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April 17 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Illinois schools to remain closed for rest of school year; state sees highest daily spike in COVID-19 cases Illinois suffers highest spike in COVID-19 cases in 1 day – Sarah Schulte and Liz Nagy
https://abc7chicago.com/health/illinois-schools-closed-for-rest-of-academic-year-pritzker-says/6110838/

NBC5
— 1,842 New Coronavirus Cases Reported in Illinois- State’s Largest Single-Day Spike With the state preparing to enter its fourth week of a stay-at-home order, the total number of cases reached 27,575
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/coronavirus/1842-new-coronavirus-cases-reported-in-illinois-states-largest-single-day-total/2257659/
— Pritzker Announces Illinois Schools Will Remain Closed for Rest of School Year “My decisions are hard ones, but they will follow the science and the science says they can’t go back to their normal,” Pritzker said – Lauren Stone 
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/pritzker-to-announce-illinois-schools-will-remain-closed-for-rest-of-school-year-sources/2257533/
— Illinois Hasn’t Hit Its Peak Yet, Health Officials Say “We haven’t peaked yet,” Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker said Friday
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/coronavirus/illinois-hasnt-hit-its-peak-yet-health-officials-say/2257757/
— Senator Tells VP Failed Virus Testing Is ‘dereliction’ The Senate is away from Washington through May 4, but it convenes twice each week for pro forma sessions that could be used to pass more coronavirus aid – Lisa Mascaro and Andrew Taylor
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/politics/new-pressure-on-lawmakers-as-virus-aid-for-firms-hits-limit/2257484/
— Coronavirus Could Complicate Trump’s Path to Reelection The pandemic, which has killed more than 30,000 Americans and left millions out of work, has eviscerated Trump’s hope to run for reelection on a strong economy – Jonathan Lemire, Nicholas Riccardi and Thomas Beaumont 
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/coronavirus-complicate-trump-reelection-path/2257388/

WGN TV
— Illinois schools to be closed for remainder of academic school year as state sees 1,842 new COVID-19 cases
https://wgntv.com/news/coronavirus/illinois-schools-expected-to-be-closed-for-remainder-of-academic-school-year/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker shuts down schools for rest of academic year as state reports new single-day high in coronavirus cases – JAMIE MUNKS, GREGORY PRATT and JOHN BYRNE
https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-coronavirus-illinois-schools-pritzker-20200417-uxpkcai7ejcyhazlhii3kwuflq-story.html
— Wall Street agency downgrades Illinois debt after Gov. J.B. Pritzker says coronavirus will blow multibillion hole in state budget – Dan Petrella
https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-coronavirus-illlinois-finances-ratings-20200417-cv6w6xft5zbgzdqzehfkea7m6y-story.html
— Illinois National Guard activated for COVID-19 response at Park Forest developmental center with more than 100 cases – ZAK KOESKE
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/ct-sta-illinois-national-guard-ludeman-center-st-0419-20200417-evmpvn4bfbegtia2njinmdbf54-story.html
— Some states take nation’s first, small steps toward loosening coronavirus restrictions, some seek help from Washington to expand testing – AP
https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-nw-coronavirus-in-united-states-updates-20200417-qlhaumw7xvc6dpll4wgczuerxy-story.html
— Eight more coronavirus-related deaths reported in DuPage County, highest single day yet – Robert McCoppin
https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-coronavirus-illinois-dupage-8-deaths-20200417-hfbef7rh5vdg7c5e7whjk2wpgy-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Record spike of 1,842 new Illinois coronavirus cases: ‘The curve is bending. But it isn’t flat yet’ Get the latest news on how COVID-19 is impacting Chicago and Illinois.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/coronavirus/2020/4/17/21224770/latest-coronavirus-news-live-updates-chicago-illinois-2020

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Pritzker will keep schools closed – GREG HINZ
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/greg-hinz-politics/pritzker-will-keep-schools-closed

DAILY HERALD
— Illinois records highest single-day spike in COVID-19 cases, largely as a result of more tests – Jake Griffin
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200417/illinois-records-highest-single-day-spike-in-covid-19-cases-largely-as-a-result-of-more-tests
— Scant testing in US migration system risks spreading virus – AP
https://www.dailyherald.com/article/20200417/news/304179930/
— Sean Morrison reelected Cook County GOP chair
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200417/sean-morrison-reelected-cook-county-gop-chair
— Link, Shaw to keep political posts in Lake County
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200417/link-shaw-to-keep-political-posts-in-lake-county
— Madison County officials fired for alleged dirt-digging – AP
https://www.dailyherald.com/article/20200417/news/304179937/
— Some states more ready for mail-in voting than others – AP
https://www.dailyherald.com/article/20200417/news/304179980/
— DuPage schools concerned about impact of potential property tax delays – Robert Sanchez
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200417/dupage-schools-concerned-about-impact-of-potential-property-tax-delays

NEWS CHANNEL 20
— Virus forced schools online, but many students didn’t follow – AP
https://newschannel20.com/news/coronavirus/virus-forced-schools-online-but-many-students-didnt-follow

WIREPOINTS
— Illinois Senate Democrats Seek Massive Federal Bailout for State, Going Far Beyond Coronavirus Impact – Mark Glennon and Ted Dabrowski
https://wirepoints.org/illinois-senate-democrats-seek-massive-federal-bailout-for-state-going-far-beyond-coronavirus-impact-wirepoints/

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Trump: From Hamilton to Jefferson in Three Days: How Trump Positioned Governors to Take the Blame for Cocid-19 Deaths after Economy Re-Opened
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/04/17/trump-from-hamilton-to-jefferson-in-less-than-one-week-how-trump-positioned-governors-to-take-the-blame-for-deaths-after-economy-re-opened/ 
— Tyler Wilke Elected to Head McHenry County Republican Party
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/04/17/tyler-wilke-elected-to-head-mchenry-county-republican-party/ 
— Ness Pulls in BIG Bucks for Challenge to Skillicorn, Mainly from Mike Madigan and His Allies
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/04/17/ness-pulls-in-big-bucks-for-challenge-to-skillicorn/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— IVES BLASTS CASTEN FOR WITHHOLDING SUPPORT FOR DISTRICT SMALL BUSINESS COVID-19 AID
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2020/04/ives-blasts-casten-for-withholding-support-for-district-small-business-covid-19-aid.html
— WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION SAYS RESTRICT ALCOHOL SALES DURING COVID CRISIS
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2020/04/world-health-organization-says-restrict-alcohol-sales-during-covid-crisis.html
— SCHOOL NOT TO RESUME FOR 2019-20 YEAR, SAYS ILLINOIS GOV
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2020/04/school-not-to-resume-for-2019-20-year-says-illinois-gov.html
— IL ESSENTIAL BUSINESSES THREATENED WITH WORKERS COMP LAWSUITS IF EMPLOYEES ACQUIRE COVID-19
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2020/04/workers-comp-.html

CAPITOL FAX
— Pritzker closes schools for rest of the academic year – “This was not a decision that I made lightly” – New EO to modify teacher licensing requirement – Outlines federal aid – Asks for understanding on grades – Has messages for teachers and students – Superintendent Ayala: “Closing the digital divide will be pivotal” – IDPH is tracking cases of healthcare workers, hasn’t made them public yet, but will – McCormick Place has five patients – Leaves door open for summer school – Hasn’t contemplated allowing parents to redo school year – Dr. Ezike: “I don’t think we’ve peaked” – Pritzker: “We have not peaked” – No specific action available to force a downward curve – Shies away from a mask requirement: “We don’t live in a dictatorial society” – Asked about large state facilities in southern Illinois
https://capitolfax.com/2020/04/17/pritzker-closes-schools-for-rest-of-the-academic-year-this-was-not-a-decision-that-i-made-lightly/
— 1,842 new cases, 62 additional deaths
https://capitolfax.com/2020/04/17/1842-new-cases-62-additional-deaths/
— COVID-19 roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2020/04/17/covid-19-roundup-20/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Coronavirus case and death counts in U.S. ridiculously low – Cheryl K. Chumley
https://m.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/apr/14/coronavirus-case-and-death-counts-in-us-ridiculous/
— Joe Biden: Some Trump supporters back notion that ‘all Mexicans are rapists and all Muslims are bad’ – David Sherfinski (DIERSEN: Are you a Trump supporter? How do the following treat Trump supporters: a) the leaders of your Republican township/ward/county party organizations; b) the leaders of the Illinois Republican Party; c) the Republican leaders of your municipality; d) the Republican leaders of your township; e) the Republican leaders of your county; f) your Republican state representative and senator; g) your Republican U.S. Representative; and h) the Republican candidates on the November 3, 2020 ballot in your precinct?)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/apr/16/joe-biden-some-trump-supporters-back-notion-all-me/
— Coronavirus ‘much more widespread’ than previously thought, Stanford antibody study finds – Valerie Richardson
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/apr/17/coronavirus-much-more-widespread-previously-though/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— ‘Full steam ahead’: RNC chairwoman says GOP plans to stage August convention despite coronavirus – David M. Drucker
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/full-steam-ahead-rnc-chairwoman-says-gop-plans-to-stage-august-convention-despite-coronavirus
— Congressional scorekeeper estimates enacted pandemic relief bill will cost $1.8 trillion – Jay Heflin
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/congressional-scorekeeper-estimates-enacted-pandemic-relief-bill-will-cost-1-8t
— Republicans move away from their corporate allies and toward Trump on China – W. James Antle III (DIERSEN: From what I see, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes are going to stay with Communist China.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/republicans-move-away-from-their-corporate-allies-and-toward-trump-on-china

FOX NEWS
— Biden’s ‘deplorables moment’? Trump camp decries comments on president’s base – Gregg Re (DIERSEN: Are you a Trump supporter? How do the following treat Trump supporters: a) the leaders of your Republican township/ward/county party organizations; b) the leaders of the Illinois Republican Party; c) the Republican leaders of your municipality; d) the Republican leaders of your township; e) the Republican leaders of your county; f) your Republican state representative and senator; g) your Republican U.S. Representative; and h) the Republican candidates on the November 3, 2020 ballot in your precinct?)
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/bidens-deplorables-moment-trump-camp-decries-comments-on-presidents-base
(FROM THE ARTICLE: During a question-and-answer session, Biden responded “probably not” when someone asked if he could win over Trump supporters, and then he launched into a scathing critique. “There are people who support the president because they like the fact that he is engaged in the politics of division,” Biden said. “They really support the notion that, you know, all Mexicans are rapists and all Muslims are bad and… dividing this nation based on ethnicity, race. This is the one [sic] of the few presidents who succeeded by deliberately trying to divide the country, not unite the country.” Trump’s campaign fired back on Thursday. “Biden reveals his disdain for certain Americans burns just as hot as Hillary’s,” the Trump campaign said in a statement as Biden’s comments circulated. The campaign accused Biden of calling “working-class voters racist, xenophobic and Islamophobic.”)

