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February 10 Morning Edition

ABC7
— Trump reportedly furious at impeachment lawyers’ performance Republican senators questioned their strategy and some called for yet another shakeup to Trump’s defense team. – AP
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/trump-reportedly-furious-at-impeachment-attorneys-performance/10325783/
— Aunt Jemima brand gets a new name: Pearl Milling Company
https://abc7chicago.com/10324877/
— DuPage County COVID-19 vaccination clinic to open at fairgrounds in Wheaton – Evelyn Holmes
https://abc7chicago.com/10324709/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Democratic impeachment of Trump puts his 74 million voters on trial – JOHN KASS (DIERSEN: 2,446,891 in Illinois voted for Trump, 193,611 in DuPage County voted for Trump, 20,080 in Milton Township voted for Trump, and 157 in my precinct voted for Trump.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/john-kass/ct-prem-trump-trial-free-speech-censorship-john-kass-20210210-pjhtc3le4jbt7fn4kmuqmutqkq-story.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD IN NAPERVILLE SUN: Dispute over how GOP chose Naperville Township candidates results in two slates on ballot, court fight – SUZANNE BAKER
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-nvs-naperville-township-ballot-lawsuit-st-0210-20210209-xwpvrl37mvamzedhbfn4nehjyq-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Ballots cannot be altered to remove names because they are being prepared in advance of early voting, which starts Feb. 25. The controversy centers on accusations from 17 township residents who say the Republican caucus held virtually Dec. 1 via the internet-based platform Zoom was neither fair nor honest, which is why they held their own caucus instead. Republican organization Chairman Jim Ruhl said the decision to host the caucus via Zoom was made so that anyone, including older people and those who fearful of going out in public because of the coronavirus pandemic, could participate. To provide more flexibility, Republicans who are not internet savvy had the option of calling in by phone, he said. “We did not want to disenfranchise any voter,” Ruhl said. “We chose Zoom for the health and well-being of everyone.” At a meeting a month before the caucus, the organization agreed to slate candidates for the two township positions held by Republicans now: the seats of Assessor Warren Dixon III and Trustee Paul Santucci, he said. Dixon plans to step down and asked Matthew Rasche to run as his replacement; Santucci is seeking reelection. Both candidates were approved during the organization’s virtual caucus Dec. 1. The other set of candidates was selected the same night in the parking lot outside the Naperville Township offices on Water Street in Naperville. They include Lynda Segneri for supervisor, Barbara Lukoff for clerk, Gary Vician for assessor, and Thomas Laz, Gabby Serna and Bill Breyne for the three open trustee seats. That slate was not certified by the township clerk nor forwarded to the county clerk so the candidates filed a lawsuit to have their names listed on the ballot. Attorney Keri-Lyn Krafthefer, who represents the plaintiffs, said 17 Republican voters showed up at the Naperville Township offices Dec. 1 for the caucus. When they were denied in-person access to the meeting, they caucused outside in the parking lot, Krafthefer said. Their lawsuit contends there is no provision in state law that permits a caucus election to be conducted electronically. Vician said a caucus is essentially a primary election, and elections are held in person, not virtually. Caucusing in person allows everyone to have a voice and speak freely, he said. “You really can’t do that on a Zoom call,” Vician said. “In a Zoom meeting, you can be silenced (through muting or ignoring someone who raises their hand).” Rather than decide which slate of candidates should be on the April 6 ballot, DuPage Judge James McCluskey ruled everyone would be listed for the consolidated election. In a written ruling explanation issued Friday, McCluskey said the Zoom caucus was “not properly conducted in a fair and honest manner.” The judge said he agreed with the plaintiffs’ argument that the Zoom caucus was held “in blatant contravention to the Township Code and the Governor’s Executive Order 2020-73 which exempts Township Caucuses from electronic means.” Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s Nov. 18 coronavirus mitigation order to which the judge referred was interpreted differently by the two sides. Krafthefer said the governor’s executive order “does not apply to the December 2020 township caucuses,” which means caucuses can be held in person as required by state law. But Ruhl said the Republican organization was following the governor’s directive. The same order a few sentences later says, “Nothing in this Executive Order prohibits caucuses from being held virtually, and caucus organizers are encouraged to facilitate virtual attendance, to convene outdoors, and must adhere to all Social Distancing Requirements.” Ruhl said he’s not sure when the appellate court will rule, though he expects a decision will be made before April 6 when votes are counted.)
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater promotes hatred against Trump.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/dahleen-glanton/ct-glanton-trump-impeachment-victims-20210209-xb7y3h7ghvamzixhkk6uk7ffkm-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrat teachers want to make it easier for them to crank out good little Democrats.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/ct-opinion-illinois-teaching-standards-20210205-7t74hjpwsnh5lfs64mqpdllpvi-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— Unite the Republican Party, save Illinois – Don Tracy
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20210210/unite-the-republican-party-save-illinois
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: When Democrats move in, poverty and crime increase.
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20210210/editorial-address-violence-with-vigilant-leaders-responsible-property-owners

WGN RADIO
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: 6 GOP senators join Dems, Trump impeachment moves on Senate trial is now in recess until noon Eastern Time on Wednesday
https://wgnradio.com/news/6-gop-senators-join-dems-trump-impeachment-moves-on/

WBEZ
— CPD Creates New Policy Banning Retaliation Against Officers Who Report Misconduct – Patrick Smith (DIERSEN: Democrats run the federal government. They retaliate against federal employees who report political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, or age discrimination. They get rid of federal employees who are Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who they do not promote to 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. Extremely few federal employees make the aforesaid promotion deadlines.)
https://www.wbez.org/stories/cpd-creates-new-retaliation-policy-after-years-of-allegations-that-officers-were-punished-for-breaking-the-code-of-silence/94e5bfb1-2522-4a72-b917-afd9384adc90

JOURNAL TOPICS
— Don’t Allow ‘Cancel Culture’ To ‘Hijack’ Thin Blue Line – William A. Grossi, Mount Prospect Village Trustee, Candidate for mayor
https://www.journal-topics.com/articles/village-trustee-dont-allow-cancel-culture-to-hijack-thin-blue-line/

ROCKFORD REGISTER STAR
— Winnebago County Republicans condemn Trump impeachment, not Kinzinger – Corina Curry (DIERSEN: What if your Republican county, ward, and/or township party organizations voted on censuring those who voted to impeach Trump? Kinzinger-supporters would destroy those Republican Precinct Committeemen/Captains who voted to censure those who voted to impeach Trump.)
https://www.rrstar.com/story/news/politics/elections/2021/02/10/winnebago-county-republicans-condemn-trump-impeachment-not-kinzinger/4463784001/
— Tell lawmakers to vote no on Culturally Responsive Teaching and Leading Standards
https://www.rrstar.com/story/opinion/2021/02/09/letter-tell-lawmakers-vote-no-culturally-responsive-teaching-and-leading-standards/4450014001/

SUBURBAN LIFE
— DuPage County tops 100,000 doses of vaccine administered, region’s COVID-19 positivity rate drops below 5% – Joshua Welge
https://www.shawlocal.com/my-suburban-life/coronavirus/2021/02/10/dupage-county-tops-100000-doses-of-vaccine-administered-covid-19-positivity-rate-drops-below-5/
— Democratic Citizens of Berwyn candidates decline to participate in forum, debate – Catey Sullivan (DIERSEN: Conservative-haters do not want me to ask questions. In 2005, conservative-hating employees of the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) stopped me from attending Andy McKenna’s press conference in Springfield after the IRP State Central Committee elected him chairman. Conservative-haters fear that I will ask Republicans the following questions: If elected, would you encourage or discourage promotion of the following: a) reparations, b) BLM, c) LGBTQ, d) dependency on government, e) dependency on charity, f) abortion, g) mass/illegal immigration, h) booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, i) more gun controls, j) patronage, k) political affiliation discrimination, l) reverse discrimination, and m) age discrimination?)
https://www.shawlocal.com/my-suburban-life/news/local/2021/02/09/democratic-citizens-of-berwyn-candidates-decline-to-participate-in-forum-debate/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: DCOB candidates also did not respond to a questionnaire on issues sent to all candidates as part of the Activist ToolKit, which developed and published questionnaires for candidates in Berwyn, Oak Park, River Forest and Broadview, among other nearby municipalities.)

POSITIVELY NAPERVILLE
— Get to know candidates running in 2021 Consolidated Election to serve Naperville
https://www.positivelynaperville.com/2021/02/09/get-to-know-candidates-running-in-2021-consolidated-election-to-serve-naperville/119258

STATELINE
— Republicans blast Pritzker’s nearly $700k capitol security as ‘PR stunt’
https://www.mystateline.com/news/local-news/republicans-blast-pritzkers-nearly-700k-capital-security-as-pr-stunt/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater promotes Kinzinger.
https://www.mystateline.com/news/rep-kinzinger-speaks-on-traumatizing-capitol-riots-and-backlash-on-his-vote-to-impeach-trump/

EFFINGHAM DAILY NEWS
— Local forum on controversial new teacher standards proposal draws crowd – Andrew Adams
https://www.effinghamdailynews.com/news/local_news/local-forum-on-controversial-new-teacher-standards-proposal-draws-crowd/article_66cea746-6b2a-11eb-a5f8-07b7a57ffe50.html

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters use Kinzinger and Kinzinger’s supporters to destroy the Republican Party.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/local-news/rep-kinzinger-calls-for-change-to-the-republican-party/

FOX ILLINOIS
— Trump fumes, GOP senators baffled by legal team’s debut – AP
https://foxillinois.com/news/connect-to-congress/trump-fumes-gop-senators-baffled-by-legal-teams-debut

NPR ILLINOIS
— GOP Senator: Trump’s Lawyers Did A ‘Terrible Job’ On 1st Day Of Trial – ALANA WISE (DIERSEN: I should write a book about the lawyers who have represented me in the lawsuits that I have filed.)
https://www.nprillinois.org/post/gop-senator-trumps-lawyers-did-terrible-job-first-day-trial#stream/0
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater says “Capitol Riot Prompts A Reckoning Over Extremism In The Ranks.”
https://www.nprillinois.org/post/capitol-riot-prompts-reckoning-over-extremism-ranks#stream/0
— Is ‘Cancel Culture’ The Future Of The GOP? – DANIELLE KURTZLEBEN (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who have done the most to cancel those like me who support the traditional marriage/family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks in the Republican Party platform. I would focus leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization since 2000. I would focus on Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct since 2000, their major donors, their political consultants, their campaign managers, their campaign staff members, and their campaign volunteers. I would focus on those who claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican and have/had lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and/or Wheaton since 2000.)
https://www.nprillinois.org/post/cancel-culture-future-gop#stream/0

WIFR
— Winnebago County Republican Party adopts ‘de facto censure’ of those who voted to impeach former President Trump (DIERSEN: What if your Republican county, ward, and/or township party organizations voted on censuring those who voted to impeach Trump? Kinzinger-supporters would destroy those Republican Precinct Committeemen/Captains who voted to censure those who voted to impeach Trump.)
https://www.wifr.com/2021/02/10/winn-co-republican-party-adopts-de-facto-censure-of-those-who-voted-to-impeach-former-pres-trump/

WREX
— Kinzinger endorses impeachment vote, hopes to steer GOP – James Stratton (DIERSEN: From what I see, Kinzinger-supporters want Trump-supporters to either dump Trump, or leave the Republican Party. 2,446,891 in Illinois voted for Trump, 193,611 in DuPage County voted for Trump, 20,080 in Milton Township voted for Trump, and 157 in my precinct voted for Trump.)
https://wrex.com/2021/02/09/rep-kinzinger-endorses-impeachment-vote-hopes-to-steer-gop/

WAND TV
— Proposed federal gun reform legislation gets strong reaction in Central Illinois – Chris Carter
https://www.wandtv.com/news/proposed-federal-gun-reform-legislation-gets-strong-reaction-in-central-illinois/article_a0709ea0-6a7b-11eb-b6f2-a70832804f16.html
— Senators re-introducing legislation to designate sites of 1908 Race Riot as a national monument (DIERSEN: Soon, if not already, Illinois Democrats will demand that all Illinois Republicans disclose what their ancestors did in 1908. My ancestors on my father’s side operated Crete’s only hardware store. My ancestors on my mother’s side operated a farm in Grant Park.)
https://www.wandtv.com/news/senators-re-introducing-legislation-to-designate-sites-of-1908-race-riot-as-a-national-monument/article_2ae3c4da-6aeb-11eb-9679-9f78f7c88ca0.html

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— FROM THE ARTICLE: Kinzinger insists he’s focused only on rebuilding the GOP. “I really have felt compelled that this is a fight worth having and if it leads to me being out of office in a year and a half, so be it, I’m at peace. If it leads to something else, so be it, I’m at peace. But right now, the battle is to save the soul of this party.” As for LaSalle County Republicans censuring him last week and the state GOP saying it “disagrees” with Kinzinger’s views, Kinzinger said, “I prefer not to be censured, but I really, really will not lose an ounce of sleep if I am. Not even an ounce.” (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, not only hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters, but also hate-filled conservative-hating conservative-haters are using Kinzinger to destroy the Republican Party.)
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2021/02/10/teachers-have-a-deal-kinzinger-no-state-run-pritzkers-budget-camera-costs-bidenology-in-illinois-491704

ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— Dr. Eric Wallace on Woke Teaching Standards in Illinois – Benjamin Smith
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2021/02/spotlight-dr-eric-wallace-on-woke-teaching-standards/

BREITBART
— Tom Cotton: Joe Biden Is Keeping U.S. Closed for Americans, Leaving Border Open for Illegal Aliens – JOHN BINDER
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/02/09/tom-cotton-joe-biden-is-keeping-u-s-closed-for-americans-leaving-border-open-for-illegal-aliens/
— Grassley on Biden Allowing Illegal Aliens to Enter the Country Without Testing: ‘Is That Protecting Our Citizens?’ – HANNAH BLEAU
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/02/09/grassley-on-biden-allowing-illegal-aliens-to-enter-the-country-without-testing-is-that-protecting-our-citizens/

DAILY CALLER
— ‘You Cannot Overstate The Loathing’: Brit Hume Says Impeachment Is ‘Half-Baked’ But Based On Hatred For Trump – DAVID KRAYDEN (DIERSEN: I should write a book about hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters who have done the most to destroy Trump-supporters. I would focus on those 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, DuPage County’s 4th District, Milton Township, Wheaton, and Wheaton’s West District.)

https://dailycaller.com/2021/02/09/brit-hume-says-impeachment-is-half-baked-but-based-on-hatred-for-trump/
— Unifying The GOP Under Ron DeSantis – RICHARD PROTZMANN
https://dailycaller.com/2021/02/08/protzmann-unifying-the-gop-under-ron-desantis/

FEDERALIST
— The 3 Worst Things About That Terrible Jeep Super Bowl Ad. How could a major corporation not see how propagandistic it comes off to suggest that when Republicans win a national election, that’s divisive, but when Democrats win one, that’s unifying? – Mollie Hemingway
https://thefederalist.com/2021/02/08/the-3-worst-things-about-that-terrible-jeep-super-bowl-ad/

ONE NEWS NOW
— Marxist infusion coming to school houses in Illinois – Bob Kellogg
https://onenewsnow.com/education/2021/02/10/marxist-infusion-coming-to-school-houses-in-prairie-state

CAMPUS REFORM
— University of Illinois-Chicago law professor says he was forced to undergo lengthy mental examination & drug test after exam question caused students ‘distress’ – Benjamin Zeisloft
https://www.campusreform.org/article?id=16754

MEDIA RESEARCH CENTER TV
— Trump Advisor Says Former President Is Considering Starting His Own Social Media Platform – Connor Grant
https://www.mrctv.org/blog/trump-advisor-says-former-president-considering-starting-his-own-social-media-platform

LIFE SITE NEWS
— LifeSite deleted from YouTube! (DIERSEN: Who wants you to be deleted? I should write a book about those who want me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters to be deleted. I would focus leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization since 2000. I would focus on Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct since 2000, their major donors, their political consultants, their campaign managers, their campaign staff members, and their campaign volunteers. I would focus on those who claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican and have/had lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and/or Wheaton since 2000.)
https://us1.campaign-archive.com/?u=3b519162c561a81f1ee4736a3&id=8646f85c3b&e=8ba0541f95

CNN
— The 21 most utterly bizarre lines from Trump impeachment lawyer Bruce Castor – Chris Cillizza
https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/10/politics/bruce-castor-trump-trial-impeachment/index.html

CNBC
–Trump impeachment trial: GOP senator Bill Cassidy rips former president’s legal team
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/02/09/trump-impeachment-trial-live-updates-stream.html

NEW YORK TIMES
— House Republicans Announce 47 Democrats They Hope to Unseat – Reid J. Epstein
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/10/us/politics/house-republicans-democrats-midterm-elections.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: At least six House Democrats who represent districts Mr. Trump carried in November are on the N.R.C.C. list: Representatives Cindy Axne of Iowa, Cheri Bustos of Illinois, Jared Golden of Maine, Elissa Slotkin of Michigan, Andy Kim of New Jersey and Ron Kind of Wisconsin. Ms. Bustos, who led the House Democrats’ campaign arm in 2020, had margins of victory that shrunk from 24 percentage points in 2018 to four points in 2020. But with Illinois certain to lose at least one seat, her gerrymandered district, which snakes around to include Democratic-leaning sections of Peoria and Rockford along with the Illinois portion of the Quad Cities, will change before she faces voters again.)
— Facebook Dials Down the Politics for Users – Kevin Roose and Mike Isaac (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents want to stop me from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters, but failing that, they want to stop everyone from reading those newsletters, but failing that, they want to stop me from including links in those newsletters to articles that promote the traditional marriage/family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks in the Republican Party platform.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/10/technology/facebook-reduces-politics-feeds.html

NEW YORK POST
— No, the 2020 election wasn’t stolen — but yes, it was underhandedly tilted – Jonathan S. Tobin
https://nypost.com/2021/02/09/no-the-2020-election-wasnt-stolen-it-was-underhandedly-tilted/

WASHINGTON POST
— A majority of the people arrested for Capitol riot had a history of financial trouble. Trail of bankruptcies, tax problems and bad debts raises questions for researchers trying to understand motivations for attack – Todd C. Frankel (DIERSEN: All the operatives and all the dupes who work for my critics/opponents have serious financial, health, and/or other problems. I should write a book about each of my troubled critics/opponents, each of their troubled operatives, and each of their troubled dupes.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/02/10/capitol-insurrectionists-jenna-ryan-financial-problems/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater says “Sadly, Fox News can’t be impeached.” I should write a book about those who have worked the hardest since 2000 to destroy the following: Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Milton Township Republican Organization, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Illinois Center Right Coalition, and American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/02/09/sadly-fox-news-cant-be-impeached/

NEWSWEEK
— Amid GOP Civil War, Adam Kinzinger Calls Out Kevin McCarthy ‘Feeding Fear’ With Trump Alignment – JASON LEMON (DIERSEN: From what I see, Kinzinger-supporters want Trump-supporters to either dump Trump, or leave the Republican Party. 2,446,891 in Illinois voted for Trump, 193,611 in DuPage County voted for Trump, 20,080 in Milton Township voted for Trump, and 157 in my precinct voted for Trump.)
https://www.newsweek.com/amid-gop-civil-war-adam-kinzinger-calls-out-kevin-mccarthy-feeding-fear-trump-alignment-1568007
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters use Kinzinger to destroy the Republican Party.
https://www.newsweek.com/trump-chaos-will-return-gop-lawmaker-adam-kinzinger-pens-op-ed-urging-conviction-1567907
— CNN’s Cooper Compares Trump, Supporters to Hutus in Rwandan Genocide – Curtis Houck (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters say and do things that encourage Trump-supporters to buy more and more and more firearms and ammunition for their self-defense.)
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/curtis-houck/2021/02/09/what-cnns-cooper-compares-trump-supporters-hutus-rwandan-genocide
— Conservatives Looking for a New Direction Should Embrace Family Policy – PATRICK T. BROWN (DIERSEN: To be a conservative, you must be both a fiscal conservative and a social conservative.)
https://www.newsweek.com/conservatives-looking-new-direction-should-embrace-family-policy-opinion-1567699

BLOOMBERG
— Microsoft CEO Says Big Tech Needs Clearer Laws on Online Speech – Emily Chang and Dina Bass (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents hint/imply/argue/shout that because I am a Republican Precinct Committeeman, the following should have complete control over which articles I include links to in GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters: Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization. My critics/opponents hint/imply/argue/shout that because I am a member of the Wheaton Chamber of Commerce (WCC), the WCC should have complete control over which articles I include links to in GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters. Previously, my critics/opponents hinted/implied/argued/shouted that because I was a member of the following, the following should have had complete control over which articles I include links to in GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters: TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Illinois Center Right Coalition, and American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board of directors.)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-02-10/microsoft-ceo-says-big-tech-needs-clearer-laws-on-online-speech

