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April 20 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Coronavirus Illinois: COVID-19 has not peaked in IL as cases top 31K, Pritzker says; Nursing home concerns grow as PPE arrives from China
https://abc7chicago.com/health/covid-19-has-not-peaked-in-illinois-as-cases-top-31k-pritzker-says-/6116629/
— Coronavirus in the US: Trump says governors play ‘political game’ with COVID-19 tests – AP
https://abc7chicago.com/health/trump-says-governors-play-political-game-with-covid-19-tests/6117729/
— Park Forest coronavirus: National Guard starts COVID-19 testing at Elisabeth Ludeman Development Center – Cate Cauguiran
https://abc7chicago.com/health/il-national-guard-starts-covid-19-testing-at-park-forest-development-center/6118183/
— Governors, amid protests, ask Pence for help keeping people home, test gear – KATHERINE FAULDERS
https://abc7chicago.com/governors-amid-protests-ask-pence-for-help-keeping-people-home-test-gear/6118292/

NBC5
— Highest One-Week Coronavirus Death Toll Reported in Illinois In Illinois, 555 peopled died as a result of the coronavirus over the past seven days
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/highest-one-week-coronavirus-death-toll-reported-in-illinois/2259062/
— Illinois Reports 1,151 New Cases of Coronavirus, 59 Additional Deaths Illinois remains under a stay-at-home order through April 30, but Gov. J.B. Pritzker says a decision on whether that date will be extended is coming
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/coronavirus/illinois-reports-1151-new-cases-of-coronavirus-59-additional-deaths/2258826/

CBS2
— Lightfoot: City, Local Groups Launch COVID-19 ‘Response Team’ For Communities Of Color
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2020/04/20/lightfoot-city-community-organizations-launch-response-team-for-communities-of-color/

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Illinois COVID-19 cases rise to 31,508; statewide death toll now 1,349
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/illinois-covid-19-cases-rise-to-31508-statewide-death-toll-now-1349

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Another 59 people die of COVID-19 in Illinois; hospitalizations remain flat during outbreak Illinois has 1,151 new confirmed cases of the virus, bringing the state’s total to 31,508 positive case. The state has lost 1,349 people to the outbreak, and the coronavirus is now in 95 of the state’s 102 counties, officials said. – Tina Sfondeles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/coronavirus/2020/4/20/21228511/coronavirus-covid-19-illinois-deaths-hospitalization-confirmed-cases-pritzker 
— Efforts outlined to bridge Chicago’s racial divide in coronavirus-related deaths The strategy focuses, at least initially, on three hard-hit neighborhoods: Austin, Auburn-Gresham and South Shore. It includes expanded testing and 60,000 free masks, as well as three 90-minute telephone town hall meetings. – Fran Spielman
https://chicago.suntimes.com/coronavirus/2020/4/20/21228719/coronavirus-chicago-death-rate-racial-disparity-austin-auburn-gresham
— Community groups call for health care equity as black Chicago grapples with COVID-19 “The spread of COVID-19 to the heart of Chicago, which is the black community, has shown and uncovered every dark and ugly disparity that my community faces daily,” Action Now Chicago Executive Director Debra Harris said. – Sam Charles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/coronavirus/2020/4/20/21228284/health-care-equity-black-chicago-coronavirus-covid-19
— Illinois, nation need to do much more COVID-19 testing to safely reopen economy Some public health experts say testing must be doubled or even tripled before the nation’s economy can safely open its doors. – Editorial
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/4/20/21225168/illinois-coronavirus-covid-19-testing-pritzer-trump-governors

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— During daily briefing, President Donald Trump blasts Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker over COVID-19 testing – Dan Petrella
https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-coronavirus-trump-pritzker-spat-20200421-ghiz4o7h7vhlfc6qq47lxh3qbi-story.html
— Governors push back hard after Trump accuses Democrats of playing ‘a very dangerous political game’ by insisting there is a shortage of coronavirus tests – AP
https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-nw-coronavirus-testing-governors-meeting-20200420-qp77whwo7rhvxjsthulipkgx6i-story.html
— Coronavirus in Illinois updates: Officials report 1,151 new known COVID-19 cases and 59 additional deaths statewide, as Pritzker says hospitalizations up 7% from 5 days ago
https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-coronavirus-pandemic-chicago-illinois-news-20200420-fiyolw53xfhtvjdijyswhcwxei-story.html
— ‘We have learned a great deal in the past 12 weeks’; Naperville Mayor Steve Chirico wants some businesses to reopen May 1 – ERIN HEGARTY
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-nvs-mayor-steve-chirico-coronavirus-reopen-st-20200420-blqhpmkf2fchnkzawmr7z4nwba-story.html
— Chicago’s coronavirus disparity: Black Chicagoans still dying disproportionately in city as Mayor Lightfoot creates response teams for hard-hit neighborhoods – Gregory Pratt
https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-coronavirus-chicago-african-american-population-20200420-c2nyvnq4vrcundwdfvhdldtlfe-story.html
— Illinois congressional Republicans oppose Democratic state Senate president’s request for $41 billion in federal aid, accuse him of using crisis to try to cover mismanagement – RICK PEARSON
https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-coronavirus-don-harmon-40-billion-federal-request-republicans-20200420-6k5m54gcfffqtmkfsigpuql7hm-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: White-haters use coronavirus to promote hatred against Whites. 
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/ct-opinion-coronavirus-asian-americans-morita-20200420-ep3bmn3tincczfihw3qvl64boa-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— COVID-19 deaths rise by 59; Pritzker suggests eventual reopening by region – Marni Pyke
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200420/covid-19-deaths-rise-by-59-pritzker-suggests-eventual-reopening-by-region
— 16 migrants test positive for coronavirus on Mexican border – AP
https://www.dailyherald.com/article/20200420/news/304209918/
— April 20 COVID-19 cases per county; use our map to search by ZIP code
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200420/april-20-covid-19-cases-per-county-use-our-map-to-search-by-zip-code
— Governor pledges to expand testing of nursing home staffs – Katlyn Smith and Marie Wilson
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200420/governor-pledges-to-expand-testing-of-nursing-home-staffs

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— United projects $2.1 billion loss in first quarter The airline’s early look at first-quarter results is the first for big U.S. carriers and presages a gruesome set of earnings reports after flights were curtailed worldwide because of COVID-19.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/news/united-projects-21-billion-loss-first-quarter
— Northwestern freezes faculty pay, halts hiring The university said that increased financial pressure, including $25 million in lost revenue, requires measures to adjust to the pandemic and its impact. – LYNNE MAREK (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 )
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/education/northwestern-freezes-faculty-pay-halts-hiring
— Lightfoot scales back bid for executive powers “If we were bypassing aldermanic oversight, we wouldn’t have presented an ordinance,” the mayor said in response to criticism of a new push for COVID-19 mayoral powers. – A.D. QUIG 
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/government/lightfoot-scales-back-bid-executive-powers
— Palmer House flagged for potential loan default The owner of the city’s second-largest hotel missed its April debt payment on the property as the hospitality sector continues to get slammed by the coronavirus crisis. – DANNY ECKER 
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/commercial-real-estate/palmer-house-flagged-potential-loan-default

WGN RADIO
— Pandemic squeezes finances of Democratic grassroots donors – AP
https://wgnradio.com/news/political-news/pandemic-squeezes-finances-of-democratic-grassroots-donors/

SOUTHERN
— Illinois Senate Republicans, including Schimpf, question Pritzker on prison sentence commutations – JERRY NOWICKI
https://thesouthern.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/illinois-senate-republicans-including-schimpf-question-pritzker-on-prison-sentence-commutations/article_22467b39-c72b-54aa-ad42-8477059eede4.html

HOMEWOOD FLOSSMOOR PATCH
— 15 Coronavirus Cases, 8 Deaths At Manor Care Homewood Data released by the Illinois Department of Public Health also shows eight cases and three deaths at Sunrise of Flossmoor. – Tim Moran (DIERSEN: My aunt has been a resident at Sunrise of Flossmoor since 2010.)
https://patch.com/illinois/homewood-flossmoor/15-coronavirus-cases-8-deaths-manor-care-homewood

SIDLEY
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: High Times for the Cannabis Business
https://www.sidley.com/en/insights/newsupdates/2020/04/podcast-high-times-for-the-cannabis-business

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— IL Senate Democrats Using Wuhan Coronavirus to Get Federal Aid to Solve Their Financial Mess 
https://legalinsurrection.com/2020/04/il-senate-democrats-using-wuhan-coronavirus-to-get-federal-aid-to-solve-their-financial-mess/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— FARMERS TO GET $16B IN FEDERAL DIRECT PAYMENTS, FOOD BANKS $3B, SAYS CONG. DAVIS
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2020/04/farmers-to-get-16b-in-federal-direct-payments-food-banks-3b-says-cong-davis.html
— WHERE’S WEYERMULLER? RALLYING IN WISCONSIN TO “REOPEN AMERICA”
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2020/04/wheres-weyermuller-rallying-in-wisconsin-to-reopen-america-.html
— WEGMANN: WH COUNTERS PRITZKER’S CLAIM OF STINGINESS WITH COVID AID
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2020/04/wegmann-wh-counters-pritzkers-claim-of-stinginess-with-covid-aid.html

CAPITOL FAX
— 1,151 new cases, 59 additional deaths
https://capitolfax.com/2020/04/20/1151-new-cases-59-additional-deaths/
— Pritzker talks about hospitalization numbers – Hospitalizations still rising, but slower – Talks about nursing home testing plans – Warns “bad actors” in nursing home management – Dr. Ezike explains challenges in reporting nursing home data “The data is as good as the data that went in” – Dr. Ezike working with nursing homes, hospitals to identify when residents can go home – Pritzker explains why White House claims on testing are not full story – Outlines how “air bridge” really works – Addresses question about when enough testing to reopen economy – Will address IDES issues in two days – Hints again that mask requirement could be in revised EO – Says regionalized reopening under consideration – Says White House admits antibody tests inadequate – Working with budgeteers – Repeats that we’ll need 14 days of numbers going down to start reopening process
https://capitolfax.com/2020/04/20/pritzker-talks-about-hospitalization-numbers/
— COVID-19 roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2020/04/20/covid-19-roundup-23/
— Republican delegation tells Harmon to withdraw graduated income tax, institute pension reforms, cut state and local spending
https://capitolfax.com/2020/04/20/republican-delegation-tells-harmon-to-withdraw-graduated-income-tax-institute-pension-reforms-cut-state-and-local-spending/
— The nursing home dilemma
https://capitolfax.com/2020/04/20/the-nursing-home-dilemma/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: According to pot pushers, “Black residents of Illinois were seven times more likely to be arrested for cannabis possession in Illinois before the State regulated purchase and possession at the beginning of this year.”
https://capitolfax.com/2020/04/20/study-before-legalization-illinois-had-the-3rd-highest-rate-of-racial-bias-in-cannabis-arrests/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters use coronavirus to promote hatred of Trump and his supporters.
https://capitolfax.com/2020/04/20/the-protesters-are-a-super-minority-of-a-super-minority/

GOPUSA
— Breaking Point? Coronavirus Protests ERUPT Over Lockdown Orders
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=87786
— Don’t Let The Cure Destroy The Patient
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=87767
— Obama AG Eric Holder Eagerly Uses COVID-19 For Political Advantage
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=87746
— Reports From CA Antibody Testing Suggest Many Have Had Coronavirus With No Symptoms
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=87802
— Omar, AOC, Tlaib Sponsor Bill To Cancel Rent, Mortgage Payments
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=87796?omhide=true
— Could Anti-Lockdown Protests Be New Tea Party Movement?
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=87762
— Trump Says That Christians Are Treated Differently Than Others During The COVID-19 Pandemic
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=87744

BREITBART
— Pat Buchanan: Biden’s Plan to Fight Coronavirus Is Healthcare for Illegals – JOHN BINDER
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/04/19/joe-biden-pat-buchanan-coronavirus-healthcare/
— 450,000 Illegal Immigrants Are Getting College Degrees – NEIL MUNRO (DIERSEN: Democrat employers give preference to illegals over citizens of America, that is, Democrat employers hire, retain, and promote illegals over citizens of America. Illegals are future Democrats.) 
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/04/19/report-450000-illegal-immigrants-college-degrees/
— ‘Squad’ Demands Vote-by-Mail, Benefits for Illegal Aliens in Relief Package – HANNAH BLEAU
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/04/20/squad-demandd-vote-mail-benefits-illegal-aliens-relief-package/
— Kevin McCarthy: China’s Lies, Democrats’ Gamesmanship Combine to Harm American Health, Economy in Coronavirus Crisis – MATTHEW BOYLE
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/04/19/exclusive-kevin-mccarthy-chinas-lies-democrats-gamesmanship-combine-to-harm-american-health-economy-in-coronavirus-crisis/
— Big Business Complains of Labor Shortage, High Wages While 22M Americans Out of Work – JOHN BINDER
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/04/19/big-business-complains-of-labor-shortage-high-wages-while-22m-americans-out-of-work/

TOWNHALL
— NYT Exploits Man’s Coronavirus Death With Shoddy, Hypocritical Hit Piece on Fox News – Guy Benson
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2020/04/20/nyt-fox-hit-piece-n2567204

THE HILL
— Fauci warns protests will ‘backfire,’ slow economic recovery – BRETT SAMUELS
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/493647-fauci-warns-protests-against-against-stay-at-home-orders-will

CNN
— US oil prices crash below $0 a barrel. – Clare Duffy
https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/19/tech/global-stocks/index.html

NEW YORK TIMES
— U.S. Oil Prices Plunge Into Negative Territory
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/20/business/stock-market-live-trading-coronavirus.html

WASHINGTON POST
— White House, GOP face heat after hotel and restaurant chains helped run small business program dry With program out of money, backlash prompts executives at Shake Shack to return $10 million loan. – Jonathan O’Connell 
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/04/20/white-house-gop-face-heat-after-hotel-restaurant-chains-helped-run-small-business-program-dry/
— Brett Giroir, Trump’s testing czar, was forced out of a job developing vaccine projects. Now he’s on the hot seat. – Michael Kranish (DIERSEN: In Diersen v. GAO, I entered into the record all of the many performance evaluations that I received while I worked for GAO 1980-1997. Not one of them justified the adverse actions that my Democrat superiors took against me including forcing me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, always ranking me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, not promoting me beyond GS-13, getting rid of my mentor in 1987, keeping me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and forcing me to take a $20,157 (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980.) 
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/brett-giroir-trumps-testing-czar-was-forced-out-of-a-job-developing-vaccine-projects-now-hes-on-the-hot-seat/2020/04/19/b061b968-7e89-11ea-8de7-9fdff6d5d83e_story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Brett Giroir, the federal official overseeing coronavirus testing efforts, says that his experience working on vaccine development projects at Texas A&M University helped prepare him for this historic moment. He once said that his vaccine effort was so vital that “the fate of 50 million people will rely on us getting this done.” But after eight years of work on several vaccine projects, Giroir was told in 2015 he had 30 minutes to resign or he would be fired. His annual performance evaluation at Texas A&M, the local newspaper reported, said he was “more interested in promoting yourself” than the health science center where he worked. He got low marks on being a “team player.” Now President Trump has given Giroir the crucial task of ending the massive shortfall of tests for the novel coronavirus. Some governors have blasted the lack of federal help on testing, which they say is necessary to enact Trump’s plan for reopening the economy.)
— Historic plunge in oil prices sends U.S. stocks reeling, with Dow losing nearly 600 points U.S. crude prices for May delivery turned negative – a first – amid scarce demand and limited storage capacity – Jacob Bogage and Thomas Heath
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/04/20/stocks-markets-today-oil-coronavirus/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— To Get Back to Work, Companies Seek Coronavirus Tests for Workers Testing workers for Covid-19 could prevent the virus’s spread and boost confidence about coming back to work, but it’s no easy undertaking, medical experts say – Sarah Krouse (DIERSEN: Of course, if members of protected groups disproportionally fail tests, Trump-haters will blame that on Trump and 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. Protected groups include: Trump-haters, illegals, non-citizens, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, RINOs, moderates, liberals, Blacks, Asians, females, young people, LGBTQers, non-Protestants, non-German Americans, stoners, 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.) 
https://www.wsj.com/articles/to-get-back-to-work-companies-seek-coronavirus-tests-for-workers-11587375003
— Coronavirus Testing Hampered by Disarray, Shortages, Backlogs State officials and labs say competition for supplies and questionable results are prolonging the national crisis – Christopher Weaver and Rebecca Ballhaus
https://www.wsj.com/articles/coronavirus-testing-hampered-by-disarray-shortages-backlogs-11587328441

RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— 60% of Democrats Blame Trump More Than China for Coronavirus
https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/current_events/disease/60_of_democrats_blame_trump_more_than_china_for_coronavirus

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 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 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

April 9 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Fewer Illinois coronavirus cases, deaths reported for 1st time in week; state may be ‘bending the curve’, Gov. JB Pritzker says – Craig Wall, Eric Horng and Jessica D’Onofrio
https://abc7chicago.com/health/illinois-may-be-bending-the-curve-in-covid-19-fight-pritzker-says/6089281/

NBC5
— ‘Seriously Consider’ Canceling All Large Summer Events in Illinois, Governor Says Thursday marked one calendar month since the start of Illinois’ stay-at-home order
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/all-large-summer-events-in-illinois-should-be-canceled-governor-says/2253252/
— Illinois Coronavirus: Total Number of Cases Tops 16,000 With 528 Deaths Cases have been reported in more than 80 of Illinois’ 102 counties
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/illinois-coronavirus-total-number-of-cases-tops-16000-with-528-deaths/2253148/
— US Coronavirus Updates: New Hotspots Emerge; More Men Than Women Are Testing Positive
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/coronavirus/us-coronavirus-updates-mercy-crew-member-tests-positive-federal-stockpile-nearly-depleted/2252884/

CBS2
— Coronavirus In Chicago: City, CTA, CPS To Get More Than $1.5 Billion Combined In Federal COVID-19 Relief Funds – Todd Feurer
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2020/04/09/coronavirus-in-chicago-city-cta-cps-to-get-more-than-1-5-billion-combined-in-federal-covid-19-relief-funds/

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Pritzker: Data indicates Illinois is bending the curve in fight against COVID-19 – Nic Flosi
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/pritzker-data-indicates-illinois-is-bending-the-curve-in-fight-against-covid-19

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— US economy unlikely to recover as rapidly as it collapsed There are emerging signs that any recovery will fail to match the speed and severity of the economic collapse that occurred in just a few weeks. – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/coronavirus/2020/4/9/21214887/us-economy-unlikely-to-recover-rapidly-collapsed-donald-trump-coronavirus-covid-19
— No halt to culture wars during coronavirus outbreak The virus outbreak has put much of American life on hold, but the nation’s culture wars seem immune from the pandemic. – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/4/9/21215168/no-halt-to-culture-wars-during-coronavirus-outbreak-covid-19-washington-politics
— Democrats renew vote-by-mail push as virus upends elections Nancy Pelosi’s proposals, which are still evolving, drew immediate condemnation from House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, echoing President Donald Trump’s opposition to federal attempts to prod states to relax their voting rules. – AP 
https://chicago.suntimes.com/coronavirus/2020/4/9/21215558/democrats-renew-vote-by-mail-push-as-virus-upends-elections-2020-election-coronavirus-covid-19
— OUTSTANDING: Wife of clout-heavy builder pushes to ban all pot businesses from her Gold Coast neighborhood Patricia Walsh, whose husband heads The Walsh Group, is seeking to create a “Restricted Cannabis Zone” that would stop legal marijuana sales from an affluent swath of the 2nd ward. – Tom Schuba 
https://chicago.suntimes.com/cannabis/2020/4/9/21214068/chicago-dispensaries-patricia-walsh-gold-coast-pot-cannabis
— Parents, advocates urge Pritzker to release inmates as prison coronavirus cases skyrocket
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/4/9/21214742/latest-coronavirus-news-live-updates-chicago-illinois-2020
— Lightfoot will be ‘extremely cautious’ before lifting stay-at-home order in Chicago A lot will depend on the extent of testing available, the mayor said, since people must “have a level of confidence about whether or not they’re infected.” – Fran Spielman 
https://chicago.suntimes.com/coronavirus/2020/4/9/21215527/coronavirus-chicago-lightfoot-stay-home-order-testing
— Community leaders demand end to ‘racist’ police tactics, want other protections for those ‘most vulnerable’ during pandemic Their list also includes: end state ban on rent control; fill 2,000 CHA vacant units; increase paid sick leave; open a South Side coronavirus testing site; waive water fees for six months; end “racist” police tactics, such as checkpoints. – Fran Spielman 
https://chicago.suntimes.com/coronavirus/2020/4/9/21215154/coronavirus-police-african-american-racist-tactics-cha-water-fees-testing
— Nearly one in 10 U.S. workers have lost their jobs in past 3 weeks: Unemployment report The latest report from the Labor Department shows an equally widening impact of coronavirus-related layoffs in Illinois. – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/4/9/21214765/illinois-unemployment-numbers-april-4
— Suspend the Freedom of Information Act? Even during a pandemic, that’s a horrible idea No reporter wants saving lives to take a back seat to handing over public documents. But Gov. Pritzker was right to nix the idea of a blanket suspension of FOIA. – Editorial
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/4/9/21214891/suspend-illinois-freedom-information-act-wrong-move-coronavirus-pandemic

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Total COVID-19 deaths pass 500 as Pritzker puts large summer events in doubt — but also says state may be ‘bending the curve’
https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-coronavirus-pandemic-chicago-illinois-news-20200409-ntbivmk75faszaalp4t6742tga-story.html
— Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker casts doubt on summer festivals; Unemployment grows — so does frustration with state unemployment system – LISA DONOVAN
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-pritzker-brady-unemployment-lightfoot-stimulus-spin-20200409-ky3hj22nyra7dfj3anjjcixeri-story.html
— Illinois unemployment claims top 201,000 amid coronavirus pandemic, breaking another state record – Ally Marotti
https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-coronavirus-illinois-unemployment-claims-20200409-a4tk7c4xlzar3cuvewmam4rzgu-story.html
— Fewer deaths, earlier peak in new coronavirus prediction for Illinois – Joe Mahr
https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-coronavirus-peak-illinois-new-projection-20200409-45rjws77kzch5hdehlqbq3cjai-story.html
— Illinois government faces revenue losses of billions if not tens of billions due to COVID-19, U. of I. study says – RICK PEARSON
https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-coronavirus-illinois-government-impact-20200409-j3mvm6htnzashlwms3v4qecuw4-story.html
— Mayor Lori Lightfoot says she broke up an apparent underage drinking party while enforcing coronavirus social distancing rules – Gregory Pratt
https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-coronavirus-chicago-lightfoot-drinking-party-20200409-aov7as23svcuxf6yqvy2jdzj3q-story.html
— IMF head predicts ‘worst economic fallout since the Great Depression’ from COVID-19 – AP
https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-nw-coronavirus-imf-kristalina-georgieva-20200409-cxtcffytxbcnposixikbgqpacq-story.html
— City expects federal coronavirus stimulus package to give $1.5 billion to Chicago government, CPS and CTA – GREGORY PRATT and JOHN BYRNE
https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-coronavirus-chicago-stimulus-lightfoot-trump-20200409-e2rwavkp5rg2zpejape6args4i-story.html
— With coronavirus hitting Chicago’s black community hard, leaders call for wide-ranging relief – JOHN BYRNE and ANTONIA AYRES-BROWN
https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-coronavirus-chicago-african-american-relief-20200409-w6ztzsfuxzgcfieoz3m7nbngqa-story.html

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— The pandemic-era outlook for Illinois’ budget is a horror show A task force of University of Illinois fiscal experts estimates the state’s four-year revenue hit from the COVID-induced recession could range from $10 billion to $28 billion. – STEVE DANIELS 
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/government/pandemic-era-outlook-illinois-budget-horror-show
— Lightfoot reveals how COVID whacks city’s finances In her first detailed briefing, the mayor says Chicago expects $1.56 billion in emergency federal aid, but leaves key questions unanswered about what’s next. – GREG HINZ
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/greg-hinz-politics/lightfoot-reveals-how-covid-whacks-citys-finances
— The pandemic-era outlook for Illinois’ budget is a horror show A task force of University of Illinois fiscal experts estimates the state’s four-year revenue hit from the COVID-induced recession could range from $10 billion to $28 billion. – STEVE DANIELS
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/government/pandemic-era-outlook-illinois-budget-horror-show
— Pritzker turning optimistic in COVID fight
— After weeks of dire warnings, the governor and his health chief see signs of progress. – GREG HINZ
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/greg-hinz-politics/pritzker-turning-optimistic-covid-fight-0
— State Farm providing $2 billion in credits to auto policyholders The nation’s largest car insurer followed—and one-upped—archrival Allstate’s move as stay-at-home orders keep drivers off the roads. – STEVE DANIELS 
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/insurance/state-farm-providing-2-billion-credits-auto-policyholders
— Tribune Publishing slashing salaries as ad market deteriorates The media industry is suffering from a sudden drop in advertising revenue, forcing widespread layoffs and salary cuts here. – DALTON BARKER 
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/marketing-media/tribune-publishing-slashing-salaries-ad-market-deteriorates

DAILY HERALD
— April 9 breakdown of suburban COVID-19 cases by county, and search by ZIP code
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200409/april-9-breakdown-of-suburban-covid-19-cases-by-county-and-search-by-zip-code

FOX ILLINOIS
— White House tests journalists for COVID-19 – AP (DIERSEN: What has reduced your interaction with others? I am no longer a TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member, Milton Township Republican Organization webmaster, Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member, GAO employee, etc.)
https://foxillinois.com/news/coronavirus/white-house-tests-journalists-for-covid-19

BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO
— Mayor Lori Lightfoot Drove Around Chicago, Telling People To Go Home Lightfoot said she’ll do it again if it helps the city enforce the stay at home order and stop the spread of coronavirus. – Kelly Bauer
https://blockclubchicago.org/2020/04/09/mayor-lori-lightfoot-drove-around-chicago-telling-people-to-go-home/

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— CDC Report on Contact Tracing in Chicago after Funeral, Birthday Party
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/04/09/cdc-report-on-contact-tracing-in-chicago-after-funeral-birthday-party/ 
— As World Celebrates Easter, Persecution of Christians in the United States
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/04/09/as-world-celebrates-easter-persecution-of-christians-in-the-united-states/ 
— Skillicorn Quotes Constituents’ Unemployment Comp Payment Problems
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/04/09/skillicorn-on-unemployment-comp-payment-problems/ 
— Echos of the Fight over Contact Tracing in the Fight against HIV/AIDS
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/04/09/echos-of-the-hiv-aids-fight/

CAPITOL FAX
— Pritzker thanks Abbott Labs – “Our rate of rise is looking less and less exponential” – Praises local groups for pitching in – Shoutout to #SpritzersWithPritzker – Dr. Ezike: “If you think you don’t have a case in your zip code that’s probably not actually the case” – Pritzker defends pending minimum wage hike – Still no date for IDES fix – Could come back in the fall – More testing in African-American areas – Curve not bending down yet – Will be posting PPE contracts online – Following Gov. Baker’s lead on contact tracing – Dr. Ezike outlines DHS DD center readiness – Addresses federal halt to funding drive-through testing – “I think everybody needs to think seriously about canceling large summer events” – Plans to pursue workshare program
https://capitolfax.com/2020/04/09/pritzker-thanks-abbott-labs-our-rate-of-rise-is-looking-less-and-less-exponential/
— 1,344 new cases, 66 additional deaths
https://capitolfax.com/2020/04/09/1344-new-cases-66-additional-deaths/
— COVID-19 roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2020/04/09/covid-19-roundup-15/
— Worst case scenario: “Illinois could lose more than $28 billion between calendar years 2020 and 2023″
https://capitolfax.com/2020/04/09/worst-case-scenario-illinois-could-lose-more-than-28-billion-between-calendar-years-2020-and-2023/
— The testing situation
https://capitolfax.com/2020/04/09/the-testing-situation/

RUSH LIMBAUGH
— Reopen the Economy, Mr. President — No Matter What Attacks Come
https://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2020/04/09/how-trump-can-reopen-the-economy-and-combat-democrat-attacks/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Biden panders to minorities.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/apr/9/joe-biden-demands-coronavirus-racial-data/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Republicans repulse Democrats’ effort to change voting laws under cover of pandemic – David M. Drucker
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/republicans-repulse-democrats-effort-to-change-voting-laws-under-cover-of-pandemic
— White House has no plans to change Trump’s coronavirus briefings as criticism mounts – Rob Crilly
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-house-has-no-plans-to-change-trumps-coronavirus-briefings-as-criticism-mounts

GOPUSA
— The Grand Farce Of American Social Distancing – Michelle Malkin
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=87301
— Democrats Demand A Halt To Border Wall Construction Amid Pandemic
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=87345

BRIETBART
— Pope Francis Says Pandemic Is ‘Nature’s Response’ to Human Inaction over Climate Change – THOMAS D. WILLIAMS, PH.D. (DIERSEN: According to Trump-haters, the pandemic is GOD’s punishment for people not doing enough to promote dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot and other vices, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination.) 
https://www.breitbart.com/health/2020/04/09/pope-francis-says-pandemic-is-natures-response-to-human-inaction-over-climate-change/

BLAZE
— Joe Biden: Coronavirus crisis has ‘helped’ my presidential campaign ‘Based on the polling data, it’s helped me’ – DAVE URBANSKI
https://www.theblaze.com/news/joe-biden-coronavirus-crisis-has-helped-my-presidential-campaign

CNS NEWS
— Chicago Mayor’s Executive Order Calls for Giving Taxpayer Funds to Illegals – Melanie Arter 
https://www.cnsnews.com/article/national/melanie-arter/chicago-mayors-executive-order-calls-giving-taxpayer-funds-illegals
— Federal Debt Tops $24 Trillion for First Time; GAO: ‘The Current Federal Fiscal Path is Unsustainable’ – Terence P. Jeffrey
https://cnsnews.com/article/washington/terence-p-jeffrey/federal-debt-tops-24-trillion-first-time-gao-current-federal
— House Dems Introduce Legislation That Would Allow Illegals to Get Stimulus Checks – Melanie Arter
https://www.cnsnews.com/index.php/article/national/melanie-arter/house-dems-introduce-legislation-would-allow-illegals-get-stimulus

DAILY CALLER
— Border Apprehensions Drop, Thousands Of Migrants Turned Back Amid Coronavirus Crisis – JASON HOPKINS
https://dailycaller.com/2020/04/09/border-apprehensions-coronavirus-cbp/

DAILY SIGNAL
— California Governor Working to Give More Coronavirus Aid to Illegal Aliens – Jason Hopkins 
https://www.dailysignal.com/2020/04/09/california-governor-working-to-give-more-coronavirus-aid-to-illegal-aliens/

INSIDER
— Smoking marijuana could make the lungs more susceptible to COVID-19, experts say as cannabis sales spike – Julia Naftulin 
https://www.insider.com/regular-cannabis-smoking-may-increase-covid-19-risk-lung-experts-2020-4

THE HILL
— Trump’s IG firings prompt questions of whether more are coming – OLIVIA BEAVERS 
https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/492027-trumps-ig-firings-prompt-questions-of-whether-more-are-coming
— Trump officials lay groundwork for May reopening – BRETT SAMUELS AND MORGAN CHALFANT
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/492065-trump-officials-lay-groundwork-for-may-reopening

CNN
— Barr calls coronavirus restrictions ‘draconian’ while health experts say they’re helping lower death projections – David Shortell and Veronica Stracqualursi
http://www.wicz.com/story/41991551/barr-calls-coronavirus-restrictions-draconian-while-health-experts-say-theyre-helping-lower-death-projections

NEW YORK TIMES
— With a Face Mask Photo, Melania Trump Highlights Her Husband’s Reluctance to Wear One The first lady’s encouragement of Americans to wear face masks was all the more striking because it contrasted with her husband’s mixed messages on the subject: “I don’t see it for myself,” President Trump has said. – Katie Rogers
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/09/us/politics/melania-trump-coronavirus.html

