) who do NOT want me to speak with other reporters, e) who have barred me from attending their press conferences, f) who have had me thrown out of their press conferences, and/or g) who do not want me to report on their press conferences.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20200407/editorial-lets-have-a-cease-fire-from-news-conference-sniping

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/marijuanacannabis/how-curveball-state-created-two-weed-winners-downtown

ABC7
— NASA astronaut’s estranged spouse accused of filing false claim of crime in space
https://abc7chicago.com/society/astronaut-says-spouse-falsely-accused-her-of-crime-in-space/6082690/?cmp=emc-wls-news-headlines-4/7/2020

WBEZ
— Cook County Will Reassess All Property Values Because Of The Coronavirus Pandemic The impact of the momentous endeavor won’t be seen on individual tax bills until 2021. – Claudia Morell (DIERSEN: By how many tens of thousands, if not hundreds of thousands, of dollars has the value of your real estate lost so far?) 
https://www.wbez.org/stories/pandemic-prompts-sweeping-cook-county-tax-reassessments/a7cc9ceb-6b2e-4f45-9f80-3c27ff00a1f2

QUINCY HERALD WHIG
— Adams County parties adjust caucuses in response to pandemic (DIERSEN: If you are a Republican Precinct Committeeman, who do you want to serve as the officers of your township and/or county Republican party organizations? What do you want them to promise to do? What about pressure to promote Affirmative Action, Diversity, Inclusion, and Up-Or-Out? What about pressure to dump those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?) 
https://www.whig.com/20200407/adams-county-parties-adjust-caucuses-in-response-to-pandemic
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Adams County political organizations are forming alternative plans to move forward with the county caucuses set for April 15 in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Adams Committee Democratic Central Committee announced it will postpone its caucus because of Illinois stay-at-home order, which is in line with the Democratic National Convention delaying its convention to August. The Democratic Central Committee will elect a new chairman after Chairman Keith Niewohner announced last year that he wished to retire as chairman but will remain a committeeman. Niewohner said it’s important that the committees are able to meet in-person to elect a new chairman, but that now is the time to focus “on the health, safety and well-being of ourselves, our families, the community and all of our momentum.” A date for a future caucus was not set. Dave Bockhold, chairman of the Adams County Republican Central Committee, said the party’s executive committee is seeking to host the caucus by mail. Letters have been sent to all precinct committeemen to get approval for the move.)

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Pritzker pleads with people to stick to the stay at home order – Doug Finke (DIERSEN: One could argue that the more money that you have, the easier that it is for you to “stay at home.” One could argue that if you have a pension and/or Social Security, the easier that it is for you to “stay at home.”)
https://www.sj-r.com/news/20200406/pritzker-pleads-with-people-to-stick-to-stay-at-home-order
— Springfield alderwoman fields house party complaints – Kade Heather
https://www.sj-r.com/news/20200406/springfield-alderwoman-fields-house-party-complaints

CHICAGO PATCH
— Where Are Chicagoans Violating Coronavirus Stay-At-Home Warnings? Chicago police issued most stay-at-home warnings in police districts on the West Side and along the North Side lakefront. – Mark Konkol
https://patch.com/illinois/chicago/where-are-chicagoans-violating-coronavirus-stay-home-warnings

WSBT
— Police find Illinois mayor’s wife at prohibited party
https://wsbt.com/news/regional/police-find-illinois-mayors-wife-at-prohibited-party

WIREPOINTS
— The COVID-19 crisis: It’s time to move past the public health vs. economy argument – Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner
https://wirepoints.org/the-covid-19-crisis-its-time-to-move-past-the-public-health-vs-economy-argument-wirepoints/
— Parroting Replaces Reporting: Pritzker’s Daily Coronavirus Briefings – Mark Glennon
https://wirepoints.org/parroting-replaces-reporting-pritzkers-daily-coronavirus-briefings-quicktake/

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— NEARLY 1.5M ILLINOIS WORKERS RISK LAYOFFS OR REDUCED HOURS FROM COVID-19 ECONOMIC FALLOUT – Orphe Divounguy and Bryce Hill
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/nearly-1-5m-illinois-workers-risk-layoffs-or-reduced-hours-from-covid-19-economic-fallout/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— ‘Light at the end of the tunnel’: Coronavirus hot spots turn corner – Tom Howell Jr. and David Sherfinski
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/apr/6/us-coronavirus-hot-spots-new-york-new-jersey-detro/

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— History Bodes Ill For Repeat Candidate Biden’s White House Dreams Third time has not been the charm in recent elections – David Rutz
https://freebeacon.com/2020-election/history-bodes-ill-for-repeat-candidate-bidens-white-house-dreams/