NEW YORK MAGAZINE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater says “Republicans: Trump Can’t Be Impeached Because He Can’t Be Impeached.”
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2021/02/impeachment-trump-republican-senate-acquit-mob-steal-election.html

NPR
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater promotes Kinzinger.
https://www.npr.org/transcripts/965966779
— Is ‘Cancel Culture’ The Future Of The GOP? – Danielle Kurtzleben (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who have done the most to cancel those like me who support the traditional marriage/family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks in the Republican Party platform. I would focus leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization since 2000. I would focus on Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct since 2000, their major donors, their political consultants, their campaign managers, their campaign staff members, and their campaign volunteers. I would focus on those who claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican and have/had lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and/or Wheaton since 2000.)
https://www.capradio.org/news/npr/story?storyid=965815679

AXIOS
— GOP eyes working-class future – Mike Allen, Jim VandeHei (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes a) despise/hate the working-class and b) stress that I did yard work and delivered newspapers 1962-1964; washed dishes 1964-1966; cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966; delivered mail 1966-1969; worked on an automobile assembly line and as a security guard in 1970; sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971; pumped gasoline 1971-1972; collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980; and audited federal agencies 1980-1997. They hint/imply/argue/shout that they would never have stooped to take any of the aforesaid jobs.)
https://www.axios.com/republican-party-working-class-future-44f6c66c-dfbd-40c9-9b9d-9ebfa29dccec.html

FED SMITH
— Common Retirement Myths Exposed These are three common retirement myths that federal employees need to be aware of. – Brandon Christy (DIERSEN: I should write a book about early retirement. My Civil Service Retirement System pension a) is only 41% of what my GAO salary was in 1997 in today’s dollars and b) about equal to what my IRS salary was in 1972 in today’s dollars when I did not have any master’s degrees, professional certifications, or a professional license.)
https://www.fedsmith.com/2021/02/09/common-retirement-myths-exposed/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Retirement Myth #1: My cost of everyday living and leisure spending will be less in retirement . . . Retirement Myth #2: I will fall in a lower tax bracket in retirement due to a decrease in income . . . Retirement Myth #3: You should stop saving and investing in retirement)

PEOPLE’S WORLD
— Federal workers warmly welcome Biden revocation of Trump dictates – MARK GRUENBERG
https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/federal-workers-warmly-welcome-biden-revocation-of-trump-dictates/

February 8 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, hate-filled Republican-hating Republican-haters use Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia a) to glorify and praise Kinzinger and b) to promote hatred against Republicans.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/editorials/ct-editorial-house-republicans-marjorie-taylor-greene-20210208-e54dfyea6zdzvo7np6anjkwjxq-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— Schaumburg business CEO Gary Rabine pondering Republican bid for governor – Sam Lounsberry and Kelli Duncan
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20210207/schaumburg-business-ceo-gary-rabine-pondering-republican-bid-for-governor
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH COLOR PICTURE: In wake of mass shooting, Bloomingdale officials making plans to shut down troubled hotel – Steve Zalusky (DIERSEN: When Democrats move in, poverty and crime increase. How many of the hotel’s problems are caused by Democrats moving in?)
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20210207/in-wake-of-mass-shooting-bloomingdale-officials-making-plans-to-shut-down-troubled-hotel

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Springfield attorney, businessman Don Tracy selected as Illinois Republican Party chair – STEVEN SPEARIE
https://www.pantagraph.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/springfield-attorney-businessman-don-tracy-selected-as-illinois-republican-party-chair/article_ffd34fc9-b857-571b-99fc-a1a0ee7e5f82.html

SUBURBAN LIFE
— DuPage County new COVID-19 cases drop below 100, region’s positivity rate decreases to 5.1% – Joshua Welge
https://www.shawlocal.com/my-suburban-life/coronavirus/2021/02/08/dupage-county-new-covid-19-cases-drop-below-100-regions-positivity-rate-decreases-to-51/

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— FROM THE SHIA KAPOS ARTICLE: In an interview after the appointment, Tracy said his number one goal is to unify the party. Like the national GOP, Illinois Republicans have been split on how to move forward in the wake of Donald Trump’s presidency. “Individually we can be strong, but united we’re a force. I’m going to be pounding on that again and again,” he told Playbook. “It’s a huge challenge in some ways but that will be job No. 1.” The issue is playing out in Illinois and across the country as Republicans come to terms with how to deal with criticism of the former president. Illinois Congressman Adam Kinzinger, for example, has called for Trump’s impeachment; a point that has divided Republicans in the state as well as in Washington, D.C. Tracy doesn’t agree with Kinzinger’s views but doesn’t think he should be censured for them, either. “I support Ronald Reagan’s 80 percent rule,” Tracy said. “If someone agrees with you 80 percent of the time, they’re still your friend and ally. We need to build the party and expand the party and not excommunicate people because of a single or occasional political disagreement.” Tracy takes a similar view of the downstate vs. Chicago divide that has separated many lawmakers. It’s not geography that has created the divide, he says, but issues. His platform — at least so far, on day one: strong families, strong market economy, strong safety, efficient government and school choice. “They’re the core values of the Republican party. Whether you’re a farmer or union worker in southern Illinois or a soccer mom or executive in northern Illinois, they’re issues we can agree on.” Looking at 2022, Tracy says the goal will be to try to capture the U.S. Senate seat that’s up, the governor’s office and legislative seats that have left Republicans in minority positions. “We united as a party” to defeat the graduated income tax amendment, he said. “We fired on all cylinders. And that’s what we need to do for 2022.” (DIERSEN: Conservative-haters do not want me to ask questions. In 2005, conservative-hating employees of the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) stopped me from attending Andy McKenna’s press conference in Springfield after the IRP State Central Committee elected him chairman. Conservative-haters fear that I will ask Republicans the following questions: If elected, would you encourage or discourage promotion of the following: a) reparations, b) BLM, c) LGBTQ, d) dependency on government, e) dependency on charity, f) abortion, g) mass/illegal immigration, h) booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, i) more gun controls, j) patronage, k) political affiliation discrimination, l) reverse discrimination, and m) age discrimination?)
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2021/02/08/surprise-its-sen-simmons-tracy-named-gop-chair-teacher-strike-averted-491674

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Gateway Pundit Trashes Detroit Fact Checkers Saying Its Revelation of Two Vans Full of Ballots Deliver in the AM of Election Night is False
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/02/07/gateway-pundit-trashes-detroit-fact-checkers-saying-its-revelation-of-two-vans-full-of-ballots-deliver-in-the-am-of-election-night-is-false/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— ROSSI: THE UNCONSTITUTIONAL, ILLEGAL, AND IRRATIONAL ATTACKS ON TRUMP & TRUMP SUPPORTERS
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2021/02/rossi-the-unconstitutional-illegal-and-irrational-attacks-on-trump-trump-supporters.html

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Lawmakers in two states target teaching of critical race theory, 1619 Project – James Varney
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/feb/7/critical-race-theory-1619-project-targeted-georgia/

FOX NEWS
— Texas Governor Abbott working on legislation to prevent social media platforms from ‘canceling conservative speech’ Section 230, a provision in the Communications Decency Act, currently protects social media companies from liability in relation to content posted on their platforms by third parties – Lucas Manfredi
https://www.foxbusiness.com/technology/texas-governor-abbott-working-on-legislation-to-prevent-social-media-platforms-from-canceling-conservative-speech
— Rand Paul: Delays in reopening schools will do ‘immeasurable damage’ to children
https://news.yahoo.com/rand-paul-delays-reopening-schools-140204546.html
— Democrat fear-mongering allows Biden to destroy Trump’s legacy. Attack allowed Democrats to portray Trump’s supporters as dangerous extremists – Liz Peek (DIERSEN: Are you a Trump-supporter? How soon, if not already, will hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters who run the organizations that you are a member of, your municipality, your township, your county, Illinois, and America officially ban you from seeking or holding any kind of government or political office?)
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/democrat-fear-mongering-destroy-trumps-legacy-liz-peek
— ‘SNL’ satirizes cancel culture with Child Cancellation Project sketch. ‘We exposed problematic kids and canceled them,’ a ‘social activist’ declares. – Cortney Moore (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who focus on a) canceling those like me who they cannot manipulate or dominate and b) those like me who support the traditional marriage/family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks in the Republican Party platform. I would focus on past and present leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Milton Township Republican Organization, Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, etc. I would focus on past and present Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct, their major donors, their political consultants, their campaign managers, their campaign staff members, and their campaign volunteers.)
https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/snl-cancel-satire-culture-child-cancellation-project-sketch

GOPUSA
— Can A Phony Impeachment ‘Validate’ A Stolen Election?
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=106234
— The War On Disinformation Is A War On Dissent.
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=106269
— Lawyers Are Facing Reprisal For Representing Trump. This Is Un-American. (DIERSEN: I should write a book about lawyers who filed lawsuits for me, but then unethically withdrew as soon as it became clear that the defendents would not settle.)
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=106196

AMERICAN THINKER
— Illinois Readies Disastrous Teaching Standards – S.T. Karnick
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2021/02/illinois_readies_disastrous_teaching_standards.html

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Turning Their Backs on Marjorie Striking “moderate” poses in the present political climate is like trying to be a pacifist on a battlefield. Republicans need more backbone—like the Democrats. – Paul Gottfried
https://amgreatness.com/2021/02/07/turning-their-backs-on-marjorie/
— Donald Trump, Scourge of European Elites. How can they not hate him? He stands for freedom and equality. – Bruce Bawer
https://amgreatness.com/2021/02/07/donald-trump-scourge-of-european-elites/

BREITBART
— Ron Johnson: Capitol Still Barricaded to ‘Send a Signal’ to Trump Voters That They’re ‘Dangerous’ – TRENT BAKER (DIERSEN: Are you a Trump-supporter? How soon, if not already, will hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters who run the organizations that you are a member of, your municipality, your township, your county, Illinois, and America officially ban you from seeking or holding any kind of government or political office?)
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2021/02/07/ron-johnson-capitol-still-barricaded-to-send-a-signal-to-trump-voters-that-theyre-dangerous/

CONSERVATIVE HQ
— Conservative Leaders Unite To Oppose Unconstitutional Persecution Of Citizen Donald J. Trump
https://www.conservativehq.org/post/conservative-leaders-unite-to-oppose-unconstitutional-persecution-of-citizen-donald-j-trump

DAILY CALLER
— ‘Why Should Non-Citizens Be Treated Better?’: Texas AG Blasts Biden Decision To Vaccinate Illegals – DAVID KRAYDEN (DIERSEN: Democrats have declared war on Republicans. Democrats see illegals as being their soldiers in their army to get rid of Republicans once and for all.)
https://dailycaller.com/2021/02/07/texas-attorney-general-ken-paxton-blasts-joe-biden-vaccinations-illegals/

DAILY WIRE
— Republicans Demand Pelosi Pay Fine After Speaker Defies New Rule, Bypasses House Metal Detectors – Emily Zanotti
https://www.dailywire.com/news/republicans-demand-pelosi-pay-fine-after-speaker-defies-new-rule-bypasses-house-metal-detectors

TOWNHALL
— With Trump Gone, You Are the Enemy – Terry Paulson (DIERSEN: Are you a Trump-supporter? How soon, if not already, will hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters who run the organizations that you are a member of, your municipality, your township, your county, Illinois, and America officially ban you from seeking or holding any kind of government or political office?)
https://townhall.com/columnists/terrypaulson/2021/02/08/with-trump-gone-you-are-the-enemy-n2584342

EPOCH TIMES
— Media’s Obsession With Jan. 6 ‘Extremely Frustrating’ to Law Enforcement – JANITA KAN
https://www.theepochtimes.com/medias-obsession-with-jan-6-extremely-frustrating-to-law-enforcement-retired-sergeant_3688471.html

THE HILL
— Trump trial set to consume Capitol – JONATHAN EASLEY
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/537589-trump-trial-set-to-consume-capitol

CNN
— If Senate won’t convict, how else can it punish Trump? – Robert Alexander (DIERSEN: I should write a book about how the leaders of organizations and governments a) punish those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate, b) punish those like me who fail/refuse to glorify and praise them, c) punish those like me who fail/refuse to pander to them, d) punish those like me who fail/refuse to serve as one of their operative or dupes, and/or e) punish those like me who fail/refuse to give them money. I would focus on past and present leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Milton Township Republican Organization, Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, etc.)
https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/08/opinions/trump-impeachment-censure-senate-alexander/index.html

NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE: Why Chuck Schumer Is Cozying Up to the A.O.C. Wing of His Party. As he prepares for an impeachment trial this week, Senator Chuck Schumer is at the height of his political power in Washington. At home in New York, he is taking steps to head off a primary challenge from the left. – Alexander Burns (DIERSEN: I should write a book about Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct since 2000 who hinted/implied/argued/shouted the most to get elected that they were anti-conservative, that is, that they were anti-Republican.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/07/us/politics/schumer-impeachment-new-york.html
— 11 Steps to Impress Your Boss and Thrive in Your Job – Julie Weed (DIERSEN: My Democrat coworkers and my subordinates in the federal government impressed my superiors and my supervisors by destroying their coworkers and their subordinates who were Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who had not made 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.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/08/business/managing-up-working-from-home.html

NEW YORK POST
— Ex-White House interpreter: ‘canceled and humiliated’ for supporting Trump – Bruce Golding
https://nypost.com/2021/02/07/ex-white-house-interpreter-canceled-for-supporting-trump/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— As Covid-19 Vaccines Raise Hope, Cold Reality Dawns That Illness Is Likely Here to Stay. Ease of transmission, new strains, limits of vaccination programs all mean Covid-19 will be around for years—and a big business – Daniela Hernandez and Drew Hinshaw (DIERSEN: Democrats have declared war on Republicans. Expect that ever-increasingly, Democrats will use Covid-19 to get rid of 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/as-vaccines-raise-hope-cold-reality-dawns-covid-19-is-likely-here-to-stay-11612693803
— What to Do When There’s a Covid-19 Vaccine Glut Supply is ramping up, but many Americans are reluctant to get the shot and need to be persuaded. – Scott Gottlieb and Mark McClellan (DIERSEN: Sooner or later, hate-filled conservative-hating conservative-haters will stop conservatives from doing anything until they are vaccinated.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/what-to-do-when-theres-a-covid-19-vaccine-glut-11612732696
— Mediocrity Is Now Mandatory. From stimulus to school admissions, leaders act as if ease is the only worthy goal. – Andy Kessler (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs hint/imply/argue/shout that the more successful that conservatives are, the more that they discriminate against minorities, against females, against younger people, against LGBTQers, against those who are not married, against those who had/have less money than they do, against veterans, against liberals and moderates, against non-Christians, against non-Protestants, against non-Italian Americans, against non-German Americans, against illegals, against those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time, against boozers, against gamblers, against stoners, against criminals, against those who have financial problems, against those who have health problems, against Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs, against those who have less education, against those who have less work experience, against those who have no professional certifications or licenses, against etc.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/mediocrity-is-now-mandatory-11612724198

KCRA
— OUTSTANDING: Republican John Cox opens run for governor – Michael R. Blood
https://www.kcra.com/article/republican-john-cox-opens-run-for-california-governor/35447501#

INC.
— The Gender Pay Gap Has Been Slowly Closing for Years. Will 2021 Erase That Progress? Frustrating data shows that the ‘new normal’ may widen the pay gap. – JESSICA STILLMAN (DIERSEN: If I had not been denied my 7th Amendment rights in Diersen v. GAO, I would have presented a jury with evidence that my Democrat GAO superiors paid their employees who were Democrat, minority, female, and/or younger far more than they paid their employees who were Republican, White, male, and/or older and who had similar or more education, work experience, and/or professional certifications and licenses.)
https://www.inc.com/jessica-stillman/gender-pay-gap-covid-gartner.html

NEWSWEEK
— The Most Valuable Lesson From COVID-19: Don’t Suppress Dissenting Voices – HELEN RALEIGH (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents want to suppress promotion of the traditional marriage/family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks in the Republican Party platform. I should write a book about my critics/opponents. I would focus on present and past leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Milton Township Republican organization, and Wheaton Chamber of Commerce. I would focus on the aforesaid who 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. I would focus on those who make it clear that they are anti-Protestant and/or anti-German American.)
https://www.newsweek.com/most-valuable-lesson-covid-19-dont-suppress-dissenting-voices-opinion-1567244

HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN
— Corporate Equality Index 2021 Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s Corporate Equality Index is the national benchmarking tool on corporate policies, practices and benefits pertinent to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer employees. (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will the LGBTQ-promotes who run the organizations that you are a member of, the municipality that you live in, the township that you live in, the county that you live in, Illinois, America, and the world succeed in getting rid of individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that do not promote LGBTQ? I should write a book about the success that LGBTQ-promoters, their operatives, and their dupes have had in the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Milton Township Republican Organization, Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, etc.)
https://www.hrc.org/resources/corporate-equality-index

ALTERNET
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Republican-hating Republican-haters want the news media to do more to promote hatred against Republicans.
https://www.alternet.org/2021/02/trump-wants-to-be-a-dictator/

NEW REPUBLIC
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Who does Tracy consider the spokespersons for the following in Illinois to be: Republicans like me who support the traditional marriage/family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks in the Republican Party platform? Extremely few Republican Party leaders in Illinois, in DuPage County, and in Milton Township vigorously defend or try to advance the aforesaid planks.
https://newrepublic.com/article/161113/republican-working-class-agenda-hawley-rubio

FIVE THIRTY EIGHT
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater says “In America’s ‘Uncivil War,’ Republicans Are The Aggressors.”
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/in-americas-uncivil-war-republicans-are-the-aggressors/

DAILY MAIL
— Democratic Rep. Maxine Waters denies ever encouraging violence against Republicans despite once calling for supporters to ‘absolutely harass’ Trump admin officials – James Gordon
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9235027/Maxine-Waters-denies-encouraging-violence-against-Republicans-past-comments.html

MONTGOMERY COUNTY ONLINE
— State Farm receives perfect score on The HRC Annual Corporate Equality Index (DIERSEN: I have always supported the traditional marriage/family plank in the Republican Party platform. Those who promote LGBTQ have always worked the hardest against me.)
https://thepaper24-7.com/Content/News/Local-News/Article/State-Farm-receives-perfect-score-on-The-HRC-Annual-Corporate-Equality-Index/23/22/76515

METRO WEEKLY
— ‘Ex-gay’ Republican fired by Texas GOP for attending Capitol riot. Kevin Whitt, a former “homosexual, transsexual, drag queen,” filmed himself in a crowd of Trump supporters at the Capitol. – Rhuaridh Marr
https://www.metroweekly.com/2021/02/ex-gay-republican-fired-by-texas-gop-for-attending-capitol-riot/

February 7 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— 100 years of newspapering: Medill School was started to bring booksmarts to street-smart journalism – RON GROSSMAN (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, I am not a reporter or journalist a) because reporters and journalists cannot be conservative or Republican, b) because I am not paid for what I do, c) because I do not have a degree in journalism, d) because I refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, e) because I do not glorify and praise them, f) because I do not pander to them, and g) because I do not give them money. I have been the GOPUSA Illinois Editor for 21 years. Before that, I worked for GAO as an Analyst for almost 18 years, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 Levels, currently $102,755-$132,845/year. GAO Analysts do much of what reporters and journalists do including interviewing, gathering facts, summarizing facts, analyzing facts, and writing reports. I should write a book about my critics/opponents who claim to be Republican but who give all their scopes to Democrat reporters and to Democrat journalists.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/history/ct-opinion-flashback-medill-journalism-anniversary-20210205-572naasytfdqlf6onjivm2wx7i-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: I should write a book about those who want affordable housing built, a) but not in their county, b) but not in their county district, c) but not in their township, d) but not in their municipality, e) but not in their municipal district, and f) but not in their precinct. I would focus on those want affordable housing built in DuPage County, DuPage County’s 4th District, Milton Township, Wheaton, Wheaton’s West District, and my precinct.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/real-estate/ct-re-chicago-inclusive-housing-ordinance-tt-0129-20210201-g27eksnzevhnlmy5ifxvyqowhm-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote abortion.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2021/2/7/22268858/abortion-minors-parental-notification-law-illinois-legislature-editorial

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Springfield attorney Don Tracy selected as Illinois Republican Party chairman. Had led Illinois Gaming Board; beat out two other opponents – Steven Spearie
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/2021/02/06/don-tracy-springfield-elected-illinois-gop-chairman/4423555001/
— Cannabis shop planned for west side – Ben Szalinski (DIERSEN: How will Tracy respond to Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, Green plants, Independent plants, and RINOs who want the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Milton Township Republican Organization, etc. to immediately dump those who do not promote pot?)
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/2021/02/05/cannabis-shop-planned-springfields-west-side/4409927001/

SOUTHERN
— Springfield’s Don Tracy, ex-Illinois Gaming Board chairman, a finalist for state GOP chair – Dean Olsen
https://thesouthern.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/springfields-don-tracy-ex-illinois-gaming-board-chairman-a-finalist-for-state-gop-chair/article_d2376550-9ff9-59cb-aed1-a87816967c8d.html

