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February 13 Morning Edition

ABC7
— Trump impeachment trial: Senate expected to vote on holding ex-president accountable for Capitol riot – AP
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/final-vote-expected-today-in-trump-impeachment-trial/10336167/
— Impeachment trial: Which Republican senators are seen as possible votes against Trump? All eyes are on Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell. – AP
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/which-gop-senators-are-seen-as-possible-votes-against-trump/10336265/
— USPS mail delays: Chicago letter carriers union asks for outside help to deliver mail – Mark Rivera
https://abc7chicago.com/10334240/
— Amazon faces biggest union push in its history – AP (DIERSEN: Overwhelmingly, my critics/opponents are anti-union. They stress to everyone who will listen that I was a union member while I worked for the Post Office 1966-1969 and while I worked for IRS 1971-1980. I worked for GAO 1980-1997. My Democrat GAO superiors were vehemently anti-union. GAO did not unionize until 2007. If GAO had been unionized in 1997, I might still be a GAO employee.)
https://abc7chicago.com/10334304/

NBC5
— Senate Poised to Vote on Holding Trump Accountable for Riot. While it is unlikely the Senate would be able to mount the two-thirds vote needed to convict, several senators appear to be still weighing their vote. – Lisa Mascaro, Eric Tucker and Mary Clare Jalonick
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/politics/trumps-speedy-impeachment-trial-heads-toward-senate-vote/2437401/

CBS2
— Aurora Store Owner Says Protesters Outside His Store Have Started Following Him; Protesters Say His Mask Policy Of Pulling Mask Down When Buying Age Restricted Products Is Racist – Jermont Terry
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2021/02/12/aurora-store-owner-says-protesters-outside-his-store-have-started-following-him-protesters-say-his-mask-policy-of-pulling-mask-down-when-buying-age-restricted-products-is-racist/

WBBM
— 3 men arrested in Naperville, charged in Chicago armed carjackings
https://www.radio.com/wbbm780/news/local/3-men-arrested-in-naperville-charged-in-chicago-carjackings

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Pritzker trying to address inequities in vaccine distribution as new state data shows stark racial disparities | Census delay could yank Illinois Democrats’ control of state remap – LISA DONOVAN
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-pritzker-vaccine-inequity-lightfoot-overtime-remap-census-spin-20210212-lsjx73gnjnag5nze4gss6cferm-story.html
— New Illinois teaching standards will help more students succeed — especially bilingual learners – CRISTINA PACIONE-ZAYAS (DIERSEN: One reason why I transferred from UIC to NIU in 1969 when I was 20 years old was that I had trouble understanding UIC instructors whose first language was not English.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/ct-opinion-culturally-responsive-teaching-standards-20210212-omicm3kohrg5ncqdfitjzjewai-story.html

SUBURBAN LIFE
— DuPage County reports 136 COVID-19 cases Friday, no deaths, 3.34% of the population fully vaccinated – Joshua Welge
https://www.shawlocal.com/my-suburban-life/coronavirus/2021/02/13/dupage-county-reports-136-covid-19-cases-friday-no-deaths-334-of-the-population-fully-vaccinated/

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— ‘Constitutional cancel culture’: Trump’s defense team decries impeachment trial as divisive, unconstitutional – Kellie Meyer
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/washington/washington-dc/constitutional-cancel-culture-trumps-defense-team-decries-impeachment-trial-as-divisive-unconstitutional/

CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS
— Interview: House GOP Leader Jim Durkin
https://soundcloud.com/user-592090129-621623053/interview-house-gop-leader-jim-durkin

ILLINOIS OPPORTUNITY PROJECT
— Failing To Prioritize What’s Important
https://www.illinoisopportunity.org/behind-the-scenes-in-springfield/

WIREPOINTS
— Facebook Live town hall meeting on “Culturally Responsive Teaching and Learning Standards” – Wirepoints attends town hall with 6 State Representatives
https://wirepoints.org/facebook-live-town-hall-meeting-on-culturally-responsive-teaching-and-learning-standards-wirepoints-attends-town-hall-with-6-state-representatives/

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Senator Don DeWitte Introduces Five Bills
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/02/12/senator-don-dewitte-introduces-five-bills/
— Suzanne Ness Introduces Her First Bill
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/02/12/suzanne-introduces-her-first-bill/
— Steve Reick Offers Five Bills for Consideration
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/02/12/steve-reick-offers-five-bills-for-consideration/
— Prying the Transportation Lockbox Open?
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/02/12/prying-the-transportation-lockbox-open/
— McLaughlin Introduces First Bill
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/02/12/mclaughlin-introduces-first-bill/
— IL-16: Adam Kinzinger to be Challenged Again by James Marter *UPDATED*
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/02/11/marter021121/
— Senator Don McConchie’s One Bill Addresses Gubernatorial Emergency Disaster Declarations
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/02/11/senator-don-mcconchies-one-bill-addresses-gubernatorial-emergency-disaster-declarations/
— Springfield U.S. Attorney Resigns after President’s Request
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/02/11/springfield-u-s-attorney-resigns-after-presidents-request/
— Detailed Census Data Now Delayed to September 30 – Official Statement
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/02/12/census021221/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump’s lawyer says Hillary Clinton could be impeached under new precedent – Alex Swoyer and Dave Boyer
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/feb/12/trumps-lawyer-says-hillary-clinton-could-be-impeac/
— A deal for impeachment Washington Democrats found their own fannies sizzling in the fire – Charles Hurt
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/feb/12/a-deal-for-impeachment/

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Union or Woke Activist Group? New York Times Employees Raise Questions About Guild’s Role in Recent Dismissals – Aaron Sibarium
https://freebeacon.com/media/union-or-woke-activist-group-new-york-times-employees-raise-questions-about-guilds-role-in-recent-dismissals/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “Journalists are not expendable,” the New York Times Guild declared in July. “Employers are attempting to undermine our collective strength and security.” But not every member of the Guild believes the union is practicing what it preaches. The union’s handling of star science reporter Donald McNeil’s recent “resignation,” according to several current and former Times staffers, is the latest indication that the Guild has been hijacked by a group of woke activists that is not only reluctant to defend unpopular members—but which frequently pressures management to fire them. “The people I’m supposed to go to if I have a problem with management are the same ones who might try to get me fired,” one union member told the Washington Free Beacon. “The union is the last place I would go for support.” It seems counterintuitive for a union, designed explicitly to protect workers and ensure managers do not apply standards capriciously, to weigh in against its own members. The Guild has done so by exploiting provisions in U.S. labor law that protect workers who voice concerns about workplace “safety” — and which help unions force out those who “harm” that safety.)

BREITBART
— Joe Biden Still Dismantling Trump’s Border Security Measures: 25,000 Migrants Being Brought into U.S. – PENNY STARR
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/02/12/joe-biden-dismantling-trumps-border-security-measures-25000-migrants-being-brought-u-s/

DAILY CALLER
— ‘Impeachment Is Just The Beginning’: Legal Analyst Predicts Criminal Charges For Trump – MARY ROSE CORKERY
https://dailycaller.com/2021/02/12/impeachment-beginning-legal-analyst-predicts-criminal-charges-trump/

TOWNHALL
— GOP Senator: Mr. Biden, You’re Creating a COVID Nightmare By Allowing Hordes of Illegals To Enter the Country – Matt Vespa
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2021/02/12/gop-senator-mr-biden-youre-creating-a-covid-nightmare-by-allowing-hordes-of-i-n2584678

ONE NEWS NOW
— Peter LaBarbera: The left can’t be trusted with kids – Charlie Butts
https://onenewsnow.com/science-tech/2021/02/12/labarbera-the-left-cant-be-trusted-with-kids

ONE AMERICA NEWS NETWORK
— Rep. Raskin Falsely Claims Trump Supporters Took Part In Church Burning
https://www.oann.com/rep-raskin-falsely-claims-trump-supporters-took-part-in-church-burning/

LIFE SITE NEWS
— Married Americans more likely to vote Republican – Brad Wilcox
https://www.lifesitenews.com/opinion/researcher-finds-married-americans-more-likely-to-vote-republican

EPOCH TIMES
— Trump ‘Plans to Stay in the Arena,’ Says Former White House Chief of Staff – JACK PHILLIPS
https://www.theepochtimes.com/trump-plans-to-stay-in-the-arena-says-former-white-house-chief-of-staff_3694700.html

THE HILL
— Groups call for YouTube boycott over Trump channel – CAMERON JENKINS
https://thehill.com/homenews/media/538584-civil-rights-groups-organize-boycott-demanding-google-remove-trump-youtube

REUTERS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater says “Republican enthusiasm for second Trump term lags as impeachment trial nears end.”
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-republicans-idUSKBN2AC2L6

NBC NEWS
— Trump impeachment trial live updates: Democrats, defense move toward closing arguments
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/live-blog/2021-02-13-trump-impeachment-trial-live-updates-n1257801
— Trump’s impeachment trial is Democrats’ effort to prevent people from voting for him again. But Congress shouldn’t have the power to decide which private citizens can run for president. – Justin Clark
https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/trump-s-impeachment-trial-democrats-effort-prevent-people-voting-him-ncna1257645

YAHOO NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Republican-hating teachers promote hatred against Republicans.
https://news.yahoo.com/educators-against-bigotry-racism-schools-232037474.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Trump lawyers hit impeachment trial as politically motivated ‘hatred’ – Seung Min Kim, Mike DeBonis and Ann E. Marimow
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/senate-impeachment-trial-trump/2021/02/12/8f53ceb4-6d3a-11eb-9f80-3d7646ce1bc0_story.html
— Lincoln Project co-founder Steve Schmidt resigns from the board amid crisis – David Weigel
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/lincoln-project-deleted-tweet/2021/02/12/aaf5e036-6d7f-11eb-ba56-d7e2c8defa31_story.html
— Microsoft takes aim at Google and Facebook with call for new U.S. media rules – Cat Zakrzewski
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/02/12/technology-202-microsoft-takes-aim-google-facebook-with-call-new-us-media-rules/

NEW YORK POST
— Microsoft says Google and Facebook should pay publishers for news – Keith J. Kelly (DIERSEN: My GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters drive lots of traffic to paywalled websites operated by my paywalled critics/opponents. Nevertheless, my paywalled critics/opponents want me to pay lots of money for the right to drive traffic to their paywalled websites. I pay many thousands of dollars each and every year for internet services to put together and send out the newsletters. For home delivery and website access, I pay the New York Times $1,040/year, Wall Street Journal $540/year, Crain’s Chicago Business $500/year, Chicago Tribune $364/year, Chicago Sun-Times $240/year, Daily Herald $192/year, Naperville Sun $192/year, USA TODAY $180/year, and Suburban Life $39/year for a total of $3,287/year plus many dollars to many others. Last year, I spent $5,982 for newspapers and internet access.)
https://nypost.com/2021/02/12/microsoft-says-google-and-facebook-should-pay-publishers-for-news/

USA TODAY
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters say “Convict Donald Trump and banish the 45th president from American democracy.”
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/todaysdebate/2021/02/12/convict-donald-trump-banish-45th-president-democracy-editorials-debates/6723497002/

NEWSWEEK
— Adam Kinzinger Blasts Nikki Haley, Says She Can’t Play Both Sides, After She Breaks With Trump – MATTHEW IMPELLI
https://www.newsweek.com/adam-kinzinger-blasts-nikki-haley-says-she-cant-play-both-sides-after-she-breaks-trump-1568957

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Trump Impeachment Trial Live Updates: Closing Arguments Senators Could Vote as Early as Today on Whether to Convict
https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/trump-second-impeachment-trial-2021-02-13
— How Equality Lost to ‘Equity’ Civil-rights advocates abandon the old ideal for the new term, which ‘has no meaning’ and promises no progress but makes it easy to impute bigotry, says Shelby Steele. – Tunku Varadarajan
https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-equality-lost-to-equity-11613155938
— The Times Is Changing, Badly Editors and managers at a great newspaper gather around Twitter to find out what they think. – Holman W. Jenkins, Jr.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-times-is-changing-badly-11613170637
— How to Quiet the Megaphones of Facebook, Google and Twitter – Barak Richman and Francis Fukuyama
https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-to-quiet-the-megaphones-of-facebook-google-and-twitter-11613068856
— How Congress Might Upend Section 230, the Law Big Tech Is Built On. Lawmakers have sweeping plans to change the foundational covenant between the government and internet platforms. Some experts are cheering, others are wondering if they’ll be burning down the internet rather than saving it. – Christopher Mims
https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-congress-might-upend-section-230-the-internet-law-big-tech-is-built-on-11613172368

FORTUNE
— Business’s social goals are not a passing political play – ALAN MURRAY AND DAVID MEYER (DIERSEN: What goals do your critics/opponents have for 2021? Goals that my critics/opponents have for 2021 include a) stopping me from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters, but failing that, to stop everyone from reading those newsletters, b) getting me to resign as a Republican Precinct Committeeman, but failing that, getting a registered Republican in my precinct to run against me, c) getting the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) to officially strike the traditional marriage/family, right to life, immigration, and Second Amendment planks in tits platform, d) getting the IRP to officially promote LGBTQ, abortion, mass/ illegal immigration, abolition of the First and Second Amendments, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination, e) getting Wheaton to officially banish all of its residents, businesses, organizations, etc. that do not promote BLM and LGBTQ, and f) getting the IRP, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization to officially banish conservatives, that this, to officially banish Republicans, that is, to officially abolish the Republican Party in Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton. Will my critics/opponents succeed in getting Kinzinger to officially serve as their leader?)
https://fortune.com/2021/02/08/business-social-goals-are-not-a-passing-political-play-ceo-daily/

BUSINESS INSIDER
— The Republican Party schism may end up tearing GOP leadership from the House and Senate apart – Kelsey Vlamis
https://www.businessinsider.com/republican-party-schism-tear-gop-house-and-senate-leadership-apart-2021-2

NEW YORK MAGAZINE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater says “What Trump’s Lawyers Mean by Constitutional Cancel Culture.”
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2021/02/what-trumps-lawyers-mean-by-constitutional-cancel-culture.html

FORD AUTHORITY
— Demand For Armored Ford Ranger In South Africa Is Strong So Far – Brett Foote (DIERSEN: When Democrats move in, poverty and crime increase. Are Democrats moving in where you live? How soon will you buy an armored vehicle for your self-defense?)
https://fordauthority.com/2021/02/demand-for-armored-ford-ranger-in-south-africa-is-strong-so-far/

HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL
— Time, Money, and Subjective Well-Being – Cassie Mogilner, Ashley Whillans, Michael I. Norton (DIERSEN: What do you do with your discretionary time and with your discretionary money? I spend 10+ hours each and every day and thousands of dollars each and every year putting together and sending out a GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletter each and every morning and each and every evening. I should write a book about those who work the hardest a) to stop me from doing the aforesaid and b) to stop everyone form reading the aforesaid newsletters. I pay many thousands of dollars each and every year for internet services to put together and send out the newsletters. For home delivery and website access, I pay the New York Times $1,040/year, Wall Street Journal $540/year, Crain’s Chicago Business $500/year, Chicago Tribune $364/year, Chicago Sun-Times $240/year, Daily Herald $192/year, Naperville Sun $192/year, USA TODAY $180/year, and Suburban Life $39/year for a total of $3,287/year plus many dollars to many others. Last year, I spent $5,982 for newspapers and internet access.)
https://www.hbs.edu/ris/Publication%20Files/Time,%20Money,%20and%20Subjective%20Well-Being_cb363d54-6410-4049-9cf5-9d7b3bc94bcb.pdf

February 11 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Congressional Budget Office expects $2.3T deficit before Biden COVID-19 relief plan – AP
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/budget-office-expects-$23t-deficit-before-biden-relief-plan/10330923/

NBC5
— Biden Gets 62% Approval in CNBC Economic Survey, Topping First Ratings of the Last Four Presidents – Steve Liesman (DIERSEN: Of course, hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters want Biden to see this as a mandate to immediately get rid of Trump-supporters once and for all.)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/business/money-report/biden-gets-62-approval-in-cnbc-economic-survey-topping-first-ratings-of-the-last-four-presidents/2435520/

CBS2
— Republicans Mock Illinois House Democrats: Meet The New Rules, Same As Old Ones
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2021/02/11/republicans-mock-illinois-house-democrats-meet-the-new-rules-same-as-old-ones/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Rep. Darin LaHood of Peoria put in charge of national Republican congressional fundraising – RICK PEARSON
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-darin-lahood-republican-fundraising-20210211-ndmbzg4m6vhbjb24xrwnbvc2py-story.html
— Countersuit filed in Orland Park robocalls battle; mayor alleges fraudulent email – MIKE NOLAN
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/ct-sta-orland-park-robocalls-lawsuit-st-0212-20210211-2tv6eg6einaujdxunfigwj3wqi-story.html
— Prosecutors rest their case in impeachment trial, urge Senators to convict Trump or face dire democracy damage – AP
https://www.chicagotribune.com/nation-world/ct-aud-nw-trump-impeachment-trial-20210211-7m24gu5flzeqlmqb6lxapp4sv4-story.html
— Trump impeachment trial Day 3 highlights: ‘We were invited’ and a quick defense – AP
https://www.chicagotribune.com/nation-world/ct-aud-nw-impeachment-trial-highlights-20210212-klem4gwjivgm3i52slfzg4htpm-story.html
— Biden wants to raise refugee admissions to 62,500, quadrupling Trump’s record-low limit – AP
https://www.chicagotribune.com/nation-world/ct-aud-nw-biden-refugee-admissions-20210211-zcdbtutuprapvk4l5qtg6rv2jm-story.html
— A look at how impeachment is playing (or isn’t) beyond cable news | Lightfoot, Preckwinkle reject Pritzker’s COVID-19 vaccination plan | Obama center foe takes his complaint to Biden – LISA DONOVAN
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-impeachment-interest-ignored-obama-center-biden-spin-20210211-32ngbki4nnewzhsm6wlf7wqiru-story.html
— Egging of student apartment displaying Israeli flag prompts University of Illinois police probe; school condemns anti-Semitism – ELYSSA CHERNEY
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-university-of-illinois-israeli-flag-apartment-egging-20210211-5ett6oohjreprozcvd74mdiosq-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater says “Five reasons why the impeachment trial is absolutely crucial. The craving for a Trump conviction likely won’t be satisfied this week. But it’s important to see the forest for the trees: The nation needs this reckoning for many reasons.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2021/2/11/22276592/reasons-why-impeachment-trial-crucial-trump-s-e-cupp
— Rioters acted on Trump’s ‘order,’ Democrats say in impeachment trial – AP (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who have hinted/implied that they took adverse actions against me on orders from the following: a) leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization, b) Republican leaders of Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton, c) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct, their major donors, their political consultants, their campaign managers, their campaign staff members, and their campaign volunteers, d) leaders of Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Illinois Center Right Coalition, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter, and/or e) those who I have sued.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2021/2/11/22278325/rioters-acted-trumps-order-democrats-say-impeachment-trial
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater says “Capitol attack not a finale, but an opening act. After impeachment, Democrats must quickly look to the future. Because the Capitol mob is coming back.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/2021/2/11/22278141/capitol-mob-riot-jan-6-electoral-vote-certification-trump-impeachment-house-senate-trial-elections
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters say “Trump can’t hang on to lawyers after false election claims. Since losing the November election to President Joe Biden, Donald Trump has been hemorrhaging attorneys.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/elections/2021/2/11/22278426/trump-cant-hang-lawyers-false-election-claims

DAILY HERALD
— Illinois House speaker term limits and other changes OK’d in party line split – JJ Bullock
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20210210/illinois-house-speaker-term-limits-and-other-changes-okd-in-party-line-split

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Republicans sour on Trumpism plan to chart a new course High-ranking members of the GOP have started discussions about forcing a new direction for the GOP—or even a new party. Illinois’ own Adam Kinzinger addressed the group in a Feb. 5 Zoom call. – Bloomberg (DIERSEN: I am a member of the platform faction inside the GOP. Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform.)
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/government/republicans-sour-trumpism-plan-chart-new-course
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A poll of the participants in what McMullin called the “new conservative summit” found that 43% want to establish a new faction inside the GOP that would support candidates and back officials such as Representative Liz Cheney who want the party to move on from Trump, he said, noting that 40% of participants wanted a new party, even knowing the challenges.)

SOUTHERN
— What Kinzinger vs. Trump tells us about the Illinois GOP – Jim Nowlan
https://thesouthern.com/opinion/columnists/opinion-jim-nowlan-what-kinzinger-vs-trump-tells-us-about-the-illinois-gop/article_8a936003-baca-5d0c-b2ca-9eb090c925a5.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: So, Adam has become the darling of suburban Dems and maybe 15-20% of GOP voters who, like me, agree with his criticism of Trump. Not a recipe for success in a statewide primary for U.S. Senate or governor, unless he stirs up several opponents, and can then win with 30% or so of the vote. Trump loyalists in my rural area appear to be sticking with the ex-president. They believe he speaks their blunt language to the powers that be and represents them more effectively than anyone ever has or ever will. . .Not to be cast aside entirely, the Illinois GOP this past week narrowly defeated a Trump conservative, and elected as state chair a calm, mainstream Republican lawyer from the remarkably successful Tracy family of western Illinois. Tracy siblings operate and wholly own the 6,000-employee DOT Foods enterprise of tiny Mount Sterling in equally minuscule Brown County. Don Tracy may not himself be in the Griffin billionaire class (I don’t know), but he sure has the stature to get his phone calls returned from traditional, major GOP donors. At present, the Illinois GOP holds no state offices and but one-third of legislative and congressional seats. It has no money, and an uncomfortable, at best, relationship with the Trump base; after all, the Tracy forces worked hard to eke out a narrow win over a Trump candidate for party chair. Illinois needs a competitive two-party political system. I commend Don Tracy for taking on a thankless role, but I worry that the GOP, both nationally and in Illinois, is in for a rough ride until we get past the Trump era.)