GOPUSA
— Is The Coronavirus A ‘Crystal Ball’ Into Socialism And Bigger Government
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=87188
— Who Knows What Happens After The Jobs Disappear?
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=87168

AMERICAN THINKER
— America needs a New Declaration of Equal Justice under the Law – Scott S. Powell (DIERSEN: From what I see, ever-increasingly, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs hint/imply/argue/shout that if you are a Republican, the longer that your ancestors have been in America, a) the more that you have benefitted from their discrimination against minorities and against females, b) the more that you should pay the price of Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion, and c) the more reparations that you should pay.) 
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2020/04/america_needs_a_new_declaration_of_equal_justice_under_the_law.html

BREITBART
— Appeals Court: Tech Giants Must Face Censorship Lawsuit – ALLUM BOKHARI (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who want me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails to be censored. Better yet, I should sue them. 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, and Illinois. I would focus on those who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout. I would focus on those who falsely claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican to give them standing to destroy individuals, organizations, companies, and governments that are religious, conservative, and/or Republican.) 
https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2020/04/06/appeals-court-tech-giants-must-face-censorship-lawsuit/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Apple, Google, Facebook, and Twitter must face a lawsuit brought in the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals accusing the companies of deliberately censoring conservative viewpoints and violating the First Amendment. The $1.5 billion lawsuit, brought by Republican congressional primary candidate Laura Loomer (R) and conservative organization Freedom Watch, accuses the tech companies of being quasi-state actors, and thus in violation of the First Amendment when they suppress protected speech.)
— Lawyers Sue to Keep Millions of Foreign Workers in U.S. – NEIL MUNRO (DIERSEN: What do you say to employers that prefer citizens of foreign countries over citizens of America?)
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/04/06/lawyers-sue-to-keep-millions-of-foreign-workers-in-u-s/

CNS NEWS
— Left Uses Coronavirus as Another Chance to Manipulate Through Racial Hoaxes – Walter E. Williams
https://www.cnsnews.com/commentary/walter-e-williams/walter-williams-left-uses-coronavirus-another-chance-manipulate

DAILY CALLER
— Dr. Fauci: Going Back To Pre-Coronavirus Life ‘Might Not Ever Happen’ – JUSTIN CARUSO
https://dailycaller.com/2020/04/06/dr-fauci-back-to-normal-might-not-happen-coronavirus/

FEDERALIST
— The Schoolwork My Kids Are Bringing Home Exposes Public Schools’ Radical Leftist Politics Schools are likely to continue home e-learning efforts in the upcoming weeks as we continue through the pandemic. Parents, use this time to find out what your kids are studying.
– Beth Feeley
https://thefederalist.com/2020/04/06/the-schoolwork-my-kids-are-bringing-home-exposes-public-schools-radical-leftist-politics/

NEWS BUSTERS
— U.S. Press Disgusted Trump Grilled Hong Kong Reporter on China Ties – Nicholas Fondacaro (DIERSEN: What do you say to those who favor Communist China over America?)
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/nicholas-fondacaro/2020/04/07/us-press-disgusted-trump-grilled-hong-kong-reporter-china

PJ MEDIA
— The Media’s Dark Prophets Have No Shame – MARK ELLIS
https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/the-medias-dark-prophets-have-no-shame/

TOWNHALL
— ‘Worse than Being Quarantined’: Upcoming ‘One World’ Concert Mocked Relentlessly – Ellie Bufkin (DIERSEN: Will the event officially call for getting rid of individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries once and for all that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, heterosexual, older, married, non-poor, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/elliebufkin/2020/04/06/worse-than-being-quarantined-upcoming-one-world-concert-mocked-relentlessly-n2566428

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE
— Hamas Wants Americans Dead of Coronavirus, Democrats Want to Send Hamas Aid “They talk about 25 million infected people in just one of the 50 states. Allah be praised.” – Daniel Greenfield
https://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/2020/04/hamas-wants-americans-dead-coronavirus-democrats-daniel-greenfield/
— ‘Caliphate’ – The Series Every Western Feminist Needs to See Forget ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ – this harrowing thriller exposes real-world, Sharia misogyny. – Mark Tapson
https://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/2020/04/caliphate-series-every-western-feminist-needs-see-mark-tapson/