GOPUSA
— Sacramento Cops Warn: Violate Coronavirus Stay-At-Home Order, You Could Be Arrested
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=87675

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Are We Witnessing a Targeted Hit Against Trump Voters? If you tried to design an attack against the president’s supporters, you couldn’t do better than what the experts have done in the name of public health. – Curtis Ellis (DIERSEN: Are you a Trump supporter? How do the following treat Trump supporters: a) the leaders of your Republican township/ward/county party organizations; b) the leaders of the Illinois Republican Party; c) the Republican leaders of your municipality; d) the Republican leaders of your township; e) the Republican leaders of your county; f) your Republican state representative and senator; g) your Republican U.S. Representative; and h) the Republican candidates on the November 3, 2020 ballot in your precinct?)
https://amgreatness.com/2020/04/15/are-we-witnessing-a-targeted-hit-against-trump-voters/

BREITBART
— Joe Biden Exposes #MeToo Movement as Total BS – JOHN NOLTE
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/04/17/joe-biden-exposes-metoo-movement-total-bs/
— Blue State Blues: Media Would Destroy Republicans for What Nancy Pelosi Is Doing to Block Funding for PPP – JOEL B. POLLAK
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/04/17/blue-state-blues-media-would-destroy-republicans-for-what-nancy-pelosi-is-doing-to-block-funding-for-ppp/
— George W. Bush Center: More Globalization Is the Answer to Coronavirus Crisis – John Binder (DIERSEN: America-haters want America to be dependent on foreign countries for everything.)
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/04/16/george-w-bush-center-globalization-answer-coronavirus-crisis/
— Goldman Sachs Predicts 36% Drop in iPhone Shipments – LUCAS NOLAN
https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2020/04/17/goldman-sachs-predicts-36-drop-in-iphone-shipments/
— Procter & Gamble Reports Biggest US Sales Surge in Decades – JOHN CARNEY
https://www.breitbart.com/economy/2020/04/17/procter-gamble-reports-biggest-us-sales-surge-in-decades/
— Coronavirus: International Flights Continue to Bring 100,000 Unchecked Travellers a Week to Britain – OLIVER JJ LANE
https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2020/04/17/coronavirus-international-flights-bring-100000-unchecked-travellers-week-britain/

NEWSMAX
— Undocumented Aliens and the Promised Land – James Walsh (DIERSEN: America-haters see illegals as being the soldiers in their army to destroy America.)
https://www.newsmax.com/jameswalsh/illegalimmigration/2020/04/17/id/963327/

HOT AIR
— “There’s nowhere to hide,” said Diane Swonk, chief economist at Grant Thornton in Chicago. “This is the deepest, fastest, most broad-based recession we’ve ever seen.” (DIERSEN: What helps you and your spouse to hide from the recession? For us, it includes my Civil Service Retirement System pension; our Social Security; our federal health, dental, and vision insurance subsidy; our having retirement savings; our owning a home; our not having debts; our not having dependents; etc.) 
https://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2020/04/nowhere-hide-unemployment-permeates-economy/

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— When Media Advertising Boycotts Backfire – Mark Hemingway (DIERSEN: Which individuals, organizations, companies, and governments boycott you? I should write a book about those that boycott me and boycott my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails. I would focus on those that claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican. I would focus on those that have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton’s West District, Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois.) 
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2020/04/10/when_media_advertising_boycotts_backfire_142918.html

CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR
— Why Trump supporters are protesting state lockdowns From Michigan to Ohio and Texas, both Democratic and Republican governors are being challenged by protestors who claim a forced lockdown infringes on their constitutional rights. – AP
https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2020/0417/Why-Trump-supporters-are-protesting-state-lockdowns

THE HILL
— Trump appears to back those protesting social distancing measures – BRETT SAMUELS
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/493329-trump-appears-to-back-those-protesting-social-distancing-measures
— Governors complain testing is weak spot in Trump plan – PETER SULLIVAN
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/493403-governors-complain-testing-is-weak-spot-in-trump-plan
— Trump announces $19B program to help agriculture sector – SYLVAN LANE 
https://thehill.com/policy/finance/493418-trump-announces-19b-program-to-help-agriculture-sector

NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump tweets to “LIBERATE” states where people are protesting virus restrictions.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/17/us/coronavirus-cases-news-update.html#link-12bb7c5e
— Most U.S. Firms Have No Plans to Leave China Due to Coronavirus: Survey – Reuters
https://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2020/04/17/business/17reuters-health-coronavirus-china-business.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Texas announces dates for relaxing some coronavirus-related restrictions
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2020/04/17/coronavirus-latest-news/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater hints/implies/argues/shouts that Trump’s cabinet members are not qualified. QUESTION: What qualifies candidates for positions? ANSWER: Their relevant work experience, their relevant education, and their relevant professional certifications and licenses. QUESTION: But what if candidates have to be minority, female, younger, etc.?) 
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/04/17/cabinet-qualified-men-women/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— A Fed Bailout Is Wrong for States and Cities The central bank should adjust its lending methods to prevent abuse by profligate local governments. – Robert C. Pozen
https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-fed-bailout-is-wrong-for-states-and-cities-11586988167

CNBC
— OCTOBER 23, 2018 FLASHBACK: ‘Where do you see yourself in 5 years?’ – Marguerite Ward and Kathryn Dill (DIERSEN: I see myself continuing to send out a GOPUSA ILLINOIS email each and every morning and each and every evening too, and continuing to serve as the DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 9 Republican Precinct Committeeman in Wheaton. Of course, my critics/opponents in Wheaton’s West District, Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois do not want that. Of course, they want to replace me with someone who they can manipulate/dominate. Of course, they want to replace me with a RINO who is not a Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, White, male, older, gun owner, German American, draft avoider, or someone whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes.) 
https://www.cnbc.com/2017/10/31/how-to-answer-the-interview-question-where-do-you-see-yourself-in-5-years.html

LAWYERS
— Ageism At Work Prominent In The United States – Sidney L. Gold (DIERSEN: Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs use Affirmative Action, Diversity, Inclusion, up-or-out, etc., otherwise known as political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination, to not hire Republicans and to get rid of Republicans.) 
https://blogs.lawyers.com/attorney/labor-and-employment/ageism-at-work-prominent-in-the-united-states-61926/

RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— Most Democrats Want Woman, Person of Color As VP Nominee But Have No Favorite (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponent, their operatives, and their dupes, ever-increasingly, everyone wants everyone to get rid of everyone who is a Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owner, German American, draft avoider, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. 
https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/elections/election_2020/most_democrats_want_woman_person_of_color_as_vp_nominee_but_have_no_favorite

SPLC
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: SPLC promotes hatred against individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2020/04/17/hate-groups-and-racist-pundits-spew-covid-19-misinformation-social-media-despite-companies

SUN
— Joe Biden says Trump supporters believe ‘all Mexicans are rapists and all Muslims are bad’ – David Boroff (DIERSEN: Are you a Trump supporter? How do the following treat Trump supporters: a) the leaders of your Republican township/ward/county party organizations; b) the leaders of the Illinois Republican Party; c) the Republican leaders of your municipality; d) the Republican leaders of your township; e) the Republican leaders of your county; f) your Republican state representative and senator; g) your Republican U.S. Representative; and h) the Republican candidates on the November 3, 2020 ballot in your precinct?)
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/11415811/joe-biden-donald-trump-supporters-mexicans-muslims/

April 17 Morning Edition

ABC7
— When will Chicago return to normal? Data shows ‘flattening of COVID-19 curve’; still high risk of virus spread How long will Illinois’ stay-at-home order last?
https://abc7chicago.com/health/coronavirus-how-long-will-illinois-stay-at-home-order-last/6107862/

NBC5
— 21 Employees at South Side Meat Packing Facility Test Positive for Coronavirus More than 20 employees at a Chicago meat packing facility have tested positive for coronavirus – Natalie Martinez
https://www.nbcchicago.com/local-2/21-employees-at-south-side-meat-packing-facility-test-positive-for-coronavirus/2257241/

WGN TV
— Illinois spent $17 million on masks from China that are now being recalled in other states – Ben Bradley
https://wgntv.com/news/coronavirus/illinois-spent-17-million-on-masks-that-are-now-being-recalled-in-other-states/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Pritzker promotes social distancing — to penguins at the Shedd Aquarium “All right now, 6 feet apart, everyone,” Gov. J.B. Pritzker tells a group of penguins in a new video for his social media campaign, #AllInIllinois. – Tina Sfondeles 
https://chicago.suntimes.com/coronavirus/2020/4/17/21224604/pritzker-promotes-social-distancing-penguins-shedd-aquarium
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters use coronavirus to promote illegal immigration.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/2020/4/16/21223521/immigrants-frontline-essential-workers-daca-supreme-court-health-care-donald-trump-marlen-garcia

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Economic pain from coronavirus pandemic spreads around the globe as President Trump presses plan to reopen business – AP 
https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-nw-coronavirus-world-updates-20200416-gsjbqhdmo5ailazfsupxz7eium-story.html
— Busy, yet struggling: Illinois hospitals lose $1.4 billion a month as coronavirus cancels surgeries – LISA SCHENCKER and DAVID HEINZMANN
https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-coronavirus-illinois-hospitals-financial-damage-furloughs-20200417-w3mzywqx2vdprb5bj33h57clba-story.html
— Democrats might not fall in love with Joe Biden, but they’ll need to fall in line – Clarence Page (DIERSEN: Biden has/will promise to use the federal government to get rid of the following, so why should they support him: those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/clarence-page/ct-column-joe-biden-sanders-endorsement-page-20200414-3ct6hccqkncbdf6rdit4d5b3je-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— New DuPage County GOP chairman Jim Zay says party needs unified message – Robert Sanchez
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200417/new-dupage-county-gop-chairman-says-party-needs-unified-message
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Zay says some are counting the GOP out in DuPage, but that’s a mistake. “I think we just forgot to remind people why they live in DuPage County,” Zay said. He pointed to the county’s low crime rate, good schools and open space acquisitions that were achieved under decades of Republican leadership. “We’ve got great leadership,” he said. “We’ve got good government at all levels in the county. People have decided to raise their families here because of the good policies we’ve had.” Zay says DuPage Republicans should promote that positive message during the campaign. “We’re not going to get into the finger pointing,” he said. “We’re going to get into what we have to offer as a party.” When asked if he thought President Donald Trump will be a liability for suburban Republicans in November, Zay acknowledged some don’t like the president. “There’s nothing we can do about it,” he said. “Our job is to look at DuPage County and get our Republicans elected in DuPage County.”)
— Fourth of July celebration canceled in Carol Stream, others in jeopardy – Katlyn Smith
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200417/fourth-of-july-celebration-canceled-in-carol-stream-others-in-jeopardy
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In Wheaton, the park district has not yet made a formal announcement on the status of its celebration, Executive Director Mike Benard said. “But it seems very likely that the 4th of July parade and fireworks in Wheaton will be canceled due to the need to continue social distancing protocols,” he said via email. “I believe the governor will have something to say about the status of large events this summer at some point in the near future.”)

WTTW
— Aurora, State’s Second-Largest City, Adapts to COVID-19 Shutdown – Paris Schutz
https://news.wttw.com/2020/04/16/aurora-state-s-second-largest-city-adapts-covid-19-shutdown

JOURNAL GAZETTE TIMES COURIER
— Illinois business owners bleeding money during the coronavirus shutdown gear up for a fight with insurers who’ve denied their claims – ALEXIA ELEJALDE-RUIZ
https://jg-tc.com/business/illinois-business-owners-bleeding-money-during-the-coronavirus-shutdown-gear-up-for-a-fight-with/article_7388e9c1-5301-5693-b3ff-3f2aa020b303.html

NEWS CHANNEL 20
— Conditions needed to reopen Illinois economy – Jakob Emerson
https://newschannel20.com/news/local/conditions-needed-to-reopen-illinois-economy

FOX ILLINOIS
— Ohio: Pro-Trump protesters push back on stay-at-home orders – AP
https://foxillinois.com/news/coronavirus/pro-trump-protesters-push-back-on-stay-at-home-orders

POSITIVELY NAPERVILLE
— April 16, 2020: Daily COVID-19 Case Counts* for DuPage County
https://www.positivelynaperville.com/2020/04/16/april-16-2020-daily-covid-19-case-counts-for-dupage-county/112082

CHICAGO BOOTH
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats use coronavirus to demonize, denigrate, and condemn Republicans.
https://review.chicagobooth.edu/economics/2020/article/partisan-bias-affects-what-americans-think-coronavirus

CENTER SQUARE
— Budget analysts give options for perilous Illinois budget, expect deep cuts – Cole Lauterbach
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/budget-analysts-give-options-for-perilous-illinois-budget-expect-deep-cuts/article_ae3bf810-8046-11ea-b26c-170856c0f437.html

WIREPOINTS
— Illinois’ COVID-19 crisis: Daily data update for April 17th, 2020
https://wirepoints.org/illinois-covid-19-crisis-daily-data-update-wirepoints/

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— Illinois Governor Pritzker violates own Executive Order – KIRK ALLEN 
https://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2020/04/illinois-governor-pritzker-violates-own-executive-order/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— GOVERNOR SPENT $17M TAX DOLLARS ON MASKS FROM CHINA THAT ARE NOW BEING RECALLED IN OTHER STATES
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2020/04/governor-spent-17m-tax-dollars-on-masks-from-china-that-are-now-being-recalled-in-other-states.html

