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May 27 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Illinois COVID-19 Update: IL reports 891 cases, 42 deaths
https://abc7chicago.com/health/il-reports-891–covid-19-case-42-deaths/10703372/

NBC5
— Protesters, Including ‘Dreadhead Cowboy,’ Temporarily Block Dan Ryan Lanes
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/protesters-including-dreadhead-cowboy-temporarily-block-dan-ryan-lanes/2520547/
— Biden’s Budget Will Include $5 Trillion in New Federal Spending Over the Next Decade – Christina Wilkie
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/business/money-report/bidens-budget-will-include-5-trillion-in-new-federal-spending-over-the-next-decade/2520335/

WBEZ
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Democrats want minorities to be pot pushers.
https://www.wbez.org/stories/cannabis-bill-aims-to-increase-marijuana-dispensary-ownership-for-illinois-minorities/e00a8f2b-23d3-4e11-b1d8-2dd65835ccd7

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Conservative media outlet sues Mayor Lori Lightfoot for only granting two-year anniversary interviews to reporters of color – ALICE YIN
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-lori-lightfoot-interview-policy-lawsuit-20210527-gntljfjl2bbflit4gpghqz2g7a-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A conservative media outlet and one of its white reporters sued Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot on Thursday, alleging their free speech and civil rights were violated last week when she only granted interviews marking her two-year anniversary in office to reporters of color. Thomas Catenacci, and the Daily Caller News Foundation for which he is a national reporter, filed a lawsuit in federal court in Illinois a week after Lightfoot’s decision led to conservative backlash as well as a renewed debate about diversity in the media. “Preventing journalists from doing our jobs in such a blatantly discriminatory way is wrong and does a disservice to our readers who come from all backgrounds,” Catenacci wrote in a statement. “I look forward to holding the mayor accountable.” Catenacci is being represented by the Chicago-based Svenson Law Offices as well as the conservative group Judicial Watch.)
— Bill that would make Juneteenth a paid state holiday passes House, heads to Gov. J.B. Pritzker – JENNY WHIDDEN
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-illinois-juneteenth-holiday-legislation-20210527-z3jomxvnjzcfvpog6z3d2jtnk4-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Eve-increasingly, hate-filled America-hating America-haters promote “Critical race theory, cultural Marxism and wokeness.”
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/rex-huppke/ct-critcial-race-theory-fox-news-woke-rubio-greene-huppke-20210527-hrwwy2denvhmxg4h4zkinuo6jm-story.html
— Illinois House approves bill that would bar school from prohibiting hairstyles such as braids and dreadlocks – JENNY WHIDDEN
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-illinois-hairstyle-disrimination-legislation-20210527-jmssxt2ndzdxpf5qgf6ziefc5q-story.html
— Lightfoot calls close of legislative session in Springfield a real ‘nail-biter’ | Any chance for gun licensing bill in General Assembly? | Conservative media outlet sues over Lightfoot’s 2-year anniversary interview policy – LISA DONOVAN
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-lightfoot-sued-deadline-springfield-gun-license-bill-spin-20210527-3pmgl5sr2jgezptx446cubftu4-story.html
— Pro-union lawmaker pushes bill that would crush an Illinois success story – EDITORIAL
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/editorials/ct-editorial-illinois-data-centers-union-hiring-mandate-20210527-3qbjkexouba73bvlz6c36ujhwa-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Judicial Watch sues Lightfoot over interviews to reporters of color. The mayor announced last week she would only grant interview requests from reporters of color “on the occasion of the two-year anniversary” of her inauguration. – Jon Seidel (DIERSEN: I should write a book about anti-conservative RINO activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, and campaign managers a) who pander to the Democrat news media and b) who ban reporters like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2021/5/27/22457256/conservative-media-outlet-sues-lightfoot-over-interviews-reporters-color-black-brown-reporters
— First do no harm: Don’t repeal parental notification. The Illinois Parental Notification Act is a necessary protection for minor girls. – Robert Lawler
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2021/5/27/22456891/illinois-parental-notification-act-repeal-legislature-abortion-robert-lawler
— Deep-rooted racism, discrimination permeate US military – AP (DIERSEN: I should write a book that compares and contrasts Stephanie Davis’ career in the military with my career working for the Democrats who ran GAO’s Chicago office 1980-1997, IRS’s Chicago office 1971-1980, and the Park Forest Post Office 1966-1969.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2021/5/27/22456795/deep-rooted-racism-discrimination-permeate-us-military
— We must fight a rising tide of antisemitism — and all forms of hate — together. – Lonnie Nasatir (DIERSEN: Government is nasty. Politics is nasty. Democrats are nasty. I should write a book all the many things that my Democrat superiors in the federal government did to get my Jewish supervisors to take adverse actions against me. They stressed that I was a) baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran, b) that I was 100% German national origin, c) that I was conservative, d) that I was Republican, e) that I lived in Crete 1948-1972, and f) that I lived in Wheaton since 1978. Virtually all of the many adverse actions that the federal government took against me were taken by my supervisors who were Jewish.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2021/5/27/22456859/antisemitism-hate-adl-jewish-united-fund

DAILY HERALD
— Applicants sought to join Milton Township 708 board
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20210527/applicants-sought-to-join-milton-township-708-board
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Illinois Democrats illegally encourage citizens of foreign countries to illegally come to America illegally and to illegally stay in America illegally.
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20210527/latino-caucus-lays-out-agenda-to-protect-immigrants
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Illinois Democrats illegally encourage those in Illinois to illegally use illegally drugs illegally and to illegally sell illegal drugs illegally.
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20210527/legislation-would-lift-benefit-ban-for-those-with-drug-convictions
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Paul Ryan promotes hatred against Trump.
https://www.dailyherald.com/article/20210527/news/305279892/

FOX ILLINOIS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Paul Ryan promotes hatred against Trump.
https://www.foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/ex-speaker-ryan-to-gop-reject-trump-2nd-rate-imitations

ILLINOIS SENATE DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS
— State Senator Christopher Belt (D-Swansea) measure to address inequities in the state’s hiring process passes (DIERSEN: GAO hired me in 1980 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. IRS hired me in 1971 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job. The Post Office hired me in 1966 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job.)
https://www.illinoissenatedemocrats.com/caucus-news/20-sen-christopher-belt-news/2489-belt-measure-to-address-inequities-in-the-state-s-hiring-process-passes

CAPITOL FAX
— 891 new confirmed and probable cases; 42 additional deaths; 1,316 hospitalized; 339 in ICU; 1.9 percent average case positivity rate; 2.5 percent average test positivity rate; 63,71 average daily doses
https://capitolfax.com/2021/05/27/891-new-confirmed-and-probable-cases-42-additional-deaths-1316-hospitalized-339-in-icu-19-percent-average-case-positivity-rate-25-percent-average-test-positivity-rate-6371-average-daily-doses/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Paul Ryan re-emerges to slam Trump – Haris Alic
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/may/27/paul-ryan-re-emerges-slam-trump-warn-gop-against-r/
— Biden warns Republicans not to ‘get in the way’ of more spending – David Sherfinski
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/may/27/biden-warns-republicans-not-get-way-spending-plan/

FOX NEWS
— Schools subtly imported ‘anti-American, woke’ ideas into classes for years: Rubin ‘Rubin Report’ slams schools for ‘undermining’ US education systems
https://www.foxnews.com/media/schools-anti-american-woke-ideas-classes-dave-rubin
— US military offered ‘woke’ professional development courses on diversity, equity DOD confirmed an online ‘Diversity, Equity and Inclusion’ course was offered to military personnel in May – Houston Keene
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/us-military-woke-equity-diversity-training-courses

GOPUSA
— Facebook To Stop Censoring Posts On Origin Of Covid After Many Months Of Preventing Free Speech
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=110839
— Ron DeSantis Gets It: Big Tech Must Be Put On A Leash – David Krayden
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=110845

AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE
— Transforming The Military To Transform The Country. If the U.S. Armed Forces are compelled to internalize the Biden administration’s ideology, they will cease to be a national military establishment. – DOUGLAS MACGREGOR
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/transforming-the-military-to-transform-the-country/

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Big Banks Support Biden Amnesty Plan – Eric Lendrum
https://amgreatness.com/2021/05/27/big-banks-support-biden-amnesty-plan/

TOWNHALL
— Masks Didn’t Slow COVID Spread: New Study – Spencer Brown
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/spencerbrown/2021/05/26/new-study-refutes-fauci-efficacy-of-mask-mandates-n2589990

HOT AIR
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Paul Ryan promotes hatred against Trump.
https://hotair.com/allahpundit/2021/05/27/paul-ryan-conservatism-isnt-going-anywhere-if-it-depends-on-the-appeal-of-one-man-n393063

EPOCH TIMES
— Facebook No Longer Banning Posts Suggesting COVID-19 Was Man-Made – ISABEL VAN BRUGEN
https://www.theepochtimes.com/mkt_breakingnews/facebook-no-longer-banning-posts-suggesting-covid-19-was-man-made_3832848.html

THE HILL
— Joe Walsh says radio show canceled due to Trump criticism – THOMAS MOORE
https://thehill.com/homenews/media/555707-joe-walsh-says-radio-show-cancelled-due-to-trump-criticism

POLITICO
— ‘The only Bush who got it right,’ as far as Trump is concerned. “Everyone always thought George P. would carry the family banner into the next generation, but I’m not sure anyone anticipated it happening like this,” said one top Republican. – MARC CAPUTO (DIERSEN: George P. Bush and Bruce Rauner spoke at an outstanding DuPage County Republican Central Committee (DCRCC) Lincoln Day Dinner Wednesday evening, June 6, 2018 at the Marriott Hotel in Oak Brook. DCRCC Chairman Brian Krajewski served as Master of Ceremonies. Jay Kinzler led the Pledge of Allegiance. Robyn Vitson sang the National Anthem. Tonia Khouri gave the Invocation. Dan Goodwin introduced George P. Bush. James Mendrick recognized the sponsors and the elected officials in the audience. The 500+ attendees included state party leaders Claar, Grogan, Higgins, Schneider, and Shaw; past and present Illinois candidates and officials Bellock, B. Brady, Connelly, Curran, Dillard, Durkin, Helland, Holan, Ives, Lewis, Olsen, Robeletti, and Senger; past and present DuPage County candidates and officials Anderson, Berlin, Bucholz, Cantore, Eckhoff, Elloitt, Gavanes, Gustin, Hanselin, Hart, Henry, Hinds, Jorgensen, Kachiroubas, McGowen, A. Murphy, Nero, Painter, Puchalski, Ruscitti, Schultz, Tully, Wiley, and C. Zaruba; past and present township candidates and officials Boltz, Cuzzone, Czernek, Dabrowski, Donner, Falbo, Ferguson, Grimsby, Hundhausen, Keller, Kelly, LeVan, Leventis, Monino, Moretti, Morrissey, Musson, Nathwani, Nowak, Prater, Santucci, Schroeder, Trowbridge, Valle, and Wilkins; past and present party leaders Carlyle, Fisher, A. LeVan, Marchese, Minor, B. Murphy, Pacilli, Ruhl, and Veenstra; judges Brennan, Burke, Chapman, Guerin, Hayes, Jacobs, Jorgensen, Kleeman, Mackay, Rome, Russo, Walsh, and Wilson; and many others including Caruso, Furstenau, Hogan, Kmiecik, Kubinski, Lofgren, McNeily, and Wagner. Event sponsors included the Republican township party organizations, DuPage County Assessors, Berlin, Claar, Durkin, Grogan, Henry, Hinds, Inland Real Estate Group, Kachiroubas, Krajewski, Larsen, Mackay, McMahon, Mendrick, Nero, Olsen, Romano, and Roskam. SEE: https://gopillinois.com/uncategorized/june-7-morning-edition-2/ )
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/05/27/bush-trump-texas-attorney-general-491131

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-conservatives oppose Trump just like anti-conservatives opposed Reagan.
https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2021-05-27/former-house-speaker-ryan-urges-gop-return-to-reagan-end-donald-trump-fixation

BLOOMBERG
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Paul Ryan promotes hatred against Trump.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-05-27/paul-ryan-calls-for-conservatives-and-gop-to-move-beyond-trump

MARKET WATCH
— Republicans slam Wall Street CEOs for appeasing ‘the woke left,’ Democrats allege inaction on climate, worker welfare and racial justice. Republicans also complain of the banks’ unwillingness to challenge Chinese government on human rights abuses. – Chris Matthews
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/republicans-slam-wall-street-ceos-for-appeasing-the-woke-left-democrats-allege-inaction-on-climate-worker-welfare-and-racial-justice-11622144751

May 20 Morning Edition

ABC7
— Black, Latinx people underrepresented in Chicago-area police departments, investigation finds – Chuck Goudie and Barb Markoff, Christine Tressel, Ross Weidner and Jonathan Fagg (DIERSEN: What percent of those who run your local governments, your township, your county, Illinois, and America share your demographics, including your political affiliation, religion, national origin, length of time that your ancestors have been in America, education, age group, income range, net worth range, etc.?)
https://abc7chicago.com/black-latinx-people-underrepresented-in-local-police-departments-investigation-finds/10664464/

CBS2
— Chicago Area Expressway Shootings Double In One Year – Chris Tye
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2021/05/19/dan-ryan-expressway-shootings-idot/

