Tag: POT

April 29 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Illinois COVID-19 Update: IL reports 3,394 new coronavirus cases, 38 deaths; Cook County announces new reopening measures. Cook County announces new guidelines for restaurant capacity, spectator events.
https://abc7chicago.com/health/il-reports-3394-new-covid-19-cases-38-deaths;-cook-co-reopening-measures/10560083/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Feds charge Ald. Patrick Daley Thompson – nephew, grandson to two Chicago mayors | Plan to rename Lake Shore Drive in honor of DuSable advances | Lightfoot loosens COVID-19 restrictions – LISA DONOVAN
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-lake-shore-drive-dusable-rename-lightfoot-reopening-vax-pass-hesitancy-spin-20210429-plgj6g6lurbq3fsv4gsmswjdp4-story.html
— Almost 20% of high school students in CPS absent from classes, and only 11% attending in-person instruction – KAREN ANN CULLOTTA
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-chicago-public-schools-attendance-reopen-20210429-duzm32hyebcx7k6yefe2p4bqgu-story.html
— Illinois online sports betting remote sign-up push earns frosty reception – RYAN BUTLER
https://www.chicagotribune.com/gambling/ct-aud-actnet-illinois-online-sports-betting-20210429-wc3ahxjrgzchfjfpgf4tsrpsga-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— 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://chicago.suntimes.com/events/2021/4/29/22406108/social-justice-in-chicago-the-march-for-immigration-reform-undocumented-immigrants-chicago-advocates

DAILY HERALD
— GOP’s Sen. Scott suggests Democrats use race as political weapon – AP (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs hint/imply/argue/shout that Republicans are racists.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20210429/gops-sen-scott-suggests-democrats-use-race-as-political-weapon
— Could a vaccination passport program be coming to Illinois? – Jake Griffin (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will the Democrats require vaccine passports to get into grocery stores, pharmacies, hospitals, restaurants, schools, government buildings, hotels, etc.?)
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20210429/could-a-vaccination-passport-program-be-coming-to-illinois-

COLUMBIA CHRONICLE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Democrats want minorities to be pot pushers.
https://columbiachronicle.com/a-year-later-racial-inequities-remain-after-legalizing-recreational-marijuana-in-illinois

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Rise of ‘Fed Ed’ Accelerated Demise of Real Education – Alex Newman
https://illinoisfamily.org/education/rise-of-fed-ed-accelerated-demise-of-real-education/

CAPITOL FAX
— IDPH working on program to help people prove they’ve been vaxed.
https://capitolfax.com/2021/04/29/idph-working-on-program-to-help-people-prove-theyve-been-vaxed/
— 3,394 new confirmed and probable cases; 38 additional deaths; 2,115 hospitalized; 475 in ICU; 3.5 percent average case positivity rate; 4 percent average test positivity rate; 97,434 average daily doses
https://capitolfax.com/2021/04/29/3394-new-confirmed-and-probable-cases-38-additional-deaths-2115-hospitalized-475-in-icu-35-percent-average-case-positivity-rate-4-percent-average-test-positivity-rate-97434-average-daily-doses/

FOX NEWS
— Cruz: Minorities like Tim Scott who don’t ‘sit down and shut up and obey’ ‘enrage’ the left. Twitter users blasted Scott as ‘Uncle Tim’ after South Carolina Republican gave formal response to Biden address.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/ted-cruz-tim-scott-response-biden-address-traitor

BLAZE
— Tim Scott says ‘America is not a racist country.’ Liberals immediately try to prove him wrong by calling him racist epithets. – PHIL SHIVER
https://www.theblaze.com/news/tim-scott-america-not-racist
— Cruz sends message to woke CEOs: Better hope Democrats take your calls. Republicans are done with you. – CHRIS FIELD (DIERSEN: To be woke is to be anti-law enforcement, anti-Trump, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-heterosexual, anti-traditional marriage/family, anti-non-poor people, anti-gun owners, anti-Christian, anti-Protestant, anti-Italian American, anti-German American, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.theblaze.com/news/cruz-message-for-woke-ceos

DAILY WIRE
— Tim Scott Shreds Joe Biden In Rebuttal Speech: Biden Is Tearing Us Apart After Promising To Unite Nation
https://www.dailywire.com/news/tim-scott-shreds-joe-biden-in-rebuttal-speech-biden-is-tearing-us-apart-after-promising-to-unite-nation

GOPUSA
— ‘What About 9/11?’ Twitter Ridicules Joe Biden After He Calls Capitol Storming The ‘Worst Attack On Our Democracy Since The Civil War’ In First Address To Congress
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=109640
— Sen. Tim Scott Rebuts Biden Speech: Hear Me Clearly, America Is Not A Racist Country
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=109634
— The Circular Logic Of Systemic Racism
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=109551
— At Least 40 States Creating Legislation That Would Ban Vaccine Requirements
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=109614

CNS NEWS
— Rev. Graham: ‘Cancel Culture’ Left Is Taking U.S. ‘Down a Road Toward Communism’ – Michael W. Chapman
https://www.cnsnews.com/article/national/michael-w-chapman/rev-graham-cancel-culture-left-taking-us-down-road-toward

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Do Population Changes Help Red America or Blue America? – Froma Harrop (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats do everything that they can to a) drive Republicans out of Illinois, DuPage County, DuPage County’s 4th District, Milton Township, Wheaton, Wheaton’s West District, and my precinct and b) replace them with Democrats 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://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2021/04/29/do_population_changes_help_red_america_or_blue_america_145671.html

AMERICANS FOR LIMITED GOVERNMENT
— Biden Wants Americans Dependent on Government Largesse
https://getliberty.org/2021/04/biden-wants-americans-dependent-on-government-largesse/

NBC NEWS
— Pence makes foray back into political debate with speech to S.C. conservatives. The former vice president is going to a key presidential nominating state to launch his criticism of Biden’s first 100 days. – Amanda Golden and Hallie Jackson
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/pence-makes-foray-back-political-debate-speech-s-c-conservatives-n1265850

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats do everything that they can to a) drive Republicans out of Illinois, DuPage County, DuPage County’s 4th District, Milton Township, Wheaton, Wheaton’s West District, and my precinct and b) replace them with Democrats 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://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/04/29/republican-rhetoric-extreme-base/

ATLANTA JOURNAL CONSTITUTION
— Trump: ‘100 percent, I am thinking about running’ in 2024. Florida’s Ron DeSantis ‘would be considered’ as running mate. – Tim Darnell
https://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/trump-100-percent-i-am-thinking-about-running-in-2024/IHNPP5NHRNFKVITEB5QAJBWAME/

MARKET WATCH
— Redistricting alone could give Republicans control of the House in 2022, experts say – Chris Matthews
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/redistricting-alone-could-give-republicans-control-of-the-house-in-2022-experts-say-11619554838

SALON
— Biden wants to fight racist exclusionary zoning laws. Will it work? “Modern-day redlining”: Activists wonder if ending exclusionary zoning will go far enough in fighting inequality – NICOLE KARLIS (DIERSEN: What do you say to hypocritical Democrats and RINOs who want low-income housing a) in their county, but not in their township, b) in their township, but not in their municipality, c) in their municipality, but not in their municipal district, d) in their municipal district, but not in their precinct, and e) in their precinct, but not in their neighborhood? I should write a book about such hypocritical NIMBYers.)
https://www.salon.com/2021/04/25/biden-wants-to-fight-racist-exclusionary-zoning-laws-will-it-work/

RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— Voters Say ‘No’ to Benefits for Illegal Immigrants
https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/current_events/immigration/voters_say_no_to_benefits_for_illegal_immigrants

FACEBOOK
— Creating More Opportunities for Independent, Local Writers to Thrive – Campbell Brown (DIERSEN: Facebook considers anything that does not promote the Democrat, Libertarian, and/or Green party platforms to be propaganda.)
https://www.facebook.com/journalismproject/apply-platform-independent-writers
(FROM THE ANNOUNCEMENT: Today we’re announcing a new opportunity for U.S. writers creating public interest journalism in their communities. We’re committing $5 million to support local journalists interested in starting or continuing their work on our new platform for independent writers which you can learn more about here. Applications open today for those looking to gain access to this new platform and the services we are offering to build an independent business. . .As part of any such deal successful applicants will commit to: Regularly publish written, public-interest journalism focused on a local community using Facebook’s tools. . .We are prioritizing applicants who meet the following criteria: You will extensively cover Black, Indigenous, Latinx, Asian or other audiences of color. The location you intend to cover or the community you will cover within your chosen location are not served by an existing media company. You are an independent writer who is not currently employed at a news publication. We’re also looking to increase access to writers who identify as Black, Indigenous, Latinx, Asian or another community of color, or who extensively cover these audiences. By focusing on diversity we can better ensure that communities of color are served by quality local journalism. . .Applicants must NOT: Carry on propaganda or otherwise attempt to influence specific legislation. . .Each application must include the following: Answers to general questions about the Applicant’s professional background and the community the Applicant proposes to cover. An explanation of the Applicant’s current digital audience across different digital platforms.)

April 28 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Tim Scott, only Black Republican senator, set to respond to Joe Biden’s address to Congress – AP
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/tim-scott-only-black-gop-senator-set-to-respond-to-biden/10556044/
— 2020 census results: Illinois loses population, but not from where you’d think – Sarah Schulte
https://abc7chicago.com/society/illinois-is-losing-residents-but-not-from-where-youd-think/10554392/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Cordova said while whites and Blacks are leaving Chicago, the same number of Asians and Latinos are moving in. She said Illinois’ population loss is being driven by downstate declines. “The decline is occurring in the smaller areas, smaller towns, primarily places that are rural,” she said. She said the loss of manufacturing jobs for decades is a big factor in that movement. Cordova said the state must begin to do things differently to reverse the trend, especially in rural areas.)
— Illinois COVID-19 Update: IL reports 2,728 new coronavirus cases, 33 deaths
https://abc7chicago.com/health/il-reports-2728-new-covid-19-cases-33-deaths/10556636/

NBC5
— Biden Promises No New Taxes on Anyone Making Less Than $400,000. Experts Doubt He Can Keep That Pledge – Lorie Konish
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/business/money-report/biden-promises-no-new-taxes-on-anyone-making-less-than-400000-experts-doubt-he-can-keep-that-pledge/2497434/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Chicago top cop’s inconvenient truth: Fathers in gang life bear responsibility when their kids get hurt – JOHN KASS
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/john-kass/ct-prem-police-superintendent-david-brown-chicago-crime-kass-20210428-enjunlyd5ne6pioenvmupacjqu-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push Pot. To push pot on and individual, municipality, township, county, state, or country is to destroy that individual, municipality, township, county, state, or country.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/lake-county-news-sun/opinion/ct-lns-selle-marijuana-sales-st-0429-20210428-yqwkz3psbrdbvljp6lasijeln4-story.html
— McDonald’s board members sued over ‘lavish’ $56 million severance for fired CEO Easterbrook – ROBERT CHANNICK
https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-teamsters-mcdonalds-lawsuit-easterbrook-severance-20210428-rlofg6yvzrbkhodagi5ga5icdy-story.html
— Lightfoot reboots peace message ahead of Anthony Alvarez fatal police shooting video | Mayor says ‘Vax Pass’ a work in progress | WaPo: Biden close to picking Emanuel as diplomat – LISA DONOVAN
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-lightfoot-peace-police-video-emanuel-japan-ambassador-report-spin-20210428-vbonhvojlzbb5iczsvxr6rsogm-story.html
— Using flawed census data to remap Illinois will hurt voters. State should wait. – MADELEINE DOUBEK
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/ct-opinion-census-remap-districts-20210428-kyiusximerbmflqc4vgnhvf324-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— State’s unpaid bill backlog shrinks to $3.5 billion — and in Illinois, that’s called ‘remarkable. The drop in the backlog — which, at its highest point, stood at $16.7 billion in 2017 — means Illinois can pay its bills as they come in and moves closer to paying off its debts within a normal 30-day cycle. – Rachel Hinton
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2021/4/28/22408050/unpaid-bill-backlog-billion-illinois-mendoza-rauner-impasse-credit-rating

