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April 16 Morning Edition

NBC5
— Pritzker Says State, Not Counties, Will Remain in Charge of Whether ‘Stay-at-Home’ Order is Changed Some lawmakers and local leaders are calling for municipalities and counties to have more say in what restrictions remain in place during the pandemic
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/coronavirus/pritzker-says-state-not-counties-will-remain-in-charge-of-whether-stay-at-home-order-is-changed/2256554/

ABC7
— Coronavirus Illinois: Face mask requirement in Skokie takes effect Thursday, joining Cicero, Glenview, Morton Grove – Diane Pathieu (DIERSEN: How soon do you predict that your municipal district, your municipality, your township, your county, Illinois, and America will require that residents wear a mask outside their home?)
https://abc7chicago.com/health/face-mask-requirement-in-skokie-takes-effect-thursday/6107423/
— Coronavirus: Chicago barbers, stylists saying ‘no’ to house calls – Samantha Chatman (DIERSEN: I am so old that I remember when doctors made house calls.)
https://abc7chicago.com/business/covid-19-chicago-barbers-stylists-saying-no-to-house-calls/6105009/?cmp=emc-wls-news-headlines-4/16/2020
— Coronavirus tests for antibodies coming, but public health experts question accuracy – Chuck Goudie and Barb Markoff, Christine Tressel and Ross Weidner (DIERSEN: Having high/low antibodies can be used for/against people. Of course, Democrats will stop antibody testing immediately if shows that members of the following protected groups are more or less susceptible: Trump-haters, illegals, non-citizens, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, RINOs, moderates, liberals, minorities, females, LGBTQers, non-Protestants, non-German Americans, non-veterans, non-gun owners, those who have criminal records, those who have less money than others, those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time, etc.)
https://abc7chicago.com/health/coronavirus-antibody-tests-are-coming-but-experts-question-accuracy/6106743/?cmp=emc-wls-news-headlines-4/16/2020

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— COVID-19 numbers crunch packs one-two punch: Pritzker sees $2.7B budget jab now, $6.2B later “You don’t have to be an epidemiologist to see that the virus is going to hit our budget hard, a reality that is being visited upon every state in the United States,” the governor said. – Tina Sfondeles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2020/4/15/21222834/pritzker-state-budget-coronavirus-covid19-deficit-shortfall-billion
— As coronavirus cases rise, public health experts race to reach Latinos Latinos make up 60% of the population in the 10 ZIP codes in Illinois with the fastest growing number of new COVID-19 cases, according to a recent analysis. – Carlos Ballesteros
https://chicago.suntimes.com/coronavirus/2020/4/15/21222478/coronavirus-covid-19-latinos-illinois-spread-public-health
— Lightfoot worried about ‘new wave of mortgage foreclosures’ due to coronavirus More than 86,000 people applied for 2,000 city rental assistance grants. They gobbled up in record time the $2 million that Lightfoot had set aside for the relief in record time. – Fran Spielman
https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2020/4/15/21222775/coronavirus-chicago-stimulus-funds-cares-act-housing-rent-small-businesses-lightfoot
— U. of I. expects $158M loss — at least — as state’s public universities ask for more federal aid Leaders of Illinois’ public universities say they’ve already lost more than $220 million — and the figure is growing every day. – Matthew Hendrickson
https://chicago.suntimes.com/coronavirus/2020/4/15/21221210/university-illinois-state-larry-dietz-timothy-killeen

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan spends nearly $462K from campaign fund with law firm that employs former Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley – DAN PETRELLA and JAMIE MUNK
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-illinois-house-speaker-madigan-campaign-funds-20200416-a7jvvxtd6fdd7nkblobfe7vv34-story.html
— Senate Democrats push Trump for $30 billion to fund a comprehensive national coronavirus testing plan – RICK PEARSON (DIERSEN: Will governments bar those in their jurisdictions from leaving their homes until they are tested? Will governments determine who gets tested first? Ever-increasingly, governments are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-coronavirus-testing-dick-durbin-20200415-nscybhcfnjefzbncvbc4qzred4-story.html
— With the loss of coffeehouse lattes and school lunches, dairy farmers face tough choices. Corn and soybeans are also hurting in an economy battered by coronavirus – PATRICK M. O’CONNELL
https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-illinois-farmers-coronavirus-20200415-r2z7viovubatdj2hflynhtltae-story.html
— How Illinois responded to coronavirus compared with other states – Kori Rumore
https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-how-illinois-responded-to-coronavirus-compared-20200415-i36jfp4o6raxlmm4xlk5fx2e7i-story.html
— Capt. Crozier should be commended, not censured for his actions on the USS Roosevelt – D’JUAN WILCHER
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/ct-opinion-coronavirus-captain-crozier-uss-roosevelt-20200415-ycuwtfl2bvbyjeynjvn3wbzsem-story.html
— Business owners bleeding money during the coronavirus shutdown gear up for a fight with insurers who’ve denied their claims – Alexia Elejalde-Ruiz
https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-coronavirus-business-interruption-insurance-lawsuits-20200416-b5kl3xaweja7refbqfr4cpkp3u-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— We need many more tests to ‘crush the curve’ – Editorial
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20200416/editorial-we-need-many-more-tests-to-crush-the-curve
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Aurora to allow drive-up alcohol sales, sipping while shopping at mall – Susan Sarkauskas
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200415/aurora-to-allow-drive-up-alcohol-sales-sipping-while-shopping-at-mall
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: TRAGIC: Official signals in-person classes won’t resume this school year – Madhu Krishnamurthy
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200415/official-signals-in-person-classes-wont-resume-this-school-year

WTTW
— How the Public Health Crisis is Hurting Illinois’ Livestock Farmers – Amanda Vinicky
https://news.wttw.com/2020/04/15/how-public-health-crisis-hurting-illinois-livestock-farmers

SUBURBAN LIFE
— 80 more cases of COVID-19, including 4 deaths, reported in DuPage County
https://www.mysuburbanlife.com/2020/04/15/80-more-cases-of-covid-19-including-4-deaths-reported-in-dupage-county/ahhi9eh/

STATELINE
— White House recruits Duckworth, Durbin to advise on reopening economy
https://www.mystateline.com/news/local-news/white-house-recruits-duckworth-durbin-to-advise-on-reopening-economy/

WREX
— More than 50,000 people in US have recovered from coronavirus, 525,000 worldwide – Andrew Carrigan
https://wrex.com/2020/04/16/more-than-50000-people-in-us-have-recovered-from-coronavirus-525000-worldwide/

WIFR
— Durbin is named to President Trump’s nation re-opening task force.
https://www.wifr.com/content/news/Durbin-is-named-to-President-Trumps–569691891.html

WJBC
— Richards to lead McLean County Democrats; Beard re-elected to GOP chair – Katherine Murphy
https://www.wjbc.com/2020/04/16/richards-to-lead-mclean-county-democrats-beard-re-elected-to-gop-chair/

FOX ILLINOIS
— Tech companies step up fight against bad coronavirus info – AP (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, all information is bad except for the information that they put out or bless.)
https://foxillinois.com/news/coronavirus/tech-companies-step-up-fight-against-bad-coronavirus-info
— ‘Hold your nose and vote:’ Progressives weigh backing Biden – AP (DIERSEN: To win over progressives, Biden will promise to use the federal government to get rid of individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/hold-your-nose-and-vote-progressives-weigh-backing-biden
— Stimulus checks distributed: what to do with yours – Matt Roy (DIERSEN: What percent of stimulus money received in Illinois will be used to do what Illinois Democrats want everyone to do: a) buy booze, b) buy pot, and c) gamble?)
https://foxillinois.com/news/local/stimulus-checks-distributed-what-to-do-with-yours

POSITIVELY NAPERVILLE
— April 15, 2020: Daily COVID-19 Case Counts* for DuPage County
https://www.positivelynaperville.com/2020/04/15/april-15-2020-daily-covid-19-case-counts-for-dupage-county/112035

BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers use coronavirus to push pot.
https://blockclubchicago.org/2020/04/15/weed-dispensaries-chicago-coronavirus-new-rules/

ROBERT FEDER
— Joe Walsh, the former suburban congressman and talk show host on Salem Media Group news/talk WIND 560-AM who challenged President Donald Trump for the 2020 Republican nomination, had tough words for his former colleagues: “I believe the vast majority of people in political talk radio are absolute bullshit artists and liars,” Walsh said in a two-part interview on Steve Cochran’s “Live From My Office” podcast. “They’ll say whatever they have to say to get ratings and whatever. I could never be that.” (Here is the link.) Walsh is promoting his new book, F*ck Silence: Calling Trump Out for the Cultish, Moronic, Authoritarian Con Man He Is, and hosting his own podcast at fsilencepodcast.com.
https://www.robertfeder.com/2020/04/15/robservations-weigel-broadcasting-gets-work-job-hunt-chicago/

ILLINOIS TIMES
— Libertarian-leaning Illinois Policy Institute at odds with stay-at-home orders – Rich Miller
https://www.illinoistimes.com/springfield/illinois-policy-institute-at-odds-with-stay-at-home-orders/Content?oid=12059570

CENTER SQUARE
— Pritzker says secret charter flights to China needed to keep feds from seizing medical supplies – Kevin Bessler
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/pritzker-says-secret-charter-flights-to-china-needed-to-keep-feds-from-seizing-medical-supplies/article_f033d50a-7f5e-11ea-a805-7371ca3c09de.html

CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS
— Chicago tavern sues insurer over ‘business disruption’ claim – PETER HANCOCK (DIERSEN: What about “career disruption” insurance? What disrupted your career? My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, gave me unfair performance expectations and appraisals, always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, did not promote me beyond GS-13, got rid of my mentor in 1987, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and forced me to take a $20,157 (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. My Democrat IRS superiors did not promote me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions in 1978, got rid of my mentor in 1975, and disallowed my partial day per diem claims in 1974. My Democrat Post Office superiors forced me resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968.)
https://www.capitolnewsillinois.com/NEWS/chicago-tavern-sues-insurer-over-business-disruption-claim

WIREPOINTS
— Bond market trades Illinois like it’s already junk – Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner
https://wirepoints.org/bond-market-trades-illinois-likes-its-already-junk-wirepoints/
— Illinois’ COVID-19 crisis: Daily data update for April 16th, 2020
https://wirepoints.org/illinois-covid-19-crisis-daily-data-update-wirepoints/

ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— At Last Obama’s Love for Joe Has Come Along – Laurie Higgins
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2020/04/at-last-obamas-love-for-joe-has-come-along/

CAPITOL FAX
— TRAGIC: 22+ million have filed for unemployment aid since national emergency declared
https://capitolfax.com/2020/04/16/22-million-have-filed-for-unemployment-aid-since-national-emergency-declared/

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— BEYOND DISGUSTING, BEYOND TRAGIC: Casten Defends Wet Markets in Face of Scientific Consensus About Their Dangers Rep. Casten wants to preserve Chinese wet markets suspected as source of pandemic – Yuichiro Kakutani
https://freebeacon.com/coronavirus/dem-defends-wet-markets-in-face-of-scientific-consensus-about-their-dangers/
— Joe Biden Has Yet to Face Single Question on Sexual Assault Allegations 3 weeks, 10 interviews, and 81 questions with no mention of sexual assault claim – Brent Scher (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who since 2000 have focused on stopping me from asking candidates questions. I would focus on those who paint themselves as being religious, conservative, and/or Republican. Sooner or later, their candidates do lots of anti-religious, anti-conservative, and/or anti-Republican things. Sooner or later, their candidates’ skeletons come out of their closets.)
https://freebeacon.com/2020-election/joe-biden-has-yet-to-face-single-question-on-sexual-assault-allegations/

GOPUSA
— Democrats Propose Bill To Give Americans $2K A Month During Coronavirus Crisis
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=87644
— Live Free Or Die: Michigan Has Had Enough
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=87637
— Trump Threatens To Close Congress To Push Through Nominations
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=87648
— Newsom Inks Deal To Buy 200M Masks A Month From China, Few Details On Deal
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=87611

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— The Push-back Begins: Protests of Stay-at-Home Orders Popping Up Nationwide- Debra Heine
https://amgreatness.com/2020/04/15/the-push-back-begins-protests-of-stay-at-home-orders-popping-up-nationwide/
— Leftist Oligarchs Use Pandemic to Attack Trump These donors fund a Democratic Party that is creating the up-down coalition and destroying the middle class. While they try to make us blame the president, the mega businesses they invest in are using this crisis to break the will and the solvency of small independent business owners. – Edward Ring
https://amgreatness.com/2020/04/15/leftist-oligarchs-use-pandemic-to-attack-trump/

BREITBART
— Destruction of the British Family: Marriage Rate Falls to Lowest in Recorded History – KURT ZINDULKA (DIERSEN: I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes a) who claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican, but b) who do nothing to defend or promote the traditional family plank in the Illinois Republican Party platform. I would focus on those who promote LGBTQ activity in Illinois, in DuPage County, in Milton Township, in Wheaton, and in Wheaton’s West District.)
https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2020/04/16/destruction-of-the-british-family-marriage-rate-falls-to-lowest-in-recorded-history/

CONSERVATIVE HQ
— An Economic Shutdown Based On… What? – David Franke
http://www.conservativehq.com/node/32333

NEWSMAX
— Democrats Fight to Give Virus Stimulus Checks to Illegals – Fred Lucas
https://www.newsmax.com/platinum/illegal-immigration-stimulus-cares-act/2020/04/16/id/963100/

TOWNHALL
— Some Things Will Never Be the Same After the Chinese Coronavirus – Kurt Schlichter
https://townhall.com/columnists/kurtschlichter/2020/04/16/some-things-will-never-be-the-same-after-the-chinese-coronavirus-n2566940

EPOCH TIMES
— China Using Facebook Ads to Attack America, Spread Virus Disinformation – BOWEN XIAO (DIERSEN: QUESTION: What do my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have to say about that? Instead of reading GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails, they want everyone to read only what they post on Facebook.)
https://www.theepochtimes.com/china-using-facebook-ads-to-attack-trump-spread-virus-disinformation-2_3311564.html
— Chinese Communist Subversion of WHO Undermined Global Pandemic Response – PETR SVAB
https://www.theepochtimes.com/chinese-communist-subversion-of-who-undermined-global-pandemic-response_3313092.html

THE HILL
— Far worse to come: COVID-19 collapse of state and local governments – GRADY MEANS (DIERSEN: How soon do you predict that America, Illinois, your county, your township, and your municipality will collapse because of COVID-19?)
https://thehill.com/opinion/finance/491503-far-worse-to-come-covid-19-collapse-of-state-and-local-governments
— Reopening economy emerges as new political battleground – MIKE LILLIS (DIERSEN: Trump-haters do not want the economy to be reopened until after they have defeated Trump on November 3, 2020.)
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/493048-reopening-economy-emerges-as-new-political-battleground
— BEYOND TRAGIC: 5.2 million more file for unemployment – NIV ELIS
https://thehill.com/policy/finance/493085-unemployment-claims

POLITICO
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters say “Don’t stop social distancing if coronavirus will spread.”
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/04/15/poll-dont-stop-social-distancing-coronavirus-spread-187290
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Biden promotes hatred against Trump.
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/04/15/biden-trump-temper-tantrum-188812
— The shutdown backlash is coming soon—with a vengeance It’s possible to support the stay-at-home order and still deeply resent it. – JOHN F. HARRIS (DIERSEN: What makes it easier for you to stay-at-home? For me it includes my no longer being a GAO employee, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member, Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, Milton Township Republican Organization webmaster, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, etc.)
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2020/04/16/the-shutdown-backlash-is-coming-soonwith-a-vengeance-189809
— Progressive movement wary of Warren for VP Her bitter fight with Bernie has left a bad taste among some left-wing leaders. – ALEX THOMPSON and HOLLY OTTERBEIN (DIERSEN: To get picked for VP, Warren will promise to use the federal government to get rid of the following once and for all: individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/04/15/bernie-left-divided-on-warren-for-vp-187113

REUTERS
— TRUMP-HATERS ARE OVERJOYED: With confidence shattered, the road to a ‘normal’ U.S. economy looks long – Howard Schneider
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-confidence-ana/with-confidence-shattered-the-road-to-a-normal-u-s-economy-looks-long-idUSKCN21X2UH
— TRUMP-HATERS ARE OVERJOYED: Democrats, furious with Trump, much more keen to vote now than four years ago – Reuters/Ipsos – Chris Kahn (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Trump-haters shout that if you do not like something that Trump has said or done, you should vote for all the Democrats on the ballot in your precinct.)
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-enthusiasm-exclusive/exclusive-democrats-furious-with-trump-much-more-keen-to-vote-now-than-four-years-ago-reuters-ipsos-idUSKCN21X1AQ

CNN
— U.S. explores possibility that coronavirus started in Chinese lab, not a market – Josh Campbell, Kylie Atwood and Evan Perez
https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/15/politics/us-intelligence-virus-started-chinese-lab/index.html

CNBC
— TRUMP-HATERS ARE OVERJOYED: The economic data is even worse than Wall Street feared: ‘The economy is clearly in ruins here’ – Patti Domm
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/04/15/the-economic-data-is-even-worse-than-wall-street-feared-the-economy-is-clearly-in-ruins-here.html

NEW YORK TIMES
— BEYOND TRAGIC, BEYOND UNACCEPTABLE: More Than 5.2 Million U.S. Workers Filed for Unemployment Total claims have risen to about 22 million in the past four weeks.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/16/business/stock-market-today-coronavirus.html

WASHINGTON POST
— BEYOND TRAGIC, BEYOND UNACCEPTABLE: U.S. now has 22 million unemployed as economy sinks toward Depression-like scenario Last week, 5.2 million people filed unemployment claims, bringing the total to 22 million in the four weeks since President Trump declared a national emergency.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/04/16/unemployment-claims-coronavirus/
— TRUMP-HATERS ARE OVERJOYED: The U.S. has thrown more than $6 trillion at the coronavirus crisis. That number could grow. Between Congress and the Federal Reserve, the government has committed record levels to try to stop an economic calamity — with just limited success. – Andrew Van Dam
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/04/15/coronavirus-economy-6-trillion/

NEW YORK POST
— We must count the deaths from shutdowns as well as from coronavirus – Betsy McCaughey
https://nypost.com/2020/04/14/we-must-count-the-deaths-from-shutdowns-as-well-as-from-coronavirus/