WASHINGTON POST
— The CDC recommends masks. In some cities and counties, they’ll be mandatory. – Rebecca Tan 
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/the-cdc-recommends-face-masks-in-some-cities-and-counties-theyll-be-mandatory/2020/04/08/60d67304-79d7-11ea-9bee-c5bf9d2e3288_story.html
— Trump’s resistance to independent oversight draws bipartisan scrutiny – Seung Min Kim, Josh Dawsey, Tom Hamburger and Mike DeBonis (DIERSEN: Anyone who reviews the filings in Diersen v. GAO would conclude that GAO is not independent and that GAO functions as an arm of the Democrat Party.) 
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trumps-resistance-to-independent-oversight-draws-bipartisan-scrutiny/2020/04/08/d9776f48-79af-11ea-9bee-c5bf9d2e3288_story.html

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
— Melania Trump stars in ‘wear a mask’ anti-coronavirus video — but doesn’t actually put one on – DAVE GOLDINER
https://www.nydailynews.com/coronavirus/ny-coronavirus-melania-trump-mask-video-20200409-bf6fpukn35cepkzooupwga4dpq-story.html

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Affordable housing can cost $1 million per apartment in California. Coronavirus could make it worse – LIAM DILLON, BEN POSTON, JULIA BARAJAS
https://www.latimes.com/homeless-housing/story/2020-04-09/california-low-income-housing-expensive-apartment-coronavirus

PBS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters use coronavirus and Asian-Americans to promote hated against Trump-supporters.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/the-long-history-of-racism-against-asian-americans-in-the-u-s

SPLC
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: SPLC uses coronavirus to promote hatred against Trump supporters.
https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2020/04/09/nativist-hate-groups-want-keep-people-ice-detention-despite-covid-19-threat

April 4 Morning Edition

ABC7
— Mayor Lightfoot, Gov. Pritzker hammer Trump administration on coronavirus response, stockpile comments – Rob Elgas
https://abc7chicago.com/health/lightfoot-prtizker-hammer-trump-administration-on-coronavirus-response/6075482/?cmp=emc-wls-news-headlines-4/4/2020
— Biden, Trump campaigns haven’t called for Wisconsin primary postponement – WILL STEAKIN
https://abc7chicago.com/biden-trump-campaigns-havent-called-for-wisconsin-primary-postponement-/6075527/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— 3M fires back at Trump, says halting exports of N95 face masks would backfire, hurt U.S. – AP
https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-nw-coronativus-trump-3m-n95-masks-20200403-svjgqtec5nhthhruu6766awlr4-story.html
— Wisconsin Republicans say Tuesday’s election should go on as scheduled despite coronavirus outbreak – AP
https://www.chicagotribune.com/election-2020/ct-wisconsin-primary-election-absentee-voting-20200403-b24twlevgzfj3jv3y2dcbaapbu-story.html
— Fight against coronavirus requires ‘unprecedented’ work and flexibility for DuPage Health Department executive director – ERIN HEGARTY and SARAH FREISHTAT
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-nvs-dupage-county-health-karen-ayala-st-20200404-ny4lmr5ponb6fn2vpdw5kujs4e-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Shortage of supplies has imperiled those on front line of coronavirus pandemic
https://chicago.suntimes.com/essential-coronavirus-news/2020/4/4/21207933/latest-coronavirus-news-live-updates-chicago-illinois-april-2020
— What worries Chicagoans most about the coronavirus As we settle into our new (temporary) normal, anxieties are still high for many. We asked Sun-Times readers what worries them most about the pandemic. – Alice Bazerghi (DIERSEN: I worry about the success that Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs will have in blaming Republicans for coronavirus.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/coronavirus/2020/4/3/21206730/coronavirus-worries-chicago-covid19-pandemic-anxiety-stress
— Assessor trying to ensure Cook County property values adjusted to reflect ‘coronavirus effect’ All property owners will get a notification from the Cook County assessor’s office. Assessor Fritz Kaegi said his staff will “have to bend over backwards to keep on schedule” but he’s optimistic they’ll be able to get things done on time. – Rachel Hinton (DIERSEN: How much do you estimate the value of your home has gone down so far because of coronavirus and efforts to fight it?)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/4/3/21207689/cook-county-assessor-fritz-kaegi-property-values-coronavirus-effect
— Billionaire Griffin sets up shop in shuttered Florida hotel Griffin flew two dozen traders from Chicago and New York to set up shop at the Four Seasons hotel as Citadel Securities moved its operations there, Bloomberg reported.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/coronavirus/2020/4/3/21207827/ken-griffin-citadel-securities-florida-hotel
— Searching for Joe Biden During the pandemic, Biden, like the rest of us, is obeying stay-at-home orders and engaging in a virtual campaign. – Laura Washington
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2020/4/4/21207507/searching-for-joe-biden

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Will a graduated income tax help ensure fiscal order in Illinois? – Barbara Vitello
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200404/will-a-graduated-income-tax-help-ensure-fiscal-order-in-illinois

HERALD & REVIEW
— Illinois lawmakers adapt to new reality during COVID-19 pandemic – BEN ORNER
https://herald-review.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/illinois-lawmakers-adapt-to-new-reality-during-covid-19-pandemic/article_e7b50df1-e02c-5047-a679-efcff3dedb53.html

ALTON TELEGRAPH
— Illinois wrestles with unemployment surge – Greg Bishop 
https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/article/Illinois-wrestles-with-unemployment-surge-15177265.php

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— When will the impact of coronavirus hit state budgets like Illinois’? – JOSH GOODMAN
https://www.bnd.com/news/coronavirus/article241724941.html

SUBURBAN LIFE
— Underwood, Foster urge Trump to boost protective gear supply – ALEX ORTIZ
https://www.mysuburbanlife.com/2020/04/01/underwood-foster-urge-trump-to-boost-protective-gear-supply/aowl0zd/

FOX ILLINOIS & NEWS CHANNEL 20
— Pennsylvania halting pay for 9,000 state workers – AP
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/pennsylvania-halting-pay-for-9000-state-workers
https://newschannel20.com/news/nation-world/pennsylvania-halting-pay-for-9000-state-workers

NORTHERN PUBLIC RADIO
— Campaigning During COVID-19 – CLAUDIA BAKER 
https://www.northernpublicradio.org/post/campaigning-during-covid-19

CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS
— State lawmakers adapt to new reality during COVID-19 pandemic – BEN ORNER
https://www.capitolnewsillinois.com/NEWS/state-lawmakers-adapt-to-new-reality-during-covid-19-pandemic

CHICAGO CITY WIRE
— Mayor Lightfoot says Chicago should prepare for 40,000 COVID-19 hospitalizations, contradicting projections – Kyla Asbury
https://chicagocitywire.com/stories/529028209-mayor-lightfoot-says-chicago-should-prepare-for-40-000-covid-19-hospitalizations-contradicting-projections

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— DuPage County lost nearly 1,000 manufacturing jobs in 2019; COVID-19 and Pritzker’s progressive tax expected to increase losses – April Bamburg 
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/529044384-dupage-county-lost-nearly-1-000-manufacturing-jobs-in-2019-covid-19-and-pritzker-s-progressive-tax-expected-to-increase-losses

PRAIRIE STATE WIRE
— Political strategist Chris Robling: Sen. Brady should resign over role in bad loan – W.J. Kennedy (DIERSEN: Many, if not most of those who have worked the hardest to destroy me have painted themselves as being operatives or dupes for Bill Brady. They blame me for all the losses that Bill Brady has suffered.)
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/529042265-political-strategist-sen-brady-should-resign-over-role-in-bad-loan
— Pritzker withholding COVID-19 hospitalization numbers, Wirepoints says – Kyla Asbury 
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/529028223-pritzker-withholding-covid-19-hospitalization-numbers-wirepoints-says
— First Amendment authority: Pritzker’s demand that paper unpublish story ‘extreme measure’ – W.J. Kennedy (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who have punished me and who continue to punish me for including links in GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails to articles they do not like. They have been emboldened by those who could/should come to my defense, but have not.)
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/529040855-first-amendment-authority-pritzker-s-demand-that-paper-unpublish-story-extreme-measure
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A First Amendment authority says a demand by Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s office that a central Illinois newspaper unpublish a story about the governor’s progressive income tax proposal was “highly unusual.” “Push back from a politician about facts being wrong or problems with the overall tone of the piece is what you normally see,” David Snyder, executive director of the First Amendment Coalition, told Prairie State Wire. “And if the paper did get the facts wrong, it should correct them immediately. But asking for a retraction of an entire article is a pretty extreme measure.” Pritzker’s office reportedly asked the Jacksonville Journal-Courier last month to unpublish a story by The Center Square about the governor’s plans to cut spending if voters in November shoot down his plans to shift from a flat income tax to a progressive one. The tax shift proposal, an amendment to the state constitution, is on the ballot this fall. In a follow-up story, The Center Square wrote that a spokesman for the governor, Jordan Abudayyeh, sent an email to the paper’s editor saying that the article was “flawed” and lacked context. “Ultimately, it would be prudent to take down this partisan content masquerading as news,” she was quoted as writing in the email. The Center Square said that a video accompanying story on its website shows Pritzker saying what he is quoted as saying in the story. “The governor’s office did not alert The Center Square to any errors in the Feb. 7 article, headlined ‘If voters reject progressive income tax, Pritzker promises to cut state spending, and no corrections were published,” the follow-up story said. Snyder, an attorney, said that only the example more extreme that he’s aware of is a private Swiss bank, Julius Baer Group, in 2008 getting a court order to shut down Wikileaks.org in a dispute over postings on the site by a former employee of the bank. The ruling was later overturned.)
— Fiscal watchdog blasts lack of ‘shared sacrifice’ among government workers during health emergency – W.J. Kennedy (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will my critics/opponents call for Trump to cut, if not eliminate, a) my Civil Service Retirement System pension, b) my federal health, dental, and vision insurance subsidy, and c) my Social Security?) 
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/529020469-fiscal-watchdog-blasts-lack-of-shared-sacrifice-among-government-workers-during-health-emergency

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Elderly inmates in Illinois at high risk for coronavirus – AP
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/apr/4/elderly-inmates-in-illinois-at-high-risk-for-coron/
— Wisconsin health official says COVID-19 curve is flattening – AP
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/apr/3/wisconsin-health-official-says-covid-19-curve-is-f/
— Indiana governor extends virus stay-home order 2 weeks – AP
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/apr/3/with-24-more-deaths-indiana-coronavirus-death-toll/
— Iraq suspends, fines Reuters news agency over virus report – AP (DIERSEN: I should write a book about all the times that I was punished for including links to articles in GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails. I would focus on those who punished me, the articles that they punished me for, and how they punished me.) 
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/apr/3/iraq-suspends-fines-reuters-news-agency-over-virus/

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— The Mainstream Media Spins a Pandemic – Editorial
https://freebeacon.com/coronavirus/the-mainstream-media-spins-a-pandemic/

FOX NEWS
— Coronavirus shutdowns and rising unemployment causing economic pain that must be considered – Rep. Chip Roy
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/rep-chip-roy-america-should-remember-to-fight-despair-coronavirus

BREITBART
— Political Pandemic: Democrats Seek to Make 2020 Election About Wuhan Virus – CHARLES HURT
https://www.breitbart.com/2020-election/2020/04/03/charles-hurt-political-pandemic-democrats-seek-to-make-2020-election-about-wuhan-virus/

DAILY CALLER
— Democrats Introduce Bill Giving Coronavirus Relief To Illegal Aliens – JASON HOPKINS
https://dailycaller.com/2020/04/03/democrats-illegals-migrants-coronavirus/

NEWSMAX
— Border Agents Turning Away Illegal Immigrants Posing Coronavirus Risk
https://www.newsmax.com/us/borderagents-illegalimmigrants-coronavirus/2020/04/03/id/961337/

TOWNHALL
— Daily Kos Founder Appears to Jump For Glee Over Americans Infected with the Wuhan Coronavirus – Matt Vespa
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2020/04/04/daily-kos-founder-appears-to-jump-for-glee-over-americans-infected-with-the-wuhan-n2566352
— California: Newsom is Giving Emergency Grants to Illegal Alien Small Business Owners – Bronson Stocking
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/bronsonstocking/2020/04/03/newsom-gives-grants-to-illegal-alien-business-owners-n2566335
— Do the Media Hate Trump More Than They Hate the Virus? – John C. Goodman
https://townhall.com/columnists/johncgoodman/2020/04/04/do-the-media-hate-trump-more-than-they-hate-the-virus-n2566270

LIFE SITE NEWS
— Another impeachment attempt? House Dems plan Trump coronavirus investigation ‘Democrats clearly have no idea what kind of anger this could unleash.’ – Doug Mainwaring
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/another-impeachment-attempt-house-dems-plan-trump-coronavirus-investigation

CCN
— Mainstream Media Proves They Hate Hope & Optimism By Attacking MyPillow’s Mike Lindell At a recent press briefing regarding the coronavirus, MyPillow founder Mike Lindell spoke — and the media lost their minds. – Jon Hall
https://www.ccn.com/mainstream-media-proves-they-hate-hope-optimism-by-attacking-mypillows-mike-lindell/

EPOCH TIMES
— Covert Influence! Communist Party Supporters Run as Democrats in Arizona and Texas – Trevor Loudon
https://www.theepochtimes.com/covert-influence-communist-party-supporters-run-as-democrats-in-arizona-and-texas_3296990.html

THE HILL
— Testing struggles emerge as key hurdle to reopening country – PETER SULLIVAN
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/491128-testing-struggles-emerge-as-key-hurdle-to-reopening-country

POLITICO
— Who’s to blame? – RYAN HEATH (DIERSEN: QUESTION: Who determines who is blamed for bad things in your municipal district, in your municipality, in your township, in your county, and in Illinois? ANSWER: Those who have the most religious, government, political, and/or financial clout. I should write a book about those who have the most clout in Wheaton’s West District, Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois.)
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/politico-nightly-coronavirus-special-edition/2020/04/03/whos-to-blame-488802

YAHOO NEWS
— Rush Limbaugh: Economy Being Destroyed ‘Under The Guise’ Of Saving Lives
https://news.yahoo.com/rush-limbaugh-economy-coronavirus-115103294.html

NEW YORK TIMES
— Lawsuits Swell as Owners, From Gun Shops to Golf Courses, Demand to Open Orders to stay home and to shutter businesses because of the coronavirus are being challenged nationwide on the grounds they deny Americans their constitutional rights. – Neil MacFarquhar
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/03/us/corona-virus-lawsuits.html
— The Unemployment Rate Is Probably Around 13 Percent It’s almost certainly at its highest level since the Great Depression. Here’s how we estimated it. – Justin Wolfers
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/03/upshot/coronavirus-jobless-rate-great-depression.html
— Decade of Job Growth Comes to an End, Undone by a Pandemic After an expansion that added 22 million to U.S. payrolls, March registered a loss, and worse is yet to come. – Nelson D. Schwartz and Patricia Cohen
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/03/business/economy/coronavirus-jobs-report.html
— China Scrambles to Plug Border Gaps as Thousands Flood Home – Reuters
https://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2020/04/03/world/asia/03reuters-health-coronavirus-china-border.html
— What Unites the Right and Left? Coronavirus Anxiety Stark political differences on the crisis are rapidly closing, driven by life experiences and increasing attention by leaders of both parties. – Giovanni Russonello
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/03/us/politics/coronavirus-polls.html
— What Happens if Congress Cannot Assemble to Do Its Work? As Covid-19 makes social distancing a matter of life and death, a growing number of lawmakers are pushing the idea of remote voting. – Editorial
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/03/opinion/coronavirus-congress-voting.html
— Myanmar Journalists Who Quoted Rebel Spokesman Face Arrest The authorities detained one editor and were seeking two others after they published stories on the rebel Arakan Army. Their news websites were also blocked. – Saw Nang and Richard C. Paddock (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes side with Myanmar authorities.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/03/world/asia/myanmar-journalists-arrest-arakan.html
— The Navy Fired the Captain of the Theodore Roosevelt. See How the Crew Responded. The rousing show of support provided another gripping scene to emerge from the coronavirus pandemic: the rank and file cheering a boss they viewed as putting their safety ahead of his career. – Helene Cooper, Thomas Gibbons-Neff and Eric Schmitt 
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/03/us/politics/coronavirus-brett-crozier-theodore-roosevelt.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters want to use coronavirus to stop construction of The Wall. 
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/31/us/coronavirus-border-wall-arizona.html
— Location Data Says It All: Staying at Home During Coronavirus Is a Luxury – Jennifer Valentino-DeVries, Denise Lu and Gabriel J.X. Dance
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/04/03/us/coronavirus-stay-home-rich-poor.html