DAILY HERALD
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: The more Democrats who move in, the more that poverty and crime increase.
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20210426/we-can-fight-crime-with-early-education-funding
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push Pot. To push pot on and individual, municipality, township, county, state, or country is to destroy that individual, municipality, township, county, state, or country.
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20210428/mundelein-approves-parking-plan-for-pot-shop
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20210428/second-marijuana-dispensary-in-schaumburg-opening-friday
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Gambling pushers push gambling. To push gambling on and individual, municipality, township, county, state, or country is to destroy that individual, municipality, township, county, state, or country.
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20210428/lawmakers-consider-lifting-ban-on-betting-on-in-state-colleges-universities
— New resolution to cancel McHenry County Jail’s contract with ICE voted down in committee – Kelli Duncan
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20210428/new-resolution-to-cancel-mchenry-county-jails-contract-with-ice-voted-down-in-committee
— Optimism for regional economy reigns at Choose DuPage event – Orrin Schwarz
https://www.dailyherald.com/business/20210428/optimism-for-regional-economy-reigns-at-choose-dupage-event

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Forgive me, but student-loan forgiveness program is unforgivable – Scott Reeder
https://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/scott-reeder-forgive-me-but-student-loan-forgiveness-program-is-unforgivable/article_0f98ec23-55ef-54fd-bc37-35b27f02218c.html

ALTON TELEGRAPH
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push Pot. To push pot on and individual, municipality, township, county, state, or country is to destroy that individual, municipality, township, county, state, or country.
https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/article/Medical-marijuana-bill-stalls-employees-fired-16136010.php

OAK PARK PATCH
— Diversity, Equity And Inclusion Advisory Group Members Appointed. More than 40 members were appointed at the April 26 Village Board meeting. (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrat and RINO municipalities make it clear that they want to get rid of their residents who are law enforcement officers, Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, gun owners, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://patch.com/illinois/oakpark/diversity-equity-inclusion-advisory-group-members-appointed

GLEN ELLYN PATCH
— Ballot Measure Creating a Milton Township 708 Mental Health Board is Certified by DuPage County Election Division – Karin Daly
https://patch.com/illinois/glenellyn/ep/2001302

WIREPOINTS
— Former Gov. Bruce Rauner looks back on four embattled years in Springfield. – Dartmouth Alumni Magazine
https://wirepoints.org/capital-business-former-gov-bruce-rauner-looks-back-on-four-embattled-years-in-springfield-dartmouth-alumni-magazine/

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— ILLINOIS POPULATION LOSS DROPS IT TO 6TH-MOST POPULOUS STATE – Bryce Hill
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/illinois-population-loss-drops-it-to-6th-most-populous-state/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— ISRA APPLAUDS CIRCUIT COURT DECISION STRIKING DOWN ILLINOIS’ FOID CARD LAW
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2021/04/isra-applauds-circuit-court-decision-striking-down-illinois-foid-card-law.html
— DR. BROOK BELLO PLEADS WITH ILLINOIS LAWMAKERS TO KEEP PARENTAL NOTIFICATION
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2021/04/dr-brook-bello-pleads-with-illinois-lawmakers-to-keep-parental-notification.html

CAPITOL FAX
— Bailey event draws local health department scrutiny
https://capitolfax.com/2021/04/28/bailey-event-draws-local-health-department-scrutiny/
— 2,728 new confirmed and probable cases; 33 additional deaths; 2,154 hospitalized; 502 in ICU; 3.4 percent average case positivity rate; 4.1 percent average test positivity rate; 100,823 average daily doses
https://capitolfax.com/2021/04/28/2728-new-confirmed-and-probable-cases-33-additional-deaths-2154-hospitalized-502-in-icu-34-percent-average-case-positivity-rate-41-percent-average-test-positivity-rate-100823-average-daily-doses/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Biden’s racial equity agenda targets ‘exclusionary’ single-family neighborhoods – Kery Murakami (DIERSEN: Many in my Wheaton precinct believe that the south side of Roosevelt Road between the Prairie Path and Main Street is targeted for low-income apartment buildings.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/apr/28/biden-racial-equity-agenda-targets-exclusionary-si/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: President Biden wants to transform the character of many American cities and suburbs by building more apartment buildings in quiet and frequently disproportionately White neighborhoods of single-family homes. The Biden administration sees remnants of America’s segregationist past in what it calls “exclusionary” zoning laws, which allow only single-family homes in large swaths of cities and suburbs. As part of a racial equity agenda the president is pursuing in his massive infrastructure plan, Mr. Biden would send federal grants to cities if they eliminate those zoning laws and allow more lower-income people, often minorities, in areas that typically have better schools and fewer social ills that plague poor, inner-city communities.)
— ICE to cut arrests of violent criminal aliens 50% – Paul Bedard
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/washington-secrets/ice-to-cut-arrests-of-violent-criminal-illegal-immigrants-50

DAILY WIRE
— Texas School District Shames White Students As Part Of ‘Cultural Competence,’ Parents Enraged – Ashe Schow
https://www.dailywire.com/news/texas-school-district-shames-white-students-as-part-of-cultural-competence-parents-enraged

ONE AMERICA NEWS NETWORK
— Smugglers Find New Route For Adults To Bypass Biden Border Rules
https://www.oann.com/smugglers-find-new-route-for-adults-to-bypass-biden-border-rules/

NEWSMAX
— These Ten Key 2022 Midterm Election Issues Favor the GOP – Larry Bell
https://www.newsmax.com/larrybell/midterm-elections-republic-cancel/2021/04/28/id/1019324/

THE HILL
— McConnell accuses Biden of breaking promise to unify – ALEXANDER BOLTON (DIERSEN: Democrats have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans.)
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/550689-mcconnell-accuses-biden-of-breaking-promise-to-unify
— US settling age-discrimination case by former FAA workers for $44M – CELINE CASTRONUOVO (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, governments, employers, organizations, etc. discriminate against those who are older, White, and/or male in order to give preference to those who are younger, minority, and/or female. I should write a book about that.)
https://thehill.com/policy/transportation/aviation/550772-us-settling-age-discrimination-case-by-former-faa-workers-for

CNN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters promote Kinzinger. Overwhelmingly, hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters hate individuals, hate organizations, hate companies, hate governments, and hate 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. Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters hate me and hate my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters.
https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/28/politics/adam-kinzinger-donald-trump-2024/index.html

CBS NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: How soon, if not already, will Amazon, Delta, Pfizer and Tesla a) fire its employees who do not promote LGBTQ and b) refuse to do business with those who do not promote LGBTQ?
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/amazon-delta-pfizer-and-tesla-among-companies-backing-lgbtq-bill/

YAHOO NEWS
— US Catholic bishops may press Biden to stop taking Communion – DAVID CRARY
https://www.yahoo.com/news/us-catholic-bishops-may-press-143840441.html

NEW YORK TIMES
— People of Color Breathe More Hazardous Air. – Hiroko Tabuchi and Nadja Popovich (DIERSEN: My father attended high school in Chicago Heights in 1940 and 1941 and he worked in a nasty chemical plant in Chicago Heights 1941-1969. I worked in Chicago Heights 1964-1966 and 1970-1972 and in Harvey 1972-1973.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/28/climate/air-pollution-minorities.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Deadly air pollutant ‘disproportionately and systematically’ harms Americans of color, study finds. Black, Latino and Asian Americans face higher levels of exposure to fine particulate matter from traffic, construction and other sources. Juliet Eilperin and Darryl Fears (DIERSEN: My father attended high school in Chicago Heights in 1940 and 1941 and he worked in a nasty chemical plant in Chicago Heights 1941-1969. I worked in Chicago Heights 1964-1966 and 1970-1972 and in Harvey 1972-1973.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2021/04/28/environmental-justice-pollution/

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Orange County debates ethnic studies: Vital learnings or ‘anti-white’ divisiveness? – HAYLEY SMITH (DIERSEN: Democrats use ethnic studies to promote hatred against Republicans, and especially against Republicans who are law enforcement officers, Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, gun owners, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-04-28/ethnic-studies-slammed-as-anti-white-in-orange-county

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
— U.S. Air Force creates 2 teams to address issues affecting LGBTQ, Indigenous members – MURI ASSUNÇÃO (DIERSEN: How soon, if noit already, will the U.S. military officially announce that it is officially getting rid of all its personnel who are Republican starting with those who are law enforcement officers, Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, gun owners, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
https://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/ny-air-force-creates-teams-address-lgbtq-indigenous-members-20210428-mb4q6m6jfbddbgrgfv7yaztlfq-story.html

DULUTH NEWS TRIBUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: I should write a book about those who make those in Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton who are the following feel unwelcome: law enforcement officers, Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, gun owners, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. I would focus on those who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout and who done the most to make me feel unwelcome.
https://www.duluthnewstribune.com/opinion/letters/6995063-Readers-View-White-people-need-to-feel-uncomfortable-too

BUSINESS INSIDER
— A conservative ETF designed to boycott ‘hostile’ companies like Disney and Nike that support the ‘liberal agenda’ has beaten the broader market since Biden took office – Emily Graffeo
https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/conservative-etf-american-values-exchange-traded-fund-liberal-flaig-ridgeline-2021-4-1030359673

NEWSWEEK
— As Clock Ticks Down to Midterms, Progressives Can’t Agree on Reparations (DIERSEN: Democrats promote reparations to promote hatred against Republicans, and especially against Republicans who are law enforcement officers, Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, gun owners, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.newsweek.com/clock-ticks-down-midterms-progressives-cant-agree-reparations-1586938

ZILLOW
— FOR SALE: 1003 James Court, Wheaton – $829,000
https://www.zillow.com/wheaton-il/X1-SS1apc9gppw622z_3o1g1_sse/4448312_zpid/

April 27 Evening Edition

NBC5
— OUTRAGEOUS: Americans Support Biden’s Spending and Want Him to Spend More, Polls Show – Kevin Breuninger
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/business/money-report/americans-support-bidens-spending-and-want-him-to-spend-more-polls-show/2496274/
— Biden to Propose Free Preschool, a $200B Investment. The new details are part of Biden’s $1 trillion-plus package focused on so-called human infrastructure. – Lisa Mascaro and Josh Boak
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/biden-to-propose-free-preschool-a-200b-investment/2496633/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Pritzker chastises GOP for failing to collaborate on new legislative maps and cheers census data showing smaller population loss than many feared – RICK PEARSON
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-illinois-redistricting-pritzker-20210427-d4o2soxc4rhqlnw5jsq4upperm-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, since the Civil War, Democrats blame Republicans for the problems that Blacks have.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/clarence-page/ct-column-evanston-slavery-reparations-housing-ta-nehisi-coates-page-20210427-33fp6rqrrfaundibj22gzpedvu-story.html
— Pritzker to follow CDC’s lead on easing mask guidelines | Chicago looking at ‘Vax Pass’ | Governor signs into law bill aimed at closing racial disparities in health care – LISA DONOVAN
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-prizker-mask-easing-guidelines-following-cdc-abby-witt-tapped-democrats-spin-20210427-fvommzxdm5cqfl5nlrq7wh3tgm-story.html
— Part victory lap, Part sales job: President Biden to address a joint session of Congress. Here’s what we expect him to say. – MICHAEL D. SHEAR
https://www.chicagotribune.com/nation-world/ct-aud-nw-nyt-biden-congress-address-20210427-i352dzzypjbjncbtozlib3xwai-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Where’s Caitlyn? So far, Jenner’s campaign is virtual. Jenner’s written statement last week that she would enter a likely recall election that could oust Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom generated international publicity. But so far the political newcomer’s campaign exists in the virtual realm, a string of tweets and vaguely worded posts with no specifics about what she might do if elected. – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2021/4/27/22406647/caitlyn-jenners-campaign-so-far-virtual

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Chicago’s top doctor teases vaccine passport for events. Those vaccinated against COVID-19 may get special access to concerts under a new program, which could start next month. – STEPHANIE GOLDBERG
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/health-care/chicagos-top-doctor-teases-vaccine-passport-events

