January 11 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Michael Madigan ‘suspending’ campaign to continue as Illinois House speaker
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/madigan-suspending-campaign-to-continue-as-illinois-house-speaker/9561341/
— FBI: Armed protests planned in all 50 states between now and Inauguration Day – Chuck Goudie
https://abc7chicago.com/fbi-armed-protests-planned-in-all-50-states-over-next-10-days/9564979/

NBC5
— DC Attorney General Considers Riot Incitement Charges Against Donald Trump Jr., Giuliani, GOP Rep. Brooks – Dan Mangan
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/business/money-report/d-c-attorney-general-considers-riot-incitement-charges-against-donald-trump-jr-giuliani-gop-rep-brooks/2413647/
— ISP ‘Tracking Possible Events’ at Illinois Capitol This Weekend After FBI Memo. A memo from the FBI warned law enforcement agencies across the country of possible armed protests at all 50 state Capitols
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/isp-tracking-possible-events-at-illinois-capitol-this-weekend-after-fbi-memo/2413772/
— Law Enforcement: We’ll Be Ready for Joe Biden’s Inauguration. Trump is skipping Biden’s inaugural, a decision Biden said was a “good thing,” though Vice President Mike Pence and his wife plan to attend. – Colleen Long and Alexandra Jaffe
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/politics/biden-administration/biden-team-reveals-theme-of-inauguration-america-united/2413636/

CBS2
— Opposition For Illinois Police Reform Bill That Holds Officers Liable For Civil Suits When Violating Constitutional Rights, Requires Body Cameras – Suzanne Le Mignot
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2021/01/11/opposition-for-illinois-police-reform-bill-that-holds-officers-liable-for-civil-suits-when-violating-constitutional-rights-requires-body-cameras/

WGN RADIO
— Germany’s Merkel: Trump’s Twitter eviction ‘problematic’ – AP
https://wgnradio.com/news/germanys-merkel-trumps-twitter-eviction-problematic/

WLS AM
— Pence and Trump finally speak after post-riot estrangement
https://www.wlsam.com/news/pence-and-trump-remain-estranged-in-aftermath-of-riot/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— The exit sign for Mike Madigan is lit. Finish the job, Democrats. – Editorial
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-madigan-resign-house-speaker-20210111-ecq5tluopna4jezf7bi3qe7d7i-story.html
— In politically calculated move, Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan suspends bid for another term but doesn’t bow out – DAN PETRELLA
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-illinois-house-speaker-race-20210111-2ugyt2trtjg65fnlcn2exejtru-story.html
— Madigan suspends speaker bid, is it a path to victory? | Where your Illinois congressman stands on Trump impeachment | FBI warns more violence possible across the US – LISA DONOVAN
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-madigan-pause-speaker-trump-impeachment-illinois-delegation-spin-20210112-vyfb7xmxlnhmld3onnfuozxpbm-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Downstate Republican state legislator who collapsed during House proceedings hoping to leave hospital soon. Jose Durbin, the chief of staff for the Republican Rep. Darren Bailey, said Bailey might return on Tuesday. – Rachel Hinton
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2021/1/11/22224994/darren-bailey-collapse-illinois-house-session-return-tuesday-legislature
— Madigan suspends campaign for House speaker so Democrats ‘can work to find someone, other than me. In a stunning move, the long-serving House speaker, one of the most powerful politicians in the state, is putting on hold his campaign to be re-elected speaker. Fifty-one House Democrats voted for Madigan to remain in the position he’s held for almost four decades in their first round of voting Sunday, short of the 60 needed. – Rachel Hinton
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2021/1/11/22225056/michael-madigan-suspend-campaign-house-speaker-legislature
— Illinois Senate passes firefighter pension bill over mayor’s strenuous objections. City Hall says the bill would saddle beleaguered Chicago taxpayers with $18 million in additional costs the first year, $30 million every year after that and $850 million by 2055. – Fran Spielman
https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2021/1/11/22225434/firefighter-pensions-increase-illinois-senate-bill-passes-chicago-mayor-objects
— Fired for storming the Capitol? Why most workers aren’t protected for what they do on their own time – Elizabeth C. Tippett
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2021/1/11/22225040/fired-for-storming-the-capitol

DAILY HERALD
— Ives to return donations from Inverness businessman charged in Capitol riots – Steve Zalusky
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20210110/ives-to-return-donations-from-inverness-businessman-charged-in-capitol-riots

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Madigan suspends campaign for speaker But he says he’s not ending his bid to be re-elected to lead the Illinois House. – GREG HINZ
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/greg-hinz-politics/madigan-suspends-campaign-speaker

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— Chicago police investigating if employees in Capitol attack – AP
https://www.bnd.com/news/state/illinois/article248437155.html

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Illinois faces major challenges amid COVID fallout as Speaker Madigan struggles to hold onto power – RICK PEARSON
https://www.pantagraph.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/illinois-faces-major-challenges-amid-covid-fallout-as-speaker-madigan-struggles-to-hold-onto-power/article_8182f2da-f29d-5064-a53d-8658ca51f8c4.html

NPR ILLINOIS
— New York State Bar Association Considers Expelling Rudy Giuliani – MERRIT KENNEDY
https://www.nprillinois.org/post/new-york-state-bar-association-considers-expelling-rudy-giuliani#stream/0
— Trump Misses Deadline For Reporting First Census Results To Congress
https://www.nprillinois.org/post/trump-misses-deadline-reporting-first-census-results-congress#stream/0
— Invoking Nazi Germany, Arnold Schwarzenegger Denounces Capitol Siege
(DIERSEN: If Trump-haters invoke Hitler, it is OK, but if Trump-supporters invoke Hitler, it is not OK.)
https://www.nprillinois.org/post/invoking-nazi-germany-arnold-schwarzenegger-denounces-capitol-siege#stream/0
— BLM Activists Cite Difference Between BLM Protests, Capitol Breach – JUANA SUMMERS
https://www.nprillinois.org/post/activists-cite-difference-between-blm-protests-capitol-breach#stream/0
— Facebook Taps Former Obama Official As Vice President Of Civil Rights – BRAKKTON BOOKER
(DIERSEN: Democrats and RINOs use Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion to get rid of Republicans, and especially to get rid of Republicans who are 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.nprillinois.org/post/facebook-taps-former-obama-official-vice-president-civil-civil-rights#stream/0

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Working to bridge the opportunity divide in communities of color across the U.S. – Reyna Harvey
(DIERSEN: Where were you raised? According to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, my being raised in Crete gave me tremendous unfair advantages over minorities and over females notwithstanding the fact that neither of my outstanding parents attended college, my father was the first of his ancestors to earn a high school diploma, and my mother never attended high school.)
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/hidden-history/black-history-month/yearup-working-to-bridge-the-opportunity-divide-in-communities-of-color-across-the-u-s/

BURR RIDGE PATCH
— Burr Ridge Official In Dispute With Bosses. Trustees are set to appoint an acting finance director, while the current one remains on leave. – David Giuliani
https://patch.com/illinois/burrridge/burr-ridge-official-dispute-bosses

CENTER FOR ILLINOIS POLITICS
— Latinos Want Their Population Gains to Increase Their Representation. Madigan may be key. – Derrick Blakley
(DIERSEN: Everyone can ask what percent of those who represent them share their demographics: race, gender, age group, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, marital status, homeowner/renter, income range, net worth range, education, profession, veteran status, health status, liberal/moderate/conservative, political affiliation, Trump hater/supporter, gun owner status, length of time your ancestors have been in America, etc.)
https://www.centerforilpolitics.org/articles/latinos-want-their-population-gains-to-transcend-to-more-representation

ILLINOIS REPUBLICAN PARTY
— ILGOP Announces Open Process & Timeline for Selection of New Chairman
https://mailchi.mp/a6f9781827ce/icymi-pritzker-admin-mia-while-over-20-of-lasalle-veterans-home-residents-die-of-covid-4707208?e=766e44889d
— Illinois Republican Party Chairman Qualifications 2021
https://illinois.gop/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Illinois-Republican-Party-Chairman-Application.pdf

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— MADIGAN FACES REBELLION WITHIN DEMOCRAT HOUSE CAUCUS; 5TH TERM LEFTIST LEADS OPPOSITION
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2021/01/madigan-faces-rebellion-within-democrat-house-caucus-5th-term-leftist-leads-opposition.html
— IL GOP OPENS APPLICATION PROCESS FOR NEXT CHAIRMAN
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2021/01/il-gop-opens-application-process-for-next-chairman.html
— DURBIN, SCHNEIDER BILL COULD DEEM MAGA RALLIES “DOMESTIC TERRORIST ACTIVITY,” CURRAN RESPONDS
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2021/01/durbin-schneider-bill-could-deem-maga-rallies-domestic-terrorist-activity-curran-responds.html
— ILLINOIS DEMOCRATS FOCUS ON PUSHING THROUGH STATEWIDE “DEFUND THE POLICE” BILL THIS WEEK
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2021/01/illinois-democrats-focus-on-pushing-through-statewide-defund-the-police-bill-this-week.html
— WE MUST HEED LINCOLN’S WARNING ABOUT MOB RULE
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2021/01/we-must-heed-lincolns-warning-about-mob-rule.html
— 9 WASTEFUL PROGRAMS FROM MASSIVE SPENDING BILL THAT CAN, AND SHOULD, BE REVERSED
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2021/01/9-wasteful-programs-from-massive-spending-bill-that-can-and-should-be-reversed.html
— BIZ GROUPS OPPOSE PRITZKER’S $500B TAX HIKE ON ILLINOIS’ SMALL BUSINESSES
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2021/01/business-groups-join-to-oppose-pritzkers-500b-tax-hike-on-illinois-small-businesses-.html

CAPITOL FAX
— 4,776 new confirmed and probable cases; 53 additional deaths; 3,540 hospitalized; 759 in ICU; 7.6 percent case positivity rate; 8.9 percent test positivity rate
https://capitolfax.com/2021/01/11/4776-new-confirmed-and-probable-cases-53-additional-deaths-3540-hospitalized-759-in-icu-76-percent-case-positivity-rate-89-percent-test-positivity-rate/
— Who should be the next ILGOP chair? Explain.
https://capitolfax.com/2021/01/11/question-of-the-day-3189/
— Women’s groups now say that new House Speaker must have supported the ERA, HB40 and the RHA
https://capitolfax.com/2021/01/11/womens-groups-now-say-that-new-house-speaker-must-have-supported-the-era-hb40-and-the-rha/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters promote Kinzinger.
https://capitolfax.com/2021/01/11/keep-an-eye-on-kinzinger/
— ISP will have “all available resources at our disposal” to respond to threats
https://capitolfax.com/2021/01/11/isp-will-have-all-available-resources-at-our-disposal-to-respond-to-threats/
— Despite suspension of his campaign, Madigan still has staunch loyalists
https://capitolfax.com/2021/01/11/despite-suspension-of-his-campaign-madigan-still-has-staunch-loyalists/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— GOP blocks Pelosi’s first attempt to punish Trump after Capitol attack – Stephen Dinan
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/jan/11/gop-blocks-pelosis-first-attempt-punish-trump-afte/
— Pompeo slams anti-American ‘woke-ism’ at Voice of America, U.S. broadcast outlets
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/jan/11/pompeo-slams-anti-american-woke-ism-voice-america-/
— Up to 15,000 National Guard troops to be in D.C. for Biden inauguration – Mike Glenn
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/jan/11/15000-national-guard-troops-will-be-dc-biden-inaug/

BLAZE
— Leaders in Germany and France attack Twitter’s move to ban President Trump, blast Big Tech for curbing free speech. ‘Problematic’ – Chris
Field (DIERSEN: Google constructively bans my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails by refusing to treat www.gopillinois.com as being a news website.)
https://www.theblaze.com/news/leaders-germany-france-attack-big-tech-trump-ban
— Nancy Pelosi says ‘whiteness’ to blame for US Capitol riots: ‘That’s what this is about’ ‘People in our country, led by this President, for the moment, who have chosen their whiteness over democracy’ – Chris Enloe
https://www.theblaze.com/news/pelosi-blames-whiteness-capitol-riots
— FBI warns ‘armed protests’ are being planned in all 50 states ahead of Inauguration Day ”A huge uprising’ – Phil Shiver
https://www.theblaze.com/news/fbi-armed-protests-being-planned

TOWNHALL
— Instead of Impeachment, McCarthy Wants Congress to Address Four Other Areas – Beth Baumann
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/bethbaumann/2021/01/11/gop-leader-mccarthy-offers-four-alternatives-to-impeachment-n2582971

ONE NEWS NOW
— Post-Trump GOP being warned: Dems will use H.R. 1 to destroy you – Chad Groening, Billy Davis
https://onenewsnow.com/culture/2021/01/11/post-trump-gop-being-warned-dems-will-use-hr-1-to-destroy-you

EPOCH TIMES
— Twitter Shares Drop by 12 Percent After Company Banned Trump – ZACHARY STIEBER
(DIERSEN: One could argue that Twitter does not exist to make a profit, but that it exists to advance the Democrat, Libertarian, and Green party platforms.)
https://www.theepochtimes.com/twitter-shares-drop-by-12-percent-after-company-banned-trump_3652172.html
— Trump ‘Itching to Defend Himself’ Against Impeachment – ZACHARY STIEBER
https://www.theepochtimes.com/navarro-trump-itching-to-defend-himself-against-impeachment_3652273.html

THE HILL
— House to vote on impeaching Trump Wednesday – SCOTT WONG AND MIKE LILLIS
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/533617-democrats-file-impeachment-article-accusing-trump-of-inciting-attack-on
— Wave of companies cut off donations — much of it to GOP – JULIEGRACE BRUFKE AND ALEX GANGITANO
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/533711-wave-of-companies-cut-off-donations-much-of-it-to-gop
— House Democrats are charging ahead this week to impeach President Trump anew for his role in Wednesday’s attack on the U.S. Capitol — and this time they might have some GOP support. – MIKE LILLIS AND SCOTT WONG
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/533720-republicans-gauge-support-for-trump-impeachment
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Centrist Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.), an Iraq and Afghanistan war vet who’s clashed with Trump, has signaled support for impeachment. “I’ll vote the right way, you know, if I’m presented with that,” Kinzinger said Sunday on ABC’s “This Week” program. “I just think it’s probably not the smartest move right now, but I think that’s going to be out of my hands.” A day later, after the article of impeachment was introduced, Kinzinger’s spokesman struck a harsher tone and indicated the Illinois Republican may very well vote with Democrats. “Congressman Kinzinger is committed to doing what is right, no matter the political cost. What President Trump did last week was incite violence and encourage a mob to attack the United States Capitol. Clearly, the President violated his oath of office and is unfit to serve,” the spokesman said in a statement. Kinzinger won re-election in November by 29 percentage points.)

POLITICO
— House has the votes to impeach Trump for inciting Capitol riots Momentum to impeach the president a second time has only grown since last Wednesday’s attack. – KYLE CHENEY, SARAH FERRIS and HEATHER CAYGLE
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/11/house-trump-impeachment-457440
— Trump Media Empire? Don’t Bet on It. He may desperately need his own platform now that he’s been exiled from Twitter, but it’s going to cost him more than he’s got. – JACK SHAFER
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2021/01/09/trump-building-media-empire-456888

WASHINGTON POST
— Up to 15,000 National Guard members could be deployed in D.C. during inauguration – Dan Lamothe
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2021/01/11/national-guard-protests-riots-capital/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater says “Republicans who aren’t willing to act against sedition are complicit.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/01/11/passivity-is-complicity/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats use Trump to get rid of Republicans once and for all, and especially to get rid of Republicans who are law enforcement officers, Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, gun owners, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. Ever-increasingly, the aforesaid are buying firearms and ammunition for their self-defense.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/01/11/hillary-clinton-impeach-trump-capitol-white-supremacy/

COMMITTEE TO PROTECT JOURNALISTS
— Section 230 reform could have unintended consequences for the press – Madeline Earp
(DIERSEN: My critics/opponents vehemently disapprove of many articles. They should sue those who wrote and published those articles rather than destroying me because I included links in GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails to those articles.)
http://support.cpj.org/site/MessageViewer?em_id=1521.0&dlv_id=5142&pgwrap=n

RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— Most Voters Oppose Slavery Reparations, But Expect Democrats Will Approve Payments
https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/current_events/racism/most_voters_oppose_slavery_reparations_but_expect_democrats_will_approve_payments

January 11, 2021 Morning Edition

ABC7
— Pelosi says House will impeach President Trump, pushes Vice President Pence to oust him – AP
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/pelosi-says-house-will-impeach-trump-pushes-vp-to-oust-him/9551154/

CBS2
— State Rep. Darren Bailey Recovering After Collapsing During House Session
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2021/01/10/state-rep-darren-bailey-recovering-after-collapsing-during-house-session/

WGN RADIO
— Social media ban: Who’s next? – Bob Sirott
https://wgnradio.com/bob-sirott/social-media-ban-whos-next/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— House Democrats vow to move forward with Trump impeachment if Vice President Mike Pence won’t invoke 25th Amendment – AP
https://www.chicagotribune.com/nation-world/ct-nw-congress-trump-impeachment-20210111-py2ic672ufas3bycta2qhge5aq-story.html
— Illinois House Democrats wrangle over Madigan’s future behind closed doors as criminal justice overhaul dominates public debate – JAMIE MUNKS and DAN PETRELLA
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-illinois-lame-duck-session-20210111-rnj4rzyv4zatzkt6m3c6m43mk4-story.html
— Carjackings more than double in Chicago during 2020, police say, perhaps as criminals blended in with masked public – JEREMY GORNER and JONATHON BERLIN
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/criminal-justice/ct-chicago-2020-carjackings-jump-20210111-rf2prz67are4tmddx5zjjagati-htmlstory.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled conservative-hating conservative-hater says “The Capitol riot shows the growing danger of right-wing extremism.”
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/steve-chapman/ct-column-capitol-riot-right-wing-extremism-chapman-20210111-rygjyo7ohzb6ld5pm53ukuwts4-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled White-hating White-hater says “White privilege — and the American caste system — was on display during the insurrection.”
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/dahleen-glanton/ct-glanton-capitol-insurrection-caste-20210111-qfdy3hy3rbeapdm77wmoyc5pmq-story.html
— Reject political ‘woke’ training for teachers – NATHAN HOFFMAN
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/ct-opinion-illinois-education-training-standards-reject-20210108-fm7m44duarcwrdjp2oky346pdi-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— ‘Madigan doesn’t have enough votes’ as longtime Speaker’s post debated in closed caucus meeting. In their first round of voting, Democrats chose between Madigan and Reps. Ann Williams, D-Chicago, Stephanie Kifowit, D-Oswego, and Kathleen Willis, D-Addison, with Madigan the lead vote-getter but without enough to remain speaker. – Rachel Hinton
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2021/1/10/22223878/madigan-doesnt-have-enough-votes-as-longtime-speakers-post-debated-in-closed-caucus-meeting
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters say “For the first time, the U.S. is not having a peaceful transfer of presidential power.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2021/1/10/22224042/not-peaceful-transfer-of-presidential-power-rep-mike-quigley-trump-impeachment-25th-amendment

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Officials pin hopes on Buttigieg as he prepares to steer U.S. transportation – Marni Pyke
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20210111/officials-pin-hopes-on-buttigieg-as-he-prepares-to-steer-us-transportation

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— ‘If Michigan Avenue is dead, Chicago is dead’ With the exit of Macy’s and other retailers, the Mag Mile needs to be reinvented. – ALLY MAROTTI
(DIERSEN: Will pot pushers push for pot shops on every corner? Will booze pushers push for bars on every corner? Will gambling pushers push for gambling parlors on every corner? Will prostitutes push for brothels on every corner? Will homeless advocates push for homeless shelters on every corner?)
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/retail/if-michigan-avenue-dead-chicago-dead

WTTW
— Lightfoot Extends Stay-at-Home Order Until Jan. 22 – Heather Cherone
https://news.wttw.com/2021/01/10/lightfoot-extends-stay-home-order-until-jan-22

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Let the media do its job, legislators – Editorial
(DIERSEN: I should write a book about all the adverse actions that RINO candidates, their RINO major donors, their RINO political consultants, their RINO campaign managers, their RINO campaign staff members, and their RINO campaign volunteers have taken against me since 2000.)
https://www.pantagraph.com/opinion/editorial/our-view-let-the-media-do-its-job-legislators/article_ad8eb304-2676-569e-bfa1-7224c443d100.html

— Police unions, others air concerns over criminal justice proposal pushed by Illinois Legislative Black Caucus – DAN PETRELLA and JAMIE MUNKS
https://www.pantagraph.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/police-unions-others-air-concerns-over-criminal-justice-proposal-pushed-by-illinois-legislative-black-caucus/article_0f794dc4-4fa1-5c7e-b1f9-3a010a569e56.html

QUAD CITY TIMES
— Illinois State House continues to debate police reform omnibus – RAYMON TRONCOSO
https://qctimes.com/illinois-state-house-continues-to-debate-police-reform-omnibus/article_ca67c49e-1c02-5ff4-9880-6d7926612557.html

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Black caucus wants to move fast in lame-duck session – Jim Dey
https://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/jim-dey-black-caucus-wants-to-move-fast-in-lame-duck-session/article_d733297c-067e-570e-bae7-7ca4258d7d38.html

