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February 6 Evening Edition

ILLINOIS REPUBLICAN PARTY
— ILGOP Selects Don Tracy as Next Chairman. Springfield businessman and lawyer becomes the first downstate chairman since 1988.
https://illinois.gop/ilgop-selects-don-tracy-as-next-chairman/
https://mailchi.mp/d9760b6d6f55/icymi-pritzker-admin-mia-while-over-20-of-lasalle-veterans-home-residents-die-of-covid-4741676
(FROM THE PRESS RELEASE: In December of 2020, outgoing Illinois Republican Party Chairman Tim Schneider announced a transition plan in which there would be an open and transparent process for the selection of a new chairman. Today, after lengthy interviews with the three finalists, spirited discussion, and a weighted vote amongst the ILGOP State Central Committee, Don Tracy of Springfield has been chosen as the next chairman of the Illinois Republican Party and has unanimous support from the committee. Tim Schneider immediately offered his resignation and Don Tracy accepted the role of chairman to fill the remaining two years of Schneider’s term. Chairman Don Tracy has released the following statement in response to his selection: “I am truly honored and excited to have been chosen by the State Central Committee to serve as Chairman of the Illinois Republican Party. I want to thank each member for the opportunity to serve. I promise to lead with honesty, integrity, and the vigor we need to turn Illinois around. I also want to thank the other two finalists – Mark Shaw and Scott Gryder – for their tireless work on behalf of the Republican Party. I look forward to working with them to elect more Republicans. I ran for this position because I love Illinois – it’s my home – and I believe the ILGOP can be a tremendous catalyst for change in this state. The upcoming election cycle can be monumental if we seize on the tremendous opportunities before us. We have a weakened Governor who can be defeated; we have a US Senate seat to win; we are well-positioned to win back Congressional seats; we can claw back seats in the state legislature if we recruit the right candidates; and lastly, we have an historic opportunity to elect a fourth Republican to the state Supreme Court for the first time ever. The only way we can capitalize on these opportunities in 2022 is if we unite the party. My number one priority is to give every Republican a seat at the table and give every Republican a voice. Regardless of our differences, Republicans are the only hope for turning Illinois around and keeping it from becoming a depopulated, over-taxed, and anti-police financial basket case. There’s too much at stake in 2022 to be anything less than a united band of brothers and sisters in the fight to save Illinois. So, whatever your political leanings, wherever you live – if you want to fight corruption, restore fiscal sanity, grow our economy, and stand for law and order – you’re on our team. It’s time to suit up, work together, and bring home some wins for the people of Illinois.” Don Tracy is a successful businessman and lawyer from Springfield, Illinois. Born and raised in rural Mt. Sterling (Brown County, Illinois), he is the oldest of twelve children. Don and his eleven siblings own the thriving family business, Dot Foods, Inc., a national redistributor of food and related products, and other national businesses. Headquartered in Mt. Sterling (population: 2,025), Dot Foods, Inc. was founded in 1960 by Don’s father and currently employs 6,000 people across the United States and Canada. Don is the first chairman of the Illinois Republican Party from outside Chicago and the collar counties since 1988.)

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Former Gaming Board chair picked to lead Illinois GOP. Don Tracy, a Springfield attorney who was appointed to lead the Illinois Gaming Board by former Gov. Bruce Rauner, won the backing of members of the state GOP’s central committee. – Rachel Hinton
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2021/2/6/22270388/former-gaming-board-chair-picked-to-lead-illinois-gop
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Members of the Illinois Republican Party on Saturday picked a former gaming board chief to be the next head of the state party. Don Tracy, a Springfield attorney who was appointed to lead the Illinois Gaming Board by former Gov. Bruce Rauner, won the backing of members of the state GOP’s central committee. Tracy was not immediately available for comment. In a statement earlier this week, Tracy said the “state is in danger” of “becoming a depopulated, left wing, one party, over-taxed, and anti-police financial basket case. “Having been born in Illinois, and spent most of my life in Illinois, I am determined to help reverse Illinois’ decline,” he said. Tracy faced allegations in 2019 of making or directing several political contributions to Rauner in violation of state gambling laws. He labeled the report a “political hit job” and a “bunch of baloney.” The attorney beat out two other candidates vying to lead the party — Lake County Republican Chair Mark Shaw, who currently serves as state party co-chair and president of the Republican County Chairmen’s Association, and Kendall County Board Chair Scott Gryder. Former chair Tim Schneider announced in December he’d be stepping down from the position, which he called the “honor of a lifetime.”)
— Big game, big worries? Gambling addiction grows with Illinois’ booming sports betting industry — ‘It’s in your face all the time’ The number of Illinoisans seeking help for problem gambling has almost doubled since legislators approved a massive gambling expansion in 2019. Experts expect that number to keep growing. – Mitchell Armentrout and Sam Kelly
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2021/2/6/22241550/gambling-addiction-sports-betting-super-bowl-treatment-counseling
— Melrose Park mayor used racial slur while berating resident during public meeting. In a recording of the exchange, Mayor Ronald Serpico is heard using a slew of obscenities and a racial epithet for Black people. – Tom Schuba
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2021/2/6/22267597/melrose-park-mayor-ronald-serpico-used-racial-slur-while-berating-resident-public-meeting
— Advocates urge city to use hotels, abandoned houses to keep homeless warm during cold snap. “People who are homeless are out here sleeping in tents and sleeping in doorways. You need to act and start putting us in hotels or anywhere that is warm,” said Johnny Bryant, secretary of the Chicago Union of the Homeless. – Manny Ramos
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2021/2/5/22269511/chicago-homeless-advocates-abaondoned-homes-hotels-cold-weather-emergency-housing
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters blame Trump for all problems.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2021/2/5/22268493/americans-split-trumps-impeachment-ap-norc-poll
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. Ever-increasingly, anti-conservatives dominate the Republican Party. Ever-increasingly, those who lead the Republican Party reject planks in the Republican Party platform, most commonly, the traditional marriage/family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2021/2/5/22268522/gop-eyes-path-power-making-peace-far-right
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever since before the Civil War, Democrats have been at war with Republicans. Democrats use the following as soldiers in their army: those who are anti-law enforcement, anti-Trump, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-heterosexual, anti-traditional marriage/family, anti-non-poor people, anti-gun owners, anti-Christian, anti-Protestant, anti-Italian American, anti-German American, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2021/2/5/22268566/analysis-race-war-evident-before-capitol-siege
— Pentagon will deploy troops to assist COVID-19 vaccine drive. President Joe Biden has called for setting up 100 mass vaccination centers around the country within a month. Two are opening in California, and coronavirus senior adviser Andy Slavitt said military personnel will arrive at those centers in a little over a week. – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2021/2/5/22268404/pentagon-deploy-troops-assist-covid-19-vaccine-drive

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Illinois Republicans pick Springfield businessman as new party chairman – RICK PEARSON
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-illinois-republican-party-gop-new-chairman-20210207-w2sbznaw4farxlonp2uy5btuzm-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Don Tracy, a former state Gaming Board chairman and unsuccessful 2010 lieutenant governor candidate, was picked by top Republicans on Saturday as the new Illinois GOP chairman. . .The election was based on the weighted votes of the 18-member Republican State Central Committee, which met in Bolingbrook. The vote was close, 52% for Tracy and 48% for Shaw, according to two sources, who asked not to be identified because the results were pledged by members to remain secret. The party then agreed to make the choice unanimous. “I promise to lead with honesty, integrity, and the vigor we need to turn Illinois around,” Tracy said in a statement after hours of candidate interviews and discussion. Contending the GOP has “tremendous opportunities” in 2022 in what is now a one-party Democratic state, Tracy emphasized the need for unity. . .The pick of Tracy was viewed as an establishment conservative GOP choice over Shaw, a sometimes controversial figure who previously sought the chairmanship. Shaw orchestrated the December effort among hard-liners that led former Cook County Commissioner Tim Schneider to agree to step down as party leader with more than a year left in his term. Schneider was Rauner’s hand-picked choice for GOP chair in May 2014. . .Tracy has donated more than $400,000 to candidates and causes since 1999, state campaign finance records show, primarily to himself and his sister-in-law, but also to local GOP causes in candidates in Springfield. He also gave $25,000 to the successful effort to defeat Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s effort to have voters approve a graduated-rate income tax amendment to the state constitution on Nov. 3. Tracy also has given more than $10,000 over the years to Family PAC, a socially conservative group that has fought abortion and gay rights in Springfield, state records show. Tracy has long opposed abortion rights and has touted his support of gun-owner rights.)
— Illinois GOP says Rep. Adam Kinzinger and other Republicans who voted to impeach Trump ‘created widespread division and anger’ in the party – RICK PEARSON
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-adam-kinzinger-illinois-republicans-20210205-7cwxhciinzcmvjyaue6ohenc2y-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The state party’s rebuke of Kinzinger falls short of actions taken by other state parties against their GOP congressional members who voted for impeachment. Some have issued a censure, a statement of strong disapproval but carrying no formal penalties, against those representatives. In Illinois, LaSalle County Republicans voted to censure Kinzinger, whose sprawling 16th Congressional District includes the county. Kinzinger spokeswoman Maura Gillespie said Kinzinger plans to speak early next week with GOP county chairmen and committee members in his district “to hear their concerns and share with them where he stands on things.” “Congressman Kinzinger looks forward to building on that solid foundation as they all work together to navigate these next four years under a Democrat majority and through the course of this pandemic, keeping the focus on serving the community and the shared interests of the party,” she said. Kinzinger’s actions had been expected to become a subject of discussion on Saturday when top state Republicans convened in Bolingbrook and picked former Illinois Gaming Board Chairman Don Tracy of Springfield as a replacement for Chairman Tim Schneider. But the GOP statement made it clear that it wanted the meeting to focus on the future and not on Kinzinger.)
— Rep. Liz Cheney censured by Wyoming GOP for impeachment vote – AP
https://www.chicagotribune.com/nation-world/ct-aud-nw-liz-cheney-wyoming-gop-censure-20210206-fy3yqaahkjg3fhz3tg65fjnbxu-story.html
— Coronavirus in Illinois updates: 3,062 new COVID-19 cases and 60 additional deaths reported Saturday; highly contagious UK strain detected in Lake County
https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-aud-covid-19-pandemic-chicago-illinois-news-20210206-gbxnp64vi5hmda3rsfpbqmlgym-story.html

ABC7
— Wife of Republican Sen. Josh Hawley files criminal complaint over protest at their home – Mike Levine
https://abc7chicago.com/josh-hawley-wife-files-complaint-protests-senator-missouri-donald-trump/10318327/
— 2 Republican lawmakers fined $5,000 for not completing Capitol security screening – CNN
https://abc7chicago.com/10318499/
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Virginia lawmakers pass marijuana legalization bills – AP
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/virginia-lawmakers-pass-marijuana-legalization-bills/10318431/

NBC5
— Wyoming GOP Censures Rep. Liz Cheney Over Impeachment Vote – Mead Gruver
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/politics/wyoming-gop-censures-rep-liz-cheney-over-impeachment-vote/2431537/
— Illinois Reports 3,062 New COVID-19 Cases, 60 Additional Deaths Saturday. Illinois’ seven-day positivity rate rose Saturday after being on a steady decline.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/coronavirus/illinois-reports-3062-new-covid-19-cases-60-additional-deaths-saturday/2431448/
— Virus Outbreaks Stoke Tensions in Some State Capitols. Since the start of this year, more than 50 state lawmakers in roughly one-third of the states already have fallen ill with the virus, according to an Associated Press tally. – David A. Lieb
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/coronavirus/virus-outbreaks-stoke-tensions-in-some-state-capitols/2431280/

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— GOP lawmakers say Pelosi should be fined $5G for violating new House security measures – Caitlin McFall
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/gop-lawmakers-say-pelosi-should-be-fined-5g-for-violating-new-house-security-measures

DAILY HERALD
— Police: 100 people present when fights led to Bloomingdale hotel shootings, killing one – Susan Sarkauskas
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20210206/police-100-people-present-when-fights-led-to-bloomingdale-hotel-shootings-killing-one

WLDS
— Greene, Other Southern IL GOP County Committees Condemn Kinzinger – Benjamin Cox
https://wlds.com/greene-other-southern-il-gop-county-committees-condemn-kinzinger/

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— College of DuPage – Former Trustee Dianne McGuire leaked privileged documents contrary to her denial during past board meeting – KIRK ALLEN & JOHN KRAFT
https://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2021/02/college-of-dupage-former-trustee-dianne-mcguire-leaked-privileged-documents-contrary-to-her-denial-during-past-board-meeting/

CAPITOL FAX
— Don Tracy chosen as new ILGOP Chair
https://capitolfax.com/2021/02/06/don-tracy-chosen-as-new-ilgop-chair/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: I don’t have a press release from the ILGOP, but I do have one from the IDCCA… Following the Illinois Republican Party electing Raunerite Don Tracy as their new Party Chair, President Kristina Zahorik of the Illinois Democratic County Chairs Association (IDCCA) released the following statement: “It is rich that the Illinois GOP appointed a new chair with a history of corrupt behavior. We repeatedly watch Illinois Republicans cry crocodile tears over political corruption, and today they proved they’re the Grand Old Party of hypocrisy with their appointment of Don Tracy.” The State of Illinois Office of Inspector General found that Don Tracy illegally made campaign contributions through his wife while serving on the Illinois Gaming Board. The report said Tracy “made loans and contributions either directly, or through his wife, to political committees” in violation of state law. Tracy was appointed to the Gaming Board by former Republican Governor Bruce Rauner in 2015. . .From Mary Morrissey, Executive Director of the Democratic Party of Illinois…“As the Republican Party struggles to take control of its party back from white supremacists and violent extremists, Illinois Republicans have chosen a leader whose ties to Donald Trump and Bruce Rauner promise a return to the failed policies of the past. The Illinois GOP has deemed Don Tracy, a Trump supporter who resigned as the Illinois Gaming Board chair after steering illegal contributions to former Governor Rauner’s campaign, as their best hope to carry their party into the future. It will be interesting to see if the Illinois Republican Party will continue to embrace questionable leadership, division and extremism or consider working with Democrats to find solutions that lift up workers and families across Illinois. We aren’t holding our breath.”)

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump’s defense team will show clips of Democrats urging violence in 2020 – Alex Swoyer
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/feb/6/trumps-defense-team-will-show-clips-democrats-urgi/

GOPUSA
— Democrat Nadler Denies Gaetz’s Request To Start Committee Meetings With Pledge Of Allegiance
https://www.gopusa.com/democrat-nadler-denies-gaetzs-request-to-start-committee-meetings-with-pledge-of-allegiance/
— School District Aims To Deconstruct The ‘Nuclear Family.’
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=106121
— Macron “Very Upset” By Platforms’ Muzzling Of Trump
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=106223

BREITBART
— Donald Trump Backs Lou Dobbs After Fox Ends Program: ‘Nobody Loves America More’ – CHARLIE SPIERING
https://www.breitbart.com/the-media/2021/02/05/trump-backs-lou-dobbs-fox-ends-program/
— Sebastian Gorka: Democrats Working on Amendment for NSA, CIA to Target Americans as Terrorists – ROBERT KRAYCHIK
https://www.breitbart.com/radio/2021/02/05/sebastian-gorka-democrats-working-amendment-nsa-cia-target-americans-terrorists/

NEWSMAX
— Biden’s Honeymoon Balloon Deflating Rapidly – Conrad Black
https://www.newsmax.com/conradblack/blinken-kerry-wallace/2021/02/06/id/1008894/

ONE NEWS NOW
— AZ sheriff: Illegals flooding border under Biden is ‘Obama 2.0’ – Michael F. Haverluck
https://onenewsnow.com/national-security/2021/02/06/az-sheriff-illegals-flooding-border-under-biden-is-obama-20

THE HILL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters say “Republicans worry Greene could be drag on party in suburbs.”
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/537599-republicans-worry-greene-could-be-drag-on-party-in-suburbs

CNN
— Two House Republicans fined $5,000 each for not completing security screening to enter House floor
https://abc57.com/news/two-house-republicans-fined-5-000-each-for-not-completing-security-screening-to-enter-house-floor

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater says “Lawsuits Take the Lead in Fight Against Disinformation. Defamation cases have made waves across an uneasy right-wing media landscape, from Fox to Newsmax.” My critics/opponents want to sue me for my including links in GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters to articles that they do not like. But beyond hypocritically, they do not sue the authors of those articles or the websites that those articles were published on. My critics/opponents see me as being an “easy target” a) because of the non-support that I get from the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization and b) because of the non-support that I got from TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Illinois Center Right Coalition, etc.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/06/business/media/conservative-media-defamation-lawsuits.html

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters say “Trump’s lie that the election was stolen has cost $519 million.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/interactive/2021/cost-trump-election-fraud/

MINNESOTA STAR TRIBUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater paints Capitol rioters as being “Christian nationalists.” The Democrat Party platform is extremely anti-Christian. Democrats have declared war on Christians.
https://www.startribune.com/capitol-siege-puts-spotlight-on-christian-nationalists/600019959/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Biden Wants a $15 Minimum Wage. Here’s What People Say It Would Do to the Economy. White House says a raise would help workers; opponents warn of job cuts. – Eric Morath (DIERSEN: Have you ever worked for the minimum wage? I worked for the minimum wage washing dishes in the basement of the S.S. Kresges in Chicago Heights 1964-1966 part-time during my junior and senior years at Crete-Monee High School and full-time during the summer in between. With the money that I earned doing that, I bought a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint in May of 1966.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/biden-wants-a-15-minimum-wage-heres-what-people-say-it-would-do-to-the-economy-11612348201
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Minimum-wage employees are disproportionately women and Black workers.)

