May 6 Morning Edition

ABC7
— Florida governor signs Republican-drafted voting bill; Advocates say it harms minority, disabled voters – AP
https://abc7chicago.com/florida-voting-bill-elections-law-fl-restrictions-laws/10588479/

NBC5
— Skyrocketing Threats Prompt Concern For Safety Of Judges Threats against members of the federal bench are up over 400 percent – Phil Rogers
https://www.nbcchicago.com/investigations/skyrocketing-threats-prompt-concern-for-safety-of-judges/2502149/

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Trump launches his own ‘communications’ platform in wake of Facebook spat
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/929926

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— State strategy needed to stem continued population loss – CHARLES SELLE
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/lake-county-news-sun/opinion/ct-lns-selle-state-migration-st-0506-20210505-c4nrgayc3zcrhlvxvsgs3rsopm-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— House speaker says minority representation key to remap effort – JJ Bullock 
(DIERSEN: Republicans are a minority in Illinois.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20210505/house-speaker-says-minority-representation-key-to-remap-effort
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Under the Illinois Constitution, lawmakers have until June 30 to draw a new map, but no census data will available for redistricting until Aug. 16. Republicans and Democrats have clashed over whether a map can be drawn without full census data and whether the June 30 deadline can be missed. The Democratic majority is in control of the redistricting process.)

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Gidwitz returns as a major national GOP fundraiser  The former ambassador will co-chair a panel that hopes to raise “at least $350 million” to retake the Senate. – GREG HINZ
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/greg-hinz-politics/gidwitz-returns-major-national-gop-fundraiser
— CEOs rank Illinois among worst states to do business Meanwhile, nearby Indiana was named one of the best. – WENDELL HUTSON
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/government/ceos-rank-illinois-among-worst-states-do-business

EDWARDSVILLE INTELLIGENCER
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote LGBTQ.
https://www.theintelligencer.com/news/article/Anti-transgender-bills-are-latest-version-of-16156214.php

WCIA
— House Democrats go behind locked door to draw new district maps – Mark Maxwell
https://www.wcia.com/illinois-capitol-news/house-democrats-go-behind-locked-door-to-draw-new-district-maps/

NEWS CHANNEL 20
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Illinois Democrats assure that Illinois students will be 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://newschannel20.com/news/local/illinois-continues-legislative-trend-to-diversify-school-curriculums

CHICAGO PATCH
— Kim Foxx Keeps Proving She’s A Politician In Prosecutor’s Clothes Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx scapegoats staff for not reminding her it’s her job keep tabs on “heater” cases. – Mark Konkol
https://patch.com/illinois/chicago/kim-foxx-keeps-proving-shes-politician-prosecutors-clothes

CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS
— Senate committee advances bills on sex ed, decriminalizing HIV transmission – RAYMON TRONCOSO
(DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote LGBTQ.)
https://capitolnewsillinois.com/NEWS/senate-committee-advances-bills-on-sex-ed-decriminalizing-hiv-transmission

BGA
— City Spends Millions Defending Secrecy Practices. A BGA investigation shows Chicago leaders paid millions in legal fees to withhold public records, thwarting a decade-old state reform measure to give citizens more power to shake loose government documents. – Alexander Shur and David Jackson
https://www.bettergov.org/news/city-spends-millions-defending-secrecy-practices/

WIREPOINTS
— Torrent Of Federal Cash Stifling Return To Work As Fed Repeats Historic Error – In Reverse – Mark Glennon
https://wirepoints.org/torrent-of-federal-cash-stifling-return-to-work-as-fed-repeats-historic-error-in-reverse-wirepoints/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— BAILEY RELEASES PRITZKER ATTACK AD
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2021/05/bailey-releases-pritzker-attack-ad-.html

CAPITOL FAX
— Harmon on pension debt: “We’re going to have to pay it”
https://capitolfax.com/2021/05/06/harmon-on-pension-debt-were-going-to-have-to-pay-it/

FOX NEWS
— Ingraham: Liz Cheney doesn’t belong in GOP leadership
https://www.foxnews.com/transcript/ingraham-liz-cheney-doesnt-belong-in-gop-leadership
— Facebook under fire for encouraging border crisis with ads for human smugglers, cartels: Rep. Kat Cammack Florida freshman rep asks Mark Zuckerberg to block Facebook pages that encourage ‘criminal enterprise’ – Marisa Schultz
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/kat-cammack-facebook-border-crisis-ads-human-smugglers-cartels

AMERICAN THINKER
— Is Balkanization Inevitable? – John
Green (DIERSEN: I should write a book about the lead balkanizers in Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton.)
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2021/05/is_balkanization_inevitable.html

BREITBART
— Biden Forces Down Deportations of Illegal Aliens to Lowest in U.S. History – JOHN BINDER
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/05/05/report-monthly-deportations-illegal-aliens-hits-lowest-level-in-history/
— Pentagon Chief Believes Military Leaders Should Make Diversity a ‘Personal Commitment’ – KRISTINA WONG
(DIERSEN: From what I see, Democrats want the military to require soldiers to be one, two, three, or more of the following: Democrat, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, moderate, liberal, non-Christian, non-Italian American, non-German American, and/or those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time.)
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/05/05/pentagon-chief-believes-military-leaders-should-make-diversity-a-personal-commitment/

DAILY WIRE
— ‘What’s To Stop Them From Silencing You?’ Conservatives Slam Facebook’s ‘Independent’ Oversight Board – Ian Haworth
(DIERSEN: Those who have lots of clout hint/imply/argue/shout that they might not silence you if a) you agree to be manipulated or dominated by them, b) you glorify and praise them, c) pander to them, d) serve as one of their operatives or dupes, e) cover-up their wrongdoing, and/or f) give them money.)
https://www.dailywire.com/news/whats-to-stop-them-from-silencing-you-conservatives-slam-facebooks-independent-oversight-board
— Affinity Groups: The Left’s New Term For Segregation – Ashe Schow
https://www.dailywire.com/news/affinity-groups-the-lefts-new-term-for-segregation
— Bill Passes Tennessee State House Prohibiting Critical Race Theory In Public Schools – Chrissy Clark
https://www.dailywire.com/news/bill-passes-tennessee-state-house-prohibiting-critical-race-theory-in-public-schools

TOWNHALL
— Teaching Kids That America Was Always Racist – Jerry Newcombe
https://townhall.com/columnists/jerrynewcombe/2021/05/06/teaching-kids-that-america-was-always-racist-n2589006

HERITAGE FOUNDATION
— Purging Whiteness To Purge Capitalism – Mike Gonzalez and Jonathan Butcher
https://www.heritage.org/progressivism/commentary/purging-whiteness-purge-capitalism

ONE NEWS NOW
— Biden administration spending billions on shelters for illegals – AP
https://onenewsnow.com/ap/politics/biden-administration-spending-billions-on-shelters-for-illegals

PATRIOT POST
— A Model for Fighting CRT in America’s Schools
https://patriotpost.us/articles/79672-in-brief-a-model-for-fighting-crt-in-americas-schools-2021-05-06

NATIONAL REVIEW
— After Trump, the Woke Left Roars – JIM GERAGHTY
https://www.nationalreview.com/the-morning-jolt/after-trump-the-woke-left-roars/

DAILY TORCH
— After Trump banned for life on Facebook, is today’s social tyranny creating the conditions for one-party rule? – Robert Romano
(DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who discriminate against Republicans. I would focus on those who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton.)
https://dailytorch.com/2021/05/after-trump-banned-for-life-on-facebook-is-todays-social-tyranny-creating-the-conditions-for-one-party-rule/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Narrowly expanding the franchise of protected groups under civil rights law to include political affiliation could help preserve liberty and our civil discourse. Interactive computer services could be defined as public accommodations so that social media services cannot be denied on the basis of partisan differences. Institutions like banking could also be prevented from engaging in political de-platforming. Common sense exceptions could be added, for example excluding employment hiring for exclusive organizations like political parties and organizations. One thing is certain. If Congress does not begin treating the political system on the internet and elsewhere as a civil right the civil society depends on, then we will soon have a tyrannical one-party system. You’ve been warned.)

COLLEGE FIX
— West Point probed for allegations it’s pushing critical race theory on cadets – ISAAC CROSS
https://www.thecollegefix.com/west-point-probed-for-allegations-its-pushing-critical-race-theory-on-cadets/

EPOCH TIMES
— Republicans: Break Up Big Tech After Facebook Board Upholds Trump Ban. Democrats cheer board’s decision, call for ban to be made permanent. – ZACHARY STIEBER
https://www.theepochtimes.com/mkt_morningbrief/republicans-break-up-big-tech-after-facebook-board-upholds-trump-ban_3803542.html

THE HILL
— GOP legislatures target critical race theory – REID WILSON
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/551977-gop-legislatures-target-critical-race-theory
— Conservative Club for Growth PAC comes out against Stefanik to replace Cheney – JOSEPH CHOI
https://thehill.com/homenews/media/552052-conservative-club-for-growth-pac-comes-out-against-stefanik-to-replace-cheney
— Kinzinger hits GOP on ‘operation #coverupJan6’ over Cheney ouster plot – LEXI LONAS
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/552029-kinzinger-hits-gop-on-operation-coverupjan6-over-cheney-ouster-plot

POLITICO
— Trump’s not back on Facebook, and Republicans are even angrier. The ruling that’s keeping Trump off the platform is spawning new threats from Republicans, even as Facebook stares down another decision on his account. – CRISTIANO LIMA
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/05/05/facebook-nightmare-donald-trump-gop-485482
— Facebook’s political nightmare deepens The ruling that’s keeping Trump off the platform is spawning new threats from Republicans, even as Facebook stares down another decision on his account. – CRISTIANO LIMA
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/05/05/facebook-nightmare-donald-trump-gop-485482

NBC NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters promote Cheney.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/meet-the-press/liz-cheney-s-imminent-ouster-gop-s-surrender-trump-complete-n1266494

MSNBC
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters promote Cheney.
https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/her-party-turning-her-cheney-makes-her-pitch-gop-n1266496

MSN
— Trump slams Facebook, Twitter and Google as ‘disgrace and embarrassment to the United States.’
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/trump-slams-facebook-twitter-and-google-as-disgrace-and-embarrassment-to-us/ar-BB1gocR5
— Wisconsin dairy farmer sues Biden admin over ‘racist’ relief plan – Keith Griffith
(DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrat politicians use government to give preference to those 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://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/wisconsin-dairy-farmer-sues-biden-admin-over-racist-relief-plan/ar-BB1gprNI?li=BBnbcA1

YAHOO NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrat politicians use government to give preference to those 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://news.yahoo.com/biden-cabinet-secretary-defends-race-221945173.html

NEW YORK POST
— Twitter suspends Trump’s new ‘From the Desk’ account – Emily Jacobs
https://nypost.com/2021/05/06/twitter-suspends-trumps-new-from-the-desk-account/
— Jim Jordan: ‘The votes are there’ to oust Liz Cheney from House GOP post. – Samuel Chamberlain
https://nypost.com/2021/05/05/jim-jordan-the-votes-are-there-to-oust-liz-cheney/

WASHINGTON POST
— Trump, Scalise back Elise Stefanik to replace Liz Cheney
https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/liz-cheney-republicans/2021/05/05/700a7aa8-ada9-11eb-acd3-24b44a57093a_story.html

HOUSTON CHRONICLE
— Texas Republicans target ‘critical race theory’ – Jeremy Blackman and Cayla Harris
https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Texas-Republicans-target-critical-race-16154920.php

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Facebook Keeps Banning Trump – Editorial
https://www.wsj.com/articles/facebook-keeps-banning-trump-11620255813
— How Elise Stefanik Rose to Cusp of GOP Leadership New York lawmaker defended President Trump during his first impeachment and now has his backing to succeed Trump critic Liz Cheney as Republican Conference chairwoman – Siobhan Hughes, Kristina Peterson and Jimmy Vielkind
https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-elise-stefanik-rose-to-cusp-of-gop-leadership-11620246464

NEWSWEEK
— Kinzinger Blasts GOP Leaders Over Loyalty to Trump, Opposition to Cheney – JASON LEMON
https://www.newsweek.com/republican-adam-kinzinger-blasts-gop-leaders-over-loyalty-trump-opposition-cheney-1589200
— Ban Critical Race Theory Now – MAX EDEN
https://www.newsweek.com/ban-critical-race-theory-now-opinion-1588362

NEW YORK MAGAZINE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater says “Liz Cheney Wants to Save American Democracy From Trump’s Next Coup.”
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2021/05/liz-cheney-save-democracy-republican-trump-coup-insurrection-purge.html

DAILY MAIL
— Facebook tries to silence conservative views while allowing human smugglers to operate ‘openly’ on the platform, says GOP Rep. Kat Cammack – KEITH GRIFFITH
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9547913/Facebook-allows-human-smugglers-operate-openly-platform-says-GOP-Rep.html

May 5 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Illinois COVID-19 Update: 60% of IL adults receive vaccine dose as state reports 2,410 new coronavirus cases, 30 deaths. 80% of seniors have received at least 1 vaccine dose.
https://abc7chicago.com/health/60%25-of-il-adults-receive-vaccine-dose-as-state-reports-2410-new-covid-19-cases/10584472/?cmp=emc-wls-news-headlines-5/5/2021

NBC5
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater says “Liz Cheney Clings to GOP Post as Trump Endorses Replacement. Cheney has refused to back down on her criticism under heavy pressure from party leaders who’ve aggressively stood by Trump and his false election claims.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/politics/liz-cheneys-gop-post-in-peril-as-trump-endorses-replacement/2503185/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Top Republicans in House turn on Liz Cheney as Trump gives ‘TOTAL Endorsement’ to Elise Stefanik for her leadership post – AP
https://www.chicagotribune.com/nation-world/ct-aud-nw-house-republicans-liz-cheney-20210505-47lvcl2ddneqfdgcwuluk4y7zi-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Republican-hater promotes Biden.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/steve-chapman/ct-column-joe-biden-chapman-20210505-pcbweza5n5ff3fq72sm2yk33z4-story.html
— Applicants sought for open Kane County Board seat
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/aurora-beacon-news/ct-abn-kane-board-opening-st-0506-20210505-bernuedw5bhzta4rgl5vnuehsu-story.html
— More bad news for higher education: Illinois community college enrollment plummets as COVID-19 sidelines would-be students – ELYSSA CHERNEY
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-illinois-college-enrollment-spring-covid-tt-20210505-tng3jsbjejbchj5324sjoaggky-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Cheney’s post dim as Trump endorses Stefanik to replace her. Donald Trump issued a statement giving his “COMPLETE and TOTAL Endorsement” to Rep. Elise Stefanik of New York to replace Liz Cheney. – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2021/5/5/22421116/cheneys-post-dim-trump-endorses-stefanik
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters promote hatred against Trump.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2021/5/5/22420911/facebook-ban-donald-trump-editorial
— A Mother’s Day plea: Respect parents’ right to protect their minor children by notifying them before a girl has an abortion. The instinct to protect our children is almost primal in its ferocity, and the love between parent and child is a primary foundation of our society. – Amy Gehrke, Executive Director of the Illinois Right to Life and member of the Parents for the Protection of Girls Coalition
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2021/5/4/22419613/parental-notification-act-mothers-day-reflection-parenting-illinois-legislators

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Governor’s map ‘whopper’ another big disappointment – Scott Reeder
https://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/scott-reeder-governors-map-whopper-another-big-disappointment/article_783784cb-9f62-54f4-b1e7-ddd18e506229.html

WJBC
— Congressman LaHood calls former President Trump’s Facebook ban a ‘terrible precedent’ – Blake Haas
https://www.wjbc.com/2021/05/05/congressman-lahood-calls-former-president-trumps-facebook-ban-a-terrible-precedent/

CITY OF WHEATON
— VERY SAD: Memorial Day Parade Cancelled Due to the on-going Covid-19 pandemic and social distancing guidelines, the American Legion will not be hosting a Wheaton Memorial Day Parade for 2021.
https://wheaton.il.us/CivicSend/ViewMessage/Message/142315

WHEATON PATCH
— Scaled-Back Fourth Of July Celebration Planned In Wheaton. Wheaton’s Fourth of July parade and fireworks show are back on after being canceled in 2020 due to coronavirus. – Lisa Marie Farver
https://patch.com/illinois/wheaton/scaled-back-fourth-july-celebration-planned-wheaton
(FROM THE ARTICLE: After being canceled in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic, Wheaton’s Fourth of July celebration will return in 2021, albeit with scaled-back festivities. A fireworks display is set for July 3 at Graf Park, 1855 Manchester Rd. at dusk. The park district website notes that there will be no carnival rides, DJ music or other onsite activities. Residents are also advised to leave their pets at home due to the loud sounds of fireworks and potentially big crowds of people in attendance. Wheaton’s Fourth of July Parade is slated for July 4, though details about the parade time and route are still pending. No candy or other items will be passed out during the parade and those in attendance will be required to wear face masks if they are not from the same household and cannot maintain six feet of social distance. The Wheaton Park District did not immediately respond to Patch’s request for more information Wednesday morning.)