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Missing the Point of Plymouth Rock – David Randall (DIERSEN: From what I see, ever-increasingly, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs hint/imply/argue/shout that if you are a Republican, the longer that your ancestors have been in America, a) the more that you have benefitted from their discrimination against minorities and against females, b) the more that you should pay the price of Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion, and c) the more reparations that you should pay.) 
https://news.yahoo.com/missing-point-plymouth-rock-103005635.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Of course the Pilgrim landing at Plymouth Rock in 1620 explains American history. Of course the 1619 Project’s shoddy exercise in vituperation is meant to delegitimize America. John G. Turner’s recent article in National Review is an extended exercise in missing the point. Turner, a scholar of the history of American religion, and the author of a recent book on the Plymouth colony, surveys the debate about the New York Times’s 1619 Project with the traditional attitude of a liberal scholar — a facile resort to moral equivalence. Turner, positioning himself as the neutral and expert arbiter, frames the 1619 Project and its critics as equally mistaken — the one unduly obsessed with the 1619 arrival of blacks in Virginia as the foundation of an America built on slavery, and the other unduly obsessed with the 1620 arrival of the Pilgrims at Plymouth, as the foundation of an America built on liberty. Neither view, says Turner, is correct. Nor are views of America as built on liberty in 1776 or 1787. All the supposed foundations of liberty are compromised by racism or elitism: The proper way to understand America is to look at the endless details of Americans’ flaws, and not their sweeping aspirations. Turner’s entire approach is misguided.)

LIFE SITE NEWS
— Grandfather outside abortion center first to be ticketed under city’s stay-at-home order Eighty-six-year-old Ronald Konopaski noted that many other people are violating the order without retaliation from police. – Lianne Laurence
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/grandfather-outside-abortion-center-first-to-be-ticketed-under-citys-stay-at-home-order

THE HILL
— 8 in 10 Americans say their lives have been disrupted by coronavirus pandemic: Gallup – REBECCA KLAR (DIERSEN: For virtually everyone, their income and the value of their investments, real estate, vehicles, possessions, etc. has gone down. That gives ammunition to the following: 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://thehill.com/homenews/news/491492-8-in-10-americans-say-their-lives-have-been-significantly-disrupted-by
— Campaigns face attack ad dilemma amid coronavirus crisis – MAX GREENWOOD, JULIA MANCHESTER AND JULIEGRACE BRUFKE (DIERSEN: Moderate Republican party leaders focus on driving conservatives out of the Republican Party, that is, they focus on destroying the Republican Party. I should write a book about past and present moderate Republican party leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and the Illinois Republican Party. I would focus on their success in destroying the aforesaid organizations.)
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/491105-campaigns-face-attack-ad-dilemma-amid-coronavirus-crisis
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Democrats argue that attacking Trump’s response to the coronavirus pandemic is fair game in energizing their base and swaying swing voters and moderate Republicans. “We need to be defining Trump,” said Kelly Dietrich, the founder of the National Democratic Training Committee, which has been training down-ballot campaigns on how to handle the pandemic. “Forty-two percent of America is always going to believe that Donald Trump is the supreme genius, and our beloved leader for them,” he continued. “That’s not who we’re talking to. We’re talking to moderate Republicans, suburban women, African American women, college-educated men and women. We’re talking to swing demographics.”)
— Black, Latino communities suffering disproportionately from coronavirus, statistics show – J. EDWARD MORENO (DIERSEN: Of course, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs blame that on Republicans.)
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/491518-black-latino-communities-suffering-disproportionately-from-coronavirus

POLITICO
— Coronavirus clampdown: The virus casts a shroud over American civic life – JEREMY B. WHITE (DIERSEN: I should write a book about activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc. in Wheaton, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and Illinois who do NOT want to hear me speak against the promotion of a) pot, b) gambling, c) booze, d) dependency on government, e) dependency on charity, f) LGBTQ activity, g) abortion, h) mass/illegal immigration, i) diminishment of First and Second Amendment rights, j) patronage, k) political affiliation discrimination, l) reverse discrimination, m) age discrimination, and n) retaliation for opposing promotion of the aforesaid.) 
https://www.politico.com/states/new-jersey/story/2020/04/01/coronavirus-clampdown-the-virus-casts-a-shroud-over-american-civic-life-1270386
(FROM THE ARTICLE: States and cities across the country are cutting off access to open records and canceling in-person meetings, starving the public — not to mention lobbyists and other influence-brokers — of information as the coronavirus outbreak reaches into all corners of civic life. The public access shutdown comes just as local officials make unprecedented decisions about health care and how to disburse billions of dollars in federal aid. And it could undermine years of hard-won victories on access to information, some transparency advocates say, with now-temporary restrictions enduring even after this crisis has receded. Meetings that typically allow constituents to physically interact with their representatives have been suspended. Activists and lobbyists no longer have physical access to state lawmakers in some places. And many cities and states, their staff preoccupied with the virus, have halted or curbed their responses to public records requests. That is meeting pushback from some public transparency and good government advocates who warn that a public health emergency shouldn’t undermine the public’s access to the workings of government — particularly when that government is making critical, life-and-death decisions. One advocate drew a parallel to how some records vanished from public view after the Sept. 11 attacks. “Here’s another huge national event, this health crisis, that is probably also going to set new precedents for what’s going to be available or not and how people are going to respond or not respond based on the new normal,” said Daniel Bevarly, executive director National Freedom of Information Coalition. In-the-open policymaking has receded as elected officials hunker down.)
— ’Huge, unprecedented, devastating hit’: Warnings mount about economic damage The signs of economic distress point to deeper trouble in the months ahead as the coronavirus crisis worsens in cities outside New York and New Jersey. – VICTORIA GUIDA (DIERSEN: For virtually everyone, their income and the value of their investments, real estate, vehicles, possessions, etc. has gone down. That gives ammunition to the following: 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.politico.com/news/2020/04/06/economic-warnings-mount-coronavirus-damage-169217

