Tag: LGBTQ

May 3 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— A slew of ex-state lawmakers face criminal charges, but critics question whether proposed reforms are enough for Illinois’ ‘very vibrant culture of corruption’ – DAN PETRELLA and JENNY WHIDDEN
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-illinois-lawmakers-ethics-20210503-6pcaz7bhkfaebcbwasok5tlnme-story.html
— Applause for merging, purging Illinois’ many layers of government. – EDITORIAL
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/editorials/ct-editorial-illinois-government-units-lake-dupage-20210503-duh4ksh775dtfearhhr2u73esy-story.html
— Amazon growth is driving demand for a third Chicago airport near Peotone, officials say – TED SLOWIK
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/opinion/ct-sta-slowik-csedc-quarterly-forum-st-0502-20210430-qcaecqz5wvgotjhxdtqzspgirm-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— How much do mass vaccine clinics cost to run? Up to $400,000 a day – Kyra Senese
https://chicago.suntimes.com/coronavirus/2021/5/2/22409977/mass-vaccine-clinics-cost-chicago-illinois-springfield-quincy-columbia-data-project-coronavirus

DAILY HERALD
— When does race matter in a story? – Jim Baumann (DIERSEN: Democrats stress race in stories when they can make Democrats look good and make Republicans look bad.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20210503/policy-corner-when-does-race-matter-in-a-story

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Proposed township merger is a power grab by Republicans – Bill Houlihan
https://www.sj-r.com/story/opinion/columns/guest/2021/05/01/bill-houlihan-proposed-township-merger-republican-power-grab/7403411002/
— Township-county merger will save money, improve services – Tom Cavanagh
https://www.sj-r.com/story/opinion/columns/guest/2021/05/01/cavanagh-township-county-merger-save-money-improve-services/7402279002/

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Illinois’ unpaid bills have dropped, but its debt has not – Editorial
https://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/editorials/editorial-illinois-unpaid-bills-have-dropped-but-its-debt-has-not/article_2d1d7639-5fff-5cbf-b47a-def1193bc9ac.html
— Believing Pritzker’s solemn non-promise on maps was a mistake – Jim Dey
https://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/jim-dey-believing-pritzkers-solemn-non-promise-on-maps-was-a-mistake/article_6291a81a-ebb3-5868-a6f1-ac137d3d1d56.html

DEPAULIA
— DePaul’s vaccination mandate prioritizes safety over personal liberties – Jason Grapenthin
https://depauliaonline.com/53723/opinions/opinion-depauls-vaccination-mandate-prioritizes-safety-over-personal-liberties/

DAILY ILLINI
— Black Students for Revolution call out UI silence toward police shootings – BRENDYN JONES
https://dailyillini.com/news/2021/05/03/black-students-for-revolution-call-out-ui-silence-toward-police-shootings/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— ROSSI: TIME TO THANK THE TOP 1%, NOT HATE THEM!
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2021/05/rossi-time-to-thank-the-top-1-not-hate-them.html

GOPUSA
— No Border Crisis? Joe Biden Blames Donald Trump For Surge At Southern Border (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who blame me and blame my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters for their problems, for your problems, for my problems, and for everyone’s problems.)
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=109724

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— The Bleak Biden Way What is the Biden way? To surveille, monitor, root out, raid, jail, confine, and smear all impediments to fundamental transformation. – Victor Davis Hanson
https://amgreatness.com/2021/05/02/the-bleak-biden-way/

BREITBART
— Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO): The Left Loves ‘the Power over Speech’ Big Tech Has – TRENT BAKER
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2021/05/02/hawley-the-left-loves-the-power-over-speech-big-tech-has/
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: George W. Bush Lobbies Republicans to Work with Joe Biden on Amnesty for Illegal Aliens – JOHN BINDER
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2021/05/02/george-w-bush-lobbies-republicans-work-joe-biden-amnesty-illegal-aliens/
— Migrant ‘Got-Away’ Total Exceeds 185K this Year – RANDY CLARK
https://www.breitbart.com/border/2021/05/02/exclusive-migrant-got-away-total-exceeds-185k-this-year-says-source/
— Wokery Is Snobbery; How the Populist Right Can Win the New Class War – JAMES P. PINKERTON (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents look down not only on me, they look down on you too. I should write a book about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who falsely paint themselves as being religious, conservative, and/or Republican and who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and/or Wheaton. I focus on those who put down those who are Republican, conservative, White, male, older, heterosexual, Protestant, and/or German American to curry favor with those who are Democrat, Libertarian, Green, Independent, RINO, moderate, liberal, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, non-Protestant, and/or non-German American.)
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/05/02/pinkerton-wokery-is-snobbery-how-the-populist-right-can-win-the-new-class-war/

BLAZE
— Book festival cancels ‘Harry Potter’ event over J.K. Rowling’s transgender comments – PAUL SACCAM
https://www.theblaze.com/news/jk-rowling-harry-potter-canceled

NEWS BUSTERS
— Ted Koppel Exposes Danger of Cancel Culture: ‘Social Weapon’ for ‘Political Warfare’ – Nicholas Fondacaro (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents cancel not only me, they cancel you too. I should write a book about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who falsely paint themselves as being religious, conservative, and/or Republican and who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and/or Wheaton. I focus on those who put down those who are Republican, conservative, White, male, older, heterosexual, Protestant, and/or German American to curry favor with those who are Democrat, Libertarian, Green, Independent, RINO, moderate, liberal, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, non-Protestant, and/or non-German American.)
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/nicholas-fondacaro/2021/05/02/ted-koppel-exposes-danger-cancel-culture-social-weapon

PJ MEDIA
— Trump-Hating Romney Wing of GOP Is Learning It’s Not Popular – STEPHEN KRUISER (DIERSEN: I should write a book about the most hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters in Illinois, in DuPage County, in Milton Township, and in Wheaton. I would focus on those who focus on a) destroying me and b) destroying those who read my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters.)
https://pjmedia.com/columns/stephen-kruiser/2021/05/03/the-morning-briefing-trump-hating-romney-wing-of-gop-is-learning-its-not-popular-n1444023

TOWNHALL
— Anti-White Racism – Jeff Davidson (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who are White, male, older, and/or heterosexual who demonize, denigrate, and condemn those who are White, male, older, and/or heterosexual to curry favor with those who are minority, female, younger, and/or LGBTQ. I should write a book about those who falsely claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican who demonize, denigrate, and condemn those who are religious, conservative, and/or Republican to curry favor with those who are anti-religious, anti-conservative, and/or anti-Republican. I should write a book about those who are White and who demonize, denigrate, and condemn those who German-American to curry favor with those who are anti-German American. I should write a book about those who falsely claim to be Christian and who demonize, denigrate, and condemn those who are Protestant to curry favor with those who are anti-Protestant.)
https://townhall.com/columnists/jeffdavidson/2021/05/03/antiwhite-racism-n2588852
— Who in America is Entitled to Call Who an Insurrectionist These Days? – Cliff Nichols
https://townhall.com/columnists/cliffnichols/2021/05/03/who-in-america-is-entitled-to-call-who-an-insurrectionist-these-days-n2588856
— We Are Privileged to Be Americans – Terry Paulson (DIERSEN: According to Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs, Republicans have caused, are causing, and will forever cause all of America’s past, present, and future problems, 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://townhall.com/columnists/terrypaulson/2021/05/03/we-are-privileged-to-be-americans-n2588853
(FROM THE ARTICLE: I am a white privileged American. Yes, and if you are black, Hispanic, Asian or an American of any race or background, you too are a privileged American. You live in America. People climb fences, often risking their lives and paying thousands to get here. People from around the world go through the long and frustrating legal immigration process to become an American immigrant. No one could blame anyone for doing anything they can to come to this land of freedom and opportunity. Could America be better? Of course. Am I dissatisfied with the politicians in Washington? Of course. Are there racists and criminals in our midst? Of course, but their number is dwarfed by the vast majority of responsible, caring citizens of all races.)

PATRIOT POST
— Biden Gives Sanctuary Cities the Green Light – THOMAS GALLATIN
https://patriotpost.us/articles/79586-biden-gives-sanctuary-cities-the-green-light-2021-05-03

COLLEGE FIX
— In fight against modern book burning, conservative Yale students host authors of canceled books – GRACE BUREAU
https://www.thecollegefix.com/in-fight-against-modern-book-burning-conservative-yale-students-host-authors-of-canceled-books/

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— White Farmers Excluded From Biden Loan Forgiveness Program Sue To Stop “use of race discrimination as a tool to end ‘systemic racism’” “Plaintiffs are farmers from Wisconsin, Minnesota, South Dakota, and Ohio who have direct loans with the Farm Service Agency (FSA) or loans backed by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). They are otherwise eligible for the loan-forgiveness program in ARPA, except for the color of their skin. As white farmers, Plaintiffs are ineligible for this government benefit.” – William A. Jacobson (DIERSEN: Ever-increasing, Democrats and RINOs discriminate against those who are Republican, conservative, White, male, older, heterosexual, Protestant, and/or German American to curry favor with those who are Democrat, Libertarian, Green, Independent, RINO, moderate, liberal, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, non-Protestant, and/or non-German American.)
https://legalinsurrection.com/2021/05/white-farmers-excluded-from-biden-loan-forgiveness-program-sue-to-stop-use-of-race-discrimination-as-a-tool-to-end-systemic-racism/

THE HILL
— Almost two-third optimistic with nation’s future – OLAFIMIHAN OSHIN (DIERSEN: To give preference to one group is to discriminate against another group. Ever-increasingly, Democrats promise to use government to give preference to those who are anti-law enforcement, anti-Trump, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-heterosexual, anti-traditional marriage/family, anti-non-poor people, anti-gun owners, anti-Christian, anti-Protestant, anti-Italian American, anti-German American, anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time, minority, female, young, non-married, Democrat, Libertarian, Green, Independent, RINO, moderate, liberal, veteran, LGBTQ, those who have less money than others, those who have health and/or other problems, criminals, drinkers, gamblers, stoners, those in America illegally, etc.)
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/551374-almost-two-third-optimistic-with-nations-future-poll
— Cruz, Rubio ramp up criticisms of big business – NIALL STANAGE
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/551318-exclusive-cruz-rubio-ramp-up-criticisms-of-big-business
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, pressure to get vaccinated increases.
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/551272-vaccine-hesitancy-among-lawmakers-slows-return-to-normality

ROLL CALL
— Democratic unity makes Biden’s ambition possible. Despite narrow majorities, party is sticking together on almost all votes. – Shawn Zeller (DIERSEN: I should write a book about Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, Green plants, Independent plants, and RINOs in Illinois, in DuPage County, in Milton Township, and in Wheaton who have been the most successful in using the Republican Party’s “BIG TENT” policy to destroy the Republican Party in Illinois, in DuPage County, in Milton Township, and in Wheaton. These party destroyers focus on getting rid of those like me who support 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://www.rollcall.com/2021/05/03/democratic-unity-makes-bidens-ambition-possible/

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats say “Reaching ‘Herd Immunity’ Is Unlikely in the U.S.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/03/health/covid-heard-immunity-vaccine.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Pelosi’s archbishop says prominent Catholics who support abortion rights should be denied Communion – Reis Thebault
https://www.washingtonpost.com/religion/2021/05/02/pelosi-archbishop-communion/