SUBURBAN LIFE
— DuPage County reports 152 cases Friday, 6 deaths, region’s positivity rate decreases to 5.5% – Joshua Welge
https://www.shawlocal.com/my-suburban-life/coronavirus/2021/02/06/dupage-county-reports-152-cases-friday-6-deaths-regions-positivity-rate-decreases-to-55/

SUBURBAN CHICAGOLAND
— Illinois Republicans select Don Tracy as new party chairman – Ray Hanania
https://suburbanchicagoland.com/2021/02/06/illinois-republicans-select-don-tracy-as-new-party-chairman/

HERALD WHIG
— Equipping teachers for diverse classrooms – DEBORAH GERTZ  (DIERSEN: One reason why I transferred from UIC to NIU in 1969 when I was 20 years old was that I had trouble understanding UIC instructors whose first language was not English.)
https://www.whig.com/news/illinois-news/equipping-teachers-for-diverse-classrooms/article_e616a7d2-9770-5b1d-813c-10d85440d748.html

NPR ILLINOIS
— Canada Labels Proud Boys A Terrorist Group. What Are The Consequences? (DIERSEN: How soon will Democrats succeed in getting the United States, Illinois, your county, your township, and your municipality to label the Republican Party a terrorist group? How soon will banks and other financial institutions seize assets of Republicans? How soon will the United States, Illinois, your county, your township, and your municipality officially prohibit Republicans a) from seeking or holding any kind of government or political office, b) from getting an education, c) from getting or keeping a job, d) from owning firearms or ammunition, e) from leasing or owning vehicles, f) from renting or owning real estate, g) etc.?)
https://www.nprillinois.org/post/canada-labels-proud-boys-terrorist-group-what-are-consequences#stream/0
(FROM THE ARTICLE: With this designation, it gives banks and financial institutions the grounds to, you know, seize assets, you know, not renew mortgages. It’s a very effective way at stopping support for a group at a ground level. And I should also say that I think one of the things it did was by designating the Proud Boys a terror group – whether you would agree with that or not, it does allow a certain amount of deterrence to happen, that, you know, some regular person who wants to don the yellow-and-black Fred Perry golf shirt might be less inclined to because that could, you know, have them wind up on a list where their bank no longer wants to bank with them.)
— Biden Moves To End Trump-Era Asylum Agreements With Central American Countries – JOHN RUWITCH (DIERSEN: How will Tracy respond to Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, Green plants, Independent plants, and RINOs who want the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Milton Township Republican Organization, etc. to immediately dump those who do not promote mass/illegal immigration?)
https://www.nprillinois.org/post/biden-moves-end-trump-era-asylum-agreements-central-american-countries#stream/0
— For Biden Administration, Equity Initiatives Are A Moral Imperative – JUANA SUMMERS (DIERSEN: How will Tracy respond to Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, Green plants, Independent plants, and RINOs who want the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Milton Township Republican Organization, etc. to immediately dump those who do not promote patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination?)
https://www.nprillinois.org/post/biden-administration-equity-initiatives-are-moral-imperative#stream/0
— More Than A Month Later, It’s Still January 6 on Capitol Hill – RON ELVING (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats use the Capitol Riot to get rid of individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are law enforcement officers, soldiers, veterans, 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.nprillinois.org/post/more-month-later-its-still-january-6-capitol-hill#stream/0
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats fight all efforts to stop voter fraud.
https://www.nprillinois.org/post/after-record-2020-turnout-state-republicans-weigh-making-it-harder-vote#stream/0

MDJ ONLINE
— Sex education isn’t required in Illinois public schools. This bill wants to change that. – NATALIE PIERRE (DIERSEN: How will Tracy respond to Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, Green plants, Independent plants, and RINOs who want the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Milton Township Republican Organization, etc. to immediately dump those who do not promote LGBTQ?)
https://www.mdjonline.com/neighbor_newspapers/extra/news/sex-education-isnt-required-in-illinois-public-schools-this-bill-wants-to-change-that/article_89e36ceb-175c-5dce-8c66-08675185b219.html

ILLINOIS NEWSROOM
— Illinois Republicans Choose Downstater Don Tracy As New State Chairman – Jim Meadows (DIERSEN: How will Tracy respond to Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, Green plants, Independent plants, and RINOs who want the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Milton Township Republican Organization, etc. to immediately dump those who do not promote gambling?)
https://illinoisnewsroom.org/illinois-republicans-choose-downstater-don-tracy-as-new-state-chairman/

WIREPOINTS
— Potential GOP Gubernatorial Candidate Richard Porter’s Policy Prescriptions – Berkowitz Video Interview
https://wirepoints.org/potential-gop-gubernatorial-candidate-richard-porters-policy-prescriptions-berkowitz-interview-il-channel/

CAPITOL FAX
— UPDATE 4 *** Some members of the Eastern Bloc…State Representatives Blaine Wilhour (R-Beecher City), Brad Halbrook (R-Shelbyville), Dan Caulkins (R-Decatur), Chris Miller (R-Oakland) and Adam Niemerg R-Dieterich) are issuing the following statement on the election of Don Tracy as Illinois Republican Chairman. “Despite some news reports, Don Tracy is Chairman of the Illinois Republican Party because several of the most conservative legislators in the state who represent the areas with the most weighted vote were involved and backed him. We talked directly with Tracy and supported him based on his commitment to continuing to engage working families and support the values of working people. This isn’t a Trump or anti-Trump deal. It’s about putting the Republican Party in the best position to win by speaking to the middle class and working class families in Illinois who have disproportionately shouldered the burden of poor policies from our state’s one-party rule for far too long. We have been and will continue to be engaged in this process, and we look forward to working with Chairman Tracy. Make no mistake about it- the election of Don Tracy as State Party Chairman is a big win for conservatives.
https://capitolfax.com/2021/02/06/don-tracy-chosen-as-new-ilgop-chair/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Deportation warnings halted because they cause ‘undue stress’ on illegal migrants – Paul Bedard
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/washington-secrets/deportation-warnings-halted-because-they-cause-undue-stress-on-illegal-migrants

FOX NEWS
— Calls for Pelosi to pay fine she imposed after bypassing metal detector intensify. ‘Is this a rule that makes sense? No of course not. But that’s not the point, the point is they’re her rules’ – Morgan Phillips
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/calls-pelosi-pay-fine-she-imposed-bypass-metal-detector

DAILY CALLER
— Liz Cheney Censured By Wyoming GOP For Trump Impeachment Vote – DYLAN HOUSMAN
https://dailycaller.com/2021/02/06/liz-cheney-censured-wyoming-gop-donald-trump-impeachment/

BREITBART
— 253 Migrants Apprehended in One Hour Along Texas Border with Mexico – BOB PRICE
https://www.breitbart.com/border/2021/02/06/253-migrants-apprehended-in-one-hour-along-texas-border-with-mexico/
— Dick Durbin Previews Gun Control: ‘We Have a Lot of Work to Do to Make This Country a Safer Place’ – AWR HAWKINS (DIERSEN: How will Tracy respond to Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, Green plants, Independent plants, and RINOs who want the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Milton Township Republican Organization, etc. to immediately dump those who do not promote more gun controls?)
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/02/02/dick-durbin-previews-gun-control-we-have-a-lot-of-work-to-do-to-make-this-country-a-safer-place/

BLAZE
— CNN report finds deceased Capitol Police officer didn’t suffer blunt force trauma, wasn’t struck by fire extinguisher – PAUL SACCA
https://www.theblaze.com/news/capitol-police-officer-death-fire-extinguisher

TOWNHALL
— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON AMERICA, ON ILLINOIS, ON COOK COUNTY, AND ON CHICAGO TIGHTENS: Democrats: The Party of Systemic Racism – Kevin Grieve
https://townhall.com/columnists/kevingrieve/2021/02/07/democrats-the-party-of-systemic-racism-n2584289
(FROM THE ARTICLE: There is structural and systemic racism in the United States. The inconvenient truth is that it is perpetrated, propagated, and perpetuated by the Left. Birthed in the cesspool of radical Left university departments, demagogic terms like white privilege, whiteness, or white fragility are part of a poisonous and dangerous ideology that is meant to divide rather than unite. Critical race theory and racial equality can be summed up in a single statement: if you are white, you are racist and if you are a person of color, you are oppressed. The combination of white guilt plus black victimhood is especially toxic. Our self-anointed “Uniter-in-Chief” Joe Biden has jumped on the race hustler bandwagon under the guise of diversity training with his recent decision to rescind an executive order from former President Trump that would have put restrictions on advancing racial equality by limiting diversity training for federal government employees and its contractors. In other words, more identity politics. Unfortunately, this isn’t an anomaly for Democrats. This isn’t a blip on the Democratic arc of history bending towards justice. Judging people by the color of their skin rather than the content of their character has a rich history in the Democratic Party. Democrats have been solely responsible for defending slavery, starting the Civil War, opposing reconstruction, lynching blacks, founding the Ku Klux Klan, Jim Crow laws and segregation, poll taxes and literacy tests. The Party voted against the 13th amendment (end slavery), 14th amendment (black citizenship), and 15th amendment (black right to vote), filibustered the 1960 Civil Rights Act (elimination of poll taxes), and tried to filibuster the 1964 Civil Rights Act for 60 days, the longest filibuster in Senate history. The Civil War wasn’t North v. South, as highlighted in the Lincoln-Douglas debates in the northern state of Illinois. It was a Democrat v. Republican battle. The infamous Dred Scott decision (blacks were property) in 1857 was a Supreme Court vote of 7 Democrat justices for, and 2 Republican justices against. By 1900, more than 20 black Republicans had served in Congress. Democrats did not elect a single black congressman until 1935. And every black senator until 1979 was a Republican. When federal troops withdrew from the South after reconstruction ended, Democrats’ white supremacy laws re-emerged with a vengeance enforced by the paramilitary arm of the Democratic Party, the KKK, which was used to suppress blacks from voting Republican. . .If Democrats really wanted to help blacks, they would treat abortion as a tragedy, support school choice, work to end the failed welfare state, drop the idea of defunding police, promote advancement based on merit and character not the amount of melanin in your skin, end open borders which flood the market with cheap labor and steal jobs from black Americans, end their support of minimum wage laws which lead to higher black unemployment, and end their social justice mantra which is equality by group not the individual, anathema to America’s founding principles. I know, wishful thinking. So, whenever you hear Democrats calling Republicans racists, just know there is a simple psychological term for this: projection.)

CAMPUS REFORM
— Illinois Tech students shut down conservative group before it even starts. A student at Illinois Tech tried to start a Turning Point USA chapter on his campus. More than 100 students expressed interest in joining. Following backlash from classmates and the student government, he decided to withdraw the request. – Benjamin Zeisloft
https://www.campusreform.org/article?id=16753
— University of Illinois just learned a very important First Amendment lesson. The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign settled a lawsuit with a free speech nonprofit. In the settlement, UIUC agreed to change several of its “unconstitutional” policies. – Dion J. Pierre
https://www.campusreform.org/article?id=16772
— University of Chicago endorses Harvard’s ‘flawed’ ‘Implicit Bias’ test. The University of Chicago’s biological sciences department endorsed Harvard University’s “flawed” “Project Implicit” following a diversity training. Project Implicit has been criticized for its lack of reliability and allegedly flawed methods of data collection. – Benjamin Zeisloft
https://www.campusreform.org/article?id=16732

CHRISTIAN POST
— Biden condemns ‘political extremism’ in National Prayer Breakfast speech – Ryan Foley (DIERSEN: How will Tracy respond to Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, Green plants, Independent plants, and RINOs who want the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Milton Township Republican Organization, etc. to immediately dump 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.christianpost.com/news/biden-condemns-political-extremism-at-national-prayer-breakfast.html

GOP TIMES
— Biden Administration Deploying Troops-Purging Extremists – MATTHEW HOLLOWAY
https://thegoptimes.com/biden-administration-deploying-troops-purging-extremists/

EPOCH TIMES
— Trump Lawyers to Use Videos of Democrats Inciting Violence During Impeachment Defense – ALLEN ZHONG
https://www.theepochtimes.com/trump-lawyers-to-use-videos-of-democrats-inciting-violence-during-impeachment-defense_3687744.html

THE HILL
— Twitter permanently suspends Gateway Pundit founder’s account – CELINE CASTRONUOVO (DIERSEN: What do you say to my critics/opponents who state that they are religious, conservative, and/or Republican and who promote Jim Hoft and his Gateway Pundit, but who fail/refuse to promote me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters?)
https://thehill.com/policy/technology/537693-twitter-permanently-suspends-gateway-pundit-founder
— Biden immigration policy looks beyond reversing Trump – REBECCA BEITSCH (DIERSEN: Democrats have declared war on Republicans. Democrats see citizens of foreign countries as being their soldiers in their army to get rid of Republicans once and for all.)
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/537629-biden-immigration-policy-looks-beyond-reversing-trump

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Washington state eyes ‘billionaire tax’ on the ultra rich – RACHEL LA CORTE (DIERSEN: According to Democrats, you are rich if you are not on welfare.)
https://www.wral.com/washington-state-eyes-billionaire-tax-on-the-ultra-rich/19505647/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Media grapples with ways to destroy Trump.
https://www.lowellsun.com/2021/02/04/media-grapples-with-how-to-cover-trump-after-white-house/

NEW YORK TIMES
— Strong Trump Supporters Picked to Head Michigan Republican Party. The state’s selection of party chair and vice chair hinged in large part on who was most loyal to the former president. – Kathleen Gray
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/06/us/politics/michigan-elections-board.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Ron Weiser, a wealthy real estate developer from Ann Arbor, was elected chair of the Michigan Republican Party on Saturday, bringing along a vice chair who has caused consternation among some factions of the party because of her fierce support of former President Donald J. Trump. The vote from more than 2,000 party delegates did little to heal the deep divide in the party that surfaced this week when Laura Cox, the chair of the party for the last two years, jumped back into the race at the last minute, saying that Mr. Weiser had used $200,000 in party funds as a payoff to get a candidate out of the race for secretary of state in 2018.)
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats have declared war on Republicans. Democrats see citizens of foreign countries as being their soldiers in their army to get rid of Republicans once and for all.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/06/us/migrants-border-coronavirus-san-diego.html

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters support Liz Cheney. They will use her a) to drive the base of the Republican Party out of the Republican Party and b) to destroy the Republican Party.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/02/06/how-liz-cheney-survived-attempt-oust-her-house-leadership/

USA TODAY
— Physical symptoms of stress: Your body is trying to tell you something – Alia E. Dastagir (DIERSEN: Putting together and sending out a Republican newsletter causes lots of stress. Those like me who do it a) get blamed by Republican candidates who lose elections, their major donors, their political consultants, their campaign managers, their campaign staff members, and their campaign volunteers for their losses and b) get blamed by leaders of Republican political organizations for losses that Republican candidates suffer in their political jurisdictions.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/health-wellness/2021/02/01/physical-symptoms-stress-warning-sign-mental-health-issues/4307318001/

LAS VEGAS SUN
— GOP’s civil war is just beginning, will get worse – Doyle McManus (DIERSEN: How will Tracy respond to hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters like Kinzinger who make it clear by their words and/or by their actions a) that they want the Illinois Republican Party to immediately dump the 2,446,891 in Illinois who voted for Trump, b) that they want the DuPage County Republican Central Committee to immediately dump the 193,611 in DuPage County who voted for Trump, and c) that they want the Milton Township Republican Organization to immediately dump the 20,080 in Milton Township who voted for Trump?)
https://lasvegassun.com/news/2021/feb/07/gops-civil-war-is-just-beginning-will-get-worse/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Anti-Trump Republicans are in the minority so far — but they are standing their ground, raising money, and preparing for battles to come. One, Rep. Adam Kinzinger of Illinois, has founded a political action committee to campaign for post-Trump Republicans.)

LAS VEGAS REVIEW JOURNAL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters use Cheney to destroy the Republican Party.
https://www.reviewjournal.com/opinion/opinion-columns/debra-saunders/debra-j-saunders-true-believers-the-past-cheney-the-future-in-modern-gop-2275107/

KIWA
— Iowa GOP Lawmakers: Public Universities Hostile To Conservatives
https://kiwaradio.com/local-news/gop-lawmakers-public-universities-hostile-to-conservatives/

FORBES
— Wyoming GOP Calls For Liz Cheney To Resign And Repay Donations In Scorched-Earth Censure – Andrew Solender
https://www.forbes.com/sites/andrewsolender/2021/02/06/wyoming-gop-calls-for-liz-cheney-to-resign-and-repay-donations-in-scorched-earth-censure/

NEWSWEEK
— Wyoming Republican Party Censures Liz Cheney as GOP Civil War Intensifies – CHRISTINA ZHAO
https://www.newsweek.com/wyoming-republican-party-censures-liz-cheney-gop-civil-war-intensifies-1567368

CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION
— Conservative state lawmakers clash with public colleges, again. – Fernanda Zamudio-Suaréz
https://www.chronicle.com/newsletter/weekly-briefing/2021-02-06

LSU ONLINE
— How to Become a Political Journalist (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, I am not a reporter or journalist a) because reporters and journalists cannot be conservative or Republican, b) because I am not paid for what I do, c) because I do not have a degree in journalism, d) because I refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, e) because I do not glorify and praise them, f) because I do not pander to them, and g) because I do not give them money. I have been the GOPUSA Illinois Editor for 21 years. Before that, I worked for GAO as an Analyst for almost 18 years, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 Levels, currently $102,755-$132,845/year. GAO Analysts do much of what reporters and journalists do including interviewing, gathering facts, summarizing facts, analyzing facts, and writing reports. I should write a book about my critics/opponents who claim to be Republican but who give all their scopes to Democrat reporters and to Democrat journalists.)
https://online.lsu.edu/newsroom/articles/how-become-political-journalist/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Skills Needed for Political Journalism Journalists need strong writing skills to produce accurate, clear, and grammatically correct content. They use research and investigative skills to gather the information needed for their articles, and they must have strong analytical capabilities. A deep understanding of government and politics is also necessary.)

GUARDIAN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters promote never-Trumpers. I should write a book about hate-filled Trump-hating never-Trumpers in Illinois, in DuPage County, in Milton Township, and in Wheaton who state that they are religious, conservative, and/or Republican. I would focus on those who focus on destroying the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/feb/07/never-trumpers-republican-revolt

February 6 Evening Edition

ILLINOIS REPUBLICAN PARTY
— ILGOP Selects Don Tracy as Next Chairman. Springfield businessman and lawyer becomes the first downstate chairman since 1988.
https://illinois.gop/ilgop-selects-don-tracy-as-next-chairman/
https://mailchi.mp/d9760b6d6f55/icymi-pritzker-admin-mia-while-over-20-of-lasalle-veterans-home-residents-die-of-covid-4741676
(FROM THE PRESS RELEASE: In December of 2020, outgoing Illinois Republican Party Chairman Tim Schneider announced a transition plan in which there would be an open and transparent process for the selection of a new chairman. Today, after lengthy interviews with the three finalists, spirited discussion, and a weighted vote amongst the ILGOP State Central Committee, Don Tracy of Springfield has been chosen as the next chairman of the Illinois Republican Party and has unanimous support from the committee. Tim Schneider immediately offered his resignation and Don Tracy accepted the role of chairman to fill the remaining two years of Schneider’s term. Chairman Don Tracy has released the following statement in response to his selection: “I am truly honored and excited to have been chosen by the State Central Committee to serve as Chairman of the Illinois Republican Party. I want to thank each member for the opportunity to serve. I promise to lead with honesty, integrity, and the vigor we need to turn Illinois around. I also want to thank the other two finalists – Mark Shaw and Scott Gryder – for their tireless work on behalf of the Republican Party. I look forward to working with them to elect more Republicans. I ran for this position because I love Illinois – it’s my home – and I believe the ILGOP can be a tremendous catalyst for change in this state. The upcoming election cycle can be monumental if we seize on the tremendous opportunities before us. We have a weakened Governor who can be defeated; we have a US Senate seat to win; we are well-positioned to win back Congressional seats; we can claw back seats in the state legislature if we recruit the right candidates; and lastly, we have an historic opportunity to elect a fourth Republican to the state Supreme Court for the first time ever. The only way we can capitalize on these opportunities in 2022 is if we unite the party. My number one priority is to give every Republican a seat at the table and give every Republican a voice. Regardless of our differences, Republicans are the only hope for turning Illinois around and keeping it from becoming a depopulated, over-taxed, and anti-police financial basket case. There’s too much at stake in 2022 to be anything less than a united band of brothers and sisters in the fight to save Illinois. So, whatever your political leanings, wherever you live – if you want to fight corruption, restore fiscal sanity, grow our economy, and stand for law and order – you’re on our team. It’s time to suit up, work together, and bring home some wins for the people of Illinois.” Don Tracy is a successful businessman and lawyer from Springfield, Illinois. Born and raised in rural Mt. Sterling (Brown County, Illinois), he is the oldest of twelve children. Don and his eleven siblings own the thriving family business, Dot Foods, Inc., a national redistributor of food and related products, and other national businesses. Headquartered in Mt. Sterling (population: 2,025), Dot Foods, Inc. was founded in 1960 by Don’s father and currently employs 6,000 people across the United States and Canada. Don is the first chairman of the Illinois Republican Party from outside Chicago and the collar counties since 1988.)