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Democrats want to start race war – Michael Reagan
https://www.pantagraph.com/opinion/columnists/michael-reagan-democrats-want-to-start-race-war/article_b37b12e0-160c-5b63-a0e4-3e81eeb13c87.html

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Gov. JB Pritzker signs sweeping health care equity reform bill – Dean Olsen
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/2021/04/27/pritzker-signs-transformative-health-care-equity-bill-into-law/4856711001/

WEDNESDAY JOURNAL
— Conservative site seeking to fill news void invites suspicion. West Cook News makes known its partisan edge, but largely abandons journalistic tools in local coverage. – Michael Romain (DIERSEN: The mainstream news media serves as an arm of the Democrat, Libertarian, and Green parties.)
https://www.oakpark.com/2021/04/27/conservative-site-seeking-to-fill-news-void-invites-suspicion/

WAND
— Smoke pot? Can’t buy a gun – Doug Wolfe
https://www.wandtv.com/news/smoke-pot-cant-buy-a-gun/article_54eea538-a795-11eb-8617-1b36541abdd5.html

CAPITOL FAX
— Southern Illinois judge rules FOID card unconstitutional
https://capitolfax.com/2021/04/27/southern-illinois-judge-rules-foid-card-unconstitutional/
— Pritzker mischaracterizes his own 2018 remap veto pledge, also claims 2011 remap had a “very strong leaning toward fairness”
https://capitolfax.com/2021/04/27/pritzker-mischaracterizes-his-own-2018-remap-veto-pledge-also-claims-2011-remap-had-a-very-strong-leaning-toward-fairness/
— 2,556 new confirmed and probable cases; 23 additional deaths; 2,180 hospitalized; 502 in ICU; 3.5 percent average case positivity rate; 4.1 percent average test positivity rate; 105,757 average daily doses
https://capitolfax.com/2021/04/27/2556-new-confirmed-and-probable-cases-23-additional-deaths-2180-hospitalized-502-in-icu-35-percent-average-case-positivity-rate-41-percent-average-test-positivity-rate-105757-average-daily-doses/
— Pritzker signs fourth Black Caucus “pillar” into law
https://capitolfax.com/2021/04/27/pritzker-signs-fourth-black-caucus-pillar-into-law/
— Abby Witt named new DPI executive director
https://capitolfax.com/2021/04/27/abby-witt-named-new-dpi-executive-director/

GOPUSA
— Woke Democrats Broke American Cities
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=109446

DAILY SIGNAL
— Wealthiest Cities in Bluest States Reap Windfall From Democrats’ COVID-19 ‘Stimulus’ – Fred Lucas
https://www.dailysignal.com/2021/04/26/wealthiest-cities-in-bluest-states-reap-windfall-from-democrats-covid-19-stimulus/

FEDERALIST
— The Derek Chauvin Verdict Is More Evidence America Isn’t Systemically Racist That the U.S. justice system punished Derek Chauvin shows both the promise of America and the hollowness of critical race theory. – Kyle Sammin
https://thefederalist.com/2021/04/27/the-derek-chauvin-verdict-is-more-evidence-america-isnt-systemically-racist/

NEW AMERICAN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: I should write a book about fiscal conservatives who destroy social conservatives.
https://thenewamerican.com/gop-seeks-return-to-fiscal-conservatism-laments-bases-focus-on-culture-war-issues/

THE HILL
— Republicans embrace Trump in effort to reclaim Senate – JARED GANS AND REID WILSON

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/550550-republicans-embrace-trump-in-effort-to-reclaim-senate

— Hundreds of businesses sign on to support LGBTQ rights legislation – MYCHAEL SCHNELL (DIERSEN: To promote LGBTQ is to destroy traditional marriage and the traditional family.)
https://thehill.com/regulation/lobbying/550455-hundreds-of-businesses-sign-on-to-support-lgbtq-rights-legislation
— Trump swipes at Cheney amid House GOP spat – TAL AXELROD
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/550590-trump-swipes-at-cheney-amid-house-gop-spat

ROLL CALL
— Census results start wave of litigation over new maps. Rushed redistricting process looms ahead of 2022 midterms. – Michael Macagnone
https://www.rollcall.com/2021/04/27/census-results-start-wave-of-litigation-over-new-maps/

ABC NEWS
— Republicans face identity crises from within own ranks: The Note. There’s continued disagreement over Trump’s role in determining the GOP’s future. – Rick Klein, Averi Harper, and Kendall Karson (DIERSEN: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters want to dump those like me who do not share their hatred of Trump. 157 in my precinct voted for Trump. 26,080 in Milton Township voted for Trump. 193,611 in DuPage County voted for Trump. 2,446,891 in Illinois voted for Trump.)
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/republicans-face-identity-crises-ranks-note/story?id=77323767

WASHINGTON POST
— Wheaton: For evangelical leader Jamie Aten, advocating for vaccines led to a death threat – Bob Smietana
https://www.washingtonpost.com/religion/for-evangelical-leader-jamie-aten-advocating-for-vaccines-led-to-a-death-threat/2021/04/27/ce95acbe-a7a5-11eb-a8a7-5f45ddcdf364_story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: When Aten, executive director of the Humanitarian Disaster Institute at Wheaton College, began to urge his fellow evangelicals to get vaccinated, however, things got ugly. “How’s your Monday going?” he tweeted on April 27. “Mine started with having to file a police report in response to the increasing number of threats I’m getting for encouraging white evangelicals to get vaccinated against COVID-19.” Aten, who teaches at an evangelical college and identifies as an evangelical, told Religion News Service he’d filed a report with the sheriff’s office in DuPage County, Illinois, where he lives, after getting an email claiming his work on vaccines was “punishable by death.” The email was part of a pattern of emails and calls from people angry about Aten’s work helping Christian groups and churches respond to the COVID-19 vaccine. The threats intensified after he spoke to The New York Times about the need for evangelicals to be vaccinated.)

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Facebook, Twitter, YouTube pressed on ‘poisonous’ algorithms – ANNA EDGERTON AND ILYA BANARES
https://www.latimes.com/business/technology/story/2021-04-27/facebook-twitter-youtube-pressed-on-poisonous-algorithms

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— GOP Leaders Clash on Trump at Annual Retreat. Republicans hope to take back control of Congress in midterms – Kristina Peterson
https://www.wsj.com/articles/gop-leaders-clash-on-trump-at-annual-retreat-11619563002
— Biden’s Post-Trump Honeymoon. He’s riding the end of the pandemic to pass a radical agenda. – Editorial
https://www.wsj.com/articles/bidens-post-trump-honeymoon-11619564017

NEWSWEEK
— Marjorie Taylor Greene Says Republicans ‘Stupid’ to Not Invite Trump to GOP Retreat – DANIEL VILLARREA
https://www.newsweek.com/marjorie-taylor-greene-says-republicans-stupid-not-invite-trump-gop-retreat-1586607

April 24 Evening Edition

NBC5
— Coronavirus in Illinois: 2,907 New COVID Cases, 25 Deaths, 125K Vaccinations. Both the statewide positivity rate all tests returning positive results and the positivity rate for individuals tested in the last seven dropped Friday.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/coronavirus/coronavirus-in-illinois-2907-new-covid-cases-25-deaths-125k-vaccinations/2494486/

WTTW
— State Lawmakers Consider Letting Local Voters Decide on Rent Control – Nick Blumberg (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will voters be allowed to ban the following from their municipality, township, county, and state and from America: those who are not a member of a protected group, that is, those who are law enforcement officers, Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, gun owners, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.?)
https://news.wttw.com/2021/04/24/state-lawmakers-consider-letting-local-voters-decide-rent-control

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— First White House Black Secret Service agent still trying to clear his name. For Abraham Bolden, now 86, time is running out on years-long efforts to obtain a presidential pardon. – Mary Mitchell (DIERSEN: I am still trying to clear my name. My Democrat superiors in the federal government would not have taken the following adverse actions against me if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, or veteran. My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, gave me unfair performance expectations and appraisals, always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, did not promote me beyond GS-13, got rid of my mentor in 1987, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and forced me to take a $20,361 (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. My Democrat IRS superiors did not promote me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions in 1978, got rid of my mentor in 1975, and disallowed my partial day per diem claims in 1974. My Democrat Post Office superiors forced me to resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2021/4/23/22400324/abraham-bolden-first-black-secret-service-agent-pardon-efforts

DAILY HERALD
— A wave of color sweeps into local offices – Madhu Krishnamurthy (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, the more of the following that you are, the more that you are discouraged from seeking or holding any kind of government or political office: Trump supporter, conservative, patriotic, Republican, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, gun owner, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20210424/a-wave-of-color-sweeps-into-local-offices

ROCKFORD REGISTER STAR
— Demonstrators in Rockford pray for legislators to support parental notice before abortion – Ken DeCoster
https://www.rrstar.com/story/news/2021/04/24/illinois-legislature-demonstrators-rally-anti-abortion-law/7320410002/
— Pritzker’s failure to listen has hurt Illinois economy, people – Paul Schimpf
https://www.rrstar.com/story/opinion/2021/04/24/pritzkers-failure-listen-has-hurt-illinois-economy-people/7362572002/

JACKSONVILLE JOURNAL COURIER
— New leadership, same politics, GOP lawmaker says
https://www.myjournalcourier.com/insider/article/New-leadership-same-politics-GOP-lawmaker-says-16124934.php
— Symbolic ordinance ‘protects’ gun rights – Charles Mills
https://www.myjournalcourier.com/news/article/Symbolic-ordinance-protects-gun-rights-16126091.php

STATELINE
— Pro-life activists hold rally in Rockford against abortion bill
https://www.mystateline.com/news/local-news/pro-life-activists-hold-rally-in-rockford-against-abortion-bill/

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— U of I student dismissed for failing to comply with Covid-19 testing – Brice Bement (DIERSEN: If you are employed, how soon, if not already, will your employer dismiss its employees who are not tested? If you are a member of an organization, how soon, if not already, will your organization dismiss its members who are not tested? How soon, if not already, will your municipality dismiss its residents who are not a member of a protected group and who are not tested?)
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/coronavirus/u-of-i-student-dismissed-for-failing-to-comply-with-covid-19-testing/

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— ECWd Founders Seek Declaratory Judgement Against Governor Pritzker – KIRK ALLEN & JOHN KRAFT
https://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2021/04/ecwd-founders-seek-declaratory-judgement-against-governor-pritzker/

GOPUSA
— Is America Led By Anti-Americans Today? – Patrick J. Buchanan
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=109383

BLAZE
— Democrats threaten retaliation against Republicans over move to censure Rep. Maxine Waters One Democrat has already renewed efforts to punish Rep. Marjorie TaylorGreene – CHRIS ENLOE (DIERSEN: I should write a book about the unsuccessful attempt by my critics/opponents to get the Illinois Center Right Coalition to censure me for my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters at its 2006 Annual Convention in the Wheaton Bowl. I would focus on my critics/opponents and their operatives and dupes who carried out the attempt. I would focus on my critics/opponents who were unsuccessful Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct, their major donors, their political consultants, their campaign managers, their campaign staff members, and their campaign volunteers. I would focus on the unsuccessful gubernatorial campaigns in the 2006 Republican primary. Jim Oberweis got 31.74% of the vote in that primary, Bill Brady got 18.40%, and Ron Gidwitz got 10.88%.)
https://www.theblaze.com/news/democrats-threaten-retaliation-maxine-waters-censure-effort

ONE NEWS NOW
— Will ‘woke’ companies cancel Christians? – Michael F. Haverluck
https://onenewsnow.com/culture/2021/04/24/will-woke-companies-cancel-christians