NEW YORK POST
— There’s no stopping the GOP’s divorce from big business – Josh Hammer (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Big Business serves as an operative or as a dupe for the Democrat, Libertarian, and/or Green parties.)
https://nypost.com/2021/05/02/theres-no-stopping-the-gops-divorce-from-big-business/

USA TODAY
— It’s time to start shunning the ‘vaccine hesitant.’ They’re blocking COVID herd immunity. Enough analysis of these human petri dishes. Everyone who wants a vaccine will soon have one, and proof should be required to work, play and travel. – Michael J. Stern (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.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2021/04/30/require-covid-vaccine-resume-normal-life-herd-immunity-column/4886673001/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Next Generation of Covid-19 Vaccines Could Be Pill or Spray. Drugmakers and government labs are developing doses easier to take and transport to tackle coronavirus variants and avert future pandemics. – Peter Loftus and Gregory Zuckerman
https://www.wsj.com/articles/next-generation-of-covid-19-vaccines-could-be-pill-or-spray-11620034381
— A Tech Company Tried to Limit What Employees Talk About at Work. It Didn’t Go Well. Basecamp’s move to ban political conversations lays bare a sharp divide in the tech industry over how to navigate potentially divisive issues. – Katherine Bindley (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 I 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.wsj.com/articles/a-tech-company-tried-to-limit-what-employees-talk-about-at-work-it-didnt-go-well-11619967600
— The Pandemic Prompted Them to Return Home—Now They’re Staying. Many young adults who left for different lives in new cities have found comfort in changing their plans and putting down roots closer to family. – Nancy Keates (DIERSEN: After I graduated from NIU in 1970, I lived with my mother and brother in Crete until I bought a new town home in University Park in 1972. My father had died suddenly in 1969. My mother had never attended high school or worked outside of our home. I applied for a financial hardship draft deferment in 1970 and it was approved in 1971. I helped pay the bills with the money that I earned a) working full-time for the Firestone Store in Chicago Heights 1970-1971 and then part-time 1971-1972 and b) working for IRS full-time starting in 1971 in downtown Chicago and then in Harvey.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-pandemic-prompted-them-to-return-homenow-theyre-staying-11620000001
— Sorry, Professor, We’re Cutting You Off. Funding higher education now means subsidizing the political activists who have hijacked it. – John Ellis
https://www.wsj.com/articles/sorry-prof-were-cutting-you-off-11619974459

FORBES
— Reports Show That Black People Experience More Sleep Deprivation Than Other Groups – Janice Gassam Asare (DIERSEN: I suffer from sleep deprivation because I spend 10+ hours each and every day putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters together and sending them out. Putting those newsletters together and sending them out would cause anyone lots of stress. I should write a book about those who read my newsletters to get information to destroy me.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/janicegassam/2021/05/02/reports-show-that-black-people-experience-more-sleep-deprivation-than-other-groups/?sh=52c7dd623cf4
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: LGBTQ-promoters promote LGBTQ-promoters.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/dawnstaceyennis/2021/05/03/it-gets-better-gets-new-leadership/

MARKET WATCH
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats crow about their success in making Big Business 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.marketwatch.com/story/u-s-business-moved-to-combat-racism-after-george-floyds-murder-heres-what-still-needs-to-be-done-11619985092

NEW YORK MAGAZINE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Republican-hating Republican-hater says “Avoiding White Backlash Is a Racial-Justice Issue.” Democrats and RINOs use Affirmative Action, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion to get rid of Republicans.
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2021/05/white-backlash-racial-justice-kalla-english-race-class-narrative.html

INSIDE HIGHER EDUCATION
— Biden aims to increase college success with $62 billion investment – Alexis Gravely (DIERSEN: What frustrated your efforts to get better grades in high school and in college? During my last 2 years at Crete-Monee High School 1964-1966, I washed dishes part-time in the basement of the S.S. Kresges in Chicago Heights. During my first 2 years at UIC 1966-1968 and my first year at NIU in 1969, I delivered mail part-time for the Park Forest Post Office. During the 4 years that took graduate business courses at Loyola 1972-1976, I worked full-time for IRS. During the 4 years that took graduate accounting courses at Loyola 1976-1980, I worked full-time for IRS and then GAO. During the 5 years that took graduate finance courses at IIT 1992-1997, I worked full-time for GAO.)
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2021/05/03/biden-aims-increase-college-success-62-billion-investment

FAST COMPANY
— Your parents’ education level predicts your income better than your college degree will. “Education is not the equalizer that many people think it is,” noted researcher Anna Manzoni of North Carolina State University. – ARIANNE COHEN (DIERSEN: Neither of my outstanding parents attended college. My father was the first of his ancestors to earn a high school diploma. He never earned more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars. He died suddenly in 1969 when he was 47 and I was 21. My mother never attended high school. She did not work outside the home until after my father died.)
https://www.fastcompany.com/90628812/your-parents-education-level-predicts-your-income-better-than-your-advanced-degree-will

RAW STORY
— Anti-Trump Republicans are ‘endangered species’ being systematically punished by their own party: CNN’s Keilar – Brad Reed
https://www.rawstory.com/anti-trump-republicans-are-endangered-species-being-systematically-punished-by-their-own-party-cnns-keilar/

May 2 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Chicago shootings: 38 shot, 6 dead, in weekend violence across city
https://abc7chicago.com/31-shot-5-fatally-in-chicago-weekend-violence-/10569165/
— Illinois COVID-19 Update: IL reports 1,860 new coronavirus cases, 27 deaths
https://abc7chicago.com/health/il-reports-1860-new-covid-19-cases-27-deaths/10569837/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Void FOID? State’s top court asked to decide if it’s time to shoot down Firearm Owner Identification cards. The Illinois attorney general’s appeal of a downstate judge’s ruling sets up a battle over whether the state can require residents to hold an ID card in order to own a firearm. First enacted in 1968, the state’s Firearm Owner Identification Act does just that. But a southern Illinois judge said that makes residents’ Second Amendment rights a “façade.” – Andrew Sullender
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2021/5/2/22413297/foid-firearm-owner-identification-cards-illinois-supreme-court-downstate-webb-white-county
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats shout at Blacks that Republicans have caused, are causing, and will forever cause all the problems that Blacks have had, are having, and will have. Democrats have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Democrats see Blacks as being their soldiers in their army to get rid of Republicans once and for all.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2021/4/30/22413035/160-years-since-the-emancipation-proclamation-the-negro-still-is-not-free

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Caitlyn Jenner, who is running for California governor, says letting transgender girls play girls’ sports ‘just isn’t fair’ – AP
https://www.chicagotribune.com/nation-world/ct-aud-nw-caitlyn-jenner-transgender-girls-sports-20210502-o6g6exv4vbh3bbosshbjbbmp4i-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— Milton Township moving to form voter-approved mental health board
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20210502/milton-township-moving-to-form-voter-approved-mental-health-board
(FROM THE ARTICLE: John Monino — Milton’s first new township supervisor in 20 years — will appoint the seven members to the mental health board. Monino will be sworn in on May 14. Under state law, the township has 60 days from his swearing-in to seat the 708 board. Monino said he hopes to make the first mental health board appointments at a township trustee meeting in June. The panel could include doctors, parents, and representatives of schools or social service agencies. “We will do everything in the township to support and grow that and outreach,” Monino said. Township trustees also will get the final say on the amount residents would pay in additional taxes each year. But the request that was approved by voters caps the tax levy for the mental health board at 0.15% of the assessed value of taxable property. When asked about the tax increase, Monino said the levy is “not going to be touching at that top end” of the cap. He’s hoping to have the levy adopted in October or early November. “We’re going to be researching and looking at all aspects so everybody is comfortable,” Monino said.)
— McHenry approves $52.7 million 2021-22 budget, with ‘extremely conservative’ revenue estimates – Sam Lounsberry
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20210502/mchenry-approves-527-million-2021-22-budget-with-extremely-conservative-revenue-estimates

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Spin it how you want, but Illinois’ census numbers are horrible
https://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/guest-commentary/guest-commentary-spin-it-how-you-want-but-illinois-census-numbers-are-horrible/article_d0c7c033-175e-5c9a-8c28-ab6c41815395.html

NORTHWEST ILLINOIS NEWS
— Chesney against bill requiring landlords accept Section 8: This is a ‘failed Rauner-Sanguinetti policy’ – Savannah Howe
https://nwillinoisnews.com/stories/593924193-chesney-against-bill-requiring-landlords-accept-section-8-this-is-a-failed-rauner-sanguinetti-policy

ST. LOUIS POST DISPATCH
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: LGBTQ-promoters say “County Republicans flirt with disaster over gender-neutral bathrooms.”
https://www.stltoday.com/opinion/editorial/editorial-county-republicans-flirt-with-disaster-over-gender-neutral-bathrooms/article_38d82f6d-021f-5d9d-9519-da5f4a0a3a79.html

CENTER FOR ILLINOIS POLITICS
— Lack of Census Data for Redistricting Poses Problems for Democratic Legislators – Daniel C. Vock
https://www.centerforilpolitics.org/articles/lack-of-census-data-for-redistricting-poses-problems-for-democratic-legislators

FOX NEWS
— Tim Scott slams ‘Uncle Tim’ label as hypocritical bigotry – Danielle Wallace
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/tim-scott-uncle-tim-trends-fighting-bigotry-with-bigotry-is-hypocrisy
— GOP’s ‘Pennant Porch’ in 2022 could shape House control. In baseball, games are won on the field. But in politics – unlike Finley’s Pennant Porch – how they set up the field of play sometimes determines the winner. – Chad Pergram
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/gop-2022-house-control

FEDERALIST
— Kinzinger-Backed Candidate Places Ninth In Texas House Race – Tristan Justice (DIERSEN: Which of the candidates on March 15, 2022 Republican primary ballots in Illinois a) will seek/get Trump’s endorsement or b) will seek/get Kinzinger’s endorsement?)
https://thefederalist.com/2021/05/02/kinzinger-backed-candidate-places-ninth-in-texas-house-race/

BREITBART
— Wisconsin City Uses Mark Zuckerberg Money to Buy ‘Mobile Voting Precinct’ – JOEL B. POLLAK
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/05/02/wisconsin-city-uses-zuckerberg-money-to-buy-mobile-voting-precinct/

BLAZE
— MSNBC host suggests Tim Scott is slave to GOP, claims Harriet Tubman ‘would have left’ Scott enslaved – CHRIS ENLOE
https://www.theblaze.com/news/tiffany-scott-rebukes-tim-scott-america-not-racist
— Black Lives Matter Minnesota says Derek Chauvin ‘guilty’ verdict not enough, calls for reparations – CHRIS ENLOE
https://www.theblaze.com/news/black-lives-matter-reparations-after-chauvin-verdict

TOWNHALL
— Here Is What Republican Voters Really Believe in. It’s a Shame the GOP Has No Idea – Wayne Allyn Root
https://townhall.com/columnists/wayneallynroot/2021/05/02/here-is-what-republican-voters-really-believe-in-its-a-shame-the-gop-has-no-idea-n2588815