INDEPENDENT
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater uses Kinzinger to promote hatred against Republicans.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-adam-kinzinger-republican-impeachment-b1798642.html

GUARDIAN
— Mike Pence to launch ‘video podcast’ with conservative group. Podcast will be produced with Young America’s Foundation, group that has stoked ‘free speech’ controversies at US college campuses. – Lois Beckett
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/feb/06/mike-pence-video-podcast-young-americas-foundation

February 6 Morning Edition

ABC7
— Cook County gun sales spike during COVID-19 pandemic, data shows – Chuck Goudie and Barb Markoff, Christine Tressel, Ross Weidner and Jonathan Fagg
https://abc7chicago.com/cook-county-gun-sales-spike-during-covid-19-pandemic-data-shows-/10317548/

CBS2
— DuPage County Is Making Better Progress Than Neighboring Counties In Getting People Vaccinated For COVID-19 — What’s Going On? – Megan Hickey
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2021/02/05/dupage-county-is-making-better-progress-than-neighboring-counties-in-getting-people-vaccinated-for-covid-19-whats-going-on/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Nearing another strike, Lightfoot versus CTU escalates conflict between City Hall and Chicago’s public school teachers – GREGORY PRATT, BILL RUTHHART and JOHN BYRNE
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-chicago-mayors-teachers-union-labor-troubles-20210206-qgofaibjvbgshfyfg2ifzkww5e-story.html
— After cheerleaders’ claims of sexual harassment and racial bias, Northwestern University vows to ‘listen to concerns’ from current and former team members – ELYSSA CHERNEY
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-northwestern-university-cheerleading-lawsuit-response-20210206-nklsqm34pzbo7inponixdad744-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— CPD joins Operation Safe Pump to monitor high carjacking areas. South Chicago District officers will be posted outside grocery stores and shopping centers to deter carjackings. – Zac Clingenpeel
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2021/2/5/22268632/carjackings-operation-safe-pump-chicago-police-officers-grocery-stores-shopping-centers
— It’ll take more than a good party to reverse Chicago’s exodus of Black residents. Lightfoot’s proposal to hold a “reunion weekend” to lure back Black people who have left town feels surprisingly naive. – Editorial
https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2021/2/5/22261643/chicago-demographics-black-population-decline-lori-lightfoot-editorial

DAILY HERALD
— India clamps down on free speech – AP (DIERSEN: Who wants to clamp down on your speech? The following want to clamp down on my speech: a) leaders of Republican organizations, their operatives, and their dupes who reject planks in the Republican Party platform, most commonly, the traditional marriage/family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks, b) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct who have lost elections, their major donors, their political consultants, their campaign managers, their campaign staff members, and their volunteers, and c) those who I have sued.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/article/20210205/news/302059986/

ROCKFORD REGISTER STAR
— Illinois Republicans ‘strongly disagree’ with Kinzinger, others on Trump
https://www.rrstar.com/story/news/politics/elections/2021/02/05/trump-impeachment-illinois-republicans-disagree-kinzinger-gop-votes/4407958001/

PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats hint/imply/argue/shout at Blacks that Republicans cause all the problems that Blacks have.
https://www.pjstar.com/story/opinion/columns/guest/2021/02/06/commentary-black-illinoisans-deserve-change-now/4380960001/

SOUTHERN
— Bill that could start ‘sex ed’ as early as kindergarten draws support, criticism – DARREN IOZIA
https://thesouthern.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/bill-that-could-start-sex-ed-as-early-as-kindergarten-draws-support-criticism/article_60f4edd8-77c3-5fef-af79-2c89ae1a6540.html

KANKAKEE DAILY JOURNAL
— Kinzinger betrayed his constituents – Joyce Conner, Watseka
https://www.daily-journal.com/opinion/voice-of-the-people-kinzinger-betrayed-his-constituents/article_367b25bc-6736-11eb-8ae7-1b9c0260c168.html

SUBURBAN LIFE
— DuPage County reports 152 cases Friday, 6 deaths, region’s positivity rate decreases to 5.5% – Joshua Welge
https://www.shawlocal.com/my-suburban-life/coronavirus/2021/02/06/dupage-county-reports-152-cases-friday-6-deaths-regions-positivity-rate-decreases-to-55/

BUREAU COUNTY DEMOCRAT
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Conservative-hating conservative-haters promote Kinzinger and promote hatred against Trump.
https://www.shawlocal.com/bureau-county-republican/opinion/local-editorials/2021/02/06/our-view-kinzingers-effort-to-return-to-republican-principles-deserves-a-chance/

CHICAGO PATCH
— CTU Invested $795,796 In Political Allies Who Lobby Chicago Way CTU showdown with City Hall over reopening schools is big money, bare-knuckles Chicago politics funded by taxpayers. – Mark Konkol
https://patch.com/illinois/chicago/ctu-invested-795-796-political-allies-who-lobby-chicago-way

CHICAGO NOW
— Is Gary Rabine the imminent & most likely 1st Republican to announce his 2022 campaign for Governor? – Jeff Berkowitz
http://www.chicagonow.com/public-affairs-with-jeff-berkowitz/2021/02/is-gary-rabine-the-imminent-most-likely-1st-republican-to-announce-his-2022-campaign-for-governor-watch-rabine-part-2-in-chicago-on-cable-on-the-web/

NPR ILLINOIS
— Why The Pandemic Is 10 Times Worse Than You Think – NURITH AIZENMAN, AUDREY CARLSEN & RUTH TALBOT
https://www.nprillinois.org/post/why-pandemic-10-times-worse-you-think#stream/0

— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats hint/imply/argue/shout at minorities and at women that Republicans cause all the problems that minorities and women have.
https://www.nprillinois.org/post/biden-administration-equity-initiatives-are-moral-imperative#stream/0

LUTHERAN CHURCH CHARITIES
— Do Only What God Wants You to Do – Tim Hetzner (DIERSEN: I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who paint themselves as being GOD’s representatives in Wheaton’s West District, in Wheaton, in Milton Township, in DuPage County’s 4th District, in DuPage County, and in Illinois. They demonize me, denigrate me, and condemn me because I am not a member of a church, I do not attend church services, and I do not give money to a church. They hint/imply/argue/shout that those who lead their church hate me. In my book, I would focus on the aforesaid who promote dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, abolition of the First and Second Amendments, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and/or age discrimination.)
https://www.lutheranchurchcharities.org/devotions.html

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— CHICAGO STUDENTS FALLING BEHIND AS CITY, TEACHERS’ UNION SQUABBLE – Ann Miller
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/chicago-students-falling-behind-as-city-teachers-union-squabble/

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— False Accusations Against DuPage Township Trustee Candidate Dispelled – JOHN KRAFT & KIRK ALLEN
https://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2021/02/false-accusations-against-dupage-township-trustee-candidate-dispelled/

AMERICAN THINKER
— What to Expect from Trump’s Upcoming Impeachment Trial – Jonathon Moseley
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2021/02/what_to_expect_from_trumps_upcoming_impeachment_trial.html

BREITBART
— Pence Plans for Bold GOP Future: Former VP Aims to ‘Build Upon’ Trump’s Success – MATTHEW BOYLE (DIERSEN: Trump defended and advanced the Republican Party platform. I should write a book about those who claim to be Republican, but who a) reject planks in the Republican Party platform, most commonly the traditional marriage/family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks and b) focus on destroying those like me who support the aforesaid planks.)
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/02/05/exclusive-pence-plans-for-bold-gop-future-former-vp-aims-to-build-upon-trumps-success/
— Karl Rove Backs Democrats’ Amnesty for Foreign-Born ‘Dreamers’ – NEIL MUNRO (DIERSEN: Those who reject the immigration plank in the Republican Party platform focus on destroying those like me who support that plank. I should book about those who reject the immigration plank in the Republican Party platform and focus on destroying those like me who support that plank.)
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/02/05/karl-rove-backs-democrats-amnesty-foreign-born-dreamers/
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Koch Network, Chamber of Commerce Lobby for Durbin, Graham Amnesty – JOHN BINDER
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/02/05/koch-network-chamber-commerce-lobby-durbin-graham-amnesty/
— No Labor Shortage: Over 17M Americans Remain Jobless But Want Full-Time Jobs – JOHN BINDER
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/02/05/no-labor-shortage-over-17m-americans-remain-jobless-but-want-full-time-jobs/

TOWNHALL
— Critics Decry GASB Standards That Allow Governments to Hide Debt – Johnny Kampis
https://townhall.com/columnists/johnnykampis/2021/02/05/critics-decry-gasb-standards-that-allow-governments-to-hide-debt-n2584229

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE
— High-Tech Lynching at DePaul. Philosophy professor and Freedom Center Shillman Fellow slandered as being “violently transphobic”. – Joseph Klein
https://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/2021/02/high-tech-lynching-depaul-joseph-klein/

HILLSDALE COLLEGIAN
— ‘Moving back to America:’ Students and families affected by state migration. – Emma Cummins
http://hillsdalecollegian.com/2021/02/moving-back-to-america-students-and-families-affected-by-state-migration/

POLITICO
— Inside Marjorie Taylor Greene’s exile – OLIVIA BEAVERS (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those in the following who have exiled me from the following: Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Milton Township Republican Organization, Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Illinois Center Right Coalition, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter, G AO, etc.)
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/huddle/2021/02/05/inside-greenes-exile-491659

WASHINGTON POST
— Illinois: The worst-governed state now turns to indoctrination – George F. Will
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-worst-governed-state-now-turns-to-indoctrination/2021/02/04/da6e5c4a-6725-11eb-886d-5264d4ceb46d_story.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Woke Capital’s Political Warning Republican support for big business craters in a new Gallup poll. – Editorial (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, BIG BUSINESS paints itself as being anti-law enforcement, anti-Trump, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-heterosexual, anti-traditional marriage/family, anti-non-poor people, anti-gun owners, anti-Christian, anti-Protestant, anti-Italian American, anti-German American, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/woke-capitals-political-warning-11612568436
— Marjorie Taylor Greene Says Committee Removal Silences Her Constituents, but Frees Up Her Time – Eliza Collins (DIERSEN: My supporters defend and advance the Republican Party platform. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes reject planks in that platform, most commonly, the traditional marriage/family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks. Because my critics/opponents succeeded in ending the following, I have more time to put GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters together and to send them out: my TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairmanship, my Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee membership, my Milton Township Republican Organization webmaster service, my Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee membership, and my American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board membership.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/marjorie-taylor-greene-says-her-removal-from-committees-stifles-her-constituents-11612546899
— Can Catholic Social Teaching Unite a Divided America? – Francis X. Rocca (DIERSEN: The Democrat Party platform is extremely anti-Catholic.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/can-catholic-social-teaching-unite-a-divided-america-11612540382
— How Big Tech Got Even Bigger (DIERSEN: What percent of BIG TECH leaders are anti-law enforcement, anti-Trump, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-heterosexual, anti-traditional marriage/family, anti-non-poor people, anti-gun owners, anti-Christian, anti-Protestant, anti-Italian American, anti-German American, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-big-tech-got-even-bigger-11612587632
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters promote Liz Cheney.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/liz-cheney-wins-one-for-sanity-11612482106
— ‘Majority Minority’ America? Don’t Bet on It. How a Census Bureau error led Democrats to assume they were on the right side of inexorable demographic trends. – John J. Miller (DIERSEN: Democrats want to flood America with Democrats, that is, to flood America with citizens of foreign countries, minorities, females, younger people, LGBTQers, non-married, non-Christians, non-Protestants, non-Italian Americans, non-German Americans, and/or those who disrespect the rule of law and who have big financial, health, and/or other problems, that is, people who demand massive government assistance, that is, people who demand welfare big time.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/majority-minority-america-dont-bet-on-it-11612549609

USA TODAY
— Rep. Kinzinger: I voted to remove Greene from committees because she shows ‘no remorse’ – Savannah Behrmann and Sarah Elbeshbishi (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents want me to show remorse a) for including links in GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters to articles that they do not like, b) for having Republican speakers at TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois events who they do not like, c) for delivering campaign literature in my precinct for Republican candidates who they do not like, d) for promoting planks in the Republican Party platform that they do not like, e) for etc.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2021/02/05/adam-kinzinger-says-marjorie-taylor-greene-shows-no-remorse/4406217001/

COURTHOUSE NEWS
— Greene Relishes Freedom After Being Booted From House Committees – DANIEL JACKSON (DIERSEN: My supporters defend and advance the Republican Party platform. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes reject planks in that platform, most commonly, the traditional marriage/family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks. Because my critics/opponents succeeded in ending the following, I have more time to put GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters together and to send them out: my TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairmanship, my Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee membership, my Milton Township Republican Organization webmaster service, my Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee membership, and my American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board membership.)
https://www.courthousenews.com/greene-relishes-freedom-after-being-booted-from-house-committees/

VANITY FAIR
— CAN TRUMP’S GRIP ON THE GOP BE LOOSENED? REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN ADAM KINZINGER SAYS YES “I think folks are gonna wake up…and say, ‘The party of Trump is not the party that’s going to be in the majority of the future.’” – JOE HAGAN AND EMILY JANE FOX (DIERSEN: In Illinois, hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters count on Kinzinger to drive the following out of the Republican Party: the 2,446,891 in Illinois who voted for Trump, the 193,611 in DuPage County who voted for Trump, the 20,080 in Milton Township who voted for Trump, and the157 in my precinct who voted for Trump.)
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2021/02/can-trumps-grip-on-the-gop-be-loosened

AXIOS
— Microsoft ends donations to lawmakers who refused to certify election – Ashley Gold
https://www.axios.com/microsoft-ends-donations-to-lawmakers-who-refused-to-certify-election-ee38df7b-3e8c-4160-808d-40d8469685e0.html

February 5 Evening Edition

ILLINOIS REPUBLICAN PARTY
— ILGOP Statement on Push to Impeach Former President Trump
https://mailchi.mp/b120fc223d01/icymi-pritzker-admin-mia-while-over-20-of-lasalle-veterans-home-residents-die-of-covid-4739456
(FROM THE PRESS RELEASE: Ten Republican members of the US House of Representatives have formally voted to impeach former President Donald Trump, and a few in the Senate may join them as well. This action has created widespread division and anger among the Republican party both nationally and here in Illinois. In response the Illinois Republican Party has released the following statement: “We strongly disagree with any Republican, Congressman Adam Kinzinger included, who voted to impeach President Trump or those who vote to convict him in the U.S. Senate, but we will let the voters be the arbiters of any vote taken by an elected official. As we prepare to select a new chairman of the Illinois Republican Party on Saturday, it’s our collective belief that uniting the party will be the single greatest endeavor of the new chairman. Our elected officials must unite behind defeating President Biden’s radical left-wing agenda. In just two weeks in office, the President has already given into extremists by cancelling the Keystone pipeline, refusing to enforce our immigration laws, and cowering to the teachers unions who refuse to educate our children in-person despite all the evidence of its necessity. The stakes of the 2022 election here in Illinois – defeating Gov. JB Pritzker and Sen. Tammy Duckworth, winning back congressional seats, and electing Republican judges to the Illinois Supreme Court – are too monumental to engage in a circular firing squad. We cannot play into Democrat hands by fighting amongst each other, so we encourage all Republicans to focus on the future rather than relitigating the past.”)

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Illinois GOP says Rep. Adam Kinzinger and other Republicans who voted to impeach Trump ‘created widespread division and anger’ in the party
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-adam-kinzinger-illinois-republicans-20210205-7cwxhciinzcmvjyaue6ohenc2y-story.html
— Brinkmanship continues in Lightfoot vs. teachers union | State Republican party delivers Kinzinger mild rebuke | Evanston, Dolton to pick new mayors in Feb. 23 elections – LISA DONOVAN
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-lightfoot-teachers-union-brinksmanship-kinzinger-rebuke-gop-spin-20210205-6duxergoqnevxaxf47j5mlc5o4-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled GOP-hating GOP-haters use QAnon to harm the GOP.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/clarence-page/ct-column-qanon-birch-barry-kinzinger-page-20210205-svzz6zjwtjfl5babn3cs5jx4ra-story.html
— When Democrats find a new cause: ‘Helping millionaires’ – EDITORIAL (DIERSEN: The SALT cap should be increased from $10,000 to $20,000 for married filing jointly.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-salt-deduction-illinois-durbin-duckworth-20210205-lzagmttukjg2bkxxim24qe535m-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Illinois gun sales in January eclipsed by last year’s panics following pandemic and protests: ‘It’s just been crazy.’ But gun dealers still sold firearms at a clip near the record-setting months of last year in a month that saw the Capitol siege and the inauguration of Democratic President Joe Biden. – Andrew Sullender
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2021/2/5/22269259/illinois-gun-sales-january-capitol-seige-insurrection-pandemic-protests-firerarms

https://chicago.suntimes.com/2021/2/5/22269259/illinois-gun-sales-january-capitol-seige-insurrection-pandemic-protests-firerarms
— Illinois Republicans outraged when they can’t get vaccine — and outraged when they can. The only purpose is to generate political heat. Then they move on to some new “outrage.” – Rich Miller (DIERSEN: I should write a book about RINO activists, RINO candidates, RINO elected officials, RINO party leaders, RINO major donors, RINO political consultants, RINO etc. who glorify and praise Miller, pander to Miller, and give scopes to Miller, but who do everything that they can a) to stop me from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters and b) to stop everyone from reading those newsletters.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2021/2/5/22269186/illinois-republicans-legislature-vaccination-covid-rich-miller-capitol-fax

DAILY HERALD
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater uses the Capitol Riot to promote hatred against Trump and against those who voted for Trump. 2,446,891 in Illinois voted for Trump. 193,611 in DuPage County voted for Trump. 20,080 in Milton Township voted for Trump. 157 in my precinct voted for Trump.
https://www.dailyherald.com/article/20210205/news/302059945/

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— We’ll soon find out if Springfield is ready for real reform. Tough ethics proposals target time-honored practices that enrich lawmakers. – A.D. QUIG
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/news/well-soon-find-out-if-springfield-ready-real-reform

ABC7
— LGBTQ people at higher risk of COVID-19, CDC study shows – Maggie Green
https://abc7chicago.com/10317124/

NBC5
— Rep. Greene Says ‘Morons’ Voted to Boot Her From Committees. The chamber’s near party-line 230-199 vote was the latest instance of conspiracy theories becoming pitched political battlefields. – Alan Fram and Brian Slodysko
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/rep-greene-says-morons-voted-to-boot-her-from-committees/2430949/

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Springfield’s Don Tracy, ex-Illinois Gaming Board chairman, a finalist for state GOP chair – Dean Olsen
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/2021/02/05/springfield-lawyer-don-tracy-illinois-gop-chairman-finalist-politics/4401087001/

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— More malfeasance in the public sector? – Editorial
https://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/editorial-more-malfeasance-in-the-public-sector/article_453f34c5-41bb-588a-bd53-31978e5a6882.html

WAND
— ILGOP releases statement on push to impeach former President Trump
https://www.wandtv.com/news/ilgop-releases-statement-on-push-to-impeach-former-president-trump/article_7ab819ec-67db-11eb-8d82-1bb03b76bacc.html

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Tax-Funded Illinois Propagandists Slam 1776 Report’s Honest History – Alex Newman
https://illinoisfamily.org/media/illinois-propagandists-slam-1776-reports-honest-history/