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Rep. Darin LaHood of Peoria put in charge of national Republican congressional fundraising – RICK PEARSON
https://www.pantagraph.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/rep-darin-lahood-of-peoria-put-in-charge-of-national-republican-congressional-fundraising/article_31e204e6-b87a-54d5-8727-04744b5e1048.html

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Criminal element well represented in Illinois Senate – Jim Dey
https://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/jim-dey-criminal-element-well-represented-in-illinois-senate/article_aaaa5a1c-1ec1-59a5-87d1-4e326dc7ee18.html

ALTON DAILY NEWS
— Illinois Lawmaker Proposes Unfunded Mandate Ban – Cole Lauterbach
http://altondailynews.com/news/details.cfm?id=318814#.YCXHcS4XCM8

ELGIN PATCH
— About half of all police officers in Kane County municipalities opted not to take the coronavirus vaccine, a board member said last week. – Jason Addy
https://patch.com/illinois/elgin/s/hf9sm/50-of-officers-rejected-coronavirus-vaccine-kane-co-official

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Tribune Adds Support for Keeping John Lausch as U.S. Attorney
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/02/11/tribune-adds-support-for-keeping-john-lausch-as-u-s-attorney/
— IL-16: Adam Kinzinger to be Challenged Again by James Marter
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/02/11/marter021121/
— ASKING AGAIN: Now That Underwood Is On Appropriations Committee, Will She Be Able to Get Covid Money for McHenry County?
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/02/11/il-14-now-that-underwood-is-on-appropriations-committee-will-she-be-able-to-get-covid-money-for-mchenry-county-copy/
— Even Wall Street Journal Notices Illinois U.S. Attorney’s Corruption Fighting Record
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/02/11/even-wall-street-journal-notices-illinois-u-s-attorneys-corruption-fighting-record/
— FOID Card Roundup in Lake in the Hills
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/02/11/foid-card-roundup-in-lake-in-the-hills/
— Corruption Bipartisan
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/02/11/corruption-bilpartisan/
— Interested in Getting Involved in County Government?
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/02/11/interested-in-getting-involved-in-county-government/

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— DuPage Township Clerk Resigned – JOHN KRAFT & KIRK ALLEN
https://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2021/02/dupage-township-clerk-resigned/

CAPITOL FAX
— DuPage sheriff says end of cash bail would hurt his inmate addiction program, but he’s being sued over that program
https://capitolfax.com/2021/02/11/dupage-sheriff-says-end-of-cash-bail-would-hurt-his-inmate-addiction-program-but-hes-being-sued-over-that-program/
— 2,838 new confirmed and probable cases; 102 additional deaths; 1,954 hospitalized; 448 in ICU; 3.3 percent average case positivity rate; 3.9 percent average test positivity rate; 56,094 average daily doses
https://capitolfax.com/2021/02/11/2838-new-confirmed-and-probable-cases-102-additional-deaths-1954-hospitalized-448-in-icu-33-percent-average-case-positivity-rate-39-percent-average-test-positivity-rate-56094-average-daily-doses/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— How Biden is allowing Chinese govt. to quietly creep onto U.S. college campuses – Bill Gertz
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/feb/11/how-biden-allowing-chinese-govt-quietly-creep-us-c/
— GOP demands Pelosi pay fine for bypassing metal detectors – Stephen Dinan
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/feb/11/gop-demands-nancy-pelosi-pay-fine-bypassing-metal-/
— Project Veritas suspended by Twitter after story on hate speech algorithms – Douglas Ernst
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/feb/11/project-veritas-suspended-by-twitter-after-story-o/

FOX NEWS
— Gaetz tells Kinzinger to ‘bring it’ as GOP feud heats up. Twitter spat illustrates the divide in Republican Party between Trump supporters and critics. Paul Steinhauser
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/gaetz-tells-kinzinger-to-bring-it-as-gop-feud-heats-up

GOPUSA
— Pope Attempts To Blend Christian Church With Marx’s Socialism In Policy Address
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=106417
— CDC Study Finds Two Masks Are Better Than One Vs. COVID-19; Why Not Three?
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=106384
— BofA Accused Of Helping The Feds ‘Ferret Out Conservatives’
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=106398

ACCURACY IN MEDIA
— Media falsely ties Capitol Hill insurrection to increase in firearm sales
https://www.aim.org/aim-column/insurrection-gun-sales/

TOWNHALL
— Stop Calling It an ‘Insurrection’ – Kurt Schlichter
https://townhall.com/columnists/kurtschlichter/2021/02/11/stop-calling-it-an-insurrection-n2584502

FREEDOM’S JOURNAL
— If Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene Is the Standard, What About Democrat ‘Kingmaker’ Rev. Al Sharpton? – Larry Elder
https://freedomsjournalinstitute.snappages.site/blog/2021/02/11/if-rep-marjorie-taylor-greene-is-the-standard-what-about-democrat-kingmaker-rev-al-sharpton

EPOCH TIMES
— 70 Percent of Republicans Would Consider Joining Trump-Led Party, Poll Finds
https://www.theepochtimes.com/70-percent-of-republicans-would-consider-joining-trump-led-third-party-poll-finds_3693713.html

POLITICO
— NRCC will ‘absolutely’ support Republicans who backed impeachment, finance chair says. The campaign arm for House Republicans has a longstanding policy of staying out of primaries — something that helps Rep. Darin LaHood stay above fray. – SHIA KAPOS (DIERSEN: 2,446,891 in Illinois voted for Trump. 193,611 in DuPage County voted for Trump. 20,080 in Milton Township voted for Trump. 157 in my precinct voted for Trump.)
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/02/11/nrcc-republicans-impeachment-darin-lahood-468767
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Rep. Darin LaHood, a vocal ally of Donald Trump, said Thursday that the campaign arm of House Republicans won’t seek to punish members of the conference who supported impeaching the former president. The Illinois Republican was named finance chair of the National Republican Congressional Committee on Wednesday, just as the organization unveiled its strategy for retaking the House after the party made a surprisingly strong showing in the 2020 election.)
— National Republicans dive into Newsom recall push. The Republican National Committee is sending $250,000 to help the state GOP force a vote over whether the first-term Democrat should remain in office. – ALEX ISENSTADT
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/02/11/california-newsom-recall-republicans-468747

CBS NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters say “House managers argue impeachment is about preventing future Trump abuses.”
https://news.yahoo.com/house-managers-argue-impeachment-preventing-003146630.html

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Rioters acted on Trump’s ‘order,’ Democrats say in trial (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who have hinted/implied that they took adverse actions against me on orders from the following: a) leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization, b) Republican leaders of Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton, c) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct, their major donors, their political consultants, their campaign managers, their campaign staff members, and their campaign volunteers, d) leaders of Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Illinois Center Right Coalition, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter, and/or e) those who I have sued.)
https://www.kltv.com/2021/02/11/chilling-video-footage-becomes-key-exhibit-trump-impeachment-trial/

CBS BALTIMORE
— ‘Trump Demanded It’ | Attorney For Maryland Man Facing Riot Charges Says He Went To U.S. Capitol ‘At The Request Of The President’ – Mike Hellgren (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who have hinted/implied that they took adverse actions against me on orders from the following: a) leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization, b) Republican leaders of Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton, c) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct, their major donors, their political consultants, their campaign managers, their campaign staff members, and their campaign volunteers, d) leaders of Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Illinois Center Right Coalition, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter, and/or e) those who I have sued.)
https://baltimore.cbslocal.com/2021/02/11/trump-demanded-it-attorney-for-maryland-man-facing-riot-charges-says-he-went-to-u-s-capitol-at-the-request-of-the-president/

NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump Was Sicker Than Acknowledged With Covid-19. When hospitalized with the coronavirus in October, his blood oxygen levels had plunged and officials feared he was on the verge of being placed on a ventilator.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/11/us/politics/trump-coronavirus.html

WASHINGTON POST
— U.S. federal debt to exceed size of economy even before Biden stimulus is approved, CBO says. CBO’s deficit projections come the day after the Federal Reserve chairman warned of the dangers of high unemployment. – Jeff Stein
https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2021/02/11/cbo-deficit-debt-stimulus/

February 11 Morning Edition

WGN RADIO
— Fox abruptly cuts off impeachment manager during testimony – AP
https://wgnradio.com/news/political-news/fox-abruptly-cuts-off-impeachment-manager-during-testimony/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater says “After Wednesday, it will be difficult for a fair-minded person to not see how Trump’s actions led to the deadly siege.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2021/2/10/22277467/takeaways-day-2-donald-trump-senate-impeachment-trial-raskin-castro-mob-capitol-constitution

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Fox News abruptly cuts off impeachment manager during testimony – AP
https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/ct-ent-fox-cuts-off-impeachment-testimony-20210211-rx7j5cuzqfbmrhq3k6pzzw2ujy-story.html
— Bars, restaurants don’t see Lightfoot’s looser restrictions as a Valentine | Mayor, CTU boss have different takes on deal | Durbin, Duckworth turn up heat on Biden over future of top federal prosecutor in Chicago – LISA DONOVAN
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-lightfoot-expand-bars-restaurant-capacity-pritzker-vaccination-spin-20210211-zkbr7gqh3fdtvhnzaxrnunhjt4-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater says “Let’s call the Capitol riot what it really was — an attempted massacre.”
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/dahleen-glanton/ct-glanton-trump-impeachment-trial-new-capitol-attack-video-20210211-ukdoaa7iqbdyldgttdm7jui57q-story.html
— How the Lincoln Project, a Republican anti-Trump group, ignored a growing crisis in its ranks – AP
https://www.chicagotribune.com/nation-world/ct-aud-nw-lincoln-project-20210211-y7qcxuouybb3xdoi5qem3gzwc4-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Repealing abortion notification law would be tragic mistake. Parents need to be included in their daughters’ abortion decisions if for no other reason than to monitor them for complications post-procedure. – Mary Hallan FioRito
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2021/2/10/22276666/abortion-notification-laws-illinois-protection-girls

SUBURBAN LIFE
— DuPage County reports 127 COVID-19 cases Wednesday, 3 deaths, 2.97% of population fully vaccinated – Joshua Welge
https://www.shawlocal.com/my-suburban-life/coronavirus/2021/02/11/dupage-county-reports-127-covid-19-cases-3-deaths-297-of-population-fully-vaccinated/

NPR ILLINOIS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater says “Some Members Of Congress Are Accomplices To Insurrection.” Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs want to make all Republicans accomplices to insurrection.
https://www.nprillinois.org/post/gop-strategist-sarah-longwell-trump-impeachment-trial#stream/0
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters say “4 In 10 Republicans Say Political Violence May Be Necessary.”
https://www.nprillinois.org/post/scary-survey-finding-4-10-republicans-say-political-violence-may-be-necessary#stream/0

WSIL TV
— House Democrats approve term limits for leaders, remote legislating in chamber’s new rules – Mike Miletich
https://wsiltv.com/2021/02/10/house-democrats-approve-term-limits-for-leaders-remote-legislating-in-chambers-new-rules/

HINSDALE PATCH
— Clarendon Hills Orders Work Stopped On Sober House The same group fought Hinsdale to run a home for those with addictions. – David Giuliani
https://patch.com/illinois/hinsdale/clarendon-hills-orders-work-stopped-sober-house

DAILY NORTHWESTERN
— University reviewing Uline contract after CEO funded PAC that supported U.S. Capitol insurrection – Waverly Long
https://dailynorthwestern.com/2021/02/09/campus/university-reviewing-uline-contract-after-ceo-funded-pac-that-supported-u-s-capitol-insurrection/

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Kinzinger Narrows Ambitions
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/02/10/kinzinger-narrows-ambitions/
— D300 New “Director of Diversity,” “Hired to Better Honor Our District’s Diversity,” Credited with Bringing Black Lives Matter Banner to Jacobs High School
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/02/10/d300-new-director-of-diversity-credited-with-bringing-black-lives-matter-banner-to-jacobs-high-school/
— Let’s Review Some Past Hacking Election Machine Fraud Stories
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/02/09/lets-review-some-past-hacking-election-machine-fraud-stories/
— More on Vote Fraud
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/02/08/more-on-vote-fraud/
— Hurrah for Our Democratic Party U.S. Senators
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/02/10/hurrah-for-our-democratic-party-u-s-senators/
— House Dems Ignore GOP Rules Change Request
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/02/10/house-dems-ignore-gop-rules-change-request/
— Eric Dowd Goes Negative in Nunda Township Road Commissioner Race
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/02/10/eric-dowd-goes-negative-in-nunda-township-road-commissioner-race/
— Sex Club Operator Indicted for Tax Evasion
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/02/10/sex-club-operator-indicted-for-tax-evasion/
— NY-22: It’s Finally Over
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/02/10/ny22021021/
— Only 44 Have Cast Early Votes in GOP Township Primary Elections
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/02/09/only-44-have-cast-early-votes-in-gop-township-primary-elections/
— Parrish Team Mails in Nunda Township
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/02/09/parrish-team-mails-in-nunda-township/
— Message from the Super Bowl — Catalina Lauf Says Hi
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/02/08/laufsuperbowl020821/
— Liberals Buying Guns
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/02/08/liberals-buying-guns/

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Another K-12 School Indoctrination Bill Coming Through the Illinois Sewage Pipeline – Laurie Higgins
https://illinoisfamily.org/education/another-k-12-school-indoctrination-bill-coming-through-the-illinois-sewage-pipeline/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— WINNEBAGO COUNTY GOP ISSUES STATEMENT ABOUT KINZINGER
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2021/02/winnebago-county-gop-issues-statement-about-kinzinger-.html
— MAINE EAST HIGH ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL PROMOTES “ABOLISH POLICE” VIDEO FOR BLACK HISTORY MONTH
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2021/02/maine-east-high-assistant-principal-promotes-abolish-police-video-for-black-history-month.html

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Every Trump supporter goes on trial this week. The melodrama creates an authoritarian reaction by the left to silence half the country. – Kelly Sadler (DIERSEN: Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs want to make all Republicans accomplices to insurrection.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/feb/10/every-trump-supporter-goes-on-trial-this-week/
— ‘Now is not the time to come’: White House pleads with illegals, asylum-seekers – Seth McLaughlin and Stephen Dinan
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/feb/10/white-house-now-not-time-seek-asylum/

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Fear and Favor at the New York Times
https://freebeacon.com/media/fear-and-favor-at-the-new-york-times/?utm_source=actengage&utm_campaign=FreedomMail&utm_medium=email

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— San Francisco Board of Education erases meritocracy in favor of diversity (DIERSEN: Democrats and RINOs use Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion to get rid of Republicans.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/san-francisco-board-of-education-erases-meritocracy-in-favor-of-diversity

FOX NEWS
— Trump team fires back at Dems, claims they too have used ‘fight like hell’ rhetoric – Jack Durschlag
https://www.foxnews.com/us/trump-team-fires-back-at-dems-claims-they-too-have-used-fight-like-hell-rhetoric
— Pro-GOP group targets House Democrats with billboards near shuttered schools Campaign targets potentially vulnerable Democrats who voted against Reopen Schools Act – Paul Steinhauser
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/pro-gop-group-targets-house-democrats-school-reopenings-billboard

AMERICAN THINKER
— The Biden administration is weaponizing myths and fear – Liberato Jones
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2021/02/the_biden_administration_is_weaponizing_myths_and_fear.html
— The Democrats’ misread conservatives when they attack Trump – Joe Strader
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2021/02/the_democrats_misread_conservatives_when_they_attack_trump.html

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— The Grand Old Party: Royally Screwed or Soon to Inherit the Throne? What’s extraordinary about the 2020 election is not that it was lost but how close Donald Trump and his voters came to full-scale victory. – Nicholas L. Waddy
https://amgreatness.com/2021/02/10/the-grand-old-party-royally-screwed-or-soon-to-inherit-the-throne/

BREITBART
— ‘Officials’ Seek Establishment Republican Party – JOEL B. POLLAK (DIERSEN: Will they draft Kinzinger to lead that party?)
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/02/11/liberal-officials-seek-establishment-republican-party/

PATRIOT POST
— Who Was the Capitol Riot Ringleader? – Mark Alexander
https://patriotpost.us/alexander/77655-who-was-the-capitol-riot-ringleader-2021-02-10

LIFE SITE NEWS
— GOP is ‘canceling’ conservatives, caving to gays – Doug Mainwaring
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/watch-gop-is-canceling-conservatives-caving-to-gays-says-pro-family-former-drag-queen

THE HILL
— McConnell not pressuring GOP to acquit Trump – JORDAIN CARNEY
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/538358-mcconnell-not-pressuring-gop-to-acquit-trump
— Gaetz hits back at Kinzinger PAC targeting ‘Trumpism’ – ZACK BUDRYK
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/538361-gaetz-hits-back-at-kinzinger-pac-targeting-trumpism

NBC NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater says “Trump conviction rests on Republicans’ instinct for self-preservation.”
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/trump-conviction-rests-republicans-instinct-self-preservation-n1257385

REUTERS
— Dozens of former Republican officials in talks to form anti-Trump third party – Tim Reid (DIERSEN: Will they draft Kinzinger to lead that party?)
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-party-exclusive-idUSKBN2AB07P

NEW YORK TIMES
— Twitter Blocks Accounts in India as Modi Pressures Social Media. The platform’s problems in the country offer a stark example of the difficulty of adhering to its free-speech principles amid government worries over its influence. – Karan Deep Singh (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents want you to read only what they want you to read and no more. They hint/imply/argue/shout at Republican Precinct Committeemen/Captains that they should only read a) what the chairmen of their township, ward, and/or county party organizations want them to read, b) what their representative on the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Central Committee wants them to read, and c) what the IRP Chairman wants them to read. If you asked your Republican Precinct Committeeman/Captain what the aforesaid want they want them to read, what would they say?)
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/10/technology/india-twitter.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, since the Civil War, hate-filled Republican-hating Republican-haters blame Republicans for all the problems that Blacks have had, are having, and will have.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/10/opinion/black-history-month.html
— Biden Says ‘Full Diversity’ In the Military Is Overdue – Helene Cooper and Michael D. Shear (DIERSEN: Democrats use “up-or-out’ to get rid of White male Republicans.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/10/us/politics/biden-pentagon-military-race.html
There’s Nothing Left: Why Thousands of Republicans Are Leaving the Party.”
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters say “Voting registration data indicates a stronger-than-usual flight from the G.O.P. since the Capitol riot, with an intensely fluid period in American politics now underway.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/10/us/politics/republicans-leaving-party.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater says “Impeachment Trial May Hinge on Meaning of Incitement.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/10/us/incitement-court-senators-impeachment.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Wisconsin’s Capitol Siege, 10 Years On – Scott Walker
https://www.wsj.com/articles/wisconsins-capitol-siege-10-years-on-11612980118
— Who’s a Threat to ‘Our Democracy’? When progressives single out threats to ‘our democracy,’ what they mean is their democracy. – Daniel Henninger (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats and RINOs use “democracy” to get rid of Republicans once and for all.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/whos-a-threat-to-our-democracy-11612998812
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Facebook to do more to get rid of conservatives once and for all.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/facebook-moves-to-muffle-politics-on-its-platform-11612962001
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, employers prefer citizens of foreign countries over citizens of America.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/businesses-worry-about-bidens-silence-on-work-visa-ban-11612965607
— Biden Fired Me, by Order of Big Labor – David R. Osborne (DIERSEN: My Democrat superiors in the federal government wasted my career and got rid of me by order of Democrat politicians.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/biden-fired-me-by-order-of-big-labor-11612998891

BOSTON GLOBE
— A majority of the people arrested for Capitol riot had a history of financial trouble – Todd C. Frankel (DIERSEN: All the operatives and all the dupes who work for my critics/opponents have serious financial, health, and/or other problems. I should write a book about each of my troubled critics/opponents, each of their troubled operatives, and each of their troubled dupes.)
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2021/02/10/nation/majority-people-arrested-capitol-riot-had-history-financial-trouble/

BOSTON HERALD
— Inequality, discrimination part of Black History – JOYCE FERRIABOUGH BOLLING (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats hint/imply/argue/shout that if you are a Republican, the longer that your ancestors have been in America, the more that you have benefitted from their discrimination against minorities and against females.)
https://www.bostonherald.com/2021/02/10/inequality-discrimination-part-of-black-history/

SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater says “Senate conviction not only way to punish Trump. Will Congress try another tack?” In Illinois, in your county, in your township, in your municipality, and in your precinct, who will take the lead in punishing Trump voters? 2,446,891 in Illinois voted for Trump. 193,611 in DuPage County voted for Trump. 20,080 in Milton Township voted for Trump. 157 in my precinct voted for Trump. The Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Milton Township Republican Organization, and me should be taking steps to defend the aforesaid voters.
https://www.sfchronicle.com/nation/article/Senate-conviction-not-only-way-to-punish-Trump-15941176.php

SEATTLE TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater says “State and local GOP committees attack any Republicans who dare turn on Trump.”
https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/state-and-local-gop-committees-attack-any-republicans-who-dare-turn-on-trump/

USA TODAY
— Driving traffic to your business online is as easy as … well, buying it! – Steve Strauss (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who talk and/or act like they do not want GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters to drive traffic to their websites. 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. I would focus on those who reject the traditional marriage/family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks in the Republican Party platform. I would focus on those who focus on a) stopping me from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters and b) stopping everyone from reading those newsletters. I would focus on those who focus on destroying those like me a) who they cannot manipulate/dominate, b) those who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, c) who refuse to glorify and praise them, d) who refuse to pander to them, and e) who refuse to give them lots of money.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/columnist/2021/02/07/how-increase-traffic-online-store-drive-sales/4393529001/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Sure, getting organic traffic to your website is desirable, but let’s face it – creating great content, then optimizing it for search engines, posting it on social media, and waiting for results takes time. There is a better, faster way. Buy traffic. To the purist, buying traffic to grow a site might seem like cheating, but it’s not. It’s smart. Does Coca-Cola advertise? You bet. What about McDonald’s? Yep. Microsoft? Of course. Most businesses that have exploded in size have done so with the help of advertising, and that is all paid traffic is – the placement of ads around the web that people click and which then drives them to your site. There are five ways you can buy traffic online:)
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats use the 1619 Project to promote hatred against Republicans.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/education/2021/02/10/slavery-and-history-states-threaten-funding-schools-teach-1619-project/4454195001/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters say “House impeachment managers wielded former President Donald Trump’s words against him Wednesday, arguing that he spent weeks fueling the rage behind the Jan. 6 Capitol riot and then “reveled in” the mayhem and destruction.”
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2021/02/10/impeachment-trial-managers-trump-fueled-rage-capitol-riot/6702506002/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters say “They rioted at the Capitol for Trump. Now, many of those arrested say it’s his fault. Supporters of former President Trump argue they were merely doing what they thought the nation’s leader had asked.”
https://www.usatoday.com/in-depth/news/2021/02/10/trump-blamed-capitol-riot-some-who-were-arrested/4361411001/

FORBES
— A Fast Way To Test If Your Company Has Problems With Discrimination In The Workplace – Mark Murphy (DIERSEN: My Democrat superiors in the federal government hinted/implied/argued/shouted that that their employees who were Democrat, minority, female, younger, veteran, LGBTQ, moderate/liberal, non-Protestant, non-German American, and those whose ancestors had not been in America for a long time wanted them to get rid of their employees who were Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, heterosexual, conservative, Protestant, German American, and those whose ancestors had been in America for a long time.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/markmurphy/2021/02/10/a-fast-way-to-test-if-your-company-has-problems-with-discrimination-in-the-workplace/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The fastest way we’ve found to pinpoint the extent of these problems is to conduct a quick pulse survey of your employees. If done correctly, within a week, you could have actionable insight pinpointing the extent of your issues and exactly where (departments, shifts, etc.) they’re occurring. What questions should you ask your employees? I recommend using some of the survey questions contained in the Leadership IQ discrimination study. For example, one of the most important questions you can ask is, “Management at my organization listens to employee concerns about discrimination (race, sex/gender, age, etc.) without blame or defensiveness.”)