SUBURBAN LIFE
— DuPage County COVID-19 cases decrease with 207 infections reported Sunday, four deaths – Joshua Welge
https://www.shawlocal.com/my-suburban-life/coronavirus/2021/01/11/dupage-county-covid-19-cases-decrease-with-207-infections-reported-sunday-four-deaths/

FOX ILLINOIS
— Supreme Court rejects fast track for Trump election cases – AP
(DIERSEN: Soon, if not already, hate-filled Republican-hating Republican-haters will control all three branches of the federal government.)
https://foxillinois.com/news/beyond-the-podium/supreme-court-rejects-fast-track-for-trump-election-cases
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater says that social media companies can boot Trump. Constructively, social media companies are communication utilities. Utilities cannot boot their customers with giving them “due process.”
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/can-social-media-companies-boot-trump-yes

CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS
— Economic equity bill draws scrutiny – PETER HANCOCK
(DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats blame Whites for the problems that minorities have, and especially Whites who are law enforcement officers, Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, 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.capitolnewsillinois.com/NEWS/economic-equity-bill-draws-scrutiny

WIREPOINTS
— The Capitol Building, Illinois And The Suppression Of Political Dissent – Mark Glennon
https://wirepoints.org/the-capitol-building-illinois-and-the-suppression-of-political-dissent-wirepoints/

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Twitter, Facebook, Google, Apple, and Amazon Collude to Crush Conservatives – Laurie Higgins
(DIERSEN: I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes a) who promote Twitter, Facebook, Google, Apple, and/or Amazon and b) who demonize, denigrate, and condemn conservatives, that is, who demonize, denigrate and condemn Republicans. I would focus on those who lead/led the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and/or Illinois Republican Party.)
https://illinoisfamily.org/media/twitter-facebook-google-apple-and-amazon-collude-to-crush-conservatives/

CAPITOL FAX
— House Speaker election coverage roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2021/01/11/house-speaker-election-coverage-roundup/
— Rep. Villa wants to add pledge not to join white supremacist and hate groups to optional state loyalty oath for candidates
(DIERSEN: Unless your group promotes hatred against Republicans, Democrats call it a hate group.)
https://capitolfax.com/2021/01/11/rep-villa-wants-to-add-pledge-not-to-join-white-supremacist-groups-and-hate-groups-to-optional-state-loyalty-oath/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Republican-haters say “When gradually reducing state funding for municipalities because of non-compliance with a state law is called defunding the police.”
https://capitolfax.com/2021/01/11/when-gradually-reducing-state-funding-for-municipalities-because-of-non-compliance-with-a-state-law-is-called-defunding-the-police/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— ‘Wipe people out’: Republicans blast Big Tech’s bid to ‘erase’ Trump, supporters – Ryan Lovelace
(DIERSEN: How will the following respond to efforts by hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters to wipe the following out: a) the 2,446,891 in Illinois who voted for Trump, b) the 193,611 in DuPage County who voted for Trump, c) the 20,080 in Milton Township who voted for Trump, and d) the 157 in my precinct who voted for Trump? Will Trump supporters buy more and more and more firearms and ammunition for their self-defense?)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/jan/10/marco-rubio-rips-big-tech-attempts-erase-trump/

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Organizations Linked to Chinese Military Are a Cash Cow for American Colleges. Universities received $88 million from CCP entities behind cyber attacks and espionage. – Yuichiro Kakutani and Jack Beyrer
https://freebeacon.com/campus/organizations-linked-to-chinese-military-are-a-cash-cow-for-american-colleges/

GOPUSA
— Pelosi Blames ‘Whiteness’ For Protest In DC
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=100324

DAILY CALLER
— Marco Rubio: The Left Is Using The Capitol Riot As ‘An Opportunity To Destroy The Right’ – DAVID KRAYDEN
(DIERSEN: Democrat plant, Libertarian plant, Green plant, Independent plant, and RINO leaders of the following will use the Capitol Riot to get rid of conservatives, that is, to get rid of Republicans, in the following once and for all: a) Illinois Republican Party, b) DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and c) Milton Township Republican Organization.)
https://dailycaller.com/2021/01/10/marco-rubio-left-using-capitol-riot-destroy-right/
— Rep. Adam Kinzinger Doesn’t Think Impeachment ‘Is The Smart Move’ – BRANDON GILLESPIE
https://dailycaller.com/2021/01/10/adam-kinzinger-impeachment-donald-trump-abc-george-stephanopoulos-capitol-riot/
— Maricopa County Republicans Vote To Censure Jeff Flake, Arizona GOP Schedules Cindy McCain Vote – SCOTT MOREFIELD
(DIERSEN: I should write a book those who tried in 2006 to get the Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) to censure me for my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails. I would focus on a) candidates on ballots in my precinct who have lost elections, b) their major donors, c) their political consultants, d) their campaign managers, e) their campaign staff members, and f) their campaign volunteers. Better yet, I should sue them. They saw me as being an “easy target” a) because the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Milton Township Republican Organization, and Wheaton Chamber of Commerce reject me and reject my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails and b) because TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, ICRC, and American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter rejected me and rejected my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails.)
https://dailycaller.com/2021/01/10/maricopa-county-republican-committee-censure-jeff-flake-cindy-mccain/

DAILY WIRE
— Biden: ‘Priority’ For Economic Business Relief To Be Made Based In Part On Race, Gender – Ryan Saavedra
(DIERSEN: How soon will the Democrats who run your municipality, your township, your county, Illinois, and America succeed in getting rid of the remaining Republican residents, organizations, companies, and governments in your municipality, in your township, in your county, in Illinois, and in America?)
https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-priority-for-economic-business-relief-to-be-made-based-on-race-gender

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— The claim that Parler represents some unique risk to public safety is a lie driven by politics – William A. Jacobson
(DIERSEN: Since 2000, my critics/opponents have claimed that me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails have caused all the losses that Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct have suffered. I should write a book about my critics/opponents. Better yet, I should sue them.)
https://legalinsurrection.com/2021/01/democrats-and-their-tech-oligopoly-friends-are-drunk-with-internet-power/

EPOCH TIMES
— Pelosi Says House to Move Forward With Impeachment Attempt If Pence Doesn’t Respond – JACK PHILLIPS
https://www.theepochtimes.com/top-house-democrat-resolution-will-be-introduced-to-charge-trump-with-inciting-sedition_3650716.html
— Democrats Cannot Impeach Trump, and You Can’t Impeach Him After Leaving Office: Dershowitz
https://www.theepochtimes.com/democrats-cannot-impeach-trump-and-you-cant-impeach-him-after-leaving-office-dershowitz_3650853.html

THE HILL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater asks “Will Pence be able to escape the Trump stain?”
https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/533520-will-pence-be-able-to-escape-the-trump-stain
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater says “Most of 120 arrested or identified at Capitol riot were longtime Trump supporters.” If you truly are a Trump supporter, you do not break laws.
https://thehill.com/homenews/news/533579-most-of-120-arrested-or-identified-at-capitol-riot-were-longtime-trump

CNN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater says “A historic percentage of Americans want Trump removed from office.”
https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/10/politics/poll-impeach-trump-historic-number/index.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater says “Corporate America pulls the plug on President Trump.” How soon, if not already, will corporate America officially announce that it is going to destroy individuals, destroy organizations, destroy companies, destroy governments, and destroy 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.cnn.com/2021/01/11/investing/premarket-stocks-trading/index.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater says “Trump faces shameful prospect of second impeachment with Democrats set to move quickly this week.”
https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/11/politics/donald-trump-democrats-impeachment-capitol-riot/index.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters say “House Democrats would impeach Trump for incitement of insurrection.”
https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/11/politics/house-democrats-impeachment-plans/index.html

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater says “Trump remains defiant amid calls to resign.”
https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-media-social-media-coronavirus-pandemic-impeachments-f394a16b6f1c55042eb3531f5986a14e
— Capitol police were overrun, ‘left naked’ against rioters – COLLEEN LONG, MICHAEL BALSAMO and LISA MASCARO
https://apnews.com/article/politics-police-riots-michael-pence-capitol-siege-c3a5973a68c699ff6a57cdd76d675e29

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters say “Inside a Deadly Siege: How a String of Failures Led to a Dark Day at the Capitol. Poor planning among a constellation of government agencies and a restive crowd encouraged by President Trump set the stage for the unthinkable.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/10/us/politics/capitol-siege-security.html
— Stripped of Twitter, Trump Faces a New Challenge: How to Command Attention. Mr. Trump became a celebrity through television, but Twitter had given him a singular outlet for expressing himself as he is, unfiltered by the norms of the presidency. – Maggie Haberman
(DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who succeeded in 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, and my GAO employment in 1997.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/10/us/politics/trump-twitter.html
— Police Reassess Security for Inauguration and Demonstrations After Capitol Attack. In the wake of last week’s assault on the Capitol, Mayor Muriel E. Bowser of Washington called for officials to expedite security preparations for the inauguration. – Alan Feuer
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/10/us/inauguration-security-police.html
— How Parler, a Chosen App of Trump Fans, Became a Test of Free Speech. The app has renewed a debate about who holds power over online speech after the tech giants yanked their support for it and left it fighting for survival. Parler went dark early on Monday. – Jack Nicas and Davey Alba
(DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who have worked the hardest a) to stop me from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails and b) to stop everyone from reading those emails, that is, those who have worked the hardest to deny me my First Amendment rights. Better yet, I should sue them.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/10/technology/parler-app-trump-free-speech.html

WASHINGTON POST
— House Democrats introduce article of impeachment charging Trump with ‘incitement of insurrection’ – John Wagner and Paulina Firozi
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/01/11/trump-impeachment-biden-transition-live-updates/
— Outgoing Capitol Police chief: House, Senate security officials hamstrung efforts to call in National Guard – Carol D. Leonnig, Aaron C. Davis, Peter Hermann and Karoun Demirjian
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/sund-riot-national-guard/2021/01/10/fc2ce7d4-5384-11eb-a817-e5e7f8a406d6_story.html
— The Capitol mob: a raging collection of grievances and disillusionment. Drawn by Trump, the rioters came from all over, angered by masks, lockdowns and the election. – Amy Brittain, Julie Zauzmer, Jenn Abelson, David Willman and Nicole Dungca
https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2021/01/10/capitol-rioters-identified-arrested/
— PGA of America pulls PGA Championship from Trump’s N.J. golf course – David A. Fahrenthold, Jonathan O’Connell and Barry Svrluga
(DIERSEN: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters want the following to get rid of individuals, organizations, companies, and governments that support Trump once and for all: a) foreign countries, b) those who lead America, Illinois, your county, your township, your municipality, c) employers, d) organizations, e) etc.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-pga-golf/2021/01/10/c0384264-51ea-11eb-bda4-615aaefd0555_story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater says “As Trump leaves office weakened; Republicans wonder if his wounds are fatal.” What wounds have your critics/opponents inflicted on you? My critics/opponents ended 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, and my GAO employment in 1997.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-weak-mob-attack/2021/01/10/620f284a-5223-11eb-83e3-322644d82356_story.html

NEW YORK POST
— What the left wants to ignore about slain Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick – Matthew Schmitz
https://nypost.com/2021/01/10/what-the-left-wants-to-ignore-about-slain-capitol-police-officer/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Once Trump Leaves, Who’s Left to Blame? People of all political stripes can’t help but project every problem onto evil politicians. – Andy Kessler
https://www.wsj.com/articles/once-trump-leaves-whos-left-to-blame-11610314313
— The Progressive Purge Begins. Tech’s stampede against the right will lead to more populist anger. – Editorial
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-progressive-purge-begins-11610319376
— No, Trump Isn’t Guilty of Incitement. Inflaming emotions isn’t a crime. The president didn’t mention violence, much less provoke it. – Jeffrey Scott Shapiro
https://www.wsj.com/articles/no-trump-isnt-guilty-of-incitement-11610303966
— Capitol Riot Prompts Some Big Banks and Companies to Pause Political Funding. JPMorgan and Citigroup to halt all PAC donations; Blue Cross and Marriott pause funding to Republicans who objected to Electoral College results – Emily Glazer, Theo Francis and Chip Cutter
(DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will Big Business officially announce that it is going to destroy individuals, destroy organizations, destroy companies, destroy governments, and destroy countries that are law enforcement, Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, gun owners, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/capitol-riot-prompts-some-big-banks-and-companies-to-pause-political-funding-11610315288
— Parler Goes Dark After Amazon Kicks Site Off Its Servers. Move reflects growing efforts by big technology companies to restrict content they label as dangerous – Sam Schechner
(DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who hypocritically viciously punish me for including links in GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails to articles that they do not like, but who hypocritically have not taken any adverse action against those who wrote and published those articles. They see me as being an “easy target” a) because the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Milton Township Republican Organization, and Wheaton Chamber of Commerce reject me and reject my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails and b) because TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Illinois Center Right Coalition, and American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter rejected me and rejected my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/parler-goes-dark-after-amazon-kicks-site-off-its-servers-11610363052
— PGA Removes 2022 Championship From Trump’s N.J. Golf Course. The PGA of America said it had terminated the agreement to play the tournament, one of golf’s majors, at Trump’s Bedminister, N.J. course. The move comes in the aftermath of last week’s riot at the U.S. Capitol. – Andrew Beaton and Louise Radnofsky
(DIERSEN: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters want the following to get rid of individuals, organizations, companies, and governments that support Trump once and for all: a) foreign countries, b) those who lead America, Illinois, your county, your township, your municipality, c) employers, d) organizations, e) etc.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/pga-removes-2022-championship-from-trumps-n-j-golf-course-11610338857
— TikTok and Discord Are the New Wall Street Trading Desks. Pandemic has led to surge of day trading, helping push stocks like NIO and Tesla to records amid online buzz. – Caitlin McCabe, Gunjan Banerji and Mischa Frankl-Duval
https://www.wsj.com/articles/tiktok-and-discord-are-the-new-wall-street-trading-desks-11610361004
— Remote Work Eases Coming Out for Transgender Employees. Working from home has helped some transgender employees adapt to their new identities. – Francesca Fontana
(DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, a) will employers officially get rid of their employees who do not promote LGBTQ, b) will organizations officially get rid of their members who do not promote LGBTQ, and c) will businesses officially refuse to do business with those who do not promote LGBTQ?)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/coming-out-to-co-workers-11610298000

BLOOMBERG
— Revoke Social Media’s Legal Shield, But for the Right Reason
(DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who hypocritically viciously punish me for including links in GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails to articles that they do not like, but who hypocritically have not taken any adverse action against those who wrote and published those articles. They see me as being an “easy target” a) because the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Milton Township Republican Organization, and Wheaton Chamber of Commerce reject me and reject my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails and b) because TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Illinois Center Right Coalition, and American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter rejected me and rejected my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails.)
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-01-10/revoke-shield-for-twitter-and-facebook-but-for-the-right-reason
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater says “Trump plans defiant final week as many democrats urge his ouster.”
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-01-10/trump-plans-defiant-final-week-as-many-democrats-urge-his-ouster

USA TODAY
— What their selfie obsession revealed about the psychology of the pro-Trump rioters. “Social media groups can trick users into thinking that their real identities are concealed by virtual ones.” – Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy
https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2021/01/08/capitol-riot-selfies-why-washington-dc-rioters-used-social-media/6597504002/

NEWSWEEK
— Colin Powell Says He’s No Longer a Republican After Calling on Trump to Resign Like Nixon – CHRISTINA ZHAO
(DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who claim to be Republican, but talk and/or act like they are Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, Green plants, Independent plants, or RINOs. The Democrat news media loves them.)
https://www.newsweek.com/colin-powell-says-hes-no-longer-republican-after-calling-trump-resign-like-nixon-1560350

WASHINGTON MONTHLY
— How Biden Can Use Federal Power to Liberate Localities. Reversing the GOP’s war against municipal self-government would be good policy and good politics. – Daniel Block
(DIERSEN: I should write a book about those in Wheaton who want Wheaton’s Mayor and its City Council Members a) to get rid of individuals, organizations, and companies in Wheaton that are law enforcement officers, Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, gun owners, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time and/or b) to promote dependency on government, dependency on charity, BLM, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, abolition of the First and Second Amendments, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination.)
https://washingtonmonthly.com/magazine/january-february-march-2021/how-biden-can-use-federal-power-to-liberate-localities/

FORBES
— Conservative Social Media App Parler Is Pretty Much Dead – Abram Brown
(DIERSEN: I should write a book about the biggest conservative-haters in Illinois, in DuPage County, in Milton Township, and in Wheaton who falsely claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/abrambrown/2021/01/10/conservative-social-media-app-parler-is-pretty-much-dead/

OUR STATE
— How Mount Olive Welcomed Newcomers and Created Community – Jennifer Brookland
(DIERSEN: I should write a book about how the Republican DuPage County, the Republican Milton Township, and the Republican Wheaton have profusely welcomed Democrat newcomers who are anti-law enforcement, anti-Trump, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-heterosexual, anti-traditional marriage, 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. Ever-increasingly, those Democrat newcomers are getting rid of Republican residents, Republican organizations, and Republican companies in DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton once and for all.)
https://www.ourstate.com/mount-olive-welcomed-haitian-immigrants-created-community/

AXIOS
— All the platforms that have banned or restricted Trump so far – Sara Fischer, Ashley Gold
(DIERSEN: I should write a book about the biggest Trump-haters in Illinois, in DuPage County, in Milton Township, and in Wheaton who state that they are religious, conservative, and/or Republican.)
https://www.axios.com/platforms-social-media-ban-restrict-trump-d9e44f3c-8366-4ba9-a8a1-7f3114f920f1.html

INDEPENDENT
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters say “Trump supporters plotting second ‘insurrection’ before Biden’s inauguration, says Scaramucci. Former staffer says president ‘has to be taken away from the White House’ and warns of further attacks.”
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-election-2020/trump-biden-inauguration-capitol-riot-b1785382.html

January 10 Morning Edition

ABC7
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump haters say “Trump should be removed from office after Capitol riots.”
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/majority-of-americans-say-trump-should-be-removed-from-office-poll/9525912/

CBS2
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump haters “Call For President Trump To ‘Pack Up And Go’ Outside Trump Tower.”
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2021/01/09/activists-call-for-president-trump-to-pack-up-and-go-outside-trump-tower/
— Rally Held In Favor Of Ending COVID-19 Restrictions, Including School Closures
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2021/01/09/rally-held-in-favor-of-ending-covid-19-restrictions-including-school-closures/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Illinois faces major challenges amid COVID fallout as Speaker Madigan struggles to hold onto power – RICK PEARSON
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-michael-madigan-illinois-future-20210110-hq32qs55nrdvbj52u3bgdvgl4u-story.html
— Police unions, others air concerns over criminal justice proposal pushed by Legislative Black Caucus: ‘This bill goes beyond reasonable reform’ – DAN PETRELLA and JAMIE MUNKS
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-illinois-general-assembly-lame-duck-20210110-pxve2aleqbgzlitx3eafcm7y24-story.html
— Backlash from many fellow Republicans is swift for Josh Hawley and Ted Cruz – AP
https://www.chicagotribune.com/election-2020/ct-josh-hawley-capitol-backlash-20210108-775mnvr2mbfmpofydrparxpuii-story.html
— Man killed in shootout with Evanston cops went on rampage in Chicago first, killing 3 — including University of Chicago student — and wounding 3 – ROSEMARY SOBOL, PAIGE FRY and ALICE YIN
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-evanston-police-shooting-20210110-fuuvp77odzcnbdpobhiztnthca-story.html

WBEZ
— Ives To Return Campaign Cash From CEO Bradley Rukstales Charged In Capitol Riot – Dan Mihalopoulos
https://www.wbez.org/stories/illinois-politician-to-return-campaign-cash-from-ceo-charged-in-capitol-riot/467252da-3441-45b3-8a01-88eb9aea4a28

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Higher education reform bill unveiled – PETER HANCOCK
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/2021/01/09/legislature-considers-higher-education-reform-bill/6612844002/

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater says “Though Trump may be leaving, fascism lingers.”
https://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/real-talk-though-trump-may-be-leaving-fascism-lingers/article_7195582f-7dd5-561c-8dde-a16826c0cbe8.html

SUBURBAN LIFE
— Woman in her 40s among four COVID-19 deaths reported in DuPage County Saturday, 342 new cases – Joshua Welge
https://www.shawlocal.com/my-suburban-life/coronavirus/2021/01/09/woman-in-her-40s-among-four-covid-19-deaths-reported-in-dupage-county-saturday-342-new-cases/

WSIL TV
— Advocates, opponents make their case to lawmakers on massive criminal justice proposal – Mike Miletich
https://wsiltv.com/2021/01/09/advocates-opponents-make-their-case-to-lawmakers-on-massive-criminal-justice-proposal/

FOX ILLINOIS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump haters say “Squelched by Twitter, Trump seeks new online megaphone.”
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/squelched-by-twitter-trump-seeks-new-online-megaphone

NPR ILLINOIS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump haters say “Trumpism Suffers Untold Damage In Its Collision With The U.S. Capitol.”
https://www.npr.org/2021/01/09/954891484/trumpism-suffers-untold-damage-in-its-collision-with-the-u-s-capitol
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump haters say “Now The World Gets To See The Difference’ BLM Protesters On The Capitol Attack.”
https://www.nprillinois.org/post/now-world-gets-see-difference-blm-protesters-capitol-attack#stream/0
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater says “The Lies We Tell Ourselves About Race.”
https://www.nprillinois.org/post/lies-we-tell-ourselves-about-race#stream/0