BOSTON GLOBE
— Postal Service caught in the crunch of coronavirus – Paul Steidler, Senior fellow, Lexington Institute (DIERSEN: If my Democrat Park Forest Post Office superiors had not forced me to resign in 1969 when I was 20 years old, I might very well have spent my career working for the Post Office. My Democrat Park Forest Post Office supervisor disapproved of my demographics, especially my being a Missouri Synod Lutheran, 100% German-American, conservative, Republican, non-poor, draft avoider, gun owner, healthy, and my ancestors had been in America since 1844. He was especially furious that I bought a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint in 1966, a new 1968 Oldsmobile 442 in 1967, and a new 1969 Dodge Charger SE in 1968. He was especially furious that I was on track to earn a college degree.)
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/04/16/opinion/postal-service-caught-crunch-coronavirus/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG GRAPHIC: TRUMP-HATERS ARE OVERJOYED: Coronavirus Closures Froze Swaths of U.S. Economy in March Retail spending and industrial output plunged at record rates – Harriet Torry and Sarah Nassauer
https://www.wsj.com/articles/march-retail-sales-plunged-8-7-as-coronavirus-shutdowns-took-hold-11586954353
— FRONT PAGE: TRUMP-HATERS ARE OVERJOYED: For These Companies, Stimulus Was No Solution; ‘We Decided to Cut Our Losses’ Slammed by the coronavirus pandemic and unsure when, or if, their customers will return, some owners of small businesses are choosing not to apply for help and closing their doors for good – Ruth Simon (DIERSEN: How many employers in your municipal district, in your municipality, in your township, and in your county a) have already closed their doors for good and b) are soon to close their doors for good? What are your elected officials doing about it?)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/we-decided-to-cut-our-losses-why-some-small-firms-are-shutting-down-11586943002
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Business Leaders Urge Trump to Dramatically Increase Coronavirus Testing During first call to discuss reopening country, executives tell president more testing is needed to convince public to return to work – Michael C. Bender and Andrew Restuccia (DIERSEN: Will governments bar those in their jurisdictions from leaving their homes until they are tested? Will governments determine who gets tested first? Ever-increasingly, governments are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/business-leaders-tell-trump-to-dramatically-increase-coronavirus-testing-11586974130
— U.S. Unemployment Claims Likely Continued at Record Levels Report is likely to show the number of Americans receiving unemployment payments topped 10 million – Eric Morath and Sarah Chaney (DIERSEN: How soon, because of efforts to fight coronavirus, will more people in American be unemployed than employed? How soon, because of efforts to fight coronavirus, will everyone in America be receiving welfare and/or distributing welfare?)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-unemployment-claims-likely-continued-at-record-levels-11587029401
— China’s Export Restrictions Strand Medical Goods U.S. Needs to Fight Coronavirus, State Department Says Products made by 3M, Owens & Minor, PerkinElmer sit in warehouses; GE ventilator production line in Wisconsin nearly brought to a halt – Kate O’Keeffe, Liza Lin and Eva Xiao (DIERSEN: What do you say to politicians who have fought the hardest to make America dependent on foreign countries? What do you say to those a) who hate vehicles made by GM, Ford, and/or Chrysler and/or b) who hate those like me who own/owned vehicles made by GM, Ford, and/or Chrysler?)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/chinas-export-restrictions-strand-medical-goods-u-s-needs-to-fight-coronavirus-state-department-says-11587031203
— TREASONOUS: California to Assist Illegal Immigrants Affected by Coronavirus The $125 million fund is the first in the nation to help undocumented workers who can’t access unemployment insurance – Alejandro Lazo (DIERSEN: Why doesn’t California get Mexico and other foreign countries to give money to their citizens who are in California illegally?)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/california-to-assist-illegal-immigrants-affected-by-coronavirus-11586985899
— FRONT PAGE: How Coronavirus Is Eroding Privacy Technology to track and monitor individuals aims to slow pandemic, but raises concerns about government overreach – Liza Lin and Timothy W. Martin
https://www.wsj.com/articles/coronavirus-paves-way-for-new-age-of-digital-surveillance-11586963028
— Life at CNN: Skeleton Staff, Record Ratings and Vanishing Ads Coronavirus upends operations, revenue projections; but with viewership soaring network chief tells news staff to keep focused on the crisis – Benjamin Mullin (DIERSEN: QUESTION: Which individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries would NOT take out ads on GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails or www.gopillinois.com ? ANSWER: Those that are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. Those that focus on destroying those who they cannot manipulate/dominate.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/life-at-cnn-skeleton-staff-record-ratings-and-vanishing-ads-11586984881
— Joe Biden’s #MeToo Moment The former Vice President asks us not to believe the woman. – Editorial
https://www.wsj.com/articles/joe-bidens-metoo-moment-11586990871

BLOOMBERG
— Ken Griffin, CEOs from McDonald’s, United among those advising Trump on reopening the economy
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-04-15/trump-s-task-force-to-reopen-u-s-becomes-a-day-of-phone-calls

COMMITTEE TO PROTECT JOURNALISTS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters say “Trump’s attacks on credibility of the press are dangerously effective.”
https://cpj.org/2020/04/trumps-attacks-on-credibility-of-the-press-are-dan.php

FREE SPEECH CENTER
— Coronavirus and the First Amendment – John Vile (DIERSEN: If my critics/opponents succeeded in getting Pritzker to stop me from including links in GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails to coronavirus articles that he does not like, who would come to my defense? If my critics/opponents succeeded in getting candidates on November 3, 2020 ballots in my precinct to stop me from including links in GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails to articles about them that they do not like, who would come to my defense?)
https://mtsu.edu/first-amendment/article/1777/coronavirus-and-the-first-amendment

NEW REPUBLIC
— The 2020 campaign is shaping up into a referendum on Trumpism. – JOHN A. FARRELL (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Trump-haters shout that if you do not like something that Trump has said or done, you should vote for all the Democrats on the ballot in your precinct.)
https://newrepublic.com/article/157173/2020-election-referendum-trumpism-white-grievance-politics

ATLANTIC
— The Coronavirus Is Splitting America in Two Cities and suburbs are only getting bluer. – RONALD BROWNSTEIN (DIERSEN: Ever-increasing, members of the following groups in cities and in suburbs have more to fear that RINO activists, RINO candidates, RINO elected officials, RINO party leaders, RINO major donors, RINO political consultants, RINO etc. will use coronavirus to dump them: Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older people, non-poor people, gun owners, German Americans, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2020/04/covid-trump-pandemic/610075/

WINDY CITY TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: COVID-19 disproportionately affect LGBTQers and minorities; LGBTQers blame heterosexuals for that; Democrat, Libertarian, and Green minorities blame Whites for that.
http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/lgbt/COVID-19-LGBTQs-minorities-disproportionately-affected/68373.html

LGBTQ NATION
— Aaron Schock is partying with a group of gay men in Mexico for his “self-isolation” The “Instagays,” one journalist noted, “have a very different definition of ‘social distancing’ than the rest of us!” – Alex Bollinger
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2020/04/aaron-schock-partying-group-gay-men-mexico-self-isolation/

GUARDIAN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters say “Pandemic fears in border towns as workers flock in to build Trump’s wall.”
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/apr/16/trump-border-wall-coronavirus-pandemic-ajo-arizona

April 15 Evening Edition

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— During their 2020 biennial convention conducted by phone conference this evening, DuPage County Republican Precinct Committeemen elected Jim Zay as Chairman of the DuPage County Republican Central Committee and reelected Paul Hinds as Secretary. Zay is the DuPage County Board Vice Chairman and Hinds is a former DuPage County Clerk. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

ABC7
— Trump looks to ease social distancing in places; CEOs urge caution – AP
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/trump-looks-to-ease-distancing-in-places;-ceos-urge-caution/6105814/
— Coronavirus deaths: 23 have died of COVID-19 at Symphony of Joliet nursing home
https://abc7chicago.com/health/23-covid-19-deaths-reported-at-joliet-nursing-home/6106201/
— COVID-19 data shows city is ‘flattening the curve,’ Mayor Lori Lightfoot says
https://abc7chicago.com/health/covid-19-cell-phone-data-shows-chicago-is-flattening-the-curve-officials-say/6105532/

NBC5
— Pritzker Considering Requiring Masks in Public Places During Coronavirus Outbreak Multiple Chicago suburbs have implemented such measures already
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/pritzker-considering-requiring-masks-in-public-places-during-coronavirus/2256527/
— Trump Says US ‘Past the Peak’, Threatens to Adjourn Congress Over Nominations
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/coronavirus/us-coronavirus-updates-ind-rep-chooses-saving-economy-over-lives-trumps-name-printed-on-stimulus-checks/2256039/
— Chicago Hasn’t Reached a Peak Yet – And That’s a Good Thing, According to Dr. Arwady Arwady said Wednesday that data indicates the city’s curve is starting to flatten, but that has also pushed the peak later than officials had earlier predicted
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/coronavirus/chicago-hasnt-reached-a-peak-yet-and-thats-a-good-thing-according-to-dr-arwady/2256485/

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Illinois coronavirus death toll nears 1,000
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/illinois-coronavirus-death-toll-nears-1000

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Illinois Republican congressional candidate’s fundraising email plagiarizes Chicago Tribune story – BILL RUTHHART
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-jeanne-ives-plagiarism-fundraising-email-20200415-2n6ag4ahrjeerheh2p7xn3ngva-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In response to questions, Ives communication director Kathleen Murphy took responsibility for the plagiarism. “The line (that) was included is my fault, not Jeanne’s,” Murphy said in an email. “I am the director of communication for the campaign, the content of an email is my responsibility.” “That should have been cited — absolutely,” Murphy said in a second email regarding the Tribune sentences used in the campaign communication. “Information gets pulled from different sources, and it was an oversight. We will review emails more carefully going forward.” In the process of acknowledging the error, Murphy also attacked the “Chicago media,” claiming it was biased. Murphy declined to make Ives available for an interview and declined to say whether the candidate reviewed the email before it was sent.)
— Best Buy to furlough 51,000 store employees amid coronavirus sales slump – LAUREN ZUMBACH
https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-coronavirus-best-buy-furloughing-workers-20200415-s2mrwpbsu5cj3afwgmv2pwzfnq-story.html
— Chicago police setting up checkpoints to remind people of stay-at-home order, raising concerns of union and ACLU – PETER NICKEAS
https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-coronavirus-chicago-police-checkpoints-20200415-jug6ysdm65eopcqxep54tvqj4a-story.html
— Coronavirus may cost Metra 97% of its April ridership, and leave $500 million budget hole over next two years – Mary Wisniewski
https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-coronavirus-chicago-metra-budget-shortfalls-empty-trains-20200415-ihzhyckhnzhkply2uxmqyhsjx4-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters say “President Trump is floundering and he’s taking the WHO and governors down with him.”
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/ct-nyt-column-trump-coronavirus-who-economy-20200416-l635zddyqnavhj4cbypsifc7o4-story.html

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— COVID to blow $10 billion hole in Illinois’ budget That’s the staggering impact of the pandemic if the state doesn’t get federal help, Gov. J.B. Pritzker says. – GREG HINZ
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/greg-hinz-politics/covid-blow-10-billion-hole-illinois-budget
— Pritzker envisions Midwest version of West Coast, Northeast COVID coalitions Michigan’s governor confirms she and her counterparts in other Midwest states have been hearing from Illinois’ governor about a plan to coordinate a regional response—and begin mapping out a reopening of the economy. – GREG HINZ
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/greg-hinz-politics/pritzker-envisions-midwest-version-west-coast-northeast-covid-coalitions
— Lightfoot backs up her COVID stance Using new data to make her case, the mayor contends social distancing is working to flatten the curve—while also arguing that reopening the economy will be a slower process than some would like. – GREG HINZ
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/greg-hinz-politics/lightfoot-backs-her-covid-stance
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Pot pushers say “Weed shops prepare for a very mellow 4/20 The cannabis industry’s big annual celebration got short-circuited by the coronavirus. Toking alone or virtually will have to do.”
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/marijuanacannabis/weed-shops-prepare-very-mellow-420

WTTW
— After Halting WHO Funding, Trump Comes Under Fire Yet Again – Alexandra Silets
https://news.wttw.com/2020/04/15/after-halting-who-funding-trump-comes-under-fire-yet-again

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— Should Madison County Republicans resign even after investigation yields no charges? – KAVAHN MANSOURI
https://www.bnd.com/news/politics-government/article241977076.html
— Prenzler puts aides on leave after Madison County Democrats demand resignations – KAVAHN MANSOURI
https://www.bnd.com/news/local/article242040241.html

WCSJ NEWS
— Group of Republican Senators (Paul Schimpf, Donald DeWitte, Jim Oberweis, Craig Wilcox, Jason Plummer, Chuck Weaver, Sue Rezin and Dan McConchie) Call on Governor to Begin Strategy For Reopening Illinois
http://www.wcsjnews.com/news/wspynews/group-of-republican-senators-call-on-governor-to-begin-strategy-for-reopening-illinois/article_6b67e732-58f6-5155-89dc-9f8c32ee4cf4.html

FOX ILLINOIS
— Trump resort in Florida lays off 560 workers due to virus – AP
https://foxillinois.com/news/coronavirus/trump-resort-in-florida-lays-off-560-workers-due-to-virus

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Grafton Township Elects Orv Brettman as GOP Chairman
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/04/15/grafton-township-elects-orv-brettman-as-gop-chairman/
— Diane Evertsen Term Limits Herself for the Second Time
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/04/15/diane-evertsen-term-limits-herself-for-the-second-time/
— Dems Re-Elect Kristina Zahorik Chair
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/04/15/dems-re-elect-zahorik-chair/
— Nunda Township GOP Elects Officers, Mark Daniel Chairman
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/04/15/nunda-township-gop-elects-officers/
— Erik Sivertsen Re-Elected McHenry Township Republican Chairman
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/04/15/erik-sivertsen-re-elected-mchenry-township-republican-chairman/
— Will Jack Franks Finally Endorse Joe Biden?
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/04/15/will-jack-franks-finally-endorse-joe-biden/
— State Senators Send Letter to Governor about Economy
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/04/15/state-senators-send-letter-to-governor-about-economy/

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— ILLINOIS PERSONAL INCOME TAX REVENUE COULD FALL UP TO $6.6 BILLION FROM COVID-19 LOCKDOWN – Orphe Divounguy and Bryce Hill
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/illinois-personal-income-tax-revenue-could-fall-up-to-6-6-billion-from-covid-19-lockdown/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— CHICAGO POLICE TO BEGIN STOPPING LAWFUL RESIDENTS, REMINDING THEM TO “STAY AT HOME”
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2020/04/chicago-police-to-begin-stopping-lawful-residents-reminding-them-to-stay-at-home.html
— GENEVA LAWMAKER QUESTIONS PRITZKER’S UNCHECKED POWERS AS 30-DAY DISASTER PROCLAMATION CONTINUES
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2020/04/ugaste-proposes-review-of-illinois-governors-current-disaster-proclamation.html
— THORNER & O’NEIL: THE WHO, CHINA AND THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2020/04/thorner-oneil-the-who-china-and-the-coronavirus-pandemic.html#more
— GOV PRITZKER PUSHES FOR PROGRESSIVE TAX; CLAIMS COVID-19 COULD SET ILLINOIS BACK OVER $7B
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2020/04/gov-pritzker-pushes-for-progressive-tax-claims-covid-19-could-set-illinois-back-over-7b-.html
— GOP STATE SENATORS CALL ON PRITZKER TO “EASE BACK” ON SOCIAL DISTANCING; PRESENT RE-OPENING PLAN
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2020/04/gop-state-senators-call-on-pritzker-to-ease-back-on-social-distancing-present-re-opening-plan.html
— CHICAGO HIDING MILLIONS OF N95 MASKS; PRITZKER SECRETLY BUYING MORE MASKS FROM CHINA
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2020/04/pritzker-hiding-millions-of-masks-secretly-buying-more-from-china.html

— RADICAL ENVIRONMENTALISTS’ GIDDINESS DURING PANDEMIC EXPOSES THEIR TRUE AIMS
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2020/04/radical-environmentalists-giddiness-during-pandemic-exposes-their-true-aims.html

CAPITOL FAX
— 1,346 new cases, 80 additional deaths
https://capitolfax.com/2020/04/15/1346-new-cases-80-additional-deaths/
— GRF forecast revised down $2.7 billion for FY20 and $4.6 billion in FY21, but $6.2 billion with borrowing and $7.4 billion if no graduated income tax – Says Fair Tax needed now more than ever – Talks about “secret flight” – Addresses plan by GOP state senators to reopen economy when ICU capacity is sufficient – Asked about death counts – Roseland backlog addressed – Asked about summer camp – Asked about rent control protesters – Says he is considering a mask order – No state border checks – Talks about contact tracing – Asked about pushing the curve down, but nothing new on that front yet – Asked about churches and pot dispensaries – Says state will make decision to lift, not locals – No position on municipal plea to AG on FOIA – Praises National Guard
https://capitolfax.com/2020/04/15/grf-forecast-revised-down-27-billion-for-fy20-and-46-billion-in-fy21-but-rises-to-62-billion-with-borrowing/
— COVID-19 roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2020/04/15/covid-19-roundup-18/
— March saw largest ever recorded decline in retail and food sales
https://capitolfax.com/2020/04/15/march-saw-largest-ever-recorded-decline-in-retail-and-food-sales/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: What do you say to those who want to use remapping to give more preference to voters who are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?
https://capitolfax.com/2020/04/15/who-should-control-the-remap-process/
— Plan by eight Senate Republicans (Paul Schimpf, Donald DeWitte, Jim Oberweis, Craig Wilcox, Jason Plummer, Chuck Weaver, Sue Rezin and Dan McConchie) is a bit on the ghoulish side
https://capitolfax.com/2020/04/15/sgop-plan-is-a-bit-on-the-ghoulish-side/
— Dueling graduated income tax press releases
https://capitolfax.com/2020/04/15/dueling-graduated-income-tax-press-releases/
— Slowing the upward curve is just not enough
https://capitolfax.com/2020/04/15/slowing-the-upward-curve-is-just-not-enough/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— ICE to release almost 700 illegal immigrants due to coronavirus fears – Andrew Mark Miller
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/ice-to-release-almost-700-illegal-immigrants-due-to-coronavirus-fears

RUSH LIMBAUGH
— I’m Feeling Good About the Future, Folks
https://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2020/04/15/im-feeling-good-about-the-future-folks/
— Democrats Hope Corona Can Do What Mueller and Schiff Failed to Do
https://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2020/04/15/democrats-hope-corona-can-do-what-mueller-and-schiff-failed-to-do/
— MAGA! Coronavirus Has Resurrected Trump’s Slogan
https://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2020/04/15/maga-coronavirus-has-resurrected-trumps-slogan/

BREITBART
— Democrats Demand Trump Stop Building Border Wall During Coronavirus Crisis – John Binder
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/04/15/democrats-demand-trump-stop-building-border-wall-during-coronavirus-crisis/

BLAZE
— Leaked State Department cables add weight to the theory that COVID-19 started in a Wuhan virology lab The evidence continues to pile up – Phil Shiver
https://www.theblaze.com/news/state-department-cables-wuhan-virology-lab
— Trump trolls the press, pre-emptively destroying the credibility of the media
https://www.theblaze.com/steve-deace/trump-troll

DAILY SIGNAL
— Illegal Immigrants in Los Angeles Can Apply for Pre-Paid Debit Cards – Jason Hopkins
https://www.dailysignal.com/2020/04/15/illegal-immigrants-in-los-angeles-can-apply-for-pre-paid-debit-cards/

TOWNHALL
— Liberalism, Like the Wuhan Virus, Will Never Die – Ann Coulter
https://townhall.com/columnists/anncoulter/2020/04/15/liberalism-like-the-wuhan-virus-will-never-die-n2567004

NEWSMAX
— Trump Abandons Task Force on Reopening US, Hosts Calls Instead
https://www.newsmax.com/streettalk/trump-task-force-reopen/2020/04/15/id/963038/

ONE NEWS NOW
— POLITICS California giving illegals $500 cash – AP
https://onenewsnow.com/ap/politics/california-giving-illegals-500-cash
— Before it cleared out campuses, virus enjoyed P.C. defense – Chris Woodward
https://onenewsnow.com/culture/2020/04/15/before-it-cleared-out-campuses-virus-enjoyed-pc-defense

THE HILL
— Global coronavirus cases surpass 2 million – JOHN BOWDEN
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/492635-global-coronavirus-cases-pass-2-million
— Trump WHO cuts meet with furious blowback – PETER SULLIVAN
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/492997-trump-who-cuts-meet-with-furious-blowback
— Democratic senators call for funding for local media in coronavirus stimulus – JUSTIN WISE (DIERSEN: He who pays the piper calls the tunes.)
https://thehill.com/homenews/media/491787-democratic-senators-call-for-funding-for-local-media-in-coronavirus-stimulus
— The coronavirus is no reason to waive the rules for immigrants – MATT O’BRIEN
https://thehill.com/opinion/immigration/492739-the-coronavirus-is-no-reason-to-waive-the-rules-for-immigrants
— Trump threatens to adjourn both chambers of Congress – BRETT SAMUELS
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/493044-trump-threatens-to-adjourn-both-chambers-of-congress