THE HILL
— GOP ramps up attacks on Biden’s border wall freeze – NIV ELIS
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/551278-gop-ramps-up-attacks-on-bidens-border-wall-freeze
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater says “GOP wrestles with role of culture wars in party’s future.” Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters want the Republican Party to dump its traditional marriage/family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks in its platform.)
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/551331-gop-wrestles-with-role-of-culture-wars-in-partys-future

POLITICO
— Trump tightens his grip on the GOP – TARA PALMERI
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/playbook/2021/05/02/trump-tightens-his-grip-on-the-gop-492681

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats shout at Blacks that Republicans have caused, are causing, and will forever cause all the problems that Blacks have had, are having, and will have. Democrats have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Democrats see Blacks as being their soldiers in their army to get rid of Republicans once and for all.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/02/opinion/america-racism.html

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters make it clear that they will get rid of you if you do not say that Biden won fair and square.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/republicans-trump-election-falsehood/2021/05/01/7bd380a0-a921-11eb-8c1a-56f0cb4ff3b5_story.html

NEW YORK POST
— Sen. Hawley calls Big Tech ‘greatest threat,’ slams its ‘woke’ agenda – Mark Moore
https://nypost.com/2021/05/02/sen-hawley-slams-big-tech-for-imposing-woke-agenda/

NEW YORK MAGAZINE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats use “democracy” to get rid of individuals, organizations, 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://nymag.com/intelligencer/2021/05/trumps-delegitimization-of-democracy-isnt-wearing-off.html

ILLINOIS CPA SOCIETY
— COURSE: The IRS Collection Process (DIERSEN: GAO audits IRS. When I transferred from IRS to GAO in 1980, I could have taught this course. I had worked for IRS’s Collection Division for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $85,935-$97,395/year. I filed many tax liens and tax levies.  I had worked as an IRS Special Procedures Staff Advisor during my last 3 1/2 years with IRS. Special Procedures Staff Advisors confer with IRS Attorneys, Revenue Officers, Revenue Agents and Special Agents as well as taxpayers and their representatives to resolve complex tax issues and determine a course of action designed to protect the Government’s interests and expedite payment of taxes due. I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979. My Democrat GAO superiors wasted my knowledge of IRS. In 1986, the GAO manager who had hired me finally succeeded in getting me assigned to audits of IRS and promoting me to GS-13. But my Democrat GAO superiors succeeded in forcing him to retire in 1987, and starting in 1989, they succeeded in keeping me off audits of IRS for the rest of GAO career. In 1997, when I was 49 years old, they succeeded in forcing me to take their early retirement “offer.”)
https://www.icpas.org/eventscalendar/EventDetail?id=33255
(FROM THE POSTING: After attending this presentation you will be able to…Understand how the IRS Collection Process works, Explain the impact of the ten-year collection statute on collection alternatives, Describe how tax liens work, Understand the mechanics of a tax levy, Describe what the four collection alternatives are and when to select one over the other. Highlights  The major topics that will be covered in this class include: Review of the IRS collection process, IRS enforcement, Collection alternatives to resolve an outstanding tax debt.)

April 29 Morning Edition

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

CNS NEWS
— New York Pressuring Insurers Into Race-Based Hiring – Hans Bader (DIERSEN: GAO hired me in 1980 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. IRS hired me in 1971 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job. The Post Office hired me in 1966 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job.)
https://www.cnsnews.com/commentary/hans-bader/new-york-pressuring-insurers-race-based-hiring

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

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

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

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

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

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

REUTERS
— Prominent affirmative action opponent Edward Blum targets Coca-Cola’s law firm diversity policy (DIERSEN: GAO hired me in 1980 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. IRS hired me in 1971 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job. The Post Office hired me in 1966 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job.)
https://today.westlaw.com/Document/I36d60970a85711eb90d099c449e35171/View/FullText.html

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

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

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

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

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

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

STAR HERALD
— Want to Retire With $2 Million? Here’s How Much You Need to Invest – Katie Brockman (DIERSEN: What has harmed your efforts to save for your retirement? For me, the biggest reason was my Democrat GAO superiors’ success in forcing me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old. Previously, they had given me unfair performance expectations and appraisals, always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, did not promote me beyond GS-13, got rid of my mentor in 1987, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and forced me to take a $20,361 (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980.)
https://starherald.com/business/investment/personal-finance/want-to-retire-with-2-million-heres-how-much-you-need-to-invest/article_862749a4-f9a9-5e20-81f0-a0f1d485797e.html

HARVARD PRESS
— Diversity training is divisive – Bonnie Chandler, Prospect Hill Road (DIERSEN: The Democrats who run the federal government require federal employees to take lots of diversity training. I took lots of diversity training while I worked for IRS for almost 9 years and while I worked for GAO for almost 18 years. Diversity training promotes hatred against Republicans, and especially against Republicans who are conservative, patriotic, White, male, older, non-veteran, heterosexual, married, non-poor, gun owners, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://harvardpress.com/Opinion/Letters-to-the-Editor/missing-the-big-picture160diversity-training-is-divisive

LAW 360
— Boyden Gray Calls Coke’s Diversity Plan ‘Unlawful’ (DIERSEN: GAO hired me in 1980 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. IRS hired me in 1971 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job. The Post Office hired me in 1966 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job.)
https://www.law360.com/legalindustry/articles/1379550

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

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

WLS AM
— GOP precinct chair in Texas arrested in US Capitol riot (DIERSEN: In 1999, my Republican Precinct Committeewoman appointed me to serve as her assistant. When she moved out of my precinct in 1999, to fill the vacancy, the Milton Township Republican Organization appointed me. For the 2000 election, my critics/opponents got a woman to run against me, but I was elected in large part because Randy Hultgren and Peter Roskam endorsed me in writing. I have been reelected unopposed every 2 years since then. My critics/opponents have done everything that they could to get someone to run against me and b) to get me to not run again. My critics/opponents demonize me, denigrate me, and condemn me as being “too conservative.” I should write a book about my critics/opponents and the adverse actions, including their 2015 gerrymandering of my precinct, that they have taken against me.)
https://www.wlsam.com/news/gop-precinct-chair-in-texas-arrested-in-us-capitol-riot/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A Texas man arrested for storming the US Capitol and assaulting police officers on January 6 also serves as a Republican Party precinct chair and has been an election poll worker in north Texas. Mark Middleton, 52, was appointed as the chair of Precinct 14 in Cooke County in December, just a month after the presidential election, according to Chris McNamara, chairman of the Cooke County Republican Party. A precinct chair is a low-level elected position in local party politics. However, Middleton was not elected. He was appointed by a committee of local Republicans to fill the vacant precinct officer position. The Texas Republican Party says the duty of its precinct chairs is to “help promote and grow the local county party” and “to maximize the Republican vote in your precinct.” Middleton is one of multiple rioters with local Republican Party ties. Derrick Evans, a former member of the West Virginia House of Delegates, and Jorge Riley, former secretary for the State Board of the California Republican Assembly, are among those who have faced criminal charges for participating in the riot. Both men resigned after the riot. Middleton and his wife, Jalise Middleton, were both arrested and face seven federal charges each. They have pleaded not guilty. Their attorney did not respond to a request for comment. Middleton also worked as an election clerk in two recent Cooke County elections, according to Pam Harrison, the Cooke County clerk and elections administrator. Clerks are usually picked by the precinct election judge overseeing individual election sites. “These people tried to overturn the election. I don’t want someone like that near a poll,” said John Angus, the chairman of the Cooke County Democratic Party. ‘We are on the front lines’ Mark and Jalise Middleton traveled to Washington, DC, to attend the protest against the certification of the 2020 presidential election. In court documents, FBI investigators say the Middletons marched from the White House to the Capitol grounds where they engaged in violent confrontations with two police officers trying to prevent the mob from storming inside the building. On officer body camera footage, federal investigators say Middleton is heard saying “F**K You” after Capitol Police officers warn him and other rioters to “get back.” The court documents allege the Middletons helped knock down a barrier that allowed hundreds of other protesters to storm the west side of the Capitol. Investigators say the Middleton couple assaulted the officers by repeatedly grabbing and striking at them with their hands. The couple would later write in Facebook posts that the officers doused them in pepper spray to keep the crowd from moving forward. Investigators say the Middletons documented their movements on January 6 in a series of now deleted Facebook postings. “We are on the front lines. We helped push down the barriers,” Middleton wrote in the Facebook post, according to federal investigators. “We had to retreat, but more patriots pushed forward, and they’re taking back our house.” Mark Middleton started volunteering with the Cooke County Republican Party last year before he was appointed as a precinct chair, according to McNamara. Cooke County is deeply conservative and sits on the Texas-Oklahoma border about 65 miles north of the Dallas-Fort Worth area. Trump won the county in the 2020 election with 82% of the vote. Middleton was appointed to the precinct chair position as Trump was scaling up his fraudulent attacks on the 2020 election results. But McNamara says he doesn’t know if Trump’s lies about the election inspired Middleton to take on a more official role in local party politics. “I never got extreme vibes from him,” McNamara said. “I felt that he was disappointed that President Trump lost.” If he chooses, Mark Middleton will be able to serve out the remainder of his term until March 2022. The Cooke County Republican chairman says the party “has no mechanism for removing him” from office. McNamara said he was “very disappointed” in Middleton’s actions and the Cooke County Republican Party does not condone the attack on the Capitol. “It’s a sad day in American history,” he said. “It’s not the way we do things.”)

April 28 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Tim Scott, only Black Republican senator, set to respond to Joe Biden’s address to Congress – AP
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/tim-scott-only-black-gop-senator-set-to-respond-to-biden/10556044/
— 2020 census results: Illinois loses population, but not from where you’d think – Sarah Schulte
https://abc7chicago.com/society/illinois-is-losing-residents-but-not-from-where-youd-think/10554392/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Cordova said while whites and Blacks are leaving Chicago, the same number of Asians and Latinos are moving in. She said Illinois’ population loss is being driven by downstate declines. “The decline is occurring in the smaller areas, smaller towns, primarily places that are rural,” she said. She said the loss of manufacturing jobs for decades is a big factor in that movement. Cordova said the state must begin to do things differently to reverse the trend, especially in rural areas.)
— Illinois COVID-19 Update: IL reports 2,728 new coronavirus cases, 33 deaths
https://abc7chicago.com/health/il-reports-2728-new-covid-19-cases-33-deaths/10556636/