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “As Trump faces heat on coronavirus response, Republicans try to elevate China’s role in domestic political debate.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-coronavirus-china-republicans/2020/04/03/baa149de-74fc-11ea-a9bd-9f8b593300d0_story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters say “U.S. reports more than 30,000 coronavirus cases in record day; Scientists alarmed by government’s response.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2020/04/04/coronavirus-latest-news/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters want Democrats to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2020/04/04/democrats-trump-politics-coronavirus/

NEW YORK POST
— Suddenly, even globalists are big on borders – Rich Lowry
https://nypost.com/2020/04/03/suddenly-even-globalists-are-big-on-borders/
— Today’s coronavirus update: NY has record day, distancing appears lax – Vincent Barone
https://nypost.com/2020/04/03/todays-coronavirus-update-ny-has-record-day-distancing-appears-lax/

NEW YORK SUN
— Pre-Election Chorus Of Democrats Aims To Pin Corona on Trump – CONRAD BLACK (DIERSEN: QUESTION: Who determines who is blamed for bad things in your municipal district, in your municipality, in your township, in your county, and in Illinois? ANSWER: Those who have the most religious, government, political, and/or financial clout. I should write a book about those who have the most clout in Wheaton’s West District, Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois.)
https://www.nysun.com/national/pre-election-chorus-of-democrats-aims-to-pin/91076/

PITTSBURG POST GAZETTE
— Stop pretending pandemic politics are the new norm This crisis is anomalous and so is the response – BEN SHAPIRO
https://liber.post-gazette.com/opinion/Op-Ed/2020/04/04/Ben-Shapiro-Stop-pretending-pandemic-politics-are-the-new-norm/stories/202004040003

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Republican-hater says “Republicans are using the pandemic to suppress the vote.”
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2020-04-04/coronavirus-voting-republicans-safety-polls

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: U.S. Employers Cut 701,000 Jobs in March Data doesn’t reflect the magnitude of jobs being lost due to the coronavirus pandemic – Eric Morath and Sarah Chaney
https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-jobs-report-likely-to-show-start-of-record-labor-market-collapse-11585906617
— Campaign 2020 Is Morphing, With Unknown Consequences The changes will delay the time when Biden can formally sew up the Democratic nomination – Gerald Seib
https://www.wsj.com/articles/campaign-2020-is-morphing-with-unknown-consequences-11585972860
— Jobs Report Was Even Worse Than It Looked Stunning as the drop in jobs in March was, it masked the true depth of the decline. And it is just the beginning – Justin Lahart
https://www.wsj.com/articles/jobs-report-was-even-worse-than-it-looked-11585927843
— The Shutdown Crash Arrives The government anti-virus strategy is putting millions out of work. – Editorial
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-shutdown-crash-arrives-11585955818
— ‘American Conservatism’ Review: Doing the ‘Right’ Thing Is there an ‘American tradition’ of conservatism? And does it need to be ‘reclaimed’ from today’s so-called conservatives? – Barton Swaim (DIERSEN: If you are a conservative, you promote individual responsibility, the rule of law, traditional marriage, traditional family, right to life, enforcement of immigration laws, enforcement of booze, gambling, and drug laws, Second Amendment rights, and equal opportunity, that is, no race or gender based preference giving. If you are a conservative, you oppose the promotion of dependency on government, dependency on charity, moral relativism, LGBTQ activity, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, diminishment of Second Amendment rights, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination.) 
https://www.wsj.com/articles/american-conservatism-review-doing-the-right-thing-11585923831
— The Science of Staying Connected – Susan Pinker (DIERSEN: The least costly and fastest why to stay connected to government and political news and commentary of interest to Illinois Republicans is to read GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-science-of-staying-connected-11585835999
— The Navy Captain and the Coronavirus A sad episode raises questions of judgment and chain of command. – Editorial (DIERSEN: While I worked for the Post Office 1966-1969, IRS 1971-1980, and GAO 1980-1997, what if I had relayed my concerns about political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination directly to the Democrats who headed those agencies?) 
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-navy-captain-and-the-coronavirus-11585955473
— The Coronavirus Pandemic Will Forever Alter the World Order The U.S. must protect its citizens from disease while starting the urgent work of planning for a new epoch. – Henry A. Kissinger
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-coronavirus-pandemic-will-forever-alter-the-world-order-11585953005
— The Uncertain Path of the Coronavirus Pandemic Poses Its Own Risk It isn’t just the magnitude of this shock that is unprecedented but the uncertainty surrounding almost every facet of it – Greg Ip
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-uncertain-path-of-the-coronavirus-pandemic-poses-its-own-risk-11585935572
— Coronavirus Weighs on Americans: ‘I Don’t Think There Is an Easy Answer’ Residents in Iowa, Philadelphia and Georgia reflect on how pandemic is affecting their lives, jobs and political views – John McCormick, Scott Calvert and Tarini Parti
https://www.wsj.com/articles/coronavirus-weighs-on-americans-i-dont-think-there-is-an-easy-answer-11585911600

MONEY & MARKETS
— 5 Expenses That Can Wreck Your Retirement Plans – Chad Stone 
https://moneyandmarkets.com/unexpected-retirement-expenses/

FED SMITH
— Thrift Savings Plan Millionaires’ Account Balances Infected by Coronavirus – Ralph R. Smith 
https://www.fedsmith.com/2020/04/03/tsp-millionaires-account-balances-infected-by-coronavirus/

FED WEEK
— Commission Calls for Changes in Hiring, other Personnel Policies (DIERSEN: GAO hired me in 1980 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. IRS hired me in 1971 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job. The Post Office hired me in 1966 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job.)
https://www.fedweek.com/federal-managers-daily-report/commission-calls-for-changes-in-hiring-other-personnel-policies/

April 1 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Coronavirus in the US: Trump resists national shutdown, leaving it up to states – AP
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/trump-resists-national-shutdown-leaving-it-up-to-states/6068384/
— Coronavirus Illinois: 42 new COVID-19 deaths raise toll to more than 140 in Illinois, cases near 7K, officials say – Jessica D’Onofrio, Craig Wall and Eric Horng
https://abc7chicago.com/health/covid-19-death-toll-rises-to-more-than-140-in-illinois/6067701/
— Federal strategic stockpile of personal protective equipment nearly depleted, Trump says – AP
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/trump-federal-ppe-stockpile-nearly-depleted/6069551/

NBC5
— Coronavirus Deaths Top 100 in Illinois as Total Cases Rise to Nearly 7K The total number of 6,980 cases marks a spike of 986 confirmed results and 42 deaths in the last 24 hours, according to the Illinois Department of Public Health
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/coronavirus-deaths-top-100-in-illinois-as-total-cases-rise-to-nearly-7k/2248636/
— What Will a Peak Look Like in Illinois? It Might Not Be What You Think Some residents hope it could happen soon, assuming a peak would be followed by a sharp decline in cases and an indication that the state is finally on the road to recovery. But that might not be how it unfolds
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/what-will-a-peak-look-like-in-illinois-it-might-not-be-what-you-think/2248528/

CBS2
— 42 New COVID-19 Deaths, Most Reported In One Day In Illinois; ‘Don’t Be Terrified, Don’t Be Discouraged’ “I’m not urging people to despair. Let’s be strong and courageous,” Illinois Public Health Director Dr. Ngozi Ezike said. – Todd Feurer
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2020/04/01/illinois-coronavirus-covid-19-deaths-wednesday-april-1-most-one-day/

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Illinois COVID-19 cases climb to 6,980; total number of deaths now 141
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/illinois-covid-19-cases-climb-to-6980-total-number-of-deaths-now-141

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Mayor Lori Lightfoot blasts Trump for ‘wildly wrong’ statements, says Chicago faces a coronavirus peak but ‘starting to trend in the right direction’ – Gregory Pratt
https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-coronavirus-chicago-mayor-lori-lightfoot-today-show-20200401-56x4cfgy6vagngoz7hwk6k2e3u-story.html
— FRONT PAGE: In some Illinois towns, internet shortfalls and lack of computers putting students at a disadvantage during an extended period away from the classroom. ‘A poverty issue, pure and simple.’ – JENNIFER SMITH RICHARDS, JODI S. COHEN and HARU CORYNE
https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-coronavirus-student-digital-divide-illinois-20200327-ezxulbtxw5bcxpesfrw7nooqhe-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats use Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion to get rid of Republicans, and especially to get rid of Republicans who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, 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.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-nvs-teacher-feature-st-0320-20200320-tturyfh7fjgdrhtzmw75i77cnu-story.html
— DuPage reports 3 new deaths of people with coronavirus — 2 from nursing homes. Countywide total is at 13. – Robert McCoppin
https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-coronavirus-illinois-dupage-13-deaths-20200402-4etr3og7v5cnzoym5s6fnx7doy-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Durbin: Pritzker aiming to organize an airlift of COVID-19 supplies from China to Illinois The governor also has found an Illinois company with supplies to sell – but was seeking a better price from another state, Durbin said. – Lynn Sweet 
https://chicago.suntimes.com/coronavirus/2020/4/1/21202775/dick-durbin-jb-pritzker-airlift-covid-19-supplies-china-to-illinois
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Trump-haters use coronavirus to defeat Trump.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2020/4/1/21203256/less-than-half-back-trumps-pandemic-response-november-election-2020-covid-19-coronavirus

DAILY HERALD
— A 20-year-old college student from Glen Ellyn will be the Democratic nominee for a District 4 seat on the DuPage County Board after edging out her nearest competitor in a crowded primary field by a mere 48 votes. – Robert Sanchez
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200401/afzal-narrowly-beats-laplante-to-become-democratic-nominee-for-dupage-district-4
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats and RINOs use gerrymandering to get rid of Republicans, and especially to get rid of Republicans who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, 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.dailyherald.com/discuss/20200401/editorial-fair-maps-amendment-a-good-move-for-minority-communities
— Morton Arboretum closing after visitors flout social distancing warnings – Katlyn Smith
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200401/morton-arboretum-closing-after-visitors-flout-social-distancing-warnings
— With pandemic causing economic hardship, Lake County Board may freeze members’ pay – Russell Lissau
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200401/with-pandemic-causing-economic-hardship-lake-county-board-may-freeze-members-pay
— Trump says ‘life and death’ at stake in following guidelines – AP
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200401/trump-says-life-and-death-at-stake-in-following-guidelines

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Path of U.S. virus cases suggests peak growth could come next week A Schaumburg consultancy that’s been tracking the daily trajectory of new COVID-19 cases in the U.S. says we might soon see daily new cases decrease instead of increase. – JON ASPLUND
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/health-care/path-us-virus-cases-suggests-peak-growth-could-come-next-week
— Springfield split along partisan lines over expanded mail balloting Pritzker’s call to allow “all or substantially all” November voting via mail in light of COVID fears draws sharply differing reactions from Democrats and Republicans. – GREG HINZ
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/greg-hinz-politics/springfield-split-along-partisan-lines-over-expanded-mail-balloting
— Will DNC convention happen in Milwaukee? Biden doubts it. And if it the big gathering is canceled, Chicago stands to lose.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/government/will-dnc-convention-happen-milwaukee-biden-doubts-it

WBBM RADIO
— Pritzker: White House Guilty Of ‘Leadership Malpractice’ Over Healthcare Access
https://wbbm780.radio.com/articles/pritzker-white-house-guilty-of-leadership-malpractice

FOX ILLINOIS
— Trump resists national shutdown, leaving it up to states – AP
https://foxillinois.com/news/coronavirus/despite-grim-projections-trump-resists-national-quarantine

LEW ROCKWELL
— Northwestern Hospital Asks Seedy Illinois Politician For Permission To Ignore Dying Corona Patients – Allan Stevo
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2020/03/allan-stevo/northwestern-hospital-asks-seedy-illinois-politician-for-permission-to-ignore-dying-corona-patients/

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— Illinois COVID-19 reporting terribly flawed and irresponsible – KIRK ALLEN
https://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2020/04/illinois-covid-19-reporting-terribly-flawed-and-irresponsible/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— 986 NEW COVID CASES IN ILLINOIS; 42 ADDITIONAL DEATHS
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2020/04/986-new-covid-cases-in-illinois-42-additional-deaths.html

CAPITOL FAX
— Pritzker says state received over 1,100 applications to rejoin healthcare service here – Ezike: “As we develop more cases, we are going to have more deaths” – Should people wear masks? – 45 percent positive rate for Stateville tests – Addresses concerns at Shapiro – ICU shortage in Taylorville – Talks about possible session – Easter service should be online – Unable to project budget changes
https://capitolfax.com/2020/04/01/pritzker-says-state-received-over-1100-applications-to-rejoin-healthcare-service-here/
— 986 new cases, 42 additional deaths
https://capitolfax.com/2020/04/01/986-new-cases-42-additional-deaths/
— COVID-19 roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2020/04/01/covid-19-roundup-8/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Gun sales up 85% in March amid coronavirus fears FBI sets new record for background checks – Stephen Dinan
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/apr/1/gun-sales-85-march-amid-coronavirus-fears/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Seattle police chief tells residents to dial 911 if they experience ‘racist name calling’ – Andrew Mark Miller 
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/seattle-police-chief-tells-residents-to-dial-911-if-they-experience-racist-name-calling

ACCURACY IN MEDIA
— NBC News blasts Christian group behind Central Park field hospital over religious beliefs – Spencer Irvine
https://www.aim.org/aim-column/nbc-news-blasts-christian-group-behind-central-park-field-hospital-over-religious-beliefs/

BREITBART
— Hispanic Caucus: ‘ICE Must Release All’ Illegal Aliens Amid Coronavirus Crisis – JOHN BINDER
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/04/01/hispanic-caucus-ice-must-release-all-illegal-aliens-amid-coronavirus-crisis/
— CNN Blacklisted Trump’s Most Important Coronavirus Briefing to Date – JOHN NOLTE (DIERSEN: I should write a book about the activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, organization, companies, and governments that blacklist me and blacklist my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails. I would focus on those that falsely claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican.)
https://www.breitbart.com/the-media/2020/04/01/nolte-cnn-blacklisted-trumps-most-important-coronavirus-briefing-to-date/
— Donald Trump Responds to Illegals Not Getting Stimulus Checks: ‘They Came in Illegally’ – CHARLIE SPIERING
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/04/01/donald-trump-responds-to-illegals-not-getting-stimulus-checks-they-came-in-illegally/

CNS NEWS
— PBS and NPR Offer Journalism by Liberals for Liberals – Tim Graham
https://www.cnsnews.com/commentary/tim-graham/pbs-and-npr-offer-journalism-liberals-liberals
— Biden Says He Will Provide ‘a Roadmap to Citizenship for Nearly 11 Million Undocumented Immigrants’ (DIERSEN: Democrats hint/imply/argue/shout at illegals, and at everyone else, that Republicans are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things who should be gotten rid of once and for all. Democrats want to use illegals to get rid of Republicans once and for all.) 
https://www.cnsnews.com/article/national/cnsnewscom-staff/biden-says-he-will-provide-roadmap-citizenship-nearly-11-million

NEWS BUSTERS
— Latino Networks Bemoan Exclusion of Illegals In Economic Aid Package – Kathleen Krumhansl
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/latino/kathleen-krumhansl/2020/04/01/latino-nets-bemoan-exclusion-illegals-economic-aid
— Franklin Graham’s Charity Treats Virus Patients, Lefties Mock His Faith – Gabriel Hays
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/culture/gabriel-hays/2020/04/01/franklin-grahams-charity-treats-virus-patients-lefties-mock

PJ MEDIA
— Democrats and U.S. Media Star in New Chinese Propaganda Video – RICK MORAN
https://pjmedia.com/trending/democrats-and-u-s-media-star-in-new-chinese-propaganda-video/

NATIONAL REVIEW
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Jonah Goldberg blasts Trump.
https://www.nationalreview.com/2020/04/coronavirus-trump-daily-briefings-shine-light-on-his-inadequacy/158615/

THE HILL
— Fauci given security detail after receiving threats – BRETT SAMUELS 
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/490725-fauci-given-security-detail-after-receiving-threats
— Several states have yet to issue stay-at-home orders – CRISTINA MARCOS
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/490695-several-states-have-yet-to-issue-stay-at-home-orders

HUFFINGTON POST
— Gov. Says Illinois Has Received About 10% Of Requested Medical Supplies From White House “We’re going to run out of ventilators,” J.B. Pritzker said, “and the federal government really isn’t helping at all.” – Nick Visser
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/illinois-medical-supplies-coronavirus-white-house_n_5e842a35c5b6a1bb764fe23d

NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: ‘Never Thought I Would Need It’: Americans Put Pride Aside to Seek Aid With coronavirus-related job losses, many workers are reluctantly seeking charity and unemployment benefits for the first time in their lives. – Cara Buckley
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/31/us/virus-food-banks-unemployment.html

WASHINGTON POST
— U.S. stocks tank as bleak news mounts on health, economic fronts The Dow slides nearly 1,000 points coming off its worst first quarter ever – Jacob Bogage and Thomas Heath 
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/04/01/stocks-markets-today-economy-coronavirus/
— Protective gear in national stockpile is nearly depleted, DHS officials say – Nick Miroff 
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/coronavirus-protective-gear-stockpile-depleted/2020/04/01/44d6592a-741f-11ea-ae50-7148009252e3_story.html
— The list of those who won’t get a $1,200 stimulus check is growing — and includes some surprising groups Americans on Social Security now have to file a tax return to receive a stimulus check. Most high school seniors and college students won’t get any money at all. – Heather Long
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/04/01/bailout-checks-social-security/

USA TODAY
— Republican chairwoman: Donald Trump is working around the clock to keep Americans safe The commander in chief has engaged every sector of society in the fight against our shared enemy – Ronna McDaniel
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/todaysdebate/2020/03/31/coronavirus-president-donald-trump-working-keep-americans-safe-editorials-debates/5100208002/
— Health issues for blacks, Latinos and Native Americans may cause coronavirus to ravage communities – Deborah Barfield Berry
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/03/30/coronavirus-cases-could-soar-blacks-latinos-and-native-americans/2917493001/
— J.C. Penney to furlough most of 95,000 employees, extend store closures – Brett Molina
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2020/03/31/coronavirus-j-c-penney-co-furlough-most-95-000-employees/5095990002/
— Work strikes at Amazon, Instacart and Whole Foods show essential workers’ safety concerns – Mike Snider
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2020/03/30/coronavirus-safety-drives-strikes-amazon-instacart-and-whole-foods/5086135002/

RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— Voters Fear Indefinite Shutdown, Worry Government May Make Things Worse
https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/current_events/disease/voters_fear_indefinite_shutdown_worry_government_may_make_things_worse

NEW REPUBLIC
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater wants Biden to “Go for the Jugular.”
https://newrepublic.com/article/157104/go-jugular-joe-biden

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/news/2020/04/01/splc-report-wake-call-lgbtq-people

March 31 Morning Edition

ABC7
— Illinois prisoners sick with COVID-19 “overwhelm” Joliet hospital – Chuck Goudie and Barb Markoff, Christine Tressel and Ross Weidner
https://abc7chicago.com/coronavirus-illinois-chiciago-cases/6064085/
— Coronavirus tips: Price gouging, hoarding, good deals for shoppers – Jason Knowles and Ann Pistone
https://abc7chicago.com/coronavirus-price-gouging-hoarding-toilet-paper/6062845/
— Coronavirus outbreak: Nurse diagnosed with COVID-19 speaks out after working while sick at Westchester facility; 11 test positive – John Garcia
https://abc7chicago.com/coronavirus-outbreak-covid-19-nurse-speaks-out-chicago/6064081/
— COVID-19: Whole Foods workers plan ‘sick out’ due to outbreak
https://abc7chicago.com/business/whole-foods-workers-plan-sick-out-over-covid-19/6065098/?cmp=emc-wls-news-headlines-3/31/2020

WGN TV
— 5th death reported at DuPage County nursing home
https://wgntv.com/news/coronavirus/covid-19-pandemic-march-30-updates/
— Testing Trouble: How it’s slowing our ability to understand Illinois impact – Ben Bradley
https://wgntv.com/news/coronavirus/testing-trouble-how-its-slowing-our-ability-to-understand-illinois-impact/

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Coronavirus upends high school seniors’ college decisions – AP
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/coronavirus-upends-high-school-seniors-college-decisions-3

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Cook County medical examiner confirms 8 more coronavirus deaths, bringing total to 48 The recent deaths include Hardwell Smith, who lived in Morgan Park, and Asberry Stoudemire, who lived in Austin.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/coronavirus/2020/3/30/21200693/coronavirus-deaths-cook-county-medical-examiner-covid-19-march-30
— For Downstate Illinois, coronavirus crisis ‘is going to devastate families’ In Illinois, the COVID-19 focus has been squarely on Chicago, but the hardships, fears and worries have spread across the state, even if the overwhelming majority of cases are in Cook County, not the state’s other 101 counties. – Neal Earley 
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2020/3/30/21199344/downstate-illinois-coronavirus-economic-impact-beardstown-mount-vernon-metropolis

— Mailbox boosted ballot box for Chicago primary voters wary of coronavirus Perhaps not surprisingly, the city numbers appear to have been boosted by mail-in ballots, after election officials pushed the option to ease voter concerns about becoming infected in crowded polling places. – Rachel Hinton
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2020/3/30/21200400/coronavirus-chicago-primary-voters-turnout-covid-19-march-17
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats use coronavirus to promote government-run health care.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2020/3/30/21200283/health-care-human-right-coronavirus-covid-19-jesse-jackson-insurance-companies

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Pension bailouts are not the answer for Chicago and Illinois — even during a pandemic – MARK GLENNON
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/ct-opinion-coronavirus-pensions-bailouts-20200330-72mzxrkerrfgfmsbuars6vkbga-story.html
— Social distancing restrictions are slowing coronavirus infections, new data suggests – DONALD G. MCNEIL JR.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-nw-nyt-restrictions-slow-coronavirus-infections-20200331-7bj7fmycl5du3p3hqvaul6j27y-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH COLOR PHOTOS OF CASTEN AND IVES: 6th Congressional District race hard to predict with ‘ordinary life on hold’ – Marie Wilson
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200331/6th-congressional-district-race-hard-to-predict-with-ordinary-life-on-hold
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Can you get coronavirus from mail or Amazon deliveries? It’s very unlikely, experts say – Christopher Placek
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200331/can-you-get-coronavirus-from-mail-or-amazon-deliveries-its-very-unlikely-experts-say
— Why shouldn’t Illinoisans expect fair elections like the states that have ended gerrymandering – Editorial
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20200331/editorial-why-shouldnt-illinoisans-expect-fair-elections-like-the-states-that-have-ended-gerrymandering
— Shuttered Elgin hospital could reopen to treat coronavirus patients – Elena Ferrarin
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200330/shuttered-elgin-hospital-could-reopen-to-treat-coronavirus-patients

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Here’s the first data on the hit to the housing market City listings and contracts plunged the week ended March 21, the day the statewide COVID-19 stay-home order took effect. – DENNIS RODKIN
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/residential-real-estate/heres-first-data-hit-housing-market

ALTON TELEGRAPH
— What happens now with Madison County and Illinois elections? – Scott Cousins
https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/article/November-ballot-firming-up-but-questions-remain-15166762.php

SUBURBAN LIFE
— Two more COVID-19 deaths reported in DuPage County
https://www.mysuburbanlife.com/2020/03/30/two-more-covid-19-deaths-reported-in-dupage-county/auetl3x/

WGLT
— State Farm Pledges $1 Million For Relief Fund
https://www.wglt.org/post/coronavirus-blog-33020-state-farm-pledges-1-million-relief-fund#stream/0

JOLIET PATCH
— 16 Stateville Coronavirus Patients At St. Joe’s: Mayor Joliet Mayor Bob O’Dekirk told Joliet Patch the number of hospitalized Stateville inmates exploded within a couple days. – John Ferak
https://patch.com/illinois/joliet/16-stateville-coronavirus-patients-st-joes-mayor

WIREPOINTS
— As the crisis deepens, keep an eye on Illinois’ unpaid bills – Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner
https://wirepoints.org/as-the-crisis-deepens-keep-an-eye-on-illinois-unpaid-bills-wirepoints/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— ‘He has filled a national void’: Andrew Cuomo emerges as Democrats’ counterweight to Trump – Seth McLaughlin
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/mar/30/andrew-cuomo-emerges-donald-trump-counterweight-am/
— A viral threat to liberty – Editorial
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/mar/30/editorial-freedom-could-suffer-efforts-curb-contag/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Trump’s power over GOP shows no sign of diminishing even as pandemic worsens – W. James Antle III (DIERSEN: Who has power over your Republican township/ward party organization, your Republican county party organization, and the Illinois Republican Party (IRP)? I should write a book about those who have power over the Milton Township Republican Organization, the DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and the IRP.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/trumps-power-over-gop-shows-no-sign-of-diminishing-even-as-pandemic-worsens

FOX NEWS
— Americans face nearly unprecedented travel restrictions inside US as states rush to stem coronavirus tide – Tyler Olson
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/states-rush-to-place-travel-restrictions-on-out-of-state-visitors-as-cornavirus-crisis-continues
— Trump spars with Jim Acosta at coronavirus briefing: ‘This is why people don’t want to listen to CNN anymore’ – Joseph A. Wulfsohn (DIERSEN: Of course, my critics/opponents who claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican hint/imply/argue/shout that everyone in Illinois would be reading GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails if they or if someone who they manipulate/dominate was the GOPUSA Illinois editor.)
https://www.foxnews.com/media/trump-cnn-jim-acosta-snarky-coronavirus-briefing

DAILY CALLER
— Trump Announces Ford And GE Will Produce 50,000 Ventilators In Next 100 Days – CHRISTIAN DATOC
https://dailycaller.com/2020/03/30/donald-trump-ford-general-electric-ge-fifty-thousand-ventilators-100-days/

DAILY SIGNAL
— 1 Million Americans Tested for Coronavirus; Rate Now 100,000 Per Day – Fred Lucas
https://www.dailysignal.com/2020/03/30/1-million-americans-tested-for-coronavirus-rate-now-100000-per-day/

LIFE SITE NEWS
— The plague of social justice indoctrination has infected academia Social justice theories may not appear misguided, but beware the euphemistic overlay. – Eileen F. Toplansky (DIERSEN: To promote social justices is get rid of 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.lifesitenews.com/opinion/the-plague-of-social-justice-indoctrination-has-infected-academia

THE HILL
— As misinformation surges, coronavirus poses AI challenge – CHRIS MILLS RODRIGO (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, all government and political news and commentary is misinformation, disinformation, and/or fake news except for the government and political news and commentary that they put out or bless.)
https://thehill.com/policy/cybersecurity/490257-as-misinformation-surges-coronavirus-poses-ai-challenge
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Trump-haters use coronavirus to get Asian-Americans, and everyone else, to hate Trump.
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/490261-asian-american-lawmaker-warns-of-fear-of-racism-over-coronavirus-stigma
— Concerns grow over political pressure on coronavirus experts – NIALL STANAGE (DIERSEN: What things help you resist political pressure? For me, those things include my a) Civil Service Retirement System pension, b) federal health, dental, and vision insurance subsidy, c) retirement savings, and d) Social Security.)
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/490281-the-memo-concerns-grow-over-political-pressure-on-coronavirus-experts

POLITICO
— How coronavirus blew up the plan to take down Trump Donald Trump’s reelection is likely to rise or fall on his handling of the pandemic. And there isn’t much Democrats can do about it. – DAVID SIDERS
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/03/31/democrats-coronavirus-trump-2020-154976
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “Trump’s Claims of Victory Usually Mean Someone Else Loses.”
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2020/03/31/trump-coronavirus-claims-victory-mean-somebody-else-loses-156657

REUTERS
— The U.S. weighs the grim math of death vs. the economy – Ann Saphir, Jeff Mason (DIERSEN: So far, how much money have efforts to fight coronavirus cost you in terms of your income and your net worth?)
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-reopen-analysi/the-u-s-weighs-the-grim-math-of-death-vs-the-economy-idUSKBN21H1B4

CNN
— More than 3,000 people in the US have died from coronavirus – Holly Yan, Madeline Holcombe and Steve Almasy
https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/30/health/us-coronavirus-updates-monday/index.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “Trump’s self-congratulatory presence marks stark contrast with death toll.”
https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/31/politics/donald-trump-coronavirus-politics-2020-election/index.html
— The U.S. federal government sent the wrong masks, says Illinois governor
https://www.cnn.com/world/live-news/coronavirus-outbreak-03-30-20-intl-hnk/h_234c7a68cf46f71bb9d38e7c787ff947
— Trump contradicts Pompeo by downplaying foreign coronavirus disinformation campaigns – Jennifer Hansler (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, all government and political news and commentary is misinformation, disinformation, and/or fake news except for the government and political news and commentary that they put out or bless.)
https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/30/politics/trump-foreign-disinformation-contradiction/index.html

CBS NEWS
— Trump says nationwide stay-at-home order is “pretty unlikely” at this point
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/nationwide-stay-at-home-order-trump-unlikely-coronavirus-task-force/
— Immigration lawyers sue feds over risks of in-person coronavirus hearings
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/coronavirus-immigration-lawyers-sue-feds-over-in-person-coronavirus-hearings-risks/

NBC NEWS
— Trump remains upbeat as governors on the front lines plead for realism
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/meet-the-press/trump-remains-upbeat-governors-front-lines-plead-realism-n1172911

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters say “Coronavirus Has Taught Us More About Trump Than We Wanted to Know Meanwhile, Andrew Cuomo has emerged as the anti-Trump.” I should write a book about those in the following organizations and governments who have painted themselves as being anti-Diersens: Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, Wheaton’s West District, Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, Illinois, etc.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/31/opinion/coronavirus-trump-cuomo-biden.html
— Crisis Builds From Coast to Coast in U.S. as Death Toll Nears China’s
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/31/world/coronavirus-news.html
— New York Governor Begs for Help Amid ‘Staggering’ Death Toll – AP
https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2020/03/30/business/ap-virus-outbreak.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “The Coronavirus and the Conservative Mind.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/31/opinion/covid-conservatism.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump Coronavirus Guidance on Keeping Gun Stores Open Draws Criticism From Trump-haters.
https://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2020/03/30/us/30reuters-health-coronavirus-usa-guns.html
— Trump Says Coronavirus Guidelines May Get Tougher; 1 Million Americans Tested – Reuters
https://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2020/03/30/world/americas/30reuters-health-coronavirus-trump.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “Trump’s Virus Defense Is Often an Attack, and the Target Is Often a Woman.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/30/us/politics/trump-women-coronavirus.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: The Trump-haters who run the Internet say “Trump Won the Internet.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/30/us/politics/democrats-digital-strategy.html
— Facebook Aims $100 Million at Media Hit by the Coronavirus With grants and marketing spending, the social media giant hopes to support outlets doing essential local reporting but struggling with a drop in advertising. – Marc Tracy (DIERSEN: There is no advertising in GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails and there never will be. There is no advertising on www.gopillinois.com and there never will be. All the time, money, motivation, etc. necessary a) to send out a GOPUSA ILLINOIS email each and every morning and each and every evening and b) to post a copy of those emails on www.gopillinois.com comes from me, from my Civil Service Retirement System pension, from my RMDs, and from my Roth IRA withdrawals. What do you spend your time and your income on?) 
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/30/business/facebook-media-coronavirus.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “Trump to Governors: I’d Like You to Do Us a Favor, Though Once again, the president is using aid to extort re-election help.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/30/opinion/trump-federal-aid-coronavirus.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “This Land of Denial and Death Covid-19 and the dark side of American exceptionalism.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/30/opinion/republicans-science-coronavirus.html
— As Russia Braces for Coronavirus, Putin Lets Underlings Take the Heat The Russian leader hates to deliver bad news and wants to distinguish his rule from the turbulent presidency of Boris N. Yeltsin. So he is leaving it to his minions to announce harsh measures. – Andrew Higgins
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/30/world/europe/coronavirus-russia-putin.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: For Autocrats, and Others, Coronavirus Is a Chance to Grab Even More Power Leaders around the world have passed emergency decrees and legislation expanding their reach during the pandemic. Will they ever relinquish them? – Selam Gebrekidan (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents want the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Milton Township Republican Organization, Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois a) to control me, b) to control my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails, and c) to control my www.gopillinois.comwebsite.) 
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/30/world/europe/coronavirus-governments-power.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Americans told to brace for 200,000 deaths as world leaders push crisis response further
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2020/03/31/coronavirus-latest-news/
— Trump and Rubio’s latest attacks on the media are grotesque – Max Boot (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, all government and political news and commentary is misinformation, disinformation, and/or fake news except for the government and political news and commentary that they put out or bless.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/03/30/republicans-should-focus-real-enemy-its-not-press/
— Furloughs at Macy’s, Gannett and Gap signal mounting economic distress – Abha Bhattarai, Rachel Siegel and Jeff Stein 
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/03/30/furloughs-bailout-coronavirus/