EPOCH TIMES
— The United States of 2 Americas – John Mills (DIERSEN: To get those who are religious, conservative, and/or Republican to leave Illinois, leave DuPage County, leave Milton Township, and leave Wheaton, Democrats and RINOs do everything that they can to get Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, and Wheaton Downtown Association to promote a) dependency on government, b) dependency on charity, c) LGBTQ, d) abortion, d) mass/illegal immigration, e) booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, f) abolition of the First and Second Amendments, g) patronage, h) political affiliation discrimination, i) reverse discrimination, and j) age discrimination.)
https://www.theepochtimes.com/the-united-states-of-two-americas_3782214.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A part of this blue/red separation is the manifest “Digital Apartheid” that is being applied by the blue side to the red side to create two social media systems. This Digital Apartheid is pervasive and driven by the new, vicious, lockstep, “social justice” mantra that has taken over the automatons who lead U.S. social media. We are experiencing an unprecedented shakedown by groups such as Black Lives Matter (BLM) and Antifa who broadcast through their relentless bullhorn of social media and old media. There are now two business systems in America—blue and red. Many of the businesses that lead major market sectors have now revealed themselves to be de-facto thought police to enforce Social Justice. MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell is the poster child of this, as he has been targeted for elimination by the self-appointed high priests of “wokism.” We’re also finding out there are two financial systems in America, as those with capital now act as the gatekeepers of who receives capital and who is excluded. Bank of America has become “Bank of who I decide to allow access to the capital system.” That’s a far cry from the intent of its founder, who wanted to make sure all had access. The modern bank staff has now become an appendage of the virtue-signaling synchronized chorus. There are now two media systems in America. The Hollywood award shows are now a Roman circus of self-loathing, lecturing, and virtue signaling. Few are watching these award shows—in fact, few are watching legacy media as ratings collapse. It’s curious from an agnostic business perspective how CNN even survives at this point in time. Somehow the citizen’s pocketbook is being fleeced by corporations and advertisers who recycle ad revenue through “woke” media to keep them alive when it’s patently obvious the viewership has imploded—but that’s the beauty of the new era of crony capitalism (which is a transition phase to socialism). The citizens of our nation have consciously or unconsciously chosen sides. If you’re angry at yourself for not being woke enough and have righteous virtue-signal signs in your yard lauding BLM, you’re likely on the blue side. If the drivel of virtue signaling makes no sense to you, you’re probably on the red side.)

THE HILL
— Democrats seek to keep spotlight on Capitol siege – MIKE LILLIS AND SCOTT WONG
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/550075-democrats-seek-to-keep-spotlight-on-capitol-siege

YAHOO NEWS
— Tennessee Tech professor Andrew Donadio refutes ‘racist’ label hung on him by colleagues for his role in Turning Point USA. (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats run America. Ever-increasingly, Democrats slander Republicans as being White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, and bigots. To be called a White supremacist, Nazi, KKK member, hater, racist, sexist, or bigot in America today is like being called a Jew in Germany during the 1930s, if not 1940s.)
https://news.yahoo.com/professor-refutes-racist-label-colleagues-134443292.html

WASHINGTON POST
— After Arkansas passes its trans ban, parents and teens wonder: Should we stay? – Emily Wax-Thibodeaux (DIERSEN: To get those who are religious, conservative, and/or Republican to leave Illinois, leave DuPage County, leave Milton Township, and leave Wheaton, Democrats and RINOs do everything that they can to get Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, and Wheaton Downtown Association to promote a) dependency on government, b) dependency on charity, c) LGBTQ, d) abortion, d) mass/illegal immigration, e) booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, f) abolition of the First and Second Amendments, g) patronage, h) political affiliation discrimination, i) reverse discrimination, and j) age discrimination.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/after-arkansas-passes-its-trans-ban-parents-and-teens-wonder-should-we-stay/2021/04/23/74c822f0-9d34-11eb-8005-bffc3a39f6d3_story.html

SEATTLE TIMES
— Ted Cruz maintains ties to right-wing group despite its extremist messaging – Beth Reinhard and Neena Satija (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who hinted/implied/argued/shouted that TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois and Illinois Center Right Coalition were right-wing extremist groups. I would focus on my critics/opponents who were unsuccessful Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct, their major donors, their political consultants, their campaign managers, their campaign staff members, and their campaign volunteers.)
https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/nation-politics/ted-cruz-maintains-ties-to-right-wing-group-despite-its-extremist-messaging/

April 23 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Illinois COVID-19 Update: IL reports 3,369 new coronavirus cases, 22 deaths
https://abc7chicago.com/health/il-reports-3369-new-covid-19-cases-22-deaths/10540776/
— Caitlyn Jenner announces official run for California governor – AP
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/caitlyn-jenner-announces-official-run-for-ca-governor/10540469/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— House passes gender-neutral bathroom bill over Republican concerns that one Democrat dubbed ‘transphobic’ The measure was backed by LGBTQ advocates, but state Rep. Katie Stuart, D-Edwardsville, said she was looking to the many businesses that want to have multi-stall gender neutral bathrooms “either because their patrons or their employees have asked for it. But our laws don’t allow it.” – Andrew Sullender
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2021/4/23/22400389/house-passes-gender-neutral-bathroom-bill-transgender-caregivers-lgbtq-stuart-morrison
— Former Worth Township Supervisor John O’Sullivan charged by feds in bribery conspiracy. The accusations against O’Sullivan and others revolve around an alleged scheme to pay off a relative of an Oak Lawn trustee in May 2017 as part of an effort to expand a red-light camera company’s footprint in the southwest suburb. – Jon Seidel
https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2021/4/23/22399434/former-worth-township-supervisor-john-osullivan-charged-by-feds-in-bribery-conspiracy
— I’m an educator. We shouldn’t give standardized tests this year — or ever. – Gina Caneva (DIERSEN: What tests have you passed? The tests that I have passed include a) the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979 when I was 30 years old, b) the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, c) all the tests necessary to earn a master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT in 1997, d) all the tests necessary to earn a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, e) all the tests necessary to earn an MBA from Loyola in 1976, f) all the tests necessary to earn a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU in 1970, g) the Federal Service Entrance Examination in 1970, and h) the Post Office employment examination in 1966.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2021/4/23/22398028/standardized-testing-pandemic-biden-administration-gina-caneva

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Illinois legislature considers making Juneteenth a state holiday | A look at deadly Chicago fires | US lifts pause on Johnson & Johnson vaccines
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-the-spin-chicago-deadly-fires-vaccines-juneteenth-20210424-utcnqulnrbh2po3azcelnvctai-story.html
— Former state rep, Worth Township supervisor charged with bribery in red-light camera probe – JASON MEISNER and RAY LONG
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/criminal-justice/ct-worth-township-john-osullivan-bribery-charges-safespeed-20210423-2myrxazvkzco7hq4csfg65grui-story.html
— Attempted extortion of Illinois elections board exec involved ‘flirtatious’ messages, demand for $3,000, letter indicates – RAY LONG and RICK PEARSON
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-prem-illinois-state-elections-board-executive-director-online-scam-20210422-tqctghaudrg4xk4t6szrscylce-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— Suburban legislators’ ‘present’ votes temporarily halt gun legislation in Illinois House – JJ Bullock
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20210423/suburban-legislators-present-votes-temporarily-halt-gun-legislation-in-illinois-house
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot. To push pot on an individual, municipality, township, county, state, or country is to destroy that individual, municipality, township, county, state, or country.
https://www.dailyherald.com/article/20210422/news/304229869

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— They’re not making Republicans like they used to on the North Shore. In Chuck Percy and Mark Kirk’s old stomping grounds, the GOP rhetoric has taken a decidedly rightward turn. Fair enough—but is that a winning strategy? – GREG HINZ
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/greg-hinz-politics/theyre-not-making-republicans-they-used-north-shore
— How the state aims to get shot-shunners to take the vaccine. Local health departments are seeing declining interest in vaccines, threatening the quest for herd immunity. – STEPHANIE GOLDBERG (DIERSEN: What adverse actions will the state take against “shot-shunners?”)
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/health-care/how-state-aims-get-shot-shunners-take-vaccine

NPR ILLINOIS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters say “After Trump, Young Americans Are ‘More Hopeful About The Future.”
https://www.nprillinois.org/post/after-trump-young-americans-are-more-hopeful-about-future-poll-finds#stream/0

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— ROSSI: WELCOME TO AMERICA’S 2ND CIVIL WAR
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2021/04/rossi-welcome-to-americas-2nd-civil-war.html
— FILTHY RICH: ILLINOIS BILLIONAIRES GOT WEALTHIER DURING PANDEMIC
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2021/04/filthy-rich-illinois-billionaires-got-wealthier-during-pandemic.html
— MEDIA’S RACIAL NARRATIVE TARGETS WHITES, HARMS BLACKS
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2021/04/medias-racial-narrative-targets-whites-harms-blacks.html

CAPITOL FAX
— All House Republicans side with whipped up anti-vaxxers as Rep. Chesney declares “My body, my choice” during debate
https://capitolfax.com/2021/04/23/all-house-republicans-side-with-whipped-up-anti-vaxxers-as-rep-chesney-declares-my-body-my-choice-during-debate/

GOPUSA
— Leftist Mobs Supplant Government ‘By The People’
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=109379
— Cops Know Nothing About Policing: Just Leave It Up To The Woke Politicians
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=109405
— Biden’s Secretary Of State Anthony Blinken Will Allow Embassies To Fly The ‘Pride’ Flag On The Same Pole As The US Flag
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=109408

BREITBART
— George W. Bush Walks Back ‘Nativist’ Attack on GOP … Kind Of – JOHN NOLTE
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/04/23/george-w-bush-walks-back-nativist-attack-gop-kind-of/
— Biden Stops Fining Illegal Aliens Who Do Not Depart U.S., Cancels Their Debt – John Binder
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/04/23/biden-stops-fining-illegal-aliens-who-do-not-depart-u-s-cancels-their-debt/

TIME
— Kevin McCarthy’s Gamble on a “Big Tent” GOP – LISSANDRA VILLA (DIERSEN: Beyond outrageously, beyond tragically, with its “Big Tent” policy, the Republican Party lets Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, Green plants, Independent plants, and RINOs hold leadership positions in the party. Most commonly, they reject the traditional marriage/family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender preference giving) planks. The “Big Tent” policy will destroy the Republican Party.)
https://time.com/5956997/kevin-mccarthys-gamble-big-tent-republican-party/

April 23 Morning Edition

ABC7
— Washington DC statehood vote passes House as Senate fight looms in effort to make district 51st state – AP
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/51-states-dc-statehood-bill-passes-house-as-senate-fight-looms/10540239/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi has stockpiled an astounding $9 million in campaign cash. It’s an open secret why Krishnamoorthi is salting away election money; he wants to run for the Senate if an Illinois seat opens up. – Lynn Sweet
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2021/4/22/22398564/illinois-rep-raja-krishnamoorthi-9-million-campaign-cash-election
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, pot pushers push pot. To push pot on an individual, municipality, township, county, state, or country is to destroy that individual, municipality, township, county, state, or country.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2021/4/22/22398179/cpd-drug-crimes-chicago-class-3-felony-misdemeanors-illinois-house-bill-3447-war-drugs-david-franco

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— How to protect Lightfoot from cop controversies: Disarm police, give them whistles and call them ‘bobbies’ – JOHN KASS
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/john-kass/ct-prem-lightfoot-chicago-police-chases-kass-20210423-b3mshe5kmvb4zk27lgtg33ycke-story.html
— What’s an ideal fix for Illinois gerrymandering? An algorithmic approach – SHELDON H. JACOBSON (DIERSEN: I should write a book about the 2015 gerrymandering of my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 9. I went from living in the middle of my precinct to living on its far western edge. I lost about 100 homes that were majority Republican and gained about 100 homes that were majority Democrat surrounding a grade school, a middle school, and the Wheaton Warrenville School District 200 Administration Headquarters.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/ct-opinion-illinois-gerrymandering-remap-algorithm-fix-20210422-rvhrvkqtzzckhnwtyheffdoqtq-story.html

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, pot pushers push pot. To push pot on an individual, municipality, township, county, state, or country is to destroy that individual, municipality, township, county, state, or country.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/crains-forum-gun-violence-and-covid-19/cannabis-tax-revenue-targets-violence-prevention