CREATORS SYNDICATE
— The ‘Big Tent’? Republicans Didn’t Build That – Laura Hollis (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents despise/hate the working class. They stress that 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. They hint/imply/argue/shout a) that they would never stoop to take such jobs and b) that holding such jobs proves that you are an abject loser/failure.)
https://www.creators.com/read/laura-hollis/02/21/the-big-tent-republicans-didnt-build-that
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Rep. Marcy Kaptur, D-Ohio, complained in a recent interview with The Hill that she feels like a minority in her own party. Kaptur shared data showing that 19 of the 20 wealthiest congressional districts in the country are now represented by Democrats, and she quoted unnamed Democratic colleagues whose callous comments reflected a complete lack of sympathy for or understanding of blue-collar Americans. And it isn’t just working-class whites who feel they are being left behind by Democrats. Blacks and Hispanics voted Republican in much larger numbers in 2020. Republicans see this as something of an opportunity. Immediately after the November election, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., said, “This election cycle has made one thing clear: The Republican Party is now the party of the American worker.”)

GUARDIAN
— Dozens of former Republican officials in talks to form anti-Trump party – Reuters (DIERSEN: Will they draft Kinzinger to lead that party?)
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/feb/11/dozens-former-republican-officials-talks-form-anti-trump-party
— Centreville, Illinois: ‘If white people were still here, this wouldn’t happen’: the majority-Black town flooded with sewage – Catharine Smith
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/feb/11/centreville-illinois-flooding-sewage-overflow

February 9 Evening Edition

ILLINOIS REPUBLICAN PARTY
— ILGOP Chairman Responds to Biden Firing US Attorney John Lausch
https://mailchi.mp/6c44b36d124d/icymi-pritzker-admin-mia-while-over-20-of-lasalle-veterans-home-residents-die-of-covid-4745176

ABC7
— Trump’s 2nd impeachment trial opens with jarring video of Capitol siege; Senate agrees to proceed – AP
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/senate-votes-to-proceed-with-trump-impeachment-trial-/10323423/
— Post COVID-19 brain-related symptoms may be common, study indicates – Kate Larsen
https://abc7chicago.com/health/post-covid-19-brain-symptoms-may-be-common-study-indicates/10323751/?cmp=emc-wls-news-headlines-2/9/2021
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Problems remembering names and conversations, difficulty paying attention, and slower processing speeds — these are all symptoms that people are experiencing post-COVID-19 infections. A new University of California, San Francisco study indicates these brain-related symptoms may be quite common. . .Dr. Hellmuth recently published a study that shows 20% of her the participants had persistent cognitive symptoms after COVID infections. “These problems seem to be quite common.” She says her study was based on 100 patients, none of whom had been hospitalized. Their ages ranged from 35-56 and the median age was 39. “Surviving from COVID is great, but we now need to be also thinking about the long term impacts to society, if we have millions of people who are no longer able to contribute in the workplace like they used to.”)

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Pritzker won’t pitch income tax hike | Kinzinger won’t seek statewide office in 2022 | Duckworth, Durbin, GOP congressmen ask Biden to reconsider dumping U.S. Attorney Lausch – LISA DONOVAN
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-pritzker-budget-durbin-impeach-duckworth-lausch-spin-20210209-uiondu3zkjgrbb2c7zr7j2vybi-story.html
— Republican US Rep. Kinzinger, an outspoken Trump opponent, says he doesn’t intend to seek statewide office in 2022 – RICK PEARSON
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-adam-kinzinger-illinois-governor-will-not-run-2022-20210209-qude7qkmazeebh6qdei4cfwqey-story.html
— New state Republican Party chair Don Tracy lives in an ethical glass house – ERIC ZORN
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/eric-zorn/ct-prem-column-don-tracy-ethics-violation-comical-excuse-zorn-20210209-sft2b34f6nga3djgesegbpdef4-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— GOP lawmakers: Culturally responsive standards for teachers would put politics in classrooms – JJ Bullock
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20210209/gop-lawmakers-culturally-responsive-standards-for-teachers-would-put-politics-in-classrooms
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters promote Kinzinger.
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20210209/kinzinger-defends-impeachment-vote-saying-hed-x201cregret-it-foreverx201d-if-he-didnt

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— After Capitol riots, can Republicans still count on corporate Chicago for cash? “A lot of companies are keeping their powder dry for a while,” says one GOP fundraiser. “Every PAC I’ve talked to says they’re going to reassess.” – GREG HINZ (DIERSEN: He who pays the piper calls the tunes. How many major donors hint/imply/argue/shout that the more that is done to get rid of Trump-supporters, the more money that they will give? 2,446,891 in Illinois voted for Trump, 193,611 in DuPage County voted for Trump, 20,080 in Milton Township voted for Trump, and 157 in my precinct voted for Trump.)
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/greg-hinz-politics/after-capitol-riots-can-republicans-still-count-corporate-chicago-cash
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “A lot of companies are keeping their powder dry for a while,” says fundraiser Lisa Wagner, who works for an A-list of Republican officials. “Every PAC I’ve talked to says they’re going to reassess.” Wagner says corporations are under more pressure today to justify their political giving and that recent decisions to reassess after the Capitol riot ought to be viewed in that light. Going the furthest at this point is Northern Trust. “Recent political events require that the (company’s) PACs now consider additional criteria prior to making a political contribution,” the bank said in a statement. “The PACs now will exclude from future consideration any members of the U.S. Congress who voted against acceptance of the Electoral College vote results following the events of Jan. 6.” In Illinois, that would affect two GOP House members, downstaters Mary Miller and Mike Bost, who were among 138 House Republicans to vote to reject reported election results from Pennsylvania. Slightly less extensive are decisions made by firms including Exelon, Abbott, Kraft Heinz, Mondelez International, and Aon. Following previously announced decisions by McDonald’s, Discover, State Farm, Allstate and Boeing, they’ve temporarily halted donations to federal candidates. “Following the January riot at the U.S. Capitol, we immediately suspended all corporate and organized employee contribution (through our political action committee) to federal representatives at least through the end of the first quarter,” Mondelez said in a statement.)

ROCKFORD REGISTER STAR
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters promote Kinzinger.
https://www.rrstar.com/story/news/politics/elections/2021/02/09/u-s-rep-adam-kinzinger-unfazed-censure-votes-threats/4457461001/

MILTON TOWNSHIP
— We are closing our Township offices for the remainder of the week, and canceling Food Pantry for Wednesday as well as tonight’s scheduled monthly meeting. We are scheduling a deep clean, all in the effort to isolate, contain and abate COVID. We will be back in action the day after Presidents Day, and staff continue to work from home as is feasible for their work.
https://www.facebook.com/MiltonTownshipIL

HEARTLAND INSTITUTE
— SIX PRINCIPLES FOR STATE LEGISLATORS SEEKING TO PROTECT FREE SPEECH ON SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS – James Taylor
https://www.heartland.org/publications-resources/publications/six-principles-for-state-legislators-seeking-to-protect-free-speech-on-social-media-platforms

CAPITOL FAX
— Kinzinger says repeatedly that he has no intention to run statewide, prepares to “fight to my political death” over the definition of Republicanism
https://capitolfax.com/2021/02/09/kinzinger-says-repeatedly-that-he-has-no-intention-to-run-statewide-prepares-to-fight-to-my-political-death-over-the-definition-of-republicanism/
— FROM THE ARTICLE: Seven Illinois Republicans are holding a town hall at Christ’s Church in Effingham to oppose ISBE’s proposed rules. The sign says the rules would ask teachers to “embrace and encourage progressive viewpoints” and “divisive, far-left politics.”
https://capitolfax.com/2021/02/09/throwing-red-meat-to-the-base-ought-to-have-some-limits/
— After report that Biden administration is asking almost all US Attorneys to submit their resignations, Durbin and Duckworth issue statement backing Lausch
https://capitolfax.com/2021/02/09/after-report-that-biden-administration-is-asking-almost-all-us-attorneys-to-submit-their-resignations-durbin-and-duckworth-issue-statement-backing-lausch/
— 2,082 new confirmed and probable cases; 20 additional deaths; 2,117 hospitalized; 497 in ICU; 3.3 percent average case positivity rate; 4.0 percent average test positivity rate; 55,455 average doses administered
https://capitolfax.com/2021/02/09/2082-new-confirmed-and-probable-cases-20-additional-deaths-2117-hospitalized-497-in-icu-33-percent-average-case-positivity-rate-40-percent-average-test-positivity-rate-55455-average-doses-administered/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Biden establishes new tent city to process surge of illegal immigrants. Texas facility signals new border surge – Stephen Dinan
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/feb/9/bidens-dhs-opens-new-tent-city-process-illegal-imm/
— AOC: ‘I will not apologize’ for claiming Ted Cruz ‘almost had me murdered’ – Jessica Chasmar
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/feb/9/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-i-will-not-apologize-for-/
— Fauci: Masks needed until ‘level of virus is so low it’s not a threat at all’ – Jessica Chasmar
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/feb/9/fauci-masks-needed-until-level-of-virus-is-so-low-/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Impeachment trial Day One: Democrats defeat move to end trial – Kerry Picket
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/congress/impeachment-trial-day-one-democrats-defeat-move-to-end-trial

FOX NEWS
— Trump impeachment trial: Polls show slight majority support conviction. Surveys point to a vast partisan divide over whether Trump should be convicted or acquitted. – Paul Steinhauser
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-impeachment-trial-polls-slight-majority-support-conviction
— Pentagon says extremist groups ‘aggressively’ recruiting soon-to-be veterans. Rooting out radicalization in the military has been a top priority for defense officials – Vandana Rambaran
https://www.foxnews.com/us/pentagon-says-extremist-groups-aggressively-recruit-military
— Cancel culture eerily similar to Communist China playbook to control its people. China seeks to shape its ideal citizen: don’t ask questions, disobey or think for yourself. – Rep. Mark Green
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/cancel-culture-similar-communist-china-playbook-rep-mark-green

BREITBART
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater says “Trump Supporters Can No Longer Claim ‘They Are Lovers of Law and Order.” Trump supporters disavow Capitol Rioters.
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2021/02/09/cnns-cooper-trump-supporters-can-no-longer-claim-they-are-lovers-of-law-and-order/

NEWSMAX
— Study Estimates 14.4M Illegals, 5M ‘Anchor Babies’ in US – Brian Trusdell (DIERSEN: Democrats have declared war on Republicans. Democrats see illegals and anchor babies as being their soldiers in their army to get rid of Republicans once and for all.)
https://www.newsmax.com/us/anchor-babies-fair-study-illegals/2021/02/09/id/1009327/

FEDERALIST
— Axios Calls For ‘Deprogramming’ And Censoring America’s Republican ‘Extremists’ – Gabe Kaminsky
https://thefederalist.com/2021/02/09/axios-calls-for-deprogramming-and-censoring-americas-republican-extremists/
— Blacklisting And Censorship Are Hallmarks Of Repressive Societies. Let’s Head Them Off At The Pass In America. China’s Communist Party uses the Great Firewall to block information from its citizens. Blocking speech based on politics has been a hallmark of every totalitarian government. – Jane Hampton Cook (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters demand that the following identify and blacklist extremists: a) your employer if you are still working, b) the organizations that you are a member of, c) your municipality d) your township, e) your county, f) Illinois, g) America, and h) the world? From what I see, the more of the following that you are, the sooner that one or more of the aforesaid will identify you as being an extremist and blacklist you: law enforcement officer, veteran, Trump supporter, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, gun owner, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://thefederalist.com/2021/02/09/blacklisting-and-censorship-are-hallmarks-of-repressive-societies-lets-head-them-off-at-the-pass-in-america/

DAILY CALLER
— Parents Are Pulling Kids From Public Schools Thanks To Teachers Unions. Now They’re Getting A Religious Education A rise in religious education? (DIERSEN: My outstanding parents had me baptized as a Missouri Synod Lutheran (MSL), sent me to Trinity Lutheran Grade School in Crete 1953-1961 and then to Hope Lutheran Grade School in Park Forest 1961-1962 to stay with the Missouri Synod, and had me confirmed as a MSL in 1962.)
https://dailycaller.com/2021/02/09/public-schools-teachers-unions-parents-students-religious-education-catholic/

DAILY WIRE
— Texas Sheriff: ‘It’s Absolutely True’ That Biden Is Releasing Illegals Into U.S. Without COVID Tests
https://www.dailywire.com/news/texas-sheriff-its-absolutely-true-that-biden-is-releasing-illegals-into-u-s-without-covid-tests

GOPUSA
— Trump Supporters Will Remember What GOP Does In Impeachment Proceedings
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=106332
— Cost Of Keeping National Guard In Nation’s Capital Nearing $500 Million
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=106318
— Censors: Facebook, Instagram Announce Crackdown On Anti-Vaccine Opinions
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=106330
— AZ Sheriff: Illegals Flooding Border Under Biden Is ‘Obama 2.0’
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=106238
— Record 4.3M Background Checks For Gun Sales With Biden In White House
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=106242
— Why Is Winston Churchill Part Of The American Political Divide?
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=106248

ROLL CALL
— Social media could be sued for stalking, harassment, death. Three Democratic senators introduce bill to overhaul Section 230 of federal communications law. – Dean DeChiaro (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents want all the Republican candidates on all the ballots in my precinct since 2000 who lost elections to sue me for causing their losses. My critics/opponents want those candidates a) to blame what I have done as the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000 and as a Republican Precinct Committeeman since 1999 and b) to blame what I did as a TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman 2005-2012, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member 2003-2011, Milton Township Republican Organization webmaster 2008-2010 and 2000-2004, Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member 2003-2007, and American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member 2001-2004.)
https://www.rollcall.com/2021/02/09/social-media-could-be-sued-for-stalking-harassment-death/

THE HILL
— GOP senators ‘perplexed’ by ‘unfocused’ and ‘weaker’ Trump legal defense – ALEXANDER BOLTON AND JONATHAN EASLEY (DIERSEN: I should write a book about attorneys who have dumped me. Of course, my critics/opponents side with these attorneys.)
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/538098-gop-senators-criticize-trump-legal-defense-as-unfocused-and-weaker
— Centrist Democrats pose major problem for progressives – ALEXANDER BOLTON (DIERSEN: Since at least Big Jim Thompson, the Illinois Republican Party has been dominated by anti-conservatives.)
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/537925-centrist-democrats-pose-major-problem-for-progressives

MSNBC & FORBES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters promote Kinzinger.
https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/gop-rep-senators-convicting-trump-would-help-save-america-n1257142
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jemimamcevoy/2021/02/09/rep-adam-kinzinger-urges-fellow-republicans-to-convict-trump-says-future-of-party-depends-on-it/

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters say “Seeking to combat extremists in ranks, the military struggles to answer a basic question: How many are there?” How soon, if not already, will hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters demand that the following identify and get rid of “extremists:” a) your employer if you are still working, b) the organizations that you are a member of, c) your municipality d) your township, e) your county, f) Illinois, g) America, and h) the world? From what I see, the more of the following that you are, the sooner that one or more of the aforesaid will identify you as being an extremist and get rid of you: law enforcement officer, veteran, Trump supporter, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, gun owner, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/military-extremist-threat-lloyd-austin-/2021/02/09/198794c8-66f9-11eb-bf81-c618c88ed605_story.html

NEWSWEEK
— Laura Ingraham Calls Joe Biden ‘Figurehead’ of Left Wing Insurrection – JACK DUTTON
https://www.newsweek.com/ingraham-biden-figurehead-leftwing-insurrection-1567871

UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA
— DECEMBER 17, 2018 FLASHBACK: Alumna Kate Siggerud on Government and the GAO Top executive in ‘congressional watchdog’ agency guided by Humphrey School values – Carmen Peota (DIERSEN: One could compare and contrast Siggerud’s GAO career with my GAO career. GAO audits IRS. I started with GAO as an Analyst in 1980 when I was 31 years old. I brought with me almost 9 years of experience working for IRS, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $85,935-$97,395/year. I had passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979. I had earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976. Nevertheless, my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to take a $20,361/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer. I earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980. I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981. I became a licensed CPA in 1981. In 1986, the GAO manager who hired me finally succeeded in getting me assigned to audits of IRS and promoting me to GS-13, currently $102,188/year. But my Democrat GAO superiors forced him to retire in 1987 and threw me off audits of IRS in 1988. Nevertheless, I became a Certified Fraud Examiner in 1990, Certified Government Financial Manager in 1994, Certified Financial Services Auditor in 1996, and Forensic Accountant in 1997. I earned a master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT in 1997. Nevertheless, my Democrat GAO superiors succeeded in forcing me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old.)
https://www.hhh.umn.edu/news/alumna-kate-siggerud-government-and-gao
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Siggerud started as an analyst at the agency’s Chicago field office just after earning her master’s degree in public policy in 1987. She has now risen to one of the GAO’s top jobs, chief operating officer, and is a member of the agency’s executive committee. As COO, Siggerud oversees all of the 700 to 800 reports GAO generates each year.)

FORBES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: If you really are a Trump-supporter, you do not do things that harm trump.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jackbrewster/2021/02/09/marjorie-taylor-greene-claims-capitol-rioters-werent-pro-trump-days-after-denying-conspiracy-theories/

AXIOS
— How to deprogram America’s extremists – Kyle Daly (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters demand that the following identify and get rid of “extremists:” a) your employer if you are still working, b) the organizations that you are a member of, c) your municipality d) your township, e) your county, f) Illinois, g) America, and h) the world? From what I see, the more of the following that you are, the sooner that one or more of the aforesaid will identify you as being an extremist and get rid of you: law enforcement officer, veteran, Trump supporter, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, gun owner, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.axios.com/fighting-online-radicals-extremism-90b8dcb6-31a7-4321-a53a-c8be5643f7d6.html

LGBTQ NATION
— Is your home state LGBTQ friendly? See how your state measures up. – Juwan J. Holmes (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, in Illinois, in DuPage County, in Milton Township, and in Wheaton, Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, Independents and Independent plants, and RINOs blacklist you if you do not promote LGBTQ. I do not promote LGBTQ. I should write a book about those who blacklist me because I do not promote LGBTQ.)
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2021/02/home-state-lgbtq-friendly-see-state-measures/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Overall, 19 states received the highest rank given in the index — the “Working Toward Innovative Equality” rating — in addition to the District of Columbia. It doesn’t mean equality is completely protected in these areas, but that they should work toward formalizing equality outside the more common areas where they are needed. The 19 states were California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Washington state.)