WGN RADIO
— McConnell rejects January 6 commission as Republican opposition grows (DIERSEN: Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, Independents and Independent plants, and RINOs plan on using January 6 forever to destroy Republicans and to destroy the Republican Party.)
https://wgnradio.com/news/mcconnell-rejects-jan-6-commission-as-republican-opposition-grows/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Illinois Republicans Kinzinger, Davis join US House Democrats in vote to create panel to investigate Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection – RICK PEARSON
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-capitol-insurrection-commission-illinois-delegation-vote-20210520-6cznxkp5g5eoddcy65qudzm43i-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Those who are anti-law enforcement, anti-Trump, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-heterosexual, anti-traditional marriage/family, anti-non-poor people, anti-gun owners, anti-Christian, anti-Protestant, anti-Italian American, anti-German American, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time say “Newsrooms need more diversity.”
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/dahleen-glanton/ct-glanton-chicago-mayor-reporters-of-color-20210520-2qbetd3fcrf6jazf2efanjkgzm-story.html
— CPD rank-and-file cops issue no-confidence vote for Mayor Lori Lightfoot and police Superintendent David Brown – JEREMY GORNER
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-fop-no-confidence-vote-20210520-nx3npn343nejrhsucbmfgnjcxa-story.html
— Chicago-area shelters see most young migrants from Mexico border seeking asylum in U.S. since 2014 – LAURA RODRÍGUEZ PRESA (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats illegally encourage citizens of foreign countries to illegally come to America illegally and to illegally stay in America illegally. Democrats should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-chicago-immigrant-children-refugee-asylum-seekers-20210520-aicwhvbqx5bkxcs2a6sio6l3cy-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote abortion.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/steve-chapman/ct-column-abortion-supreme-court-mississippi-chapman-20210519-jpjgyfzhk5b6bajrsqp2ubft7u-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Illinois Republicans Adam Kinzinger, Rodney Davis join Democrats to create Jan. 6 commission probing Capitol attack. While Trump and House GOP leaders were against the commission, it still gained 35 Republican votes. – Lynn Sweet (DIERSEN: Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, Independents and Independent plants, and RINOs plan on using January 6 forever to destroy Republicans and to destroy the Republican Party.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2021/5/19/22444998/reps-adam-kinzinger-rodney-davis-join-democrats-create-jan-6-commission-probing-capitol-attack
— ‘Final Account’: Germans reminisce — some mournfully, some proudly — about their Nazi past. Invaluable documentary hears the reflections of former soldiers, guards and prison camp workers. – Richard Roeper (DIERSEN: National origin discrimination and religious discrimination are supposed to be illegal. Nevertheless, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always stressed that I am 100% German national origin, that I was baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran, and that I lived in Crete 1948-1972. In my defense, I stress that all my ancestors immigrated to northeast Illinois during the 1840s and 1850s, that my grandfather on my father’s side fought the Germans during WWI, that my uncles on my mother’s side fought the Germans during WWII, and that my father would have fought the Germans during WWII if he had not been 4-F. Further, according to http://dna.ancestry.com , my ancestry is 33% Europe West, 28% Scandinavia, 24% Great Britain, 11% Ireland, 2% Europe East, 1% Finland/Northwest Russia, and 1% Italy/Greece.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/movies-and-tv/2021/5/19/22440238/final-account-review-nazi-documentary-germany-hitler-youth
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Those who promote hatred of Whites promote those who promote hatred of Whites. Those who promote hatred of men promote those who promote hatred of men. Those who promote hatred of heterosexuals promote those who promote hatred of heterosexuals. Those who promote hatred of older people promote those who promote hatred of older people. Those who promote hatred of conservatives promote those who promote hatred of conservatives. Those who promote hatred of Republicans promote those who promote hatred of Republicans. Those who promote hatred of law enforcement officers promote those who promote hatred of law enforcement officers. Those who promote hatred of Trump promote those who promote hatred of Trump. Those who promote hatred of Christians promote those who promote hatred of Christians. Those who promote hatred of Protestants promote those who promote hatred of Protestants. Those who promote hatred of Italian Americans and German Americans promote those who promote hatred of Italian Americans and German Americans. Those who promote hatred of those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time promote those who promote hatred of those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2021/5/19/22444863/mayor-lori-lightfoot-diversity-equity-inclusion-calls-out-media-glaring-lack-diversity
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2021/5/19/22444390/mayor-lori-lightfoot-chicago-journalism-editorial-boards-diversity-reporters-color
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Advice for landing that first job – Madeline Kenney (DIERSEN: What hurt your first job search? Potential employers saw me as being draft bait. They did not believe that my application for a financial hardship draft deferment would be granted.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2021/5/19/22444889/confidence-foundation-hosts-interview-workshop-for-chicago-area-teens
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: The magic of mentoring – Maudlyne Ihejirika (DIERSEN: My Democrat IRS superiors got rid of the IRS manager who promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974. My Democrat GAO superiors got rid of the GAO manager who hired me in 1980, who got me assigned to audits of IRS in 1986, and who promoted me in 1986.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2021/5/19/22444832/becoming-a-man-participants-show-what-happens-when-potential-meets-opportunity
— City watchdog condemns revised database of police disciplinary cases – Fran Spielman (DIERSEN: For federal employees, “Official Personnel Folders (OPF) are primarily administrative records used by the government to make accurate employment decisions throughout a Federal employee’s career.” SEE: https://www.archives.gov/personnel-records-center/civilian-personnel/about-opf ) Reading the documents in my OPF and in Diersen v. GAO show that a) my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, gave me unfair performance expectations and appraisals, always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, did not promote me beyond GS-13, got rid of my mentor in 1987, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and forced me to take a $20,361 (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980; b) that my Democrat IRS 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; and c) that my Democrat Post Office superiors forced me to resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968.)

https://chicago.suntimes.com/2021/5/19/22444174/chicago-police-reform-ordinance-disciplinary-cases-database-inspector-general-ferguson-catanzara

DAILY HERALD
— Social media companies should not censor users – Madison Jessen, Long Grove
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20210520/social-media-companies-should-not-censor-users

NPR ILLINOIS
— Out Of The Spotlight, Trump Continues To Command The Republican Message – DOMENICO MONTANARO
https://www.nprillinois.org/post/out-spotlight-trump-continues-command-republican-message#stream/0
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats want “More Pathways To Citizenship” because immigrants vote for Democrats. RINOs want “More Pathways To Citizenship” because RINOs want cheap labor.
https://www.nprillinois.org/post/despite-concerns-about-border-poll-finds-support-more-pathways-citizenship#stream/0

WSIL TV
— ‘Will you stay true to your word?’: GOP leaders, Pritzker argue about redistricting with map expected soon – Mike Miletich
https://wsiltv.com/2021/05/19/will-you-stay-true-to-your-word-gop-leaders-pritzker-argue-about-redistricting-with-map-expected-soon/

WEEK
— Despite LaHood’s opposition, U.S. House backs commission on Jan. 6 riot at Capitol – AP
https://week.com/2021/05/19/despite-lahoods-opposition-u-s-house-backs-commission-on-jan-6-riot-at-capitol/

ILLINOIS NEWS TODAY
— Obama statue floating to replace a monument to a controversial Illinois figure in the State Capitol – Donald Murakami
https://illinoisnewstoday.com/obama-statue-floating-to-replace-a-monument-to-a-controversial-illinois-figure-in-the-state-capitol/205127/

ILLINOIS TIMES
— GOP brings controversial speaker to Springfield. Owens downplays pandemic, global warming – Bruce Rushton
https://www.illinoistimes.com/springfield/gop-brings-controversial-speaker-to-springfield/Content?oid=13593174

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— CONCERNING LIGHTFOOT: Retired political reporter Charles Thomas told Playbook that newsrooms have come a long way since he was the only Black reporter among a sea of white men in the press corps. He called Lightfoot’s move “a distraction and it worked… Instead of talking about crime, police accountability, education and city finances, we’re talking about the diversity of the press corps. C’mon.”
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2021/05/20/carlson-calls-lightfoot-hitler-morita-to-run-for-county-board-schools-to-reopen-full-time-492931

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Illinois businesses no longer required to enforce face covering, won’t be required to check vaccine status – Greg Bishop
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/illinois-businesses-no-longer-required-to-enforce-face-covering-won-t-be-required-to-check/article_642e776a-b8cc-11eb-8789-53697da0a617.html

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Fox News viewers outperform CNN, MSNBC fans on knowledge of news topics – Stephen Dinan (DIERSEN: In Illinois, GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletter readers have the most knowledge by far of government and political news and commentary of interest to Illinois Republicans.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/may/19/survey-fox-viewers-better-informed-cnn-msnbc-viewe/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— ICE targets 75% fewer criminal illegal immigrants under Biden rules – Paul Bedard
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/washington-secrets/ice-targets-75-fewer-criminal-illegal-immigrants-under-biden-rules

FOX NEWS
— Equity is racism, bigotry, prejudice, and hatred. Equity is now the organizing principle of the United States of America. – Tucker Carlson
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/tucker-carlson-equity-is-racism-bigotry-prejudice-and-hatred
— Leo Terrell slams Chicago’s Lightfoot for implementing systemic racism: She’s ‘racist regardless of her color’ Radio host Larry Elder says Lightfoot is attempting to divert attention from ‘disaster’ of Chicago
https://www.foxnews.com/media/leo-terrell-slams-chicagos-lightfoot-for-implementing-systemic-racism-shes-racist-regardless-of-her-color
— Facebook fact-checking on mask article was flawed, spread misinformation: City Journal writer. ‘The fact-checkers were actually fact-blockers,’ John Tierney writes. – David Rutz (DIERSEN: Should I apply to be a Facebook fact-checker? While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997, the last 11 years of which at GS-13 Step 1-10 levels, currently $102,188-$132,845/year, I increasingly worked as a referencer, that is, as a fact-checker. That work required assuring the accuracy and support for each and every word, number, table, graph, chart, conclusion, opinion, and recommendation in GAO reports. I worked for IRS 1971-1980, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 levels, currently $85,935-$97,395/year. My other fact-checking qualifications include my becoming a Forensic Accountant in 1997, Certified Fraud Examiner in 1990, licensed CPA in 1981, Certified Internal Auditor in 1981, and CPA in 1979.)
https://www.foxnews.com/media/facebook-fact-checking-procedures-are-flawed-spread-misinformation-manhattan-institute

HANNITY
— Chicago Mayor Rips ‘Overwhelming Whiteness’ of Press, Defends Favoring Journalists of Color
https://hannity.com/media-room/update-chicago-mayor-rips-overwhelming-whiteness-of-press-defends-favoring-journalists-of-color/

GOPUSA
— Black Lives Matter Condemns Israel’s ‘Settler Colonialism’ While Declaring ‘Solidarity’ With Palestinians
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=110484

BREITBART
— Illegal Border Crossings Will Be ‘An All-Time Record High’ This Year – IAN HANCHETT
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2021/05/19/daines-illegal-border-crossings-will-be-an-all-time-record-high-this-year/

DAILY WIRE
— American Medical Association Releases Plan To ‘Embed Racial Justice’ In Medical Profession. The equity plan slams the “myth of meritocracy” and promises to “share power” with minority physicians. – Mairead McArdle
https://www.dailywire.com/news/american-medical-association-releases-plan-to-embed-racial-justice-in-medical-profession

FEDERALIST
— There Is No Way To ‘Fix’ The Equality Act. It’s Identity Politics Or Equality Before The Law, And Republicans Must Choose. There can be no compromise with those whose political program requires erasing American citizens’ constitutionally guaranteed rights to freely speak and freely worship. – Joy Pullmann
https://thefederalist.com/2021/05/17/there-is-no-way-to-fix-the-equality-act-its-identity-politics-or-equality-before-the-law-and-republicans-must-choose/

TOWNHALL
— Bad News: Encouraging Students to ‘Work Hard and Be Nice’ Is Now Racist – Guy Benson
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2021/05/19/bad-news-encouraging-students-to-work-hard-and-be-nice-is-now-racist-n2589631
— Politics of Fear: Democratic Mask Neurosis and the Republican Mushroom Cloud – John Kass
https://townhall.com/columnists/johnkass/2021/05/20/politics-of-fear-democratic-mask-neurosis-and-the-republican-mushroom-cloud-n2589715

PJ MEDIA
— Trump Commission Explains Why Critical Race Theory Is Incompatible With the Declaration of Independence – TYLER O’NEIL
https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/tyler-o-neil/2021/05/19/trumps-1776-commission-combats-critical-race-theory-in-education-n1448206

NEW AMERICAN
— Respected Democrat Pollster: Trump Loyalists to Lead the Country Starting in 2022 – Bob Adelmann
https://thenewamerican.com/respected-democrat-pollster-trump-loyalists-to-lead-the-country-starting-in-2022/

NEWS BUSTERS
— ABC’s Drama: History Book ‘Whitewashes’ US, Ignores ‘Terrible Things It’s Responsible For’ – Dawn Slusher
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/culture/dawn-slusher/2021/05/19/abcs-drama-history-book-whitewashes-us-ignores-terrible

LIBERTY NATION
— How Cancel Culture Spawned A ‘Pure Protection Racket’ – Kelli Ballard (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, the Democrat Party is a “pure protection racket.” Ever-increasingly, the Democrat Party shouts at those who are the following that they need protection from Republicans: Trump-haters, minorities, females, younger people, BLMers, LGBTQers, veterans, non-married people, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, RINOs, moderates, liberals, illegal aliens, those who have less money than others, criminals, boozers, gamblers, stoners, non-gun owners, non-Christians, non-Protestants, non-Italian Americans, non-German Americans, and those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time.)
https://www.libertynation.com/how-cancel-culture-spawned-a-pure-protection-racket/

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Pentagon tries to deny Capitol riot is being used as pretext to completely transform military – Terresa Monroe-Hamilton
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2021/05/19/misreporting-pentagon-denies-program-that-would-look-for-extremist-material-on-military-personnel-social-media-1076306/

LIFE SITE NEWS
— Texas governor signs law letting anyone sue abortionists for killing babies with heartbeats. The new law ‘exclusively’ empowers private citizens to bring civil suits against the abortionists. – Calvin Freiburger
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/texas-governor-signs-law-letting-anyone-sue-abortionists-for-killing-babies-with-heartbeats

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Pentagon to Monitor Military Social Media for ‘Extremist and Concerning Behavior’ FNC host Tucker Carlson slams Bishop Garrison as a lunatic, and decry’s military leadership’s activist priorities. – Leslie Eastman
https://legalinsurrection.com/2021/05/pentagon-to-monitor-military-social-media-for-extremist-and-concerning-behavior/
— Legal Insurrection Foundation Files Opposition to Education Dept. Proposal To Inject 1619 Project and Kendiism Into Schools. “incorporates the historically inaccurate and ideologically-driven 1619 Project and the discriminatory and misleadingly titled Critical Race Theory concept of “anti-racism” which actually is neo-racist as commonly used.” – William A. Jacobson
https://legalinsurrection.com/2021/05/legal-insurrection-foundation-files-opposition-to-education-dept-proposal-to-inject-1619-project-and-kendiism-into-schools/

COLLEGE FIX
— Why conservatives think journalism is rigged against them – JEREMY LOTT
https://www.thecollegefix.com/why-conservatives-think-journalism-is-rigged-against-them/

EPOCH TIMES
— What Is Critical Race Theory? What Is White Privilege?
https://www.theepochtimes.com/what-is-critical-race-theory-what-is-white-privilege_3823023.html

REASON
— New Campaign Against ‘Woke Companies’ Slams Them for Not Being Woke Enough – ELIZABETH NOLAN BROWN (DIERSEN: To be woke is to be anti-law enforcement, anti-Trump, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-heterosexual, anti-traditional marriage/family, anti-non-poor people, anti-gun owners, anti-Christian, anti-Protestant, anti-Italian American, anti-German American, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://reason.com/2021/05/19/new-campaign-against-woke-companies-slams-them-for-not-being-woke-enough/

THE HILL
— Conservative Republicans propose $14T in cuts to balance budget – NIV ELIS
https://thehill.com/policy/finance/554412-conservative-republicans-propose-14t-in-cuts-to-balance-budget

POLITICO
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters say “Trump, even in exile, is the Republican Party’s cash cow. There is a major ingredient behind the Republican Party’s re-embrace of the president after Jan. 6: Cold. Hard. Cash.”
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/05/20/trump-republican-party-cash-cow-489715