MERCURY NEWS
— Coronavirus: McDonald’s vows ‘important changes’ after workers strike in San Jose, Los Angeles for masks, other PPE Company responds with plan to start wellness checks, increase cleanings and send supplies – LINDA ZAVORAL 
https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/04/06/coronavirus-mcdonalds-workers-strike-in-san-jose-for-masks-other-ppe/

NEW YORK TIMES
— Japan Declares State of Emergency, Ramping Up Virus Battle – AP
https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2020/04/07/business/bc-virus-outbreak-japan-state-of-emergency.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters say “White House Adviser Warned of Risks of Pandemic; Trump Misleads on Testing.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/06/world/coronavirus-live-news-updates.html
— Coronavirus Shows That We Have a Solidarity Problem It’s a lot harder to join together when you’re not allowed within six feet of each other. – Gail Collins and Bret Stephens
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/07/opinion/coronavirus-trump-solidarity.html
— Pandemic, Border Crackdown Hamper Catholics’ Aid to Migrants – AP (DIERSEN: Democrats want immigrants because immigrants vote for Democrats. RINOs want immigrants because RINOs want cheap labor.)
https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2020/04/06/world/americas/ap-us-catholics-border-mission.html

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters say “decades of conservative governance has worsened the coronavirus crisis.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2020/04/07/decades-conservative-governance-has-worsened-coronavirus-crisis/
— The federal government, stressed by the coronavirus, seeks to hire and retain workers through incentives – Eric Yoder (DIERSEN: GAO hired me in 1980 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. IRS hired me in 1971 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job. The Post Office hired me in 1966 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/the-federal-government-stressed-by-the-coronavirus-seeks-to-hire-and-retain-workers-through-incentives/2020/04/06/0f09ac56-7849-11ea-b6ff-597f170df8f8_story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Office of Personnel Management on Monday released a policy clearing the way for increased recruitment, retention and relocation incentives — the “3Rs,” in government lingo — for employees in high-demand positions. Normally, agencies may pay up to an additional 25 percent of salary, but with OPM’s permission they can pay up to 50 percent more. “Agencies may request that OPM waive one or more of these limits to address a critical agency need, such as agency programs or projects related to the President’s declaration of a national emergency concerning the COVID-19 pandemic,” OPM said, inviting agencies to make requests and providing a template for them to use.)
— Trump weighs intervening on behalf of ousted captain, as acting Navy secretary apologizes for rant – James Hohmann (DIERSEN: After I became an active member in a class action class lawsuit that charged my Democrat GAO superiors with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation in 1988, they ousted me from the team that audited IRS in 1989, and they forced me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/paloma/daily-202/2020/04/07/daily-202-trump-weighs-intervening-on-behalf-of-ousted-captain-as-acting-navy-secretary-apologizes-for-rant/5e8c1e46602ff10d49ade9d1/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— U.S. Death Toll From Coronavirus Tops 10,000 Infections rise to nearly 357,000 in the U.S. as prime minister of Britain is moved to intensive care – Jennifer Calfas, Chong Koh Ping and Nick Kostov
https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-coronavirus-death-toll-nears-10-000-11586166530
— Trump Administration Orders 167 Million Face Masks From 3M for Coronavirus Pandemic Officials say they don’t plan to compel 3M to take further action under the Defense Production Act – Alex Leary and Austen Hufford
https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-administration-orders-167-million-face-masks-from-3m-11586209922
— Coronavirus Crisis Has Three-Quarters of New Yorkers Concerned About Finances Poll of state residents finds 37% are worried about being laid off – Lee Hawkins
https://www.wsj.com/articles/coronavirus-crisis-has-three-quarters-of-new-yorkers-concerned-about-finances-11586190880
— Coronavirus Pandemic Leads to Shunning and Shaming in Small Towns Virus vigilantes call out and report neighbors they suspect aren’t strict about social distancing or quarantine – Douglas Belkin
https://www.wsj.com/articles/coronavirus-pandemic-leads-to-shunning-and-shaming-in-small-towns-11586251801

