WBBM
— Republican Lawmaker Allen Skillicorn Pushes Recall Of Gov. Pritzker – DAVE DAHL
https://wbbm780.radio.com/articles/republican-lawmaker-pushes-recall-of-gov-pritzker
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Total Recall? GOP quartet (Skillicorn, Halbrook, Wilhour, and Bailey) seeks to oust Pritzker, insisting ‘it’s going to be difficult’ but not ‘impossible’ State Rep. Allen Skillicorn said he would “happily” take his recall petition “off the table,” if the governor fixes the problem. But it might not matter what Skillicorn leaves on the table, given the high threshold for a successful recall petition. – Neal Earley
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats use coronavirus to promote illegal immigration.
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Trump threatens to shut down social media after Twitter fact-checks him; fires off another baseless murder tweet – AP
— Joe Biden’s inconvenient Democratic truth: ‘You ain’t black.’ – John Kass
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD IN NAPERVILLE SUN WITH A BIG COLOR PICTURE: Racist, gang graffiti left on Naperville park property over the holiday weekend denounced by city officials, local groups – SUZANNE BAKER (DIERSEN: To scrawl “racist, gang graffiti” is to promote hated against individuals, against organizations, against companies, against governments, and against countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older , non-poor, gun owners, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Masks spark public judgment, ridicule among customers as businesses reopen – USA TODAY (DIERSEN: In your neighborhood, in your precinct, in your municipal district, in your municipality, in your township, and in your county, a) who takes the lead in demonizing, denigrating, and condemning those who do not wear masks and b) who will take the lead in getting rid of those who are old, obese, and/or who have health problems including diabetes?)
ALTON TELEGRAPH
— Republican representative Allen Skillicorn begins attempt to remove Pritzker Crystal Lake lawmaker needs support of Democrats, voters – Rebecca Anzel
https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/article/Republican-representative-begins-attempt-to-15296510.php
LASALLE NEWS TRIBUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot in Peru.
FOX ILLINOIS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot in Danville.
https://foxillinois.com/news/local/cannabis-cultivation-center-may-open-in-danville
NAPERVILLE COMMUNITY TELEVISION
— DuPage County Discusses Reducing Its Board Members
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— DID WE EVER CONSENT TO THIS?
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2020/05/did-we-ever-consent-to-this.html
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Purge stifles anti-Trump resistance at White House, ODNI – Bill Gertz
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/may/26/richard-grenell-robert-obrien-purge-stifles-anti-t/
FOX NEWS
— What is China’s social credit system? – Bradford Betz (DIERSEN: What if America, Illinois, your county, your township, your municipality, and your municipal district had social credit systems? What would cost people points – being a Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, obese, non-healthy, non-poor, gun owner, German American, draft avoider, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time? What would put people on blacklists – opposing the promotion of dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, abolition of the First and Second Amendments, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation for opposing the aforesaid?)
https://www.foxnews.com/world/what-is-china-social-credit-system
(FROM THE ARTICLE: China’s social credit system is a government program being implemented nationwide to regulate its citizens’ behavior based on a point system. Under this system, citizens are ranked in different areas of civil life using data collected from court documents, government or corporate records, and in some cases, citizen observers. Citizens with higher scores have had an easier time getting bank loans, free medical checkups and discounts on heating. Points have been deducted for traffic violations, selling faulty products or defaulting on loan payments. In some cases, people with bad social credit scores have been barred from buying airline or train tickets. Other infractions have included smoking in non-smoking zones, buying – or playing – too many video games and posting false news stories online, Business Insider reported. People failing to comply have been placed on so-called “blacklists,” which companies may reference when considering potential employees. In other cases, students may be denied entry into universities because of their parents’ bad social credit scores. China’s State Council first introduced the plan in June 2014. The council announced the system would “allow the trustworthy to roam everywhere under heaven while making it hard for the discredited to take a single step.” At first, officials implemented the system gradually in different cities. It was expected to go nationwide this year, but has been delayed amid the coronavirus pandemic.)
FOX BUSINESS
— North Carolina governor threatens ban on large crowds All options are on the table, Gov. Cooper said – Evie Fordham
https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/coronavirus-north-carolina-roy-cooper-large-crowd-ban-threat
CBN NEWS
— Former CBS News President Slams ‘Unrelentingly Liberal’ Media in WSJ Op-Ed – Steve Warren (DIERSEN: What do you say to my critics/opponents who do not want me to include links in GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails to articles in liberal sources including ABC7, NBC5, CBS2, FOX32, WGN TV, WTTW, WGN Radio, WBEZ, Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun-Times, Daily Herald, Crain’s Chicago Business, Suburban Life, Capitol Fax, Politico Illinois, Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, USA TODAY, Hill, Politico, Forbes, Bloomberg, etc.? I disagree with my critics/opponents. Conservatives need to know what the liberal sources are saying. One could call it opposition research.)