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— Gary Marschke, Candidate for DuPage Twp Supervisor, disciplined by Illinois Treasurer according to court records – JOHN KRAFT & KIRK ALLEN
https://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2021/02/gary-marschke-candidate-for-dupage-twp-supervisor-disciplined-by-illinois-treasurer-according-to-court-records/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— CONGRESSMAN KINZINGER’S HOME COUNTY GOP CENSURES HIM WITH 40 OTHER COUNTY ORGS’ SUPPORT
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2021/02/congressman-kinzingers-home-county-gop-censures-him-with-40-other-county-orgs-support.html
— 9 SIGNS THAT JOE BIDEN IS A THIRD WORLD LEADER
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2021/02/9-signs-that-joe-biden-is-a-third-world-leader.html
— BECKMAN: BIDEN’S INITIAL CALL FOR UNITY APPEARS MORE AND MORE PHONY
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2021/02/beckman-.html
— ILLINOIS STUDENT FACES SCHOOL DISCIPLINARY HEARING FOR REFUSING TO PARTICIPATE IN SEXUALITY PROGRAM
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2021/02/illinois-student-faces-school-disciplinary-hearing-for-refusing-to-participate-in-sexuality-program.html

CAPITOL FAX
— 3,660 new confirmed and probable cases; 83 additional deaths; 2,318 hospitalized; 491 in ICU; 3.3 percent average case positivity rate; 4.3 percent average test positivity rate; 49,082 average doses
https://capitolfax.com/2021/02/05/3660-new-confirmed-and-probable-cases-83-additional-deaths-2318-hospitalized-491-in-icu-33-percent-average-case-positivity-rate-43-percent-average-test-positivity-rate-49082-average-doses/

BREITBART
— Tom Cotton: Republicans Condemn Fringe Right as Democrats Tolerate Omar, Schiff, Schumer, Swalwell, Waters – ROBERT KRAYCHIK
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/02/04/tom-cotton-republicans-condemn-fringe-right-as-democrats-tolerate-omar-schiff-schumer-swalwell-waters/

CONSERVATIVE HQ
— H.R.1 – The Intimidate Conservatives Bill – George Rasley
https://www.conservativehq.org/post/h-r-1-the-intimidate-conservatives-bill

PJ MEDIA
— Local Republican Parties Come Down Hard on Anti-Trump Apostates – RICK MORAN
https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/rick-moran/2021/02/05/local-republican-parties-come-down-hard-on-anti-trump-apostates-n1423424

NEWSMAX
— America’s Unimaginable Left Turn Leads to Predictable Tyranny – Larry Bell
https://www.newsmax.com/larrybell/liberalism-tyranny/2021/02/05/id/1008793/

LIBERAL FIRST
— Big Tech working on apps to wipe all conservative posts – Larry Phillips
https://liberalfirst.com/opinion/7888-big-tech-working-on-apps-to-wipe-all-conservative-posts

EPOCH TIMES

— Greene Says Republican Votes Against Her Are a ‘Big Betrayal,’ May Cost Party Majority in 2022 – IVAN PENTCHOUKOV
https://www.theepochtimes.com/greene-republican-votes-against-her-are-a-big-betrayal-may-cost-party-majority-in-2022_3686612.html

THE HILL
— Defiant Greene attacks media, dodges questions on past remarks – CRISTINA MARCOS AND MIKE LILLIS
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/537550-defiant-greene-attacks-media-dodges-questions-about-past-remarks
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats want to make Marjorie Taylor Greene the face of the Republican Party.
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/537550-defiant-greene-attacks-media-dodges-questions-about-past-remarks
— Democratic senators introduce bill to limit Section 230 protections – REBECCA KLAR (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents want to sue me for my including links in GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters to articles that they do not like. But beyond hypocritically, they do not sue the authors of those articles or the websites that those articles were published on. My critics/opponents see me as being an “easy target” a) because of the non-support that I get from the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization and b) because of the non-support that I got from TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Illinois Center Right Coalition, etc.)
https://thehill.com/policy/technology/537524-democratic-senators-introduce-bill-to-limit-power-of-section-230

NBC NEWS
— Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene backs bill that would ban Pride flags at U.S. embassies. The embattled Republican has also thrown her support behind a bill that would bar transgender girls and women from participating in women’s sports. – Dan Avery
https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/rep-marjorie-taylor-greene-backs-bill-would-ban-pride-flags-n1256796

NEW YORK TIMES
— Lou Dobbs’s Show Is Canceled by Fox Business Mr. Dobbs, a loyal supporter of former President Donald J. Trump, is named in a lawsuit by the election technology company Smartmatic against the Fox Corporation and two other Fox anchors. – Michael M. Grynbaum
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/05/business/lou-dobbs-fox.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Republicans worry their big tent will mean big problems in 2022 elections – Michael Scherer and Josh Dawsey (DIERSEN: The “BIG TENT” policy is destroying the Illinois Republican Party (IRP), DuPage County Republican Central Committee (DCRCC), Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO), etc. I should write a book about present and past leaders of the IRP, DCRCC, MTRO, etc. who hate conservatives, that is, who hate the base of the Republican Party in Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, etc. Most commonly, the aforesaid conservative-haters reject the traditional marriage/family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks in the Republican Party platform.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/republicans-midterms-extremists/2021/02/04/a9a23be4-6596-11eb-8c64-9595888caa15_story.html
— Biden says Trump should not receive intelligence briefings because of his ‘erratic behavior’ – Colby Itkowitz, Felicia Sonmez and John Wagner
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/02/05/joe-biden-live-updates/
— Illinois judge finds Trump hotel in Chicago liable for violating environmental laws – David A. Fahrenthold
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-hotel-lawsuit/2021/02/05/014484a2-67fd-11eb-8c64-9595888caa15_story.html

RALEIGH NEWS OBSERVER
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters promote hate-filled Trump-hating groups.
https://www.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/article249037875.html

February 5 Morning Edition

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Illinois GOP looks past national divide, seeks leader who can unite far right, middle, city and downstate: ‘We’re all Republicans’ Republican committeemen are planning to meet Saturday to elect a successor to outgoing Chairman Tim Schneider. They hope a new face at the head of their party will bring the “new energy” and “new ideas” needed to unite Republicans and win on Election Day. – Rachel Hinton and Andrew Sullender (DIERSEN: Question to ask your Republican Precinct Committeeman/Captain and the officers of your Republican township/ward/county party organizations: a) What information has your representative on the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Central Committee (SCC) provided you concerning Kinzinger and the IRP Chairman candidates and b) What input has your representative on IRP SCC sought from you concerning the aforesaid?)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/elections/2021/2/4/22267313/illinois-gop-republican-party-chair-tracy-shaw-gryder-schneider-trump-greene
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater says “Rep. Adam Kinzinger one of 11 Republicans to vote against Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene. Said Greene, playing the victim, “Will we allow the media that is just as guilty as QAnon, of presenting truth and lies to divide us?” What B.S.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2021/2/4/22267497/illinois-rep-adam-kinzinger-one-of-11-republicans-to-vote-against-rep-marjorie-taylor-greene

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Could Illinois’ next Republican chairman also come from the suburbs? – Russell Lissau
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20210205/could-illinois-next-republican-chairman-also-come-from-the-suburbs

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Illinois’ Kinzinger one of 11 Republicans to join Democrats in stripping Marjorie Taylor Greene’s committee assignments – RICK PEARSON
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-adam-kinzinger-majorie-taylor-greene-20210205-stklmx4k65aq3eut6wo2zfjjjq-story.html

— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters promote AOC.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/heidi-stevens/ct-heidi-stevens-aoc-sexual-assault-year-after-super-bowl-0204-20210204-zlyfvxxsgbaxtp5z3a3oh7myde-story.html

ABC7
— VP Kamala Harris casts tie-breaking vote on budget resolution to pass $1.9T COVID relief package
https://abc7chicago.com/10316143/

WGN RADIO
— Chicago Police Superintendent David Brown: ‘Our justice system works at its best when criminals…have consequences’ – John Williams
https://wgnradio.com/john-williams/chicago-police-superintendent-david-brown-out-justice-system-works-at-its-best-when-criminals-have-consequences/

ROCKFORD REGISTER STAR
— Big Brother wants to tell Illinois teachers what to think
https://www.rrstar.com/story/opinion/2021/02/04/dave-willis-big-brother-wants-tell-illinois-teachers-what-think/4371430001/

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Illinois GOP lawmakers oppose teacher standards that promote hatred against individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are law enforcement, Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, gun owners, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.pantagraph.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/illinois-gop-lawmakers-oppose-culturally-responsive-teacher-standards/article_6225f280-392a-5859-a694-5ea853265b19.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats illegally encourage citizens of foreign countries to illegally come to America illegally and to illegally stay in America illegally.
https://www.pantagraph.com/news/state-and-regional/illinois/immigrants-in-sanctuary-in-churches-hope-biden-offers-relief/article_7867a6e7-8d75-5f28-b132-2fb22b1e9143.html

PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— Darin LaHood joins call for US to restore anti-abortion policy for foreign aid
https://www.pjstar.com/story/news/politics/2021/02/05/illinois-rep-darin-lahood-seeks-restore-anti-abortion-policy/4371909001/

RIVER BENDER
— Durbin, Duckworth Join Colleagues To Introduce Resolution Asking President To Cancel Up To $50,000 In Federal Loan Debt
https://www.riverbender.com/articles/details/durbin-duckworth-join-colleagues-to-introduce-resolution-asking-president-to-cancel-up-to-50000-in-federal-loan-debt-47648.cfm

SUBURBAN LIFE
— DuPage County reports 199 COVID-19 cases Thursday, 3 deaths, region’s positivity rate decreases to 6.0% – Joshua Welge
https://www.shawlocal.com/my-suburban-life/coronavirus/2021/02/05/dupage-county-reports-199-covid-19-cases-thursday-3-deaths-regions-positivity-rate-decreases-to-60/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Suburban Life promotes the LGBTQ/BLM-promoting Dry City Brew Works in Wheaton big time.
https://www.shawlocal.com/my-suburban-life/news/dupage-county/2021/02/04/it-felt-like-the-payoff-versus-the-risk-was-too-great-despite-eased-restrictions-wheaton-brewery-remaining-to-go-only-for-now/

FOX ILLINOIS
— Fiercely divided House kicks Greene off both her committees – AP
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/fiercely-divided-house-kicks-greene-off-both-her-committees

NORTHERN PUBLIC RADIO
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats shout at minorities, and at everyone else, that Republicans cause all their problems.
https://www.northernpublicradio.org/post/illinois-organizations-fight-racial-inequality-help-grant

WSIL TV
— Illinois Republicans, domestic violence survivor raise concerns about elimination of cash bail – Mike Miletich
https://wsiltv.com/2021/02/04/illinois-republicans-domestic-violence-survivor-raise-concerns-about-elimination-of-cash-bail/

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Rep LaHood defends Rep. Liz Cheney, denounces Rep. Taylor Greene conspiracy theories – Matt Sheehan
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/on-the-record/on-the-record-rep-lahood-defends-rep-liz-cheney-denounces-rep-taylor-greene-conspiracy-theories/

CHICAGO NOW
— Do Biden or Pritzker give a flying fig about the children? – Dennis Byrne
http://www.chicagonow.com/dennis-byrnes-barbershop/2021/02/do-biden-or-pritzker-give-a-flying-fig-about-the-children/

DEPAULIA
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats use Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion to get rid of Republicans, and especially to get rid of Republicans who are White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, conservative, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://depauliaonline.com/52344/news/annual-faculty-and-diversity-report-reveals-lack-of-representation-among-faculty-compared-to-student-body/

ILLINOIS RIGHT TO LIFE
— FROM POLITICO ILLINOIS: Sarah Huckabee Sanders, the former White House Press Secretary and Arkansas gubernatorial candidate, will headline the Illinois Right to Life banquet scheduled for April 30. The event will also feature conservative radio talk show host Dan Proft. This is a live event that includes a cocktail party and dinner.
https://illinoisrighttolife.org/banquet/

FOX NEWS
— Breaking down Biden’s plan to purge military of conservatives (DIERSEN: How soon will the conservative-haters who run the organizations that you are a member of , your municipality, your township, your county, Illinois, America, the world succeed in purging conservatives? 2,446,891 in Illinois voted for Trump. 193,611 in DuPage County voted for Trump. 20,080 in Milton Township voted for Trump. 157 in my precinct voted for Trump.)
https://news.yahoo.com/breaking-down-bidens-plan-purge-042330733.html
— Big Tech and the scary truth — if we don’t have online freedom, then we are no longer free. Everything I’ve been warning about for several years is happening in the blink of an eye. – Brent Bozell III
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/big-tech-truth-online-freedom-free-brent-bozell
— Lindsey Graham warns Dems stripping Greene of committee assignments ‘will set a terrible precedent’ If successful, there will be ‘no end in sight’ to the partisanship, he suggests. – Thomas Barrabi
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/lindsey-graham-dems-stripping-greene-of-committee-assignments-will-set-a-terrible-precedent
— Pence joining Heritage Foundation as distinguished fellow. The move gives Pence a very visible platform in the conservative world. – Paul Steinhauser
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/pence-joining-heritage-foundation-as-distinguished-fellow

FEDERALIST
— It’s Time For Conservatives To Take On Big Tech Tyrants. Here’s How. If conservatives want to preserve access to the online infrastructure of commerce and speech, they’re going to have to break up Big Tech. – Rachel Bovard (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes side with Big Teck against conservatives.)
https://thefederalist.com/2021/02/04/its-time-for-conservatives-to-take-on-big-tech-tyrants-heres-how/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Liz Cheney’s and the RINOs’ betrayal – Patricia McCarthy
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2021/02/liz_cheneys_and_the_rinos_betrayal.html

AMERICAN FREE PRESS
— The Pendulum Will Swing
https://americanfreepress.net/the-pendulum-will-swing/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Donald Trump has stumbled and fallen, and the establishment is not going to let slip this last opportunity to stomp him and his movement to death. A month ago, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued a startling ultimatum: Either Vice President Mike Pence and the Trump Cabinet invoke the 25th Amendment, declare the president “unfit” for office, and remove him within 24 hours, or House Democrats will vote to impeach him again. Such is the blind hatred of Pelosi’s House for Donald Trump. Rep. James Clyburn of South Carolina suggested holding off sending a bill of impeachment to the Senate for 100 days to give Biden a chance to get his appointees confirmed, and then indict and convict Mr. Trump of sedition when he is a private citizen. What would be the purpose of impeaching a president who hasn’t been president for three months? Answer: A conviction would strip Republicans of the right to reelect the man who got the largest number of votes in their party’s history. House Democrats want veto power over whom Republicans can nominate. And this is the crowd that does not cease to bray about its devotion to “democracy.”)
— The First Amendment Is in Peril (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents want to abolish the First Amendment. They want you to read/hear only what they write/say. Failing that, they want the following to punish me and to punish those who read my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters: Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Milton Township Republican Organization, Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, Illinois, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Illinois Center Right Coalition, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter, Republican elected/appointed officials, Republican candidates on ballots for my precinct, etc.)
https://americanfreepress.net/the-first-amendment-is-in-peril/
— Assault on Red States Begins
https://americanfreepress.net/assault-on-red-states-begins/

BREITBART
— Mo Brooks on Amnesty: ‘Power Grab’ Giving ‘Massive Election Advantage’ to Democrats – ROBERT KRAYCHIK
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/02/03/mo-brooks-amnesty-power-grab-giving-massive-election-advantage/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Head of the U.S. Bishops’ Committee on Migration sides with Democrats against America.
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2021/02/05/u-s-bishops-praise-president-bidens-immigration-orders/

DAILY CALLER
— Want Unity? Remember Who Is Calling For It – KEVIN ROBERTS
https://dailycaller.com/2021/02/04/remember-who-is-calling-for-unity-joe-biden-kevin-roberts/

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— “what’s being taught on campuses is that the … most important thing … is the color of your skin” – William A. Jacobson
https://legalinsurrection.com/2021/02/whats-being-taught-on-campuses-is-that-the-most-important-thing-is-the-color-of-your-skin/

ONE AMERICA NEWS NETWORK
— Democrats Applying ‘Double Standard’ To Cancel Greene
https://www.oann.com/rep-babin-democrats-applying-double-standard-to-cancel-greene/

LIFE SITE NEWS
— Twitter, Facebook ramp up censorship of dissenters from Biden’s transgender policies. Acknowledging that men cannot become women violates Facebook’s ‘rules against hateful conduct.’ – Calvin Freiburger
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/twitter-facebook-ramp-up-censorship-of-dissenters-from-bidens-transgender-policies

THE HILL
— Finally, a Republican leader declares war on Big Tech – LIZ PEEK (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes side with Big Teck against conservatives.)
https://thehill.com/opinion/technology/537332-finally-a-republican-leader-declares-war-on-big-tech
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A Republican leader has decided to take on Big Tech. It’s high time. While other Republican legislators complain and pontificate about Twitter, Facebook and Google’s interference in our elections and censoring of conservative voices, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has declared war on the tech giants. DeSantis is proposing legislation that asks the Florida state legislature to impose stiff fines – up to $100,000 per day – on tech companies that “deplatform” political candidates running for office in his state. Candidates like, for instance, Donald Trump. Calling the tech giants “enforcers of preferred narratives” whose interests are “not in the public interest,” DeSantis, a Republican, wants to “ensure the protection of the people and their rights.” His proposed bill would allow individuals and the Florida attorney general to sue firms that violate newly established safeguards against privacy violations and censorship.)