CENTER SQUARE
— Measure creating reparations committee advances at Illinois statehouse – Greg Bishop
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/measure-creating-reparations-committee-advances-at-illinois-statehouse/article_fd40269c-52c9-11eb-9cb7-a76b09aa4b5b.html
— Sweeping last-minute changes to Illinois system of justice faces opposition from police groups – Greg Bishop
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/sweeping-last-minute-changes-to-illinois-system-of-justice-faces-opposition-from-police-groups/article_6d196cd6-52c4-11eb-998d-3b28e4dc43a3.html

WIRE POINTS
— The Illinois General Assembly finally meets, but won’t tackle what matters. – Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner
https://wirepoints.org/the-illinois-general-assembly-finally-meets-but-wont-tackle-what-matters-wirepoints/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Republicans slam Dems’ months-long ‘defund the police’ push in wake of Capitol attack – Valerie Richardson
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/jan/10/republicans-slam-dems-months-long-defund-police-pu/
— How to save the Republican Party. Trump has brought the party to the brink of extinction. – Alex Blecker
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/jan/9/how-to-save-the-republican-party/

FOX NEWS
— Conservatives, others claim Twitter removed thousands of followers. The drop could be due to many users voluntarily leaving Twitter for Parler, as well. – Peter Aitken
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/conservatives-celebrities-claim-twitter-removed-thousands-followers
— Twitter, Facebook banning of Trump continues crackdown on conservatives — censorship dangerous. People applauding the banning of President Trump by Big Tech would be outraged if the companies took the same action against radical Democrats. – Patrice Lee Onwuka
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/trump-twitter-facebook-patrice-onwuka
— Trump’s standing in GOP takes a hit after Capitol riots, Georgia loss: ‘This hurts,’ strategist says. A Republican strategist calls the suspension of Trump’s Twitter account ‘a major blow’ – Paul Steinhauser
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trumps-standing-gop-takes-hit

BLAZE
— Top Republican senator declares President Trump committed ‘impeachable offenses’ The highest-ranking Senate Republican to make such a declaration – Chris Enloe
https://www.theblaze.com/news/pat-toomey-trump-impeachable-offenses

NEWSMAX
— Because of Big Tech, ‘We Don’t Have a Free Country’ – Phill Kline
https://www.newsmax.com/us/phillkline-bigtech-trump-censorship/2021/01/09/id/1004921/

PJ MEDIA
— Big Tech Siege Continues: Amazon Follows Google and Apple in Getting Rid of Parler – VICTORIA TAFT
https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/victoria-taft/2021/01/09/big-tech-siege-continues-amazon-follows-google-and-apple-in-getting-rid-of-parler-n1327671

DAILY NEWS
— Political Director Of ABC News Talks About ‘Cleansing’ America Of Trump Supporters
(DIERSEN: Who will take the lead in the following to cleanse Trump supporters once and for all: a) your precinct, b) your municipal district, c) your municipality, d) your township, e) your county district, f) your county, g) your congressional district, h) Illinois, i) America, j) your township/ward Republican organization, k) your Republican county party organization, and l) Illinois Republican Party? 2,446,891 in Illinois voted for Trump. 193,611 in DuPage County voted for Trump. 20,080 in Milton Township voted for Trump. 157 in my precinct voted for Trump. What does the future hold for Trump supporters? From what I see, the more of the following that is true about you, the more that hate-filled Trump-hating Trump haters will do to get rid of you once and for all: a) shared articles that were favorable to Trump, b) cast a Republican ballot in the March 17, 2020 primary, c) voted for Trump in the November 3, 2020 election, d) displayed a Trump yard sign, e) attended a Trump rally, f) gave money to Trump, and/or g) serve as a Republican Precinct Committeeman/Captain.)
https://dailyheadlines.net/political-director-of-abc-news-talks-about-cleansing-america-of-trump-supporters/

LUTHERAN CHURCH CHARITIES
— Focus on What Matters – Tim Hetzner
(DIERSEN: I focus on putting together and sending out a GOPUSA ILLINOIS email every morning and every evening. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes focus on a) stopping me from putting together and sending out those emails and b) stopping everyone from reading those emails.)
https://devotions1.lccportal.org/2021/01/10/focus-on-what-matters/

EPOCH TIMES
— Amazon to Remove Parler From Its Web Hosting Service – JANITA KAN
https://www.theepochtimes.com/amazon-to-remove-parler-from-its-web-hosting-service_3650535.html

THE HILL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump haters says “Republicans wrestle over removing Trump.”
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/533458-republicans-wrestle-over-removing-trump
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump hater says “Trump supporters organized the Capitol riot online.” Who will take the lead in the following to get rid of Trump supporters once and for all: a) your precinct, b) your municipal district, c) your municipality, d) your township, e) your county district, f) your county, g) your congressional district, h) Illinois, i) America, j) your township/ward Republican organization, k) your Republican county party organization, and l) Illinois Republican Party? 2,446,891 in Illinois voted for Trump. 193,611 in DuPage County voted for Trump. 20,080 in Milton Township voted for Trump. 157 in my precinct voted for Trump. What does the future hold for Trump supporters? From what I see, the more of the following that is true about you, the more that hate-filled Trump-hating Trump haters will do to get rid of you once and for all: a) shared articles that were favorable to Trump, b) cast a Republican ballot in the March 17, 2020 primary, c) voted for Trump in the November 3, 2020 election, d) displayed a Trump yard sign, e) attended a Trump rally, f) gave money to Trump, and/or g) serve as a Republican Precinct Committeeman/Captain.)
https://thehill.com/policy/technology/533450-trump-supporters-organized-the-capitol-riot-online
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump hater say “The fight for the Latino vote has just begun.”
https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/533476-the-fight-for-the-latino-vote-has-just-begun

CNN
— Democratic National Committee eyes new mandate in post-Trump era – Dan Merica
(DIERSEN: Who will take the lead in the following to get rid of Trump supporters once and for all: a) your precinct, b) your municipal district, c) your municipality, d) your township, e) your county district, f) your county, g) your congressional district, h) Illinois, i) America, j) your township/ward Republican organization, k) your Republican county party organization, and l) Illinois Republican Party? 2,446,891 in Illinois voted for Trump. 193,611 in DuPage County voted for Trump. 20,080 in Milton Township voted for Trump. 157 in my precinct voted for Trump. What does the future hold for Trump supporters? From what I see, the more of the following that is true about you, the more that hate-filled Trump-hating Trump haters will do to get rid of you once and for all: a) shared articles that were favorable to Trump, b) cast a Republican ballot in the March 17, 2020 primary, c) voted for Trump in the November 3, 2020 election, d) displayed a Trump yard sign, e) attended a Trump rally, f) gave money to Trump, and/or g) serve as a Republican Precinct Committeeman/Captain.)
https://www.wicz.com/story/43149072/democratic-national-committee-eyes-new-mandate-in-post-trump-era

NBC NEWS
— Amazon suspends hosting Parler on its servers over violent content. Google and Apple suspended the conservative-oriented social media platform after Trump supporters stormed the Capitol. – Ahiza García-Hodges and Dennis Romero
(DIERSEN: Who will take the lead in the following to get rid of Trump supporters once and for all: a) your precinct, b) your municipal district, c) your municipality, d) your township, e) your county district, f) your county, g) your congressional district, h) Illinois, i) America, j) your township/ward Republican organization, k) your Republican county party organization, and l) Illinois Republican Party? 2,446,891 in Illinois voted for Trump. 193,611 in DuPage County voted for Trump. 20,080 in Milton Township voted for Trump. 157 in my precinct voted for Trump. What does the future hold for Trump supporters? From what I see, the more of the following that is true about you, the more that hate-filled Trump-hating Trump haters will do to get rid of you once and for all: a) shared articles that were favorable to Trump, b) cast a Republican ballot in the March 17, 2020 primary, c) voted for Trump in the November 3, 2020 election, d) displayed a Trump yard sign, e) attended a Trump rally, f) gave money to Trump, and/or g) serve as a Republican Precinct Committeeman/Captain.)
https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/amazon-suspends-hosting-parler-its-servers-citing-violent-content-n1253648
— Travel security tightened for members of Congress after harassment. The new measures come after at least three lawmakers were confronted at airports by Trump supporters. – Alex Moe and Alicia Victoria Lozano
(DIERSEN: Who will take the lead in the following to get rid of Trump supporters once and for all: a) your precinct, b) your municipal district, c) your municipality, d) your township, e) your county district, f) your county, g) your congressional district, h) Illinois, i) America, j) your township/ward Republican organization, k) your Republican county party organization, and l) Illinois Republican Party? 2,446,891 in Illinois voted for Trump. 193,611 in DuPage County voted for Trump. 20,080 in Milton Township voted for Trump. 157 in my precinct voted for Trump. What does the future hold for Trump supporters? From what I see, the more of the following that is true about you, the more that hate-filled Trump-hating Trump haters will do to get rid of you once and for all: a) shared articles that were favorable to Trump, b) cast a Republican ballot in the March 17, 2020 primary, c) voted for Trump in the November 3, 2020 election, d) displayed a Trump yard sign, e) attended a Trump rally, f) gave money to Trump, and/or g) serve as a Republican Precinct Committeeman/Captain.)
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/travel-security-tightened-members-congress-after-harassment-n1253647

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump haters says “Trump Isn’t the Only One. Facebook and Twitter should target others who have large followings and spread misinformation.” According to my critics/opponents, my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails spread misinformation. According to them, all government and political news and commentary is misinformation except for the government and political news and commentary that they put out or bless. My critics/opponents viciously punish me for my including links in GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails to articles that they do not like. I should write a book about my critics/opponents. They blame me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails for their problems, for your problems, for my problems, and for everyone’s problems.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/08/technology/trump-misinformation-superspreaders.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump hater says “As Trump Reels, Fox News Has a Message for Viewers: Stick With Us. As allies abandon the president, his favorite network revives familiar villains for the Biden era. And the prospects for a Trump TV media venture are greatly diminished.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/09/business/media/fox-news-trump-tv.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump haters say “Despite Chaos and Big Losses, Republicans Still Control Most of Georgia. Democrats had huge breakthroughs in winning the presidential vote and two Senate runoff elections. But power in the state’s government largely remains in the hands of Republicans.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/10/us/10georgia-republicans.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump haters says “The G.O.P.’s New Distancing Policy After years of excusing or ignoring President Trump’s most inflammatory rhetoric, many Republicans are backing away at the last minute.” Those who distance themselves from me a) reject the traditional marriage/family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks in the Republican Party platform, b) 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, c) focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate, d) focus on destroying those like me who do not glorify and praise them, do not pander to them, do not serve as one of their operatives or dupes, and/or do not give money to them, and/or e) were defendants in lawsuits that I have filed.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/09/us/politics/republicans-trump-capitol.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Amazon suspends Parler, threatening to take pro-Trump site offline indefinitely – Tony Romm and Rachel Lerman
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/01/09/amazon-parler-suspension/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump haters say “Capitol siege was planned online. Trump supporters now planning the next one. Twitter cited dangerous talk and online planning in banning Trump’s account.” Who will take the lead in the following to get rid of Trump supporters once and for all: a) your precinct, b) your municipal district, c) your municipality, d) your township, e) your county district, f) your county, g) your congressional district, h) Illinois, i) America, j) your township/ward Republican organization, k) your Republican county party organization, and l) Illinois Republican Party? 2,446,891 in Illinois voted for Trump. 193,611 in DuPage County voted for Trump. 20,080 in Milton Township voted for Trump. 157 in my precinct voted for Trump. What does the future hold for Trump supporters? From what I see, the more of the following that is true about you, the more that hate-filled Trump-hating Trump haters will do to get rid of you once and for all: a) shared articles that were favorable to Trump, b) cast a Republican ballot in the March 17, 2020 primary, c) voted for Trump in the November 3, 2020 election, d) displayed a Trump yard sign, e) attended a Trump rally, f) gave money to Trump, and/or g) serve as a Republican Precinct Committeeman/Captain.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/01/09/trump-twitter-protests/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump haters says “This is the America that Black people know.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/01/09/cori-bush-capitol-mob-white-supremacy-government/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump hater says “For anti-Trump Americans, calamity spurs a muted sense of vindication.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/capitol-riot–vindication-trump/2021/01/09/4195a966-5216-11eb-bda4-615aaefd0555_story.html

DESERET
— Who is the most trusted voice in America? – Dennis Romboy
(DIERSEN: I should ask the following who is their most trusted source for government and political news and commentary and why: a) the leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party, b) the leaders of Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois, c) Republican Precinct Committeemen in Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois, d) Republican Precinct Captains in Cook County, and e) religious and conservative leaders in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois.)
https://www.deseret.com/utah/2021/1/9/21542674/trusted-voice-america-bill-gates-oprah-obama-dolly-parton-taylor-swift-tom-hanks

BOSTON GLOBE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump hater says “Trump’s Twitter ban is a step toward ending the hijacking of the First Amendment. Tech companies and other digital advocates typically resist regulation by saying they’re standing up for freedom of speech. But they’ve been pushing a warped version of the idea.”
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2021/01/10/opinion/stretching-first-amendment/

BALTIMORE SUN
— More arrests: Men pictured carrying off lectern, chasing cop in QAnon shirt and the ‘Q Shaman’ all detained after Capitol mob – AP
https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/nation-world/ct-nw-capitol-mob-arrests-20210109-zpis5gsb4nfdvpsvvg43bxwxby-story.html

PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump hater says “To save America, Republicans must show the way away from Trump. Some have begun.”
https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/trump-conspiracy-theories-democrats-republicans-pennsylvania-maria-panaritis-20210110.html

UNION LEADER & PADUCAH SUN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump hater says “It’s a fallacy that Trump supporters haven’t been heard.” Who will take the lead in the following to get rid of Trump supporters once and for all: a) your precinct, b) your municipal district, c) your municipality, d) your township, e) your county district, f) your county, g) your congressional district, h) Illinois, i) America, j) your township/ward Republican organization, k) your Republican county party organization, and l) Illinois Republican Party? 2,446,891 in Illinois voted for Trump. 193,611 in DuPage County voted for Trump. 20,080 in Milton Township voted for Trump. 157 in my precinct voted for Trump. What does the future hold for Trump supporters? From what I see, the more of the following that is true about you, the more that hate-filled Trump-hating Trump haters will do to get rid of you once and for all: a) shared articles that were favorable to Trump, b) cast a Republican ballot in the March 17, 2020 primary, c) voted for Trump in the November 3, 2020 election, d) displayed a Trump yard sign, e) attended a Trump rally, f) gave money to Trump, and/or g) serve as a Republican Precinct Committeeman/Captain.)
https://www.unionleader.com/opinion/columnists/jonah-goldberg-its-a-fallacy-that-trump-supporters-havent-been-heard/article_49877cee-dec5-5b34-b939-f30525473c92.html
https://www.paducahsun.com/opinion/columnists/it-s-a-fallacy-that-trump-supporters-haven-t-been-heard/article_c48b175f-b5f1-5332-9e40-5ec1ff525ed0.html

DETROIT FREE PRESS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump hater says “In wake of Trump and storming of the US Capitol, Republicans face uncertain future.”
https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2021/01/10/us-capitol-riot-republican-trump-michigan/6597373002/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump haters say “United by disinformation, Trump’s supporters share dueling accounts of Jan. 6 insurrection.”
https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/detroit/2021/01/10/trumps-lies-united-supporters-insurrection-left-them-divided/6603392002/

AKRON BEACON JOURNAL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump haters say “Capitol riots could lead to America’s rebound if we embrace facts and listen.”
https://www.beaconjournal.com/story/opinion/editorials/2021/01/10/editorial-capitol-insurrection-could-fuel-americas-rebound-if-we-embrace-facts/6579511002/

LEWISTON TRIBUNE
— AP’s anti-Trump commentary masquerades as news – Marvin F. Dugger
https://lmtribune.com/opinion/ap-s-anti-trump-commentary-masquerades-as-news/article_cc0b80ad-6faf-5940-91ac-6282c8ceeb4c.html

WATERLOO CEDAR FALLS COURIER
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump hater says “Democracy-loving conservatives must split from GOP.”
https://wcfcourier.com/opinion/columnists/column-democracy-loving-conservatives-must-split-from-gop/article_4b55df8f-75fd-5fa0-9397-1abfdb0a3252.html

SIOUX CITY JOURNAL
— The conservative’s bad bargain with Donald Trump – CAL THOMAS
https://siouxcityjournal.com/opinion/columnists/cal-thomas-the-conservative-s-bad-bargain-with-donald-trump/article_4afaaed0-146e-542c-b879-a0a231f5c5f3.html

UVALDE LEADER NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump haters say “Assault on nation’s Capitol is Trump’s scarlet letter .”
https://www.uvaldeleadernews.com/articles/assault-on-nations-capitol-is-trumps-scarlet-letter/

HAVASU NEWS
— The sad legacy of Donald Trump – Michael Reagan
https://www.havasunews.com/opinion/the-sad-legacy-of-donald-trump/article_92a76286-531f-11eb-b8fb-833d4d31f2cc.html

GRAND JUNCTION SENTINEL
— What does the future hold for the GOP? – CHARLES ASHBY
https://www.gjsentinel.com/news/western_colorado/what-does-the-future-hold-for-the-gop/article_65d16b06-51f0-11eb-a7ca-4ba70f9e62a1.html

USA TODAY
— Jake Angeli, who wore fur hat and horns as mob raided U.S. Capitol, arrested and charged – Richard Ruelas and Craig Harris
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2021/01/09/jake-angeli-qanon-man-fur-hat-horns-capitol-riot-arrested/6609039002/

BUSINESS INSIDER
— A day before the riot at the Capitol, people received a call from a group of Republican attorneys general urging them to ‘march’ – Yelena Dzhanova
https://www.businessinsider.com/republican-ags-called-people-before-capitol-riot-and-said-march-2021-1

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— HOW TO EXPAND DIVERSITY IN THE WORKPLACE – LAUREN WEBER
(DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will employers officially announce that they will not hire those who are the following and that they will get rid of their employees who are the following: Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, gun owners, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-to-expand-diversity-in-the-workplace-11610204183
— In Capitol Riot, Communications Between Agencies Hampered Forceful Response. Calls for some reinforcements took hours to approve as police and federal agents tried to squelch uprising. Supporters of President Trump clashed with police and security forces as they stormed the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Wednesday. – Scott Calvert, Nancy A. Youssef and Sadie Gurman
https://www.wsj.com/articles/in-capitol-riot-communications-between-agencies-hampered-forceful-response-11610242709

U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— More Arrests in Capitol Riot as More Video Reveals Brutality. Police have arrested more Capitol rioters as more graphic details of the insurrection emerge. – AP
https://www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2021-01-09/man-accused-of-stealing-pelosis-lectern-charged-in-invasion

INQUISITR
— Conservative Candace Owens Calls On People To Boycott Apple Products In Tweet Sent From Her iPhone – Nathan Francis
https://www.inquisitr.com/6443488/candace-owens-apple-boycott/

GUARDIAN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump hater says “Inequality, racism and polarization set stage for Trump’s ‘American carnage.”
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jan/10/trump-american-carnage-inequality-racism-polarisation
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater says “Tyrants gaze with glee at what Trump has done to American democracy.”
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/jan/10/tyrants-gaze-with-glee-at-what-trump-has-done-to-american-democracy

January 9 Morning Edition

KEVIN MCCARTHY
— A Statement from House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy
https://republicanleader.house.gov/a-statement-from-house-republican-leader-kevin-mccarthy/
(FROM THE STATEMENT: “Let me be very clear: the violence, destruction, and chaos that unfolded at the Capitol on Wednesday was unacceptable, undemocratic, and un-American. When I spoke to President Trump on Wednesday, I told him he had a great responsibility to intervene to quell the mob and start the healing process for our country. Over the coming weeks we will work with law enforcement to bring anyone responsible for the violence to justice. Lawlessness and extremism have no place in our way of life. “Our country is not just divided. We are deeply hurt. The task ahead for the next Congress and incoming Biden Administration couldn’t be more momentous. But to deliver a better America for all, partisans of all stripes first must unite as Americans and show our country that a peaceful transition of power has occurred. Impeaching the President with just 12 days left in his term will only divide our country more. I have reached out to President-elect Biden today and plan to speak to him about how we must work together to lower the temperature and unite the country to solve America’s challenges. The coronavirus is still coursing through our communities, businesses and workers are facing unprecedented stress, and children are falling behind. Threats from adversaries such as Russia, China, and Iran are increasing. As leaders, we must call on our better angels and refocus our efforts on working directly for the American people. United we can deliver the peace, strength, and prosperity our country needs. Divided, we will fail. “Each passing day will offer us an opportunity to heal and grow stronger—a responsibility from which we cannot shrink. The United States remains exceptional and extraordinary, and in the coming weeks and months, we must work to recharge the light of our shining city on a hill.”)


CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Cook County GOP leader condemns ‘lawless behavior’ at Capitol, urges Republicans to focus on ideals – TED SLOWIK
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/opinion/ct-sta-slowik-reaction-to-chaos-st-0108-20210107-qz5yqyhbhbcutiogzdgze56ifi-story.html

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— FROM THE DECEMBER 7, 2020 ARTICLE: Schneider has selected four members of the GOP State Central Committee to serve on a committee that on Jan. 9 will recommend a process and timeline for choosing his successor. The committee’s chairman will be Mike Bigger, a resident of the Stark County community of Wyoming in the 18th Congressional District, which includes parts of the Springfield area. The other members are Fred Floreth of Springfield from the 13th Congressional District, Char Foss-Eggemann from the 9th Congressional District and Judy Diekelman from the 2nd Congressional District.
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/politics/2020/12/07/illinois-gop-party-chairman-quits/43261735/

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Rep. Darin LaHood opposes calls to remove President Trump by impeachment or 25th Amendment – ANDY KRAVETZ, CHRIS KAERGARD
(DIERSEN: Will the Republicans who represent you in in your congressional district, in your county, in your township, and in your municipality issue similar statements? I oppose calls to remove President Trump by impeachment or 25th Amendment.)
https://www.pantagraph.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/rep-darin-lahood-opposes-calls-to-remove-president-trump-by-impeachment-or-25th-amendment/article_5e233efa-c2e7-5862-8af3-9c67f16a74c0.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: A pot pusher says that she is “Proud of marijuana law’s success.” 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.pantagraph.com/opinion/columnists/pamela-althoff-proud-of-marijuana-laws-success/article_df5448ba-9326-580c-b10c-2212bd07ddc0.html

KANKAKEE DAILY JOURNAL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump haters promote Kinzinger.
https://www.daily-journal.com/opinion/editorials/kinzingers-current-actions-could-help-in-future/article_ca6f32ba-512c-11eb-924d-b35d5f411c0a.html
— Remap too important to leave to Madigan – Jim Nowlan
https://www.daily-journal.com/opinion/columnists/jim-nowlan-remap-too-important-to-leave-to-madigan/article_5e65264c-5014-11eb-9346-376f89e85caf.html

ALTON TELEGRAPH
— Can Trump be charged with inciting a riot? Legal bar is high – AP
https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/article/Can-Trump-be-charged-with-inciting-a-riot-Legal-15856350.php

SOUTHERN
— Southern Illinois lawmakers, experts weigh in on how GOP moves beyond violence at Capitol – Isaac Smith
https://thesouthern.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/southern-illinois-lawmakers-experts-weigh-in-on-how-gop-moves-beyond-violence-at-capitol/article_6fd0c056-d960-59df-9158-af0125918f00.html

SUBURBAN LIFE
— DuPage County COVID-19 cases continue to rise with 617 infections reported Friday, 4 deaths – Joshua Welge
https://www.shawlocal.com/my-suburban-life/coronavirus/2021/01/09/dupage-county-covid-19-cases-continue-to-rise-with-617-infections-reported-friday-4-deaths/

WGLT
— LaHood, Bustos Condemn Wednesday’s Insurrection on Capitol Hill – TIM SHELLEY & JOE DEACON
https://www.wglt.org/post/lahood-bustos-condemn-wednesdays-insurrection-capitol-hill#stream/0

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— ‘Capitol Police were hit in the head with lead pipes’ Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick died Thursday from his injuries – Alexandra Limon
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/washington/washington-dc/capitol-police-were-hit-in-the-head-with-lead-pipes/

FOX ILLINOIS
— Trump’s campaign against social media failed – JAMES ROSEN (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents want everyone a) to spend all their time on Facebook, b) to not read GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails, and c) to not visit www.gopillinois.com .)
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/trumps-campaign-against-social-media-failed
— Michelle Obama blames Trump for Capitol terrorism, calls him ‘infantile and unpatriotic’ – JERROD KINGERY
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/michelle-obama-blames-trump-for-capitol-terrorism-calls-him-infantile-and-unpatriotic

FOX ST. LOUIS
— Power, politics and police: Madigan maneuvers amid lame duck session – Mark Maxwell
https://fox2now.com/news/politics/power-politics-and-police-madigan-maneuvers-amid-lame-duck-session/

NPR ILLINOIS
— BLM Protesters Express Frustration Over Police Treatment Of Mob On Capitol Hill – LEILA FADEL
(DIERSEN: Prior to January 6, 2021, who predicted/warned that a mob would invade Capitol Hill on January 6, 2021?)
https://www.nprillinois.org/post/blm-protesters-express-frustration-over-police-treatment-mob-capitol-hill#stream/0

EVANSTON PATCH
— Schakowsky Calls For Removal Of Trump, GOP Members Of Congress. The president should be impeached and deposed by his cabinet, with Republican supporters of Wednesday’s riot expelled, Rep. Schakowsky said. – Jonah Meadows
(DIERSEN: What will the hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters in the world, in America, in Illinois, in your congressional district, in your county, in your county district, in your township, in your municipality, in your municipal district, and in your precinct call for? Will they call for those who did any of the following to sign documents that disavow Trump and disavow his supporters: a) shared articles that were favorable to Trump, b) cast a Republican ballot in the March 17, 2020 primary, c) voted for Trump in the November 3, 2020 election, d) displayed a Trump yard sign, e) attended a Trump rally, f) gave money to Trump, and/or g) serve as a Republican Precinct Committeeman/Captain?)
https://patch.com/illinois/evanston/schakowsky-calls-removal-trump-gop-members-congress

CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS
— House kicks off lame duck session; governor announces tax code change priority – JERRY NOWICKI, PETER HANCOCK and RAYMON TRONCOSO
https://www.capitolnewsillinois.com/NEWS/house-kicks-off-lame-duck-session-governor-announces-tax-code-change-priority

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— MORE ILLINOISANS COLLECT UNEMPLOYMENT AS NATION RECOVERS – Brad Weisenstein
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/more-illinoisans-collect-unemployment-as-nation-recovers/

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— HB 163 Will Handcuff Illinois Law Enforcement – Kathy Valente
https://illinoisfamily.org/politics/hb-163-will-handcuff-illinois-law-enforcement/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump briefly evades Twitter ban, tweets from @POTUS account: ‘We will not be SILENCED!’ – Dave Boyer
(DIERSEN: Twitter is a utility. What if the companies and/or governments that provide your phone, internet, television, radio, electricity, water, sanitary sewer, natural gas, etc. services cut your services off to force you to disavow Trump and to disavow Trump’s supporters?)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/jan/8/donald-trump-evades-twitter-ban-tweets-potus-accou/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Twitter ban denied the president of his primary method of communicating with 88 million followers on a platform that he had relied on since the start of his presidency. Mr. Trump said in one of the deleted tweets, “As I have been saying for a long time, Twitter has gone further and further in banning free speech, and tonight, Twitter employees have coordinated with the Democrats and the Radical Left in removing my account from their platform, to silence me — and YOU, the 75,000,000 great patriots who voted for me.” The White House distributed his new tweets to the media on email after Twitter closed his “@POTUS” account. Allies such as campaign aide Boris Epshteyn also shared his tweets on their accounts. “Twitter is not about FREE SPEECH,” Mr. Trump said Friday night. “They are all about promoting a Radical Left platform where some of the most vicious people in the world are allowed to speak freely. STAY TUNED!” He also called again for the federal government should eliminate Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, which shields the social media giants from lawsuits over how they police content on their platforms. “Twitter may be a private company, but without the government’s gift of Section 230 they would not exist for long,” Mr. Trump said.)
— Prominent conservatives blame Twitter for diminishing follower counts – Ryan Lovelace
(DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who have worked the hardest since 2000 a) to stop me from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails and b) to stop everyone from reading those emails. Better yet, I should sue them.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/jan/8/prominent-conservatives-blame-twitter-diminishing-/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Twitter, Apple, and Facebook take coordinated action against conservatives – Kaylee McGhee White
(DIERSEN: Hate-filled conservative-hating conservative-haters in the Republican Party, Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization want the aforesaid to use the Capitol Riot to banish conservatives once and for all.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/twitter-apple-and-facebook-take-coordinated-action-against-conservatives

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— As Dems Retake Government, Standoff With Party’s Left Flank Looms. First Dem-controlled gov’t in a decade means fights over filibuster, court packing, socialist agenda. – Charles Fain Lehman
(DIERSEN: What does the left flank of the Democrat Party in your municipality, in your township, in your county, in your congressional district, and in Illinois want? Will the Republican elected officials in your municipality, in your township, in your county, in your congressional district, and in Illinois fight against left flank demands or will they dump their Republican constituents?)
https://freebeacon.com/democrats/as-dems-retake-government-standoff-with-partys-left-flank-looms/

FOX NEWS
— Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski calls on Trump to resign, questions her future with GOP. She is the first Republican to call on Trump to step down, although Sen. Ben Sasse of Nebraska said he may support impeachment. – Morgan Phillips
(DIERSEN: One would expect that more and more and more Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, Green plants, Independent plants, and RINOs will leave the Republican Party. The aforesaid reject the traditional family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks in the Republican Party platform. The aforesaid focus on a) driving conservatives out of the Republican Party and b) destroying the Republican Party.)
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/alaska-sen-lisa-murkowski-trump-resign-future-as-republican

BREITBART
— ‘Dystopian’ ‘Big Tech Tyranny’: House Republicans React to Twitter Suspension of Trump – KRISTINA WONG
(DIERSEN: Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, Independents and Independent plants, and RINOs applaud efforts a) to stop me from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails and b) to stop everyone from reading those emails. They applauded efforts to end my TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairmanship, my Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee membership, my Milton Township Republican Organization webmaster service, my Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee membership, my American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board membership, my GAO employment, etc.)
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/01/08/dystopian-big-tech-tyranny-house-republicans-react-to-twitter-suspension-of-trump/

BLAZE
— Riot declared in Portland suburb – Black bloc vandals attack police precinct and businesses – Paul Sacca
(DIERSEN: How soon will hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters riot in your county, in your township, and in your municipality?)
https://www.theblaze.com/news/portland-riot-protest-tigard-mcduff
— Trump tweets from other gov’t accounts after being banned — Twitter deletes them and restricts the accounts – Carlos Garcia
https://www.theblaze.com/news/trump-banned-twitter-tweets-deleted

NEWSMAX
— Democrats Plan Lightning Trump Impeachment, Want Him Out Now
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/democrats-impeachment-trump-final-days/2021/01/09/id/1004886/
— Could the US Capitol Incident Be Prevented? – A. Benjamin Mannes
https://www.newsmax.com/abenjaminmannes/capitol-riot/2021/01/08/id/1004769/

CBN NEWS
— Calls for Trump’s Impeachment, Resignation or Ouster Grow – Paul Strand
(DIERSEN: Will the Republicans who represent you in in your congressional district, in your county, in your township, and in your municipality issue statements opposing such calls? I oppose calls to remove President Trump by impeachment or 25th Amendment.)
https://www1.cbn.com/cbnnews/us/2021/january/calls-for-trumps-impeachment-resignation-or-ouster-grow

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Rep. Kinzinger: We Need To Go Back To What Conservative Values Mean – Tim Hains
(DIERSEN: Hate-filled conservative-hating conservative-haters are using Kinzinger to get rid of conservatives once and for all.)
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2021/01/08/rep_kinzinger_we_need_to_go_back_to_what_conservative_values_mean.html

LIFE SITE NEWS
— Remember: leftist rioters killed people, ransacked D.C., while Democrats cheered them on. Riots throughout May and the start of June led to the injury of nearly 1,000 police officers in a matter of weeks.
https://www.lifesitenews.com/blogs/remember-leftist-rioters-killed-people-ransacked-d.c-while-democrats-cheered-them-on

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Twitter Permanently Bans Trump’s Personal Twitter Account so Trump joins Parler (Update – Google Suspends Parler App) – Mary Chastain
(DIERSEN: How soon will my critics/opponents officially call for banning me and for banning my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails? Previously, they called for ending my TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairmanship, my Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee membership, my Milton Township Republican Organization webmaster service, my Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee membership, my American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board membership, my GAO employment, etc.)
https://legalinsurrection.com/2021/01/twitter-permanently-bans-trumps-twitter-account/

EPOCH TIMES
— Trump Responds to Twitter’s Permanent Account Suspension – MIMI NGUYEN LY
(DIERSEN: Twitter is a utility. What if the companies and/or governments that provide your phone, internet, television, radio, electricity, water, sanitary sewer, natural gas, etc. services cut your services off to force you to disavow Trump and to disavow Trump’s supporters?)
https://www.theepochtimes.com/trump-responds-to-twitter-account-suspension_3649738.html
— Black Lives Matter Activist Took Part in Storming of Capitol – ZACHARY STIEBER
https://www.theepochtimes.com/black-lives-matter-activist-took-part-in-storming-of-capitol_3648749.html

REUTERS
— Google suspends Parler social networking app from Play Store; Apple gives 24-hour warning – Elizabeth Culliford, Stephen Nellis
https://www.reuters.com/article/apple-parler/update-2-google-suspends-parler-social-networking-app-from-play-store-apple-gives-24-hour-warning-idUSL1N2JK00Z

ROLL CALL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater says “Punish Trump, lawmakers say.” and asks ” But what about Congress?” Of course, hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hates demand that Trump-supporters disavow Trump. How will hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hates punish Trump-supporters who fail/refuse to disavow Trump? Will they a) fail/refuse to communicate with them, b) fail/refuse to return their phone calls, c) fail/refuse to send them emails, d) fail/refuse to read their emails, d) fail/refuse to respond to their emails, e) fail/refuse to do business with them, and/or f) otherwise blacklist them?
https://www.rollcall.com/2021/01/08/punish-trump-lawmakers-say-but-what-about-congress/

POLITICO
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump haters say “This unhinged person” and “Democrats speed toward Trump’s impeachment. Outrage is widespread among House leaders after Trump encouraged the mob who breached the Capitol.”
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/08/katherine-clark-house-vote-trump-impeachment-456448

NBC NEWS
— Durbin, Schumer pledge quick Judiciary Committee hearings on right-wing extremist groups – Leigh Ann Caldwell
(DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who hinted/implied/argued/shouted that TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois and Illinois Center Right Coalition were right-wing extremist groups that caused Republicans to lose elections. I would focus on a) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct, their major donors, their political consultants, their campaign managers, their campaign staff members, and their campaign volunteers, b) leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization, and c) Republican leaders of Illinois, the 6th congressional district, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton.)
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/live-blog/2021-01-08-capitol-riots-electoral-vote-count-n1253384/ncrd1253572#liveBlogHeader
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump haters say “Extremists made little secret of ambitions to ‘occupy’ Capitol in weeks before attack.”
https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/internet/extremists-made-little-secret-ambitions-occupy-capital-weeks-attack-n1253499
— Google Play suspends Parler until app develops moderation policies – Ahiza García-Hodges
(DIERSEN: My critics/opponents want the following to moderate me and to moderate my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails: a) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct, their major donors, their political consultants, their campaign managers, their campaign staff members, and their campaign volunteers, b) leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization, and c) Republican leaders of Illinois, the 6th congressional district, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton.)
https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-media/google-play-suspends-parler-until-app-develops-moderation-policies-n1253609

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater says “In Capital, a G.O.P. Crisis. At the R.N.C. Meeting, a Trump Celebration.  Party members at a gathering of the Republican National Committee endorsed President Trump as the man to lead the party forward, ignoring the turmoil in Washington.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/08/us/politics/trump-republican-national-committee.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater promotes hatred against Trump and against Trump’s supporters.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/08/us/politics/trump-georgia-capitol-racism.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Illinois Republican Party Chairman Tim Schneider dumps U.S. Representative Mary Miller.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/08/us/mary-miller-hitler-remarks-controversy.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater says “Trump Has Always Been a Wolf in Wolf’s Clothing. By enabling the president anyway, Republican elites helped make the storming of the Capitol possible.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/07/opinion/trump-capitol-protests.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater says “Running Out the Clock on Trump Is Cowardly and Dangerous. Forget the 25th Amendment. It’s Congress that was attacked and Congress that must act.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/08/opinion/trump-capitol-riot-impeachment.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater says “Impeach and Convict. Right Now. Trump is too dangerous to leave in office for even another minute.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/06/opinion/impeach-trump.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater says “A Long Lame-Duck Period: Plenty of Time for Mischief.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/08/briefing/elaine-chao-trump-capitol-neil-sheehan.html

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater says “At party retreat far from D.C. turmoil, Republicans still sing praises of Trump.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-rnc-amelia/2021/01/08/6cd0c730-51e6-11eb-b2e8-3339e73d9da2_story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater says “How a second impeachment of Trump would work.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/01/08/trump-second-impeachment/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater says “The Capitol riot shouldn’t have surprised us. Trump forecast it for five years. The president has praised and encouraged dress rehearsals for the Washington insurrection throughout his term.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/01/08/capitol-riot-trump-forecast-encouraged/

NEW YORK POST
— Mitch McConnell: Senate can’t consider Trump impeachment until after term is up – Mary Kay Linge
https://nypost.com/2021/01/09/mcconnell-senate-cant-consider-impeachment-before-trump-leaves/

USA TODAY
— Rush Limbaugh deactivates his Twitter account after President Trump permanently banned – Kelly Tyko
https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2021/01/08/rush-limbaugh-leaves-twitter-following-trump-ban/6605864002/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Exodus and American Nationhood – Leon Kass
(DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who have worked the hardest to drive those who are the following out of Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton: conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, gun owners, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/exodus-and-american-nationhood-11610121319
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater says “Bring the Insurrectionists to Justice. The politicians who egged them on should also be made to pay a heavy price.”
https://www.wsj.com/articles/bring-the-insurrectionists-to-justice-11610065179
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump haters say “Trump and His Allies Set the Stage for Riot Well Before January 6.”
https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-and-his-allies-set-the-stage-for-riot-well-before-january-6-11610156283
— Mob’s Capitol Attack Unites a Nation in Horror—Though Not Entirely. Reactions on cause and effect of the violence show Americans are still divided at the end of Trump’s term and after a tumultuous 2020 – Gerald F. Seib
https://www.wsj.com/articles/mobs-capitol-attack-unites-a-nation-in-horrorthough-not-entirely-11610123883

DALLAS NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump haters say “Even after mob attack on Capitol Hill, Republicans cautious about cutting ties with Trump.”
(DIERSEN: How will the following respond to pressure to dump Trump and to dump Trump’s supporters: a) your Republican congressman, b) the next chairman of the Illinois Republican Party (IRP), c) the IRP officers, d) your representative on the IRP State Central Committee, e) the officers of your Republican county, township, and/or ward party organizations, f) your Republican Precinct Committeeman/Captain, and g) the Republican candidates on April 6, 2021 ballots?)
https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2021/01/08/even-after-mob-attack-on-capitol-hill-republicans-cautious-about-cutting-ties-with-trump/

NEWSWEEK
— Colin Powell Wishes Trump Would ‘Do What Nixon Did’ and Resign From Presidency – ALEXANDRA HUTZLER
(DIERSEN: My Democrat IRS superiors were furious about Nixon. They took their anger against Nixon out on me, one of their very few Republican employees.)
https://www.newsweek.com/colin-powell-wishes-trump-would-do-what-nixon-did-resign-presidency-1560068
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump haters promote a Capitol Rioter.
https://www.newsweek.com/jenny-cudd-capitol-rioter-brags-violence-says-shed-do-it-again-viral-video-1559904

BLOOMBERG
— Ronna McDaniel, Facing No Opponent, Re-Elected RNC Chairwoman
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-01-08/trump-retains-grip-on-party-as-mcdaniel-re-elected-to-run-rnc
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater says “Facebook Sorta Solves Its Trump Problem.”
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2021-01-08/facebook-sorta-solves-its-trump-problem
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater says “Trump’s Future in Right-Wing Media Seen Undimmed by Capitol Riot.”
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-01-08/trump-s-future-in-right-wing-media-seen-undimmed-by-capitol-riot

INQUISITR
— Donald Trump Floats Launching New Social Media Platform After Twitter Ban – Damir Mujezinovic
https://www.inquisitr.com/6442589/donald-trump-new-platform-twitter-ban/

GUARDIAN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater says “Fears mount that Trump’s final 13 days in office pose a security threat.”
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jan/07/donald-trump-final-13-days-security-threat-politicians-activists-warn

January 5 Morning Edition

NBC5
— Senate Runoffs in Georgia Will Shape What Biden Can Achieve in the White House – Jacob Pramuk
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/business/money-report/senate-runoffs-in-georgia-will-shape-what-biden-can-achieve-in-the-white-house/2408106/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump haters say “Beaten 14th District Candidate to Contest Result in Congress.”
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/beaten-14th-district-candidate-to-contest-result-in-congress/2407778/

CBS2
— Contested Election Sows Divide Among GOP Lawmakers; Chicago Election Attorney Burt Odelson Calls It ‘A Dramatic, Dramatic Line In The Sand’ – Marissa Parra
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2021/01/03/contested-election-sows-divide-among-gop-lawmakers-chicago-election-attorney-calls-it-a-dramatic-dramatic-line-in-the-sand/

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Disgusting 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/illinois-recreational-marijuana-sales-on-fire-in-first-year-of-legalization

WGN TV
— Tax hike in Illinois? Lawmakers to meet Friday as state faces $4 billion deficit – Tahman Bradley
https://wgntv.com/news/politics/tax-hike-in-illinois-lawmakers-to-meet-friday-as-state-faces-4-billion-deficit/