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Tim Butler explodes on Illinois House floor after Dems block vote on Capital Township bill – Dean Olsen
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/2021/04/23/tim-butler-explodes-after-illinois-democrats-block-township-bill-vote/7347079002/

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats use Asian Americans to promote hatred against Republicans.
https://www.pantagraph.com/news/local/watch-now-u-s-sen-tammy-duckworth-recounts-harassment-of-her-80-year-old-mother/video_efca9878-cb4c-5013-adad-258c701ee4b7.html

WSPY
— Wheeler Sponsored Term Limit Bill Clears Illinois House
https://www.wspynews.com/news/local/wheeler-sponsored-term-limit-bill-clears-illinois-house/article_061f81cc-a432-11eb-81c5-f77d18708fb5.html

NPR ILLINOIS
— Mandatory Fingerprinting, Universal Background Checks Wrapped Into Package To Fix FOID Card Backlog – HANNAH MEISEL
https://www.nprillinois.org/post/mandatory-fingerprinting-universal-background-checks-wrapped-package-fix-foid-card-backlog#stream/0

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Senate passes state and local tax (SALT) deduction bill – Kevin Bessler
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/senate-passes-state-and-local-tax-deduction-bill/article_01a403a6-a3b1-11eb-b592-db0841799201.html

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Christians Who Undermine Their Christian Witness
https://illinoisfamily.org/podcast/podcast-christians-who-undermine-their-christian-witness/

BREITBART
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC, TREASONOUS: Dick Durbin Praises George W. Bush: ‘Bless You’ for Amnesty Op-Ed – NEIL MUNRO (DIERSEN: Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. Because Bush rejects many planks in the Republican Party platform, the Republican Party should not have helped elect him or reelect him.)
https://www.breitbart.com/economy/2021/04/22/dick-durbin-praises-george-w-bush-bless-you-for-amnesty-op-ed/

FEDERALIST
— Ben Domenech: Republicans Confused The Priorities Of American Big Business With Their Own – Tristan Justice (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Big Business acts as an operative or as a dupe for the Democrat, Libertarian, and/or Green parties. Ever-increasingly, Big Business destroys 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://thefederalist.com/2021/04/22/ben-domenech-republicans-confused-the-priorities-of-american-big-business-with-their-own/

PJ MEDIA
— The Masque of the Blue Death – MARK ELLIS (DIERSEN: Who has succeeded in replacing you? I should write a book about those who succeeded in replacing me as a TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member, Milton Township Republican Organization webmaster, Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member, GAO employee, etc.)
https://pjmedia.com/columns/mark-ellis/2021/04/22/the-masque-of-the-blue-death-n1441985
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A Black Lives Matter co-founder buys up real estate in white neighborhoods, while the violent insurrectionists fomenting civil chaos under the BLM banner wreak havoc in communities where people of color actually live. The stench of hypocrisy rises like swamp gas, but never quite high enough to eclipse the smell of socio-political moribundity. Woke corporatists turn household names like Coca Cola into catchphrases denoting white guilt. As replacement theory gains traction, Marxist extremists sow racial dissension and gear up for what they believe is a long overdue reckoning. The rest of the “racist” citizenry battens down the hatches.)

ONE NEWS NOW
— Legislative ploy helping illegals ‘game the system – Chad Groening
https://onenewsnow.com/politics-govt/2021/04/23/legislative-ploy-helping-illegals-game-the-system

NEWS BUSTERS
— Bloomberg Opinion Senior Columnist Attacks Fox News for Retaining Tucker Carlson – Joseph Vazquez (DIERSEN: I should write a book about my critics/opponents who have attacked the following to get rid of me: Milton Township Republican Organization, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Illinois Center Right Coalition, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter, GAO, etc.)
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/business/joseph-vazquez/2021/04/21/absurd-bloomberg-opinion-senior-columnist-attacks-fox-news

LIFE SITE NEWS
— Alaskan village bans unvaccinated people from in-person shopping. People who have not received experimental coronavirus shots, however, ‘can still make phone orders and their orders are delivered to their home.’ – Victoria Gisondi
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/alaskan-village-bans-unvaccinated-people-from-in-person-shopping

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— DIERSEN: HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote hatred against Republicans, and especially against Republicans who are White, male, older, law enforcement officers, Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, 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.realclearpolitics.com/video/2021/04/21/stelter_tucker_carlsons_show_is_the_broadcast_version_of_whitelash_he_is_radicalizing_republicans.html

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— George Floyd Square in Minneapolis features special instructions for whites – Jon Dougherty (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will your municipality issue “special instructions” for those who are White, male, older, Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, 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.bizpacreview.com/2021/04/22/george-floyd-square-in-minneapolis-features-special-instructions-for-whites-1063540/

EPOCH TIMES
— Most Mass Shooters ‘Dad-Deprived Males’: Author Warren Farrell – ZACHARY STIEBER AND JAN JEKIELEK
https://www.theepochtimes.com/mkt_morningbrief/most-mass-shooters-dad-deprived-males-author-warren-farrell_3786721.html

THE HILL
— ADL CEO asks advertisers to boycott Tucker Carlson, Fox News – THOMAS MOORE (DIERSEN: Who boycotts you and why? I should write a book about those who boycott me a) because I refuse to glorify and praise them, b) because I refuse to pander to them, c) because I refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, d) because I refuse to cover-up their wrongdoing, e) because I refuse to give them money, f) because I promote planks in the Republican Party platform that they reject, g) because I sued them, h) because I included a link in a GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletter to an article that they do not like, i)  etc.)
https://thehill.com/homenews/media/549248-adl-ceo-asks-advertisers-to-boycott-tucker-carlson-fox-news

CNN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats want immigrants to “replace” native-born Americans in the nation’s culture and electorate.
https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/23/politics/race-immigration-replacement-theory-demographics/index.html

CBS NEWS
— George W. Bush calls country “divided” under Trump and pushes immigration reform – NORAH O’DONNELL, CAITLIN YILEK (DIERSEN: Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. Because Bush rejects many planks in the Republican Party platform, the Republican Party should not have helped elect him or reelect him.)
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/immigration-reform-george-w-bush-donald-trump-criticism/

NBC NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats crow about their success in getting pastors to serve as operatives and dupes.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/divine-intervention-pastors-tapped-help-get-skeptical-churchgoers-vaccinated-n1264646

MSN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Republican-hating Republican haters promote hate-filled Republican-hating Republican women who promote hatred against Republicans.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/female-republicans-horrified-by-male-gop-lawmaker-s-description-of-cheney-report/ar-BB1fWNdV

CNBC
— Always be ready to answer the question ‘Why should we hire you?’ at interviews, says career expert—3 best examples – J.T. O’Donnell (DIERSEN: GAO hired me in 1980 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. IRS hired me in 1971 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job. The Post Office hired me in 1966 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job.)
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/04/21/how-to-answer-job-interview-question-why-should-we-hire-you-with-best-examples.html

NEW YORK TIMES
— Guilty Verdict for Hong Kong Journalist as Media Faces ‘Frontal Assault’ As China stifles dissent in the city, news outlets have found themselves in the authorities’ cross hairs. – Austin Ramzy and Tiffany May
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/22/world/asia/hong-kong-free-press-rthk.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats crow about their success in turning women against Republican men.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/22/health/covid-vaccines-rates-men-and-women.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, hate-filled Republican-hating Democrats promote hatred against Republicans.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/23/opinion/republicans-voting-us-elections.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/22/opinion/trump-gop.html

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats use Asian Americans to promote hatred against Republicans.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/04/22/poll-most-asian-americans-say-violence-against-them-is-increasing/
— DIERSEN: HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote hatred against Republicans, and especially against Republicans who are White, male, older, law enforcement officers, Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, heterosexual, married, non-poor, gun owners, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/04/21/central-challenge-combating-white-supremacist-violence-remains/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs use “democracy” to destroy 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.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/04/22/republican-voter-suppression-could-backfire/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, hate-filled Anglo-Saxon-hating Anglo-Saxon-haters promote hatred against Anglo-Saxons.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/04/23/real-history-anglo-saxons-undermines-racists-theories/

NEW YORK POST
— White House mulling grants for Critical Race Theory in classrooms – Steven Nelson (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, to send your child to a public school is to make your child 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://nypost.com/2021/04/22/white-house-mulling-grants-for-critical-race-theory-in-classrooms/

USA TODAY
— DIERSEN: HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote hatred against Republicans, and especially against Republicans who are White, male, older, law enforcement officers, Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, heterosexual, married, non-poor, gun owners, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.usatoday.com/in-depth/news/politics/2021/04/22/america-first-caucus-platform-sets-off-alarm-bells-racism/7261157002/
— There is a surge in new job openings, but why isn’t there a surge in job candidates? – Paul Davidson (DIERSEN: The more the following that you are, more likely that you will not be hired: Trump supporter, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, 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.usatoday.com/in-depth/money/2021/04/19/jobs-near-me-employers-used-place-ads-now-recruit-workers/7192289002/

ATLANTA JOURNAL CONSTITUTION
— Democracy is a 365-days-a-year process – Nedra Rhone (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs use “democracy” to destroy 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.ajc.com/life/opinion-democracy-is-a-365-days-a-year-process/EKP2ZNIVIJE25LVYFLG5K6HI24/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Americans Are More Optimistic About Their Retirement Savings. About three-quarters of U.S. workers and retirees believe they will have enough money for retirement, new survey shows – Anne Tergesen (DIERSEN: My aunt and my wife’s sister saved lots of money for their retirement, but tremendous medical expenses will soon exhaust those savings.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/americans-are-more-optimistic-about-their-retirement-savings-11619110800
— The Job Market Is Tighter Than You Think – Greg Ip (DIERSEN: The more of the following that you are, the less likely that you will be hired: White, male, older, Trump supporter, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, 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.wsj.com/articles/the-job-market-is-tighter-than-you-think-11619006400
— The Left Brightens GOP Midterm Chances Democrats won’t have a leg to stand on if they keep shooting themselves in the foot. – Karl Rove
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-left-brightens-gop-midterm-chances-11619044896

BLOOMBERG
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Who boycotts you and why? I should write a book about those who boycott me a) because I refuse to glorify and praise them, b) because I refuse to pander to them, c) because I refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, d) because I refuse to cover-up their wrongdoing, e) because I refuse to give them money, f) because I promote planks in the Republican Party platform that they reject, g) because I sued them, h) because I included a link in a GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletter to an article that they do not like, i) etc.
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-04-21/fox-news-and-the-murdochs-will-keep-tucker-carlson-despite-ad-boycott-over-race

FORBES
— ADL Calls For Advertisers To Boycott Tucker Carlson After ‘Replacement’ Remarks – Joe Walsh (DIERSEN: Who boycotts you and why? I should write a book about those who boycott me a) because I refuse to glorify and praise them, b) because I refuse to pander to them, c) because I refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, d) because I refuse to cover-up their wrongdoing, e) because I refuse to give them money, f) because I promote planks in the Republican Party platform that they reject, g) because I sued them, h) because I included a link in a GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletter that they do not like, i) etc.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/joewalsh/2021/04/20/adl-calls-for-advertisers-to-boycott-tucker-carlson-after-replacement-remarks/
— Analyzing The True-Isms In The Hiring Process – Lee Meadows (DIERSEN: GAO hired me in 1980 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. IRS hired me in 1971 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job. The Post Office hired me in 1966 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbescoachescouncil/2021/04/21/analyzing-the-true-isms-in-the-hiring-process/

NEW YORKER
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats will use Trump forever to destroy Republicans.
https://www.newyorker.com/news/letter-from-bidens-washington/the-trump-administration-is-over-but-the-trump-crisis-is-not

NEWSWEEK
— Professors Go After Colleague in Flyer for Advising Turning Point USA, Face Ethics Probe – NICOLE FALLERT
https://www.newsweek.com/professors-go-after-colleague-flyer-advising-turning-point-usa-face-ethics-probe-1585766
— Democrats Defeat GOP Effort to Add College Admissions Discrimination to Asian Hate Crimes Bill – ELIZABETH CRISP
https://www.newsweek.com/democrats-defeat-gop-effort-add-college-admissions-discrimination-asian-hate-crimes-bill-1585844

