Tag: MAGA

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 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 16 Morning Edition

ABC7
— H.R. 40 reparations bill advanced by House panel, seeking to further effort of repaying descendants of slaves. Legislation would establish commission to examine slavery, discrimination in US from 1619 to present. – AP (DIERSEN: Affirmative Action (AA), Diversity, and Inclusion are reparations. Democrats and RINOs use AA to get rid of Republicans, and especially to get rid of Republicans who are law enforcement officers, Trump supporters, 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://abc7chicago.com/society/house-reparations-bill-advanced-by-judiciary-committee/10516751/
— Indianapolis shooting: Gunman dead, 8 people killed at FedEx facility, police say – AP
https://abc7chicago.com/8-killed-gunman-dead-in-shooting-at-fedex-facility-in-indianapolis/10518568/

CBS2
— Protesters Gather Downtown, In Union Park, At Chicago FOP Headquarters Following Release Of Video Showing Police Shooting That Killed Adam Toledo – Jermont Terry
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2021/04/15/adam-toledo-police-shooting-video-downtown-protest/

WTTW
— Transit Ridership Expected to Rebound, But Telecommuting Could Drive Big Shifts: RTA Report – Nick Blumberg
https://news.wttw.com/2021/04/15/transit-ridership-expected-rebound-telecommuting-could-drive-big-shifts-rta-report

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— The $6 million Madigan? Former Illinois House speaker reports spending millions in legal fees. The Southwest Side Democrat is no longer the speaker of the Illinois House, a state representative or leader of the state Democratic Party. But he’s still Public Official A, the name given him in a federal document that continues to be a boon to lawyers. A total of $6,798,304.20 to be precise. – Rachel Hinton
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2021/4/15/22386416/madigan-illinois-house-speaker-legal-lawyers-comed-pritzker-bailey-rabine-schimpf-campaign-reports

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— The Adam Toledo video and a fragile Chicago: How much more can the city take? – JOHN KASS
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/john-kass/ct-prem-adam-toledo-video-release-kass-20210415-jrg7fusz7fetfeguw5o26fgofy-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats use Adam Toledo to promote hatred against Republicans.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/ct-opinion-adam-toledo-little-village-20210415-yfuxq4fz7jgtnl54bwn5w4ztw4-story.html
— Don’t take your contractor to court; do this instead. – Tim Carter (DIERSEN: I should write a book about attorneys a) who told me that my only alternative was to sue, b) who then filed lawsuits for me, and c) then dumped me when the defendants did not offer to settle.)
http://rss.tribunecontentagency.com/websvc-bin/rss_story_read.cgi?resid=202104131336TMS_____ASKBILDR_51493_ctnab_20210416

DAILY HERALD
— Are ties to marijuana industry a problem for suburban lawmaker seeking CBD rules? – JJ Bullock
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20210416/are-ties-to-marijuana-industry-a-problem-for-suburban-lawmaker-seeking-cbd-rules
— Proposal would require businesses with 5 or more workers to offer retirement savings plan – JJ Bullock (DIERSEN: Overwhelmingly, the nasty/troubled operatives and dupes who work for my critics/opponents have severe financial problems, including having little or nothing saved for their retirement. My critics/opponents shout at them a) that I have a Civil Service Retirement System pension, b) that my wife and I have a 72% federal health, dental, and vision insurance subsidy, and c) that we have retirement savings.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20210414/proposal-would-require-businesses-with-5-or-more-workers-to-offer-retirement-savings-plan

SOUTHERN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats use U.S. Rep. Mary Miller of Oakland to get Jewish-Americans to hate Republicans.
https://thesouthern.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/pain-remains-for-illinois-jewish-leaders-months-after-congresswomans-hitler-was-right-remark/article_2f44ce1b-c943-5672-8b1f-588effdd5131.html

FOX ILLINOIS
— Diversity study: MLB earns bonuses for hiring milestones – AP (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://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/diversity-study-mlb-earns-bonuses-for-hiring-milestones
— GOP leaders diverge on Trump, putting party in limbo – AP (DIERSEN: From what I see, in Illinois, Kinzinger-supporters will destroy all voters, all organizations, all companies, all governments, and all countries that do not hate Trump.)
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/gop-leaders-diverge-on-trump-putting-party-in-limbo

NPR ILLINOIS
— Being Mentored Helps Black Medical Students Face Isolation, Racial Microaggressions – FARAH YOUSRY (DIERSEN: My GAO career ended in 1987 when my Democrat GAO superiors got rid of my mentor who had hired me in 1980, got me assigned to audits of IRS in 1986, and promoted me in 1986. My IRS career ended in 1975 when my Democrat IRS superiors got rid of my mentor who had promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974.)
https://www.nprillinois.org/post/being-mentored-helps-black-medical-students-face-isolation-racial-microaggressions#stream/0
— Illinois House Republicans Claim Initiatives Are Being Unfairly Stalled By Democrats – DEREK CANTÙ
https://www.nprillinois.org/post/illinois-house-republicans-claim-initiatives-are-being-unfairly-stalled-democrats#stream/0

WHEATON PATCH
— Over 25% Of DuPage Co. Residents Fully Vaccinated For Coronavirus. As of mid-April, 238,324 DuPage County residents have been fully vaccinated against coronavirus, but health officials still urge caution. – Lisa Marie Farver
https://patch.com/illinois/wheaton/over-25-dupage-co-residents-fully-vaccinated-cor

DAILY ILLINI
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats use gun violence to promote hatred against Republicans.
https://dailyillini.com/opinions/2021/04/15/editorial-gun-culture-inflames-armed-violence/

NIU TODAY
— Exhibits and conversations promote Belonging in DeKalb (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who make law enforcement officers, Trump supporters, conservatives, patriotic people, Republicans, Americans, Whites, males, older people, heterosexuals, married people, non-poor people, gun owners, Christians, Protestants, Italian Americans, German Americans, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time feel like they do NOT belong in Wheaton’s West District, Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County’s 4th District, DuPage County, and Illinois.)
https://www.niutoday.info/2021/04/15/exhibits-and-conversations-promote-belonging-in-dekalb/

NAPERVILLE COMMUNITY TELEVISION
— The Last Fling Returns September 3-6
https://www.nctv17.com/news/top-stories/the-last-fling-returns-september-3-6/

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— FROM THE ARTICLE: Former Senate Minority Leader Bill Brady raised $2,000 this past quarter, according to filings with the State Elections Board. He has $816,277 cash on hand for any future political campaigns. With name recognition from two previous gubernatorial runs under his belt, Brady could be a force in a GOP primary — especially if MAGA candidates split the vote. Rep. Adam Kinzinger raised $1.1 million during the first quarter, according to FEC filings. The 16th District Republican has $2.5 million cash on hand.- Shia Kapos (DIERSEN: For March 15, 2022 Republican primaries, Kinzinger will want a) just one candidate to run who hates Trump and b) many candidates to run who do not hate Trump to split that vote.)
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2021/04/16/the-toledo-divide-todays-buzz-juice-details-of-mayors-school-board-plan-492498

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Is This the Worst School Board in Illinois? – Laurie Higgins
https://illinoisfamily.org/education/is-this-the-worst-school-board-in-illinois/

GOPUSA
— Hundreds Of Companies Unite Against Election Integrity Efforts
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=108973
— Is It A Contest? Which State Is Doing More For Illegal Aliens?
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=108945
— Pfizer CEO Says Third COVID Booster Shot ‘Likely’ Needed Within A Year Of Getting Vaccinated
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=109015
— Biden Nominee, Kristen Clarke Is Unfit To Be In Government
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=109025

AMERICAN THINKER
— Kamala Harris comes out of the woodwork with plan to solve all those ‘root causes’ of migrant surge – Monica Showalter (DIERSEN: Overwhelmingly, illegals are minorities, females, and/or younger. To illegally get citizens of foreign countries to illegally come to America illegally and to illegally stay in America illegally, Democrats and RINOs illegally use government to illegally give citizens of foreign countries who are minority, female, and/or younger preference over Republicans.)
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2021/04/kamala_harris_comes_out_of_the_woodwork_about_how_she_plans_to_solve_all_those_root_causes_of_illegal_immigration.html
— Pushing Back at the “Redcoats” Who Are Next Door to Us. As Big Tech tightens its censorship noose around conservative communication, it becomes even more critical that patriots stay informed and connected. – Robin Itzler (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents do not want conservatives to be informed or connected.)
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2021/04/pushing_back_at_the_redcoats_who_are_next_door_to_us.html

BREITBART
— People Smugglers Using Poor Migrants as Decoys to Give ‘Cash-Rich’ Illegals a Better Chance – KURT ZINDULKA
https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2021/04/15/smugglers-use-poor-migrants-as-decoys-for-cash-rich-illegals-report/
— 20K Illegal Aliens Escaped into U.S. Since Kamala Harris Put in Charge – Paul Gosar
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/04/15/paul-gosar-20k-illegal-aliens-escaped-into-u-s-since-kamala-harris-put-in-charge/
— Radical Democrat Priorities in Biden’s First 100 Days: Packing Courts, Amnesty, Reparations, Federalizing Elections, DC Statehood, Banning Electoral College – WENDELL HUSEBO
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/04/15/radical-democrat-priorities-in-bidens-first-100-days-packing-courts-amnesty-reparations-federalizing-elections-dc-statehood-banning-electoral-college/

BLAZE
— Chicago officials release video showing fatal police shooting of 13-year-old Adam Toledo. The teen appears to have had a gun but ditched it prior to raising his empty hands when he was shot. – BRECK DUMAS
https://www.theblaze.com/news/chicago-officials-release-video-showing-fatal-police-shooting-of-13-year-old-adam-toledo

NEW AMERICAN
— Radical Mass-migration Bills Advancing in Congress – Peter Rykowski
https://thenewamerican.com/radical-mass-migration-bills-advancing-in-congress/

THE HILL
— Chelsea Clinton calls on Facebook to ban Tucker Carlson – CELINE CASTRONUOVO (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who have called for the following to ban me and to ban my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters: Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Milton Township Republican Organization, Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Illinois Center Right Coalition, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter, GAO, etc.)
https://thehill.com/policy/technology/548374-chelsea-clinton-calls-on-facebook-to-ban-tucker-carlson
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats focus on getting Asian-Americans to hate Republicans.
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/548581-illinois-house-passes-bill-that-would-mandate-asian-american-history
— House Republicans circulate memo on legislative concepts targeting Big Tech – REBECCA KLAR
https://thehill.com/policy/technology/548421-house-republicans-circulate-memo-on-legislative-concepts-targeting-big-tech

POLITICO
— The GOP-Big Business Divorce Goes Deeper Than You Think. It’s not just about voting rights; it’s that businesses and the Republican Party increasingly care about incompatible things. – ZACK STANTON (DIERSEN: RINOs want immigrants because RINOs want cheap labor.
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2021/04/15/republican-party-big-business-georgia-voting-rights-conservative-481978

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Poll: 15% of Americans worse off a year into pandemic – SARAH SKIDMORE SELL
https://apnews.com/article/15-percent-americans-worse-off-1-year-pandemic-1c7c127f90cae6fe652a78364763fbed
— Now Is the Time to Fight Racial Bias in Foster Care (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who have demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me the most because my wife and I gave up trying to have children, we did not adopt, and we did not become foster parents.)
https://www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2021-04-14/many-say-now-is-the-time-to-fight-racial-bias-in-foster-care
— McDonald’s to require anti-harassment training for all workers worldwide – DEE-ANN DURBIN (DIERSEN: According to Democrats, the more of the following that you are, the more of a harasser that you are: law enforcement officer, 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.pennlive.com/nation-world/2021/04/mcdonalds-to-require-anti-harassment-training-for-all-workers-worldwide.html

CBS NEWS
— Affirmative action and the diversity dilemma – GRACE BAEK (DIERSEN: Democrats and RINOs use Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion to get rid of Republicans, and especially to get rid of Republicans who are White, male, older, non-veteran, conservative, 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.cbsnews.com/news/affirmative-action-and-the-diversity-dilemma/

NEW YORK TIMES
— America Needs to Empower Workers Again. Unions aren’t obsolete, and we need to get them back. – Paul Krugman (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 against unions, against current union members, and against former union members the most.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/12/opinion/us-unions-amazon.html

— Why the Amazon Workers Never Stood a Chance. Our system of labor law and regulations has too strongly tilted the playing field in favor of companies and against unions. – Erik Loomis (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 against unions, against current union members, and against former union members the most.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/15/opinion/amazon-union-alabama.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Annual Covid-19 Vaccine Booster Shots Likely Needed, Pfizer CEO Says. Albert Bourla said more research is needed but it looks likely booster shots required within a year to stay ahead of virus variants. – Jared S. Hopkins
https://www.wsj.com/articles/annual-covid-19-vaccine-booster-shots-likely-needed-pfizer-ceo-says-11618520527
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Vaccination-promoters promote vaccinations.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/cdc-identifies-small-group-of-covid-19-infections-among-fully-vaccinated-patients-11618490232
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats focus on getting Asian-Americans to hate Republicans.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/asian-american-lawmakers-to-press-biden-on-hate-crimes-cabinet-representation-11618487468
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: RINOs want immigrants because RINOs want cheap labor.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/republicans-and-immigrants-need-each-other-11618528360
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Pot pushers push pot. To push pot on an individual, municipality, township, county, state, or country is to destroy that individual, municipality, township, county, state, or country.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/with-pot-taxes-its-bad-to-get-too-high-11618565400
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats and RINOs crow about their success in making CEOs anti-law enforcement, anti-Trump, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-heterosexual, anti-traditional marriage/family, anti-non-poor people, anti-gun owners, anti-Christian, anti-Protestant, anti-Italian American, anti-German American, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/ceos-lead-americas-new-great-awakening-11618505076
— House Passes Paycheck Fairness Act Aimed at Closing Gender Pay Gap – Eric Morath and Andrew Duehren (DIERSEN: If I had not been denied my 7th Amendment rights in Diersen v. GAO, I would have presented a jury with many examples in which my Democrat GAO superiors promoted over me their Democrat employees who were female, minority, and/or younger and who had less job-related work experience, less education, and/or fewer professional certifications and licenses than I had.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/housepasses-paycheck-fairness-act-aimed-at-closing-gender-pay-gap-11618525733