WTTW
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Disgusting 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://news.wttw.com/2021/01/04/crains-headlines-high-note-illinois-pot-sales

WGN RADIO
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Disgusting 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://wgnradio.com/chicagos-afternoon-news/2020-recreational-marijuana-sales-reaches-1-billion-mark-in-2020/

WBEZ
— Illinois Democrats Say No Income Tax Hike In Lame-Duck Session. – Dave McKinney, Tony Arnold
https://www.wbez.org/stories/illinois-democratic-leaders-say-no-tax-hike/12da4530-3116-4943-89a8-16cad7d3836c

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Senate majority at stake today in Peach State runoffs – AP
https://www.chicagotribune.com/election-2020/ct-nw-georgia-runoff-election-results-20210105-torujxxjizdzphqhempcuohwl4-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Disgusting 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.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-weed-illinois-sales-record-20210104-vay6ivrbmndefg2itqudtizrmu-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Since 1818, Illinois sent only 20 women to Congress; a record 7 are serving now. Freshman Rep. Marie Newman said when it comes to women in Congress, “I think we have opened a door that never will be closed again.” – Lynn Sweet
(DIERSEN: How many of the following has Illinois sent to Congress: conservatives, German-Americans, Missouri Synod Lutherans, licensed CPAs, Certified Internal Auditors, Certified Fraud Examiners, Certified Government Financial Managers, Certified Financial Services Auditors, Forensic Accountants, MBAs, graduate accounting degree holders, graduate finance degree holders, Postal employees, IRS employees, GAO employees, union members, political organization chairmen, etc.?)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/2021/1/4/22213602/illinois-record-number-women-congress-house-senate

DAILY HERALD
— Oberweis asks U.S. House to overturn Underwood victory – Charles Keeshan
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20210104/oberweis-asks-us-house-to-overturn-underwood-victory

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Disgusting 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.chicagobusiness.com/marijuanacannabis/pot-sales-beat-predictions-debut-year

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Legislative leaders’ silence on lame-duck session leaves most in dark – Scott Reeder
https://www.sj-r.com/story/opinion/2021/01/05/illinois-lame-duck-legislative-session-shrouded-mystery/4136674001/

ALTON DAILY NEWS
— New Programs Helps Those with Cannabis Convictions – Cole Lauterbach
(DIERSEN: What if you had been a pot smoker? If I had been a pot smoker, a) the Post Office would not have hired me in 1966 when I was 18 years old, b) Oldsmobile would not have offered me a job and IRS would not have hired me in 1971, c) IRS would not have promoted me in 1972, 1973, or 1974, d) GAO would not have hired me in 1980, e) GAO would not have promoted me in 1986, f) UIC would not have accepted me in 1966, NIU would not have accepted me in 1969, Loyola would not have accepted me in 1972, DePaul would not have accepted me in 1976, and IIT would not have accepted me in 1992 and I would not have earned degrees from NIU in 1970, Loyola in 1976, DePaul in 1980 or IIT in 1997, g) I would not have passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979 or passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, and h) I would not have become a licensed CPA in 1981.)
http://altondailynews.com/news/details.cfm?clientid=17&id=316747#.X_Q8GxkXCM8

QUAD CITY TIMES
— Pandemic response, budget, Black Caucus agenda on table for Illinois ‘lame duck’ session – PETER HANCOCK
https://qctimes.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/pandemic-response-budget-black-caucus-agenda-on-table-for-illinois-lame-duck-session/article_542e8e71-2f48-5a92-8ee0-786151279e9a.html

SUBURBAN LIFE
— DuPage County reports 383 COVID-19 cases Monday, 12 deaths, region’s positivity rate rises to 10.2% – Joshua Welge
https://www.shawlocal.com/my-suburban-life/coronavirus/2021/01/05/dupage-county-reports-383-covid-19-cases-monday-12-deaths-regions-positivity-rate-rises-to-102/

NPR ILLINOIS
— Outreach Efforts In Springfield Taking Shape To Counter Vaccine Hesitancy Among Black Community – MARY HANSEN
https://www.nprillinois.org/post/outreach-efforts-springfield-taking-shape-counter-vaccine-hesitancy-among-black-community#stream/0
— Poland’s Government Tightens Its Control Over Media – ROB SCHMITZ
(DIERSEN: My critics/opponents want the following to stop me from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails: Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, Illinois, Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, etc.)
https://www.nprillinois.org/post/polands-government-tightens-its-control-over-media#stream/0

WEEK
— Republicans warn of tax increase, Democrats say it’s not on the agenda – Mike Miletich
https://week.com/2021/01/04/republicans-warn-of-tax-increase-democrats-say-its-not-on-the-agenda/

ILLINOIS PATCH
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Disgusting 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://patch.com/illinois/across-il/despite-pandemic-illinois-legal-weed-sales-skyrocket

CENTER SQUARE
— State-funded program helps people expunge marijuana convictions – Elyse Kelly
(DIERSEN: What if you had been a pot smoker? If I had been a pot smoker, a) the Post Office would not have hired me in 1966 when I was 18 years old, b) Oldsmobile would not have offered me a job and IRS would not have hired me in 1971, c) IRS would not have promoted me in 1972, 1973, or 1974, d) GAO would not have hired me in 1980, e) GAO would not have promoted me in 1986, f) UIC would not have accepted me in 1966, NIU would not have accepted me in 1969, Loyola would not have accepted me in 1972, DePaul would not have accepted me in 1976, and IIT would not have accepted me in 1992 and I would not have earned degrees from NIU in 1970, Loyola in 1976, DePaul in 1980 or IIT in 1997, g) I would not have passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979 or passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, and h) I would not have become a licensed CPA in 1981.)
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/state-funded-program-helps-people-expunge-marijuana-convictions/article_d542b9b4-4a1f-11eb-bca0-ff46f0f479be.html

WILLIAM J KELLY
— Why is Mayor Lightfoot Giving Out $40K Pandemic Pay Raises?
https://www.williamjkelly.org/news/lightfoot-pandemic-payraises

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Printer Who Fingered Jack Franks in Illinois Integrity Fund Suit Charged with Income Tax Evasion
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/01/04/printer-who-fingered-jack-franks-in-illinois-integrity-fund-suit-indicted/
— IL-14: Oberweis Not Giving Up
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/01/04/il-14-oberweis-not-giving-up/
— Objections Filed Against Four Lakewood Candidates
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/01/04/objections-filed-against-four-lakewood-candidates/
— Aspirants to Replace Chuck Wheeler on the McHenry County Board – Charles Hillstrom
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/01/04/aspirants-to-replace-chuck-wheeler-on-the-mchenry-county-board/
— Lame Duck Sessions
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/01/04/lame-duck-sessions/
— Have You Noticed that Members of Caucuses Whose Members Have a Hard Time Raising Money Support Mike Madigan?
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/01/04/have-you-noticed-that-members-of-caucuses-whose-members-have-a-hard-time-raising-money-support-mike-madigan/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Channeling conservative energy: Challenging the electoral count is only the beginning
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/jan/4/editorial-challenging-the-electoral-count-is-only-/
— Establishment institutions turning conservatives into outcasts. Rejecting the legitimacy of conservatism. – Daniel Pipes
(DIERSEN: I should write a book about establishment institutions in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois that demonize, denigrate, and condemn conservatism and conservatives.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/jan/4/establishment-institutions-turning-conservatives-i/
— How exactly is Biden a ‘centrist’? – Cal Thomas
(DIERSEN: I should write a book about “centrist” Republican activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, political consultants, major donors, campaign managers, campaign staff members, campaign volunteers, etc. who focus on destroying conservatives, that is, who focus on destroying Republicans, that is, who focus on destroying the Republican Party. I would on the aforesaid destroyers in Wheaton, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois. I would focus on those who have been Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct since 2000 and those associated with them.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/jan/4/how-exactly-is-biden-a-centrist/

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Trump’s Last Stand. Senate hangs in balance as Trump lashes out at Republicans. – Andrew Stiles
https://freebeacon.com/satire/trumps-last-stand/

FOX NEWS
— Politico reporter tells journalists: Call GOPers objecting to Biden win ‘radicals’, ‘extremists’ ‘It’s past time we reformed our political terminology,’ – Tim Alberta tweeted Sunday. – Joseph A. Wulfsohn
(DIERSEN: Government is nasty. Politics is nasty. I should write a book about those who since 2000 have hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I am an extremist.)
https://www.foxnews.com/media/politico-tim-alberta-republicans-radicals-extremists

BREITBART
— DHS: Half of the 2014-2020 Southern Migrants Still in U.S. – NEIL MUNRO
(DIERSEN: How many illegals do Democrats and RINOs employ in your municipality, in your township, and in your county? Democrats and RINOs have declared war on Republicans. Democrats and RINOs see illegals as being their solders in their army to get rid of Republicans once and for all.)
https://www.breitbart.com/economy/2021/01/04/dhs-half-of-the-2014-2020-southern-migrants-still-in-u-s/

NEWSMAX
— Fox News Host Brian Kilmeade: Trump’s Call for January 6 Protests a ‘Type of Anarchy’ – JASON LEMON
https://www.newsweek.com/fox-news-host-trumps-call-january-6-protests-type-anarchy-1558768

PJ MEDIA
— BBC Says Jesus Was a Black Palestinian – ROBERT SPENCER
https://pjmedia.com/culture/robert-spencer/2021/01/01/bbc-says-jesus-was-a-black-palestinian-n1297980

TOWNHALL
— Did NBC News Resort to Base Reporting to Smear President Trump? – Brad Slager
https://townhall.com/columnists/bradslager/2021/01/05/did-nbc-news-resort-to-base-reporting-to-smear-president-trump-n2582548

ONE NEWS AMERICA
— Facebook Bans GOP Account, Allows Inflammatory DNC Ads
https://www.oann.com/facebook-bans-gop-account-allows-inflammatory-dnc-ads/

NEWS BUSTERS
— Top 10 Worst Cases of Big Tech Censorship in 2020 – Heather Moon
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/techwatch/heather-moon/2021/01/04/top-10-worst-cases-big-tech-censorship-2020

LIFE SITE NEWS
— America looks to Tuesday Georgia run-off elections as future of country hangs in the balance. Tuesday’s run-off elections will determine who controls the U.S. Senate and have far-reaching consequences for the pro-life movement. – Michael Haynes
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/america-looks-to-tuesday-georgia-run-off-elections-as-future-of-country-hangs-in-the-balance

EPOCH TIMES
— Georgia State Senators Call on Pence to Delay Jan. 6 Electoral Vote – BOWEN XIAO
https://www.theepochtimes.com/georgia-state-senators-pushing-pence-to-delay-jan-6-electoral-vote_3643538.html

THE HILL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump haters say “Republican Facebook ads for Georgia runoffs contain misinformation.”
https://thehill.com/policy/technology/532530-republican-facebook-ads-for-georgia-runoff-contain-misinformation
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater calls Trump’s Georgia call “far worse than Watergate.”
https://thehill.com/homenews/532502-carl-bernstein-calls-trump-georgia-call-far-worse-than-watergate
— Chamber of Commerce slams GOP effort to challenge Biden’s win – ZACK BUDRYK
(DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Big Business makes it clear that it has dumped 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://thehill.com/regulation/lobbying/532552-chamber-of-commerce-slams-gop-effort-to-challenge-bidens-win
— Attorney says census count to determine congressional seats won’t be done until February – JUSTINE COLEMAN
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/532636-attorney-says-census-count-to-determine-congressional-seats-wont-be

CNN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater says “The final Trump loyalty test for Congress is coming.”
(DIERSEN: My critics/opponents demand blind loyalty to them and to them only. They focus on destroying those like me a) who do not glorify and praise them, b) who do not pander to them, c) who refuse to serve as their operatives or dupes, and/or c) who refuse to give them money. I should write a book about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and/or in Illinois.)
https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/05/politics/congress-state-of-play-trump-electoral-college-certification/index.html

REUTERS
— Newsmax, OAN vie for Trump loyalists as Georgia votes – Helen Coster, Lisa Richwine
(DIERSEN: My critics/opponents demand blind loyalty to them and to them only. They focus on destroying those like me a) who do not glorify and praise them, b) who do not pander to them, c) who refuse to serve as their operatives or dupes, and/or c) who refuse to give them money. I should write a book about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and/or in Illinois.)
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-georgia-conservative-med-idUSKBN29A147

POLITICO
— 117th Congress kicks off with GOP civil war, calls for impeachment and plexiglass – OLIVIA BEAVERS
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/huddle/2021/01/04/117th-congress-kicks-off-with-gop-civil-war-calls-for-impeachment-and-plexiglass-491281

NBC NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater says “Trump and Gohmert’s election ploys prove Republican Party is now the anti-democracy party. Liberals and traditional conservatives must join in opposition to a party that has found a way to reject both democratic and conservative values.” Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump haters crow about their success in using “democracy” to get rid of individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are law enforcement, Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, gun owners, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/trump-gohmert-s-election-ploys-prove-republican-party-now-anti-ncna1252792

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater says “We must stop calling Trump’s enablers ‘conservative.’ They are the radical right.” How many Illinois Republican Party (IRP) chairman candidates will promise to use the IRP to get rid of the 2,446,891 in Illinois who voted for Trump, the 193,611 in DuPage County who voted for Trump, the 20,080 in Milton Township who voted for Trump, and the157 in my precinct who voted for Trump?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/media/trump-enablers-radical-right-conservative/2021/01/04/634edcda-4e97-11eb-b96e-0e54447b23a1_story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump haters say “Trump sabotaging GOP on his way out of office with push to overturn election.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-sabotage-republicans/2021/01/04/df5d301e-4eb1-11eb-83e3-322644d82356_story.html

USA TODAY
— Donald Trump and Joe Biden vs. Facebook and Twitter: Why Section 230 could get repealed in 2021 – Jessica Guynn
(DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who have focused on destroying me for my including links in GOPUSA emails to articles they do not like. I would focus on a) those who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton’s West District, Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County’s 4th District, DuPage County, and/or Illinois, b) those who have been Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct, their political consultants, their major donors, their campaign managers, their campaign staff members, and/or their campaign volunteers, c) those who are/were leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and/or Illinois, and d) those who are/were leaders of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Illinois Center Right Coalition, and/or American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter. The aforesaid have focused on destroying me, but they have not sued the authors of the articles that they do not like.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2021/01/04/trump-biden-pelosi-section-230-repeal-facebook-twitter-google/4132529001/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater says “An Awesome Spectacle of Dishonesty and Opportunism. The GOP election challenge marks a new low-water mark for political cynicism.”
https://www.wsj.com/articles/an-awesome-spectacle-of-dishonesty-and-opportunism-11609785211
— In Trump’s Final Days, Lines Are Drawn for a Republican Civil War. Amid the president’s loyalty test, the unanswerable question is whether he can maintain his hold on the party once out of office. – Gerald Seib
https://www.wsj.com/articles/in-trumps-final-days-lines-are-drawn-for-a-republican-civil-war-11609772298

FORBES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater says “Absolutely Appalling: A Few Republicans Condemn Trump’s Georgia Call, But Most Remain Silent.”
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jackbrewster/2021/01/04/absolutely-appalling-a-few-republicans-condemn-trumps-georgia-call-but-most-remain-silent/

DESERET NEWS
— The culture war will continue to rage in 2021. Abortion, cancel culture and other issues that will define the struggle over America’s soul. – Jennifer Graham
https://www.deseret.com/indepth/2021/1/3/22159761/cancel-culture-wars-abortion-media-partisan-divide-morality-trust-american-community

NEW YORK MAGAZINE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump haters crow about their success in using “democracy” to get rid of individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are law enforcement, Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, gun owners, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2021/01/trump-georgia-call-house-vote-electors-republicans-voter-fraud-lie.html

January 3 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Illinois COVID-19 Update: IL reports 4,469 cases, 81 coronavirus deaths. More than 95% of Chicago’s vaccines distributed, mayor says.
https://abc7chicago.com/health/il-reports-4469-covid-19-cases-81-coronavirus-deaths-/9318475/
— Indiana COVID Update: IN reports 3,002 new coronavirus cases, 56 additional deaths. Illinois residents head to Indiana’s eateries to dine inside. – AP
https://abc7chicago.com/health/il-residents-cross-state-lines-to-dine-inside/9315422/

NBC5
— Trump to Attend D.C. Protests Against Congress Certifying Biden Victory. The president shared a video clip on Twitter encouraging supporters to protest the November election results and said he will be there. – Emma Newburger
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/business/money-report/trump-to-attend-d-c-protests-against-congress-certifying-biden-victory/2406732/
— Pence Welcomes GOP Effort to Delay Certification of Biden Victory as Other Republicans Oppose It. – Tucker Higgins
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/business/money-report/11-republican-senators-led-by-ted-cruz-push-to-delay-certification-of-2020-presidential-election-results/2406510/

CBS2
— Volunteers In Harvey Halfway Toward Goal Of Boarding Up 400 Vacant Homes
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2021/01/02/volunteers-in-harvey-halfway-toward-goal-of-boarding-up-400-vacant-homes/
— CTU Says Chicago Public Schools Teachers Won’t Be Returning Monday; Majority Of Aldermen Sign Onto Letter Expressing Safety Concerns
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2021/01/03/majority-of-chicago-aldermen-sign-onto-letter-expressing-concerns-about-chicago-public-schools-reopening-plan/

WBBM
— At Issue: DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert Berlin -January 3, 2021
https://www.radio.com/wbbm780/podcasts/at-issue-on-wbbm-newsradio-46/at-issue-dupage-county-states-attorney-robert-berlin-january-3-2021-353718337

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Coronavirus in Illinois updates: 4,469 new confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19 and 81 additional deaths reported Sunday
https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-covid-19-pandemic-chicago-illinois-news-20210101-ze4jtuxrkbbntlrun72nicox24-story.html
— Defying CPS, some Chicago Teachers Union members won’t return to schools Monday, say they will teach remotely ‘until buildings are safe’ – DIANA WALLACE
https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-chicago-teachers-union-no-return-to-school-20210103-d23hjrgpcrhnrgi3oe7xan6jku-story.html
— Nancy Pelosi narrowly reelected speaker, faces difficult 2021 – AP
https://www.chicagotribune.com/nation-world/ct-nw-pelosi-speaker-house-20210103-nmhuzuucnrggvizegbw4ipijw4-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater says “a growing number of Republicans join Trump’s effort to subvert the will of voters.” What is the will of the majority of the voters in your precinct, in your municipal district, in your municipality, in your township, in your county district, and in your county? How strongly do they want governments to get rid of those who are law enforcement officers, Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, homeowners, gun owners, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?
https://www.chicagotribune.com/nation-world/ct-nw-congress-new-session-20210103-25yxe5o6izbaraqigfnswtksum-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Frustrated CPS special ed parents say schools fail to meet students’ needs.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/coronavirus/2021/1/3/22211450/latest-coronavirus-news-live-updates-chicago-illinois-2020

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— New COVID-19 cases dip, but positivity rates continue to climb
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20210103/new-covid-19-cases-dip-but-positivity-rates-continue-to-climb

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Teachers union, aldermen push back on CPS reopening plans. A majority of aldermen join the CTU in questioning the district’s plan to bring teachers and students back into classrooms starting this month. – A.D. QUIG
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/government/teachers-union-aldermen-push-back-cps-reopening-plans

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters promote Trump-haters.
https://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/editorials/editorial-kinzinger-gets-out-front-stands-up-to-trump/article_7e1cbf49-445d-514e-b6ad-0ba7cfca2ce6.html

ROCKFORD REGISTER STAR
— New year means new opportunities to become politically involved – League of Women Voters Greater Rockford
https://www.rrstar.com/story/opinion/2021/01/03/new-year-means-new-opportunities-get-involved-government/4071865001/

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Aspirants to Replace Chuck Wheeler on the McHenry County Board – Sarah Hagen
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/01/03/aspirants-to-replace-chuck-wheeler-on-the-mchenry-county-board-sarah-hagen/
— From the Desk of John Lopez: Analyzing the Jim Oberweis Loss in IL-14
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/01/03/lopez010221/
— Another Reason Not to Visit Chicago
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/01/03/another-reason-not-to-visit-chicago-2/
— CORRECTION: Gas Tax NOT Up Again
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/01/03/gas-tax-up-again/
— Democrats Line Up to Replace Jesse White at Secretary of State
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/01/03/democrats-line-up-to-replace-jesse-white-at-secretary-of-state/

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Hate Speech Activism Means to Kill Christianity – Oliver Perry
https://illinoisfamily.org/homosexuality/hate-speech-activism-means-to-kill-christianity/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Illinois residents head to Indiana’s eateries to dine inside – AP
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/jan/3/illinois-residents-head-to-indianas-eateries-to-di/

BREITBART
— Liz Cheney, Paul Ryan Attack Republicans Set to Challenge Electoral College Vote – JOHN BINDER
https://www.breitbart.com/2020-election/2021/01/03/liz-cheney-paul-ryan-attack-republicans-set-challenge-electoral-college-vote/

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Gun-toting congresswoman-elect may have just won shootout with Dems over carrying in Capitol – Jon Dougherty
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2021/01/03/gun-toting-congresswoman-elect-may-have-just-won-shootout-with-dems-over-carrying-in-the-capitol-1012053/

EPOCH TIMES
— Meadows: Over 100 House Members Plan to Object to Electoral Votes – ZACHARY STIEBER
https://www.theepochtimes.com/meadows-over-100-house-members-plan-to-object-to-electoral-votes_3641463.html
— ‘I Will Be There’: Trump Announces He’ll Join ‘Historic’ Rally on Jan. 6 – JACK PHILLIPS
https://www.theepochtimes.com/i-will-be-there-trump-announces-hell-join-historic-rally-on-jan-6_3641579.html
— Pelosi Reelected as House Speaker in Tight Vote – IVAN PENTCHOUKOV AND MARK TAPSCOTT
https://www.theepochtimes.com/pelosi-reelected-as-house-speaker-in-razor-thin-vote_3641796.html

THE HILL
— Ex-GOP Speaker Ryan denounces effort to challenge Electoral College results – ZACK BUDRYK
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/532443-ex-gop-speaker-ryan-denounces-effort-to-challenge-electoral-college-results
— Kinzinger: Republicans can’t with ‘clean conscience’ object after hearing Trump tape – ZACK BUDRYK
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/532448-kinzinger-republicans-cant-with-clean-conscience-object-after-hearing-trump

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Chicago ends 2020 with 769 homicides as gun violence surges
https://news.yahoo.com/chicago-ends-2020-769-homicides-175649346.html

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater says “Republicans Begin New Congress Feuding Over Bid to Overturn Election. With President Trump ratcheting up his efforts to cling to power, the party has split over whether to back him, posing a major political test.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/03/us/politics/republicans-congress-trump-election.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Trump calls U.S. coronavirus death toll ‘fake news’ as count surpasses 350,000 – Meryl Kornfield and Shayna Jacobs
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/trump-calls-us-coronavirus-death-toll-fake-news-as-count-surpasses-350000/2021/01/03/6bdc0b08-4e14-11eb-bda4-615aaefd0555_story.html
— MARCH 25, 2015 FLASHBACK: Is Ted Cruz too conservative for Republican primary voters? – Robert N. Lupton and Christopher Hare (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those consider me to be too conservative, but because they claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican, they demonize, denigrate, and condemn me on pretextual grounds.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2015/03/25/is-ted-cruz-too-conservative-for-republican-primary-voters/

BUSINESS
— Avoiding Wrongful Termination Lawsuits, Fines and Damage to Your Business – Marisa Sanfilippo (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those consider me to be too conservative, but because they claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican, they demonize, denigrate, and condemn me on pretextual grounds.)
https://www.business.com/articles/avoiding-wrongful-termination-lawsuits/

(FROM THE ARTICLE: After an employee makes an initial federal claim for employment discrimination, the burden is on the employer to “articulate,” not prove, a “legitimate nondiscriminatory reason” for the termination or other adverse action (such as a demotion, suspension or failure to promote), according to Elkins. “Then, the burden shifts to the employee to prove that the ‘legitimate reason’ offered by the employer is false and a cover-up for the real reason,” he said. “In court, it’s called proving that the stated reason is ‘pretext’ for discrimination.”)