WASHINGTON TIMES
— U.S. ducks coronavirus doomsday as projections miss mark – Stephen Dinan, Alex Swoyer and David Sherfinski
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/apr/16/us-coronavirus-projections-miss-mark-country-ducks/
— Female running mate for Joe Biden not the top preference for voters: Poll – Jennifer Harper (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents talk and act like they have polled everyone, and have found that everyone wants them to get rid of those who share my demographics: Trump supporter, Protestant (I was baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran), conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, old (I was born in 1948), non-poor, gun owner, German American, draft avoider, and my ancestors have been in America for a long time (since 1844). My critics/opponents talk and act like everyone wants them to promote dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, abolition of the First and Second Amendments, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation for opposing the aforesaid. I should write a book about my critics/opponents.) 
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/apr/16/female-running-mate-for-joe-biden-not-the-top-pref/

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— The coronavirus and the new American middle – Matthew Continetti
https://freebeacon.com/columns/the-viral-center/

FOX NEWS
— Coronavirus timeline shows politicians’, media’s changing rhetoric on risk of pandemic – Gregg Re
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/from-new-york-to-canada-to-the-white-house-initial-coronavirus-responses-havent-aged-well

GOPUSA
— Media Prefer Hating Trump To Helping America – David Limbaugh
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=87673
— Dress Rehearsal For A Police State
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=87710
— Unprecedented Plan To Re-Open Connecticut Includes Surveillance, Confinement And Extensive Testing
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=87667

RUSH LIMBAUGH
— MIT Discovers NYC Mass Transit Spreads Disease (DIERSEN: How much have you used mass transit? I used mass transit big time 1978-1997.) 
https://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2020/04/16/mit-discovers-nyc-mass-transit-spread-disease/

BREITBART
— TRAGIC: Destruction of the British Family: Marriage Rate Falls to Lowest in Recorded History – KURT ZINDULKA
https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2020/04/16/destruction-of-the-british-family-marriage-rate-falls-to-lowest-in-recorded-history/

DAILY CALLER
— Ben Carson: If We Wait For COVID-19 To Be Completely Gone To Reopen, ‘Our Economy Will Be Gone Also’ – DAVID KRAYDEN
https://dailycaller.com/2020/04/16/ben-carson-hud-covid-19-coronavirus-reopen-economy/
— U.S. Coronavirus Death Count To Include ‘Probable’ Causes, Could Add Thousands Who Never Tested Positive – JUSTIN CARUSO
https://dailycaller.com/2020/04/16/u-s-coronavirus-death-count-to-include-probable-causes/

DAILY SIGNAL
— Trump Outlines 3-Phase Approach to ‘Opening Up America Again’ Amid COVID-19 – Fred Lucas 
https://www.dailysignal.com/2020/04/16/trump-unveils-phased-plan-for-opening-up-america-again/

TOWNHALL
— President Trump, Don’t Import Guest-workers in a Recession – Ryan James Girdusky
https://townhall.com/columnists/ryanjamesgirdusky/2020/04/17/president-trump-dont-import-guestworkers-in-a-recession-n2567078

NEWSMAX
— Many Left Frustrated, Angry Over Stimulus Checks – Jeffrey Rodack
https://www.newsmax.com/us/stimulus-checks-frustration/2020/04/16/id/963169/

NEWS BUSTERS
— Are They Against Hope? CNN Trashes New Guidelines, Warns It Could Cause Deaths – Curtis Houck
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/curtis-houck/2020/04/16/are-they-against-hope-cnn-trashes-new-guidelines-warns-it-could

PJ MEDIA
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Gov. Newsom Will Give Stimulus Checks to Illegal Aliens – RICK MORAN (DIERSEN: Newsom should get Mexico and other foreign countries to give stimulus checks to their citizens who are in California illegally.)
https://pjmedia.com/trending/gov-newsom-will-give-stimulus-checks-to-illegal-aliens/
— Coronavirus Reveals China’s Horrific Racism Against Black People – TYLER O’NEIL
https://pjmedia.com/trending/coronavirus-reveals-chinas-horrific-racism-against-black-people/

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Coronavirus Is No Excuse to Empty Jails – DAN MCLAUGHLIN
https://www.nationalreview.com/2020/04/coronavirus-crisis-san-francisco-district-attorney-chesa-boudin-pushes-pro-criminal-reforms/

THE HILL
— Millions wait for virus relief checks in major test for IRS – NAOMI JAGODA
https://thehill.com/policy/finance/493268-millions-wait-for-virus-relief-checks-in-major-test-for-irs
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Fresh produce goes to waste as coronavirus wrecks supply chains – ALEX GANGITANO
https://thehill.com/business-a-lobbying/business-a-lobbying/493252-fresh-produce-goes-to-waste-as-coronavirus-wrecks

HUFFINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters say “Donald Trump’s Campaign Team Ripped Over Racist Anti-Joe Biden Ad.”
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/donald-trump-2020-campaign-biden-ad-anger_n_5e995c2ac5b63639081c62bb
— JUNE 28, 2010 FLASHBACK: Are You Criticizing, Evaluating Or Judging? – Russell Bishop (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes constantly criticize me and constantly criticize my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails. They constantly criticize a) each and every decision that I make to include or to not include links to articles in GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails, b) comments that I make or do not make on those articles, and c) articles that I write. Since 2004, I have included links to more than 364,400 articles in GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails. I should write a book about those who have criticized me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails the most since 2000. I would focus on those who have/had lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton’s West District, Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois. I would focus on past and present activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, and political consultants. I would focus on those who paint themselves as being religious, conservative, and/or Republican. All of the aforesaid hint/imply/argue/shout that if they, or if someone who they manipulate/dominate, had been the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000, Republicans would not have suffered any losses in Illinois since 2000.) 
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/self-help-are-you-critici_b_627267

CNN
— Joe Biden has a young voter problem – Harry Enten (DIERSEN: To get vote from young people, Biden will promise to use the federal government to get rid of old people once and for all, stating with those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, non-poor, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/16/politics/biden-young-voters/index.html

CBS NEWS
— More than 33,000 dead in U.S. as COVID-19 spreads
https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/coronavirus-pandemic-covid-19-latest-news-2020-04-16/

NEW YORK TIMES
— China’s Economy Shrinks, Just When the World Needs Its Punch The coronavirus ended nearly half a century of continuous growth, official figures show, underscoring how momentous the task of reviving the global economy will be. – Keith Bradsher
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/16/business/china-coronavirus-economy.html
— U.S. Officials Run Into Dead Ends in Rush to Find Masks Amid Pandemic – Reuters
https://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2020/04/16/world/europe/16reuters-health-coronavirus-usa-supplies.html
— Britain’s Coronavirus Lockdown Is Extended, and Putin Postpones Military Parade Singapore reported a sharp increase in new infections, many of them among migrant laborers. At a long-term care home in Montreal, two nurses, 150 beds and 31 deaths.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/16/world/coronavirus-news-updates.html
— Reporters Grounded by Pandemic Lose ‘That Window Into the Campaign’ The boys (and girls) aren’t on the bus. That means no face-to-face interviews with swing-state voters, no hotel-bar meetings with political operatives and reports with less texture. – Michael M. Grynbaum
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/16/business/media/virus-2020-campaign-reporters.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Straggling in a Good Economy, and Now Struggling in a Crisis The coronavirus pandemic has shown how close to the edge many Americans were living, with pay and benefits eroding even as corporate profits surged. – Patricia Cohen
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/16/business/economy/coronavirus-economy.html
— A Gloomy Prediction on How Much Poverty Could Rise Researchers suggest the poverty rate may reach the highest levels in half a century, hitting African-Americans and children hardest. – Jason DeParle
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/16/upshot/coronavirus-prediction-rise-poverty.html
— ‘Nowhere to Hide’ as Unemployment Permeates the Economy Jobless claims exceed 20 million in four weeks, inflicting a toll on the labor force not seen since the Great Depression. – Nelson D. Schwartz
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/16/business/economy/unemployment-numbers-coronavirus.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Those who want socialism, communism, and dictatorship use coronavirus to promote socialism, communism, and dictatorship.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/16/opinion/trump-coronavirus-economy.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater uses coronavirus to get Latinos to hate Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/16/us/politics/latinos-coronavirus-trump.html
— Michigan: ‘You Have to Disobey’: Protesters Gather to Defy Stay-at-Home Orders As governors ponder reducing coronavirus restrictions, rallies largely spurred by talk radio and conservative social media reflect frustrations with limits on commerce. – Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs and Jeremy W. Peters
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/16/us/coronavirus-rules-protests.html
— Obesity Linked to Severe Coronavirus Disease, Especially for Younger Patients Young adults with obesity are more likely to be hospitalized, even if they have no other health problems, studies show. – Roni Caryn Rabin
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/16/health/coronavirus-obesity-higher-risk.html

WASHINGTON POST
— A new front in the presidential campaign, as President Trump seeks to divert anger at China against Joe Biden – Matt Viser and 
Sean Sullivan (DIERSEN: I should write a book about my critics/opponents who promote Communist China.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/a-new-front-in-the-presidential-campaign-as-president-trump-seeks-to-divert-anger-at-china-against-joe-biden/2020/04/16/8627a47a-7ffe-11ea-9040-68981f488eed_story.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Reported U.S. Coronavirus Deaths Reach Record 4,591 in 24 Hours Trump’s revised guidelines allow states to decide on reopenings; U.S. jobless claims soar – Jennifer Calfas, Newley Purnell and Matthew Dalton
https://www.wsj.com/articles/coronavirus-surges-in-some-asian-countries-that-had-been-lightly-hit-11587031743
— Sizing Up the Coronavirus’s Hit to the Job Market A Wall Street Journal analysis finds temporary losses, short-term gains and hiring freezes – Gwynn Guilford
https://www.wsj.com/articles/sizing-up-the-coronaviruss-hit-to-the-job-market-11587066150
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: U.S. Jobless Claims Top 20 Million Since Start of Shutdowns Another 5.2 million Americans filed for unemployment benefits in latest week – Eric Morath and Sarah Chaney
https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-unemployment-claims-likely-continued-at-record-levels-11587029401
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: China Records First Ever Contraction in Quarterly GDP on Coronavirus GDP contraction of 6.8% foreshadows pain likely to be reported world-wide – Jonathan Cheng
https://www.wsj.com/articles/china-set-to-report-plunge-in-first-quarter-gdp-11587086697
— When the Stimulus Check in Your Bank Account Isn’t What You Expected Some Americans find too little, others too much, as IRS sends out more than 80 million payments – Richard Rubin
https://www.wsj.com/articles/when-the-stimulus-check-in-your-bank-account-isnt-what-you-expected-11587054049
— Democrats in Key Senate Races Outraise Republican Opponents Party views candidates’ strong fundraising as a sign they could flip the Senate, where GOP holds a 53-47 majority – Chad Day and Lindsay Wise
https://www.wsj.com/articles/democrats-in-key-senate-races-outraise-republican-opponents-11587058171
— Supermarkets Adjust Meat Sections as Coronavirus Cuts Supply Closed plants disrupt deliveries to stores amid increased customer demand; ‘we are very concerned about fresh meat’ – Jaewon Kang and Jacob Bunge
https://www.wsj.com/articles/supermarkets-adjust-meat-sections-as-coronavirus-cuts-supply-11587051995
— The Lockdown Protests Begin As the economic pain builds, the public chafes at stifling restrictions. – Editorial
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-lockdown-protests-begin-11587079670
— Moving the Shutdown Goal Posts Liberals try to set Trump up to take the blame for any further coronavirus deaths. – Kimberley A. Strassel
https://www.wsj.com/articles/moving-the-shutdown-goal-posts-11587078025
— The Mentor Who Made Dr. Anthony Fauci He met the right person at the right time in his career—and Dr. Sheldon Wolff changed Dr. Fauci’s life. – Ben Cohen (DIERSEN: My Democrat IRS superiors got rid of my IRS mentor because he promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974. My Democrat GAO superiors got rid of my GAO mentor because he hired me in 1980, got me assigned to audits of IRS in 1986, and promoted me in 1986.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-mentor-who-made-dr-anthony-fauci-11587040520