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— FLORIDA CLOSE TO CRACKING DOWN ON BIG TECH
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2021/05/florida-close-to-cracking-down-on-big-tech.html
— AMERICANS DO NOT WANT THE WOKE RACISM OUR SCHOOLS ARE PEDDLING
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2021/05/americans-do-not-want-the-woke-racism-our-schools-are-peddling.html
— VICTORY! A SANCTUARY ORDINANCE FALLS
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2021/05/victory-a-sanctuary-ordinance-falls.html
— SHARING THE COVID VACCINE ‘FORMULA’ WITH FOREIGN COUNTRIES POSES NATIONAL SECURITY RISK
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2021/05/sharing-the-covid-vaccine-formula-with-foreign-countries-poses-national-security-risk.html
— RAND PAUL TO VISIT CHICAGO
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2021/05/rand-paul-to-visit-chicago-.html
— PEORIA AREA PREGNANCY SUPPORT CENTER RUINED BY FIRE SET INTENTIONALLY, OFFICIALS SAY
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2021/05/peoria-area-pregnancy-support-center-ruined-by-fire-set-intentionally-officials-say.html
— ONE CONGRESS MEMBER FROM ILLINOIS OPPOSES GUN CONTROL ADVOCATE DAVID CHIPMAN’S ATF APPOINTMENT
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2021/05/one-congress-member-from-illinois-opposes-gun-control-advocate-david-chipmans-atf-appointment.html
— ABORTION ADVOCATE TAMMY DUCKWORTH SELLS MOTHER’S DAY SWAG
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2021/05/abortion-advocate-tammy-duckworth-sells-mothers-day-swag.html
— WE CAN REPEAL, NOT JUST REFORM, SECTION 230
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2021/05/we-can-repeal-not-just-reform-section-230.html

CAPITOL FAX
— 2,410 new confirmed and probable cases; 30 additional deaths; 2,060 hospitalized; 496 in ICU; 3.3 percent average case positivity rate; 3.9 percent average test positivity rate; 71,219 average daily doses; 60 percent of adults and 80 percent of seniors have received at least one dose
https://capitolfax.com/2021/05/05/2410-new-confirmed-and-probable-cases-30-additional-deaths-2060-hospitalized-496-in-icu-33-percent-average-case-positivity-rate-39-percent-average-test-positivity-rate-71219-average-daily-doses-60-per/
— Biden’s Illinois job approval rating is 51-38 with 11 percent unsure
https://capitolfax.com/2021/05/05/bidens-illinois-job-approval-rating-is-51-38-with-11-percent-unsure/
— Rodney Davis ranked as most bipartisan US Rep. in Illinois
https://capitolfax.com/2021/05/05/rodney-davis-ranked-as-most-bipartisan-us-rep-in-illinois/
— Morrison Pushes for Real Pension Reform
https://capitolfax.com/2021/05/05/question-of-the-day-3253/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump endorses Stefanik’s bid to oust Cheney from GOP leadership – Seth McLaughlin
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/may/5/donald-trump-endorses-elise-stefaniks-bid-oust-liz/

FOX NEWS
— Trump slams Facebook ban as ‘total disgrace,’ says Big Tech companies ‘must pay a political price’ Facebook’s Oversight Board upheld Trump suspension – Brooke Singman
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-facebook-ban-reaction-big-tech-companies-political-price

GOPUSA
— ‘Break Them Up’: GOP Vows Big Tech Backlash Over Facebook Trump Ban
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=109909
— The Power Behind The White House
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=109891
— Biden’s Ruinous Refugee Dump – Michelle Malkin
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=109903

BREITBART
— Facebook ‘Supreme Court’ Upholds the Blacklisting of Donald Trump – LUCAS NOLAN
(DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who blacklist me and who blacklist my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters. I would focus on those who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Illinois, DuPage County, DuPage County’s 4th District, Milton Township, Wheaton, and Wheaton’s West District. I would focus on those who destroy those like me a) who refuse to be manipulated or dominated, b) who refuse to glorify and praise them, c) who refuse to pander to them, d) who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, e) who refuse to cover up their wrongdoing, and/or f) who refuse to give them money. I would focus on those who blame me for their problems, for your problems, for my problems, and for everyone’s problems.)
https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2021/05/05/facebook-supreme-court-upholds-the-blacklisting-of-donald-trump/

EPOCH TIMES
— American History Is Being Falsified to Sow Political Division: Mary Grabar – TOM OZIMEK
https://www.theepochtimes.com/mkt_breakingnews/american-history-is-being-falsified-to-sow-political-division-mary-grabar_3803398.html

CNBC
— Republicans ramp up threats against Big Tech after Trump Facebook ban upheld – Kevin Breuninger
(DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who ban me and who ban my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters. I would focus on those who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Illinois, DuPage County, DuPage County’s 4th District, Milton Township, Wheaton, and Wheaton’s West District. I would focus on those who destroy those like me a) who refuse to be manipulated or dominated, b) who refuse to glorify and praise them, c) who refuse to pander to them, d) who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, e) who refuse to cover up their wrongdoing, and/or f) who refuse to give them money. I would focus on those who blame me for their problems, for your problems, for my problems, and for everyone’s problems.)
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/05/05/republicans-ramp-up-threats-to-big-tech-after-trump-facebook-ban-upheld.html
— Mark Zuckerberg can no longer deflect blame for Trump’s Facebook suspension – Lauren Feiner
(DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who lame me and blame my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters for their problems, for your problems, for my problems, and for everyone’s problems. I would focus on those who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Illinois, DuPage County, DuPage County’s 4th District, Milton Township, Wheaton, and Wheaton’s West District. I would focus on those who destroy those like me a) who refuse to be manipulated or dominated, b) who refuse to glorify and praise them, c) who refuse to pander to them, d) who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, e) who refuse to cover up their wrongdoing, and/or f) who refuse to give them money.)
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/05/05/mark-zuckerberg-can-no-longer-deflect-blame-for-trumps-facebook-suspension.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Liz Cheney says in op-ed that GOP must pick true conservative values over ‘dangerous and anti-democratic Trump cult of personality’
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/05/05/liz-cheney-republican-party-turning-point/
— Facebook’s problem isn’t Trump. It’s Facebook. – Charlie Warzel
https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/05/05/facebook-oversight-board-trump-ban-real-problem/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Behind Liz Cheney’s Break With Kevin McCarthy Over Trump. Wyoming Republican’s persistent criticism of former president’s actions before Capitol riot by his supporters turned some of her allies into foes. – Kristina Peterson
https://www.wsj.com/articles/scalise-backs-stefanik-to-replace-liz-cheney-as-gop-conference-chair-11620218211

May 5 Morning Edition

CBS2
— Workers At South Side Illinois Motor Vehicle Facility Say COVID-19 Is Rampant, And State Is Downplaying It – Jermont Terry
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2021/05/04/illinois-secretary-of-state-chicago-south-driver-services-covid-19/
— Waiting For An Illinois Firearms’ Owner’s Card? Get In Line — A Very Long Line – Megan Hickey
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2021/05/04/illinois-foid-card-backlog/

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— State lawmakers want to ban hair discrimination in Illinois schools The State Senate is considering legislation that would protect the rights of students to wear their hair in styles historically associated with race, ethnicity and hair texture like braids, dreadlocks or twists.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/929337

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— OUTRAGEOUS, DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: TRUMP TODAY, YOU TOMORROW: Facebook Oversight Board upholds former President Donald Trump’s suspension – AP
https://www.chicagotribune.com/nation-world/ct-aud-nw-facebook-trump-decision-20210505-2cvwvvrzd5f5fawgmw652r34gu-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters glorify and praise Liz Cheney.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/rex-huppke/ct-liz-cheney-kevin-mccarthy-trump-biden-election-big-lie-huppke-20210505-obf4tmvqtjapzbh7m7ptovsesm-story.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD IN NAPERVILLE SUN: Iron Gate looks to add residences to Naperville motor condo complex – SUZANNE BAKER
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-nvs-irongate-garage-homes-naperville-st-20210504-hfkd5ympprgw5eq7lretqmzgxy-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— ‘Medicated Skittles’? Candy giant sues weed sellers for trademark infringement In federal suits filed this week, Chicago’s Mars Wrigley is asking for millions of dollars in damages and the shutdown of shady websites allegedly peddling counterfeit products. – Tom Schuba
https://chicago.suntimes.com/cannabis/2021/5/4/22420070/mars-candy-medicated-skittles-cannabis-pot-candy-gummies-zkittlez-taste-rainbow-girl-scout-cookies
— Chicago has more summer jobs than applicants, aldermen told – Fran Spielman
(DIERSEN: What did you do with the money that you earned from summer jobs? I did yard work and delivered newspapers during the summers of 1962, 1963, and 1964. I washed dishes during the summer of 1965. I cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline during the summer of 1966. I delivered mail during the summers of 1967, 1968, and 1969. I used the money that I earned a) to buy a 1958 Chevy BelAir in 1964, b) to buy a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint in 1966, c) to pay for tuition and books at UIC 1966-1968, d) to buy a new 1968 Oldsmobile 442 in 1967, e) to buy a new 1969 Dodge Charger SE in 1968, and f) to pay for room and board, tuition, and books at NIU 1969-1970.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2021/5/4/22419820/chicago-summer-jobs-lifeguards-park-district-crime-violence-surge
— Lady Justice swaps her blindfold for a body camera. Justice is still imperfect. But the average citizen, the bystander, the victim, has more power. – Phil Kadner
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2021/5/4/22419278/body-cameras-lady-justice-adam-toledo-police-shootings-phil-kadner

WIREPOINTS
— Communities in crisis: More than half of Illinois cities get “F” grades for local pensions
https://wirepoints.org/executive-summary-communities-in-crisis-more-than-half-of-illinois-cities-get-f-grades-for-local-pensions/
https://wirepoints.org/communities-in-crisis-more-than-half-of-illinois-cities-get-f-grades-for-local-pensions-wirepoints-special-report/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— OUTRAGEOUS, DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: TRUMP TODAY, YOU TOMORROW: Facebook’s Oversight Board upholds Trump suspension – Ryan Lovelace
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/may/5/facebooks-oversight-board-upholds-trump-suspension/
— ‘Alarming rate’: Demoralized cops flee police departments in record numbers. Crime seeps into void of police. – Emily Zantow
(DIERSEN: To promote BLM is to promote hatred of police.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/may/4/cops-vacancies-overwhelm-short-staffed-police-depa/

FOX NEWS
— Trump launches new communications platform months after Twitter, Facebook ban The space will allow Trump to post comments, images, and videos – Brooke Singman
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-launches-new-communications-platform-months-after-twitter-facebook-ban
— CIA pushes back after critics slam new recruitment ad as ’embarrassment,’ ‘woke propaganda’ The 2-minute video features a 36-year-old Latina CIA agent who described herself as an ‘intersectional, cisgender, millennial.’ – Yael Halon
https://www.foxnews.com/media/cia-pushes-back-against-critics-attacking-new-recruitment-ad
— CNN’s Brian Stelter complains that ‘free speech advocates’ on Facebook board may allow Trump back on platform. The CNN host has become pro-censorship of outlets that don’t promote the Democrat agenda. – Joseph A. Wulfsohn
https://www.foxnews.com/media/cnn-brian-stelter-facebook-trump

GOPUSA
— RINOs Think They Can Re-Live ‘Unity/Inclusiveness’ Scam
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=109868
— FBI: 93 Law Enforcement Officers Died In The Line Of Duty In 2020
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=109848

BRIETBART
— Thousands of Migrants Freed into U.S. by DHS Resettle in Florida, Texas – JOHN BINDER
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/05/04/tthousands-of-migrants-freed-into-u-s-by-dhs-resettle-in-florida-texas/

DAILY CALLER
— ‘It’s A Slur … To Lump Them In With The Criminal Rioters’: Hawley Says He Doesn’t Regret Waving To Protesters At The Capitol On Jan. 6 – GREG PRICE
https://dailycaller.com/2021/05/04/josh-hawley-washington-post-interview-capitol-riot/

DAILY SIGNAL
— Woke Companies Fail in Efforts to Hurt States Passing Conservative Legislation – Tony Perkins
https://www.dailysignal.com/2021/05/04/woke-companies-fail-in-efforts-to-hurt-states-passing-conservative-legislation/

PATRIOT POST
— Woke Coke Gets a Rude Awakening The iconic company hears from the Right and reconsiders its efforts to appease the Left. – Douglas Andrews
https://patriotpost.us/articles/79621-woke-coke-gets-a-rude-awakening-2021-05-04
— Is Our Spy Agency a Woke Joke? In a newly released recruiting video, the CIA outs itself as having woefully misplaced priorities. – Douglas Andrews
https://patriotpost.us/articles/79639-is-our-spy-agency-a-woke-joke-2021-05-04
— Resisting Critical Race Theory If MLK were alive today, he would be heartbroken over what’s happening in America now. – Gary Bauer
https://patriotpost.us/opinion/79622-resisting-critical-race-theory-2021-05-04

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Liz Cheney Digs In, as Support Sinks over Blunt Trump Talk – JOHN MCCORMACK
https://www.nationalreview.com/2021/05/liz-cheney-digs-in-as-support-sinks-over-blunt-trump-talk/

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats crow about their success in making corporations 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/2021/05/04/big_business_isnt_woke–they_know_their_customers_542055.html

EPOCH TIMES
— Restaurants Ready to Hire, but Government Payments Keep Workers Home – BOWEN XIAO
https://www.theepochtimes.com/mkt_morningbrief/restaurants-ready-to-hire-but-government-payments-keep-workers-home_3796054.html
— OUTRAGEOUS, DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: TRUMP TODAY, YOU TOMORROW: Facebook Oversight Board Upholds Suspension of Donald Trump’s Account – ZACHARY STIEBER
https://www.theepochtimes.com/mkt_breakingnews/facebook-oversight-board-upholds-suspension-of-donald-trumps-account_3803309.html

THE HILL
— OUTRAGEOUS, DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: TRUMP TODAY, YOU TOMORROW: Facebook will not let Trump back on platform – REBECCA KLAR AND CHRIS MILLS RODRIGO
https://thehill.com/policy/technology/551804-facebook-to-continue-trumps-account-ban
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters promote Liz Cheney.
https://thehill.com/homenews/media/551848-wsj-editorial-board-purging-liz-cheney-for-honesty-would-diminish-gop
— Amid turmoil over diversity, Los Angeles Times names Black ESPN editor as new chief Kevin Merida will be the third person of color to lead the paper. – Alexandra Kelley
(DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will a) the organizations that you are a member of, b) your employer if you are still employed, c) your municipality, d) your township, e) your county, f) Illinois, g) America, and h) the world require all of their leaders to be at least one, two, three, or more of the following: minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, Democrat, Libertarian, Green, Independent, RINO, moderate, liberal, non-married, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or someone whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time?)
https://thehill.com/changing-america/respect/diversity-inclusion/551849-amid-turmoil-over-diversity-los-angeles-times

POLITICO
— OUTRAGEOUS, DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: TRUMP TODAY, YOU TOMORROW: Trump still blocked from Facebook – CRISTIANO LIMA
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/05/05/trump-still-blocked-from-facebook-for-now-485428
— Asian Americans are the least likely to hold elected office. Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders are the fastest growing demographic. But they account for less than 1 percent of all elected leaders. – RISHIKA DUGYALA
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/05/04/asian-american-pacific-islander-representation-elected-office-485279
— Paul Ryan, It’s Time for You to Stand Up to Fox. An open letter to a member of Rupert Murdoch’s board of directors.
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2021/05/04/paul-ryan-its-time-for-you-to-stand-up-to-foxs-racism-and-lies-485362
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters crow about their success in harming Trump.
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2021/05/05/trump-social-media-supporters-485381
— Cheney isn’t fighting McCarthy push to replace her in leadership. The No. 3 House Republican is prepared to choose her beliefs about the influence of Trump. – OLIVIA BEAVERS and MELANIE ZANONA
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/05/05/cheney-isnt-fighting-mccarthy-push-to-replace-her-in-leadership-485430

NBC NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters promote hatred against Republicans.
https://news.yahoo.com/republican-backs-trump-spreads-election-180209754.html

CNN
— OUTRAGEOUS, DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: TRUMP TODAY, YOU TOMORROW: Facebook Oversight Board upholds Donald Trump’s suspension from the platform – Brian Fung
https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/05/tech/donald-trump-facebook-account/index.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters promote Liz Cheney.
https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/05/politics/liz-cheney-donald-trump-gop/index.html

ABC NEWS
— ‘Donald Trump’s desk’ feed lets people share his posts on their Facebook or Twitter accounts. But it’s not the same as him tweeting – Dannielle Maguire
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-05-05/donald-trump-website-posts-can-be-shared-on-twitter-facebook/100116618

CBS NEWS
— Scalise backs Stefanik to replace Cheney as GOP conference chair – GRACE SEGERS
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/elise-stefanik-gop-conference-chair-cheney-scalise/

MSN
— Trump teases 2024 run in interview with Candace Owens – Andrew Court
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-teases-2024-run-in-interview-with-candace-owens/ar-BB1gmRhI
— Trump Hints at 2024 Run, Says Supporters Will Be ‘Very Happy’ – Brittany Bernstein
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-hints-at-2024-run-says-supporters-will-be-very-happy/ar-BB1gmlfh?li=BB141NW3

NEW YORK TIMES
— OUTRAGEOUS, DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: TRUMP TODAY, YOU TOMORROW: Facebook Oversight Board Upholds Social Network’s Ban of Trump – Mike Isaac
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/05/technology/facebook-trump-ban-upheld.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater asks “Who Cares About Hypocrisy?”
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/04/opinion/republicans-biden-hypocrisy.html

NEW YORK POST
— The U.S. Birthrate Has Dropped Again. The Pandemic May Be Accelerating the Decline. Over all, the birthrate declined by 4 percent in 2020. Births were down most sharply in December, when babies conceived at the start of the health crisis would have been born. – Sabrina Tavernise
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/05/us/us-birthrate-falls-covid.html