NBC5
— Biden Promises No New Taxes on Anyone Making Less Than $400,000. Experts Doubt He Can Keep That Pledge – Lorie Konish
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/business/money-report/biden-promises-no-new-taxes-on-anyone-making-less-than-400000-experts-doubt-he-can-keep-that-pledge/2497434/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Chicago top cop’s inconvenient truth: Fathers in gang life bear responsibility when their kids get hurt – JOHN KASS
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/john-kass/ct-prem-police-superintendent-david-brown-chicago-crime-kass-20210428-enjunlyd5ne6pioenvmupacjqu-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push Pot. To push pot on and individual, municipality, township, county, state, or country is to destroy that individual, municipality, township, county, state, or country.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/lake-county-news-sun/opinion/ct-lns-selle-marijuana-sales-st-0429-20210428-yqwkz3psbrdbvljp6lasijeln4-story.html
— McDonald’s board members sued over ‘lavish’ $56 million severance for fired CEO Easterbrook – ROBERT CHANNICK
https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-teamsters-mcdonalds-lawsuit-easterbrook-severance-20210428-rlofg6yvzrbkhodagi5ga5icdy-story.html
— Lightfoot reboots peace message ahead of Anthony Alvarez fatal police shooting video | Mayor says ‘Vax Pass’ a work in progress | WaPo: Biden close to picking Emanuel as diplomat – LISA DONOVAN
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-lightfoot-peace-police-video-emanuel-japan-ambassador-report-spin-20210428-vbonhvojlzbb5iczsvxr6rsogm-story.html
— Using flawed census data to remap Illinois will hurt voters. State should wait. – MADELEINE DOUBEK
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/ct-opinion-census-remap-districts-20210428-kyiusximerbmflqc4vgnhvf324-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— State’s unpaid bill backlog shrinks to $3.5 billion — and in Illinois, that’s called ‘remarkable. The drop in the backlog — which, at its highest point, stood at $16.7 billion in 2017 — means Illinois can pay its bills as they come in and moves closer to paying off its debts within a normal 30-day cycle. – Rachel Hinton
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2021/4/28/22408050/unpaid-bill-backlog-billion-illinois-mendoza-rauner-impasse-credit-rating

DAILY HERALD
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: The more Democrats who move in, the more that poverty and crime increase.
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20210426/we-can-fight-crime-with-early-education-funding
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push Pot. To push pot on and individual, municipality, township, county, state, or country is to destroy that individual, municipality, township, county, state, or country.
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20210428/mundelein-approves-parking-plan-for-pot-shop
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20210428/second-marijuana-dispensary-in-schaumburg-opening-friday
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Gambling pushers push gambling. To push gambling on and individual, municipality, township, county, state, or country is to destroy that individual, municipality, township, county, state, or country.
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20210428/lawmakers-consider-lifting-ban-on-betting-on-in-state-colleges-universities
— New resolution to cancel McHenry County Jail’s contract with ICE voted down in committee – Kelli Duncan
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20210428/new-resolution-to-cancel-mchenry-county-jails-contract-with-ice-voted-down-in-committee
— Optimism for regional economy reigns at Choose DuPage event – Orrin Schwarz
https://www.dailyherald.com/business/20210428/optimism-for-regional-economy-reigns-at-choose-dupage-event

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Forgive me, but student-loan forgiveness program is unforgivable – Scott Reeder
https://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/scott-reeder-forgive-me-but-student-loan-forgiveness-program-is-unforgivable/article_0f98ec23-55ef-54fd-bc37-35b27f02218c.html

ALTON TELEGRAPH
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push Pot. To push pot on and individual, municipality, township, county, state, or country is to destroy that individual, municipality, township, county, state, or country.
https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/article/Medical-marijuana-bill-stalls-employees-fired-16136010.php

OAK PARK PATCH
— Diversity, Equity And Inclusion Advisory Group Members Appointed. More than 40 members were appointed at the April 26 Village Board meeting. (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrat and RINO municipalities make it clear that they want to get rid of their residents 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://patch.com/illinois/oakpark/diversity-equity-inclusion-advisory-group-members-appointed

GLEN ELLYN PATCH
— Ballot Measure Creating a Milton Township 708 Mental Health Board is Certified by DuPage County Election Division – Karin Daly
https://patch.com/illinois/glenellyn/ep/2001302

WIREPOINTS
— Former Gov. Bruce Rauner looks back on four embattled years in Springfield. – Dartmouth Alumni Magazine
https://wirepoints.org/capital-business-former-gov-bruce-rauner-looks-back-on-four-embattled-years-in-springfield-dartmouth-alumni-magazine/

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— ILLINOIS POPULATION LOSS DROPS IT TO 6TH-MOST POPULOUS STATE – Bryce Hill
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/illinois-population-loss-drops-it-to-6th-most-populous-state/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— ISRA APPLAUDS CIRCUIT COURT DECISION STRIKING DOWN ILLINOIS’ FOID CARD LAW
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2021/04/isra-applauds-circuit-court-decision-striking-down-illinois-foid-card-law.html
— DR. BROOK BELLO PLEADS WITH ILLINOIS LAWMAKERS TO KEEP PARENTAL NOTIFICATION
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2021/04/dr-brook-bello-pleads-with-illinois-lawmakers-to-keep-parental-notification.html

CAPITOL FAX
— Bailey event draws local health department scrutiny
https://capitolfax.com/2021/04/28/bailey-event-draws-local-health-department-scrutiny/
— 2,728 new confirmed and probable cases; 33 additional deaths; 2,154 hospitalized; 502 in ICU; 3.4 percent average case positivity rate; 4.1 percent average test positivity rate; 100,823 average daily doses
https://capitolfax.com/2021/04/28/2728-new-confirmed-and-probable-cases-33-additional-deaths-2154-hospitalized-502-in-icu-34-percent-average-case-positivity-rate-41-percent-average-test-positivity-rate-100823-average-daily-doses/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Biden’s racial equity agenda targets ‘exclusionary’ single-family neighborhoods – Kery Murakami (DIERSEN: Many in my Wheaton precinct believe that the south side of Roosevelt Road between the Prairie Path and Main Street is targeted for low-income apartment buildings.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/apr/28/biden-racial-equity-agenda-targets-exclusionary-si/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: President Biden wants to transform the character of many American cities and suburbs by building more apartment buildings in quiet and frequently disproportionately White neighborhoods of single-family homes. The Biden administration sees remnants of America’s segregationist past in what it calls “exclusionary” zoning laws, which allow only single-family homes in large swaths of cities and suburbs. As part of a racial equity agenda the president is pursuing in his massive infrastructure plan, Mr. Biden would send federal grants to cities if they eliminate those zoning laws and allow more lower-income people, often minorities, in areas that typically have better schools and fewer social ills that plague poor, inner-city communities.)
— ICE to cut arrests of violent criminal aliens 50% – Paul Bedard
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/washington-secrets/ice-to-cut-arrests-of-violent-criminal-illegal-immigrants-50

DAILY WIRE
— Texas School District Shames White Students As Part Of ‘Cultural Competence,’ Parents Enraged – Ashe Schow
https://www.dailywire.com/news/texas-school-district-shames-white-students-as-part-of-cultural-competence-parents-enraged

ONE AMERICA NEWS NETWORK
— Smugglers Find New Route For Adults To Bypass Biden Border Rules
https://www.oann.com/smugglers-find-new-route-for-adults-to-bypass-biden-border-rules/

NEWSMAX
— These Ten Key 2022 Midterm Election Issues Favor the GOP – Larry Bell
https://www.newsmax.com/larrybell/midterm-elections-republic-cancel/2021/04/28/id/1019324/

THE HILL
— McConnell accuses Biden of breaking promise to unify – ALEXANDER BOLTON (DIERSEN: Democrats have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans.)
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/550689-mcconnell-accuses-biden-of-breaking-promise-to-unify
— US settling age-discrimination case by former FAA workers for $44M – CELINE CASTRONUOVO (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, governments, employers, organizations, etc. discriminate against those who are older, White, and/or male in order to give preference to those who are younger, minority, and/or female. I should write a book about that.)
https://thehill.com/policy/transportation/aviation/550772-us-settling-age-discrimination-case-by-former-faa-workers-for

CNN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters promote Kinzinger. Overwhelmingly, hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters hate individuals, hate organizations, hate companies, hate governments, and hate 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. Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters hate me and hate my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters.
https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/28/politics/adam-kinzinger-donald-trump-2024/index.html

CBS NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: How soon, if not already, will Amazon, Delta, Pfizer and Tesla a) fire its employees who do not promote LGBTQ and b) refuse to do business with those who do not promote LGBTQ?
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/amazon-delta-pfizer-and-tesla-among-companies-backing-lgbtq-bill/

YAHOO NEWS
— US Catholic bishops may press Biden to stop taking Communion – DAVID CRARY
https://www.yahoo.com/news/us-catholic-bishops-may-press-143840441.html

NEW YORK TIMES
— People of Color Breathe More Hazardous Air. – Hiroko Tabuchi and Nadja Popovich (DIERSEN: My father attended high school in Chicago Heights in 1940 and 1941 and he worked in a nasty chemical plant in Chicago Heights 1941-1969. I worked in Chicago Heights 1964-1966 and 1970-1972 and in Harvey 1972-1973.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/28/climate/air-pollution-minorities.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Deadly air pollutant ‘disproportionately and systematically’ harms Americans of color, study finds. Black, Latino and Asian Americans face higher levels of exposure to fine particulate matter from traffic, construction and other sources. Juliet Eilperin and Darryl Fears (DIERSEN: My father attended high school in Chicago Heights in 1940 and 1941 and he worked in a nasty chemical plant in Chicago Heights 1941-1969. I worked in Chicago Heights 1964-1966 and 1970-1972 and in Harvey 1972-1973.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2021/04/28/environmental-justice-pollution/

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Orange County debates ethnic studies: Vital learnings or ‘anti-white’ divisiveness? – HAYLEY SMITH (DIERSEN: Democrats use ethnic studies 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.latimes.com/california/story/2021-04-28/ethnic-studies-slammed-as-anti-white-in-orange-county

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
— U.S. Air Force creates 2 teams to address issues affecting LGBTQ, Indigenous members – MURI ASSUNÇÃO (DIERSEN: How soon, if noit already, will the U.S. military officially announce that it is officially getting rid of all its personnel who are Republican starting with those 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.nydailynews.com/news/national/ny-air-force-creates-teams-address-lgbtq-indigenous-members-20210428-mb4q6m6jfbddbgrgfv7yaztlfq-story.html

DULUTH NEWS TRIBUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: I should write a book about those who make those in Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton who are the following feel unwelcome: 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. I would focus on those who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout and who done the most to make me feel unwelcome.
https://www.duluthnewstribune.com/opinion/letters/6995063-Readers-View-White-people-need-to-feel-uncomfortable-too

BUSINESS INSIDER
— A conservative ETF designed to boycott ‘hostile’ companies like Disney and Nike that support the ‘liberal agenda’ has beaten the broader market since Biden took office – Emily Graffeo
https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/conservative-etf-american-values-exchange-traded-fund-liberal-flaig-ridgeline-2021-4-1030359673

NEWSWEEK
— As Clock Ticks Down to Midterms, Progressives Can’t Agree on Reparations (DIERSEN: Democrats promote reparations 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.newsweek.com/clock-ticks-down-midterms-progressives-cant-agree-reparations-1586938

ZILLOW
— FOR SALE: 1003 James Court, Wheaton – $829,000
https://www.zillow.com/wheaton-il/X1-SS1apc9gppw622z_3o1g1_sse/4448312_zpid/