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Former Gaming Board chair picked to lead Illinois GOP. Don Tracy, a Springfield attorney who was appointed to lead the Illinois Gaming Board by former Gov. Bruce Rauner, won the backing of members of the state GOP’s central committee. – Rachel Hinton
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2021/2/6/22270388/former-gaming-board-chair-picked-to-lead-illinois-gop
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Members of the Illinois Republican Party on Saturday picked a former gaming board chief to be the next head of the state party. Don Tracy, a Springfield attorney who was appointed to lead the Illinois Gaming Board by former Gov. Bruce Rauner, won the backing of members of the state GOP’s central committee. Tracy was not immediately available for comment. In a statement earlier this week, Tracy said the “state is in danger” of “becoming a depopulated, left wing, one party, over-taxed, and anti-police financial basket case. “Having been born in Illinois, and spent most of my life in Illinois, I am determined to help reverse Illinois’ decline,” he said. Tracy faced allegations in 2019 of making or directing several political contributions to Rauner in violation of state gambling laws. He labeled the report a “political hit job” and a “bunch of baloney.” The attorney beat out two other candidates vying to lead the party — Lake County Republican Chair Mark Shaw, who currently serves as state party co-chair and president of the Republican County Chairmen’s Association, and Kendall County Board Chair Scott Gryder. Former chair Tim Schneider announced in December he’d be stepping down from the position, which he called the “honor of a lifetime.”)
— Big game, big worries? Gambling addiction grows with Illinois’ booming sports betting industry — ‘It’s in your face all the time’ The number of Illinoisans seeking help for problem gambling has almost doubled since legislators approved a massive gambling expansion in 2019. Experts expect that number to keep growing. – Mitchell Armentrout and Sam Kelly
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2021/2/6/22241550/gambling-addiction-sports-betting-super-bowl-treatment-counseling
— Melrose Park mayor used racial slur while berating resident during public meeting. In a recording of the exchange, Mayor Ronald Serpico is heard using a slew of obscenities and a racial epithet for Black people. – Tom Schuba
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2021/2/6/22267597/melrose-park-mayor-ronald-serpico-used-racial-slur-while-berating-resident-public-meeting
— Advocates urge city to use hotels, abandoned houses to keep homeless warm during cold snap. “People who are homeless are out here sleeping in tents and sleeping in doorways. You need to act and start putting us in hotels or anywhere that is warm,” said Johnny Bryant, secretary of the Chicago Union of the Homeless. – Manny Ramos
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2021/2/5/22269511/chicago-homeless-advocates-abaondoned-homes-hotels-cold-weather-emergency-housing
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters blame Trump for all problems.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2021/2/5/22268493/americans-split-trumps-impeachment-ap-norc-poll
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. Ever-increasingly, anti-conservatives dominate the Republican Party. Ever-increasingly, those who lead the Republican Party reject planks in the Republican Party platform, most commonly, the traditional marriage/family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2021/2/5/22268522/gop-eyes-path-power-making-peace-far-right
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever since before the Civil War, Democrats have been at war with Republicans. Democrats use the following as soldiers in their army: 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://chicago.suntimes.com/2021/2/5/22268566/analysis-race-war-evident-before-capitol-siege
— Pentagon will deploy troops to assist COVID-19 vaccine drive. President Joe Biden has called for setting up 100 mass vaccination centers around the country within a month. Two are opening in California, and coronavirus senior adviser Andy Slavitt said military personnel will arrive at those centers in a little over a week. – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2021/2/5/22268404/pentagon-deploy-troops-assist-covid-19-vaccine-drive

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Illinois Republicans pick Springfield businessman as new party chairman – RICK PEARSON
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-illinois-republican-party-gop-new-chairman-20210207-w2sbznaw4farxlonp2uy5btuzm-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Don Tracy, a former state Gaming Board chairman and unsuccessful 2010 lieutenant governor candidate, was picked by top Republicans on Saturday as the new Illinois GOP chairman. . .The election was based on the weighted votes of the 18-member Republican State Central Committee, which met in Bolingbrook. The vote was close, 52% for Tracy and 48% for Shaw, according to two sources, who asked not to be identified because the results were pledged by members to remain secret. The party then agreed to make the choice unanimous. “I promise to lead with honesty, integrity, and the vigor we need to turn Illinois around,” Tracy said in a statement after hours of candidate interviews and discussion. Contending the GOP has “tremendous opportunities” in 2022 in what is now a one-party Democratic state, Tracy emphasized the need for unity. . .The pick of Tracy was viewed as an establishment conservative GOP choice over Shaw, a sometimes controversial figure who previously sought the chairmanship. Shaw orchestrated the December effort among hard-liners that led former Cook County Commissioner Tim Schneider to agree to step down as party leader with more than a year left in his term. Schneider was Rauner’s hand-picked choice for GOP chair in May 2014. . .Tracy has donated more than $400,000 to candidates and causes since 1999, state campaign finance records show, primarily to himself and his sister-in-law, but also to local GOP causes in candidates in Springfield. He also gave $25,000 to the successful effort to defeat Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s effort to have voters approve a graduated-rate income tax amendment to the state constitution on Nov. 3. Tracy also has given more than $10,000 over the years to Family PAC, a socially conservative group that has fought abortion and gay rights in Springfield, state records show. Tracy has long opposed abortion rights and has touted his support of gun-owner rights.)
— Illinois GOP says Rep. Adam Kinzinger and other Republicans who voted to impeach Trump ‘created widespread division and anger’ in the party – RICK PEARSON
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-adam-kinzinger-illinois-republicans-20210205-7cwxhciinzcmvjyaue6ohenc2y-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The state party’s rebuke of Kinzinger falls short of actions taken by other state parties against their GOP congressional members who voted for impeachment. Some have issued a censure, a statement of strong disapproval but carrying no formal penalties, against those representatives. In Illinois, LaSalle County Republicans voted to censure Kinzinger, whose sprawling 16th Congressional District includes the county. Kinzinger spokeswoman Maura Gillespie said Kinzinger plans to speak early next week with GOP county chairmen and committee members in his district “to hear their concerns and share with them where he stands on things.” “Congressman Kinzinger looks forward to building on that solid foundation as they all work together to navigate these next four years under a Democrat majority and through the course of this pandemic, keeping the focus on serving the community and the shared interests of the party,” she said. Kinzinger’s actions had been expected to become a subject of discussion on Saturday when top state Republicans convened in Bolingbrook and picked former Illinois Gaming Board Chairman Don Tracy of Springfield as a replacement for Chairman Tim Schneider. But the GOP statement made it clear that it wanted the meeting to focus on the future and not on Kinzinger.)
— Rep. Liz Cheney censured by Wyoming GOP for impeachment vote – AP
https://www.chicagotribune.com/nation-world/ct-aud-nw-liz-cheney-wyoming-gop-censure-20210206-fy3yqaahkjg3fhz3tg65fjnbxu-story.html
— Coronavirus in Illinois updates: 3,062 new COVID-19 cases and 60 additional deaths reported Saturday; highly contagious UK strain detected in Lake County
https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-aud-covid-19-pandemic-chicago-illinois-news-20210206-gbxnp64vi5hmda3rsfpbqmlgym-story.html

ABC7
— Wife of Republican Sen. Josh Hawley files criminal complaint over protest at their home – Mike Levine
https://abc7chicago.com/josh-hawley-wife-files-complaint-protests-senator-missouri-donald-trump/10318327/
— 2 Republican lawmakers fined $5,000 for not completing Capitol security screening – CNN
https://abc7chicago.com/10318499/
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Virginia lawmakers pass marijuana legalization bills – AP
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/virginia-lawmakers-pass-marijuana-legalization-bills/10318431/

NBC5
— Wyoming GOP Censures Rep. Liz Cheney Over Impeachment Vote – Mead Gruver
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/politics/wyoming-gop-censures-rep-liz-cheney-over-impeachment-vote/2431537/
— Illinois Reports 3,062 New COVID-19 Cases, 60 Additional Deaths Saturday. Illinois’ seven-day positivity rate rose Saturday after being on a steady decline.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/coronavirus/illinois-reports-3062-new-covid-19-cases-60-additional-deaths-saturday/2431448/
— Virus Outbreaks Stoke Tensions in Some State Capitols. Since the start of this year, more than 50 state lawmakers in roughly one-third of the states already have fallen ill with the virus, according to an Associated Press tally. – David A. Lieb
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/coronavirus/virus-outbreaks-stoke-tensions-in-some-state-capitols/2431280/

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— GOP lawmakers say Pelosi should be fined $5G for violating new House security measures – Caitlin McFall
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/gop-lawmakers-say-pelosi-should-be-fined-5g-for-violating-new-house-security-measures

DAILY HERALD
— Police: 100 people present when fights led to Bloomingdale hotel shootings, killing one – Susan Sarkauskas
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20210206/police-100-people-present-when-fights-led-to-bloomingdale-hotel-shootings-killing-one

WLDS
— Greene, Other Southern IL GOP County Committees Condemn Kinzinger – Benjamin Cox
https://wlds.com/greene-other-southern-il-gop-county-committees-condemn-kinzinger/

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— College of DuPage – Former Trustee Dianne McGuire leaked privileged documents contrary to her denial during past board meeting – KIRK ALLEN & JOHN KRAFT
https://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2021/02/college-of-dupage-former-trustee-dianne-mcguire-leaked-privileged-documents-contrary-to-her-denial-during-past-board-meeting/

CAPITOL FAX
— Don Tracy chosen as new ILGOP Chair
https://capitolfax.com/2021/02/06/don-tracy-chosen-as-new-ilgop-chair/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: I don’t have a press release from the ILGOP, but I do have one from the IDCCA… Following the Illinois Republican Party electing Raunerite Don Tracy as their new Party Chair, President Kristina Zahorik of the Illinois Democratic County Chairs Association (IDCCA) released the following statement: “It is rich that the Illinois GOP appointed a new chair with a history of corrupt behavior. We repeatedly watch Illinois Republicans cry crocodile tears over political corruption, and today they proved they’re the Grand Old Party of hypocrisy with their appointment of Don Tracy.” The State of Illinois Office of Inspector General found that Don Tracy illegally made campaign contributions through his wife while serving on the Illinois Gaming Board. The report said Tracy “made loans and contributions either directly, or through his wife, to political committees” in violation of state law. Tracy was appointed to the Gaming Board by former Republican Governor Bruce Rauner in 2015. . .From Mary Morrissey, Executive Director of the Democratic Party of Illinois…“As the Republican Party struggles to take control of its party back from white supremacists and violent extremists, Illinois Republicans have chosen a leader whose ties to Donald Trump and Bruce Rauner promise a return to the failed policies of the past. The Illinois GOP has deemed Don Tracy, a Trump supporter who resigned as the Illinois Gaming Board chair after steering illegal contributions to former Governor Rauner’s campaign, as their best hope to carry their party into the future. It will be interesting to see if the Illinois Republican Party will continue to embrace questionable leadership, division and extremism or consider working with Democrats to find solutions that lift up workers and families across Illinois. We aren’t holding our breath.”)

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump’s defense team will show clips of Democrats urging violence in 2020 – Alex Swoyer
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/feb/6/trumps-defense-team-will-show-clips-democrats-urgi/

GOPUSA
— Democrat Nadler Denies Gaetz’s Request To Start Committee Meetings With Pledge Of Allegiance
https://www.gopusa.com/democrat-nadler-denies-gaetzs-request-to-start-committee-meetings-with-pledge-of-allegiance/
— School District Aims To Deconstruct The ‘Nuclear Family.’
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=106121
— Macron “Very Upset” By Platforms’ Muzzling Of Trump
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=106223

BREITBART
— Donald Trump Backs Lou Dobbs After Fox Ends Program: ‘Nobody Loves America More’ – CHARLIE SPIERING
https://www.breitbart.com/the-media/2021/02/05/trump-backs-lou-dobbs-fox-ends-program/
— Sebastian Gorka: Democrats Working on Amendment for NSA, CIA to Target Americans as Terrorists – ROBERT KRAYCHIK
https://www.breitbart.com/radio/2021/02/05/sebastian-gorka-democrats-working-amendment-nsa-cia-target-americans-terrorists/

NEWSMAX
— Biden’s Honeymoon Balloon Deflating Rapidly – Conrad Black
https://www.newsmax.com/conradblack/blinken-kerry-wallace/2021/02/06/id/1008894/

ONE NEWS NOW
— AZ sheriff: Illegals flooding border under Biden is ‘Obama 2.0’ – Michael F. Haverluck
https://onenewsnow.com/national-security/2021/02/06/az-sheriff-illegals-flooding-border-under-biden-is-obama-20

THE HILL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters say “Republicans worry Greene could be drag on party in suburbs.”
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/537599-republicans-worry-greene-could-be-drag-on-party-in-suburbs

CNN
— Two House Republicans fined $5,000 each for not completing security screening to enter House floor
https://abc57.com/news/two-house-republicans-fined-5-000-each-for-not-completing-security-screening-to-enter-house-floor

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater says “Lawsuits Take the Lead in Fight Against Disinformation. Defamation cases have made waves across an uneasy right-wing media landscape, from Fox to Newsmax.” My critics/opponents want to sue me for my including links in GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters to articles that they do not like. But beyond hypocritically, they do not sue the authors of those articles or the websites that those articles were published on. My critics/opponents see me as being an “easy target” a) because of the non-support that I get from the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization and b) because of the non-support that I got from TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Illinois Center Right Coalition, etc.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/06/business/media/conservative-media-defamation-lawsuits.html

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters say “Trump’s lie that the election was stolen has cost $519 million.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/interactive/2021/cost-trump-election-fraud/

MINNESOTA STAR TRIBUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater paints Capitol rioters as being “Christian nationalists.” The Democrat Party platform is extremely anti-Christian. Democrats have declared war on Christians.
https://www.startribune.com/capitol-siege-puts-spotlight-on-christian-nationalists/600019959/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Biden Wants a $15 Minimum Wage. Here’s What People Say It Would Do to the Economy. White House says a raise would help workers; opponents warn of job cuts. – Eric Morath (DIERSEN: Have you ever worked for the minimum wage? I worked for the minimum wage washing dishes in the basement of the S.S. Kresges in Chicago Heights 1964-1966 part-time during my junior and senior years at Crete-Monee High School and full-time during the summer in between. With the money that I earned doing that, I bought a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint in May of 1966.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/biden-wants-a-15-minimum-wage-heres-what-people-say-it-would-do-to-the-economy-11612348201
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Minimum-wage employees are disproportionately women and Black workers.)

INDEPENDENT
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater uses Kinzinger to promote hatred against Republicans.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-adam-kinzinger-republican-impeachment-b1798642.html

GUARDIAN
— Mike Pence to launch ‘video podcast’ with conservative group. Podcast will be produced with Young America’s Foundation, group that has stoked ‘free speech’ controversies at US college campuses. – Lois Beckett
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/feb/06/mike-pence-video-podcast-young-americas-foundation

February 6 Morning Edition

ABC7
— Cook County gun sales spike during COVID-19 pandemic, data shows – Chuck Goudie and Barb Markoff, Christine Tressel, Ross Weidner and Jonathan Fagg
https://abc7chicago.com/cook-county-gun-sales-spike-during-covid-19-pandemic-data-shows-/10317548/

CBS2
— DuPage County Is Making Better Progress Than Neighboring Counties In Getting People Vaccinated For COVID-19 — What’s Going On? – Megan Hickey
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2021/02/05/dupage-county-is-making-better-progress-than-neighboring-counties-in-getting-people-vaccinated-for-covid-19-whats-going-on/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Nearing another strike, Lightfoot versus CTU escalates conflict between City Hall and Chicago’s public school teachers – GREGORY PRATT, BILL RUTHHART and JOHN BYRNE
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-chicago-mayors-teachers-union-labor-troubles-20210206-qgofaibjvbgshfyfg2ifzkww5e-story.html
— After cheerleaders’ claims of sexual harassment and racial bias, Northwestern University vows to ‘listen to concerns’ from current and former team members – ELYSSA CHERNEY
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-northwestern-university-cheerleading-lawsuit-response-20210206-nklsqm34pzbo7inponixdad744-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— CPD joins Operation Safe Pump to monitor high carjacking areas. South Chicago District officers will be posted outside grocery stores and shopping centers to deter carjackings. – Zac Clingenpeel
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2021/2/5/22268632/carjackings-operation-safe-pump-chicago-police-officers-grocery-stores-shopping-centers
— It’ll take more than a good party to reverse Chicago’s exodus of Black residents. Lightfoot’s proposal to hold a “reunion weekend” to lure back Black people who have left town feels surprisingly naive. – Editorial
https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2021/2/5/22261643/chicago-demographics-black-population-decline-lori-lightfoot-editorial

DAILY HERALD
— India clamps down on free speech – AP (DIERSEN: Who wants to clamp down on your speech? The following want to clamp down on my speech: a) leaders of Republican organizations, their operatives, and their dupes who reject planks in the Republican Party platform, most commonly, the traditional marriage/family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks, b) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct who have lost elections, their major donors, their political consultants, their campaign managers, their campaign staff members, and their volunteers, and c) those who I have sued.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/article/20210205/news/302059986/

ROCKFORD REGISTER STAR
— Illinois Republicans ‘strongly disagree’ with Kinzinger, others on Trump
https://www.rrstar.com/story/news/politics/elections/2021/02/05/trump-impeachment-illinois-republicans-disagree-kinzinger-gop-votes/4407958001/

PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats hint/imply/argue/shout at Blacks that Republicans cause all the problems that Blacks have.
https://www.pjstar.com/story/opinion/columns/guest/2021/02/06/commentary-black-illinoisans-deserve-change-now/4380960001/

SOUTHERN
— Bill that could start ‘sex ed’ as early as kindergarten draws support, criticism – DARREN IOZIA
https://thesouthern.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/bill-that-could-start-sex-ed-as-early-as-kindergarten-draws-support-criticism/article_60f4edd8-77c3-5fef-af79-2c89ae1a6540.html

KANKAKEE DAILY JOURNAL
— Kinzinger betrayed his constituents – Joyce Conner, Watseka
https://www.daily-journal.com/opinion/voice-of-the-people-kinzinger-betrayed-his-constituents/article_367b25bc-6736-11eb-8ae7-1b9c0260c168.html

SUBURBAN LIFE
— DuPage County reports 152 cases Friday, 6 deaths, region’s positivity rate decreases to 5.5% – Joshua Welge
https://www.shawlocal.com/my-suburban-life/coronavirus/2021/02/06/dupage-county-reports-152-cases-friday-6-deaths-regions-positivity-rate-decreases-to-55/

BUREAU COUNTY DEMOCRAT
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Conservative-hating conservative-haters promote Kinzinger and promote hatred against Trump.
https://www.shawlocal.com/bureau-county-republican/opinion/local-editorials/2021/02/06/our-view-kinzingers-effort-to-return-to-republican-principles-deserves-a-chance/

CHICAGO PATCH
— CTU Invested $795,796 In Political Allies Who Lobby Chicago Way CTU showdown with City Hall over reopening schools is big money, bare-knuckles Chicago politics funded by taxpayers. – Mark Konkol
https://patch.com/illinois/chicago/ctu-invested-795-796-political-allies-who-lobby-chicago-way

CHICAGO NOW
— Is Gary Rabine the imminent & most likely 1st Republican to announce his 2022 campaign for Governor? – Jeff Berkowitz
http://www.chicagonow.com/public-affairs-with-jeff-berkowitz/2021/02/is-gary-rabine-the-imminent-most-likely-1st-republican-to-announce-his-2022-campaign-for-governor-watch-rabine-part-2-in-chicago-on-cable-on-the-web/

NPR ILLINOIS
— Why The Pandemic Is 10 Times Worse Than You Think – NURITH AIZENMAN, AUDREY CARLSEN & RUTH TALBOT
https://www.nprillinois.org/post/why-pandemic-10-times-worse-you-think#stream/0


— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats hint/imply/argue/shout at minorities and at women that Republicans cause all the problems that minorities and women have.
https://www.nprillinois.org/post/biden-administration-equity-initiatives-are-moral-imperative#stream/0

LUTHERAN CHURCH CHARITIES
— Do Only What God Wants You to Do – Tim Hetzner (DIERSEN: I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who paint themselves as being GOD’s representatives in Wheaton’s West District, in Wheaton, in Milton Township, in DuPage County’s 4th District, in DuPage County, and in Illinois. They demonize me, denigrate me, and condemn me because I am not a member of a church, I do not attend church services, and I do not give money to a church. They hint/imply/argue/shout that those who lead their church hate me. In my book, I would focus on the aforesaid who 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.)
https://www.lutheranchurchcharities.org/devotions.html