NBC NEWS
— Black health experts say surgeon general’s comments reflect lack of awareness of black community “The Adams statement is, at best, irresponsible and, at worst, reflective of systemic structural racism.” – Curtis Bunn (DIERSEN: What communities are/were you a member of and how aware are/were you of those communities? I am extremely aware of the Milton Township Republican Organization community (since 1999). I was extremely aware of the following communities: TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois (2005-2012), Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee (2003-2011), Illinois Center Right Coalition (2003-2007), American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter (2001-2004), Association of Government Accountants Chicago Chapter (1983-1996), GAO Chicago office (1980-1997), IRS Chicago office (1971-1980), Park Forest Post Office (1966-1969), etc.)
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/black-health-experts-say-surgeon-general-s-comments-reflect-lack-n1183711

CNN
— Universities begin considering the possibility of canceling in-person classes until 2021 – Brian Ries and Meg Wagner
https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/14/us/university-may-cancel-classes-fall-2021-trnd/index.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Coronavirus destroys lungs. But doctors are finding its damage in kidneys, hearts and elsewhere. – Lenny Bernstein, Carolyn Y. Johnson,
Sarah Kaplan and Laurie McGinley
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/coronavirus-destroys-lungs-but-doctors-are-finding-its-damage-in-kidneys-hearts-and-elsewhere/2020/04/14/7ff71ee0-7db1-11ea-a3ee-13e1ae0a3571_story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters want Republicans to dump Trump.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/04/15/republicans-who-dont-like-trump-have-no-excuses-endorse-biden/

DAILY BEAST
— Doctors Tear Down Their Neighbor’s Trump 2020 Flag Before Getting Arrested – Kate Briquelet
https://www.thedailybeast.com/video-florida-doctors-tear-down-their-neighbors-trump-2020-flag-before-getting-arrested
— Trump’s Net Worth Plummets $1 Billion Amid Coronavirus Crisis: Forbes – Emma Tucker
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trumps-net-worth-plummets-dollar1-billion-amid-coronavirus-crisis-forbes-says

VANITY FAIR
— Trump’s Coronavirus Power Grab Is Dividing Conservatives Fox’s Bret Baier challenged Trump’s claim that he can unilaterally open the country, and Glenn Beck called it “actually” incorrect. But the rest of the Fox cheering section is steadfast—in sharp contrast to the Obama years. – CALEB ECARMA
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2020/04/donald-trump-coronavirus-power-grab-dividing-conservatives

NEW YORK MAGAZINE
— Crowds Gather Around the Country to Protest Social Distancing – Adam K. Raymond
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/04/crowds-gather-to-protest-social-distancing.html

FORBES
— $3.5 Billion Has Flowed From U.S. Taxpayers To The World Health Organization Since 2010 – Adam Andrzejewski
https://www.forbes.com/sites/adamandrzejewski/2020/04/14/35-billion-has-flowed-from-us-taxpayers-to-the-world-health-organization-since-2010/
— Abbott Labs Has Shipped 566,000 Rapid COVID-19 Tests To All 50 U.S. States – Bruce Japsen
https://www.forbes.com/sites/brucejapsen/2020/04/14/abbott-labs-has-shipped-566000-rapid-covid-19-tests-to-all-50-us-states/#74efab353205

KIPLINGER
— 5 Ways This Recession Hits Retirees Particularly Hard – Bob Niedt
https://www.kiplinger.com/slideshow/retirement/T037-S001-ways-recession-hits-retirees-particularly-hard/index.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Less Time to Recover From Portfolio Losses. . .Dividend Cuts. . .Lower Interest Rates. . .A Tiny Social Security COLA in 2021. . .A Tougher Time Finding Jobs)

JD SUPRA
— It is Now Easier For Federal Workers to Prove Age Bias – Kelly Drye (DIERSEN: The federal government’s “up-or-out” policy for its employees who are Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran is age discrimination.)
https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/it-is-now-easier-for-federal-workers-to-66537/

GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— Postal Workers Say USPS Isn’t Telling Them When Colleagues Test Positive for COVID-19, Despite Promising To The CDC says people who have been exposed to COVID-19 should quarantine. Many postal workers say they have no way of knowing if that’s them. – MARYAM JAMEEL
https://www.govexec.com/workforce/2020/04/postal-workers-say-usps-isnt-telling-them-when-colleagues-test-positive-covid-19-despite-promising/164626/
— Lawmakers and Attorneys Push to Protect Inspectors General From Political Retaliation – COURTNEY BUBLÉ (DIERSEN: All of the audits of all the federal agencies that I worked on for GAO 1980-1997 required coordination with those agency’s Inspector Generals (IG). I worked on audits of federal financial institution regulators for almost 9 years, on audits of IRS for 3 years, and on audits of many other federal agencies, including Railroad Retirement Board, Department of Defense, U.S. Postal Service, Environmental Protection Agency, Department of Energy, Department of Transportation, Immigration and Naturalization Service, General Service Administration, Federal Highway Administration, Department of Labor, Federal Aviation Administration, Veteran Administration, Department of Housing and Urban Development, and Department of Health and Human Services, for almost 6 years. I served on Executive Committee (EC) of the Association of Government Accountants for 13 years 1983-1996. Almost all the other EC members were employees of IG offices.)
https://www.govexec.com/workforce/2020/04/coronavirus-roundup-lawmakers-and-attorneys-push-protect-inspectors-general-political-retaliation/164630/

April 14 Evening Edition

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

April 14 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— After Chicago poll worker dies from COVID-19 and others test positive, city warns voters they might have been exposed to virus at polling places – John Keilman
https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-chicago-poll-worker-dies-covid-cornavirus-20200413-rz55vqpo6jfbxn7e4i6vkj6n2y-story.html
— Illinois must build a life raft as it navigates the COVID-19 fallout Each of us will feel the effects of the coronavirus quarantines differently. – JOHN TILLMAN
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/ct-opinion-coronavirus-illinois-life-raft-tillman-20200413-kzuhobo5xvhwnhveqjdshiqmni-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater promotes hatred against Trump.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/ct-opinion-coronavirus-trump-leadership-who-nato-20200413-cibsxjeo6jd4rcidmliyqmkk64-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Cuomo says Trump is not a king, can’t force states to reopen The Democratic governor, whose state has become the epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic in the United States, was reacting to Trump’s assertion Monday that “when somebody is president of the United States, the authority is total.” – Francesca Gattu
https://chicago.suntimes.com/coronavirus/2020/4/14/21220551/andrew-cuomo-donald-trump-not-a-king-cant-force-states-to-reopen-stay-at-home-coronavirus-covid-19

DAILY HERALD
— Pay freezes proposed for DuPage County officials – Robert Sanchez
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200413/pay-freezes-proposed-for-dupage-county-officials
— What makes a successful politician? — Lee Hamilton (DIERSEN: I should write a book about all the Republican candidates for federal, Illinois, DuPage County, DuPage County Board, DuPage County Forest Preserve, Milton Township, Wheaton, etc. who have been on primary and/or general election ballots in my precinct since 2000. I would focus on how they have treated those who share my demographics. I would focus on how they have treated me in my roles as a Republican Precinct Committeeman since 1999, GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman 2005-2012, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce (WCC) Government Affairs Committee member 2003-2011, Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) webmaster 2008-2010 and 2000-2004, Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) Steering Committee member 2003-2007, and American Association of Political Consultants (AAPC) Midwest Chapter (MC) board member 2001-2003. In addition, I should also write a book about all those who have led MTRO, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, TAPROOT, WCC, ICRC, and AAPC MC since 2000. In addition, I should also write a book about those who have lead Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois since 2000.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20200414/what-makes-a-successful-politician

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Don’t muzzle the voices of the many: Give us truly fair maps A Fair Map should mean that we have individuals in our state legislature who represent the voices of the many. Unfortunately, the current Fair Map proposal is a scheme that would muzzle those voices. – STACY DAVIS GATES (DIERSEN: What do you say to those who hint/imply/argue/shout that the more preference that maps give members of the following groups, the more “fair” that those maps are to those groups: voters who are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/opinion/dont-muzzle-voices-many-give-us-truly-fair-maps

SUBURBAN CHICAGOLAND
— Municipalities Remain in Limbo Without Ruling from Attorney General on FOIA
https://suburbanchicagoland.com/2020/04/13/__trashed/

WSIL TV
— Illinois House Republicans demand unemployment system upgrades, Pritzker delivers timeline
https://wsiltv.com/2020/04/14/illinois-house-republicans-demand-unemployment-system-upgrades-pritzker-delivers-timeline/

FOX ILLINOIS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: To defeat Trump, Trump-haters want to delay reopening as long as possible.
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/doctors-point-to-4-elements-for-a-safe-reopening
— Abortion clinics: Pandemic boosts demand, heightens stress – AP
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/abortion-clinics-pandemic-boosts-demand-heightens-stress

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters say “Trump uses pandemic virus briefing to air laudatory video.”
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/trump-uses-pandemic-virus-briefing-to-air-laudatory-video/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters say “A Month After Emergency Declaration, Trump’s Promises Largely Unfulfilled.”
https://www.nprillinois.org/post/month-after-emergency-declaration-trumps-promises-largely-unfulfilled

POSITIVELY NAPERVILLE
— Worknet DuPage offers support from workers impacted by COVID-19
https://www.positivelynaperville.com/2020/04/13/worknet-dupage-offers-support-from-workers-impacted-by-covid-19/111951

PROBUBLICA ILLINOIS
— At Least 19 Children at a Chicago Shelter for Immigrant Detainees Have Tested Positive for COVID-19 A coronavirus outbreak at a Heartland Alliance facility on Chicago’s South Side may be the largest outbreak of the virus in any shelter for immigrant youth in the country. At least 19 children and two staff have tested positive. – Melissa Sanchez
https://www.propublica.org/article/at-least-19-children-at-a-chicago-shelter-for-immigrant-detainees-have-tested-positive-for-covid-19

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— Jack Franks made inappropriate communications of such a concern that he must be escorted at all times – JOHN KRAFT
https://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2020/04/jack-franks-made-inappropiate-communications-of-such-a-concern-that-he-must-be-escorted-at-all-times/

CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS
— House Republicans call for beefing up state’s unemployment system Pritzker says agency is coping with unprecedented number of jobless claims – PETER HANCOCK
https://www.capitolnewsillinois.com/NEWS/house-republicans-call-for-beefing-up-states-unemployment-system

CENTER SQUARE
— Mayors ask Illinois Attorney General for more time to respond to requests for public records – Brett Rowland
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/mayors-ask-illinois-attorney-general-for-more-time-to-respond-to-requests-for-public-records/article_ea329fe4-7da4-11ea-9b92-6bf98e7076ad.html

WIREPOINTS
— Illinois pension plans were running out of cash long before the Coronavirus hit – Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner
https://wirepoints.org/illinois-pension-plans-were-running-out-of-cash-long-before-the-coronavirus-hit-wirepoints/
— Illinois’ COVID-19 crisis: Daily data update for April 13th, 2020 – Wirepoints
https://wirepoints.org/illinois-covid-19-crisis-daily-data-update-wirepoints/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— ‘State decision’: Governors defy Trump with coronavirus pacts – David Sherfinski and Dave Boyer (DIERSEN: What do you say to activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc. who defy Trump to curry favor with Trump-haters?)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/apr/13/andrew-cuomo-gavin-newsom-democratic-governors-def/
— Trump counters coronavirus critics with campaign-style clip reel “THE MEDIA MINIMIZED THE RISK FROM THE START” – Tom Howell Jr. and David Sherfinski
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/apr/13/donald-trump-counters-media-coronavirus-critics-cl/

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— The Coronavirus Could Crush American Small Businesses – Charles Fain Lehman (DIERSEN: To defeat Trump, Trump-haters want to delay reopening as long as possible.)
https://freebeacon.com/coronavirus/the-coronavirus-could-crush-american-small-businesses/

GOPUSA
— What Price Victory — In The Coronavirus War? – Patrick J. Buchanan (DIERSEN: How close is America, Illinois, your county, your township, your municipality, your employer, your bank, your etc. to filing for bankruptcy?)
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=87502

BREITBART
— Arlington Heights Homeowner Pummels Masked Intrusion Suspect – AWR HAWKINS
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/04/13/homeowner-pummels-suspect/
— Majority of Democrats Want Bailout for Illegal Immigrant Poverty – NEIL MUNRO (DIERSEN: Democrats want “rich” Republicans, “rich” Independents, “rich” Libertarians, and “rich” Greens to give money to illegals.)
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/04/13/poll-majority-of-democrats-want-bailout-for-illegal-immigrant-poverty/

CONSERVATIVE HQ
— Why The Left Can Never Forgive Nor Forget Phyllis Schlafly – George Rasley
http://www.conservativehq.com/node/32315

MEDIA RESEARCH CENTER TV
— CNN UNHINGED: Trump and ‘Conservative Media’ ‘Created’ this ‘Mess’ – Nicholas Fondacaro (DIERSEN: Of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes hint/imply/argue/shout that articles linked my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails spread coronavirus.)
https://www.mrctv.org/videos/cnn-unhinged-trump-and-conservative-media-created-mess

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Employers Must Prepare Now as Legislature Passes Coronavirus Leave Bill (DIERSEN: This legislation will bankrupt most employers.)
https://www.natlawreview.com/article/employers-must-prepare-now-legislature-passes-coronavirus-leave-bill

EPOCH TIMES
— Democrats Would Rather Blame Trump Than China for the Pandemic – Roger L. Simon (DIERSEN: Who decides who should problems be blamed on in the following: your neighborhood, your precinct, your municipal district, your municipality, your township, your county, and Illinois? I should write a book about those who determine who should problems be blamed on in my neighborhood, my precinct, Wheaton’s West District, Wheaton, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Milton Township, DuPage County, Illinois, Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party. Those who assign blame have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout. I would focus on those blame assignors who are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.theepochtimes.com/democrats-would-rather-blame-trump-than-china-for-the-pandemic_3309825.html
— Province in China Prepares Thousands of Hospital Beds Amid New Wave of Infections – EVA FU
https://www.theepochtimes.com/province-in-china-prepares-thousands-of-hospital-beds-amid-new-wave-of-infections_3308312.html

THE HILL
— Illinois Democrats call on HHS to address racial health disparities – J. EDWARD MORENO (DIERSEN: What about other health disparities including gender, sexual orientation, age, citizenship status, liberal/moderate/conservative, political affiliation, national origin, religion, income, net worth, veteran status, rural/suburban/urban, homeowner/renter, parents’ health, length of time ancestors have been in America, BMI, etc.)
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/492618-illinois-democrats-call-on-hhs-to-address-racial-health-disparities

POLITICO
— Economic meltdown gives Democrats new hope in Texas A double whammy of the coronavirus shutdown and oil industry woes have Republicans in the state reeling. – CHRISTOPHER CADELAGO and RENUKA RAYASAM (DIERSEN: To defeat Trump, Trump-haters want to delay reopening as long as possible.)
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/04/13/economic-meltdown-democrats-hope-texas-184613
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Of course, Democrats will stop serological testing immediately if shows that members of protected groups (Trump-haters, illegals, non-citizens, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, RINOs, moderates, liberals, minorities, females, LGBTQers, non-Protestants, non-German Americans, non-veterans, non-gun owners, stoners, drinkers, gamblers, those who have criminal records, those who have less money than others, those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time, etc.) are more susceptible.
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/04/13/the-next-coronavirus-testing-debacle-184655
— Trump’s grand reopening council triggers a slew of new questions The president is establishing numerous committees to solicit feedback from businesses as he pushes to reopen the U.S. economy in the coming weeks. – NANCY COOK (DIERSEN: To defeat Trump, Trump-haters want to delay reopening as long as possible.)
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/04/13/trump-coronavirus-reopening-council-184927

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Voters reject Trump’s pick in chaotic Wisconsin court race – SCOTT BAUER and TODD RICHMOND (DIERSEN: To want extent do the Republican candidates on the November 3, 2020 ballot in your precinct want Trump’s endorsement?)
https://cbs4local.com/news/nation-world/voters-reject-trumps-pick-in-chaotic-wisconsin-court-race
— Health or wealth? Nations pressured to loosen virus rules (DIERSEN: To defeat Trump, Trump-haters want to delay reopening as long as possible.)
https://fox17.com/news/nation-world/health-or-wealth-nations-pressured-to-loosen-virus-rules

NBC NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats use coronavirus to turn Asian-Americans against Trump.
https://news.yahoo.com/biden-criticizes-trump-statement-against-224705264.html

NEW YORK TIMES
— New York, California and Other States Plan for Reopening as Coronavirus Crisis Eases – Reuters (DIERSEN: To defeat Trump, Trump-haters want to delay reopening as long as possible.)
https://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2020/04/13/us/13reuters-health-coronavirus-usa.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters promote hatred against individuals, against organizations, against companies, against governments, and against countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/13/opinion/protest-social-distancing-covid.html
— How the Virus Transformed the Way Americans Spend Their Money – Lauren Leatherby and David Gelles
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/04/11/business/economy/coronavirus-us-economy-spending.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters say “The Global Coronavirus Crisis Is Poised to Get Much, Much Worse.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/13/opinion/coronavirus-cases.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Republican-hater says “Republicans Don’t Want to Save Jobs.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/13/opinion/jobs-republicans-covid.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: “Progressives” want Biden to promise to use the federal government to get rid of all individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/13/us/politics/aoc-progressives-joe-biden.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: When Democrats take control of a state, county, township, or municipality, they destroy that state, county, township, or municipality. Just look at Illinois, Cook County, and Chicago. How soon will Democrats succeed in taking over and destroying DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton? What do you say to “Republican” politicians in Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton who hint/imply/argue/shout to get elected or reelected that they are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/13/us/virginia-democrats-new-laws.html

WASHINGTON POST
— More than 2,100 U.S. cities brace for budget shortfalls due to coronavirus, new survey finds, with many planning cuts and layoffs Report comes as White House and states continue to battle over how to address economic fallout – Tony Romm
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/04/14/cities-budget-cuts-coronavirus/
— The covid-19 pandemic has revealed another area of critical government underinvestment (government information technology) – Catherine Rampell
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-covid-19-pandemic-has-revealed-another-area-of-critical-government-underinvestment/2020/04/13/9757d534-7dc5-11ea-9040-68981f488eed_story.html
— Federal workers should get more coronavirus benefits, leading House Democrats say – Eric Yoder (DIERSEN: Overwhelmingly, federal employees and federal retirees are Democrats.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/federal-workers-should-get-more-coronavirus-benefits-leading-house-democrats-say/2020/04/13/190c6908-7dcd-11ea-a3ee-13e1ae0a3571_story.html
— Liberal groups launch ad campaign to counter Trump, GOP effort to woo black voters – Vanessa Williams
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/04/13/liberal-groups-launch-ad-campaign-combat-trump-gop-effort-woo-black-male-voters/
— A disaster brewed for years in the Postal Service. The coronavirus has engulfed it in crisis. – Charles Lane
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/a-disaster-brewed-for-years-in-the-postal-service-the-coronavirus-has-engulfed-it-in-crisis/2020/04/13/57ded354-7db0-11ea-9040-68981f488eed_story.html

USA TODAY
— Fake news about the coronavirus is hazardous to your health. Don’t fall for it – Dr. Thomas Ken Lew (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, all government and political news and commentary is fake except for the government and political news and commentary that they put out or bless. I should write a book about my critics/opponents who do not want me to include links to their articles in GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2020/04/13/coronavirus-fake-news-health-hazard-column/5132921002/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The Coronavirus Economic Reopening Will Be Fragile, Partial and Slow From airlines to car makers, companies are planning to gear up again. The new normal will look anything but. – Erich Schwartzel, Alison Sider and Heather Haddon (DIERSEN: To defeat Trump, Trump-haters want to delay reopening as long as possible.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-coronavirus-economic-reopening-will-be-fragile-partial-and-slow-11586800447
— Mexican Workers Hit by U.S. Lockdowns Struggle to Send Money Home Economic impact of coronavirus squeezes financial lifelines to families in Mexico – Alejandro Lazo and Robbie Whelan
https://www.wsj.com/articles/mexican-workers-hit-by-u-s-lockdowns-struggle-to-send-money-home-11586856600
— Reopening the Economy, at Last Governors and Trump can share credit if they do this the right way. – Editorial
https://www.wsj.com/articles/reopening-the-economy-at-last-11586819390
— The Young Will Reopen America – Bill Cassidy (DIERSEN: Of course, coronavirus will be used to promote age discrimination. Will the federal government officially announce that will terminate its employees who are Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who do not make GS-13 (currently $101,176) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $119,559) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $140,634) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $170,800) by age 40?)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-young-will-reopen-america-11586818429
— The Cure for News Burnout Hate polarization? Watch the network newscasts, not cable. – Stephen G. Smith (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents want everyone to read only what they put out or bless.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-cure-for-news-burnout-11586818368
— Amid Coronavirus, Republicans Embrace Big-Government Solutions Party orthodoxy has changed since 2008-09 rescue, and is changing again in current economic crisis – Gerald F. Seib
https://www.wsj.com/articles/amid-coronavirus-republicans-embrace-big-government-solutions-11586785874

BLOOMBERG
— IMF Says Great Lockdown Recession Likely Worst Since Depression – Eric Martin
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-04-14/imf-says-great-lockdown-recession-likely-worst-since-depression

FORBES
— Apparently, We Are All China Now – Kenneth Rapoza (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, all government and political news and commentary should be censored except for the government and political news and commentary that they put out or bless. I should write a book about my critics/opponents.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/kenrapoza/2020/04/13/apparently-we-are-all-china-now/#1c76bfd47e05
(FROM THE ARTICLE: One could say that the social media giants, including Facebook and Google, which owns YouTube, are just picking on right wingers. Not so fast! Twitter deleted a post by Nicolas Maduro, president of Venezuela, for recommending a natural remedy to fight the coronavirus a few days earlier. This type of censorship is unheard of in the U.S., though it is becoming more common thanks to those companies. Instead of government’s ordering the take down of something deemed misinformative or hateful, just three multinational companies are taking it upon themselves to remove content, acting in a manner not all that different from what the Communist Party of China (CCP) does to its locals. Going against the official narrative in China? You’re in trouble. China censorship is impacting the U.S. in other ways, not just from Twitter copy-catting the CCP’s editorial judgement. According to a report today by CNN, Beijing has ordered scientific labs and universities to pull down research articles about the new SARS virus from their websites. Beijing is censoring information following the U.S. government saying China has not been forthcoming with all of its insights on the origin, or the lethality of the bat-borne virus.)