USA TODAY
— The student debt crisis is crushing Black Americans. Here’s how loan forgiveness could help. – Cristina Silva (DIERSEN: Did you try to get a student loan? I did not. When you were in high school, were you viewed as being “college material?” I was not. Neither of my outstanding parents attended college. My father was the first of his ancestors to earn a high school diploma. My mother never attended high school. During my junior and senior years and the summer in between, I washed dishes for the minimum wage in the basement of the S.S. Kresges in Chicago Heights. Nevertheless, I took college-preparatory courses, got into the upper 20% of my class, and got a 24 on the ACT.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2021/04/15/student-loan-forgiveness-black-americans-could-close-pay-gap/7199634002/
— Facebook getting rid of likes? No, but soon Facebook and Instagram will let you hide them. – Jessica Guynn (DIERSEN: I should write a book about a) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct since 2000 who have unfriended me because I included links in GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters to articles that they do not like, b) those who read my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters to find links to articles that they know those candidates do not like and then tell those candidates that I included those links, and c) those who hint/imply/argue/shout at those candidates that my including those links caused them to lose elections and even worse things.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2021/04/14/facebook-instagram-hide-likes-counts-reactions/7211213002/
— Can employers police their worker’s personal lives? – Brinley Hineman (DIERSEN: If the federal government was an “at will” employer, it would have gotten rid of me much sooner than it did a) for my not casting Democrat primary ballots, that is, for my not being a Democrat; b) for my supporting the traditional marriage/family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks in the Republican Party platform; and c) for my opposing political affiliation discrimination and age discrimination.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/careers/2021/04/14/dave-ramsey-solutions-fired-woman-sex-life-can-employers-police-personal-lives/7220474002/

TWIN CITIES PIONEER PRESS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats and RINOs crow about their success in making CEOs 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.twincities.com/2021/04/13/robert-b-reich-the-basic-deal-between-corporate-america-and-the-gop-is-still-alive/

April 12 Morning Edition

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Why Michael Madigan hasn’t yet been indicted – JIM NOWLAN
https://www.pantagraph.com/opinion/columnists/jim-nowlan-why-michael-madigan-hasn-t-yet-been-indicted/article_a269772a-6c36-5a17-bbe1-7c1c3b5003b9.html

DAILY NORTHWESTERN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrat teachers encourage their students to be LGBTQers.
https://dailynorthwestern.com/2021/04/12/city/district-65-to-celebrate-second-lgbtq-equity-week/

WBEZ
— Should Colleges Require COVID-19 Vaccines For Fall? More Campuses Are Saying Yes – Elissa Nadworny (DIERSEN: From what I see, Democrats and RINOs will use Vaccine Passport requirements to get rid of Republicans once and for all, and especially to get rid of Republicans who are soldiers, law enforcement officers, veterans, 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.wbez.org/stories/should-colleges-require-covid-19-vaccines-for-fall-more-campuses-are-saying-yes/c433bdaa-103a-461f-bd53-d45edf997bf0

WSPY
— Rabine Wants to Make Illinois More Business Friendly (DIERSEN: Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, ever-increasingly, businesses paint themselves as being anti-law enforcement, anti-Trump, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-heterosexual, anti-traditional marriage/family, anti-non-poor people, anti-gun owners, anti-Christian, anti-Protestant, anti-Italian American, anti-German American, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.wspynews.com/news/local/rabine-wants-to-make-illinois-more-business-friendly/article_a1633cc0-9b84-11eb-98c0-9fa2feb30376.html

WCIA
— Illinois hotel revenue dropped 80% during ‘devastating’ pandemic closures, industry lobbyist says – Mark Maxwell
https://www.wcia.com/illinois-capitol-news/illinois-hotel-revenue-dropped-80-during-devastating-pandemic-closures-industry-lobbyist-says/

PALOS PATCH
— Activists Plan Victory Lap At Ousted Palos Trustee’s Last Meeting. After 4 years of protests, activists plan rally for ousted Palos Township Tr. Sharon Brannigan’s final board meeting on April 12. – Lorraine Swanson (DIERSEN: When will my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes officially take a victory lap for ending my TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairmanship in 2012, my Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee membership in 2011, my Milton Township Republican Organization webmaster service in 2010 and 2004, my Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee membership in 2007, my American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board membership in 2004, my GAO employment in 1997, etc.? I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes.)
https://patch.com/illinois/palos/activists-plan-victory-lap-ousted-palos-trustees-last-meeting
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The southwest suburban Arab American community and their allies are taking credit for ousting embattled Palos Township Tr. Sharon Bannigan, who lost her bid for township assessor against incumbent Robert Maloney in the April 6 election. Maloney, garnered 3,909 votes to Brannigan’s 2,351, according to unofficial election results. “We screamed with joy, we were so relieved,” activist Hasam Marajda said, who led the #ByeBrannigan get-out-the-vote effort. “After four years of going to monthly township meetings, when she wouldn’t resign, we voted her out.”)

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Republican Kirk Dillard has been approached “by prominent business and Republican leaders” to run for governor, but he told Playbook he’s not interested. Dillard wouldn’t need training wheels for the job given he was chief of staff to Gov. Jim Edgar and has legislative experience. “Currently, I have a wonderfully balanced personal and professional life,” he said. “These civic leaders came to me, not vice versa. I am not harboring a desire to run for governor.” Dillard, who is chairman of the Regional Transportation Authority’s board of directors, said he’s “laser focused” on guiding the Chicago area regional mass transit system out of the pandemic. “It’s an economic engine and an economic equalizer for our local communities and the state of Illinois.” All eyes are watching to see if Reps. Rodney Davis or Darin LaHood make a move for the governor’s office. They haven’t ruled out running, and their decisions could be based on how their districts are redrawn. Declared candidates so far: state Sen. Darren Bailey, businessman Gary Rabine, and state Sen. Paul Schimpf. Other potential candidates: former Senate Minority Leader Bill Brady, who recently said he’s considering a potential statewide run for office as secretary of state, governor, or perhaps U.S. Senate; state Sen. Jason Barickman; and attorney and Illinois National Committeeman for the Republican National Committee Richard Porter. Congressman Adam Kinzinger’s name also has been batted about but he has said that a run for governor isn’t likely. – SHIA KAPOS
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2021/04/12/6-things-to-watch-in-springfield-kirk-dillard-isnt-interested-vax-to-the-max-492442

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— ILLINOIS SUPREME COURT DECIDES TO HEAR SECOND NRA-BACKED CASE
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2021/04/illinois-supreme-court-decides-to-hear-second-nra-backed-case.html
— BIDEN’S ‘JIM CROW’ LABEL FOR GEORGIA ELECTION LAWS IS INSANE. HERE’S WHY
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2021/04/bidens-jim-crow-label-for-georgia-election-laws-is-insane-heres-why.html
— HOW GEORGIA’S VOTING LAW COMPARES TO 7 BLUE, PURPLE STATES’ LAWS
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2021/04/how-georgias-voting-law-compares-to-7-blue-purple-states-laws.html

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— Danville City Attorney’s Offensive Remarks Towards The Public – JOHN KRAFT & KIRK ALLEN
https://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2021/04/danville-city-attorneys-offensive-remarks-towards-the-public/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Fixing Racism by Being Racist? – Brian C. Joondeph
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2021/04/fixing_racism_by_being_racist.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, one of America’s most prominent teaching hospitals, plans on offering “preferential care based on race” and “race explicit interventions” as part of its new “antiracist agenda for medicine.” Such a program uses a “reparations framework” to allocate medical resources. Reparations means that those who were never slaveholders are paying money to those who were never slaves, over injustices a century and a half ago, committed by people who may have no connection to the current reparation’s participants. In other words, using racism to combat racism. How ironic that the vision of the Mass General Brigham health system is dedication to delivering medical care that is, among other things, “equitable.” Nothing promotes equity like a racist concept of “preferential care based on race.” Princeton University, an elite institution of higher learning, comparable in prestige to the Brigham in the hospital world, offered admission to about 1500 applicants to its class of 2025, according to Powerline Blog. Only 28 percent were white Americans, compared to 68 percent who identified as “persons of color.” This is less than half of the 61 percent figure of white students enrolled in US public schools. So much for a class of students that “looks like America.”)
— The Anti-Defamation League is no longer about protecting Jews – Andrea Widburg
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2021/04/the_antidefamation_league_is_no_longer_about_protecting_jews.html

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Fly the Diverse Skies? Presumably airplanes not falling out of the sky is just as important as who wins the Super Bowl. – Christopher Roach
https://amgreatness.com/2021/04/11/fly-the-diverse-skies/
— Can the Great ‘Awokening’ Succeed? – Victor Davis Hanson
https://amgreatness.com/2021/04/11/can-the-great-awokening-succeed/

PATRIOT POST
— Robert E. Lee: A Leader in National Reconciliation – WILLIAM FEDERER
https://patriotpost.us/opinion/79074-robert-e-lee-a-leader-in-national-reconciliation-2021-04-12
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Civil War cost 258,000 Confederate deaths and 360,000 Union deaths. Suggestions have been made that reparations should be paid to the families of the Union soldiers who gave their lives to end slavery. . .During the Civil War, Lee’s estate overlooking Washington, DC, was confiscated by the federal government and turned into Arlington Cemetery. As was the case with many southerners, Confederate General P.G.T. Beauregard had his properties in Memphis confiscated as reparations and given to black families for housing.)

BREITBART
— 60 Expressway Shootings in Mayor Lightfoot’s Chicago – AWR HAWKINS
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/04/11/60-expressway-shootings-in-mayor-lightfoots-chicago/
— Biden Giving Federal Employees Paid Leave to Help Border Crossers – JOHN BINDER
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/04/11/report-biden-giving-federal-employees-paid-leave-help-border-crossers/
— GOP Whip Steve Scalise Shares Footage of ‘Child Abuse’ from Migrant Processing Facility – KATHERINE RODRIGUEZ
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/04/11/gop-whip-steve-scalise-shares-footage-of-child-abuse-from-migrant-processing-facility/
— McCarthy: Biden Plan to Give Cash to Central Americans Is an Insult to Millions of Jobless Americans – JOHN BINDER
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2021/04/11/kevin-mccarthy-central-americans-cash-payments/

BLAZE
— White House answered fake reporter’s questions for weeks before press corps exposed her to be ‘Lego’ video gamer – PAUL SACCA (DIERSEN: Since 2005, my critics/opponents have demonized me, denigrated, me, and condemned me as being like Jeff Gannon and even worse things. Since 2005, they have viciously used against me what happened with GOPUSA, Talon News, and White House Correspondent Jeff Gannon. SEE: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talon_News Ever since 2005, my critics/opponents have hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I ask bad questions at press conferences and share privileged information with reporters that have caused Republican candidates to be defeated and even worse things. I should sue my critics/opponents.)
https://www.theblaze.com/news/white-house-fake-reporter-lego-gamer
(FROM THE ARTICLE: An online video game player was able to infiltrate the White House press corps by pretending to be a political reporter. The fake reporter was even able to submit questions to the Biden administration through the press corps, and White House press secretary Jen Psaki answered the imposter’s questions for weeks. An online persona posed as a reporter named “Kacey Montagu” for the Daily Mail, a British tabloid best known for celebrity gossip. There were Twitter and LinkedIn accounts dedicated to “Kacey Montagu,” plus she was named as the chief political correspondent for White House News, a fictional website. . .The person behind the imposter contacted the White House Correspondents Association about being becoming a pool reporter and inquired about applying for a day pass to cover the White House in person. “Kacey Montagu” was given access to cover COVID-19 government press briefings, but was not called upon. Montagu regularly sent in questions for the White House press corps to ask Psaki, adding that she wasn’t able to be there in person “due to social distancing regulations.” Montagu was able to hoodwink White House reporters, including from The Plain Dealer and CQ Roll Call, to ask Psaki numerous questions “about everything from COVID-19 travel bans, to coming ambassadorships, to Biden’s reaction to Microsoft being hacked.” “In at least one instance, a White House official was connected with Montagu to circle back with more information when they had it,” Politico reported. Some White House reporters researched “Kacey Montagu,” who had a deactivated LinkedIn account with a profile photo of U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson eating an ice cream cone, and they became suspicious. During Thursday’s daily White House press briefing, Washington Blade White House Reporter Chris Johnson asked Psaki the question, “How involved is former President Obama and First Lady Obama in the Biden – Harris administration? Is President Biden seeking to bring back the often bipartisan portrait unveiling events at the White House?” The question was planted by Montagu. Mediaite investigated Kacey Montagu, and discovered that she “appears to be a gag persona for a former Secretary of State made of Legos.” “The Montagu website’s FAQ section describes her as ‘An American Citizen. Former Secretary of State, Mayor, Senator, President Pro Tempore and Speaker of the House,’ and her political views as ‘President Trump 2024, baby! I’m a Conservative,'” the outlet wrote on Thursday. Politico found that the person behind the “Kacey Montagu” persona was actually a Lego video gamer. “They believe Montagu’s White House moonlighting began as something to boast about in the online global gaming platform called ROBLOX, where users jokingly call themselves ‘Legos,'” according to Politico. “Within that platform is a role-playing group called nUSA, where people from across the world engage in a mock U.S. government exercise. At one point, Montagu had adopted the role of Secretary of State but resigned from that job after — as they recalled — ‘the [nUSA] President went to war with some U.K. and I thought it was a pretty bad idea!'” The prankster explained her motivation for the fake White House reporter profiles, “I created them as some fun but also to ensure that people know what is going on — they should be able to know what POTUS and V.P. is doing and I think the account following shows people are interested in that.” “I love journalism, and I think the press corps is doing a pretty bad job at the moment, so I decided I would ensure some transparency and ask some questions me and some friends wanted the answer to,” the hoaxer told the outlet. The White House declined to comment on the situation.)