January 3 Morning Edition

ABC7
— ‘We need more vaccine’: Coronavirus vaccine progress falls short as health officials wait for more shipments. More than 1K Americans have died a day from the coronavirus since December 1st. – Liz Nagy
https://abc7chicago.com/health/logistics-failure-health-officials-left-waiting-as-covid-19-vaccine-shipments-fall-short-/9300152/

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— 23 shot, 4 killed, in Chicago so far this holiday weekend
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/10-shot-2-killed-in-chicago-so-far-this-holiday-weekend

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump haters say “New session of Congress to begin as a growing number of Republicans join Trump’s effort to subvert the will of voters.” What is the will of the majority of the voters in your precinct, in your municipal district, in your municipality, in your township, in your county district, and in your county? How strongly do they want governments to get rid of those who are law enforcement officers, Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, homeowners, gun owners, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?
https://www.chicagotribune.com/nation-world/ct-nw-congress-new-session-20210103-25yxe5o6izbaraqigfnswtksum-story.html
— Companies grapple with workers missing vacation – NOAM SCHEIBER
(DIERSEN: Between 1978 and 1992, my wife and I went on many vacations. She worked for the U.S. League of Savings Institutions ( https://www.investopedia.com/terms/u/u-s-league-of-savings-institutions.asp ) which had quarterly meetings at luxury destinations across America which she attended as its Corporate Secretary. I routinely accompanied her on those trips. Often, after the meetings were over, we visited nearby national parks. Further, I went on vacations with a coworker to Hawaii, Mexico, Bahamas, and Jamaica while I worked for IRS 1973-1976. Needless-to-say, my envy-filled IRS and GAO Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were beyond furious. Overwhelmingly, their spouses had little or no income.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/travel/sns-nyt-pandemic-missing-vacation-20201229-vwufyi2ekfgaxezb7g4kmppruy-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump haters say “More GOP lawmakers enlist in Trump effort to undo Biden win.”
https://www.dailyherald.com/article/20210102/news/301029931/

SUBURBAN LIFE
— DuPage County surpasses 60,000 COVID-19 cases with 227 infections reported Saturday, 7 deaths – Joshua Welge
https://www.shawlocal.com/my-suburban-life/coronavirus/2021/01/03/dupage-county-surpasses-60000-covid-19-cases-with-227-infections-reported-saturday-7-deaths/

NPR ILLINOIS
— Pence Backs Republican Lawmakers’ Plan To Object To Electoral College Results
https://www.nprillinois.org/post/more-republicans-announce-plans-object-electoral-college-results#stream/0
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats use police actions against Blacks to promote hatred against Republicans.
https://www.nprillinois.org/post/reflecting-year-protests-racial-justice#stream/0

WASHINGTON TIMES
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: No more ‘he’ and ‘she’: New rules for the U.S. House go gender neutral. – Jennifer Harper
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/jan/2/no-more-he-she-father-mother-new-house-rules-go-ge/

TOWNHALL
— MAGA Patriots Must Win the GOP Civil War – Gavin Wax
(DIERSEN: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump haters want the Republican Party to get rid of Trump-supporters including the 2,446,891 in Illinois who voted for Trump, the 193,611 in DuPage County who voted for Trump, the 20,080 in Milton Township who voted for Trump, and the157 in my precinct who voted for Trump. How will the leaders of a) the Illinois Republican Party, b) the leaders of your Republican county/township/ward party organizations, and c) Republican elected officials who represent your precinct react to pressure to get rid of Trump supporters? In my precinct, in all likelihood, the 157 who voted for Trump also voted for the other Republican candidates on the ballot. If they had not done that, all the Democrat candidates would have gotten far more votes than the Republican candidates.)
https://townhall.com/columnists/gavinwax/2021/01/03/maga-patriots-must-win-the-gop-civil-war-n2582465
— 64 Days of Angst for Trump Supporters – Jeff Davidson
https://townhall.com/columnists/jeffdavidson/2021/01/03/64-days-of-angst-for-trump-supporters-n2582463

EPOCH TIMES
— Pence Welcomes Efforts by Lawmakers to Object to Electoral College Votes on Jan. 6 – JANITA KAN
https://www.theepochtimes.com/pence-welcomes-efforts-by-lawmakers-to-object-to-electoral-college-votes-on-jan-6-report_3641319.html

NATIONAL INTEREST
— Fourteen Points for Reviving America – Grover G. Norquist
(DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats and RINOs want everyone to think of themselves as a) being members of protected groups and b) being discriminated against. Protected groups include those who are minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, disabled, veteran, citizens of foreign countries, Trump-haters, non-Christians, non-Protestants, non-Italian Americans, non-German Americans, Democrat, Libertarian, Green, Independent, RINO, moderate, liberal, low-income, those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time, drinkers, gamblers, stoners, criminals, and those who lack education, lack job skills, lack job experience, have financial problems, have health problems, and/or have other problems.)
https://nationalinterest.org/feature/grover-norquist-fourteen-points-reviving-america-175159
(FROM THE ARTICLE: End identify politics/racial discrimination and quotas. On election day, the largest state in the nation, California, voted 55-45 to maintain their stated ban on racial discrimination in employment and education. The ban was enacted by a popular initiative in 1996 known as Prop 209. With this rejection of racial quotas in a vote of the people, the Supreme Court is more likely to be comfortable ruling that all racial quotas and discrimination by the government is unconstitutional. This would be a body blow to the identity politics of the Left.)

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Candace Owens warns of real ‘evil’: ‘Racist Democrats rebranded segregation as black empowerment’ – Tom Tillison
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2021/01/03/candace-owens-warns-of-real-evil-racist-democrats-rebranded-segregation-as-black-empowerment-1011985/
— Portland mayor mocked for admitting appeasement hasn’t worked to quell Antifa, vows to crack down – Jon Dougherty
(DIERSEN: What demands have protected groups made on your mayor and how has your mayor responded, how is your mayor responding, and how will your mayor respond? Protected groups include those who are minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, disabled, veteran, citizens of foreign countries, Trump-haters, non-Christians, non-Protestants, non-Italian Americans, non-German Americans, Democrat, Libertarian, Green, Independent, RINO, moderate, liberal, low-income, those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time, drinkers, gamblers, stoners, criminals, and those who lack education, lack job skills, lack job experience, have financial problems, and/or have health problems.)
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2021/01/02/portland-mayor-mocked-for-admitting-appeasement-hasnt-worked-to-quell-antifa-vows-to-crack-down-1011861/
— Georgia Dem Warnock: Trump’s America ‘needs to repent for supporting its worship of whiteness’ – Vivek Saxena
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2021/01/03/georgia-dem-warnock-trumps-america-needs-to-repent-for-supporting-its-worship-of-whiteness-1012027/

THE HILL
— World’s richest people added $1.8T to their combined wealth in 2020 – CELINE CASTRONUOVO
(DIERSEN: What do the world’s richest people think of those who are law enforcement officers, Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, gun owners, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time? How strongly do the world’s richest people blame those who are the aforesaid for all the world’s problems?)
https://thehill.com/policy/finance/532358-worlds-richest-people-added-18t-to-their-combined-wealth-in-2020

CNN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater says “Why Donald Trump poses an existential threat to the future of the Republican Party.” Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump haters want the Republican Party to get rid of Trump-supporters including the 2,446,891 in Illinois who voted for Trump, the 193,611 in DuPage County who voted for Trump, the 20,080 in Milton Township who voted for Trump, and the157 in my precinct who voted for Trump. How will the leaders of a) the Illinois Republican Party, b) the leaders of your Republican county/township/ward party organizations, and c) Republican elected officials who represent your precinct react to pressure to get rid of Trump supporters? In my precinct, in all likelihood, the 157 who voted for Trump also voted for the other Republican candidates on the ballot. If they had not done that, all the Democrat candidates would have gotten far more votes than the Republican candidates.)
https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/02/politics/donald-trump-john-thune-kristi-noem-republican-party/index.html

CNBC
— From vaccines to safe socialization: Here’s what to expect in 2021, according to experts – Cory Stieg
(DIERSEN: Everyone should expect that in 2021, hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters will do everything that they can to use the pandemic to get rid of individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are law enforcement, Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, homeowners, gun owners, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German Americans, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/01/02/covid-19-what-to-expect-in-2021.html

NEW YORK TIMES
— — DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater says “Pence Welcomes Futile Bid by G.O.P. Lawmakers to Overturn Election.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/02/us/politics/gop-senators-josh-hawley-election.html
— Asian-American Voters Can Help Decide Elections. But for Which Party? They surged to the polls in 2020 and could help swing the Georgia Senate runoffs. Activists and experts say it is long past time for both Democrats and Republicans to pursue them. – Matt Stevens
(DIERSEN: How have Republican Asian-Americans who have ran for government offices on ballots in your precinct been treated by a) your Republican township/ward party organization, b) your Republican county party organization, c) Illinois Republican Party, and d) the Republican leaders of your municipality, your township/ward, your county, and Illinois?)
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/03/us/politics/asian-american-voters.html
— A Covid-19 Relief Fund Was Only for Black Residents. Some Left Out Sued. Oregon earmarked $62 million to explicitly benefit Black individuals and business owners. Now some of the money is in limbo after lawsuits alleging racial discrimination. – John Eligon
(DIERSEN: To give preference to one protected group is to discriminate against another protected group. Protected groups include those who are minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, disabled, veteran, citizens of foreign countries, Trump-haters, non-Christians, non-Protestants, non-Italian Americans, non-German Americans, Democrat, Libertarian, Green, Independent, RINO, moderate, liberal, low-income, those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time, drinkers, gamblers, stoners, criminals, and those who lack education, lack job skills, lack job experience, have financial problems, have health problems, and/or have other problems.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/03/us/oregon-cares-fund-lawsuit.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Early vaccination in prisons, a public health priority, proves politically charged – Isaac Stanley-Becker
(DIERSEN: Democrats want members of protected groups to be vaccinated first. Protected groups include those who are minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, disabled, veteran, citizens of foreign countries, Trump-haters, non-Christians, non-Protestants, non-Italian Americans, non-German Americans, Democrat, Libertarian, Green, Independent, RINO, moderate, liberal, low-income, those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time, drinkers, gamblers, stoners, criminals, and those who lack education, lack job skills, lack job experience, have financial problems, have health problems, and/or have other problems.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2021/01/02/covid-vaccine-prisons/

USA TODAY
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: If people in Nordic countries are so happy, why do all the non-Whites in the world want to immigrate to America? Ever-increasingly, the Democrats and the RINOs who run America give more preference to non-Whites and especially to non-Whites who are female, younger, LGBTQ, disabled, non-Christian, and/or who lack education, lack job skills, lack job experience, have financial problems, have health problems, and/or have other problems.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2021/01/02/fact-check-denmark-among-happiest-countries-but-isnt-no-1/4107107001/

AMERICAN PRESS INSTITUTE
— The lost meaning of ‘objectivity’
(DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, I am not a journalist a) because journalists cannot be conservative or Republican, b) because I am not paid for what I do, c) because I do not have a degree in journalism, d) because I refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, e) because I do not glorify and praise them, and f) because I do not give them money.)
https://www.americanpressinstitute.org/journalism-essentials/bias-objectivity/lost-meaning-objectivity/

MOTLEY FOOL
— Why Facebook Stock Jumped 33% in 2020 – Joe Tenebruso
(DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs promote the Democrat Facebook. They want everyone a) to spend all their time on Facebook, b) to stop reading emails including GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails, and c) to stop visiting websites including www.gopillinois.com .)
https://www.fool.com/investing/2021/01/02/why-facebook-stock-jumped-33-in-2020/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Shares of Facebook climbed 33% last year, according to data provided by S&P Global Market Intelligence. The social media titan saw its user base and engagement levels rise during the coronavirus pandemic, as people sought ways to remain in contact with family and friends while staying safe. So what. Facebook’s daily active users increased by 12% year over year to 1.8 billion in the third quarter. Across its entire family of apps — which includes Instagram, WhatsApp, and Messenger — the social media giant’s monthly active users rose 14% to a staggering 3.2 billion. That helped to drive a 22% jump in revenue to $21.5 billion. Net income, meanwhile, surged 29% to $7.8 billion, or $2.71 per share. These gains came despite an industrywide slowdown during the COVID-19 crisis, as many companies pulled back on ad spending in the early stages of the pandemic.)

RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— DECEMBER 28, 2020 FLASHBACK: 72% of Republicans See Trump As Model for Party’s Future
https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/general_politics/december_2020/72_of_republicans_see_trump_as_model_for_party_s_future

INQUIRER
— Ageism – Mario D. Dalangin
https://opinion.inquirer.net/136550/ageism

January 2 Morning Edition

ABC7
— Mitt Romney slams vaccine distribution roll out: ‘As incomprehensible as it is inexcusable’ – CNN
https://abc7chicago.com/covid-19-vaccine-mitt-romney-rollout-pfizer/9280958/

NBC5
— In Georgia, Biden’s Presidency Meets Early Defining Moment. In his last visit, Biden called Republican Sens. David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler “roadblocks” – Bill Barrow
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/politics/in-georgia-bidens-presidency-meets-early-defining-moment/2406371/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Name change for CPS’ Agassiz Elementary expected to be the first of many. The decision to rename the Lake View school for one of three Black women is expected to be followed by similar undertakings at dozens of CPS schools. – Nader Issa and Lauren FitzPatrick
https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2021/1/1/22197836/cps-louis-agassiz-elementary-name-change-expected
— Wisconsin police monitor recreational marijuana in Illinois. A 2017 report on the effect legal recreational marijuana in Colorado and Washington had on neighboring states found “a sharp increase in marijuana possession arrests in border counties.” But checks with police along the Illinois-Wisconsin state line have shown no such rise, so far. – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2021/1/2/22204742/marijuana-illinois-recreational-pot-sales-chicago-wisconsin-police-monitor-state-line-impact

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— End of the Lipinski era: A 45-year political reign on Chicago’s Southwest Side comes to a close – BILL RUTHHART and RICK PEARSON
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-dan-lipinski-william-chicago-southwest-side-20210102-vfetdanqx5foza5gvsa4nrszpa-story.html
— Old railroad corridors near Chicago transformed into all-weather trails for hiking, cycling and cross-country skiing – JEANINE BARONE
https://www.chicagotribune.com/travel/ct-trav-rails-to-trails-0103-20210102-bmkiqagstbgkbcfov7uq4do5du-list.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The 61-mile Illinois Prairie Path (aka IPP) is one of the nation’s oldest rail-trails, dating to 1967. Following the right of way of the former Chicago Aurora and Elgin Railroad, the IPP consists of three main branches, each making for a delightful day trip from Chicago. (Wheaton, the central trailhead for all three, is just 30 miles from the Windy City.) Along the more urban Main Branch, Villa Park is worth a stop. Its Historical Museum housed in a reclaimed train depot displays several old train signals outside. Other remnants of the route’s railroad past are found in Wheaton’s Volunteer Park, where a contemporary sculpture was created from spikes, bolts and part of the Roarin’ Elgin’s original third rail. The 13-mile Aurora Branch is especially leafy, owing to the necklace of forest preserves along the way, including the St. James Farm. This former equestrian estate displays many horse-related bronzes and reliefs that will enthrall art enthusiasts. It also makes for serene picnicking beside a parcel of prairie gardens and a cattail pond. Not far from Wheaton, the 14-mile-long Elgin Branch slips into the verdant Lincoln Marsh Natural Area, where a network of nature trails with observation points — including a floating boardwalk — offer birders the opportunity to spot great egrets, green herons and other species.)