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— GOP states weigh limits on how race and slavery are taught – Andrew DeMillo
https://www.wral.com/gop-states-weigh-limits-on-how-race-and-slavery-are-taught/19507672/

NEW YORK TIMES
— A Plan to Keep Extremists Out of the GOP – Timothy Egan (DIERSEN: I should write a book about Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, Green plants, Independent plants, and RINOs in the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization who since 2000 have demonized, denigrated, and condemned conservatives like me the most. I would focus on those who have/had lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Illinois, DuPage County, DuPage County’s 4th District, Milton Township, Wheaton, and Wheaton’s West District.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/05/opinion/a-plan-to-keep-extremists-out-of-the-gop.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Primary Challenges Proliferate Against Republicans Who Voted to Impeach. Republican lawmakers who supported President Donald Trump’s second impeachment are attracting potential primary challengers for 2022 – Gabriel T. Rubin
https://www.wsj.com/articles/primary-challenges-proliferate-against-republicans-who-voted-to-impeach-11612521001
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Diante Johnson, an organizer with Black Voices for Trump last year and a field organizer with Trump’s 2016 campaign, has told associates he may launch a challenge to Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R., Ill.), depending on how the district looks after Democratic-led redistricting in the state this year. According to a person familiar with his thinking, Johnson is leaning toward launching a bid, motivated by Kinzinger’s vote to impeach Trump and his overall opposition to the former Republican president. Kinzinger has said he is at peace with the possibility that he could lose re-election over his Trump stance and launched a political-action committee to support fellow anti-Trump Republicans.)
— Voting-Machine Company Smartmatic Sues Fox News Over Election Claims. Lawsuit cites statements about presidential election made by anchors including Maria Bartiromo and Lou Dobbs – Benjamin Mullin and Alexa Corse
https://www.wsj.com/articles/voting-machine-company-smartmatic-sues-fox-news-over-election-claims-11612463623
— The Crisis of Unemployed College Graduates. Colleges must help prepare the class of 2021 to navigate the worst job market in decades. – Jeffrey Selingo and Matt Sigelman (DIERSEN: What year did you graduate from college? I graduated in 1970 from NIU with a bachelor’s degree in management. What negatively impacted your job search? For me, it was my being draft bait. My father had died suddenly in October of 1969. Potential employers did not believe that my financial hardship draft deferment application to support my mother and brother in Crete would be approved. Further, potential employers were under tremendous pressure to hire minorities, females, and veterans. Consequently, I took the only job offer that got — retail sales manager for the Firestone Store in Chicago Heights. The job did not really require a college degree. Constructively, I was the store’s showroom salesman. Advancement opportunities were limited and slow. The store’s manager did not approve of my demographics (draft avoider, German-American, and Protestant). He never would have hired me, but Firestone Stores headquarters forced him to take me.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-crisis-of-unemployed-college-graduates-11612454124
— Liz Cheney and Marjorie Taylor Greene. House Republicans fail to oblige the Democratic desire for GOP civil war.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/liz-cheney-and-marjorie-taylor-greene-11612481662
— The GOP’s First 2021 Victory. Ousting Liz Cheney would have reinforced the Democrats’ nasty caricature. – Kimberley A. Strassel
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-gops-first-2021-victory-11612481021

BUSINESS INSIDER
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters want the Republican Party to get rid of all those who do not hate Trump.
https://www.businessinsider.com/gop-votes-marjorie-taylor-and-liz-cheney-2021-2

USA TODAY
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Platform Republicans voted for Trump in 2016 and 2020.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2021/02/04/joe-biden-opportunity-win-over-trump-pocketbook-voters-column/4307595001/

U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— Unease in the GOP’s ‘Big Tent’ – Lisa Hagen (DIERSEN: The “BIG TENT” policy is destroying the Illinois Republican Party (IRP), DuPage County Republican Central Committee (DCRCC), Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO), etc. I should write a book about present and past leaders of the IRP, DCRCC, MTRO, etc. who hate conservatives, that is, who hate the base of the Republican Party in Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, etc. Most commonly, the aforesaid conservative-haters reject the traditional marriage/family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks in the Republican Party platform.)
https://www.usnews.com/news/the-report/articles/2021-02-05/greene-cheney-expose-the-unease-in-the-gops-big-tent

NEWSWEEK
— Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Ability to Make Legislative Impact Dampened After Committee Removals – EMILY CZACHOR (DIERSEN: What has dampened your impact? 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, or American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member.)
https://www.newsweek.com/marjorie-taylor-greenes-ability-make-legislative-impact-dampened-after-committee-removals-1566989

February 3 Evening Edition

CBS2
— Illinois State Lawmakers Now Eligible To Get COVID-19 Vaccines
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2021/02/03/illinois-state-lawmakers-now-eligible-to-get-covid-19-vaccines/

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Lightfoot blames Trump for standoff between city’s public schools and teachers union – Bradford Betz (DIERSEN: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters blame Trump for everything that is bad.)
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/lightfoot-blames-trump-for-standoff-between-citys-public-schools-and-teachers-union

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin taking gavel of the powerful Senate Judiciary Committee – RICK PEARSON
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-dick-durbin-judiciary-chair-20210203-47swz7cjqnhivau2hcqajs52t4-story.html
— Gov. J.B. Pritzker allows state lawmakers to receive COVID-19 vaccinations, joining Chicago city leaders and elected officials who were already allowed doses in current rollout plan – ALICE YIN, JAMIE MUNKS and DAN PETRELLA
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-politicians-coronavirus-vaccine-illinois-chicago-20210203-ybmttawyffbyza6crx3cizzj4e-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote abortion.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/steve-chapman/ct-column-abortion-medication-fda-biden-chapman-20210203-p25dxp7d5bd3davzbdmdpufurm-story.html
— House Democrats plan vote on ousting Marjorie Taylor Greene from committees as GOP leader signals he won’t punish her – AP
https://www.chicagotribune.com/nation-world/ct-nw-gop-divided-20210202-qwxlorp3cjcwzi4cmjwiyevus4-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Cubs co-owner Todd Ricketts reups as Republican National Committee finance chair; led Trump reelection fundraising drive. The move suggests that Ricketts, a Wilmette resident, is not seriously considering a run for Illinois governor in 2022. – Lynn Sweet
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2021/2/3/22265262/cubs-todd-ricketts-reups-republican-national-committee-finance-chair-led-trump-fundraising
— ‘Welcomed step’ or ‘ridiculous?’ — state lawmakers split on decision to allow them to get COVID-19 vaccine ahead of others. Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s spokeswoman said the decision was made at the “request of members of the General Assembly.” Still, the governor plans to wait his turn. – Rachel Hinton
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2021/2/3/22264435/illinois-state-lawmakers-vaccine-coronavirus-covid-19-phase-1b
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Illinois dispensaries sold record $88 million in January after massive first year of recreational weed sales. January sales outpaced the more than $86 million reported in December. – Tom Schuba
https://chicago.suntimes.com/cannabis/2021/2/3/22264379/illinois-recreational-weed-sales-record-january-2021-pot-marijuana-cannabis

DAILY HERALD
— Republicans propose recall, repeal measures – JERRY NOWICKI
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20210203/republicans-propose-recall-repeal-measures
— McHenry County Board member Pamela Althoff’s lobbyist work raises questions about ethics, conflicts of interest – Kelli Duncan
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20210203/mchenry-county-board-members-lobbyist-work-raises-questions-about-ethics-conflicts-of-interest
— Oberweis camp expects action soon on petition to undo Underwood’s reelection – Brenda Schory
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20210203/oberweis-camp-expects-action-soon-on-petition-to-undo-underwoods-reelection
— New DuPage judge appointed Leah M. Bendik
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20210203/new-dupage-judge-appointed

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Former gubernatorial candidate Sam McCann indicted on campaign finance charges – Ben Szalinski
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/2021/02/03/former-gubernatorial-candidate-mccann-indicted-campaign-violations/4379196001/
— New standards for teacher education developed by the Illinois State Board of Education are receiving a backlash from Republican lawmakers as a way to teach liberal politics in the classroom. – Ben Szalinski
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/2021/02/03/republicans-oppose-culturally-responsive-teacher-standards/4357715001/

SUBURBAN CHICAGOLAND
— GOP House Members urged to fight Pelosi attack on newly elected Member Marjorie Taylor Greene Republicans should refuse to participate in Democrat hit job – Ray Hanania
https://suburbanchicagoland.com/2021/02/03/gop-house-members-urged-to-fight-pelosi-attack-on-newly-elected-member/

LINCOLN COURIER
— Generational eradication – Jim Killebrew, Lincoln
https://www.lincolncourier.com/story/opinion/2021/02/03/letter-editor-generational-eradication/4355501001/

PLATT COUNTY JOURNAL REPUBLICAN
— Officials critical of state criminal justice reform bill
https://www.journal-republican.com/news/officials-critical-of-state-criminal-justice-reform-bill/article_a2232332-659c-11eb-812c-936cae8ded0d.html

FOX ILLINOIS
— Biden seeks to chip away at Trump immigration policies through new executive orders – KRISTINE FRAZAO
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/biden-seeks-to-chip-away-at-trump-immigration-policies-through-new-executive-orders
— Biden set to boost US refugee admissions after Trump cut – AP
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/biden-set-to-boost-us-refugee-admissions-after-trump-cut
— Cannabis corruption: How state and local leaders are profiting off the burgeoning industry – KRISTINE FRAZAO
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/cannabis-corruption-how-state-and-local-leaders-are-profiting-off-the-burgeoning-industry

NPR ILLINOIS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters say “Examining Domestic Extremist Threats To Americans And U.S. Government.”
https://www.nprillinois.org/post/examining-domestic-extremist-threats-americans-and-us-government#stream/0

WGLT
— Illinois Continues To Lose Residents, Particularly Outside Chicago Area – TIM SHELLEY (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who focus on driving Republicans a) out of Illinois, b) out of DuPage County, c) out of DuPage County’s 4th District, d) out of Milton Township, e) out of Wheaton, f) out of Wheaton’s West District, and g) out of my precinct.)
https://www.wglt.org/post/illinois-continues-lose-residents-particulary-outside-chicago-area#stream/0

ILLINOIS PATCH
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: The hate-filled Southern Poverty Law Center promotes hatred against individuals, groups, companies, governments, and countries that do not promote LGBTQ including Americans for Truth about Homosexuality (AFTAH) and Illinois Family Institute (IFI). I promote AFTAH and IFI. I should write a book about LGBTQ-promoters in Wheaton’s West District, in Wheaton, in Milton Township, in DuPage County’s 4th District, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who continue to do everything that they can to destroy me a) because I do not promote LGBTQ and b) because I promote AFTAH and IFI.
https://patch.com/illinois/across-il/hate-group-activity-harder-track-illinois-2020-report

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Illinois’ top doctor tells Congress that Trump is to blame for vaccine troubles – Cole Lauterbach (DIERSEN: Sooner or later, hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters blame all problems on Trump.)
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/illinois-top-doctor-tells-congress-that-trump-is-to-blame-for-vaccine-troubles/article_3ec64bec-65b1-11eb-951e-238b7283ef46.html

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— Former IL Senator Sam McCann Federally Indicted For His Use of Campaign Funds – JOHN KRAFT & KIRK ALLEN
https://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2021/02/former-il-senator-sam-mccann-federally-indicted-for-his-use-of-campaign-funds/

ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— “Comply, Conform, or Consequences” – David E. Smith
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2021/02/spotlight-comply-conform-or-consequences/

CAPITOL FAX
— COVID-19 roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2021/02/03/covid-19-roundup-74/
— 3,314 new confirmed and probable cases; 69 additional deaths; 2,469 hospitalized; 520 in ICU; 3.5 percent average case positivity rate; 4.5 percent average test positivity rate; 45,787 average daily doses
https://capitolfax.com/2021/02/03/3314-new-confirmed-and-probable-cases-69-additional-deaths-2469-hospitalized-520-in-icu-35-percent-average-case-positivity-rate-45-percent-average-test-positivity-rate-45787-average-daily-doses/

FOX NEWS
— Study dismissing conservative concerns about Big Tech bias was funded by far-left Biden mega-donor. Billionaire Craig Newmark gave millions to Poynter Institute, which published ‘blacklist’ of conservative sites in 2019. – Brian Flood (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who blacklist me and blacklist my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters. I would focus on those who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton’s West District, Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County’s 4th District, DuPage County, and Illinois. I would focus on Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct who have lost elections, their major donors, their political consultants, their campaign managers, their campaign staff members, and their campaign volunteers. I would focus on those who I have sued.)
https://www.foxnews.com/media/study-dismissing-conservative-concerns-big-tech-bias-funded-joe-biden-mega-donor
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Poynter, which operates PolitiFact, infamously published a blacklist of 515 websites it deemed “unreliable” in 2019. The overwhelming majority were conservative, and it encouraged advertisers to not support them. Poynter ultimately apologized for the report, which was penned by an employee of the far-left Southern Poverty Law Center. Newmark has also called on Big Tech platforms to “take action” against “bad actors” online. “The social media platform[s] know who the bad actors are. They know who the foreign adversaries are, they know who their domestic allies are,” Newmark said on the Digiday podcast last year. “They should take action against all of them.” Conservatives have accused social media platforms of everything from shadow banning them to restricting free speech. Former Facebook employees admitted in 2016 to restricting news stories of interest to conservative readers from its “trending” section, and Big Tech employees have overwhelmingly favored Democrats in their political donations.)
— John Cox on plans to challenge Gov. Newsom if recall is successful
https://news.yahoo.com/john-cox-plans-challenge-gov-180724676.html
— NYU’s farce of a study on Big Tech censorship of conservatives Billionaires fund their own studies and they get the conclusions they pay for. – Tucker Carlson
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/tucker-carlson-big-tech-censorship-nyu-study-craig-newmark

GOPUSA
— Coming For You? Joe Biden Considers ‘Reality Czar’ To Fight ‘Disinformation’
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=106098
— Newsmax Anchor Walks Off Set After Trying To Stop Mike Lindell Talking About Election Fraud Instead Of Twitter Censorship
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=106101
— DeSantis Vows To Punish Big Tech For Silencing The Voices Of Conservatives
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=106081

ONE NEWS NOW
— The inequality of ‘equity’ – Ben Shapiro
https://onenewsnow.com/perspectives/ben-shapiro/2021/02/03/the-inequality-of-equity

PATRIOT POST
— Democrats Are Baiting and Begging for More Violence. The Democrat proliferators of hate and division are enticing more anarchist violence that they will attribute to “Trump supporters.” – MARK ALEXANDER
https://patriotpost.us/alexander/77492
— Biden Immigration Orders Undo Trump’s Progress. Three more executive orders Tuesday were focused on rescinding previous border-security efforts. – Nate Jackson
https://patriotpost.us/articles/77478-biden-immigration-orders-undo-trumps-progress-2021-02-03

BREITBART
— Joe Biden Signs Order Revamping Welfare-Dependent Immigration – John Binder
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/02/02/joe-biden-signs-order-revamping-welfare-dependent-immigration/
— Biden’s Order on Central America: Offers Aid, Takes People – NEIL MUNRO
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/02/03/bidens-directive-to-central-america-promises-aid-extracts-migrants/
— Durbin on Biden Immigration Plan: ‘Can’t Revert’ to Belief That ‘Immigrants Are Enemies’ – Trent Baker (DIERSEN: Democrats have declared war on Republicans. Democrats see citizens of foreign countries as being their soldiers in their army to get rid of Republicans once and for all.)
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2021/02/03/durbin-on-biden-immigration-plan-cant-revert-to-belief-that-immigrants-are-enemies/

CONSERVATIVE HQ
— Demand an End to Amazon’s Hate Against Conservatives
https://www.conservativehq.org/post/demand-an-end-to-amazon-s-hate-against-conservatives

TOWNHALL
— The State Department’s newly installed deputy spokesperson, Jalina Porter, said in a 2016 Facebook post that the “largest threat to U.S. national security are U.S. cops.” – Matt Vespa
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2021/02/03/is-this-a-joke-that-who-bidens-state-department-spox-declared-was-our-greatest-national-security-threat-n2584134

PJ MEDIA
— Social Media Bias Just Got Even More Orwellian – PAULA BOLYARD
https://pjmedia.com/columns/paula-bolyard/2021/02/03/want-to-know-what-conservative-media-is-up-against-check-out-this-chilling-new-report-on-social-media-bias-n1422313

RIGHT WING NEWS HOUR
— Millions of Americans are Now Considered Terrorists By Our Govt. – Ryan Michael
https://rightwingnewshour.com/millions-of-americans-are-now-considered-terrorists-by-our-govt/

THE HILL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater says Kinzinger says “GOP colleagues have thanked me for speaking out against Trump.”
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/537211-kinzinger-gop-colleagues-have-thanked-me-for-speaking-out-against-trump
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater says “A free press cannot ‘cancel’ opposing views.”
https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/536999-a-free-press-cannot-cancel-opposing-views
— McCarthy announces no disciplinary actions against Greene – JULIEGRACE BRUFKE (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents want the following to take disciplinary actions against me for including links in GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters to articles that they do not like: Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Milton Township Republican Organization, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Illinois Center Right Coalition, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter, Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct, etc.)
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/537235-mccarthy-announces-no-actions-against-greene

NBC NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: The more that you do against Trump, the more that hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters glorify and praise you.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/cheney-refuses-apologize-voting-impeach-trump-during-closed-door-gop-n1256670

WASHINGTON POST
— Canada declares the Proud Boys a terrorist group – Amanda Coletta
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/canada-proud-boys-terrorist-capitol-siege/2021/02/03/546b1d5c-6628-11eb-8468-21bc48f07fe5_story.html
— Proud Boys and Black Lives Matter activists clashed in a Florida suburb. Only one side was charged. – Tim Craig (DIERSEN: Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs put tremendous pressure on police a) to cozy up to BLM activists and b) to be harsh on Proud Boy activists.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/florida-protest-bill-unequal-treatment/2021/02/01/415d1b02-6240-11eb-9061-07abcc1f9229_story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: After months of public outrage and accusations of discrimination over the disparate penalties, New Port Richey police dropped the citations against Boneta and six other Black Lives Matter demonstrators in early January. But not before the Tampa-suburb became another front in the national debate over whether authorities treat left-wing protesters too harshly while cozying up to far-right extremists.)
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters say “Sean Hannity is the face of the post-Trump identity crisis at Fox News.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/media/fox-ratings-sean-hannity-cnn-msnbc/2021/02/02/9a604eac-650d-11eb-8c64-9595888caa15_story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater says “Republicans must go cold turkey to escape the Trump cult.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/02/03/republicans-must-go-cold-turkey-escape-trump-cult/

LOS ANGELES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater says “The GOP’s civil war is just beginning, and the fighting will get worse before it gets better.” The many hate-filled conservative-hating Democrat plant, Libertarian plant, Green plant, Independent plant, and RINO leaders of the Republican Party are using the Capitol Riot, Kinzinger, and other hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters a) to get rid of conservatives once and for all and b) to destroy the Republican Party once and for all.
https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2021-02-03/the-gops-civil-war-is-just-beginning

NEWSWEEK
— Maxine Waters Wants Donald Trump Charged With Premeditated Murder for Capitol Riot – MEGHAN ROOS
https://www.newsweek.com/maxine-waters-wants-donald-trump-charged-premeditated-murder-capitol-riot-1566626

RAW STORY
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater says that “Reince Priebus blasts rioting Trump supporters as ‘domestic terrorists’: ‘Pure insanity and disgusting’”
https://www.rawstory.com/reince-priebus-blasts-trump-rioters/

SLATE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Republican-hating Republican-hater says “House Votes to Fine Members Up to $10,000 for Refusing Capitol Security Screening.”
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2021/02/house-votes-approves-fines-capitol-security-screening-metal-detectors.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The extremist, anti-everything wing of the GOP that is at the center of this self-involved showdown is comprised of exactly who you’d expect: Colorado Rep. Lauren Boebert, who refused to hand over her bag when it set of the metal detector, and other Republican members, like Ralph Norman of South Carolina, and Texas’ Louie Gohmert, among others, who have chosen to just slip right around them. “This is bullshit,” Republican Rep. Rodney Davis of Illinois told the officers, outraged, when stopped at the door.)