WASHINGTON POST
— OUTRAGEOUS, DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: TRUMP TODAY, YOU TOMORROW: Facebook’s Oversight Board upheld the social network’s decision to ban Trump – Elizabeth Dwoskin and Cat Zakrzewski
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/05/05/facebook-trump-decision/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats crow about their success in promoting voter fraud.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/05/04/despite-gop-rhetoric-there-have-been-fewer-than-two-dozen-charged-cases-voter-fraud-since-election/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Inside ‘Facebook Jail’: The Secret Rules That Put Users in the Doghouse. The site’s Oversight Board is expected to rule on Donald Trump’s case Wednesday. Breaking Facebook’s rules can mean removed posts and blocked privileges, but a vast number of guidelines aren’t made public. Facebook users have been confused about the company’s numerous and complicated rules. – Kirsten Grind
(DIERSEN: One should expect that the more planks in the Republican Party platform that you promote, the deeper in its jail that Facebook will put you.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/inside-facebook-jail-trump-the-secret-rules-that-put-users-in-the-doghouse-11620138445
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters promote Liz Cheney.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/purging-liz-cheney-11620168273
https://www.wsj.com/articles/liz-cheney-draws-more-gop-fire-over-anti-trump-stance-11620161615?mod=searchresults_pos2&page=1
— How Much Money Do Millennials Make? It’s No Longer a Taboo Question. Unlike with previous generations, young adults find it freeing to talk about their personal finances. – Kirsten Narula
(DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, if you are a non-veteran White male federal employee, you are a disgusting loser if you do not make GS-13 (currently $102,188) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $120,755) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $142,041) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $172,500) by age 40. I made GS-7 (currently $48,445) when I was 22, GS-9 (currently $59,258) when I was 23, GS-11 (currently $71, 687) when I was 24, GS-12 (currently $85,935) when I was 25, GS-13 when I was 32, and GS-13 Step 10 (currently $132,845) when I was 49.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-money-much-do-millennials-make-theyre-more-than-happy-to-tell-you-11620061103
— Should Young Adults Stretch Financially to Buy a Home? Yes, interest rates are still low. The counterargument: It’s a sellers’ housing market.
(DIERSEN: What enabled you to buy your first home? I bought a new town home in University Park September 1972 when I was 24 years old. The down payment came from what I had earned a) working for the Firestone Store in Chicago Heights full-time August 1970-March 1971 and then part-time since March 1971 and b) working for IRS in Chicago and then in Harvey since June 1971. That money also enabled me to buy a new 1972 Corvette in October 1971 and to pay tuition and books for graduate business courses at Loyola starting in January 1972. I had graduated debt-free from NIU August 1970 owning a 1969 Dodge Charger SE. The money for tuition, books, and room and board came from what I earned delivering mail for the Park Forest Post Office November 1966-September 1969.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/should-young-adults-stretch-financially-to-buy-a-home-11620133200

UNION LEADER
— Biden vs. Biden on ‘Is America a racist country?’ – Patrick J. Buchanan
(DIERSEN: What do you say a) to White politicians who condemn Whites to curry favor with Democrats, b) to male politicians who condemn males to curry favor with Democrats, c) to older politicians who condemn older people to curry favor with Democrats, d) to heterosexual politicians who condemn heterosexuals to curry favor with Democrats, e) to RINO politicians who condemn Republicans to curry favor with Democrats, f) to politicians who claim to be Christian who condemn Christians to curry favor with Democrats, g) to non-Italian American and non-German American politicians who condemn Italian Americans and German Americans to curry favor with Democrats, and h) to politicians whose ancestors have been in America for a long time who condemn those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time to curry favor with Democrats?)
https://www.unionleader.com/opinion/columnists/patrick-j-buchanan-biden-vs-biden-on-is-america-a-racist-country/article_94f1d063-30a5-51b2-ae24-c5c174fc02df.html

USA TODAY
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: How soon, if not already, will the Democrats require all those in the military be at least one, two, three, or more of the following: minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, Democrat, Libertarian, Green, Independent, RINO, moderate, liberal, non-married, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or someone whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time?
https://www.usatoday.com/in-depth/opinion/2021/05/05/kamala-harris-lloyd-austin-diversity-and-discrimination-military-column/4889135001/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats crow about their success in making corporations 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.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2021/05/04/corporations-want-customers-profits-capitalists-not-woke-column/7409760002/
— Is Trump back on Facebook? Facebook Oversight Board will rule whether his ban lifts or becomes permanent today. – Jessica Guynn
(DIERSEN: What might encourage my critics/opponents to lift their ban on me and on my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters? What if I started letting them manipulate and/or dominate me? What if I started glorifying and praising them? What if I started pandering to them? What if I started serving as one of their operatives or dupes? What if I started covering up their wrongdoing? What if I started giving them money? I should write a book about my critics/opponents and how they ban me and how they ban my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2021/05/05/facebook-oversight-board-trump-ban-decision-day/4943106001/

BLOOMBERG
— The Battle for Control of Georgia’s GOP Shows the Power of Trump’s Grip – Margaret Newkirk
(DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who have/had power over the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization.)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-05-05/trump-holds-power-over-georgia-republicans-as-state-gop-fractures

FORBES
— Trump Ally Elise Stefanik Gains Steam To Replace Liz Cheney As GOP Conference Chair – Andrew Solender
https://www.forbes.com/sites/andrewsolender/2021/05/04/trump-ally-elise-stefanik-gains-steam-to-replace-liz-cheney-as-gop-conference-chair/

REAL CLEAR MARKETS
— Nasdaq’s ‘Diversity’ Objective Vandalizes Basic Common Sense These days, “diversity” is an altar before which all are compelled to genuflect, if not abjectly grovel. – Peter Flaherty
(DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will a) the organizations that you are a member of, b) your employer if you are still employed, c) your municipality, d) your township, e) your county, f) Illinois, g) America, and h) the world require all of their leaders to be at least one, two, three, or more of the following: minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, Democrat, Libertarian, Green, Independent, RINO, moderate, liberal, non-married, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or someone whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time?)
https://www.realclearmarkets.com/articles/2021/05/05/nasdaqs_diversity_objective_vandalizes_basic_common_sense_775567.html

NPR
— The Racist Architecture Of Homeownership: How Housing Segregation Has Persisted – AILSA CHANG, JONAKI MEHTA, CHRISTOPHER INTAGLIATA
(DIERSEN: My critics/opponents have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that those who share my demographics (White, male, non-veteran, old (born in 1948), heterosexual, conservative, Republican, Protestant (baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran), 100% German American, Crete resident 1948-1972, my ancestors have been in America since 1844) are racists. University Park has always been integrated. In 1972, when I was 24 years old, I bought a new town home in University Park. What do my critics/opponents have to say about that? In Chicagoland, federal agencies employ far more minorities than other employers. I worked for the Park Forest Post Office 1966-1969. I worked for IRS in its downtown Chicago offices in 1971 and 1973-1980, its Harvey office 1972-1973, and its 63rd and Halsted and Joliet offices 1973-1974. I worked for GAO in its downtown Chicago offices 1980-1997. Many, if not most, and at times, virtually all of my superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were minorities. What do my critics/opponents have to say about that? I should write a book about my many critics/opponents who have done everything that they can to stay away from minorities. They never would have bought real estate in University Park and they never would have worked for the federal government.)
https://www.npr.org/2021/05/04/993605421/the-racist-architecture-of-homeownership-how-housing-segregation-has-persisted

JOURNAL NEWS
— Memorial Day parades in Butler County: What’s planned with COVID-19 restrictions relaxed – Denise G. Callahan
https://www.journal-news.com/news/memorial-day-parades-in-butler-county-whats-planned-with-covid-19-restrictions-relaxed/XTC7N6N6OBDQXOZG2FV6UMOBBY/

OREGON LIVE
— Big political donors get big say in Oregon political money limits
(DIERSEN: He who pays the piper calls the tunes. I should write a book about those who have called the tunes at the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization since 2000.)
https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2021/04/big-political-donors-get-big-say-in-oregon-political-money-limits.html

LGBTQ NATION
— Ghosting: Why LGBTQ people do it & how to deal with it. LGBTQ people have learned to be experts in hiding. We had to hide to survive, and ghosting is hiding. – Adam D. Blum
(DIERSEN: I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who hint/imply/argue/shout that they are heterosexual, but who do everything that they can to destroy those like me who do not promote LGBTQ.)
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2021/05/ghosting-lgbtq-people-deal/

May 1 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Rep. Kinzinger travels to Texas in search of anti-Trump Republicans. Kinzinger also met with former President George W. Bush. AP (DIERSEN: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters support hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters. 157 in my precinct voted for Trump. 26,080 in Milton Township voted for Trump. 193,611 in DuPage County voted for Trump. 2,446,891 in Illinois voted for Trump.)
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/kinzinger-goes-to-texas-in-search-of-anti-trump-republicans/10566642/
— Illinois COVID-19 Update: IL reports 2,813 new coronavirus cases, 32 deaths
https://abc7chicago.com/health/il-reports-2813-new-covid-19-cases-32-deaths/10566512/

CBS2
— Protests For Workers’ Rights, Immigration Reform Held For May Day — A Commemoration With Chicago Roots – Marissa Parra
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2021/05/01/may-day-protests-workers-rights-immigration-reform/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— More than 400 people are charged in the attack on the U.S. Capitol, but prison time unlikely for many members of the mob – ALANNA DURKIN RICHER AND COLLEEN LONG
https://www.chicagotribune.com/nation-world/ct-aud-nw-capitol-attack-charges-20210501-fnmnapwq4rbjlai6s2wzsctqja-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Vaccination rate sinks to lowest point in almost 2 months as COVID-19 kills 32 more Illinoisans. About 60% of Illinois adults have gotten at least one shot, but demand for the vaccine has dipped by 34% over the past three weeks. – Mitchell Armentrout
https://chicago.suntimes.com/coronavirus/2021/5/1/22414050/illinois-coronavirus-vaccine-cases-deaths-pritzker-positivity-reopen-covid-19-may-1
— The U.S. Postal Service desperately needs a few good men and women. Maybe you? The post office’s ongoing delivery problems could open a window of opportunity for people now that it’s looking to hire. Here’s what you need to know. – Mary Mitchell
(DIERSEN: The Post Office hired me in 1966 when I was 18 years old because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2021/4/30/22412910/postal-service-mail-jobs
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The United States Postal Service says it’s one of the “leading employers of minorities and women. Minorities comprise 39% and women 40% of the workforce, 21% of employees are African-American; 8% are Hispanic; 8% are Asian-American/Pacific Islander, and 0.67% are American Indian or Alaska Native.” . . . So here is where the community could make a difference — if you’ve got the right stuff. The Postal Service is hiring. “This is an opportunity for those who want to work for the post office because they are hiring up to 500 city letter carriers, and these are jobs that can change lives,” Julion says. The union representative tells potential employees these jobs could help them become homeowners and be able to afford that new automobile. “These are good union jobs,” he says. Prospective mail carriers will have to pass drug tests and background checks and have a clean driving record for at least two years. “The post office has been posting jobs like mad,” Julion says. “With people retiring, there is going to be a constant flow of jobs.”)

WBEZ
— Democrats Will Control Illinois’ Redistricting Process. Here’s A Look At How That Happens And What It Means. – Dave McKinney
https://www.wbez.org/stories/democrats-will-control-illinois-redistricting-process-heres-a-look-at-how-that-happens-and-what-it-means/a7c7428c-108f-4129-bab9-58a10eeb6e8c

MARION REPUBLICAN
— APRIL 8, 2021 FLASHBACK: Williamson County Republican group announces 2022 slate – HOLLY KEE
(DIERSEN: In your county, who are the countywide candidates in the March 15, 2022 Republican primary?)
https://www.dailyrepublicannews.com/news/20210408/williamson-county-republican-group-announces-2022-slate
(FROM THE ARTICLE: With the ink barely dry on the ballots from Tuesday, a group of Williamson County Republicans has announced its slate of candidates for the March 15, 2022 Primary election. Party chairman Jeff Diederich, announced the slate of county candidates in a media release as well as on his Facebook page. In the release, Diederich said that the Williamson County Republican Party welcomes anyone who has a desire to seek public office. “It is through fair and free elections that primary elections afford our citizens the best candidates we have to offer,” he said. On the ticket for 2022 are incumbents Ashley Gott, Treasurer, Lorie LeQuatte, Regional Superintendent, Amanda Barnes, County Clerk, Steven Bost, Circuit Judge, At-Large, and Justin Maze, Circuit Clerk. Diederich will seek election to the office of Williamson County Sheriff. The candidate for the County Commissioner slot will be announced once that person has completed his/her current employment obligations.)

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Texas Gov. Abbott calls on Democratic official to resign for referring to Sen. Scott as an ‘oreo’ South Carolina Republican hit with racial slurs after delivering GOP rebuttal – Valerie Richardson
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/may/1/texas-gov-greg-abbott-calls-on-democratic-official/

FOX NEWS
— Ingraham: Democrats push dark hateful vision of America. Dems hate the way most Americans live, and revile our history and traditions, says ‘Ingraham Angle’ host
(DIERSEN: I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who promote hatred a) against American-nameplate vehicles, b) against those who own American nameplate vehicles, c) against unions, and d) against past, present, and future union members. I have only owned American-nameplate vehicles. I was a union member for almost 12 years.)
https://www.foxnews.com/media/ingraham-democrats-push-dark-hateful-vision-of-america
— Hannity blasts Biden’s mask ‘masquerade’
https://www.foxnews.com/transcript/hannity-blasts-bidens-mask-masquerade

AMERICAN THINKER
— Kinzinger: The tyranny of the reasonable – David Hale
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2021/05/the_tyranny_of_the_reasonable.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The tyranny of the reasonable is: if you’re not “reasonable,” you don’t get a voice, and you don’t count. This is perfectly expressed in the 16th District Republican congressman, Adam Kinzinger. The dashing young Kinzinger with steely eyes and square jaw and canned, even, toned verbal delivery comes across as erudite, serious, and reasonable — a political figure who just “wants what’s best for everybody.” But nothing is farther from the truth. His cooperation with the left has for the past decade chipped away at American freedom through his decisions on Capitol Hill and eroded our liberties a bite at a time. Kinzinger cooperates and coordinates with members of the Democrat Party who have a deep allegiance to extremist ideas of open borders, redistribution of labor and wealth in the form of money from American’s paychecks, division through racial unrest and strife, and transgender tyranny in our schools and even in school bathrooms. Despite this extensive cooperation with the party of “Marx in America,” he is considered a reasonable, thoughtful political figure. So much easier to gulp down lies when told to us through a smile with even, serious tones. People like Kinzinger delivering their message do not seem like radicals or extremists. They seem reasonable. Kinzinger has learned this tactic and executed this persona with perfection, yet his allegiances are anything but reasonable. His allegiances are radical and extreme and part of what is transforming America into a debt-laden, morally bankrupt, tyrannical dictatorship that is closing the noose of tyranny around our freedoms and liberties. People who consider themselves reasonable consider Kinzinger the same, yet they don’t look deeper than Kinzinger’s surface persona. Beneath this reasonable persona is a man who has created and led our nation into a worse condition than it has ever been — deeper in debt, morally bankrupt, crime-ridden, with joblessness, rioting, racial division, and a whole host of social and economic problems.)
— When it comes to GOP failings, Tucker Carlson names a name: Frank Luntz – Andrea Widburg
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2021/05/when_it_comes_to_gop_failings_tucker_carlson_names_a_name.html
— Will We Keep Our Republic? – John Green
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2021/05/will_we_keep_our_republic.html

BREITBART
— Sen. Mitch McConnell Urges Biden Ed Department to Block “1619 Project” from Taxpayer-Funded Grants – DR. SUSAN BERRY
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/05/01/sen-mitch-mcconnell-urges-biden-ed-department-to-block-1619-project-from-taxpayer-funded-grants/

TOWNHALL
— OUTSTANDING: Idaho Becomes First State to Ban Discriminatory Critical Race Theory – Spencer Brown
(DIERSEN: Who are leading efforts to ban Critical Race Theory in Illinois, in your county, in your township, in your municipality, and in your school district?)
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/spencerbrown/2021/04/30/idaho-critical-race-theory-n2588807

HERITAGE FOUNDATION
— Critical Race Theory Drives Students Apart. Idaho Lawmakers Had Enough. – Jonathan Butcher
https://www.heritage.org/education/commentary/critical-race-theory-drives-students-apart-idaho-lawmakers-had-enough

SPECTATOR USA
— Racism has become a kind of theory of everything. Biden’s presidency has done nothing to abate racial paranoia. On the contrary, it’s getting more feverish.
https://spectator.us/topic/racism-critical-race-theory/

NEW AMERICAN
— Mass-murderer Mao Used Critical Race Theory-Style Indoctrination, Too – Alex Newman
https://thenewamerican.com/mass-murderer-mao-used-critical-race-theory-style-indoctrination-too/

CHRISTIANITY DAILY
— Christian Leaders React To Illinois Church’s Decision To Consider Drag Queen As Leader – SARAH MAE SALIONG
http://www.christianitydaily.com/articles/11697/20210430/christian-leaders-react-to-illinois-church-s-decision-to-consider-drag-queen-as-leader-isaac-simmons-penny-cost.htm

EPOCH TIMES
— At Least 9,245 Americans Tested Positive for COVID-19 After Vaccination; 132 Dead – ZACHARY STIEBER
https://www.theepochtimes.com/mkt_breakingnews/at-least-9245-americans-tested-positive-for-covid-19-after-vaccination-132-dead_3798410.html

THE HILL
— GOP frustration with Liz Cheney ‘at a boiling point’ – SCOTT WONG
(DIERSEN: What have you done that made your critics/opponents frustrated with you? I refused to be manipulated or dominated by them, I refused to glorify or praise them, I refused to pander to them, I refused to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, I refused to cover up their wrongdoing, and/or, I refused to give them money. They reached boiling points when they or the candidates who they supported lost elections. They blamed me and blamed my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters for their problems, for your problems, for my problems, and for everyone’s problems. They also blamed what I did as 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, and American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member.)
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/551261-gop-frustration-with-liz-cheney-at-a-boiling-point