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Best Evidence of National Voting Machine Fraud – Mike Lindell Video Link
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/02/05/best-evidence-of-national-vote-fraud/
— Chicago VA Fraud Since 2012 Results in Purchasing Employee’s Arrest
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/02/05/chicago-va-fraud-since-2012-results-in-purchasing-employees-arrest/
— Road Commissioner Candidate Danijela Sandberg Introduces Her Campaign for Algonquin Township Road Commissioner
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/02/05/road-commissioner-danjella-sandberg-introduces-her-campaign-for-algonquin-township-road-commissioner/
— Randy Funk Algonquin Township Supervisor Campaign Literature
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/02/05/randy-funk-algonquin-township-supervisor-campaign-literature/
— McHenry County Court Transparency Featured in Springfield Paper
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/02/05/mchenry-county-court-transparency-featured-in-springfield-paper/
— Pro-Life Reaction to Federal Democrats’ Plan to Codify Roe v. Wade
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/02/05/pro-life-reaction-to-federal-democrats-plan-to-codify-roe-v-wade/
— Lakewood Insurgents
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/02/05/lakewood-insurgents/
— “Fake Woke”
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/02/05/fake-woke/
— State Take on Sports Betting Really Small
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/02/05/state-take-on-sports-betting-really-small/
— IL-06/IL-14: With Sean Casten and Lauren Underwood as Original Cosponsors, PRO Act Reintroduced with ABC Test
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/02/04/proact020421/
— Lightfoot Shifts Closed School Blame from Trump to Union
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/02/04/lightfoot-shifts-closed-school-blame-from-trump-to-union/
— Legislators Push to the Front of the Vaccination Line. McConchie Calls Foul
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/02/04/legislators-push-to-the-front-of-the-vaccination-line-mcconchie-calls-foul/

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— CHICAGO STUDENTS FALLING BEHIND AS CITY, TEACHERS’ UNION SQUABBLE – Ann Miller
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/chicago-students-falling-behind-as-city-teachers-union-squabble/

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— False Accusations Against DuPage Township Trustee Candidate Dispelled – JOHN KRAFT & KIRK ALLEN
https://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2021/02/false-accusations-against-dupage-township-trustee-candidate-dispelled/

AMERICAN THINKER
— What to Expect from Trump’s Upcoming Impeachment Trial – Jonathon Moseley
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2021/02/what_to_expect_from_trumps_upcoming_impeachment_trial.html

BREITBART
— Pence Plans for Bold GOP Future: Former VP Aims to ‘Build Upon’ Trump’s Success – MATTHEW BOYLE (DIERSEN: Trump defended and advanced the Republican Party platform. I should write a book about those who claim to be Republican, but who a) reject planks in the Republican Party platform, most commonly the traditional marriage/family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks and b) focus on destroying those like me who support the aforesaid planks.)
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/02/05/exclusive-pence-plans-for-bold-gop-future-former-vp-aims-to-build-upon-trumps-success/
— Karl Rove Backs Democrats’ Amnesty for Foreign-Born ‘Dreamers’ – NEIL MUNRO (DIERSEN: Those who reject the immigration plank in the Republican Party platform focus on destroying those like me who support that plank. I should book about those who reject the immigration plank in the Republican Party platform and focus on destroying those like me who support that plank.)
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/02/05/karl-rove-backs-democrats-amnesty-foreign-born-dreamers/
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Koch Network, Chamber of Commerce Lobby for Durbin, Graham Amnesty – JOHN BINDER
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/02/05/koch-network-chamber-commerce-lobby-durbin-graham-amnesty/
— No Labor Shortage: Over 17M Americans Remain Jobless But Want Full-Time Jobs – JOHN BINDER
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/02/05/no-labor-shortage-over-17m-americans-remain-jobless-but-want-full-time-jobs/

TOWNHALL
— Critics Decry GASB Standards That Allow Governments to Hide Debt – Johnny Kampis
https://townhall.com/columnists/johnnykampis/2021/02/05/critics-decry-gasb-standards-that-allow-governments-to-hide-debt-n2584229

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE
— High-Tech Lynching at DePaul. Philosophy professor and Freedom Center Shillman Fellow slandered as being “violently transphobic”. – Joseph Klein
https://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/2021/02/high-tech-lynching-depaul-joseph-klein/

HILLSDALE COLLEGIAN
— ‘Moving back to America:’ Students and families affected by state migration. – Emma Cummins
http://hillsdalecollegian.com/2021/02/moving-back-to-america-students-and-families-affected-by-state-migration/

POLITICO
— Inside Marjorie Taylor Greene’s exile – OLIVIA BEAVERS (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those in the following who have exiled me from the following: Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Milton Township Republican Organization, Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Illinois Center Right Coalition, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter, G AO, etc.)
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/huddle/2021/02/05/inside-greenes-exile-491659

WASHINGTON POST
— Illinois: The worst-governed state now turns to indoctrination – George F. Will
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-worst-governed-state-now-turns-to-indoctrination/2021/02/04/da6e5c4a-6725-11eb-886d-5264d4ceb46d_story.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Woke Capital’s Political Warning Republican support for big business craters in a new Gallup poll. – Editorial (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, BIG BUSINESS paints itself as being anti-law enforcement, anti-Trump, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-heterosexual, anti-traditional marriage/family, anti-non-poor people, anti-gun owners, anti-Christian, anti-Protestant, anti-Italian American, anti-German American, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/woke-capitals-political-warning-11612568436
— Marjorie Taylor Greene Says Committee Removal Silences Her Constituents, but Frees Up Her Time – Eliza Collins (DIERSEN: My supporters defend and advance the Republican Party platform. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes reject planks in that platform, most commonly, the traditional marriage/family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks. Because my critics/opponents succeeded in ending the following, I have more time to put GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters together and to send them out: 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, and my American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board membership.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/marjorie-taylor-greene-says-her-removal-from-committees-stifles-her-constituents-11612546899
— Can Catholic Social Teaching Unite a Divided America? – Francis X. Rocca (DIERSEN: The Democrat Party platform is extremely anti-Catholic.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/can-catholic-social-teaching-unite-a-divided-america-11612540382
— How Big Tech Got Even Bigger (DIERSEN: What percent of BIG TECH leaders 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.wsj.com/articles/how-big-tech-got-even-bigger-11612587632
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters promote Liz Cheney.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/liz-cheney-wins-one-for-sanity-11612482106
— ‘Majority Minority’ America? Don’t Bet on It.  How a Census Bureau error led Democrats to assume they were on the right side of inexorable demographic trends. – John J. Miller (DIERSEN: Democrats want to flood America with Democrats, that is, to flood America with citizens of foreign countries, minorities, females, younger people, LGBTQers, non-married, non-Christians, non-Protestants, non-Italian Americans, non-German Americans, and/or those who disrespect the rule of law and who have big financial, health, and/or other problems, that is, people who demand massive government assistance, that is, people who demand welfare big time.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/majority-minority-america-dont-bet-on-it-11612549609

USA TODAY
— Rep. Kinzinger: I voted to remove Greene from committees because she shows ‘no remorse’ – Savannah Behrmann and Sarah Elbeshbishi (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents want me to show remorse a) for including links in GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters to articles that they do not like, b) for having Republican speakers at TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois events who they do not like, c) for delivering campaign literature in my precinct for Republican candidates who they do not like, d) for promoting planks in the Republican Party platform that they do not like, e) for etc.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2021/02/05/adam-kinzinger-says-marjorie-taylor-greene-shows-no-remorse/4406217001/

COURTHOUSE NEWS
— Greene Relishes Freedom After Being Booted From House Committees – DANIEL JACKSON (DIERSEN: My supporters defend and advance the Republican Party platform. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes reject planks in that platform, most commonly, the traditional marriage/family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks. Because my critics/opponents succeeded in ending the following, I have more time to put GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters together and to send them out: 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, and my American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board membership.)
https://www.courthousenews.com/greene-relishes-freedom-after-being-booted-from-house-committees/

VANITY FAIR
— CAN TRUMP’S GRIP ON THE GOP BE LOOSENED? REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN ADAM KINZINGER SAYS YES “I think folks are gonna wake up…and say, ‘The party of Trump is not the party that’s going to be in the majority of the future.’” – JOE HAGAN AND EMILY JANE FOX (DIERSEN: In Illinois, hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters count on Kinzinger to drive the following out of the Republican Party: the 2,446,891 in Illinois who voted for Trump, the 193,611 in DuPage County who voted for Trump, the 20,080 in Milton Township who voted for Trump, and the157 in my precinct who voted for Trump.)
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2021/02/can-trumps-grip-on-the-gop-be-loosened

AXIOS
— Microsoft ends donations to lawmakers who refused to certify election – Ashley Gold
https://www.axios.com/microsoft-ends-donations-to-lawmakers-who-refused-to-certify-election-ee38df7b-3e8c-4160-808d-40d8469685e0.html

February 4 Morning Edition

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— KINZINGER, CHENEY and CENSURE – SHIA KAPOS and MARIA CARRASCO
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2021/02/04/kinzinger-cheney-and-censure-rabbis-on-the-remap-green-light-for-obama-center-still-no-teacher-deal-491638
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Rep. Adam Kinzinger unloaded on House GOP leaders Wednesday as Republicans in Illinois’ LaSalle County announced they’d voted “overwhelmingly” to censure him for his vote to impeach former President Donald Trump. The Illinois congressman has become a symbol of the schism within the GOP both in Illinois and in Congress as Republicans try to grapple with Trump’s influence on the party. Kinzinger says he’s worried the GOP is headed down a dangerous path and he’s flooded the airwaves saying so. During a tense House GOP conference meeting that ran more than four hours, Kinzinger “unleashed hell” on Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy for spending more time defending pro-Trumper Marjorie Taylor Greene than Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney, calling it “embarrassing,” according to a source familiar with the day’s action. Ultimately, McCarthy offered “a full-throated defense” of Cheney, and the caucus voted to let her keep her leadership position on a 2-1 margin, according to POLITICO’s Melanie Zanona and Olivia Beavers. And POLITICO’s national Playbook reports Greene walked back some of her over-the-top claims of bowing to QAnon. The meeting wrapped up with Republicans taking the view that Cheney had a right to vote her conscience when she (and Kinzinger) sided with Democrats to impeach Trump for his role in inciting the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. Meanwhile, the full House will vote today on a measure to remove Greene from her committee assignments. Closer to home, members of the LaSalle County Republican Central Committee voted 88 percent in favor of censuring Kinzinger, Chairman Larry Smith said in a statement Wednesday night. Two reasons were cited for censure: Kinzinger has not met with the La Salle Republican in over six years and that he was one of 10 Republican representatives to call for impeachment. The censure disavows Kinzinger “for acting contrary to the values” of La Salle County Republicans, Smith said. A similar resolution for censure is being presented to the Winnebago County Republican Central Committee, reports the Rockford Register Star. In a statement to Playbook, Kinzinger spokeswoman Maura Gillespie responded: “While Capitol Police Officer [Brian] Sicknick was being honored in state for his ultimate sacrifice — defending our democracy — the LaSalle County GOP was condemning Congressman Kinzinger for trying to hold the president accountable for the actions that led to his death.”)

CHICAGO JOURNAL
— Who is Advising Adam Kinzinger? (DIERSEN: Hate-filled Republican-hating Republican-haters will use Kinzinger forever to destroy Republicans.)
https://www.chicagojournal.com/opinion-who-is-advising-adam-kinzinger/

WCMY
— LaSalle County GOP censures Kinzinger; state GOP could soon – Rick Koshko
https://www.1430wcmy.com/2021/02/03/lasalle-county-gop-censures-cong-kinzinger-state-gop-could-soon/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The LaSalle County Republican Party reports its central committee has voted, with 88% of members agreeing, to censure Cong. Adam Kinzinger. The party disapproves of him for not meeting with the central committee in the last six years and for voting to impeach Pres. Trump. Chairman Larry Smith says the party has received hundreds of messages via text, email, and telephone from LaSalle County and beyond about Kinzinger. Censure is a strong statement of disapproval. It doesn’t remove Kinzinger from office or boot him out of the party. The message behind it says the party’s most ardent supporters won’t support him. That increases his vulnerability if someone runs against him in a primary or if he wants to use party resources in a campaign. The LaSalle County Republican Party Central Committee met Tuesday night. The Chicago Tribune reports the Illinois GOP could consider a censure motion against Kinzinger this Saturday.)

WEEK
— LaSalle County GOP leaders vote to censure Kinzinger – Howard Packowitz
https://week.com/2021/02/04/lasalle-county-gop-leaders-vote-to-censure-kinzinger/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Republicans who organized a rally in Ottawa last weekend against U.S. Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Channahon) has now censured him for supporting former President Donald Trump’s impeachment. The LaSalle County Republican Central Committee sent out a news release via social media Wednesday night announcing 88% of its precinct committeemen voted to reprimand the McLean County native. At their regular monthly meeting in Ottawa, committeemen repeatedly noted Kinzinger was one of only 10 Republican House members who voted with Democrats to impeach Trump, and the Congressman has not met with the central committee for more than six years. “Congressman Kinzinger’s actions and statements against former President Trump have opened a Pandora’s Box of criticism,” said Larry Smith, the county’s GOP chair, in a prepared statement. “The LaSalle County Republicans have received hundreds upon hundreds of emails, text messages, and phone calls from our county and beyond expressing their frustration and a lot more with Congressman Kinzinger’s actions and statements the past few months,” said Smith. “Many have been very direct that their support for the Republican Party is over if Congressman Kinzinger’s behavior isn’t addressed,” Smith also said. Smith claims more than 40 county Republican Central Committees statewide have given their “unsolicited support” for the censure. Kinzinger represents Illinois’ 16th Congressional District, which includes LaSalle, Livingston, Bureau, and Putnam Counties.)

HERALD & REVIEW
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, hate-filled Republican-hating Republican-haters use Kinzinger to destroy the Republican Party.
https://herald-review.com/opinion/letters/letter-state-gop-has-fallen-into-deep-hole/article_798cafb1-1c75-5143-ad2f-0ef8a0e9bc72.html

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— How Republicans at home view Kinzinger’s anti-Trump ‘Country First’ movement – LISA DONOVAN
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-obama-groundbreaking-kinzinger-home-district-legislature-spin-20210204-bsqt2qppozcsfbi4xdvttkejy4-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Days after Kinzinger launched his national effort to recalibrate a national Republican Party whose unofficial leader remains former President Trump, he was asked how his efforts have been received among constituents in his district back home in Illinois. The five-term congressman from Channahon, southwest of Joliet, told viewers of MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” that “the Republican base (is) pretty ticked off at me.” Of late, he’s taken a fatalistic view that his congressional career may be on the ropes because of his anti-Trump stance. But he also expressed some optimism on MSNBC. Winning with 64.7% of the vote last fall, Kinzinger points out that he finished 15 percentage points ahead of Trump, who lost to Joe Biden with 40.55% of the vote in Illinois. To Kinzinger, his margin of victory suggests he has more than loyal Republicans in his camp. “I think what that shows is that Democrats will still be open to voting for you,” Kinzinger said, while acknowledging, “Independents and Republicans that we’ve lost won’t.” Here’s what he didn’t say: As the Tribune’s Rick Pearson reported over the weekend, the Republican State Central Committee meets Saturday to pick a new state GOP chair, and some in the party want to use the forum to discuss Kinzinger and a possible reprimand for his anti-Trump statements. A member of the Winnebago County Republican Central Committee is pushing to censure Kinzinger, which would be nothing more than a public scolding, the Rockford Register Star and Springfield’s Capitol Fax politics blog reported last month. But it could mean GOP leaders in Winnebago County, part of the 16th District, will turn their backs on Kinzinger in the next election. Remap factor: “In 2022, Kinzinger faces a year in which Illinois’ congressional districts will be redrawn by Democrats to reflect the outcome of this year’s census — amid predictions that one or possibly two of the state’s 18 House seats will be eliminated,” Pearson reminds in this December piece that examines Kinzinger’s political horizons — which could include a bid for governor next year. Shrugging it off: “And if it costs us an election, great, because what that gives us an opportunity to do is to resell to the American people what the conservative vision is, and we need to quit being scared of this and lead again for once in some of our lives,” Kinzinger told MSNBC.)

POLITICO
— No, Conservatives Shouldn’t Quit on the GOP. The Republican Party is the only plausible electoral vehicle for any sort of right-of-center politics in America. – RICH LOWRY (DIERSEN: Hate-filled conservative-hating conservative-haters will use Kinzinger to destroy the Republican Party.)
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2021/02/03/dont-quit-on-the-gop-465714
— Cheney to keep her leadership position after tense GOP meeting. Republicans loyal to Donald Trump have condemned Liz Cheney, the only woman in GOP leadership, for her vote to impeach the former president. – MELANIE ZANONA and OLIVIA BEAVERS
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/02/03/mccarthy-defends-liz-cheney-465626

YAHOO NEWS
— Kinzinger mocks GOP Rep. Matt Gaetz after House GOP votes to keep Liz Cheney in leadership – Peter Weber
https://news.yahoo.com/gop-rep-adam-kinzinger-mocks-044107505.html

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Liz Cheney takes ‘gloating’ victory lap after House GOP reportedly votes by SECRET ballot to keep her as chair – Vivek Saxena (DIERSEN: Of course, hate-filled conservative-hating conservative-haters will use Cheney and Kinzinger to destroy the Republican Party once and for all.)
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2021/02/04/liz-cheney-takes-gloating-victory-lap-after-house-gop-reportedly-votes-by-secret-ballot-to-keep-her-as-chair-1025492/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “Cheney was also supported by other Republicans in the conference, including Rep. Adam Kinzinger, R-Ill., one of nine other Republicans who voted to impeach Trump, according to a source familiar with the conference meeting,” ABC News reported.)

DAILY HERALD
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers want minorities to be pot pushers.
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20210204/give-social-equity-owners-a-better-shot-at-pot-licensing

ROCKFORD REGISTER STAR
— Big Brother wants to tell Illinois teachers what to think – Dave Willis (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents a) want you to read only what they want you to read and b) want you to believe only what they want you to believe. I should write a book about my critics/opponents. I would focus on past/present leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization. I would focus on Republican candidates who have been on ballots in my precinct, their major donors, their political consultants, their campaign managers, their campaign staff members, and their campaign volunteers. I would focus on past/present Republican leaders of Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton.)
https://www.rrstar.com/story/opinion/2021/02/04/dave-willis-big-brother-wants-tell-illinois-teachers-what-think/4371430001/

PONTIAC DAILY LEADER
— ILGOP takes swipe at governor for decision – Erich Murphy
https://www.pontiacdailyleader.com/story/news/2021/02/03/ilgop-responds-governors-decision-related-politicians-inmates/4377764001/

SUBURBAN LIFE
— Underwood files motion to dismiss Oberweis’ contest of Nov. 3 election results. Underwood spokeswoman: ’Baseless allegations’ in Oberweis’ filing. – Brenda Schory
https://www.shawlocal.com/kane-county-chronicle/news/government/2021/02/04/underwood-files-motion-to-dismiss-oberweiss-contest-of-nov-3-election-results/
— DuPage County reports 190 COVID-19 cases Wednesday, 3 deaths, region’s positivity rate drops to 6.2% – Joshua Welge
https://www.shawlocal.com/my-suburban-life/coronavirus/2021/02/04/dupage-county-reports-190-covid-19-cases-wednesday-3-deaths-regions-positivity-rate-drops-to-62/

NEWS CHANNEL 20
— Sangamon County Republican Central Committee chair dies from COVID-19
https://newschannel20.com/news/local/sangamon-county-republican-central-committee-chair-dies-from-covid-19

BURR RIDGE PATCH
— Elena Galinski, Burr Ridge Trustee Candidate. She is running in the April 6 election. – David Giuliani (DIERSEN: Candidates on April 6 ballots should be asked the following questions: If elected, would you encourage or discourage promotion of the following: a) reparations, b) BLM, c) LGBTQ, d) dependency on government, e) dependency on charity, f) abortion, g) mass/illegal immigration, h) booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, i) more gun controls, j) patronage, k) political affiliation discrimination, l) reverse discrimination, and m) age discrimination?)
https://patch.com/illinois/burrridge/elena-galinski-burr-ridge-trustee-candidate

NORTHERN PUBLIC RADIO
— Republican State Lawmakers Call for Citizen-Led Referendums and Recalls – DEREK CANTÙ
https://www.northernpublicradio.org/post/republican-state-lawmakers-call-citizen-led-referendums-and-recalls

WSIL TV
— Illinois Republicans introduce “Voter Empowerment Project” – Mike Miletich (DIERSEN: Since 2000, Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Central Committee (SCC) members who oppose direct election of IRP SCC members have always worked the hardest against me and against my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters. I should write a book about those IRP SCC members.)
https://wsiltv.com/2021/02/03/illinois-republicans-introduce-voter-empowerment-project/

WSPY NEWS
— Kendall County Board Votes in Favor of Resolution Recommending Governor Veto Police Reform Bill – James Wyman
http://www.wspynews.com/news/kendall-county-board-votes-in-favor-of-resolution-recommending-governor-veto-police-reform-bill/article_22091310-6681-11eb-b715-17150bee9be4.html