CBS NEWS
— Fox News Media moves to dismiss Dominion Voting Systems’ defamation lawsuit – MELISSA QUINN (DIERSEN: Have you considered filing defamation lawsuits? I should file defamation lawsuits against my critics/opponents. I would expose their operatives and their dupes. I would focus on those who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Illinois, DuPage County, DuPage County’s 4th District, Milton Township, Wheaton, and Wheaton’s West District. I would focus on those who defame those like me a) who they cannot manipulate or dominate, b) who refuse to glorify and praise them, c) who refuse to pander to them, d) who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, e) who refuse to cover up their wrongdoing, and/or f) who refuse to give them money.)
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/fox-news-dominion-voting-defamation-lawsuit-motion-dismiss/

CNN
— LIST: House members who said they were vaccinated against Covid-19 – Lauren Fox, Kristin Wilson, Sarah Fortinsky and Ali Zaslav
https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/18/politics/list-house-vaccinations-lawmakers/index.html

YAHOO NEWS
— Backers of Adam Kinzinger launch group to boost his politics – Lachlan Markay (DIERSEN: Which candidates on March 15, 2022 Republican primary ballots in your precinct will Kinzinger and his backers focus on destroying? The less that you hate Trump, the more that Kinzinger and his backers will do to destroy you.)
https://news.yahoo.com/backers-adam-kinzinger-launch-group-002936804.html
— How corporations have made diversity changes in the wake of BLM protests (DIERSEN: To promote BLM is to promote hatred against individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are law enforcement, Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, gun owners, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://news.yahoo.com/corporations-made-diversity-changes-wake-192202443.html
— Corporate activism meets conservative resistance
https://news.yahoo.com/corporate-activism-meets-conservative-resistance-182835642.html

NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Younger Jews In U.S. Facing ‘Identity Chris’ – Elizabeth Dias and Ruth Graham (DIERSEN: Government is nasty. Politics is nasty. Democrats are nasty. My Democrat superiors in the federal government did everything that they could a) to assign me to Jewish supervisors, b) to get them to give me unfair performance expectations and evaluations, c) to always rank me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, d) to delay/stop my promotions, e) to take other adverse actions against me, and f) to force me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old. My Democrat superiors in the federal government always stressed that I was conservative, that I was Republican, that I was 100% German American, and that I had been baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/19/us/jews-israel-palestine.html

USA TODAY
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote LGBTQ.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2021/05/19/covid-impact-lgbtq-youths-mental-health-trevor-project-survey/4971325001/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The Price of Woke Corporate Politics – Editorial (DIERSEN: To be woke is to be anti-law enforcement, anti-Trump, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-heterosexual, anti-traditional marriage/family, anti-non-poor people, anti-gun owners, anti-Christian, anti-Protestant, anti-Italian American, anti-German American, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-price-of-woke-corporate-politics-11621464490
— Gerrymanders and Double Standards. Both parties draw maps with an eye toward power, but Eric Holder and Barack Obama pretend that Democrats don’t. – Karl Rove (DIERSEN: In 2015, hate-filled Diersen-hating DuPage County RINOs gerrymandered me into the same DuPage County Milton Township Wheaton precinct with Jeanne Ives. I should write a book about that.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/gerrymanders-and-double-standards-11621463752

FORBES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Soon, if not already, employers will not hire you, will not retain you, and will get rid of you if you are not least three, four, five, or more of the following: minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, veteran, Democrat, Trump-hater, moderate, liberal, non-Christian, non-Protestant, non-Italian American, non-German American, and/or if ancestors have not been in America for a long time.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/eliamdur/2021/05/19/diversity-equity-and-inclusion-but-whats-missing/

FORTUNE
— No, Conservative social media isn’t going away – DANIELLE ABRIL
https://fortune.com/2021/05/20/conservative-social-media-parler-rumble-longevity-facebook-twitter-youtube/

MONEY TALKS NEWS
— Where Seniors Are Most and Least Financially Secure. Based on factors ranging from food stamp use to housing costs, these cities are where seniors are the best and worst off. – Ben Geier (DIERSEN: The operatives and the dupes who work for my critics/opponents are either a) not financially secure or b) want lots more money.)
https://www.moneytalksnews.com/slideshows/where-seniors-are-most-and-least-financially-secure/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: 1. The Villages, FL The Villages, an affluent retirement-focused community in central Florida, leads this list. This city ranks first or second in all of our metrics, including having the lowest share of seniors on SNAP, at 0.4%, and leading for the following: Percentage of seniors who own their own home: 96.0% Percentage of seniors who are cost-burdened by housing: 21.35% Housing costs as a percentage of average senior retirement income: 13.95%)

CHRONICLE OF HIGHER
— Her ‘1619 Project’ Is a Political Lightning Rod. It May Have Cost Her Tenure. – Jack Stripling and Andy Thomason
https://www.chronicle.com/article/chapel-hill-celebrated-a-prominent-journalists-appointment-then-it-denied-her-tenure

RAW STORY
— Kinzinger: Republicans are still scared Trump will mean-tweet them even though he’s banned from Twitter – Matthew Chapman
https://www.rawstory.com/republicans-scared-trump-mean-tweets/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats run America. 180 House Republicans just voted against blaming Republicans for the problems that Asian Americans have had, are having, and will have.
https://www.rawstory.com/180-house-republicans-just-voted-against-condemning-anti-asian-hate-after-the-atlanta-spa-shootings/

AMERICAN INDEPENDENT
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats run America. 180 House Republicans just voted against blaming Republicans for the problems that Asian Americans have had, are having, and will have.
https://americanindependent.com/house-republicans-anti-asian-hate-crimes-condemn-resolution-legislation-steve-scalise-grace-meng/

DAILY MAIL
— ‘She is a monster’: Tucker Carlson compares Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot to a Nazi for refusing to talk to white journalists – HARRIET ALEXANDER and EMILY CRANE
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9598847/She-monster-Carlson-compares-Chicago-mayor-Nazis-refusal-talk-white-journalists.html

INDEPENDENT
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled White-hating racist says “Chicago mayor’s decision to only speak to journalists of color is commendable, not racist. Lori Lightfoot’s stand is not against white reporters, but in favor of their Black and brown peers.”
https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/lori-lightfoot-chicago-mayor-racism-b1850451.html

May 19 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Chicago shootings: 108 children shot, 16 dead so far this year, police say – Michelle Gallardo
https://abc7chicago.com/city-in-chaos-108-kids-shot-16-dead-in-chicago-so-far-this-year/10663331/
— Illinois COVID-19 Update: IL reports 1,633 cases, 28 deaths
https://abc7chicago.com/health/il-reports-1633-covid-cases-28-deaths/10662533/
— Congress passes bill to fight hate crimes against Asian Americans (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats and RINOs blame those crimes on Republicans.)
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/congress-oks-bill-to-fight-hate-crimes-against-asian-americans/10657753/
— Mayor Lightfoot only granting interviews to reporters of color ahead of 2-year anniversary. Lightfoot blasts ‘overwhelming whiteness and maleness’ of Chicago media outlets. Craig Wall (DIERSEN: I should write a book about how Democrat plant, Libertarian plant, Green plant, Independent plant, and RINO activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, fundraisers, campaign managers, campaign staff members, campaign volunteers, etc. in Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton have treated me and treated my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters since 2000. I would focus on the aforesaid who made it the most clear that they despised/hated a) conservatives, b) those who share my demographics, and/or c) the traditional marriage/family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks in the Republican Party platform.)
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/mayor-lightfoot-only-granting-interviews-to-reporters-of-color-/10663890/

NBC5
— Lightfoot Says She Will Only Give 1-on-1 Interviews to Journalists of Color (DIERSEN: What about journalists who are female, LGBTQ, etc.?)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/lightfoot-says-she-will-only-give-1-on-1-interviews-to-journalists-of-color/2514015/

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Lightfoot slams ‘overwhelming whiteness’ of Chicago press, defends only speaking to reporters of color – David Rutz
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/lightfoot-slams-overwhelming-whiteness-of-chicago-press-defends-only-speaking-to-reporters-of-color

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— 35 Republicans joined Democrats in voting to create bipartisan commission to investigate Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol – AP
https://www.chicagotribune.com/nation-world/ct-aud-nw-republicans-democrats-bipartisan-commission-capitol-attack-20210519-e3lal5pnx5h67cqzg7co6lqyj4-story.html
— Rep. Mary Miller warned after defying US House’s mask rules: report | Trump can’t quit hammering Chicago | Lightfoot focuses on media inequality – LISA DONOVAN
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-mary-miller-warning-mask-lightfoot-media-diversity-spin-20210519-nau2or3yajhpfbi7wka2axvqiu-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Halfway through her first term, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot is addressing what she says is a lack of diversity in the media. The city’s first Black female mayor says that’s why she decided to only grant one-on-one interviews marking her first two years in office with journalists of color. “I ran to break up the status quo that was failing so many,” Lightfoot said on Twitter. “That isn’t just in City Hall. It’s a shame that in 2021, the City Hall press corps is overwhelmingly White in a city where more than half of the city identifies as Black, Latino, AAPI or Native American.” Her calls for equity are drawing some cheers, while others question the fairness of granting interviews based on race. It should be noted that politicians frequently pick and choose which reporters they’ll grant exclusive interviews and representatives for governors and mayors also frequently shop around ideas for news stories.)
— Republicans, including Marjorie Taylor Greene and Illinois’ Mary Miller, face fines for rebelling against House mask rules – AP
https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-aud-nw-congress-house-mask-rules-20210519-b7vyko6fkzf3hjant6lcgxpd3i-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— $8 million is enough? Alderman seeks ban on Madigan, Burke, Solis ‘using obscene amounts’ of campaign cash to pay lawyers. Ald. Byron Sigcho-Lopez (25th) said he views the issue as one that “needs to be addressed systemically,” through the courts and through legislation, to “prevent [this practice] from happening again.” – Rachel Hinton
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2021/5/19/22444183/mike-madigan-ed-burke-danny-solis-campaign-cash-lawyers-legal-fees-comed-federal-investigations
— A lesson from the pandemic: Every American household needs and deserves reliable internet service. For too many American families, though, broadband remains a luxury. – Sen. Dick Durbin
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2021/5/19/22444399/internet-broadband-access-american-jobs-plan-sen-dick-durbin

DAILY HERALD
— Statue task force considers adding, removing state monuments – SARAH MANSUR
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20210519/statue-task-force-considers-adding-removing-state-monuments
— Companies named Best Places to Work in Illinois (DIERSEN: Democrats run the federal government. Federal agencies should be ranked the best places to work by federal employees who are the following because the federal government gives tremendous preference to its employees who are the following: Democrat, and especially Democrats who are minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, veteran, disabled, moderate, liberal, non-Christian, non-Protestant, non-Italian American, non-German American, and those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/business/20210519/companies-named-best-places-to-work-in-illinois
— McHenry County Board votes down effort to end ICE agreement – Megann Horstead
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20210519/mchenry-county-board-votes-down-effort-to-end-ice-agreement

WBEZ
— For Mid-Term Mark, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot Says She’ll Only Talk To Reporters Of Color. Lightfoot said she was limiting anniversary interviews to journalists of color to highlight ongoing racial disparity in newsrooms, particularly in City Hall coverage. – Becky Vevea
https://www.wbez.org/stories/at-mid-term-mark-chicago-mayor-lori-lightfoot-limits-who-shell-talk-to/4c6b65f5-ac31-4c72-a275-1dc6eb4bcdd6

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— 4 issues the Illinois General Assembly could address before spring session ends – BRENDEN MOORE
https://www.pantagraph.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/4-issues-the-illinois-general-assembly-could-address-before-spring-session-ends/article_a85b0a95-a9d7-5b21-925b-1ed6c9038532.html

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— Illinois school officials push more pay, less certification to stem teacher shortage – RAYMOND TRONCOSOC (DIERSEN: While I worked for Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, they constantly lowered hiring, retention, and promotion requirements to help them hire, retain, and promote Democrats who were minority, female, and/or younger. Ever-increasingly, because I am Republican, White, male, and born in 1948, my work experience, education, professional certifications, and professional license meant nothing. I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 32.)
https://www.bnd.com/news/local/education/article251515073.html

DAILY EGYPTIAN
— Illinois gun legislation is one of the strictest in the nation, but what is its impact on crime rates? – Jason Flynn and George Wiebe
https://dailyegyptian.com/108123/chicago/illinois-gun-legislation-is-one-of-the-strictest-in-the-nation-but-what-is-its-impact-on-crime-rates/

NADIG NEWSPAPERS
— Redrawing district lines a ‘brutal’ game of chairs – Russ Stewart (DIERSEN: In 2015, hate-filled Diersen-hating DuPage County RINOs gerrymandered me into the same DuPage County Milton Township Wheaton precinct with Jeanne Ives. I should write a book about that.)
http://nadignewspapers.com/2021/05/19/redrawing-district-lines-a-brutal-game-of-chairs/

ILLINOIS NEWS
— Is Christopher Columbus Italian or Spanish? Scientists are investigating using Explorer’s DNA – Robby McPartlin (DIERSEN: Should everyone in government, politics, etc. be required to disclose their DNA? According to http://dna.ancestry.com , my ancestry is 33% Europe West, 28% Scandinavia, 24% Great Britain, 11% Ireland, 2% Europe East, 1% Finland/Northwest Russia, and 1% Italy/Greece.)
https://illinoisnewstoday.com/is-christopher-columbus-italian-or-spanishscientists-are-investigating-using-explorers-dna-nbc-chicago/204143/

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— ILLINOIS LOSES 1 SEAT IN CONGRESS, BUT REPUBLICANS MAY LOSE 2 – Patrick Andriesen (DIERSEN: In 2015, hate-filled Diersen-hating DuPage County RINOs gerrymandered me into the same DuPage County Milton Township Wheaton precinct with Jeanne Ives. I should write a book about that.)
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/illinois-loses-1-seat-in-congress-but-republicans-may-lose-2/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— ILLINOIS STATE REP (Chris Miller) CALLS FOR STATE AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO SUPPORT ISRAEL
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2021/05/illinois-state-rep-calls-for-state-and-federal-government-to-support-israel.html
— DI LEO: MR. BIDEN GOES FOR A TEST DRIVE
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2021/05/mr-biden-goes-for-a-test-drive.html
— CONGRESSMAN CASTEN: THE GOP DOESN’T CARE ABOUT THE JAN 6TH CAPITOL ATTACK
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2021/05/congressman-casten-the-gop-doesnt-care-about-the-jan-6th-capitol-attack.html
— THE WOKEST PLACE ON EARTH (Disney)
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2021/05/the-wokest-place-on-earth.html