PJ MEDIA
— Woke Capitalism Revs Into High Gear: 90 CEOs Gather to Fight ‘Undemocratic’ Voter Integrity Laws – TYLER O’NEIL
https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/tyler-o-neil/2021/04/11/gird-your-loins-woke-ceos-gather-to-fight-against-election-integrity-laws-n1439118

TOWNHALL
— Actually, Everything the DEMOCRATS do is Racist. – Rachel Alexanderr
https://townhall.com/columnists/rachelalexander/2021/04/12/actually-everything-the-democrats-do-is-racist-n2587748
— In Less than 3 Months, Joe Biden Has Turned America Into a Sitting Target for International Aggression – Julio Rivera
https://townhall.com/columnists/juliorivera/2021/04/12/in-less-than-3-months-joe-biden-has-turned-america-into-a-sitting-target-for-international-aggression-n2587732

NEWS BUSTERS
— Leftist SPLC President Claims She Supports Efforts to Agree on ‘Truth’ – Autumn Johnson (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, only what they say is the truth, and everything everyone else says is a lie. I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes.)
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/free-speech/autumn-johnson/2021/04/11/hilarious-leftist-splc-president-claims-she-supports

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Pruning PC Poison from the Ivies – BRIAN T. ALLEN
https://www.nationalreview.com/2021/04/pruning-pc-poison-from-the-ivies/

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— ‘It leaves out a lot’: Black Evanston, Illinois school board candidate blasts race-obsessed curriculum – Jon Dougherty
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2021/04/10/it-leaves-out-a-lot-black-illinois-school-board-candidate-blasts-race-obsessed-curriculum-1057830/

COLLEGE FIX
— Student government bill wants students to have power to punish professors found guilty of oppression – CHARLES HILU
https://www.thecollegefix.com/student-government-bill-wants-students-to-have-power-to-punish-professors-accused-of-oppression/

CAMPUS REFORM
— Chicago students reveal plan to counter ‘the mobs’ crusade’ against conservatives – Ben Zeisloft
https://www.campusreform.org/article?id=17164

EPOCH TIMES
— CCP Virus Variant Affects Vaccinated People More Than Unvaccinated People – JACK PHILLIPS
https://www.theepochtimes.com/mkt_morningbrief/ccp-virus-variant-affects-vaccinated-people-more-than-unvaccinated-people-study_3770982.html

THE HILL
— Trump’s early endorsements reveal GOP rift – ALEXANDER BOLTON (DIERSEN: Which Republican U.S. Senate and U.S. House candidates on March 15, 2022 ballots in Illinois will seek Trump’s endorsement? Which candidates will seek Kinzinger’s endorsement?)
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/547483-trumps-early-endorsements-reveal-gop-rift
— Biden is thinking about building that wall — and that’s a good thing – NOLAN RAPPAPORT
https://thehill.com/opinion/immigration/547599-biden-is-thinking-about-building-that-wall-and-thats-a-good-thing
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: The hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater Boehner says Trump “stepped all over their loyalty” by lying to his followers.
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/547611-boehner-trump-stepped-all-over-their-loyalty-of-his-followers

NEW YORK TIMES
— Beyond Pandemic’s Upheaval, a Racial Wealth Gap Endures. Billions in aid has been dispensed, and the social safety net has been reinforced. Will there be more ambitious steps to address longtime inequities? – Patricia Cohen (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will Democrats officially call for those who are the following to pay much higher taxes: law enforcement officers, Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, non-veteran, married, non-poor, gun owners, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time? It is called reparations, transfer of wealth, socialism, communism, dictatorship, etc.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/09/business/economy/racial-wealth-gap.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled White-hating White-haters promote hatred against Whites.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/11/opinion/tucker-carlson-white-replacement.html
— N.R.A. Chief Takes the Stand, With Cracks in His Armor. Wayne LaPierre has led the National Rifle Association for 30 years, but his implacable image looked threadbare in bankruptcy court. – Danny Hakim and Mary Williams Walsh
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/11/us/nra-bankruptcy-wayne-lapierre.html

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
— Flag wars in post-MAGA America – STEPHEN J. LYONS (DIERSEN: An 18-foot wide 12-foot high horizontal auditorium/gymnasium American Flag hangs 20-foot high on the back wall of my 20-foot wide by 40-foot deep Iron Gate Motor Condo in Naperville. An American flag has flown off my front porch in Wheaton each and every day since September 11, 2001.)
https://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/ny-oped-flag-wars-in-post-maga-america-20210412-rjvjsjtywrawlo6nsrligadpvy-story.html

USA TODAY
— Supreme Court leaves major conservative cases waiting in the wings, from abortion to guns. Rather than handing conservatives a string of wins, the Supreme Court has left advocates on the right grasping for answers about high-profile cases. – John Fritze
https://www.usatoday.com/in-depth/news/politics/2021/04/11/supreme-court-sitting-abortion-gay-rights-controversies-now/4759592001/
— Moms who breastfeed face challenges as offices reopen amid COVID-19 – Charisse Jones (DIERSEN: During the mid-1990s, GAO’s Chicago office gutted its smoking room and turned it into a lactation room.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2021/04/09/new-moms-covid-return-work-breastfeeding-nursing-challenges-coronavirus/7097902002/
— Pentagon outlines steps to counter military extremism as Capitol attack continues to reverberate – Will Carless (DIERSEN: According to Democrats, the more of the following that you are, the more extremist that you are: soldier, veteran, law enforcement officer, Trump supporter, 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.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2021/04/09/military-extremism-target-new-pentagon-memo/7161882002/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: The more that you promote hatred against Trump, the more that hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters promote you.
https://www.usatoday.com/in-depth/news/politics/2021/04/11/boehner-rates-presidents-he-has-known-nixon-trump/7113484002/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2021/04/11/john-boehner-says-trump-abused-his-loyalists-lying-them/7074030002/ (FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD)

BOSTON HERALD
— Facebook delivers biased job ads, skewed by gender – AP (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, all the jobs that I had were “Bad Jobs.” Recruiting and retaining qualified minorities and qualified women to take “Bad Jobs” is more difficult than recruiting and retaining qualified minorities and women for “Good Jobs.”)
https://www.bostonherald.com/2021/04/11/study-facebook-delivers-biased-job-ads-skewed-by-gender/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The Case for Vaccine ‘Passports’ – Scott Gottlieb (DIERSEN: From what I see, Democrats and RINOs will use Vaccine Passport requirements to get rid of Republicans once and for all, and especially to get rid of Republicans who are soldiers, law enforcement officers, veterans, Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, gun owners, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-case-for-vaccine-passports-11618174364
— God and the Border Crisis. Churches play a vital role sheltering migrants, who are overwhelming U.S. and Mexican authorities. – Jillian Kay Melchior (DIERSEN: According to hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters, a) GOD hates borders, that is, GOD hates countries like the United States and b) GOD especially hates countries that have citizens that are Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, Republican, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, gun owners, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in the country for a long time.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/god-and-the-border-crisis-11618174431
— Are You Emotionally Ready to Retire? Eight Questions to Ask Yourself – Maryanne Vandervelde (DIERSEN: I should write a book about being forced to take early retirement. In 1997, when I was 49 years old, when I was 6 years away from being eligible for regular retirement, my Democrat GAO superiors succeeded in forcing me to take their early retirement “offer.” They made it very clear to me that if I did not retire, they would constructively, if not literally, demote me. They would assign me to work for my coworkers and subordinates who had far less work experience, education, and/or professional certifications that I had. They would give me performance expectations and performance appraisals that would be even more unfair. That they would always rank me at the bottom of my coworkers for pay-for-performance. They could do the aforesaid because GAO was not unionized. GAO did not unionize until 2007. They would not have forced me to retire if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/ready-to-retire-emotionally-11618007274

FORTUNE
— Methodology for 100 Best Companies to Work For (DIERSEN: Democrats run the federal government. The federal government must be the best place to work for Democrats who are the following because the federal government gives them tremendous preference: minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, veteran, disabled, moderate, liberal, not married, non-Christian, non-Protestant, non-Italian American, non-German American, those who have financial, health, and/or other problems, those whose spouse/partner has little or no income, those who have dependents, those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time, those who have less work experience than their peers, those who have less education than their peers, those who have fewer professional certifications and/or licenses than their peers, etc.)
https://fortune.com/franchise-list-page/best-companies-2021-methodology/

NEW YORK MAGAZINE
— Trump Reprises Mythomania Grievance Routine for GOP Donors – Chas Danner
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2021/04/trump-reprises-election-grievances-attacks-mcconnell.html

CONCORD MONITOR
— As New Hampshire diversifies, who gets to belong? – MEG McINTYRE (DIERSEN: As your neighborhood, your precinct, your municipal district, your municipality, your township, your county district, your county, Illinois, America, and the world diversifies, who gets to belong? I should write a book about leaders who talk and/or act like they do not want those who are the following to belong: 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 leaders in Wheaton’s West District, Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County’s 4th District, DuPage County, and Illinois. I would focus on those leaders who have demonstrated the strongest that they do not want me to belong.)
https://www.concordmonitor.com/As-New-Hampshire-Diversifies-Who-Gets-To-Belong-39912453

HISTORY NEWS NETWORK
— What Will be the Terms of Racial Forgiveness in America? – J. Chester Johnson (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will your municipality, your township, your county, Illinois, and America establish reparations committees? How soon, if not already, will those committees determine exactly how much you, your parents, your grandparents, your great grandparents, and the rest of your ancestors benefitted from a) slavery and b) discrimination against minorities, women, younger people, poor people, LGBTQers, non-married people, veterans, criminals, boozers, gamblers, stoners, Biden voters, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, RINOs, moderates, liberals, citizens of foreign countries, non-Christians, non-Protestants, non-Italian Americans, non-German Americans, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
http://hnn.us/article/179852

EDUCATION WEEK
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrat teachers encourage their students to be LGBTQers.
https://www.edweek.org/teaching-learning/opinion-strategies-for-supporting-lgbtq-students/2021/04

LGBTQ NATION
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, LGBTQers, their operatives, and their dupes encourage everyone to be LGBTQers.
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2021/04/conservatives-stop-cancel-culture-look-mirror/

GM AUTHORITY
— Chevy Corvette Sales Dominate With 51 Percent Market Share During Q1 2021 – ALEX LUFT
https://gmauthority.com/blog/2021/04/chevrolet-corvette-sales-numbers-figures-results-first-quarter-q1-2021/

April 1 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Kinzinger raises $1.1 million for his anti-Trump PAC in first quarter, and an equal amount for his reelection fund – RICK PEARSON
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-adam-kinzinger-pac-finances-20210401-jhglluotk5hj3ezkydmxx2yzx4-story.html
— Biden to let Trump’s H1-B visa ban expire in win for tech companies – JORDAN FABIAN AND GENEVIEVE DOUGLAS
https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-biden-visa-tech-20210331-b3yoknbwsvg65ewanfnxtct4x4-story.html
— Indiana governor stands by decision to lift mask mandate next week – TOM DAVIES
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/post-tribune/ct-ptb-indiana-holcomb-masks-st-0402-20210401-zwotsjvxcjd3zmw6r4iqx7gzii-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater promotes hatred against Trump.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2021/3/31/22360028/media-coverage-donald-trump-post-maga-trump-future-cupp

ABC7
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, 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://abc7chicago.com/illinois-weed-marijuana-mchenry-county-lake-in-the-hills/10463026/

NBC5
— Businesses Wary of ‘Quantum Leap’ in COVID Numbers, Hope City Can Avoid ‘Third Wave’
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/coronavirus/businesses-wary-of-quantum-leap-in-covid-numbers-hope-city-can-avoid-third-wave/2476014/

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, 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.fox32chicago.com/news/marijuana-sales-generating-millions-in-tax-dollars-for-social-programs-in-illinois

WTTW
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Second Amendment Democrats say “1994-2004 federal assault weapons ban worked.”
https://news.wttw.com/2021/03/31/northwestern-study-says-1994-2004-federal-assault-weapons-ban-worked

WBEZ
— Chicago Activists Are Closely Watching Chauvin Trial, And Say The Outcome Could Spark Mass Protests – Patrick Smith
https://www.wbez.org/stories/chicago-activists-are-closely-watching-chauvin-trial-and-say-the-outcome-could-spark-mass-protests/c6edb582-8a98-4435-9fa4-65f97c76fec9

PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— Prosecutors: Ray LaHood pays $40,000 fine to resolve federal investigation – Chris Kaergard
https://www.pjstar.com/story/news/crime/2021/03/31/former-us-transportation-secretary-fined-part-federal-inquiry/4831457001/

SUBURBAN LIFE
— Voter intimidation allegations continue in Berwyn. Mayor apologizes following additional reports of Election Day tactics. – Catey Sullivan
https://www.shawlocal.com/my-suburban-life/news/government/2021/03/29/voter-intimidation-allegations-continue-in-berwyn/
— DuPage County reports 220 COVID-19 cases Wednesday, 1 death, region’s positivity rate increases to 5.3% – Joshua Welge
https://www.shawlocal.com/my-suburban-life/coronavirus/2021/03/31/dupage-county-reports-220-covid-19-cases-wednesday-1-death-regions-positivity-rate-increases-to-53/

NPR ILLINOIS
— Facebook Disputes Claims It Fuels Political Polarization And Extremism – SHANNON BOND
https://www.nprillinois.org/post/facebook-disputes-claims-it-fuels-political-polarization-and-extremism#stream/0

DAILY NORTHWESTERN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats promote hatred against Republicans, and especially against Republicans who are White and/or male.
https://dailynorthwestern.com/2021/03/31/campus/professors-discuss-black-and-white-feminism-at-anti-racism-speaker-series/

NAPERVILLE COMMUNITY TELEVISION
— DuPage Named As Healthiest Illinois County
https://www.nctv17.com/news/dupage-named-as-healthiest-illinois-county/

WGLT
— DOJ: Ray LaHood Took Undisclosed Foreign Money While Serving in Obama Cabinet – TIM SHELLEY
https://www.wglt.org/post/doj-ray-lahood-took-undisclosed-foreign-money-while-serving-obama-cabinet#stream/0