February 2 Evening Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Republican-hating Republican-hater says “Adam Kinzinger’s new quest to sober up the conspiracy-drunk Republican Party? Good luck with that.”
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/eric-zorn/ct-column-kinzinger-country1st-republican-conservative-soul-zorn-20210202-7vvj2bhrsbgwpc63zgbphjylyu-story.html
— OUTRAGEOUS: Candidate who voted as a Democrat in a primary can run as a Republican for Lockport Township assessor, judge rules – TED SLOWIK
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/opinion/ct-sta-slowik-lockport-township-election-st-0203-20210202-ot7vtueafjay3ds7qs6je4me3e-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters say “Adam Kinzinger wants to unplug the GOP ‘rage machine.’ A man can dream. A viable democracy needs at least two strong and competing political parties. It’s not great when one party has sold its soul to a lynch mob.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2021/2/2/22260547/adam-kinzinger-country-first-republican-party-marjorie-taylor-greene
— The constitutionality of Donald Trump’s impeachment trial is not ‘crystal clear’ Plausible arguments lie on both sides of the debate. – Jacob Sullum
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2021/2/2/22262800/donald-trump-impeachment-constitution-jacob-sullum
— State Senate Democrats decide ‘it makes sense’ to meet virtually, but GOP argues ‘it is time to get back’ to Springfield The cancelled session days had been scheduled for Feb. 9-11 and 16-18. “There shouldn’t be any issues,” said a spokesman for state Senate President Don Harmon. But Senate Republicans blasted Harmon for his reliance on meeting remotely. – Andrew Sullender
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2021/2/2/22263293/state-senate-democrats-springfield-session-republican-harmon-mcconchie-coronavirus-covid-19

DAILY HERALD
— Feder: Fox News passes off radio host Amy Jacobson as merely ‘Chicago parent’ – Robert Feder
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20210202/feder-fox-news-passes-off-radio-host-amy-jacobson-as-merely-chicago-parent
— 32 candidates apply for Naperville District 203 board vacancy – Lauren Rohr
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20210202/32-candidates-apply-for-naperville-district-203-board-vacancy

ABC7
— Illinois COVID Update: IL reports 2,304 new coronavirus cases, 47 deaths; Cook County could enters Phase 4 – Diane Pathieu
https://abc7chicago.com/health/il-reports-2304-new-covid-19-cases;-suburban-cook-co-enters-phase-4-/10242572/

CBS2
— Chicago’s South Side Irish Parade Canceled For Second Year In A Row – Jim Williams
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2021/02/02/chicagos-south-side-irish-parade-canceled-for-second-year-in-a-row/

WGN RADIO
— McCarthy faces choices as GOP divides over Cheney, Greene – AP
https://wgnradio.com/news/political-news/mcconnell-praises-cheney-hits-marjorie-taylor-greene/

SUBURBAN CHICAGOLAND
— Who is Adam Kinzinger trying to kid? After years of supporting former President Donald Trump trying to advance his own career, Congressman Adam Kinzinger of Illinois’ 16th District is pandering to the anti-Trump tar and feathering by the news media and the Left. Not because he thinks what Trump did was wrong, but because he sees a real opportunity to politically benefit. – Ray Hanania
https://suburbanchicagoland.com/2021/02/02/who-is-adam-kinzinger-trying-kid/

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Kinzinger launches new organization to fight Trump Republicans – Cole Lauterbach (DIERSEN: From what I see, the more of the following that you have done, the more that hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters call you a “Trump Republican:” a) shared articles that were favorable to Trump, b) cast a Republican ballot in the March 17, 2020 primary and voted in the November 3, 2020 election, c) displayed a Trump yard sign, d) attended a Trump rally, e) gave money to and/or raised money for Trump, f) serve as a Republican Precinct Committeeman/Captain, and/or g) are a law enforcement officer, conservative, patriotic, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, gun owner, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/kinzinger-launches-new-organization-to-fight-trump-republicans/article_5d553970-64e3-11eb-b570-07dc65e61d30.html

CHICAGO NOW
— Likely Gov Candidate Rabine airs tonight in Chicago and in N & NW Chicago Metro suburbs: safer commercial areas and neighborhoods, more jobs & better schools – Jeff Berkowitz
http://www.chicagonow.com/public-affairs-with-jeff-berkowitz/2021/02/likely-gov-candidate-rabine-airs-tonight-in-chicago-and-in-n-nw-chicago-metro-suburbs-safer-commercial-areas-and-neighborhoods-more-jobs-better-schools-cable-web/

WILLIAM J. KELLY
— Chicago’s second cancelation of St. Patrick’s Day is an insult to Chicago’s Irish community
https://www.williamjkelly.org/news/patricksday

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— ILLINOIS LAWMAKERS TO VOTE ON CONTROVERSIAL ‘CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE’ EDUCATION RULE – Amy Korte
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/illinois-lawmakers-to-vote-on-controversial-culturally-responsive-education-rule/

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Second Unsuccessful Female Candidate Opposes Shaw as Next Illinois Party Chairman
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/02/02/second-unsuccessful-female-candidate-opposes-shaw-as-next-illinois-party-chairman/
— Almost Half of Colorado Drugged Driver Arrests in Colorado Found with Pot in Systems
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/02/02/almost-half-of-colorado-drugged-driver-arrests-in-colorado-found-with-pot-in-systems/
— Putin’s Russian Problems – Link to Video Causing Them
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/02/01/putins-russian-problems/
— Unsurprisingly, the Republican Who Helped Defeat Jeanne Ives Comes Out in Support of Adam Kinzinger
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/02/02/unsurprisingly-the-republican-who-helped-defeat-jeanne-ives-comes-out-in-support-of-adam-kinzinger/

CAPITOL FAX
— Uproar over ISBE’s “culturally responsive” teaching standards
https://capitolfax.com/2021/02/02/uproar-over-isbes-culturally-responsive-teaching-standards/
— Senate cancels in-person February session days, will hold committee hearings online
https://capitolfax.com/2021/02/02/senate-cancels-in-person-february-session-days-will-hold-committee-hearings-online/
— 2,304 new confirmed and probable cases; 47 additional deaths; 2,447 hospitalized; 533 in ICU; 3.9 average case positivity rate; 4.9 percent average test positivity rate; 44,139 average daily doses; State tops 1 million vaccines; Region 10 moves to Phase 4
https://capitolfax.com/2021/02/02/2304-new-confirmed-and-probable-cases-47-additional-deaths-2447-hospitalized-533-in-icu-39-average-case-positivity-rate-49-percent-average-test-positivity-rate-44139-average-daily-doses-state-tops-1-m/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— A virtual Illinois Legislature: Lawmakers plan spring work by video – AP
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/feb/2/a-virtual-legislature-lawmakers-plan-spring-work-b/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Liz Cheney faces censures by Republican parties in 10 Wyoming counties – Zachary Halaschak
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/cheney-censured-ten-wyoming-republican-counties
— Trump defense team argues impeachment trial violates Constitution – Jerry Dunleavy
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/trump-defense-team-argues-impeachment-trial-violates-constitution

FOX NEWS
— Schumer says Dems could censure Trump if impeachment trial ends in acquittal. But the Democratic leader asserts Trump ‘deserves conviction, nothing less” – Thomas Barrabi
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/schumer-dems-could-censure-trump-if-impeachment-doesnt-end-in-conviction

GOPUSA
— The Left’s Ongoing Campaign To Denigrate Trump Supporters – David Limbaugh
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=105894

BREITBART
— Liz Cheney Censured by Republican Parties in 10 Wyoming Counties
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/02/02/liz-cheney-censured-by-republican-parties-in-10-wyoming-counties/

BLAZE
— White House asks reporters to submit questions ahead of daily press briefings: ‘Not really a free press’ The Biden administration has brought back the daily press briefing. – CHRIS ENLOE
https://www.theblaze.com/news/white-house-reporters-questions-ahead-of-time

DAILY CALLER
— Schumer Leaves The Door Open On Censuring Trump If He Is Acquitted In Senate – HENRY RODGERS
https://dailycaller.com/2021/02/02/chuck-schumer-democrats-censure-donald-trump-if-acquitted-senate/

DAILY WIRE
— Trump’s Lawyers Offer Former President’s Answer To Impeachment Article On Incitement Of Insurrection. Senate “lacks jurisdiction over the 45th President because he holds no public office from which he can be removed” – Joseph Curl
https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-trumps-lawyers-offer-former-presidents-answer-to-impeachment-article-on-incitement-of-insurrection

THE HILL
— Democrats offer resolution denouncing white supremacists ahead of Trump trial – SARAH POLUS (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, the more of the following that you are, the more that Democrats hint/imply/argue/shout that you are White supremacist, Nazi, KKK member, hater, racist, sexist, bigot, and even worse things who should be gotten rid of once and for all: law enforcement officer, veteran, Trump supporter, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, gun owner, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/536990-democrats-resolution-denouncing-white-supremacy
— Two major teachers’ unions call on GOP leadership to remove Greene from Education Committee – JOSEPH CHOI
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/536976-two-major-teachers-unions-call-on-gop-leadership-to-remove-greene-from

CNN
— House charges Trump is ‘singularly responsible’ for inciting insurrection as ex-president’s team claims he’s protected by 1st Amendment – Jeremy Herb, Manu Raju and Lauren Fox
https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/02/politics/democratic-impeachment-filing/index.html

U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— Trump’s Lawyers Proclaim His Innocence in Filing Ahead of Impeachment Trial – Lisa Hagen
https://www.usnews.com/news/national-news/articles/2021-02-02/trumps-lawyers-proclaim-his-innocence-in-filing-ahead-of-impeachment-trial

NEWSWEEK
— Virginia State Senator Amanda Chase Sues Legislature After Being Censured for Praising Capitol Rioters – NATALIE COLAROSSI
https://www.newsweek.com/virginia-state-senator-amanda-chase-sues-legislature-after-being-censured-praising-capitol-rioters-1566312

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Trump, House Democrats Lay Out Impeachment Trial Strategies. Former president argues process is unconstitutional because he is out of office – Rebecca Ballhaus and Siobhan Hughes
https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-house-democrats-to-lay-out-impeachment-trial-strategies-11612270484

DETROIT NEWS
— Cass County GOP censures Upton over impeachment vote – Melissa Nann Burke
https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/2021/02/02/cass-county-gop-censures-upton-over-impeachment-vote/4354166001/

HERALD PALLADIUM
— Cass County GOP censures Upton. Wording of resolution similar to Allegan County measure. – ALEXANDRA NEWMAN
https://www.heraldpalladium.com/news/cass-county-gop-censures-upton/article_1d9e38ac-7ec2-526d-8ca7-75ff3722ddf6.html

POST AND COURIER
— U.S. Rep. Tom Rice’s South Carolina GOP colleagues offer limited support after impeachment vote – Jamie Lovegrove
https://www.postandcourier.com/politics/u-s-rep-tom-rices-sc-gop-colleagues-offer-limited-support-after-impeachment-vote/article_cf1e5dba-6566-11eb-a832-976bd1efe07a.html

LGBTQ NATION
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater crows “Dolly Parton turned down the Presidential Medal of Freedom twice when Trump offered it to her. Now President Joe Biden has come calling.
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2021/02/dolly-parton-turned-presidential-medal-freedom-twice-trump-offered/

February 2 Morning Edition

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— The Illinois Republican Party is at an inflection point that’s gone beyond the urban vs. rural debate. Now the state party, like its national counterpart, must decide whether it’s in lockstep with former President Donald Trump and his loyal supporters or head down a path that’s more inclusive. The direction it takes will be determined in large part on Saturday, when the state Republican Central Committee selects its next chairman. Current leader Tim Schneider is stepping down after five years in the position. A critical litmus test in replacing Schneider may be the candidates’ views of Rep. Adam Kinzinger and his vote to support Trump’s impeachment. Do they want to censure the 16th District congressman, as some Republicans have called for? Or do they agree to disagree with him, as Schneider has done. Mark Shaw, the Lake County Republican Party chairman who represents the more conservative arm of the party, has talked about censure with Republicans but told Playbook he hasn’t yet decided to take a public stand on the issue. “I have not taken a position yet on whether U.S. Rep. Adam Kinzinger should be admonished by the Republican Party for his actions and/or comments,” he said in a text. He would not elaborate on his thoughts about Kinzinger’s vote. Shaw is supported by former congressional candidate Jim Oberweis and grassroots conservatives, and he’s also taken heat from pro-Trumpers like Catalina Lauf, centrist state Sen. Sue Rezin, and others. Lauf and Rezin have taken issue with Shaw for endorsing Oberweis in the IL-14 GOP primary weeks before petitions were filed. That Shaw would engineer a campaign in a contested primary to favor a white man over a respected female state senator (Rezin) and a pro-Trump Latina (Lauf) has infuriated many Republicans across the state. Rezin wrote a letter to party leaders in November complaining about Shaw’s actions. And Lauf tweeted over the weekend, saying, “We need a leader who will listen to those on the ground, committed to grassroots, and who can actually lead the GOP in this State on a path forward.” The other candidates applying for state GOP chair say they don’t support Kinzinger’s impeachment vote but they also don’t back censure. “I strongly disagree with Congressman Kinzinger’s vote…but I also oppose an Illinois GOP censure of him,” former Illinois Gaming Board exec Don Tracy told Playbook. Tracy is a downstate Republican who has support from grassroots conservatives as well as centrists. He’s backed by Congressman Darin LaHood and Rodney Davis, state House Minority Leader Jim Durkin, and conservative voice John Tillman. Kendall County Board Chairman Scott Gryder, who has the support of state Rep. Keith Wheeler, echoed Tracy, saying, “We as a party need to focus on what unifies us which is electing candidates that support our small businesses, fight for the middle class, promote transparency in government and fight corruption.” – SHIA KAPOS and MARIA CARRASCO
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2021/02/02/emanuel-as-envoy-inflection-point-for-il-gop-a-call-for-transportation-equity-cps-ctu-cool-off-491601

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Adam Kinzinger is launching a GOP-renewal PAC. Will GOP donors back it? – GREG HINZ (DIERSEN: One would expect that only hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters would back Kinzinger’s PAC.)
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/greg-hinz-politics/adam-kinzinger-launching-gop-renewal-pac-will-gop-donors-back-it
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “There has been an undercurrent for a while of people who didn’t like Trump but didn’t have a place to go. Now Adam has provided a place,” says former state Republican Chairman Pat Brady. “I think there will be donors who appreciate what he’s doing and will contribute to it.” Among them will be Brady, who says he “absolutely” will write a check himself. . .Kinzinger’s main Illinois fundraiser is Lisa Wagner. She’s worked for numerous Republican officials here, most considered political moderates.)

WGN TV
— Race plays big factor in CPS reopening fight – Tahman Bradley
https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/role-of-race-plays-big-factor-in-fight-for-reopening-of-cps-schools/

WGN RADIO
— Google antes up $2.6M to settle pay, job discrimination case – AP (DIERSEN: If I had not been denied my 7th Amendment rights in Diersen v. GAO, I would have presented a jury with evidence that my Democrat GAO superiors paid their employees who were Democrat, minority, female, and/or younger far more than they paid their employees who were Republican, White, male, and/or older and who had similar or more education, work experience, and/or professional certifications and licenses.)
https://wgnradio.com/news/technology-news/google-antes-up-2-6m-to-settle-pay-job-discrimination-case/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The settlement announced Monday closes a 4-year-old case that the Labor Department brought as part its periodic reviews of the pay practices at federal government contractors such as Google. That inquiry resulted in accusations that during a period spanning from 2014 to 2017, Google paid female engineers less than men in similar positions. The pay discrepancies were cited in several Google offices in its home state of California, as well as at locations in Seattle and Kirkland, Washington. Google had fiercely contested the allegations as unfounded before reaching the settlement without acknowledging any wrongdoing.)

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Facebook is poisoning too many minds. – REX HUPPKE (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes promote Facebook.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/rex-huppke/ct-facebook-conspiracy-extremists-capitol-attack-biden-trump-huppke-20210202-yaw5fimqefdk7hhztl6qjjchwy-story.html

PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— Mitch McConnell blasts GOP congresswoman Taylor Greene over ‘loony lies’
https://www.pjstar.com/story/news/politics/mitch-mcconnell/2021/02/01/mitch-mcconnell-blasts-rep-marjorie-taylor-greene-over-loony-lies/4349887001/

MADISON
— Wisconsin Republicans grapple with state of party post-Trump – Briana Reilly (DIERSEN: In Illinois, the fracture has always been between Republicans who support the traditional marriage/family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks in the Republican Party platform and Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, Green plants, Independent plants, and RINOs who reject one or more of the aforesaid planks.)
https://madison.com/ct/news/local/govt-and-politics/wisconsin-republicans-grapple-with-state-of-party-post-trump/article_7e52d38c-4b9a-5bbf-b15a-48a43d489c02.html

SUBURBAN LIFE
— West Suburban region’s positivity rate drops to 6.5% as DuPage County reports 131 COVID-19 cases Monday – Joshua Welge
https://www.shawlocal.com/my-suburban-life/coronavirus/2021/02/02/west-suburban-regions-positivity-rate-drops-to-65-as-dupage-county-reports-131-covid-19-cases-monday/

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— State lawmakers criticize Culturally Responsive Teaching and Leading Standards – Demetrios Sanders
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/local-news/state-lawmakers-criticize-culturally-responsive-teaching-and-leading-standards/

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Republicans call proposed Illinois teaching standards a political litmus test – Greg Bishop
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/republicans-call-proposed-illinois-teaching-standards-a-political-litmus-test/article_4573cd94-64b6-11eb-a8fc-631113611fa0.html

CHICAGO NOW
— Likely GOP Primary Gov candidate Gary Rabine, Round 2 w/host Berkowitz: Shoot to stop looters or order a police stand-down during a riot? – Jeff Berkowitz
http://www.chicagonow.com/public-affairs-with-jeff-berkowitz/2021/02/likely-gop-primary-gov-candidate-gary-rabine-round-2-whost-berkowitz-shoot-to-stop-looters-or-order-a-police-stand-down-during-a-riot-cable-web/

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Megadonors Pour Record Amount of Money Into ‘Get Out the Vote’ Effort for Dems – Hayden Ludwig
https://freebeacon.com/democrats/megadonors-pour-record-amount-of-money-into-get-out-the-vote-effort-for-dems/

FEDERALIST
— Adam Kinzinger Shouldn’t Be Proud His Family Disowned Him, He Should Be Ashamed – John Daniel Davidson
https://thefederalist.com/2021/02/02/adam-kinzinger-shouldnt-be-proud-his-family-disowned-him-he-should-be-ashamed/