USA TODAY
— Social distancing until 2022? It’s possible without coronavirus vaccine, treatments, experts say – Jordan Culver and Adrianna Rodriguez
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2020/04/15/coronavirus-intermittent-social-distancing-possible-until-2022/2994623001/

COMMITTEE TO PROTECT JOURNALISTS
— The Trump Administration and the Media Attacks on press credibility endanger US democracy and global press freedom (DIERSEN: What position does the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) have on me, on my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails, and on www.gopillinois.com ? Does the CPJ side with those who have viciously attacked my credibility ever since I became the GOPUSA Illinois Editor in 2000? According to them, to be a journalist, a) you have to be paid for what you do, b) you have to claim to be nonpartisan, and c) you have to have a degree in journalism. What weight does CPJ give to my having worked for GAO as an Analyst for almost 18 years, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 levels, currently, $101,176-$131,532/year? What weight does CPJ give to my serving as the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000?)

https://cpj.org/reports/2020/04/trump-media-attacks-credibility-leaks.php

GUARDIAN
— China denies cover-up as Wuhan death toll revised up by 50%
https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2020/apr/17/coronavirus-live-news-trump-says-29-states-could-reopen-relatively-soon-as-global-deaths-near-145000

April 16 Evening Edition

WHITE HOUSE
— President Trump’s Guidelines for Opening Up America Again!
https://www.whitehouse.gov/1600daily/

ABC7
— Coronavirus Illinois: Deadliest day since COVID-19 pandemic began as IL death toll surpasses 1K, 25K cases – Liz Nagy and Sarah Schulte
https://abc7chicago.com/health/illinois-sees-deadliest-day-since-covid-19-pandemic-began/6108376/
— Trump unveils phased approach to reopening economy amid coronavirus outbreak – AP
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/trump-unveils-phased-approach-to-reopening-economy/6107987/
— Michigan: Thousands protest social distance order amid coronavirus outbreak – AP
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/thousands-protest-social-distance-order-amid-covid-19-outbreak/6107539/

NBC5
— 3 Chicago Suburbs (Skokie, Cicero, Glenview) Now Require Masks in Public
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/3-chicago-suburbs-now-require-masks-in-public/2256877/
— Illinois Coronavirus Updates: Deadliest Day So Far, Midwest Governors Pact
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/illinois-coronavirus-updates-hundreds-of-nursing-home-deaths-lightfoot-to-visit-food-pantry-at-wrigley/2256762/

CBS2
— Pritzker Teams Up With 6 Midwest Governors To Coordinate Plans To Reopen Regional Economy; 25,733 COVID-19 Cases, 1,072 Deaths In Illinois
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2020/04/16/pritzker-teams-up-with-6-midwest-governors-to-coordinate-plans-to-reopen-regional-economy/
— Precious Cargo: Secret Flight From China Brings Badly Needed COVID-19 Supplies To Illinois – Chris Tye
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2020/04/16/precious-cargo-secret-flight-from-china-brings-badly-needed-covid-19-supplies-to-illinois/
— Wrigley Field Gets Ready To Serve As A Local Food Pantry Outpost
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2020/04/16/wrigley-field-gets-ready-to-stock-local-food-pantry/
— Wisconsin’s Governor Extends Stay-At-Home Order Until May 26
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2020/04/16/wisconsins-governor-extends-stay-at-home-order-until-may-26/

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Illinois COVID-19 death toll surpasses 1k with largest single-day jump in deaths so far
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/illinois-covid-19-death-toll-surpasses-1k-with-largest-single-day-jump-in-deaths-so-far

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Pritzker says Illinois is expanding testing to include anyone with symptoms, as officials announce state death toll passes 1,000
https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-coronavirus-pandemic-chicago-illinois-news-20200416-yspbx6q2x5ajvnesqkg3nofvmu-story.html
— Coronavirus may cost Chicago-area transit agencies nearly $1 billion, with the CTA taking the biggest hit – Mary Wisniewski
https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-coronavirus-chicago-transit-agencies-budget-loss-cta-metra-pace-20200416-7xk2fqgi4bgjvonqprdjly5hcu-story.html
— 5.2 million more Americans seek unemployment aid – AP
https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-nw-coronavirus-unemployment-surge-20200416-3nfdrgk2rzhb3hwr3veucygzrm-story.html
— President Trump gives governors a 3-phase plan to reopen the economy, saying ‘we’re starting our life again’ – AP
https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-nw-trump-coronavirus-states-reopen-guidelines-20200416-b6qt6nm7tjh65ldsyult2lkxbe-story.html
— Democratic U.S. Reps. Sean Casten, Lauren Underwood hold big cash advantage over GOP challengers – RICK PEARSON
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-congressional-finance-reports-20200416-bwjvni4m7nholb76qo52bmveau-story.html
— First batch of GM-made ventilators headed for Chicago – DAVID HEINZMANN
https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-coronavirus-gm-ventilators-illinois-20200417-jdhyd63nq5e2laxcklbbakqi3i-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Illinois sees biggest spike in coronavirus deaths – 125 – as toll tops 1,000 The grim daily death toll is a reminder the state might not have reached its peak, although Gov. J.B. Pritzker has for days signaled some optimism based on the “doubling rate” of infections slowing down. – Tina Sfondeles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/coronavirus/2020/4/16/21224032/illinois-coronavirus-deaths-cases-april-16
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters say “Don’t let Trump starve the postal service to improve his reelection odds – or beat up on Jeff Bezos The U.S. Post Office is just too important to be undone by a vengeful and shortsighted president.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/4/16/21221182/postal-service-amazon-jeff-bezos-washington-post-pandemic-stimulus-package-donald-trump-editorial

DAILY HERALD
— Pritzker fights COVID-19 from Chicago, irking some downstate – AP
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200416/pritzker-fights-covid-19-from-chicago-irking-some-downstate
— Geneva’s Swedish Days festival canceled amid coronavirus pandemic
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200416/genevas-swedish-days-festival-canceled-amid-coronavirus-pandemic
— Illinois unemployment claims hit 634,000 due to pandemic – Jerry Nowicki
https://www.dailyherald.com/business/20200416/illinois-unemployment-claims-hit-634000-due-to-pandemic

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Fitch downgrades Illinois debt The ratings agency cites increased pressure from the COVID economic downturn on state finances that already were weak. – GREG HINZ
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/greg-hinz-politics/fitch-downgrades-illinois-debt
— Midwest governors form COVID coalition Gov. J.B. Pritzker and his regional colleagues are working together to judge when best to start easing stay-at-home restrictions and reopen their states’ economies. – GREG HINZ
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/greg-hinz-politics/midwest-governors-form-covid-coalition
— Two new field hospitals for Chicago New units are being set up outside Vista Medical Center East in Waukegan and the University of Chicago Medicine’s Ingalls Memorial Hospital in Harvey. – STEPHANIE GOLDBERG
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/health-care/two-new-field-hospitals-chicago

WBEZ
— Illinois Partners With Six Midwest States To Decide When To Reopen Economy As Illinois COVID-19 deaths exceed 1,000, state joins Wisconsin, Indiana, Minnesota, Kentucky, Ohio and Michigan in new compact – Dave McKinney, Tony Arnold
https://www.wbez.org/stories/illinois-partners-with-six-midwest-states-to-decide-when-to-reopen-economy/58b35e78-73d6-45b0-ac3d-39f1173e7f30

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Pritzker fights COVID-19 from Chicago, and downstate notices – AP
https://www.sj-r.com/news/20200416/pritzker-fights-covid-19-from-chicago-and-downstate-notices

SUBURBAN LIFE
— Eighty news cases of COVID-19 reported in DuPage County, including 6 deaths Total reported cases stand at 1,473, including 70 deaths
https://www.mysuburbanlife.com/2020/04/16/eighty-news-cases-of-covid-19-reported-in-dupage-county-including-6-deaths/ademorj/

NEWS CHANNEL 20
— Illinois unemployment rate up to 4.6% in March
https://newschannel20.com/news/local/illinois-unemployment-rate-up-to-46-in-march

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— FEDERAL RESERVE THROWS CREDIT LIFELINE TO NEAR-JUNK ILLINOIS – Adam Schuster
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/federal-reserve-throws-credit-lifeline-to-near-junk-illinois/

CAPITOL FAX
— House cancels next week’s session
https://capitolfax.com/2020/04/16/house-cancels-next-weeks-session/
— White House releases its plan
https://capitolfax.com/2020/04/16/white-house-releases-its-plan/
— Fitch: “Illinois will be challenged to maintain its investment-grade” status
https://capitolfax.com/2020/04/16/fitch-illinois-will-be-challenged-to-maintain-its-investment-grade-status/
— Pritzker says testing problems finally addressed – Virtually eliminated supply problems for VTM and swabs – Expands testing eligibility – Working to choose best immunity tests – Cooperating with regional governors to share “best ideas” – Says Illinois did not get “scammed” on PPE – Claims unemployment insurance application process is improving – Asked multiple times about extending the stay at home order – Asked why Iowa is not on regional cooperation list – Dr. Ezike says some medicines are in short supply – Expanding shifts at state testing labs – Working to release names of nursing homes where patients/staff have tested positive – Explains process for prisoner release
https://capitolfax.com/2020/04/16/pritzker-says-testing-problems-finally-addressed/
— 1,140 new cases, 125 additional deaths
https://capitolfax.com/2020/04/16/1140-new-cases-125-additional-deaths/
— COVID-19 roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2020/04/16/covid-19-roundup-19/
— Pritzker to work in “close coordination” with regional governors about how and when to reopen the economy
https://capitolfax.com/2020/04/16/pritzker-to-work-in-close-coordination-with-regional-governors-about-how-and-when-to-reopen-the-economy/
— A look at the revised budget numbers
https://capitolfax.com/2020/04/16/a-look-at-the-revised-budget-numbers/

BREITBART
— Let Americans Work and Earn – Halt Foreign Worker Visas Now – Jeff Sessions: 
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2020/04/16/jeff-sessions-let-americans-work-and-earn-halt-foreign-worker-visas-now/

NEWS BUSTERS
— Bernie Blames Media for 2020 Loss – Tim Graham (DIERSEN: I should write a book about Republican candidates, their campaign managers, their political consultants, their staff members, their volunteers, their operatives, their dupes, their etc. who have blamed me, my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails, and/or my service as a Republican Precinct Committeeman, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member, Milton Township Republican Organization webmaster, Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, and/or American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member for their losses since 2000. I would focus on candidates who have been on ballots in my precinct since 2000.) 
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/tim-graham/2020/04/16/bernie-blames-media-2020-loss-cnns-cillizza-cries-easy-scapegoat

THE HILL
— Trump guidelines on reopening economy to let governors make final decision – BRETT SAMUELS, MORGAN CHALFANT AND REID WILSON
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/493222-trump-guidelines-reopening-economy-to-let-governors-make-final-decision
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater “warns of deadly risks if country reopens too soon.” 
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/493176-pelosi-warns-of-deadly-risks-if-country-reopens-too-soon
— Propaganda in the coronavirus era – JOHN HAMILTON AND KEVIN KOSAR (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, all government and political news and commentary is propaganda except for the government and political news and commentary that they put out or bless.)
https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/493242-propaganda-in-the-coronavirus-era