April 27 Evening Edition

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

April 27 Morning Edition

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

April 26 Morning Edition

ABC7
— Chicago shootings: 24 shot, 3 fatally, in weekend violence across city
https://abc7chicago.com/24-shot-3-fatally-in-chicago-weekend-violence-/10548837/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Illinois should do more to regulate recreational marijuana – B. Elizabeth Mina, Chicago
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/letters/ct-letters-vp-042621-20210426-3nduss262zhrrnf2ubbitp2soq-story.html
— Treating vaccine skeptics like crackpots won’t get us to herd immunity. – GABRIELLE FINESTONE
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/ct-opinion-pandemic-vaccine-skeptics-herd-immunity-20210423-oxjjvuseh5aytclsvftbwpbose-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote LGBTQ.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-transgender-studies-research-center-chicago-20210426-3s2nkz4jhbe7vmwxzahvcgmjua-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats who claim to speak for Blacks blame everyone else, including Black female LGBTQ mayors, for the problems that Blacks have.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/dahleen-glanton/ct-prem-superintendent-david-brown-one-year-anniversary-20210426-bgpa6hacvvcapn4twpjecbegdm-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Throwing cold water on any talk that Illinois finances are looking better. State government still faces a severe structural budget gap, a new report warns, and every possible fix is painful. – Rich Miller
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2021/4/23/22400226/illinois-state-finances-government-j-b-pritzker-cogfa-rich-miller-capitol-fax
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater says “Both facts and fact-checking a threat to GOP. U.S. Sen. Tim Scott claims to be outraged that the Washington Post checked his claims against the record.” 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://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2021/4/25/22402115/facts-fact-checking-tim-scott-washington-post-record
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats encourage Blacks to hate Republicans, and especially to hate Republicans who are law enforcement officers, Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, gun owners, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2021/4/23/22399960/maxine-waters-street-protests-black-justice-laura-washington-george-floyd-columnist
— ALL OF THE FRONT PAGE: DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters crow about their illegal success in illegally getting citizens of foreign countries to illegally come to America illegally and to illegally stay in America illegally.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2021/4/22/22393860/immigration-chicago-immigrant-transit-assistance-volunteers-bus-station

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— New COVID-19 cases plummet in Illinois, Logan County – Mike Stucka
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/2021/04/26/gda-covid-19-state-2021-04-26-il-nsjr-17107/115744484/

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats crow about their success in getting young people to serve as their operatives and as their dupes.
https://www.pantagraph.com/news/local/public_safety/watch-now-bloomington-normal-naacp-urges-youth-to-stand-against-racial-injustice/article_7fdcb897-57ef-5df0-8a78-ea544615e47d.html

SOUTHEAST MISSOURIAN
— The left’s systemic exploitation of race – David Limbaugh
https://www.semissourian.com/story/2879512.html

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Kinzinger building a national political base – Tom Kacich
https://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/tom-kacich-kinzinger-building-a-national-political-base/article_2bd2cc65-6720-5569-8245-dfca554f4e0e.html
— Scholarship program for poor kids is under fire – Jim Dey
https://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/jim-dey-scholarship-program-for-poor-kids-is-under-fire/article_60bdc7a0-3669-505c-8642-aa8ebdc11ac5.html

WIFR
— Rep. Kinzinger releases new video in continued Country First movement. Video focuses on struggles facing the “The Land of Opportunity.”
https://www.wifr.com/2021/04/26/rep-kinzinger-releases-new-video-in-continued-country-first-movement/

WPSD
— Census Bureau to release state population totals and House seats Monday
https://www.wpsdlocal6.com/news/census-bureau-to-release-state-population-totals-and-house-seats-monday/article_da0f618e-a68d-11eb-a08a-57085dc4d529.html

NPR ILLINOIS
— Mandatory Fingerprinting, Universal Background Checks Wrapped Into Package To Fix FOID Card Backlog – HANNAH MEISEL
https://www.nprillinois.org/post/mandatory-fingerprinting-universal-background-checks-wrapped-package-fix-foid-card-backlog#stream/0
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats threaten not only protests, but rioting, looting, arson, and even worse things.
https://www.nprillinois.org/post/republicans-push-wave-anti-protest-bills-alternative-universe-backlash#stream/0
— Supreme Court Eyes Rich Activists, Their Anonymous Donations And Tax Breaks – NINA TOTENBERG (DIERSEN: I should write a book about a) those who have donated lots of money to Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct since 2000 and b) those candidates who received that money, their political consultants, their campaign managers, their campaign staff members, and their campaign volunteers. I would focus on those candidates, their political consultants, their campaign managers, their campaign staff members, and their campaign volunteers who talked and/or acted like donors had demanded that they get rid of me and get rid of my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters. I would focus on candidates for U.S. Senate, U.S. Representative, statewide Illinois offices, Illinois Senate, Illinois Representative, countywide DuPage candidates, DuPage County District 4 candidates, Milton Township candidates, and Wheaton candidates.)
https://www.nprillinois.org/post/supreme-court-eyes-rich-activists-their-anonymous-donations-and-tax-breaks#stream/0

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats crow about their success in getting churches to promote LGBTQ.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/top-stories/central-illinois-man-on-path-to-church-leadership-is-breaking-barriers-within-the-united-methodist-church/

DEPAULIA
— ‘Systemic racism’ at DePaul condemned by communication scholars nationwide in petition to administration – Ella Lee (DIERSEN: I am White. DePaul admitted me in 1976 and awarded me a master’s degree in accounting in 1980. My critics/opponents hint/imply/argue/shout that because of systemic racism, DePaul would not have admitted me if I had been a minority. But wait, since the 1960s, DePaul has been under tremendous pressure to admit minorities.)
https://depauliaonline.com/53543/news/systemic-racism-at-depaul-condemned-by-communication-scholars-nationwide-in-petition-to-administration/

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

FOX NEWS
— Florida bill would allow students to record professor lectures to use as political bias evidence. The lecture recording is prohibited from being published publicly without the consent of the professor. – Lucas Manfredi (DIERSEN: Needless-to-say, I should have recorded the threats that my Democrat GAO superiors and supervisors made against me to force me to take their early retirement offer in 1997 when I was 49 years old.)
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/florida-bill-would-allow-students-to-record-professor-lectures-to-use-as-evidence-of-political-bias

AMERICAN THINKER
— Bush Republicanism Must Go Away – J.B. Shurk
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2021/04/bush_republicanism_must_go_away.html

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— The New Antiracism Is the Old Racism. The benchmarks of the Back Lives Matter and affiliated woke movements are overt racism, systemic untruth, and the hypocritical privilege of their elite architects. – Victor Davis Hanson
https://amgreatness.com/2021/04/25/the-new-antiracism-is-the-old-racism/

BREITBART
— Georgia Lawmakers Pass Professional Licenses for Illegal Aliens After Lobbying from Chamber of Commerce – JOHN BINDER (DIERSEN: In 1981, when I was 32 years old, I became the only licensed CPA in GAO’s Chicago office. Of course, my Democrat GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were furious about that. My qualifications for being licensed included my passing the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, my having worked for IRS for almost 9 years, my having worked for GAO for 16 months, and my passing the Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) examination on my first attempt in 1981. Few of my GAO coworkers and subordinates had taken the CPA or CIA examinations, let alone passed them, let alone passed them on their first attempt. Few of my GAO coworkers and subordinates had any work experience before GAO hired them.)
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/04/25/georgia-lawmakers-pass-professional-licenses-illegal-aliens-after-lobbying-chamber-commerce/

HERITAGE FOUNDATION
— Left Labeling Election Integrity Reforms As “Jim Crow” Is a Lie and Insulting to Black People – Kay C. James
https://www.heritage.org/election-integrity/commentary/left-labeling-election-integrity-reforms-jim-crow-lie-and-insulting

YOUNG AMERICA’S FOUNDATION
— Chicago Public Schools Implement Race Trainings Claiming Schools ‘Develop White Supremacy’ – Elizabeth Guldimann
https://www.yaf.org/news/chicago-public-schools-implement-race-trainings-claiming-schools-develop-white-supremacy/

TOWNHALL
— What We Learned When Joy Behar Called ‘Caitlyn’ Jenner ‘He’ – Michael Brown
https://townhall.com/columnists/michaelbrown/2021/04/26/what-we-learned-when-joy-behar-called-caitlyn-jenner-he-n2588491

LUTHERAN WORLD
— Don’t go down that road – Rev. Dr Martin Junge (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who demonize, denigrate, and condemn others. I would focus on those who paint themselves as being religious, conservative, and/or Republican and have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton’s West District, Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County’s 4th District, DuPage County, and Illinois. I would focus on those who focus on demonizing, denigrating, and condemning 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://www.lutheranworld.org/blog/dont-go-down-road
(FROM THE ARTICLE: I was a teenager when it started. It was a time of profound changes in Chilean society, with polarized opinions. People increasingly resorted to a demonization of the other. Hate speech began to spread and became “normal”. History tells us, that where hate speech prevails, violence follows. This happened in my country Chile, and it happens today in many countries in the world. In Europe too. Hate speech erodes the public space of society. It stigmatizes individuals and groups because of their political convictions, religious believes, origin, the colour of their skin, gender. Hate speech makes the collective moral compass of society to go astray, and eventually leads to the collapse of democracy. What follows is a nightmare. When individuals and groups demonize the other, they unleash the demon of violence, oppression, and dehumanized treatment of the other. Hate speech leaves destruction in its wake.)

ROLL CALL
— Lawmakers spar in Supreme Court case on nonprofit donor disclosure. Cases touch on hot-button issues, including social media, the Jan. 6 insurrection and anonymous donors. – Todd Ruger (DIERSEN: I should write a book about a) those who have donated lots of money to Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct since 2000 and b) those candidates who received that money, their political consultants, their campaign managers, their campaign staff members, and their campaign volunteers. I would focus on those candidates, their political consultants, their campaign managers, their campaign staff members, and their campaign volunteers who talked and/or acted like donors had demanded that they get rid of me and get rid of my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters. I would focus on candidates for U.S. Senate, U.S. Representative, statewide Illinois offices, Illinois Senate, Illinois Representative, countywide DuPage candidates, DuPage County District 4 candidates, Milton Township candidates, and Wheaton candidates.)
https://www.rollcall.com/2021/04/26/lawmakers-spar-in-supreme-court-case-on-nonprofit-donor-disclosure/

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters promote Liz Cheney. I should write a book about those who promote my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/22/magazine/liz-cheney-vs-maga.html
— Why Is Big Tech Under Assault? Power. Tech executives wanted to change the world, and they did. Of course we’re now questioning them. – Shira Ovide (DIERSEN: Of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes side with Big Tech 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://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/21/technology/big-tech-power.html
— Why Are Democrats Pushing a Tax Cut for the Wealthy? Restoring an unlimited federal tax deduction for state and local tax payments is bad politics and bad policy. – Editorial (DIERSEN: The SALT cap should be increased from $10,000 to $20,000 for married filing jointly.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/25/opinion/salt-deduction-democrats.html

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote LGBTQ.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/letters-to-the-editor/discrimination-against-transgender-women-in-sports/2021/04/25/412a49d4-a20f-11eb-b314-2e993bd83e31_story.html

NEW YORK POST
— US kids get bad Marx; China students excel – Miranda Devine
https://nypost.com/2021/04/25/us-kids-get-bad-marx-china-students-excel-devine/