CAPITOL FAX
— June 30th remap deadline deemed a “fallacy” by reporter
https://capitolfax.com/2021/05/19/june-30th-remap-deadline-deemed-a-fallacy-by-reporter/
— Lightfoot makes symbolic gesture, gets hammered by reporters
https://capitolfax.com/2021/05/19/lightfoot-makes-symbolic-gesture-gets-hammered-by-reporters/
— 1,633 new confirmed and probable cases; 28 additional deaths; 1,518 hospitalized; 405 in ICU; 2.3 percent average case positivity rate; 2.7 percent average test positivity rate; 62,884 average daily doses
https://capitolfax.com/2021/05/19/1633-new-confirmed-and-probable-cases-28-additional-deaths-1518-hospitalized-405-in-icu-23-percent-average-case-positivity-rate-27-percent-average-test-positivity-rate-62884-average-daily-doses/

BLAZE
— ‘What they respect is POWER and CONTROL’: How the Left used masks to condition us to turn on each other
https://www.theblaze.com/shows/the-glenn-beck-program/masks-power-control

DAILY SIGNAL
— Biden’s Border Policy Is an Economic Boon for Cartels, Assault on American Communities – Shea Garrison
https://www.dailysignal.com/2021/05/19/bidens-border-policy-is-an-economic-boon-for-cartels-assault-on-american-communities/

NEWS BUSTERS
— Vile, Hour-Long CNN Propaganda: GOP Hated Obama ‘Mostly’ Because of Race – Brad Wilmouth
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/brad-wilmouth/2021/05/18/vile-hour-long-cnn-propaganda-gop-hated-obama-mostly-because-race

PJ MEDIA
— It’s Not Your Imagination. Joe Biden Really Is Weakening the United States. – BRYAN PRESTON
https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/bryan-preston/2021/05/19/its-not-your-imagination-joe-biden-really-is-weakening-the-united-states-n1448032

EPOCH TIMES
— Oregon Counties Vote to Secede Into Idaho. In a long-shot bid, 5 counties approved measures telling officials to take steps to change the border . – JACK PHILLIPS
https://www.theepochtimes.com/mkt_breakingnews/oregon-counties-vote-to-secede-into-idaho_3822536.html
— Judge Blocks Biden Administration From Doling Out Grants Based on Race, Gender – ZACHARY STIEBER
https://www.theepochtimes.com/mkt_breakingnews/judge-blocks-biden-administration-from-doling-out-grants-based-on-race-gender_3822305.html

CNN
— Here are the 35 House Republicans who voted for the January 6 commission – Paul LeBlanc
https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/19/politics/house-republicans-january-6-commission/index.html

ABC NEWS
— Republicans rebel against mask requirement in House chamber – AP (DIERSEN: The list include Kinzinger and Davis.)
https://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/republicans-rebel-mask-requirement-house-chamber-77784422

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, since the Civil War, Democrats shout that Republicans are racists who have caused all the problems that minorities have had, are having, and will have. Ever-increasingly, Democrats make it clear that they want minorities to get rid of Republicans once and for all. How should Republicans respond to that?
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/19/opinion/race-theory-us-racism.html

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats illegally encourage citizens of foreign countries to illegally come to America illegally and to stay in America illegally.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/interactive/2021/us-mexico-border-migrants/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Should employers be forced to pay higher salaries for “bad” jobs? I am one of those a) who took “bad” jobs but then b) who qualified themselves for better paying jobs rather than collect unemployment. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that they would never stoop to take the “bad” jobs that I took. I did yard work and delivered newspapers 1962-1964; washed dishes 1964-1966; cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966; delivered mail 1966-1969; worked on an automobile assembly line and as a security guard in 1970; sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971; pumped gasoline 1971-1972; collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980; and audited federal agencies 1980-1997. To qualify myself for better paying jobs, I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 32.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/05/19/wealthy-ceos-rake-money-an-ugly-trope-about-americans-needing-help-reemerges/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: QUESTION: What do hate-filled Trump-hating Trump–haters want everyone to do? ANSWER: Hate individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are law enforcement, Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, past, present, or future union members, past, present, and future federal employees and retirees, gun owners, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/cpac-trump-election/2021/02/27/669c1ab2-791f-11eb-948d-19472e683521_story.html

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Fellow Asian Americans laud Kamala Harris’ rise, but want more clout for their communities – NOAH BIERMAN (DIERSEN: Which groups have the most clout in your municipal district, in your municipality, in your township, in your county district, and in your county? I should write a book about those groups that have the most clout in Wheaton’s West District, in Wheaton, in Milton Township, in DuPage County’s 4th District, and in DuPage County. Of course, I would focus on those groups that despise/hate those who are law enforcement officers, Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, gun owners, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2021-05-19/harris-asian-americans-democrats-voters

FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
— 4 skills and experiences that can set finance professionals apart. Hiring managers may need to look outside the box to find the right talent for the job. – Hannah Pitstick (DIERSEN: My Democrat superiors in the federal government wanted to hire employees who were yes-men or yes-women, Democrat, minority, female, younger, veteran, LGBTQ, moderate, liberal, non-Christian, non-Protestant, non-Italian American, non-German American, and those whose ancestors had not been in America for a long time.)
https://www.fm-magazine.com/news/2021/may/finance-professionals-key-skills-and-experiences.html

May 3 Evening Edition

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— JULY 4, 2019 EVENING EDITION FLASHBACK: Republican entries in Wheaton’s outstanding 2019 Independence Day Parade were Bob Berlin, Amy Grant, Chris Kachiroubas, Evelyn Sanguinetti, Ann Celine Walsh, and Milton Township Republican Central Committee. Those who walked with the entries included Almiron, Anderson, Carlson, Caruso, Colgan, Collins, Falbo, Fisher, Furstenau, Ives, Keller, LeVan, Marquardt, Marshall, Monino, Muehlfelt, Nathwani, Ruhl, Ryan, Saake, Shaw, and Whelan. With their $2,500 contribution, “DuPage County Republicans” were again the top sponsor for the parade and fireworks. Contributions were: $500 from Roger Claar; $250 each from Berlin, Sanguinetti, Phil Suess, and Tim Whelan; and $100 each from Michael Barbier, Grant Eckhoff, Tim Elliott, Grant, Chris Heidorn, Babette Holder, Jeanne Ives, Marty Keller, Bob Larsen, and Walsh. I hand-delivering 500 flyers (printed courtesy of Alpha Graphics) to the residences and businesses on the parade route that included the Republican entries in the parade, the sponsor’s names, and the amounts they contributed. – Dave Diersen
https://gopillinois.com/uncategorized/july-4-evening-edition-4/

DAILY HERALD
— Wheaton’s Field of Honor returns June 30-July 4 (DIERSEN: I certainly hope that Wheaton will have a traditional Independence Day fireworks and parade this year. Outstandingly, DuPage Republicans have helped sponsor Wheaton’s fireworks and parades since 2005. I certainly hope that all the Republican candidates on March 15, 2022 ballots in DuPage County a) want to help sponsor the fireworks and parade this year and b) will have entries in the parade this year.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/submitted/20210503/wheatons-field-of-honor-returns-june-30-july-4
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Wheaton Park District also is planning an Independence Day Celebration July 3-4. Fireworks and family fun are scheduled for Saturday, July 3 in Graf Park. The complete schedule will be posted at a future date. Fireworks start at dusk. A parking map will be available for download for viewing prior to the event. Please be kind to our neighbors when parking on residential streets. The annual Independence Day Parade will be Sunday, July 4, in downtown Wheaton. The theme will be posted as it becomes available. They are encouraging parade entrants to use imagination as parade entries/floats are created. If you would like to submit ideas for the theme of the 2021 parade, email communications@wheatonparks.org. Check back for a parade route map to be added for 2021. Be kind to neighbors when parking on residential streets. Check wheatonparkdistrict.com for the 2021 Independence Day parade entry application to be posted. For sponsorships, contact Kristina Nemetz at knemetz@wheatonparks.org .)
— Why DuPage County residential property owners could see increase on tax bills – Lauren Rohr
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20210503/why-dupage-county-residential-property-owners-could-see-increase-on-tax-bills
— Longtime Lake County recorder launches campaign for new office – Mick Zawislak
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20210503/longtime-lake-county-recorder-launches-campaign-for-new-office

ABC7
— Illinois COVID-19 Update: IL reports 2,049 new coronavirus cases, 28 deaths. 9.4 million COVID vaccines administered in IL
https://abc7chicago.com/health/il-reports-2049-new-covid-19-cases-28-deaths/10573639/

CBS2
— How Can Illinois Get To The ‘Bridge’ Phase For The State’s Reopening? – Chris Tye
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2021/05/03/illinois-reopening-bridge-phase/

WGN RADIO
— Florida governor signs law preempting local COVID edicts – AP
https://wgnradio.com/health/florida-governor-signs-law-preempting-local-covid-edicts/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Illinois hits new monthly record for recreational marijuana sales at nearly $115 million in April – ROBERT CHANNICK
https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-recreational-marijuana-sales-record-illinois-april-20210503-5dwnnb7o5jd6fekiwxdimj4ep4-story.html
— Resolving Lake County clerk’s six-figure lawsuit sets stage for 2022 primary clash – CHARLES SELLE
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/lake-county-news-sun/opinion/ct-lns-selle-county-clerk-races-st-0504-20210503-d6istvvinjesrdd7ww5v3rawjm-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Americans say government should help people age at home – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2021/5/3/22417608/government-should-help-americans-age-home

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Will COVID vaccines be required at Illinois Wesleyan University, ISU? – Lenore Sobota
https://www.pantagraph.com/news/local/education/watch-now-will-covid-vaccines-be-required-at-illinois-state-university-wesleyan-university/article_728dbf2f-49af-55eb-ae39-d80cecd41d81.html

OUR QUAD CITIES
— McCombie notices different tone in Springfield under new speaker. Republican state representative encouraged about leadership term limits proposal. – Jim Niedelman
https://www.ourquadcities.com/news/4-the-record/mccombie-notices-different-tone-in-springfield-under-new-speaker/

NPR ILLINOIS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats have declared war on Republicans. Democrats see refugees as being their soldiers in their army to get rid of Republicans once and for all.
https://www.nprillinois.org/post/white-house-says-public-can-do-more-resettle-additional-refugees#stream/0

WILLIAM J KELLY
— Save Illinois’ Lincoln Statue, Save America
https://www.williamjkelly.org/news/savelincolnstatueillinois

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— May Become Legal to Knowingly Infect Someone with HIV, But Not for Coronavirus
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/05/03/may-be-legal-to-knowingly-infect-someone-with-hiv-buy-not-for-coronavirus/

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— COVID-19 ‘VAX PASS’ IDEA GETTING NIXED IN ILLINOIS, PRITZKER SAYS – Brad Weisenstein
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/covid-19-vax-pass-idea-getting-nixed-in-illinois-pritzker-says/

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— State Lawmakers to Remove Basic Protection for Patients – Chris Iverson
https://illinoisfamily.org/life/why-would-state-lawmakers-remove-basic-protection-for-patients/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— CRITICAL RACE THEORY ABOUT TO SEE ITS DAY IN COURT
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2021/05/critical-race-theory-about-to-see-its-day-in-court.html

CAPITOL FAX
— 2,049 new confirmed and probable cases; 28 additional deaths; 1,963 hospitalized; 479 in ICU; 3.4 percent average case positivity rate; 4 percent average test positivity rate; 78,440 average daily doses; Only 16,920 doses reported administered Sunday
https://capitolfax.com/2021/05/03/2049-new-confirmed-and-probable-cases-28-additional-deaths-1963-hospitalized-479-in-icu-34-percent-average-case-positivity-rate-4-percent-average-test-positivity-rate-78440-average-daily-doses-only-16/
— COVID-19 roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2021/05/03/covid-19-roundup-77/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— House Democratic departures threaten party hold on majority – Kerry Picket
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/retirements-and-runs-house-dems-chances-majority

FOX NEWS
— Hawley says he won’t ‘bow down to woke mob’ that tried to cancel his book
https://www.foxnews.com/transcript/hawley-says-he-wont-bow-down-to-woke-mob-that-tried-to-cancel-his-book

GOPUSA
— Should An Agency Of Government Control An Individual’s Online Speech? Courts To Decide (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents want the following to stop me from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters, but failing that, they want the following to control every aspect of the newsletters: Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization.)
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=109749

BREITBART
— Never Trump Candidate Backed by Kinzinger, Cheney Sees Embarrassing 9th Place Loss in Texas Special Election – ASHLEY OLIVER (DIERSEN: Who will the Never Trump candidates be on the March 15, 2022 Republican primary ballot in your precinct?)
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/05/03/never-trump-candidate-backed-by-kinzinger-cheney-sees-embarrassing-9th-place-loss-in-texas-special-election/

BLAZE
— Sunny Hostin of ‘The View’ declares ‘we need to shun those that refuse to get vaccinated’ — specifically ‘white evangelicals’ and ‘Republicans’ A USA Today op-ed actually used same verb: ‘It’s time to start shunning the “vaccine hesitant”‘ – DAVE URBANSKI (DIERSEN: Who will lead the shunning in your county, in your county district, in your township, in your municipality, in your municipal district, in your precinct, and in your neighborhood?)
https://www.theblaze.com/news/sunny-hostin-shun-vaccine-hesitant

TOWNHALL
— Oh, So Now Herd Immunity Cannot Be Obtained? – Matt Vespa
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2021/05/03/oh-so-now-herd-immunity-cannot-be-obtained-n2588870
— Florida Passes Law Preventing Woke Social Media from Muzzling Politicians – Matt Vespa
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2021/05/03/florida-passes-law-preventing-woke-social-media-from-muzzling-politicians-n2588822

NEWS BUSTERS
— Untrustworthy! Gallup Poll Shows Most Americans Turn on Big Tech – Casey Ryan
https://newsbusters.org/blogs/free-speech/casey-ryan/2021/05/03/untrustworthy-gallup-poll-shows-most-americans-turn-big

NEWSMAX
— Conservatives Should Not Outsource the Culture War to Politicians – Daniel Di Martino
https://www.newsmax.com/danieldimartino/Conservatives-Culture-War-Transgender-Ideology-Politicians/2021/05/03/id/1019954/
— California’s ‘Exodus’ Threatens Conservative States – Yuri Vanetik
https://www.newsmax.com/yurivanetik/california-exodus-conservativestates/2021/05/03/id/1019915/

PJ MEDIA
— A Dozen Texas Counties Have Declared Emergencies Due to the Worsening Border Crisis – BRYAN PRESTON
https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/bryan-preston/2021/05/03/a-dozen-texas-counties-have-declared-emergencies-due-to-the-worsening-border-crisis-n1444332

EPOCH TIMES
— Florida Gov. DeSantis Suspends Local COVID-19 Emergency Orders, Bans Vaccine Passports – JACK PHILLIPS
https://www.theepochtimes.com/mkt_breakingnews/florida-gov-desantis-signs-bill-banning-vaccine-passports-suspends-local-covid-19-emergency-orders_3800683.html