FOX NEWS
— Black Lives Matter backs ‘Squad’ member’s push to expel over 100 Republicans from Congress. ‘It is not enough to denounce the white supremacy behind the attack,’ the group wrote. – Brittany De Lea (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will the Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs in your municipality, in your township, in your county, in Illinois, and in America officially call for the expulsion of the remaining Republicans?)
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/black-lives-matter-backs-squad-members-push-to-expel-over-100-republicans-from-congress
— A fractured Republican party battles it out under Trump’s shadow. This goes far deeper than congressional politics. – Howard Kurtz (DIERSEN: In Illinois, the fracture has always been between Republicans who support the traditional marriage/family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks in the Republican Party platform and Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, Green plants, Independent plants, and RINOs who reject one or more of the aforesaid planks.)
https://www.foxnews.com/mediabuzz/a-fractured-republican-party-battles-it-out-under-trumps-shadow
— The media wants you fixated on Marjorie Taylor Greene. You should ask why. With all that’s going on in our country, CNN and MSNBC are convinced a freshman GOP lawmaker is the greatest threat. – Tucker Carlson
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/tucker-carlson-marjorie-taylor-greene-cnn-msnbc-reddit-gamestop-national-guard

BREITBART
— Kinzinger: GOP Has to Stop ‘Trying to Appeal More to the Proud Boys Than Suburban Moms’ – Pam Key (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Republican organizations act like they have accepted advice to appeal to voters who are Trump-haters, Democrat, Libertarian, Green, Independent, RINO, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, non-married, moderate/liberal, poor, non-Christian, non-Protestant, non-Italian American, non-German American, and/or recent immigrants by getting rid of Republican Precinct Committeemen/Captains who are Trump-supporters, Republican, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, conservative, non-poor, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2021/02/01/kinzinger-gop-has-to-stop-trying-to-appeal-more-to-the-proud-boys-than-suburban-moms/
— ‘Conservative’ Lincoln Project Spent Entire Ad Budget Against Republicans, For Democrats – ROBERT KRAYCHIK
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/02/01/conservative-lincoln-project-spent-entire-ad-budget-against-republicans-for-democrats/
— Animals First: Activists Want Border Wall Demolished for Wildlife Migration – PENNY STARR
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/02/01/animals-first-activists-want-border-wall-demolished-for-wildlife-migration/
— U.S. Births Plummet amid Coronavirus Crisis – JOHN BINDER
https://www.breitbart.com/economy/2021/02/01/us-births-plummet-coronavirus-crisis/

DAILY CALLER
— A Study Touted As A Blow To Conservatives’ Complaints About Big Tech Censorship Was Funded By A Major Biden Donor – CHUCK ROSS
https://dailycaller.com/2021/02/01/craig-newmark-disinformation-conservative-joe-bide/

DAILY SIGNAL
— New York Times Reviews Book Advocating Blowing Up Pipelines to Combat Climate Change – Tim Graham
https://www.dailysignal.com/2021/02/01/new-york-times-reviews-book-advocating-blowing-up-pipelines-to-combat-climate-change/

NEW AMERICAN
— Illinois Teachers Told to Adopt Progressive Ideology or Be Fired – Annalisa Pesek
https://thenewamerican.com/illinois-teachers-told-to-adopt-progressive-ideology-or-be-fired/

NEWSMAX
— House Dems Want Amnesty for Illegals in Virus Relief Bill
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/amnesty-immigration-daca-tps/2021/02/01/id/1008181/

RUSH LIMBAUGH
— Why Are They So Afraid of Donald Trump Rising from the Ashes?
https://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2021/02/01/why-are-they-so-afraid-of-donald-trump-rising-from-the-ashes/

THE HILL
— DHS encourages vaccination regardless of immigration status – REBECCA BEITSCH
https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/536837-dhs-encourages-vaccination-regardless-of-immigration-status

HUFFINGTON POST
— ‘He Invited Us’: Accused Capitol Rioters Blame Trump In Novel Legal Defense. At least six of the 170 people charged in connection with the Capitol siege have tried to shift at least some of the blame onto Trump. – Jan Wolfe
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/accused-capitol-rioters-blame-trump-legal-defense_n_60195666c5b6bde2f5c2f980

REUTERS
— House Democrat urges Biden to declare white supremacy a national security threat – Nandita Bose (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters hint/imply/argue/shout that all Trump-supporters are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, anti-government militia members, fringe conspiracy theory believers, domestic terrorists, and/or even worse things who should be gotten rid of once and for all.)
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-white-supremacy/house-democrat-urges-biden-to-declare-white-supremacy-a-national-security-threat-idUSKBN2A13UN?il=0

YAHOO NEWS
— New mobile museum will teach tolerance across Illinois (DIERSEN: Democrats use “tolerance” to promote hatred against Republicans.)
https://news.yahoo.com/mobile-museum-teach-tolerance-across-002435765.html

NEW YORK TIMES
— McConnell says ‘loony lies’ spread by Marjorie Taylor Greene are a ‘cancer’ on G.O.P. – Catie Edmondson
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/01/us/politics/mitch-mcconnell-marjorie-taylor-greene.html

— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Republican-hating Republican-hater says “It’s Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Party Now. She embarrasses some Republicans, but she’s no outlier.” In Illinois, the more of the following planks in the Republican Party platform that you support, the more that Democrat plant, Libertarian plant, Green plant, Independent plant, and RINO party leaders make you an outlier: traditional marriage/family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving).
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/01/opinion/marjorie-taylor-greene-gop.html

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Republicans (including John Cox) are emerging to run for governor should Newsom recall qualify – SEEMA MEHTA
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-02-01/governor-newsom-recall-candidates-republicans

USA TODAY
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater asks “A pardon for ‘Dreamers?’ and says “Some activists tout amnesty for undocumented immigrants if Congress doesn’t act.”
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2021/02/02/biden-immigration-package-some-push-pardons-if-congress-doesnt-act/4294393001/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Worried About Ageism? Where You Live Matters. – Clare Ansberry (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who promote age discrimination the most in Wheaton, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/worried-about-ageism-where-you-live-matters-11612198542

WYOMING NEWS
— Sheridan County Republicans latest to censure Cheney – Kristen Czaban
https://www.wyomingnews.com/rocketminer/news/national/sheridan-county-republicans-latest-to-censure-cheney/article_5c592f9a-eb58-57d3-a776-4e84672a624b.html

NEWSWEEK
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters promote hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters.
https://www.newsweek.com/some-republicans-want-take-gop-back-trump-polls-show-itll-hard-1565835

AXIOS
— Senate resolution to condemn white supremacy – Kadia Goba (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters hint/imply/argue/shout that all Trump-supporters are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, anti-government militia members, fringe conspiracy theory believers, domestic terrorists, and/or even worse things who should be gotten rid of once and for all.)
https://www.axios.com/senate-resolution-condemn-white-supremacy-f0818acf-cf31-4d20-bc7c-d747a38dd736.html

GUARDIAN
— Lincoln Project condemns co-founder accused of making overtures to young men. John Weaver ‘led a secret life that was built on a foundation of deception at every level. He is a predator, a liar, and an abuser – Martin Pengelly
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/feb/01/lincoln-project-john-weaver-accusations-young-men-condemnation

NATIONAL HERALD
— Facebook Oversight Board seeks public feedback on Trump ban (DIERSEN: I should survey the Republican Precinct Committeemen and Captains in Illinois to get their feedback on how the leaders of a) the Illinois Republican Party, b) their Republican county party organization, and c) their Republican township/ward party organization have treated them. I would focus on communication.)
https://www.nationalheraldindia.com/international/facebook-oversight-board-seeks-public-feedback-on-trump-ban

February 1 Evening Edition

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— The 18 members of the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Central Committee (SCC) run the IRP. How do you want them to respond to Kinzinger? Who do you want them to select to be the next IRP Chairman?

All IRP SCC votes must be weighted. Chapin Rose’s (District 15) weighted vote is 16.11%. Mike Bigger’s (District 18) weighted vote is 11.49%. Laura Pollastrini’s (District 14) weighted vote is 9.64%. John McGlasson’s (District 16) weighted vote is 8.81%. Barb Viviano’s (District 12) weighted vote is 7.71%. Bob Grogan’s (District 6) weighted vote is 7.61%. Fred Floreth’s (District 13) weighted vote is 7.07%. Jan Weber’s (District 17) weighted vote is 5.75%. Roger Claar’s (District 11) weighted vote is 4.40%. The remaining 9 IRP SCC members have a combined weighted vote of 21.41% ranging from 0.87% to 3.29%.

The IRP SCC is scheduled to meet this Saturday.

If the 18 IRP SCC members surveyed the Republican County Party Chairmen in their congressional district, what response do you believe they would get?

If the 102 Republican County Party Chairmen surveyed the Chairmen of the Republican township and ward organizations in their county, what response do you believe they would get?

If the Republican township and ward organization Chairmen surveyed their Republican Precinct Committeemen and captains, what response do you believe they would get?

If the Republican Precinct Committeemen and Captains surveyed the Republican voters in their precinct, what response do you believe they would get? – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

ABC7
— Adam Kinzinger says if efforts to focus on country over Trump splits Republican Party, that’s fine – Craig Wall
https://abc7chicago.com/adam-kinzinger-illinois-republican-party-gop-donald-trump/10226041/
— Illinois COVID Update: IL reports 2,312 new coronavirus cases, 16 deaths; Will, Kankakee counties enter Phase 4 Will, Kankakee counties enter Phase 4
https://abc7chicago.com/health/il-reports-2312-new-covid-19-cases-16-deaths/10218093/

WBBM
— Illinois Republican Party to select new chairman Saturday after weather postponement – Craig Dellimore
https://www.radio.com/wbbm780/news/local/illinois-republican-party-to-select-new-chairman-saturday

NBC5
— Virginia Senator Amanda Chase Sues Over Being Censured – Sarah Rankin and Denise Lavoie
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/politics/virginia-sen-amanda-chase-sues-over-being-censured/2425993/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— CPS, CTU ‘cooling off,’ making progress | Kinzinger starts PAC aimed at returning Republicans to pre-Trump era | Rev. Jackson hospitalized, recovering from surgery – LISA DONOVAN
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-lightfoot-teachers-union-bring-striking-kinzinger-pac-spin-20210202-6wkzeyo6t5hudjn56devwqzbvi-story.html
— Waukegan schools to bring in consultants to better understand equity, cultural differences in educating students – STEVE SADIN
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/lake-county-news-sun/ct-lns-equity-training-st-0202-20210201-ofn4xadshfdgvofaroxeura2wi-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters say “Despite claims of bias, conservatives thrive on social media.”
https://www.chicagotribune.com/nation-world/ct-nw-conservatives-thrive-social-media-study-shows-20210201-zdscpcewyvha7n3wbt5q76cywy-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Worth Township trustee pleads guilty, agrees to cooperate with federal prosecutors. Richard Lewandowski is president of Breaker Press Co., records show. The commercial printer promotes itself online as a third-generation family company founded in the 1970s that has become “a well-known name in the political and corporate printing industry.” – Jon Seidel
https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2021/2/1/22260490/worth-township-trustee-pleads-guilty-agrees-cooperate-federal-prosecutors

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Effort to restore full SALT tax break picks up Capitol momentum. Durbin, Duckworth and Schneider are leading a new drive to remove the $10,000 cap on state and local tax deductions. – GREG HINZ
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/greg-hinz-politics/effort-restore-full-salt-tax-break-picks-capitol-momentum

DAILY HERALD
— Republicans hope to block ‘culturally responsive’ teacher standards – PETER HANCOCK
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20210201/republicans-hope-to-block-culturally-responsive-teacher-standards
— How two write-in candidates triggered a Campton Hills primary – Kevin Schmit
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20210201/how-two-write-in-candidates-triggered-a-campton-hills-primary

COLLEGE OF DUPAGE
— Dr. Brian Caputo Named to Boy Scouts of America Three Fires Council Board
https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2021/02/01/2167496/0/en/Dr-Brian-Caputo-Named-to-Boy-Scouts-of-America-Three-Fires-Council-Board.html

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— IL-14/IL-GOP: Catalina Lauf Slams Mark Shaw in State Republican Chairman Race
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/02/01/lauf020121/
— IL-14: Underwood Seeks to Hire Storyteller
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/02/01/il-14-underwood-seeks-to-hire-storyteller/
— Anger in America: An Essay
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/02/01/anger-in-america-an-essay/
— Huntley Fire Protection District Spends Over $8,500 on Conference Table
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/02/01/huntley-fire-protection-district-spends-over-13000-on-conference-table/
— “Township Government…a Well-Guarded, Obscure Sandbox…Filled with Gold Dust”
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/01/31/township-government-a-well-guarded-obscure-sandbox-filled-with-gold-dust/
— Legislative Pension System Most Underfunded
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/02/01/legislative-pension-system-most-underfunded/
— Rep. Ugaste Reports
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/02/01/ugaste-reports-9/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— KINZINGER STARTS NEW FEDERAL PAC BECAUSE “THE REPUBLICAN PARTY HAS LOST ITS WAY”
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2021/02/kinzinger-starts-new-federal-pac-because-the-republican-party-has-lost-its-way-.html
— CHRISTIANS BUILD EFFORT TO SUPPORT FRANKLIN GRAHAM AGAINST CANCEL CULTURE ATTACK
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2021/02/christians-join-effort-to-support-franklin-graham-against-cancel-culture-attack.html
— TWITTER BANS FOCUS ON THE FAMILY FOR “HATEFUL” SCIENCE-BASED TWEET
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2021/02/twitter-bans-focus-on-family-for-hateful-science-based-tweet-.html
— THORNER/O’NEIL: HOW WILL HISTORY REMEMBER DONALD J. TRUMP?
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2021/02/thorneroneil-how-will-history-remember-donald-j-trump.html

CAPITOL FAX
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters glorify and praise Kinzinger. 2,446,891 in Illinois voted for Trump. 193,611 in DuPage County voted for Trump. 20,080 in Milton Township voted for Trump. 157 in my precinct voted for Trump.
https://capitolfax.com/2021/02/01/a-look-at-kinzingers-fight-with-the-far-right/
— 2,312 new confirmed and probable cases; 16 additional deaths; 2,387 hospitalized; 515 in ICU; 3.9 percent average case positivity rate; 4.9 percent average test positivity rate; 43,378 average doses administered; Region 7 moves to Phase 4
https://capitolfax.com/2021/02/01/2312-new-confirmed-and-probable-cases-16-additional-deaths-2387-hospitalized-515-in-icu-39-percent-average-case-positivity-rate-49-percent-average-test-positivitity-rate-43378-average-doses-administer/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Project Veritas: Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook CEO, praises Biden, rips Trump in latest sting – Valerie Richardson
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/feb/1/project-veritas-mark-zuckerberg-facebook-ceo-prais/

GOPUSA
— The Inevitable Descent Into Despotic Leftist Insanity
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=105985

BREITBART
— DePaul University Black Student Union Demands Segregated ‘Safe Spaces’ – ALANA MASTRANGELO (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, hate-filled White-hating White-haters use the Capitol Riot to promote hatred against Whites. I earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980.)
https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2021/02/01/depaul-u-black-student-union-demands-segregated-safe-spaces/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Students at DePaul University in Chicago, Illinois, are demanding segregated “safe spaces” for black students “on and off campus.” The Black Student Union at DePaul University is demanding special accommodations for black students in the wake of the Capitol Hill riot, which they refer to as a “display of white power.” The demands include new programs and racially segregated “safe spaces” both on and off-campus. “The disgusting display of white power, not to be confused with white privilege, is something we should all fear, though we know that situations and tensions in this country will always negatively affect black people, but not so much white people,” began the students in their statement. “While the attempted coup was a scary act of white power, the end of Spring Quarter 2019-2020 and the following months after that were horrifying for black students on campus,” the statement continued. “We were scared for our lives, we saw our friends get beaten and arrested, if not worse, and DePaul’s delayed response in contrast to the quickness in which they’ve replied to this week’s events is just another indicator of how little DePaul cares for their black students,” added the students, referring to previous social justice protests. “It took petitions and a campus-wide movement for DePaul to address the protests, where in that statement they wrote the late Eric Gardner’s name as ‘Eric Ferguson,’” the statement continued. “When we felt threatened by DePaul’s deal with the FOP, they tokenized a Latinx police officer as a means to silence us and show us that they’d made their decision — money is worth more than the black and brown students at DePaul.” The Student Union went on to complain that the university only let students forego their final exams last year after white students joined black students in an effort to get them canceled. “When in Spring Quarter of the last academic year black students asked for some kind of relief from one of our great stressors, final exams, it took the co-opting of white students (who, some, did so for their own benefit, going as far as calling it ‘the awesome perks of Spring Quarter’) and immense pressure from the student body for DePaul to allow a loosely worded policy,” the students said. “Even then, most black students still had finals since certain professors ignored this rule,” they added. “No black student expects it to be easy to attend a Predominantly White Institution, but blatant disrespect will not be tolerated,” the Student Union affirmed. “We demand answers.” From there, the students went on to list their demands, which included “more black therapists,” university-funded “healing and safe spaces for black students on and off campus,” diversity and inclusion training “led by black and brown people,” and “respect from the administration,” among other things. “It is imperative that spaces for black students on campus continue to receive the necessary funding and recognition as they provide safe and healing components through the presence of other students, faculty, and staff who look like us,” said the students of their demand for “safe spaces.” DePaul University did not immediately respond to Breitbart News’ request for comment on whether the school plans to meet the students’ demands for racially segregated “safe spaces” on and off-campus.)