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Feds May Want to Track Your Driving for Per Mile Tax
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/03/28/feds-may-want-to-track-your-driving-for-per-mile-tax/
— Rabine Interviewed by Illinoize (Potential Competitor to CapitolFax) Night Before Announcement for Governor
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/03/31/rabine-interviewed-by-illinoize-night-before-announcement-for-governor/
— Former Madigan Staffer Reveals 1970’s Behavior on House Floor
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/03/28/former-madigan-staffer-reveals-1970s-behavior-on-house-floor/
— Springfield’s Old Capitol Art Fair Cancelled for Second Year
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/03/28/springfields-old-capitol-art-fair-cancelled-for-second-year/
— Illinois Outlier in Latchkey Children Rules
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/03/29/illinois-outlying-in-latchkey-children-rules/
— Barrington School Board Contest: Teacher Union v. Taxpayer Candidates
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/03/29/barrington-school-board-contest-teacher-union-v-taxpayer-candidates/
— Crystal Lake Grade School Teachers Endorse Four Educators
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/03/29/crystal-lake-grade-school-teachers-endorse-four-educators/
— Johnsburg School District Taxpayer Candidates Roll Out Campaign Piece
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/03/30/johnsburg-school-district-taxpayer-candidates-roll-out-campaign-piece/
— Two Democrats and One Republican Running for McHenry County College, Past GOP County Chairman Diane Evertsen Recommends Voting Only for Sumiskh Parikh
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/03/29/two-democrats-and-one-republican-running-for-mchenry-county-college-past-gop-county-chairman-diane-evertsen-recommends-voting-only-for-sumiskh-parikh/
— Forensic Audit of Algonquin Township Road District from 2010 to 2017 While Bob Miller Was Highway Commissioner Released
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/03/29/forensic-audit-of-algonquin-township-road-district-from-2010-to-2017-while-bob-miller-was-highwayh-commissioner-released/
— Derek Lee Mailing in Support of His Candidacy for Algonquin Township Highway Commissioner
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/03/31/derek-lee-mailing-in-support-of-his-candidacy-for-algonquin-township-highway-commissioner/
— Group McHenry County Democratic Party Chair Kristina Zahorik Leads Has Statewide Reach, Attack Mary Miller with Hitler Billboard
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/03/29/group-kristina-zahorik-leads-has-statewide-reach/
— Diehard Trump Supporter Creates Unique Post-Election Flag
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/03/29/message-of-the-day-diehard-2/
— Chicago State Rep. Wants to Trust Judges More in Criminal Crime Sentencing & Rollback Mandatory Minimum Sentencing
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/03/29/chicago-state-rep-wants-to-trust-judges-more-in-criminal-crime-sentencing/
— Trial Lawyers Receive Payment for Supporting Democrats
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/03/29/trial-lawyers-receive-payment-for-supporting-democrats/
— Ugaste Reports on Mixed Financial Situation as Debt Issued Out to 2046
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/03/29/ugaste-reports-on-mixed-financial-situation-as-debt-issued-out-to-2046/
— Ness Supports Bill to Allow Re-Cycling of Unused Prescription Drugs
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/03/29/ness-supports-bill-to-allow-re-cycling-of-unused-prescription-drugs/
— Progress in Dumping the Thompson Center?
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/03/30/progress-in-dumping-the-thompson-center/
— Retiring Lakewood Trustee Amy Odom Unloads – Part 1
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/03/30/retiring-lakewood-trustee-amy-odom-unloads-part-1/
— Retiring Lakewood Trustee Amy Odom Unloads – Part 2
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/03/31/retiring-lakewood-trustee-amy-odom-unloads-part-2/
— Retiring Lakewood Trustee Amy Odom Unloads – Part 3
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/04/01/retiring-lakewood-trustee-amy-odom-unloads-part-3/
— Rabine Interviewed by Illinoize Night Before Announcement for Governor
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/03/31/rabine-interviewed-by-illinoize-night-before-announcement-for-governor/
— Luminaries Attending McHenry County GOPAC’s Freedom Friday Dinner
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/03/31/luminaries-attending-mchenry-county-gopacs-freedom-friday-dinner/
— IL-16: Adam Kinzinger’s District Could Be Eliminated
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/04/01/wasserman040121/
— Federal Coronavirus Subsidies for McHenry County School Districts – Links to Other Districts
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/04/01/federal-coronavirus-subsidies-for-mchenry-county-school-districts/

ILLINOIS NEWS TODAY
— Wealthy Americans Dodge $ 175 Billion Taxes Each Year – Scott Krantz m (DIERSEN: 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://illinoisnewstoday.com/wealthy-americans-dodge-175-billion-taxes-each-year/126028/

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Butchering Bodies of Suffering Young People – Laurie Higgins
https://illinoisfamily.org/homosexuality/butchering-bodies-of-suffering-young-people/

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— How ‘Defund the Police’ Killed Police Reform. The collapse of a bipartisan push is a sign of the ever-growing split in the Democratic Party. – Charles Fain Lehman
https://freebeacon.com/democrats/how-defund-the-police-killed-police-reform/?utm_source=actengage&utm_campaign=FreedomMail&utm_medium=email

BREITBART
— Joe Biden Portrays Populist César Chávez as Cheap-Labor Amnesty Advocate – NEIL MUNRO
https://www.breitbart.com/economy/2021/03/31/joe-biden-portrays-cesar-chavez-as-cheap-labor-amnesty-advocate/
— Survey: Americans’ Trust of Big Tech Drops to All-Time Low – ALLUM BOKHARI
https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2021/03/31/survey-americans-trust-of-big-tech-drops-to-all-time-low/

FREEDOM’S JOURNAL
— Fight Left-Wing Lies With … Facts – Larry Elder
https://freedomsjournalinstitute.org/blog/2021/04/01/fight-left-wing-lies-with-facts

TOWNHALL
— The Left is Changing the Language on Illegal Immigration – Katie Pavlich
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2021/03/31/the-left-is-changing-the-language-on-illegal-immigration-n2587189
— The Left Is Eating Its Own: The Incredible Reason Activists Don’t Want School Renamed After Obama – Leah Barkoukis
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/leahbarkoukis/2021/04/01/obama-the-oppressor-n2587252
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Progressive leftists across the country are demanding that schools named after people who don’t pass their purity tests get new monikers. But in Waukegan, Illinois, they’re having a difficult time finding a suitable alternative. Two committees comprised of students, staff, and those in the community were tasked with renaming the Thomas Jefferson Middle School and the Daniel Webster Middle School, the first because he was a slave owner and the latter because he supported slavery. During a school board meeting on Tuesday to discuss some of the finalists for the Thomas Jefferson Middle School, immigration activists expressed their disapproval over one of the finalists: former President Barack Obama. . .So now, despite being America’s first black president, Obama is considered an “oppressor,” not woke enough to have a school named after him.)

DAILY CALLER
— Democrats Honor The Legacy Of Labor Leader Cesar Chavez, Who Reported Illegal Immigrants To Law Enforcement – THOMAS CATENACCI
https://dailycaller.com/2021/03/31/democrats-cesar-chavez-joe-biden-nancy-pelosi-illegal-immigration-workers/

DAILY SIGNAL
— The Resegregation of America – Jarrett Stepman
https://www.dailysignal.com/2021/03/31/resegregation-of-america/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Breaking Down and Breaking Up? – J. Robert Smith
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2021/04/breaking_down_and_breaking_up_.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Joe Biden woke up on third base and thinks he hit a triple. Someone has told the president that he was elected by the American people to fundamentally change our country. He thinks he has a mandate, and that all that stands between him and success is a few ornery Republicans in the Senate who refuse to get out of the way. Correction. Biden believes that the only thing standing between him and greatness are cranky senators who do not see the United States as systemically racist, who don’t believe in vastly expanding the welfare state, who think that individual creativity and achievement have built our great country and who are absolutely positive that Democrats are leading us down a very dangerous path.)

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Radical New Rules for Post-America. Americans privately fear these rules, while publicly appearing to accept them. – Victor Davis Hanson
https://amgreatness.com/2021/03/31/radical-new-rules-for-post-america/

PJ MEDIA
— Former Students Sue to Force LGBT Orthodoxy on Christian Colleges – TYLER O’NEIL
https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/tyler-o-neil/2021/03/31/new-lawsuit-seeks-to-criminalize-universities-christian-conviction-on-lgbt-issues-n1436592

NEWS BUSTERS
— ‘Orwell’s 1984’! Facebook Removes Trump’s Interview, Silences Political Dissent – Alexander Hall
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/free-speech/alexander-hall/2021/03/31/orwells-1984-facebook-removes-trumps-interview-silences

ONE AMERICA NEWS NETWORK
— San Diego Prioritizing Teaching Detained Migrant Minors Over Children Within School District
https://www.oann.com/san-diego-prioritizing-teaching-detained-migrant-minors-over-children-within-school-district/

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Fleischer: Facebook Censoring Trump The “Balkanization of America,” Anti-History & Anti-Intellectual – Ian Schwartz
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2021/03/31/fleischer_facebook_censoring_trump_the_balkanization_of_america_anti-history__anti-intellectual.html

HOT AIR
— Sarah Palin Reveals COVID Diagnosis, Urges People To Wear Masks
https://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2021/03/sarah-palin-reveals-covid-diagnosis-urges-people-wear-masks/

POLITICO
— Ray LaHood admitted hiding $50K loan from foreign billionaire. The former Transportation secretary received the payment in 2012. – JOSH GERSTEIN
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/03/31/lahood-loan-foreign-billionaire-478813

ABC NEWS
— Why Sen. Duckworth reached a ‘trigger point’ with White House over AAPI representation. It’s what caused her to threaten to block Biden’s nominees. – Adia Robinson
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/sen-duckworth-reached-trigger-point-white-house-aapi/story

NBC TOPEKA
— Shawnee County DA says high profile DUI case will be handled like any other case (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, I should not include links in GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters to reports concerning DUI charges, or any other kind of charges, filed against them or against other Republican activists, Republican candidates, Republican elected officials, Republican party leaders, Republican major donors, Republican campaign managers, Republican campaign staff members, Republican campaign volunteers, and Republican etc. I should write a book my about aforesaid critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes.)
https://www.ksnt.com/news/local-news/shawnee-county-da-says-high-profile-dui-case-will-be-handled-like-any-other-case/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Shawnee County District Attorney Mike Kagay reassured the public during his visit on KSNT News Wednesday morning that the DUI case against Kansas Senate Majority Leader Gene Suellentrop will be handled just like other violation. “Absolutely, I think that’s what we have to do,” Kagay said. ” And that should be the expectations of the community we serve. Kansas Senate Majority Leader Gene Suellentrop was pulled over by the Topeka Police Department and the Kansas Highway Patrol after driving the wrong way on a Topeka highway. Callers to 911 initially reported seeing a white SUV driving west in the eastbound lanes of I-470 starting near Wanamaker Road and minutes later on I-70 around 12:45 a.m. It was the Kansas Highway Patrol that identified the driver of the SUV as Republican Kansas Senate Majority Leader Gene Suellentrop.)

NEW YORK TIMES
— Biden’s Push for Electric Cars: $174 Billion, 10 Years and a Bit of Luck. The president is hoping to make electric vehicles more affordable to turn a niche product into one with mass appeal. – Niraj Chokshi
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/31/business/biden-electric-vehicles-infrastructure.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: President Biden is a muscle-car guy — one of his most prized possessions is a 1967 Corvette that he got from his father. But he’s trying to make this an electric vehicle world. The $2 trillion infrastructure plan that he unveiled on Wednesday is aimed at tackling climate change in part by spending up to $174 billion to encourage Americans to switch to cars and trucks that run on electricity, not gasoline or diesel. That is a large investment but it might not be enough to push most Americans toward E.V.s. Despite rapid growth in recent years, electric vehicles remain a niche product, making up just 2 percent of the new car market and 1 percent of all cars, sport-utility vehicles, vans and pickup trucks on the road. They have been slow to take off in large part because they can cost up to $10,000 more than similar conventional cars and trucks. Charging E.V.s is also more difficult and slower than simply refilling the tank at far more prevalent gas stations.)

NEW YORK POST
— AOC slams ‘horrifying’, ‘barbaric’ US border conditions under Biden – Carl Campanile
https://nypost.com/2021/03/31/aoc-slams-barbaric-us-border-conditions-under-biden/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Here Come the Biden Taxes. The middle class will pay for the largest tax increase since 1968. – Editorial
https://www.wsj.com/articles/here-come-the-biden-taxes-11617231225
— Biden’s Election-Reform Deception. He has his facts wrong on Iowa and Georgia and applies standards inconsistently. – Karl Rove
https://www.wsj.com/articles/bidens-election-reform-deception-11617229306

FORBES
— Conservatives Blast Facebook For Removing Trump Interview With Daughter-In-Law – Rachel Sandler
https://www.forbes.com/sites/rachelsandler/2021/03/31/conservatives-blast-facebook-for-removing-trump-interview-with-daughter-in-law/

INSIDE HIGHER EDUCATION
— Trump-Era 1776 Report Lives On – Colleen Flaherty
https://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2021/04/01/trump-era-1776-report-lives

AXIOS
— Big Tech dollars are becoming toxic in Washington – Margaret Harding McGill, Ashley Gold (DIERSEN: He who pays the piper calls the tunes. I should write a book about RINO activists, RINO candidates, RINO party leaders, and RINO organizations that act like they take big donations from those who promote dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, abolition of the First and Second Amendment, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination. I would focus on those RINOs who have worked the hardest against me.)
https://www.axios.com/dcs-tech-money-shame-game-49a901fd-45fc-4037-9bea-7ce7bd0b486b.html

BBC
— Facebook bans ‘voice of Trump’ from platform
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-56598862

COMMITTEE FOR THE ABOLITION OF ILLEGITIMATE DEBT
— The evolution of wealth inequalities over the last two centuries (DIERSEN: Should everyone be required to disclose a) what their income and net worth is, b) how they acquired their wealth, and c) how much wealth their parents had when they were young?)
http://www.cadtm.org/The-evolution-of-wealth-inequalities-over-the-last-two-centuries

February 28 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Former President Trump tells CPAC crowd ‘the incredible journey’ is ‘far from being over’ – CNN
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/trump-tells-cpac-crowd-the-incredible-journey-is-far-from-being-over/10357399/

NBC5
— Trump Slams Biden, Teases 2024 Presidential Run in First Post White House Speech – CNBC
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/business/money-report/trump-to-slam-biden-attack-republican-critics-in-first-post-white-house-speech/2449532/
— Illinois Reports 1,249 New COVID Cases, 22 Deaths Sunday. More than 79,000 doses of COVID vaccine were administered Saturday.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/coronavirus/illinois-reports-1249-new-covid-cases-22-deaths-sunday/2449557/

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— ‘We’re not starting new parties’: Trump says Republicans will unite, be stronger than ever in CPAC 2021 speech – Jordan Smith
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/trumps-first-post-presidential-speech-will-close-out-cpac-2021

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— CPAC Orlando: Trump hints at running again in 2024 as a Republican – STEVEN LEMONGELLO and RYAN GILLESPIE
https://www.chicagotribune.com/nation-world/os-ne-cpac-orlando-day-3-trump-20210228-6jbsrxdnibfb3ibepm6ks7qvdq-story.html
— Kinzinger warns of a Trump-led GOP using fear instead of truth to motivate voters – RICK PEARSON
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-adam-kinzinger-trump-cpac-speech-20210228-epenmcegprhyllwp3zcyn3ihnq-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Kinzinger’s vote and subsequent actions to take on Trump supporters have earned him a sanction of disapproval from the Illinois GOP and censure motions by county GOP organizations within his 16th Congressional District. He also now has an announced 2022 primary opponent, Catalina Lauf of Woodstock, who finished third in an unsuccessful bid last year for the GOP nomination in the 14th Congressional District.)
— Illinois Democratic chairman contest down to two as Castro drops out, backs US Rep. Robin Kelly to replace Michael Madigan – RICK PEARSON
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-illinois-democratic-party-chairman-madigan-successor-20210226-2fs7vj36srbjbhijdo7jmfcram-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democratic Party of Illinois chair race down to Michelle Harris, Robin Kelly. The tallies from both camps show Harris ahead. However, there are enough state central committee members who have not gone public to swing the outcome either way. – Lynn Sweet
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2021/2/28/22306293/democratic-party-illinois-chair-race-michelle-harris-robin-kelly-pritzker-durbin-duckworth