NEW YORK TIMES
— US Job Losses Mount as Trump Presses Plan to Reopen Business – AP
https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2020/04/16/world/europe/ap-virus-outbreak.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: ‘Pretty Catastrophic’ Month for Retailers, and Now a Race to Survive March brought a record sales plunge as the coronavirus outbreak closed stores. A long shutdown could leave lasting changes in the shopping landscape. – Sapna Maheshwari and Ben Casselman
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/15/business/economy/coronavirus-retail-sales.html?searchResultPosition=2
— FRONT PAGE: After Coronavirus, Colleges Worry: Will Students Come Back? The pandemic has already cost universities millions of dollars. As they consider the possibility of remote classes into the fall, they’re worried about losing students, too. – Anemona Hartocollis
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/15/us/coronavirus-colleges-universities-admissions.html
— Navy May Reinstate Fired Captain to Command of Roosevelt Adm. Michael Gilday has indicated that he may reinstate Captain Crozier, who was removed from command after pleading for more help fighting a coronavirus outbreak on his ship. – Helene Cooper, Eric Schmitt and Thomas Gibbons-Neff
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/15/us/politics/coronavirus-navy-roosevelt-crozier.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “Trump’s Deadly Search for a Scapegoat If the president had listened to the World Health Organization, American lives would have been saved.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/15/opinion/coronavirus-trump-world-health-organization-who.html
— ‘This Is Going to Kill Small-Town America’ – David Gelles
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/14/business/coronavirus-small-towns.html
— Even Google and Facebook May Face an Ad Slump Though ad sales at the two companies are expected to be down, they are likely to fare better than smaller peers and publishers. – Daisuke Wakabayashi, Tiffany Hsu and Mike Isaac
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/14/technology/coronavirus-google-facebook-advertising.html
— How the Government Pulls Coronavirus Relief Money Out of Thin Air Once-fringe ideas in economic theory are now nearly official policy as government borrowing surges and the Federal Reserve signals it could buy unlimited debt. – Matt Phillips
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/15/business/coronavirus-stimulus-money.html
— States Are in a Quandary as Taxes Evaporate and Virus Spending Soars With businesses closed and obligations mounting, state governments are looking at a mix of remedies. – Mary Williams Walsh
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/15/business/economy/state-tax-revenue-debt-coronavirus.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater promotes hatred against conservatives and against Trump’s advisers.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/15/us/politics/trump-coronavirus-who.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Covid-19 is rapidly becoming America’s leading cause of death – Dan Keating and Chiqui Esteban
https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2020/04/16/coronavirus-leading-cause-death/
— How an outbreak on the USS Theodore Roosevelt became a defining moment for the U.S. military – Dan Lamothe, Shawn Boburg and Paul Sonne 
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/how-an-outbreak-on-the-uss-roosevelt-became-a-defining-moment-for-the-us-military/2020/04/16/2735f85c-7f24-11ea-8de7-9fdff6d5d83e_story.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Lack of Savings Worsens the Pain of Coronavirus Downturn Many of the millions of restaurant, hotel and store workers affected by shutdowns are expected to fall behind on rent and other bills – David Harrison
https://www.wsj.com/articles/lack-ofsavingsworsens-the-pain-of-coronavirus-downturn-11586943001

BLOOMBERG
— Amazon’s Jeff Bezos Wants to Test All Employees for Covid-19 – Matt Day
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-04-16/amazon-s-jeff-bezos-wants-to-test-all-employees-for-covid-19

GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— How to Manage a Multi-Generational Federal Workforce – Bill Bennett (DIERSEN: My Democrat GAO superiors encouraged/forced their employees who were younger, Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran to help them get rid of their employees who were Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who they had not promoted 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.)
https://www.govexec.com/management/2020/04/how-manage-multi-generational-federal-workforce/164688/

NEW YORK MAGAZINE
— How Do You Campaign When You Can’t Hit the Campaign Trail? – Gabriel Debenedetti
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/04/bidens-presidential-campaign-under-coronavirus.html

ATLANTIC
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “The WHO Shouldn’t Be a Plaything for Great Powers.”
https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2020/04/why-world-health-organization-failed/610063/

SPLC
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, SPLC promotes hatred against individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.splcenter.org/news/2020/04/16/covid-19-updates-splc-continues-fight-against-injustice

RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— 36% Say It’s Time for America To Get Back to Work
https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/current_events/disease/36_say_it_s_time_for_america_to_get_back_to_work

April 15 Evening Edition

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

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

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

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

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

DAILY HERALD
— Pritzker estimates $2.7 billion revenue shortfall from COVID-19 – Jake Griffin
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200415/pritzker-estimates-27-billion-revenue-shortfall-from-covid-19
— Kane County leaders squabble over COVID-19 response – James Fuller
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200414/kane-county-leaders-squabble-over-covid-19-response
— DuPage provides $85,000 to help pay for hotel rooms for the homeless – Robert Sanchez
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200415/dupage-provides-85000-to-help-pay-for-hotel-rooms-for-the-homeless
— Emerging economic data reveals devastation; job losses grow – AP
https://www.dailyherald.com/article/20200415/business/304159913/
— 4% of people in suburbs who tested positive for COVID-19 have died – Jake Griffin
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200415/4-of-people-in-suburbs-who-tested-positive-for-covid-19-have-died
— 10 more COVID-19 cases at Windsor Park, three more deaths – Katlyn Smith
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200415/10-more-covid-19-cases-at-windsor-park-three-more-deaths
— Metra ridership dropped 95% after ‘stay at home’ order – Marni Pyke
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200415/metra-ridership-dropped-95-after-stay-at-home-order
— DuPage keeping health insurance for board members – Robert Sanchez
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200415/dupage-keeping-health-insurance-for-board-members
— Chinese American students in DuPage raises money to distribute PPE
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200415/chinese-american-students-in-dupage-raises-money-to-distribute-ppe
— Leaders must deter large numbers from gathering at parks and preserves – Editorial
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20200415/editorial-leaders-must-deter-large-numbers-from-gathering-at-parks-and-preserves
— April 15 COVID-19 cases per county, some towns, and search by ZIP code
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200415/april-15-covid-19-cases-per-county-some-towns-and-search-by-zip-code

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

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

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

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

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

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


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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

April 14 Morning Edition

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

April 13 Evening Edition

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

April 13 Morning Edition

CBS2
— How Will We Pay For The Astronomical Costs Of The COVID-19 Crisis? ‘Draconian Cuts In Essential Services’ Could Come Soon – Lauren Victory
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2020/04/13/how-will-we-pay-for-the-astronomical-costs-of-the-covid-19-crisis-draconian-cuts-in-essential-services-could-come-soon/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Illinois’ fiscal plight goes from bad to worse – Editorial
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/editorials/ct-editorial-illinois-budget-coronavirus-revenue-20200413-pz62fslk2bbvxenh656cus7brq-story.html
— With conventions canceled, historic sites closed and the Illinois General Assembly not meeting, coronavirus deals Springfield a severe economic blow – JAMIE MUNKS
https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-springfield-economy-coronavirus-20200413-hu6vwm3cqfh5xkag64xjdqdaqq-story.html
— Gov. Pritzker should remove the graduated income tax amendment from the ballot – Leslie Munger, former Illinois comptroller
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/letters/ct-letters-vp-041120-20200410-77a6in76fzb7reohcz45z2yqc4-story.html
— Is it time to invest in the stock market? – Elliot Raphaelson
https://tribunecontentagency.com/article/is-it-time-to-invest-in-the-stock-market/
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Working past 64 Many are staying in the game so benefits can grow – Robert Niedt (DIERSEN: My Civil Service Retirement System pension and retirement savings are dramatically less because of the success that my Democrat superiors in the federal government had in wasting my career and forcing me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old.)
https://www.kiplinger.com/article/retirement/T039-C022-S002-financial-planning-decisions-for-when-i-m-64.html
— Trump quote-tweets message seeking firing of Dr. Anthony Fauci amid criticism of the president’s slow virus response
https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-nw-nyt-trump-anthony-fauci-coronavirus-response-20200413-ppaqpwamabfqdi4teqixidl73q-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Pandemic’s pall over Chicago economy won’t depart quickly The shutdown of business activity came fast, and it will take time to repair the damage caused by the coronavirus. – David Roeder
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/4/13/21216294/chicago-economic-outlook-coronavirus-covid-19-recovery
— Pritzker sounds alarm: Trump administration trying to limit gig worker jobless benefits Allowing self-employed, independent contractors and gig workers — such as Uber and Lyft drivers — the ability to collect unemployment on a temporary basis is a key new program created in the CARES Act. – Lynn Sweet
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2020/4/12/21218453/pritzker-sounds-alarm-trump-administration-trying-to-limit-gig-worker-jobless-benefits

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Healing the economic trauma of the pandemic must start now With millions losing their livelihoods and businesses going under by the day, we can’t afford to wait any longer to take intelligent action. – Editorial (DIERSEN: Exactly what “intelligent action” does Crain’s want to be taken?)
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/opinion/healing-economic-trauma-pandemic-must-start-now
— Illinois must cut debt to avoid another lost decade There is an army of investors armed with capital ready to pour into Illinois. And the federal government might help if Illinois cuts its debt and gets its fiscal house in order. – MICHAEL LUCCI
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/opinion/illinois-must-cut-debt-avoid-another-lost-decade

WGN RADIO
— Retailers and restaurants may be changed forever due to COVID-19
https://wgnradio.com/the-sunday-spin-politics-with-rick-pearson/retailers-and-restaurants-may-be-changed-forever-due-to-covid-19/

JOURNAL GAZETTE TIMES COURIER
— Amid coronavirus uncertainty, Gov. J.B. Pritzker and other top Democrats back increased mail-in voting in November. But it’s not that simple. – RICK PEARSON
https://jg-tc.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/amid-coronavirus-uncertainty-gov-j-b-pritzker-and-other-top-democrats-back-increased-mail-in/article_be4e4f42-38cc-556f-a85d-d21bec1d98f0.html

FOX ILLINOIS
— Trump’s fundraising slows amid outbreak, still sets records – AP
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/trumps-fundraising-slows-amid-outbreak-still-sets-records
— Navy reports first coronavirus death from Roosevelt crew – AP
https://foxillinois.com/news/coronavirus/navy-reports-first-coronavirus-death-from-roosevelt-crew

NEWS CHANNEL 20
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters say “Signs missed and steps slowed in Trump’s COVID-19 pandemic response.” Ever-increasingly, Trump-haters use coronavirus to destroy Trump.
https://newschannel20.com/news/coronavirus/trumps-covid-19-pandemic-response

WIREPOINTS
— Pritzker Still Stonewalling What Illinois Department of Public Health Says is ‘Most Important Information’ – Mark Glennon
https://wirepoints.org/pritzker-still-stonewalling-what-illinois-department-of-public-health-says-is-most-important-information-wirepoints/
— Illinois’ COVID-19 crisis: Daily data update for April 12, 2020 – Wirepoints
https://wirepoints.org/illinois-covid-19-crisis-daily-data-update-for-april-12-2020-wirepoints/
— Here are the details on COVID-19 hospitalization numbers Illinois should have collected and published weeks ago – Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner
https://wirepoints.org/here-are-the-details-on-covid-19-hospitalization-numbers-illinois-should-have-collected-and-published-weeks-ago-wirepoints/
— California Governor Gavin Newsom vs. Illinois Governor JB Pritzker: You Decide Who is Right – Mark Glennon
https://wirepoints.org/california-governor-gavin-newsom-vs-illinois-governor-jb-pritzker-you-decide-who-is-right-wirepoints/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— FOREIGN FUNDING OF UNIVERSITIES REVEALS $1 BILLION ‘BLACK HOLE’
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2020/04/foreign-funding-of-universities-reveals-1-billion-black-hole.html

CAPITOL FAX
— Illinois Policy Institute privately telling business owners it’s trying to “pressure the governor to reopen the state’s economy”
https://capitolfax.com/2020/04/13/ipi-privately-telling-business-owners-its-trying-to-pressure-the-governor-to-reopen-the-state%e2%80%99s-economy/

FOX NEWS
— Charlie Kirk fires back at Trump critics over economic shutdown: Time to stop ‘crisis in America’ – Yael Halon
https://www.foxnews.com/media/charlie-kirk-coronavirus-trump-economy
— Trump retweets #firefauci tweet, raises speculation of a frayed relationship – Edmund DeMarche
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-retweets-firefauci-tweet-raising-speculation-of-a-frayed-relationship

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— COVID Rescue Only Scratches at Illinois’ Fiscal Problems – Richard Porter
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2020/04/13/covid_rescue_only_scratches_at_illinois_fiscal_problems_142926.html