February 3 Evening Edition

CBS2
— Illinois State Lawmakers Now Eligible To Get COVID-19 Vaccines
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2021/02/03/illinois-state-lawmakers-now-eligible-to-get-covid-19-vaccines/

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Lightfoot blames Trump for standoff between city’s public schools and teachers union – Bradford Betz (DIERSEN: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters blame Trump for everything that is bad.)
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/lightfoot-blames-trump-for-standoff-between-citys-public-schools-and-teachers-union

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin taking gavel of the powerful Senate Judiciary Committee – RICK PEARSON
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-dick-durbin-judiciary-chair-20210203-47swz7cjqnhivau2hcqajs52t4-story.html
— Gov. J.B. Pritzker allows state lawmakers to receive COVID-19 vaccinations, joining Chicago city leaders and elected officials who were already allowed doses in current rollout plan – ALICE YIN, JAMIE MUNKS and DAN PETRELLA
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-politicians-coronavirus-vaccine-illinois-chicago-20210203-ybmttawyffbyza6crx3cizzj4e-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote abortion.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/steve-chapman/ct-column-abortion-medication-fda-biden-chapman-20210203-p25dxp7d5bd3davzbdmdpufurm-story.html
— House Democrats plan vote on ousting Marjorie Taylor Greene from committees as GOP leader signals he won’t punish her – AP
https://www.chicagotribune.com/nation-world/ct-nw-gop-divided-20210202-qwxlorp3cjcwzi4cmjwiyevus4-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Cubs co-owner Todd Ricketts reups as Republican National Committee finance chair; led Trump reelection fundraising drive. The move suggests that Ricketts, a Wilmette resident, is not seriously considering a run for Illinois governor in 2022. – Lynn Sweet
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2021/2/3/22265262/cubs-todd-ricketts-reups-republican-national-committee-finance-chair-led-trump-fundraising
— ‘Welcomed step’ or ‘ridiculous?’ — state lawmakers split on decision to allow them to get COVID-19 vaccine ahead of others. Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s spokeswoman said the decision was made at the “request of members of the General Assembly.” Still, the governor plans to wait his turn. – Rachel Hinton
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2021/2/3/22264435/illinois-state-lawmakers-vaccine-coronavirus-covid-19-phase-1b
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Illinois dispensaries sold record $88 million in January after massive first year of recreational weed sales. January sales outpaced the more than $86 million reported in December. – Tom Schuba
https://chicago.suntimes.com/cannabis/2021/2/3/22264379/illinois-recreational-weed-sales-record-january-2021-pot-marijuana-cannabis

DAILY HERALD
— Republicans propose recall, repeal measures – JERRY NOWICKI
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20210203/republicans-propose-recall-repeal-measures
— McHenry County Board member Pamela Althoff’s lobbyist work raises questions about ethics, conflicts of interest – Kelli Duncan
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20210203/mchenry-county-board-members-lobbyist-work-raises-questions-about-ethics-conflicts-of-interest
— Oberweis camp expects action soon on petition to undo Underwood’s reelection – Brenda Schory
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20210203/oberweis-camp-expects-action-soon-on-petition-to-undo-underwoods-reelection
— New DuPage judge appointed Leah M. Bendik
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20210203/new-dupage-judge-appointed

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Former gubernatorial candidate Sam McCann indicted on campaign finance charges – Ben Szalinski
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/2021/02/03/former-gubernatorial-candidate-mccann-indicted-campaign-violations/4379196001/
— New standards for teacher education developed by the Illinois State Board of Education are receiving a backlash from Republican lawmakers as a way to teach liberal politics in the classroom. – Ben Szalinski
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/2021/02/03/republicans-oppose-culturally-responsive-teacher-standards/4357715001/

SUBURBAN CHICAGOLAND
— GOP House Members urged to fight Pelosi attack on newly elected Member Marjorie Taylor Greene Republicans should refuse to participate in Democrat hit job – Ray Hanania
https://suburbanchicagoland.com/2021/02/03/gop-house-members-urged-to-fight-pelosi-attack-on-newly-elected-member/

LINCOLN COURIER
— Generational eradication – Jim Killebrew, Lincoln
https://www.lincolncourier.com/story/opinion/2021/02/03/letter-editor-generational-eradication/4355501001/

PLATT COUNTY JOURNAL REPUBLICAN
— Officials critical of state criminal justice reform bill
https://www.journal-republican.com/news/officials-critical-of-state-criminal-justice-reform-bill/article_a2232332-659c-11eb-812c-936cae8ded0d.html

FOX ILLINOIS
— Biden seeks to chip away at Trump immigration policies through new executive orders – KRISTINE FRAZAO
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/biden-seeks-to-chip-away-at-trump-immigration-policies-through-new-executive-orders
— Biden set to boost US refugee admissions after Trump cut – AP
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/biden-set-to-boost-us-refugee-admissions-after-trump-cut
— Cannabis corruption: How state and local leaders are profiting off the burgeoning industry – KRISTINE FRAZAO
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/cannabis-corruption-how-state-and-local-leaders-are-profiting-off-the-burgeoning-industry

NPR ILLINOIS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters say “Examining Domestic Extremist Threats To Americans And U.S. Government.”
https://www.nprillinois.org/post/examining-domestic-extremist-threats-americans-and-us-government#stream/0

WGLT
— Illinois Continues To Lose Residents, Particularly Outside Chicago Area – TIM SHELLEY (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who focus on driving Republicans a) out of Illinois, b) out of DuPage County, c) out of DuPage County’s 4th District, d) out of Milton Township, e) out of Wheaton, f) out of Wheaton’s West District, and g) out of my precinct.)
https://www.wglt.org/post/illinois-continues-lose-residents-particulary-outside-chicago-area#stream/0

ILLINOIS PATCH
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: The hate-filled Southern Poverty Law Center promotes hatred against individuals, groups, companies, governments, and countries that do not promote LGBTQ including Americans for Truth about Homosexuality (AFTAH) and Illinois Family Institute (IFI). I promote AFTAH and IFI. I should write a book about LGBTQ-promoters in Wheaton’s West District, in Wheaton, in Milton Township, in DuPage County’s 4th District, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who continue to do everything that they can to destroy me a) because I do not promote LGBTQ and b) because I promote AFTAH and IFI.
https://patch.com/illinois/across-il/hate-group-activity-harder-track-illinois-2020-report

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Illinois’ top doctor tells Congress that Trump is to blame for vaccine troubles – Cole Lauterbach (DIERSEN: Sooner or later, hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters blame all problems on Trump.)
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/illinois-top-doctor-tells-congress-that-trump-is-to-blame-for-vaccine-troubles/article_3ec64bec-65b1-11eb-951e-238b7283ef46.html

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— 2018 Independent Candidate for Governor, Then GOP Senator, Hit with Major Federal Tax Evasion Charges
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/02/03/2018-independent-candidate-for-governor-then-gop-senator-hit-with-major-federal-charges/
— District 300 School Board Member Displays Partisanship, Attacks Republicans
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/02/03/district-300-school-board-member/
— Planned Parenthood Proposes Sex Ed in Kindergarten, Gender ID and Expression Started in 3rd Grade
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/02/03/planned-parenthood-proposes-sex-ed-in-kindergarten-gender-id-and-expression-started-in-3rd-grade/
— Break for Criminals, But Not for Those Obeying the Law
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/02/03/break-for-criminals-but-no-for-those-obeying-the-law/
— Reick Opposes “Culturally Responsive” Rules for Teachers & How to Take Action
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/02/02/reick-opposes-culturally-responsive-rules-for-teachers/
— Urlacher’s Bookie Pleads Guilty
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/02/02/bookie-pleads-guilty/
— First Good Laugh of the Day – Mayor Blames Trump for Closed Schools
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/02/02/first-good-laugh-of-the-day/
— Feds Catch Another Carjacker
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/02/02/feds-catch-another-carjacker/
— IL-14/IL-GOP: Jim Oberweis Backing Mark Shaw for State Party Chairman
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/02/02/oberweis020221/
— Jack Franks’ Illinois Integrity (sic) Fund Printer Pleads Guilty to Income Tax Evasion, Agrees to Cooperate
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/02/02/jack-franks-illinois-integrity-sic-fund-printer-pleads-guilty-agrees-to-cooperate/

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— Former IL Senator Sam McCann Federally Indicted For His Use of Campaign Funds – JOHN KRAFT & KIRK ALLEN
https://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2021/02/former-il-senator-sam-mccann-federally-indicted-for-his-use-of-campaign-funds/

ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— “Comply, Conform, or Consequences” – David E. Smith
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2021/02/spotlight-comply-conform-or-consequences/

CAPITOL FAX
— COVID-19 roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2021/02/03/covid-19-roundup-74/
— 3,314 new confirmed and probable cases; 69 additional deaths; 2,469 hospitalized; 520 in ICU; 3.5 percent average case positivity rate; 4.5 percent average test positivity rate; 45,787 average daily doses
https://capitolfax.com/2021/02/03/3314-new-confirmed-and-probable-cases-69-additional-deaths-2469-hospitalized-520-in-icu-35-percent-average-case-positivity-rate-45-percent-average-test-positivity-rate-45787-average-daily-doses/

FOX NEWS
— Study dismissing conservative concerns about Big Tech bias was funded by far-left Biden mega-donor. Billionaire Craig Newmark gave millions to Poynter Institute, which published ‘blacklist’ of conservative sites in 2019. – Brian Flood (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who blacklist me and blacklist my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters. I would focus on those who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton’s West District, Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County’s 4th District, DuPage County, and Illinois. I would focus on Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct who have lost elections, their major donors, their political consultants, their campaign managers, their campaign staff members, and their campaign volunteers. I would focus on those who I have sued.)
https://www.foxnews.com/media/study-dismissing-conservative-concerns-big-tech-bias-funded-joe-biden-mega-donor
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Poynter, which operates PolitiFact, infamously published a blacklist of 515 websites it deemed “unreliable” in 2019. The overwhelming majority were conservative, and it encouraged advertisers to not support them. Poynter ultimately apologized for the report, which was penned by an employee of the far-left Southern Poverty Law Center. Newmark has also called on Big Tech platforms to “take action” against “bad actors” online. “The social media platform[s] know who the bad actors are. They know who the foreign adversaries are, they know who their domestic allies are,” Newmark said on the Digiday podcast last year. “They should take action against all of them.” Conservatives have accused social media platforms of everything from shadow banning them to restricting free speech. Former Facebook employees admitted in 2016 to restricting news stories of interest to conservative readers from its “trending” section, and Big Tech employees have overwhelmingly favored Democrats in their political donations.)
— John Cox on plans to challenge Gov. Newsom if recall is successful
https://news.yahoo.com/john-cox-plans-challenge-gov-180724676.html
— NYU’s farce of a study on Big Tech censorship of conservatives Billionaires fund their own studies and they get the conclusions they pay for. – Tucker Carlson
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/tucker-carlson-big-tech-censorship-nyu-study-craig-newmark

GOPUSA
— Coming For You? Joe Biden Considers ‘Reality Czar’ To Fight ‘Disinformation’
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=106098
— Newsmax Anchor Walks Off Set After Trying To Stop Mike Lindell Talking About Election Fraud Instead Of Twitter Censorship
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=106101
— DeSantis Vows To Punish Big Tech For Silencing The Voices Of Conservatives
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=106081

ONE NEWS NOW
— The inequality of ‘equity’ – Ben Shapiro
https://onenewsnow.com/perspectives/ben-shapiro/2021/02/03/the-inequality-of-equity

PATRIOT POST
— Democrats Are Baiting and Begging for More Violence. The Democrat proliferators of hate and division are enticing more anarchist violence that they will attribute to “Trump supporters.” – MARK ALEXANDER
https://patriotpost.us/alexander/77492
— Biden Immigration Orders Undo Trump’s Progress. Three more executive orders Tuesday were focused on rescinding previous border-security efforts. – Nate Jackson
https://patriotpost.us/articles/77478-biden-immigration-orders-undo-trumps-progress-2021-02-03

BREITBART
— Joe Biden Signs Order Revamping Welfare-Dependent Immigration – John Binder
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/02/02/joe-biden-signs-order-revamping-welfare-dependent-immigration/
— Biden’s Order on Central America: Offers Aid, Takes People – NEIL MUNRO
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/02/03/bidens-directive-to-central-america-promises-aid-extracts-migrants/
— Durbin on Biden Immigration Plan: ‘Can’t Revert’ to Belief That ‘Immigrants Are Enemies’ – Trent Baker (DIERSEN: Democrats have declared war on Republicans. Democrats see citizens of foreign countries as being their soldiers in their army to get rid of Republicans once and for all.)
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2021/02/03/durbin-on-biden-immigration-plan-cant-revert-to-belief-that-immigrants-are-enemies/

CONSERVATIVE HQ
— Demand an End to Amazon’s Hate Against Conservatives
https://www.conservativehq.org/post/demand-an-end-to-amazon-s-hate-against-conservatives

TOWNHALL
— The State Department’s newly installed deputy spokesperson, Jalina Porter, said in a 2016 Facebook post that the “largest threat to U.S. national security are U.S. cops.” – Matt Vespa
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2021/02/03/is-this-a-joke-that-who-bidens-state-department-spox-declared-was-our-greatest-national-security-threat-n2584134

PJ MEDIA
— Social Media Bias Just Got Even More Orwellian – PAULA BOLYARD
https://pjmedia.com/columns/paula-bolyard/2021/02/03/want-to-know-what-conservative-media-is-up-against-check-out-this-chilling-new-report-on-social-media-bias-n1422313

RIGHT WING NEWS HOUR
— Millions of Americans are Now Considered Terrorists By Our Govt. – Ryan Michael
https://rightwingnewshour.com/millions-of-americans-are-now-considered-terrorists-by-our-govt/

THE HILL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater says Kinzinger says “GOP colleagues have thanked me for speaking out against Trump.”
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/537211-kinzinger-gop-colleagues-have-thanked-me-for-speaking-out-against-trump
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater says “A free press cannot ‘cancel’ opposing views.”
https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/536999-a-free-press-cannot-cancel-opposing-views
— McCarthy announces no disciplinary actions against Greene – JULIEGRACE BRUFKE (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents want the following to take disciplinary actions against me for including links in GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters to articles that they do not like: Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Milton Township Republican Organization, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Illinois Center Right Coalition, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter, Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct, etc.)
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/537235-mccarthy-announces-no-actions-against-greene

NBC NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: The more that you do against Trump, the more that hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters glorify and praise you.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/cheney-refuses-apologize-voting-impeach-trump-during-closed-door-gop-n1256670

WASHINGTON POST
— Canada declares the Proud Boys a terrorist group – Amanda Coletta
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/canada-proud-boys-terrorist-capitol-siege/2021/02/03/546b1d5c-6628-11eb-8468-21bc48f07fe5_story.html
— Proud Boys and Black Lives Matter activists clashed in a Florida suburb. Only one side was charged. – Tim Craig (DIERSEN: Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs put tremendous pressure on police a) to cozy up to BLM activists and b) to be harsh on Proud Boy activists.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/florida-protest-bill-unequal-treatment/2021/02/01/415d1b02-6240-11eb-9061-07abcc1f9229_story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: After months of public outrage and accusations of discrimination over the disparate penalties, New Port Richey police dropped the citations against Boneta and six other Black Lives Matter demonstrators in early January. But not before the Tampa-suburb became another front in the national debate over whether authorities treat left-wing protesters too harshly while cozying up to far-right extremists.)
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters say “Sean Hannity is the face of the post-Trump identity crisis at Fox News.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/media/fox-ratings-sean-hannity-cnn-msnbc/2021/02/02/9a604eac-650d-11eb-8c64-9595888caa15_story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater says “Republicans must go cold turkey to escape the Trump cult.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/02/03/republicans-must-go-cold-turkey-escape-trump-cult/

LOS ANGELES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater says “The GOP’s civil war is just beginning, and the fighting will get worse before it gets better.” The many hate-filled conservative-hating Democrat plant, Libertarian plant, Green plant, Independent plant, and RINO leaders of the Republican Party are using the Capitol Riot, Kinzinger, and other hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters a) to get rid of conservatives once and for all and b) to destroy the Republican Party once and for all.
https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2021-02-03/the-gops-civil-war-is-just-beginning

NEWSWEEK
— Maxine Waters Wants Donald Trump Charged With Premeditated Murder for Capitol Riot – MEGHAN ROOS
https://www.newsweek.com/maxine-waters-wants-donald-trump-charged-premeditated-murder-capitol-riot-1566626

RAW STORY
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater says that “Reince Priebus blasts rioting Trump supporters as ‘domestic terrorists’: ‘Pure insanity and disgusting’”
https://www.rawstory.com/reince-priebus-blasts-trump-rioters/

SLATE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Republican-hating Republican-hater says “House Votes to Fine Members Up to $10,000 for Refusing Capitol Security Screening.”
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2021/02/house-votes-approves-fines-capitol-security-screening-metal-detectors.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The extremist, anti-everything wing of the GOP that is at the center of this self-involved showdown is comprised of exactly who you’d expect: Colorado Rep. Lauren Boebert, who refused to hand over her bag when it set of the metal detector, and other Republican members, like Ralph Norman of South Carolina, and Texas’ Louie Gohmert, among others, who have chosen to just slip right around them. “This is bullshit,” Republican Rep. Rodney Davis of Illinois told the officers, outraged, when stopped at the door.)

January 31 Evening Edition

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— What do the following have to say about Kinzinger: the three candidates for Illinois Republican Party (IRP) chairman and each of the 18 IRP State Central Committee (SCC) members, and especially those who have the heaviest weighted vote? It would be great a) if the IRP would send weekly emails to Republican Precinct Committeemen/Captains on government and political issues of state-wide interest, b) if IRP SCC members would send weekly emails to their Republican Precinct Committeemen/Captains on government and political issues of congressional district-wide interest, c) if Republican county party organizations would send weekly emails to their Republican Precinct Committeemen/Captains on government and political issues of county-wide interest, and d) if Republican township/ward organizations would send weekly emails to their Republican Precinct Committeemen/Captains on government and political issues of township/ward–wide interest. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

ABC7
— Kinzinger starts PAC to resist party’s Trump embrace – AP
https://abc7chicago.com/10194460/

FUTURE FIRST LEADERSHIP PAC
— 6-MINUTE VIDEO: Our country’s future is truly unlimited. After all, we are the party that ended slavery, secured women’s suffrage, and won the war against communist tyranny. Now we must be the party that lifts up the rural town and the inner city. We must be the party that empowers every student to soar and every family to thrive.” – CONGRESSMAN ADAM KINZINGER
https://www.country1st.com/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Kinzinger launches ‘country first’ movement as Trump criticism puts focus on Illinois GOP divide amid search for new leadership – RICK PEARSON (DIERSEN: Will Kinzinger and his supporters demand that the following give money to Kinzinger’s PAC or leave the Illinois Republican Party (IRP): a) IRP Chairman, b) IRP officers, c) IRP National Committeeman, d) IRP National Committeewoman, e) the 18 IRP State Central Committee members and their deputies, f) the officers of the 102 county party organizations, g) the officers of the township and ward party organizations, h) the Precinct Committeemen and Captains, i) the 2,446,891 in Illinois who voted for Trump, j) the 193,611 in DuPage County who voted for Trump, k) the 20,080 in Milton Township who voted for Trump, and l) the 157 in my precinct who voted for Trump?)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-adam-kinzinger-trump-illinois-republicans-20210129-sybzihfppbazrcviq2v2cvupka-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: U.S. Rep. Adam Kinzinger’s vote to impeach Donald Trump and criticism of Republican congressional colleagues who support the former president has highlighted a split in the state GOP as it gets set to decide on new leadership. The Republican State Central Committee will meet Feb. 6 to decide among three candidates to replace outgoing Chairman Tim Schneider. But some in the party want to use the forum to discuss Kinzinger and a possible reprimand for his anti-Trump statements, which increased in vitriol following the Nov. 3 election and the Jan. 6 storming of the U.S. Capitol by Trump supporters. “There’s a group that wants to talk about it and it’s not positive. There are those who want to censure him. There’s people wanting to know what the state party is going to do about it,” said former Bolingbrook Mayor Roger Claar, who represents the 11th Congressional District near Kinzinger’s 16th District on the state GOP central committee. The schism in the state GOP mirrors what’s happening with Republicans nationally as the party struggles to move forward even as many of its voters continue to back Trump and believe the November election was stolen from him. On Sunday, Kinzinger doubled down on his position, announcing the formation of a “country first” movement and website attached to his Future First Leadership political action committee. He’s seeking like-minded supporters to “take back our party” and to “unplug the outrage machine, reject the politics of personality and cast aside the conspiracy theories and the rage.” “I think the Republican Party has lost its moral authority in a lot of areas. That doesn’t mean we don’t need to fight back to defend what we believe are our conservative principles. But when I ask people now, what is a conservative principle, how many people think that conservative principles are things like just build the wall and charge the Capitol and have an insurrection?” Kinzinger said on NBC’s “Meet The Press.” . . . But they also did not go unnoticed by state GOP leaders. Some have said they have received phone calls asking what the Illinois Republican Party was going to do about Kinzinger. The congressman was the subject of some discussion at a GOP State Central Committee meeting last weekend. “I think the party majority are kind of disappointed. I mean, the one thing I’ve heard most from Republicans over the years since Reagan is the old 11th Commandment,” Claar said of the former president’s admonishment to not speak ill of fellow Republicans. Claar accused Kinzinger of causing upheaval in the party to no clear end. “What is the point? Why are you elevating this thing into regional, if not national, prominence? What purpose are you serving here? You’re further pointing out the division in the party,” Claar said. Kinzinger has denied that he is attempting to position himself for a run for U.S. Senate or governor in 2022, though he has not ruled out a run for higher office. In a statewide race, his Trump criticism would likely be held against him in Downstate Illinois, which has grown more strongly conservative and ardently supported the former president in the past two elections. His stance could, however, help him among more moderate independents and Republicans in Chicago’s suburbs. Kinzinger recently told CNN that he believes with Trump gone, Republican leaders face a reckoning of where the GOP should go next — either aligning themselves with the former president or moving beyond him. “I think in six months it’s not going to be necessarily the party of Donald Trump. But this is the whole point: I do think we are in a battle, that it may be a battle that really needs to happen, for our party to say what is it we stand for now when it comes to policy. But as much as anything, are we aspirational or are we a party that feeds on fear and division?” Kinzinger said. “If you’re a leader of the Republican Party right now, you need to be focused on one thing — not winning another election, that’s not what we should be focused on right now. What we should be focused on is restoring the integrity of this party,” he said. Claar supported Trump and even co-hosted a fundraiser for him at the Bolingbrook Golf Club. That’s where the state GOP leaders were supposed to meet Saturday until a predicted snowstorm pushed off the date to Feb. 6. But he said Illinois Republicans should take a wait-and-see attitude on the party’s future and whether it should continue to align itself with the former president. “Let’s just leave it alone and see how it plays out,” Claar said. He said if the party does decide to speak out on Kinzinger, he would oppose any effort to censure the congressman for his conduct, a course taken by GOP leaders in some states against congressional members who voted for impeachment. “It serves no purpose to have headlines that say, ‘Republican state party censures congressman.’ That would just give it more legs,” Claar said. “I think it would be better to just issue an observation of the reality that a congressman can say what he wants and it’s up to his constituency to decide whether they like it or not.” Kinzinger did not respond to a request to speak about the GOP state central committee’s potential actions. On Sunday, during his “Meet The Press” interview, Kinzinger said he viewed GOP efforts to reprimand Trump opponents as an example of the “cancel culture” that Republicans have outspokenly criticized Democrats for exhibiting. . .Much of the state GOP’s decision on how to respond to Kinzinger may come down to its pick of a new chairman to replace Schneider, a former Cook County commissioner and Hanover Township trustee from Streamwood.)
— 21 men accuse co-founder of anti-Trump Lincoln Project of online harassment – MAGGIE ASTOR AND DANNY HAKIM
https://www.chicagotribune.com/nation-world/ct-nw-nyt-john-weaver-lincoln-project-harassment-20210131-ll5iul3sajehfotjd6aq32msk4-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump raised $255.4 million in 8 weeks as he sought to prove election fraud.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/nation-world/ct-nw-nyt-trump-fundraising-20210131-h5cksn4i3zhdleefoux4ddyk5q-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters paint Trump-supporters as being home-grown terrorists.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2021/1/31/22256849/congress-threats-violence-democracy-capitol-editorial