DAILY HERALD
— As Trump returns to spotlight, Kinzinger attacks ‘politics of fear’ – Charles Keeshan
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20210228/as-trump-returns-to-spotlight-kinzinger-attacks-politics-of-fear

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— State budget a product of creative writing – Editorial
https://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/editorials/editorial-state-budget-a-product-of-creative-writing/article_9a09ed7a-dd99-5a31-980a-eee639274da7.html

SOUTH COOK NEWS
— Railing against white people not bullying, founder of an anti-bullying nonprofit in Frankfort insists – W.J. Kennedy
https://southcooknews.com/stories/574783116-railing-against-white-people-not-bullying-founder-of-an-anti-bullying-nonprofit-in-frankfort-insists

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump revamps MAGA movement to fight Biden agenda. Former president says it taken Biden a month to transform the nation from ‘America First to America Last.’ – S.A. Miller and Seth McLaughlin
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/feb/28/trump-cpac-revamps-maga-movement-fight-biden-agend/
— Trump beats out 17 others in Washington Times-CPAC straw poll
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/feb/28/trump-wins-washington-times-cpac-straw-poll/
— ‘Just getting started:’ Trump at CPAC vows to continue the fight – S.A. Miller and Seth McLaughlin
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/feb/28/trump-tells-cpac-movement-just-getting-started/

FOX NEWS
— Trump wins CPAC straw poll by wide margin. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis was in second place. – Tyler Olson
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-wins-cpac-straw-poll-by-wide-margin
— Trump uses CPAC speech to tear into Biden on border crisis, says he won’t create new party. Trump also hit Biden on the failure to re-open schools. – Adam Shaw
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-speech-cpac-2024-straw-poll

NEWSMAX
— Trump to CPAC: Rush Limbaugh Is ‘Watching Closely’ – Eric Mack
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/rush-conservative-radio-host/2021/02/28/id/1011854/

HOT AIR
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Trump-hating Kinzinger allies launch new PAC to support Trump-haters.
https://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2021/02/kinzinger-allies-launch-new-pac-support-republicans-bucked-trump/

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Trump Says Biden Creating ‘Sanctuary Nation,’ Teases Possible 2024 Bid in CPAC Speech – Zachary Evans
https://news.yahoo.com/trump-calls-third-party-speculation-222441067.html

THE HILL
— Trump teases another White House bid in CPAC speech. – JUSTINE COLEMAN
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/540921-trump-teases-another-possible-white-house-bid-in-cpac-speech
— News outlets diverge over airing Trump’s CPAC speech – JOSEPH CHOI
https://thehill.com/homenews/media/540920-news-outlets-diverge-over-airing-trumps-cpac-speech

CBS NEWS
— McDaniel says GOP voters “overwhelmingly” agree with Trump’s record in office
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/rnc-chair-ronna-mcdaniel-trump-face-the-nation/

NBC NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters say “Trump CPAC speech repeats ‘rigged’ election lies, declares his political journey ‘far from over’ In prepared remarks, the former president stopped short of announcing his 2024 intentions.”
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-cpac-speech-declare-his-political-journey-far-over-n1259093

CBS MIAMI
— Former President Trump Calls For GOP Unity During CPAC Closing Speech
https://miami.cbslocal.com/2021/02/28/former-president-trump-gop-unity-cpac-speech/

MSNBC
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater says “Trump’s CPAC speech cements how far the conference — and the GOP — have fallen. This Sunday, Trump will rally conservatives to himself, lacing every sentence with political arsenic.”
https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/trump-s-cpac-speech-cements-how-far-conference-gop-have-n1259023

WASHINGTON POST
— Former president Trump rules out third party as he moves to firm up control of the Republican Party – David Weigel and Michael Scherer
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-cpac/2021/02/28/6a04140e-79e0-11eb-85cd-9b7fa90c8873_story.html
— Anti-vaccine extremism is akin to domestic terrorism – Richard Pan (DIERSEN: Expect that ever-increasingly, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs will ever-increasingly punish those who are not vaccinated and who are law enforcement officers, Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, gun owners, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/anti-vaccine-extremism-is-akin-to-domestic-terrorism/2021/02/26/736aee22-787e-11eb-8115-9ad5e9c02117_story.html

NEW YORK POST
— CPAC straw poll: Trump is top pick for 2024, DeSantis runner up – Steven Nelson
https://nypost.com/2021/02/28/straw-poll-trump-is-top-pick-for-2024-desantis-runner-up/

USA TODAY
— Donald Trump at CPAC: Ex-president tears into Biden and his Republican critics – David Jackson
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2021/02/28/cpac-donald-trump-expected-claim-leadership-republican-party/6843815002/

BOSTON GLOBE
— ‘I do look at them in a different light:’ Tensions are high in Congress as Democrats want consequences for election-denying Republicans – Liz Goodwin Glo
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2021/02/25/nation/i-do-look-them-different-light-tensions-are-high-congress-democrats-want-consequences-election-denying-republicans/

NEWSWEEK
— ‘We Can Have Division’: GOP Chair Ronna McDaniel Downplays Republican Tensions Over Trump – JASON LEMON (DIERSEN: Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend their platform. The Republican Party platform is conservative. Trump has done more to defend and advance the party’s platform than any president since Reagan. From what I see, Democrat plant, Libertarian plant, Green plant, Independent plant, and RINO leaders of the Republican Party want the party a) to dump Trump, b) to dump those who voted for Trump, c) 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, and d) dissolve the party.)
https://www.newsweek.com/we-can-have-division-gop-chair-ronna-mcdaniel-downplays-republican-tensions-over-trump-1572668
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: The hate-filled Trump-hating Kinzinger says “GOP ‘Certainly Not United’ on Vision for Future.”
https://www.newsweek.com/adam-kinzinger-says-gop-certainly-not-united-vision-future-1572674

BUSINESS INSIDER
— RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel says despite GOP divisions over Trump impeachment, the party ‘overwhelmingly’ agrees on most issues – John L. Dorman
https://www.businessinsider.com/rnc-chair-ronna-mcdaniel-trump-influence-republicans-impeachment-2021-2

MEDIAITE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: The hate-filled Trump-hating Kinzinger says “GOP Has Been ‘Using Fear as a Compelling Way to Get Votes’ and We Need to ‘Quit Peddling That.”
https://www.mediaite.com/tv/kinzinger-gop-has-been-using-fear-as-a-compelling-way-to-get-votes-and-we-need-to-quit-peddling-that/

LGBTQ NATION
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: LGBTQ-promoters promote hatred against conservatives.
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2021/02/cpac-proves-gop-isnt-just-cult-trump/

February 26 Evening Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Illinois Democratic county chairs ask for investigation of Downstate GOP Rep. Chris Miller for displaying militia decal at U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6. – RICK PEARSON
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-illinois-republican-state-represenatitve-us-capitol-insurrection-20210226-jodipvmmk5gubkyzqffbkm2ade-story.html
— ‘Culturally responsive teaching’ or ‘woke indoctrination’? New standards for Illinois teachers in training are latest flashpoint in culture wars. – ELYSSA CHERNEY, KAREN ANN CULLOTTA and ROBERT MCCOPPIN
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-illinois-teachers-cultural-competency-new-standards-20210226-xfhgzb5fs5htpmdhyiop5p4mxm-story.html
— Former House Speaker Michael Madigan’s pension illustrates the broken system – EDITORIAL
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-fixing-illinois-chicago-budget-madigan-pension-20210226-tt4kmbn7hbetldxgez57x4ioqq-story.html
— What happened to the ‘famously cautious’ Michael Madigan when it came time to pick a successor? – ERIC ZORN
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/eric-zorn/ct-column-madigan-kodat-guerrero-cuellar-haste-zorn-20210226-ffcpu3xnvffnlfqfdbns2mu6ty-story.html
— Backed by Pritzker, Ald. Michelle Harris holds early lead in contest to replace Madigan as Illinois Democratic chairman – RICK PEARSON
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-illinois-democratic-party-chairman-madigan-successor-20210226-2fs7vj36srbjbhijdo7jmfcram-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote LGBTQ.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/clarence-page/ct-column-lgbtq-marie-newman-marjorie-taylor-greene-page-20210226-ps3yhanmtvcmjhlkq3jnq2yzua-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Downstate Republican says he removed far-right militia decal from his truck — but Democrats and Kinzinger call for probe. State Rep. Chris Miller denied any involvement with the extremist organization called the Three Percenters after his pick-up truck was photographed with the sticker in its back window in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 6. – Andrew Sullender
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2021/2/26/22303594/republican-chris-miller-mary-representative-congress-three-percenters-militia-insurrection-truck
— Illinois companies should be required — not just encouraged — to increase diversity on their boards. A study last fall found that only 16.8% of directors at big Illinois companies are minority, and only 27.4% are women. – Alexi Giannoulias (DIERSEN: While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, my superiors were constructively required by Democrat politicians to get rid of their employees who were Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who they had not promoted to GS-13 (currently $102,188) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $120,755) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $142,041) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $172,500) by age 40. Extremely few federal employees make the aforesaid promotion deadlines.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2021/2/26/22303178/corporate-board-diversity-illinois-alex-giannoulias-lgbtq-valerie-jarrett

DAILY HERALD
— It’s suburbs vs. Chicago for control of Illinois Democratic Party – JJ Bullock
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20210226/its-suburbs-vs-chicago-for-control-of-illinois-democratic-party
— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON ILLINOIS TIGHTENS: Aurora area groups issue call for racial equity in distribution of COVID-19 vaccine – Patricia Andrews-Keenan
https://www.dailyherald.com/submitted/20210225/aurora-area-groups-issue-call-for-racial-equity-in-distribution-of-covid-19-vaccine

ABC7
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: ‘Pot for Shots’: Mich weed dispensary offers free joint to anyone who gets COVID-19 vaccine – CNN (DIERSEN: To push pot on an individual, organization, company, government, or country is to destroy that individual, organization, company, government, or country.)
https://abc7chicago.com/health/pot-for-shots-marijuana-dispensary-offers-free-joint-to-anyone-who-gets-covid-vaccine/10372890/
— COVID-19 vaccine ‘passports’ may open society, but inequity looms – AP (DIERSEN: Of course, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs will punish non-vaccinated Republicans.)
https://abc7chicago.com/travel/covid-vaccine-passports-may-open-society-but-inequity-looms/10372971/

NBC5
— Social Media is Radicalizing You (Yes, You) — Here’s How to Stop It. You can push back against social media algorithms with these tips. – Noah Pransky (DIERSEN: Of course, according to my critics/opponents, my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters radicalize those who read them. Of course, my critics/opponents want you to read only what they put out or bless, nothing more, nothing less.)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/lx/social-media-is-radicalizing-you-yes-you-heres-how-to-stop-it/2448542/

ROCKFORD REGISTER STAR
— Coin flip breaks tie vote in Belvidere City Council primary. First-ever tiebreaker on a Boone County vote, clerk says. – Shaquil Manigault (DIERSEN: As a Republican Precinct Committeeman, I anxiously await campaign literature from the Republican candidates on the April 6, 2021 ballot for my precinct so that I can deliver that literature along with marked sample ballots and vote-by-mail information to the homes in my precinct that have at least one Republican or one Independent voter. I also anxiously await yard signs from the candidates that I can offer to the voters, and voter lists that target voters who are likely to vote and to vote Republican. For Milton Township, the Republican candidates are John Monino, Nick Nathwani, Chris LeVan, Gary Muehfelt, Dan Milinko, Jeff Castle, Drew Ellis, and Joe Soto. For Wheaton Park District, the Republican candidates include Ron Almiron. For DuPage County Educational Service Region, the Republican candidates include Paula McGowen. For Wheaton Warrenville School District 200, the Republican candidates are? For College of DuPage, the Republican candidates are Heidi Holan, Andrew Manno, and Deborah Sajdak.)
https://www.rrstar.com/story/news/2021/02/26/natalie-mulhall-wins-2nd-ward-belvidere-primary-coin-flip/6832468002/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— MOST AMERICANS STILL SUPPORT PLAYING NATIONAL ANTHEM AT SPORTING EVENTS
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2021/02/most-americans-still-support-playing-national-anthem-at-sporting-events.html
— THORNER: THE GASLIGHTING OF AMERICANS
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2021/02/thorner-the-gaslighting-of-americans.html

CAPITOL FAX
— Durbin downplays division over state party chair contest, Pritzker denies promises being made
https://capitolfax.com/2021/02/26/durbin-downplays-division-over-state-party-chair-contest-pritzker-denies-promises-being-made/
— 2,441 new confirmed and probable cases; 55 additional deaths; 1,393 hospitalized; 336 in ICU; 2.5 percent average case positivity rate; 2.7 percent test positivity rate; 68,988 average daily doses
https://capitolfax.com/2021/02/26/2441-new-confirmed-and-probable-cases-55-additional-deaths-1393-hospitalized-336-in-icu-25-percent-average-case-positivity-rate-27-percent-test-positivity-rate-68988-average-daily-doses/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump rules supreme at ‘TPAC’ – S.A. Miller and Seth McLaughlin
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/feb/26/donald-trump-rules-supreme-cpac/
— Sen. Josh Hawley: ‘I’m not backing down’ – Seth McLaughlin
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/feb/26/josh-hawley-im-not-backing-down/

FOX NEWS
— Tom Cotton at CPAC tells conservatives ‘we will never retreat’ The Arkansas senator, a potential 2024 GOP presidential contender, vows he’ll ‘never apologize for defending America’ – Paul Steinhauser
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/cotton-cpac-conservatives-will-never-retreat
— Cawthorn at CPAC says Dems want to turn U.S. into ‘Communist ash heap’ ‘They are trying to take away all of our rights and they are playing for keeps’ – Morgan Phillips
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/cawthorn-cpac-dems-want-buy-vote-u-s-communist-ash-heap
— Is Trump the GOP’s future? Here’s what CPAC attendees think. Trump still leader of the party, CPAC attendees say, but many think Gov. Ron DeSantis should be 2024 presidential nominee. – Tyler Olson
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/is-trump-the-gops-future-heres-what-cpac-attendees-think
— Lawrence Jones says CPAC attendees ‘united,’ previews what Trump will say in speech. Jones said that “people from all over the country are fired up at CPAC.” – Joshua Q. Nelson
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-message-cpac-united-civil-war-gop-lawrence-jones
— Inside CPAC 2021: MAGA hats, coronavirus masks and temperature checks. – Adam Shaw
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/inside-cpac-2021-temp-checks-masks-maga-hats
— Scott Walker at CPAC says ‘America is under siege’ on campuses, in culture. Former Wisconsin governor takes aim at ‘radical activists on campus’ – Paul Steinhauser
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/scott-walker-cpac-america-under-siege-campuses-culture