NORTHERN STAR
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasing, Democrats tell students who are minority, female, younger, poor, LGBTQ, moderate/liberal, non-Christian, non-Protestant, non-Italian American, non-German American, and/or recent immigrants that they are being held back by Republicans who are White, male, older, non-poor, heterosexual, conservative, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://northernstar.info/83044/lifestyle/the-academic-diversity-equity-and-inclusion-department-will-host-event-to-better-help-understand-isms/

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— DuPage Township failed to properly notice the Lottery for ballot position – JOHN KRAFT & KIRK ALLEN
https://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2021/02/dupage-township-failed-to-properly-notice-the-lottery-for-ballot-position/

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Illinois’ Woke School Mandate Garners National Condemnation – Laurie Higgins
https://illinoisfamily.org/education/illinois-woke-school-mandate-garners-national-condemnation-2/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Resisting coronavirus migration: Biden must not give the virus easy access to Americans – Editorial
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/feb/3/editorial-resisting-coronavirus-migration/

FOX NEWS
— President Biden and his Democratic allies are demonstrating why 74 million people voted for Donald Trump last year, Laura Ingraham said Wednesday.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/ingraham-no-ransom-for-hostage-takers-as-democrats-seek-to-smear-entire-gop-as-q-anon-extremists
— Hannity: ‘Not a single conservative I know’ shares Rep. Greene’s beliefs
https://news.yahoo.com/hannity-not-single-conservative-know-032645246.html

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— When Centrism Becomes Extremism. In today’s upside-down political culture, moderate centrism has become stigmatized as extremism. – Edward Ring (DIERSEN: The more of the following planks in the Republican Party platform that you support, the more that Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, Independents and Independent plants, and RINOs demonize you, denigrate you, and condemn you as being an extremist. traditional marriage/family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving). I should write a book about those who have demonized me, denigrates me, and condemned me the most as being an extremist and even worse things. I would focus on those who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton’s West District, Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County’s 4th District, DuPage County, and Illinois. I would focus on Republican candidates who have been on ballots in my precinct and who have lost elections, their major donors, their political consultants, their campaign managers, their campaign staff members, and their campaign volunteers. I would focus on past and present leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party.)
https://amgreatness.com/2021/02/03/when-centrism-becomes-extremism/
— Biden Signs Executive Order to Increase Welfare Dependency for Illegal Aliens – Eric Lendrum
https://amgreatness.com/2021/02/03/biden-signs-executive-order-to-increase-welfare-dependency-for-illegal-aliens/

BREITBART
— CDC: Mask Order Will Be ‘Further Enforced’ by ‘Federal Authorities’ – HANNAH BLEAU
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/02/03/cdc-mask-order-will-be-further-enforced-by-federal-authorities/
— Biden’s Deputies Reopen ‘Catch and Release’ for Migrant Families – NEIL MUNRO
https://www.breitbart.com/economy/2021/02/03/rreports-bidens-deputies-reopen-catch-and-release-for-migrant-families/
— Maxine Waters: Trump ‘Absolutely Should Be Charged with Premeditated Murder’ – Pam Key
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2021/02/03/maxine-waters-trump-absolutely-should-be-charged-with-premeditated-murder/

PATRIOT POST
— The American Public Has a Right to Information. We are not just going to accept what we’re told to believe. – Laura Hollis (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents a) want you to read only what they want you to read and b) want you to believe only what they want you to believe. I should write a book about my critics/opponents. I would focus on past/present leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization. I would focus on Republican candidates who have been on ballots in my precinct, their major donors, their political consultants, their campaign managers, their campaign staff members, and their campaign volunteers. I would focus on past/present Republican leaders of Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton.)
https://patriotpost.us/opinion/77498-the-american-public-has-a-right-to-information-2021-02-04
— Biden Wants to Legalize 11 Million Illegals – Larry Elder (DIERSEN: Democrats have declared war on Republicans. Democrats see illegals as being their soldiers in their army to get rid of Republicans once and for all. To get illegals to fight harder for Democrats, Democrats promise them citizenship and promise them big time preference over Republicans, and especially big time preference over 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://patriotpost.us/videos/77491-biden-wants-to-legalize-11-million-illegals-2021-02-04

TOWNHALL
— With His Bold Assault on Big Tech, FL Gov DeSantis Becomes a 2024 Presidential Contender – Nicholas Waddy (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes side with Big Tech against conservatives.)
https://townhall.com/columnists/nicholaswaddy/2021/02/04/with-his-bold-assault-on-big-tech-fl-gov-desantis-becomes-a-2024-presidential-contender-n2584130

ROLL CALL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled conservative-hating conservative-hater promotes hatred against conservatives.
https://www.rollcall.com/2021/02/04/the-gop-talks-a-good-game-but-lets-review-those-conservative-principles/

THE HILL
— Greene apologizes to GOP colleagues — and gets standing ovation – JULIEGRACE BRUFKE (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents demand that I apologize a) for including links in GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters to articles that they do not like, b) for having speakers at TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois events who they do not like, c) for delivering campaign literature in my precinct for candidates who they do not like, d) for promoting planks in the Republican Party platform that they do not like, e) for etc.)
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/537263-greene-apologizes-to-gop-colleagues-and-gets-standing-ovation

HUFFINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters promote hate-filled Trump-hating groups that say that they are conservative.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/republicans-fox-news-ad_n_601b988cc5b6ad06281e4e10

NEW YORK TIMES
— The Federal Agencies That Became Smaller, and Unhappier, Under Trump – Emily Badger, Quoctrung Bui and Alicia Parlapiano (DIERSEN: GAO works for Congress. My Democrat GAO superiors used Gingrich’s cutting GAO’s budget to get rid of GAO employees like me who were Republican, White male, and/or non-veteran and who had made 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. Extremely few GAO employees make the aforesaid promotion deadlines.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/01/upshot/trump-effect-government-agencies.html
— Website Editor in Russia Is Jailed for Sharing Joke About Navalny Protests – Anton Troianovski (DIERSEN: I should write a book about how I have been punished since 2000 for including links in GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters to articles that my critics/opponents do not like.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/03/world/europe/navalny-putin-russia.html

WASHINGTON POST
— The Fairness Doctrine won’t solve our problems — but it can foster needed debate. Why it’s time to explore the connections among the First Amendment, content regulation and democracy. – Victor Pickard (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who since 2000 have worked the hardest a) to stop me from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters, and failing that, b) to stop everyone from reading those newsletters.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/02/04/fairness-doctrine-wont-solve-our-problems-it-can-foster-needed-debate/
— Despite denouncing QAnon months ago, Kevin McCarthy now says, ‘I don’t even know what it is’ – Jaclyn Peiser
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/02/04/mccarthy-qanon-marjorie-taylor-greene/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Liberalism’s Ministry of Truth. Academics and the progressive press mull state media controls. – Editorial (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents want the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization to control my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/liberalisms-ministry-of-truth-11612395404
(FROM THE EDITORIAL: The academic establishment and progressive press want you to know two things: First, conservative claims of social-media bias are bogus. As Silicon Valley firms police content, their decisions are, miraculously, wholly uninfluenced by ideological preference. Second, there is an urgent need for a much wider crackdown on political speech, perhaps led by the Biden Administration and requiring the creation of new government agencies. In other words, all that conservative suppression that’s, er, not happening? We need more of it.)
— ‘Equity’ for Asian-Americans in Practice. Biden bars ‘Wuhan virus’ but favors racial preferences at Yale. – Editorial
https://www.wsj.com/articles/equity-for-asian-americans-in-practice-11612395057
— The Tragedy of the Schools. Many parents are losing faith in their closed public schools—and are looking for alternatives. – Daniel Henninger
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-tragedy-of-the-schools-11612392369
— What Real Insurrection Looks Like. Rioters looting and taking selfies have nothing on Italy’s ‘Years of Lead.’ – Alessandra Bocchi
https://www.wsj.com/articles/what-real-insurrection-looks-like-11612392317

USA TODAY
— Donald Trump’s backers failed to take down Liz Cheney, but the Republican ‘civil war’ isn’t near over – David Jackson
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2021/02/04/donald-trump-backers-didnt-oust-liz-cheney-but-republican-civil-war-goes/4362276001/

OREGON NEWS REGISTER
— FROM THE ARTICLE: The GOP party resolution drew national criticism for claiming there is “growing evidence that the violence at the Capitol was a ‘false flag’ operation designed to discredit President Trump, his supporters, and all conservative Republicans, (providing) the sham motivation to impeach President Trump in order to advance the Democrat goal of seizing total power, in a frightening parallel to the February 1933 burning of the German Reichstag.”
https://newsregister.com/article?articleTitle=legislators-disavow-republican-party-resolution-on-u-s-capitol-riot–1611958276–39243–

NEW YORKER
— When Reporting Becomes a Defense for Rioting. John Sullivan claims that he was at the Capitol insurrection as a neutral journalist. Others say he was a riot chaser who urged the mob to “burn this shit down.” – Andrew Marantz
https://www.newyorker.com/news/us-journal/when-reporting-becomes-a-defense-for-rioting

GUARDIAN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater says “Donald Trump takes up a post-presidency hobby: revenge.” I should write a book about Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct who have lost elections, their major donors, their political consultants, their campaign managers, their campaign staff members, and their campaign volunteers who blame those losses a) on what I have done as a GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000, b) on what I did as a TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman 2005-2012, c) on what I did as a Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member 2003-2011, d) on what I did as a Milton Township Republican Organization webmaster 2008-2010 and 2000-2004, e) on what I did as an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member 2003-2007, and f) on what I did as an American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member 2001-2004.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/feb/04/donald-trump-revenge-post-presidency-hobby

February 3 Morning Edition

NPR ILLINOIS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater says “Trump’s Impeachment Trial Is A Test For The Future Of The Republican Party.” Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, Independents and Independent plants, and RINOs want to use Trump and Kinzinger to destroy the Republican Party once and for all. They want to force all Republicans to side either with Trump or with Kinzinger. 2,446,891 in Illinois voted for Trump. 193,611 in DuPage County voted for Trump. 20,080 in Milton Township voted for Trump. 157 in my precinct voted for Trump.
https://www.nprillinois.org/post/trumps-impeachment-trial-test-future-republican-party#stream/0
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats use the Capitol Riot to demonize, denigrate, and condemn Republicans as being White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, extremists, domestic terrorists, and even worse things who should be gotten rid of once and for all. Ever-increasingly, Democrats demand that Republicans dump Trump and pledge allegiance to Kinzinger.)
https://www.nprillinois.org/post/long-time-coming-given-dhs-warning-look-us-domestic-extremism-threats#stream/0
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters crow about their success in promoting “GOP discord.”
https://www.nprillinois.org/post/gop-discord-once-again-has-trump-its-center#stream/0

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Senate Democrats decide ‘it makes sense’ to meet virtually, but GOP argues ‘it is time to get back’ to Springfield. The cancelled session days had been scheduled for Feb. 9-11 and 16-18. “There shouldn’t be any issues,” said a spokesman for state Senate President Don Harmon. But Senate Republicans blasted Harmon for his reliance on meeting remotely. – Andrew Sullender
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2021/2/2/22263293/state-senate-democrats-springfield-session-republican-harmon-mcconchie-coronavirus-covid-19

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Chicago’s affordable housing has a segregation problem. Here’s one plan to fix it. – DARCEL ROCKETT (DIERSEN: What do you say to those who do not live in your precinct, in your municipal district, in your municipality, in your township, in your county district, or in your county but who want affordable housing to be built in your precinct, in your municipal district, in your municipality, in your township, in your county district, or in your county?)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/real-estate/ct-re-chicago-inclusive-housing-ordinance-tt-0129-20210201-g27eksnzevhnlmy5ifxvyqowhm-story.html
— How a fight over slot machines led state investigators to probe two Illinois video gambling kings – DAVID HEINZMANN
https://www.chicagotribune.com/investigations/ct-gold-rush-stellas-heidner-fischer-lawsuit-video-gambling-20210203-4kmfhhref5elzc3btvrors4c7i-story.html
— Trio of independent candidates, term limit referendum taken off Norridge ballot over fastening of pages – ANNA KIM
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/norridge/ct-nhh-candidates-tl-0204-20210202-cmdusqivkvbhvezad4nsk6d74a-story.html
— Will President Biden appoint Rahm Emanuel ambassador to China or Japan? | Lightfoot blames Trump for CTU standoff | Ald. Michelle Harris replaces Ald. Gilbert Villegas as City Council floor leader – LISA DONOVAN
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-rahm-emanuel-ambassador-villegas-lightfoot-floor-leader-spin-20210203-rvzfn5l4mfdjfh3rddcykoc7oy-story.html
— Mayor Lori Lightfoot blames Trump administration for impasse between Chicago Public Schools and teachers union – Katherine Rosenberg-Douglas
https://news.yahoo.com/mayor-lori-lightfoot-blames-trump-162100672.html

ABC7
— Republicans wrestle with how to deal with Marjorie Taylor Greene as she embraces Q’Anon, violence. The GOP is facing unrest from opposing ends of the Republican spectrum over Greene and congresswoman Liz Cheney, who voted to impeach President Donald Trump. – AP
https://abc7chicago.com/marjorie-taylor-greene-meets-with-kevin-mccarthy-donald-trump-qanon/10276083/

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Shopify pulls conservative company’s ‘Free Kyle’ Rittenhouse shirt – Evie Fordham
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/shopify-pulls-conservative-companys-free-kyle-rittenhouse-shirt

KANE COUNTY CHRONICLE
— Action expected soon on Oberweis petition to undo Underwood’s successful Nov. 3 reelection. Oberweis: ‘There is no question I won the race for Congress’ – Brenda Schory
https://www.shawlocal.com/kane-county-chronicle/news/government/2021/02/02/action-expected-soon-on-oberweiss-petition-to-undo-underwoods-successful-nov-3-reelection/

SUBURBAN LIFE
— DuPage County reports 85 COVID-19 cases Tuesday, lowest since December, and 1 death – Joshua Welge
https://www.shawlocal.com/my-suburban-life/coronavirus/2021/02/03/dupage-county-reports-85-covid-19-cases-tuesday-lowest-since-december-and-1-death/

STATELINE
— Illinois Board of Education criticized for ‘culturally inclusive’ proposed change to classrooms (DIERSEN: Democrats and RINOs use Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion 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://www.mystateline.com/news/local-news/illinois-board-of-education-criticized-for-culturally-inclusive-proposed-change-to-classrooms/

TRIBUNE LEDGER NEWS
— Corporate America’s Broken Diversity Plan: How Business Leaders Can Fix It (DIERSEN: Democrats and RINOs use Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion 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://www.tribuneledgernews.com/extra/news/corporate-americas-broken-diversity-plan-how-business-leaders-can-fix-it/article_d7400ee7-f2cd-5c8f-9dca-e4ecb6a2077b.html

FOX ILLINOIS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats 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://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/democratic-lawmakers-make-ending-federal-bans-on-marijuana-a-major-legislative-priority

WCMY
— Critics view proposed rule on teaching diversity as teaching liberal politics – Rick Koshko (DIERSEN: Democrats and RINOs use Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion 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://www.1430wcmy.com/2021/02/02/critics-view-proposed-rule-on-teaching-diversity-as-teaching-liberal-politics/

WGLT & CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Democratic State Legislators Reintroduce Mandatory Sex Education Bill – CHRISTINE HATFIELD (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats encourage children to be LGBTQers.)
https://www.wglt.org/post/democratic-state-legislators-reintroduce-mandatory-sex-education-bill#stream/0
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/state-legislators-to-reintroduce-sex-education-bill/

WIREPOINTS
— John Kass: Skyrocketing crime and closed schools. Is this Mayor Lightfoot’s snowpocalypse?
https://wirepoints.org/john-kass-skyrocketing-crime-and-closed-schools-is-this-mayor-lightfoots-snowpocalypse-chicago-tribune/

ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— RINOs Will Blow Up the GOP Tent – Laurie Higgins (DIERSEN: RINO leaders of Republican organizations a) reject the traditional family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving), and/or other planks in the Republican Party platform and b) focus on destroying those who support the aforesaid planks. I should write a book about past and present RINO leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization.)
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2021/02/rinos-will-blow-up-the-tent/
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/podcast/podcast-rinos-will-blow-up-the-tent/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Media Research Center mounts anti-Amazon campaign over alleged conservative bias – Ryan Lovelace
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/feb/2/media-research-center-mounts-anti-amazon-campaign-/

FOX NEWS
— Biden immigration orders are ‘foolishness’ that will ‘open gates’ to illegal immigrants: Cuccinelli Former acting DHS secretary says Biden ‘throwing out’ policies that worked under Trump – Nikolas Lanum
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-immigration-orders-foolishness-trump-cuccinelli
— Graham follows McConnell in defending Cheney after her Trump impeachment vote. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell defended Cheney on Monday (DIERSEN: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters promote hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters who say that they are conservative like Cheney and Kinzinger.)
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/live-updates-trump-impeachment-2-3-2021
— FBI’s January gun background check statistics show people buying firearms at ‘blistering pace,’ expert says. ‘Americans are claiming their Second Amendment rights to provide for their own safety in record numbers,’ expert says. – Stephanie Pagones
https://www.foxnews.com/us/fbi-gun-background-check-statistics-firearms

BREITBART
— Kinzinger: If We Are Not Honest About Biden Winning, There’s Not Going to Be a Next Election – PAM KEY (DIERSEN: Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, Independents and Independent plants, and RINOs want to use Trump and Kinzinger to destroy the Republican Party once and for all. They want to force all Republicans to side either with Trump or with Kinzinger. 2,446,891 in Illinois voted for Trump. 193,611 in DuPage County voted for Trump. 20,080 in Milton Township voted for Trump. 157 in my precinct voted for Trump.)
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2021/02/02/kinzinger-if-we-are-not-honest-about-biden-winning-theres-not-going-to-be-a-next-election/
— Twitter Blacklists MyPillow Corporate Account After Mike Lindell Tweet – LUCAS NOLAN
https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2021/02/02/twitter-blacklists-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-tweet/
— Joe Biden Seeks to Surge Foreign-Born Voting Population Ahead of Elections – JOHN BINDER (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats shout at those who are foreign-born, and at everyone else, that Republicans are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things who should be gotten rid of once and for all.)
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/02/02/joe-biden-naturalization-rates-ahead-elections/
— Lindsey Graham Defends Liz Cheney: One of the ‘Strongest’ Conservative Voices – JOSHUA CAPLAN (DIERSEN: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters promote hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters who say that they are conservative like Cheney and Kinzinger.)
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/02/02/lindsey-graham-defends-liz-cheney-one-strongest-conservative-voices/
— Dick Durbin Previews Gun Control: ‘We Have a Lot of Work to Do to Make This Country a Safer Place’ – AWR HAWKINS
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/02/02/dick-durbin-previews-gun-control-we-have-a-lot-of-work-to-do-to-make-this-country-a-safer-place/

PATRIOT POST
— The Great Wall of Washington The same people who called Trump “bunker boy” want to turn their House into a gated community. – Tony Perkins
https://patriotpost.us/opinion/77467-the-great-wall-of-washington-2021-02-03

LIFE SITE NEWS
— CDC announces it’s a federal crime to use public transportation without a mask – David McLoone
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/cdc-announces-its-a-federal-crime-to-use-public-transportation-without-a-mask

SARAH PALIN
— Dozens Of Former Bush Officials Exit Republican Party — Call It A ‘Trump Cult’
https://www.sarahpalin.com/2021/618171/breaking-dozens-of-former-bush-officials-exit-republican-party-call-it-a-trump-cult/

COLLEGE FIX
— University of Illinois settles speech code lawsuit before Supreme Court can review case – GREG PIPER (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents want me to get prior approval from the following before I include links to articles in GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters: a) my critics/opponents, b) Illinois Republican Party, c) DuPage County Republican Central Committee, d) Milton Township Republican Organization, e) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct, f) Republican officials who represent my precinct, g) Republican major donors in Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton, h) etc.)
https://www.thecollegefix.com/university-of-illinois-settles-speech-code-lawsuit-before-supreme-court-can-review-case/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The taxpayer-funded institution only made one legally binding promise – to not reinstate a provision it removed soon after the suit was filed. That provision required prior approval for students to post and distribute “promotional materials of candidates for non-campus elections.”)