THE HILL
— Trump’s critics face wrath of GOP base – NIALL STANAGE
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/551576-the-memo-trumps-critics-face-wrath-of-gop-base

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrat-run schools use critical race theory to promote hatred against Republicans, and especially against Republicans who are law enforcement officers, Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, gun owners, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2021/05/03/critical-race-theory-backlash/
— Biden says he will raise refugee cap from 15,000 to 62,500 – Sean Sullivan
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/biden-refugee/2021/05/03/1b833126-ac4d-11eb-ab4c-986555a1c511_story.html

NEWSWEEK
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Illinois to Record $1 Billion Marijuana Sales by Year’s End, Surpassing Liquor
https://www.newsweek.com/illinois-record-1-billion-marijuana-sales-years-end-surpassing-liquor-1588354

PBS
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: As more states legalize marijuana, people with drug convictions want their records cleared – Courtney Vinopal (DIERSEN: Your past predicts your future.)
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/as-more-states-legalize-marijuana-people-with-drug-convictions-want-their-records-cleared

FEDERAL NEWS NETWORK
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters say “Donald Trump and his supporters are intensifying efforts to shame — and potentially remove — members of their party who are seen as disloyal to the former president and his false claims that last year’s election was stolen from him.”
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/government-news/2021/05/trumps-big-lie-becomes-new-litmus-test-for-success-in-gop/

April 27 Morning Edition

CBS2
— ‘Help Wanted’ Signs Are Everywhere, But Employers Still Having A Hard Time Attracting Workers – Chris Tye (DIERSEN: Democrat employers do not want to hire those who are Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, gun owners, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2021/04/26/help-wanted-signs-no-workers/

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

WEST COOK NEWS
— ‘It’s all social justice. All day. Every day.’ Socialist OPRF school board members caught gloating on Zoom – April Bamburg (DIERSEN: Expect that under the Democrats, ever-increasingly, students will become anti-law enforcement, anti-Trump, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-heterosexual, anti-traditional marriage/family, anti-non-poor people, anti-gun owners, anti-Christian, anti-Protestant, anti-Italian American, anti-German American, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://westcooknews.com/stories/591458925-it-s-all-social-justice-all-day-every-day-socialist-oprf-school-board-members-caught-gloating-on-zoom

WIREPOINTS
— Already strangled by unfunded state mandates, Illinois mayors are right to revolt against new tax grab by Springfield. – Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner
https://wirepoints.org/already-strangled-by-unfunded-state-mandates-illinois-mayors-are-right-to-revolt-against-new-tax-grab-by-springfield-wirepoints/
— ‘What a foundation!’: Two Illinois Profs On Hot Mic Giddy About Social Justice Everywhere In Schools – Mark Glennon (DIERSEN: Expect that under the Democrats, ever-increasingly, students will become anti-law enforcement, anti-Trump, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-heterosexual, anti-traditional marriage/family, anti-non-poor people, anti-gun owners, anti-Christian, anti-Protestant, anti-Italian American, anti-German American, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://wirepoints.org/what-a-foundation-two-illinois-profs-on-hot-mic-giddy-about-social-justice-everywhere-in-schools-wirepoints/

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

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

AMERICAN THINKER
— Where to get straight news – Ted Noel (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who demonize, denigrate, and condemn a) me, b) the decisions that I make to include or to not include links to articles in GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters, and c) the comments that I make on those articles. I would focus on those who paint themselves as being religious, conservative, and/or Republican and who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton’s West District, Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County’s 4th District, DuPage County, and/or Illinois. I would focus on the aforesaid who blame me and blame my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters for their problems, for your problems, for my problems, and for everyone’s problems. I would focus on the aforesaid who have taken the strongest adverse actions against me.)
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2021/04/where_to_get_straight_news.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The gorilla in the room is Breitbart. It has two problems. The first is that, while it is generally a good source, it clearly pushes its product in the conservative direction. The second is that its website is formatted like a tabloid. If you want straight news, try Just the News or One America News Network. Newsmax and Fox are generally good, but neither sticks to straight news very well. The Epoch Times or the Wall Street Journal may also suit you. You may have to search for what you want. News aggregators such as The Liberty Daily, Citizen Free Press, Populist Press, and Conservative Playlist may have what you’re looking for. Once you leave pure news, you’ll be looking at commentary. If you want all sorts of viewpoints, RealClearPolitics is without peer. You’ll find the whole spectrum there, including the insane left. You pick and choose. There are also the three commentary sites I write for: American Thinker, Townhall, and NOQReport. There are lots of others, and as you follow hyperlinks in articles on those sites, you’ll discover more than you can possibly read. Particularly good ones are The Federalist, Reason Magazine, American Greatness, Daily Wire, and American Spectator.)

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

DAILY CALLER
— Anti-Trump Group Hands Out A Ton Of ‘F’ Grades On Republicans’ ‘Democracy’ Report Cards – BRADLEY DEVLIN (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats use “democracy” to get rid of Republicans, and especially to get rid of Republicans who are law enforcement officers, Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, gun owners, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://dailycaller.com/2021/04/26/anti-trump-group-failing-grades-republicans-democracy-report-card/

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

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

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

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

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

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

THE HILL
— A permanent Trump ban has grave implications for global free expression – TINA RAMIREZ AND LENA ABBOUD (DIERSEN: Who bans you? I should write a book about those who ban me. I would focus on those who paint themselves as being religious, conservative, and/or Republican and who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton’s West District, Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County’s 4th District, DuPage County, and/or Illinois. I would focus on the aforesaid who blame me and blame my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters for their problems, for your problems, for my problems, and for everyone’s problems. I would focus on the aforesaid who have taken the strongest adverse actions against me.)
https://thehill.com/opinion/technology/550347-a-permanent-trump-ban-has-grave-implications-for-global-free-expression
— On The Trail: Census data kicks off the biggest redistricting fight in American history – REID WILSON
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/550358-on-the-trail-census-data-kicks-off-the-biggest-redistricting-fight-in
— Biden’s tax hikes will hurt the ‘little guy’ and kill Trump’s ‘opportunity economy’ – MONICA CROWLEY
https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/550369-bidens-tax-hikes-will-hurt-the-little-guy-and-kill-trumps-opportunity

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

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

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

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

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, since the Civil War, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs demonize, denigrate, and condemn Republicans as being White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, and bigots who should be gotten rid of once and for all, and especially Republicans who are law enforcement officers, Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, gun owners, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/04/26/hate-crime-laws-explained/
— Congress must decide: Will it protect social media profits, or democracy? – Tom Malinowski and Anna Eshoo (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes want Facebook, Google, etc. to continue to have the power to destroy conservatives.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/04/26/malinowski-eshoo-congress-social-media-section-230/

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— A hate crime law is a start. But it will take much more to make Asian Americans feel safer – STEWART KWOH, CONNIE CHUNG JOE AND CONNIE RICE (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, since the Civil War, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs demonize, denigrate, and condemn Republicans as being White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, and bigots who should be gotten rid of once and for all, and especially Republicans who are law enforcement officers, Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, gun owners, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2021-04-26/hate-crime-law-asians-community-solutions

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

FORBES
— Why Trump’s Portrait Won’t Hang Near Obama’s For Long – Suzanne Rowan Kelleher
https://www.forbes.com/sites/suzannerowankelleher/2021/04/27/why-trumps-portrait-wont-hang-near-obamas-for-long/
— How Did “Hate” Become A Thing? – John Torpey (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, since the Civil War, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs demonize, denigrate, and condemn Republicans as being White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, and bigots who should be gotten rid of once and for all, and especially Republicans who are law enforcement officers, Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, gun owners, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/johntorpey/2021/04/26/how-did-hate-become-a-thing/

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

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

March 13 Evening Edition

CBS2
— Group Evaluating Chicago’s Controversial Statues, Monuments Meets; Now-Removed Columbus Statues Remain Subjects Of Strong Feelings – Charlie De Mar
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2021/03/11/chicago-monuments-project-problematic-columbus-statues/

NBC5
— Coronavirus in Illinois: 1,675 New Cases, 23 Deaths, Over 152K Vaccinations Reported. Illinois reported over 152,000 vaccinations over the last 24 hours, the highest one-day total to date
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/coronavirus/coronavirus-in-illinois-1675-new-cases-23-deaths-over-152k-vaccinations-reported/2461240/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Making the case for free community college nationwide. Seventeen states offer some sort of tuition-free two-year college program. Research proves the educational and economic benefit to young people who likely would have skipped college otherwise. – Editorial (DIERSEN: I was able to graduate from NIU in 1970 debt-free and owning a 1969 Dodge Charge SE a) because of the money that I earned delivering mail for the Park Forest Post Office 1966-1969 and b) because my parents provided me with room and board in their home in Crete while attended UIC 1966-1968, weekends during my first semester at NIU in 1969, and the summer of 1969.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2021/3/13/22273213/community-college-free-biden-administration-americas-college-promise-editorial

DAILY HERALD
— Endorsements: Malloy, Howard and Manno for College of DuPage board
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20210313/endorsements-malloy-howard-and-manno-for-college-of-dupage-board
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Holan, Andrew Manno, 30, of Aurora, and Deborah Sajdak of Glen Ellyn have been endorsed by conservative firebrand Jeanne Ives.)
— Endorsement: Weller for Wheaton City Council, South District
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20210313/endorsement-weller-for-wheaton-city-council-south-district?cid=search

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Illinois guard troops stay in D.C. as others head home – AP
https://www.pantagraph.com/news/state-and-regional/watch-now-illinois-guard-troops-stay-in-d-c-as-others-head-home/article_22967f70-b1d8-5a8c-a94d-0135e6e5113e.html

ROCKFORD SUN
— Trump reignites feud with Rep. Kinzinger, others at CPAC convention – Glenn Minnis
https://rockfordsun.com/stories/577046770-trump-reignites-feud-with-rep-kinzinger-others-at-cpac-convention

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Illinois has way too much of a bad thing (governments) – Jim Dey
https://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/jim-dey-illinois-has-way-too-much-of-a-bad-thing/article_f20877f5-ca3c-5bea-b365-8eff5d3760eb.html

NPR NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote dependency on government.
https://www.nprillinois.org/post/how-bidens-plan-could-help-reshape-finances-american-families#stream/0

BLAZE
— Evanston prepares first round of reparations to black residents, but activists say it’s not enough ‘Just putting money into a loan is not true reparations’ – CHRIS ENLOE
https://www.theblaze.com/news/illinois-city-prepares-first-round-of-reparations-but-activists-say-its-not-enough
— Jordan Peterson shares poll showing white liberals embrace using violence to pursue political goals more than conservatives. This breaks the narrative the corporate media is telling you – PAUL SACCA
https://www.theblaze.com/news/political-violence-poll-jordan-peterson

DAILY WIRE
— Coca-Cola Says It Will Only Hire Law Firms That Meet Quota For Black Attorneys Coke said it will only hire law firms that commit to providing 15 percent of billed time from black attorneys. – Mairead McArdle (DIERSEN: My plan for a career in the automotive industry ended in 1971 when Oldsmobile withdrew a job offer that I had accepted saying that Oldsmobile had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. That directly resulted in my accepting a job offer from IRS.)
https://www.dailywire.com/news/coca-cola-says-it-will-only-hire-law-firms-that-meet-quota-for-black-attorneys

NEWSMAX
— Ken Paxton to Newsmax TV: Twitter Doesn’t Censor Liberals – Eric Mack
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/kenpaxton-twitter-bias-socialmedia/2021/03/13/id/1013677/

RED STATE
— Why Does GOP House Member Adam Kinzinger Keep Voting With the Democrats? Redistricting Is Why
https://redstate.com/shipwreckedcrew/2021/03/13/why-does-gop-house-member-adam-kinzinger-keep-voting-with-the-democrats-redistricting-is-why-n342185

THE HILL
— Democrats rush to Biden’s defense on border surge – MIKE LILLIS AND SCOTT WONG
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/543038-democrats-rush-to-bidens-defense-on-border-surge

POLITICO
— 9-step guide to winning Trump’s endorsement – TARA PALMERI
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/playbook/2021/03/13/a-9-step-guide-to-winning-trumps-endorsement-492098

NEW YORK POST
— Team Biden knows its open-borders plan is unpopular — so why do it? – Michael Barone (DIERSEN: Democrats want illegals because illegals will vote for Democrats. RINOs want illegals because RINOs want cheap labor.)
https://nypost.com/2021/03/12/team-biden-knows-its-open-borders-plan-is-unpopular-so-why-do-it/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Extended National Guard Contingent Being Drawn from 11 States, D.C. Military strained to find enough Guard members to serve at Capitol after a year of repeated deployments, officials say – Nancy A. Youssef and Alexa Corse
https://www.wsj.com/articles/extended-national-guard-contingent-being-drawn-from-11-states-d-c-11615647913

NEWSWEEK
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater says “94% of White Republican College Grads” say “GOP Shouldn’t Punish Officials Opposing Trump.”
https://www.newsweek.com/gop-shouldnt-punish-officials-opposing-trump-say-94-white-republican-college-grads-1575945

February 2 Evening Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Republican-hating Republican-hater says “Adam Kinzinger’s new quest to sober up the conspiracy-drunk Republican Party? Good luck with that.”
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/eric-zorn/ct-column-kinzinger-country1st-republican-conservative-soul-zorn-20210202-7vvj2bhrsbgwpc63zgbphjylyu-story.html
— OUTRAGEOUS: Candidate who voted as a Democrat in a primary can run as a Republican for Lockport Township assessor, judge rules – TED SLOWIK
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/opinion/ct-sta-slowik-lockport-township-election-st-0203-20210202-ot7vtueafjay3ds7qs6je4me3e-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters say “Adam Kinzinger wants to unplug the GOP ‘rage machine.’ A man can dream. A viable democracy needs at least two strong and competing political parties. It’s not great when one party has sold its soul to a lynch mob.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2021/2/2/22260547/adam-kinzinger-country-first-republican-party-marjorie-taylor-greene
— The constitutionality of Donald Trump’s impeachment trial is not ‘crystal clear’ Plausible arguments lie on both sides of the debate. – Jacob Sullum
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2021/2/2/22262800/donald-trump-impeachment-constitution-jacob-sullum
— State Senate Democrats decide ‘it makes sense’ to meet virtually, but GOP argues ‘it is time to get back’ to Springfield  The cancelled session days had been scheduled for Feb. 9-11 and 16-18. “There shouldn’t be any issues,” said a spokesman for state Senate President Don Harmon. But Senate Republicans blasted Harmon for his reliance on meeting remotely. – Andrew Sullender
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2021/2/2/22263293/state-senate-democrats-springfield-session-republican-harmon-mcconchie-coronavirus-covid-19