WASHINGTON MONTHLY
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “Republicans are now trying to kill the post office and mail-in voting.” In your precinct, municipal district, municipality, township, and county, how many registered Republican voters did not vote in the March 17, 2020 Republican primary? Why didn’t they vote?
https://washingtonmonthly.com/2020/04/11/if-the-postal-service-dies-so-does-democracy/

NEWSWEEK
— CALIFORNIA MAYOR TO HAND OVER DUTIES AFTER COMPARING TRUMP VOTERS TO KKK ‘OUT OF FRUSTRATION’ OVER CORONAVIRUS RESPONSE – EWAN PALMER
https://www.newsweek.com/coronavirus-auburn-mayor-trump-kkk-california-1497694

VANITY FAIR
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “Trump Goes Full Authoritarian In Push to Reopen the U.S. ASAP.” To defeat Trump, Trump-haters want to delay reopening as long as possible.
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2020/04/trump-coronavirus-total-authority-reopen-economy

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— APRIL 19, 2018 FLASHBACK: 214 (45%) of DuPage County’s 471 elected Republican Precinct Committeemen attended the DuPage County Republican Central Committee (DCRCC) outstanding biannual county convention Wednesday evening, April 18, 2018, at the Jack Knuepfer Administration Building in Wheaton, and unanimously reelected Brian Krajewski as DCRCC Chairman and unanimously elected Paul Hinds as DCRCC Secretary. – Dave Diersen
https://gopillinois.com/uncategorized/april-19-morning-edition-2/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Program participants included Atkinson, Cronin, Cuzzone, Diersen, Durante, Elliott, Fitzpatrick, Grogan, Hakim, Hayden, Henry, Holder, Holz, Jackson, Kachiroubas, Keller, LeVan, Lollino, Mackay, Mendrick, McGowen, Minor, Morretti, Morrisey, Musson, Prater, Reboletti, Santucci, Schultz, Swatkowski, Throwbridge, Valle, Veenstra, Wehling, Wilkins, Wilson, and Yetski. Attendees include Anderson, Bohn, Bucholz, Carlson, Carlyle, Caruso, Crane, Dabrowski, Dangelo, Dillard, Eckhoff, Falbo, Furstenau, Given, Hart, Higgins, Hogan, Holan, Hundhausen, Khouri, Kmiecik, Larsen, Lewis, Lowe, Marchese, Monino, A. Murphy, Nathawani, Puchalski, Romano, Ryan, Sender, Shaw, Slinger, Tully, Vician, Yurgaitis, Zannis, Zay, Zegel, and Zito. Winfield Township had the best turnout of elected committeemen with 17 of 26 (65%), then Naperville Township with 15 of 27 (56%), then Milton Township with 41 of 76 (54%), then Downers Grove Township with 47 of 100 (47%), then Addison Township with 21 of 45 (47%), then Bloomingdale Township with 24 of 56 (43%), then Lisle Township with 15 of 37 (41%), then Wayne Township with 15 of 42 (36), and then York Township with 19 of 62 (31%).)

— APRIL 13, 2016 FLASHBACK: 241 (45%) of DuPage County’s 539 elected Republican Precinct Committeemen attended the DuPage County Republican Central Committee’s (DCRCC) biannual county convention Wednesday evening, April 13, 2016, at the Jack Knuepfer Administration Building in Wheaton, and unanimously elected Brian Krajewski as DCRCC Chairman and Chris Kachiroubas as DCRCC Secretary – Dave Diersen
https://gopillinois.com/uncategorized/april-18-evening-edition-2/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Attendees include Abbate, Anderson, Atkinson, Berlin, Blass, Boltz, Bond, Brennan, Bucholz, Canzolino, Carlson, Carlyle, Caruso, Crane, Cronin, Dabrowski, Dangelo, DiCianni, Dillard, Durante, Eckhoff, Elliott, Fawell, Fichtner, Fisher, Given, Grasso, Grant, Grimsby, Grogan, Healy, Henry, Hinds, Hois, Holan, Hundhausen, Keller, Khouri, Kmiecik, Kovacevic, Krzyzewski, Kubinski, Larsen, LeVan, Lewis, Lofgren, Loftus, Lowe, Malm, Marchese, Martinez, McGowen, McNeily, Mendrick, Minor, Muehlfelt, Murphy, Nathawani, Noonan, Olsen, Painter, Pollastrini, Puchalski, Redick, Reboletti, Ryan, Santucci, Schultz, Shaw, Slinger, Stern, Straub, Tornatore, Tornga, Valle, Veenstra, Wehling, Whelan, Wiley, Winger, Wozniak, Wurster, Yurgaitis, and Zay. Addison township had the best turnout of elected committeeman – 40 of 54 (74%), then Downers Grove with 53 of 105 (51%), then Lisle with 19 of 39 (49%), then Milton with 40 of 89 (45%), then Wayne with 21 of 49 (43%), then Naperville with 11 of 26 (43%), then York with 27 of 79 (34%), then Bloomingdale with 23 of 70 (33%), and then Winfield with 7 of 28 (25%).)

— APRIL 17, 2014 FLASHBACK: 284 (55%) of 517 elected Republican Precinct Committeemen attend; Ruscitti and Fawell reelected to lead the DuPage County Republican Party; Attendees include Bellock, Biggert, Breen, Bucholz, Cantore, Carlin, Cerne, Connelly, Cronin, Dillard, Fichtner, Grasso, Grant, Grogan, Hamilton, Healy, Henry, Hinds, Holan, Hultgren, Ives, Kachiroubas, King, Kleeman, Krajewski, Larsen, Lewis, Murphy, Noonan, Painter, Schillerstrom, Tornatore, Whelan, Wiley, Winger, Wozniak, Zannis, and Zaruba. – Dave Diersen
https://gopillinois.com/uncategorized/april-18-evening-edition-2/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: 284 (55%) of DuPage County’s 517 elected Republican Precinct Committeemen attended the DuPage County Republican Central Committee’s (DCRCC) biannual county convention Wednesday evening, April 16, 2014, at the Jack Knuepfer Administration Building in Wheaton, and unanimously reelected Darlene Ruscitti as DCRCC Chairman and Jeff Fawell as DCRCC Secretary.
– 59 of the 104 elected Republican Precinct Committeemen in Downers Grove Township attended including Bellock, Biggert, Dillard, Grogan, Krajewski, Olsen, and Painter
– 48 of the 90 in Milton Township attended including Bucholz, Carlson, Caruso, Cherry, Crane, Falbo, Fawell, Galvin, Grasso, Grant, Heidorn, Hinkle, Ives, Jacobsen, Keller, Krzyzewski, Larsen, Levan, Lofgren, McGowen, Molitor, Muehlfelt, Ryan, Shaw, Smith, Wagner, Wehling, and Zaruba
– 40 of the 64 in Bloomingdale Township attended including Dabrowski, Hundhausen, Levato, Ruscitti, and Tornatore
– 33 of the 55 in Addison Township attended including Durante, Kachiroubas, Moretti, Veenstra, and Winger
– 30 of the 67 in York Township attended including Breen, Cantore, Cronin, Fichtner, Hinds, Kordik, Ledonne, Stern, and Valle
– 25 of the 45 in Lisle Township attended including Carlin, Connelly, Loftus, Martinez, and Wozniak
– 23 of the 40 in Wayne Township attended including Marchese, Murphy, Pollastrini, Ramey, and Wiley
– 14 of the 34 in Naperville Township attended including Carlyle, Dixon, Fee, Furstenau, Healy, Schillerstrom, Vician, and Yurgaitis
– 12 of the 18 in Winfield Township attended including Brown, Hultgren, Johnson, Tornga, and Zegel
Attendees also included Anderson, Bond, Cattoni, Cerne, Colgan, Dorgan, Dusza, Filipello, Hamilton, Henry, Holan, Jatczak, Kain, King, Kmiecik, Lewis, Morrissey, Noonan, Puchalski, Salerno, Schroeder, Trowbridge, Whelan, Wilkins, and Zannis.)

April 13 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Coronavirus Illinois: COVID-19 death toll nears 800, 22K total cases statewide; Gov. JB Pritzker defends unemployment claims handling – Craig Wall, Liz Nagy and Jessica D’Onofrio
https://abc7chicago.com/health/illinois-covid-19-death-toll-nears-800-22k-total-cases-pritzker-says/6099158/
— Chicago election worker who staffed March IL primary dies after contracting COVID-19 – Cate Cauguiran
https://abc7chicago.com/health/chicago-election-worker-dies-after-contracting-covid-19/6100339/
— President Trump’s reelection campaign sues Wisconsin TV station over critical ad – AP
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/trump-campaign-sues-wisconsin-tv-station-over-critical-ad/6100267/
— Trump says he and Fauci are on the same page amid criticism over talk of reopening country
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/trump-says-he-and-fauci-are-on-the-same-page/6099161/
— Trump administration wants delay in 2020 census due to coronavirus – AP
https://abc7chicago.com/society/officials-want-delay-in-2020-census-due-to-coronavirus/6100483/

NBC5
— Will Illinois’ Stay-at-Home Order be Extended? Lightfoot Says Likely, Pritzker Says It’s Complicated Gov. J.B. Pritzker insisted Monday he wants to lift the order “as soon as possible”
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/will-illinois-stay-at-home-order-be-extended-mayor-lightfoot-says-likely-gov-pritzker-says-its-complicated/2255113/
— Pritzker Lays Out 3 Key Milestones For Illinois to Ease COVID-19 Restrictions
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/coronavirus/pritzker-lays-out-3-key-developments-that-could-move-illinois-toward-easing-covid-19-restrictions/2255234/

CBS2
— Multiple Chicago Primary Poll Workers, Voters Later Fell Ill With COVID-19, One Poll Worker Died
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2020/04/13/poll-worker-who-was-on-duty-on-south-side-for-march-17-primary-dies-of-coronavirus/
— Workers, Illinois Lawmakers Take Issue With Continued Problems With Unemployment Computer System
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2020/04/13/workers-illinois-lawmakers-take-issue-with-continued-problems-with-unemployment-computer-system/
— Clerks Set To Count Votes In Messy Wisconsin Election – AP
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2020/04/13/clerks-set-to-count-votes-in-messy-wisconsin-election/

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Election officials notifying Chicago voters of possible COVID-19 exposure
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/election-officials-notifying-chicago-voters-of-possible-covid-19-exposure
— Chicago Police Department COVID-19 cases now at 200
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago-police-department-covid-19-cases-now-at-200
— Judge orders McHenry County Health Department to turn over COVID-19 patient data to first responders
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/judge-orders-mchenry-county-health-department-to-turn-over-covid-19-patient-data-to-first-responders
— Republicans, Pritzker spar over Illinois unemployment system overload
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/republicans-pritzker-spar-over-illinois-unemployment-system-overload

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Chicago Mayor Lightfoot predicts stay-at-home order will extend into May – Nic Flosi
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago-mayor-lightfoot-predicts-stay-at-home-order-will-extend-into-may

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Coronavirus in Illinois updates: 1,173 new known COVID-19 cases and 74 more deaths reported, as Lightfoot expects state’s stay-at-home order to extend into May
https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-coronavirus-pandemic-chicago-illinois-news-20200413-tqhhslsw4jekfjqlkrx6byipwe-story.html
— Addressing unemployment claims mess, Gov. J.B. Pritzker promises computer upgrades; House GOP leader says ‘this was an avoidable problem’ – DAN PETRELLA and JAMIE MUNKS
https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-coronavirus-illinois-unemployment-pritzker-20200413-jz5ziwunkzcajgyyw32qbjti2i-story.html
— With conventions canceled, historic sites closed and the Illinois General Assembly not meeting, coronavirus deals Springfield a severe economic blow – JAMIE MUNKS
https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-springfield-economy-coronavirus-20200413-hu6vwm3cqfh5xkag64xjdqdaqq-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “King Trump decrees that he will decide when states reopen, sowing confusion — which is the point.”
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/rex-huppke/ct-coronavirus-trump-states-governors-reopen-10th-amendment-huppke-20200413-riborwa66bdctdjhfooq7b3vq4-story.html
— Naperville coronavirus update — number of Naperville cases nearing 100; 15 deaths in Will, DuPage counties since Saturday – SUZANNE BAKER and ERIN HEGARTY
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-nvs-naperville-coronavirus-update-st-0415-20200413-dcp2mrrhnrhtvhzkn7da6ilqta-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters say “Trump’s disdain for ‘Obamacare’ could hamper virus response.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/coronavirus/2020/4/13/21219601/trumps-disdain-for-obamacare-could-hamper-virus-response-affordable-care-act-coronavirus-covid-19
— 1 in 3 Chicago Public Schools students start remote learning without computers Of the 100,000 computers and tablets CPS officials said would be distributed for kids to use at home, 11,000 were handed out by Monday. – Nader Issa (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents would stress that I bought my first computer system, an IBM PC, in the early 1980s.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/coronavirus/2020/4/13/21219694/cps-chicago-public-schools-students-remote-learning-technology-laptops
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Virus fuels pot industry’s push for online sales, delivery It’s one of several signs emerging from the virus outbreak of just how far ingrained marijuana has become in mainstream life in several states. – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/cannabis/2020/4/13/21219867/virus-fuels-pot-industrys-push-for-online-sales-delivery-coronavirus-covid-19-weed
— ‘Mrs. America’ portrays Phyllis Schlafly as a savvy woman of steel Cate Blanchett steers clear of caricature in playing the foe of feminism who helped stop the Equal Rights Amendment. – Richard Roeper
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/4/13/21218219/mrs-america-review-phyllis-schlafly-fx-hulu-cate-blanchett
— Gov. Pritzker fails to plan for Illinois recovery after pandemic — and residents panic As we work together to contain the spread of COVID-19, we must also have an open and active conversation about ensuring Illinois’ economic recovery is as strong as possible. – John Tillman, CEO, Illinois Policy Institute
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/4/13/21219840/j-b-pritzker-covid-19-coronavirus-illinois-economy-policy-institute-john-tillman
— Illinois self-employed, gig workers will get jobless benefits starting May 11 Upgrading the overwhelmed Illinois Department of Employment Security is a “work in progress,” Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker said. – Lynn Sweet, Tina Sfondeles, and Neal Earley
https://chicago.suntimes.com/coronavirus/2020/4/13/21219859/illinois-self-employed-gig-workers-will-get-jobless-benefits-starting-may-11-gov-pritzker

DAILY HERALD
— State’s daily briefing: Pritzker touts changes to unemployment processing – Jake Griffin
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200413/states-daily-briefing-pritzker-touts-changes-to-unemployment-processing
— Rivers Casino furloughs most of its employees, cut others’ salaries – Richard Klicki
https://www.dailyherald.com/business/20200413/rivers-casino-furloughs-most-of-its-employees-cut-others-salaries
— Tollway losing millions with traffic drop, but not ready to curtail construction – Marni Pyke
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200413/tollway-losing-millions-with-traffic-drop-but-not-ready-to-curtail-construction
— DuPage could waive late fees on property taxes – Robert Sanchez
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200413/dupage-could-waive-late-fees-on-property-taxes
— State moving 200 people from Aurora homeless shelter into hotel – Katlyn Smith
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200413/state-moving-200-people-from-aurora-homeless-shelter-into-hotel
— April 13 COVID-19 cases per county, some towns, and how to search by ZIP code.
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200413/april-13-covid-19-cases-per-county-some-towns-and-how-to-search-by-zip-code

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Pritzker hit over COVID unemployment response Political squabbling erupts over why it’s been so hard to file for jobless benefits and whether essential workers who fall ill should automatically get workers’ comp. – GREG HINZ
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/greg-hinz-politics/pritzker-hit-over-covid-unemployment-response
— Which Chicago hotels will flunk the COVID stress test? Some well-known establishments are among the most vulnerable, and many others face a grim outlook and difficult conversations with lenders in coming months. – ALBY GALLUN
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/commercial-real-estate/which-chicago-hotels-will-flunk-covid-stress-test

HERALD & REVIEW
— Illinois essential employees guaranteed workers’ compensation during pandemic – BEN ORNER
https://herald-review.com/news/state-and-regional/illinois-essential-employees-guaranteed-workers-compensation-during-pandemic/article_4796a4f6-3608-5c09-8b85-83d473cdce43.html

DEKALB DAILY CHRONICLE
— Pritzker: Illinois received more unemployment claims in 5 weeks than all of 2019 Illinois unemployment claims 5 times higher than 2008 recession – SEAN HAMMOND
https://www.daily-chronicle.com/2020/04/13/pritzker-illinois-received-more-unemployment-claims-in-5-weeks-than-all-of-2019/an3rsy7/

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— Coronavirus will make this tight southwestern Illinois race for Congress even tighter – KELSEY LANDIS
https://www.bnd.com/news/politics-government/article241915706.html

FOX ILLINOIS
— Trump declares it will be his decision, not Governors, on when to reopen states – SCOTT THUMAN
https://foxillinois.com/news/coronavirus/trump-declares-it-will-be-his-decision-not-governors-on-when-to-reopen-states

CHICAGO HEIGHTS PATCH
— Election Judge Hospitalized After Primary Dies Of Coronavirus Why switch to all mail-in voting? Five days after primary, election worker drove himself to hospital, died from coronavirus. – Mark Konkol
https://patch.com/illinois/chicagoheights/s/h2y9v/poll-judge-hospitalized-5-days-after-election-died-of-coronavirus