USA TODAY
— Navy Secretary apologizes after calling USS Roosevelt’s fired captain ‘stupid’ – Tom Vanden Brook (DIERSEN: My Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government hinted/implied/argued/shouted that federal employees were stupid and even worse things if they did not a) promote the Democrat Party platform and b) get rid of federal employees who were Republican, and especially those who were White, male, and/or non-veteran.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2020/04/06/coronavirus-navy-calls-fired-crozier-stupid-more-ships-test-positive/2955472001/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: It’s unclear what prompted Modly’s sudden change of heart. However, hours earlier President Donald Trump waded into the controversy, saying at a White House briefing that he would “look into” Crozier’s case. In addition, powerful lawmakers called for Modly to be fired. And the Navy, shortly after Trump spoke, said it had extended the deadline for its investigation into Crozier’s letter. Trump called the letter a “mistake” that had worried families and showed “weakness.” But he said Crozier has had a “very good” career. “I don’t want to destroy somebody for having a bad day,” he said. Relieving an officer of command typically ends the officer’s career. After getting fired, they often take administrative jobs that lead to retirement. Trump said he was good at settling such issues and “can figure it out very fast.”)
— We all want to know how the coronavirus pandemic ends. How do we cope with uncertainty? – Alia E. Dastagir
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/04/04/coronavirus-pandemic-tips-cope-uncertainty-worry/5097190002/

CBS 2 IOWA
— The growing political divide among Americans – Armstrong Williams
https://cbs2iowa.com/news/armstrong-army-strong/the-growing-political-divide-among-americans

TELEGRAPH HERALD
— Save the media! – Cal Thomas Tribune
https://www.telegraphherald.com/ap/commentary/article_65947470-bd46-5352-af4f-985c256d2276.html

FEDERAL TIMES
— Supreme Court rules on fed employee’s ability to sue for age discrimination – AP (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, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Milton Township, DuPage County, Illinois, etc., if you are a non-veteran White male Republican federal employee like I was for almost 30 years, YOU ARE A WORTHLESS PIECE OF SCUM if you did make the following promotion deadlines like I did 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. I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes.)
https://www.federaltimes.com/management/career/2020/04/06/supreme-court-rules-on-fed-employees-ability-to-sue-for-age-discrimination/

FORD AUTHORITY
— Ford Wants Another Cash For Clunkers Incentive Program – Shane McGlaun (DIERSEN: Obama condemned my 1996 Ford Thunderbird LX V-8 as being a clunker. Will Trump pardon my 1996 Ford Thunderbird LX V-8? It gets 24 MPG on the highway.)
https://fordauthority.com/2020/04/ford-wants-another-cash-for-clunkers-incentive-program/

ATLANTIC
— No President Has Used the Bully Pulpit Like Trump He’s inescapable. That’s by design. – PETER NICHOLAS
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2020/04/trump-coronavirus-bully-pulpit/609565/

REPORTERS COMMITTEE FOR FREEDOM OF THE PRESS
— Special Analysis: COVID-19 Emergency Measures and Press Freedom The Reporters Committee examines governments’ expansive powers during a public health emergency and how they could affect press freedoms. – GABE ROTTMAN
https://www.rcfp.org/covid-19-measures-white-paper/

AMERICAN PROSPECT
— Trump’s War on Veterans How inaction, incompetence, and political aggression inflicted upon the VA an unprecedented vacancy crisis ahead of a global health pandemic – SUZANNE GORDON, JASPER CRAVEN (DIERSEN: Since 1966, when I was 18 years old, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have shouted at veterans that I avoided the draft. I got student deferments 1966-1970 and a financial hardship deferment 1970-1971.) 
https://prospect.org/health/trump-war-on-veterans/

HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH
— Rights Risks to Older People in COVID-19 Response Combat Ageism; Ensure Access to Health Care, Services
https://www.hrw.org/news/2020/04/07/rights-risks-older-people-covid-19-response#

GUARDIAN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Those who hate those on the right promote hatred of those on the right.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/apr/07/how-the-right-is-responding-to-the-coronavirus-denial-realism-or-dangerous-contrarianism