BLAZE
— ‘STOP THE HATE’: Ted Cruz unloads on PBS reporter, media for stoking ‘racial & ethnic division’ ‘Seriously, what the hell is wrong w/ MSM?!?’ – Chris Enloe (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those in Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton who focus on promoting hatred against those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.theblaze.com/news/stop-the-hate-ted-cruz-unloads-on-pbs-reporter-media-for-stoking-racial-ethnic-division

TOWNHALL
— Trump Goes on a Tear Correcting Fake Coronavirus News – Cortney O’Brien
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/cortneyobrien/2020/04/12/trump-goes-on-a-tear-correcting-fake-news-n2566785

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Powerful Americans Were Catastrophically Wrong about China – JIM GERAGHTY
https://www.nationalreview.com/the-morning-jolt/powerful-americans-were-catastrophically-wrong-about-china/

THE HILL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters crow that “Political tide on crisis threatens to turn against Trump.”
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/492439-the-memo-political-tide-on-crisis-threatens-to-turn-against-trump
— Trump lashes out at New York Times over report on coronavirus response – ARIS FOLLEY 
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/492449-trump-lashes-out-at-new-york-times-over-report-on-coronavirus
— Trump shares tweet from supporter calling for Fauci to be fired – JOHN BOWDEN
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/492450-trump-retweets-supporter-calling-for-fauci-to-be-fired
— Fox News host hits back at Trump over Chris Wallace criticism: ‘Enough’ – JOHN BOWDEN
https://thehill.com/homenews/media/492446-fox-news-host-hits-back-at-trump-over-chris-wallace-criticism-enough
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-hating psychiatrists “recommend the president’s removal from office and removal from all authority over the coronavirus pandemic.”
https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/492441-trump-is-posing-a-public-health-threat-that-must-be-addressed

HUFFINGTON POST
— Trump Retweets ‘Fire Fauci’ Coronavirus Message In Easter Sunday Twitter Rampage The retweet came hours after Fauci suggested earlier action could have saved lives from COVID-19. – Ed Mazza
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/donald-trump-fire-fauci-twitter_n_5e93c0c6c5b6ac981512de71

POLITICO
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats use Wisconsin to push for mail-in voting.
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/04/13/democrats-fear-november-wisconsin-voting-spectacle-179585
— Trump inches toward open war with his health department – DAN DIAMOND and ADAM CANCRYN 
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/politico-pulse/2020/04/13/trump-inches-toward-open-war-with-his-health-department-786810

CNN
— India coronavirus cases surge – Ben Westcott and Adam Renton
https://www.cnn.com/world/live-news/coronavirus-pandemic-04-13-20/index.html
— What Trump can — and can’t — do to reopen the US – Elie Honig
https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/12/opinions/reopen-us-covid-19-coronavirus-honig/index.html

ABC NEWS
— Trump retweets call to fire Fauci The U.S. is the global leader in the number of cases and deaths. – Jon Haworth
https://abcnews.go.com/US/coronavirus-live-updates-trump-retweets-call-fire-fauci/story?id=70114771

NBC NEWS
— Swift coronavirus testing needed before reopening country, CDC director says – Elisha Fieldstadt (DIERSEN: Of course, Democrats will stop this testing immediately if shows that members of protected groups (Trump-haters, illegals, non-citizens, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, RINOs, moderates, liberals, minorities, females, LGBTQers, non-Protestants, non-German Americans, non-veterans, non-gun owners, those who have criminal records, those who have less money than others, those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time, etc.) are more susceptible.)
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/swift-coronavirus-testing-needed-reopening-country-cdc-director-says-n1182486
— Coronavirus: Trump weighs reopening economy, Fauci says early action could have saved lives
https://news.yahoo.com/coronavirus-trump-weighs-reopening-economy-230044422.html
— Woman broadens claims against Biden to include sexual assault The Biden campaign says the incident, alleged to have occurred in 1993, “absolutely did not happen.” – Ali Vitali and Mike Memoli
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/woman-broadens-claims-against-biden-include-sexual-assault-n1182296
— From Clinton to Trump, 20 years of boom and mostly bust in prepping for pandemics Over 20 years and 4 administrations, the U.S. government has failed to take steps that would have made it easier to respond to a pandemic like coronavirus. – Ken Dilanian, Dan De Luce, Andrew W. Lehren and Grace Dille
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/clinton-trump-20-years-boom-mostly-bust-prepping-pandemics-n1182291
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Government Accountability Office published reports over the past decade about the lack of coordination among federal agencies on preparations for a pandemic or biological terrorism, predicting much of the confusion that has unfolded since the outbreak emerged. A 2010 GAO report warned that there are not enough skilled workers to deal with pandemics, and cautioned that a 2009 national strategy for situational awareness “does not meet the need for a biosurveillance strategy.” “The biggest concern we’ve had has been … that lack of one central strategy,” said Chris Currie, director of Homeland Security and Justice at the GAO.)
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Conservative-haters falsely argue that conservatives run the Republican Party. I should write a book about past, present, and future anti-conservative Republican Party leaders in Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton. 
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/no-progressive-tea-party-sanders-exit-highlights-asymmetry-between-parties-n1181571

NEW YORK TIMES
— My Plan to Safely Reopen America An effective strategy to beat the virus is the ultimate answer to how we get our economy back on track. – Joe Biden
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/12/opinion/joe-biden-coronavirus-reopen-america.html
— News Media Outlets Have Been Ravaged by the Pandemic Roughly 28,000 workers at news companies in the U.S. have been laid off, been furloughed or had their pay reduced. Some publications that rely on ads have shut down. – Marc Tracy
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/10/business/media/news-media-coronavirus-jobs.html
— Disney World Furloughing 43,000 Workers The action comes after the Florida attraction closed last month because of the coronavirus pandemic. About 200 employees who are considered essential will remain on the job. – Johnny Diaz (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents have always painted the following as being essential a) themselves, b) those who glorify and praise them, c) those who pander to them, d) those who serve as their operatives or dupes, and/or e) those who give them money. I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes.) 
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/12/business/disney-furloughs-coronavirus.html
— Working From Home Feeds Market’s Woes in Little Ways That Add Up As traders scattered to their homes, sacrificing fast speeds, multiple screens and intricate setups, decisions took longer to communicate, slowing markets and adding uncertainty. – Matt Phillips, Emily Flitter and Kate Kelly
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/12/business/coronavirus-traders-work-from-home.html
— The Brother Killer Many factors make blacks, especially black men, particularly vulnerable to the coronavirus. – Charles M. Blow (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Trump-haters hint/imply/argue/shout that if you are adversely impacted by coronavirus, it is because of Trump.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/12/opinion/coronavirus-black-men.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters crow about their success in making young people anti-Trump, anti-Cristian, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, anti-Corvette owners, anti-former/present/future federal employees, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. But wait. Biden is Christian, patriotic, American, White, male, older, rich, Corvette owner, former federal employee, and his ancestors have been in America for a long time.) 
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/12/opinion/biden-sanders-young-voters.html
— FRONT PAGE: The Coronavirus Class Divide: Space and Privacy “Shelter in place” is a dictate that assumes the existence of shelter — the safe, stable, controlled environment that poor people often lack. – Jason DeParle (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Trump-haters blame Trump for the problems that poor people have.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/12/us/politics/coronavirus-poverty-privacy.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters blame Trump for military problems.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/12/us/politics/coronavirus-roosevelt-carrier-crozier.html

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats plan on using coronavirus to not only get rid of Trump, but to get rid of all individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/democrats-look-at-the-presidential-contest-with-a-new-sentiment-optimism/2020/04/11/4d1bf6ce-78fe-11ea-b6ff-597f170df8f8_story.html
— China reports highest number of new coronavirus cases in nearly six weeks; U.S. weighs risks of May 1 restart – Teo Armus and Antonia Noori Farzan 
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2020/04/13/coronavirus-latest-news/
— Trump retweets call to fire Anthony Fauci after the coronavirus expert says quicker response ‘could have saved lives’ – Katie Shepherd
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/04/13/trump-fire-fauci-coronavirus/
— Sailor from USS Theodore Roosevelt dies of coronavirus complications; China reports its largest number of new cases in six weeks
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2020/04/13/coronavirus-latest-news/

NEW YORK POST
— Trump retweets post calling for firing of Dr. Anthony Fauci – Kenneth Garger
https://nypost.com/2020/04/13/trump-retweets-post-about-firing-dr-anthony-fauci/

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
— Trump tweets link to ‘fire Fauci’ post – CATHY BURKE
https://www.nydailynews.com/coronavirus/ny-trump-fauci-coronavirus-response-time-20200413-gi4irsnv3nav5lsbtdwygkorjy-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Trump-haters use coronavirus to promote hatred of Trump.
https://www.nydailynews.com/coronavirus/ny-coronavirus-taxpayers-new-york-relief-payments-20200413-xcv7uxc3dfhfrfdiz7wxvbrq7a-story.html

USA TODAY
— Grads face uncertain job market as coronavirus pushes companies to rescind offers – Josh Peter (DIERSEN: In 1971, when I was 22 years old, Oldsmobile rescinded a job offer that I had accepted saying that it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. That directly resulted in my accepting a job offer from IRS.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2020/04/10/college-grads-uncertain-job-market-offers-rescinded/2951273001/
— When will we reopen the country? Antibody testing may help officials decide, experts say – Adrianna Rodriguez (DIERSEN: Of course, Democrats will stop testing immediately if shows that members of protected groups (Trump-haters, illegals, non-citizens, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, RINOs, moderates, liberals, minorities, females, LGBTQers, non-Protestants, non-German Americans, non-veterans, non-gun owners, those who have criminal records, those who have less money than others, those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time, etc.) are more susceptible.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2020/04/10/coronavirus-antibody-testing-what-it-can-reopen-us-economy/5128996002/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: African American medical leaders use coronavirus to promote hatred against Trump. 
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2020/04/10/coronavirus-health-inequities-deadly-african-americans-column/5124088002/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG COLOR PICTURE: Trump-haters promote hatred of Trump.
https://www.usatoday.com/in-depth/news/investigations/2020/04/09/instead-prepping-coronavirus-trump-partied-golfed-held-fundraisers/2941076001/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2020/04/13/poll-americans-fears-covid-19-explode-four-devastating-weeks/2970032001/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The Employer Will Test You Now Reopening the economy will depend on companies diagnosing coronavirus cases in the workplace. – Scott Gottlieb and Lauren Silvis (DIERSEN: Of course, Democrats will stop this testing immediately if shows that members of protected groups (Trump-haters, illegals, non-citizens, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, RINOs, moderates, liberals, minorities, females, LGBTQers, non-Protestants, non-German Americans, non-veterans, non-gun owners, those who have criminal records, those who have less money than others, those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time, etc.) are more susceptible.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-employer-will-test-you-now-11586714684
— Facebook Ad Rates Fall as Coronavirus Undermines Spending – (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes shout at everyone that instead of reading GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails, everyone should look at what they post on Facebook. What they post on Facebook DOES NOT PROMOTE religious, conservative, and/or Republican principles including individual responsibility, traditional marriage, traditional family, right to life, enforcement of immigration laws, preservation of First and Second Amendment rights, and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving).) 
https://www.wsj.com/articles/facebook-ad-rates-fall-as-coronavirus-undermines-spending-11586530801
— Trump Retweets Call for Dr. Fauci to Be Fired Over Coronavirus Comments The member of the White House’s coronavirus task force said on CNN that the U.S. “could have saved more lives” if it had moved faster – Alex Leary (DIERSEN: According to Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, Green plants, and RINOs, if the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Milton Township Republican Organization, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Illinois Center Right Coalition, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter, etc. had moved faster to get rid of conservatives like me, since 2000, Republicans would not have suffered any losses in Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, or Wheaton.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-retweets-call-for-dr-fauci-to-be-fired-over-coronavirus-comments-11586760531
— It’s Still America, Virus or Not Draconian orders and enforcement will undermine public support for social distancing. – Editorial
https://www.wsj.com/articles/its-still-america-virus-or-not-11586718091
— When News Suppression Hits Home My brother in India faces criminal charges for reporting a story. – Tunku Varadarajan (DIERSEN: I should write a book about a) articles that I have linked to in GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails since 2000 that infuriated my critics/opponents the most, b) who those critics/opponents are, and c) how they have punished me.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/when-news-suppression-hits-home-11586717386