DAILY HERALD
— Feder: Fox News passes off radio host Amy Jacobson as merely ‘Chicago parent’ – Robert Feder
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20210202/feder-fox-news-passes-off-radio-host-amy-jacobson-as-merely-chicago-parent
— 32 candidates apply for Naperville District 203 board vacancy – Lauren Rohr
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20210202/32-candidates-apply-for-naperville-district-203-board-vacancy

ABC7
— Illinois COVID Update: IL reports 2,304 new coronavirus cases, 47 deaths; Cook County could enters Phase 4 – Diane Pathieu
https://abc7chicago.com/health/il-reports-2304-new-covid-19-cases;-suburban-cook-co-enters-phase-4-/10242572/

CBS2
— Chicago’s South Side Irish Parade Canceled For Second Year In A Row – Jim Williams
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2021/02/02/chicagos-south-side-irish-parade-canceled-for-second-year-in-a-row/

WGN RADIO
— McCarthy faces choices as GOP divides over Cheney, Greene – AP
https://wgnradio.com/news/political-news/mcconnell-praises-cheney-hits-marjorie-taylor-greene/

SUBURBAN CHICAGOLAND
— Who is Adam Kinzinger trying to kid? After years of supporting former President Donald Trump trying to advance his own career, Congressman Adam Kinzinger of Illinois’ 16th District is pandering to the anti-Trump tar and feathering by the news media and the Left. Not because he thinks what Trump did was wrong, but because he sees a real opportunity to politically benefit. – Ray Hanania
https://suburbanchicagoland.com/2021/02/02/who-is-adam-kinzinger-trying-kid/

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Kinzinger launches new organization to fight Trump Republicans – Cole Lauterbach (DIERSEN: From what I see, the more of the following that you have done, the more that hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters call you a “Trump Republican:” a) shared articles that were favorable to Trump, b) cast a Republican ballot in the March 17, 2020 primary and voted in the November 3, 2020 election, c) displayed a Trump yard sign, d) attended a Trump rally, e) gave money to and/or raised money for Trump, f) serve as a Republican Precinct Committeeman/Captain, and/or g) are a law enforcement officer, conservative, patriotic, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, gun owner, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/kinzinger-launches-new-organization-to-fight-trump-republicans/article_5d553970-64e3-11eb-b570-07dc65e61d30.html

CHICAGO NOW
— Likely Gov Candidate Rabine airs tonight in Chicago and in N & NW Chicago Metro suburbs: safer commercial areas and neighborhoods, more jobs & better schools – Jeff Berkowitz
http://www.chicagonow.com/public-affairs-with-jeff-berkowitz/2021/02/likely-gov-candidate-rabine-airs-tonight-in-chicago-and-in-n-nw-chicago-metro-suburbs-safer-commercial-areas-and-neighborhoods-more-jobs-better-schools-cable-web/

WILLIAM J. KELLY
— Chicago’s second cancelation of St. Patrick’s Day is an insult to Chicago’s Irish community
https://www.williamjkelly.org/news/patricksday

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— ILLINOIS LAWMAKERS TO VOTE ON CONTROVERSIAL ‘CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE’ EDUCATION RULE – Amy Korte
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/illinois-lawmakers-to-vote-on-controversial-culturally-responsive-education-rule/

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Second Unsuccessful Female Candidate Opposes Shaw as Next Illinois Party Chairman
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/02/02/second-unsuccessful-female-candidate-opposes-shaw-as-next-illinois-party-chairman/
— Almost Half of Colorado Drugged Driver Arrests in Colorado Found with Pot in Systems
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/02/02/almost-half-of-colorado-drugged-driver-arrests-in-colorado-found-with-pot-in-systems/
— Putin’s Russian Problems – Link to Video Causing Them
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/02/01/putins-russian-problems/
— Unsurprisingly, the Republican Who Helped Defeat Jeanne Ives Comes Out in Support of Adam Kinzinger
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/02/02/unsurprisingly-the-republican-who-helped-defeat-jeanne-ives-comes-out-in-support-of-adam-kinzinger/

CAPITOL FAX
— Uproar over ISBE’s “culturally responsive” teaching standards
https://capitolfax.com/2021/02/02/uproar-over-isbes-culturally-responsive-teaching-standards/
— Senate cancels in-person February session days, will hold committee hearings online
https://capitolfax.com/2021/02/02/senate-cancels-in-person-february-session-days-will-hold-committee-hearings-online/
— 2,304 new confirmed and probable cases; 47 additional deaths; 2,447 hospitalized; 533 in ICU; 3.9 average case positivity rate; 4.9 percent average test positivity rate; 44,139 average daily doses; State tops 1 million vaccines; Region 10 moves to Phase 4
https://capitolfax.com/2021/02/02/2304-new-confirmed-and-probable-cases-47-additional-deaths-2447-hospitalized-533-in-icu-39-average-case-positivity-rate-49-percent-average-test-positivity-rate-44139-average-daily-doses-state-tops-1-m/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— A virtual Illinois Legislature: Lawmakers plan spring work by video – AP
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/feb/2/a-virtual-legislature-lawmakers-plan-spring-work-b/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Liz Cheney faces censures by Republican parties in 10 Wyoming counties – Zachary Halaschak
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/cheney-censured-ten-wyoming-republican-counties
— Trump defense team argues impeachment trial violates Constitution – Jerry Dunleavy
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/trump-defense-team-argues-impeachment-trial-violates-constitution

FOX NEWS
— Schumer says Dems could censure Trump if impeachment trial ends in acquittal. But the Democratic leader asserts Trump ‘deserves conviction, nothing less” – Thomas Barrabi
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/schumer-dems-could-censure-trump-if-impeachment-doesnt-end-in-conviction

GOPUSA
— The Left’s Ongoing Campaign To Denigrate Trump Supporters – David Limbaugh
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=105894

BREITBART
— Liz Cheney Censured by Republican Parties in 10 Wyoming Counties
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/02/02/liz-cheney-censured-by-republican-parties-in-10-wyoming-counties/

BLAZE
— White House asks reporters to submit questions ahead of daily press briefings: ‘Not really a free press’ The Biden administration has brought back the daily press briefing. – CHRIS ENLOE
https://www.theblaze.com/news/white-house-reporters-questions-ahead-of-time

DAILY CALLER
— Schumer Leaves The Door Open On Censuring Trump If He Is Acquitted In Senate – HENRY RODGERS
https://dailycaller.com/2021/02/02/chuck-schumer-democrats-censure-donald-trump-if-acquitted-senate/

DAILY WIRE
— Trump’s Lawyers Offer Former President’s Answer To Impeachment Article On Incitement Of Insurrection. Senate “lacks jurisdiction over the 45th President because he holds no public office from which he can be removed” – Joseph Curl
https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-trumps-lawyers-offer-former-presidents-answer-to-impeachment-article-on-incitement-of-insurrection

THE HILL
— Democrats offer resolution denouncing white supremacists ahead of Trump trial – SARAH POLUS (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, the more of the following that you are, the more that Democrats hint/imply/argue/shout that you are White supremacist, Nazi, KKK member, hater, racist, sexist, bigot, and even worse things who should be gotten rid of once and for all: law enforcement officer, veteran, Trump supporter, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, gun owner, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/536990-democrats-resolution-denouncing-white-supremacy
— Two major teachers’ unions call on GOP leadership to remove Greene from Education Committee – JOSEPH CHOI
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/536976-two-major-teachers-unions-call-on-gop-leadership-to-remove-greene-from

CNN
— House charges Trump is ‘singularly responsible’ for inciting insurrection as ex-president’s team claims he’s protected by 1st Amendment – Jeremy Herb, Manu Raju and Lauren Fox
https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/02/politics/democratic-impeachment-filing/index.html

U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— Trump’s Lawyers Proclaim His Innocence in Filing Ahead of Impeachment Trial – Lisa Hagen
https://www.usnews.com/news/national-news/articles/2021-02-02/trumps-lawyers-proclaim-his-innocence-in-filing-ahead-of-impeachment-trial

NEWSWEEK
— Virginia State Senator Amanda Chase Sues Legislature After Being Censured for Praising Capitol Rioters – NATALIE COLAROSSI
https://www.newsweek.com/virginia-state-senator-amanda-chase-sues-legislature-after-being-censured-praising-capitol-rioters-1566312

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Trump, House Democrats Lay Out Impeachment Trial Strategies. Former president argues process is unconstitutional because he is out of office – Rebecca Ballhaus and Siobhan Hughes
https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-house-democrats-to-lay-out-impeachment-trial-strategies-11612270484

DETROIT NEWS
— Cass County GOP censures Upton over impeachment vote – Melissa Nann Burke
https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/2021/02/02/cass-county-gop-censures-upton-over-impeachment-vote/4354166001/

HERALD PALLADIUM
— Cass County GOP censures Upton. Wording of resolution similar to Allegan County measure. – ALEXANDRA NEWMAN
https://www.heraldpalladium.com/news/cass-county-gop-censures-upton/article_1d9e38ac-7ec2-526d-8ca7-75ff3722ddf6.html

POST AND COURIER
— U.S. Rep. Tom Rice’s South Carolina GOP colleagues offer limited support after impeachment vote – Jamie Lovegrove
https://www.postandcourier.com/politics/u-s-rep-tom-rices-sc-gop-colleagues-offer-limited-support-after-impeachment-vote/article_cf1e5dba-6566-11eb-a832-976bd1efe07a.html

LGBTQ NATION
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater crows “Dolly Parton turned down the Presidential Medal of Freedom twice when Trump offered it to her. Now President Joe Biden has come calling.
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2021/02/dolly-parton-turned-presidential-medal-freedom-twice-trump-offered/

January 27 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Illinois tax revenue losses lower than expected during pandemic, U. of I. study finds – JAMIE MUNKS
https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-illinois-revenues-surpass-coronavirus-projections-20210126-fde4xaswoje43dazidgc5lgxpi-story.html
— As institutions fade, a key question: ‘Who charts Chicago’s future and what does it look like?’ – JOHN KASS
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/john-kass/ct-chicago-pfleger-catholic-church-kass-20210127-pl22uoundfgz3dv6luezko3wpy-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: The hate-filled Trump-hating “Mitt Romney calls out fellow Republicans for pushing stolen election myth, says it makes achieving unity more difficult.”
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-mitt-romney-republicans-election-20210126-ohugfwzwgjcg5echre2xv7tr7y-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— How Second Amendment gun rights fall short for African Americans. Nothing in the Constitution restricts gun ownership by ethnicity. But in reality, the Second Amendment doesn’t apply equally to people of color, who are often killed while trying to fully exercise their right to “keep and bear Arms.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2021/1/26/22248836/how-second-amendment-gun-rights-fall-short-for-african-americans

DAILY HERALD
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, hate-filled Republican-hating Republican-haters blame police for all the problems that minorities have.
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20210127/editorial-residents-should-be-part-of-the-discussion-about-police-reform

ABC7
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters side with Communist China against America.
https://abc7chicago.com/society/asian-americans-support-biden-order-condemning-hate-amid-pandemic/10043661/

WBEZ
— Survival Economics: High Unemployment Pushes Black Chicagoans Into Informal Jobs – Natalie Moore (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, a) all the jobs that I had were bad jobs, b) they would never have stooped to take those jobs, and c) Blacks should have gotten those jobs. I did yard work and delivered newspapers 1962-1964; washed dishes 1964-1966; cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966; delivered mail 1966-1969; worked on an automobile assembly line and as a security guard in 1970; sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971; pumped gasoline 1971-1972; collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980; and audited federal agencies 1980-1997.)
https://www.wbez.org/stories/survival-economics-high-unemployment-pushes-black-chicagoans-into-informal-jobs/98d4d918-6f36-48c7-9576-82f1394d6c2d

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Illinois Lawmakers delaying return to Springfield, future plans uncertain – Ben Szalinski
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/2021/01/27/illinois-general-assembly-delays-return-springfield-until-feb-9/4267840001/

RIVER BENDER
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Duckworth promotes LGBTQ in the military.
https://www.riverbender.com/articles/details/duckworth-applauds-president-bidens-move-to-end-trumps-discriminatory-transgender-military-ban—47359.cfm

JOURNAL GAZETTE TIMES COURIER
— Biden: ‘Now is the time to act’ on racial justice (DIERSEN: To act on social justice is to get rid of individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are law enforcement, Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, gun owners, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://jg-tc.com/news/national/biden-now-is-the-time-to-act-on-racial-justice/video_2f58226e-9ae7-5d2a-acef-8e2e10a63ce4.html

SUBURBAN LIFE
— DuPage County reports 222 COVID-19 cases Tuesday, 5 deaths, region’s positivity decreases to 7.5% – Joshua Welge
https://www.shawlocal.com/my-suburban-life/coronavirus/2021/01/27/dupage-county-reports-222-covid-19-cases-tuesday-5-deaths-regions-positivity-decreases-to-75/

FOX ILLINOIS
— Hypocrisy in big tech censorship is ‘stunning’ says FCC commissioner – ELISSA SALAMY
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/hypocrisy-in-big-tech-censorship-is-stunning-says-fcc-commissioner

WGLT
— Bloomington To Observe Indigenous Peoples’ Day Each October – MICHELE STEINBACHER (DIERSEN: Are you a Republican White male? How long have your ancestors been in America? Ever-increasingly, the longer that your ancestors have been in America, the more that Democrats demonize you, denigrate your, and condemn you.)
https://www.wglt.org/post/bloomington-observe-indigeneous-peoples-day-each-october#stream/0

LCBC RADIO
— Kinzinger Has No Plans To Attend Ottawa Rally That Questions His Party Allegiance – Jeremy Aitken
https://www.lcbcradio.com/wlpo/kinzinger-has-no-plans-to-attend-ottawa-rally-that-questions-his-party-allegiance/article_0bb67346-6019-11eb-857a-ebf50a9df808.html

CHICAGO NOW
— Watch 50% likely Republican Gov Candidate Richard Porter discuss w/Berkowitz how to make IL a destination state again – Jeff Berkowitz
http://www.chicagonow.com/public-affairs-with-jeff-berkowitz/2021/01/watch-50-likely-republican-gov-candidate-richard-porter-discuss-wberkowitz-how-to-make-il-a-destination-state-again-cable-and-web/

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Despite being 10th most restrictive state, Illinois’ COVID-19 death rate higher than all neighbors – Greg Bishop
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/despite-being-10th-most-restrictive-state-illinois-covid-19-death-rate-higher-than-all-neighbors/article_7c88a1d6-6012-11eb-ae9f-439f68b60f8e.html