CHICAGO NOW
— Trump is not wrong for calling SARS-CoV-2 the Chinese virus – Bob Abrams
http://www.chicagonow.com/chicago-board-tirade/2020/04/trump-coronavirus-2/

DUPAGE COUNTY
— DuPage County Board to Host Virtual Board Meeting at 10:00 AM Tuesday, April 14, 2020
https://www.dupageco.org/Content.aspx?id=62714

CENTER FOR ILLINOIS POLITICS
— COVID – 19’s Impact on the IL State Budget – Wagner Acerbi Horta, Brendan Rigney
https://www.centerforilpolitics.org/articles/covid-19s-impact-on-the-il-state-budget-2

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— What Could Motorcycle Helmets Have to Do with Re-Opening the Economy?
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/04/13/what-do-motorcycle-helmets-have-to-do-with-re-opening-the-economy/
— Topinka Campaign Fund Has $656,253.92
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/04/13/topinka-campaign-fund-has-656253-92/
— Pritzker Plays Catch-Up on Unemployment Comp SNAFU
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/04/13/pritzker-plays-catch-up-on-unemployment-comp-snafu/
— Hospital Utilization Shows Exaggerated Alarm on Gov. Pritzker’s Part
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/04/13/hospital-utilization-shows-exaggerated-alarm-on-gov-pritzkers-part/
— McHenry Township GOP Says It Has Over $2,800
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/04/13/mchenry-township-gop-says-it-has-over-2800/
— Illinois Is Now Number 1 in Property Tax Burden
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/04/13/illinois-is-now-number-1-in-property-tax-burden/

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Exploiting a Pandemic to Ban Church – Laurie Higgins
https://illinoisfamily.org/religious/exploiting-a-pandemic-to-ban-church/

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— ILLINOIS SCHEDULED TO GIVE $261M IN AUTOMATIC PAY RAISES TO STATE WORKERS – Mailee Smith
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/illinois-scheduled-to-give-261m-in-automatic-pay-raises-to-state-workers/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— POT SHOPS AREN’T ‘ESSENTIAL’ BUSINESSES. FEDERAL DOLLARS SHOULDN’T GO TO PUSHERS.
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2020/04/pot-shops-arent-essential-businesses-federal-dollars-shouldnt-go-to-pushers.html
— THORNER/INGOLD: IF YOU’RE QUIET, YOU CAN HEAR THE GOAL POSTS MOVING
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2020/04/thorneringold-if-youre-quiet-you-can-hear-the-goal-posts-moving.html

CAPITOL FAX
— House Republicans slam Pritzker’s IDES response, claim lack of communication, even arrogance with legislators
https://capitolfax.com/2020/04/13/house-republicans-slam-pritzkers-ides-response-claim-lack-of-communication-even-arrogance-with-legislators/
— Pritzker administration outlines steps taken to process unemployment claims
https://capitolfax.com/2020/04/13/pritzker-administration-outlines-steps-taken-to-process-unemployment-claims/
— Pritzker outlines IDES issues – Praises IDES workers – Dr. Ezike says workers’ comp can help with financial impact – INA claims some hospitals fighting with nurses over workers’ comp – Again points out he didn’t have the authority to cancel an election – Returns fire on Republicans – Explains why reporters omitted from workers’ comp list
https://capitolfax.com/2020/04/13/pritzker-outlines-ides-issues/
— 1,173 new cases, 74 additional deaths – 22,025 total cases, 794 total deaths
https://capitolfax.com/2020/04/13/1173-new-cases-74-additional-deaths-22025-total-cases-794-total-deaths/
— Monday COVID-19 roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2020/04/13/monday-covid-19-roundup/
— New workers’ comp rule slammed by business groups
https://capitolfax.com/2020/04/13/new-workers-comp-rule-slammed-by-business-groups/
— Support For Fair Maps Gains Momentum (DIERSEN: What do you say to those who hint/imply/argue/shout that the more preference that maps give members of the following groups, the more “fair” that those maps are to those groups: voters who are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
https://capitolfax.com/2020/04/13/upport-for-fair-maps-gains-momentum/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Trump warned of small-business revolt if economy not opened soon – Rob Crilly
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/trump-warned-of-small-business-revolt-if-economy-not-opened-soon
— Top coronavirus forecaster warns of ‘rebound’ if country reopens May 1 – Daniel Chaitin
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/top-coronavirus-forecaster-warns-of-rebound-if-country-reopens-may-1
— Top sheriff: Illegal immigrants released over COVID-19 will disappear – Paul Bedard
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/washington-secrets/top-sheriff-illegal-immigrants-released-over-covid-19-will-disappear

ACCURACY IN MEDIA
— PBS reporter Yamiche Alcindor accuses US Surgeon General Jerome Adams of racism – Spencer Irvine
https://www.aim.org/aim-column/pbs-reporter-accuses-us-surgeon-general-of-racism/

BREITBART
— Trump Derangement Pandemic – David Horowitz
https://www.breitbart.com/the-media/2020/04/13/david-horowitz-trump-derangement-pandemic/
— Obama: DACA Illegal Aliens Deserve Amnesty During Coronavirus Crisis – JOHN BINDER
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/04/13/obama-daca-illegal-aliens-deserve-amnesty-during-coronavirus-crisis/

DAILY SIGNAL
— Could COVID-19 Have Come From Chinese Lab? 4 Things to Know – Fred Lucas
https://www.dailysignal.com/2020/04/12/could-covid-19-have-come-from-chinese-lab-4-things-to-know/
— Democrats Across Country Fight for Coronavirus Aid to Illegal Aliens – Jason Hopkins
https://www.dailysignal.com/2020/04/13/democrats-across-country-fight-for-coronavirus-aid-to-illegal-aliens/

NEWSMAX
— Dems Plan to Use COVID-19 to Steal 2020 Elections – Michael Dorstewitz
https://www.newsmax.com/michaeldorstewitz/coronavirus-2020elections/2020/04/13/id/962564/

PJ MEDIA
— No, the United States Does Not Lead the World in Coronavirus Cases or Deaths – MATT MARGOLIS
https://pjmedia.com/trending/no-the-united-states-does-not-lead-the-world-in-coronavirus-cases-or-deaths/
— Trump Campaign Slams SPLC’s ‘Division and Fearmongering’ Amid Coronavirus Crisis – TYLER O’NEIL
https://pjmedia.com/trending/trump-campaign-slams-splcs-division-and-fearmongering-amid-coronavirus-crisis/

TOWNHALL
— Border Security Is Coronavirus Security – Brandon Judd
https://townhall.com/columnists/brandonjudd/2020/04/13/border-security-is-coronavirus-security-n2566835
— Anti-Trump Media’s Latest Salvo at the White House over Wuhan Coronavirus Shows Why Their Trust Is in the Toilet – Matt Vespa Matt Vespa
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2020/04/13/media-watchdog-surgically-dissects-latest-shoddy-claim-by-anti-trump-media-about-n2566826

ONE NEWS NOW
— Media outlets cover up for Dems on COVID-19 bill – Michael F. Haverluck
https://onenewsnow.com/media/2020/04/11/media-outlets-cover-up-for-dems-on-covid-19-bill

AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE
— When Snitches Become Monsters The coronavirus lockdowns are putting our entire social fiber at risk. – BILL WIRTZ
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/when-snitches-become-monsters/
— Trump Vs. The Virus: If He Wins, Biden’s A Goner The Dems say the president is failing us, but they’re nominating a guy who has nothing else to offer. – Peter Van Buren
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/trump-vs-the-virus-if-he-wins-bidens-a-goner/
— Can Trump Save The Economy Without Reviving The Virus? The crucial decision Trump will make is to choose the exact moment to reopen the country and the economy. – PATRICK BUCHANAN
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/buchanan/can-trump-save-the-economy-without-reviving-the-virus/
— Are We Entering A New Era Of State Nullification? It’s the governors versus Washington, as America wages fifty different wars against a virus that knows no borders. – MARK PERRY
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/are-we-entering-a-new-era-of-state-nullification/

LIFE SITE NEWS
— Doctors Suggest Denying Ventilators to Coronavirus Patients Who are Elderly or Disabled – CHARLES S. LIMANDRI
https://www.lifenews.com/2020/04/13/doctors-suggest-denying-ventilators-to-coronavirus-patients-who-are-elderly-or-disabled/

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Coronavirus Authoritarianism Is Getting Out of Hand – DAVID HARSANYI
https://www.nationalreview.com/2020/04/coronavirus-authoritarianism-is-getting-out-of-hand/

EPOCH TIMES
— Releasing Illegals Because of Virus Fears Hurts Society – MATTHEW VADUM
https://www.theepochtimes.com/releasing-illegals-due-to-virus-fears-hurts-society-panel-says_3310699.html

THE HILL
— Trump uses coronavirus briefing to fire back at critics – BRETT SAMUELS
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/492604-trump-uses-coronavirus-briefing-to-fire-back-at-critics-of-his?rnd=1586817362
— Trump claims he, not governors, has authority on opening state economies – MORGAN CHALFANT
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/492503-trump-claims-he-not-governors-has-authority-on-opening-state
— Fauci at center of conservative storm – BRETT SAMUELS AND MORGAN CHALFANT (DIERSEN: Trump-haters love it when anyone says anything that they can use against Trump.)
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/492525-fauci-at-center-of-conservative-storm
— Fauci offers support for Trump, saying he backed social distancing after first recommendation – MORGAN CHALFANT
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/492599-fauci-offers-support-for-trump-saying-he-backed-social-distancing

SAN FRANCISCO BEE
— California mayor shares coronavirus meme comparing Trump supporters to KKK, stirs outrage – MICHAEL MCGOUGH AND SAM STANTON
https://www.sacbee.com/news/local/article241969761.html

FORBES
— Trump Campaign Facebook Ad Strategy: Paint Biden As A Socialist – Jack Brewster
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jackbrewster/2020/04/13/trump-campaign-facebook-ad-strategy-paint-biden-as-a-socialist/#28d3033c322f

NEWSWEEK
— CHINA IS CENSORING RESEARCH ON COVID-19 ORIGINS, DELETED PAGE ON WUHAN UNIVERSITY WEBSITE b- JASON LEMON
https://www.newsweek.com/china-censoring-research-covid-19-origins-deleted-page-wuhan-university-website-suggests-1497467
— The Pollsters Got It Wrong When Trump Took on Hillary in 2016. Can You Trust Them This Time? – SAM HILL
https://www.newsweek.com/pollsters-got-it-wrong-when-trump-took-hillary-2016-can-you-trust-them-this-time-1497088

WASHINGTON MONTHLY
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters say “Here’s How Much Trump’s Mishandling of COVID-19 Will Cost the Economy.”
https://washingtonmonthly.com/2020/04/13/heres-how-much-trumps-mishandling-of-covid-will-cost-the-economy/

NEW REPUBLIC
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “How Trump and Xi set the stage for the coronavirus pandemic.”
https://newrepublic.com/article/157118/trump-xi-jinping-america-china-blame-coronavirus-pandemic
— Bailouts Won’t Save Economy. More Coronavirus Tests Will. Congress needs to get serious about ramping up widespread testing if it wants to prevent a brutal downturn. – BEN ADLER
https://newrepublic.com/article/157271/bailouts-wont-save-economy-coronavirus-tests-will

April 11 Morning Edition

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Trump: ‘Lamestream Media,’ Democrats, and ‘the few remaining RINO’S’ are trying to stop coronavirus briefings – Mike Brest (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who have worked the hardest since 2000 a) to stop me from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails and b) to stop everyone from reading those emails. I would focus on those who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton’s West District, Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois. I would focus on those who falsely claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/trump-lamestream-media-democrats-and-the-few-remaining-rinos-are-trying-to-stop-coronavirus-briefings

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

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

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

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

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

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

TOWNHALL
— Cracking Down on the Faithful Is No Way to Fight a Pandemic – Jenny Beth Martin
https://townhall.com/columnists/jennybethmartin/2020/04/11/cracking-down-on-the-faithful-is-no-way-to-fight-a-pandemic-n2566651
— Washington Post’s ‘Conservative’ Writer Is Now Just Beyond Parody After Her Last Tweet About Trump – Matt Vespa (DIERSEN: What do you say to those who claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican, but who promote dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, abolition of the First and Second Amendments, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and/or retaliation for opposing the aforesaid?)
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2020/04/10/the-washington-posts-conservative-writer-is-now-just-beyond-parody-after-her-l-n2566681

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

April 10 Evening Edition

WHITE HOUSE
— We are beating this virus. Keep up the fight!
https://www.whitehouse.gov/1600daily/

ABC7
— Coronavirus Update: White House points to hopeful signs as deaths keep rising – AP
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/white-house-points-to-hopeful-signs-as-deaths-keep-rising/6092585/
— Coronavirus Illinois: Secretary of State extends expiration dates for driver’s licenses, more due to COVID-19
https://abc7chicago.com/illinois-secretary-of-state-drivers-license-extension-vehicle-registration/6092661/
— Coronavirus Illinois: Pritzker promises more COVID-19 prevention for African Americans disproportionately affected – Craig Wall, Eric Horng and Jessica D’Onofrio
https://abc7chicago.com/health/illinois-covid-19-death-toll-nears-600/6092991/
— More than half of Americans wear masks as coronavirus’ new normal takes hold: POLL – KENDALL KARSON
https://abc7chicago.com/more-than-half-of-americans-wear-masks-as-coronavirus-new-normal-takes-hold-poll/6092357/

NBC5
— Illinois Coronavirus: Total Number of Cases Reaches 17,887 With 596 Deaths Cases have been reported in more than 80 of Illinois’ 102 counties
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/illinois-coronavirus-total-number-of-cases-reaches-17877-with-596-deaths/2253884/
— Illinois Coronavirus Updates: 1,465 New Cases, Easter Warning, COVID-19 Texts
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/illinois-coronavirus-updates-chicago-neighborhood-has-highest-total-cpd-cases-rise/2253630/

CBS2
— Chicago City Council Meeting On April 15 To Be Held Via Videoconference
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2020/04/10/city-council-meeting-april-15-videoconference/
— Lightfoot: More than 2,200 Beds Ready At McCormick Place For COVID-19 Patients
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2020/04/10/lightfoot-more-than-2200-beds-ready-at-mccormick-place-for-covid-19/

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Illinois COVID-19 cases rise to 17,887; total number of deaths nearly 600
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/illinois-covid-19-cases-rise-to-17887-total-number-of-deaths-nearly-600
— Trump vows coronavirus-wrecked economy will ‘bounce’ back despite record jobless numbers – Andrew O’Reilly
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/trump-vows-coronavirus-wrecked-economy-will-bounce-back-despite-record-jobless-numbers

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Libertarian Illinois Policy Institute wants a timeline for reopening businesses that’s just not possible “They need to stop lying to people about what’s at stake in this crisis,” responds a spokesperson for Gov. J.B. Pritzker. – Rich Miller
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2020/4/10/21217035/rich-miller-coronavirus-illinois-policy-institute-pritzker-suntimes
— COVID-19 tests: What it feels like to have one Testing is still limited to screened patients, medical professionals, first-responders — and White House visitors. But it’s expected to become more widely available. – Stephanie Zimmermann
https://chicago.suntimes.com/coronavirus/2020/4/10/21216845/coronavirus-covid19-abbott-rapid-swab-test-nose-nasal-how-it-feels-jayant-pinto-molly-erickson

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Pritzker vows to step up COVID fight in African-American community In the wake of reports that people of color are hardest hit in the coronavirus outbreak, the governor laid out plans to step up testing and prevention efforts with the help of several community leaders. – GREG HINZ (DIERSEN: How vulnerable are the residents of your neighborhood, your precinct, your municipal district, your municipality, and your county? Why are they more vulnerable? What makes you more vulnerable? For me, it is my being 71 years old, having not-in-control type 2 diabetes, and being obese (BMI-31).)
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/greg-hinz-politics/pritzker-vows-step-covid-fight-african-american-community
— Pandemic puts medical ethics to real-world test Hospital ethicists leave hypotheticals behind. – STEPHANIE GOLDBERG
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/health-care/pandemic-puts-medical-ethics-real-world-test
— 9,000-plus businesses to get billions in rescue loans via just two local banks Wintrust and CIBC Bank U.S. have secured SBA approval to provide $5 billion in cash to local businesses struggling to survive the stay-at-home period. – STEVE DANIELS
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/finance-banking/9000-plus-businesses-get-billions-rescue-loans-just-two-local-banks
— COVID times will make for full dockets The pandemic promises to spur virtually all litigation arenas. But “nobody knows how the general public is going to process this virus and how they’re going to view litigation.” – STEVEN R. STRAHLER
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/law/lawyers-will-have-their-hands-full-during-pandemic

DAILY HERALD
— Pritzker: Start thinking about a summer with no festivals – Jake Griffin
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200409/pritzker-start-thinking-about-a-summer-with-no-festivals

NORTHWEST HERALD
— Renewal deadlines for gun owners extended – Rebecca Anzel
https://www.nwherald.com/2020/04/10/renewal-deadlines-for-gun-owners-extended/afq9ybc/

SUBURBAN CHICAGOLAND
— Pritzker’s dystopian “Afraid New World” strategy Gov. Pritzker continues to hold his daily press conferences to update the public on the coronavirus, sometimes with Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot. And while they speak to the issues of fighting the virus, including social distancing, stay at home orders, and more, too often Pritzker and Lightfoot instead use the briefings to launch political attacks against President Trump, instead of seeking to bring the country together at a time of major crisis – Ray Hanania
https://suburbanchicagoland.com/2020/04/10/pritzkers-dystopian-afraid-new-world-strategy/

FOX ILLINOIS
— Barr says Russia probe was started ‘without basis’ – AP
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/barr-says-russia-probe-was-started-without-basis

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— ILLINOIS MOVES CLOSER TO BECOMING FIRST ‘JUNK’ STATE WITH NEGATIVE CREDIT OUTLOOK – Adam Schuster
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/illinois-moves-closer-to-becoming-first-junk-state-with-negative-credit-outlook/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— ILLINOIS STATE POLICE EXTENDS FOID CARD AND CCL EXPIRATION DURING COVID-19 OUTBREAK
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2020/04/illinois-state-police-extends-foid-card-and-ccl-expiration-during-covid-19-outbreak.html

CAPITOL FAX
— 1,465 new cases, 68 additional deaths
https://capitolfax.com/2020/04/10/1465-new-cases-68-additional-deaths/
— Pritzker unveils new PSA – More tests in African-American communities – Federal contracts extended on two drive-through sites – $51 million from feds for community health centers – Rapid test machine distribution includes state DD facilities, prisons – Issues new guidance on vulnerable populations – Housing program announced – COVID-19 equity team formed at IDPH – Mortality rates among blacks in their 70s ten times higher than whites the same age – State needs to do more testing – “Merely suggesting” people reconsider large gatherings – Comments on death of CPD officer – “We’ll deliver” if first responders can’t get PPE – Not poaching Chicago-area workers for McCormick Place – Talks about projections – Surprised a community health center closed – Urges people to stay home at Easter – Curve is flattening, but not yet bending downward – Talks about testing in rural counties – Asked how he celebrated Passover
https://capitolfax.com/2020/04/10/pritzker-unveils-new-psa/
— “The staff is desperate for this protective gear”
https://capitolfax.com/2020/04/10/the-staff-is-desperate-for-this-protective-gear/
— COVID-19 roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2020/04/10/covid-19-roundup-16/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Illinois governor grants commutations amid pandemic – AP
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/apr/10/illinois-governor-grants-commutations-amid-pandemi/
— Trump: Death toll should be ‘substantially’ lower than 100K in early model Cites signs of progress in NY, says Detroit and New Orleans are ‘stabilizing’ – Tom Howell Jr. and David Sherfinski
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/apr/10/trump-says-death-toll-should-be-substantially-lowe/
— FBI sabotaged Trump’s presidency: Barr – Rowan Scarborough (DIERSEN: I should write a book about my Democrat superiors who sabotaged my career in the federal government. They would say that they only did what Democrat elected officials wanted them to do.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/apr/10/fbi-sabotaged-trumps-presidency-barr/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Republican pressure on Trump to reopen the economy grows – David M. Drucker
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/republican-pressure-on-trump-to-reopen-the-economy-grows
— IRS rolls out web portal for nontax filers to receive $1,200 recovery payments – Jay Heflin
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/irs-rolls-out-web-portal-for-nontax-filers-to-receive-1-200-recovery-payments
— Coronavirus is shutting down illegal immigration
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/coronavirus-is-shutting-down-illegal-immigration