USA TODAY
— Biden administration converts oil field ‘man camp’ into shelter for migrant children. The oil worker lodge-turned-shelter in Pecos, Texas, is among 15 ’emergency intake sites’ the Biden administration is using to house migrant children. – Lauren Villagran
https://www.usatoday.com/in-depth/news/politics/2021/04/25/unaccompanied-migrant-children-shelter-pecos-texas-oil-camp-biden-administration/7367081002/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— A Revealing Vote on Anti-Asian Bias. Democrats vote to condone discrimination in higher education. – Editorial
https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-revealing-vote-on-anti-asian-bias-11619384585
— Time to End Outdoor Mask Edicts. The CDC is moving too slowly in updating its advice to comport with the scientific evidence. – Scott Gottlieb
https://www.wsj.com/articles/time-to-end-outdoor-mask-edicts-11619383852
— U.S. Policies Ensure More Migrants – Mary Anastasia O’Grady (DIERSEN: Democrats want immigrants because immigrants vote for Democrats. RINOs want immigrants because RINOs want cheap labor.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-policies-ensure-more-migrants-11619383797
— The Workers Who Can’t Commit to a Vacation. Even as vaccination rates climb and more businesses reopen, some workers remain hesitant to use their paid time off, no matter how burned out they feel. – Rachel Feintzeig (DIERSEN: Between 1978 and 1992, while my wife worked for the U.S. League of Savings Institutions, we took four short vacations every year following her business trips, most commonly to luxury golf resorts across America. Most commonly, we rented a car and visited nearby national parks. Needless-to-say, my Democrat IRS and GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were beyond furious about that, and especially those whose spouse had little or no income and those who were not married.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-workers-who-cant-commit-to-a-vacation-11619395200
— When Job References Still Make Sense Before Hiring. They’re a less popular way to vet job candidates than they used to be, but some bosses won’t finish a search without them. – Krithika Varagur (DIERSEN: I should write a book about what my Democrat GAO superiors did to stop me from getting a job appropriate for someone with my education, work experience, professional certifications, and professional license. My Democrat GAO superiors would say that all they did was to disclose the adverse actions that they took against me. They forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, gave me unfair performance expectations and appraisals, always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, did not promote me beyond GS-13, got rid of my mentor in 1987, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and forced me to take a $20,361 (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/when-job-references-still-make-sense-before-hiring-11619352000

FORBES
— Major Donors Reveal How To Lay The Groundwork For Requesting Donations – Esther Choy (DIERSEN: I should write a book about a) those who have donated lots of money to Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct since 2000 and b) those candidates who received that money, their political consultants, their campaign managers, their campaign staff members, and their campaign volunteers. I would focus on those candidates, their political consultants, their campaign managers, their campaign staff members, and their campaign volunteers who talked and/or acted like donors had demanded that they get rid of me and get rid of my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters. I would focus on candidates for U.S. Senate, U.S. Representative, statewide Illinois offices, Illinois Senate, Illinois Representative, countywide DuPage candidates, DuPage County District 4 candidates, Milton Township candidates, and Wheaton candidates.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/estherchoy/2021/04/25/major-donors-reveal-how-to-lay-the-groundwork-for-requesting-donations/
— PwC To Hire 10,000 Black And Latinx College Students By 2026 – Ali Shahbaz (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.forbes.com/sites/alishahbaz/2021/04/26/pwc-aspires-to-hire-10000-black-and-latinx-college-students-by-2026/

INC.
— 3 Ways You Are Personally Sabotaging Your Company Culture  Your team is watching. Make sure you’re doing the right thing. – DAVID FINKEL (DIERSEN: I should write a book about the cultures that the leaders of the following created in: a) Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, Illinois, Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Illinois Center Right Coalition, and American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter since 2000; b) GAO 1980-1997, c) IRS 1971-1980, d) Firestone Stores 1970-1972, and e) Post Office 1966-1969.)
https://www.inc.com/david-finkel/3-ways-you-are-personally-sabotaging-your-company-culture.html

NEWSWEEK
— Joe Biden Must Fix the Racist Criminal Justice System He Helped Create – SHAUN KING (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats hint/imply/argue/shout that all those involved in law enforcement are racists.)
https://www.newsweek.com/2021/05/14/shaun-king-joe-biden-must-fix-racist-criminal-justice-system-he-helped-create-1586289.html

WASHINGTON MONTHLY
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats Libertarians, Greens, Independents, RINOs love it when the aforesaid take adverse actions against Republicans.
https://washingtonmonthly.com/2021/04/25/it-turns-out-people-like-it-when-you-do-popular-things/

April 24 Evening Edition

NBC5
— Coronavirus in Illinois: 2,907 New COVID Cases, 25 Deaths, 125K Vaccinations. Both the statewide positivity rate all tests returning positive results and the positivity rate for individuals tested in the last seven dropped Friday.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/coronavirus/coronavirus-in-illinois-2907-new-covid-cases-25-deaths-125k-vaccinations/2494486/

WTTW
— State Lawmakers Consider Letting Local Voters Decide on Rent Control – Nick Blumberg (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will voters be allowed to ban the following from their municipality, township, county, and state and from America: those who are not a member of a protected group, that is, 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://news.wttw.com/2021/04/24/state-lawmakers-consider-letting-local-voters-decide-rent-control

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— First White House Black Secret Service agent still trying to clear his name. For Abraham Bolden, now 86, time is running out on years-long efforts to obtain a presidential pardon. – Mary Mitchell (DIERSEN: I am still trying to clear my name. My Democrat superiors in the federal government would not have taken the following adverse actions against me if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, or veteran. My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, gave me unfair performance expectations and appraisals, always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, did not promote me beyond GS-13, got rid of my mentor in 1987, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and forced me to take a $20,361 (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. My Democrat IRS superiors did not promote me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions in 1978, got rid of my mentor in 1975, and disallowed my partial day per diem claims in 1974. My Democrat Post Office superiors forced me to resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2021/4/23/22400324/abraham-bolden-first-black-secret-service-agent-pardon-efforts

DAILY HERALD
— A wave of color sweeps into local offices – Madhu Krishnamurthy (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, the more of the following that you are, the more that you are discouraged from seeking or holding any kind of government or political office: Trump supporter, conservative, patriotic, Republican, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, gun owner, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20210424/a-wave-of-color-sweeps-into-local-offices

ROCKFORD REGISTER STAR
— Demonstrators in Rockford pray for legislators to support parental notice before abortion – Ken DeCoster
https://www.rrstar.com/story/news/2021/04/24/illinois-legislature-demonstrators-rally-anti-abortion-law/7320410002/
— Pritzker’s failure to listen has hurt Illinois economy, people – Paul Schimpf
https://www.rrstar.com/story/opinion/2021/04/24/pritzkers-failure-listen-has-hurt-illinois-economy-people/7362572002/

JACKSONVILLE JOURNAL COURIER
— New leadership, same politics, GOP lawmaker says
https://www.myjournalcourier.com/insider/article/New-leadership-same-politics-GOP-lawmaker-says-16124934.php
— Symbolic ordinance ‘protects’ gun rights – Charles Mills
https://www.myjournalcourier.com/news/article/Symbolic-ordinance-protects-gun-rights-16126091.php

STATELINE
— Pro-life activists hold rally in Rockford against abortion bill
https://www.mystateline.com/news/local-news/pro-life-activists-hold-rally-in-rockford-against-abortion-bill/

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— U of I student dismissed for failing to comply with Covid-19 testing – Brice Bement (DIERSEN: If you are employed, how soon, if not already, will your employer dismiss its employees who are not tested? If you are a member of an organization, how soon, if not already, will your organization dismiss its members who are not tested? How soon, if not already, will your municipality dismiss its residents who are not a member of a protected group and who are not tested?)
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/coronavirus/u-of-i-student-dismissed-for-failing-to-comply-with-covid-19-testing/

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— ECWd Founders Seek Declaratory Judgement Against Governor Pritzker – KIRK ALLEN & JOHN KRAFT
https://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2021/04/ecwd-founders-seek-declaratory-judgement-against-governor-pritzker/

GOPUSA
— Is America Led By Anti-Americans Today? – Patrick J. Buchanan
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=109383

BLAZE
— Democrats threaten retaliation against Republicans over move to censure Rep. Maxine Waters One Democrat has already renewed efforts to punish Rep. Marjorie TaylorGreene – CHRIS ENLOE (DIERSEN: I should write a book about the unsuccessful attempt by my critics/opponents to get the Illinois Center Right Coalition to censure me for my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters at its 2006 Annual Convention in the Wheaton Bowl. I would focus on my critics/opponents and their operatives and dupes who carried out the attempt. I would focus on my critics/opponents who were unsuccessful Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct, their major donors, their political consultants, their campaign managers, their campaign staff members, and their campaign volunteers. I would focus on the unsuccessful gubernatorial campaigns in the 2006 Republican primary. Jim Oberweis got 31.74% of the vote in that primary, Bill Brady got 18.40%, and Ron Gidwitz got 10.88%.)
https://www.theblaze.com/news/democrats-threaten-retaliation-maxine-waters-censure-effort

ONE NEWS NOW
— Will ‘woke’ companies cancel Christians? – Michael F. Haverluck
https://onenewsnow.com/culture/2021/04/24/will-woke-companies-cancel-christians

EPOCH TIMES
— The United States of 2 Americas – John Mills (DIERSEN: To get those who are religious, conservative, and/or Republican to leave Illinois, leave DuPage County, leave Milton Township, and leave Wheaton, Democrats and RINOs do everything that they can to get Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, and Wheaton Downtown Association to promote a) dependency on government, b) dependency on charity, c) LGBTQ, d) abortion, d) mass/illegal immigration, e) booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, f) abolition of the First and Second Amendments, g) patronage, h) political affiliation discrimination, i) reverse discrimination, and j) age discrimination.)
https://www.theepochtimes.com/the-united-states-of-two-americas_3782214.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A part of this blue/red separation is the manifest “Digital Apartheid” that is being applied by the blue side to the red side to create two social media systems. This Digital Apartheid is pervasive and driven by the new, vicious, lockstep, “social justice” mantra that has taken over the automatons who lead U.S. social media. We are experiencing an unprecedented shakedown by groups such as Black Lives Matter (BLM) and Antifa who broadcast through their relentless bullhorn of social media and old media. There are now two business systems in America—blue and red. Many of the businesses that lead major market sectors have now revealed themselves to be de-facto thought police to enforce Social Justice. MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell is the poster child of this, as he has been targeted for elimination by the self-appointed high priests of “wokism.” We’re also finding out there are two financial systems in America, as those with capital now act as the gatekeepers of who receives capital and who is excluded. Bank of America has become “Bank of who I decide to allow access to the capital system.” That’s a far cry from the intent of its founder, who wanted to make sure all had access. The modern bank staff has now become an appendage of the virtue-signaling synchronized chorus. There are now two media systems in America. The Hollywood award shows are now a Roman circus of self-loathing, lecturing, and virtue signaling. Few are watching these award shows—in fact, few are watching legacy media as ratings collapse. It’s curious from an agnostic business perspective how CNN even survives at this point in time. Somehow the citizen’s pocketbook is being fleeced by corporations and advertisers who recycle ad revenue through “woke” media to keep them alive when it’s patently obvious the viewership has imploded—but that’s the beauty of the new era of crony capitalism (which is a transition phase to socialism). The citizens of our nation have consciously or unconsciously chosen sides. If you’re angry at yourself for not being woke enough and have righteous virtue-signal signs in your yard lauding BLM, you’re likely on the blue side. If the drivel of virtue signaling makes no sense to you, you’re probably on the red side.)