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Algonquin Township Consolidation Referendum Petitioners Ask Judge to Place Question on the Ballot
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/01/26/algonquin-township-consolidation-referendum-petitioners-ask-judge-to-place-question-on-the-ballot/
— Day Before Trump Leaves Office HHS Starts Probe of Pritzker Abortion Coverage Mandate
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/01/26/day-before-trump-leaves-office-hhs-starts-probe-of-pritzker-abortion-coverage-mandate/
— State Allows Partial Reprieve from Pritzker Purgatory in McHenry County
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/01/26/state-allows-partial-reprieve-from-pritzker-purgatory-in-mchenry-county/
— Grafton Township GOP Endorses Terra DeBlatz for Assessor
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/01/26/grafton-township-gop-endorses-terra-deblatz-for-assessor/
— NWH Gives Bob Anderson Page 2 Platform to Advocate for Putting the McHenry Township Road District under Township Board
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/01/26/nwh-gives-bob-anderson-page-2-platform-to-advocate-for-putting-the-mchenry-township-road-district-under-township-board/

ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— Jeanne Ives on the Importance of the Lesser Magistrate – David E. Smith
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2021/01/the-importance-of-the-lesser-magistrate/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump’s post-presidency clout puts Republicans on notice, Democrats on high alert – Dave Boyer
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/jan/26/donald-trump-post-presidency-clout-puts-republican/
— ‘An absolute lie’: CPAC tangles with Sacha Baron Cohen over fake Klansman claim – Valerie Richardson (DIERSEN: Although not recently, I have attended many CPACs. I should write a book about how Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, Green plants, Independent plants, and RINOs in the following have used that against me: 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, Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/jan/26/cpac-sacha-baron-cohen-ku-klux-klan-claim-absolute/

FOX NEWS
— ‘Same problems’ will resurface if Biden rolls back border wall construction, former NM governor warns. Susana Martinez says the Biden administration’s border agenda is ‘very wrong’ – Megan Gallen
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-rolls-back-border-wall-construction-susana-martinez

FREEDOM’S JOURNAL
— Other Peoples’ Money and the Minimum Wage – Eric M. Wallace, Ph.D.
https://freedomsjournalinstitute.snappages.site/blog/2021/01/27/other-peoples-money-and-the-minimum-wage

PJ MEDIA
— Disagreeing With Biden’s Transgender Policy Is ‘Incitement’ Now?! Facebook Says So… – TYLER O’NEIL
https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/tyler-o-neil/2021/01/26/disagreeing-with-bidens-transgender-policy-is-incitement-now-facebook-says-so-n1411958
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Ironically, Gagnon’s post drew attention to Facebook’s suspension of his friend, Laurie Higgins, who got a 7-day ban for criticizing Biden’s policy. “There was absolutely no incitement to violence on our part. We abhor violence done to any person,” Gagnon told PJ Media on Tuesday. “This is just a thinly veiled and pathetic excuse for censorship of any critical views toward trans-tyranny over our consciences, religion, and reason.” Only one point of view is being allowed,” he added, ominously. “Trump was not the great danger to the Republic. Left-wing canceling is.” Gagnon, who holds a Ph.D. in Pauline theology and sexuality from Princeton Theological Seminary, has published “The Bible and Homosexual Practice: Texts and Hermeneutics.” He teaches as a professor of New Testament Theology at Houston Baptist University. In the post Facebook flagged, Gagnon had defended Higgins’ response to Biden’s pro-transgender military policy.)

ONE NEWS NOW
— 1776 vs. 1619: a symbol of simmering disagreements – Billy Davis
https://onenewsnow.com/education/2021/01/26/1776-vs-1619-a-symbol-of-simmering-disagreements

DAILY HEADLINES
— Court Rules Virginia Allowing Late Ballots Missing Postmark Was ILLEGAL
https://dailyheadlines.com/breaking-court-rules-virginia-allowing-late-ballots-missing-postmark-was-illegal/

EPOCH TIMES
— Biden Promptly Dismantles Trump’s Border Security Measures – CHARLOTTE CUTHBERTSON
https://www.theepochtimes.com/biden-promptly-dismantles-trumps-border-security-measures_3672234.html
— 45 Republican Senators Vote Against Trump Impeachment Trial, Say It’s Unconstitutional. The 55–45 decision suggests that Trump will not be convicted in an impeachment trial. – JACK PHILLIPS
https://www.theepochtimes.com/only-5-gop-senators-vote-saying-trump-impeachment-trial-is-constitutional_3672649.html

THE HILL
— Conservatives lean into warnings on ‘wave of censorship’ – JONATHAN EASLEY (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will the hate-filled conservative-hating conservative-haters who lead the following officially banish conservatives once and for all: your Republican township/ward party organization, your Republican county party organization, Illinois Republican Party, your municipality, your township, your county, Illinois, America, and the world?)
https://thehill.com/homenews/media/536000-conservatives-lean-into-warnings-on-wave-of-censorship

POLITICO
— Pennsylvania GOP pledges full allegiance to Trump. Once a producer of centrist Republicans like Arlen Specter and Tom Ridge, the state GOP now bears the MAGA stamp. – HOLLY OTTERBEIN (DIERSEN: Centrist Republicans focus on a) driving conservatives out of the Republican Party and b) destroying the Republican Party.)
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/26/pennsylvania-republican-party-trump-support-462843

CNN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater says “Why major corporate donors halted funding to GOP.”
https://www.cnn.com/videos/business/2021/01/27/gop-donations-capitol-riot-avlon-reality-check-newday-vpx.cnn/video/playlists/new-day-highlights/

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— GOP signals unwillingness to part with Trump after riot – STEVE PEOPLES and JILL COLVIN (DIERSEN: How fast will the hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters a) who run your municipality, your township, your county, Illinois, and America, b) who are employers in the aforesaid, and c) that are organizations that you are a member of get rid of individuals, organizations, companies, and governments that fail/refuse to disavow Trump?)
https://www.fox13memphis.com/news/politics/gop-signals/UROMNJBUWY77SKPOA532M5RQNE/

NEW YORK TIMES
— Proud Boys Under Growing Scrutiny in Capitol Riot Investigation. Officials are trying to determine to what extent far-right groups planned the assault in advance. – Alan Feuer and Frances Robles
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/26/us/proud-boys-capitol-riot.html
— Twitter Acquires Revue, a Newsletter Company – Kate Conger
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/26/technology/twitter-revue-newsletter.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Proud Boys Were Key Instigators in Capitol Riot
https://www.wsj.com/video/video-investigation-proud-boys-were-key-instigators-in-capitol-riot/37B883B6-9B19-400F-8036-15DE4EA8A015.html
— Twitter to Buy Newsletter-Creation Service Revue Move reflects interest among social-media companies in providing content creators with tools to make money – Sarah E. Needleman
https://www.wsj.com/articles/twitter-is-buying-newsletter-provider-revue-11611666920

DESERT NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater crows over Democrat, Libertarian, Green, Independent, and RINO success in making young people anti-law enforcement, anti-Trump, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-heterosexual, anti-traditional marriage/family, anti-non-poor people, anti-gun owners, anti-Christian, anti-Protestant, anti-Italian American, anti-German American, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.deseret.com/opinion/2021/1/26/22233884/future-of-the-gop-republican-party-young-conservatives-generation-z-millennials-after-donald-trump

ORLANDO SENTINEL
— Bugged by censorship, Florida Republicans seek to punish Big Tech – GRAY ROHRER (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes side with Big Teck against conservatives.)
https://www.orlandosentinel.com/politics/os-ne-desantis-republicans-tech-bill-20210126-e2lqqsvcgbdk7p6bm6k7w3c4cq-story.html

FED SMITH
— COVID-19 and “Protecting the Federal Workforce” The White House has issued guidance for agencies on implementing new COVID-19 safety regulations for federal employees. – Ian Smith (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will all employers, all organizations, all municipalities, all townships, all counties, all states, and all countries issue similar guidance for their employees, members, and/or residents?)
https://www.fedsmith.com/2021/01/26/covid-19-protecting-the-federal-workforce/

ATLANTIC
— The First Amendment Is No Excuse for Letting Social-Media Companies Do Whatever They Want. Private corporations have far too much power over the flow of ideas and information in today’s society. – Genevieve Lakier (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents want Google, Facebook, etc. to deplatform me. I should write a book about my critics/opponents.)
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/01/first-amendment-regulation/617827/

TECH RADAR
— Twitter might soon start sending out email newsletters Revue acquisition will bring editorial newsletters to the social network – Anthony Spadafora
https://www.techradar.com/news/twitter-might-soon-start-sending-out-email-newsletters

LAW 360
— Woman Files $10M Suit Over Firing For Role In Capitol Chaos (DIERSEN: I attended a Bob Dole rally in Wheaton in 1996. That made my Democrat GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates furious. SEE: https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1996/07/05/dole-takes-pulse-of-the-heartland/913b56e4-dd07-4491-9bb3-7de45ad54d5f/ )
https://www.law360.com/employment/articles/1348965/woman-files-10m-suit-over-firing-for-role-in-capitol-chaos-

January 20 Morning Edition

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

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

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

WTTW

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

NEW YORK TIMES
— Deepening Schism, McConnell Says Trump ‘Provoked’ Capitol Mob. The Senate majority leader’s remarks were the clearest signal yet that he has come to regard President Trump as a force who could drag down the Republican Party. – Nicholas Fandos (DIERSEN: Trump-supporters believe that Trump wanted a Big Demonstration, but not a Capitol Riot. Will Kinzinger use McConnell to officially call for all Republicans to officially disavow Trump or leave the Republican Party? 2,446,891 in Illinois voted for Trump. 193,611 in DuPage County voted for Trump. 20,080 in Milton Township voted for Trump. 157 in my precinct voted for Trump.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/19/us/politics/mcconnell-trump-capitol-riot.html
— Prosecute Trump? Biden Is Wary, but His Voters Are Eager. Urging unity, the president-elect has tried to focus on his policy plans. But many of those who elected him are still fixated on his predecessor: “He’s a crook and he needs to pay.” – Trip Gabriel
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/19/us/politics/biden-trump-impeachment.html
— The Arizona G.O.P. Is Sticking With Trumpism, Whether Arizona Republicans Like It or Not. Despite losing a Senate seat and seeing Joe Biden win the state, state party leaders in the land of Barry Goldwater and John McCain aren’t switching gears. They’re doubling down. – Jennifer Medina
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/19/us/politics/arizona-republicans-trump.html
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Biden to Announce Broad Plan to Reverse Trump Immigration Policies. Legislation he will propose on his first day as president will give undocumented immigrants the chance to become citizens and restore and expand programs for refugees and asylum seekers. – Michael Shear
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/19/us/politics/biden-immigration-policies.html
— The Ideas Behind Trump’s 1776 Commission Report. The report of the president’s 1776 Commission advocating ‘patriotic history’ has no citations or source list. But its claims derive from arguments that have long circulated on the right. – Jennifer Schuessler
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/19/arts/1776-commission-claims-trump.html
— Pandemic teacher shortages imperil in-person schooling. – Natasha Singer (DIERSEN: GAO hired me in 1980 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. IRS hired me in 1971 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job. The Post Office hired me in 1966 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/19/world/pandemic-teacher-shortages-imperil-in-person-schooling.html

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

January 16 Morning Edition

ILLINOIS REPUBLICAN PARTY
— JANUARY 11, 2021 FLASHBACK: ILGOP Announces Open Process & Timeline for Selection of New Chairman (DIERSEN: The deadline for filing an application is 5:00 PM on Thursday, January 21, 2021. Who do you want to file an application? Who has filed an application? Who will file an application? Who do you want the next Illinois Republican Party (IRP) Chairman to be? How will the next IRP Chairman treat the 2,446,891 in Illinois who voted for Trump? How will the next IRP Chairman treat Illinois voters who support the traditional marriage/family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks in the Republican Party platform? If I was still the Chairman of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, the organization would host a candidate forum for IRP Chairman candidates.)
https://mailchi.mp/a6f9781827ce/icymi-pritzker-admin-mia-while-over-20-of-lasalle-veterans-home-residents-die-of-covid-4707208?e=766e44889d
— JANUARY 11, 2021 FLASHBACK: APPLICATION: Illinois Republican Party Chairman Qualifications 2021
https://illinois.gop/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Illinois-Republican-Party-Chairman-Application.pdf

CRAIN’S CHICAGO
— The Illinois GOP has an opportunity—even now. Yes, they’re facing a crisis of epic proportions in the post-Trump era. But don’t underestimate Illinois Democrats’ ability to overreach—and to ignore the dangers of failing to appeal to voters in the middle. – GREG HINZ
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/greg-hinz-politics/illinois-gop-has-opportunity-even-now
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Call it the Adam Kinzinger conundrum. Ask top Illinois Republicans who can lead the party back to the glory days, the days when the party’s nominee could grab a U.S. Senate seat or defeat Gov. J.B. Pritzker, and they’ll drop Kinzinger’s name. And almost as quickly, they’ll openly wonder whether the southwest suburban congressman who voted to impeach President Donald Trump can win a GOP primary and make it to the general election. So it goes for a GOP that, both in Illinois and nationally, is going through an existential identity crisis, one whose results will affect all of us and not just Republicans. Trump is toast. History. Soon to leave the White House and, after the invasion of Capitol Hill, without any real prospect to again hold public office or remain the dominant figure in the GOP. It may take a while but, like an ice cube in the sun, he’ll melt away, caught alone in a tweet-less land. But if Trump is gone, his voters and their issues remain. To deny them, to ignore their calls and their concerns, is to beg for another Trump to rise up later. “I don’t believe in a cult of personality,” says former gubernatorial and congressional hopeful Jeanne Ives, a cultural and economic conservative by anyone’s measure. But while the GOP needs to “take the rhetoric down,” she adds, “people want someone who is fighting for them. . . .People are tired of big government with no solutions.” Now, one of the reasons why many voters consider government to be the enemy is because of the garbage some of their leaders from Fox News-land are feeding them. You know, the enablers, the folks who helped peddle the line that arguably the most investigated and litigated presidential contest in American history has been rigged and unfairly decided. Like downstate U.S. Reps. Mike Bost and Mary Miller. Even as the Capitol was still reeling from the impact of a cop-battering, glass-breaking mob, they voted to give the mob what it wanted: a halt to certification of the presidential winner for no good reason beyond Trump’s heart’s desire. Or Todd Ricketts. He and his siblings own the Chicago Cubs, and some think his deep wallet might make Ricketts a candidate for statewide office or a major backer thereof sometime soon. But if Ricketts has any regrets for heading fundraising for Trump, he hasn’t voiced them. I’ve asked. Or the four other Republican congressmen from Illinois who couldn’t bring themselves to join Kinzinger and vote to hold the instigator in chief to account. That having been said, while some surely are flat-earthers and anti-vaxxers, 2.5 million Illinoisans voted for Trump. Their issues, be it tax rates, public safety or jobs, need to be addressed. They count. The truth is that, with Republicans in disarray, Illinois Democrats are utterly full of themselves, convinced in their gut they can do what they want because no one will call them to account. I’ll admit the Illinois House recently did finally retire Speaker Mike Madigan—after a decade of bad publicity and a growing series of federal indictments in the Commonwealth Edison scandal, that is. But those same legislative Democrats in that same legislative session also voted to boost Chicago firefighter pensions that the city already can’t pay for, costing hundreds of millions of dollars. The Dems also voted to further boost the bargaining clout of a Chicago Teachers Union that literally wants to own both sides of the bargaining table. Why? Because the unions wanted it, that’s why. And rank-and-file Democratic lawmakers don’t have the guts to say no. What I’m saying is that Illinois Republicans have opportunity, even now. Democrats are quite capable of soiling their own nest. But to reach millions of voters in the middle, the GOP somehow has to cleanse a brand that now is horridly tarnished. Please, give me real choice on Election Day.)