CRAINS CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Trump critic Kinzinger starts PAC to ‘renew’ Republican Party (DIERSEN: Will Kinzinger and his supporters demand that the following give money to Kinzinger’s PAC or leave the Illinois Republican Party (IRP): a) IRP Chairman, b) IRP officers, c) IRP National Committeeman, d) IRP National Committeewoman, e) the 18 IRP State Central Committee members and their deputies, f) the officers of the 102 county party organizations, g) the officers of the township and ward party organizations, h) the Precinct Committeemen and Captains, i) the 2,446,891 in Illinois who voted for Trump, j) the 193,611 in DuPage County who voted for Trump, k) the 20,080 in Milton Township who voted for Trump, and l) the 157 in my precinct who voted for Trump?)
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/government/trump-critic-kinzinger-starts-pac-renew-republican-party

NBC5
— Illinois Reports 2,428 New COVID-19 Cases, 40 Additional Deaths Sunday
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/coronavirus/illinois-reports-2428-new-covid-19-cases-40-additional-deaths-sunday/2425196/

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— ‘Predator, liar and abuser’: The Lincoln Project responds to allegations against co-founder John Weaver – Megan Ziegler
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/predator-liar-and-abuser-the-lincoln-project-responds-to-allegations-against-co-founder-john-weaver

ALTON DAILY NEWS
— 150+ Turnout for Springfield March for Life Event Friday – Ross Pearson
http://www.altondailynews.com/news/details.cfm?clientid=17&id=318226#.YBcF454XCM8

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Gary Rabine Testing Waters for Gubernatorial Run – 80% Certain of Run
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/01/31/gary-rabine-testing-waters-for-gubernatorial-run/
— Kinzinger’s Latest Move
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/01/31/kinzingers-latest-move/
— IL-16: Scott Presler Visited Illinois Organizing Volunteers to Primary Adam Kinzinger Next Year
— http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/01/31/presler013121/
— Pritzker Picks Elizabeth Coulson for Human Rights Commission
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/01/31/pritzker-picks-elizabeth-coulson-for-human-rights-commission/
— IL-14/CO-03: Jim Oberweis Joined Catalina Lauf Contributing to Lauren Boebert
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/01/30/boebert013021/
— Report to Valley Hi Nursing Home Families This Week
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/01/30/report-to-valley-hi-nursing-home-families-this-week/
— Maybe You’ve Read That Police Most Fear Domestic Violence Calls
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/01/30/maybe-youve-read-that-police-most-fear-domestic-violence-calls/
— McHenry County Jail Finds Three with Coronavirus
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/01/29/mchenry-county-jail-finds-three-with-coronavirus/
— DNR Identifies Wonder Lake Man Who Killed 12-Point Deer Out of Season
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/01/29/dnr-identifies-wonder-lake-man-who-killed-12-point-deer-out-of-season/
— UPDATE: More Illinois National Guard to DC than Helping with Vaccinations
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/01/29/more-illinois-national-guard-to-dc-than-helping-with-vaccinations/
— Comparison of State Coronavirus Vaccination Rollouts
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/01/29/comparison-of-coronavirus-vaccination-rollouts/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump quietly ‘getting stronger’ – Jennifer Harper
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/jan/31/inside-beltway-donald-trump-quietly-getting-strong/

BREITBART
— Anti-Trump PAC: Current GOP ‘No Different’ from ISIS – JOSHUA KLEIN
https://www.breitbart.com/the-media/2021/01/31/anti-trump-pac-current-gop-no-different-isis/
— Kinzinger to Launch PAC Challenging GOP’s Embrace of Donald Trump – KATHERINE RODRIGUEZ
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/01/31/rep-adam-kinzinger-launch-pac-challenging-gops-embrace-donald-trump/

THE HILL
— Former Trump officials find tough job market – ALEX GANGITANO
https://thehill.com/business-a-lobbying/536588-former-trump-officials-find-tough-job-market-after-capitol-attack

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Kinzinger starts PAC to resist party’s Trump embrace (DIERSEN: Will Kinzinger and his supporters demand that the following give money to Kinzinger’s PAC or leave the Illinois Republican Party (IRP): a) IRP Chairman, b) IRP officers, c) IRP National Committeeman, d) IRP National Committeewoman, e) the 18 IRP State Central Committee members and their deputies, f) the officers of the 102 county party organizations, g) the officers of the township and ward party organizations, h) the Precinct Committeemen and Captains, i) the 2,446,891 in Illinois who voted for Trump, j) the 193,611 in DuPage County who voted for Trump, k) the 20,080 in Milton Township who voted for Trump, and l) the 157 in my precinct who voted for Trump?)
https://www.nbc4i.com/news/washington-dc/gop-rep-kinzinger-starts-pac-to-resist-partys-trump-embrace/

CNN
— Kinzinger launches new PAC to reclaim Republican Party after Trump – Paul LeBlanc (DIERSEN: Will Kinzinger and his supporters demand that the following give money to Kinzinger’s PAC or leave the Illinois Republican Party (IRP): a) IRP Chairman, b) IRP officers, c) IRP National Committeeman, d) IRP National Committeewoman, e) the 18 IRP State Central Committee members and their deputies, f) the officers of the 102 county party organizations, g) the officers of the township and ward party organizations, h) the Precinct Committeemen and Captains, i) the 2,446,891 in Illinois who voted for Trump, j) the 193,611 in DuPage County who voted for Trump, k) the 20,080 in Milton Township who voted for Trump, and l) the 157 in my precinct who voted for Trump?)
https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/31/politics/adam-kinzinger-country-first-trump/index.html

NBC NEWS
— Pence plans to form fundraising group as he moves beyond Trump, Capitol riot. The former vice president plans to settle back in Indiana, where he has been staying with family. – Hallie Jackson and Monica Alba
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/pence-plans-form-political-group-he-moves-beyond-time-trump-n1256259
— Kinzinger: ‘It is very difficult’ to take a stand in the Republican party (DIERSEN: I vehemently disagree. I should write books about the many Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization leaders who stand against the traditional marriage/family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks in the Republican Party platform. The aforesaid many party leaders focus on driving out of the Republican Party those who support the aforesaid planks. Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform.)
https://news.yahoo.com/kinzinger-very-difficult-stand-republican-150656597.html

NEWSWEEK

— Kinzinger Says Trump Is ‘Desperate’ to Look Like He’s Still Leading GOP – JASON LEMON

https://www.newsweek.com/adam-kinzinger-says-trump-desperate-look-like-hes-still-leading-gop-1565655

WASHINGTON POST
— Kinzinger to start new PAC to challenge party’s embrace of Trump – Paul Kane and Amy B Wang (DIERSEN: Will Kinzinger and his supporters demand that the following give money to Kinzinger’s PAC or leave the Illinois Republican Party (IRP): a) IRP Chairman, b) IRP officers, c) IRP National Committeeman, d) IRP National Committeewoman, e) the 18 IRP State Central Committee members and their deputies, f) the officers of the 102 county party organizations, g) the officers of the township and ward party organizations, h) the Precinct Committeemen and Captains, i) the 2,446,891 in Illinois who voted for Trump, j) the 193,611 in DuPage County who voted for Trump, k) the 20,080 in Milton Township who voted for Trump, and l) the 157 in my precinct who voted for Trump?)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/01/31/gop-rep-kinzinger-start-new-pac-challenge-partys-trump-supporters/

NEW YORK POST
— Kinzinger wants Rep. Greene tossed from House committee – Mark Moore (DIERSEN: I should write a book about my disgusting critics/opponents who had their disgusting operatives and their disgusting dupes toss me. I am no longer a TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member, Milton Township Republican Organization webmaster, Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member, GAO employee, etc. I would focus on my disgusting critics/opponents who have/had lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois.)
https://nypost.com/2021/01/31/rep-kinzinger-wants-rep-greene-tossed-from-house-committee/

BUSINESS INSIDER
— Republican Rep. Adam Kinzinger — whose family sent out a petition to disown him after his pro-impeachment vote — said the GOP is not a ‘Trump-first party’ – Taylor Ardrey
https://www.businessinsider.com/kinzinger-on-mccarthy-flordia-visit-this-is-not-a-trump-first-party
— GOP Rep. Adam Kinzinger’s relatives disowned him for voting to impeach Trump
https://www.businessinsider.com/gop-rep-adam-kinzinger-relatives-disowned-him-impeach-trump-vote-2021-1

CITIZEN
— Should conservatives be sentenced to a Leftist-enforced ‘re-education camp’? – Trey Hoffman, Peachtree City, Ga.
https://thecitizen.com/2021/01/31/should-conservatives-be-sentenced-to-a-leftist-enforced-re-education-camp/

ATLANTIC
— Only Accountability Will Allow the U.S. to Move Forward. America cannot change its history, but it can surely learn from it. – Mitch Landrieu (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters paint Trump-supporters as being White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things who should be gotten rid of once and for all.)
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/01/only-accountability-will-allow-us-move-forward/617876/?fbclid=IwAR1I68in27Ndqx18TcNNPn7DT4Gwdn4-1TAm2-1Ap5nyqW0upC7BhZscxqs

January 26 Morning Edition

ABC7
— MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell has been banned from Twitter – CNN (DIERSEN: Who will be next?)
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/mypillow-ceo-mike-lindell-banned-from-twitter/10028546/
— Chicago trans community celebrates reversal of military ban – Will Jones (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will Democrats impose LGBTQ quotas?)
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/chicago-trans-community-celebrates-reversal-of-military-ban/10010726/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— 80 white supremacists rally in Loop: ‘Definitely troubling’ Dozens of members of the Patriot Front, a Texas group, gathered outside the Cook County Building Saturday, witnesses say. – Tom Schuba (DIERSEN: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters do everything that they can a) to create and promote White supremacists and then b) blame Trump for White supremacists.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2021/1/25/22249559/patriot-front-white-supremacists-loop-cook-county-thomas-rousseau

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— As property tax refunds go unclaimed, Cook County treasurer and Englewood organizers want the funds to help preserve Black homeownership – ARIEL CHEUNG (DIERSEN: Government is nasty. Politics is nasty. Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs are nasty. If I sought a government office or a political office, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and there dupes would stress that a) because I bought a new town home in University Park in 1972, a Black could buy that town home, b) because I bought condos in downtown Chicago in 1974 and 1976, Blacks could not buy those condos, c) because my wife and I bought a home in Wheaton in 1978, Blacks could not buy that home, and d) because my wife and I had a home built in Wheaton in 1984, Blacks could not have that home built.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/real-estate/ct-re-property-tax-black-houses-matter-englewood-20210125-2kaxj7o5gjgntmqi5qt4on2hu4-story.html

SUBURBAN LIFE
— DuPage County reports 169 COVID-19 cases Monday, 3 deaths – Joshua Welge
https://www.shawlocal.com/my-suburban-life/coronavirus/2021/01/26/dupage-county-reports-169-cases-monday-3-deaths/

WEEK
— GOP leaders blast Kinzinger for opposing Trump – Howard Packowitz (DIERSEN: Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. I should write a book about RINO leaders who have blasted me for promoting planks in the Republican Party platform that they reject. I would focus on present and past leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Milton Township Republican Organization, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, and Illinois Center Right Coalition. Most commonly, they reject the traditional marriage/family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks. I would focus on those leaders who blast/blasted me on pretextual grounds.)
https://week.com/2021/01/25/gop-leaders-blast-kinzinger-for-opposing-trump/

FOX ILLINOIS
— Republicans introduce amendment to set term limits on Congress – AUSTIN DENEAN
https://foxillinois.com/news/connect-to-congress/republicans-introduce-amendment-to-set-term-limits-on-congress

NPR ILLINOIS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater says “Undoing Trump Policies Will Take More Than Executive Orders By Biden.” Trump’s policies defended and advanced the Republican Party platform.
https://www.nprillinois.org/post/undoing-trump-policies-will-take-more-executive-orders-biden#stream/0
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled White-hating White-haters promote hatred against Whites.
https://www.nprillinois.org/post/understanding-multiracial-whiteness-and-trump-supporters#stream/0
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater says “Arizona Republicans Reprimand Prominent Members At Odds With Trump.”
https://www.nprillinois.org/post/arizona-republicans-reprimand-prominent-members-odds-trump#stream/0
— Investigators Continue Efforts To Identify People Responsible For Capitol Riot – RYAN LUCAS (DIERSEN: Trump-haters want to harm Trump. The Capitol Riot harms Trump. Therefore, the people who are responsible for the Capitol Riot are Trump-haters.)
https://www.nprillinois.org/post/investigators-continue-efforts-identify-people-responsible-capitol-riot#stream/0

NIU TODAY
— Next steps underway for enhancing ‘belonging’ in DeKalb (DIERSEN: Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs do not want Republicans to “belong” anywhere, and especially Republicans who are law enforcement officers, Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, gun owners, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. I should write a book about ever-increasing efforts by Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs in Illinois, in DuPage County, in Milton Township, and in Wheaton to make Republicans feel like they do not belong.)
https://www.niutoday.info/2021/01/25/next-steps-underway-for-enhancing-belonging-in-dekalb/

DAILY LINE
— Aldermen blast Metra over minority hiring – Erin Hegarty (DIERSEN: While I worked for the federal government in the Chicago area for almost 30 years, my superiors and supervisors always acted like they were under tremendous pressure from Democrat politicians to get rid of their employees who were Republican, and especially their Republican employees who were White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, gun owners, conservative, patriotic, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://thedailyline.net/chicago/01/26/2021/aldermen-blast-metra-over-minority-hiring-station-maintenance-before-approving-fulton-market-tif-agreement/

CWB CHICAGO
— Chicago fights carjacking surge with free snacks and videos.
https://cwbchicago.com/2021/01/chicago-fights-carjacking-surge-with-free-snacks-and-videos.html

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters love Kinzinger.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2021/01/26/kinzinger-kicks-at-trumps-gop-renter-protectors-jennifer-pritzkers-hail-to-the-chief-491528
— Republican Rep. Mary Miller (IL-15) has been named to serve on the House Committee on Agriculture. It’s a good fit for Miller, who with her husband, Republican state Rep. Chris Miller, runs a grain and livestock farm outside of Oakland in Coles County. “As a farmer myself, I can bring a new level of expertise and understanding to the committee,” Miller said in a statement announcing the appointment. – Shia Kapos (DIERSEN: GAO audits IRS. After working for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 levels, currently $85,935-$97,395/year, I transferred to GAO. My Democrat GAO superiors wasted my knowledge of IRS.)
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2021/01/26/kinzinger-kicks-at-trumps-gop-renter-protectors-jennifer-pritzkers-hail-to-the-chief-491528

WIREPOINTS
— Bias Promoted: Illinois Political Reporter Natasha Korecki Goes To The White House – Mark Glennon
https://wirepoints.org/bias-gets-a-promotion-illinois-political-reporter-natasha-korecki-goes-to-the-white-house-wirepoints/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: It’s emblematic of what’s been happening in the national press. Natasha Korecki was promoted last week to White House correspondent for Politico. Until 2018, she covered Illinois government for the Chicago Sun-Times and later Politico’s Illinois operation. During her years covering Illinois politics we consistently singled her out as the most overtly biased and deceitful reporters in the state. Most of the Illinois media, at the time, was far more biased than today, though problems remain. In the meantime, most of the national media descended into something often far more sinister than bias, routinely ignoring and distorting news that doesn’t fit its political narrative. Korecki’s worst was directed at Bruce Rauner during his campaign and term as governor. It’s not like criticizing Rauner couldn’t have been accomplished with accurate reporting and fair commentary. We, too, quickly soured on him and our criticism was harsh. But Korecki showed little interest in facts and fairness.)

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Jack Franks Finally Fesses Up to Role in Illinois Integrity Fund Hit Piece Mailings
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/01/25/jack-franks-finally-fesses-up-to-illinois-integrity-fund-hit-piece-mailings/
— Crain’s Asks If Kinzinger Welcome in GOP Anymore
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/01/25/crains-asks-if-kinziner-welcome-in-gop-anymore/
— IL-14/IL-08: Cristina Castro New State Senate Executive Committee Chair Moves from Revenue Chair
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/01/25/castro012521/
— Marengo Park District Replaces Man Who Saved District from “Financial Collapse” with Former School Superintendent
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/01/25/marengo-park-district-replaces-man-who-saved-district-from-financial-collapse-with-former-school-superintendent/
— For McHenry Township, Hanlon Asks for Monetary Sanctions in Tax Levy Case against Attorney Whose Actions Are Not Considered “Reasonable”
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/01/25/on-behalf-of-mchenry-township-hanlon-asks-for-sanctions-in-tax-levy-case-against-attorney-whose-actions-are-not-considered-reasonable/
— IL-14: Now That Underwood Is On Appropriations Committee, Will She Be Able to Get Covid Money for McHenry County?
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/01/25/il-14-now-that-underwood-is-on-appropriations-committee-will-she-be-able-to-get-covid-money-for-mchenry-county/
— Nunda Township Sign War Heating Up
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/01/25/nunda-township-sign-war-heating-up/
— Valley Hi Update from Last Thursday Includes Deaths
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/01/25/nunda-township-sign-war-heating-up/

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— Jack Franks admits involvement with Illinois Integrity Fund and sending false flyers – JOHN KRAFT & KIRK ALLEN
https://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2021/01/jack-franks-admits-involvement-illinois-integrity-fund-and-sending-false-flyers/

CAPITOL FAX
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Madigan supporters hint/imply/argue/shout that Madigan must not be that bad or he would not have gotten into office or have stayed in office as long as he did. In my defense, a) I have lasted 22 years as a Republican Precinct Committeeman and 21 years as the GOPUSA Illinois Editor and b) I lasted 7 years as a TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, 8 years as a Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member, 6 years as a Milton Township Republican Organization webmaster, 4 years as an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, 3 years as an American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member, almost 18 years as a GAO employee, almost 9 years as an IRS employee, more than 2 years as Firestone Stores employee, and almost 3 years as a Post Office employee.
https://capitolfax.com/2021/01/25/ask-an-expert/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Biden’s order to halt border wall construction is likely illegal – Stephen Dinan
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/jan/25/joe-biden-order-halt-border-wall-construction-like/
— Big Tech is rethinking its political advocacy under President Biden and the new Democrat-controlled Congress. Microsoft is deciding whether to suspend donations to Republicans who challenged the 2020 election’s outcome, after making the majority of its donations during the last election cycle to GOP candidates. – Ryan Lovelace
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/jan/25/tech-sector-reevaluating-donations-gop-candidates/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— House Republicans say FBI investigation of Parler should include Facebook and Twitter – Nihal Krishan (DIERSEN: The FBI should investigate Google, Facebook, etc. for their efforts to stop everyone from reading GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters, that is, the FBI should investigate Google, Facebook, etc. for their violating my First Amendment rights.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/house-republicans-fbi-investigation-include-parler-facebook-twitter

FOX NEWS
— FEC filing: ‘MAGA Patriot Party’ incorporates in Texas – JACOB HELKER
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/fec-filing-maga-patriot-party-incorporates-in-texas
— House Oversight GOP says any FBI probe into Parler ‘role’ in Capitol riot ‘should include’ Facebook, Twitter. House Oversight Democrats called for FBI probe into whether Parler was ‘potential facilitator’ – Brooke Singman (DIERSEN: The FBI should investigate Google, Facebook, etc. for their efforts to stop everyone from reading GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters, that is, the FBI should investigate Google, Facebook, etc. for their violating my First Amendment rights.)
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/house-oversight-fbi-probe-parler-capitol-riot-facebook-twitter

GOPUSA
— Giuliani: Dominion Suit Is Act Of Intimidation By ‘Hate-Filled’ Left
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=105719
— Democrat Senator To Preside Over Trump’s Senate Impeachment Trial; This Will Be Fair, Right?
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=105744
— Portland Mayor Pepper Sprays Man During Confrontation Over Mask
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=105728
— Texas Gun, Ammo Sales Skyrocket
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=105713

BREITBART
— Dr. Anthony Fauci Highest Paid Employee in Entire Federal Government – KYLE OLSON
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/01/25/dr-anthony-fauci-highest-paid-employee-in-entire-federal-government/

DAILY CALLER
— Oregon GOP Refers To Capitol Riot As ‘False Flag’ In Rebuke Of Republicans Who Voted To Impeach – JORDAN LANCASTER
https://dailycaller.com/2021/01/25/oregon-gop-capitol-riot-false-flag-rebuke-republicans-voted-impeach-trump/

DAILY WIRE
— The Left Said Amy Coney Barrett’s Faith Made Her ‘Radical.’ Now, They Say Joe Biden’s Faith Makes Him ‘Devout’ – Cabot Phillips
https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-left-said-amy-coney-barretts-faith-made-her-radical-now-they-say-joe-bidens-faith-makes-him-devout
— Biden Repeals Trump Ban On Military Funding For Sex Reassignment Surgeries – Tim Pearce
https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-biden-repeals-trump-ban-on-military-funding-for-sex-reassignment-surgeries

FEDERALIST
— How To Stop Using Google Search On Your Computer And Phone. Data scientists say Google can shift elections based on what it shows people. Refusing to use Google for search is an easy tweak everyone can and should do now. – Joy Pullmann
https://thefederalist.com/2021/01/25/how-to-stop-using-google-search-on-your-computer-and-phone/

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— The Left Wants Unconditional Surrender, Not Unity – Stephen Moore (DIERSEN: Trump Haters are anti-law enforcement, anti-Trump, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-heterosexual, anti-traditional marriage/family, anti-non-poor people, anti-gun owners, anti-Christian, anti-Protestant, anti-Italian American, anti-German American, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2021/01/26/the_left_wants_unconditional_surrender_not_unity_145119.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The new vice president of the United States called the liberal mobs who ransacked cities this summer “social justice warriors.” Apparently, it is excusable to burn down a building or assault a police officer if you are protesting racial injustice, climate change, abortion rights or cuts in social programs. The Trump Haters say that the rioters who stormed the U.S. Capitol are guilty of a treasonable offense. OK, but several years ago, when many thousands of “social justice warriors” (i.e., union thugs) stormed past the police and occupied the domed Capital building in Madison for days, the media celebrated.)