THE HILL
— Democrats seek to keep spotlight on Capitol siege – MIKE LILLIS AND SCOTT WONG
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/550075-democrats-seek-to-keep-spotlight-on-capitol-siege

YAHOO NEWS
— Tennessee Tech professor Andrew Donadio refutes ‘racist’ label hung on him by colleagues for his role in Turning Point USA. (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats run America. Ever-increasingly, Democrats slander Republicans as being White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, and bigots. To be called a White supremacist, Nazi, KKK member, hater, racist, sexist, or bigot in America today is like being called a Jew in Germany during the 1930s, if not 1940s.)
https://news.yahoo.com/professor-refutes-racist-label-colleagues-134443292.html

WASHINGTON POST
— After Arkansas passes its trans ban, parents and teens wonder: Should we stay? – Emily Wax-Thibodeaux (DIERSEN: To get those who are religious, conservative, and/or Republican to leave Illinois, leave DuPage County, leave Milton Township, and leave Wheaton, Democrats and RINOs do everything that they can to get Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, and Wheaton Downtown Association to promote a) dependency on government, b) dependency on charity, c) LGBTQ, d) abortion, d) mass/illegal immigration, e) booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, f) abolition of the First and Second Amendments, g) patronage, h) political affiliation discrimination, i) reverse discrimination, and j) age discrimination.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/after-arkansas-passes-its-trans-ban-parents-and-teens-wonder-should-we-stay/2021/04/23/74c822f0-9d34-11eb-8005-bffc3a39f6d3_story.html

SEATTLE TIMES
— Ted Cruz maintains ties to right-wing group despite its extremist messaging – Beth Reinhard and Neena Satija (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who hinted/implied/argued/shouted that TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois and Illinois Center Right Coalition were right-wing extremist groups. I would focus on my critics/opponents who were unsuccessful Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct, their major donors, their political consultants, their campaign managers, their campaign staff members, and their campaign volunteers.)
https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/nation-politics/ted-cruz-maintains-ties-to-right-wing-group-despite-its-extremist-messaging/

April 23 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Illinois COVID-19 Update: IL reports 3,369 new coronavirus cases, 22 deaths
https://abc7chicago.com/health/il-reports-3369-new-covid-19-cases-22-deaths/10540776/
— Caitlyn Jenner announces official run for California governor – AP
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/caitlyn-jenner-announces-official-run-for-ca-governor/10540469/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— House passes gender-neutral bathroom bill over Republican concerns that one Democrat dubbed ‘transphobic’ The measure was backed by LGBTQ advocates, but state Rep. Katie Stuart, D-Edwardsville, said she was looking to the many businesses that want to have multi-stall gender neutral bathrooms “either because their patrons or their employees have asked for it. But our laws don’t allow it.” – Andrew Sullender
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2021/4/23/22400389/house-passes-gender-neutral-bathroom-bill-transgender-caregivers-lgbtq-stuart-morrison
— Former Worth Township Supervisor John O’Sullivan charged by feds in bribery conspiracy. The accusations against O’Sullivan and others revolve around an alleged scheme to pay off a relative of an Oak Lawn trustee in May 2017 as part of an effort to expand a red-light camera company’s footprint in the southwest suburb. – Jon Seidel
https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2021/4/23/22399434/former-worth-township-supervisor-john-osullivan-charged-by-feds-in-bribery-conspiracy
— I’m an educator. We shouldn’t give standardized tests this year — or ever. – Gina Caneva (DIERSEN: What tests have you passed? The tests that I have passed include a) the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979 when I was 30 years old, b) the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, c) all the tests necessary to earn a master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT in 1997, d) all the tests necessary to earn a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, e) all the tests necessary to earn an MBA from Loyola in 1976, f) all the tests necessary to earn a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU in 1970, g) the Federal Service Entrance Examination in 1970, and h) the Post Office employment examination in 1966.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2021/4/23/22398028/standardized-testing-pandemic-biden-administration-gina-caneva

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Illinois legislature considers making Juneteenth a state holiday | A look at deadly Chicago fires | US lifts pause on Johnson & Johnson vaccines
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-the-spin-chicago-deadly-fires-vaccines-juneteenth-20210424-utcnqulnrbh2po3azcelnvctai-story.html
— Former state rep, Worth Township supervisor charged with bribery in red-light camera probe – JASON MEISNER and RAY LONG
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/criminal-justice/ct-worth-township-john-osullivan-bribery-charges-safespeed-20210423-2myrxazvkzco7hq4csfg65grui-story.html
— Attempted extortion of Illinois elections board exec involved ‘flirtatious’ messages, demand for $3,000, letter indicates – RAY LONG and RICK PEARSON
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-prem-illinois-state-elections-board-executive-director-online-scam-20210422-tqctghaudrg4xk4t6szrscylce-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— Suburban legislators’ ‘present’ votes temporarily halt gun legislation in Illinois House – JJ Bullock
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20210423/suburban-legislators-present-votes-temporarily-halt-gun-legislation-in-illinois-house
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot. To push pot on an individual, municipality, township, county, state, or country is to destroy that individual, municipality, township, county, state, or country.
https://www.dailyherald.com/article/20210422/news/304229869

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— They’re not making Republicans like they used to on the North Shore. In Chuck Percy and Mark Kirk’s old stomping grounds, the GOP rhetoric has taken a decidedly rightward turn. Fair enough—but is that a winning strategy? – GREG HINZ
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/greg-hinz-politics/theyre-not-making-republicans-they-used-north-shore
— How the state aims to get shot-shunners to take the vaccine. Local health departments are seeing declining interest in vaccines, threatening the quest for herd immunity. – STEPHANIE GOLDBERG (DIERSEN: What adverse actions will the state take against “shot-shunners?”)
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/health-care/how-state-aims-get-shot-shunners-take-vaccine

NPR ILLINOIS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters say “After Trump, Young Americans Are ‘More Hopeful About The Future.”
https://www.nprillinois.org/post/after-trump-young-americans-are-more-hopeful-about-future-poll-finds#stream/0

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— ROSSI: WELCOME TO AMERICA’S 2ND CIVIL WAR
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2021/04/rossi-welcome-to-americas-2nd-civil-war.html
— FILTHY RICH: ILLINOIS BILLIONAIRES GOT WEALTHIER DURING PANDEMIC
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2021/04/filthy-rich-illinois-billionaires-got-wealthier-during-pandemic.html
— MEDIA’S RACIAL NARRATIVE TARGETS WHITES, HARMS BLACKS
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2021/04/medias-racial-narrative-targets-whites-harms-blacks.html

CAPITOL FAX
— All House Republicans side with whipped up anti-vaxxers as Rep. Chesney declares “My body, my choice” during debate
https://capitolfax.com/2021/04/23/all-house-republicans-side-with-whipped-up-anti-vaxxers-as-rep-chesney-declares-my-body-my-choice-during-debate/

GOPUSA
— Leftist Mobs Supplant Government ‘By The People’
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=109379
— Cops Know Nothing About Policing: Just Leave It Up To The Woke Politicians
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=109405
— Biden’s Secretary Of State Anthony Blinken Will Allow Embassies To Fly The ‘Pride’ Flag On The Same Pole As The US Flag
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=109408

BREITBART
— George W. Bush Walks Back ‘Nativist’ Attack on GOP … Kind Of – JOHN NOLTE
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/04/23/george-w-bush-walks-back-nativist-attack-gop-kind-of/
— Biden Stops Fining Illegal Aliens Who Do Not Depart U.S., Cancels Their Debt – John Binder
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/04/23/biden-stops-fining-illegal-aliens-who-do-not-depart-u-s-cancels-their-debt/

TIME
— Kevin McCarthy’s Gamble on a “Big Tent” GOP – LISSANDRA VILLA (DIERSEN: Beyond outrageously, beyond tragically, with its “Big Tent” policy, the Republican Party lets Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, Green plants, Independent plants, and RINOs hold leadership positions in the party. Most commonly, they reject the traditional marriage/family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender preference giving) planks. The “Big Tent” policy will destroy the Republican Party.)
https://time.com/5956997/kevin-mccarthys-gamble-big-tent-republican-party/

April 21 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Can we expect peace after Chauvin verdict? It’s not likely. – JOHN KASS
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/john-kass/ct-prem-derek-chauvin-verdict-kass-20210421-pqp4dxbkf5bnbhpznekhzrglom-story.html
— Mayor Lightfoot, Gov. Pritzker, Obamas and more weigh in on Chauvin guilty verdict | Another round of Preckwinkle vs. Lightfoot | Calls for Justice Department to probe Adam Toledo’s death – LISA DONOVAN
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-lightfoot-warns-against-violence-chauvin-preckwinkle-blasts-mayor-spin-20210421-uhivpnr6ujbxpccvx6ilssfduy-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: What do you say to those who use the Chauvin verdict to demonize, denigrate, and condemn Whites as being racists?
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/dahleen-glanton/ct-george-floyd-chauvin-verdict-20210421-xk45ssbgavdw7lc3ef3fft6dh4-story.html
— Chicago activists and politicians praise guilty verdict in George Floyd murder but differ on what comes next
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-george-floyd-chauvin-murder-conviction-reaction-20210420-bowqwoqifrbhzd3tiyzmsyyxnm-story.html
— Some Illinois hospitals are filling up as COVID-19 cases surge, making ICU beds in tight supply – LISA SCHENCKER
https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-prem-coronavirus-illinois-hospitals-surge-covid-icu-capacity-20210420-ccj67quamfbchhjuzabqvkp27a-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Illinois officials respond to Chauvin verdict: ‘Justice is being served in Minneapolis today’ Here’s a sampling of what politicians in Illinois had to say about former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin’s conviction in the murder of George Floyd. – Rachel Hinton
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2021/4/20/22394625/illinois-politicians-reaction-derek-chauvin-verdict-george-floyd
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: What do you say to those who use the Chauvin verdict to demonize, denigrate, and condemn Whites as being racists?
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2021/4/20/22394010/george-floyd-derek-chauvin-verdict-minneapolis-black-lives-matter-editorial

DAILY HERALD
— Wheaton grants liquor licenses for Memorial Park concert series – Katlyn Smith
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20210420/wheaton-grants-liquor-licenses-for-memorial-park-concert-series
— Workers don’t share Democrats’ nostalgia for unions – Michael Barone (DIERSEN: GAO did not unionize until 2007. If GAO had been unionized in 1997, I might still be a GAO employee. I was a union member 1966-1969 while I worked for the Post Office and I was a union member 1971-1980 while I worked for IRS. Overwhelmingly, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes are filled with hatred against unions, against current union members, and against former union members. I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who have demonstrated their hatred the most against unions, against current union members, and against former union members.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20210421/workers-dont-share-democrats-nostalgia-for-unions