WASHINGTON POST
— Elizabeth Warren, in new book, muses on why she didn’t win – Annie Linskey
(DIERSEN: I should write a book about unsuccessful 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. I would focus on Republican candidates for U.S. Senate, U.S. Representative, statewide Illinois offices, Illinois Senate, Illinois Representative, countywide DuPage candidates, DuPage County District 4 candidates, Milton Township candidates, and City of Wheaton candidates.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/elizabeth-warren-new-book/2021/04/30/ed4d954e-a760-11eb-bca5-048b2759a489_story.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Growing Number of Migrant Families Allowed Into U.S. to Seek Asylum. Biden administration is easing ban on asylum-seeking families at ports of entry that Trump administration implemented at pandemic’s start. – Alicia A. Caldwell and Michelle Hackman
— GOP’s Blue-Collar Agenda Still a Work in Progress. Biden outlined a vision of policies that Democrats believe working-class voters want. Republicans are considering their own blueprints. – Aaron Zitner
(DIERSEN: My critics/opponents look down on the working-class. 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. My critics/opponents hint/imply/argue/shout that that would not stooped to take the aforesaid jobs.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/gops-blue-collar-agenda-still-a-work-in-progress-11619874000

NEWSWEEK
— Mitt Romney Jeered Repeatedly at Republican Convention in Utah: ‘Boo All You Like’ – JASON LEMON
https://www.newsweek.com/mitt-romney-booed-repeatedly-republican-convention-utah-boo-all-you-like-1588102

SOJOURNERS
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: WHY NATHAN CARTAGENA TEACHES CRITICAL RACE THEORY TO EVANGELICALS AT WHEATON COLLEGE – MITCHELL ATENCIO
https://sojo.net/articles/why-nathan-cartagena-teaches-critical-race-theory-evangelicals

April 29 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Illinois COVID-19 Update: IL reports 3,394 new coronavirus cases, 38 deaths; Cook County announces new reopening measures. Cook County announces new guidelines for restaurant capacity, spectator events.
https://abc7chicago.com/health/il-reports-3394-new-covid-19-cases-38-deaths;-cook-co-reopening-measures/10560083/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Feds charge Ald. Patrick Daley Thompson – nephew, grandson to two Chicago mayors | Plan to rename Lake Shore Drive in honor of DuSable advances | Lightfoot loosens COVID-19 restrictions – LISA DONOVAN
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-lake-shore-drive-dusable-rename-lightfoot-reopening-vax-pass-hesitancy-spin-20210429-plgj6g6lurbq3fsv4gsmswjdp4-story.html
— Almost 20% of high school students in CPS absent from classes, and only 11% attending in-person instruction – KAREN ANN CULLOTTA
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-chicago-public-schools-attendance-reopen-20210429-duzm32hyebcx7k6yefe2p4bqgu-story.html
— Illinois online sports betting remote sign-up push earns frosty reception – RYAN BUTLER
https://www.chicagotribune.com/gambling/ct-aud-actnet-illinois-online-sports-betting-20210429-wc3ahxjrgzchfjfpgf4tsrpsga-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— 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://chicago.suntimes.com/events/2021/4/29/22406108/social-justice-in-chicago-the-march-for-immigration-reform-undocumented-immigrants-chicago-advocates

DAILY HERALD
— GOP’s Sen. Scott suggests Democrats use race as political weapon – AP
(DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs hint/imply/argue/shout that Republicans are racists.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20210429/gops-sen-scott-suggests-democrats-use-race-as-political-weapon
— Could a vaccination passport program be coming to Illinois? – Jake Griffin
(DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will the Democrats require vaccine passports to get into grocery stores, pharmacies, hospitals, restaurants, schools, government buildings, hotels, etc.?)
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20210429/could-a-vaccination-passport-program-be-coming-to-illinois-

COLUMBIA CHRONICLE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Democrats want minorities to be pot pushers.
https://columbiachronicle.com/a-year-later-racial-inequities-remain-after-legalizing-recreational-marijuana-in-illinois

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Rise of ‘Fed Ed’ Accelerated Demise of Real Education – Alex Newman
https://illinoisfamily.org/education/rise-of-fed-ed-accelerated-demise-of-real-education/

CAPITOL FAX
— IDPH working on program to help people prove they’ve been vaxed.
https://capitolfax.com/2021/04/29/idph-working-on-program-to-help-people-prove-theyve-been-vaxed/
— 3,394 new confirmed and probable cases; 38 additional deaths; 2,115 hospitalized; 475 in ICU; 3.5 percent average case positivity rate; 4 percent average test positivity rate; 97,434 average daily doses
https://capitolfax.com/2021/04/29/3394-new-confirmed-and-probable-cases-38-additional-deaths-2115-hospitalized-475-in-icu-35-percent-average-case-positivity-rate-4-percent-average-test-positivity-rate-97434-average-daily-doses/

FOX NEWS
— Cruz: Minorities like Tim Scott who don’t ‘sit down and shut up and obey’ ‘enrage’ the left. Twitter users blasted Scott as ‘Uncle Tim’ after South Carolina Republican gave formal response to Biden address.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/ted-cruz-tim-scott-response-biden-address-traitor

BLAZE
— Tim Scott says ‘America is not a racist country.’ Liberals immediately try to prove him wrong by calling him racist epithets. – PHIL SHIVER
https://www.theblaze.com/news/tim-scott-america-not-racist
— Cruz sends message to woke CEOs: Better hope Democrats take your calls. Republicans are done with you. – CHRIS FIELD
(DIERSEN: To be woke is to be 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.theblaze.com/news/cruz-message-for-woke-ceos

DAILY WIRE
— Tim Scott Shreds Joe Biden In Rebuttal Speech: Biden Is Tearing Us Apart After Promising To Unite Nation
https://www.dailywire.com/news/tim-scott-shreds-joe-biden-in-rebuttal-speech-biden-is-tearing-us-apart-after-promising-to-unite-nation

GOPUSA
— ‘What About 9/11?’ Twitter Ridicules Joe Biden After He Calls Capitol Storming The ‘Worst Attack On Our Democracy Since The Civil War’ In First Address To Congress
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=109640
— Sen. Tim Scott Rebuts Biden Speech: Hear Me Clearly, America Is Not A Racist Country
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=109634
— The Circular Logic Of Systemic Racism
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=109551
— At Least 40 States Creating Legislation That Would Ban Vaccine Requirements
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=109614

CNS NEWS
— Rev. Graham: ‘Cancel Culture’ Left Is Taking U.S. ‘Down a Road Toward Communism’ – Michael W. Chapman
https://www.cnsnews.com/article/national/michael-w-chapman/rev-graham-cancel-culture-left-taking-us-down-road-toward

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Do Population Changes Help Red America or Blue America? – Froma Harrop
(DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats do everything that they can to a) drive Republicans out of Illinois, DuPage County, DuPage County’s 4th District, Milton Township, Wheaton, Wheaton’s West District, and my precinct and b) replace them with 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://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2021/04/29/do_population_changes_help_red_america_or_blue_america_145671.html

AMERICANS FOR LIMITED GOVERNMENT
— Biden Wants Americans Dependent on Government Largesse
https://getliberty.org/2021/04/biden-wants-americans-dependent-on-government-largesse/

NBC NEWS
— Pence makes foray back into political debate with speech to S.C. conservatives. The former vice president is going to a key presidential nominating state to launch his criticism of Biden’s first 100 days. – Amanda Golden and Hallie Jackson
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/pence-makes-foray-back-political-debate-speech-s-c-conservatives-n1265850

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats do everything that they can to a) drive Republicans out of Illinois, DuPage County, DuPage County’s 4th District, Milton Township, Wheaton, Wheaton’s West District, and my precinct and b) replace them with 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://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/04/29/republican-rhetoric-extreme-base/

ATLANTA JOURNAL CONSTITUTION
— Trump: ‘100 percent, I am thinking about running’ in 2024. Florida’s Ron DeSantis ‘would be considered’ as running mate. – Tim Darnell
https://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/trump-100-percent-i-am-thinking-about-running-in-2024/IHNPP5NHRNFKVITEB5QAJBWAME/

MARKET WATCH
— Redistricting alone could give Republicans control of the House in 2022, experts say – Chris Matthews
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/redistricting-alone-could-give-republicans-control-of-the-house-in-2022-experts-say-11619554838

SALON
— Biden wants to fight racist exclusionary zoning laws. Will it work? “Modern-day redlining”: Activists wonder if ending exclusionary zoning will go far enough in fighting inequality – NICOLE KARLIS
(DIERSEN: What do you say to hypocritical Democrats and RINOs who want low-income housing a) in their county, but not in their township, b) in their township, but not in their municipality, c) in their municipality, but not in their municipal district, d) in their municipal district, but not in their precinct, and e) in their precinct, but not in their neighborhood? I should write a book about such hypocritical NIMBYers.)
https://www.salon.com/2021/04/25/biden-wants-to-fight-racist-exclusionary-zoning-laws-will-it-work/

RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— Voters Say ‘No’ to Benefits for Illegal Immigrants
https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/current_events/immigration/voters_say_no_to_benefits_for_illegal_immigrants

FACEBOOK
— Creating More Opportunities for Independent, Local Writers to Thrive – Campbell Brown
(DIERSEN: Facebook considers anything that does not promote the Democrat, Libertarian, and/or Green party platforms to be propaganda.)
https://www.facebook.com/journalismproject/apply-platform-independent-writers

(FROM THE ANNOUNCEMENT: Today we’re announcing a new opportunity for U.S. writers creating public interest journalism in their communities. We’re committing $5 million to support local journalists interested in starting or continuing their work on our new platform for independent writers which you can learn more about here. Applications open today for those looking to gain access to this new platform and the services we are offering to build an independent business. . .As part of any such deal successful applicants will commit to: Regularly publish written, public-interest journalism focused on a local community using Facebook’s tools. . .We are prioritizing applicants who meet the following criteria: You will extensively cover Black, Indigenous, Latinx, Asian or other audiences of color. The location you intend to cover or the community you will cover within your chosen location are not served by an existing media company. You are an independent writer who is not currently employed at a news publication. We’re also looking to increase access to writers who identify as Black, Indigenous, Latinx, Asian or another community of color, or who extensively cover these audiences. By focusing on diversity we can better ensure that communities of color are served by quality local journalism. . .Applicants must NOT: Carry on propaganda or otherwise attempt to influence specific legislation. . .Each application must include the following: Answers to general questions about the Applicant’s professional background and the community the Applicant proposes to cover. An explanation of the Applicant’s current digital audience across different digital platforms.)

April 29 Morning Edition

ABC7
— Motorcycle packs invade downtown, thousands of noise complaints registered – John Garcia
https://abc7chicago.com/automotive/motorcycle-packs-invade-downtown-chicago/10557277/

WTTW
— COVID-19 Vaccine Requirement for College Students ‘Under Discussion’: Pritzker – Kristen Thometz
https://news.wttw.com/2021/04/28/covid-19-vaccine-requirement-college-students-under-discussion-pritzker

WGN RADIO
— Big tech companies grilled about misinformation, power by senators – Kellie Meyer
https://wgnradio.com/news/big-tech-companies-grilled-about-misinformation-power-by-senators/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters promote Cheney.
https://wgnradio.com/news/political-news/cheney-wishful-thinking-by-trump-she-wont-seek-4th-term/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Republican-hating Republican-haters say “Calling on the Justice Department and corporate America to stand up for honest elections. The GOP is engaged in a blatant effort to steal future elections — on a scale that would make an old-time Chicago ward heeler blush.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2021/4/28/22406287/arizona-audit-voter-suppression-georgia-florida-michigan-editorial
— ‘Included and engaged’ or ‘political indoctrination?’ Mentoring bill passes state Senate after sharp debate. The Illinois State Board of Education defines culturally responsive educators as those who “critically think about the institutions in which they find themselves, working to reform these institutions whenever and wherever necessary” and have “assessed how their biases and perceptions affect their teaching practice.” – Andrew Sullender and Rachel Hinton
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2021/4/28/22408232/culturally-responsive-teaching-learning-standards-mentoring-program-illinois-senate-lightford-bailey
— Jackson-Akiwumi would be rare judge who was a public defender highlighted at her Senate confirmation hearing. That the Chicago-based federal 7th circuit appeals court is all-white was spotlighted at Jackson-Akiwumi’s Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing. – Lynn Sweet
(DIERSEN: In Diersen v. GAO, the 7th circuit made it clear that employers can discriminate against their employees who are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran to give preference to their employees who are Democrat, minority, female, younger, and/or veteran. Ever-increasingly, employers and organizations in the 7th circuit use that decision to get rid of their employees and members who are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2021/4/28/22408732/jackson-akiwumi-senate-confirmation-hearing-would-be-rare-judge-public-defender

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Renaming Chicago’s Lake Shore Drive for Jean Baptiste Point DuSable set for key vote on Thursday – JOHN BYRNE
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-chicago-dusable-lake-shore-drive-20210429-clshnxzjpzdtdpnpxvjdrhudpa-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— Wheaton to recognize landmark homes with ‘Pride in Preservation’ signs – Katlyn Smith
(DIERSEN: Historic homes in my precinct include 500 Arbor, 614 Arbor Avenue, 619 Frazier Court, 801 Golf Lane, 815 Golf Lane, 818 Golf Lane, 819 Golf Lane, 824 Golf Lane, 901 Golf Lane, 910 Golf Lane, 924 Golf Lane, 517 West Park, 534 West Roosevelt Road, 802 Warrenville Road, and 708 South Wheaton Avenue. SEE: https://wheaton.il.us/DocumentCenter/View/5261/Wheaton-Register-of-Historic-Places )
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20210429/wheaton-to-recognize-landmark-homes-with-pride-in-preservation-signs

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Map-drawing Dems ready to roll over the GOP – Jim Dey
https://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/jim-dey-map-drawing-dems-ready-to-roll-over-the-gop/article_d99930f4-84eb-5282-8e9d-b8ec6e34043b.html

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— LaHood issues statement on Biden address to Congress
https://www.pantagraph.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/lahood-issues-statement-on-biden-address-to-congress/article_ca6dbde7-8a55-5663-a870-1802f819e7f5.html

SUBURBAN LIFE
— DuPage County reports 157 COVID-19 cases Wednesday, 2 deaths, 34.07% of population fully vaccinated – Joshua Welge
https://www.shawlocal.com/my-suburban-life/coronavirus/2021/04/29/dupage-county-reports-157-covid-19-cases-wednesday-2-deaths-3407-of-population-fully-vaccinated/

WTAX
— State Rep. Brad Halbrook (R-Shelbyville) brought a House committee a proposal to begin the process of separating Cook County from the rest of the state. The other 101 counties would become the 51st state, “New Illinois.”
https://wtax.com/news/101101-new-illinois/

WGLT
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote LGBTQ.
https://www.wglt.org/post/advocacy-groups-say-hiv-criminalization-law-hurts-public-health#stream/0

WHEATON PATCH
— DuPage Activist Urges Abortion Rivals to Find Common Ground. Social Justice Trailblazer Urges Illinois Voters to Work Together to Preserve Parental Notice and Safeguard Vulnerable Minors – Lori Solyom
https://patch.com/illinois/wheaton/dupage-activist-urges-abortion-rivals-find-common-ground

ILLINOIS NEWSROOM
— Southern Illinois Could Be Target For Congressional District Loss – Eric Stock
https://illinoisnewsroom.org/southern-illinois-could-be-target-for-congressional-district-loss/

WIREPOINTS
— Spin it how you want, but the 2020 U.S. Census numbers were horrible for Illinois – Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner
https://wirepoints.org/spin-it-how-you-want-but-the-2020-u-s-census-numbers-were-horrible-for-illinois-wirepoints/
— Illinois Democrats Trying to Give More Power to Bureaucrats During All Health Crises – Illinois Family Institute
https://wirepoints.org/illinois-democrats-trying-to-give-more-power-to-bureaucrats-during-all-health-crises-illinois-family-institute/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Sen. Tim Scott: ‘Socialist dreams’ won’t help America thrive. Uses rebuttal to promote pre-pandemic GOP agenda. – Tom Howell Jr.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/apr/28/tim-scott-socialist-dreams-wont-help-america-thriv/

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Biden’s One Hundred Days of Hubris – Matthew Continetti
https://freebeacon.com/columns/bidens-one-hundred-days-of-hubris/
— Biden Threatens Political Opponents in Rambling Tirade: ‘Can’t Stop’ Me Now – Andrew Stiles
https://freebeacon.com/politics/biden-speech-congress/

FOX NEWS
— Sen. Tim Scott takes on politics of division during GOP rebuttal – Marisa Schultz
(DIERSEN: I should write a book about the most divisive past and present leaders of the following since 2000: Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Milton Township Republican Organization, etc.)
https://news.yahoo.com/sen-tim-scott-takes-politics-032045016.html

BREITBART
— Joe Biden Touts Massive Amnesty for Illegal Aliens in Address to Congress – JOHN BINDER
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/04/28/joe-biden-touts-massive-amnesty-for-illegal-aliens-in-address-to-congress/
— Democrat Sen. Mark Kelly Rips Joe Biden for Ignoring Illegal Immigration Crisis in Address to Congress – JOHN BINDER
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/04/28/democrat-sen-mark-kelly-rips-joe-biden-for-ignoring-illegal-immigration-crisis-in-address-to-congress/
— Biden Restores Grants for Sanctuary Jurisdictions Protecting Illegal Aliens – JOHN BINDER
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/04/28/biden-restores-grants-for-sanctuary-jurisdictions-protecting-illegal-aliens/