CRIMSON
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, Independents and Independent plants, and RINOs promote political polarization. I should write a book about Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, Green plants, Independent plants, and RINOs who have promoted the most political polarization in Wheaton’s West District, Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County’s 4th District, DuPage County, and Illinois since 2000. I would focus on the aforesaid who have/had lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout.
https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2021/4/23/political-polarization-is-a-good-thing/

FEDERAL TIMES
— OPM nominee promises new direction on performance management – Jessie Bur (DIERSEN: Democrats run the federal government. Those Democrats use the subjectivity in their job assignment, performance expectation, performance appraisal, and promotion systems to get rid of federal employees who are Republican, and especially those who are conservative, patriotic, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, gun owners, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.federaltimes.com/management/hr/2021/04/22/opm-nominee-promises-new-direction-on-performance-management/

April 21 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Illinois COVID-19 Update: IL reports 2,765 new coronavirus cases, 28 deaths – Eric Horng
https://abc7chicago.com/health/-il-reports-2765-new-covid-19-cases-28-deaths/10534440/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— The unsubtle duping of Illinois voters on redistricting reform – EDITORIAL
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-illinois-fair-map-redistricting-duped-20210421-7nwivy2w4rb4lp5a63qwvkgal4-story.html
— With all votes counted, Naperville Park Board results change: incumbent unseated and 5th female member elected – SUZANNE BAKER
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-nvs-council-park-election-results-st-20210420-4y6gxnbfobch5mpwfsnbd3aile-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Republican-hating Republican-hater says “Republicans posture as party of working people.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2021/4/20/22394282/gop-republican-party-working-class-tax-rich-american-infrastructure-plan-jesse-jackson
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Republican-hating Republican-hater says “Republicans’ outrage over Maxine Waters: Pot, meet kettle.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2021/4/21/22395717/maxine-waters-derek-chauvin-trial-republican-party-outrage-s-e-cupp

DAILY HERALD
— McConchie staffer reprimanded for sending political email – AP
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20210421/mcconchie-staffer-reprimanded-for-sending-political-email
— GOP puts new twist on redistricting plan – PETER HANCOCK
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20210421/gop-puts-new-twist-on-redistricting-plan
— Glendale Heights presidency decided by 2 votes; other close races seem settled – Susan Sarkauskas
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20210421/glendale-heights-presidency-decided-by-2-votes-other-close-races-seem-settled

CHAMPAIGN/URBANS NEWS GAZETTE
— Social fevers are distorting our view of history – Jim Dey
https://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/jim-dey-social-fevers-are-distorting-our-view-of-history/article_c2b953c4-f589-535d-bc17-996dab931c37.html
— Illinois House committee begins review of state monuments, statues – JERRY NOWICKI
https://www.news-gazette.com/news/illinois-house-committee-begins-review-of-state-monuments-statues/article_5a62225e-8e4b-5ce9-9e21-d8119dd75590.html

FOX ILLINOIS
— 60% of college students do not feel comfortable disagreeing with professors, study shows – MATTHEW SMITH
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/60-of-college-students-do-not-feel-comfortable-disagreeing-with-professors-study-shows

EFFINGHAM RADIO
— Republican Candidate Darren Bailey Raises Nearly Half Million In Race For Illinois Governor
https://www.effinghamradio.com/2021/04/21/republican-candidate-darren-bailey-raises-nearly-half-million-in-race-for-illinois-governor/

WILLIAM J KELLY
— Democrats mad Chicago Hispanics aren’t looting
https://www.williamjkelly.org/news/hispanics-toledo

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— THORNER: CRITICAL RACE THEORY, A TOOL FOR POLITICAL POWER
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2021/04/thorner-critical-race-theory-a-tool-for-political-power.html

CAPITOL FAX
— GOP trolls Pritzker on taxes, mainly his own
https://capitolfax.com/2021/04/21/gop-trolls-pritzker-on-taxes-mainly-his-own/
— 2,765 new confirmed and probable cases; 28 additional deaths; 2,191 hospitalized; 521 in ICU; 3.8 percent average case positivity rate; 4.4 percent average test positivity rate; 122,842 average daily doses
https://capitolfax.com/2021/04/21/2765-new-confirmed-and-probable-cases-28-additional-deaths-2191-hospitalized-521-in-icu-38-percent-average-case-positivity-rate-44-percent-average-test-positivity-rate-122842-average-daily-doses/
— Some local heavy-hitters are also part of a very small club of national campaign donors
https://capitolfax.com/2021/04/21/some-local-heavy-hitters-are-also-part-of-a-very-small-club-of-national-campaign-donors/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Biden administration offers grants to teach children ‘1619 Project,’ inherent racism central to U.S. – James Varney
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/apr/21/biden-administration-offers-grants-teach-children-/
— Pelosi slammed after thanking George Floyd for ‘sacrificing your life for justice’ – Jessica Chasmar
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/apr/21/nancy-pelosi-slammed-after-thanking-george-floyd-f/

GOPUSA
— Nancy Pelosi Celebrates: ‘We Thank God!’ ‘We Thank Jesus!’ ‘Thank You George Floyd For Sacrificing Your Life…’
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=109239
— Barack Obama: ‘Jury In Minneapolis Did The Right Thing’, But ‘True Justice Requires’ More Work
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=109270

FOX BUSINESS
— Big Tech fails when it comes to online freedom as report card scolds Amazon, Twitter, Apple, Google, Facebook. Media Research Center examined free speech, transparency, bias, responsiveness and fact-checking. – Brian Flood
https://www.foxbusiness.com/media/big-tech-fails-when-it-comes-to-online-freedom-as-report-card-scolds-amazon-twitter-apple-google-facebook

NEWS BUSTERS
— Facebook Laid Groundwork for CENSORSHIP Surrounding Chauvin Verdict – Alec Schemmel
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/free-speech/alec-schemmel/2021/04/21/facebook-laid-groundwork-censorship-surrounding-chauvin
— Big Tech Report Card: Amazon, Twitter, Apple Earn Industry Huge ‘F’ – Heather Moon and Dan Gainor
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/free-speech/heather-moon/2021/04/21/big-tech-report-card-amazon-twitter-apple-earn-industry

ONE NEWS NOW
— Call continues to exit public education, opt for alternatives – Bob Kellogg, Jody Brown
https://onenewsnow.com/education/2021/04/21/call-continues-to-exit-public-education-opt-for-alternatives

FEDERALIST
— Read The Woke Propaganda These Government Schools Emailed Staff And Students After The Chauvin Conviction – Jordan Davidson
https://thefederalist.com/2021/04/21/read-the-woke-propaganda-these-government-schools-emailed-staff-and-students-after-the-chauvin-conviction/

EPOCH TIMES
— Portland Rioters Smash Windows at Starbucks, Attack Police Officer – ZACHARY STIEBER
https://www.theepochtimes.com/mkt_breakingnews/portland-rioters-smash-windows-at-starbucks-attack-police-officer_3785103.html

NEW YORK TIMES
— Seven House Republicans pledge to take no donations from major tech companies. – David McCabe
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/21/technology/republican-lawmakers-big-tech.html

NEWSWEEK
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats and RINOs say “With Nearly Half of U.S. Farmworkers Undocumented, Ending Illegal Immigration Could Devastate Economy.”
https://www.newsweek.com/nearly-half-us-farmworkers-undocumented-ending-illegal-immigration-could-devastate-economy-1585202

April 20 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Derek Chauvin verdict: Jury finds ex-cop guilty of murder, manslaughter in George Floyd’s death – AP
https://abc7chicago.com/jury-finds-derek-chauvin-guilty-on-all-charges-%7C-live/10530621/
— Illinois COVID-19 Update: IL reports 2,587 new coronavirus cases, 9 deaths – Eric Horng
https://abc7chicago.com/health/-il-reports-2587-new-covid-19-cases-9-deaths/10531354/

NBC5
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: The more that you promote hatred against Republicans, the more that hate-filled Republican-hating Republican-haters promote you.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/politics/bush-criticizes-gop-isolationism-anti-immigration-rhetoric/2491006/
— Repeal of $10,000 SALT Cap Could Be Paid for by Tax Audits, Democrat Proposes – Carmen Reinicke
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/business/money-report/repeal-of-10000-salt-cap-could-be-paid-for-by-tax-audits-democrat-proposes/2491016/

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: The more that you promote hatred against Republicans, the more that hate-filled Republican-hating Republican-haters promote you.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/isolationist-nativist-george-w-bush-sharply-criticizes-gop-in-rare-interview
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot. To push pot on an individual, municipality, township, county, state, or country is to destroy that individual, municipality, township, county, state, or country.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/923914

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Lightfoot warns looters poised to take advantage of Chauvin verdict: ‘Don’t test us.’ “We are prepared and we are ready to arrest and bring to prosecution anyone who would dare to take the dreams of our small businesses by looting,” the mayor said Tuesday morning. – Fran Spielman
https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2021/4/20/22394009/george-floyd-chauvin-trial-verdict-lightfoot-chicago-protests-looting-national-guard
— Latest twist in state electoral board mystery: Executive director to retire after he was victim of extortion attempt. Steve Sandvoss sent a letter announcing he will retire effective June 30, the chair of the Illinois State Board of Elections said Tuesday. Sandvoss was put on leave two weeks ago after reporting he was the victim of an extortion attempt that officials have refused to publicly detail. – Rachel Hinton
https://chicago.suntimes.com/elections/2021/4/20/22394229/illinois-state-elections-board-mystery-executive-director-retire-extortion-attempt-sandvoss
— Illinois officials respond to Chauvin verdict: ‘Justice is being served in Minneapolis today. Here’s a sampling of what politicians in Illinois had to say about former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin’s conviction in the murder of George Floyd. – Rachel Hinton
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2021/4/20/22394625/illinois-politicians-reaction-derek-chauvin-verdict-george-floyd

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— State Board of Elections executive director resigns after reporting online extortion attempt – RICK PEARSON
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-illinois-elections-board-chief-resigns-20210420-bp7lcex3vfd7lc5ahvw7jpswla-story.html
— Christian rights group objects to Glenview school system’s vaccine policy, but district says it’s already granting religious waivers to employees – KAREN ANN CULLOTTA
https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-covid-19-vaccine-religious-exemption-teacher-tt-20210420-vt3prkz6bbhxhcezex73dlcxga-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In an April 7 letter to District 34 Superintendent Dane Delli, Florida-based Liberty Counsel said it was “writing on behalf of six employees … who have engaged us to secure their constitutional and statutory rights not to be required to undergo COVID-19 vaccination as a condition of their employment.” “Undoubtedly, many of their colleagues have similar convictions, and we write on their behalf as well,” Liberty Counsel representatives Richard Mast and Horatio Mihet wrote. In a news release, the group called “forced vaccination” a “violation of fundamental individual, economic, and religious liberties.”)
— As Chicago braces for Chauvin trial verdict, Mayor Lori Lightfoot offers stern warning: ‘Don’t test us’ – GREGORY PRATT
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-lori-lightfoot-warning-chauvin-verdict-20210420-bw3qjvxuzzc2vnvq7wx5pssu2u-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot. To push pot on an individual, municipality, township, county, state, or country is to destroy that individual, municipality, township, county, state, or country.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/bears/ny-marijuana-nfl-20210420-mfwcrvn735g53hak6nmpzcblga-story.html
— The polls are in: Vaccine hesitancy higher among white Republicans than any other group – CLARENCE PAGE
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/clarence-page/ct-column-anthony-fauci-jim-jordan-coronavirus-page-20210420-yjwavyiukjd5pl4nfpyezrwd2q-story.html

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— A dozen mega-donors gave $1 of every $13 in political contributions since ’09. A new study shows the role of wealth in politics since the Supreme Court loosened restrictions on political spending. Four big Chicago names make the list: Citadel’s Ken Griffin; Richard and Elizabeth Uihlein of Uline, and media mogul Fred Eychaner. – Bloomberg
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/government/dozen-mega-donors-gave-1-very-13-political-contributions-09
— Boeing pushes back mandatory retirement for CEO. David Calhoun, now 64, will be eligible to run the plane maker until age 70. – JOHN PLETZ (DIERSEN: Constructively, the mandatory retirement age is 55 for federal employees in the Civil Service Retirement System who are Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran.)
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/manufacturing/boeing-pushes-back-mandatory-retirement-ceo