ABC7
— Chauvin reaction in downtown Chicago remains peaceful despite businesses boarding up, National Guard on standby. Former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin found guilty of murder, manslaughter in George Floyd death. – Jessica D’Onofrio
https://abc7chicago.com/george-floyd-protest-chicago-reaction-peaceful-after-chauvin-verdict/10533474/
— Over 700 Naperville students under COVID-related quarantine last week. Naperville District 203 reported 25 COVID cases last week.
https://abc7chicago.com/education/707-naperville-students-under-covid-related-quarantine/10533647/

CBS2
— Why Are Five Illinois Driver’s License Facilities In The Chicago Area Closed, Some With No Date Set For Reopening? – Dana Kozlov
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2021/04/19/illinois-drivers-license-facilities-closed/

WTTW
— News Educators Say Journalists Should ‘Slow Down’ on Social Media – Alexandra Silets
https://news.wttw.com/2021/04/20/news-educators-say-journalists-should-slow-down-social-media

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— After Chauvin verdict, University of Illinois admins re-affirm commitment to dismantling systemic racism – Ben Zigterman (DIERSEN: What do you say to those who use the Chauvin verdict to demonize, denigrate, and condemn Whites as being racists?)
https://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/university-illinois/after-chauvin-verdict-ui-admins-re-affirm-commitment-to-dismantling-systemic-racism/article_1d0a3724-8fff-5d32-8b1f-2a6e9c977751.html

EFFINGHAM DAILY NEWS
— Protecting gun owners’ rights: Effingham County passes ‘Second Amendment Preservation Act’ – Charles Mills
https://www.effinghamdailynews.com/news/local_news/protecting-gun-owners-rights-effingham-county-passes-second-amendment-preservation-act/article_923e3ce0-a1f1-11eb-9bef-3f28ab594201.html

FOX ILLINOIS
— GOP, Trump take aim at Biden’s border policies amid growing concerns – Stephen Loiaconi
https://foxillinois.com/news/connect-to-congress/gop-trump-attack-biden-over-border-as-polls-show-rising-public-concern

CHICAGO NOW
— Berkowitz & Martin discuss GOP GOV primary candidates, issues and a possible emerging IL GOP agenda
https://www.chicagonow.com/public-affairs-with-jeff-berkowitz/2021/04/berkowitz-martin-discuss-gop-gov-primary-candidates-issues-and-a-possible-emerging-il-gop-agenda-cable-and-web/

CHICAGO READER
— Media’s ‘utter lack of humanity’ Chicago police killed 13-year-old Adam Toledo, and some media responded by questioning Toledo’s character. Black and Brown kids deserve better. – Arionne Nettles (DIERSEN: Government is nasty. Politics is nasty. Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, Independents and Independent plants, and RINOs are nasty. Who questions your character? I should write a book about those in the following who have questioned my character the most since 2000: Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Milton Township Republican Organization, Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Illinois Center Right Coalition, and American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter.)
https://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/media-adam-toledo/Content?oid=88140772

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— First round of Evanston reparations to fund housing – Elyse Kelly (DIERSEN: What will the Democrats stress about you to force you to pay more reparations? They would stress that all my ancestors immigrated during the 1840s and 1850s from what is now Germany and that I am conservative, Republican, White, male, old (born in 1948), heterosexual, married, non-veteran, non-poor, and a gun owner.)
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/first-round-of-evanston-reparations-to-fund-housing/article_48465654-a1fb-11eb-9ed5-230c89a305f3.html

WIREPOINTS
— IDHP, show us the science behind your call for outdoor masks – Mark Glennon
https://wirepoints.org/idhp-show-us-the-science-behind-your-call-for-outdoor-masks-wirepoints/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Pelosi should censure Maxine Waters for her violent rhetoric – Rep. Madison Cawthorn
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/op-eds/pelosi-should-censure-maxine-waters-for-her-violent-rhetoric

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— A New Systemic Racism? Hiring at some of the country’s elite institutions paints a troubling picture. (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://freebeacon.com/politics/a-new-systemic-racism/

FOX NEWS
— SEPTEMBER 3, 2020 FLASHBACK: ‘Nancy Pelosi does not want you to see this’ – Danielle Wallace (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents do not want you to read articles linked in GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters for various reasons. I should write a book about my critics/opponents and focus on their reasons for not wanting you to read articles linked in GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters. Most commonly, my critics/opponents do not want you to read a) articles that they did not write or bless, b) articles that promote the individual responsibility, traditional marriage/family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity planks in the Republican Party platform, and/or c) articles that oppose the promotion of dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, abolition of the First and Second Amendment, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and/or age discrimination.)
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/nancy-pelosi-san-francisco-district-does-not-want-you-to-see-this

DAILY CALLER
— Corporate America Will Lobby For Progressive Policies — Unless It Costs Them Money – THOMAS CATENACCI
https://dailycaller.com/2021/04/20/corporations-united-states-voting-rights-georgia-progressives-amazon/

DAILY SIGNAL
— Senate Hearing Pushes Odious ‘Jim Crow’ Comparisons to Cement Liberal Power – Tim Murtaugh
https://www.dailysignal.com/2021/04/20/senate-hearing-pushes-odious-jim-crow-comparisons-to-cement-liberal-power/

DAILY WIRE
— Alan Dershowitz: Maxine Waters’ Comments Were ‘Borrowed’ From The ‘Playbook Of The Ku Klux Klan’ – Beth Baumann
https://www.dailywire.com/news/alan-dershowitz-maxine-waters-comments-were-borrowed-from-the-playbook-of-the-ku-klux-klan

TOWNHALL
— Conservatives Should Support the College Transparency Act – Jane Robbins
https://townhall.com/columnists/janerobbins/2021/04/21/college-transparency-act-n2588266

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Fighting Cancel Culture to Win. A silent majority certainly stands against wokery, but it is precisely its silence that allows wokery to succeed. – Paul du Quenoy
https://amgreatness.com/2021/04/20/fighting-cancel-culture-to-win/

NEW AMERICAN
— Marjorie Taylor Greene Shows the Path to Winning Without Bowing to the GOP Establishment – Luis Miguel
https://thenewamerican.com/marjorie-taylor-greene-shows-the-path-to-winning-without-bowing-to-the-gop-establishment/

CHRISTIAN POST
— Religion is now the primary American divide. Scripture can bring us together. – Bill Connor
https://www.christianpost.com/voices/religion-is-now-the-primary-american-divide.html

EPOCH TIMES
— California Foster Parents Asked to Take in Unaccompanied Minors From Central America – CHARLOTTE CUTHBERTSON
https://www.theepochtimes.com/mkt_morningbrief/foster-parents-asked-to-take-in-unaccompanied-minors-from-central-america_3784054.html

THE HILL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: What do you say to those who use the Chauvin verdict to demonize, denigrate, and condemn Whites as being racists?
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/549363-the-memo-chauvin-verdict-delivers-rare-moment-of-justice

POLITICO
— Few options seen for Chauvin appeal. The former Minneapolis officer faces an uphill battle to overturn his conviction on murder and manslaughter charges in the killing of George Floyd. – JOSH GERSTEIN
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/04/20/chauvin-appeal-conviction-murder-483921

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats crow about their success in getting “faith leaders” to serve as their operatives and dupes.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/20/us/politics/georgia-home-depot-boycott.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: What do you say to those who use the Chauvin verdict to demonize, denigrate, and condemn Whites as being racists?
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/04/19/us/derek-chauvin-police-killings.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Biden calls for confronting systemic racism after Chauvin convicted of murder in Floyd’s death (DIERSEN: What do you say to those who use the Chauvin verdict to demonize, denigrate, and condemn Whites as being racists?)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/04/20/derek-chauvin-trial-verdict/
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/20/us/george-floyd-chauvin-verdict.html (FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD.)
— What’s Behind the Growth in Alcohol Consumption? A comparison across demographic groups over two decades offers some clues, and there has been a particular rise in misuse among women during the pandemic. – Nambi Ndugga and Austin Frakt
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/19/upshot/alcohol-deaths-pandemic.html

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, members of the following groups promote hatred against Anglo Saxon Republicans: those who are anti-law enforcement, anti-Trump, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-heterosexual, anti-traditional marriage/family, anti-non-poor people, anti-gun owners, anti-Christian, anti-Protestant, anti-Italian American, anti-German American, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2021-04-21/the-gops-anglo-saxon-problem

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— FRONT PAGE: Biden’s Big Agenda Relies on a Shrunken, Strained Agency: The IRS Administration seeks more money for enforcement and other tasks; fixes needed for problem-plagued system – Richard Rubin (DIERSEN: I worked for IRS’s Collection Division for almost 9 years. While I worked for GAO for almost 18 years, I worked on audits of IRS’s Criminal Investigation Division (CID) for 3 years 1986-1988. In April of 1988, GAO issued a 49-page report on CID’s program to address unreported illegal source income. SEE: https://www.gao.gov/products/ggd-88-61 In March of 1989, GAO issued a 32-page report on CID’s program to address unreported legal source income. SEE: https://www.gao.gov/products/ggd-89-41 )
https://www.wsj.com/articles/biden-agenda-relies-on-shrunken-strained-irs-11618928830
— ‘Google Is Sued by Owner of Daily Mail’ Antitrust case alleges Alphabet unit uses search rankings to punish publishers. – Patience Haggin (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes want Google to punish me and to punish my www.gopillinois.com website.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/daily-mail-owner-files-antitrust-suit-against-google-11618925778
— The $1 Trillion Tax Evasion Opportunity. A little spending on the IRS could yield a lot of revenue that’s going uncollected. – William A. Galston
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-1-trillion-tax-evasion-opportunity-11618955569
— Democrats Are Fooling Themselves on Immigration. Voters didn’t always like Trump’s tone, but they broadly supported his strategy at the border. – Jason L. Riley
https://www.wsj.com/articles/democrats-are-fooling-themselves-on-immigration-11618955116

FORBES
— Treachery, Trust, And Courage: How To Avoid Organizational Hell – Chris Lowney (DIERSEN: What do you say to those who badmouth and backstab others? My Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government did everything that they could to badmouth and backstab me. Nevertheless, 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. I should write a book about those in the following who have been the biggest bad mouthers and backstabbers since 2000: Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Milton Township Republican Organization, Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, and Wheaton Chamber of Commerce.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/chrislowney/2021/04/20/treachery-trust-and-courage-how-to-avoid-organizational-hell/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Every large organization, for example, suffers at least a few back-stabbers who badmouth or undermine colleagues, or who take credit for others’ ideas, or who play office politics by fomenting tribal rivalries that pit work teams against each other. Such soul-deadening behavior has hellish organizational consequences: productivity erodes, employees become alienated and unhappy, and so on.)

NEW TIMES
— Reasons for demotivation in the workplace – Joan Mbabazi (DIERSEN: What do you say to those who demotivate others? My Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government did everything that they could to demotivate me. Nevertheless, 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. I should write a book about those in the following who have demotivated conservatives the most since 2000: Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Milton Township Republican Organization, Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, and Wheaton Chamber of Commerce.)
https://www.newtimes.co.rw/lifestyle/reasons-demotivation-workplace