CONSERVATIVE HQ
— Democrats Will End Your Freedom Of Speech Next Week
https://www.conservativehq.org/post/democrats-will-end-your-freedom-of-speech-next-week

DAILY WIRE
— Ron DeSantis At CPAC Highlights Future Of Republican Party Moving Forward: ‘Don’t Ever Back Down’
https://www.dailywire.com/news/ron-desantis-at-cpac-highlights-future-of-republican-party-moving-forward-dont-ever-back-down

PJ MEDIA
— Hello, CPAC! Trump Is Still In Charge Here – MARK ELLIS
https://pjmedia.com/columns/mark-ellis/2021/02/26/hello-cpac-trump-is-still-in-charge-here-n1428667

EPOCH TIMES
— Trump ‘Planning for the Next Administration’: Former Chief of Staff Mark Meadows – SAMUEL ALLEGRI
https://www.theepochtimes.com/trump-planning-for-the-next-administration-former-chief-of-staff-mark-meadows_3712640.html

THE HILL
— Donald Trump Jr. attacks Cheney at CPAC: ‘Lincoln Project Liz’ – MORGAN CHALFANT
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/540761-donald-trump-jr-attacks-cheney-at-cpac-lincoln-project-liz
— House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) said President Trump has not given him a commitment to refrain from targeting House GOP incumbents in their primaries. – JULIEGRACE BRUFKE (DIERSEN: I should write a book about Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, Green plants, Independent plants, and RINOs who have targeted Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct since 2000.)
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/540724-mccarthy-no-commitment-from-trump-to-not-target-republicans
— CPAC officials booed after asking attendees to put on masks. “So please everyone, when you’re in a ballroom when you’re seated, you should still be wearing a mask. So if everybody can go ahead, work on that,” organizers asked amid boos from the crowd. – Joseph Guzman
https://thehill.com/changing-america/well-being/prevention-cures/540736-cpac-officials-booed-after-asking-attendees-to

NEW YORK TIMES
— Punish Lawyers for Complicity With Trump? – William D. Zabel, New York (DIERSEN: Who have hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters selected to punish Trump-voters in your precinct, in your municipal district, in your municipality, in your township, in your county district, in your county, and in Illinois? Republican Precinct Committeemen/Captains; township, ward, and county party organizations; and the Illinois Republican Party should be taking steps to protect Trump-voters. 157 in my precinct voted for Trump. 20,080 in Milton Township voted for Trump. 193,611 in DuPage County voted for Trump. 2,446,891 in Illinois voted for Trump.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/26/opinion/letters/lawyers-trump.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Republican Civil War Over Trump? Not at CPAC. As Republicans in Washington debate the former president’s role in the party, many GOP rising stars, activists and voters have made up their minds. – Joshua Jamerson
https://www.wsj.com/articles/republican-civil-war-over-trump-not-at-cpac-11614366303

NEWSWEEK
— Dan Bongino Tells CPAC He’ll Start Up Server Farms, Banks, ‘Whatever You Want’ for Conservatives – DANIEL VILLARREAL
https://www.newsweek.com/dan-bongino-tells-cpac-hell-start-server-farms-banks-whatever-you-want-conservatives-1572525
— Josh Hawley Gets CPAC Standing Ovation at Mention of Election Certification Objection – MATTHEW IMPELLI
https://www.newsweek.com/josh-hawley-gets-cpac-standing-ovation-mention-election-certification-objection-1572499

FEDERAL NEWS NETWORK
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled GOP-hating GOP-haters say “Some local GOP leaders fire up base with conspiracies, lies.”
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/government-news/2021/02/some-local-gop-leaders-fire-up-base-with-conspiracies-lies-2/

RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— Most Voters Have Unfavorable Opinion of AOC
https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/mood_of_america/congressional_faves_feb26

GLOBE AND MAIL
— Trump’s hold on Republican Party on display at CPAC
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/world/us-politics/video-trumps-hold-on-republican-party-on-display-at-cpac/

DAILY MAIL
— America’s culture and campuses are ‘under SIEGE’ by the woke brigade’s attempts to cancel conservative thought, Scott Walker tells CPAC – KEITH GRIFFITH
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9304843/Americas-culture-campuses-SIEGE-woke-brigade-Scott-Walker-says.html

February 22 Evening Edition

ILLINOIS REPUBLICAN PARTY
— ILGOP Chairman Condemns Signing of Anti-Police Bill
https://mailchi.mp/aa402829a678/icymi-pritzker-admin-mia-while-over-20-of-lasalle-veterans-home-residents-die-of-covid-4755788

ABC7
— Mike Madigan resigns as Democratic Party of Illinois chairman
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/madigan-resigns-as-democratic-party-of-illinois-chairman/10362420/

NBC5
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: HB 3653: Gov. Pritzker Signs Criminal Justice and Police Reforms Bill Into Law
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/hb-3653-gov-pritzker-to-sign-criminal-justice-police-reforms-bill-monday/2443923/
— Democrats Ask Cable and Streaming Providers About Their Role in Spreading Misinformation Ahead of Capitol Riot – Lauren Feiner
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/business/money-report/democrats-ask-cable-and-streaming-providers-about-their-role-in-spreading-misinformation-ahead-of-capitol-riot/2444143/

CBS2
— Video Shows Brauer House In Lombard Holding Concert That Appears To Have Large Crowd, Few Masks, No Social Distancing – Megan Hickey
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2021/02/22/brauer-house-lombard-concert-covid-19-social-distancing-masks/

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Madigan quits as state Democratic chair. Alderman, congresswoman reportedly mulling bids to take over as head of the party in Illinois. – GREG HINZ
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/greg-hinz-politics/madigan-quits-state-democratic-chair
— America’s churches are now polarized, too – FRANCIS WILKINSON (DIERSEN: From what I see, ever-increasingly, churches promote the anti-religious Democrat Party platform.)
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/opinion/americas-churches-are-now-polarized-too
— Longtime investor slashes prices on 4 Trump hotel-condo units. A New Jersey physician, who also reportedly has owned units in a Trump New York property, has cut a combined $2 million out of his Chicago units’ prices in the past 11 months. – DENNIS RODKIN
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/residential-real-estate/longtime-investor-slashes-prices-4-trump-hotel-condo-units

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Gov. J.B. Pritzker signs sweeping Illinois criminal justice overhaul, which will end cash bail in Illinois starting in 2023 – DAN PETRELLA
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-jb-pritzker-criminal-justice-bill-20210222-nw7lh3upy5aipap2odh7jaofke-story.html
— Take down Chicago’s Lincoln statues? It’s iconoclasm gone mad. – SIDNEY BLUMENTHAL AND HAROLD HOLZER
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/ct-opinion-monuments-statues-lincoln-20210222-7sxvog75i5fcthilyi7uofwczm-story.html
— If you’re worried about ending cash bail, you’re fearmongering, Pritzker says – EDITORIAL
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-chicago-police-reform-trust-cash-bail-20210222-ib5jnlbrsjarfczbsesyxkcuzu-story.html
— Wheaton school district investigating ‘highly inappropriate images’ shared in virtual class – JOHN KEILMAN
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-wheaton-schools-virtual-class-inappropriate-images-20210222-5vsgxzkwwjbazociy65sssjyzq-story.html
— Embattled former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan steps down as state Democratic Party chair – DAN PETRELLA
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-madigan-resigns-state-democratic-party-chair-20210222-tvqgosi57fchnfwrv5mfvg4hiq-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Yes, Lincoln and Grant are on our list of questioned Chicago monuments — and we want to hear your views on that. Various accounts, especially on social media, have inaccurately described this project as an effort to tear it all down. This could not be further from the truth. It is a discussion. – Mark Kelly, Bonnie McDonald, and Jennifer Scott
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2021/2/22/22296065/chicago-monuments-project-abraham-lincoln-ulysses-grant-political-correctness-public-art

DAILY HERALD
— ‘Highly inappropriate images’ shared with virtual class in Dist. 200
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20210222/highly-inappropriate-images-shared-with-virtual-class-in-dist-200
— Glen Ellyn League of Women Voters hosts virtual candidate forums
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20210222/glen-ellyn-league-of-women-voters-hosts-virtual-candidate-forums

WIFR
— Job offers drop over conflicts between Illinois marijuana laws and company rules. Companies still drug test applicants to protect themselves from liabilities but local employment agencies say 40% of their applicants fail, making them un-hirable. – Zoe Chipalla (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.wifr.com/2021/02/22/job-offers-drop-over-conflicts-between-illinois-marijuana-laws-and-company-rules/

ELMHURST PATCH
— Marijuana Sales And Gambling In Elmhurst? City’s mayoral candidates indicate some willingness to revisit the issues. – David Giuliani (DIERSEN: Candidates on April 6 ballots should be asked the following questions: If elected, would you encourage or discourage promotion of the following: a) reparations, b) BLM, c) LGBTQ, d) dependency on government, e) dependency on charity, f) abortion, g) mass/illegal immigration, h) booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, i) more gun controls, j) patronage, k) political affiliation discrimination, l) reverse discrimination, and m) age discrimination?)
https://patch.com/illinois/elmhurst/marijuana-sales-gambling-elmhurst

DEPAUPIA
— Covid-19 swept through communities of color. The vaccine has yet to do the same. – María Marta Guzmán (DIERSEN: I am doing my part. I am not going to seek vaccination until all those who are the following are vaccinated: minority, female, poor, in poor health, LGBTQ, veteran, liberal, moderate, Democrat, Libertarian, Green, RINO, non-married, non-Christian, non-Protestant, non-German American, and those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time.)
https://depauliaonline.com/52628/news/covid-19-swept-through-communities-of-color-the-vaccine-has-yet-to-do-the-same/

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— MADIGAN VOWS TO REMAIN PARTY CHAIR AS HE PICKS HIS HOUSE SUCCESSOR – Brad Weisenstein
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/madigan-vows-to-remain-party-chair-as-he-picks-his-house-successor/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— MARTER: I’M “ALL IN” TO REPLACE CONGRESSMAN ADAM KINZINGER
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2021/02/marter-im-all-in-to-replace-congressman-adam-kinzinger-.html
— SCHIMPF RESPONDS TO PRITZKER SIGNING ANTI-LAW ENFORCEMENT BILL INTO LAW
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2021/02/schimpf-responds-to-pritzker-signing-anti-law-enforcement-bill-into-law.html
— BEN SHAPIRO: IT’S TIME TO UNCANCEL AMERICANS
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2021/02/ben-shapiro-its-time-to-uncancel-americans.html

CAPITOL FAX
— Schimpf talks Trump and labor, Bailey set to announce race
https://capitolfax.com/2021/02/22/schimpf-talks-trump-and-labor-bailey-set-to-announce-race/
— 1,246 new confirmed and probable cases; 34 additional deaths; 1,504 hospitalized; 377 in ICU; 2.8 percent average case positivity rate; 3.1 percent average test positivity rate; 55,499 average daily doses
https://capitolfax.com/2021/02/22/1246-new-confirmed-and-probable-cases-34-additional-deaths-1504-hospitalized-377-in-icu-28-percent-average-case-positivity-rate-31-percent-average-test-positivity-rate-55499-average-daily-doses/
— React to Pritzker signing criminal justice reform bill
https://capitolfax.com/2021/02/22/react-to-pritzker-signing-criminal-justice-reform-bill/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump to stake claim as presumptive 2024 GOP nominee at CPAC conference – Dave Boyer
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/feb/22/trump-stake-claim-presumptive-2024-gop-nominee-cpa/

GOPUSA
— McDonald’s Plans To Replace “McMerit” With “McQuotas” On Organization Menu (DIERSEN: While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, my superiors were always under tremendous pressure from Democrat politicians to get rid of their employees who were Republican, and especially those who were Republican and conservative, White, male, older, non-veteran, heterosexual, married, non-poor, gun owners, Protestant, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=106744
— Stunning Insult: Biden Says Minorities Don’t Know How To Get Online So He Will Spend $1B To Help Them
https://www.gopusa.com/stunning-insult-biden-says-minorities-dont-know-how-to-get-online-so-he-will-spend-1b-to-help-them/
— Poland Takes The Lead, Proposes $13.5M Fines For Big Tech Censorship
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=106740
— New poll reveals nearly half of Trump supporters would abandon GOP if Trump created own party. ‘We feel like Republicans don’t fight enough for us’ – CHRIS ENLOE (DIERSEN: What have the Republicans who represent you done to defend and advance the traditional marriage/family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks in the Republican Party platform?)
https://www.theblaze.com/news/trump-supporters-leave-gop-if-trump-starts-own-party

DAILY CALLER
— ‘I Wouldn’t Consider Even Walking Through The Door’: Sen. Dick Durbin Blasts CPAC Attendees As Conspiracy Theorists – BRANDON GILLESPIE
https://dailycaller.com/2021/02/22/john-berman-dick-durbin-cpac-conservative-political-action-conference-conspiracy-theorists/
— Big Tech Employees Donated More To Biden’s Campaign Than Any Other Sector – ANDREW TRUNSKY
https://dailycaller.com/2021/02/22/big-tech-employees-donated-biden-other-sector/

EPOCH TIMES
— Supreme Court Dismisses Slew of 2020 Presidential Election Lawsuits – MATTHEW VADUM
https://www.theepochtimes.com/supreme-court-dismisses-slew-of-2020-presidential-election-lawsuits_3706263.html
— Justice Clarence Thomas Dissents From Supreme Court on Election Case: ‘We Need to Make It Clear’ – JACK PHILLIPS
https://www.theepochtimes.com/justice-clarence-thomas-dissents-from-supreme-court-on-election-case-we-need-to-make-it-clear_3706242.html

THE HILL
— Trump lashes out after Supreme Court decision on his financial records – BRETT SAMUELS
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/539912-trump-lashes-out-after-supreme-court-decision-on-his-financial-records?userid=3526

POLITICO
— Democrats question TV carriers’ decisions to host Fox, OAN and Newsmax, citing ‘misinformation’ The lawmakers sent letters to AT&T, Verizon, Roku, Amazon, Apple, Comcast, Charter, DISH, Cox, Altice, Hulu and Alphabet. – JOHN HENDEL (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, all government and political news and commentary is misinformation except for the government and political news and commentary that they put out or bless. They want the following to stop me from me from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters: Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Milton Township Republican Organization, candidates on ballots in my precinct, etc.)
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/02/22/democrats-conservative-media-misinformation-470863

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: QUESTION: Who wants Trump-supporters to leave the GOP? ANSWER: Individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are anti-law enforcement, anti-Trump, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-heterosexual, anti-traditional marriage/family, anti-non-poor people, anti-gun owners, anti-Christian, anti-Protestant, anti-Italian American, anti-German American, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/02/22/maga-cult-wont-leave-gop-so-sane-republicans-must/