DAILY HERALD
— Appellate court: McHenry County clerk erred by removing township abolition measure from ballot – Sam Lounsberry
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20210419/appellate-court-mchenry-county-clerk-erred-by-removing-township-abolition-measure-from-ballot
— OUTSTANDING: Glen Ellyn Fourth of July parade to return
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20210420/glen-ellyn-fourth-of-july-parade-to-return

WGN RADIO
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot. To push pot on an individual, municipality, township, county, state, or country is to destroy that individual, municipality, township, county, state, or country.
https://wgnradio.com/bob-sirott/4-20-normalizing-marijuana-dispensaries-understanding-the-effects-of-cbd-more/
https://wgnradio.com/news/4-20-deals-to-satisfy-your-munchies/

WBEZ
— Kinzinger Says Withdrawing Groups From Afghanistan Is The Wrong Call
https://www.npr.org/transcripts/989015645

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Candidates for next U.S. attorney to be screened by panel appointed by Durbin, Duckworth – Dean Olsen
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/2021/04/20/dick-durbin-tammy-duckworth-pick-committee-us-attorney-candidates/7297357002/

FOX ILLINOIS
— As California recall looks likely, hard work begins for GOP – AP
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/as-california-recall-looks-likely-hard-work-begins-for-gop
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “If this is simply branded as a Republican effort the likelihood of success is very slim,” said Tim Rosales, a Republican consultant who was a senior adviser to the campaign of John Cox, a businessman who lost to Newsom in 2018 and is running again. His firm recently stopped working with Cox. Beyond Cox, the top Republicans in the race so far are former San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer and ex-U.S. Rep. Doug Ose, who last held office in 2005. Neither is close to a household name, though Faulconer has been barnstorming the state to raise his profile.)

NPR ILLINOIS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats crow about their success in making students Democrat operatives and Democrat dupes.
https://www.nprillinois.org/post/minnesota-students-walk-out-school-protest-racial-injustice#stream/0

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: ‘Joints for Jabs’: Activist groups give weed to vaccinated people on 4/20 – Nexstar Media
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/joints-for-jabs-activist-groups-give-weed-to-vaccinated-people-on-4-20/

CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS
— Municipal leaders decry proposed cuts to local budgets – RAYMON TRONCOSO
https://www.capitolnewsillinois.com/NEWS/municipal-leaders-decry-proposed-cuts-to-local-budgets

DAILY ILLINI
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs want the University of Illinois to do more to get rid of Republicans, and especially to get rid of Republicans who are Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, gun owners, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://dailyillini.com/opinions/2021/04/20/opinion-university-underserves-diversity-promise/

GLEN ELLYN FOURTH OF JULY
— GLEN ELLYN’S 4TH OF JULY PARADE
https://www.glenellyn4thofjuly.org/parade-and-fireworks

CAPITOL FAX
— Senate to require daily wristbands for access
https://capitolfax.com/2021/04/20/senate-to-require-daily-wristbands-for-access/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Beginning today, the Senate will now provide wristbands to lobbyists and media who have tested negative for COVID and are cleared for access to Senate offices, press boxes and TV galleries. There will be a different color wristband each day. You should pick up your wristband at the table at the north entrance of the Capitol building. You can show your negative COVID test there as well. You will need to get a new wristband each day of session.)
— 2,587 new confirmed and probable cases; 9 additional deaths; 2,288 hospitalized; 522 in ICU; 3.8 percent average case positivity rate; 4.5 percent average test positivity rate; 122,531 average daily doses
https://capitolfax.com/2021/04/20/2587-new-confirmed-and-probable-cases-9-additional-deaths-2288-hospitalized-522-in-icu-38-percent-average-case-positivity-rate-45-percent-average-test-positivity-rate-122531-average-daily-doses/

AMERICAN THINKER
— The Puppy Dog Media – Steve Feinstein
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2021/04/the_puppy_dog_media.html

NEWSMAX
— As China Exploits Our Weaknesses, Biden Diminishes Our Strengths – Ziva Dahl
https://www.newsmax.com/zivadahl/blinken-diversity-gender-race/2021/04/20/id/1018305/

HEARTLAND INSTITUTE
— JUDICIAL ACTIVISM: THE SUPREME COURT SEEMS TO ALREADY BE LEFTIST-PACKED – Seton Motley
https://www.heartland.org/news-opinion/news/judicial-activism-the-supreme-court-seems-to-already-be-leftist-packed

EPOCH TIMES
— Dershowitz: Maxine Waters’ Tactics Similar to Those Used by Ku Klux Klan – ZACHARY STIEBER
https://www.theepochtimes.com/mkt_breakingnews/dershowitz-maxine-waters-tactics-similar-to-those-used-by-ku-klux-klan_3783973.html

TEXAS MONTHLY
— An Anti-Trump Republican Dares to Run for Congress in North Texas. Michael Wood, a Marine reserve major, believes enough voters in the Fort Worth area share his views to push him into the runoff in a very crowded field. – Jonathan Tilove (DIERSEN: Which anti-Trump Republicans will run for offices in the March 15, 2022 primary ballot in your precinct?)
https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/anti-trump-republican-michael-wood-congress/

U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: The more that you promote hatred against Republicans, the more that hate-filled Republican-hating Republican-haters promote you.
https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2021-04-20/george-w-bush-condemns-the-trump-era-republican-party

AMERICAN INDEPENDENT
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs focus on moving voters to the left.
https://americanindependent.com/republican-party-bipartisanship-democrats-popular-legislation/

April 19 Evening Edition

ABC7
— ICE to stop using the term ‘illegal alien’ referring to immigrants (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats illegally encourage citizens of foreign countries to illegally come to America illegally and to illegally stay in America illegally.)
https://abc7chicago.com/society/ice-to-stop-using-the-term-illegal-alien-referring-to-immigrants/10528753/
— University of Chicago Charter School student accepted to 25 colleges earns $1M in scholarships – Michelle Gallardo
https://abc7chicago.com/education/south-side-student-accepted-to-25-colleges-earns-$1m-in-scholarships/10526675/

NBC5
— Judge in Chauvin Trial Calls Waters’ Comments ‘Abhorrent’ Judge Peter Cahill showed frustration with Waters’ rhetoric shortly after the jury was dismissed Monday to begin deliberations – Stephen Groves and Lisa Mascaro
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/judge-in-chauvin-trial-calls-waters-comments-abhorrent/2490451/
— Fauci Says It’s ‘Disturbing’ That Some People Won’t Take Covid Vaccine Because of Politics – Berkeley Lovelace Jr.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/business/money-report/fauci-says-its-disturbing-that-some-people-wont-take-covid-vaccine-because-of-politics/2490023/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Gov. J.B. Pritzker deploys National Guard to Chicago ahead of verdict in Derek Chauvin trial – DAN PETRELLA
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-illinois-national-guard-derek-chauvin-verdict-20210419-kipk3whikjfx7g4oasgf3diffa-story.html
— Lightfoot dismisses unsubstantiated Twitter chatter | Pritzker puts National Guard on standby ahead of Chauvin verdict | First lady Jill Biden in Dixon – LISA DONOVAN
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-lightfoot-dismisses-resignation-rumors-foxx-adam-toledo-jill-biden-dixon-20210419-a44urcgxmfeaxfdglmowvpfkvu-story.html
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot. To push pot on an individual, municipality, township, county, state, or country is to destroy that individual, municipality, township, county, state, or country.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-num-marijuana-420-holiday-by-the-numbers-20210419-gdyuqtlakrcltnz637xa6dyhme-story.html

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Outgoing Lakewood Village President Phil Stephan’s Political Action Committee’s Contributors
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/04/19/outgoing-lakewood-village-president-phil-stephans-political-action-committees-contributors/
— Lakewood Village President Phil Stephan Ally Doug Ulrich Resigns, Stephan Appoints Janet Barron, Continuing “Disaster” Results in No Audience Being Allowed in Meeting Room
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/04/18/lakewood-village-president-phil-stephan-ally-doug-ulrich-resigns-stephan-appoints-janet-barron/
— Lakewood Treasurer, Wife of Trustee, Resigns
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/04/18/lakewood-treasurer-wife-of-trustee-resigns/
— Lake in the Hills Seeks Applicants for Village Clerk and Trustee
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/04/19/lake-in-the-hills-seeks-applicants-for-village-clerk-and-trustee/
— Mike Buehler Sets State of the County Talk for Tuesday Night Board Meeting
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/04/18/mike-buehler-sets-state-of-the-county-talk-for-tuesday-night-board-meeting/
— IL-16: Catalina Lauf & Gabriella Hoffman on Attempted Hijacking of America First
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/04/17/patriots041421/
— Dems Refuse Floor Vote on Trailer Tax Slashing Bill That Has More Co-sponsors Than Needed to Pass
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/04/17/dems-refuse-floor-vote-on-trailer-tax-slashing-bill-that-has-more-co-sponsors-than-needed-to-pass/
— Chicago Democrat’s Effort to Diminish Representation in Downstate Illinois [REWRITTEN]
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/04/17/chicago-democrats-effort-to-diminish-representation-in-downstate-illinois/
— Sheriff Hiring for Corrections Department, Starting Pay $55,313
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/04/17/sheriff-hiring-for-corrections-department-starting-pay-55313/
— Feds Indict Another for Straw Gun Purchase
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/04/16/feds-indict-another-for-straw-gun-purchase/
— Com Ed Takes Action to Protect Birds from High Power Lines in Moraine Hills State Park
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/04/16/com-ed-takes-action-to-protect-birds-from-high-power-lines-in-morraine-hills-state-park/
— ComEd – Not Called the “Power Company” for Nothing
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/04/16/comed-not-called-the-power-company-for-nothing/
— Woman Arrested Last July in Home Depot Mask Tift Found Not Guilty
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/04/16/woman-arrested-last-july-in-home-depot-mask-tift-found-not-guilty/
— UPDATED: Democrat State’s Attorney’s Office Orders Republican County Clerk Not to Collect Taxes from 2020 Referenda in Dundee and Elgin Townships
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/04/16/kane041621/
— Appellate Court Rules County Clerk Joe Tirio Should Have Placed McHenry Township Abolition Referendum on March Ballot
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/04/16/appellate-court-rules-county-clerk-joe-tirio-should-have-placed-mchenry-township-abolition-referendum-on-march-ballot/
— “Who Was the Cop Who Shot Adam?” And Who Shot Ashli Babbitt?
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/04/15/who-was-the-cop-who-shot-adam-and-who-shot-ashley-babbitt/
— IL-16: Adam Kinzinger Raises Over $1.1 Million, Catalina Lauf Raises Over $163K
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/04/15/il16041521/
— Term Limits for Legislative Leaders Passes House Exec Committee without Opposition
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/04/15/term-limits-for-legislative-leaders-passes-house-exec-committee-without-opposition/

CHICAGO MAGAZINE
— A Trump-hater says “Rebuilding the Illinois Republicans. Illinois Republicans have lost their mojo, and it’s going to take a major recalibration to rebuild.”
https://www.chicagomag.com/uncategorized/may-2021/rebuilding-the-illinois-republicans/

CAPITOL FAX
— Republicans continue having money problems
https://capitolfax.com/2021/04/19/republicans-continue-having-money-problems/
— 1,959 new confirmed and probable cases; 22 additional deaths; 2,128 hospitalized; 491 in ICU; 4.0 percent average case positivity rate; 4.7 percent average test positivity rate; 125,212 average daily doses
https://capitolfax.com/2021/04/19/1959-new-confirmed-and-probable-cases-22-additional-deaths-2128-hospitalized-491-in-icu-40-percent-average-case-positivity-rate-47-percent-average-test-positivity-rate-125212-average-daily-doses/