DAILY CALLER
— ‘No More Washington Schemes, Socialist Dreams’ — Tim Scott Delivers Republican Address After Biden’s Joint Session Of Congress – HENRY RODGERS
SENI
https://dailycaller.com/2021/04/28/tim-scott-address-republicans-mccarthy-mcconnell/

NUMBERS USA
— Biden Urges Congress to Approve Amnesty, blames Trump for Border Crisis – Chris Chmielenski
https://www.numbersusa.com/blog/biden-urges-congress-approve-amnesty-blames-trump-border-crisis

TOWNHALL
— Seven Ways You Can You Reject Today’s Tyranny – Kevin Grieve
https://townhall.com/columnists/kevingrieve/2021/04/29/seven-ways-you-can-you-reject-todays-tyranny-n2588689

FREEDOM’S JOURNAL
— Maxine Waters’ Anti-Cop Rhetoric is Getting Black People Killed – Larry Elder
https://freedomsjournalinstitute.org/blog/2021/04/29/maxine-waters-anti-cop-rhetoric-is-getting-black-people-killed

CNS NEWS
— New York Pressuring Insurers Into Race-Based Hiring – Hans Bader
(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.cnsnews.com/commentary/hans-bader/new-york-pressuring-insurers-race-based-hiring

ONE NEWS NOW
— Homosexual marriage, incest … What’s next? – Charlie Butts
https://onenewsnow.com/culture/2021/04/28/homosexual-marriage-incest-what-s-next

FEDERALIST
— Critical Race Theory Is Finally About To Face The Music In Court. Critical race theory is set to face a spate of lawsuits alleging it spurs discrimination and other illegal policies targeting whites, males, and Christians. – John Murawski
https://thefederalist.com/2021/04/28/critical-race-theory-is-finally-about-to-face-the-music-in-court/

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Roosevelt University Profs Caught Gloating on Zoom Call: ‘It’s All Social Justice, All Day’ “said they were proud to advocate for so-called ‘social justice’ Marxist economic concepts” – Mike LaChance
https://legalinsurrection.com/2021/04/roosevelt-university-profs-caught-gloating-on-zoom-call-its-all-social-justice-all-day/

FAMILY RESEARCH COUNCIL
— Big Money Is Driving the Transgender Trend
https://www.frcblog.com/2021/04/big-money-driving-transgender-trend/

THE HILL
— Federal workers’ job satisfaction increased in 2020 – CELINE CASTRONUOVO
(DIERSEN: Because the federal government gives preference big time to its employees who are the following, federal employees who are the following should be extremely satisfied: Democrat, moderate, liberal, minority, female, younger, veteran, LGBTQ, non-married, non-Christian, non-Protestant, non- Italian American, non-German American, and those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time.)
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/550456-federal-workers-morale-increased-in-2020-despite-pandemic-survey

POLITICO
— ‘America is not a racist country’: Sen. Tim Scott delivers GOP response. The South Carolina Republican delivered the GOP response to Biden’s first joint address to Congress. – BENJAMIN DIN, ANDREW DESIDERIO and MARIANNE LEVINE
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/04/28/scott-rebuttal-biden-address-484949

REUTERS
— Prominent affirmative action opponent Edward Blum targets Coca-Cola’s law firm diversity policy
(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://today.westlaw.com/Document/I36d60970a85711eb90d099c449e35171/View/FullText.html

NEW YORK TIMES
— The Rise of ‘Woke Capital’ Is Nothing to Celebrate – Elizabeth Bruenig
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/28/opinion/liberals-corporations-woke-capitalism.html

USA TODAY
— Joe Biden’s first 100 days in office have been a complete failure – Ronna McDaniel
https://www.usatoday.com/in-depth/opinion/todaysdebate/2021/04/29/republican-national-committee-biden-100-days-complete-failure-editorials-debates/4872227001/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Your Woke Money Is No Good Here. Corporations have taken advantage of Republicans for too long. I won’t take their PAC dollars anymore. – Ted Cruz
https://www.wsj.com/articles/your-woke-money-is-no-good-here-11619649421
— Biden’s Cradle-to-Grave Government. His latest $1.8 trillion plan rejects the old social contract of work for benefits. – Editorial
https://www.wsj.com/articles/bidens-cradle-to-grave-government-11619650937

NASDAQ
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled conservative-hating conservative-haters crow about their success in using Big Tech to destroy conservatives.
https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/facebooks-growth-puts-trump-in-his-place-2021-04-28

BLOOMBERG QUINT
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: LGBTQ-promoters crow about their success in getting Big Business to destroy individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that do not promote LGBTQ.
https://www.bloombergquint.com/businessweek/corporate-activism-on-voting-rights-echoes-role-in-lgbtq-battles

BOSTON REVIEW
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Life is a “zero-sum-game.” To give preference to members of one group is to discriminate against members of another group. To give preference to those who are minority, female, younger, veteran, Democrat, Libertarian, Green, Independent, RINO, moderate, liberal, LGBTQ, not married, non-Christian, non-Protestant, non-Italian American, non-German American, and/or those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time is to discriminate against those who are White, male, older, non-veteran, Republican, conservative, heterosexual, married, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
http://bostonreview.net/class-inequality-race/archon-fung-heather-c-mcghee-race-zero-sum

STAR HERALD
— Want to Retire With $2 Million? Here’s How Much You Need to Invest – Katie Brockman
(DIERSEN: What has harmed your efforts to save for your retirement? For me, the biggest reason was my Democrat GAO superiors’ success in forcing me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old. Previously, they had given 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.)
https://starherald.com/business/investment/personal-finance/want-to-retire-with-2-million-heres-how-much-you-need-to-invest/article_862749a4-f9a9-5e20-81f0-a0f1d485797e.html

HARVARD PRESS
— Diversity training is divisive – Bonnie Chandler, Prospect Hill Road
(DIERSEN: The Democrats who run the federal government require federal employees to take lots of diversity training. I took lots of diversity training while I worked for IRS for almost 9 years and while I worked for GAO for almost 18 years. Diversity training promotes hatred against Republicans, and especially against Republicans who are conservative, patriotic, White, male, older, non-veteran, 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://harvardpress.com/Opinion/Letters-to-the-Editor/missing-the-big-picture160diversity-training-is-divisive

LAW 360
— Boyden Gray Calls Coke’s Diversity Plan ‘Unlawful’
(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.law360.com/legalindustry/articles/1379550

WIKIPEDIA
— Protected Group
(DIERSEN: Of the organizations that you are a member of, what percent of the members are a member of one or more protected group? From what I see, protected groups include those who are: Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, RINOs, moderates, liberals, minorities, females, younger people, veterans, LGBTQers, disabled people, those who have less money than others, illegals, non-married people, non-gun owners, non-Christians, non-Protestants, non-Italian Americans, non-German Americans, criminals, boozers, gamblers, stoners, and those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time.)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protected_group

DAILY MAIL
— Get the shot or stay away from campus: At least 80 universities ORDER students to get COVID vaccine before returning in fall – CHRIS JEWERS
(DIERSEN: What about un-shot students who are members of protected groups?)
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9521543/Universities-order-students-coronavirus-vaccine-return-classes-fall.html
— Trump preps restart of MAGA rallies and will announce after 2022 midterms if he is running again – NIKKI SCHWAB and KATELYN CARALLE
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9521681/Trump-preparing-restart-rallies-says-hell-announce.html

WLS AM
— GOP precinct chair in Texas arrested in US Capitol riot
(DIERSEN: In 1999, my Republican Precinct Committeewoman appointed me to serve as her assistant. When she moved out of my precinct in 1999, to fill the vacancy, the Milton Township Republican Organization appointed me. For the 2000 election, my critics/opponents got a woman to run against me, but I was elected in large part because Randy Hultgren and Peter Roskam endorsed me in writing. I have been reelected unopposed every 2 years since then. My critics/opponents have done everything that they could to get someone to run against me and b) to get me to not run again. My critics/opponents demonize me, denigrate me, and condemn me as being “too conservative.” I should write a book about my critics/opponents and the adverse actions, including their 2015 gerrymandering of my precinct, that they have taken against me.)
https://www.wlsam.com/news/gop-precinct-chair-in-texas-arrested-in-us-capitol-riot/

(FROM THE ARTICLE: A Texas man arrested for storming the US Capitol and assaulting police officers on January 6 also serves as a Republican Party precinct chair and has been an election poll worker in north Texas. Mark Middleton, 52, was appointed as the chair of Precinct 14 in Cooke County in December, just a month after the presidential election, according to Chris McNamara, chairman of the Cooke County Republican Party. A precinct chair is a low-level elected position in local party politics. However, Middleton was not elected. He was appointed by a committee of local Republicans to fill the vacant precinct officer position. The Texas Republican Party says the duty of its precinct chairs is to “help promote and grow the local county party” and “to maximize the Republican vote in your precinct.” Middleton is one of multiple rioters with local Republican Party ties. Derrick Evans, a former member of the West Virginia House of Delegates, and Jorge Riley, former secretary for the State Board of the California Republican Assembly, are among those who have faced criminal charges for participating in the riot. Both men resigned after the riot. Middleton and his wife, Jalise Middleton, were both arrested and face seven federal charges each. They have pleaded not guilty. Their attorney did not respond to a request for comment. Middleton also worked as an election clerk in two recent Cooke County elections, according to Pam Harrison, the Cooke County clerk and elections administrator. Clerks are usually picked by the precinct election judge overseeing individual election sites. “These people tried to overturn the election. I don’t want someone like that near a poll,” said John Angus, the chairman of the Cooke County Democratic Party. ‘We are on the front lines’ Mark and Jalise Middleton traveled to Washington, DC, to attend the protest against the certification of the 2020 presidential election. In court documents, FBI investigators say the Middletons marched from the White House to the Capitol grounds where they engaged in violent confrontations with two police officers trying to prevent the mob from storming inside the building. On officer body camera footage, federal investigators say Middleton is heard saying “F**K You” after Capitol Police officers warn him and other rioters to “get back.” The court documents allege the Middletons helped knock down a barrier that allowed hundreds of other protesters to storm the west side of the Capitol. Investigators say the Middleton couple assaulted the officers by repeatedly grabbing and striking at them with their hands. The couple would later write in Facebook posts that the officers doused them in pepper spray to keep the crowd from moving forward. Investigators say the Middletons documented their movements on January 6 in a series of now deleted Facebook postings. “We are on the front lines. We helped push down the barriers,” Middleton wrote in the Facebook post, according to federal investigators. “We had to retreat, but more patriots pushed forward, and they’re taking back our house.” Mark Middleton started volunteering with the Cooke County Republican Party last year before he was appointed as a precinct chair, according to McNamara. Cooke County is deeply conservative and sits on the Texas-Oklahoma border about 65 miles north of the Dallas-Fort Worth area. Trump won the county in the 2020 election with 82% of the vote. Middleton was appointed to the precinct chair position as Trump was scaling up his fraudulent attacks on the 2020 election results. But McNamara says he doesn’t know if Trump’s lies about the election inspired Middleton to take on a more official role in local party politics. “I never got extreme vibes from him,” McNamara said. “I felt that he was disappointed that President Trump lost.” If he chooses, Mark Middleton will be able to serve out the remainder of his term until March 2022. The Cooke County Republican chairman says the party “has no mechanism for removing him” from office. McNamara said he was “very disappointed” in Middleton’s actions and the Cooke County Republican Party does not condone the attack on the Capitol. “It’s a sad day in American history,” he said. “It’s not the way we do things.”)

April 28 Morning Edition

ABC7
— Chicago considering vaccine passports for entry to summer festivals, concerts, events – Craig Wall and Eric Horng
(DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will the Democrats require vaccine passports to get into grocery stores, pharmacies, hospitals, restaurants, schools, government buildings, hotels, etc.?)
https://abc7chicago.com/health/chicago-considering-vaccine-passports-for-summer-events-/10553492/

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Debate erupts after U.S. Census delivers bad news for Illinois – Mike Flannery
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/debate-erupts-after-u-s-census-delivers-bad-news-for-illinois

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Remap flip-flop flap: Pritzker now says he trusts lawmakers to handle redistricting – GOP accuses him of ‘retrograde amnesia. Pritzker said in 2018 that he would veto maps “in any way drafted or created by legislators, political party leaders and/or their staffs or allies” and would support an independent commission set up by the state Legislature. – Andrew Sullender
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2021/4/27/22406717/remap-flip-flop-pritzker-redistricting-durkin-census-independent-campaign-promise

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote hatred against Republicans, and especially against 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.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/glencoe/ct-gln-glencoe-community-forum-tl-0429-20210427-ob5g2alsafc4jnfp235fbb663q-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— Representative Tom Morrison’s motives criticized unfairly – Linda Melder, Hoffman Estates
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20210428/representatives-motives-criticized-unfairly
— Media literacy bill a welcome tool in the fight against fake news – Editorial
(DIERSEN: While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997, the last 11 years of which at GS-13 Step 1-10 levels, currently $102,188-$132,845/year, I increasingly worked as a referencer, that is, as a fact-checker. That work required assuring the accuracy and support for each and every word, number, table, graph, chart, conclusion, opinion, and recommendation in GAO reports. I worked for IRS 1971-1980, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 levels, currently $85,935-$97,395/year. My other fact-checking qualifications include my becoming a Forensic Accountant in 1997, Certified Fraud Examiner in 1990, licensed CPA in 1981, Certified Internal Auditor in 1981, and CPA in 1979.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20210428/editorial-media-literacy-bill-a-welcome-tool-in-the-fight-against-fake-news

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— President Biden has reached 100 days in office. Here’s how Illinois has fared in that time.
https://www.pantagraph.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/watch-now-president-biden-has-reached-100-days-in-office-heres-how-illinois-has-fared/article_4e5679dd-2eb6-52e9-85e6-d38ffd1e8bff.html

DAILY NORTHWESTERN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote hatred against Republicans, and especially against 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.
https://dailynorthwestern.com/2021/04/28/campus/speakers-discuss-racial-equity-and-prioritization-in-cultural-institutions/

FOX ILLINOIS
— House passes bill to rename, revamp affirmative action policy in Illinois – Jakob Emerson
(DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Republican-haters give preferential treatment to members of protected groups. Protected Groups include: Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, RINOs, moderates, liberals, minorities, females, younger people, veterans, LGBTQers, disabled people, those who have less money than others, illegals, non-married people, non-gun owners, non-Christians, non-Protestants, non-Italian Americans, non-German Americans, criminals, boozers, gamblers, stoners, and those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time.)
https://www.foxillinois.com/news/local/house-passes-bill-to-rename-revamp-affirmative-action-policy-in-illinois
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Illinois lawmakers are looking to revamp affirmative action policies in the state. Under a new bill (HB 3914), all references to affirmative action under Illinois law would be changed instead to be called “positive actions.” If signed into law, the bill would require every state agency to take positive actions they believe are necessary to combat discrimination against employees in a protected class. That means that those who are considered a protected class can be favored for job recruitment or promotions over those that aren’t. According to the bill, “’protected characteristic’ means race and any other characteristic which may be used, either directly or indirectly, to discriminate against or place at a disadvantage such persons having that characteristic.” “It would be something positive and give me, and people like me, the opportunity to have the same jobs, and equity, and housing, and access,” State Rep. Mary Flowers, D-Chicago, said. The bill passed the Illinois House on Thursday, April 22, along party lines and with Democrats in favor. It now heads to the Senate. Republicans opposed say the state’s Central Management Services is against the bill, which is the agency that ensures the other 80 state agencies are running smoothly and efficiently.)