NEWSWEEK
— Ex-RNC Chair Michael Steele Urges Trump Voters to Leave GOP to Form New Party: ‘There’s the Door’ – JASON LEMON (DIERSEN: QUESTION: Who agrees with Steele? ANSWER: Individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are anti-law enforcement, anti-Trump, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-heterosexual, anti-traditional marriage/family, anti-non-poor people, anti-gun owners, anti-Christian, anti-Protestant, anti-Italian American, anti-German American, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.newsweek.com/ex-rnc-chair-urges-trump-voters-leave-gop-form-new-party-theres-door-1571010

February 16 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Study finds 7 newly-identified COVID-19 variants circulating in the United States – CNN
https://abc7chicago.com/10342025/
— NAACP, Congressman sue Trump, Giuliani, extremist groups over Capitol riot – AP
https://abc7chicago.com/10344529/

NBC5
— Kinzinger’s Family Blasts Him in Letter After Vote to Impeach Trump
https://www.nbcchicago.com/top-videos-home/kinzingers-family-blasts-him-in-letter-after-vote-to-impeach-trump-nyt/2439640/

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Trump trashes Mitch McConnell in searing new statement – Morgan Phillips
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/trump-trashes-mitch-mcconnell-in-searing-new-statement

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Trump calls McConnell a ‘political hack’ as GOP divide deepens post-impeachment – AP
https://www.chicagotribune.com/nation-world/ct-aud-nw-trump-mcconnell-gop-divide-20210217-yttnnj67wreb3lraurreksn2jy-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater says “Rep. Adam Kinzinger is pressing Republicans to leave Trump behind — censured by his party and shunned by family members for doing so.”
https://www.chicagotribune.com/nation-world/ct-aud-nw-nyt-adam-kinzinger-family-letter-20210216-xr4njhqxzneivjigw467col6ia-story.html
— In Milwaukee, Biden to call for fast-tracking COVID-19 relief plan | CTU vs. Lightfoot battle over, what’s next? | Trump, Kinzinger tension goes back to 2016 – LISA DONOVAN
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-biden-milwaukee-covid19-relief-ctu-lightfoot-pritzker-budget-spin-20210216-pv3n4uxgundevfqgjwr7w2dq6y-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater says “Let’s cancel the phony ‘cancel culture’ fight in today’s politics.” I should write a book about those who have worked the hardest to cancel others. They focus on canceling those 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. I would focus on those who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton’s West District, in Wheaton, in Milton Township, in DuPage County’s 4th District, in DuPage County, and in Illinois. I would focus on those who blame me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters for their problems, for your problems, for my problems, and for everyone’s problems. I would focus on those who have been candidates on ballots in my precinct.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/clarence-page/ct-column-adam-kinzinger-trump-cancel-culture-page-20210216-56j6iirmfjbn3nzxlywvgzz47i-story.html
— Millennial renters are giving up on homeownership, as COVID-19 and financial struggles make 1 in 5 say it’ll never happen – DARCEL ROCKETT (DIERSEN: I bought a new town home in University Park in 1972 when I was 24 years old. The down payment came from what I had earned and saved a) working for IRS for 15 months in 1971 and 1972 and b) working for Firestone Stores full-time for 7 months 1970-1971 and part-time for 18 months 1971-1972. That money also enabled me to buy a new Corvette in 1971 and to pay tuition for graduate business courses at Loyola.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/real-estate/ct-re-millennial-renters-apartment-affordability-0215-20210216-7oehhm24c5adnm76tplwbla42i-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Biden’s ‘commonsense’ gun controls make little sense. The president would arbitrarily limit Second Amendment rights and threaten the industry that makes it possible to exercise them. – Jacob Sullum
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2021/2/16/22285729/gun-control-joe-biden-parkland-shooting-assault-weapons-second-amendment-jacob-sullum

DAILY HERALD
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Kane County may rescind cannabis ban next month – James Fuller (DIERSEN: To push pot on an individual, municipality, county, state, or country is to destroy that individual, municipality, county, state, or country.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20210216/kane-county-may-rescind-cannabis-ban-next-month
— Suburban Democrats eye education funding ahead of Pritzker budget proposal – JJ Bullock
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20210216/suburban-democrats-eye-education-funding-ahead-of-pritzker-budget-proposal
— ‘A complete bungle:’ Texas’ energy pride goes out with cold – AP
https://www.dailyherald.com/article/20210216/business/302169908/

WGLT
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats and RINOs get rid of individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that do not promote LGBTQ.
https://www.wglt.org/post/illinois-fight-lgbtq-rights-continues#stream/0

CHICAGO READER
— ‘Nothing that we do that is worthwhile is done alone’ – Ariel Parrella-Aureli (DIERSEN: Since 2000, my critics/opponents have stressed not only the lack of support that me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters have gotten from many who paint themselves as being religious, conservative, and/or Republican, but how the aforesaid have worked against me and my newsletters. I should write a book about the aforesaid. I would focus on those who have/had lots of religious, conservative, and/or Republican clout in Wheaton’s West District, Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County’s 4th District, DuPage County, and Illinois. I would focus on those who have been candidates on ballots in my precinct since 2000. I would focus on those who promote dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, abolition of the First and Second Amendments, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and/or age discrimination.)
https://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/mariame-kaba-we-do-this-til-we-free-us/Content?oid=86497187

CAPITOL FAX
— 1,348 new confirmed and probable cases; 32 additional deaths; 1,726 hospitalized; 385 in ICU; 2.8 percent average case positivity rate; 3.4 percent average test positivity rate; 63,772 average daily doses
https://capitolfax.com/2021/02/16/1348-new-confirmed-and-probable-cases-32-additional-deaths-1726-hospitalized-385-in-icu-28-percent-average-case-positivity-rate-34-percent-average-test-positivity-rate-63772-average-daily-doses/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Dems’ bill creating a publicly accessible gun registry called ‘very dangerous’ Would require gun owners to buy firearms insurance and ban certain types of ammunition – Jeff Mordock
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/feb/16/gun-registry-bill-sheila-jackson-lee-called-danger/
— Trump tells GOP to ditch McConnell, vows to back primary challengers – Stephen Dinan
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/feb/16/donald-trump-rips-mitch-mcconnell-promises-maga-pr/

FOX NEWS
— Tucker: Elites pushing ‘green energy’ are out of touch with America
https://news.yahoo.com/tucker-elites-pushing-green-energy-013055023.html
— Ingraham: Dems rely on Trump, ‘virus panic’ to hide damage they’ve done
https://news.yahoo.com/ingraham-dems-rely-trump-virus-034605298.html

GOPUSA
— It’s Time For Mitch McConnell To Go
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=106550
— A Massive Power Failure In Texas Points Up The Danger Of Relying On Green Energy
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=106556
— Skepticism, Concern Surround Effectiveness Of COVID Vaccines
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=106546

AMERICAN THINKER
— What will CPAC 2021 reveal about the Republican Party’s direction? – Peter Skurkiss
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2021/02/what_will_cpac_2021_reveal_about_the_republican_partys_direction.html

BREITBART
— The Woke Force: Biden Pentagon Pursues Leftist Domestic Agenda – KRISTINA WONG
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/02/15/the-woke-force-biden-pentagon-pursues-leftist-domestic-agenda/

NEWSMAX
— Utah GOP Members Circulate Petition to Censure Romney for Trump Vote – Charlie McCarthy
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/utah-romney-petition-impeachment/2021/02/15/id/1010109/

TOWNHALL
— Texas’s ‘Nightmare’ Energy Situation Is a Warning to the Rest of America – Leah Barkoukis
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/leahbarkoukis/2021/02/16/texas-freezing-weather-windmills-n2584773

CONSERVATIVE HQ
— H.R.1 – The Democrat Plan To Appoint A National Speech Police Czar
https://www.conservativehq.org/post/h-r-1-the-democrat-plan-to-appoint-a-national-speech-police-czar

PATRIOT POST
— The ‘Mainstream’ Media Attacks Freedom of the Press Big Media wants to quash competition, even at the expense of First Amendment freedoms. – HAROLD HUTCHISON (DIERSEN: The mainstream media is an arm of the Democrat Party.)
https://patriotpost.us/articles/77758-the-mainstream-media-attacks-freedom-of-the-press-2021-02-16

EPOCH TIMES
— Trump Says GOP Won’t Win With McConnell, Plans to Back MAGA Primary Candidates – JACK PHILLIPS
https://www.theepochtimes.com/trump-gop-wont-win-if-they-stick-with-mcconnell-will-back-maga-primary-challengers_3699378.html

POLITICO
— Trump attacks McConnell in fiery statement. McConnell publicly soured on the former president after the Jan. 6 attack, breaking four years of loyal support from the Senate leadership. – MATTHEW CHOI
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/02/16/trump-attacks-mcconnell-in-fiery-statement-469150

THE HILL
— Poll: Majority say Twitter, others should unban Trump now that he’s out of office
https://thehill.com/hilltv/what-americas-thinking/539076-poll-majority-say-twitter-and-social-media-sites-should-unban
— Trump unloads on McConnell, promises MAGA primary challengers – JONATHAN EASLEY
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/539077-trump-unloads-on-mcconnellpromises-maga-primary-challengers
— State parties seek to punish anti-Trump Republicans – JONATHAN EASLEY AND MAX GREENWOOD
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/539074-state-parties-seek-to-punish-anti-trump-republicans

REUTERS
— Trump, Giuliani accused in lawsuit of conspiring to incite Capitol riot
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-lawsuit/trump-giuliani-accused-in-lawsuit-of-conspiring-to-incite-capitol-riot-idUSKBN2AG1WD?il=0

NBC NEWS
— #OpenOurSchools: GOP targets teachers unions in bid to retake suburbs. Republicans say parents have had it with in-home learning and want their kids back in the classroom. – Alex Seitz-Wald and Allan Smith
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/openourschools-gop-targets-teachers-unions-bid-retake-suburbs-n1257899

NEW YORK TIMES
— North Carolina Republicans Censure Richard Burr Over Impeachment Vote – Mike Ives
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/16/us/politics/richard-burr-censure-impeachment.html
— What’s Delaying Boardroom Diversity (DIERSEN: Democrats and RINOs a) run the boardrooms and b) blame Republicans for delayed diversity.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/16/business/dealbook/diversity-corporate-boardrooms.html

BOSTON HERALD
— Former Trump economic adviser Stephen Moore blasts Biden’s economic plan as ‘negative for jobs’ – LISA KASHINSKY
https://www.bostonherald.com/2021/02/16/former-trump-economic-adviser-stephen-moore-blasts-bidens-economic-plan-as-negative-for-jobs/

JD SUPRA
— Illinois Set To Enact New Law Limiting Criminal Convictions In Employment Decisions (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.jdsupra.com/legalnews/illinois-set-to-enact-new-law-limiting-8832497/

NEWSWEEK
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: VERY SAD, TRAGIC: Hate-filled Republican-hating Republican-haters use Erika Harold to promote hatred against Republicans.
https://www.newsweek.com/erika-harold-miss-america-republican-ashamed-twitter-1569636

NPR
— Son Of Prominent Conservative Activist Charged In Capitol Riot – TOM DREISBACH
https://www.npr.org/2021/02/16/968491281/son-of-prominent-conservative-activist-charged-in-capitol-riot

RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— Voters Sharply Divided Over Impeachment Verdict
https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/trump_administration/voters_sharply_divided_over_impeachment_verdict

LGBTQ NATION
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, those who promote LGBTQ promote hatred against Republicans.
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2021/02/integrity-word-republicans-dont-understand-longer/

PATHEOS
— The cult of Christian nationalism – Barbara Alvarez and Anne Nicol Gaylor (DIERSEN: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters use Kinzinger and his relatives to promote hatred against Trump and against Trump’s supporters.)
https://www.patheos.com/blogs/freethoughtnow/the-cult-of-christian-nationalism/

INDEPENDENT
— Adam Kinzinger reveals letter ‘brainwashed’ Trump-loving relatives sent him after he voted for impeachment Six-term Illinois Republican says ‘quite honestly, I don’t care if they do or not’ reach out after disavowing him for impeaching former president – Gino Spocchia
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/adam-kinzinger-trump-family-letter-b1802874.html

DAILY MAIL
— GOP Rep. Adam Kinzinger’s family DISOWNS him for opposing Trump: 11 relatives sign handwritten letter calling him a ‘disappointment to God and Lou Dobbs’ and a member of the ‘devil’s army’ after he backed impeachment. – LUKE KENTON
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9264005/Kinzinger-releases-letter-family-saying-joined-devils-army-backing-Trumps-impeachment.html

February 16 Morning Edition

DAILY HERALD
— Downstate conservative Paul Schimpf running for governor – Renee Trappe
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20210215/downstate-conservative-running-for-governor

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— More than ever, assault weapons are an undeniable threat to representative government. For too long, threats of physical harm have been used to intimidate lawmakers trying to do something about America’s nightmare of gun violence. The Jan. 6 insurrection will only embolden those who make such threats. – Editorial (DIERSEN: Those who advocate more gun controls are anti-law enforcement, anti-Trump, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-heterosexual, anti-traditional marriage/family, anti-non-poor people, anti-gun owners, anti-Christian, anti-Protestant, anti-Italian American, anti-German American, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2021/2/15/22284666/assault-weapons-congress-michigan-joe-biden-editorial

WTTW
— Gun Control Advocates Push for Action in Springfield – Amanda Vinicky (DIERSEN: Those who advocate more gun controls are anti-law enforcement, anti-Trump, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-heterosexual, anti-traditional marriage/family, anti-non-poor people, anti-gun owners, anti-Christian, anti-Protestant, anti-Italian American, anti-German American, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://news.wttw.com/2021/02/15/gun-control-advocates-push-action-springfield

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Schimpf, who ran unsuccessfully for state attorney general in 2014, is the second Republican to declare his candidacy. Businessman Gary Rabine, who heads a paving and roofing company, has also declared he’s running. Reps. Rodney Davis — who isn’t shy about criticizing Pritzker as “an unmitigated disaster” — and Darin LaHood have not ruled out a run for governor. State Sen. Darren Bailey is expected to announce his candidacy next week. And Republican National Committeeman and Chicago attorney Richard Porter is toying with a campaign, too. Davis and LaHood are waiting to see how their districts could be adjusted in the upcoming redistricting process. Along with rejecting Pritzker’s handling of the pandemic, there’s another theme that will play out in the gubernatorial race: who supports Trump. So far, all the GOP contenders do. – Shia Kapos
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2021/02/16/wow-the-snow-schimpf-sets-the-theme-a-census-quandary-illinois-covid-deaths-surpass-20-000-491758