WBEZ
— Look At Who’s Eyeing A Run To Replace Jesse White, The State’s Most Popular Democrat. Illinois’ long-serving secretary of state says he won’t be seeking reelection in 2022. – Tony Arnold
https://www.wbez.org/stories/people-are-lining-up-to-replace-the-states-most-popular-democrat/5da39810-d8d4-406d-b503-89c2f537ea5c

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Embattled Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan gets backing for reelection from majority of Latinx Caucus – Rick Pearson
https://www.pantagraph.com/news/state-and-regional/embattled-illinois-house-speaker-michael-madigan-gets-backing-for-reelection-from-majority-of-latinx-caucus/article_cee62f3f-3c46-5c2c-b847-bc7da94b02d8.html

PRAIRIE STATE WIRE
— Breen fumes at governor’s latest mandates: ‘Small business has been left to die under Pritzker’ – Glenn Minnis
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/568292999-breen-fumes-at-governor-s-latest-mandates-small-business-has-been-left-to-die-under-pritzker
— Curran criticizes governor’s handling of COVID-19 crisis: ‘The way we’ve closed the state is really a tragedy’ – Glenn Minnis
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/568281879-curran-criticizes-governor-s-handling-of-covid-19-crisis-the-way-we-ve-closed-the-state-is-really-a-tragedy
— Dabrowski blasts governor’s COVID-19 response: ‘There is no data being presented that justifies it’ – Glenn Minnis
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/568894205-dabrowski-blasts-governor-s-covid-19-response-there-is-no-data-being-presented-that-justifies-it

FOX NEWS
— Trump the clear Republican ‘front-runner’ in next White House race. Trump, Pence, other potential 2024 GOP contenders to attend major Republican Party meeting next week. – Paul Steinhauser
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-clear-republican-frontrunner-2024-white-house-race

AMERICAN THINKER
— We Don’t Need To Accept The ‘New Normal’ The Left Is Forcing On Us – Caren Besner
(DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, under hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters, the ‘New Normal’ is the demise of individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are law enforcement, Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, homeowners, gun owners, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2021/01/we_dont_need_to_accept_the_new_normal_the_left_is_forcing_on_us.html

DAILY CALLER
— McConnell Again Blocks Standalone $2,000 Stimulus Check Bill – HENRY RODGERS
https://dailycaller.com/2021/01/01/mcconnell-again-blocks-standalone-2000-stimulus-check-bill-new-years-covid-19-coronavirus/

EPOCH TIMES
— Proposed House Rules Seek to Erase Gendered Terms Such as ‘Father, Mother, Son, Daughter’ – MIMI NGUYEN LY
(DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote LGBTQ, that is, ever-increasingly, Democrats promote the destruction of traditional marriage and the destruction of the traditional family.)
https://www.theepochtimes.com/proposed-house-rules-seek-to-erase-gendered-terms-such-as-father-mother-son-daughter_3640653.html

THE HILL
— Congress overrides Trump veto for the first time – JORDAIN CARNEY
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/532321-congress-overrides-trump-ndaa-veto
— Five GOP contenders — other than Trump — for 2024 – NIALL STANAGE
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/531796-five-gop-contenders-other-than-trump-for-2024

NEW YORK TIMES
— Immigrant Neighborhoods Shifted Red as the Country Chose Blue – Weiyi Cai and Ford Fessenden
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/12/20/us/politics/election-hispanics-asians-voting.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Across the United States, many areas with large populations of Latinos and residents of Asian descent, including ones with the highest numbers of immigrants, had something in common this election: a surge in turnout and a shift to the right, often a sizable one. The pattern was evident in big cities like Chicago and New York, in California and Florida, and along the Texas border with Mexico, according to a New York Times analysis of voting in 28,000 precincts in more than 20 cities. Joseph R. Biden Jr. beat President Trump in almost all of these places en route to his record popular vote victory. But the red shifts, along with a wave of blue shifts in Republican and white areas, have scrambled the conventional wisdom of American politics and could presage a new electoral calculus for the parties.)
— Virginia Judge Won’t Try Black Man in Courtroom Lined With White Portraits. David Bernhard, a circuit court judge, wrote in his decision that the display of portraits of white judges “is based on a non-racial principle, yet yields a racial result.” – Derrick Bryson Taylor
(DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats hint/imply/argue/shout a) that if Whites achieve more than minorities, it is because of Republican racism and b) that if men achieve more than women, it is because of Republican sexism.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/01/us/virginia-judge-white-portraits.html
— FAFSA’s Expected Family Contribution Is Going Away. Good Riddance. The dollar figure that the federal financial aid form spits out has long left families confused and despondent. And then there are those great expectations. – Ron Lieber
(DIERSEN: How much money did you expect your parents to pay for your bachelor’s degree? I did not expect my parents to pay anything. Neither of my outstanding parents attended college. My father was the first of his ancestors to earn a high school diploma. He fought type 1 diabetes from age 14, worked in the office of a nasty chemical plant in Chicago Heights, almost always worked second jobs to pay the family’s bills, did not buy a new car until he was 45 in 1967 and it was a bottom of the line 2-door Chevy, and died suddenly when he was 47 and I was 21. My mother never attended high school and she never worked outside the home until after he died. My outstanding parents provided me with room and board 1966-1968 while I took classes at UIC, weekends during my first semester at NIU in 1969, and the summer of 1969.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/30/your-money/fafsa-expected-family-contribution.html

NEW YORK POST
— Trump rips ‘Pathetic!!!’ Senate GOP for blocking $2,000 checks – Steven Nelson
https://nypost.com/2021/01/01/trump-rips-pathetic-senate-gop-for-blocking-2k-checks/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— What’s at Stake in Georgia. Here’s the difference between a Democratic and Republican Senate this year. – Editorial
https://www.wsj.com/articles/whats-at-stake-in-georgia-11609540879
— Never Think You’re Too Old to Become a Beginner – Tom Vanderbilt
(DIERSEN: My Democrat and IRS superiors, supervisors, coworkers and subordinates demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being a failed late-coming beginner in accounting and in auditing. They stressed that I did not a) take and pass the CPA examination until I was 30 in 1979, b) earn a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul until I was 31, and c) take and pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination until I was 32. They would have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/for-new-years-resolutions-never-think-youre-too-old-to-become-a-beginner-11609426707
— The Future Turns 50 This Year – Daniel Casse
(DIERSEN: What did you do in 1971? I started the year when I was 22 years old a) working for Firestone Stores as the Retail Sales Manager in its Chicago Heights store, b) taking a graduate business course at UIC, c) pursuing a financial hardship draft deferment, and d) driving a 1969 Dodge Charger SE. Then, I accepted a job offer from Oldsmobile, and that changed everything because Oldsmobile withdrew that job offer saying that it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint after my Firestone Store manager had rudely fired me for accepting that offer. That directly resulted in my accepting a job offer from IRS to be a GS-7 (currently $47,965/year) Revenue Officer in Chicago. As an IRS employee, I was a member of the National Treasury Employees Union. I accepted my Firestone Store manager’s offer to come back and work part-time. I lived in Crete with my mother and brother. After my Charger was stolen in Chicago, I bought a new 1972 Corvette and a 1962 Chevy Bel Air. Late in the year, Loyola accepted me into its Graduate School of Business.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-future-turns-50-this-year-11609537573

NEWSWEEK
— Kinzinger Fires Back at Fox News Host Mark Levin Who Called for His Defeat: ‘Outrage for Profit’ – CHRISTINA ZHAO
https://www.newsweek.com/gop-lawmaker-fires-back-fox-news-host-who-called-his-defeat-outrage-profit-1558473

NATIONAL LAW REVIEW
— Nasdaq Proposed Rule Would Require Board Diversity and Transparency
(DIERSEN: I should write a book about groups that are ever-increasingly in the minority in the Illinois Republican Party (IRP), DuPage County Republican Central Committee (DCRCC), and Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO). I would focus on groups that support the traditional marriage/family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks in the Republican Party platform. I would focus on how little if at all that IRP, DCRCC, and MTRO leaders defend or promote the aforesaid planks.)
https://www.natlawreview.com/article/nasdaq-proposed-rule-would-require-board-diversity-and-transparency
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In its proposal, Nasdaq emphasized that this year’s “social justice movement has brought heightened attention to the commitment of public companies to diversity and inclusion.” The proposal also cites several academic publications that studied the relationship between diverse boards and improved financial performance and corporate governance. As a result, the proposal seeks to encourage companies to have boards of directors that better reflect the country’s diverse population. The proposal would accomplish this goal by requiring a few things from companies. Under the proposed rule, Nasdaq-listed companies, subject to certain exemptions, would be required to: report on their annual proxy statements or websites statistical information regarding the gender, race, and LGBTQ+ makeup of their boards; and have at least two diverse directors: one who self-identifies as female and one who self-identifies as “an [u]nderrepresented minority” or “a member of the LGBTQ+ community.” Companies with corporate boards that do not satisfy the diversity requirements would be required to explain in their annual proxy statements or on their websites why they did not meet the requirements. The term “underrepresented minority” will be construed in accordance with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s (EEOC) definitions, which include: “Black or African American, Hispanic or Latinx, Asian, Native American or Alaskan Native, Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, or Two or More Races or Ethnicities.” Gender, underrepresented minority status, and LGBTQ+ status would be self-identified. According to the proposal, requiring an explanation from companies that do not satisfy the diversity requirements would provide investors with additional information so they can make more informed investment decisions. Nasdaq would phase the rule in over a period of several years. The proposed rule would require at least one diverse director no later than two years after the rule’s approval, and two diverse directors no later than four years after approval for companies listed on two of Nasdaq’s tiers, or five years for a third tier.)

REASON
— “Diversity” Nonsense Cost Tens of Thousands of Lives. Moderna Delayed its Vaccine Trials to Ensure it had “Enough” Minority Representation. – DAVID BERNSTEIN
(DIERSEN: How many protected groups are you a member of? Protected groups include those who are minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, disabled, veteran, citizens of foreign countries, non-Trump supporters, non-Christians, non-Protestants, non-Italian Americans, non-German Americans, Democrat, Libertarian, Green, Independent, RINO, moderate, liberal, low-income, those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time, drinkers, gamblers, stoners, and those who lack education, lack job skills, lack job experience, have financial problems, and/or have health problems.)
https://reason.com/volokh/2021/01/01/diversity-nonsense-cost-tens-of-thousands-of-lives/

NATION
— The Past and Future of the Left in the Democratic Party. Centrist Democrats who blamed the left for election losses would do well to remember the people who have fought for and shaped the party’s history. – Michael Brenes and Michael Koncewicz
(DIERSEN: I should write a book about groups that are ever-increasingly in the minority in the Illinois Republican Party (IRP), DuPage County Republican Central Committee (DCRCC), and Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO). I would focus on those who support the traditional marriage/family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks in the Republican Party platform. I would focus on how little if at all that IRP, DCRCC, and MTRO leaders defend or promote the aforesaid planks.)
https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/left-history-democratic-party/

December 31 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Illinois COVID-19 Update: IL reports 8,009 cases, 133 coronavirus deaths. New COVID-19 variant may already be circulating in Illinois, Dr. Arwady says.
https://abc7chicago.com/health/il-reports-8009-covid-19-cases-133-coronavirus-deaths-/9229960/
— Senate Republican Leader Bill Brady announces resignation effective late Thursday night
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/senate-republican-leader-bill-brady-announces-resignation-/9231043/

NBC5
— Sen. David Perdue Quarantines After Contact With Someone Infected With Covid, Days Before Georgia Runoff – Hannah Miao
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/business/money-report/sen-david-perdue-quarantines-after-contact-with-someone-infected-with-covid-days-before-georgia-runoff/2405886/

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— ‘Patients are dying like flies’: California nurse in ICU begs the public to stop being careless
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/patients-are-dying-like-flies-nurse-in-icu-begs-community-to-stop-being-careless

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— 133 more Illinois coronavirus deaths with positivity rate trending upward into new year. Since COVID-19 claimed its first Illinois victim March 16, an average of about 57 people have died with the virus every day — or about one fatality every 25 minutes. – Mitchell Armentrout
https://chicago.suntimes.com/coronavirus/2020/12/31/22208068/illinois-coronavirus-cases-deaths-vaccine-pritzker-covid-19-dec-31
— Illinois corruption wins if the players change but the rules remain the same. With two important votes on Jan. 13, the Illinois House can dismantle not just the Mike Madigan Machine, but the system that gave him his unprecedented power. – Matt Paprocki
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/12/31/22207045/illinois-politics-corruption-speaker-michael-madigan-springfield-house-matt-paprocki

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— After giving up GOP leadership post, three-time candidate for governor Bill Brady resigns from the Illinois Senate – RICK PEARSON
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-bill-brady-resigns-illinois-senate-20201231-u5vv2lrrgvhnbg56arq2if2tou-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater says “A fearless look ahead after a dreadful year.”
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/eric-zorn/ct-column-predictions-news-sports-2021-zorn-20201231-zrhr5q4dmndg3ddpjrlw442uha-story.html
— Stimulus will help, but problems remain for Lake County residents impacted by coronavirus downturn – STEVE SADIN
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/lake-county-news-sun/ct-lns-lake-county-stimulus-st-0101-20201231-jvdfl4gnmzgpnh4cgecdsdvjpm-story.html
— Illinois expunges nearly half a million cannabis cases as part of legalization – ROBERT MCCOPPIN
(DIERSEN: What unfair advantages have you had in life? My critics/opponents would hint/imply/argue/shout that my not using pot gave me unfair advantages in life. If I had been a pot user, a) the Post Office would not hired me in 1966, b) Firestone Stores would not have hired me in 1970, c) Oldsmobile would not have offered me a job and IRS would not have hired me in 1971, d) IRS would not have promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974, e) GAO would not have hired me 1980 and promoted me in 1986, f) UIC would not have admitted me in 1966, g) NIU would not have admitted me in 1969 and I would not have graduated in 1970, h) Loyola would not have admitted me in 1972 and I would not have graduated in 1976, i) DePaul would not have admitted me in 1976 and I would not have graduated in 1980, j) IIT would not have admitted me in 1992 and I would not have graduated in 1992, k) I would not have gotten married in 1978, l) I would not have passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, m) I would not have passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, n) I would not have bought new cars in 1966, 1967, 1968, 1971, etc., o) I would not have bought real estate in 1972, 1974, and 1976, p) my wife and I would not have bought real estate in 1978, 1984, and 2020, q) I would not have bought collector cars in 1989 and 1994, r) etc. I should write a book about pot users who hint/imply/argue/shout that I would have been much more successful in life if I had been a pot user.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/marijuana/illinois/ct-illinois-marijuana-pardons-expungements-20201231-mrhs3n7tsvchthlfexg3c5zdwm-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— Suburbs seeing another uptick in COVID-19 cases – Jake Griffin
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20201231/suburbs-seeing-another-uptick-in-covid-19-cases
— Is a slate a political party? The answer could decide fate for 2 Mount Prospect candidates – Steve Zalusky
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20201231/is-a-slate-a-political-party-the-answer-could-decide-fate-for-2-mount-prospect-candidates

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Dozens received COVID shots from spoiled vials. The vaccinations—part of a batch a “bad actor” pharmacist left out of refrigeration at a Wisconsin hospital—may not be effective, Advocate Aurora officials say. Now law enforcement is involved. – STEPHANIE GOLDBERG
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/health-care/dozens-received-covid-shots-spoiled-vials

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Illinois Senate minority leader resigns from office; Bill Brady won’t reveal reasons – Dean Olsen
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/2020/12/31/illinois-senate-gop-leader-resigns-office/4102929001/

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Bill Brady announces resignation from Illinois Senate
https://www.pantagraph.com/news/local/bill-brady-announces-resignation-from-illinois-senate/article_6c4454bd-6819-50e5-89ef-97e1384648da.html
— Reaction to state Sen. Bill Brady’s New Year’s Eve resignation – Kade Heather, Kelsey Watznauer
https://www.pantagraph.com/news/local/reaction-to-state-sen-bill-bradys-new-years-eve-resignation/article_6c4454bd-6819-50e5-89ef-97e1384648da.html

WGLT
— Bill Brady Resigns From Illinois Senate, Leaves Door Open For Another Run – RYAN DENHAM
https://www.wglt.org/post/bill-brady-resigns-illinois-senate-leaves-door-open-another-run#stream/0

CANTON DAILY LEDGER
— Whither the GOP in Illinois? – Jim Nowlan
https://www.cantondailyledger.com/story/opinion/2020/12/31/there-era-where-party-organization-mattered/4099368001/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Written in quill pen (not literally; it was 1965), my master’s thesis was about “Leaderless Politics: The Illinois Republican Party.” Not much has changed. That was an era when party organization mattered. My thesis was that when Republicans lost control of the governorship, the party became leaderless. Not much has changed. Back then, political patronage provided party leaders with influence over elections. My research showed that under GOP Gov. Bill Stratton (1953-60), 83 of the state’s 102 Republican county chairmen held state jobs. Guess who ran the party? Without a governor and jobs, the party was rudderless. First, TV in the 1960s and now billionaire self-funders and donors have replaced political party organizations as the primary conduits to the voters. Patronage is mostly gone, by Supreme Court dictum. Political parties have traditionally had three basic functions: Set forth a platform of values and policies for voters to consider; Recruit attractive candidates, and Work to nominate the candidates in the primary and then get them elected, so they can implement the platform inside government. The Illinois Republican Party does little of this anymore. The role of party platforms has been underappreciated. Party leaders used to wrestle over platform planks at their conventions. The platforms, by a kind of osmosis and over time, provided helpful cues for voters. That is, the GOP favors small business, while the Dems are for the working stiffs. Most of that is gone today, and voters are adrift, captivated yet confused by a Tower of Babel issuing relentlessly from the internet. The Illinois state GOP is a paper tiger. It has no money nor clout over county parties. The county parties are mostly toothless as well. There are exceptions. For example, county GOP chairs Jan Weber in Henry and Aren Hansen in Grundy have in recent years almost singlehandedly turned local offices from Dem to GOP. Mary Brookhart in McDonough County also has a strong county party; her team knows how to get out the vote. The Illinois GOP is at present recruiting a new statewide party chair. Different from a number of states that have large, professional staff and paid chairs, the Illinois party has but one staffer (very sharp Derek Murphy) and a volunteer chair. With megabucks ex-Governor Bruce Rauner gone, the state party has barely two nickels to rub together. The struggle for party control, as if it mattered, is apparently between a Trump-thumping faction versus an “establishment” faction, neither with a clear platform. The old adage that “all politics is local” is no longer true. Successful local candidates in small town and rural Illinois tend to feel they must pay more than lip service to the Trump brand of nativist populism. This effectively leaves lifestyle tolerant, pro-choice, balanced budget, free market, business-friendly folks like me outside the party, or so I feel. What does the future hold for the Illinois GOP? I expect to see Trump 2024 signs soon replacing the thousands of the 2020 versions on lawns and farmyards across mid-America; however, insiders I talk with predict the Trump brand will fade rather quickly, as he likely becomes ensnarled in nasty tax and legal problems. Over the past half century, Republican leaders have also seen their base slip away, literally. Since about 1970, two million or so whites have departed the state in net terms, replaced largely by Latinos and, to a lesser extent, Asian-Americans. When I was a state legislator in 1970, 12% of Illinois residents were of a minority group; today, it is 36%. From 1977 to 2003, the Illinois GOP enjoyed a 26-year, unbroken string of Republican governors. In contrast, this year Joe Biden clobbered Trump in Illinois 57-40 percent, in what pundits call a firmly Blue state. The big prize in 2022 will be the governor’s mansion, not that anyone lives there anymore. Gov. JB Pritzker is considered vulnerable, following his botched, disastrous campaign for increased taxes on high earners, and because of the unenviable role he has in trying to corral COVID-19. In a district on the edges of metropolitan Chicago, GOP Congressman Adam Kinzinger has been critical of Trump while supportive of his policies. He appears to be positioning himself for a run for higher office – governor, close observers report. I also find state Senators Jason Barickman of Bloomington and Sue Rezin of Morris attractive. Both are smart and capable, and might have some appeal in the suburbs. But they and other aspirants from the political ranks must nowadays almost expect outsider megabucks sorts to crash into the GOP’s party. The race will be wide open, and the leaderless state GOP will be but a bystander.)

WILLIAM J KELLY
— 2021 is the Year Americans Take Their Country Back
https://www.williamjkelly.org/news/#kelly-2021-is-the-year-americans-take-their-country-back

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Sangamon County allows indoor dining to governor’s chagrin – AP
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/dec/31/1-illinois-county-allows-indoor-dining-to-governor/
— Mitch McConnell: Democrats want ‘socialism for rich people’ with $2,000 checks – David Sherfinski
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/dec/31/mitch-mcconnell-democrats-want-socialism-rich-peop/

ACCURACY IN MEDIA
— CNN chief admits he will not cover Biden administration fairly – Ella Carroll-Smith
https://www.aim.org/aim-column/cnn-chief-biden/
— Biden, Harris ignore Black Lives Matter after campaigning on racial justice. Only using them for winning? – Julia Johnson
https://www.aim.org/aim-column/biden-harris-ignore-blm/

BREITBART
— Over 4,100 People Shot in Mayor Lightfoot’s Chicago in 2020 – AWR HAWKINS
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/12/31/over-4100-people-shot-in-mayor-lightfoots-chicago-in-2020/

BLAZE
— Republican congressman claims Trump’s base is turning against him, calls fundraising from election a scam. Kinzinger accused politicians of raising money by giving Trump supporters false hope. – Carlos Garcia
https://www.theblaze.com/news/kinzinger-trump-claims-scam

DAILY CALLER
— New Jobless Claims Decrease To 787,000, Economists Expected 828,000 – THOMAS CATENACCI
https://dailycaller.com/2020/12/31/new-jobless-claims-decrease-below-economists-expectations/

DAILY SIGNAL
— Enough Already With Using Cartoons and Cookies to Sell LGBTQ Agenda to Kids – Nicole Russell
https://www.dailysignal.com/2020/12/30/enough-already-with-using-cartoons-and-cookies-to-sell-lgbtq-agenda-to-kids/

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE
— Democrats Destroyed All the Savings of Americans Three Times Over And added a Broken Glass Belt to the Rust Belt. – Daniel Greenfield
https://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/2020/12/democrat-destroyed-all-savings-americans-three-daniel-greenfield/

THE HILL
— Pence asks judge to toss GOP lawmaker’s bid to overturn election results – JOHN KRUZEL
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/532273-pence-asks-judge-to-toss-gop-lawmakers-bid-to-overturn-election

WASHINGTON POST
— Trump 2024? Only one president has returned to power after losing reelection. If President Trump runs again in four years, he would be trying to follow in Grover Cleveland’s footsteps. – Ronald G. Shafer
https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2020/12/28/grover-cleveland-trump-non-consecutive-terms/
— The first millennials turn 40 on Jan. 1. That’s old enough to sue for age discrimination. – Andrew Van Dam
(DIERSEN: In 1988, when I was 40 years old, I became an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged my GAO superiors with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation. They had a) given me unfair performance expectations and appraisals, b) made it clear that they would never promote me beyond GS-13, c) gotten rid of my mentor in 1987, d) kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 9 years that I worked for GAO, and e) forced me to take a $20,157 (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. The Democrats who run GAO get rid of their employees who are Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who they do not promote to GS-13 (currently $101,176) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $119,559) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $140,634) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $170,800) by age 40. Extremely few GAO employees make the aforesaid promotion deadlines.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/12/29/millennial-age-discrimination/

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Republicans won half of California’s U.S. House seats they lost in 2018. Here’s how – JENNIFER HABERKORN
https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2020-12-20/republicans-recaptured-half-of-californias-u-s-house-seats-lost-in-2018-heres-how

USA TODAY
— ‘Wild Protests:’ Police brace for pro-Trump demonstrations when Congress meets Jan. 6 to formalize Biden’s win – David Jackson and Matthew Brown
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2020/12/31/elections-protest-dc-police-brace-donald-trump-demonstrators/4097472001/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— GOP Senator Josh Hawley Says He Will Force Votes on Joe Biden’s Win. Joint session of Congress to meet next week to certify electoral votes. – Lindsay Wise
https://www.wsj.com/articles/gop-senator-says-he-will-force-votes-on-bidens-win-11609348249
— Trump Administration Extends Ban on H-1B and Other Work Visas, Green Cards. Renewal of a policy criticized by businesses leaves incoming Biden administration with another immigration dilemma. – Michelle Hackman
https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-administration-extends-ban-on-h-1b-and-other-work-visas-green-cards-11609455695

NEWSWEEK
— As Trump Supporters Plan Mass Election Protest, Businesses Prepare for Possible Violence – MATTHEW IMPELLI
https://www.newsweek.com/trump-supporters-plan-mass-election-protest-businesses-prepare-possible-violence-1558334

ABC HARRISBURG
— The states people left in 2020 — and why
(DIERSEN: Democrats run Illinois. They focus on driving out of Illinois those who are Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, homeowners, gun owners, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.abc27.com/news/the-states-people-left-in-2020-and-why/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Illinois experienced a similar population decline, dropping from 12,667,017 residents to 12,587,530 in 2020 — a nearly 80,000-person decrease. It’s the seventh year in a row the state has seen such a decline, and the Census Bureau estimates that more than a quarter-million people have left the state in the past decade — about triple the losses of other states. “Illinois’ record population loss is a symptom of declining public and private investments. Rising pension debt coupled with an increasing tax burden have raised costs for Illinoisans,” Illinois Policy Institute chief economist Orphe Divounguy told The Pantagraph. “It’s become clear that Illinois leaders are not committed to changing course. Every year taxes go up, and yet there are fewer and less reliable services.” Other theories attribute the decrease to a general decline in national population growth, thanks to lower birth rates, less immigration and, perhaps, deaths related to the COVID-19 pandemic.)