FORBES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: The more that you blast Trump, the more that Trump-haters promote you.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/carminegallo/2020/04/13/fauci-cuomo-and-the-metaphors-leaders-use-to-spark-action-in-the-coronavirus-battle/

BLOOMBERG
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Americans promote anti-Americans. America-haters promote America-haters.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-04-13/one-legacy-of-coronavirus-is-a-return-to-activist-government

NEWSWEEK
— NEARLY 600 USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT SAILORS CATCH CORONAVIRUS, NAVY EVACUATES THOUSANDS FROM AIRCRAFT CARRIER – LYDIA SMITH 
https://www.newsweek.com/uss-theodore-roosevelt-sailors-coronavirus-navy-evacuates-thousands-aircraft-carrier-1497512

FIVE THIRTY EIGHT
— The COVID-19 Blame Game Is Going To Get Uglier – Lee Drutman (DIERSEN: The more of the following that you are, the more that Trump-haters will blame you for COVID-19: Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owner, German American, draft avoider, and if your ancestors have been in America for a long time. To avoid being blamed for COVID-19, how many of the aforesaid will become anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-non-poor-people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/the-covid-19-blame-game-is-going-to-get-uglier/

GUARDIAN
— Donald Trump is wrong, the economic hit of the coronavirus will last for years – Barry Eichengreen
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/apr/13/donald-trump-is-wrong-the-economic-hit-of-the-coronavirus-will-last-for-years

INDEPENDENT
— Trump news – live: President retweets ‘Fire Fauci’ message and accused of ‘third grade name-calling’ for attack on Fox host in middle of coronavirus pandemic
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-news-live-coronavirus-us-update-cases-deaths-latest-today-a9462126.html

April 12 Morning Edition

ABC7
— Coronavirus Illinois Update: Latest news on 19,180 COVID-19 cases, Chicago area impact
https://abc7chicago.com/health/what-to-know-about-illinois-19180-covid-19-cases/5973196/?cmp=emc-wls-news-headlines-4/12/2020

NBC5
— Gov. Pritzker Announces New Coronavirus Health Initiatives
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/gov-pritzker-announces-new-coronavirus-health-initiatives/2254446/
— Health Officials Focus on Testing, Treatment as Illinois Announces New Program
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/health-officials-focus-on-testing-treatment-as-illinois-announces-new-program/2254496/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters use coronavirus to promote hatred against Trump.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-nw-nyt-trump-early-warnings-ignored-timeline-20200411-dmyrwzmmanhajptjnqlwqfees4-story.html
— Chicago’s health department has started using COVID-19 antibody testing to determine if someone had the virus – BILL RUTHHART
https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-coronavirus-antibody-test-chicago-20200411-nag2o3tkq5h55fsel4yle3sz74-story.html
— Businesses feel cost effects of coronavirus outbreak Health care to safety equipment, financial toll looms – Abdel Jimenez
https://blendle.com/i/chicago-tribune/businesses-feel-cost-effects-of-coronavirus-outbreak/bnl-chicagotribune-20200412-e1b02b3d
— Should you tell your landlord if you have coronavirus? As Chicago tenants get requests to disclose, experts say such attempts are misguided – Ariel Cheung
https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-coronavirus-re-landlord-diagnosis-report-20200403-bajrvqewc5hhtc36zazmogja74-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Cook County medical examiner confirms 49 more coronavirus deaths The county’s total has risen to 487 deaths, about 71% of the statewide total.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/4/11/21218035/cook-county-coronavirus-deaths-medical-examiner
— Students wonder when they can return to school during Gov. Pritzker’s live-streamed town hall for youth Young people from around the state submitted questions for Saturday’s youth-centric town hall that also addressed mental health issues. – Jake Wittich
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/4/11/21217862/youth-town-hall-j-b-pritzker-coronavirus-covid-19-school-education-mental-health
— Your Teen’s First Car: A Low-Cost, Low-Upkeep Used EV Affordability, limited range and fuel savings can make a used electric vehicle the ideal first car for teenagers. – Philip Reed (DIERSEN: How times have changed. I bought a) a 1958 Chevy BelAir when I turned 16 in 1964, b) a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint when I was 17, c) a new 1968 Oldsmobile 442 when I was 19, and d) a new 1969 Dodge Charger SE when I was 20. I bought the Chevy with money that I earned doing yard work and delivered newspapers 1962-1964. I bought the Pontiac with money that I earned washing dishes 1964-1966. I bought the Oldsmobile with money that I earned cleaning golf shoes, chipping slag, and pumping gasoline in 1966 and delivering mail 1966-1967. I bought the Dodge with money that I earned delivering mail 1967-1968. I attended Crete-Monee High School 1962-1966, UIC 1966-1968, and NIU 1969-1970.)
https://www.nerdwallet.com/article/loans/auto-loans/your-teens-first-car-a-low-cost-low-upkeep-used-ev

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE: How will coronavirus affect your property taxes? – Jake Griffin
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200411/how-will-coronavirus-affect-your-property-taxes

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Illinois is bending the virus curve faster than other hot spots New data from Rush University Medical Center offers a glimmer of optimism. “We’re hoping we continue to see this change in the doubling time and the next few weeks we start to see something that resembles a peak.”
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/health-care/illinois-bending-virus-curve-faster-other-hot-spots
— Some airlines aren’t happy with terms of Mnuchin’s aid package His insistence that America’s major airlines partially repay taxpayer funds aimed at shoring up the industry sets up a clash between the Trump administration and the carriers.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/airlines-airports/some-airlines-arent-happy-terms-mnuchins-aid-package

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Illinois endures second-deadliest coronavirus day, but Gov. J.B. Pritzker encouraged by trend of COVID-19 cases – Bill Ruthhart
https://www.pantagraph.com/news/state-and-regional/illinois-endures-second-deadliest-coronavirus-day-but-gov-j-b-pritzker-encouraged-by-trend-of/article_fc0f5da4-bd16-5347-9a5f-a020ccc27d27.html

NPR ILLINOIS
— U.S. Has Most Coronavirus Deaths In The World – NICOLE HERNANDEZ 
https://www.nprillinois.org/post/us-has-most-coronavirus-deaths-world#stream/0

WREX
— Trump attacks Inspector Generals on false grounds – AP (DIERSEN: All the audits of all the federal agencies that I worked on for GAO 1980-1997 required coordination with those agency’s Inspector Generals (IG). I worked on audits of federal financial institution regulators for almost 9 years, on audits of IRS for 3 years, and on audits of many other federal agencies, including Railroad Retirement Board, Department of Defense, U.S. Postal Service, Environmental Protection Agency, Department of Energy, Department of Transportation, Immigration and Naturalization Service, General Service Administration, Federal Highway Administration, Department of Labor, Federal Aviation Administration, Veteran Administration, Department of Housing and Urban Development, and Department of Health and Human Services, for almost 6 years. I served on Executive Committee (EC) of the Association of Government Accountants for 13 years 1983-1996. Almost all the other EC members were employees of IG offices.) 
https://wrex.com/2020/04/12/ap-fact-check-trump-attacks-govt-watchdogs-on-false-grounds/

WJBC
— Numbers of COVID-19 cases in Illinois continue to grow – Katherine Murphy
https://www.wjbc.com/2020/04/11/numbers-of-covid-19-cases-in-illinois-continue-to-grow/

CHICAGO NOW
— 16 million Americans lose their jobs. But no one working for Chicago will – Dennis Byrne (DIERSEN: While I worked for GAO 1980-1997, the agency a) was almost always under hiring and/or promotion freezes and b) shrank by about 50%. SEE: https://www.gao.gov/assets/700/690041.pdf )
http://www.chicagonow.com/dennis-byrnes-barbershop/2020/04/16-million-americans-lose-their-jobs-but-no-one-working-for-chicago/

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— McHenry County Sheriff Wins Suit Against Health Department for ID of Those Actively Infected with Coronavirus
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/04/11/mchenry-county-sheriff-wins-suit-against-health-department-for-id-of-those-actively-infected-with-coronavirus/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Dr. Anthony Fauci: Americans could eventually carry certificates of immunity to coronavirus – David Sherfinski
https://m.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/apr/10/dr-anthony-fauci-americans-could-eventually-carry-/

DAILY CALLER
— Former Biden Staffer Files Criminal Complaint With DC Police – SCOTT MOREFIELD
https://dailycaller.com/2020/04/11/former-joe-biden-staffer-tara-reade-criminal-complaint/

FEDERALIST
— Woke Reporter Accuses Black Surgeon General Of Racism – Tristan Justice
https://thefederalist.com/2020/04/10/woke-reporter-accuses-black-surgeon-general-of-racism/

TOWNHALL
— Trump Uses Persuasion, Not Force, in Coronavirus Crisis – Debra J. Saunders
https://townhall.com/columnists/debrajsaunders/2020/04/12/trump-uses-persuasion-not-force-in-coronavirus-crisis-n2566728

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— College Republicans at Syracuse U. Reject Resolution Condemning Ben Shapiro – Mike LaChance 
https://legalinsurrection.com/2020/04/college-republicans-at-syracuse-u-reject-resolution-condemning-ben-shapiro/

THE HILL
— Pressure for quick action on next relief bill strains GOP unity – ALEXANDER BOLTON 
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/492312-pressure-for-quick-action-on-next-relief-bill-strains-gop-unity

ABC NEWS
— When will the country get back to normal? 3 things to know about reopening America Top health officials warn “we have not reached the peak.” – Anne Flaherty
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/country-back-normal-things-reopening-america/story?id=70094185

CNBC
— ‘This will lead to airline bankruptcies’ — flight attendant union furious with Treasury bailout offers – Phil LeBeau
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/04/11/flight-attendant-union-furious-with-treasury-bailout-offers.html

NEW YORK TIMES
— Boris Johnson Is Discharged From Hospital After Coronavirus Treatment Russia reported its largest daily increase in new cases since the start of the outbreak. The pope spoke of “a contagion of hope” in his Easter Mass. Britain closed in on 10,000 deaths from the coronavirus.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/12/world/coronavirus-news.html
— Will an Antibody Test Allow Us to Go Back to School or Work? – Apoorva Mandavilli and Katie Thomas
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/10/health/coronavirus-antibody-test.html
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: A job without benefit means nest egg trouble – Tammy La Gorce (DIERSEN: Overwhelmingly, the operatives and the dupes who work for my critics/opponents have severe financial, health, and/or other problems.) 
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/09/business/retirement-jobs-no-benefits.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “Trump Wants 50 Wisconsins on Election Day. The G.O.P. has turned voting in person into a death threat.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/10/opinion/sunday/wisconsin-primary-2020-election.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Republican-haters blame Republicans for minorities dying of coronavirus. 
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/11/opinion/coronavirus-poor-black-latino.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Republican-hater promotes hatred against Republicans.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/11/opinion/sunday/republicans-voter-suppression.html
— Cities Close Streets to Cars, Opening Space for Social Distancing Boston, Minneapolis, Oakland and other cities have temporarily banned through traffic on streets, giving pedestrians and cyclists extra elbow room during the coronavirus pandemic. – Johnny Diaz (DIERSEN: How close are the leaders of your municipality to banning cars?) 
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/11/us/coronavirus-street-closures.html
— Voting by Mail Could Be What States Need. But Can They Pull It Off? Politics aside, many states will face daunting financial, logistical and personnel challenges to making mail balloting the norm. – Michael Wines
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/11/us/coronavirus-voting-by-mail-elections.html
— What Is Britain Without the Pub? Through two world wars, Britain’s pubs stayed open. Their closure now, for the first time in the country’s history, is forcing some to seek creative alternatives. – Allison McCann
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/09/world/europe/uk-pub-coronavirus.html
— TRAGIC: Dumped Milk, Smashed Eggs, Plowed Vegetables: Food Waste of the Pandemic With restaurants, hotels and schools closed, many of the nation’s largest farms are destroying millions of pounds of fresh goods that they can no longer sell. – David Yaffe-Bellany and Michael Corkery
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/11/business/coronavirus-destroying-food.html
— OCTOBER 28, 2010 FLASHBACK: Andrew Cuomo: Indulging an Obsession With Motors and Muscle – Michael Barbaro
https://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/29/nyregion/29cars.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Russia’s state-backed media uses the pandemic to spin anti-Western views. They are not alone. – Isabelle Khurshudyan (DIERSEN: In America, the Democrat Party backed media uses the pandemic, and everything else, to spin anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time views.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/coronavirus-russia-china-turkey-media/2020/04/11/fe34e7b2-7a53-11ea-a311-adb1344719a9_story.html