LIFE SITE NEWS
— The Catholic Left wants in on the cancel culture. The form of Catholicism being promoted by the Left supports abortion, LGBT rights, and now wants to cancel true Catholicism.
https://www.lifesitenews.com/blogs/the-catholic-left-wants-in-on-the-cancel-culture

EPOCH TIMES
— Trump Creates ‘Office of the Former President’ to Advance US Interests, Carry on Trump Admin Agenda – MIMI NGUYEN LY
https://www.theepochtimes.com/trump-creates-office-of-the-former-president-to-advance-us-interests-carry-on-trump-admin-agenda_3671398.html

THE HILL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater uses Portman’s exit to demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump and Trump’s supporters.
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/535792-portmans-exit-underscores-republican-identity-crisis

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters say “As Kingmaker, Trump Can Target Disloyalty.” I should write a book about kingmakers in Wheaton’s West District, Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County’s 4th District, DuPage County, and Illinois since 2000.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/25/us/politics/trump-portman-ohio-sarah-sanders.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater wants government to police free speech. My critics/opponents want the following to police my speech: Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Milton Township Republican Organization, Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Illinois Center Right Coalition, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter, etc.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/26/magazine/free-speech-tech.html

USA TODAY
— Democrats need an autopsy to figure out why 74 million Americans voted against them – Ross K. Baker
https://news.yahoo.com/democrats-autopsy-figure-why-74-120058963.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Small Sites Need Section 230 to Compete. Facebook and Twitter can afford armies of lawyers to defend against liability. – Mark Weinstein (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents want to sue me for my including links in GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters to articles that they do not like. But beyond hypocritically, they do not sue the authors of those articles or the websites that those articles were published on. My critics/opponents see me as being an “easy target” a) because of the non-support that I get from the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization and b) because of the non-support that I got from TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Illinois Center Right Coalition, etc.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/small-sites-need-section-230-to-compete-11611602173
— America, It’s Time for ‘Unity’—or Else If you were an enthusiastic Donald Trump supporter, are you ready to enter a re-education program? – Gerard Baker (DIERSEN: Who will run the re-education programs in your municipality, in your township, in your county, and in Illinois? How filled with hatred against Trump will they be?)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/america-its-time-for-unityor-else-11611602325
— CEOs Confront Employees’ Covid-19 Vaccine Doubts, Going Into Myth-Buster Mode. From video campaigns to vaccine clinics with games and cake, companies deploy tactics to coax skeptical employees to get shots. – Chip Cutter (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will employers, organizations, municipalities, townships, counties, states, and countries officially get rid of their employees, members, and residents that have doubts about the vaccine?)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/ceos-confront-employees-doubts-on-covid-19-vaccine-11611579964
— Chicago Teachers Union vs. Biden. Even a federal bribe isn’t enough to get them back teaching in classrooms. – Editorial
https://www.wsj.com/articles/chicago-teachers-union-vs-biden-11611617932

FORBES
— DR. ANTHONY FAUCI OUT-EARNED ALL U.S. FEDERAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES LAST YEAR – Adam Andrzejewski
https://www.forbes.com/sites/adamandrzejewski/2021/01/25/dr-anthony-fauci-the-highest-paid-employee-in-the-entire-us-federal-government/

BUSINESS INSIDER
— Google will stop donating to members of Congress who voted against certifying the US election result – Martin Coulter (DIERSEN: What will Google do next to get rid of Trump once and for all and to get rid of Trump supporters once and for all?)
https://www.businessinsider.com/google-pac-congress-joe-biden-ted-cruz-2021-1
— ‘This is about my politics’: Tom Cotton says his military record was scrutinized because he’s a ‘conservative veteran’ – David Choi
https://www.businessinsider.com/tom-cotton-ranger-accusations-school-2021-1

NEWSWEEK
— Bernie Sanders Most Followed Lawmaker on Twitter and Facebook for Last Six Years – DANIEL VILLARREAL (DIERSEN: GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletter readers defend and advance the Republican Party platform, except for those who read the newsletters for “opposition research.” I should write a book about those who read the newsletters for “opposition research.” I would focus on those who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and/or Illinois and who promote dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, abolition of the First and Second Amendments, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and/or age discrimination. I would focus on Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct since 2000, their major donors, their political consultants, their campaign managers, their campaign staff members, and their campaign volunteers who blame me and blame my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters for their losses.)
https://www.newsweek.com/bernie-sanders-most-followed-lawmaker-twitter-facebook-last-six-years-1564328

ATLANTIC
— How Early Trump Supporters Feel Now. The former president’s 2015 backers, in their own words. – Conor Friedersdorf (DIERSEN: From what I see, the more of the following that you did, the harder that hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters will work to get rid of you: a) shared articles that were favorable to Trump, b) cast a Republican ballot in the March 17, 2020 primary and voted in the November 3, 2020 election, c) displayed a Trump yard sign, d) attended a Trump rally, e) raised money for and/or gave money to Trump, f) serve as a Republican Precinct Committeeman/Captain, and/or g) are a law enforcement officer, conservative, patriotic, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, gun owner, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/01/how-early-trump-supporters-feel-now/617815/

AMERICAN INDEPENDENT
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater says “State GOPs embrace purges, punishment, and secession after Trump loss.” How soon, if not already, will RINO leaders of Republican organizations in Illinois purge their members a) who refuse to disavow Trump and/or b) who refuse to disavow Trump supporters?
https://americanindependent.com/state-gops-republican-party-purges-punishment-secession-far-right-trump-loss/

GUARDIAN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater says “Oregon Republican party falsely suggests US Capitol attack was a ‘false flag.’ Resolution suggests attack was ‘designed to discredit’ Trump and supporters, and condemns Republicans who voted to impeach.”
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jan/25/oregon-republican-party-us-capitol-breach-false-flag

January 25 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Who condemned the summer looting? Our university presidents mostly failed us. – JONATHAN ZIMMERMAN
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/ct-opinion-riots-protest-universities-zimmerman-20210122-4gmgrgn34vhp3bko7q6dhjznhe-story.html
— Cook County property taxes: We’re all paying our ‘fair share’ – EDITORIAL (DIERSEN: Who wants you to pay higher real estate taxes? I should write a book about those who want the assessed valuation of my home to be increased. I would focus on those who I have sued, their operatives, and their dupes.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-maria-pappas-study-property-taxes-20210125-mse5scnxhve33pvjtldexz5j7a-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats illegally encourage citizens of foreign countries to illegally come to America illegally and to illegally stay in America illegally.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-francisca-lino-leaving-church-20210124-3wlphevu7zcodn2emclwg7vzs4-story.html
— A $15 federal minimum wage would be an anchor on struggling businesses – RACHEL GRESZLER (DIERSEN: In 1966, when I was 18 years old, my critics/opponents were furious that the Post Office paid me $16.81 an hour (GS-4 Step 1) in today’s dollars. The Post Office hired me because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job. The job had the following requirements and I met all those requirements: have a high school diploma, pass an employment examination, pass a physical examination, pass a background investigation, pass a truck driving test, own a car to deliver mail from, and be available to work at least 20 hours a week.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/ct-opinion-minimum-wage-economy-heritage-20210122-2627frctwncqpp2yrxpag6t4zy-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, LGBTQ-promoters promote LGBTQ-promoters.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/entertainment-and-culture/2021/1/24/22247183/jojo-siwa-comes-out-part-of-lgbtq-community-youtube-superstar-celebrities

JOURNAL & TOPICS
— 12th Subcircuit Candidate Keeps Pursuing Claims Of Election Fraud – Lauren Barry
https://www.journal-topics.com/articles/12th-subcircuit-candidate-keeps-pursuing-claims-of-election-fraud/

SUBURBAN LIFE
— DuPage County reports 117 COVID-19 cases Sunday, fewest in over a month, and 1 death, region’s positivity rate decreases to 7.2% – Joshua Welge
https://www.shawlocal.com/my-suburban-life/coronavirus/2021/01/24/dupage-county-reports-117-covid-19-cases-sunday-fewest-in-over-a-month-and-1-death-regions-positivity-rate-decreases-to-72/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— ‘Many options’: Democrats eye 14th Amendment as impeachment alternative. Tim Kaine doubts enough Republicans would vote to convict, suggests another path to banish Trump. – David Sherfinski and Stephen Dinan (DIERSEN: What ways are the Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs in your municipality, in your township, in your county, in Illinois, in America, and in the world considering to banish Trump supporters? Will they officially stop Trump supporters a) from seeking or holding government and political offices, b) from getting an education, c) from getting jobs, d) from owning firearms and ammunition, e) from owning vehicles, f) from owning real estate, e) etc.? How soon will hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters succeed in sending Trump supporters to concentration camps?)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/jan/24/tim-kaine-eyes-14th-amendment-impeachment-alternat/
— The media remains addicted to Trump – Jennifer Harper
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/jan/24/inside-the-beltway-the-media-remains-addicted-to-d/
— Governors move to bring National Guard home after troops treated like ‘servants’ 5,000 troops will remain in Washington through mid-March – Jeff Mordock
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/jan/24/thousands-of-national-guard-troops-called-back-hom/
— Sarah Huckabee Sanders running for Arkansas governor – Dave Boyer
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/jan/24/sarah-sanders-run-arkansas-governor/
— ‘We’re fighters here’: PragerU fights Big Tech’s ‘cancel culture and the mob’ – James Varney (DIERSEN: Who takes the lead in cancelling conservatives in your municipal district, in your municipality, in your township, in your county district, in your county, and in Illinois? I should write a book about those who have taken the lead since 2000 in cancelling conservatives in Wheaton’s West District, Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County’s 4th District, DuPage County, Illinois, Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Illinois Center Right Coalition, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter, etc.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/jan/24/craig-strazzeri-prageru-fighting-big-tech-cancel-c/
— Agree with liberals, or you’re racist, xenophobic and dangerous – Robert Knight
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/jan/24/agree-with-liberals-or-youre-racist-xenophobic-and/
— Chinese communists cannot be brought into civilized world through trade. If that actually worked, we wouldn’t be dealing now with arrested nuns and concentration camps. – Michael McKenna
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/jan/24/chinese-communists-cannot-be-brought-into-civilize/
— Supreme Court dismisses emoluments cases against Trump – Alex Swoyer
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/jan/25/supreme-court-dismisses-emoluments-cases-against-t/

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Biden LGBT Rights Order Charges Into Culture War – Kevin Daley
https://freebeacon.com/courts/biden-lgbt-rights-order-charges-into-culture-war/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Biden’s directive broaches almost every aspect of domestic policy, from housing to refugee resettlement to transgender student athletes. The order requires every federal agency to make clear that civil rights laws banning sex discrimination also ban discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity, citing the Supreme Court’s landmark gay rights ruling in June 2020. Many changes resulting from Biden’s order, like a ban on anti-gay discrimination in renting, are unlikely to cause controversy. Other mandates will accelerate long-simmering cultural disputes, like those allowing trans students to participate in women’s sports or use the bathrooms and locker rooms of their choice. While Biden says his focus is fixed on the coronavirus pandemic and economic stimulus, cultural conflict is poised to play a defining role in the coming years of his presidency.)

FOX NEWS
— Trump impeachment article being sent to Senate Monday, ahead of trial next month. Democrats would need high bar of 17 Republicans to join them to convict Trump. – Tyler Olson
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-impeachment-article-being-sent-to-senate-today-to-kick-off-trial

GOPUSA
— Growing Number Of GOP Senators Oppose ‘Impeachment Show Trial’ As Romney Urges Conviction
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=105659
— Did Donald Trump Destroy The Republican Party?
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=105677
— National Guard To Send 15,000 Troops Home From DC By Order Of GOP Governors
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=105662
— Law Firms Attack Biden-Endorsed Trainings Promoting Racial Stereotyping (DIERSEN: The more of the following that you are, the more that Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs stereotype you as being a White supremacist, Nazi, KKK member, hater, racist, sexist, bigot, and even worse things who should be gotten rid of once and for all: law enforcement officer, Trump supporter, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, gun owner, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=105657

AMERICAN THINKER
— Watching as the USA Falls Prey to the Allure of Communism – Eileen F. Toplansky
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2021/01/watching_as_the_usa_falls_prey_to_the_allure_of_communism.html

BLAZE
— Four banks have reportedly severed ties with Donald Trump since the Capitol riots. The loans and accounts are worth hundreds of millions – Paul Sacca (DIERSEN: What have your critics/opponents done to you to harm you financially? My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, gave me unfair performance expectations and appraisals, always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, did not promote me beyond GS-13, got rid of my mentor in 1987, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and forced me to take a $20,361 (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. My Democrat IRS superiors did not promote me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions in 1978, got rid of my mentor in 1975, and disallowed my partial day per diem claims in 1974. My Democrat Post Office superiors forced me resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968.)
https://www.theblaze.com/news/banks-drop-trump-organization-capitol
— Native America tribe torches Biden admin over oil, drilling order: ‘A direct attack on our economy, sovereignty’ ‘Your order is a direct attack on our economy, sovereignty, and our right to self-determination’ – Chris Enloe
https://www.theblaze.com/news/native-america-tribe-torches-biden-admin-over-oil-drilling-order

HERITAGE FOUNDATION
— Biden’s First Executive Orders Defy His Calls for Unity
https://www.heritage.org/press/heritage-foundation-experts-respond-ill-advised-biden-executive-orders

CANADA FREE PRESS
— Future of GOP Will Be Determined By Trump Trial. In his short, but extremely eventful political career, Donald Trump was treated horribly by the Democrats and the Deep State and not much better by Republicans. This abuse must end for the sake of the party and the country. – Jeff Crouere
https://canadafreepress.com/article/future-of-gop-will-be-determined-by-trump-trial

TOWNHALL
— Sorry, But That’s the Rule: President Asterisk Is A Draft Dodger – Kurt Schlichter (DIERSEN: What have your critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes used against you the most? Mine have stressed since 1966 a) that I was 1-A, b) that I got student draft deferments 1966-1970 and a financial hardship draft deferment 1970-1971, and c) that I never enlisted. I should write a book about critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who used the aforesaid against me the most. I would focus on my superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates at the Park Forest Post Office 1966-1969, Firestone Stores 1970-1972, IRS 1971-1980, and GAO 1980-1997. To this day, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes shout at veterans, and at everyone else, that I am a draft dodger.)
https://townhall.com/columnists/kurtschlichter/2021/01/25/sorry-but-thats-the-rule-president-asterisk-is-a-draft-dodger-n2583602
(FROM THE ARTICLE: I sure think these New Rules are dumb, but what can you do? In fact, I have always hated the whole chickenhawk thing, the idea that, rather than military service being a character resume plus, its absence is a minus and some sort of character flaw. Only about 30% of people can qualify physically and otherwise for service, so right off you are consigning about 70% of folks to some sort of second-hand moral status. That’s stupid. Further, the idea that an American citizen who did not serve has some sort of disqualification from opining on military issues is utterly unAmerican. . .This was demonstrated with the whole “Cadet Bone Spurs” thing about Donald Trump. The “cadet” part relates to him having gone to military school, which I guess the New Rules decree is something to be ashamed of now. As with shifting attitude toward the National Guard troops from violent threats to the literal safety of oppressed people to heroic defenders of the country from Thor-wannabes to tiresome eyesores to be consigned to a Congressional parking garage, you need constant updates on whether military stuff is good or bad at any given moment. Anyway, the “Bone Spurs” part was the medical diagnosis that kept Trump from draft eligibility. For some reason, this diagnosis strikes people who have never had to do a long ruck march over rough terrain with half their body weight on their backs as hilarious. . .Trump got four student deferments as an undergrad. Then the Army – not anyone else – decided he as not physically fit for military service. No shock – go to a MEPS (Military Entrance Processing Station), tell the doc you have bone spurs on your paws, and see how fast you get transferred back to Fort Living Room. . .And here’s another thing, and maybe I’m a bit technical, but Trump was never drafted. So, it’s kind of hard to “dodge the draft” when you weren’t drafted. Draft dodgers typically got their induction notices and split to Manitoba. That was draft dodging – and St. Jimmy Carter pardoned them all, so it’s weird that draft dodging is now bad again. Regardless, the New Rules are the New Rules and I am helpless to alter them. * is just as much of a draft dodger as the Bad Orange Man. The Asterisk-In-Chief got five student deferments as an undergrad. Then the Army apparently decided that he had a history of asthma and that was that. Putting aside that he’s more known for gaffes and wandering about aimlessly than coughing fits, President * was disqualified, just as a huge percentage of potential recruits are. And like Trump, he was never drafted, making it hard in any but the most meta way to fairly consider him a “draft dodger.” But none of that matters because of the New Rules. The New Rules decree that * is a cowardly draft dodger unfit to hold the office of president, so there you are. Sorry.)