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Legal Insurrection launches ‘Critical Race Training In Higher Education’ website – William A. Jacobson
https://legalinsurrection.com/2021/02/legal-insurrection-launches-critical-race-training-in-higher-education-website/?eType=EmailBlastContent&eId=b056ac25-927e-4ae0-87b3-2d78faee58d4

EPOCH TIMES
— Trump Team, Impeachment Managers Lay Out Arguments for Senate Trial – IVAN PENTCHOUKOV
https://www.theepochtimes.com/trump-team-impeachment-managers-lay-out-arguments-for-senate-trial_3682221.html

OUTSIDE THE BELTWAY
— What Republicans Want Isn’t What they Get. Our two-party system distorts the representativeness of our politics. – JAMES JOYNER (DIERSEN: Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The Republican Party is failing because of its “BIG TENT” policy of allowing people to lead the party who reject some, most, if not all of the planks in the party’s platform. Most commonly, they reject the traditional marriage/family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks. I should write a book about Republican Party leaders in Illinois, in DuPage County, and in Milton Township since 2000 a) who reject the most planks in the Republican Party platform and b) who have worked the hardest to drive those like me who support the aforesaid planks out of the Republican Party.)
https://www.outsidethebeltway.com/what-republicans-want-isnt-what-they-get/

THE HILL
— Here are the GOP lawmakers censured by Republicans for impeaching Trump – JARED GANS
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/537065-here-are-the-gop-lawmakers-censured-by-republicans-for-impeaching-trump
— It’s Trump vs. McConnell in battle for GOP’s soul – NIALL STANAGE (DIERSEN: Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, Independents and Independent plants, and RINOs want to use Trump and Kinzinger to destroy the Republican Party once and for all. They want to force all Republicans to side either with Trump or with Kinzinger. 2,446,891 in Illinois voted for Trump. 193,611 in DuPage County voted for Trump. 20,080 in Milton Township voted for Trump. 157 in my precinct voted for Trump.)
https://thehill.com/homenews/the-memo/537060-the-memo-its-trump-vs-mcconnell-in-battle-for-gops-soul
— House Republicans gear up for conference meeting amid party civil war – JULIEGRACE BRUFKE (DIERSEN: Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, Independents and Independent plants, and RINOs want to use Trump and Kinzinger to destroy the Republican Party once and for all. They want to force all Republicans to side either with Trump or with Kinzinger. 2,446,891 in Illinois voted for Trump. 193,611 in DuPage County voted for Trump. 20,080 in Milton Township voted for Trump. 157 in my precinct voted for Trump.)
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/537047-house-republicans-gear-up-for-conference-amid-party-civil-war
— Romney: Disingenuous to criticize Democrats after big spending under Trump – TAL AXELROD
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/537076-romney-disingenuous-to-criticize-dems-after-big-spending-under-trump
— Democrats reintroduce bill aimed at curbing school discrimination – JORDAN WILLIAMS (DIERSEN: Since 1966, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have hinted/implied/argued/shouted that instead of me, a) UIC should have admitted a minority female in 1966, b) NIU should have admitted a minority female in 1969, c) Loyola should have admitted a minority female in 1972, d) DePaul should have admitted a minority female in 1976, and e) IIT should have admitted a minority female in 1992.)
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/537015-democrats-reintroduce-bill-aimed-at-curbing-school-discrimination
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, soon, if not already, you will officially be gotten rid of if you do not promote LGBTQ.
https://thehill.com/opinion/civil-rights/536955-for-transgender-americans-bidens-order-is-only-the-beginning

POLITICO
— Law used to prosecute Capitol riot, Black Lives Matter violence under fire as racist. Defense lawyers say the ‘Civil Obedience Act’ was born of backlash against civil rights movement. – JOSH GERSTEIN (DIERSEN: Democrats hint/imply/argue/shout that it is OK for Blacks to riot, but that it is NOT OK for Whites to riot.)
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/02/02/capitol-riot-black-lives-matter-465156

CNBC
— Senate leaders reach deal to fully transfer power to Democrats, Schumer says – Jacob Pramuk
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/02/03/senate-reaches-deal-on-organizing-resolution-chuck-schumer-says.html

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater says “Liz Cheney Chooses Her Own Path, and It’s a Perilous One. Pro-Trump forces in Washington and in her home state of Wyoming view her opposition to Donald Trump as a betrayal. Now she faces a reckoning over her leadership role in the Republican Party.” Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters side with Cheney.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/03/us/politics/liz-cheney-trump.html
— What Canceling Student Debt Would Do for the Racial Wealth Gap A solution to the debt crisis would help all borrowers. But it could also begin to address a history of discriminatory policies affecting Black graduates. – Naomi Zewde and Darrick Hamilton (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted a) that instead of me, the Post Office should have hired a Black in 1966, b) that the Post Office should gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a Black could have my job, c) that instead of me, IRS should have hired a Black in 1971, d) that instead of me, IRS should have promoted Blacks in 1972, 1973, and 1974, e) that instead of me, GAO should have hired a Black in 1980, f) that instead of me, GAO should have promoted a Black in 1986, and g) that GAO should have gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a Black could have my job and my preferred corner office. My plan for a career in the automotive industry ended in 1971 when Oldsmobile withdrew a job offer that I had accepted saying that Oldsmobile had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. That directly resulted in my accepting a job offer from IRS.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/01/opinion/student-debt-cancellation-biden.html

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters say “The GOP is having a reckoning, and McConnell seems to be on the right side.” Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, Independents and Independent plants, and RINOs want to use Trump and Kinzinger to destroy the Republican Party once and for all. They want to force all Republicans to side either with Trump or with Kinzinger. 2,446,891 in Illinois voted for Trump. 193,611 in DuPage County voted for Trump. 20,080 in Milton Township voted for Trump. 157 in my precinct voted for Trump.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-gop-is-having-a-reckoning-and-mcconnell-seems-to-be-on-the-right-side/2021/02/02/eb76ed8e-64c5-11eb-8468-21bc48f07fe5_story.html

USA TODAY
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: The hate-filled Republican-hating SPLC says “Hate groups declined in 2020 from 2018’s record high, but amount of hate has not diminished.” Sooner or later, if not already, if your group does not promote hatred against Republicans, the hate-filled Republican-hating SPLC will call your group a hate group.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2021/02/01/hate-groups-including-white-nationalists-declined-2020-splc-says/4341422001/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater asks “A pardon for ‘Dreamers?” and says “Some activists tout amnesty for undocumented immigrants if Congress doesn’t act. Democrats have declared war on Republicans. Democrats see Dreams as being their frontline soldiers in their army to get rid of Republicans once and for all.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2021/02/02/biden-immigration-package-some-push-pardons-if-congress-doesnt-act/4294393001/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— House Republican Reckoning The fates of Reps. Cheney and Greene will suggest the GOP future. – Editorial (DIERSEN: Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, Independents and Independent plants, and RINOs want to use Trump and Kinzinger to destroy the Republican Party once and for all. They want to force all Republicans to side either with Trump or with Kinzinger. 2,446,891 in Illinois voted for Trump. 193,611 in DuPage County voted for Trump. 20,080 in Milton Township voted for Trump. 157 in my precinct voted for Trump.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/house-republican-reckoning-11612309178
— Progressives Put the Racial ‘Equity’ Squeeze on Biden. The left wants a spoils system on steroids. If the president gives it to them, heaven help us. – Jason L. Riley
https://www.wsj.com/articles/progressives-put-the-racial-equity-squeeze-on-biden-11612307761
— Biden Wants a $15 Minimum Wage. Here’s What People Say It Would Do to the Economy. White House says a raise would help workers; opponents warn of job cuts. – Eric Morath (DIERSEN: If I had earned an inflation-adjusted $15/hour while I washed dishes for the minimum wage 1964-1966, I would have bought a new loaded 1966 Pontiac GTO instead of a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/biden-wants-a-15-minimum-wage-heres-what-people-say-it-would-do-to-the-economy-11612348201

NEWSWEEK
— ‘Free Kyle’ Rittenhouse Fundraising T-Shirts Removed From Shopify. – EWAN PALMER
https://www.newsweek.com/kyle-rittenhouse-shopify-bring-ammo-tshirt-removed-1566455

ATLANTA JOURNAL CONSTITUTION
— God doesn’t hold grudges, so why do we? (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always been emboldened to take adverse actions against me because they have always known that I forgive those who trespass against me. I should write a book a) about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, b) about the adverse actions that they have taken against me, c) about what I would have done if I did not forgive those who trespass against me.)
https://www.ajc.com/life/god-doesnt-hold-grudges-so-why-do-we/XKJMNINVKRHUHDGJ5MMIJBCO4Q/

NEW YORK MAGAZINE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasing, hate-filled conservative-hating conservative-haters demonize, denigrate. and condemn conservatives as being White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things who should be gotten rid of once and for all. I should write a book about those who have done the most since 2000 to promote hatred against conservatives in Illinois, in DuPage County, in DuPage County’s 4th District, in Milton Township,in Wheaton, in Wheaton’s West District, and in my precinct. I would focus on those who have/had lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout.https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2021/01/why-are-conservatives-angry-biden-denounced-white-supremacy.html

NATION
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: To get elected, Biden falsely hinted/implied/argued/shouted that he was a centrist.
https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/biden-signs-executive-orders/

SALON
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater says “Why do 70 million Americans — and many members of Congress — still follow Trump? Trump’s mass of followers is a huge problem for America — but they’re not all the same. This taxonomy should help.” Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, Independents and Independent plants, and RINOs want to use Trump and Kinzinger to destroy the Republican Party once and for all. They want to force all Republicans to side either with Trump or with Kinzinger. 2,446,891 in Illinois voted for Trump. 193,611 in DuPage County voted for Trump. 20,080 in Milton Township voted for Trump. 157 in my precinct voted for Trump.)
https://www.salon.com/2021/02/03/why-do-70-million-americans–and-many-members-of-congress–still-follow-trump/

MONDAY NOTE
— NOVEMBER 6, 2016 FLASHBACK: Signals of Editorial Quality. What defines journalistic quality? How to build a system reliable enough to be deployed at scale? Here are some leads. – Frederic Filloux (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Google News Alerts are to non-credible articles written by non-credible authors on non-credible websites that promote the Democrat, Libertarian, and/or Green party platforms.)
https://mondaynote.com/signals-of-editorial-quality-ffb000eae8f8#.3y1sdjoqa

January 29 Morning Edition

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Rep. Adam Kinzinger on the fight for the future of the GOP: ‘That epic battle has commenced. The most prominent Republican in Illinois, Kinzinger is stepping up his crusade to “RestoreOurGOP,” as his hashtag says, in this post-Trump era. – Lynn Sweet (DIERSEN: The Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Central Committee (SCC) has postponed to February 6 the meeting that it had scheduled for tomorrow to interview candidates for IRP chairman. What positions do the candidates have on Trump, on Kinzinger, etc.? The answers to those questions should by now be well-known not only by the IRP SCC members, but a) by all the chairmen of the Republican county, township, and ward organizations in Illinois and b) by all the Republican Precinct Committeemen/Captains in Illinois. This is especially true because IRP SCC members are not elected by Republican voters in Illinois, but by Republican Precinct Committeemen outside of Cook County and by Township and Ward Committeemen in Cook County. All Republicans in Illinois should know by now, but do not know what positions the IRP Chairmen candidates have on Trump, Kinzinger, etc.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2021/1/28/22255481/rep-adam-kinzinger-illinois-future-gop-after-donald-trump-rep-marjorie-taylor-greene-georgia
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Evangelist and Trump acolyte Franklin Graham, the son of Billy Graham, likened the 10 to Judas Iscariot in a Facebook post: “It makes you wonder what the 30 pieces of silver were that Speaker Pelosi promised for this betrayal.” I asked Kinzinger about what Graham said regarding the 10, and he told me, “as a Christian myself it was just heartbreaking to see” how “far, you know, personalities in the movement have fallen.” Kinzinger, 42, raised a Baptist, left that church when he was 20 and is now a “non- denominational Protestant.” For Graham to “equate those of us that voted to defend the Constitution to Judas, who betrayed Jesus, aka Trump, I mean it was — I didn’t get mad about it because nothing really makes me mad, you know — but I was just, I was actually more heartbroken,” Kinzinger said.)
— ‘Quincy made it inside’: 2 more Illinoisans charged in Capitol breach. The case against Christina and Jason Gerding of Quincy appears to be the first from Illinois to directly reference the QAnon conspiracy. – Jon Seidel (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters paint Trump supporters as being QAnon believers.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2021/1/28/22255598/qanon-capitol-riots-siege-donald-trump-quincy-christina-jason-gerding

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Kinzinger’s criticism of Trump puts focus on divide in Illinois GOP as party gets set to elect new leadership – RICK PEARSON
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-adam-kinzinger-trump-illinois-republicans-20210129-sybzihfppbazrcviq2v2cvupka-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Republican State Central Committee will meet Feb. 6 to decide among three candidates for outgoing Chairman Tim Schneider. But some in the party want to use the forum to discuss Kinzinger and a possible reprimand for his anti-Trump statements, which increased in vitriol following the Nov. 2 election and the Jan. 6 storming of the U.S. Capitol by Trump supporters. “There’s a group that wants to talk about it and it’s not positive. There are those who want to censure him. There’s people wanting to know what the state party is going to do about it,” said former Bolingbrook Mayor Roger Claar, who represents the 11th Congressional District near Kinzinger’s 16th District on the state GOP central committee. The schism in the state GOP mirrors what’s happening with Republicans nationally as the party struggles to move forward even as many of its voters continue to back Trump and believe the November election was stolen from him. . .Kinzinger’s recent views and actions toward Trump, his supporters and the majority of his party have elevated his national stature, earning him cable-news interviews and profiles in The Washington Post and The Atlantic. But they also did not go unnoticed by state GOP leaders. Some have said they have received phone calls asking what the Illinois Republican Party was going to do about Kinzinger. The congressman was the subject of some discussion at a GOP State Central Committee meeting last weekend. “I think the party majority are kind of disappointed. I mean, the one thing I’ve heard most from Republicans over the years since Reagan is the old 11th Commandment,” Claar said of the former president’s admonishment to not speak ill of fellow Republicans. Claar accused Kinzinger of causing upheaval in the party to no clear end. “What is the point? Why are you elevating this thing into regional if not national prominence? What purpose are you serving here? You’re further pointing out the division in the party,” Claar said. . .Claar supported Trump and even co-hosted a fundraiser for him at the Bolingbrook Golf Club. That’s where the state GOP leaders were supposed to meet Saturday until a predicted snowstorm pushed off the date to Feb. 6. But he said Illinois Republicans should take a wait-and-see attitude on the party’s future and whether it should continue to align itself with the former president. “Let’s just leave it alone and see how it plays out,” Claar said. He said if the party does decide to speak out on Kinzinger he would oppose any effort to censure the congressman for his conduct, a course taken by GOP party leaders in some states against congressional members who voted for impeachment. “It serves no purpose to have headlines that say ‘Republican state party censures congressman.’ That would just give it more legs,” Claar said. “I think it would be better to just issue an observation of the reality that a congressman can say what he wants and it’s up to his constituency to decide whether they like it or not.” . . . Much of the state GOP’s decision on how to respond to Kinzinger may come down to its pick of a new chairman to replace Schneider, a former Cook County commissioner and Hanover Township trustee from Streamwood. . . State Sen. Chapin Rose, R-Mahomet, said his focus for the next meeting was on picking a new state chairman, not on Kinzinger. “It’s about picking the right person to move us forward as we prepare for 2022,” said Rose, the 15th Congressional District state central committeeman. “We need to be focused on the right person to win 2022 and frankly, how we unite the party is what I’m hoping to hear from each of the candidates.”)
— If Biden and Democrats truly support ‘equity,’ why are they silent on school choice? – JOHN KASS
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/john-kass/ct-school-choice-biden-kass-20210128-w5ainctcinckboe5jhdcprggim-story.html
— CTU’s Sharkey for mayor? Why not, isn’t he already the boss? – JOHN KASS
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/john-kass/ct-chicago-teachers-union-kass-20210129-yfeefuoujnfvhlw2gnm36krfmq-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— Republicans set to choose new state party chairman Saturday – Marni Pyke (DIERSEN: The meeting has been postponed to Saturday, February 6, 2021.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20210129/republicans-set-to-choose-new-state-party-chairman-saturday
(FROM THE ARTICLE: It’s crucial for the next chairman to be personable, plus a savvy fundraiser and organizer, officials said. “We want the unicorn,” Grogan said. “We’re looking for someone who is well-rounded.” . . . “We feel 2022 will be a good cycle,” Grogan said.)

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— GOP PARTY PAUSE: The Republican State Central Committee has canceled Saturday’s meeting to name a new party chair. The meeting was supposed to be in Bolingbrook (not Bloomington, as I mistakenly stated on Thursday). Some downstate committee members were concerned about their return home as snow is forecast for Saturday evening, according to a spokesman. The plan is to hold the meeting Feb. 6. Kinzinger’s criticism of Trump puts focus on divide in Illinois GOP: “The Republican State Central Committee will meet Feb. 6 to decide among three candidates for outgoing Chairman Tim Schneider. But some in the party want to use the forum to discuss Kinzinger and a possible reprimand for his anti-Trump statements, which increased in vitriol following the Nov. 3 election and the Jan. 6 storming of the U.S. Capitol by Trump supporters,” by Tribune’s Rick Pearson. Kinzinger talks to Axelrod about his impeachment vote: Rep. Adam Kinzinger is willing to lose his seat over his vote to impeach then-President Donald Trump, the Illinois Republican told CNN’s David Axelrod during an episode of “The Axe Files” podcast released Thursday. “I did it knowing full well it could very well be terminal to my career,” Kinzinger said of his vote. “But I also knew that I couldn’t live with myself having, you know, try to just protect it and just felt like the one time I was called to do a really tough duty, I didn’t do it.” And Kinzinger addresses his evangelical roots with The Atlantic’s Emma Green. – Shia Kapos
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2021/01/29/mayors-comms-shuffle-now-urlacher-seeks-re-election-teacher-talks-stall-kids-still-home-491571
— Casey Urlacher, the Mettawa mayor pardoned by former President Donald Trump for his alleged involvement in a gambling scheme, is running for re-election as a write-in candidate now that his name has been cleared. “Even before I received a pardon, residents were encouraging me to run for reelection, to continue that progress. With the support of our residents, I made the decision that I would run for another term,” Urlacher said in a statement to Playbook. Urlacher, the brother of former Bears Hall of Famer Brian Urlacher, was among 73 people pardoned or commuted by Trump during his final hours in office. A federal indictment had charged that Urlacher and nine others ran an offshore sports gambling ring that raked in millions of dollars from hundreds of Chicago-area gamblers. Urlacher was charged with conspiracy and running an illegal gambling business. With an indictment looming over him, Urlacher didn’t file to run for a third term. That changed after Trump’s pardon. Urlacher’s quick return to politics comes as many Republican lawmakers nationwide shed their concerns about Trump’s role in inciting the attack on the U.S. Capitol. “My position is unpaid, and I look forward to a positive campaign, earning the votes of residents, and serving for another term,” Urlacher said in his statement. It’s too late in the process for Urlacher to get his name printed on the ballot for the April 6 election. He faces former Mettawa Mayor Jess Ray of the Back to the Future Party. – Shia Kapos
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2021/01/29/mayors-comms-shuffle-now-urlacher-seeks-re-election-teacher-talks-stall-kids-still-home-491571

WBEZ
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats crow about their success in driving individuals, organizations, and companies out of Illinois that are pro-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.wbez.org/stories/planning-official-cites-lagging-economy-and-immigration-for-illinois-population-loss/fc4a5192-1946-4a74-973e-c8e5fac9bc34

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— House speaker Chris Welch plans to reduce partisan acrimony. How it will affect the chamber – Dean Olsen
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/2021/01/29/illinois-house-new-speaker-chris-welch-wants-parties-work-together/4162153001/

JOURNAL STAR
— Illinois man caught on TikTok video fighting National Guard at Capitol arrested – AP
https://www.pjstar.com/story/news/2021/01/28/illinois-man-arrested-u-s-capitol-attack/4293702001/

SUBURBAN LIFE
— DuPage County reports 263 COVID-19 cases Thursday, 6 deaths, region’s positivity rate decreases to 7.1% – Joshua Welge
https://www.shawlocal.com/my-suburban-life/coronavirus/2021/01/29/dupage-county-reports-263-covid-19-cases-thursday-6-deaths-regions-positivity-rate-decreases-to-71/

FOX ILLINOIS
— Amazon has asked federal regulators to block multiple shareholder proposals addressing criticism of company stances on curbing hate speech, diversity in hiring, workplace conditions and surveillance technologies. – AP
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/amazon-asks-for-block-on-shareholder-hate-speech-proposal

NPR ILLINOIS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters paint Trump supporters as being QAnon believers.
https://www.nprillinois.org/post/without-their-messiah-qanon-believers-confront-post-trump-world#stream/0
— After Riot, Acting Capitol Police Chief Calls For Permanent Fencing Around Complex – ALANA WISE
https://www.nprillinois.org/post/after-riot-acting-capitol-police-chief-calls-permanent-fencing-around-complex#stream/0
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote discrimination against those who do not promote LGBTQ.
https://www.nprillinois.org/post/biden-signs-most-far-reaching-federal-protections-lgbtq-people-yet#stream/0
— Biden Signs Most Far-Reaching Federal Protections For LGBTQ People Yet – LEILA FADEL (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will all employers, organizations, governments, countries, etc. officially get rid of all individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that do not promote LGBTQ?)
https://www.nprillinois.org/post/biden-signs-most-far-reaching-federal-protections-lgbtq-people-yet#stream/0