CONSERVATIVE HQ
— Are You An Insurgent? – George Rasley
https://www.conservativehq.org/post/are-you-an-insurgent

HOT AIR
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Kinzinger demonizes those who do not agree with him.
https://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2021/01/kinzinger-claim-im-possessed-devil/

EPOCH TIMES
— Trump Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize Over Israel-UAE Peace Deal – JACK PHILLIPS
https://www.theepochtimes.com/trump-nominated-for-nobel-peace-prize-over-israel-uae-peace-deal_3680042.html

THE HILL
— McConnell says Taylor Greene’s embrace of conspiracy theories a ‘cancer’ to GOP, country – JULIEGRACE BRUFKE AND SCOTT WONG
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/536850-mcconnell-says-taylor-greene-a-cancer-to-gop-country
— Democrats look to make Marjorie Taylor Greene the face of GOP – JONATHAN EASLEY (DIERSEN: Democrats also want to make Kinzinger, Joe Walsh, and Pat Brady the face of the GOP.)
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/536817-democrats-look-to-make-marjorie-taylor-greene-the-face-of-gop

POLITICO
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Republican-hating Republican-hater says “Deep-dive refutes allegations of anti-GOP social media bias.”
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/morning-tech/2021/02/01/deep-dive-refutes-allegations-of-anti-gop-social-media-bias-793082
— Big headaches for party leadership – OLIVIA BEAVERS
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/huddle/2021/02/01/big-headaches-for-party-leadership-491588

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled conservative-hating conservative-haters say conservative claims of social media censorship ‘a form of disinformation.’
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/02/01/technology-202-new-report-calls-conservative-claims-social-media-censorship-a-form-disinformation/

FORBES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled conservative-hating conservative-haters say social media companies are not biased against conservatives.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/alisondurkee/2021/02/01/are-social-media-companies-biased-against-conservatives-theres-no-solid-evidence-report-concludes/

CHARLOTTE OBSERVER
— Partisan media grows in NC. Do you know who’s funding your news? – COLIN CAMPBELL (DIERSEN: All the money and all the time needed to put together and send out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters and to post them on www.gopillinois.com comes from me, Dave Diersen.)
https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politics-government/article248832319.html

NEWSWEEK
— Democrats to Force Kevin McCarthy’s Hand on Removing Marjorie Taylor Greene From Committee Seats – NICOLE FALLERT
https://www.newsweek.com/democrats-force-kevin-mccarthys-hand-removing-marjorie-taylor-greene-committee-seats-1565878

RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— Voters See Less Tolerance for Political Differences
https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/general_politics/january_2021/voters_see_less_tolerance_for_political_differences

GUARDIAN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled conservative-hating conservative-haters say “Claim of anti-conservative bias by social media firms is baseless.”
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2021/feb/01/facebook-youtube-twitter-anti-conservative-claims-baseless-report-finds

LGBTQ NATION
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, LGBTQ-promoters promote hatred against Trump.
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2021/02/trump-writing-insults-begging-others-tweet/

February 1 Morning Edition

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— KINZINGER’s GOP DILEMMA – Shia Kapos (DIERSEN: By now, Illinois Republican Precinct Committeemen and Captains should have received an email from the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) that IRP Chairman candidate Mark Shaw favors full censure of Kinzinger while candidates Don Tracy and Scott Gryder reject censure. Further, by now, Illinois Republican Precinct Committeemen and Captains should have received an email from their representative on the IRP State Central Committee that states if they favor or reject censure.)
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2021/02/01/kinzingers-gop-dilemma-teacher-strike-looms-calling-in-kamala-491587
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “Enough is enough,” Larry Smith, chairman of the LaSalle County Republican Central Committee, told Playbook after the rally. “He hasn’t talked to us for six years.” Smith said his Republican committee will vote Tuesday on whether to censure Kinzinger, and Smith suggested other GOP county committees could follow. So far, the state GOP has no plans to censure. But the party is in upheaval as Chairman Tim Schneider is stepping down and a new chairman is to be named Saturday. Up for the job are Kendall County Board Chairman Scott Gryder, Lake County Republican Chairman Mark Shaw, and former Illinois Gaming Board exec and former lieutenant governor candidate Don Tracy of Springfield. Shaw favors full censure of Kinzinger. While Tracy and Gryder, who oppose Kinzinger’s impeachment vote, nonetheless reject censure.)

CLEVELAND
— Will the Ohio GOP move on from Trump? A Q&A with Chairman Jane Timken (DIERSEN: How would the three candidates for Illinois Republican Party (IRP) Chairman respond to similar questions? If I was still the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois Chairman, the organization would host an IRP Chairman candidate forum.)
https://www.cleveland.com/open/2021/02/will-the-ohio-gop-move-on-from-trump-a-qa-with-chairman-jane-timken.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Normally, a political party would move on from a losing presidential candidate. Party leaders already have shown some subtle signs of doing so – the state GOP removed images of Trump from the front page of its website earlier this month, and Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel last week told the Associated Press the party would remain neutral if Trump runs again in 2024. But Trump has claimed he only lost the election because of widespread fraud, a claim his own Justice Department, dozens of courts and senior Republican leaders have rebuked as unsupported or false. Last week, cleveland.com / The Plain Dealer interviewed Timken, whom Trump personally helped install as leader of the state GOP shortly after he was elected, to ask how the party might – or might not – move on from the former president heading into 2022. . .What is the next step for Republicans post-Trump? . . . Do you think he will remain involved with the Republican Party? Do you think he will follow through on his reported threat to start a third party? . . . After losing the November election, do you think the party needs to distance itself from Trump? . . . Do you think Trump will continue to be the face of the Republican Party? . . . What is the biggest thing the Ohio Republican Party needs to improve? . . . The former president attracted a lot of new voters to the Republican Party. Do you think they will remain engaged Republican voters? . . . What responsibility does the president or Republicans generally bear for the events at the Capitol? . . . How are you feeling about 2022 for Ohio Republicans? . . . With congressional redistricting this year under a new map-drawing process meant to prevent gerrymandering, do you think Ohio’s partisan makeup will change?)

KFOR
— ‘President Donald J. Trump Day’: Ohio lawmakers call for June 14 holiday – Natasha Anderson (DIERSEN: One could compare and contrast Ohio with Illinois.)
https://kfor.com/news/president-donald-j-trump-day-ohio-lawmakers-call-for-june-14-holiday/

ABC7
— Pres. Biden has signed 42 executive actions since his inauguration – CNN (DIERSEN: Democrats falsely hinted/implied/shouted that Biden was a centrist.)
https://abc7chicago.com/10195643/
— Ending cash bail abolishes penalty on poverty, advocates say – AP
https://abc7chicago.com/10192818/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: On the other hand, complains House Republican Leader Jim Durkin, a former prosecutor, “The elimination of cash bail basically says that we respect the honor system for violent criminals and gang members.”)

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Most important Black History Month ever. We need to know the past to fight for rights that are being taken away right now in the present. – Neil Steinberg (DIERSEN: I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years. My Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates used Black History Month to promote hatred against Republicans, and especially against Republicans who were conservative, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, gun owners, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2021/1/31/22258821/black-history-month-civil-rights
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater promotes hatred against Marjorie Taylor Greene.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/dahleen-glanton/ct-glanton-marjorie-taylor-greene-voters-20210201-ytjd5n5xinglpngrhiplvbbj3y-story.html

ALTON DAILY NEWS
— Durbin Supports Impeachment Vote
http://altondailynews.com/news/details.cfm?clientid=17&id=318284#.YBf4-Z4XCM8

SUBURBAN LIFE
— DuPage County reports 126 COVID-19 cases Sunday, 3 deaths, region’s positivity rate decreases to 7.1% – Joshua Welge
https://www.shawlocal.com/my-suburban-life/coronavirus/2021/01/31/dupage-county-reports-126-covid-19-cases-sunday-3-deaths-regions-positivity-rate-decreases-to-71/

WJOL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, hate-filled Republican-hating Republican-haters use Kinzinger to destroy the Republican Party once and for all.
https://www.wjol.com/rep-kinzinger-in-many-areas-gop-has-lost-moral-authority/

WCMY
— Kinzinger says the Republican Party has changed and he wants to change it back – Rick Koshko (DIERSEN: I should write a book about how the Illinois Republican Party (IRP), DuPage County Republican Central Committee (DCRCC), and Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) have changed since 2000. Ever-increasingly, IRP, DCRCC, and MTRO leaders who reject one or more of the following planks in Republican Party platform have gained power: traditional marriage/family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving). Ever-increasingly, the more of the aforesaid planks that you support, the more that the aforesaid leaders get rid of you.)
https://www.1430wcmy.com/2021/01/31/cong-kinzinger-says-the-republican-party-has-changed-and-he-wants-to-change-it-back/

NPR ILLINOIS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters crow about their success in using the Capitol Riot to promote hatred against Trump. Those who orchestrated the Capitol Riot knew that the riot would promote hatred against Trump, so therefore, those who orchestrated the Capitol Riot are Trump-haters.
https://www.nprillinois.org/post/spurred-capitol-riot-thousands-republicans-drop-their-party#stream/0

WEEK
— LaSalle County Republicans at odds with Rep. Kinzinger over lack of involvement – Kyle Beachy
https://week.com/2021/01/31/lasalle-county-republicans-at-odds-with-rep-kinzinger-over-lack-of-involvement/

NPR ILLINOIS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater says “Thousands Of Republicans Leave Party After Capitol Riot.”
https://www.nprillinois.org/post/thousands-republicans-leave-party-after-capitol-riot#stream/0

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— What Is Becoming of America? – Laurie Higgins
https://illinoisfamily.org/federal/what-is-becoming-of-america/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— ROSSI: CHICAGO TEACHERS UNION COMMITTING MASSIVE CHILD ABUSE
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2021/02/rossi-chicago-teachers-union-committing-massive-child-abuse.html

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Evangelicals ridiculously asked to apologize for supporting Trump. Sins of Kamala Harris, Joe Biden and all those who voted to empower them, much greater – Everett Piper
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/jan/31/evangelicals-ridiculously-asked-to-apologize-for-s/

BREITBART
— Left-wing Columnist: Put the Republican Party on Domestic Terror Watch List – JOEL B. POLLAK
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/01/31/left-wing-columnist-put-the-republican-party-on-domestic-terror-watch-list/
— Adam Kinzinger: Matt Gaetz Going After Liz Cheney Is ‘Totally GOP Cancel Culture’ – PAM KEY (DIERSEN: Who has gone after you? I should write a book about those who have gone after me since 2000. I would focus on those who have/had lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois. I would focus on Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct who have lost elections, their operatives, and their dupes.)
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/01/31/adam-kinzinger-matt-gaetz-going-after-liz-cheney-is-totally-gop-cancel-culture/

DAILY WIRE
— ‘Deplorable And Predatory Behavior’: The Lincoln Project Condemns Cofounder After NYT Reports He Allegedly Sexually Harassed 14-Year-Old Boy – Jon Brown
https://www.dailywire.com/news/deplorable-and-predatory-behavior-the-lincoln-project-condemns-cofounder-after-nyt-reports-he-allegedly-sexually-harassed-14-year-old-boy

TOWNHALL
— America Grows Sick on a Diet of Propaganda and Political Theater – Laura Hollis
https://townhall.com/columnists/laurahollis/2021/01/28/america-grows-sick-on-a-diet-of-propaganda-and-political-theater-n2583871
(FROM THE ARTICLE: First and foremost, of course, is the attempt by Democrats in Congress to impeach Trump for “inciting insurrection.” Most people won’t read the full text of Trump’s speech that day. It was vintage Trump, confrontational and full of braggadocio, but in it, he explicitly told his supporters to “peacefully and patriotically” make their voices heard. But no “insurrection” means no “incitement,” and that would mean no impeachment. The articles of impeachment are themselves a charade. As Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul stated on the Senate floor — and to which 44 other Republican senators agreed — the Constitution simply does not authorize Congress to take the action contemplated by an impeachment trial against a private citizen. Only a sitting president can be “removed,” and Donald Trump is no longer the president of the United States. Further, the U.S. Supreme Court announced that Chief Justice John Roberts will not preside over an impeachment trial in the Senate — another blow to those who claim that such a “trial” on the House’s single impeachment charge is legitimate. Finally, the 44 GOP senators who voted in favor of Paul’s procedural motion prove that the 50 Democratic senators will not get the additional 17 Republicans they need for a two-thirds majority to convict. So, the impeachment shtick isn’t about removing a man who is already gone, and it isn’t really about getting a conviction either. It’s more — and more extreme — political theater. If that’s not bad enough, the country is also struggling to recover from months of COVID lockdowns. Florida Sen. Marco Rubio described the impeachment charge as “stupid” and a waste of time. And it gets much worse. The target of the “insurrection” propaganda campaign is not so much Donald Trump as it is the 74 million-plus people who voted for him. Americans were stunned when Hillary Clinton referred to only half of Donald Trump’s supporters as a “basket of deplorables” in 2016. But Trump had millions more supporters in 2020, and now all of them are being demonized by Democrats and their mouthpieces in the media as threats, as “seditionists” and “white supremacists” who need to be “deprogrammed,” “reprogrammed,” imprisoned in “reeducation camps” or subjected to “Nuremburg trials.” These are not isolated remarks by fringe elements; they are comments made by “mainstream” Democratic voices: Washington Post correspondent Eugene Robinson, media darling Katie Couric, MSNBC anchor Don Lemon, actor Jon Cryer, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Comments on these articles and tweets — made by non-famous, left-leaning Americans — are even worse. This is beyond political difference. It is a sickness.)

HERITAGE FOUNDATION
— Is Biden Committed to Unity or Unilateral Action? – Kay C. James
https://www.heritage.org/political-process/commentary/biden-commited-unity-or-unilateral-action

PJ MEDIA
— Dems Press Pelosi to Smuggle Path to Citizenship Into COVID-19 Relief Bill – RICK MORAN
https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/rick-moran/2021/01/31/dems-press-pelosi-to-smuggle-path-to-citizenship-into-covid-19-relief-bill-n1419765

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— The Speech As Incitement Case Against Trump Continues to Crumble – Stacey Matthews
https://legalinsurrection.com/2021/01/the-speech-as-incitement-case-against-trump-continues-to-crumble/
— Lincoln Project Predator: What Did They Know, And When Did They Know It?
https://legalinsurrection.com/2021/01/lincoln-project-predator-what-did-they-know-and-when-did-they-know-it/

THE HILL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, hate-filled Republican-hating Republican-haters use Kinzinger to destroy the Republican Party once and for all.
https://thehill.com/opinion/finance/536300-our-path-forward-after-a-year-of-chaos-heres-how-to-kick-start-americas
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater says “Thanks, Trump — Republicans’ victim mentality intensifies, despite reality.”
https://thehill.com/opinion/technology/536652-thanks-trump-republicans-victim-mentality-intensifies-despite-reality
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater uses QAnon to destroy the Republican Party.
https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/536669-juan-williams-gop-cowers-from-qanon
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater uses extremists to destroy the Republican Party.
https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/536587-growing-extremist-threats-put-more-pressure-on-biden

HUFFINGTON POST
— Report Details Sexual Misconduct Allegations Against Lincoln Project Co-Founder. Republican campaign adviser John Weaver tried to exploit his position for sexual favors, according to the New York Times report. – Ja’han Jones
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/report-details-sexual-misconduct-allegations-against-lincoln-project-co-founder_n_6017143dc5b6bde2f5c0889c

POLITICO
— FROM THE ARTICLE: “The Illinois Republican Party is expected to censure Kinzinger for his vote to impeach the president.”
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/31/adam-kinzinger-republican-party-464140
— Rep. Kinzinger: They claim ‘I’m possessed by the devil.’ The Illinois Republican has launched a website as an effort to refocus the Republican Party’s “conservative principles.” – MYAH WARD (DIERSEN: Trump did more to defend and advance conservative principles than many other Republican presidents.)
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/31/adam-kinzinger-republican-party-464140

REUTERS
— Trump faces Tuesday deadline to deliver formal response to impeachment as trial looms – Richard Cowan (DIERSEN: It would be great if my disgusting critics/opponents would come out of their closets and put their charges against me in writing. They hint/imply/argue/shout that I am a White supremacist, Nazi, KKK member, hater, racist, sexist, bigot, and even worse things. Better yet, I should just sue my disgusting critics/opponents.)
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-idUSKBN2A125Z

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Lincoln Project denounces co-founder accused of harassing young men
https://www.fox13now.com/news/national-news/lincoln-project-denounces-co-founder-accused-of-harassing-young-men

NBC NEWS
— Kinzinger: ‘I’d certainly vote [Marjorie Taylor Greene] off committee’ in Congress (DIERSEN: From what I see, if Kinzinger had been an Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) member, he would have voted to censure me in 2006 and to throw me off the ICRC Steering Committee in 2007. Kinzinger would have painted me as being too conservative and even worse things.)
https://news.yahoo.com/kinzinger-id-certainly-vote-marjorie-144009695.html

MSN
— ‘We traffic in lies’: Kinzinger launches campaign to ‘take back our party’ – Jennifer Haberkorn (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Kinzinger does everything that he can to destroy the Republican Party.)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/we-traffic-in-lies-a-house-republican-launches-campaign-to-take-back-our-party/ar-BB1dghlC?li=BBnbcA1
— Joe Walsh on current GOP: ‘it’s a conspiracy-believing cult. It’s a cult. (DIERSEN: The more that you promote hatred against Republicans, the more that hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters promote you.)
https://www.msnbc.com/ali-velshi/watch/fmr-gop-rep-joe-walsh-on-current-gop-it-s-a-conspiracy-believing-cult-it-s-a-cult-and-as-you-pointed-out-ali-i-helped-bring-it-here-i-wasn-t-alone-100308549633

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters say “An Emboldened Extremist Wing Flexes Its Power in a Leaderless G.O.P. As more far-right Republicans take office and exercise power, party officials are promoting unity and neutrality rather than confronting dangerous messages and disinformation.” My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always painted me as being far-right because I support the traditional marriage/family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks in the Republican Party platform.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/01/us/politics/republicans-trump-ronna-mcdaniel.html
— The Gerrymander Battles Loom, as G.O.P. Looks to Press Its Advantage – Reid J. Epstein and Nick Corasaniti (DIERSEN: I should write a book about the 2015 gerrymandering of my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 9 in Wheaton.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/31/us/politics/gerrymander-census-democrats-republicans.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats and RINOs get rid of you if you do not promote LGBTQ.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/31/opinion/trans-rights-biden-states.html
— Raise Your Hand if You Were Expecting Biden to Be a Revolutionary. The president has been much more left-wing out of the gate than many predicted. What comes next? – Gail Collins and Bret Stephens (DIERSEN: Everyone knew that if elected, hate-filled conservative-hating conservative-haters would make Biden even more anti-law enforcement, anti-Trump, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-heterosexual, anti-traditional marriage/family, anti-non-poor people, anti-gun owners, anti-Christian, anti-Protestant, anti-Italian American, anti-German American, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/01/opinion/biden-executive-orders-mcconnell.html
— Biden’s Approval Rating Is Trump’s in Reverse Support from a slim majority might be all President Biden can expect — and maybe it’s all he needs. – Giovanni Russonello
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/01/us/politics/biden-approval-rating-trump.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: President Biden entered the White House last month with a broadly positive approval rating — but well shy of the two-thirds of Americans who expressed support for his former boss, Barack Obama, when he took office 12 years ago. In fact, Biden’s net approval rating is lower than that of any incoming president since the dawn of modern polling, except for his predecessor, Donald Trump. It’s just another clear sign that we’ve entered a new era of partisanship: Media fragmentation and the hard-line politics it has helped foster may make it impossible for any leader to become a true consensus figure. But it also bears noting that Biden’s approval rating is basically a reverse image of Trump’s. In addition to being loathed by Republicans and embraced by Democrats, he’s firmly in positive territory among independents — who had consistently disapproved of Trump’s performance. A Monmouth University poll out last week found that 54 percent of Americans gave Biden’s performance positive marks, including nine in 10 Democrats and a plurality of independents, who approved by a 17-percentage-point margin (22 percent hadn’t yet formed an opinion). But among Republicans, his numbers were upside down. Just 15 percent approved, and 70 percent disapproved.)
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters promote hatred against Marjorie Taylor Greene.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/31/opinion/marjorie-taylor-greene-gop.html
— Why a Trump Third Party Would Be a Boon for Democrats. We really have room for only two major parties at a time in the United States. – Michael Tomasky
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/28/opinion/trump-republicans-third-party.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters say “77 Days: Trump’s Campaign to Subvert the Election.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/31/us/trump-election-lie.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Many who have received the coronavirus vaccine wonder: What can I safely do? – Laurie McGinley and Lenny Bernstein
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2021/02/01/vaccinated-people-precautions/