BREITBART
— Kevin McCarthy Moves to Formally Censure Maxine Waters for Having ‘Broke the Law,’ ‘Incited Violence’ – MATTHEW BOYLE
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/04/19/exclusive-kevin-mccarthy-moves-formally-censure-maxine-waters-having-broke-law-incited-violence/

BLAZE
— Two dead after driverless Tesla slammed into tree and burst into flames, police say. It took four hours for firefighters to extinguish the fire. – PHIL SHIVER
https://www.theblaze.com/news/driverless-tesla-crashes-in-texas-killing-2
— Disney Parks to ditch gender references for staff costumes. ‘Inclusion’ – PHIL SHIVER
https://www.theblaze.com/news/disney-parks-gender-flexible-costumes
— House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy threatens action against Maxine Waters as calls to punish her mount after she allegedly incites protesters – SARAH TAYLOR
https://www.theblaze.com/news/calls-to-punish-maxine-waters-alleged-riot-incitement

CONSERVATIVE HQ
— America’s Corporate Enemy #2 Facebook
https://www.conservativehq.org/post/america-s-corporate-enemy-2-facebook

DAILY WIRE
— Kevin McCarthy: I Will ‘Bring Action’ Against Maxine Waters For ‘Inciting Violence’ If Pelosi Doesn’t – Ryan Saavedra
https://www.dailywire.com/news/kevin-mccarthy-i-will-bring-action-against-maxine-waters-for-inciting-violence-if-pelosi-doesnt
— ‘Trying To Create A Civil War’: Calls Grow For Maxine Waters To Be Punished Over Alleged Incitement – Ryan Saavedra
https://www.dailywire.com/news/trying-to-create-a-civil-war-calls-grow-for-maxine-waters-to-be-punished-over-alleged-incitement
— Republicans Blast Waters For Urging Protesters To ‘Get More Confrontational’ On ‘The Street’ – Joseph Curl
https://www.dailywire.com/news/republicans-blast-waters-for-call-that-protesters-get-more-confrontational-on-the-street

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Big Tech, You’re Running Out of Friends – JERRY BOWYER
https://www.nationalreview.com/2021/04/big-tech-youre-running-out-of-friends/

THE HILL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats make it clear that they hate America.
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/549097-gop-struggles-to-rein-in-nativism

NBC NEWS
— ‘Words we use matter’: Biden administration chucks ‘illegal alien’ for ‘noncitizen’ “These changes are a much-needed shift away from the negative rhetoric weaponized by the previous administration,” said Rep. Nanette Barragán, D-Calif. – Suzanne Gamboa (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats make it clear that they hate America.)
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/biden-administration-chucks-illegal-alien-noncitizen-rcna718

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: I should write a book about those who falsely claim to be conservative to give themselves standing to demonize, denigrate, and condemn conservatives.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/washington-post-live/2021/04/19/transcript-conversation-with-john-boehner-former-speaker-house/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats crow about their success in making corporate America anti-law enforcement, anti-Trump, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-heterosexual, anti-traditional marriage/family, anti-non-poor people, anti-gun owners, anti-Christian, anti-Protestant, anti-Italian American, anti-German American, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2021/04/19/biden-business-tax-gop/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats blame Republicans for all the problems that Asian-Americans have had, are having, and will have.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/04/19/theres-long-global-history-todays-anti-asian-bias-violence/
— The ‘model minority’ myth hurts Asian Americans – and even leads to violence – Margaret M. Chin and Yung-Yi Diana Pa (DIERSEN: How are those who share your demographics stereotyped? I should write a book about how those who have the following demographics are stereotyped: White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, conservative, Republican, Trump supporter, non-veteran, gun owner, Protestant, German American, federal employee/retiree, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/04/19/model-minority-myth-hurts-asian-americans-even-leads-violence/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats crow about their success in making corporate America 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/political-systems-failures-compel-corporate-activism-11618842598

April 17 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Illinois COVID-19 Update: IL reports 3,194 new coronavirus cases, 23 deaths as Cook County releases more vaccine appointments. ‘College Vaccination Days’ start this weekend.
https://abc7chicago.com/health/il-reports-3194-new-covid-cases-23-deaths/10522675/
— Marjorie Taylor Greene launching ‘America First’ caucus pushing for ‘Anglo-Saxon political tradition’ – CNN
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/new-conservative-group-would-save-anglo-saxon-traditions/10522733/

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Ted Cruz says he is done with wearing a mask at the Capitol – Morgan Phillips
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/ted-cruz-says-he-is-done-with-wearing-a-mask-at-the-capitol

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Black Lives Matter Chicago leader says 20-year-old son was one of 2 arrested during Adam Toledo protest in Logan Square – ALICE YIN
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-amika-tendaji-black-lives-matter-son-arrested-adam-toledo-protest-20210417-o3knv7m4hve77aekp24gonf6su-story.html
— Right-wing caucus planned to carry on ‘Anglo-Saxon political traditions’ — which US House GOP leader calls ‘nativist dog whistle’ – AP (DIERSEN: What do you say to politicians who a) pander to Trump-haters by insulting Trump-supporters, b) pander to moderates and to liberals by insulting conservatives, c) pander to Democrats by insulting Republicans, d) pander to minorities by insulting Whites, e) pander to women by insulting men, f) pander to younger people by insulting older people, g) pander to non-Christians by insulting Christians, and h) pander to non-Italian Americans and non-German Americans by insulting Italian Americans and German Americans?)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/nation-world/ct-aud-nw-anglo-saxon-house-group-20210417-wnid4eexvfbufk2y7gtzy25pyy-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Indianapolis Sikh community mourns victims of FedEx warehouse shooting that killed 8. Indianapolis’ tight knit Sikh community mourned Saturday as members learned that four Sikhs were among the eight people killed in the mass shooting at a FedEx warehouse. – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2021/4/17/22389423/indianapolis-fedex-shooting
— 2 arrested during Adam Toledo protests in Logan Square, including son of Black Lives Matter Chicago leader. “There was nothing that happened out there that warranted the arrest of any young people who were out there fighting for their lives,” said Amika Tendaji, the executive director of Black Lives Matter Chicago, who’s also the mother of one of the arrestees. – Cindy Hernandez and Sophie Sherry
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2021/4/17/22389307/logan-square-protest-adam-toledo-arrests

DAILY HERALD
— College of DuPage announces $10.2 million in federal funding for fall student grants
https://www.dailyherald.com/submitted/20210416/college-of-dupage-announces-102-million-in-federal-funding-for-fall-student-grants
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Those who want government to require vaccine passports say that government won’t require vaccine passports.
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20210417/facts-matter-government-wont-require-vaccine-passport

KANKAKEE DAILY JOURNAL
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot. To push pot on an individual, municipality, township, county, state, or country is to destroy that individual, municipality, township, county, state, or country.
https://www.daily-journal.com/news/local/illinois-generates-5th-most-tax-revenue-for-marijuana-sales/article_f6fedaa4-9d50-11eb-a198-f7b31f86fab1.html

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— Illinois Watchdogs Put Government on Notice – JOHN KRAFT & KIRK ALLEN
https://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2021/04/illinois-watchdogs-put-government-on-notice/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Kinzinger calls for Republicans in ‘America First Caucus’ to be stripped of their committee assignments – Mica Soellner (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will Democrat plant, Libertarian plant, Green plant, Independent plant, and RINO leaders of the Republican Party officially ban Republicans who refuse to demonize, denigrate, and condemn Whites?)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/kinzinger-calls-for-america-first-caucus-members-to-lose-committee-assignments

FOX NEWS
— McCarthy issues apparent rebuke of GOP caucus platform promoting ‘Anglo-Saxon political traditions’ The group is being led by Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., and Paul Gosar, R-Ariz. – Morgan Phillips (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will Democrat plant, libertarian plant, Green plant, Independent plant, and RINO leaders of the Republican Party officially ban Republicans who refuse to demonize, denigrate, and condemn Whites?)
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/mccarthy-gop-caucus-platform-promotes-anglo-saxon-political-traditions

THE HILL
— Taylor Greene defends ‘America First’ effort, pushes back on critics – TAL AXELROD
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/548835-taylor-greene-defends-america-first-effort-pushes-back-on-critics
— Republicans who backed Trump impeachment see fundraising boost – JULIA MANCHESTER (DIERSEN: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters give money to hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters.)
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/548733-republicans-who-backed-trump-impeachment-see-fundraising-boost
— Democrats debate timing and wisdom of reparations vote – MIKE LILLIS (DIERSEN: Affirmative Action (AA), Diversity, and Inclusion are reparations. Democrats and RINOs use AA, Diversity, and Inclusion to get rid of Republicans, and especially to get rid of Republicans who are law enforcement officers, Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, White, male, older, non-veteran, heterosexual, married, non-poor, gun owners, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. If/when your municipality, your township, your county, Illinois, and/or the United States imposes reparations, who will determine how much money you will you have to pay? What criteria will be used?)
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/548782-democrats-debate-timing-and-wisdom-of-reparations-vote

ABC NEWS
— Trump’s influence over GOP is tested in early 2022 fundraising. Both supporters and detractors boast strong 1st-quarter fundraising numbers. – Soo Rin Kim and Kendall Karson (DIERSEN: Who has the most influence over the Illinois Republican Party, over your Republican county party organization, and over your Republican township/ward party organization? Is it whoever donates the most money to the aforesaid?)
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trumps-influence-gop-tested-early-2022-fundraising/story?id=77117383

YAHOO NEWS
— Booster shots a likely reality for COVID-vaccinated Americans
https://news.yahoo.com/booster-shots-likely-reality-covid-212032144.html

NEW YORK TIMES
— Fund-Raising Surged for Republicans Who Sought to Overturn the Election. The lawmakers, who encouraged their followers to protest in Washington on Jan. 6, have capitalized on the riot to draw huge campaign donations. – Luke Broadwater, Catie Edmondson and Rachel Shorey
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/17/us/politics/republicans-fund-raising-capitol-riot.html

NEW YORK POST
— Progressive figures work hand-in-hand with social media to silence opponents – Rachel Bovard
https://nypost.com/2021/04/16/progressive-figures-work-hand-in-hand-with-social-media-to-silence-opponents/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Lawmakers Who Voted Against Certifying Biden’s Victory Saw Drop in Business Contributions. PAC donations fell about 80% for objectors, compared with 35% drop for those who voted to approve results, latest campaign filings show. – Chad Day and Ted Mann (DIERSEN: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters give money to hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/lawmakers-who-voted-against-certifying-bidens-victory-saw-drop-in-business-contributions-11618595920

NEWSWEEK
— Nearly All of Trump’s House GOP Impeachers Set Fundraising Records Since Capitol Riot – BENJAMIN FEARNOW (DIERSEN: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters give money to hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters.)
https://www.newsweek.com/nearly-all-trumps-house-gop-impeachers-set-fundraising-records-since-capitol-riot-1584417
— ‘America First’ Caucus, Compared to KKK, Ended by Greene One Day After Proposal Shared Online – CHRISTINA ZHAO (DIERSEN: From what I see, ever-increasingly, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs will get rid of Republicans once and for all, and especially Republicans who are anti-law enforcement officers, Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, gun owners, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.newsweek.com/america-first-caucus-compared-kkk-ended-greene-one-day-after-proposal-shared-online-1584456

TPM
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Kinzinger joins Anglo-Saxon-haters in condemning Anglo-Saxons.
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/kinzinger-says-gopers-who-join-nativist-caucus-should-be-stripped-of-committees

LGBTQ
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: LGBTQers join Anglo-Saxon-haters in condemning Anglo-Saxons.
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2021/04/gop-house-members-starting-anglo-saxon-caucus-receive-relentless-online-clowning/

BBC
— Facebook Oversight Board delays decision about Trump’s possible return. – Cody Godwin (DIERSEN: Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs constructively, if not literally, ban me and ban my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters. Everyone in Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton can see that by the way the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Milton Township Republican Organization, Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, and Wheaton Chamber of Commerce treat me and treat my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters.)
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-56781104