OUR QUAD CITIES
— Illinois governor’s redistricting map comments cause concern for Republicans – Demetrios Sanders
https://www.ourquadcities.com/news/state-news/illinois-governors-redistricting-map-comments-cause-concern-for-republicans/

NPR ILLINOIS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Biden’s Policies Are Far Left
https://www.nprillinois.org/post/bidens-100-day-mark-republicans-attempt-paint-his-policies-far-left#stream/0

WAND
— DISGUSTING: Rodney Davis seeks to allow pot smokers to buy firearms – Doug Wolfe
https://www.wandtv.com/news/gop-seeks-to-allow-pot-smokers-to-buy-firearms/article_54eea538-a795-11eb-8617-1b36541abdd5.html

CHICAGO NOW
— Illinois teachers union targets home schooling – Dennis Byrne
https://www.chicagonow.com/dennis-byrnes-barbershop/2021/04/illinois-teachers-union-targets-home-schooling/

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— White County judge finds Illinois FOID card unconstitutional, state’s attorney expects appeal – Greg Bishop
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/white-county-judge-finds-illinois-foid-card-unconstitutional-states-attorney-expects-appeal/article_67dbf972-a798-11eb-8168-6b59440094a7.html

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— ILLINOIS LAWMAKERS TACKLE BALLOONS, PITCHFORK FISHING, BUT KEEP RESIDENTS IN DARK ON ETHICS REFORMS – Brad Weisenstein
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/illinois-lawmakers-tackle-balloons-pitchfork-fishing-but-keep-residents-in-dark-on-ethics-reforms/

ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— LGBTQ Ideologues’ Propaganda Brainwashing The Young, and Younger Still – Robert Knight
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2021/04/lgbtq-ideologues-propaganda-brainwashing-the-young-and-younger-still/

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Illinois Democrats Trying to Give More Power to Bureaucrats During All Health Crises – Laurie Higgins
https://illinoisfamily.org/education/illinois-lawmakers-to-give-bureaucrats-more-power-over-all-schools-during-health-crises/

CAPITOL FAX
— Pritzker to appeal latest Shakman decision
(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://capitolfax.com/2021/04/28/pritzker-to-appeal-latest-shakman-decision/

FOX NEWS
— OUTSTANDING: GOP Reps warn against Biden administration’s ‘dangerous’ and ‘divisive’ critical race theory push. ‘This book is anti-thetical to the American Dream’ – Jon Street, Audrey Conklin |
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-critical-race-theory-push
— OUTRAGEOUS: New York Times’ left-wing reporter Hannah-Jones joins UNC’s journalism school. Controversial ‘1619 Project’ author will be Knight Chair in Race and Investigative Journalism – David Rutz
https://www.foxnews.com/media/new-york-times-left-wing-reporter-hannah-jones-journalism-school

WIREPOINTS
— Illinois state tax grab could cost municipalities $150M: A city like Joliet could lose up to $1.8M
https://wirepoints.org/illinois-state-tax-grab-could-cost-municipalities-150m-a-city-like-joliet-could-lose-up-to-1-8m-wirepoints-on-slocum-in-the-morning-on-wjol/
— t’s no wonder Illinois is losing people and representation in Congress. People vote with their feet when you have horrible policies, restrict freedoms and are bankrupt.
https://wirepoints.org/its-no-wonder-illinois-is-losing-people-and-representation-in-congress-people-vote-with-their-feet-when-you-have-horrible-policies-restrict-freedoms-and-are-bankrupt-wirepoints-joins-ch/

GOPUSA
— Florida Official Orders Workers To Vaccinate Or Risk Firing
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=109562
— Immigration Advocacy Groups Launch $50M Citizenship Demand
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=109578
— Social Media Companies, Experts Talk Role Of Algorithms In Democracy
(DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters are harmful. If I were to ask my critics/opponents why my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters are harmful, what would they say?)
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=109564
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Social media company executives and technology researchers differed in the extent to which they believe algorithms are being used to suppress harmful content on online platforms during a Tuesday congressional hearing. Executives from Facebook, Twitter and YouTube told senators from the judiciary subcommittee on privacy, technology and the law that the companies use formulas to remove content that violates their terms of use. They said they also suppress content that has more borderline hateful content. Facebook’s vice president for content policy, Monika Bickert, said it would be “self-defeating” for the company’s algorithms to push extreme content.)

AMERICAN THINKER
— The Democratic Party is Now America’s Extremist Party – J. Robert Smith
(DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, to be a Democrat is to be full of hatred against individuals, against organizations, against companies, against governments, and against countries that are law enforcement, Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, gun owners, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2021/04/the_democratic_party_is_now_americas_extremist_party.html

BREITBART
— Joe Biden ‘Sanctuary Country’ Orders Freeing Thousands of Criminal Illegal Aliens into U.S. Communities – JOHN BINDER
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/04/27/report-biden-sanctuary-country-orders-freeing-thousands-criminal-illegal-aliens-usa/

NEWS BUSTERS
— Even Liberal Senator Ossoff Can’t Ignore Facebook’s Massive ‘Gatekeeper’ Power – Kayla Sargent
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/free-speech/kayla-sargent/2021/04/27/what-even-liberal-senator-ossoff-cant-ignore-facebooks

NEWSMAX
— Rick Scott to Newsmax TV: Florida’s Policies Bringing New Residents ‘In Droves’
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/rickscott-florida-census-reapportionment/2021/04/27/id/1019250/

HERITAGE FOUNDATION
— The Return of “Blame America First” – Brett D. Schaefer, Mike Gonzale, and Angeles T. Arredondo
https://www.heritage.org/global-politics/commentary/the-return-blame-america-first
— What Is the Freedom of Association and Will the Supreme Court Protect It? – GianCarlo Canaparo
(DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats and RINOs make it clear that they do not want those who are the following to associate with each other: 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.heritage.org/the-constitution/commentary/what-the-freedom-association-and-will-the-supreme-court-protect-it

CENTER SQUARE
— Critical race theory is about to face its day(s) in court – John Murawski
(DIERSEN: Republican-haters use critical race theory to promote hatred against Republicans who are White, male, older, law enforcement officers, Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, 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.thecentersquare.com/national/op-ed-critical-race-theory-is-about-to-face-its-day-s-in-court/article_9dcefa10-a76c-11eb-bf9f-27e0e238e56d.html

LEGAL INSURRECTION
“Cancel culture, as it exists now, is … really the warfare of personal destruction” Cancel culture has “morphed into an extremely dangerous targeting of people, attempts to destroy their lives, to so-called dox them, to harass them, to harass their employers, to harass people who know them to get them fired.” – William A. Jacobson
(DIERSEN: Everyone should write a book about those who worked the hardest to destroy them and why. I would focus on those who succeeded in ending my TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairmanship, my Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee membership, my Milton Township Republican Organization webmaster service, my Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee membership, my American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board membership, my GAO employment, etc.)
https://legalinsurrection.com/2021/04/lecture-cancel-culture-as-it-exists-now-is-really-the-warfare-of-personal-destruction/

EPOCH TIMES
— Biden’s First 100 Days a Radical Transformation of America – IVAN PENTCHOUKOV
(DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, abolition of the First and Second Amendments, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination.)
https://www.theepochtimes.com/mkt_morningbrief/bidens-first-100-days-a-radical-transformation-of-america_3793489.html
— Safe Spaces Are Creating a Generation of ‘Snowflake Tyrants’: Dr. Everett Piper – TOM OZIMEK AND JOSHUA PHILIPP
https://www.theepochtimes.com/mkt_app/safe-spaces-are-creating-a-generation-of-snowflake-tyrants-dr-everett-piper_3792871.html

THE HILL
— Trump discussing resumption of MAGA rallies – OLAFIMIHAN OSHIN
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/550653-trump-discussing-resumption-of-maga-rallies-report

POLITICO
— Tim Scott: The loneliest conservative – BRAKKTON BOOKER
(DIERSEN: In your township/ward and county, what percent of the Republican Precinct Committeemen/Captains are conservative?)
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/the-recast/2021/04/27/tim-scott-loneliest-conservative-492617

CNN
— OUTSTANDING: Idaho moves to ban critical race theory instruction in all public schools, including universities – Leah Asmelash
https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/27/us/critical-race-theory-idaho-bill-trnd/index.html

CBS NEWS
— Wall Street and Silicon Valley have little to show for diversity pledges, critics say – KATE GIBSON
(DIERSEN: I should write a book about governments, employers, and organizations in Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton that have made the most progress in promoting diversity, that is, that have done the most to promote political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination.)
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/wells-fargo-resists-diversity-audit-as-wall-street-silicon-valley-fall-short/

NEW YORK TIMES
— College Accounts at Birth: State Efforts Raise New Hopes. Creating and seeding accounts for every newborn is found to have an impact on aspirations as well as savings. – Patricia Cohen
(DIERSEN: Were you viewed as being “college material?” I was not. Neither of my outstanding parents attended college. My father was the first of his ancestors to earn a high school diploma. My mother never attended high school. During my junior and senior years and the summer in between, I washed dishes for the minimum wage in the basement of the S.S. Kresges in Chicago Heights. Nevertheless, I took college-preparatory courses, got into the upper 20% of my class, and got a 24 on the ACT.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/27/business/economy/child-education-accounts.html
— Vandalism Fuels Wrath And Division In Portland. The mayor of Portland, Ore., recently urged people to report anything they might overhear about property destruction plans or boasts. – Mike Baker
(DIERSEN: Democrats hint/imply/argue/shout that if Democrats are elected, there will be less poverty, crime, vandalism, looting, rioting, arson, etc.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/27/us/portland-protests-mayor-ted-wheeler.html

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A conservative-hater says “Elite conservatives want you to be a terrible person.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/04/27/elite-conservatives-want-you-be-terrible-person/

NEW YORK POST
— OUTSTANDING: Idaho lawmakers vote to ban critical race theory, ‘indoctrinating’ students – Lee Brown
https://nypost.com/2021/04/27/idaho-lawmakers-vote-to-ban-critical-race-theory-indoctrinating-students/

USA TODAY
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats illegally do everything that illegally can to illegally encourage citizens of foreign countries to illegally come to America illegally and to illegally stay in America illegally.
https://www.usatoday.com/in-depth/news/nation/2021/04/16/unaccompanied-minors-foster-care-immigration-florida/7186651002/
— HARD COPY ARTICLE TITLE: More expect U.S. division to widen. – Phillip M. Bailey and Sarah Elbeshbishi
(DIERSEN: Democrats are hate-mongers. Ever-increasingly, Democrats do everything that they can to make everyone hate Republicans, and especially to hate 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.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/hiddencommonground/2021/04/27/americans-want-compromise-but-think-divides-worsen-poll-finds/7201888002/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— FRONT PAGE: Biden to Seek $80 Billion to Bolster IRS, Tax Enforcement. Administration estimates plan would generate $700 billion in net taxes that otherwise would go uncollected. – Richard Rubin
(DIERSEN: I worked for IRS’s Collection Division for almost 9 years. While I worked for GAO for almost 18 years, I worked on audits of IRS’s Criminal Investigation Division (CID) for 3 years 1986-1988. In April of 1988, GAO issued a 49-page report on CID’s program to address unreported illegal source income. SEE: https://www.gao.gov/products/ggd-88-61 In March of 1989, GAO issued a 32-page report on CID’s program to address unreported legal source income. SEE: https://www.gao.gov/products/ggd-89-41 )
https://www.wsj.com/articles/biden-to-seek-80-billion-to-bolster-irs-tax-enforcement-11619539465
— Race Relations in America Are Better Than Ever. Obsessed with theories of ‘systemic racism’ and ‘unconscious bias,’ the media ignores good news. – Jason L. Riley
(DIERSEN: Democrats are hate-mongers. Ever-increasingly, Democrats do everything that they can to make everyone hate Republicans, and especially to hate 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.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/race-relations-in-america-are-better-than-ever-11619561751

FORBES
— OK Boomer: 5 Surprising Insights Into What Gen-Z Workers Want In A Job
(DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who wanted my GAO job and my preferred corner office.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/markcperna/2021/04/27/ok-boomer-5-surprising-insights-into-what-gen-z-workers-want-in-a-job/

BUSINESS INSIDER
— Mike Pence Plots a Comeback Course in Trump’s Republican Party
https://www.businessinsider.com/mike-pence-president-republican-party-donald-trump-2021-4

NEWSWEEK
— There’s a Better Way to Improve Race Relations in America – SUSAN HARMELING AND CHARLES M. HENDERSON
(DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs promote hatred against those who are law enforcement officers, Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, gun owners, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.newsweek.com/theres-better-way-improve-race-relations-america-opinion-1586063

TEXAN
— Following Incumbent’s DWI Arrest, Republican Dolcefino Announces Run for Texas House. The arrest of state Rep. Dan Huberty has led at least one new candidate to file for the 2022 election in a heavily Republican district. – HOLLY HANSEN
https://thetexan.news/following-incumbents-dwi-arrest-republican-dolcefino-announces-run-for-texas-house/

WBAP
— ‘Hate America’ Campaign Is In High Gear – Dr. Bill Donohue
(DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who promote/promoted hatred against Republicans. I would focus on those who falsely paint/painted themselves as being religious, conservative, and/or Republican and who have/had lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton.)
https://www.wbap.com/news/hate-america-campaign-is-in-high-gear/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The United States is beset with numerous problems, though none as serious as teaching students and workers why they should hate America. It is an intellectually dishonest game, riddled with distortions and out-and-out lies about American history, as well as tortured interpretations of current events. It is disturbing to note that the left-wing agenda is no longer confined to places like higher education and the media. No, it has been mainstreamed into the corporate world, collegiate and professional sports, and beyond. Some politicians have also embraced the “Hate America” campaign. There are three identifiable stages to this campaign. The baby boomers, who were born after World War II, came of age in the Sixties at a time of unprecedented affluence and domestic strife. The Sixties and Seventies were marked by a movement to hate America, though the agenda of the left was inchoate as compared to the stages that followed. Stage one flowered in academia and in select urban neighborhoods. College students were taught how racist and sexist our heritage is, and how imperialistic our foreign policy is. “Amerikkka,” as it was called, was the land of oppression. It did not matter that those who promoted this lie were Marxists, the masters of oppression. Parts of many urban areas, particularly on the east and west coasts, were overtaken by drug-addicted hippies who preached love while throwing Molotov cocktails at the police. Stage two was born in the Eighties. Just as the college campuses gave rise to the first installment of hatred, they were the site of the second wave. Its principal vehicle was multiculturalism. This pedagogical tool was never about teaching students to appreciate diverse cultures; rather, it was used as an ideological weapon to trash Western civilization and its Judeo-Christian heritage. Pope Benedict XVI wasn’t fooled. Multiculturalism, he observed, has led to “a peculiar Western self-hatred that is nothing short of pathological.” The distinguished historian, Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr., was more specific. “There is surely no reason for Western civilization to have guilt trips laid on it by champions of cultures based on despotism, superstition, tribalism, and fanaticism.” Multiculturalism is also about fomenting division, segregating various demographic groups, emphasizing how little we have in common. We see expressions of it today. The class of 2021 at Columbia University allows for separate “Multicultural Graduation Celebrations.” The menu includes events for Native, Asian, “Latinx” (it is not chic to have masculine and feminine identifiers, as in Latinos and Latinas, respectively), African Americans, Lavender (homosexuals and transgender persons) and FLI (first-generation, low-income students). This obviously presents a dilemma for rich gay first-generation persons of mixed ancestry, but such is life at the Ivies these days. The third stage of the “Hate America” campaign, which began in the 1990s and is now in full bloom, is grounded in critical race theory, an ideology that was crafted by racists to combat racism. It is a curious blend of Marxism (the capitalists are the oppressive class) and racism (white people are inherently racist). Its popularity is widespread, extending from the halls of government to Wall Street. The Biden administration is currently weighing strategies to implement critical race theory in the schools, making certain that no one will escape participation in the “Hate America” campaign. Where do you rank on the scale of “power and privilege?” That is what first-grade students in California are being asked. In Missouri, middle-school teachers are being asked to rate themselves on an “oppression” index. Predictably, the bad guys are white, heterosexual, English-speaking, Christian males. They oppress people. Take note of that, Oprah. The college campuses are alive with critical race theory. Michigan State University will hold a conference in May instructing white students to admit their “white privilege,” even if reared in a foster home. At Smith College, all employees were forced to undergo “antibias” training after a black student claimed she was racially profiled. It was later learned that she lied. Georgetown fired a tenured professor for simply noting that her black law students were not doing well in her classes. There is little pushback in the corporations, or on the college campuses, against the “Hate America” campaign, but there are signs that parents of elementary school students have had enough. In New York City, Megyn Kelly pulled her two children from a pricey Upper West side school. She was followed by a father who took his daughter out of an expensive Upper East side school; he made his informed letter public, sharing it with the school’s parents. A faculty member at Grace Church School in Greenwich Village recently went public with his complaints against the headmaster: He accused him of “demonizing white people for being born.” Not until more Americans object to these pernicious “Hate America” campaigns in the workplace, schools, and government will we liberate ourselves from this demonic attack on our heritage and our sensibilities. The barbarians are not at the gate—they’ve captured our culture and our institutions.)