GOPUSA
— China, Media Allies Spread Coronavirus Disinformation (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.)
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=87398
— Mitt Romney, Others Demand Trump Explain Firing Of Intelligence Inspector General (DIERSEN: What if my Republican U.S. Senators and my Republican U.S. Representatives had demanded that my Democrat GAO, IRS, and Post Office superiors explain the adverse actions that they took against me?)
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=87378

BREITBART
— CBP Turned Back 10K Migrants Under Coronavirus Policy – BOB PRICE
https://www.breitbart.com/border/2020/04/10/wapo-cbp-turned-back-10k-migrants-under-coronavirus-policy/

BLAZE
— Church members get $500 tickets for sitting in their vehicles with windows closed during radio service in church parking lot – DAVE URBANSKI
https://www.theblaze.com/news/church-members-get-500-tickets-for-sitting-in-their-vehicles-with-windows-closed-during-radio-service-in-church-parking-lot
— Chicago mayor says blacks are dying at alarming rate because of a myth about coronavirus The myth of black immunity has spread like wildfire on social media – Carlos Garcia
https://www.theblaze.com/news/chicago-mayor-says-myth-is-killing-blacks-of-coronavirus

DAILY WIRE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: The Republican-hating Carville says Republicans “Will Kill People To Stay In Power, Literally.”
https://www.dailywire.com/news/carville-republicans-will-kill-people-to-stay-in-power-literally

NEWSMAX
— Trump Touts Lower Death Toll Predictions – Marisa Herman
https://www.newsmax.com/us/Institute-for-Health-Metrics/2020/04/09/id/962155/

TOWNHALL
— Poll Suggests Media’s Efforts Promoting Chinese Talking Points Are Failing Miserably – Leah Barkoukis (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents destroy those who do not promote their taking points. I should write a book about my critics/opponents.)
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/leahbarkoukis/2020/04/10/americans-poll-china-coronavirus-n2566621

LIFE SITE NEWS
— Chicago Catholics pray outside cathedral on Good Friday to protest church closings during COVID-19 Event organizer Lisa Bergman said they that if shopping centers and liquor stores were open then churches should be as well. – Stephen Kokx
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/chicago-catholics-pray-outside-cathedral-to-show-churches-must-be-considered-essential-during-covid-19

THE HILL
— Public health officials push back on May opening – NATHANIEL WEIXEL
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/492293-public-health-officials-push-back-on-may-opening
— Trump calls decision on reopening US the biggest of his life – MORGAN CHALFANT AND BRETT SAMUELS
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/492279-trump-calls-decision-on-reopening-us-the-biggest-of-his-life
— Surgeon General: Most of US won’t be ready to open by May 1 – MORGAN CHALFANT
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/492198-surgeon-general-most-of-us-wont-be-ready-to-open-by-may-1
— The federal government must operate within its means – SHEILA A. WEINBERG
https://thehill.com/opinion/finance/492161-the-federal-government-must-live-within-its-means

POLITICO
— Unemployment surpasses Great Recession levels – REBECCA RAINEY
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/morning-shift/2020/04/10/unemployment-surpasses-great-recession-levels-786769

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters say “Confirmed coronavirus death toll has reached 100,000 worldwide” and “Trump’s push to reopen U.S. economy spurs worries over resurgence of infections.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2020/04/09/coronavirus-latest-news/
— Trump hates inspectors general. But they’re the best way to drain the swamp. Trump’s assault on inspectors general betrays conservative values. – Jonathan Bydlak (DIERSEN: All the audits of all the federal agencies that I worked on for GAO 1980-1997 required coordination with those agency’s inspector generals. I worked on audits of federal financial institution regulators for almost 9 years, on audits of IRS for 3 years, and on audits of many other federal agencies, including Railroad Retirement Board, Department of Defense, U.S. Postal Service, Environmental Protection Agency, Department of Energy, Department of Transportation, Immigration and Naturalization Service, General Service Administration, Federal Highway Administration, Department of Labor, Federal Aviation Administration, Veteran Administration, Department of Housing and Urban Development, and Department of Health and Human Services, for almost 6 years.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2020/04/10/trump-inspectors-general-drain-swamp/

USA TODAY
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats use coronavirus to promote socialized medicine.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2020/04/09/why-coronavirus-killing-more-black-americans-because-they-poor-column/2973649001/

FORBES
— When Your Employer Insists You Go Into Work During The Pandemic
https://www.forbes.com/sites/nextavenue/2020/04/10/when-your-employer-insists-you-go-into-work-during-the-pandemic/#743bd5f05d26

THRIVE GLOBAL
— Not having a purpose can manifest itself into physical problems. People’s jobs can give them great satisfaction and purpose on a day-to-day basis. When that retirement date arrives, many develop health issues because their routine and mental engagement is abruptly lost. Have a plan to create purpose-driven activities and get them started before stepping foot – Beau Henderson (DIERSEN: What shows that you are/were a dedicated employee? For me it included the fact a) that I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) that I earned job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) that I earned a job-related professional license when I was 32.)
https://thriveglobal.com/stories/not-having-a-purpose-can-manifest-itself-into-physical-problems-with-beau-henderson-chris-kowalik/

FED SMITH
— USPS Wants $75 Billion to Survive Coronavirus Pandemic – Ian Smith
https://www.fedsmith.com/2020/04/10/usps-wants-75-billion-survive-coronavirus-pandemic/

VANITY FAIR
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: The Trump-hating Pritzker Says That Trump Has Caused a “Greater Number of Deaths Across the Country.”
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2020/04/illinois-governor-jb-pritzker-takes-aim-at-the-president

GUARDIAN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters warn of ‘deadly resurgence’ if coronavirus controls lifted too soon.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/10/trump-pushes-to-reopen-coronavirus-hit-us-economy-as-approval-ratings-fall

April 10 Morning Edition

ABC7
— Coronavirus Chicago: Large summer events may be canceled to stop spread of COVID-19, Pritzker says – Eric Horng
https://abc7chicago.com/coronavirus-summer-events-chicago-canceled/6091367/
— Coronavirus: Chicago liquor sales curfew in effect across city – Liz Nagy and Diane Pathieu
https://abc7chicago.com/health/chicago-liquor-sales-curfew-starts-/6089350/

NBC5
— Chicago’s West Ridge Neighborhood Has Illinois’ Highest Coronavirus Case Total
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicagos-west-ridge-neighborhood-has-illinois-highest-coronavirus-case-total/2253497/

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— New coronavirus bailout law estimated to deliver nearly $5B to Illinois – Mike Flannery
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/new-coronavirus-bailout-law-estimated-to-deliver-nearly-5b-to-illinois
— Illinois governor recommends canceling large summer events due to COVID-19 – Elizabeth Matthews
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/illinois-governor-recommends-canceling-large-summer-events-due-to-covid-19

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Inside Wisconsin’s election disaster: Thousands of missing or nullified ballots – NICK CORASANITI AND STEPHANIE SAUL
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/elections/ct-nw-nyt-wisconsin-election-problems-20200410-rdea6424ynecjemkwwfyjqcyqq-story.html
— Summer festival organizers should ‘think carefully about canceling,’ says Gov. J.B. Pritzker – JAMIE MUNKS and JOHN BYRNE
https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-illinois-local-coronavirus-20200410-gjrsxkpumfcn3hu2byy2auyk4y-story.html
— Amid coronavirus uncertainty, Gov. J.B. Pritzker and other top Democrats back increased mail-in voting in November. But it’s not that simple. – RICK PEARSON
https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-coronavirus-illinois-voting-by-mail-20200410-egfdzrnm2ncc3e32ieknf7rnn4-story.html
— Coronavirus is threatening one of the government’s steadiest services: The mail – NICHOLAS FANDOS AND JIM TANKERSLEY
https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-nw-nyt-coronavirus-postal-service-20200410-mfblvugsqbbyjlc4my524bnq4e-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Quinn pushes for easier voter referenda rules during COVID-19 crisis, calling it ‘strong medicine for the virus of corruption’ Quinn is arguing that democracy could be another casualty of COVID-19. “This is a landmark case. It’s a very, very important case to the whole issue of what is called direct democracy,” said Quinn, who along with the Chicago law firm of Mauck & Baker, LLC, is representing the plaintiffs. – Neal Early (DIERSEN: Trump-haters want referenda to get rid of the following groups once and for all: individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owner, German American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2020/4/9/21215699/pat-quinn-voter-referenda-signatures-covid-19-crisis-coronavirus-corruption
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “The 2020 census count will be shrouded by doubt about race and ethnicity.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/2020/4/9/21215092/2020-census-race-origin-ethnicity-immigrants-latinos-middle-east-north-africa-marlen-garcia
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater promotes hatred against Trump.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2020/4/9/21215604/mona-charen-joe-biden-coronavirus-covid-19-suntimes

DAILY HERALD
— Crisis also hits vital local news outlets – Dean Ridings
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20200410/crisis-also-hits-vital-local-news-outlets
— LaPlante concedes in DuPage County Board primary race – Robert Sanchez
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200410/laplante-concedes-in-dupage-county-board-primary-race

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are members of the following groups want vote-by-mail: anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.sj-r.com/news/20200410/vote-by-mail-convenient-and-safer-than-at-polls

HERALD & REVIEW
— Pritzker grants clemency requests to prisoners amid coronavirus pandemic – Christy Gutowski
https://herald-review.com/news/state-and-regional/crime-and-courts/pritzker-grants-clemency-requests-to-prisoners-amid-coronavirus-pandemic/article_e25e0c46-f6f3-5af0-b033-c4dfb7932355.html
— 24,000 unemployment claims in Will County in March – BOB OKON
https://www.theherald-news.com/2020/04/09/24-000-unemployment-claims-in-will-county-in-march/anvlh6n/

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Illinois scrambles to keep federal COVID-19 test sites running; Bloomington location on list – Angie Leventis Lourgos
https://www.pantagraph.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/illinois-scrambles-to-keep-federal-covid-19-test-sites-running-bloomington-location-on-list/article_cb0c89b7-3abc-5406-8353-37c4c258d808.html

SOUTHERN
— Illinois needs federal help for recovery, but bailout unlikely – Brett Rowland
https://thesouthern.com/opinion/columnists/opinion-brett-rowland-illinois-needs-federal-help-for-recovery-but-bailout-unlikely/article_a9c77402-c86a-5c60-a20d-e0aae55e852f.html

LINCOLN COURIER
— Pritzker suggests no large gatherings until coronavirus vaccine available – Doug Finke
https://www.lincolncourier.com/news/20200409/pritzker-suggests-no-large-gatherings-until-coronavirus-vaccine-available

SUBURBAN LIFE
— College of DuPage Foundation creates COVID-19 Student Relief Fund
https://www.mysuburbanlife.com/2020/04/08/college-of-dupage-foundation-creates-covid-19-student-relief-fund/arm8wgo/
— College of DuPage donates ventilators to area hospitals
https://www.mysuburbanlife.com/2020/04/08/college-of-dupage-donates-ventilators-to-area-hospitals/awhtc33/

NEWS CHANNEL 20
— White House tests journalists for COVID-19 – AP (DIERSEN: Will more extensive testing be done on journalists like me (71 years old, not-in-control type 2 diabetes, obese (BMI of 31)) who are more vulnerable?)
https://newschannel20.com/news/coronavirus/white-house-tests-journalists-for-covid-19

WSIL TV
— Lenzi v. Bost: COVID-19 and politics meet in Illinois Congressional race – Jeff Weinrich
https://wsiltv.com/2020/04/09/covid-19-and-politics-meet-in-illinois-congressional-race/

FOX ILLINOIS
— Biden aims to connect with voters one Zoom call at a time – AP
https://foxillinois.com/news/connect-to-congress/biden-aims-to-connect-with-voters-one-zoom-call-at-a-time
— Liberty University pressing trespassing charges against journalists – AP
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/liberty-university-pressing-charges-against-journalists

GLEN ELLYN PATCH
— COD Offers Ventilators, Additional Protective Equipment College of DuPage Offers Ventilators, Additional Protective Equipment to Local Health Care Agencies
https://patch.com/illinois/glenellyn/cod-offers-ventilators-additional-protective-equipment

CHICAGO MAGAZINE
— Illinois Is Uniquely Ill-Equipped to Pay for Coronavirus Years of financial mismanagement have left $58,738 in our rainy-day fund and less than $2 billion saved for unemployment. – EDWARD MCCLELLAND
http://www.chicagomag.com/city-life/April-2020/Illinois-Is-Uniquely-Ill-Equipped-to-Pay-for-Coronavirus/

UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO NEWS
— Household spending swings dramatically in reaction to coronavirus Study reveals 50% overall dip in purchases, demographic differences – Constantine Yannelis
http://news.uchicago.edu/story/household-spending-swings-dramatically-reaction-coronavirus

CHALKBEAT
— As remote learning ramps up in Chicago, a high-stakes question: Should students be learning anything new? – Mila Koumpilova (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs want to teach children to be anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. Ever-increasingly, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs want children to promote dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, abolition of the First and Second Amendments, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and even worse things.)
https://chalkbeat.org/posts/chicago/2020/04/08/remote-learning-in-chicago-review-or-new-content/

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— ILLINOIS UNEMPLOYMENT REQUESTS TOP 200K AS STATE TELLS INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS, FREELANCERS NOT TO APPLY – Brad Weisenstein
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/illinois-unemployment-requests-top-200k-as-state-tells-independent-contractors-freelancers-not-to-apply/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Poll: Majority agrees with Trump’s use of term ‘Chinese virus’ – Andrew Mark Miller
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/poll-majority-agrees-with-trumps-use-of-term-chinese-virus

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— ‘The WHO is no longer serving the needs of the world and is instead taking its cues from China’ – Yuichiro Kakutani
https://freebeacon.com/coronavirus/oversight-gop-demands-china-docs-from-who/

GOPUSA
— Trump’s Presidency Hangs On One Decision – Patrick J. Buchanan
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=87357

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Don’t Racialize the Pandemic – ZAID JILANI (DIERSEN: Of course, Democrats hint/imply/argue/shout that Republicans are using coronavirus to get rid of a) illegals and b) Democrats, and especially Democrats who are minority, female, younger, poor, and/or those whose ancestors have not been in America foe a long time.)
https://www.nationalreview.com/2020/04/coronavirus-race-fight-pandemic-dont-get-bogged-down-racial-categorization/

THE HILL
— Pandemic spurs court fights over mail-in voting – JOHN KRUZEL
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/492135-pandemic-spurs-court-fights-over-mail-in-voting

POLITICO
— Pelosi warns Trump not to reopen country too soon The speaker also signals the House may not come back in session this month. – HEATHER CAYGLE and JOHN BRESNAHAN (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats use coronavirus to destroy America to defeat Trump.)
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/04/09/pelosi-trump-coronavirus-178633
— ‘Choosing winners and losers’: Behind the battle to be deemed essential – THEODORIC MEYER and ANNA GRONEWOLD (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents have always a) painted themselves as being essential and b) painted me and everyone else as being not essential. I should write a book about my critics/opponents.)
https://www.politico.com/states/new-york/city-hall/story/2020/04/10/choosing-winners-and-losers-behind-the-battle-to-be-deemed-essential-1274722

CBS NEWS
— Coronavirus updates: U.S. accounts for nearly a third of world’s COVID-19 cases
https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/coronavirus-pandemic-covid-19-latest-news-2020-04-10/

NEW YORK TIMES
— Biden, Seeking Democratic Unity, Reaches Left Toward Sanders’s Ideas – Shane Goldmacher and Sydney Ember (DIERSEN: To defeat Trump, sooner or later, if not already, Biden will promise to use the federal government to get rid of the following once and for all: individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/09/us/politics/biden-sanders-medicare-student-debt.html
— Inside Wisconsin’s Election Mess: Thousands of Missing or Nullified Ballots As Wisconsin scrambled to expand voting by mail for its election on Tuesday, many absentee voters said their ballots went undelivered. – Nick Corasaniti and Stephanie Saul
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/09/us/politics/wisconsin-election-absentee-coronavirus.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are the following groups want vote-by-mail: anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/10/opinion/wisconsin-primary-2020-election.html
— Nurses and Doctors Speaking Out on Safety Now Risk Their Job Hospitals have warned, disciplined and even fired staff members who went public with workplace concerns about coronavirus precautions. – Noam Scheiber and Brian M. Rosenthal (DIERSEN: While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, I spoke out against political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation for speaking out against the aforesaid. My Democrat superiors retaliated against me. They forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, gave me unfair performance expectations and appraisals, always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, did not promote me beyond GS-13, got rid of my mentor in 1987, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and forced me to take a $20,157 (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. My Democrat IRS superiors retaliated against me. They did not promote me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions in 1978, got rid of my mentor in 1975, and disallowed my partial day per diem claims in 1974. My Democrat Post Office superiors retaliated against me. They forced me resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/09/business/coronavirus-health-workers-speak-out.html
— A Wall Street Bank’s Hard-Driving Culture Pushes Traders Into the Office Some employees at Bank of America’s New York headquarters say they fear pay cuts or job loss if they don’t show up and make money. – Kate Kelly and Jessica Silver-Greenberg
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/09/business/coronvirus-bank-of-america-workers.html
— Another Way to See the Recession: Power Usage Is Way Down – Quoctrung Bui and Justin Wolfers
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/04/08/upshot/electricity-usage-predict-coronavirus-recession.html
— As millions more Americans lose their jobs, more federal aid is uncertain.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/09/us/coronavirus-us-news.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs want authoritarian rule.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/09/opinion/wisconsin-primary-democracy.html
— Coronavirus Is Threatening One of Government’s Steadiest Services: The Mail The Postal Service needs billions, the agency told Congress, and Democrats want to provide a bailout. The Trump administration may not agree. – Nicholas Fandos and Jim Tankersley
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/09/us/politics/coronavirus-is-threatening-one-of-governments-steadiest-services-the-mail.html

WASHINGTON POST
— A leader of the House Progressive Caucus is calling for the federal government to cover workers’ salaries to ensure they remain on employers’ payrolls during the coronavirus pandemic. A conservative Republican senator has urged the same. – Colby Itkowitz
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/a-progressive-congresswoman-and-a-conservative-senator-want-the-federal-government-to-pay-workers-salaries/2020/04/10/9287e04c-7ac0-11ea-a130-df573469f094_story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) and Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) independently offered this idea, which, in a different time, some could label “socialist” for its dependence on the federal government. The details of the proposals — which Jayapal introduced in legislation Friday and Hawley recommended in a Washington Post op-ed Thursday — differ, but the general concept is the same. President Trump and Republicans have spent the past year accusing Democrats of being socialists and warning that their policies would turn the United States into Venezuela. Yet in the face of an enormous crisis that has crushed the world, they have backed spending trillions of taxpayer dollars in relief efforts, sending $1,200 checks to Americans and promising health-care coverage for uninsured Americans who contract the disease.)