FOX ST. LOUIS & KWQC
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: 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://fox2now.com/video/illinois-collects-62m-in-cannabis-revenue-for-neighborhoods/6204983/
https://www.kwqc.com/2021/01/29/green-state-how-has-legalization-of-marijuana-in-illinois-impacted-crime-in-the-quad-cities/

CHICAGO NOW
— Not content with shafting the kids, CTU demands more power to do more damage – Dennis Byrne
http://www.chicagonow.com/dennis-byrnes-barbershop/2021/01/not-content-with-shafting-the-kids-ctu-demands-more-power-to-do-more-damage/

CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS
— Speaker Welch releases committee assignments, February session plans – SARAH MANSUR
https://capitolnewsillinois.com/NEWS/speaker-welch-releases-committee-assignments-february-session-plans

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Rep. Marty McLaughlin Expresses Disappointment that Democrats Refuse to Meet
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/01/28/rep-marty-mclaughlin-exresses-disappointment-that-democrats-refuse-to-meet/
— Algonquin Township Abolition Petitioners Suffer Court Loss
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/01/28/algonquin-township-abolition-petitioners-suffer-court-lose/
— Reick Reports on New Standards for Teaching, Urges Citizens to Email Reactions to State Board of Education
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/01/28/reick-reports-on-new-standards-for-teaching-ueges-citizens-to-email-reactions-to-jcar/
— Illinois Coronavirus Protection Failure
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/01/28/illinois-coronavirus-protection-failure/
— Jack Franks Swearing on House Floor While Insulting Lee Daniels Remembered
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/01/28/jack-franks-swearing-on-house-floor-while-insulting-lee-daniels-remembered/
— Should State Mandate What Is Taught in Schools?
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/01/28/should-state-manadate-what-is-taught-in-schools/
— Left Retools Its Fight Against 1099 Workers Focusing on App-Based Businesses
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/01/27/freelancers012721/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump pledges to help McCarthy, GOP win back House majority in 2022 – Dave Boyer
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/jan/28/donald-trump-pledges-help-kevin-mccarthy-republica/
— Pelosi says House GOP is ‘the enemy within’ Congress – Seth McLaughlin and Dave Boyer (DIERSEN: RINOs who run Republican organizations treat conservatives, that is, treat those like me who support the Republican Party platform, as being “the enemy within.”
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/jan/28/nancy-pelosi-house-gop-enemy-within-taylor-greene/
— RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel condemns QAnon as ‘beyond fringe’: ‘I think it’s dangerous’ – Jessica Chasmar
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/jan/28/ronna-mcdaniel-rnc-chair-condemns-qanon-as-beyond-/
— Adam Kinzinger: Marjorie Taylor Greene is chasing fame – Seth McLaughlin
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/jan/28/adam-kinzinger-marjorie-taylor-greene-chasing-fame/
— Biden reverses Trump ban on U.S. foreign-aid funding for abortion. Order clears way to fund overseas organizations that perform or promote abortion – Valerie Richardson
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/jan/28/biden-signs-order-rescinding-trump-policy-banning-/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER

— Big Tech is behaving more like Big Brother – Rep. Roger Marshall (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes side with Big Tech, that is, with Big Brother.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/op-eds/big-tech-is-behaving-more-like-big-brother
(FROM THE ARTICLE: During the 1984 Super Bowl, a young company that had been founded less than a decade earlier in a garage in Los Altos, California, spent $1.5 million to its first significant commercial for a new, groundbreaking product — the Macintosh, the first personal computer. The company was Apple, and the advertisement was a defining moment that distinguished Apple as a company willing to go against the grain and rescue humanity from conformity. The ad had been inspired by George Orwell’s 1984 and featured a woman escaping police pursuit, running through a movie theater. She runs to the front of the theater and throws a hammer through a screen portraying a man’s face meant to represent Big Brother. As the camera pans to the audience, fully in shock from the movie screen’s explosion, the commercial concludes with black text that reads: “On January 24, Apple Computer will introduce Macintosh. And you’ll see why 1984 won’t be like 1984.” Nearly 40 years later, it is hard to recognize the company that paid to air this ad and established itself as a company that thinks differently. Unfortunately, that company no longer subscribes to a belief in free individual thought. It has demonstrated as much in recent weeks, taking a 180-degree turn. Apple now finds itself, along with other major Big Tech companies such as Google and Twitter, serving as Big Brother through the censorship and surveillance of conservative voices they and their political allies in Congress don’t agree with.)
— Pelosi’s big Tesla stock buy raises ethics questions – James Varney
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/jan/29/nancy-pelosis-big-tesla-stock-buy-raises-ethics-qu/

FOX NEWS
— Former California GOP gubernatorial candidate John Cox predicts successful Newsom recall effort due to ‘epic mismanagement.’ ‘This state is a wonderful state to live in, great weather, great natural beauty but the worst management in the country,’ Cox said. – Joshua Q. Nelson
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/former-successful-newsom-recall-effort-epic-mismanagement
— Biden HUD nominee Fudge explains ‘equity’ doesn’t mean ‘treating everyone the same’ Marcia Fudge explained the meaning of one of President Biden’s goals – Ronn Blitzer (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs demand more and more and more preference for members of protected groups. Protected groups include those who are minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, disabled, veteran, citizens of foreign countries, Trump-haters, non-Christians, non-Protestants, non-Italian Americans, non-German Americans, Democrat, Libertarian, Green, Independent, RINO, moderate, liberal, low-income, those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time, drinkers, gamblers, stoners, criminals, and those who lack education, lack job skills, lack job experience, have financial problems, have health problems, and/or have other problems.)
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-hud-nominee-fudge-equity-not-treating-everyone-the-same

GOPUSA
— Names Struck From 44 San Francisco Schools, Including Lincoln, Revere — And Feinstein
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=105837
— 28 GOP Lawmakers Blink As Blinken Voices Pro-LGBTQ Plans
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=105868

BREITBART
— Duckworth: McCarthy ‘Violated his Oath’ Standing with ‘Enemy of the Constitution’ Trump – PAM KEY (DIERSEN: What adverse actions will Duckworth take against the following who refuse to disavow Trump: a) the 2,446,891 in Illinois who voted for Trump, b) the 193,611 in DuPage County who voted for Trump, c) the 20,080 in Milton Township who voted for Trump, and d) the 157 in my precinct who voted for Trump?)
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2021/01/28/duckworth-mccarthy-violated-his-oath-standing-with-enemy-of-the-constitution-trump/

BLAZE
— Chicago teacher says in-person schooling allows white people to kill black families: ‘If we do not speak up, nice white parents will get us killed’ – Sarah Taylor
https://www.theblaze.com/news/chicago-teacher-in-person-schooling-whites-kill-blacks
— Health care worker taken to ER just a few hours after getting second COVID-19 vaccine shot. Four days later he was dead. – Dave Urbanaki
https://www.theblaze.com/news/health-care-worker-taken-to-er-just-a-few-hours-after-getting-second-covid-vaccine-shot-four-days-later-he-was-dead

DAILY CALLER
— McCarthy And Trump Discuss Plans To Win Back The House During Thursday Meeting In Florida. – HENRY RODGERS
https://dailycaller.com/2021/01/28/kevin-mccarthy-donald-trump-plans-win-house-congress-meeting-florida/
— Impeachment Supporting Republican Peter Meijer Says Capitol Is ‘Walled Off’ Because People Can’t Be Trusted To Not ‘Try To Overrun It’ – BRANDON GILLESPIE
https://dailycaller.com/2021/01/28/impeachment-republican-peter-meijer-jake-tapper-capitol/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: I think if there was any complicity in the events of January 6th we shouldn’t jump the gun, we shouldn’t jump to conclusions. We need to wait for that investigation to play out,” Meijer responded. “But we’re taking security risks seriously. I think it was my colleague Adam Kinzinger who said, you know, it’s not necessarily the death threats that are made to you that you worry about, it’s the ones that aren’t, it’s the people who are planning and not saying what they’re planning to do.” Some Democratic members of Congress have expressed their views that some of their Republican colleagues are white supremacist sympathizers and they don’t feel safe around them. They have yet to name any specific members who they feel fit that description.)

PJ MEDIA
— Facebook Will Reduce Political Content in Newsfeed – TYLER O’NEIL (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents/competitors, including Facebook, want to stop me from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters, but failing that, they want to stop me from including links in the newsletters to articles that promote the traditional marriage/family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, equal opportunity (no race of gender based preference giving), and other planks in the Republican Party platform.)
https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/tyler-o-neil/2021/01/28/facebook-will-reduce-political-content-in-newsfeed-n1416725

THE HILL
— Apple CEO says ‘recent events’ show ‘risk’ of social media algorithms pushing disinformation – REBECCA KLAR (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, all government and political news and commentary is disinformation except for the government and political news and commentary that they put out or bless. According to my critics/opponents, Republican Precinct Committeemen/Captains should only read what they get directly from the chairmen of a) their Republican township/ward/county party organizations and b) the Illinois Republican Party. According to my critics/opponents, the chairmen of Republican township/ward/county party organizations in Illinois and the Illinois Republican Party should get rid of Republican Precinct Committeemen/Captains who read GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails.)
https://thehill.com/policy/technology/536333-apple-ceo-says-recent-events-show-risk-of-social-media-algorithms-pushing
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, Independents and Independent plants, and RINOs crow about their success in destroying the Republican Party.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/536410-the-memo-center-right-republicans-fear-party-headed-for-disaster

POLITICO
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater says “Gary Rabine has plowed cash into the pro-Donald Trump organization Turning Point USA, shelled out thousands of dollars to the former president’s reelection campaign and raised big bucks with Donald Trump Jr. Now, Rabine is striking out on his own — and plotting a run for Illinois governor.”
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/28/trump-donor-campaigns-463363
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters say “Trump may poison the party, but Republicans have decided they need him. A delicate dance is underway to keep some distance from the ex-president while also letting him know he’s beloved and welcomed.”
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/28/republicans-need-trump-463684

YAHOO NEWS
— Illinois mayor blames Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx for 12-year-old girl’s death by alleged drunk driver. – Joe Barrett
https://news.yahoo.com/illinois-mayor-blames-cook-county-021700280.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Chicago Teachers Strike Could Upend Reopening Plans
Educators in the nation’s third-largest district have been negotiating with the city over how to reopen the schools safely amid Covid-19
https://www.wsj.com/articles/chicago-teachers-strike-could-upend-reopening-plans-11611829801
— GM to Phase Out Gas- and Diesel-Powered Vehicles by 2035. Auto giant’s plan to eliminate tailpipe emissions is part of a goal to be carbon neutral by 2040. – Mike Colias (DIERSEN: If batteries are so great, why aren’t there any battery-powered passenger jets?)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/gm-sets-2035-target-to-phase-out-gas-and-diesel-powered-vehicles-globally-11611850343

USA TODAY
— ‘Almost had me murdered’: AOC slams Cruz for his efforts to overturn the election – Savannah Behrmann (DIERSEN: To what extent do hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters hold the following responsible for the Capitol Riot: a) your Republican Precinct Committeeman/Captain, b) the officers of your Republican township/ward/county party organization(s), c) your representative on the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Central Committee, d) the IRP National Committeeman, e) the IRP National Committeewoman, f) the IRP Chairman, g) your GOPUSA Illinois Editor, h) the Republican candidates on April 6, 2021 ballots for your precinct, i) etc.?)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2021/01/28/aoc-slams-ted-cruz-tweet-robinhood-gamestop/4297204001/

NEWSWEEK
— 10 Republicans Voted to Impeach Trump, 7 (including Kinzinger) Already Facing Challenges for Their Seats in Congress – JENNI FINK
https://www.newsweek.com/10-republicans-voted-impeach-trump-7-already-facing-challenges-their-seats-congress-1565248
— Pressure Grows on Kevin McCarthy to Cut Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Committee Assignments – DARRAGH ROCHE
https://www.newsweek.com/pressure-grows-kevin-mccarthy-cut-marjorie-taylor-greene-committee-assignments-1565320
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Republican Congressman Adam Kinzinger of Illinois told CNN on Thursday that Greene should be removed from her committee assignments. “She may be like this new definition of Republican, but that’s kind of a RINO thing,” Kinzinger said. “I don’t think she should have the privilege of any committees.”)

RAW STORY
— GOP’s Adam Kinzinger: We need to ‘expose’ people like ‘unhinged’ Majorie Taylor who’ve ‘lost a sense of reality’ – Matthew Chapman
https://www.rawstory.com/marjorie-taylor-green-2650165912/

AXIOS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled conservative-hating conservative-haters crow about their success in destroying conservatives. I should write a book about those who focus on destroying conservatives in Wheaton’s West District, Wheaton, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Milton Township, DuPage County’s 4th District, DuPage County, Illinois, Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, etc. I would focus on those who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout and who claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican.
https://www.axios.com/republican-party-culture-war-tucker-carlson-67e47559-6782-4e8a-97b3-d660f3cb21df.html

January 26 Morning Edition

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

January 23 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Illinois COVID Update Today: IL reports 5,152 new cases, 97 deaths Chicago, suburban Cook County drops to Tier 1 Saturday – Eric Horng
https://abc7chicago.com/health/illinois-reports-5152-new-cases-97-deaths-/9940539/

WGN RADIO
— MyPillow Guy among the Trump acolytes picking up the torch – AP (DIERSEN: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters want Republicans to dump Trump and to dump Trump-supporters. 2,446,891 in Illinois voted for Trump. 193,611 in DuPage County voted for Trump. 20,080 in Milton Township voted for Trump. 157 in my precinct voted for Trump.)
https://wgnradio.com/news/business-news/mypillow-guy-among-the-trump-acolytes-picking-up-the-torch/

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Illinois reports 5,152 new COVID-19 cases, 97 additional deaths
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/illinois-reports-5152-new-covid-19-cases-97-additional-deaths
— Biden tells Mexico’s president he will end Trump’s ‘draconian’ immigration policies (DIERSEN: Democrats have declared war on Republicans. Democrats see citizens of Mexico as being their soldiers in their army to get rid of Republicans once and for all.)
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/biden-tells-mexicos-president-he-will-end-trumps-draconian-immigration-policies

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Statewide coronavirus positivity rate dips below 5% for first time in 3 months as Chicago restaurants reopen. The positivity rate is still higher than it was over the summer, when it hovered around 3%, but it’s been on a sharp decline since Jan. 7. – Mitchell Armentrout
https://chicago.suntimes.com/coronavirus/2021/1/23/22246018/illinois-coronavirus-cases-deaths-vaccine-pritzker-covid-19-jan-23

DAILY HERALD
— COD Board Vice Chairman Fenne to serve as chairman as Napolitano steps down to trustee role
https://www.dailyherald.com/submitted/20210122/cod-board-vice-chairman-fenne-to-serve-as-chairman-as-napolitano-steps-down-to-trustee-role
— Arizona Republicans reelect fervent Trump ally as chair – AP
https://www.dailyherald.com/article/20210123/news/301239914/
— Suburban members of Congress talk priorities as Democratic Senate gives them sway – Marni Pyke (DIERSEN: Top priorities for Democrats include using the federal government a) to 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, age discrimination and b)  to get rid of 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.dailyherald.com/news/20210123/suburban-members-of-congress-talk-priorities-as-democratic-senate-gives-them-sway

ROCKFORD REGISTER STAR
— Reform bill approved by Illinois legislature could remove ‘bad apples’ from police forces -Jeff Kolkey (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I must be a BAD APPLE a) because my Democrat superiors in the federal government dumped me even though I had earned 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; job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48; and a job-related professional license when I was 32 and b) because TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois dumped me in 2012, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce dumped me in 2011, Milton Township Republican Organization dumped me in 2010 and 2004, Illinois Center Right Coalition dumped me 2007, and American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter dumped me 2004.)
https://www.rrstar.com/story/news/politics/2021/01/23/gov-jb-pritzker-now-considers-illinois-police-reform-bill/4218787001/

KPVI
— Rockford Republican seeks Kinzinger censure, disavowal over Trump impeachment – Corina Curry
https://www.kpvi.com/news/national_news/rockford-republican-seeks-kinzinger-censure-disavowal-over-trump-impeachment/article_c23422f0-63f3-5b70-9517-63eb2af035fb.html

FOX ILLINOIS
— Trump shuns ‘ex-presidents club’ — and the feeling is mutual – AP
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/trump-shuns-ex-presidents-club-and-the-feeling-is-mutual

NPR ILLINOIS
— Lawmakers React As Trump Senate Impeachment Trial Gets Timetable – JASON SLOTKIN
https://www.nprillinois.org/post/lawmakers-react-trump-senate-impeachment-trial-gets-timetable#stream/0

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Term Limits for Legislative Leaders Draws BGA Support
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/01/23/term-limits-for-legislative-leaders-draws-bga-support/
— DeWitte Reports on Lame Duck Session
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/01/23/dewitte-reports-on-lame-duck-session/
— IL-14: Underwood Hiring Veteran Liaison
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/01/22/il-14-underwood-hiring-veteran-liaison/
— Unboarding the State Capitol
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/01/22/unboarding-the-state-capitol/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Executive orders are not unifying – Cheryl K. Chumley
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/jan/23/executive-orders-are-not-unifying/

FOX NEWS
— Ingraham: Second Senate impeachment trial of Trump will be ‘ugly, futile farce’ – Charles Creitz
https://www.foxnews.com/media/laura-ingraham-trump-impeachment-trial-ugly-feudal-farce

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Deprogramming . . . You! – Theodore Roosevelt Malloch (DIERSEN: Who do you predict that hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters will put in charge of deprograming Trump-supporters in your municipality, in your township, in your county, and in Illinois?)
https://amgreatness.com/2021/01/22/deprogramming-you/

BREITBART
— Hirono: Goal of Impeachment to Hold Trump Accountable, Stop Him from Ever Seeking Elected Office Again – JEFF POOR
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2021/01/23/hirono-goal-of-impeachment-to-hold-trump-accountable-stop-him-from-ever-seeking-elected-office-again/
— ICE Agents Ordered to Free All Illegal Aliens in Custody: ‘Release Them All’ – JOHN BINDER
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/01/23/ice-agents-ordered-free-all-illegal-aliens-custody-release-them-all/

CBN NEWS
— 500+ Participants to Join March for Life Chicago’s 20-Mile Car Procession and Diaper Drive Today – Andrea Morris
https://www1.cbn.com/cbnnews/us/2021/january/500-participants-to-join-march-for-life-chicagos-20-mile-car-procession-and-diaper-drive-today

THE HILL
— Section 230’s unconstitutional delegation of power to Big Tech – WILLIAM L. KOVACS (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents want Google, Facebook, etc. to regulate my speech. In addition, they want the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Milton Township Republican Organization, Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton to regulate my speech. They want the aforesaid to take adverse actions against me if I include links to articles in GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters that they do not like.)
https://thehill.com/opinion/technology/535497-section-230s-unconstitutional-delegation-of-power-to-big-tech
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Two questions must be answered: Can private parties controlling the public square deprive citizens of their right to free speech? and Can Congress empower private parties to regulate competitors? What does section 230 do? Section 230 has two primary provisions. The first exempts internet providers from civil liability for publishing any information from another content provider that is objectionable. The second provision exempts Big Tech from liability when it takes voluntary, good faith actions to restrict objectionable materials or provides the technical means to restrict them. Private parties cannot deprive unpopular citizens of constitutional rights when governing the public square: By granting Big Tech immunity from civil liability when restricting material from the internet it deemed objectionable, Congress encouraged and indirectly authorized private parties to regulate speech. Congress has no constitutional power to authorize private parties to deprive even unpopular citizens of their constitutional rights. Moreover, when private parties control the new public square they function as a government and must provide constitutional rights for all.)

POLITICO
— McCarthy voices ‘concerns’ with Cheney after impeachment vote. In an interview set to air Sunday, McCarthy suggested he was blindsided by the GOP conference chairwoman’s decision. – EVAN SEMONES
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/23/kevin-mccarthy-liz-cheney-trump-impeachment-461591

NEW YORK MAGAZINE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater wants the Republican Party to dump Trump.
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/republicans-impeachment-trump-mcconnell-civil-war-insurrection.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Trump jumps into a divisive battle over the Republican Party — with a threat to start a ‘MAGA Party’ (DIERSEN: Democrat plant, Libertarian plant, Green plant, Independent plant, and RINO leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Milton Township Republican Organization, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, and Illinois Center Right Coalition have always wanted conservatives to leave the Republican Party, that is, they have always wanted the base of the Republican Party to leave the Republican Party. They would be overjoyed if the 2,446,891 in Illinois who voted for Trump, the 193,611 in DuPage County who voted for Trump, the 20,080 in Milton Township voted for Trump, and the 157 in my precinct who voted for Trump left the Republican Party.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-republican-split/2021/01/23/d7dc253e-5cbc-11eb-8bcf-3877871c819d_story.html