STATEHOUSE FILE
— Social media played a big role in connecting candidates with voters – LaMonte Richardson Jr.
(DIERSEN: Facebook is a Democrat website.)
http://thestatehousefile.com/43667/social-media-played-a-big-role-in-connecting-candidates-with-voters/

PUBLIC NEWS SERVICE
— Will Biden Presidency Change Age, Gender Stereotypes?
https://www.publicnewsservice.org/2020-12-30/womens/will-biden-presidency-change-age-gender-stereotypes/a72646-1

GOVERNING
— Democrats Need Progressive Voters. Blaming Them Should Stop. – JABARI SIMAMA
(DIERSEN: One could say “Republicans need conservative voters. Blaming them should stop.”)
https://www.governing.com/now/Democrats-Need-Progressive-Voters-Blaming-Them-Should-Stop.html

RHOADES TEAM
— FOR SALE: 534 WEST ROOSEVELT ROAD, WHEATON – $750,000
http://www.rhoadesteam.com/homes-for-sale-details/534-W-ROOSEVELT-ROAD-WHEATON-IL-60187/10164188/34/

December 31 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE WITH BIG COLOR PICTURE: DIERSEN HEADLINE: AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON CHICAGO TIGHTENS: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump haters say “Pandemic, civil unrest likely contributed to more than 50% increase in Chicago homicides in 2020.”
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/criminal-justice/ct-year-end-gun-violence-20201231-33wbrdh44jbr7h5u77sunwj2pu-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Parent leaders at first Chicago school shuttered by coronavirus push back against reopening. “What we ask for is to have a conversation with CPS and the school community, where we’re involved together,” said Josh Radinsky, a member of the local school council at Vaughn Occupational High School. – Mitchell Armentrout
https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2020/12/30/22207081/cps-reopening-coronavirus-vaighn-lsc-resolution-stop-chicago-public-schools

WGN RADIO
— How Congress will count Electoral College votes – AP
https://wgnradio.com/news/political-news/explainer-how-congress-will-count-electoral-college-votes-3/

SUBURBAN LIFE
— DuPage County reports 387 COVID-19 cases Wednesday, 10 deaths, region’s positivity rate rises to 8.8% – Joshua Welge
https://www.shawlocal.com/my-suburban-life/coronavirus/2020/12/31/dupage-county-reports-387-covid-19-cases-wednesday-10-deaths-regions-positivity-rate-rises-to-88/
— Downers Grove Township is seeking input on how to best utilize the nearly finished Township Multipurpose Senior (55 or older) Center.
(DIERSEN: I am 72 years old. Are you 55 or older? If you are, do you fit the negative stereotype of seniors? Do you have health problems? Do you have financial problems? Do you have other problems? Are you “out of touch, useless, feeble, incompetent, pitiful and irrelevant?” SEE: https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/getting-rid-of-the-negative-stereotypes–and-biases–about-aging/2017/11/03/e731e034-bfd3-11e7-97d9-bdab5a0ab381_story.html In my defense, I stress that no health, financial, or any other kind of problem has stopped me from a) putting a GOPUSA ILLINOIS email together and sending it out each and every morning since 2004 or b) putting a GOPUSA ILLINOIS email together and sending it out each and every evening since 2015.)
https://www.shawlocal.com/my-suburban-life/news/downers-grove/2020/12/29/downers-grove-township-seniors-asked-to-complete-survey/

RIVER BENDER
— Durbin Calls On Mcconnell To Bring $2,000 Direct Payment Measure To The Floor For A Vote
https://www.riverbender.com/articles/details/durbin-calls-on-mcconnell-to-bring-2000-direct-payment-measure-to-the-floor-for-a-vote-46758.cfm

GALESBURG REGISTER MAIL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater says Trump supporters are mindless fools. How are Trump supporters treated by a) your Republican Precinct Committeeman/Captain, b) the officers of your Republican township/ward/county party organizations, c) your representative on the Illinois Republican Party State Central Committee, d) Republican candidates on ballots for your precinct, and e) Republican municipal, township, county, and state elected/appointed officials who represent your precinct?
https://www.galesburg.com/story/opinion/2020/12/30/letter-trump-supporters-mindless-fools/4073137001/

WEEK
— ‘Real winner’ of 2020 election is President Trump, McLean County GOP chair says – Howard Packowitz
https://week.com/2020/12/31/real-winner-of-2020-election-is-president-trump-mclean-county-gop-chair-says/

FOX ILLINOIS
— Trump to return to White House early from Florida vacation – AP
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/trump-to-return-to-white-house-early-from-florida-vacation

DAILY ILLINI
— Young people surmount barriers to entering politics – AIDAN FINN
https://dailyillini.com/uncategorized/2020/12/30/young-people-surmount-barriers-to-entering-politics/

WIREPOINTS
— “Nobody has a plan to fix the state. Not Republicans. Not Democrats. But that’s what we need in 2021.” – Ted Dabrowski
https://wirepoints.org/nobody-has-a-plan-to-fix-the-state-not-republicans-not-democrats-but-thats-what-we-need-in-2021-ted-dabrowski-on-the-illinois-channel/

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— “NO ETHNIC SELF-IDENTIFICATION!”–Command Leftists to Hilaria Baldwin – Laurie Higgins
(DIERSEN: What do you say to those who have urged me to pretend that I am of Swedish national origin to avoid the German sigma? During the 1840s and 1850s, all my ancestors immigrated to northeast Illinois from what is now Germany. Of course, needless-to-say, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always used that against me. In my defense, I stress that my grandfather on my father’s side fought the Germans during WWI, that my uncles on my mother’s side fought the Germans during WWII, and that my father would have fought the Germans during WWII if he had not been 4-F. Further, according to http://dna.ancestry.com , my ancestry is 33% Europe West, 28% Scandinavia, 24% Great Britain, 11% Ireland, 2% Europe East, 1% Finland/Northwest Russia, and 1% Italy/Greece.)
https://illinoisfamily.org/marriage/no-ethnic-self-identification-command-leftists-to-hillary-baldwin/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Democrats’ Digital Democracy Task Force wrong direction for online democracy. Following the ‘roadmap’ would give government more control to determine what information passes muster. – Randolph J. May
(DIERSEN: My critics/opponents want the following to control what I put in GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails: a) Milton Township Republican Organization officers, DuPage County Republican Central Committee officers, my representative on the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party officers, b) the Republican elected/appointed officials who represent my precinct, Wheaton’s West District, Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County’s 4th District, DuPage County, and Illinois, c) Republican candidates on ballots for my precinct, d) Republican major donors, e) Republican political consultants, f) Republican campaign managers, g) Republican campaign staff members, h) Republican campaign volunteers, and i) Republicans who I have sued. Everyone sees how the aforesaid treat me and treat my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/dec/29/democrats-digital-democracy-task-force-wrong-direc/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The roadmap’s premise is that “many Americans are ill-equipped to recognize and sift through false, misleading or emotionally manipulative posts” on social media platforms. So, to confront what they see as the combination of “ill-equipped” Americans and rampant disinformation and misinformation, the House Democrats propose a number of measures. . .For example, the Democrats propose creation of a new multiagency Digital Democracy Task Force, comprised of officials from across the federal government, with dedicated funding. The task force would be charged with developing communications strategies for the government to counter “disinformation and misinformation.” Because social media platforms seldom act as “responsible information gatekeepers,” the roadmap urges the government to prioritize grant funding to “experienced organizations” so that they can teach “vulnerable audiences” to spot propaganda and to “provide counter-narratives.” By now it should be evident why adoption of the Democrats’ roadmap likely poses a greater danger to democracy than ignoring it. This is not to say “misinformation” or “disinformation” on the social media platforms which are the roadmap’s primary targets doesn’t exist. It does. But there are serious disagreements every day — really, every hour — regarding what news and information on social media should be pinned with a Scarlet Letter. And it should be obvious too that the disagreements regarding claimed misinformation and disinformation extend to what the roadmap calls the “traditional news media,” which the House Democrats claim have higher editorial standards.)
— Zuckerberg-tied nonprofit helps finance Georgia runoff election workers, poll supplies. Critics suspect dubious motivation behind grants. – James Varney
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/dec/30/mark-zuckerberg-tied-nonprofit-helps-finance-georg/
— Combating hate without championing censorship – Joel Griffith and Emilie Kao
(DIERSEN: What do you say to those who promote hatred against those who are law enforcement officers, Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, non-veteran, gun owners, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time? Those who promote hatred against the aforesaid want to censor me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/dec/30/combating-hate-without-championing-censorship/

FOX NEWS
— Georgia Republicans recruit over 8,000 poll watchers for Senate runoff elections. Republicans spotlight ‘largest and most aggressive ballot security, voter integrity operation’ in state history. – Paul Steinhauser
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/georgia-republicans-recruit-over-8000-poll-watchers-for-senate-runoff-elections
— Census Bureau to miss deadline, threatening Trump’s attempt to exclude illegal migrants from census. The Census Bureau did not confirm that the figures would be submitted prior to Biden entering office. – Caitlin McFall
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/census-bureau-misses-deadline-threatening-trumps-plan-to-exclude-illegal-migrants-from-appropriating-congres
— 10 New Year’s resolutions for Biden. Biden sometimes sounds like the old geezer at the bar who’s mired in the past. – Liz Peek
(DIERSEN: Of course, because I am 72 years old, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes hint/imply/argue shout that I am “mired in the past.” They stress that I support the traditional marriage/family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks in the Republican Party platform. They stress that I oppose the promotion of dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ, abortion, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, abolition of the First and Second Amendments, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination. They stress that I use emails to communicate rather than Facebook. They stress that I own only American-nameplate vehicles.)
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/joe-biden-new-years-resolution-liz-peek

AMERICAN THINKER
— Hey, GOP: This is Your Do or Die Moment – Brian C. Joondeph
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2020/12/hey_gop_this_is_your_do_or_die_moment.html

BREITBART
— Census Bureau to miss deadline for House apportionment data – UPI
https://www.breitbart.com/news/census-bureau-to-miss-deadline-for-house-apportionment-data/
— Hawley: Dems Exercised ‘Right’ to Object to Electoral College Certification, Why Can’t GOP? – IAN HANCHETT
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2020/12/30/hawley-dems-exercised-right-to-object-to-electoral-college-certification-why-cant-gop/

ONE AMERICA NEWS NETWORK
— List Of GOP Lawmakers To Object During Electoral College Certification Process Grows
https://www.oann.com/list-of-gop-lawmakers-to-object-during-electoral-college-certification-process-grows/

EPOCH TIMES
— Car Caravans Forming for ‘Historic’ Protest in Washington – IVAN PENTCHOUKOV
https://www.theepochtimes.com/car-caravans-forming-for-historic-protest-in-washington_3636696.html

THE HILL
— The fight begins over first primary of 2024 presidential contest – B.J. RUDELL
(DIERSEN: Questions to ask candidates: If elected, would you encourage or discourage the following: reparations, BLM, LGBTQ, dependency on government, dependency on charity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, more gun controls, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and/or age discrimination?)
https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/532059-the-fight-begins-over-first-primary-of-2024-presidential-contest
— The Memo: Toxic divide grew deeper in 2020 – NIALL STANAGE
(DIERSEN: Democrats are extremely divisive. They divide a) minorities against Whites, b) women against men, c) younger people against older people, d) those who have less money against those who have more money, e) non-Christians against Christians, f) non-Protestants against Protestants, g) non-German Americans against German Americans, h) non-Italian Americans against Italian Americans, i) veterans against non-veterans, j) moderates and liberals against conservatives, k) LGBTQers against heterosexuals, l) non-married people against married people, m) Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs against Republicans, n) non-patriotic people against patriotic people, o) citizens of foreign countries against citizens of America, p) those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time against those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time, q) non-gun owners against gun owners, r) drinkers against non-drinkers, s) gamblers against non-gamblers, t) pot users against non-pot users, u) renters against homeowners, v) etc. against etc.)
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/532158-the-memo-toxic-divide-grew-deeper-in-2020

HUFFINGTON POST
— Trump Abruptly Cuts Short Florida Vacation To Return To White House. The White House announced the schedule change hours after a GOP senator said he will object to the election certification process next week. – AP
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-leaving-mar-a-lago-early_n_5fedcaedc5b6fd33110d013b

NEW YORK TIMES
— McConnell Says Senate Won’t Unhitch $2,000 Checks From Other Demands
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2020/12/30/us/biden-trump
— Early Voting Numbers in Georgia Senate Races Put G.O.P. on Edge – Astead W. Herndon and Richard Fausset
(DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrat candidates promise members of protected groups that they will use government a) to give them even more preference and b) to get rid of Republicans once and for all. Protected groups include those who are minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, disabled, veteran, citizens of foreign countries, non-Trump supporters, non-Christians, non-Protestants, non-Italian Americans, non-German Americans, Democrat, Libertarian, Green, Independent, RINO, moderate, liberal, low-income, those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time, and those who lack education, lack job skills, lack job experience, have financial problems, and/or have health problems.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/30/us/politics/georgia-senate-early-voting.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: But Dale Washburn, a Republican state legislator who introduced Ms. Loeffler at the event, had another warning. This one was based not on ideology, but on numbers that suggest Democrats are outpacing Republicans in early voting turnout — which means that Republicans may need a tremendous election-day performance on Jan. 5 if they are to win the state’s two high-stakes runoff races and maintain control of the Senate. “We’re fully aware of the energy on the other side, and think we’ve been reminded about that,” Mr. Washburn said. “We know demographics have changed in recent years. And if our side hasn’t been aware of that, they’re rapidly becoming aware of that. The Biden victory had a big part.”)
— What Biden and Harris Owe the Poor – William J. Barber II and Liz Theoharis
(DIERSEN: To get votes from those who have less money than others, Democrats and RINOs promise to use government a) to take opportunities and money away from Republicans and b) to give those opportunities and that money to those who have less money.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/25/opinion/biden-harris-agenda-poverty.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Jan. 6 protests multiply as Trump continues to call supporters to Washington – Marissa J. Lang
(DIERSEN: How are Trump supporters treated by a) your Republican Precinct Committeeman/Captain, b) the officers of your Republican township/ward/county party organizations, c) your representative on the Illinois Republican Party State Central Committee, d) Republican candidates on ballots for your precinct, and e) Republican municipal, township, county, and state elected/appointed officials who represent your precinct?)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/trump-january6-dc-protest/2020/12/30/1773b19c-4acc-11eb-839a-cf4ba7b7c48c_story.html
— NOVEMBER 4, 2017 FLASHBACK: Getting rid of the negative stereotypes — and biases — about aging – Judith Graham
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/getting-rid-of-the-negative-stereotypes–and-biases–about-aging/2017/11/03/e731e034-bfd3-11e7-97d9-bdab5a0ab381_story.html

USA TODAY
— Are you willing to pay for email? How about podcasts? Here are our tech predictions for 2021 – Jefferson Graham
(DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, my critics/opponents make it clear that they not only want you to a) stop reading GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails, but that want you to stop reading all emails and b) rely on the Democrat Facebook for all communication. They want Republican Precinct Committeemen/Captains to rely on the Democrat Facebook for all communication from a) officers of their Republican township/ward/county party organizations, b) their representative on the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Central Committee, c) the IRP officers, d) Republican candidates, and e) Republican elected/appointed officials.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2020/12/30/could-you-paying-email-2021-here-our-tech-predictions/4064371001/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: President-elect Joe Biden has complained to the social network many times about all the disinformation coming out about him on Facebook, and the company declined to act. That certainly isn’t likely to play well in the Biden years.)
— NAACP: Biden-Harris must create Cabinet position to focus solely on racial justice mandate. The incoming administration says racial justice is a top priority. Only a top-level adviser will be equipped to fight ‘crisis unparalleled in the modern era.’ – Derrick Johnson
(DIERSEN: To promote racial justice is to get rid of those who are White, male, older, heterosexual, married, Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, non-poor, non-veteran, gun owners, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, draft avoiders (except Joe Biden and Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/policing/2020/12/30/naacp-biden-harris-must-create-cabinet-position-racial-justice-column/4065685001/
— California voters failed to repeal ban on affirmative action. What signal does that send the rest of the nation? – Elinor Aspegren
(DIERSEN: To promote Affirmative Action is to get rid of those who are White, male, older, heterosexual, married, Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, non-poor, non-veteran, gun owners, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, draft avoiders (except Joe Biden and Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/education/2020/12/30/affirmative-action-prop-16-california-supreme-court/6473023002/

LINCOLN JOURNAL STAR
— City Hall: 21 questions for 2021 in Lincoln – Riley Johnson
(DIERSEN: Questions to ask candidates: If elected, would you encourage or discourage the following: reparations, BLM, LGBTQ, dependency on government, dependency on charity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, more gun controls, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and/or age discrimination?)
https://journalstar.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/city-hall-21-questions-for-2021-in-lincoln/article_5a8e3594-9792-5c00-b107-f0a22ccb79ae.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump haters say “Trump’s Embarrassing Electoral College Hustle. It is doomed to fail but would still set a destructive precedent.”
https://www.wsj.com/articles/trumps-embarrassing-electoral-college-hustle-11609371708
— The Tyranny of Diversity. Its monomaniacal pursuit undermines other values—true equality among them. – Joseph Epstein
(DIERSEN: To promote diversity is to get rid of those who are White, male, older, heterosexual, married, Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, non-poor, non-veteran, gun owners, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, draft avoiders (except Joe Biden and Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-tyranny-of-diversity-11609347729
— $2,000 Checks for the Affluent. Schumer and Trump want to write checks to the non-needy. – Editorial
(DIERSEN: According to Democrats, if you are a Republican, you are affluent if you are not on welfare.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/2-000-checks-for-the-affluent-11609371467

FORBES
— Equality Expected To Be Front And Center For New Administration – Sheila Callaham
(DIERSEN: To promote equality is to get rid of those who are older, White, male, heterosexual, married, Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, non-poor, non-veteran, gun owners, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, draft avoiders (except Joe Biden and Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/sheilacallaham/2021/12/30/equality-expected-to-be-front-and-center-for-new-administration-heres-a-word-of-advice/
— The Lesson Of 2020: Don’t Bother With Predictions For 2021 – Ellen R. Wald
(DIERSEN: What do you predict that individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries will do next year to get rid of those who are the following once and for all: law enforcement officers, Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, homeowners, gun owners, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time? Will employers ramp up their efforts to get rid of their employees who are the aforesaid? Will organizations ramp up their efforts to get rid of their members who are the aforesaid?)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/ellenrwald/2021/12/30/the-lesson-of-2020-dont-bother-with-predictions-for-2021/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater says “Fox News Used To Be President Trump’s Favorite Network. It Will Do Just Fine Without Him In 2021.”
https://www.forbes.com/sites/andymeek/2021/12/31/fox-news-used-to-be-president-trumps-favorite-network-it-will-do-just-fine-without-him-in-2021/

FEDERAL TIMES
— Agencies begin to receive compliance checks on diversity executive order – Jessie Bur
(DIERSEN: Democrats run the federal government. Federal agencies exist to hire, retain, and promote Democrats, and especially Democrats who are minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, veteran, disabled, liberal, moderate, poor, non-Christian, non-Protestant, non-Italian American, non-German American, and/or those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time.)
https://www.federaltimes.com/federal-oversight/watchdogs/2020/12/29/agencies-begin-to-receive-compliance-checks-on-diversity-executive-order/

FORD AUTHORITY
— Ford Mustang Not Endangered By Rising Popularity Of Trucks, SUVs, Crossovers – Brett Foote
https://fordauthority.com/2020/12/ford-mustang-not-endangered-by-rising-popularity-of-trucks-suvs-crossovers/

(FROM THE ARTICLE: The sports car segment is still a healthy 1.2 percent of the industry, and we’re continuing to be the market share leader with the best-selling sports car for several years running, globally and in the United States. We’re confident in the sports car market.”)