WIREPOINTS
— The states’ 2020 financials are in: Biden’s billions in new federal aid aren’t needed – Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner
https://wirepoints.org/the-states-2020-financials-are-in-bidens-billions-in-new-federal-aid-arent-needed-wirepoints-special-report/

ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, White-haters promote hatred against Whites. How soon, if not already, will your municipality, your township, your county, Illinois, America, and the world officially banish Whites once and for all? Ever-increasingly, those who have religious, government, political, and/or financial clout hint/imply/argue/shout that they hate Whites.
https://news.illinoisstate.edu/2021/02/the-weight-of-whiteness-new-book-by-dr-alison-bailey/

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Unbelievably, Woke Springfield STILL Isn’t Done Indoctrinating Children – Laurie Higgins
https://illinoisfamily.org/education/unbelievably-woke-springfield-still-isnt-done-indoctrinating-children/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— SCHIMPF LAUNCHES 2022 GOP GUBERNATORIAL BID; BAILEY TO ANNOUNCE NEXT WEEK
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2021/02/schimpf-launches-2022-gubernatorial-bid-.html

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Australia’s government said on Tuesday it will amend draft laws that would make Google and Facebook pay for news to clarify that publishers would be paid in lump sums rather than per click on news article links. – AP (DIERSEN: GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletter subscriptions are worth at least $1,000/year. I should write a book about my critics/opponents who are beyond furious that I have the money, time, ability, good health, and motivation needed to put together and to send out a GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletter each and every morning and each and every evening free of charge and without any advertising.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/feb/16/australia-to-amend-laws-to-make-google-and-faceboo/

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Democrats to Introduce Bill that Would Give Citizenship to 11 Million Illegal Aliens – Eric Lendrum
https://amgreatness.com/2021/02/16/democrats-to-introduce-bill-that-would-give-citizenship-to-11-million-illegal-aliens/

BREITBART
— Biden Order Helping Criminal Illegal Aliens Evade Arrest by Feds – JOHN BINDER
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/02/15/report-biden-order-helping-criminal-illegal-aliens-evade-arrest-by-feds/

DAILY CALLER
— Rep. Adam Kinzinger Received Scathing Letter From Family Members After Calling For Trump’s Removal – SCOTT MOREFIELD
https://dailycaller.com/2021/02/15/adam-kinzinger-letter-family-impeach-donald-trump/

NEWS BUSTERS
— Sneaky Brian Williams Quietly Stops Citing Disgraced Lincoln Project – Brad Wilmouth
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/brad-wilmouth/2021/02/16/sneaky-brian-williams-quietly-stops-citing-disgraced-lincoln

PATRIOT POST
— A Border Crisis by Design. The Biden-Harris administration doesn’t give a rip about our borders, our sovereignty, or the safety of our people. – DOUGLAS ANDREWS
https://patriotpost.us/articles/77762-a-border-crisis-by-design-2021-02-16

ONE AMERICA NEWS NETWORK
— Texas GOP Chairman Allen West Slams Biden Immigration Plans
https://www.oann.com/texas-gop-chairman-slams-biden-immigration-plans/

NATIONAL REVIEW
— ‘It’s a Blacklist, Pure and Simple’ – RICH LOWRY (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, hate-filled Republican-hating Republican-haters demand that Republicans blacklist those who hate-filled Republican-hating Republican-haters blacklist. I should write a book about those who blacklist me. I would focus on those who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton’s West District, in Wheaton, in Milton Township, in DuPage County’s 4th District, in DuPage County, and in Illinois. I would focus on those who blame me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters for their problems, for your problems, for my problems, and for everyone’s problems. I would focus on those who have been candidates on ballots in my precinct.)
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/its-a-blacklist-pure-and-simple/

EPOCH TIMES
— Aim of Impeachment Was to Paint All Trump Voters as Criminals: Rep. Mike Johnson – TOM OZIMEK
https://www.theepochtimes.com/aim-of-impeachment-was-to-paint-all-trump-voters-as-criminals-rep-mike-johnson_3697344.html

POLITICO
— Covid wars launch DeSantis into GOP ‘top tier’ The Florida governor’s clashes with the media and reluctance to embrace coronavirus restrictions are fueling conservative chatter about a 2024 presidential bid. – MARC CAPUTO
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/02/16/covid-ron-desantis-2024-469071

THE HILL
— Petition seeking Romney censure circulating among Utah Republicans – JUSTINE COLEMAN
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/538895-petition-seeking-romney-censure-circulating-among-utah-republicans

HUFFINGTON POST
— GOP Rep. Adam Kinzinger’s Family Really Doesn’t Like His Criticism Of Donald Trump. The Illinois Republican received a letter from relatives that slammed him for joining the “Devil’s Army” and for losing the support of Fox News personalities. – Lee Moran
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/adam-kinzinger-family-letter-donald-trump_n_602b898dc5b6f88289fe17b2
— Only Half Of Americans Have Heard Of ‘Cancel Culture’ A HuffPost/YouGov poll found many Americans are unaware of the idea, which has become a major Republican talking point. – Kevin Robillard and Ariel Edwards-Levy (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who have worked the hardest to cancel others. They focus on canceling those 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. I would focus on those who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton’s West District, in Wheaton, in Milton Township, in DuPage County’s 4th District, in DuPage County, and in Illinois. I would focus on those who blame me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters for their problems, for your problems, for my problems, and for everyone’s problems. I would focus on those who have been candidates on ballots in my precinct.)
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/half-americans-heard-cancel-culture-poll_n_602ae40ac5b6f88289fdcf7a

CNN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters a) promote hatred against Kinzinger’s relatives and b) promote sympathy for Kinzinger.
https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2021/02/16/kinzinger-family-shuns-letter-trump-vote-impeachment-vpx.cnn/video/playlists/erin-burnett-outfront/

ABC NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters say “58% of Americans say Trump should’ve been convicted.”
https://news.yahoo.com/58-americans-trump-ve-convicted-101826706.html
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/impeachment-trial-solidified-views-trump-conviction-poll/story?id=75892916

NEW YORK TIMES
— How Stable Is the Democratic Coalition? The party may control the elected branches in Washington. But it may be facing some slippage in support from minority communities. – Eric Kaufmann (DIERSEN: The Democrat coalition consists of individuals, organizations, companies, and governments that are anti-law enforcement, anti-Trump, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-heterosexual, anti-traditional marriage/family, anti-non-poor people, anti-gun owners, anti-Christian, anti-Protestant, anti-Italian American, anti-German American, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/13/opinion/democrats-latino-hispanic-black-asian-american.html
— Read the document. Below is a letter to Representative Adam Kinzinger, Republican of Illinois, from several of his family members who support former President Trump. The Times has redacted the names of some family members who signed the letter but whom we did not interview.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/02/15/us/kinzinger-family-letter.html
— Tracking Viral Misinformation – Sheera Frenkel (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, all government and political news and commentary is misinformation except for the government and political news and commentary that they put out or bless. I should write a book about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who paint themselves as being religious, conservative, and/or Republican. I would focus on those who reject the traditional marriage/family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender preference giving) planks in the Republican Party platform.)
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2020/2020-election-misinformation-distortions
— Spring Break’s New Look: Older and Socially Distant. Beach parties in Florida, Texas and Mexico made headlines a year ago for ignoring virus safety advice. Here’s how the travel ritual will look different in 2021. – Elaine Glusac (DIERSEN: Government is nasty. Politics is nasty. Democrats are nasty. While I worked for the federal government, my Democrat superiors, Democrat supervisors, Democrat coworkers, and Democrat subordinates a) stressed that I avoided the draft and b) stressed that while I was taking spring breaks in 1969, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1974, and 1975, my peers were dying in Vietnam.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/12/travel/spring-break-pandemic.html

WASHINGTON POST
— GOP Rep. Adam Kinzinger’s family bashed him for voting to impeach Trump: ‘We are thoroughly disgusted with you!’ – Katie Shepherd
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/02/16/adam-kinzinger-family-impeachment-trump/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Republican-hating Republican-hater says “Convicting Trump would have required accepting a half-century of Republican guilt. Trump’s guilt wasn’t his alone.” Articles like this encourage Republicans to buy more and more and more firearms and ammunition for their self-defense.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/02/16/convicting-trump-wouldve-required-accepting-half-century-republican-guilt/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Republican-hating Republican-hater says “Trump is the culture war” and “The culture war is the base” and asks “Now what?”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/02/16/trump-is-culture-war-culture-war-is-base-now-what/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Biden Agenda Faces GOP Seeking to Unify in Opposition After Trump Impeachment. Democrats are moving on to cabinet nominees and pandemic relief, which one Republican calls ‘the most radical agenda.’ – Alex Leary
https://www.wsj.com/articles/impeachment-over-biden-agenda-faces-congressional-gop-seeking-to-unify-in-opposition-11613336802
— Pro-Trump Candidates Launch Early Senate, Governor Bids GOP hopefuls in several midterm races are tying themselves closely to the former president and his legacy – Joshua Jamerson
https://www.wsj.com/articles/pro-trump-candidates-launch-early-senate-governor-bids-11613385001
— McConnell Doesn’t Care About Trump Brand in 2022, He Just Wants Electable Candidates. Minority leader’s strategy to GOP regaining Senate: channeling Trump energy while limiting extremist hopefuls. — Siobhan Hughes (DIERSEN: According to hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters, for a Republican candidate to be electable, that candidate must be anti-law enforcement, anti-Trump, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-heterosexual, anti-traditional marriage/family, anti-non-poor people, anti-gun owners, anti-Christian, anti-Protestant, anti-Italian American, anti-German American, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/mcconnell-atop-a-fractious-party-is-open-to-jumping-into-primary-races-11613423935
— After Covid-19 Vaccine, Baby Boomers Grapple With What Activities to Resume. Some of the first Americans to be fully vaccinated against Covid-19, older people still struggle to know what activities are safe – Melanie Grayce West (DIERSEN: Are you a boomer? What activities do you engage in? I shovel snow, mulch grass, rake/mulch leaves, trim bushes, deliver campaign literature in my precinct, etc.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/after-covid-19-vaccine-baby-boomers-grapple-with-what-activities-to-resume-11613401201
— FRONT PAGE: Ban on New Foreign Workers Left U.S. Jobs Unfilled, Even in Covid Downturn. Visa restrictions last year were partly intended to keep more jobs open for Americans as unemployment surged. – Alicia A. Caldwell (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents despise/hate the working class. They stress that I did yard work and delivered newspapers 1962-1964; washed dishes 1964-1966; cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966; delivered mail 1966-1969; worked on an automobile assembly line and as a security guard in 1970; sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971; pumped gasoline 1971-1972; collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980; and audited federal agencies 1980-1997. They hint/imply/argue/shout a) that they would never stoop to take such jobs and b) that holding such jobs proves that you are an abject loser/failure.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/ban-on-new-foreign-workers-left-u-s-jobs-unfilled-even-in-covid-downturn-11613409911
— Acquittal Vindicated the Constitution, Not Trump. Impeachment isn’t a moral tribunal. It is a specific tool with a narrow purpose: restraining government officers. – Mitch McConnell
https://www.wsj.com/articles/acquittal-vindicated-the-constitution-not-trump-11613430190
— Join the Lincoln Project, Drive Off With a Lemon. With convenient timing, the media discover the anti-Trumpers aren’t all they were cracked up to be. – Gerard Baker
https://www.wsj.com/articles/join-the-lincoln-project-drive-off-with-a-lemon-11613407788

BLOOMBERG
— How the GOP Could Rebuild from the Trump ‘Earthquake’ A ‘multiethnic, working class conservatism might just have a chance,’ writes former Romney adviser Oren Cass – Peter Coy (DIERSEN: Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. Platform Republicans support Trump because of what he has done to defend and advance the Republican Party platform.)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-02-16/how-the-gop-could-rebuild-from-the-trump-earthquake

BUSINESS INSIDER
— GOP Rep. Adam Kinzinger’s relatives called him a ‘disappointment to us and to God’ in a scathing letter over his criticism of Trump – Grace Panetta (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, the following promote Kinzinger: individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are anti-law enforcement, anti-Trump, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-heterosexual, anti-traditional marriage/family, anti-non-poor people, anti-gun owners, anti-Christian, anti-Protestant, anti-Italian American, anti-German American, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.businessinsider.com/rep-adam-kinzingers-relatives-call-him-disappointment-to-us-and-to-god-2021-2

USA TODAY
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, hate-filled Republican-hating Republican-haters use Kinzinger to destroy the Republican Party.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2021/02/16/adam-kinzinger-censured-party-family-frets-republican-party-future/6761681002/
— Inside the Lincoln Project’s ‘toxic’ workplace: Accusations of sexual harassment and a culture of infighting – Amanda Becker
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2021/02/15/inside-lincoln-project-claims-harassment-sexism-toxic-workplace/4483922001/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater says “Block Trump from office with the 14th Amendment’s aiding an insurrection exclusion.”
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2021/02/16/ban-trump-from-politics-insurrection-exclusion-column/4488397001/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater says “Far-right extremists went mainstream under Trump. The Capitol attack cements his legacy.”
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2021/02/15/capitol-riots-have-lasting-impact-domestic-terrorism-column/6709778002/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater says “Democrats squandered chance to cripple Trump with all-or-nothing impeachment drive. A bipartisan censure vote could have nipped Trump’s political future in the bud and cut off the escape route McConnell blazed for Republicans.”
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2021/02/15/democrats-should-have-censured-donald-trump-column/4483810001/

SAVANNA MORNING NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, hate-filled Republican-hating Republican-haters demand that Republicans blacklist those who hate-filled Republican-hating Republican-haters blacklist. I should write a book about those who blacklist me. I would focus on those who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton’s West District, in Wheaton, in Milton Township, in DuPage County’s 4th District, in DuPage County, and in Illinois. I would focus on those who blame me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters for their problems, for your problems, for my problems, and for everyone’s problems. I would focus on those who have been candidates on ballots in my precinct.)
https://www.savannahnow.com/story/opinion/2021/02/16/voters-fleeing-republican-party-leaders-refuse-stand-against-trump-greene-and-voter-suppression/4488108001/

DAILY MAIL
— Pelosi says September 11th-style independent commission will probe MAGA riot as GOP lawmakers push her to remove 5,000 National Guard troops from Capitol because it feels like ‘there’s a boogeyman lingering’ in D.C. – GEOFF EARLE
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9263505/Republican-lawmakers-push-Nancy-Pelosi-removal-5-000-National-Guard-troops-protecting-D-C.html