USA TODAY
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled conservative-hating conservative-haters say that Google, Facebook, etc. do not censure conservatives. Google censures me by refusing to treat www.gopillinois.com as being a news website.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2021/02/01/censorship-conservatives-trump-facebook-twitter-youtube/4316155001/
— Where are all the neighborhood kids who shovel snow? We’ve put them out of business. Entrepreneurs are born in the snow — and at the lemonade stand. So where are all the young workers now? – Bob Brody (DIERSEN: I did yard work and delivered newspapers 1962-1964.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2021/01/28/children-kids-working-entrepreneurs-labor-column/4278478001/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Trump Starts 2021 With $31 Million in Cash for New PAC. The political-action committee’s fundraising comes as the former president tries to remain Republican Party leader. – Chad Day and Rebecca Ballhaus
https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-starts-2021-with-31-million-in-cash-for-new-pac-11612157129
— $20 Says Harriet Tubman Was Conservative. She appreciated the first GOP president and carried a gun. – Michael Taube
https://www.wsj.com/articles/20-says-harriet-tubman-was-conservative-11612131809

INC.
— How 2020 Changed Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion for Good and How Companies Can Do Better in 2021 – LIANA DOUILLET GUZMÁN (DIERSEN: Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs use Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion to get rid of Republicans.)
https://www.inc.com/liana-douillet-guzman/how-2020-changed-diversity-equity-and-inclusion-for-good-how-companies-can-do-better-in-2021.html

BUSINESS INSIDER
— Kinzinger says his family sent around a signed petition disowning him for Trump vote.
https://www.businessinsider.com/gop-rep-adam-kinzinger-relatives-disowned-him-impeach-trump-vote-2021-1

ALBANY HERALD
— Already missing Trump’s optimism – Michael Reagan
https://www.albanyherald.com/opinion/michael-reagan-already-missing-trumps-optimism/article_76ca7020-635b-11eb-95f6-3f5e49f9c1cf.html

WEEK
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater says “The GOP’s dismaying embrace of fringe politicians.” My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes hint/imply/argue/shout that I am a fringe politician and a) that is why I am not embraced by the Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO), DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, etc. and b) that is why I was dumped by TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, MTRO, Illinois Center Right Coalition, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter, GAO, etc.
https://theweek.com/articles/964209/gops-dismaying-embrace-fringe-politicians

WTVR
— Everyone should fact check; this is how easy and quick it can be done – Alicia Nieves (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Google News Alerts take everyone to non-credible articles on non-credible websites written by non-credible authors who promote the Democrat, Libertarian, and Green party platforms.)
https://www.wtvr.com/news/news-literacy-project/everyone-should-fact-check-this-is-how-easy-and-quick-it-can-be-done

INQUISITR
— Kinzinger Says Family Member Accused Him Of Being Possessed By The Devil – Nathan Francis
https://www.inquisitr.com/6468115/adam-kinzinger-possessed-devil/

RAW STORY
— Lincoln Project cuts ties with founding member after accusations of sexual misconduct – Tom Boggioni
https://www.rawstory.com/lincoln-project-2650219346/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater says “The GOP is on the way to being a fringe party within three or four years.”
https://www.rawstory.com/gop-dying/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater says “Trump is like a ‘rat trapped in a cage’ trying to ‘bang his way out’ of legal jeopardy.”
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-like-trapped-rat/

ROLLING STONE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, hate-filled Republican-hating Republican-haters use Kinzinger to destroy the Republican Party once and for all.
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/political-commentary/trump-impeachment-republicans-cheney-1121628/

January 31 Evening Edition

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— What do the following have to say about Kinzinger: the three candidates for Illinois Republican Party (IRP) chairman and each of the 18 IRP State Central Committee (SCC) members, and especially those who have the heaviest weighted vote? It would be great a) if the IRP would send weekly emails to Republican Precinct Committeemen/Captains on government and political issues of state-wide interest, b) if IRP SCC members would send weekly emails to their Republican Precinct Committeemen/Captains on government and political issues of congressional district-wide interest, c) if Republican county party organizations would send weekly emails to their Republican Precinct Committeemen/Captains on government and political issues of county-wide interest, and d) if Republican township/ward organizations would send weekly emails to their Republican Precinct Committeemen/Captains on government and political issues of township/ward–wide interest. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

ABC7
— Kinzinger starts PAC to resist party’s Trump embrace – AP
https://abc7chicago.com/10194460/

FUTURE FIRST LEADERSHIP PAC
— 6-MINUTE VIDEO: Our country’s future is truly unlimited. After all, we are the party that ended slavery, secured women’s suffrage, and won the war against communist tyranny. Now we must be the party that lifts up the rural town and the inner city. We must be the party that empowers every student to soar and every family to thrive.” – CONGRESSMAN ADAM KINZINGER
https://www.country1st.com/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Kinzinger launches ‘country first’ movement as Trump criticism puts focus on Illinois GOP divide amid search for new leadership – RICK PEARSON (DIERSEN: Will Kinzinger and his supporters demand that the following give money to Kinzinger’s PAC or leave the Illinois Republican Party (IRP): a) IRP Chairman, b) IRP officers, c) IRP National Committeeman, d) IRP National Committeewoman, e) the 18 IRP State Central Committee members and their deputies, f) the officers of the 102 county party organizations, g) the officers of the township and ward party organizations, h) the Precinct Committeemen and Captains, i) the 2,446,891 in Illinois who voted for Trump, j) the 193,611 in DuPage County who voted for Trump, k) the 20,080 in Milton Township who voted for Trump, and l) the 157 in my precinct who voted for Trump?)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-adam-kinzinger-trump-illinois-republicans-20210129-sybzihfppbazrcviq2v2cvupka-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: U.S. Rep. Adam Kinzinger’s vote to impeach Donald Trump and criticism of Republican congressional colleagues who support the former president has highlighted a split in the state GOP as it gets set to decide on new leadership. The Republican State Central Committee will meet Feb. 6 to decide among three candidates to replace outgoing Chairman Tim Schneider. But some in the party want to use the forum to discuss Kinzinger and a possible reprimand for his anti-Trump statements, which increased in vitriol following the Nov. 3 election and the Jan. 6 storming of the U.S. Capitol by Trump supporters. “There’s a group that wants to talk about it and it’s not positive. There are those who want to censure him. There’s people wanting to know what the state party is going to do about it,” said former Bolingbrook Mayor Roger Claar, who represents the 11th Congressional District near Kinzinger’s 16th District on the state GOP central committee. The schism in the state GOP mirrors what’s happening with Republicans nationally as the party struggles to move forward even as many of its voters continue to back Trump and believe the November election was stolen from him. On Sunday, Kinzinger doubled down on his position, announcing the formation of a “country first” movement and website attached to his Future First Leadership political action committee. He’s seeking like-minded supporters to “take back our party” and to “unplug the outrage machine, reject the politics of personality and cast aside the conspiracy theories and the rage.” “I think the Republican Party has lost its moral authority in a lot of areas. That doesn’t mean we don’t need to fight back to defend what we believe are our conservative principles. But when I ask people now, what is a conservative principle, how many people think that conservative principles are things like just build the wall and charge the Capitol and have an insurrection?” Kinzinger said on NBC’s “Meet The Press.” . . . But they also did not go unnoticed by state GOP leaders. Some have said they have received phone calls asking what the Illinois Republican Party was going to do about Kinzinger. The congressman was the subject of some discussion at a GOP State Central Committee meeting last weekend. “I think the party majority are kind of disappointed. I mean, the one thing I’ve heard most from Republicans over the years since Reagan is the old 11th Commandment,” Claar said of the former president’s admonishment to not speak ill of fellow Republicans. Claar accused Kinzinger of causing upheaval in the party to no clear end. “What is the point? Why are you elevating this thing into regional, if not national, prominence? What purpose are you serving here? You’re further pointing out the division in the party,” Claar said. Kinzinger has denied that he is attempting to position himself for a run for U.S. Senate or governor in 2022, though he has not ruled out a run for higher office. In a statewide race, his Trump criticism would likely be held against him in Downstate Illinois, which has grown more strongly conservative and ardently supported the former president in the past two elections. His stance could, however, help him among more moderate independents and Republicans in Chicago’s suburbs. Kinzinger recently told CNN that he believes with Trump gone, Republican leaders face a reckoning of where the GOP should go next — either aligning themselves with the former president or moving beyond him. “I think in six months it’s not going to be necessarily the party of Donald Trump. But this is the whole point: I do think we are in a battle, that it may be a battle that really needs to happen, for our party to say what is it we stand for now when it comes to policy. But as much as anything, are we aspirational or are we a party that feeds on fear and division?” Kinzinger said. “If you’re a leader of the Republican Party right now, you need to be focused on one thing — not winning another election, that’s not what we should be focused on right now. What we should be focused on is restoring the integrity of this party,” he said. Claar supported Trump and even co-hosted a fundraiser for him at the Bolingbrook Golf Club. That’s where the state GOP leaders were supposed to meet Saturday until a predicted snowstorm pushed off the date to Feb. 6. But he said Illinois Republicans should take a wait-and-see attitude on the party’s future and whether it should continue to align itself with the former president. “Let’s just leave it alone and see how it plays out,” Claar said. He said if the party does decide to speak out on Kinzinger, he would oppose any effort to censure the congressman for his conduct, a course taken by GOP leaders in some states against congressional members who voted for impeachment. “It serves no purpose to have headlines that say, ‘Republican state party censures congressman.’ That would just give it more legs,” Claar said. “I think it would be better to just issue an observation of the reality that a congressman can say what he wants and it’s up to his constituency to decide whether they like it or not.” Kinzinger did not respond to a request to speak about the GOP state central committee’s potential actions. On Sunday, during his “Meet The Press” interview, Kinzinger said he viewed GOP efforts to reprimand Trump opponents as an example of the “cancel culture” that Republicans have outspokenly criticized Democrats for exhibiting. . .Much of the state GOP’s decision on how to respond to Kinzinger may come down to its pick of a new chairman to replace Schneider, a former Cook County commissioner and Hanover Township trustee from Streamwood.)
— 21 men accuse co-founder of anti-Trump Lincoln Project of online harassment – MAGGIE ASTOR AND DANNY HAKIM
https://www.chicagotribune.com/nation-world/ct-nw-nyt-john-weaver-lincoln-project-harassment-20210131-ll5iul3sajehfotjd6aq32msk4-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump raised $255.4 million in 8 weeks as he sought to prove election fraud.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/nation-world/ct-nw-nyt-trump-fundraising-20210131-h5cksn4i3zhdleefoux4ddyk5q-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters paint Trump-supporters as being home-grown terrorists.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2021/1/31/22256849/congress-threats-violence-democracy-capitol-editorial

CRAINS CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Trump critic Kinzinger starts PAC to ‘renew’ Republican Party (DIERSEN: Will Kinzinger and his supporters demand that the following give money to Kinzinger’s PAC or leave the Illinois Republican Party (IRP): a) IRP Chairman, b) IRP officers, c) IRP National Committeeman, d) IRP National Committeewoman, e) the 18 IRP State Central Committee members and their deputies, f) the officers of the 102 county party organizations, g) the officers of the township and ward party organizations, h) the Precinct Committeemen and Captains, i) the 2,446,891 in Illinois who voted for Trump, j) the 193,611 in DuPage County who voted for Trump, k) the 20,080 in Milton Township who voted for Trump, and l) the 157 in my precinct who voted for Trump?)
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/government/trump-critic-kinzinger-starts-pac-renew-republican-party

NBC5
— Illinois Reports 2,428 New COVID-19 Cases, 40 Additional Deaths Sunday
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/coronavirus/illinois-reports-2428-new-covid-19-cases-40-additional-deaths-sunday/2425196/

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— ‘Predator, liar and abuser’: The Lincoln Project responds to allegations against co-founder John Weaver – Megan Ziegler
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/predator-liar-and-abuser-the-lincoln-project-responds-to-allegations-against-co-founder-john-weaver

ALTON DAILY NEWS
— 150+ Turnout for Springfield March for Life Event Friday – Ross Pearson
http://www.altondailynews.com/news/details.cfm?clientid=17&id=318226#.YBcF454XCM8

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump quietly ‘getting stronger’ – Jennifer Harper
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/jan/31/inside-beltway-donald-trump-quietly-getting-strong/

BREITBART
— Anti-Trump PAC: Current GOP ‘No Different’ from ISIS – JOSHUA KLEIN
https://www.breitbart.com/the-media/2021/01/31/anti-trump-pac-current-gop-no-different-isis/
— Kinzinger to Launch PAC Challenging GOP’s Embrace of Donald Trump – KATHERINE RODRIGUEZ
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/01/31/rep-adam-kinzinger-launch-pac-challenging-gops-embrace-donald-trump/

THE HILL
— Former Trump officials find tough job market – ALEX GANGITANO
https://thehill.com/business-a-lobbying/536588-former-trump-officials-find-tough-job-market-after-capitol-attack

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Kinzinger starts PAC to resist party’s Trump embrace (DIERSEN: Will Kinzinger and his supporters demand that the following give money to Kinzinger’s PAC or leave the Illinois Republican Party (IRP): a) IRP Chairman, b) IRP officers, c) IRP National Committeeman, d) IRP National Committeewoman, e) the 18 IRP State Central Committee members and their deputies, f) the officers of the 102 county party organizations, g) the officers of the township and ward party organizations, h) the Precinct Committeemen and Captains, i) the 2,446,891 in Illinois who voted for Trump, j) the 193,611 in DuPage County who voted for Trump, k) the 20,080 in Milton Township who voted for Trump, and l) the 157 in my precinct who voted for Trump?)
https://www.nbc4i.com/news/washington-dc/gop-rep-kinzinger-starts-pac-to-resist-partys-trump-embrace/

CNN
— Kinzinger launches new PAC to reclaim Republican Party after Trump – Paul LeBlanc (DIERSEN: Will Kinzinger and his supporters demand that the following give money to Kinzinger’s PAC or leave the Illinois Republican Party (IRP): a) IRP Chairman, b) IRP officers, c) IRP National Committeeman, d) IRP National Committeewoman, e) the 18 IRP State Central Committee members and their deputies, f) the officers of the 102 county party organizations, g) the officers of the township and ward party organizations, h) the Precinct Committeemen and Captains, i) the 2,446,891 in Illinois who voted for Trump, j) the 193,611 in DuPage County who voted for Trump, k) the 20,080 in Milton Township who voted for Trump, and l) the 157 in my precinct who voted for Trump?)
https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/31/politics/adam-kinzinger-country-first-trump/index.html

NBC NEWS
— Pence plans to form fundraising group as he moves beyond Trump, Capitol riot. The former vice president plans to settle back in Indiana, where he has been staying with family. – Hallie Jackson and Monica Alba
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/pence-plans-form-political-group-he-moves-beyond-time-trump-n1256259
— Kinzinger: ‘It is very difficult’ to take a stand in the Republican party (DIERSEN: I vehemently disagree. I should write books about the many Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization leaders who stand against the traditional marriage/family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks in the Republican Party platform. The aforesaid many party leaders focus on driving out of the Republican Party those who support the aforesaid planks. Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform.)
https://news.yahoo.com/kinzinger-very-difficult-stand-republican-150656597.html

NEWSWEEK

— Kinzinger Says Trump Is ‘Desperate’ to Look Like He’s Still Leading GOP – JASON LEMON

https://www.newsweek.com/adam-kinzinger-says-trump-desperate-look-like-hes-still-leading-gop-1565655

WASHINGTON POST
— Kinzinger to start new PAC to challenge party’s embrace of Trump – Paul Kane and Amy B Wang (DIERSEN: Will Kinzinger and his supporters demand that the following give money to Kinzinger’s PAC or leave the Illinois Republican Party (IRP): a) IRP Chairman, b) IRP officers, c) IRP National Committeeman, d) IRP National Committeewoman, e) the 18 IRP State Central Committee members and their deputies, f) the officers of the 102 county party organizations, g) the officers of the township and ward party organizations, h) the Precinct Committeemen and Captains, i) the 2,446,891 in Illinois who voted for Trump, j) the 193,611 in DuPage County who voted for Trump, k) the 20,080 in Milton Township who voted for Trump, and l) the 157 in my precinct who voted for Trump?)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/01/31/gop-rep-kinzinger-start-new-pac-challenge-partys-trump-supporters/

NEW YORK POST
— Kinzinger wants Rep. Greene tossed from House committee – Mark Moore (DIERSEN: I should write a book about my disgusting critics/opponents who had their disgusting operatives and their disgusting dupes toss me. 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. I would focus on my disgusting critics/opponents who have/had lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois.)
https://nypost.com/2021/01/31/rep-kinzinger-wants-rep-greene-tossed-from-house-committee/

BUSINESS INSIDER
— Republican Rep. Adam Kinzinger — whose family sent out a petition to disown him after his pro-impeachment vote — said the GOP is not a ‘Trump-first party’ – Taylor Ardrey
https://www.businessinsider.com/kinzinger-on-mccarthy-flordia-visit-this-is-not-a-trump-first-party
— GOP Rep. Adam Kinzinger’s relatives disowned him for voting to impeach Trump
https://www.businessinsider.com/gop-rep-adam-kinzinger-relatives-disowned-him-impeach-trump-vote-2021-1

CITIZEN
— Should conservatives be sentenced to a Leftist-enforced ‘re-education camp’? – Trey Hoffman, Peachtree City, Ga.
https://thecitizen.com/2021/01/31/should-conservatives-be-sentenced-to-a-leftist-enforced-re-education-camp/

ATLANTIC
— Only Accountability Will Allow the U.S. to Move Forward. America cannot change its history, but it can surely learn from it. – Mitch Landrieu (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters paint Trump-supporters as being White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things who should be gotten rid of once and for all.)
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/01/only-accountability-will-allow-us-move-forward/617876/?fbclid=IwAR1I68in27Ndqx18TcNNPn7DT4Gwdn4-1TAm2-1Ap5nyqW0upC7BhZscxqs