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “Trump’s daily briefings are short on facts. The nightly news stepped into the breach.”
https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/tv/story/2020-03-30/coronavirus-trump-lester-holt-nbc-nightly-news-abc-world-news-tonight

USA TODAY
— Amazon workers to strike; Illinois to make conference center a hospital; US deaths surge past 3,100 – Lindsay Schnell
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2020/03/31/coronavirus-updates-amazon-strike-furloughs-new-test-las-vegas-homeless/5088976002/
— Is 6 feet enough for social distancing? An MIT researcher says droplets carrying coronavirus can travel up to 27 feet. – Jordan Culver
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2020/03/30/coronavirus-social-distancing-mit-researcher-lydia-bourouiba-27-feet/5091526002/
— Coronavirus’ next casualty: The nation’s biggest story could devastate news industry – Jessica Guynn and Michael Braga
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2020/03/30/coronavirus-covid-19-news-newspapers-media-business-disaster/2931503001/
— 90% fewer passengers fly than last year because of coronavirus, TSA says – Curtis Tate
https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/news/2020/03/29/coronvirus-tsa-says-total-airline-passengers-down-90-percent/2935604001/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG BLACK/WHITE PICTURE: ‘Life may change for us all’: How we respond to the coronavirus crisis will be defining, historians say – Marco della Cava
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/03/29/coronavirus-crisis-response-reshape-american-history/5079760002/

NEWSWEEK
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: NEARLY 100,000 TRUMP-HATERS SIGN PETITION CALLING FOR END TO LIVE COVERAGE OF TRUMP’S CORONAVIRUS BRIEFINGS.
https://www.newsweek.com/nearly-100000-sign-petition-calling-end-live-coverage-trumps-coronavirus-briefings-1495195
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A TRUMP-HATER “CALLS TRUMP ‘INCOMPETENT,’ ‘IGNORANT’ OVER HANDLING OF CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC.
https://www.newsweek.com/ex-gop-strategist-calls-trump-incompetent-ignorant-over-handling-coronavirus-pandemic-1495174
— CHINA STATE MEDIA SAYS CORONAVIRUS DEATH TOLL COVER-UP ACCUSATIONS ARE ‘NONSENSE’ – DAVID BRENNAN (DIERSEN: I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who promote communist China.)
https://www.newsweek.com/china-state-media-rejects-nonsense-coronavirus-death-toll-cover-accusations-1495203

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— NYU Langone Tells ER Doctors to ‘Think More Critically’ About Who Gets Ventilators New York health center says it will support emergency-room staff who ‘withhold futile intubations,’ threatens to discipline doctors who talk to the press – Shalini Ramachandran and Joe Palazzolo (DIERSEN: If you needed a ventilator to survive, what factors would work against you? For me, they include my being 71 years old, obese, and a not-in-control diabetic.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/nyu-langone-tells-er-doctors-to-think-more-critically-about-who-gets-ventilators-11585618990
— Facebook’s Fact Checkers Fight Surge in Fake Coronavirus Claims Contractors battle bogus assertions about canine vaccines and free baby formula; ‘We’ve maxxed out’ – Jeff Horwitz (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, all government and political news and commentary is misinformation, disinformation, and/or fake news except for the government and political news and commentary that they put out or bless.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/facebooks-fact-checkers-fight-surge-in-fake-coronavirus-claims-11585580400
— Save Capitalism From the Cares Act The stimulus is the largest step toward a centrally planned economy that America has ever taken. – Amit Seru and Luigi Zingales
https://www.wsj.com/articles/save-capitalism-from-the-cares-act-11585608917

FORBES
— Private Sector Workers/Retirees, Is Your Pension Plan At Risk From The Coronavirus Crisis? – Elizabeth Bauer
https://www.forbes.com/sites/ebauer/2020/03/30/private-sector-workersretirees-is-your-pension-plan-at-risk-from-the-coronavirus/

NEW YORK MAGAZINE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “Threat of Losing Election Helped Cause Trump to Extend Social Distancing.”
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/03/threat-of-2020-loss-made-trump-keep-social-distancing-report.html
— Will Republican Governors Follow Trump’s Lead on Coronavirus Lockdowns? – Ed Kilgore
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/03/are-republican-governors-following-trumps-latest-flip-flop.html

ATLANTIC
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “For Trump, Power Is for Self-Preservation Only During impeachment, Trump claimed far-reaching authority. In a national emergency, he throws up his hands.”
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/03/trump-claimed-unlimited-power-now-refuses-use-it/609046/

TIME
— Rights Group Calls for Moratorium on Internet Shutdowns Amid Coronavirus Outbreak – HILLARY LEUNG (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, all government and political news and commentary is misinformation, disinformation, and/or fake news except for the government and political news and commentary that they put out or bless.)
https://time.com/5812921/human-rights-watch-internet-shutdown-coronavirus/

NEW REPUBLIC
— How America’s Newspapers Covered Up a Pandemic The terrifying, censored coverage of the 1918 Spanish flu – WALTER SHAPIRO (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, all government and political news and commentary is misinformation, disinformation, and/or fake news except for the government and political news and commentary that they put out or bless.)
https://newrepublic.com/article/157094/americas-newspapers-covered-pandemic

AXIOS
— Coronavirus is being used to suppress press freedoms globally – Sara Fischer (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, all government and political news and commentary is misinformation, disinformation, and/or fake news except for the government and political news and commentary that they put out or bless.)
https://www.axios.com/coronavirus-press-freedom-e11cd2d3-c1c3-4b67-b985-102c882a223d.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In the U.S., President Trump has continued to belittle the press for its coverage of the virus at live press conferences and on Twitter. On Monday, President Trump deflected blame onto the Washington Post when asked about allegations that China — as well as Russia and Iran — is spreading coronavirus misinformation, saying “every country does it.” Trump last week attacked NBC News reporter Peter Alexander during a live television briefing after being asked what he would say to Americans that were worried about the coronavirus, a question Alexander later said he thought was a “softball,” or an opportunity for the president to answer an easy question. Between the lines: The president’s actions, some fear, give credence to leaders abroad and locally in the U.S. to continue to attack press that they don’t like. Case-in-point: Over the weekend Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, an ally to President Trump, blocked a reporter from attending a coronavirus press briefing. Days earlier, that reporter had asked if briefings could be moved online to protect reporters’ health.
DeSantis has been criticized by Democrats over his response to the coronavirus.)

SALON
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “Trump is using the pandemic to wage partisan civil war — but red states will suffer too Trump has changed his tone, for the moment — but the damage he’s done to American unity will be lasting.”
https://www.salon.com/2020/03/31/trump-is-using-the-pandemic-to-wage-a-partisan-civil-war–but-red-states-will-suffer-too/
— Kevin McCarthy’s opponent says blatant racism is “definitely” a reason to take him down The House minority leader has become a total Trump sycophant. In California, Kim Mangone thinks she can beat him – MATTHEW ROZSA (DIERSEN: In America today, to hint/imply/argue/shout that someone is a White supremacist, Nazi, KKK member, hater, racist, sexist, or bigot is like hinting/implying/arguing/shouting in Germany during the 1930s and 1940s that someone is a Jew. Needless-to-say, I should sue those who have hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I am a White supremacist, Nazi, KKK member, hater, racist, sexist, or bigot. They include past and present leaders of organizations and governments in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois. I would focus on those who falsely claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican to give the standing to destroy individuals, to destroy organizations, to destroy companies, and to destroy governments that are religious, conservative, and/or Republican.) 
https://www.salon.com/2020/03/31/kevin-mccarthys-opponent-says-blatant-racism-is-definitely-a-reason-to-take-him-down/

GUARDIAN
— The US-China coronavirus blame game is undermining diplomacy – Michael H Fuchs
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/mar/31/us-china-coronavirus-diplomacy
— Trump attacks journalists for asking ‘snarky’ questions on coronavirus testing in U.S. – Reuters
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/video/2020/mar/30/trump-attacks-journalists-coronavirus-briefing
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters accuse Trump of using coronavirus briefing as corporate advertising spot.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/mar/30/donald-trump-coronavirus-briefing-ceos-my-pillow
— Fake news in the time of coronavirus: how big is the threat? – Hugo Mercier (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, all government and political news and commentary is misinformation, disinformation, and/or fake news except for the government and political news and commentary that they put out or bless.)
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/mar/30/fake-news-coronavirus-false-information

March 24 Morning Edition

ABC7
— Nurse’s lawsuit alleges Northwestern Memorial Hospital fired her for warning about ‘ineffective’ COVID-19 masks
https://abc7chicago.com/nurses-lawsuit-alleges-she-was-fired-for-warning-about-ineffective-covid-19-masks/6044952/

WGN TV
— Unemployment soars in Illinois; State scrambles to assist – Sean Lewis
https://wgntv.com/news/coronavirus/unemployment-soars-in-illinois-state-scrambles-to-assist/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Feds vow to send Illinois ventilators, masks after Pritzker and Trump talk things through The White House’s promise to send Illinois 300 ventilators and 250,000 masks came some 24 hours after Pritzker complained “the only way to get the president of the United States to pay attention is to go on national television and make noise about it.” – Tina Sfondeles (DIERSEN: If you needed to be put on a ventilator to stay alive, what factors would work against you? For me, factors include my being 71 years old, my having not-in-control type 2 diabetes, and my being obese (BMI 30+).)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2020/3/23/21191917/pritzker-trump-tv-cnn-twitter-illinois-ventilators-masks-ppe-coronavirus
— Adding insult to isolation? No shame in being dubbed a ‘non-essential’ worker Most everyone would probably like to believe they are essential in at least some small way or another to the endeavors to which they devote themselves — and therefore essential to the larger society. – Mark Brown (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, I have never been essential. But then again, according to them, only they are essential.) 
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2020/3/23/21191808/coronavirus-non-essential-job-stay-home-pritzker

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Is Marijuana an ‘Essential’ Like Milk or Bread? Some States Say Yes – Dan Levin
https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/sns-nyt-coronavirus-states-say-marijuana-an-essential-20200324-v6toajyrwrdddgs5f5o3vu5srm-story.html

NORTHWEST HERALD
— Gun stores see increase in sales amid COVID-19 concerns Illinois State Police grapple with influx of firearm transfer requests – KATIE SMITH
https://www.nwherald.com/2020/03/23/gun-stores-see-increase-in-sales-amid-covid-19-concerns/a4gbou0/

SUBURBAN LIFE
— Wheaton declares state of emergency
https://www.mysuburbanlife.com/2020/03/24/wheaton-declares-state-of-emergency/ajia54j/

NPR ILLINOIS
— People With Disabilities Say Rationing Care Policies Violate Civil Rights – JOSEPH SHAPIRO (DIERSEN: If healthcare was rationed, what factors would work against you? For me, factors include my being 71 years old, my having not-in-control type 2 diabetes, and my being obese (BMI 30+).)
https://www.nprillinois.org/post/people-disabilities-say-rationing-care-policies-violate-civil-rights#stream/0

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Trump says he intends to reopen country in weeks, not months
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/watch-live-white-house-coronavirus-task-force-to-give-monday-briefing/
— Normal council grants Mayor and City Manager Emergency Powers – Munashe Kwangwari III
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/local-news/normal-council-grants-mayor-and-city-manager-emergency-powers/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: With the virus continuing to spread in McLean County, both twin cities council’s are taking the next step to ensure people are safe and have nothing to worry about. On Monday, the Normal council met to declare a local emergency due to the COVID-19 pandemic. As a result, members gave Mayor Chris Koos and City Manager Pam Reece emergency powers. What this means is, both Reece and Koos now have the authority to make decisions that might ordinarily be outside municipal policies or codes. That includes spending money outside what’s outlined in the budget to fight the pandemic. In a balance of powers effort, the town council has the ability to review any and all orders issued by the Mayor. “There are situations that we really can’t anticipate,” said City Manager, Pam Reece. “We want the ability to be able to be nimble and react quickly.” The ordinance is now in effect, and will end when Pritzker’s stay at home order ends, which at this time is set for April 7th.)

FOX ILLINOIS
— Fed to buy unlimited government debt, lend to businesses – AP
https://foxillinois.com/news/connect-to-congress/federal-reserve-to-lend-up-to-300b-to-businesses-cities

CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS
— No firm plans yet for restarting legislative session – PETER HANCOCK
https://capitolnewsillinois.com/NEWS/no-firm-plans-yet-for-restarting-legislative-session

CENTER SQUARE
— New bill would require school boards to explain reasons for firing school leaders – Scot Bertram (DIERSEN: Reasons include Affirmative Action, Diversity, Inclusion, up-or-out, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation for opposing the aforesaid. What percent of teachers who are fired 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.thecentersquare.com/illinois/new-bill-would-require-school-boards-to-explain-reasons-for/article_db949d2c-6d21-11ea-89e0-dbb182baa8a1.html
— Deemed non-essential? Here’s what to do next – Cole Lauterbach (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, I have never been essential. But then again, according to them, only they are essential.) 
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/deemed-non-essential-here-s-what-to-do-next/article_599bf3e0-6d3c-11ea-94b5-bff963c00611.html

JAY KINZLER
— Stay Calm: Dr. Jay Kinzler’s Coronavirus Initiative
https://kinzlerforcongress.org/stay-calm-dr-jay-kinzlers-coronavirus-initiative/

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— PROPOSAL WOULD CUT PAY FOR CHICAGO POLITICIANS TO FUND CORONAVIRUS RESPONSE – Autin Berg (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will your critics/opponents propose cutting your income to fund the coronavirus response?)
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/proposal-would-cut-pay-for-chicago-politicians-to-fund-coronavirus-response/

GOPUSA
— Must We Kill The Economy To Kill The Virus? – Patrick J. Buchanan 
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=86484
— Americans Wait For Help As Dems Demand Leftist Ideological Wish List In Coronavirus Aid Package
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=86500
— Civil Liberties Hang In Coronavirus Balance – Cheryl Chumley (DIERSEN: Of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and the dupes want Pritzker to have the power to kill GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails.)
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=86511
— Southern Poverty Law Center Promotes Division During Call For Unity
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=86496

FOX NEWS
— China’s coronavirus lies prey on US divisions — here’s how to fight their propaganda – Dan Crenshaw (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. I should write a book about my critics/opponents.)
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/china-coronavirus-lies-us-dan-crenshaw
— China uses American media to push coronavirus propaganda as war of words continues – Barnini Chakraborty (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. I should write a book about my critics/opponents.)
https://www.foxnews.com/world/china-coronavirus-america-media-propaganda-war

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Coronavirus crisis approaches tipping point: ‘Can’t have the cure be worse than the problem’ – Stephen Dinan (DIERSEN: Trump-haters want the cure to be worse than the problem.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/mar/23/coronavirus-crisis-approaches-health-vs-economy-ti/
— GOP details Pelosi’s $2.5 trillion ‘socialist wish list’ in coronavirus aid package – Dave Boyer
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/mar/23/nancy-pelosi-coronavirus-stimulus-package-socialis/
— U.S. braces as coronavirus accelerates: ‘This week, it’s going to get bad’ – Tom Howell Jr. and David Sherfinski (DIERSEN: To destroy Trump, Trump-haters want everything to “get bad.”)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/mar/23/us-braces-coronavirus-accelerates-week-its-going-g/
— GOP details Pelosi’s $2.5 trillion ‘socialist wish list’ in coronavirus aid package – Dave Boyer
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/mar/23/nancy-pelosi-coronavirus-stimulus-package-socialis/
— Media, lose belligerent tone – HESSIE L. HARRIS, Silver Spring, Md.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/mar/23/letters-to-the-editor-media-lose-belligerent-tone/