ABC7
— Chicago protest expected as Illinois, US brace for possible unrest leading to Inauguration Day Illinois State Capitol fortified as National Guard responds across country – Evelyn Holmes (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters use the Capitol Riot to get rid of Trump-supporters once and for all, and especially to get rid of Trump-supporters who are law enforcement officers, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, gun owners, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. 2,446,891 in Illinois voted for Trump.)
https://abc7chicago.com/chicago-protest-expected-as-il-braces-for-possible-unrest-leading-to-inauguration/9711806/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— A ‘new day’ or same old for Illinois taxpayers? – JOHN KASS
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/john-kass/ct-illinois-taxpayers-kass-20210116-4qlljytcybftvkuugoqkkncyt4-story.html
— New state House Speaker Emanuel ‘Chris’ Welch made commitments for reform to force out Madigan. Can he keep them? – RICK PEARSON
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-illinois-speaker-emanuel-welch-20210116-gpagy25qirh7zmtrva6norlcb4-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— As inauguration in divided nation nears, Illinois getting ready for anything — and hopefully, nothing – Andrew Sullender (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters use the Capitol Riot to get rid of Trump-supporters once and for all, and especially to get rid of Trump-supporters who are law enforcement officers, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, gun owners, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. 2,446,891 in Illinois voted for Trump.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2021/1/15/22234090/inauguration-illinois-pritzker-trump-biden-springfield-capitol-protests-seige-fbi
— Growing up racist in the shadow of Dr. King – David McGrath (DIERSEN: Government is nasty. Politics is nasty, Democrats and Democrat plants are nasty. Libertarians and Libertarian plants are nasty. Greens and Green plants are nasty. Independents and Independent plants are nasty. RINOs are nasty. I should write a book about the aforesaid who have demonized, denigrated, and condemned my hometown of Crete the most. They stress that when I lived there 1948-1972, a) most of Crete’s residents were German Lutherans and b) no minorities lived there. They hint/imply/argue/stout that anyone who grew up in Crete when I did is a White supremacist, Nazi, KKK member, hater, racist, sexist, bigot, and even worse things who should be gotten rid of once and for all.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2021/1/14/22231611/chicago-racism-evergreen-park-dr-martin-luther-king-day-cvs-david-mcgrath
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater says “Republicans Wonder How, And If, They Can Pull The Party Back Together.”
https://www.nprillinois.org/post/republicans-wonder-how-and-if-they-can-pull-party-back-together#stream/0

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Stava-Murray restores Facebook page that went dark after ‘viral’ post on police bill – Jake Griffin
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20210115/stava-murray-restores-facebook-page-that-went-dark-after-viral-post-on-police-bill
(FROM THE ARTICLE: After her vote on the reform bill, Stava-Murray posted a message on the Facebook page that read: “Thin blue line folks: your continued harassment does not help your cause. I’m proud of voting for more police accountability.)

ILLINOIS TIMES
— Illinois politics redux Welch ascension draws scrutiny – Bruce Rushton
https://www.illinoistimes.com/springfield/illinois-politics-redux/Content?oid=13071613

NPR ILLINOIS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater asks “Can The Forces Unleashed By Trump’s Big Election Lie Be Undone?”
https://www.nprillinois.org/post/can-forces-unleashed-trumps-big-election-lie-be-undone-0#stream/0

WGLT
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater says “McLean County GOP Divided Over Trump, Election Fraud Claims.”
https://www.wglt.org/post/mclean-county-gop-divided-over-trump-election-fraud-claims#stream/0

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Revenge of the Neocons The conflict between neoconservatives and the Trump base sets up a major battle for which faction will control the Republican Party in the post-Trump era. – Julie Kelly
https://amgreatness.com/2021/01/14/revenge-of-the-neocons/

BREITBART
— Joe Biden Weighs Amnesty Plan for Illegal Aliens in Meeting with Open Borders Lobby – John Binder
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/01/14/joe-biden-weighs-amnesty-plan-for-illegal-aliens-in-meeting-with-open-borders-lobby/

CHRISTIAN POST
— Franklin Graham compares Republicans who voted for Trump’s impeachment to Judas. – Ryan Foley
https://www.christianpost.com/us/franklin-graham-likens-republicans-backing-impeachment-to-judas.html

EPOCH TIMES
— Facebook Blocks Creation of New Events Near Capitols Through Inauguration Day – ZACHARY STIEBER (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes side with Facebook. Facebook is anti-law enforcement, anti-Trump, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-heterosexual, anti-traditional marriage, anti-non-poor people, anti-gun owners, anti-Christian, anti-Protestant, anti-Italian American, anti-German American, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.theepochtimes.com/facebook-blocks-creation-of-new-events-near-capitols-through-inauguration-day_3659123.html
— Mexican President Mounts Global Campaign Against Big Tech Censorship – BOWEN XIAO (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes side with Big Tech. Big Tech is anti-law enforcement, anti-Trump, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-heterosexual, anti-traditional marriage/family, anti-non-poor people, anti-gun owners, anti-Christian, anti-Protestant, anti-Italian American, anti-German American, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.theepochtimes.com/mexican-president-mounts-global-campaign-against-big-tech-censorship_3658184.html
— The Endgame of Transgender Ideology Is to Dismantle the Family The stage is being set for the legal marginalization of mothers, fathers, and families by force of law – KIMBERLY ELLS (DIERSEN: Who takes the lead in destroying traditional marriage and the traditional family in your municipal district, in your municipality, in your township, in your county district, and in your county? I should write a book about those who focus on destroying traditional marriage and the traditional family in Wheaton’s West District, in Wheaton, in Milton Township, in DuPage County’s 4th District, and in DuPage County. I would focus on those who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout. I would focus on those who focus on getting rid of me.)
https://www.theepochtimes.com/the-endgame-of-transgender-ideology-is-to-dismantle-the-family_3650735.html
— An Ascendant Left Silences and Excludes Its Enemies – Michael Walsh (DIERSEN: I should write a book about present and past leaders of the following who are/were on the left: Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization.)
https://www.theepochtimes.com/an-ascendant-left-silences-and-excludes-their-enemies_3653630.html

LIFE SITE NEWS
— Multiple companies that backed BLM violence, now blacklisting Republicans for electoral objections. Since Wednesday, more than twenty companies have suspended contributions to Republican members of congress who maintained objections to some of Biden’s electoral votes after the January 6 riot in Washington D.C. – Raymond Wolfe
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/multiple-companies-that-backed-blm-violence-now-blacklisting-republicans-for-electoral-objections
— ‘This is going to be bigger than just one account’: Twitter CEO admits plan for censorship purge. Project Veritas has exposed Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey’s declaration that he will continue to remove accounts from the social media platform. – Dorothy Cummings McLean
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/this-is-going-to-be-bigger-than-just-one-account-twitter-ceo-admits-to-censorship-on-camera
— Giuliani releases footage of BLM agitator giving riot training before Jan. 6 Capitol storming. John Sullivan, who was charged after telling police officers to stand down at the Capitol, can be seen training rioters how to evade being identified. – Emily Mangiaracina
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/giuliani-releases-footage-of-blm-agitator-giving-riot-training-before-jan-6-capitol-storming
— Wikipedia founder slams Facebook, Twitter for not silencing Donald Trump sooner. Blame for the Capitol protests is ‘100 percent at the feet of Donald Trump,’ insisted Jimmy Wales, who last fall banned editor profiles from listing support for traditional marriage. – Calvin Freiburger
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/wikipedia-founder-slams-facebook-twitter-for-not-silencing-donald-trump-sooner

THE HILL
— An attack on America that’s divided Congress — and a nation – MIKE LILLIS AND SCOTT WONG (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters use the Capitol Riot a) to get rid of Trump once and for all and b) to get rid of his supporters once and for all.)
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/534535-an-attack-on-america-thats-divided-congress-and-a-nation

POLITICO
— Wall Street’s big wish: Please move on – BEN WHITE and AUBREE ELIZA WEAVER (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Wall Street sides with those who want to get rid of individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are law enforcement, Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, gun owners, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/morning-money/2021/01/14/wall-streets-big-wish-please-move-on-792783

CNN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters glorify and praise those who promote hatred against Trump.
https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/15/health/people-challenging-bad-behavior-partner-wellness/index.html

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters say “Hell, Yes, Republicans Are Headed for a Bitter Internal Showdown.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/16/us/politics/republicans-trump-leadership.html
— The Big Promises Biden Is Making – Giovanni Russonello (DIERSEN: Constructively, Biden promises to use the federal government a) to take opportunities, income, and assets away from those in Group A and b) to give those opportunities, income, and assets to those in Group B. Those in Group A are law enforcement, Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, gun owners, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time and those in Group B are anti-law enforcement, anti-Trump, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-heterosexual, anti-traditional marriage, anti-non-poor people, anti-gun owners, anti-Christian, anti-Protestant, anti-Italian American, anti-German American, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/15/us/politics/biden-plans.html

WASHINGTON POST
— JANUARY 20, 2017 FLASHBACK: Inauguration protesters vandalize, set fires, try to disrupt Trump’s oath, as police arrest more than 200 – Theresa Vargas, Taylor Hartz and
Peter Hermann
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/protesters-bring-shouts-skirmishes-and-shutdowns-to-inauguration-celebration/2017/01/20/00ea4c72-df11-11e6-acdf-14da832ae861_story.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Boss Madigan Falls at Last Illinois gets a new House speaker, but the system of public-union dominance survives. – Editorial
https://www.wsj.com/articles/boss-madigan-falls-at-last-11610754243
— How the Capitol Riot Thrust Big American Companies Deeper Into Politics Corporate moves to decry the forces behind the Jan. 6 riot accelerate a broader movement in business to address social and political issues. Emily Glazer and Chip Cutter (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, “Big American Companies” make it clear that they want to get rid of individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are law enforcement, Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, gun owners, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/capitol-riot-business-trump-biden-11610591424
— ‘Vandalize’: A Term for Barbarism, From the Sacking of Rome to the Storming of the Capitol. The Latin name for a marauding ancient Germanic tribe made its way into the new article of impeachment against Donald Trump. – Ben Zimmer (DIERSEN: I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who have stressed the strongest that I am 100% national origin and that my ancestors immigrated during the 1840s and 1850s from what is now Germany. In my defense, I stress that according to http://dna.ancestry.com , my ancestry is 33% Europe West, 28% Scandinavia, 24% Great Britain, 11% Ireland, 2% Europe East, 1% Finland/Northwest Russia, and 1% Italy/Greece.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/vandalize-a-term-for-barbarism-from-the-sacking-of-rome-to-the-storming-of-the-capitol-11610574348
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The original vandals were a Germanic people who sacked Rome in 455 AD, after overrunning Gaul, Spain and northern Africa. The Latin name for the tribe was the “Vandali,” plural of “Vandalus.” That was simply the Roman version of the name used by tribal members themselves in an early Germanic language . . .According to Andy Merrills, a professor of ancient history at the University of Leicester, Grégoire’s coinage ended up demonizing the Germanic tribe of Vandals by making them symbols of chaos, ensuring that they would be “remembered solely for their violence and destruction.”)
— More Restaurants Resist Indoor-Dining Bans as Restrictions Remain. States have stepped up enforcement of the rules, heightening the risk for restaurants. – Heather Haddon
https://www.wsj.com/articles/more-restaurants-resist-indoor-dining-bans-as-restrictions-remain-11610727024
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Dean Pappas is stuck between an indoor-dining ban and a hard place. His family has been running the Glen Oak Cafe in Glen Ellyn, Ill., for 43 years. Thanks to carryout and a $57,000 federal loan, Mr. Pappas managed to avoid going out of business when pandemic lockdowns forced him to suspend indoor dining from March to June. The construction of a tent helped him regain a sizable amount of business over the summer. But business plunged in October when the state ordered restaurants in his county to stop offering indoor dining for a second time; it was banned statewide the following month. Mr. Pappas ignored the mandates and kept serving customers indoors at his 160-seat breakfast and lunch restaurant. Nonetheless, sales remain 60% lower from last year. “I’m not making anything,” said Mr. Pappas, 60 years old. “But at least I’m keeping the place going.”)
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters promote hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/liz-cheney-shows-what-leadership-looks-like-11610666627
— The ‘Common Carrier’ Solution to Social-Media Censorship. Railroads can’t refuse to carry passengers for their political views. The same rule should apply to online monopolies, legal scholar Richard Epstein argues. – Tunku Varadarajan (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents want Google to continue to refuse to treat www.gopillinois.com as being a news website. I should write a book about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-common-carrier-solution-to-social-media-censorship-11610732343
— How the Left Hijacked Civil Rights. For centuries black Americans debated how to overcome racism—but they always emphasized human agency and individual responsibility. – Robert L. Woodson Sr. and Joshua Mitchell (DIERSEN: Democrats and RINOs use Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion to get rid of Republicans, and especially Republicans who are law enforcement officers, Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, gun owners, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-the-left-hijacked-civil-rights-11610748711
— FRONT PAGE: Joe Biden Vows to Unify America. – Ken Thomas and Sabrina Siddiqui (DIERSEN: Democrats want to unify the following against Republicans: individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are anti-law enforcement, anti-Trump, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-heterosexual, anti-traditional marriage/family, anti-non-poor people, anti-gun owners, anti-Christian, anti-Protestant, anti-Italian American, anti-German American, anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time, minorities, women, younger people, LGBTQers, non-married, veteran, liberal, moderate, Democrat, Libertarian, Independent, RINO, criminals, boozers, gamblers, stoners, those who are in America illegally, recent immigrants, those who have financial, health, and/or other problems, those who lack education, those who lack work experience, those who lack job skills, etc.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/joe-biden-vows-to-unify-america-that-job-has-become-dramatically-harder-11610723681

NATIONAL LAW REVIEW
— Can Employers Fire Rioters? Employers’ Rights in Policing Employee Off-Duty Conduct and Employment Law Consequences of the Capitol Riots (DIERSEN: I attended a Bob Dole rally in Wheaton in 1996. That made my Democrat GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates furious. SEE: https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1996/07/05/dole-takes-pulse-of-the-heartland/913b56e4-dd07-4491-9bb3-7de45ad54d5f/ )
https://www.natlawreview.com/article/can-employers-fire-rioters-employers-rights-policing-employee-duty-conduct-and