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Coronavirus infection may cause lasting damage throughout the body, doctors fear – MELISSA HEALY
https://www.latimes.com/science/story/2020-04-10/coronavirus-infection-can-do-lasting-damage-to-the-heart-liver

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Communist China promoters say “U.S. Tariffs Hamper Imports of Sanitizer, Disinfectants.”
https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-tariffs-hamper-imports-of-sanitizer-disinfectants-11586683800

BLOOMBERG
— Record bankruptcies predicted in next year as unemployment soars – Anita Sharpe
https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2020/apr/12/record-bankruptcies-predicted-in-next-year-as-unem/

FORBES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “Trump Ignored Pleas To Put Social Distancing Practices In Place, Warnings Of A Pandemic.”
https://www.forbes.com/sites/mattperez/2020/04/11/report-trump-ignored-pleas-to-put-social-distancing-practices-in-place-warnings-of-a-pandemic/

MERCURY NEWS
— Millennials willing to compromise more to buy a home Young buyers unfazed by bad neighborhoods, high rates – LOUIS HANSEN (DIERSEN: I bought a new town home in University Park in 1972 when I was 24 years old. The down payment came from what I had earned and saved a) working for IRS for 15 months in 1971 and 1972 and b) working for Firestone Stores full-time for 7 months 1970-1971 and part-time for 18 months 1971-1972. That money also enabled me to buy a new Corvette in 1971 and to pay tuition for graduate business courses at Loyola.)
https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/02/04/millennials-willing-to-compromise-more-to-buy-a-home/

ARGUS PRESS
— Trump bashing only gives his supporters resolve
https://www.argus-press.com/opinion/letters_to_editor/article_4543819e-7c44-11ea-b057-df09727112a2.html

SUBURBAN TIMES
— How the coronavirus will change closings, home prices and what’s on the market – DON DOMAN
https://thesubtimes.com/2020/04/02/how-the-coronavirus-will-change-closings-home-prices-and-whats-on-the-market-pierce-county-foreshadowing/

HILL REPORTER
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: The more hatred of Republicans that you promote, the more that Republican-haters promote you. 
https://hillreporter.com/former-rnc-boss-blasts-his-own-partys-stance-over-their-obvious-voter-suppression-tactics-64122

TIMES
— Coronavirus sends China crashing to worst economic slump in 60 years
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/coronavirus-sends-china-crashing-to-worst-economic-slump-in-60-years-x66pmdld7

RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— Andrew Cuomo Ties Biden for Presidential Nomination Among Democrats
https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/elections/election_2020/cuomo_ties_biden_for_presidential_nomination_among_democrats

April 11 Evening Edition

NBC5
— Illinois Coronavirus: State Reports 1,293 New Cases, 81 Additional Deaths Cases have been reported in more than 80 of Illinois’ 102 counties
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/illinois-coronavirus-state-reports-1293-new-cases-81-additional-deaths/2254380/
— Illinois Potentially Seeing ‘Flattening of the Curve’ in COVID-19 Cases, Governor Says
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/coronavirus/illinois-potentially-seeing-flattening-of-the-curve-in-covid-19-cases-governor-says/2254418/

CBS2
— Coronavirus In Illinois: 1,293 New COVID-19 Cases, 81 Additional Deaths
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2020/04/11/coronavirus-in-illinois-1293-new-covid-19-cases-81-additional-deaths/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Illinois endures second-deadliest coronavirus day, but Gov. J.B. Pritzker encouraged by trend of COVID-19 cases – BILL RUTHHART
https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-coronavirus-illinois-20200411-va73ejrx5rgcrmfdegbvwkdevy-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “Behind Gov. Pritzker’s exaggeration is this truth: The pandemic is bringing out the best in most of us.” 
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/eric-zorn/ct-column-pritzker-illinois-coronavirus-kindness-zorn-20200410-6xllxkzwuvgtxcg4ce2zr5bmri-story.html
— Chicago’s share of state’s COVID-19 cases continues to decline, public health commissioner reports – BILL RUTHHART
https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-coronavirus-chicago-update-20200411-fjru64jq6fcgndcj2c4ho4wigq-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— Chicago mayor takes hard line fighting coronavirus outbreak – AP
https://www.dailyherald.com/article/20200411/news/304119966/
— Doctors rock playing concert for Central DuPage Hospital staff – Katlyn Smith
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200410/doctors-rock-playing-concert-for-central-dupage-hospital-staff-
— It’s time to consider vote-by-mail – Editorial (DIERSEN: From what I see, the overwhelming majority of the members of the following groups want vote-by-mail: anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. What does that say?)
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20200411/editorial-its-time-to-consider-vote-by-mail

NPR ILLINOIS
— Biden’s Campaign Shifts To Winning Over Supporters Of His Former Rivals – ASMA KHALID (DIERSEN: I should write a book about Republican candidates since 2000 in Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton who have blamed their supporters the most for their defeats.) 
https://www.nprillinois.org/post/bidens-campaign-shifts-winning-over-supporters-his-former-rivals#stream/0

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Democrat Who Lost to Weber for State Rep. Has $6,000
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/04/11/democrat-who-lost-to-weber-for-state-rep-has-6000/ 
— WGN-TV Features McHenry County’s Project Front Line which Buys Food from Local Restaurants and Sends It to Covid-19 Front Line Workers Using Money from Go Fund Me Page
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/04/11/wgn-tv-features-mchenry-countys-front-line/ 
— IL-06/IL-14: California Special Election to Set Tone for Fall Campaigns in Illinois
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/04/11/il-06-il-14-california-special-election-to-set-tone-for-fall-campaigns-in-i 
— Vigorous Contact Tracing Urged by CDC Head Robert Redfield after Re-Opening of Economy
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/04/11/vigorous-contact-tracing-urged-by-cdc-head-robert-redfield-after-re-opening-of-economy/ 
— Lake County Issues Press Release about Keeping Names of Coronavirus Infected Secret
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/04/11/lake-county-issues-press-release-about-keeping-names-of-coronavirus-infected-secret/ 
— McHenry County Health Department Agrees to Provide Coronavirus Infected Identities to Sheriff and Other Law Enforcement
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/04/11/mchenry-county-health-department-agrees-to-provide-coronavirus-infected-identities-to-sheriff-and-other-lake-enforcement/ 
— McHenry County Coronavirus Cases Up to 220 – No Spike
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/04/11/mchenry-county-coronavirus-cases-up-to-220/

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— IDPH green lights release of information – First responders can be informed of positive COVID-19 persons addresses – KIRK ALLEN 
https://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2020/04/idph-green-lights-release-of-information-first-responders-can-be-informed-of-positive-covid-19-persons-addresses/

CAPITOL FAX
— 1,293 new cases, 81 additional deaths (total of 19,180 cases, 677 deaths)
https://capitolfax.com/2020/04/11/1293-new-cases-81-additional-deaths-total-of-19180-cases-677-deaths/
— Pritzker announces emotional support text line – New digital patient monitoring program – Virtual town hall for kids – Will hold brief presser tomorrow – Dr. Ezike: “Please cancel” Easter church services – Dr. Ezike: “We must endure with patience” – Addresses IDES backlog – Not satisfied with PPE supplies – Opines that Pekin country club should not reopen golf course – Recover rate numbers next week – Why aren’t people at the podium wearing masks? – Questioned about antibody tests, but no firm response – Ending stay at home orders “up to governors” – Yet another question about when and how it will end
https://capitolfax.com/2020/04/11/pritzker-announces-emotional-support-text-line/
— Saturday COVID-19 roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2020/04/11/saturday-covid-19-roundup/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— African nations, US decry racism against blacks in China – AP
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/apr/11/african-nations-us-say-blacks-mistreated-in-chines/

BREITBART
— WSJ: China Floods Facebook and Twitter with Chinese Virus Disinformation – LUCAS NOLAN
https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2020/04/11/wsj-china-floods-facebook-and-twitter-with-chinese-virus-disinformation/
— GOP Activist Charlie Kirk: Suspend All Work Visas Until U.S. Graduates Get Jobs – NEIL MUNRO (DIERSEN: From what I see, ever- increasingly, employers in America want to hire, retain, and promote citizens of foreign counties instead of citizens of America.)
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/04/11/gop-activist-suspend-all-work-visas-until-u-s-graduates-get-jobs/

THE HILL
— Federal officials fired by Trump face tough road in court – JOHN KRUZEL (DIERSEN: From what I see, virtually everyone hates past, present, and future federal employees and retirees, and especially those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/492318-federal-officials-fired-by-trump-face-tough-road-in-court
— Biden sees opening over Trump with older voters – AMIE PARNES (DIERSEN: How old are you? I am 71. What would Biden stress to me to win me over? He would stress all the adverse actions that the Republican leaders of the following have taken against me: Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois. He would stress the adverse actions that Republican activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc. in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois have taken against me. He would stress that the aforesaid hate conservatives.) 
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/492300-biden-sees-opening-over-trump-with-older-voters

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters say “Trump Leaves Trail of Unmet Promises in Coronavirus Response.”
https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2020/04/11/business/bc-us-virus-outbreak-promises.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters say “He Could Have Seen What Was Coming: Behind Trump’s Failure on the Virus. An examination reveals the president was warned about the potential for a pandemic but that internal divisions, lack of planning and his faith in his own instincts led to a halting response.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/11/us/politics/coronavirus-trump-response.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters say “The Costly Toll of Not Shutting Down Spring Break Earlier.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/11/us/florida-spring-break-coronavirus.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: The New York Times promotes those who promote hatred against Trump and against Republicans. 
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/11/opinion/sunday/republicans-voter-suppression.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/11/us/politics/coronavirus-trump-response.html

WASHINGTON POST
— White House rejects bailout for U.S. Postal Service battered by coronavirus The pandemic has pushed USPS to the brink, but Trump and Mnuchin shot down emergency aid – Jacob Bogage 
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/04/11/post-office-bailout-trump/

BOWLING GREEN DAILY NEWS
— Reopening date unknown for Corvette plant – DON SERGENT
https://www.bgdailynews.com/news/reopening-date-unknown-for-corvette-plant/article_1c2912e1-c8f5-5b47-aaec-11d410eb5ff3.html

INQUISITR
— Smoking Marijuana May Increase The Risk Of Contracting Complications From Coronavirus Even occasional use increases the risk. – Aaron Homer
https://www.inquisitr.com/5992201/smoking-marijuana-coronavirus-risk/

VOICE OF AMERICA
— Trump Feels No Need for Crisis Counsel From Predecessors – AP (DIERSEN: While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, I was extremely reluctant to seek/take advice from my superiors because I knew that they were under tremendous pressure from Democrat politicians to get rid of their employees who shared my demographics.) 
https://www.voanews.com/science-health/coronavirus-outbreak/trump-feels-no-need-crisis-counsel-predecessors

NEW YORK MAGAZINE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “Trump’s Socially Distanced Campaign Backed by a new loyalist press secretary, the president’s coronavirus briefings have replaced reelection rallies.” 
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/04/trump-coronavirus-briefings-kayleigh-mcenany.html

WINDY CITY TIMES
— COVID-19 Lightford announces expansion of testing in Black communities
http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/lgbt/COVID-19-Lightford-announces-expansion-of-testing-in-Black-communities/68347.html

April 10 Morning Edition

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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