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Soros Bankrolls Coronavirus Attack Ads Against Trump Liberal groups spend millions on anti-Trump ads in Midwest – Joe Schoffstall
https://freebeacon.com/2020-election/soros-bankrolls-coronavirus-attack-ads-against-trump/
— Chinese Propaganda Video Cites CNN, Democratic Politicians to Push Regime Narrative Regime outlet cites CNN, NBC, Hillary Clinton to deny Chinese responsibility for outbreak – Collin Anderson
https://freebeacon.com/media/chinese-propaganda-video-cites-cnn-democratic-politicians-to-push-regime-narrative/
— Trump Says Won’t Allow Long-Lasting Damage to Economy From Virus – Reuters (DIERSEN: Trump-haters want to use the virus to destroy America to destroy Trump.)
https://freebeacon.com/latest-news/trump-says-wont-allow-long-lasting-damage-to-economy-from-virus/
— Pelosi’s Coronavirus Stimulus Bill Mentions ‘Diversity’ 32 Times – Andrew Stiles (DIERSEN: Democrats use Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion to destroy Republicans, and especially to destroy Republicans who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owners, draft avoiders, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://freebeacon.com/democrats/coronavirus-diversity/
— Former Bloomberg Staffers Sue Over Campaign Layoffs Lawsuits allege campaign falsely promised salaries through November – Graham Piro (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, no one should believe promises that employers hint/imply/argue/shout.) 
https://freebeacon.com/democrats/former-bloomberg-staffers-sue-over-campaign-layoffs/
— McConnell to Dems: ‘This Isn’t a Juicy Political Opportunity, This Is a National Emergency’ Majority leader says some Dems have told him they’re ’embarrassed’ – Cameron Cawthorne
https://freebeacon.com/politics/mcconnell-to-dems-this-isnt-a-juicy-political-opportunity-this-is-a-national-emergency/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Here’s what Chinese state-run media are telling their citizens – Tom Rogan (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. I should write a book about my critics/opponents.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/heres-what-chinese-state-run-media-is-telling-their-citizens
— Illinois sees three new deaths, nearly 300 new cases, of coronavirus – Cole Lauterbach
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/politics/illinois-sees-three-new-deaths-nearly-300-new-cases-of-coronavirus
— Chinese officials claiming US created coronavirus does not violate Twitter rules – Jerry Dunleavy (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. I should write a book about my critics/opponents.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/chinese-officials-claiming-us-created-coronavirus-do-not-violate-twitter-rules

AMERICAN THINKER
— Italy fulfilling Gov Sarah Palin’s death panel prophecy – Ethel C. Fenig (DIERSEN: What would you stress about yourself to a death panel? I would stress the neither health problems nor any other kind of problem has stopped me from putting a GOPUSA ILLINOIS email together and sending it out each and every a) morning since 2004 and b) evening too since 2015.)
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2020/03/italy_fulfilling_gov_sarah_palins_death_panel_prophecy.html

BREITBART
— Nancy Pelosi Coronavirus Relief Bill Demands Racial, Gender Diversity from Corporate Recipients – CHARLIE SPIERING (DIERSEN: Democrats use Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion to destroy Republicans, and especially to destroy Republicans who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owners, draft avoiders, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/03/23/nancy-pelosi-coronavirus-relief-bill-demands-racial-gender-diversity-from-corporate-recipients/
— U.S. Graduates Expect Mass Layoffs as Companies Keep Hiring H-1B Visa Workers – NEIL MUNRO (DIERSEN: What do you say to employers that prefer citizens of foreign countries over citizens of America?)
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/03/23/u-s-graduates-expect-mass-layoffs-as-companies-hire-more-h-1b-workers/

DAILY CALLER
— Here’s How The Media Is Pushing Chinese Propaganda And Talking Points – SHELBY TALCOTT (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. I should write a book about my critics/opponents.)
https://dailycaller.com/2020/03/23/media-chinese-propaganda-coronavirus-zhao-lijian/
— Democrats Holding Up Coronavirus Relief Putting ‘Wokeness’ Over The American People – Tucker Carlson
https://dailycaller.com/2020/03/23/tucker-carlson-democrats-wokeness-coronavirus-relief/
— Pelosi’s Coronavirus Bill Pushes Provisions Unrelated To The Crisis – HENRY RODGERS
https://dailycaller.com/2020/03/23/nancy-pelosi-coronavirus-bill-provisions-unrelated-crisis/

TOWNHALL
— Pompeo Slams Iran for Repeating China’s Dangerous Wuhan Coronavirus Propaganda – Katie Pavlich (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. I should write a book about my critics/opponents.)
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2020/03/23/pompeo-slams-iran-for-repeating-chinas-dangerous-wuhan-coronavirus-propaganda-n2565492

FEDERALIST
— To Bear Arms for Self-Defense: A “Right of the People” or a Privilege of the Few? – Stephen P. Halbrook
https://fedsoc.org/commentary/publications/to-bear-arms-for-self-defense-a-right-of-the-people-or-a-privilege-of-the-few

LIFE SITE NEWS
— As Trump’s coronavirus response raises poll numbers, media demands to silence him In addition to seeing Trump being serious, aggressive, and hopeful when handling the coronavirus situation, Americans also get to see what a terrible job the media are doing. – Andrea Widberg
https://www.lifesitenews.com/opinion/as-trumps-coronavirus-response-raises-poll-numbers-media-demands-to-silence-him

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Democrats’ Rescue Bill Plan: “This is a tremendous opportunity to restructure things to fit our vision” – William A. Jacobson 
https://legalinsurrection.com/2020/03/democrats-rescue-bill-plan-this-is-a-tremendous-opportunity-to-restructure-things-to-fit-our-vision/

THE HILL
— The ethics of running for office in a pandemic – PETER LOGE (DIERSEN: To win on November 3, 2020, how strongly will RINO candidates blame the pandemic on Trump and on his supporters?) 
https://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/politics/489152-the-ethics-of-running-for-office-in-a-pandemic
— Trump’s coronavirus briefings face criticism – NIALL STANAGE (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. I should write a book about my critics/opponents.)
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/489139-the-memo-trumps-coronavirus-briefings-face-criticism
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters pressure Biden to step up coronavirus response. 
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/489096-biden-under-pressure-to-step-up-coronavirus-response

HUFFINGTON POST
— Trump Says Asian Americans Not To Blame For Coronavirus The president called for Asian Americans to be protected. – Josephine Harvey (DIERSEN: Trump-haters charge Trump with vilifying Asian Americans. Ever-increasingly, Trump-haters vilify 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.huffpost.com/entry/trump-asian-americans-coronavirus_n_5e794d78c5b63c3b6495ddbd

POLITICO
— TRUMP-HATERS ARE OVERJOYED: Fears mount of a coronavirus-induced depression Economists increasingly warn that Washington’s current efforts won’t be enough to fight a downturn approaching the devastation seen eight decades ago. – BEN WHITE (DIERSEN: Ask a Trump-hater what they would rather have – prosperity and safety under Trump or poverty and crime under Biden – and they will say poverty and crime under Biden.)
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/03/23/great-depression-coronavirus-induced-calamity-145304
— Who is most at risk in the coronavirus crisis: 24 million of the lowest-income workers Cashiers, nursing assistants, paramedics: These people are at highest risk of exposure to coronavirus — and make a median wage of less than $35,000 a year – BEATRICE JIN and ANDREW MCGILL
https://www.politico.com/interactives/2020/coronavirus-impact-on-low-income-jobs-by-occupation-chart/
— House panel warns coronavirus could destroy Postal Service by June “It has become clear that the Postal Service will not survive the summer without immediate help,” said Rep. Carolyn Maloney. – KYLE CHENEY (DIERSEN: I worked part-time for the Park Forest Post Office 1966-1969.)
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/03/23/coronavirus-postal-service-june-145683
— Health officials want Trump to ‘double down, not lighten up’ restrictions There is a brewing clash between public health experts and economic officials about when to lift social distancing measures. – ADAM CANCRYN and NANCY COOK
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/03/23/coronavirus-economy-trump-restart-145222
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump haters say “Trump works to rewrite narrative on coronavirus response The president’s team is working to quickly blunt criticism of his handling of the outbreak.”
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/03/24/trump-coronavirus-campaign-reelection-145007

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Americans’ anxiety erupts in telephone town halls – Sara Burnett
https://www.yorkdispatch.com/story/news/2020/03/23/americans-anxiety-erupts-telephone-town-halls/111459464/

ABC NEWS
— Networks face decision: How long to stick with Trump? Six network news divisions began televising President Donald Trump’s coronavirus briefing Monday evening – AP 
https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/networks-face-decision-long-stick-trump-69761779
— Coronavirus government response updates: US, Trump says, not built to be ‘shut down’ “There will be tremendous death” from shutting down the economy, he said. – Libby Cathey
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/coronavirus-government-response-updates-klobuchars-husband-tests-positive/story?id=69745713

CBS NEWS
— Coronavirus updates: World Health Organization says “the pandemic is accelerating”
https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/coronavirus-disease-covid-19-latest-news-deaths-2020-03-23/

NEW YORK TIMES
— The Coronavirus Revives Facebook as a News Powerhouse More than half of all news consumption on Facebook in America is about the virus, according to an internal report. – Kevin Roose and Gabriel J.X. Dance (DIERSEN: Of Course, my critics/opponents do not want anyone to learn anything about coronavirus by reading GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/23/technology/coronavirus-facebook-news.html
— Joe Biden Is Trying to Be Heard on the Virus. Can He Break Through? As President Trump holds daily briefings, Mr. Biden has kept a low profile, worrying Democrats who feel the president needs to be challenged more robustly. – Thomas Kaplan and Alexander Burns (DIERSEN: Who has challenged you the most robustly? I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who have challenged me the most robustly. I would focus on those who succeeded in ending my TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairmanship, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee membership, Milton Township Republican Organization webmaster service, Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee membership, and American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board membership. I would focus on my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who paint themselves as being religious, conservative, and/or Republican, but who have worked harder against me than against any Democrat.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/23/us/politics/joe-biden-2020-virus.html
— Local News Outlets Dealt a Crippling Blow by This Biggest of Stories Layoffs. Canceled print editions. Weekly papers and small dailies across the country face peril as the coronavirus cuts off ads and live events. – Tiffany Hsu and Marc Tracy
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/23/business/media/coronavirus-local-news.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Instead of reading GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes want you to focus on “frivolity and escapism.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/23/opinion/video-games-covid-distancing.html
— FRONT PAGE: Trump-haters do everything that they can to make Chinese-Americans, and everyone else, hate Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/23/us/chinese-coronavirus-racist-attacks.html
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Is Marijuana an ‘Essential’ Like Milk or Bread? Some States Say Yes – Dan Levin
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/24/us/coronavirus-weed-marijuana.html

WASHINGTON POST
— White House suspension of reporter’s press credential at issue in First Amendment lawsuit – Ann E. Marimow (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who have suspended my GOPUSA press credential. I would focus on those who destroy those who they cannot manipulate/dominate. I would focus on those who blame me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails for their problems, for your problems, for my problems and for everyone’s problems. I would focus on those who paint themselves as being religious, conservative, and/or Republican. I would focus on those who pander to the Democrat news media.) 
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/legal-issues/white-house-suspension-of-reporters-press-credential-at-issue-in-first-amendment-lawsuit/2020/03/23/1afd54dc-6d26-11ea-a3ec-70d7479d83f0_story.html
— China is reporting big successes in the coronavirus fight. Should we trust the numbers? Here’s why you should be skeptical. – Jeremy L. Wallace (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. I should write a book about my critics/opponents.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/03/23/china-is-reporting-big-successes-coronavirus-fight-dont-trust-numbers/
— Coronavirus could drive up insurance premiums for tens of millions of Americans, projection shows – Paige Winfield Cunningham
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/paloma/the-health-202/2020/03/24/the-health-202-coronavirus-will-drive-up-insurance-premiums-for-tens-of-millions-of-americans-projection-shows/5e78d97188e0fa101a750100/
— WHO warns United States could become next epicenter of global coronavirus crisis, citing ‘very large acceleration’ in infections
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2020/03/24/coronavirus-latest-news/

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— 80% of coronavirus patients in L.A. County are ages 18 to 65, infecting people ‘across the board’ – COLLEEN SHALBY, ALEX WIGGLESWORTH, HOWARD BLUME
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-03-23/coronavirus-patients-los-angeles-county-ages-18-65

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— As Economic Toll Mounts, Nation Ponders Trade-Offs Cost of confronting pandemic is millions of jobs, trillions in wealth lost to save potentially millions of lives – Jon Hilsenrath and Stephanie Armour (DIERSEN: Trump-haters use the pandemic to destroy America to destroy Trump. If you do not believe that, you are hopelessly naive.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/as-economic-toll-mounts-nation-ponders-the-trade-offs-11584970165
— U.S. Domestic Passenger Flights Could Virtually Shut Down, Voluntarily or by Government Order As airlines struggle to keep aircraft flying with minimal passengers, various options are being considered – Andy Pasztor and Alison Sider (DIERSEN: Trump-haters use the pandemic to destroy America to destroy Trump. If you do not believe that, you are hopelessly naive.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-domestic-passenger-flights-could-virtually-shut-down-voluntarily-or-by-government-order-11585013673

FORBES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats want those who are members of the following groups because they vote for Democrats: 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.forbes.com/sites/isaacmizrahi/2020/03/23/the-minority-majority-shift-two-decades-that-will-change-america-tech-world-faces-a-reboot/#372fb45a3656

USA TODAY
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters want “an immediate five-week national lockdown.”
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2020/03/21/coronavirus-america-needs-five-week-national-lockdown-column/2890376001/
— Thousands of scientists are racing to find a vaccine for coronavirus. 41 possibilities are in the works. – Elizabeth Weise
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2020/03/19/more-than-41-potential-coronavirus-vaccines-works/2870009001/

TEXAS TRIBUNE
— Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick says a failing economy is worse than coronavirus – Abby Livingston
http://theparisnews.com/free/article_2f74b384-6dc0-11ea-bb9c-3776de6416fc.html

BUSINESSWIRE
— Majority of Americans Changing How They Shop Due to COVID-19 Concerns
https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20200324005062/en/Majority-Americans-Changing-Shop-Due-COVID-19-Concerns

NEW YORKER
— How to Talk to Coronavirus Skeptics – Isaac Chotiner (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. I should write a book about my critics/opponents.)
https://www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/how-to-talk-to-coronavirus-skeptics

CATO
— The Constitutional Police Power, In And After An Emergency – Walter Olson
https://www.cato.org/blog/constitutional-police-power-after-emergenc

VOX
— Cable news should cancel the Trump Show Airing Trump’s daily “briefings” live misinforms people and undermines public health officials. – Matthew Yglesias (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, all government and political news and commentary is misinformation except for the government and political news and commentary that they put out or bless. I should write a book about my critics/opponents.)
https://www.vox.com/2020/3/23/21190362/trump-daily-coronavirus-briefing-fox-cnn-msnbc

AXIOS
— Coronavirus inspires divergent messages and misinformation – Eileen Drage O’Reilly (DIERSEN: What obligation do leaders of organizations have to protect the members of their organization? What obligation do elected officials have to protect their constituents? What if Pritzker uses his emergency powers to stop me from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails to stop “divergent messages and misinformation” about coronavirus? Which of the following will come to my defense: a) the leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization including Chris LeVan, Yadav Nathwani, John Minino, and Beth Tatro; DuPage County Republican Central Committee including Marty Keller, Paul Hinds, Gwen Henry, and Becky Rudolph; Illinois Republican Party including Demetra DeMonte, Richard Porter, Tim Schneider, Mark Shaw, and Bob Grogan; Wheaton, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois, b) those who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton’s West District, Wheaton, Glen Ellyn, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois, c) those who read GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails, and/or d) those who I am a constituent of including Donald Trump, Mike Pence, Bill Brady, Jim Durkin, Amy Grant, Dan Cronin, Robert Berlin, Christopher Kachiroubas, Robert Grogan, James Mendrick, Richard Jorgensen, Fred Bucholz, Gwen Henry, Darlene Ruscitti, Tim Elliott, Grant Eckhoff, Tim Whelan, Chris Heidorn, Gail Hinkle, Chris LeVan, Gary Muehfelt, Sal Falbo, Yaday Nathwani, David Molitor, John Monino, Phil Suess, Susanne Fitch, and Lynn Robbins?) 
https://www.axios.com/coronavirus-pandemic-misinformation-trump-fauci-ff6e2544-ae2b-4ba6-877c-cc97278415ae.html

GUARDIAN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters want to lengthen the shutdown.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/24/trumps-push-to-shorten-the-coronavirus-shutdown-proves-the-captain-is-flying-blind