USA TODAY
— FRONT PAGE WITH COLOR PHOTO OF MODLY: Top Pentagon officials defend $243,000 cost of Navy secretary’s trip to Guam – Tom Vanden Brook (DIERSEN: The operatives and the dupes who work for my critics/opponents are “shameless toadies.” I should write a book about them. I would focus on those shameless toadies who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2020/04/09/pentagon-officials-defend-navy-secretary-modlys-240-000-trip-guam/5120537002/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: U.S. Jobless Claims Soar for Third Straight Week Nearly 17 million Americans have filed new claims for benefits since mid-March as the coronavirus spread – Sarah Chaney and David Harrison
https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-surge-in-unemployment-claims-expected-to-continue-11586424605
— Lockdowns Won’t Stop the Spread Stopping the coronavirus and protecting the economy are one and the same, but it is too late to do either. – Joseph A. Ladapo
https://www.wsj.com/articles/lockdowns-wont-stop-the-spread-11586474560
— All the President’s Ratings The Commander in Chief responds to our editorial. (DIERSEN: What do you say to the following who hint/imply/argue/shout that they never have read GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails and that they never will read them: activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc. in Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, Glen Ellyn, Wheaton, and Wheaton’s West District who hint/imply/argue/shout that they are religious, conservative, and/or Republican? How and from who do the aforesaid get government and political news and commentary?)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/all-the-presidents-ratings-11586474808
(FROM THE EDITORIAL: Our Thursday editorial offering some friendly advice on how to make the daily White House coronavirus briefings more informative for the American people seems to have caught President’s Trump attention. The President took to his favorite communication venue to tweet: “The Wall Street Journal always ‘forgets’ to mention that the ratings for the White House Press Briefings are ‘through the roof’ (Monday Night Football, Bachelor Finale, according to @nytimes) & is only way for me to escape the Fake News & get my views across. WSJ is Fake News!” Thanks for reading, sir, and we agree the briefings are an excellent way to communicate directly with Americans.)
— Rationing Plans in Coronavirus Crisis Draw Growing Discrimination Complaints Advocacy groups say state guidelines illegally deprive people based on age, mental cognition or disability – Stephanie Armour (DIERSEN: What factors work against you? Factors that work against me include that I am 71 years old, I have not-in-control type 2 diabetes, and I am obese (BMI of 31).)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/rationing-plans-in-coronavirus-crisis-draw-growing-discrimination-complaints-11586430000
— Joe Biden Seeks to Unite Democrats With Medicare, Student-Debt Proposals – Eliza Collins and Ken Thomas (DIERSEN: To defeat Trump, sooner or later, if not already, Biden will promise to use the federal government to get rid of the following once and for all: individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/joe-biden-seeks-to-unite-democrats-with-new-policy-proposals-11586460374
— Coronavirus Crisis Legacy: Mountains of Debt The government and the private sector are going deeper in the hole to survive the economic shutdown, which could be a drag on recovery if it spurs a period of thrift – Jon Hilsenrath
https://www.wsj.com/articles/coronavirus-crisis-legacy-mountains-of-debt-11586447687

BLOOMBERG
— TREASONOUS: Gavin Newsom Declares California a ‘Nation-State’ The state is at odds with the federal government over coronavirus plans and much else. – Francis Wilkinson
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2020-04-09/california-declares-independence-from-trump-s-coronavirus-plans

NEWSWEEK
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats use coronavirus to promote hatred of Republicans.
https://www.newsweek.com/biden-calls-racial-breakdown-coronavirus-cases-deaths-determine-resource-allocation-1497217

STAT NEWS
— Democrats scramble to turn the 2020 election into a referendum on Trump’s coronavirus response – LEV FACHER
https://www.statnews.com/2020/04/10/democrats-2020-health-platform-trump-coronavirus/

NEWS ONE
— Trump Campaign Disavows ‘Black Americans’ Group Working To Get Him Re-Elected – Bruce C.T. Wright (DIERSEN: I should write a book about Democrat plant, Libertarian plant, Green plant, and RINO activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc. in Illinois who have disavowed me, disavowed GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails, disavowed TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, and/or disavowed Illinois Center Right Coalition.)
https://newsone.com/3925758/trump-campaign-disavows-black-americans-re-elect-president/

VANITY FAIR
— CAN JOE BIDEN WIN OVER THE BERNIE DIEHARDS? The former vice president needs progressive voters to beat Trump in November, but several youth-oriented groups on the left are balking at his “return to normalcy” message. – ERIC LUTZ (DIERSEN: To defeat Trump, sooner or later, if not already, Biden will promise to use the federal government to get rid of the following once and for all: individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2020/04/can-joe-biden-win-over-the-bernie-diehards

April 9 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Fewer Illinois coronavirus cases, deaths reported for 1st time in week; state may be ‘bending the curve’, Gov. JB Pritzker says – Craig Wall, Eric Horng and Jessica D’Onofrio
https://abc7chicago.com/health/illinois-may-be-bending-the-curve-in-covid-19-fight-pritzker-says/6089281/

NBC5
— ‘Seriously Consider’ Canceling All Large Summer Events in Illinois, Governor Says Thursday marked one calendar month since the start of Illinois’ stay-at-home order
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/all-large-summer-events-in-illinois-should-be-canceled-governor-says/2253252/
— Illinois Coronavirus: Total Number of Cases Tops 16,000 With 528 Deaths Cases have been reported in more than 80 of Illinois’ 102 counties
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/illinois-coronavirus-total-number-of-cases-tops-16000-with-528-deaths/2253148/
— US Coronavirus Updates: New Hotspots Emerge; More Men Than Women Are Testing Positive
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/coronavirus/us-coronavirus-updates-mercy-crew-member-tests-positive-federal-stockpile-nearly-depleted/2252884/

CBS2
— Coronavirus In Chicago: City, CTA, CPS To Get More Than $1.5 Billion Combined In Federal COVID-19 Relief Funds – Todd Feurer
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2020/04/09/coronavirus-in-chicago-city-cta-cps-to-get-more-than-1-5-billion-combined-in-federal-covid-19-relief-funds/

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Pritzker: Data indicates Illinois is bending the curve in fight against COVID-19 – Nic Flosi
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/pritzker-data-indicates-illinois-is-bending-the-curve-in-fight-against-covid-19

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— US economy unlikely to recover as rapidly as it collapsed There are emerging signs that any recovery will fail to match the speed and severity of the economic collapse that occurred in just a few weeks. – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/coronavirus/2020/4/9/21214887/us-economy-unlikely-to-recover-rapidly-collapsed-donald-trump-coronavirus-covid-19
— No halt to culture wars during coronavirus outbreak The virus outbreak has put much of American life on hold, but the nation’s culture wars seem immune from the pandemic. – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/4/9/21215168/no-halt-to-culture-wars-during-coronavirus-outbreak-covid-19-washington-politics
— Democrats renew vote-by-mail push as virus upends elections Nancy Pelosi’s proposals, which are still evolving, drew immediate condemnation from House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, echoing President Donald Trump’s opposition to federal attempts to prod states to relax their voting rules. – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/coronavirus/2020/4/9/21215558/democrats-renew-vote-by-mail-push-as-virus-upends-elections-2020-election-coronavirus-covid-19
— OUTSTANDING: Wife of clout-heavy builder pushes to ban all pot businesses from her Gold Coast neighborhood Patricia Walsh, whose husband heads The Walsh Group, is seeking to create a “Restricted Cannabis Zone” that would stop legal marijuana sales from an affluent swath of the 2nd ward. – Tom Schuba
https://chicago.suntimes.com/cannabis/2020/4/9/21214068/chicago-dispensaries-patricia-walsh-gold-coast-pot-cannabis
— Parents, advocates urge Pritzker to release inmates as prison coronavirus cases skyrocket
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/4/9/21214742/latest-coronavirus-news-live-updates-chicago-illinois-2020
— Lightfoot will be ‘extremely cautious’ before lifting stay-at-home order in Chicago A lot will depend on the extent of testing available, the mayor said, since people must “have a level of confidence about whether or not they’re infected.” – Fran Spielman
https://chicago.suntimes.com/coronavirus/2020/4/9/21215527/coronavirus-chicago-lightfoot-stay-home-order-testing
— Community leaders demand end to ‘racist’ police tactics, want other protections for those ‘most vulnerable’ during pandemic Their list also includes: end state ban on rent control; fill 2,000 CHA vacant units; increase paid sick leave; open a South Side coronavirus testing site; waive water fees for six months; end “racist” police tactics, such as checkpoints. – Fran Spielman
https://chicago.suntimes.com/coronavirus/2020/4/9/21215154/coronavirus-police-african-american-racist-tactics-cha-water-fees-testing
— Nearly one in 10 U.S. workers have lost their jobs in past 3 weeks: Unemployment report The latest report from the Labor Department shows an equally widening impact of coronavirus-related layoffs in Illinois. – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/4/9/21214765/illinois-unemployment-numbers-april-4
— Suspend the Freedom of Information Act? Even during a pandemic, that’s a horrible idea No reporter wants saving lives to take a back seat to handing over public documents. But Gov. Pritzker was right to nix the idea of a blanket suspension of FOIA. – Editorial
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/4/9/21214891/suspend-illinois-freedom-information-act-wrong-move-coronavirus-pandemic

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— The pandemic-era outlook for Illinois’ budget is a horror show A task force of University of Illinois fiscal experts estimates the state’s four-year revenue hit from the COVID-induced recession could range from $10 billion to $28 billion. – STEVE DANIELS
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/government/pandemic-era-outlook-illinois-budget-horror-show
— Lightfoot reveals how COVID whacks city’s finances In her first detailed briefing, the mayor says Chicago expects $1.56 billion in emergency federal aid, but leaves key questions unanswered about what’s next. – GREG HINZ
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/greg-hinz-politics/lightfoot-reveals-how-covid-whacks-citys-finances
— The pandemic-era outlook for Illinois’ budget is a horror show A task force of University of Illinois fiscal experts estimates the state’s four-year revenue hit from the COVID-induced recession could range from $10 billion to $28 billion. – STEVE DANIELS
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/government/pandemic-era-outlook-illinois-budget-horror-show
— Pritzker turning optimistic in COVID fight
— After weeks of dire warnings, the governor and his health chief see signs of progress. – GREG HINZ
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/greg-hinz-politics/pritzker-turning-optimistic-covid-fight-0
— State Farm providing $2 billion in credits to auto policyholders The nation’s largest car insurer followed—and one-upped—archrival Allstate’s move as stay-at-home orders keep drivers off the roads. – STEVE DANIELS
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/insurance/state-farm-providing-2-billion-credits-auto-policyholders
— Tribune Publishing slashing salaries as ad market deteriorates The media industry is suffering from a sudden drop in advertising revenue, forcing widespread layoffs and salary cuts here. – DALTON BARKER
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/marketing-media/tribune-publishing-slashing-salaries-ad-market-deteriorates

DAILY HERALD
— April 9 breakdown of suburban COVID-19 cases by county, and search by ZIP code
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200409/april-9-breakdown-of-suburban-covid-19-cases-by-county-and-search-by-zip-code

FOX ILLINOIS
— White House tests journalists for COVID-19 – AP (DIERSEN: What has reduced your interaction with others? I am no longer a TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member, Milton Township Republican Organization webmaster, Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member, GAO employee, etc.)
https://foxillinois.com/news/coronavirus/white-house-tests-journalists-for-covid-19

BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO
— Mayor Lori Lightfoot Drove Around Chicago, Telling People To Go Home Lightfoot said she’ll do it again if it helps the city enforce the stay at home order and stop the spread of coronavirus. – Kelly Bauer
https://blockclubchicago.org/2020/04/09/mayor-lori-lightfoot-drove-around-chicago-telling-people-to-go-home/

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— CDC Report on Contact Tracing in Chicago after Funeral, Birthday Party
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/04/09/cdc-report-on-contact-tracing-in-chicago-after-funeral-birthday-party/
— As World Celebrates Easter, Persecution of Christians in the United States
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/04/09/as-world-celebrates-easter-persecution-of-christians-in-the-united-states/
— Skillicorn Quotes Constituents’ Unemployment Comp Payment Problems
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/04/09/skillicorn-on-unemployment-comp-payment-problems/
— Echos of the Fight over Contact Tracing in the Fight against HIV/AIDS
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/04/09/echos-of-the-hiv-aids-fight/

CAPITOL FAX
— Pritzker thanks Abbott Labs – “Our rate of rise is looking less and less exponential” – Praises local groups for pitching in – Shoutout to #SpritzersWithPritzker – Dr. Ezike: “If you think you don’t have a case in your zip code that’s probably not actually the case” – Pritzker defends pending minimum wage hike – Still no date for IDES fix – Could come back in the fall – More testing in African-American areas – Curve not bending down yet – Will be posting PPE contracts online – Following Gov. Baker’s lead on contact tracing – Dr. Ezike outlines DHS DD center readiness – Addresses federal halt to funding drive-through testing – “I think everybody needs to think seriously about canceling large summer events” – Plans to pursue workshare program
https://capitolfax.com/2020/04/09/pritzker-thanks-abbott-labs-our-rate-of-rise-is-looking-less-and-less-exponential/
— 1,344 new cases, 66 additional deaths
https://capitolfax.com/2020/04/09/1344-new-cases-66-additional-deaths/
— COVID-19 roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2020/04/09/covid-19-roundup-15/
— Worst case scenario: “Illinois could lose more than $28 billion between calendar years 2020 and 2023″
https://capitolfax.com/2020/04/09/worst-case-scenario-illinois-could-lose-more-than-28-billion-between-calendar-years-2020-and-2023/
— The testing situation
https://capitolfax.com/2020/04/09/the-testing-situation/

RUSH LIMBAUGH
— Reopen the Economy, Mr. President — No Matter What Attacks Come
https://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2020/04/09/how-trump-can-reopen-the-economy-and-combat-democrat-attacks/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Biden panders to minorities.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/apr/9/joe-biden-demands-coronavirus-racial-data/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Republicans repulse Democrats’ effort to change voting laws under cover of pandemic – David M. Drucker
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/republicans-repulse-democrats-effort-to-change-voting-laws-under-cover-of-pandemic
— White House has no plans to change Trump’s coronavirus briefings as criticism mounts – Rob Crilly
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-house-has-no-plans-to-change-trumps-coronavirus-briefings-as-criticism-mounts

GOPUSA
— The Grand Farce Of American Social Distancing – Michelle Malkin
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=87301
— Democrats Demand A Halt To Border Wall Construction Amid Pandemic
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=87345

BRIETBART
— Pope Francis Says Pandemic Is ‘Nature’s Response’ to Human Inaction over Climate Change – THOMAS D. WILLIAMS, PH.D. (DIERSEN: According to Trump-haters, the pandemic is GOD’s punishment for people not doing enough to promote dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot and other vices, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination.)
https://www.breitbart.com/health/2020/04/09/pope-francis-says-pandemic-is-natures-response-to-human-inaction-over-climate-change/

BLAZE
— Joe Biden: Coronavirus crisis has ‘helped’ my presidential campaign ‘Based on the polling data, it’s helped me’ – DAVE URBANSKI
https://www.theblaze.com/news/joe-biden-coronavirus-crisis-has-helped-my-presidential-campaign

CNS NEWS
— Chicago Mayor’s Executive Order Calls for Giving Taxpayer Funds to Illegals – Melanie Arter
https://www.cnsnews.com/article/national/melanie-arter/chicago-mayors-executive-order-calls-giving-taxpayer-funds-illegals
— Federal Debt Tops $24 Trillion for First Time; GAO: ‘The Current Federal Fiscal Path is Unsustainable’ – Terence P. Jeffrey
https://cnsnews.com/article/washington/terence-p-jeffrey/federal-debt-tops-24-trillion-first-time-gao-current-federal
— House Dems Introduce Legislation That Would Allow Illegals to Get Stimulus Checks – Melanie Arter
https://www.cnsnews.com/index.php/article/national/melanie-arter/house-dems-introduce-legislation-would-allow-illegals-get-stimulus

DAILY CALLER
— Border Apprehensions Drop, Thousands Of Migrants Turned Back Amid Coronavirus Crisis – JASON HOPKINS
https://dailycaller.com/2020/04/09/border-apprehensions-coronavirus-cbp/

DAILY SIGNAL
— California Governor Working to Give More Coronavirus Aid to Illegal Aliens – Jason Hopkins
https://www.dailysignal.com/2020/04/09/california-governor-working-to-give-more-coronavirus-aid-to-illegal-aliens/

INSIDER
— Smoking marijuana could make the lungs more susceptible to COVID-19, experts say as cannabis sales spike – Julia Naftulin
https://www.insider.com/regular-cannabis-smoking-may-increase-covid-19-risk-lung-experts-2020-4

THE HILL
— Trump’s IG firings prompt questions of whether more are coming – OLIVIA BEAVERS
https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/492027-trumps-ig-firings-prompt-questions-of-whether-more-are-coming
— Trump officials lay groundwork for May reopening – BRETT SAMUELS AND MORGAN CHALFANT
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/492065-trump-officials-lay-groundwork-for-may-reopening

CNN
— Barr calls coronavirus restrictions ‘draconian’ while health experts say they’re helping lower death projections – David Shortell and Veronica Stracqualursi
http://www.wicz.com/story/41991551/barr-calls-coronavirus-restrictions-draconian-while-health-experts-say-theyre-helping-lower-death-projections

NEW YORK TIMES
— With a Face Mask Photo, Melania Trump Highlights Her Husband’s Reluctance to Wear One The first lady’s encouragement of Americans to wear face masks was all the more striking because it contrasted with her husband’s mixed messages on the subject: “I don’t see it for myself,” President Trump has said. – Katie Rogers
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/09/us/politics/melania-trump-coronavirus.html

WASHINGTON POST
— The CDC recommends masks. In some cities and counties, they’ll be mandatory. – Rebecca Tan
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/the-cdc-recommends-face-masks-in-some-cities-and-counties-theyll-be-mandatory/2020/04/08/60d67304-79d7-11ea-9bee-c5bf9d2e3288_story.html
— Trump’s resistance to independent oversight draws bipartisan scrutiny – Seung Min Kim, Josh Dawsey, Tom Hamburger and Mike DeBonis (DIERSEN: Anyone who reviews the filings in Diersen v. GAO would conclude that GAO is not independent and that GAO functions as an arm of the Democrat Party.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trumps-resistance-to-independent-oversight-draws-bipartisan-scrutiny/2020/04/08/d9776f48-79af-11ea-9bee-c5bf9d2e3288_story.html

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
— Melania Trump stars in ‘wear a mask’ anti-coronavirus video — but doesn’t actually put one on – DAVE GOLDINER
https://www.nydailynews.com/coronavirus/ny-coronavirus-melania-trump-mask-video-20200409-bf6fpukn35cepkzooupwga4dpq-story.html

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Affordable housing can cost $1 million per apartment in California. Coronavirus could make it worse – LIAM DILLON, BEN POSTON, JULIA BARAJAS
https://www.latimes.com/homeless-housing/story/2020-04-09/california-low-income-housing-expensive-apartment-coronavirus

PBS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters use coronavirus and Asian-Americans to promote hated against Trump-supporters.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/the-long-history-of-racism-against-asian-americans-in-the-u-s

SPLC
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: SPLC uses coronavirus to promote hatred against Trump supporters.
https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2020/04/09/nativist-hate-groups-want-keep-people-ice-detention-despite-covid-19-threat

April 9 Morning Edition

ABC7
— U.S. jobs report shows 16.6M Americans applied for unemployment since coronavirus outbreak – AP
https://abc7chicago.com/finance/us-jobs-report-shows-166m-applied-for-unemployment-in-3-weeks/6089323/