AMERICAN INSTITUTE FOR ECONOMIC RESEARCH
— Americans Are Fleeing Lockdowns, When They Can Afford It – Jeffrey A. Tucker (DIERSEN: What has decreased the need for you to leave your home? 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.aier.org/article/americans-are-fleeing-lockdowns-when-they-can-afford-it/

EPOCH TIMES
— Romney Says Impeachment Trial Against Trump Should Go Forward. House representatives who voted to impeach get significant GOP backlash. – JACK PHILLIPS
https://www.theepochtimes.com/romney-says-impeachment-trial-against-trump-should-go-forward_3669186.html

THE HILL
— Rebuilding the Federal Workforce (DIERSEN: Democrats run the federal government. Democrats want 100% of federal employees to be Democrats, and especially to be Democrats who are anti-law enforcement, anti-Trump, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-heterosexual, anti-traditional marriage/family, anti-non-poor people, anti-gun owners, anti-Christian, anti-Protestant, anti-Italian American, anti-German American, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://thehill.com/event/532757-rebuilding-the-federal-workforce-part-2

POLITICO
— Impeachment trial to keep National Guard troops at Capitol. There are fears of mass demonstrations. – ANDREW DESIDERIO, LARA SELIGMAN and NATASHA BERTRAND
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/24/impeachment-trial-national-guard-trump-capitol-461805
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters say “Some Trump aides stuck with him till the end. Now they’re screwed. The former president has all but vanished from public view while his former team navigates an unforgiving job market.”
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/25/donald-trump-post-presidency-462018
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters say “MAGA media looks to turn White House briefing room into a battlefield. Some Trump loving members of the press corps are eager to get access to the Biden White House.” 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.politico.com/news/2021/01/25/maga-media-white-house-briefing-462015

NEW YORK TIMES
— Divisions Harden in Senate as It Prepares to Receive Impeachment Article. Mitt Romney indicated that he believed the charge against former President Donald J. Trump was impeachable, while Marco Rubio called a trial “stupid.” – Catie Edmondson
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/24/us/politics/impeachment-senate-republicans.html
— What Internet Censorship Looks Like – Shira Ovide
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/21/technology/internet-censorship-uganda.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Democrats press ahead with second impeachment trial, as GOP is divided on how to defend Trump – Amy B Wang, Josh Dawsey and Amy Goldstein
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/democrats-press-ahead-with-second-impeachment-trial-as-gop-divided-on-how-to-defend-trump/2021/01/24/74cbfb74-5e81-11eb-afbe-9a11a127d146_story.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Biden to Lift Restrictions on Transgender Military Service Members. Administration could act as soon as Monday to reverse former President Donald Trump’s directive. – Nancy A. Youssef and Gordon Lubold (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, under the Democrats, will only those who are at least one of the following be allowed in the military: Democrat, minority, female, young, LGBTQ, not married, poor, non-Christian, non-Protestant, non-Italian American, non-German American, anti-military, anti-law enforcement, anti-Trump, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-heterosexual, anti-traditional marriage/family, anti-non-poor people, anti-gun owners, anti-Christian, anti-Protestant, anti-Italian American, anti-German American, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/biden-to-lift-restrictions-on-transgender-military-service-members-11611528649
— China Overtakes U.S. as World’s Leading Destination for Foreign Direct Investment. Flows into America nearly halved as Covid-19 dragged on the economy in 2020. – Paul Hannon and Eun-Young Jeong (DIERSEN: Of course, America-haters are overjoyed about this.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/china-overtakes-u-s-as-worlds-leading-destination-for-foreign-direct-investment-11611511200
— How to Know When to Quit Your Job. Many baby boomers—especially those at the top of their game—struggle with the decision to step down. And when they leave, the transition is often ‘painful and messy,’ says one career coach. – Betsy Morris (DIERSEN: I should write a book about everything that led to my taking my Democrat GAO superiors’ early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old. I certainly was not at the “top of my game.” My GAO career ended in 1987 when my Democrat GAO superiors got rid of my mentor who had hired me in 1980, got me assigned to audits of IRS in 1986, and promoted me in 1986. My IRS career ended in 1975 when my Democrat IRS superiors got rid of my mentor who had promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-to-know-when-to-quit-your-job-11611507600
— Online Speech Wars Are Here to Stay. Both left and right want to regulate social media, but their ‘fixes’ would break the web. – Andy Kessler (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents want to kill me, to kill my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters, and to kill those who read those newsletters, but failing that, they want the leaders of the following to regulate me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters: a) Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Milton Township Republican Organization, Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, conservative organizations, and religious organization and b) those who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and/or Wheaton. I should write a book about the aforesaid and how they have treated me and treated my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters since 2000.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/online-speech-wars-are-here-to-stay-11611526491
— 10 Performance Review Preparation Tips – Anthony DeRosa (DIERSEN: In Diersen v. GAO, I entered into the court record all the performance reviews that my GAO supervisors gave me 1980-1997. My GAO supervisors were always under tremendous pressure from their Democrat superiors to get rid of me.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/10-performance-review-preparation-tips-11610125896

FAST COMPANY
— Why it can feel difficult to make authentic friendships at work. This is why you may feel your coworkers and deskmates don’t make up your “true blues.” – MARISSA KING (DIERSEN: All during the almost 30 years that I worked for the federal government, my superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were always under tremendous pressure to get rid of federal employees who shared my demographics.)
https://www.fastcompany.com/90590945/why-it-can-feel-difficult-making-authentic-friendships-in-the-workplace

AXIOS
— 85% diversity on Biden people team – Alayna Treene (DIERSEN: Soon, if not already, under the Democrats and under the RINOs, the more of the following that you are, the more that you will be officially banished: White, male, older, heterosexual, married, Republican, non-poor, law enforcement officer, Trump supporter, conservative, patriotic, gun owner, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.axios.com/biden-personnel-team-opm-7df87473-3fd3-4ff7-9289-c89994e50879.html

WORLD SOCIALIST WEBSITE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled America-hating America-haters say “Club For Growth billionaires finance fascist Republican politicians.”
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/01/25/club-j25.html

January 22 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Trump impeachment trial to begin week of Feb. 8, Schumer says – AP
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/trump-impeachment-trial-to-begin-week-of-feb-8/9901492/
— Texas sues Biden administration over halt to deportations – AP
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/texas-sues-biden-administration-over-deportation-halt/9910862/
— Google threatens to pull search engine in Australia over tech giants bill
https://abc7chicago.com/technology/google-threatens-to-pull-search-engine-in-australia/9906840/?cmp=emc-wls-news-headlines-1/22/2021

NBC5
— Wisconsin Republicans Propose Getting Rid of Mask Mandate. Evers first issued a statewide mask requirement in July and has extended the order three times, most recently on Tuesday.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/wisconsin-republicans-propose-getting-rid-of-mask-mandate/2420815/

CBS2
— ‘Operation Safe Pump’ Patrolling Chicago Gas Stations To Thwart Carjackings
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2021/01/22/operation-safe-pump-patrolling-chicago-gas-stations-to-thwart-carjackings/
— National Guard Allowed Back Into Capitol After Sen. Tammy Duckworth, Other Lawmakers Erupt At Banishment To Parking Garage
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2021/01/22/national-guard-allowed-back-into-capitol-after-sen-tammy-duckworth-other-lawmakers-erupt-at-banishment-to-parking-garage/

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Biden signs executive orders on $15 minimum wage for federal workers, food aid increases – Josh Boak (DIERSEN: In 1966, when I was 18 years old, my critics/opponents were furious that the Post Office paid me $16.81 an hour (GS-4 Step 1) in today’s dollars. The Post Office hired me because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job. The job had the following requirements and I met all those requirements: high school diploma, pass an employment examination, pass a physical examination, pass a background investigation, pass a truck driving test, own a car to deliver mail from, and be available to work at least 20 hours a week.)

https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/biden-signs-executive-orders-on-15-minimum-wage-for-federal-workers-food-aid-increases

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Biden, Fauci offer COVID-19 warnings as Chicago bars, restaurants set to reopen | CPS announces teacher vaccination plan | $31M in pot revenues go to communities hurt by war on drugs – LISA DONOVAN (DIERSEN: Pot pushers hurt communities, not the war on drugs. What are the demographics of pot pushers?)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-biden-fauci-pritzker-bars-restaurants-spin-20210122-s5n3ihmspzez7jd2zfa7ih3v5q-story.html
— Maine Township Electoral Board removes Republican candidates from ballot after ruling they violated election code – JENNIFER JOHNSON
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/park-ridge/ct-prh-maine-township-republicans-decision-tl-0128-20210122-ffanllojw5erxgsqyrsokuzbyu-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A slate of Republican candidates running for the Maine Township Board should not appear on the April ballot because the caucus to nominate them was held outside the township, an electoral board has ruled. The three-member Maine Township Electoral Board voted 2-1 Thursday in favor of an objection to the Republicans’ candidacy, removing the seven candidates from the April 6 election ballot and leaving only eight Democratic candidates.)
— United Airlines CEO wants to make COVID-19 vaccine mandatory for employees — if other companies go along – LAUREN ZUMBACH
https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-united-airlines-covid-19-vaccine-employees-20210122-imbrimgrz5cxpdmehvw7ummwbq-story.html
— Chicago’s other epidemic: A plague of juvenile carjackers – Editorial
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-carjacking-chicago-juveniles-police-20210122-ffujd7vshfb7db3q42jfifzeji-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Targeting domestic violent extremism on the agenda for President Biden, Sens. Dick Durbin and Tammy Duckworth. At a hearing Friday Duckworth warned “there is not adequate training against white extremism and that a lot of our younger troops are being targeted for recruitment.” – Lynn Sweet (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats like Durbin and Duckworth promote hatred against White men and especially against White men who are law enforcement officers, Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, gun owners, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2021/1/22/22245296/domestic-terrorism-violent-extremism-president-joe-biden-senators-durbin-duckworth-agenda
— Riverside, other suburbs struggling with anti-cop sentiment in recruiting, keeping officers. Tom Weitzel, the police chief in the west suburb, says last year his department hit a low for police recruiting. And he’s worried about a big rise in the number of retirements this year. – Frank Main (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://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2021/1/22/22243132/riverside-suburbs-police-recruiting-anticop-sentiment
— When teens with guns go on a carjacking spree. Chicago Police Supt. David Brown wants to work with the youth organizations to curb carjackings. But he’ll be cracking down, too — as well he should. – Editorial (DIERSEN: What did you do when you were a teen? I washed dishes, cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, pumped gasoline, and delivered mail. I took college preparatory courses in high school, got a score of 24 on the ACT, graduated in the upper 20% of my class, and was a full-time student at UIC. I bought two new cars.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2021/1/22/22243680/when-teens-guns-go-carjacking-spree
— Aldermen and their terrified constituents demand answers to carjacking spike. More police, surveillance cameras and license plate readers, brighter street lights, one-way streets and jersey barriers to cut off escape routes were just some of the suggestions. – Fran Spielman
https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2021/1/22/22244894/chicago-carjackings-aldermen-public-demand-answers-prevention-policing
— In effort to thwart carjackings, private security firm to post guards at gas stations. The effort comes amid a spike in carjackings and is meant to ease the minds of women and seniors from feeling like easy targets while pumping gas. – Mitch Dudek (DIERSEN: I pumped gas Chicago Heights in 1966 and 1970-1972. I worked as a security guard in DeKalb in 1970.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2021/1/22/22244743/carjackings-private-security-firm-guard-gas-stations-early-walker-william-kates

DAILY HERALD
— Republican slate to appeal removal from Maine Township ballot – Eric Peterson
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20210122/republican-slate-to-appeal-removal-from-maine-township-ballot
— Kane County searching for a local Republican to fill treasurer position – James Fuller
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20210121/kane-county-searching-for-a-local-republican-to-fill-treasurer-position
(FROM THE ARTICLE: According to the treasurer’s website, the treasure has “the duty and power to receive and safely keep the revenue and public monies of the county. It is also the duty of the county treasurer to invest and reinvest any funds which are not to be used within 30 days. Along with the collection of real estate taxes, the county treasurer collects the Mobile Home Local Service Tax and administrates the Senior Citizens Real Estate Tax Deferral Program on behalf of the Department of Revenue.” The treasurer has a staff of 10 and manages a current budget of $731,000. The appointed treasurer will be required to be bonded and to complete statutory training within 60 days of taking office.)
— Naperville District 203 to rebate taxpayers $10 million in surplus funds – Lauren Rohr
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20210122/naperville-district-203-to-rebate-taxpayers-10-million-in-surplus-funds

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater says “Does the GOP still want Adam Kinzinger? A rising star often spoken of as governor or senator material, Kinzinger now may no longer have a home in his own party. His sin: defying Trump.”
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/government/does-gop-still-want-adam-kinzinger

NPR ILLINOIS
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Biden Administration Prepares To Overturn Trump Abortion Rule – SARAH MCCAMMON
https://www.nprillinois.org/post/biden-administration-prepares-overturn-trump-abortion-rule#stream/0

FOX ILLINOIS
— GOP lawmaker with gun sets off House chamber metal detector – MATTHEW DALY
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/gop-lawmaker-with-gun-sets-off-house-chamber-metal-detector

NPR ILLINOIS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater says “Biden Administration Announces Plans To Assess Domestic Violent Extremism.” (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, Independents and Independent plants, and RINOs frame Republicans as being domestic violent extremists. They especially frame Republicans who are law enforcement officers, veterans, Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, gun owners, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. That is why ever-increasingly, Republicans are buying firearms and ammunition for their self-defense.)
https://www.npr.org/sections/president-biden-takes-office/2021/01/22/959681427/biden-administration-announces-plans-to-assess-domestic-violent-extremism

CITY OF WHEATON
— Watch Wheaton’s Annual State of the City Address
https://www.wheaton.il.us/civicalerts.aspx?AID=525

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Left Uses Week of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday to Assail American Workers
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/01/22/pro012221/
— Nearby Conservative Candidate Training Available This Saturday and Next
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/01/21/nearby-conservative-candidate-training-available-this-saturday-and-next/
— WL Man Facing $10,000 Fine for Shooting Buck Out of Season
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/01/22/wl-man-facing-10000-fine-for-shooting-buck-out-of-season/
— Pro-Life Rally To Woodstock
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/01/22/pro-life-rally-to-woodstock/
— Appeal Filed to “Rogue” Algonquin Township Electoral Board’s Rejection of Consolidation Referendum Petition
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/01/22/appeal-filed-to-rouge-algonquin-township-electoral-boards-rejection-of-consolidation-referendum-petition/
— An Alternative Biography of Jack Franks
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/01/22/an-alternative-biography-of-jack-franks/
— A Quote about Ignoring the Past as Applied to Present Day Germany
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/01/22/message-of-the-day-a-quote-5/
— Former City Employee Charged with Theft
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/01/21/former-city-employee-charged-with-theft/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— BIDEN-HARRIS ADMIN COMMITS TO “CODIFYING” ABORTION
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2021/01/biden-harris-admin-commits-to-codifying-abortion-.html
— KINZINGER CENSURE REMAINS ON TRACK, DESPITE REPORTS OTHERWISE
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2021/01/kinzinger-censure-remains-on-track-despite-reports-otherwise.html
— ILLINOIS GOVERNMENT SCHOOL CLASSES TO BECOME EXTREMIST “WOKE INDOCTRINATION SESSIONS”
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2021/01/illinois-government-schools-to-become-extremist-woke-indoctrination-sessions-.html
— ILLINOIS GOP CONGRESS MEMBERS LAHOOD, MILLER: BIDEN HALTING THE KEYSTONE XL PIPELINE IS BAD FOR THE US
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2021/01/illinois-gop-congress-members-lahood-miller-biden-halting-the-keystone-xl-pipeline-is-bad-for-the-us.html
— LOCKDOWNS STARVE MOM AND POP
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2021/01/lockdowns-starve-mom-and-pop.html
— GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS RAMP UP ANTI-‘WHITENESS’ AGENDA WITH TAXPAYER DOLLARS
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2021/01/government-schools-ramp-up-anti-whiteness-agenda-with-taxpayer-dollars.html
— TIME FOR CHANGE ON ALL SIDES
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2021/01/time-for-change-on-all-sides.html

CAPITOL FAX
— 7,042 new confirmed and probable cases; 95 additional deaths; 3,179 hospitalized; 661 in ICU; 5.0 percent average case positivity rate; 6.2 percent average test positivity rate; 24,190 average daily doses administered; No regions in Tier 3 mitigations
https://capitolfax.com/2021/01/22/7042-new-confirmed-and-probable-cases-95-additional-deaths-3179-hospitalized-661-in-icu-50-percent-average-case-positivity-rate-62-percent-average-test-positivity-rate-24190-average-daily-doses-admini/
— Illinois’ panhandling law violates First Amendment (DIERSEN: Soon, under the Democrats, everyone in Illinois will be handing out charity and/or receiving charity.)
https://capitolfax.com/2021/01/22/illinois-panhandling-law-violates-first-amendment/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— AOC says fear of GOP lawmakers kept her from Biden inauguration. Democrat: ‘We still don’t yet feel safe around other Members of Congress’
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/jan/22/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-says-fear-of-gop-lawmaker/
— Biden, Harris commit to ‘codifying Roe’ as pro-lifers decry abortion agenda. Fauci says White House will revoke ban on foreign-aid funding for abortion. – Valerie Richardson
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/jan/22/biden-harris-commit-codifying-roe-pro-lifers-decry/

BREITBART
— Biden Admin Previews Fight Against ‘Serious Threat’ of ‘Domestic Violent Extremism’ – CHARLIE SPIERING (DIERSEN: The more of the following that you are, the more that hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters call you an extremist who should be gotten rid of once and for all: law enforcement officer, Trump supporter, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, gun owner, soldier, veteran, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time. I should write a book about my critics/opponents who hinted/implied/argued/shouted that TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois and Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) were extremist groups. They, their operatives, and their dupes succeeded in ending my TAPROOT chairmanship in 2012 and my ICRC Steering Committee membership in 2007.)
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/01/22/biden-admin-previews-fight-against-serious-threat-of-domestic-violent-extremism/
— Google Threatens to Remove Search Engine from Australia – LUCAS NOLAN
https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2021/01/22/google-threatens-to-remove-search-engine-from-australia/
— Gov. Ron DeSantis Orders Return of Florida National Guard Troops: ‘They’re Not Nancy Pelosi’s Servants’ – HANNAH BLEAU
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/01/22/gov-desantis-orders-return-florida-national-guard-troops-theyre-not-nancy-pelosis-servants/

FEDERALIST
— New York Times: Unite The Country Against The Trump Voters – Jordan Davidson
https://thefederalist.com/2021/01/22/new-york-times-unite-the-country-against-the-trump-voters/

CHRISTIANITY DAILY
— Left Sowing Discord, Calls For ‘Citizen Detectives’ Who Will Monitor Trump Supporters – JONNA MARCAIDA CALAGUI
http://www.christianitydaily.com/articles/10611/20210122/left-sowing-discord-calls-for-citizen-detectives-who-will-monitor-trump-supporters.htm
— More Than Just Censorship: Liberals Want To ‘Deprogram’ Trump Supporters – JONNA MARCAIDA CALAGUI
http://www.christianitydaily.com/articles/10612/20210122/more-than-just-censorship-liberals-want-to-deprogram-trump-supporters.htm

ONE NEWS NOW
— Biden wastes no time; ‘trans-ing’ of America has begun – Chris Woodward, Jody Brown
https://onenewsnow.com/culture/2021/01/22/biden-wastes-no-time-trans-ing-of-america-has-begun

THE HILL
— Democrats float 14th Amendment to bar Trump from office – JORDAIN CARNEY
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/535467-democrats-float-14th-amendment-to-bar-trump-from-office
— Trump campaign had paid $2.7M to organizers of rally ahead of Capitol riot – MAX GREENWOOD
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/535440-trump-campaign-paid-27-million-to-organizers-of-rally-ahead-of-capitol-riot

HUFFINGTON POST
— A Digital Dragnet Is Coming For The U.S. Capitol Insurrectionists. Social media companies have provided information to the feds to have them track down members of the Trump-supporting mob that stormed the Capitol. Ryan J. Reilly
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/capitol-attack-trump-fbi-surveillance_n_6009c26fc5b697df1a0d28f0

POLITICO
— Schumer agrees to two-week delay of Trump’s impeachment trial. Republicans are warning the upcoming trial will take up all the Senate’s attention. MARIANNE LEVINE and SARAH FERRIS
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/22/schumer-says-senate-will-receive-impeachment-article-on-monday-461305

WASHINGTON POST
— Trump impeachment trial will start week of Feb. 8, Schumer says – Mike DeBonis
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/pelosi-delivers-impeachment-articles-monday/2021/01/22/d858374e-5cd7-11eb-b8bd-ee36b1cd18bf_story.html

USA TODAY
— CNN moves to No. 1, Fox drops in post-election ratings shakeup: Will it last? – Bill Keveney
https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/tv/2021/01/22/cnn-replaced-fox-top-rated-cable-news-network-post-election/6666017002/

RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— Biden’s America: One Nation or Us Versus Them? – Patrick J. Buchanan (DIERSEN: Democrats have declared war on Republicans.)
https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/political_commentary/commentary_by_pat_buchanan/biden_s_america_one_nation_or_us_versus_them
— By 2-to-1 Margin, Voters Want Migrant Caravan Stopped at the Border (DIERSEN: How soon will Biden-supporters, that America-haters, tear down the Wall and surrender America to the rest of the world?)
https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/current_events/immigration/by_2_to_1_margin_voters_want_migrant_caravan_stopped_at_the_border

SPLC
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters say “Capitol Insurrection Shows How Trends On The Far-Right’s Fringe Have Become Mainstream.”
https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2021/01/22/capitol-insurrection-shows-how-trends-far-rights-fringe-have-become-mainstream

January 20 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— President Trump leaves White House for last time to face an uncertain future at Mar-a-Lago – AP
https://www.chicagotribune.com/nation-world/ct-nw-donald-trump-leaves-white-house-20210120-3qn4jyharrc67o7j5shbvfekyi-htmlstory.html
— Can Joe Biden hold off the left? – John Kass
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/john-kass/ct-joe-biden-inauguration-kass-20210120-vjd7qwnlerc6zjtvvxgyexn7zi-story.html
— McConnell blames Trump, others in power for provoking Capitol riot: ‘The mob was fed lies’ – AP (DIERSEN: Trump-supporters believe that Trump wanted a Big Demonstration, but not a Capitol Riot. Will Kinzinger use McConnell to officially call for all Republicans to officially disavow Trump or leave the Republican Party? 2,446,891 in Illinois voted for Trump. 193,611 in DuPage County voted for Trump. 20,080 in Milton Township voted for Trump. 157 in my precinct voted for Trump.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/nation-world/ct-nw-mitch-mcconnell-trump-capitol-riots-20210119-wcvfpibhjrhohimy3y4wckdfbq-story.html
— President Trump pardons former chief strategist Steve Bannon, dozens of others – AP
https://www.chicagotribune.com/nation-world/ct-nw-trump-pardons-20210119-kzktdtp56fa4zdz2tfkckait4i-story.html
— Restaurants decry uneven playing field because of owners who flout indoor dining ban – PHIL VETTEL
https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-coronavirus-outdoor-dining-chicago-restaurants-20210119-mywwurdmizhlfg3yqdahpld42i-story.html
— 108 years after racially motivated trial, court docket for Black heavyweight champ Jack Johnson goes public – JASON MEISNER (DIERSEN: Soon, if not already, Illinois Democrats will demand that all Illinois Republicans disclose what their ancestors did in 1913. My ancestors on my father’s side operated Crete’s only hardware store. My ancestors on my mother’s side operated a farm in Grant Park.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/criminal-justice/ct-jack-johnson-boxer-chicago-trial-docket-20210119-colkpe6hondotgs5knzyg35eeu-story.html
— FRONT PAGE IN NAPERVILLE SUN: Asian-American professionals with Naperville ties talk racism, their roots, careers in District 203 virtual panel – RAFAEL GUERRERO
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-nvs-naperville-203-asian-american-panel-st-0117-20210119-mmzboc7e6ncoje7hxctbjplmru-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON AMERICA, ON ILLINOIS, ON COOK COUNTY, AND ON CHICAGO TIGHTENS: Activists rally in Federal Plaza ahead of Biden inauguration. “We’re here because we know that this country is still facing innumerable crises,” said Victoria Cervantes, one of the rally’s organizers and a coordinator of the human rights group La Voz de los de Abajo. “We know that the inequity, the institutionalized racism, violence, poverty, problems from A to Z, are still facing us. – Sam Charles (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats blame Republicans for all problems.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2021/1/19/22239733/activists-rally-in-federal-plaza-ahead-of-biden-inauguration
— Happy people who treat everyone nicely. Fairfield, Illinois, which voted even more for Trump in 2020 than it did in 2016, supports him still. – Neil Steinberg
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2021/1/19/22238631/fairfield-wayne-county-votes-trump-presidency-2020-election-dispute-biden-inauguration-steinberg