March 23 Evening Edition

WHITE HOUSE
— Americans need help. Democrats must stop blocking it.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/1600daily/

ABC7
— Coronavirus Update: Illinois’ COVID-19 cases reach 1,285 with 12 deaths; Gov. Pritzker pushes for more PPE for first responders – Alexis McAdams
https://abc7chicago.com/health/gov-pritzker-pushes-for-more-ppe-for-first-responders;-on-the-mend-with-president-trump/6041272/

NBC5
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters say “Trump Struggles to Adjust to Crisis Presidency.”
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/analysis-trump-struggles-to-adjust-to-crisis-presidency/2242979/

CBS2
— New Drive-Through COVID-19 Testing Site For First Responders Fills Up In Matter Of Hours
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2020/03/23/coronavirus-drive-through-testing-facility-first-responders-dunning-forest-preserve-drive/
— 5 Chicago Hotels To House Those With COVID-19
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2020/03/23/5-chicago-hotels-to-house-the-homeless-with-covid-19/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Illinois Republicans call for an end to ‘finger-pointing and name calling’ in coronavirus crisis Cook County Republican Chairman Sean Morrison singled out Gov. J.B. Pritzker and Mayor Lori Lightfoot for their twitter feud with the president. House Minority Leader Jim Durkin also called for an end to partisan finger pointing. – Rachel Hinton 
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2020/3/23/21191505/illinois-republicans-finger-pointing-coronavirus-crisis-morrison-pritzker-lightfoot-durkin
— Illinois should move state tax filing deadline to July 15 so it matches the feds’ With the coronavirus outbreak wreaking havoc, the state deadline should be the same as the federal government’s, which was moved back 90 days. – Editorial
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/3/23/21191374/coronavirus-covid-19-illinois-tax-deadline-pritzker-suntimes-editorial

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Coronavirus in Illinois updates: Officials report total COVID-19 cases now at 1,285, with 12 deaths in the state
https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-coronavirus-pandemic-chicago-illinois-news-20200323-r7kims7ud5agfbgtfdiaid6xga-story.html
— Kane County religious school moves to e-learning as sheriff’s deputies prepare to bring the school into compliance with ‘stay at home’ mandate – Katherine Rosenberg-Douglas
https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-coronavirus-northwest-baptist-academy-remains-open-20200323-nbui2qajojb57j44z2og3wxh5a-story.html
— DISGUSTING. TRAGIC: Northlake voters favor allowing marijuana businesses within the city – STEVE SCHERING (DIERSEN: I would expect that stoners are far more likely a) to get coronavirus, b) to spread coronavirus, and c) to die from coronavirus.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/franklin-park/ct-fhj-marijuana-referendum-tl-0326-20200323-gvyq7u46svg6poa2mlfrpq5njy-story.html
— After days of public feuding, Pritzker and Trump get on the phone and talk – Lisa Donovan
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-duckworth-coronavirus-pritzker-trump-spin-20200323-w2aqme4lurcbvmchm7mtu2zynm-story.html
— Uihlein family, big Trump supporters, to Uline staff: ‘White House called upon us twice with huge orders’ amid the coronavirus – Lisa Donovan
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-duckworth-coronavirus-pritzker-trump-spin-20200323-w2aqme4lurcbvmchm7mtu2zynm-story.html
— Civil liberties in the time of coronavirus – Editorial
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/editorials/ct-editorial-coronavirus-stay-at-home-pritzker-20200323-xbtlvmxygvguphzgvcijzyqjqm-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— Mundelein Mayor Steve Lentz announces he has tested positive for COVID-19 – Russell Lissau
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200323/mundelein-mayor-steve-lentz-announces-he-has-tested-positive-for-covid-19
— In unprecedented move for local town, Elk Grove issues $2.8 million coronavirus relief package – Christopher Placek
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200323/in-unprecedented-move-for-local-town-elk-grove-issues-28-million-coronavirus-relief-package
— Illinois cases rise by 236 amid effort to make more masks, other equipment – Marni Pyke
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200323/illinois-cases-rise-by-236-amid-effort-to-make-more-masks-other-equipment

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters do not want Pritzker to take Trump’s bait.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/greg-hinz-politics/dont-take-trumps-bait-governor

WTTW
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters shout at Asian-Americans, and at everyone else, that Trump is a racist.
https://news.wttw.com/2020/03/23/chinese-virus-asian-americans-condemn-trump-s-comments-racist

WLS AM
— States are desperate for supplies and out of patience as coronavirus needs increase
https://www.wlsam.com/news/states-are-desperate-for-supplies-and-out-of-patience-as-coronavirus-needs-increase/

SUBURBAN CHICAGOLAND
— Morrison slams Pritzker and Lightfoot for politicizing COVID-19 messages – Ray Hanania
https://suburbanchicagoland.com/2020/03/23/morrison-slams-pritzker-and-lightfoot-for-politicizing-covid-19-messages/

NPR ILLINOIS
— Pritzker By Phone Tells Trump What Illinois Needs – SEAN CRAWFORD & MAUREEN FOERTSCH MCKINNEY 
https://www.nprillinois.org/post/pritzker-phone-tells-trump-what-illinois-needs#stream/0

FOX ILLINOIS
— President Donald Trump: ‘Cure’ cannot be worse than ‘problem itself’ – AHTRA ELNASHAR (DIERSEN: Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, Green plants, and RINOs want to “cure” the problems that the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, Wheaton’s West District, Wheaton, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Milton Township, DuPage County, Illinois, etc. have by getting rid of its members/residents that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owners, draft avoiders, German American, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.) 
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/president-trump-cure-cannot-be-worse-than-problem-itself
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Duckworth blasts Republicans.
https://foxillinois.com/news/local/duckworth-statement-on-senate-gops-attempt-to-capitalize-on-a-global-public-health-crisis

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Analysis of First Coronavirus Tests from the Front Line
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/03/23/analysis-of-first-coronavirus-tests-from-the-front-line/ 
— McConchie: Time to Match State with Federal Income Tax Filing Deadline
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/03/23/mcconchie-time-to-match-state-with-federal-income-tax-filing-deadline/ 
— Senate Democrats Defeat Procedural Vote on Coronavirus Stimulus Bill *UPDATEx2: Second Attempt to Break Filibuster Fails Mon. 49-46**
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/03/23/senate-democrats-defeat-procedural-vote-on-coronavirus-stimulus-bill/ 
— Will Lauen Underwood Volunteer Her Nursing Skills in Coronavirus Crisis?
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/03/23/will-lauen-underwood-volunteer-her-nursing-skills-in-coronavirus-crisis/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— PRITZKER GOES TO CNN TO DEMAND TRUMP, FEDS PROVIDE MORE SOURCES DURING “NATIONAL EMERGENCY”
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2020/03/pritzker-goes-to-cnn-to-blast-trump-feds-for-more-help-in-a-national-emergency.html
— COMMISSIONER MORRISON CALLS ON DEMS GOV PRITZKER, MAYOR LIGHTFOOT TO STOP POLITICAL SNIPING
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2020/03/commissioner-morrison-calls-on-dems-gov-pritzker-mayor-lightfoot-to-stop-political-sniping.html

CAPITOL FAX
— Pritzker announces private-sector PPE acquisition; Says online unemployment insurance claims issues “taken care of”; Spoke with “responsive” Trump today; No weapons for National Guard; “Decent shape” on hospital beds today
https://capitolfax.com/2020/03/23/pritzker-announces-private-sector-ppe-acquisition/
— Leader Durkin calls for unity
https://capitolfax.com/2020/03/23/leader-durkin-calls-for-unity/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Should China foot the bill for coronavirus pandemic? In the midst of the outbreak, few are talking about accountability – Andrew Davies 
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/mar/23/should-china-foot-the-bill-for-coronavirus-pandemi/
— Trump won’t ‘nationalize’ companies under emergency law to produce medical supplies – Tom Howell Jr. and Dave Boyer 
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/mar/22/trump-will-not-nationalize-companies-under-defense/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— The media-driven myth of ‘centrist’ Joe Biden – Steven Law
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/op-eds/the-media-driven-myth-of-moderate-joe-biden
— ‘Destroying themselves’: Trump claims negative coverage displays the media’s ‘hatred’ of him – Dominick Mastrangelo 
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/destroying-themselves-trump-claims-negative-coverage-displays-the-medias-hatred-of-him
— Nancy Pelosi’s supposed ‘relief’ bill has provisions for ‘corporate board diversity,’ student loans, and a Postal Service bailout – Becket Adams
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/nancy-pelosis-supposed-relief-bill-has-provisions-for-corporate-board-diversity-student-loans-and-bailing-out-the-postal-service

BREITBART
— Jeff Sessions: Fundamental Purpose of Immigration Law Is to Avoid Disease – ROBERT KRAYCHIK
https://www.breitbart.com/radio/2020/03/23/exclusive-jeff-sessions-fundamental-purpose-of-immigration-law-is-to-avoid-disease/
— Flatten the Curve — Not the Economy – Jeff Poor
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2020/03/23/fncs-hilton-flatten-the-curve-not-the-economy/
— Nancy Pelosi Proposes 1,400-Page Coronavirus Bill Stuffed with Special Interest Goodies – CHARLIE SPIERING
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/03/23/nancy-pelosi-proposes-1120-page-coronavirus-bill-stuffed-with-pork/

BLAZE
— Doctor in Italy says he and other physicians are no longer permitted to put coronavirus patients who are over 60 on ventilators – Sarah Taylor (DIERSEN: If you needed to be put on a ventilator to stay alive, what factors would work against you? For me, factors include my being 71 year old, my having out-of-control type 2 diabetes, and my being obese (BMI 30+).)
https://www.theblaze.com/news/doctor-in-italy-says-he-and-other-physicians-are-no-longer-permitted-to-put-coronavirus-patients-who-are-over-60-on-ventilators

DAILY CALLER
— White House Journalist Has Suspected Case Of Coronavirus, Correspondents’ Association President Announces – CHRISTIAN DATOC
https://dailycaller.com/2020/03/23/white-house-correspondent-suspected-coronavirus/

PJ MEDIA
— The Top 10 Lies About President Trump’s Response to the Coronavirus – MATT MARGOLIS
https://pjmedia.com/trending/the-top-10-lies-about-president-trumps-response-to-the-coronavirus/

LIFE NEWS
— Abortion Clinics Caught Killing Babies, Defying Orders to Stay Home to Combat Coronavirus – CHERYL SULLENGER
https://www.lifenews.com/2020/03/23/abortion-clinics-caught-killing-babies-defying-orders-to-stay-home-to-combat-coronavirus/

THE HILL
— Trump signals openings: US not ‘built to be shut down’ – MORGAN CHALFANT AND BRETT SAMUELS (DIERSEN: Trump-haters want the United States to stay shut down until Trump and Pence resign and Pelosi takes over. Those who do not believe the aforesaid are naive about Trump-haters.) 
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/489121-trump-signals-openings-us-not-built-to-be-shut-down
— McConnell excoriates Democrats over stimulus demands – ALEXANDER BOLTON 
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/489021-mcconnell-excoriates-democrats-over-stimulus-demands
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Trump-haters use coronavirus to promote hatred against Trump.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/489107-trump-expresses-support-for-asian-americans-after-repeatedly-using

CNN
— How smoking, vaping and drug use might increase risks from Covid-19 – Gina Yu
https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/20/health/coronavirus-vaping-drugs/index.html

NBC NEWS
— Miley Cyrus quit church because gay friends ‘weren’t being accepted’ – Gwen Aviles (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, organizations, including churches and political organizations, are under pressure to dump their members who do not promote LGBTQ activity. Ever-increasingly, governments including municipalities, townships, counties, states, and countries are under pressure to dump their residents who do not promote LGBTQ activity. Ever-increasingly, employers are under pressure to dump their employees who do not promote LGBTQ activity.) 
https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/miley-cyrus-quit-church-because-gay-friends-weren-t-being-n1166801

NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump Considers Reopening Economy, Over Health Experts’ Objections
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/23/business/trump-coronavirus-economy.html
— What Will Fill a $4 Trillion Hole in the Economy?
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/23/business/dealbook/coronavirus-congress-bailout.html
— How to Stop Coronavirus ‘Doomsurfing’ – Kevin Roose
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/20/automobiles/coronavirus-doomsurfing.html
— Amid Virus and Market Tumult, Wall Street Lives a New Reality – Kate Kelly
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/19/business/coronavirus-wall-street.html
— ‘Covid-19 Kills Only Old People.’ Only? Why are we OK with old people dying? – Louise Aronson
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/22/opinion/coronavirus-elderly.html
— ‘It’s Very Scary’: U.K. Food Banks Close as Coronavirus Stalls Donations – Ceylan Yeginsu
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/19/world/europe/coronavirus-uk-food-banks.html
— 1,200 Airport Workers in N.Y.C. Area Abruptly Laid Off With No Severance – Patrick McGeehan
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/21/nyregion/coronavirus-airport-workers-ny-nj.html
— Deniers and Disbelievers: ‘If I Get Corona, I Get Corona.’ – John Branch
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/22/us/deniers-and-disbelievers-if-i-get-corona-i-get-corona.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: At the rate things are going, every individual, every organization, every company, every government, and every country in the world will need massive bailouts to survive. Who will pay for the aforesaid massive bailouts?
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/23/opinion/coronavirus-recession-bailout.html
— The U.S. Needs China’s Masks, as Acrimony Grows – Keith Bradsher and Ana Swanson
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/23/business/coronavirus-china-masks.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Trump suggests coronavirus containment measures may be too extreme as more states issue stay-at-home orders
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2020/03/23/coronavirus-latest-news/
— Running for office during a pandemic is difficult — especially for local politicians – Leigh Giangreco 
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/magazine/running-for-office-during-a-pandemic-is-difficult–especially-for-local-politicians/2020/03/23/4aefd39c-5fc8-11ea-b014-4fafa866bb81_story.html
— U.S. reports more than 100 coronavirus deaths in a single day, 500 total
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2020/03/23/coronavirus-latest-news/

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— ‘It’s just too much’: Asian Americans confront xenophobia, economic devastation and the coronavirus – FRANK SHYONG
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-03-23/coronavirus-devastation-immigrants

USA TODAY
— Coronavirus fuels a thirst for answers, an effort to spin blame – Susan Page
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2020/03/22/coronavirus-fuels-thirst-answers-and-effort-spin-blame/2893949001/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— How Long Will the Coronavirus Lockdowns Go On? Soon the U.S. will be able to do 75,000 tests a day. That will make changes in strategy possible. – Scott Gottlieb
https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-long-will-the-coronavirus-lockdowns-go-on-11584899513
— With Unmandated Sick Leave, U.S. Economy Is More Vulnerable to Pandemics American approach could make it harder to contain the spread of the coronavirus, economists say – Harriet Torry
https://www.wsj.com/articles/with-unmandated-sick-leave-u-s-economy-is-more-vulnerable-to-pandemics-11584885600

BLOOMBERG
— Big Bailouts Need Fierce Watchdogs – Neil Barofsky
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/big-bailouts-fierce-watchdogs-182721131.html

FAST COMPANY
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: According to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, my Democrat superiors in the federal government wasted my career and forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997 because I was a “bad” employee and not a) because I complained about political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination and b) because I became an active member in a class action lawsuit in 1988 when I was 40 years old that charged them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.
https://www.fastcompany.com/90476465/how-to-handle-the-3-most-annoying-types-of-coworkers

RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— Party Affiliation Dictates Responses to ‘Chinese Virus’
https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/current_events/disease/party_affiliation_dictates_responses_to_chinese_virus

LGBTQ NATION
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: LGBTQers use White supremacists and coronavirus to blast Trump and his supporters.
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2020/03/white-supremacists-trying-give-jews-coronavirus-trump-supporters-take-aim-italians/

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, gun owner, German American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2020/03/23/white-house-contemplates-coronavirus-asylum-ban-hate-groups-urge-trump-seize-moment

WINDY CITY TIMES
— LGBT Chamber of Commerce of Illinois responds to COVID-19 (DIERSEN: I would expect that because of their lifestyle, LGBTQers are far more likely a) to get coronavirus, b) to spread coronavirus, and c) to die from coronavirus.)
http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/lgbt/LGBT-Chamber-of-Commerce-of-Illinois-responds-to-COVID-19/68234.html