WEEK
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Republican-hater says “The Republican plot to steal the 2024 election.”
https://theweek.com/articles/979505/republican-plot-steal-2024-election

AARP
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: LGBTQ-promoters promote LGBTQ-promoters.
https://www.aarp.org/home-family/friends-family/info-2021/rachel-levine.html

LEXOLOGY
— OK, Boomer…Does Your Employee Have an Age Discrimination Claim? – Jessica Holliday
(DIERSEN: My critics/opponents promote age discrimination a) because they want to get rid of those who are older than they are and/or b) because they want to curry favor with those who promote age discrimination.)
https://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=0d3ff746-dc22-49d0-82c5-8314b1179ef2

JD SURPA
— Chicago Enacts Vaccination Anti-Retaliation and Rights Ordinance
https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/chicago-enacts-vaccination-anti-7771851/

April 27 Evening Edition

NBC5
— OUTRAGEOUS: Americans Support Biden’s Spending and Want Him to Spend More, Polls Show – Kevin Breuninger
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/business/money-report/americans-support-bidens-spending-and-want-him-to-spend-more-polls-show/2496274/
— Biden to Propose Free Preschool, a $200B Investment. The new details are part of Biden’s $1 trillion-plus package focused on so-called human infrastructure. – Lisa Mascaro and Josh Boak
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/biden-to-propose-free-preschool-a-200b-investment/2496633/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Pritzker chastises GOP for failing to collaborate on new legislative maps and cheers census data showing smaller population loss than many feared – RICK PEARSON
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-illinois-redistricting-pritzker-20210427-d4o2soxc4rhqlnw5jsq4upperm-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, since the Civil War, Democrats blame Republicans for the problems that Blacks have.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/clarence-page/ct-column-evanston-slavery-reparations-housing-ta-nehisi-coates-page-20210427-33fp6rqrrfaundibj22gzpedvu-story.html
— Pritzker to follow CDC’s lead on easing mask guidelines | Chicago looking at ‘Vax Pass’ | Governor signs into law bill aimed at closing racial disparities in health care – LISA DONOVAN
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-prizker-mask-easing-guidelines-following-cdc-abby-witt-tapped-democrats-spin-20210427-fvommzxdm5cqfl5nlrq7wh3tgm-story.html
— Part victory lap, Part sales job: President Biden to address a joint session of Congress. Here’s what we expect him to say. – MICHAEL D. SHEAR
https://www.chicagotribune.com/nation-world/ct-aud-nw-nyt-biden-congress-address-20210427-i352dzzypjbjncbtozlib3xwai-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Where’s Caitlyn? So far, Jenner’s campaign is virtual. Jenner’s written statement last week that she would enter a likely recall election that could oust Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom generated international publicity. But so far the political newcomer’s campaign exists in the virtual realm, a string of tweets and vaguely worded posts with no specifics about what she might do if elected. – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2021/4/27/22406647/caitlyn-jenners-campaign-so-far-virtual

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Chicago’s top doctor teases vaccine passport for events. Those vaccinated against COVID-19 may get special access to concerts under a new program, which could start next month. – STEPHANIE GOLDBERG
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/health-care/chicagos-top-doctor-teases-vaccine-passport-events

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Democrats want to start race war – Michael Reagan
https://www.pantagraph.com/opinion/columnists/michael-reagan-democrats-want-to-start-race-war/article_b37b12e0-160c-5b63-a0e4-3e81eeb13c87.html

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Gov. JB Pritzker signs sweeping health care equity reform bill – Dean Olsen
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/2021/04/27/pritzker-signs-transformative-health-care-equity-bill-into-law/4856711001/

WEDNESDAY JOURNAL
— Conservative site seeking to fill news void invites suspicion. West Cook News makes known its partisan edge, but largely abandons journalistic tools in local coverage. – Michael Romain
(DIERSEN: The mainstream news media serves as an arm of the Democrat, Libertarian, and Green parties.)
https://www.oakpark.com/2021/04/27/conservative-site-seeking-to-fill-news-void-invites-suspicion/

WAND
— Smoke pot? Can’t buy a gun – Doug Wolfe
https://www.wandtv.com/news/smoke-pot-cant-buy-a-gun/article_54eea538-a795-11eb-8617-1b36541abdd5.html

CAPITOL FAX
— Southern Illinois judge rules FOID card unconstitutional
https://capitolfax.com/2021/04/27/southern-illinois-judge-rules-foid-card-unconstitutional/
— Pritzker mischaracterizes his own 2018 remap veto pledge, also claims 2011 remap had a “very strong leaning toward fairness”
https://capitolfax.com/2021/04/27/pritzker-mischaracterizes-his-own-2018-remap-veto-pledge-also-claims-2011-remap-had-a-very-strong-leaning-toward-fairness/
— 2,556 new confirmed and probable cases; 23 additional deaths; 2,180 hospitalized; 502 in ICU; 3.5 percent average case positivity rate; 4.1 percent average test positivity rate; 105,757 average daily doses
https://capitolfax.com/2021/04/27/2556-new-confirmed-and-probable-cases-23-additional-deaths-2180-hospitalized-502-in-icu-35-percent-average-case-positivity-rate-41-percent-average-test-positivity-rate-105757-average-daily-doses/
— Pritzker signs fourth Black Caucus “pillar” into law
https://capitolfax.com/2021/04/27/pritzker-signs-fourth-black-caucus-pillar-into-law/
— Abby Witt named new DPI executive director
https://capitolfax.com/2021/04/27/abby-witt-named-new-dpi-executive-director/

GOPUSA
— Woke Democrats Broke American Cities
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=109446

DAILY SIGNAL
— Wealthiest Cities in Bluest States Reap Windfall From Democrats’ COVID-19 ‘Stimulus’ – Fred Lucas
https://www.dailysignal.com/2021/04/26/wealthiest-cities-in-bluest-states-reap-windfall-from-democrats-covid-19-stimulus/

FEDERALIST
— The Derek Chauvin Verdict Is More Evidence America Isn’t Systemically Racist That the U.S. justice system punished Derek Chauvin shows both the promise of America and the hollowness of critical race theory. – Kyle Sammin
https://thefederalist.com/2021/04/27/the-derek-chauvin-verdict-is-more-evidence-america-isnt-systemically-racist/

NEW AMERICAN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: I should write a book about fiscal conservatives who destroy social conservatives.
https://thenewamerican.com/gop-seeks-return-to-fiscal-conservatism-laments-bases-focus-on-culture-war-issues/

THE HILL
— Republicans embrace Trump in effort to reclaim Senate – JARED GANS AND REID WILSON

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/550550-republicans-embrace-trump-in-effort-to-reclaim-senate

— Hundreds of businesses sign on to support LGBTQ rights legislation – MYCHAEL SCHNELL (DIERSEN: To promote LGBTQ is to destroy traditional marriage and the traditional family.)
https://thehill.com/regulation/lobbying/550455-hundreds-of-businesses-sign-on-to-support-lgbtq-rights-legislation
— Trump swipes at Cheney amid House GOP spat – TAL AXELROD
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/550590-trump-swipes-at-cheney-amid-house-gop-spat

ROLL CALL
— Census results start wave of litigation over new maps. Rushed redistricting process looms ahead of 2022 midterms. – Michael Macagnone
https://www.rollcall.com/2021/04/27/census-results-start-wave-of-litigation-over-new-maps/

ABC NEWS
— Republicans face identity crises from within own ranks: The Note. There’s continued disagreement over Trump’s role in determining the GOP’s future. – Rick Klein, Averi Harper, and Kendall Karson
(DIERSEN: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters want to dump those like me who do not share their hatred of Trump. 157 in my precinct voted for Trump. 26,080 in Milton Township voted for Trump. 193,611 in DuPage County voted for Trump. 2,446,891 in Illinois voted for Trump.)
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/republicans-face-identity-crises-ranks-note/story?id=77323767

WASHINGTON POST
— Wheaton: For evangelical leader Jamie Aten, advocating for vaccines led to a death threat – Bob Smietana
https://www.washingtonpost.com/religion/for-evangelical-leader-jamie-aten-advocating-for-vaccines-led-to-a-death-threat/2021/04/27/ce95acbe-a7a5-11eb-a8a7-5f45ddcdf364_story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: When Aten, executive director of the Humanitarian Disaster Institute at Wheaton College, began to urge his fellow evangelicals to get vaccinated, however, things got ugly. “How’s your Monday going?” he tweeted on April 27. “Mine started with having to file a police report in response to the increasing number of threats I’m getting for encouraging white evangelicals to get vaccinated against COVID-19.” Aten, who teaches at an evangelical college and identifies as an evangelical, told Religion News Service he’d filed a report with the sheriff’s office in DuPage County, Illinois, where he lives, after getting an email claiming his work on vaccines was “punishable by death.” The email was part of a pattern of emails and calls from people angry about Aten’s work helping Christian groups and churches respond to the COVID-19 vaccine. The threats intensified after he spoke to The New York Times about the need for evangelicals to be vaccinated.)

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Facebook, Twitter, YouTube pressed on ‘poisonous’ algorithms – ANNA EDGERTON AND ILYA BANARES
https://www.latimes.com/business/technology/story/2021-04-27/facebook-twitter-youtube-pressed-on-poisonous-algorithms

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— GOP Leaders Clash on Trump at Annual Retreat. Republicans hope to take back control of Congress in midterms – Kristina Peterson
https://www.wsj.com/articles/gop-leaders-clash-on-trump-at-annual-retreat-11619563002
— Biden’s Post-Trump Honeymoon. He’s riding the end of the pandemic to pass a radical agenda. – Editorial
https://www.wsj.com/articles/bidens-post-trump-honeymoon-11619564017

NEWSWEEK
— Marjorie Taylor Greene Says Republicans ‘Stupid’ to Not Invite Trump to GOP Retreat – DANIEL VILLARREA
https://www.newsweek.com/marjorie-taylor-greene-says-republicans-stupid-not-invite-trump-gop-retreat-1586607

April 27 Morning Edition

CBS2
— ‘Help Wanted’ Signs Are Everywhere, But Employers Still Having A Hard Time Attracting Workers – Chris Tye
(DIERSEN: Democrat employers do not want to hire those who are 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://chicago.cbslocal.com/2021/04/26/help-wanted-signs-no-workers/

WGN TV
— Some Evanston families receiving reparations ahead of housing program payments – Dana Rebik
(DIERSEN: Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion are reparations.)
https://wgntv.com/news/some-evanston-families-receiving-reparations-ahead-of-housing-program-payments/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Waukegan schools recruiting teachers from Puerto Rico and internationally to provide Latinx students ‘enriched educational experience’ – STEVE SADIN
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/lake-county-news-sun/ct-lns-waukegan-teachers-st-0427-20210426-nv7ziyufbnb5lcqk4q2wk6v2ga-story.html

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— A Chicago tech firm follows Coinbase in banning politics talk at work. Political discussion at work is “a major distraction” that “saps our energy, and redirects our dialog towards dark places,” Basecamp’s co-founder, Jason Fried, wrote in a blog post on Monday. – Bloomberg  
(DIERSEN: While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO’s Chicago office 1980-1997, my Democrat coworkers and Democrat subordinates frequently asked me questions to get me to affirm a) that I was a conservative Republican, b) that I opposed political affiliation discrimination, c) that I opposed reverse discrimination, that is, that I opposed race and gender based preference giving, d) that I opposed age discrimination, e) that I had avoided the draft, f) that I was 100% German American, g) that I was a Missouri Synod Lutheran, h) that my ancestors had been in America since 1844, h) that had lived in Crete 1948-1972 and that I had lived in Wheaton since 1978, i) that my wife had a good job, j) that my wife and I had given up trying to have children, that we did not adopt, and we did not become foster parents, k) that we had a home built in Wheaton in 1984, l) that I bought collector cars in 1989 and 1994, m) that etc.  Of course, they shared my responses with my Democrat supervisors and superiors.)    
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/technology/chicago-tech-firm-follows-coinbase-banning-politics-talk-work

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Groups want to deter Sangamon County sheriff from acquiring an armored vehicle – Steven Spearie
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/2021/04/27/sangamon-county-sheriff-gets-pushback-buying-armored-vehicle/7382369002/

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Illinois is losing a US House seat. What McLean County political leaders think the outcome will be.
https://www.pantagraph.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/watch-now-illinois-is-losing-a-u-s-house-seat-what-mclean-county-political-leaders/article_9c65922a-f0d8-51e8-b22e-4f881fd10da8.html

WGLT
— Sen. Barickman: Voters Will Determine Republican Party’s Direction – CHRISTINE HATFIELD
(DIERSEN: Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. Every 2 years, a) in Chicago, Republican voters elect Ward Committeemen, b) in Cook County but outside of Chicago, Republican voters elect Township Committeemen, and c) in Illinois but outside of Cook County, Republican voters elect Precinct Committeemen. Every 4 years, the aforesaid committeemen elect Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Central Committee (SCC) members. Every 4 years, those IRP SCC members appoint members to a committee that drafts a new platform which is voted on by delegates to the IRP State Convention.)
https://www.wglt.org/post/sen-barickman-voters-will-determine-republican-partys-direction#stream/0

FOX NEWS ILLINOIS
— OUTRAGEOUS: US House (including Rodney Davis) pushes to allow marijuana users to buy guns – Evan Hensley
https://www.foxillinois.com/news/local/us-house-pushes-to-allow-gun-sales-to-marijuana-users

WEST COOK NEWS
— ‘It’s all social justice. All day. Every day.’ Socialist OPRF school board members caught gloating on Zoom – April Bamburg
(DIERSEN: Expect that under the Democrats, ever-increasingly, students will become 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://westcooknews.com/stories/591458925-it-s-all-social-justice-all-day-every-day-socialist-oprf-school-board-members-caught-gloating-on-zoom

WIREPOINTS
— Already strangled by unfunded state mandates, Illinois mayors are right to revolt against new tax grab by Springfield. – Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner
https://wirepoints.org/already-strangled-by-unfunded-state-mandates-illinois-mayors-are-right-to-revolt-against-new-tax-grab-by-springfield-wirepoints/
— ‘What a foundation!’: Two Illinois Profs On Hot Mic Giddy About Social Justice Everywhere In Schools – Mark Glennon
(DIERSEN: Expect that under the Democrats, ever-increasingly, students will become 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://wirepoints.org/what-a-foundation-two-illinois-profs-on-hot-mic-giddy-about-social-justice-everywhere-in-schools-wirepoints/

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Book Banning Propaganda and Shaming in Government Schools and Society
https://illinoisfamily.org/podcast/podcast-book-banning-propaganda-and-shaming-in-government-schools-and-society/

FOX NEWS
— LeVar Burton defends cancel culture as ‘consequence culture.’ – Yael Halon
(DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who have had the most success since 2000 in canceling individuals and canceling organizations. They cancel individuals like me a) who they cannot manipulate/dominate, b) who refuse to glorify and praise them, c) who refuse to pander to them, d) who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, and/or e) who refuse to give them money. They cancel organizations like Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Milton Township Republican Organization, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Illinois Center Right Coalition, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter, etc. a) that they cannot manipulate/dominate, b) that refuse to glorify and praise them, c) that refuse to pander to them, d) that refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, and/or e) that refuse to give them money. I would focus on cancelers who paint themselves as being religious, conservative, and/or Republican and have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and/or Wheaton.)
https://www.foxnews.com/media/levar-burton-defends-cancel-culture-as-consequence-culture-i-think-its-misnamed

AMERICAN THINKER
— Where to get straight news – Ted Noel
(DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who demonize, denigrate, and condemn a) me, b) the decisions that I make to include or to not include links to articles in GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters, and c) the comments that I make on those articles. I would focus on those who paint themselves as being religious, conservative, and/or Republican and 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/or Illinois. I would focus on the aforesaid who blame me and blame my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters for their problems, for your problems, for my problems, and for everyone’s problems. I would focus on the aforesaid who have taken the strongest adverse actions against me.)
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2021/04/where_to_get_straight_news.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The gorilla in the room is Breitbart. It has two problems. The first is that, while it is generally a good source, it clearly pushes its product in the conservative direction. The second is that its website is formatted like a tabloid. If you want straight news, try Just the News or One America News Network. Newsmax and Fox are generally good, but neither sticks to straight news very well. The Epoch Times or the Wall Street Journal may also suit you. You may have to search for what you want. News aggregators such as The Liberty Daily, Citizen Free Press, Populist Press, and Conservative Playlist may have what you’re looking for. Once you leave pure news, you’ll be looking at commentary. If you want all sorts of viewpoints, RealClearPolitics is without peer. You’ll find the whole spectrum there, including the insane left. You pick and choose. There are also the three commentary sites I write for: American Thinker, Townhall, and NOQReport. There are lots of others, and as you follow hyperlinks in articles on those sites, you’ll discover more than you can possibly read. Particularly good ones are The Federalist, Reason Magazine, American Greatness, Daily Wire, and American Spectator.)

CNS NEWS
— Sen. Kennedy: ‘If You Support Defunding the Police, You Have Tested Positive for Stupid’ – Susan Jones
https://www.cnsnews.com/article/national/susan-jones/sen-kennedy-if-you-support-defunding-police-you-have-tested-positive

DAILY CALLER
— Anti-Trump Group Hands Out A Ton Of ‘F’ Grades On Republicans’ ‘Democracy’ Report Cards – BRADLEY DEVLIN
(DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats use “democracy” to get rid of Republicans, and especially to get rid of 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.)
https://dailycaller.com/2021/04/26/anti-trump-group-failing-grades-republicans-democracy-report-card/

DAILY SIGNAL
— How Conservatives Are Being Excluded by ‘Inclusive’ Platforms Run by Left – Douglas Blair
https://www.dailysignal.com/2021/04/26/how-conservatives-are-being-excluded-by-inclusive-platforms-run-by-left/

FEDERALIST
— The White House Declares Everything A ‘Crisis’ Except The One At The Border. The Biden White House is quick to call many other things a ‘crisis,’ but unwilling to identify the border surge as one, for clearly political reasons. – Gabe Kaminsky
https://thefederalist.com/2021/04/27/the-white-house-declares-everything-a-crisis-except-one-at-the-border/

TOWNHALL
— The Left’s Horribleness Was On Full Display – Derek Hunter
https://townhall.com/columnists/derekhunter/2021/04/27/the-lefts-horribleness-was-on-full-display-n2588552

PJ MEDIA
— Woke Fascism: Securing the Democrats’ Monopoly of Power in Perpetuity – PHILIP CARL SALZMAN
https://pjmedia.com/columns/philip-carl-salzman/2021/04/26/woke-fascism-securing-the-democrats-monopoly-of-power-in-perpetuity-n1442726
(FROM THE ARTICLE: America is less racist than ever, and perhaps less racist than any country in world history. The surveys show that personal attitudes are not racist, as do voting patterns that elect blacks to the highest offices, and as does the huge spike in interracial marriages. If all of that were not enough, for fifty years “affirmative action” has given special preferences and privileges to blacks in education, business, and government.)