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Trump leaves Washington. “I will tell you that the future of this country has never been better. I wish the new administration great luck, great success,” Trump said before boarding Air Force One for the last time. – Bloomberg
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/government/trump-leaves-washington

WTTW

— Lightfoot Extends Stay-at-Home Order Until Jan. 30 – Heather Cherone
https://news.wttw.com/2021/01/19/lightfoot-extends-stay-home-order-until-jan-30
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats illegally encourage citizens of foreign countries to illegally come to America illegally and to illegally stay in America illegally. Democrats have declared war on Republicans. Democrats see illegals as being their soldiers in their army to get rid of Republicans once and for all.
https://news.wttw.com/2021/01/19/aldermen-advance-measure-expand-protections-immigrants

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Crisis Lincoln faced in 1861 ‘larger’ than Biden’s, historians say. Abraham Lincoln faced a nation that was literally falling apart in 1861. Some parallels between then and now. – Steven Spearie (DIERSEN: Of course, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs see Biden’s election as being a directive to get rid of Republicans once and for all.)
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/2021/01/20/abraham-lincoln-faced-crisis-1861-as-joe-biden-does-today/4200643001/

SUBURBAN LIFE
— DuPage County reports 338 COVID-19 cases Tuesday, 3 deaths, region’s positivity rate decreases to 8.2% – Joshua Welge
https://www.shawlocal.com/my-suburban-life/coronavirus/2021/01/19/dupage-county-reports-338-covid-19-cases-tuesday-3-deaths-regions-positivity-rate-decreases-to-82/

MDJ ONLINE
— Republicans begin to whittle down potential Bill Brady replacements – Zach Roth
https://www.mdjonline.com/neighbor_newspapers/extra/news/republicans-begin-to-whittle-down-potential-brady-replacements/article_fa259fd9-87fd-53e7-88c5-8701f03de977.html

WCIA
— “No White Guilt” Bags Thrown in Champaign and Urbana Neighborhoods
https://www.wcia.com/news/no-white-guilt-bags-thrown-in-champaign-and-urbana-neighborhoods/
— Police investigate ‘No White Guilt’ flyers scattered in yards – Brice Bement
https://www.wcia.com/news/police-investigate-no-white-guilt-flyers-scattered-in-yards/

RUSS STEWART
— MADIGAN MAY BE GONE, BUT HE’S TAKING $17.8 MILLION WITH HIM
http://www.russstewart.com/articles/2021/01-20-21.html

WILL COUNTY REPUBLICAN CENTRAL COMMITTEE
— Upcoming April 6th Election Dominates Local Republican Activities (DIERSEN: What are Republican organizations where you live doing to help elect Republican candidates on April 6?)
https://mailchi.mp/a8315c76c01b/upcoming-april-6th-election-dominates-local-republican-activities

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Catalina Lauf Reflects on Last Four Years on Inauguration Eve
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/01/19/lauf011921/
— Reick Reports on Springfield – The Most Comprehensive Yet
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/01/19/reick-reports-on-springfield/
— Jeff Schwartz Sworn In as County Board Member
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/01/19/jeff-schwartz-sworn-in-as-county-board-member/
— Conspiracies, Including Vote Fraud Showing Tweeter Deletions
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/01/20/conspiracies/
— 2017 Inauguration Day Protests
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/01/20/2017-inauguration-day/
— Low Inflation Rate Will Limit Tax Hikes for Next Two Years
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/01/20/low-inflation-rate-will-limit-tax-hikes-for-next-two-years/

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— Plainfield Township Supervisor Facing 6 Count Federal Indictment Alleging Theft of Approximately $1,380,769.90 – KIRK ALLEN & JOHN KRAFT
https://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2021/01/plainfield-township-supervisor-facing-6-count-federal-indictment-alleging-theft-of-approximatly-1380769-90/

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— The Shape of Things to Come in the Biden/Never-Trumper Dystopia – Laurie Higgins
https://illinoisfamily.org/federal/the-shape-of-things-to-come-in-the-biden-never-trumper-dystopia/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— TRUMP LEAVES DC, SAYING “HAVE A GOOD LIFE, WE WILL SEE YOU SOON”
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2021/01/trump-leaves-dc-saying-have-a-good-life-we-will-see-you-soon-.html
— JEANNE IVES ON THE FUTURE OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2021/01/jeanne-ives-on-the-future-of-the-republican-party.html

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump leaves White House for last time, promises to return ‘in some form’ – Dave Boyer
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/jan/20/trump-leaves-white-house-last-time-promises-return/
— Biden announces Day One erasure of Trump legacy. 1776 Commission, travel ban, border wall halted; climate change, racial justice to become focus of admin. – Stephen Dinan (DIERSEN: Of course, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs see this as being a directive to get rid of Republicans once and for all.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/jan/20/joe-biden-announces-day-one-erasure-trump-legacy/
— Biden eyes executive orders as ‘common ground’ remains elusive – Seth McLaughlin
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/jan/19/joe-biden-eyes-executive-orders-common-ground-rema/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— The Trump GOP is dead — the time to replace it is now – Nicole Russell (DIERSEN: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters want to use the Capitol Riot to destroy the Republican Party once and for all.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/the-trump-gop-is-dead-the-time-to-replace-it-is-now

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— How the Corporate Boycott of the GOP Could Backfire. Drawdown of corporate contributions could lead to more extremism, research shows. – Charles Fain Lehman (DIERSEN: I should write a book about businesses and organizations in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois that ever-increasingly make it clear that they hate individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are law enforcement, Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, gun owners, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. I would focus on those businesses and organizations that promote BLM and/or LGBTQ.)
https://freebeacon.com/policy/how-the-corporate-boycott-of-the-gop-could-backfire/

FOX NEWS
— Huckabee pushes back on calls for ‘deprogramming’ Trump voters: ‘The cult of the left’ Huckabee says free Americans can think for themselves – Joshua Q. Nelson
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/huckabee-katie-couric-deprogram-trump-voters-cult
— Cotton: Democrats being ‘very sore winners’ toward Trump supporters ahead of Biden inauguration. Arkansas Republican says Dems want to use ‘narrow and probably fleeting majority to try to silence all opposition’ – Angelica Stabile (DIERSEN: From what I see, Democrat plant, Libertarian plant, Green plant, Independent plant, and RINO leaders of Republican organizations a) despise/hate Trump supporters and b) will use the Capitol Riot to destroy the Republican Party once and for all.)
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/sen-cotton-democrats-being-sore-winners-towards-trump-supporters

GOPUSA
— In Fractured Country, Left Determined It Will Define ‘Unity’ And Punish Dissenters
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=105417
— Opinions Disallowed: 12 National Guardsmen Removed From Inaugural Duty For ‘Inappropriate’ Comments
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=105428
— Trump Vows His Movement Is ‘Just Beginning’ In Farewell Address
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=105424
— Get Ready For 4 Years Of Media Sycophancy
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=105422
— Biden Inauguration Day: America’s Dark Winter Begins
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=105439

HERITAGE FOUNDATION
— The Challenge for Conservatives in a Post-Trump World – Lee Edwards
https://www.heritage.org/conservatism/commentary/the-challenge-conservatives-post-trump-world

NEWSMAX
— Giuliani to Newsmax TV: McConnell ‘Lying’ Putting Riot Blame on Trump
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/giuliani-capitol-riot-mcconnell/2021/01/19/id/1006338/
— For the Left, Calling Trump Names No Longer Works – Patrick Buchanan
https://www.newsmax.com/patrickbuchanan/antifa-blm-capitol-honduras/2021/01/19/id/1006167/
— Sore Winner Left Wants Right Silenced Forever – Michael Reagan with Michael R. Shannon
https://www.newsmax.com/reagan/aws-big-dorsey-tech/2021/01/19/id/1006259/
— Social Media Faces Reckoning as Trump Ban Shatters ‘Neutral’ Facade (DIERSEN: Social media giants focus on destroying individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are conservative.)
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/social-media/2021/01/19/id/1006337/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Social media giants crossed a threshold in banning President Donald Trump and an array of his supporters — and now face a quandary on defining their efforts to remain politically neutral while promoting democracy and free speech. After Jan. 6, with its unprecedented violence in the seat of Congress, Trump was banned for allegedly inciting the rioters — on platforms including Facebook, Twitter, Google-owned YouTube and Snapchat. The alternative network Parler, which drew many Trump backers, was forced offline by Amazon’s web services unit. The bans broke new ground for internet firms but also shattered the longstanding notion that they are simply neutral platforms open for all to express any views. “Banning Donald Trump was a crossing of a Rubicon for social media firms, and they can’t go back,” said Samuel Woolley, a professor and researcher with the University of Texas Center for Media Engagement. “Up to now their biggest goal was to promote free speech, but recent events have shown they can no longer do this.”)
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater says “America in Fourth ‘Great Crisis.”
https://www.newsmax.com/us/ken-burns-documentary-filmmaker-movie/2021/01/19/id/1006282/

BLAZE
— MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell says multiple major retailers will no longer sell his products following election controversy. He hits back with a classy response. ‘They were good partners’ – Sarah Taylor
https://www.theblaze.com/news/mypillow-ceo-mike-lindell-retailers

CONSERVATIVE HQ
— We Hope Biden Fails – George Rasley
https://www.conservativehq.org/post/we-hope-biden-fails

DAILY CALLER
— Trump Discussing The Idea Of Creating A New Political Party – SCOTT MOREFIELD (DIERSEN: From what I see, Democrat plant, Libertarian plant, Green plant, Independent plant, and RINO leaders of Republican organizations a) despise/hate Trump supporters, b) want Trump to start a new political party, and c) will use the Capitol Riot to destroy the Republican Party once and for all.)
https://dailycaller.com/2021/01/19/donald-trump-patriot-new-political-party/

LIFE SITE NEWS
— Trump delivers farewell address: ‘proud of what we achieved together,’ ‘best is yet to come’ ‘Now, as I prepare to hand power over to a new administration at noon on Wednesday, I want you to know that the movement we started is only just beginning.’ – Calvin Freiburger
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/trump-delivers-farewell-address-proud-of-what-we-achieved-together-best-is-yet-to-come

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Trump Farewell Address: ‘The Movement We Started is Only Just Beginning’ – Mary Chastain
https://legalinsurrection.com/2021/01/trump-farewell-address-the-movement-we-started-is-only-just-beginning/

EPOCH TIMES
— Trump Leaves Washington, Tells Supporters: ‘We Will Be Back in Some Form’ – ZACHARY STIEBER
https://www.theepochtimes.com/trump-leaves-washington-for-florida-skipping-bidens-inauguration_3663965.html

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Ultra-Woke Illinois Mandates Are Top Threat to U.S. Education – STANLEY KURTZ
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/ultra-woke-illinois-mandates-are-top-threat-to-u-s-education/

POLITICO
— President Biden Wants to Unite the Country. How Can He Do It? Two dozen thinkers offer bold ideas for a new administration in a fractious era. (DIERSEN: Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs want to unite America against individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are law enforcement officers, Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, gun owners, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2021/01/20/president-biden-administration-unity-healing-policies-experts-ideas-inauguration-roundup-460470
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Root out extremism in the military ranks. . .Reaffirm the First Amendment. . .A White House task force on white supremacy. . .Call out the excesses of the left. . .A Civic Communication Corps. . .Punish politicians who lie. . .Update national standards for U.S. history. . .Invest in better digital platforms. . .Rebuild a shared reality. . .A new voting rights act. . .A truth and reconciliation commission. . .Increase access to affordable housing. . .Investigate Trump’s treatment of immigrants. . .Reparations for Black Americans. . .A week of national mourning for Covid victims. . .A push for better masks. . .A nonpartisan, no-nonsense virus strategy. . .Lower drug prices—for the pandemic and beyond. . .A 21st-century WPA. . .American-made pharmaceuticals. . .A Mental Health Corps. . .Reinvest in the working class)
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater says “Republican support for convicting Trump in Senate growing.”
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/19/republican-support-convicting-trump-growing-460247

NBC NEWS
— Biden’s call for unity isn’t helped by Big Tech’s deplatforming Trump and the right. It will only stoke resentment and make millions of Americans feel the elites dismiss their struggles and opinions — the same thing that helped lead to Trump. – Kelly Jane Torrance (DIERSEN: The more that you promote the Republican Party platform, the more that Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs deplatform you. I am no longer a TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member, Milton Township Republican Organization webmaster, Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, or American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member.)
https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/biden-s-call-unity-isn-t-helped-big-tech-s-ncna1254810

CNBC NEWS
— YouTube extends Trump suspension for another week – Jennifer Elias (DIERSEN: Google continues to refuse to treat www.gopillinois.com as being a news website.)
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/01/19/youtube-extends-trump-suspension-for-another-week.html

NEW YORK TIMES
— Deepening Schism, McConnell Says Trump ‘Provoked’ Capitol Mob. The Senate majority leader’s remarks were the clearest signal yet that he has come to regard President Trump as a force who could drag down the Republican Party. – Nicholas Fandos (DIERSEN: Trump-supporters believe that Trump wanted a Big Demonstration, but not a Capitol Riot. Will Kinzinger use McConnell to officially call for all Republicans to officially disavow Trump or leave the Republican Party? 2,446,891 in Illinois voted for Trump. 193,611 in DuPage County voted for Trump. 20,080 in Milton Township voted for Trump. 157 in my precinct voted for Trump.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/19/us/politics/mcconnell-trump-capitol-riot.html
— Prosecute Trump? Biden Is Wary, but His Voters Are Eager. Urging unity, the president-elect has tried to focus on his policy plans. But many of those who elected him are still fixated on his predecessor: “He’s a crook and he needs to pay.” – Trip Gabriel
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/19/us/politics/biden-trump-impeachment.html
— The Arizona G.O.P. Is Sticking With Trumpism, Whether Arizona Republicans Like It or Not. Despite losing a Senate seat and seeing Joe Biden win the state, state party leaders in the land of Barry Goldwater and John McCain aren’t switching gears. They’re doubling down. – Jennifer Medina
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/19/us/politics/arizona-republicans-trump.html
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Biden to Announce Broad Plan to Reverse Trump Immigration Policies. Legislation he will propose on his first day as president will give undocumented immigrants the chance to become citizens and restore and expand programs for refugees and asylum seekers. – Michael Shear
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/19/us/politics/biden-immigration-policies.html
— The Ideas Behind Trump’s 1776 Commission Report. The report of the president’s 1776 Commission advocating ‘patriotic history’ has no citations or source list. But its claims derive from arguments that have long circulated on the right. – Jennifer Schuessler
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/19/arts/1776-commission-claims-trump.html
— Pandemic teacher shortages imperil in-person schooling. – Natasha Singer (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.nytimes.com/2021/01/19/world/pandemic-teacher-shortages-imperil-in-person-schooling.html

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Does McConnell understand that he is being used by hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hates to destroy not only Trump and his supporters, but to destroy America?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/01/20/mcconnell-raised-whole-bunch-questions/
— A Florida lawmaker wants a highway named after Trump. Some Democrats vow ‘not even a bench’ will bear his name. – Antonia Noori Farzan
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/01/20/trump-highway-florida/

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ask “How long will Washington have to be an armed camp?”
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2021-01-20/how-long-will-washington-d-c-have-to-be-an-armed-camp

USA TODAY
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters say “How Donald Trump will be remembered after four tumultuous years as president.”
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2021/01/20/trump-legacy-how-history-see-presidents-tumultuous-four-years/4158507001/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Trump Has Discussed Starting a New Political Party – Andrew Restuccia (DIERSEN: From what I see, Democrat plant, Libertarian plant, Green plant, Independent plant, and RINO leaders of Republican organizations a) despise/hate Trump supporters, b) want Trump to start a new political party, and c) will use the Capitol Riot to destroy the Republican Party once and for all.)
https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/trump-impeachment-biden-inauguration/card/90pPMzFPqr5fMzg1Bkbs
(FROM THE ARTICLE: It’s unclear how serious Mr. Trump is about starting a new party, which would require a significant investment of time and resources. The president has a large base of supporters, some of whom were not deeply involved in Republican politics prior to Mr. Trump’s 2016 campaign. Third parties have typically failed to draw enough support to play a major role in national elections. Any effort to start a new party would likely face intense opposition from Republican party officials, who would chafe at the thought of Mr. Trump peeling off support from GOP candidates.)
— Conspiracy Charges Filed Over Capitol Riot – Aruna Viswanatha
https://www.wsj.com/articles/first-conspiracy-charges-filed-over-capitol-riot-11611080191
— More Americans Face Retirement Insecurity. A Boston College study shows the pandemic worsens an already grim trend. – Anne Tergesen (DIERSEN: My Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) pension is only 41% of what my GAO salary was in 1997 in today’s dollars. My CSRS pension is less than what my IRS salary was in 1972 in today’s dollars.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/more-americans-face-retirement-insecurity-11611064810
— Net Neutrality and Big Tech’s Speech Hypocrisy. Facebook and Twitter once positioned themselves as champions of an open internet. No longer. – Allysia Finley
https://www.wsj.com/articles/net-neutrality-and-big-techs-speech-hypocrisy-11611097017
— How Will President Biden Govern? By his own instincts, or the desires of his party’s progressives? – Editorial
https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-will-president-biden-govern-11611097636
— America the Unextreme. Politicians need to relearn the wisdom of not denigrating voters by the millions. – Holman W. Jenkins, Jr.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/america-the-unextreme-11611096925

FORBES
— Fox News Lays Off Staffers As Trump Leaves Office – Nicholas Reimann
https://www.forbes.com/sites/nicholasreimann/2021/01/19/fox-news-lays-off-staffers-as-trump-leaves-office/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater says “Half Of Americans View Trump Presidency As A Failure.” I should write a book about hate-filled conservative-hating conservative-haters in Illinois, in DuPage County, in Milton Township, and in Wheaton who wanted Trump to fail.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/alisondurkee/2021/01/19/polls-half-of-americans-view-trump-presidency-as-a-failure/

KMJN
— NBC News Poll: Voters Bleak on US Track, Future (DIERSEN: From what I see, the more of the following that you are, the more bleak that your future is: law enforcement officer, Trump supporter, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, gun owner, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.kmjnow.com/news/nbc-news-poll-voters-bleak-on-us-track-future/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: More than 70% of voters think the country is on the wrong track and that the next four years will remain politically divided — while a majority are pessimistic about America’s future, a new poll showed. The NBC News poll released a day before the Wednesday inauguration of Joe Biden paints a bleak picture of a worried nation. Here’s the breakdown: 73% say the country is on the wrong track. 73% say the United States will remain divided in the next four years. 53% say they’re worried and pessimistic about the nation’s future — the first time that response has been given to the question since 1998. The poll also showed voters find Biden likable and ethical, but didn’t give him high marks on the economy or for sharing their positions on the issues. 39% gave Biden a “4” or “5” on a five-point scaled on the economy; 38% gave him those high marks on sharing their positions on the issues. 55% of voters give Biden a “4” or “5” on a five-point scale of being knowledgeable and experienced enough to handle the presidency, and 53% as being easygoing and likable. 47% gave Biden high marks for having the ability to handle a crisis, and 45% give him high marks for having high personal and ethical standards.)

DAILY BEAST
— Fox News Launches ‘Purge’ to ‘Get Rid of Real Journalists,’ Insiders Say ‘BLOOD BATH’ Fox laid off at least 16 staffers, including Chris Stirewalt, who defended the election-night call that pissed off Trump. Insiders say the firings are part of an ideological purge. – Diana Falzone and Lachlan Cartwright
https://www.thedailybeast.com/fox-news-launches-purge-to-get-rid-of-real-journalists
(FROM THE ARTICLE: But a dozen current and recently departed Fox News employees who spoke with The Daily Beast all said the “purge”—as a few characterized it—was part of the network’s larger effort to pivot its website from straight-news reporting to right-wing opinion content in the mold of Fox’s primetime programming. “There is a concerted effort to get rid of real journalists,” said one recently departed Fox staffer. “They laid capable people off who were actual journalists and not blind followers.” Others said it was an attempt to silence leakers from speaking to outside media about the changes being instituted by Porter Berry, a former producer for Hannity and Bill O’Reilly, who recently transitioned from the TV side to running Fox’s digital properties. “Porter’s uncomfortable around and is suspicious of experienced editors,” one Fox News insider remarked to The Daily Beast. “They make him feel inept because his background is entirely in TV.” “Porter is at the helm,” one current employee declared of the layoffs, while a recently departed staffer said: “This is all Porter. Both an ideological purge and a purge of people he was threatened by.” “It’s essentially the final nail in the coffin for digital journalism at Fox,” another recently departed staffer declared. Though, this former staffer noted, the shift to focusing on right-wing opinion has paid off for Berry. “What has slightly been working for him are recaps of the network’s primetime opinion shows,” the source said, and so the desire is for more “cheap labor to write a dozen 250 word recaps of the network’s primetime shows.”)

INDEPENDENT
— What if the US had a five-party system (Democratic Socialists, Progressive Democrats, Centre Bloc, Conservatives, America First)? The Trump years have wrecked the Republican Party, and the Democrats are pulling in different directions. But it doesn’t have to be this way. – Andrew Naughtie (DIERSEN: I should write a book about the most anti-conservative leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization since 2000. I would focus on those who falsely claim to be conservative to give themselves standing to destroy conservatives.)
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/us-politics-five-party-system-b1789531.html