NBC5
— Illinois Coronavirus Cases: A Look at the Numbers by ZIP Code
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/illinois-coronavirus-cases-a-look-at-the-numbers-by-zip-code/2252635/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— New coronavirus prediction for Illinois: Fewer deaths, earlier peak – Joe Mahr
https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-coronavirus-peak-illinois-new-projection-20200409-45rjws77kzch5hdehlqbq3cjai-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Chicago’s ‘super-spreader’ — How COVID-19 raced through meals, funeral hugs, a birthday party and a church collection plate A Chicago cluster that included three deaths underscores the need for social distancing, according to the CDC. – Jon Seidel and Rachel Hinton
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2020/4/8/21214375/super-spreader-coronavirus-spread-chicago-patients-deaths-cdc-covid-19
— UN health agency on defensive after Trump slams it on virus “We’re now still in an acute phase of the pandemic. This is not the time to cut back on funding,” Dr. Hans Kluge told reporters, but ignored a question about whether European nations could help mop up any funding gaps. – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/coronavirus/2020/4/8/21213731/un-health-agency-on-defensive-after-trump-slams-it-on-virus-coronavirus-covid-19-washington
— Trump quietly shuts down asylum at US borders to fight virus People fleeing violence and poverty to seek refuge in the U.S. are whisked to the nearest border crossing and returned to Mexico without a chance to apply for asylum. – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/coronavirus/2020/4/9/21214969/trump-shuts-down-asylum-at-us-borders-to-fight-virus-coronavirus-covid-19-immigration-border
— HHS: Federal stocks of protective equipment nearly depleted The Department of Health and Human Services told The Associated Press Wednesday that the federal stockpile was in the process of deploying all remaining personal protective equipment in its inventory. – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/coronavirus/2020/4/9/21214926/hhs-federal-stocks-protective-equipment-depleted-ppe-coronavirus-covid-19-medical-supplies

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Census response rates align with income data for south suburban communities – TED SLOWIK
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/opinion/ct-sta-slowik-census-response-rates-st-0409-20200408-jodblpo3avgafn3hh2l5yaj54u-story.html
— The Navy secretary’s subservience couldn’t save him – Steve Chapman (DIERSEN: The operatives and the dupes who work for my critics/opponents are “shameless toadies.” I should write a book about them. I would focus on those shameless toadies who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/steve-chapman/ct-column-navy-secretary-trump-roosevelt-chapman-20200407-kyughqkpxjc3xctm5oxd7qhodm-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The trick to surviving in Donald Trump’s administration is being a shameless toady, willing at any moment to lavish praise on the president. But acting Navy Secretary Thomas Modly found that staying on Trump’s good side can be impossibly tricky. He resigned Tuesday in the apparent realization that his strenuous self-abasement was not enough to appease the president.)
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: India’s free press attacked by Modi – Vindu Goel, Jeffrey Gettleman and Saumya Khandelwal
https://bdnews24.com/neighbours/2020/04/03/under-modi-indias-press-is-not-so-free-anymore
— Is America a roaring giant or crying baby? – VICTOR DAVIS HANSON
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/ct-opinion-coronavirus-america-roaring-giant-hanson-20200408-yo6i4sdaxvhqnbavnwni3p57bq-story.html
— Lightfoot’s liquor curfew might rile some, but she’s doing the right thing – John Kass
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/john-kass/ct-coronavirus-lightfoot-liquor-stores-kass-20200409-q6waa37gpfhq3bzpmwz5r67wii-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— Those who ignore distancing put everyone else at risk – Editorial
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20200409/editorial-those-who-ignore-distancing-put-everyone-else-at-risk

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Can we trust ‘Fair Tax’ if we don’t have Fair Maps? – Editorial (DIERSEN: What do you say to the many fair map promoters who want districts to be drawn that give even more preference to voters who are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-0draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
https://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20200408/editorial-can-we-trust-fair-tax-if-we-dont-have-fair-maps

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Medical fight isn’t only one on local doctor Pliura’s plate – Jim Dey
https://www.news-gazette.com/coronavirus/jim-dey-medical-fight-isn-t-only-one-on-local-doctors-plate/article_55670388-a50a-5d15-be12-bd24775a115c.html

WREX
— Rise in unemployment creates a unique burden for the economy
https://wrex.com/2020/04/08/rise-in-unemployment-creates-a-unique-burden-for-the-economy/

NEWS CHANNEL 20
— Illinois receives more than $52M from CARES Act
https://newschannel20.com/news/local/illinois-receives-more-than-52m-from-cares-act

FOX ILLINOIS
— Democrats debate how to hit Trump on virus, economy amid crisis – AP (DIERSEN: Of course, Democrats and RINOs have blamed Trump, are blaming Trump, and will increasingly blame Trump for coronavirus and for everything else that is bad. I should write a book about how RINOs, their operatives, and their dupes who have blamed me, are blaming me, and will forever blame me for the problems that the following have had, are having, and will have: Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Illinois Center Right Coalition, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter, etc.)
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/dems-debate-how-to-hit-trump-on-virus-economy-amid-crisis

CHICAGO READER
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater blames Trump for John Prine’s death.
https://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/john-prine-obituary-covid-coronavirus-holstein-fulks/Content?oid=79109489

BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO
— Businesses Rack Up $120,000 In Fines To City For Not Following Stay At Home Order “We encourage and we plead with businesses to do the right thing because the last thing you want is to have more violations on the record.” – Kelly Bauer
https://blockclubchicago.org/2020/04/08/businesses-rack-up-120000-in-fines-to-city-for-not-following-stay-at-home-order/

CENTER SQUARE
— Cities across Illinois consider civil fines to stack on top of possible criminal charges for violating governor’s stay-at-home order – Greg Bishop (DIERSEN: What is your municipality considering?)
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/cities-across-illinois-consider-civil-fines-to-stack-on-top-of-possible-criminal-charges-for/article_84e81a80-79dd-11ea-bb30-074b68994d82.html

WIREPOINTS
— Here are the details on COVID-19 hospitalization numbers Illinois should have collected and published weeks ago – Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner
https://wirepoints.org/here-are-the-details-on-covid-19-hospitalization-numbers-illinois-should-have-collected-and-published-weeks-ago-wirepoints/
— With Not a Dime of Spending Cuts Anywhere, Illinois Banking on Federal Bailout – Quicktake (DIERSEN: Illinois Democrats take the lead in America, if not the world, in promoting hatred against Trump.)
https://wirepoints.org/with-not-a-dime-of-spending-cuts-anywhere-illinois-banking-on-federal-bailout-quicktake/
— “It’s time for shared sacrifice in Illinois” – Ted Dabrowski (DIERSEN: Has your income and/or your net worth not gone down dramatically yet because of coronavirus? Have your expenses not gone up dramatically yet because of coronavirus? What do you say to those who want to take your income and/or your net worth away from you and give that money to those who have been harmed by coronavirus? What about due process? (SEE: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Due_process ) To defeat Trump, will Democrats promise to use government a) to take money away from those who have not been dramatically harmed by coronavirus and b) to give that money to those who have been dramatically harmed by coronavirus? To determine how much money government should transfer, who it should take that money from, and to who it should give that money, will government require everyone in America to complete forms that disclose a) their income, b) their expenses, c) their financial, real estate, and other assets, d) their debts, and e) exactly how much coronavirus has impacted them financially?)
https://wirepoints.org/its-time-for-shared-sacrifice-in-illinois-ted-dabrowski-on-the-illinois-channel/

CAPITOL FAX
— 6.6 million new jobless claims
https://capitolfax.com/2020/04/09/66-million-new-jobless-claims/
— National stockpile runs dry as feds stop supporting drive-through sites
https://capitolfax.com/2020/04/09/national-stockpile-runs-dry-as-feds-stop-supporting-drive-through-sites/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Poor harder hit by virus – Editorial
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/apr/8/letters-editor-poor-harder-hit-virus/
— Trump quietly shuts down asylum at US borders to fight virus – AP
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/apr/9/trump-quietly-shuts-down-asylum-at-us-borders-to-f/
— Immigrants seize pandemic as opportunity to prove worth to U.S. economy – Stephen Dinan (DIERSEN: Immigrant advocates stress that immigrants are happy to take jobs that many Americans would not stoop to take, jobs like I took doing yard work and delivering newspapers 1962-1964; washing dishes 1964-1966; cleaning golf shoes, chipping slag, and pumping gasoline in 1966; delivering mail 1966-1969; working on an automobile assembly line and as a security guard in 1970; selling tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971; pumping gasoline 1971-1972; collecting delinquent taxes 1971-1980; and auditing federal agencies 1980-1997. Of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes would never stoop to take any of the aforesaid jobs. I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/apr/8/immigrants-coronavirus-pandemic-essential-economy/

BREITBART
— Open Borders Lobby Sees COVID-19 as Sick Opportunity to Paint Immigration Enforcement in Negative Light – DAVID KAY
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/04/08/exclusive-ray-open-borders-lobby-sees-covid-19-as-sick-opportunity-to-paint-immigration-enforcement-in-negative-light/
— Progressives Want Coronavirus Bailout for Illegal Immigration – NEIL MUNRO
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2020/04/08/progressives-urge-coronavirus-bailout-for-illegal-immigration/
— Immigrants Self-Deporting from U.S. to Avoid Possible Coronavirus Infection – JOHN BINDER
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/04/08/immigrants-self-deporting-from-u-s-to-avoid-possible-coronavirus-infection/
— WHO Chief: Don’t Politicize Coronavirus ‘If You Don’t Want to Have Many More Body Bags’ – KRISTINA WONG
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/04/08/who-trump-coronavirus-body-bags/

GOPUSA
— Coverup? Only Males, Females Being Reported As Victims Of Coronavirus
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=87284
— Biden’s ‘Return To Normalcy’ Message Doesn’t Appeal To Young Progressives (DIERSEN: Young progressives want Biden to use the federal government to get rid of the following once and for all: individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=87319

FREEDOM’S JOURNAL
— THE CORONAVIRUS: TRUMP’S MEDICAL ADVICE WAS CONTRADICTORY, INCONSISTENT — AND WRONG – Larry Elder
https://freedomsjournalinstitute.org/latest-news/opinion/the-coronavirus-trumps-medical-advice-was-contradictory-inconsistent-and-wrong/

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Mayor Lightfoot: A Modern-Day Marie Antoinette – Steve Cortes
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2020/04/08/mayor_lightfoot_a_modern-day_marie_antoinette_142893.html

CNS NEWS
— Trump: We Have to Be on the Downside of the Slope to Reopen the Country – Melanie Arter
https://www.cnsnews.com/article/washington/melanie-arter/trump-we-have-be-downside-slope-reopen-country

DAILY WIRE
— AG Barr: When Pandemic Ends, Americans Will Realize Trump Saved A Lot Of Lives By Closing Border – Editorial
https://www.dailywire.com/news/ag-barr-when-pandemic-ends-americans-will-realize-trump-saved-a-lot-of-lives-by-closing-border

DAILY CALLER
— Bernie Sanders: Trump Isn’t To Blame For Coronavirus – JUSTIN CARUSO
https://dailycaller.com/2020/04/08/bernie-sanders-trump-blame-coronavirus/

PJ MEDIA
— Majority of Americans Support November Mail-In Ballots if Pandemic Lingers – RICK MORAN
https://pjmedia.com/trending/majority-says-they-support-november-mail-in-ballots-if-pandemic-lingers/

NEWSMAX
— Rep. Adam Kinzinger to Newsmax TV: Coronavirus Pandemic Not Comparable to War (DIERSEN: What do you say to those who advise Kinzinger to dump Trump to get reelected?)
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/kinzinger-cove-19-coronavirus/2020/04/07/id/961828/

TOWNHALL
— Liberal Nonsense Is Looking Dumber Than Ever Now – Kurt Schlichter
https://townhall.com/columnists/kurtschlichter/2020/04/09/liberal-nonsense-is-looking-dumber-than-ever-now-n2566597

EPOCH TIMES
— Next on Trump’s Agenda: Economic Rebirth – Conrad Black
https://www.theepochtimes.com/next-on-trumps-agenda-economic-rebirth_3303677.html

THE HILL
— Mnuchin says he thinks US businesses could reopen in May – MORGAN CHALFANT (DIERSEN: How many businesses that employed how many people will never reopen?)
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/491968-mnuchin-says-he-thinks-us-businesses-could-reopen-in-may
— Pandemic sparks partisan brawl over voting by mail – JONATHAN EASLEY AND MAGGIE MILLER
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/491862-pandemic-sparks-partisan-brawl-over-voting-by-mail
— Sanders’s influence endures as campaign ends – NIALL STANAGE (DIERSEN: To get votes from Sanders supporters, Democrat plant, Libertarian plant, Green plant, and RINO political consultants will advise Republican candidates to dump voters who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/491903-the-memo-sanderss-influence-endures-as-campaign-ends

POLITICO
— Blaming the WHO and China Is Not Scapegoating Trump takes more than his share of potshots, but that doesn’t mean he’s always off the mark. – RICH LOWRY
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2020/04/08/who-china-trump-coronavirus-176242
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Republican-haters want vote-by-mail because it harms Republicans.
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/04/08/trump-voting-by-mail-174695

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Dems Debate How to Hit Trump on Virus, Economy Amid Crisis Democrats are wrestling over how best to assail President Donald Trump for how he’s handling the coronavirus pandemic and the economy’s shutdown. – Alan Fram (DIERSEN: Of course, Democrats and RINOs have blamed Trump, are blaming Trump, and will increasingly blame Trump for coronavirus and for everything else that is bad. I should write a book about how RINOs, their operatives, and their dupes who have blamed me, are blaming me, and will forever blame me for the problems that the following have had, are having, and will have: Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Illinois Center Right Coalition, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter, etc.)
https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2020-04-08/dems-debate-how-to-hit-trump-on-virus-economy-amid-crisis

CNN
— How coronavirus may finally end the handshake in politics – Chris Cillizza
http://www.wicz.com/story/41991623/how-coronavirus-may-finally-end-the-handshake-in-politics

REUTERS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats say that they are treading carefully in attacking Trump on coronavirus.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-trump-democrats/democrats-tread-carefully-in-attacking-trump-on-coronavirus-idUSKCN21R1E3

NEW YORK TIMES
— 6.6 million more filed unemployment claims in the United States last week.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/09/business/stock-market-today-coronavirus.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters say “Trump Is Pushing a False Argument on Vote-by-Mail Fraud.”
https://www.nytimes.com/article/mail-in-voting-explained.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters say no evidence exists that expanded voting measures is ripe for fraud.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/08/us/politics/republicans-vote-by-mail.html
— C.D.C. Issues New Return-to-Work Guidelines
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/08/us/coronavirus-live-updates.html
— Biden vs. Trump: The General Election Is Here, and Transformed The coronavirus crisis means many questions remain about how the 2020 race will proceed, but the top of the ticket is now clear. – Alexander Burns and Jonathan Martin
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/08/us/politics/joe-biden-donald-trump-2020-election.html
— ‘I’m in High School Again’: Virus Sends College Students Home to Parents, and Their Rules – Dan Levin (DIERSEN: Did you live with your parents while you attended college? I did while I took courses at UIC 1966-1968, weekends during my first semester at NIU in 1969, and the summer of 1969. I worked for the Park Forest Post Office part-time while classes were in session and full-time during the summers of 1967, 1968, and 1969.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/08/us/coronavirus-college-students.html

NEW YORK POST
— Unmasking WHO as a China apologist: Devine – Miranda Devine
https://nypost.com/2020/04/08/unmasking-who-as-a-china-apologist-devine/

WASHINGTON POST
— CDC case study of Chicago coronavirus outbreak shows why it is dangerous to go to church on Easter – James Hohmann
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/paloma/daily-202/2020/04/09/daily-202-cdc-case-study-of-chicago-coronavirus-outbreak-shows-why-it-is-dangerous-to-go-to-church-on-easter/5e8eaadf88e0fa101a75eb00/
— The CDC recommends masks. In some cities and counties, they’ll be mandatory. – Rebecca Tan
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/the-cdc-recommends-face-masks-in-some-cities-and-counties-theyll-be-mandatory/2020/04/08/60d67304-79d7-11ea-9bee-c5bf9d2e3288_story.html
— Eyeing House majority, top Republican super PAC books $43 million in fall ads – Mike DeBonis
https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/eyeing-house-majority-top-republican-super-pac-books-43-million-in-fall-ads/2020/04/09/5cd8886c-79e8-11ea-b6ff-597f170df8f8_story.html
— Among the most vulnerable to coronavirus: The tens of millions who carry HIV and tuberculosis – Max Bearak and Joanna Slater
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/hiv-tuberculosis-coronavirus-high-risk-africa-south-asia/2020/04/08/78820db6-737d-11ea-ad9b-254ec99993bc_story.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Countries World-Wide Log Record Coronavirus Cases U.S. total passes 430,000 as global tally nears 1.5 million – Frances Yoon
https://www.wsj.com/articles/countries-world-wide-log-record-coronavirus-cases-11586425347
— Nearly a Third of U.S. Apartment Renters Didn’t Pay April Rent Some tenants will be temporarily protected from eviction by a patchwork of federal and local laws – Will Parker
https://www.wsj.com/articles/nearly-a-third-of-u-s-renters-didnt-pay-april-rent-11586340000
— Trump’s Wasted Briefings The sessions have become a boring show of President vs. the press. – Editorial
https://www.wsj.com/articles/trumps-wasted-briefings-11586389028
— Mayors Move to Address Racial Disparity in Covid-19 Deaths Divide is caused by more pre-existing medical conditions, less access to health care, jobs requiring physical contact – Joe Barrett, Coulter Jones and Ebony Reed
https://www.wsj.com/articles/black-hispanic-new-yorkers-account-for-disproportionate-number-of-coronavirus-deaths-11586359447
— Illinois, New York Residents Among First to See Bigger Virus Unemployment Payments The two states disburse $600 payments as others are under pressure to quickly distribute the funds – Sarah Chaney and Kate King
https://www.wsj.com/articles/illinois-new-york-residents-among-first-to-see-bigger-virus-unemployment-payments-11586362632

FORBES
— The Glass Ceiling For Women CEOs Remains Firmly Entrenched, Says WSJ – Eric Bachman (DIERSEN: To recruit, retain, and promote young Democrat women and young Democrat minorities, the federal government wastes the careers of and gets rid of its employees who are Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who do not make GS-13 (currently $101,176) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $119,559) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $140,634) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $170,800) by age 40.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/ericbachman/2020/04/09/the-glass-ceiling-for-women-ceos-remains-firmly-entrenched-says-wsj/

USA TODAY
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Gauge risks before you choose to save or invest – Erin Lowry (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats make it clear that to defeat Trump, they will drive the stock market down and destroy America’s economy.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/personalfinance/2020/04/08/should-save-should-buy-stocks/2943920001/
— When will life return to normal? Expert says US testing is too far behind to know, expects second wave of cases – Adrianna Rodriguez
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2020/04/08/coronavirus-cases-how-long-social-distancing-marc-lipsitch/2963430001/

SACRAMENTO BEE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters use coronavirus to turn Asian-Americans against Trump.
https://www.sacbee.com/news/coronavirus/article241731276.html

ACLU
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Trump-haters blame coronavirus on individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owners, German American, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.aclu.org/news/racial-justice/if-covid-19-doesnt-discriminate-then-why-are-black-people-dying-at-higher-rates/

VOX
— Covid-19 risk factors: Age, underlying conditions, genetics, and unknown – Brian Resnick
https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2020/4/8/21207269/covid-19-coronavirus-risk-factors
(FROM THE ARTICLE: There are a few clear risk factors, including age and underlying medical conditions. . .Potential risk factors need a lot more research: Are there some genetic variations that make one person more susceptible than another? And why are men dying in higher numbers than women?. . .Men could have more underlying health risk factors than women. They could also be engaging in more risky behaviors (perhaps greater rates of smoking and drinking alcohol among men are in play.) There’s also evidence women may have a stronger immune response than men (and are also more at risk for autoimmune diseases because of it), as the Washington Post explains. We just need more research here. . .We know Covid-19 is an illness that disproportionately impacts some groups more than others. Namely, older people are most clearly at risk. . .Underlying conditions like diabetes and heart disease appear to be risk factors. . .Seventy-eight percent of all people put into intensive care for Covid-19 in the US have had an underlying condition like diabetes or heart disease: 32 percent had diabetes, 29 percent had heart disease, 21 percent had chronic lung disease, and 9 percent had compromised immune systems. . .It’s also possible that exposure to air pollutants can play a role. An epidemiology team from Harvard recently reported increased risk of dying from Covid-19 is also correlated with exposure to air pollution.)