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Uncle Sam Does Not Belong in Girls’ Dorms or Showers – JERRY C. DAVIS
https://www.nationalreview.com/2021/04/uncle-sam-does-not-belong-in-girls-dorms-or-showers/

COLLEGE FIX
— Harvard conservative students form coalition to fight for representation at Institute of Politics – RACHEL LALGIE
(DIERSEN: Who fights for conservative representation in the organizations that you are a member of? I fight for conservative representation in the Milton Township Republican Organization. Previously, I fought for conservative representation in TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Illinois Center Right Coalition, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter, GAO, IRS, and Post Office.)
https://www.thecollegefix.com/harvard-conservative-students-form-coalition-to-fight-for-representation-at-institute-of-politics/

THE HILL
— A permanent Trump ban has grave implications for global free expression – TINA RAMIREZ AND LENA ABBOUD
(DIERSEN: Who bans you? I should write a book about those who ban me. I would focus on those who paint themselves as being religious, conservative, and/or Republican and 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/or Illinois. I would focus on the aforesaid who blame me and blame my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters for their problems, for your problems, for my problems, and for everyone’s problems. I would focus on the aforesaid who have taken the strongest adverse actions against me.)
https://thehill.com/opinion/technology/550347-a-permanent-trump-ban-has-grave-implications-for-global-free-expression
— On The Trail: Census data kicks off the biggest redistricting fight in American history – REID WILSON
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/550358-on-the-trail-census-data-kicks-off-the-biggest-redistricting-fight-in
— Biden’s tax hikes will hurt the ‘little guy’ and kill Trump’s ‘opportunity economy’ – MONICA CROWLEY
https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/550369-bidens-tax-hikes-will-hurt-the-little-guy-and-kill-trumps-opportunity

POLITICO
— Redistricting kicks off ruthless year of House infighting. Incumbents in states that are losing seats are about to face a zero-sum deliberation: Give up their jobs, or run against a colleague. – ALLY MUTNICK
(DIERSEN: In 2015, anti-conservatives unsuccessfully gerrymandered me into the same precinct with Jeanne Ives. I should write a book about that.)
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/04/26/appointment-scramble-redistricting-house-484760

REUTERS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters promote hatred against Trump and against Trump’s supporters.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/anti-trump-group-grades-republicans-with-democracy-report-card-2021-04-26/

NBC NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters say “After 100 days out of office, Trump’s support softens.”
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/meet-the-press/after-100-days-out-office-trump-s-support-softens-nbc-n1265457

NEW YORK TIMES
— In California, a campaign to oust Gov. Gavin Newsom qualifies for the ballot. Several Republican candidates have already announced challenges to Mr. Newsom, including Caitlyn Jenner, a transgender activist; Kevin Faulconer, a former mayor of San Diego; and John Cox, a Republican businessman who lost to Mr. Newsom in 2018. – Shawn Hubler
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/26/us/gavin-newsom-recall.html
— Race and the Coming Liberal Crackup – Bret Stephens
(DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, liberals, that is, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs, call conservatives racist, that is, ever-increasingly, they call Republicans racist. Needless-to say, Republicans should sue Democrats, Libertarians, Grrens, Independents, and RINOs for slander.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/26/opinion/race-police-violence-liberalism.html
— Biden Seeks $80 Billion to Beef Up I.R.S. Audits of High-Earners The president’s “American Families Plan,” which he will detail this week, will be offset in part by a tax enforcement effort that administration officials believe will raise $700 billion over a decade. – Jim Tankersley
(DIERSEN: I worked for IRS’s Collection Division for almost 9 years. While I worked for GAO for almost 18 years, I worked on audits of IRS’s Criminal Investigation Division (CID) for 3 years 1986-1988. In April of 1988, GAO issued a 49-page report on CID’s program to address unreported illegal source income. SEE: https://www.gao.gov/products/ggd-88-61 In March of 1989, GAO issued a 32-page report on CID’s program to address unreported legal source income. SEE: https://www.gao.gov/products/ggd-89-41 )
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/27/business/economy/biden-american-families-plan.html

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, since the Civil War, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs demonize, denigrate, and condemn Republicans as being White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, and bigots who should be gotten rid of once and for all, 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.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/04/26/hate-crime-laws-explained/
— Congress must decide: Will it protect social media profits, or democracy? – Tom Malinowski and Anna Eshoo
(DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes want Facebook, Google, etc. to continue to have the power to destroy conservatives.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/04/26/malinowski-eshoo-congress-social-media-section-230/

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— A hate crime law is a start. But it will take much more to make Asian Americans feel safer – STEWART KWOH, CONNIE CHUNG JOE AND CONNIE RICE
(DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, since the Civil War, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs demonize, denigrate, and condemn Republicans as being White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, and bigots who should be gotten rid of once and for all, 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.)
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2021-04-26/hate-crime-law-asians-community-solutions

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— ‘Woke’ Corporations Use the Chinese Model. They make a profit and suppress dissent at the same time. – Crispin Sartwell
(DIERSEN: Work Corporations serve as operatives or dupes for Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs. How soon, if not already, will Woke Corporations officially declare that they will officially destroy individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are law enforcement, Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, gun owners, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/woke-corporations-use-the-chinese-model-11619476547
— American Vets See Echoes of Vietnam in Afghanistan Withdrawal Plan. U.S. troops who fought in conflicts decades apart see their country leaving behind wars unfinished and allies to face the consequences. – Michael M. Phillips and Nancy A. Youssef
https://www.wsj.com/articles/american-vets-see-echoes-of-vietnam-in-afghanistan-withdrawal-plan-11619446397

FORBES
— Why Trump’s Portrait Won’t Hang Near Obama’s For Long – Suzanne Rowan Kelleher
https://www.forbes.com/sites/suzannerowankelleher/2021/04/27/why-trumps-portrait-wont-hang-near-obamas-for-long/
— How Did “Hate” Become A Thing? – John Torpey
(DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, since the Civil War, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs demonize, denigrate, and condemn Republicans as being White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, and bigots who should be gotten rid of once and for all, 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.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/johntorpey/2021/04/26/how-did-hate-become-a-thing/

LGBTQ NATION
— Republicans are super upset that embassies can fly Pride flags again this year. Newt Gingrich’s interview with Jeanine Pirro is something to see. – Bil Browning
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2021/04/republicans-super-upset-embassies-can-fly-pride-flags-year/

TELEGRAPH
— Nigel Farage flies into America for speaking tour to re-energize disillusioned conservatives.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/04/26/nigel-farage-flies-america-speaking-tour-re-energise-disillusioned/

April 25 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Illinois’ student loan bailout program: Unfair and unwarranted – JEANNE IVES
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/ct-opinion-student-loan-bailouts-illinois-ives-20210423-5rfqp2zo4vbbnpyj5rkbe7jyim-story.html
— Cards with messages against police brutality dangle from Grant Park trees following vigil, protest – ALICE YIN
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-grant-park-vigil-police-brutality-20210424-puim5ezmdfeupjf62xyw4n6cjm-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats use Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20210425/carmel-high-to-open-multicultural-center-promoting-inclusivity

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot. To push pot on an individual, municipality, township, county, state, or country is to destroy that individual, municipality, township, county, state, or country.
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/2021/04/24/springfield-marijuana-dispensary-opens-citys-west-side/7354193002/

WIREPOINTS
— Illinoisans overwhelmingly oppose racial indoctrination now rampant in schools, yet they cower in silence – Mark Glennon
https://wirepoints.org/illinoisans-overwhelmingly-oppose-racial-indoctrination-now-rampant-in-schools-yet-cower-in-silence-wirepoints/

FOX NEWS
— Criminals are basically ‘walking free’ in Cook County: Chicago Police Gang Unit
https://video.foxnews.com/v/6250018286001#sp=show-clips
— Jesse Watters: ‘Media uses racism to sell fear’ Democrats and media want to ‘control’ a scared population, getting them to vote Democrat
https://www.foxnews.com/media/jesse-watters-media-uses-racism-to-sell-fear
— New York lawmakers look to ban cops who resign, are fired for misconduct, from being rehired elsewhere. The lawmakers made the announcement at the headquarters of the Rev. Al Sharpton’s National Action Network. – Brie Stimson
(DIERSEN: I should write a book about what my Democrat GAO superiors did to stop me from getting a job appropriate for someone with my education, work experience, professional certifications, and professional license. My Democrat GAO superiors would say that all they did was to disclose the adverse actions that they took against me. They 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.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/new-york-lawmakers-look-to-ban-cops-who-resign-are-fired-for-misconduct-from-being-rehired-elsewhere
— Tennessee professor rejects ‘racist’ label in flyers distributed by colleagues. Tennessee Tech has not taken any disciplinary action ‘at this time’ – Audrey Conklin
https://www.foxnews.com/us/tennessee-professor-rejects-racist-label-in-flyers-distributed-by-colleagues

AMERICAN THINKER
— The Disunited Identities of America – Phyllis Chesler
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2021/04/the_disunited_identities_of_america.html
— Once, long ago, The New York Times claimed a commitment to diversity of thought – David Zukerman
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2021/04/once_long_ago_the_new_york_times_claimed_a_commitment_to_diversity_of_thought.html
— Dems are out to destroy a Chauvin defense witness’s life and reputation – Andrea Widburg
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2021/04/dems_are_out_to_destroy_a_chauvin_defense_witnesss_life_and_reputation.html

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Republicans Join Virtue-Signaling Democrats to Pass Anti-Asian Hate Bill. This nation wasn’t built by cowards. But Senate Republicans are showing their cowardice every day. – Drew Allen
(DIERSEN: While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO’s Chicago office for almost 18 years, they a) assigned me to supervise all the Asian-Americans who they hired and b) did everything that they could to turn those Asian-Americans against me.)
https://amgreatness.com/2021/04/24/republicans-join-virtue-signaling-democrats-to-pass-anti-asian-hate-bill/
— Slow-Motion Suicide of the West. Some people thought James Burnham’s identification of liberalism with civilization’s suicide was hyperbolic. In light of American institutions’ embrace of anti-Americanism, what would they say now? – Roger Kimball
https://amgreatness.com/2021/04/24/slow-motion-suicide-of-the-west/
— Republicans Shouldn’t Have Caved on ‘Hate Crimes’ When we weigh a person’s guilt or innocence, their actions alone are what should determine our final verdict. – Nicholas L. Waddy
(DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats demonize, denigrate, and condemn Republicans as being haters.)
https://amgreatness.com/2021/04/24/republicans-shouldnt-have-caved-on-hate-crimes/
— Critical Race Theory—You Paid for It, You Got It. When conservatives decry the advancement of critical race theory they should remember that it couldn’t have happened without the support of the people they see in the mirror. – Mark Bauerlein
https://amgreatness.com/2021/04/24/critical-race-theory-you-paid-for-it-you-got-it/

BREITBART
— Thousands Protest Against Vaccine Passports in London – KURT ZINDULKA
https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2021/04/25/pics-thousands-protest-in-london-against-vax-passes/

BLAZE
— Police shortage: Cops retiring in droves, ‘recruiting crisis,’ applications ‘historically low’ – PAUL SACCA
(DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who have made it the most clear that they hate past, present, and future federal employees. 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.theblaze.com/news/police-shortage-retirement-recruiting-philadelphia
— Black-owned businesses in ‘George Floyd Square’ plea for help, say skyrocketing crime is killing business – CHRIS ENLOE
(DIERSEN: When Democrats move in, poverty and crime increase.)
https://www.theblaze.com/news/black-owned-businesses-george-floyd-square

FEDERALIST
— Corporate Media And Other Race-Baiters Have Incited More Violence Than Trump Ever Did. When you can convince people racism is rampant, you ignite a flame of division and destruction that can only end with bodies on the ground and cities leveled. – Kylee Zempel
(DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs encourage Trump-haters, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs minorities, females, younger people, moderates, liberals, poor people, non-citizens of America, non-Christians, non-Protestants, non-Italian Americans, non-German Americans, and those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time to hate non-Trump-haters, Republicans, Whites, males, older people, conservatives, non-poor people, citizens of America, Christians, Protestants, Italian Americans, German Americans, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://thefederalist.com/2021/04/23/corporate-media-and-other-race-baiters-have-incited-more-violence-than-trump-ever-did/
— John McWhorter: ‘Hyper Woke’ People Are Just Racists Hiding Behind Language
https://thefederalist.com/2021/04/24/john-mcwhorter-hyper-woke-people-are-just-racists-hiding-behind-language/
— Ben Domenech: To Win The U.S. Culture War, We Must Fight Small Battles
https://thefederalist.com/2021/04/24/ben-domenech-to-win-the-u-s-culture-war-we-must-fight-small-battles/
— Ben Domenech: The Ruling Class Is Leading America Into Decline, But They Don’t Have To Win
https://thefederalist.com/2021/04/24/ben-domenech-the-ruling-class-is-leading-america-into-decline-but-they-dont-have-to-win/
— The Marriage Of Media And Radical Leftism Distorts America’s Self-Image
https://thefederalist.com/2021/04/23/the-marriage-of-media-and-radical-leftism-distorts-americas-self-image/

TOWNHALL
— Woke Democrats Broke American Cities – Jeff Crouere
https://townhall.com/columnists/jeffcrouere/2021/04/25/woke-democrats-broke-american-cities-n2588494
— Delta Airlines and the Irony of Corporate Wokism – Jeff Davidson
https://townhall.com/columnists/jeffdavidson/2021/04/25/delta-airlines-and-the-irony-of-corporate-wokism-n2588492
— To Save The Republic, Destroy The Media – Derek Hunter
(DIERSEN: The Democrat news media manipulates/dominates my critics/opponents. My critics/opponents a) serve as operatives or as dupes for the Democrat news media in Illinois, b) glorify and praise the Democrat news media in Illinois, c) pander to the Democrat news media in Illinois, d) cover up the wrongdoing of the Democrat news media in Illinois, and/or e) give money to the Democrat news media in Illinois. Everyone in Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton sees how my critics/opponents treat me and treat my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters. They see how the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization treat me and treat my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters. They see how Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, and Wheaton Chamber of Commerce treat me and treat my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters.)
https://townhall.com/columnists/derekhunter/2021/04/25/to-save-the-republic-destroy-the-media-n2588493

COLLEGE FIX
— Black Loyola students want to ‘eradicate focus on Western Civilization’ in honors program – RACHELLE HERNANDEZ
https://www.thecollegefix.com/black-loyola-students-want-to-eradicate-focus-on-western-civilization-in-honors-program/

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Facebook ‘Independent Oversight Board’ Weighs Decision on Whether to Lift Trump Ban. “Trump was the only case in which Facebook has indefinitely suspended a sitting head of state” – Mike LaChance
https://legalinsurrection.com/2021/04/facebook-independent-oversight-board-weighs-decision-on-whether-to-lift-trump-ban/

NEW YORK TIMES
— C.E.O. Pay Remains Stratospheric, Even at Companies Battered by Pandemic. While millions of people struggled to make ends meet, many of the companies hit hardest in 2020 showered their executives with riches. – David Gelles
(DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who have viciously demonized me, viciously denigrated me, and viciously condemned me the most as being overpaid. In my defense, I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 32.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/24/business/ceos-pandemic-compensation.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Boeing had a historically bad 2020. Its 737 Max was grounded for most of the year after two deadly crashes, the pandemic decimated its business, and the company announced plans to lay off 30,000 workers and reported a $12 billion loss. Nonetheless, its chief executive, David Calhoun, was rewarded with some $21.1 million in compensation. Norwegian Cruise Line barely survived the year. With the cruise industry at a standstill, the company lost $4 billion and furloughed 20 percent of its staff. That didn’t stop Norwegian from more than doubling the pay of Frank Del Rio, its chief executive, to $36.4 million. And at Hilton, where nearly a quarter of the corporate staff were laid off as hotels around the world sat empty and the company lost $720 million, it was a good year for the man in charge. Hilton reported in a securities filing that Chris Nassetta, its chief executive, received compensation worth $55.9 million in 2020.)
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: I should write a book about the ever-increasing pressure from Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs in Illinois, DuPage County, DuPage County’s 4th District, Milton Township, Wheaton, Wheaton’s West District, and my precinct a) to promote LGBTQ and b) to get rid of those who do not promote LGBTQ.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/24/world/europe/poland-lgbtq-gay-migration.html

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters approve of Biden.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/04/25/biden-100-days-poll/
— The fading GOP establishment moves to support Cheney as Trump attacks and McCarthy keeps his distance. – Paul Kane
https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/cheney-trump-mccarthy-orlando/2021/04/23/0b41df94-a3a4-11eb-85fc-06664ff4489d_story.html

NEW YORK POST
— Big tech bankrolls BLM co-founder’s PAC, charities in exchange for support – Isabel Vincent
https://nypost.com/2021/04/24/big-tech-bankrolls-blm-in-exchange-for-net-neutrality-support/
— Anti-racism themed messaging hurts Democratic pols, Yale study finds – Jesse O’Neill
(DIERSEN: To be a Democrat, Libertarian, Green, Independent, or RINO, you have to hate those who are law enforcement officers, Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, gun owners, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://nypost.com/2021/04/25/democrats-anti-racism-messaging-seems-to-alienate-voters-study/

SANTA BARBARA NEWS PRESS
— The left’s systemic exploitation of race – Editorial
https://newspress.com/the-lefts-systemic-exploitation-of-race/

CENTRAL MAINE
— With handouts, US heading toward socialism – Rowland Hastings, Augusta
https://www.centralmaine.com/2021/04/25/with-handouts-us-heading-toward-socialism/

NPR
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled White-hating White-haters, their operatives, and their dupes promote D.C. statehood.
https://www.npr.org/2021/04/24/990544576/how-the-battle-against-d-c-statehood-is-rooted-in-racism

GUARDIAN
— Florida bill would allow students to record professors to show political bias. The bill, which is awaiting the signature of the governor, seems to align with the position of rightwing student activist groups. – Richard Luscombe
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/apr/25/florida-bill-record-professors-universities

TIMES
— Why Zuckerberg unfriended Apple
(DIERSEN: I should write a book about a) those who have unfriended me and b) the reasons why they unfriended me. Overwhelmingly, the reasons include a) they object to one or more of the articles that I linked to in my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters, b) I refuse to be manipulated or dominated by them, c) I refuse to glorify and praise them, d) I refuse to pander to them, e) I refuse to serve as one or their operatives or dupes, f) I refuse to cover-up their wrongdoing, and/or g) I refuse to give them money. Overwhelmingly, when push comes to shove, a) they refuse to defend or advance the traditional 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 and b) they promote dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, abolition of the First and Second Amendments, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and/or age discrimination. Overwhelmingly, they blame me and blame my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters for their problems, for your problems, for my problems, and for everyone’s problems. Overwhelmingly, when push comes to shove, they disclose a) their tremendous hatred of Trump and b) their tremendous hatred of those like me who do not hate Trump. Overwhelmingly, they read GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters to get information to destroy others.)
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/why-zuckerberg-unfriended-apple-ksx9s9pkf