DAILY CALLER
— China Wants To Keep COVID Tracking System In Place Permanently, Fold It Into Social Credit System – Chris White
https://dailycaller.com/2020/05/26/china-coronavirus-world-health-organization-smartphones-drones/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Chinese government reportedly announced an initiative in 2017 to rate citizens in a social credit system, penalizing people for criminal behavior as well as what they buy, do and say. The country began implementing President Xi Jinping’s policy of “once untrustworthy, always restricted” in May of that year.)
REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Bobby Jindal: Democrats Are “Willing To Crush The Economy” If It Leads To Trump Loss – Tim Hains (DIERSEN: Who takes the lead in crushing the economy in your county, in your township, in your municipality, and in your municipal district?)
EPOCH TIMES
— Labor Secretary Says Cut Regulations to Heal US Economy – MATTHEW VADUM (DIERSEN: What about demands that employers get rid of their employees who are old, obese, and/or have health problems including diabetes?)
https://www.theepochtimes.com/labor-secretary-cut-regulations-to-heal-economy_3365696.html
THE HILL
— Trump, Biden signal how ugly the campaign will be – AMIE PARNES
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/499628-trump-biden-signal-how-ugly-the-campaign-will-be
— Poll: Voters list more unemployment relief as top priority for next spending bill (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes in the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, Wheaton’s West District, Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois, the majority of voters in Illinois, in DuPage County, in Milton Township, in Wheaton, in Wheaton’s West District, in my precinct, and in my neighborhood a) want government to get rid of those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time and b) want government to promote dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, abolition of the First and Second Amendments, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation for opposing the aforesaid.)
POLITICO
— Twitter takes a first stand against some Trump tweets — but ignores most others Twitter tells users to “get the facts about mail-in ballots” on Trump tweet claiming California’s mailed votes likely to be “substantially fraudulent.” – CRISTIANO LIMA
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/05/26/twitter-fact-check-trump-voting-fraud-tweets-282844
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater asks “Can Trump feel your pain?”
https://apnews.com/a1fe2766d9c24d628ad02d4e8fcfe2c5
CNN
— Trump takes his war on masks to new heights – Stephen Collinson
https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/26/politics/donald-trump-covid-masks-politics-health/index.html
— White House stokes fight with Biden over masks – Kevin Liptak, Betsy Klein and Maegan Vazquez
https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/26/politics/face-masks-trump-mulvaney-wedge-issue/index.html
— Security guards risk their lives by asking customers to wear masks – Nathaniel Meyersohn
https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/26/business/security-guard-grocery-stores-coronavirus/index.html
NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters say “Mask-Wearing Needs to Be Easy, Understood and Expected. Persuasion works better than compulsion.”
— Biden, Urging Face Masks, Calls Trump a ‘Fool’ for Not Wearing One Joseph Biden, in his first in-person interview since the coronavirus curtailed his campaign, suggested the president was being “falsely masculine’’ by refusing to wear a mask. – Sydney Ember (DIERSEN: In your neighborhood, in your precinct, in your municipal district, in your municipality, in your township, and in your county, a) who takes the lead in demonizing, denigrating, and condemning those who do not wear masks and b) who will take the lead in getting rid of those who are old, obese, and/or who have health problems including diabetes?)
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: The Democrat ticket needs a contrast, not a clone. – Rachel Bitecofer (DIERSEN: A contrast would be someone who is conservative, non-White, female, young, veteran, non-Catholic, non-Irish national origin, not married, someone whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time, etc.)
— Could All Those ‘Quarantinis’ Lead to Drinking Problems? Addiction specialists said it was possible for people who are drinking heavily and consistently during the coronavirus pandemic to develop a problem they did not have before. – Maria Cramer
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: China’s Young Struggle for Jobs in the Post-Outbreak Era Finding work for a generation has become a major priority for the country’s leaders, who have promised a better life in exchange for a lack of political freedom. – Alexandra Stevenson and Keith Bradsher (DIERSEN: What frustrated your job search when you earned your bachelor’s degree? I earned a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU in 1970. Potential employers viewed me as being draft bait; they did not believe that my financial hardship draft deferment application would be approved.)
WASHINGTON POST
— Trump calls mask wearing ‘politically correct,’ Biden calls him a ‘fool’ – Colby Itkowitz
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “Trump’s mockery of wearing masks divides Republicans.” In your neighborhood, in your precinct, in your municipal district, in your municipality, in your township, and in your county, a) who takes the lead in demonizing, denigrating, and condemning those who do not wear masks and b) who will take the lead in getting rid of those who are old, obese, and/or who have health problems including diabetes?
— It’s not enough for Democrats to oppose hasty reopening. We should offer a plan for rebuilding. – Rahm Emanuel
USA TODAY
— Masks spark public judgment, ridicule among customers as businesses reopen – Dalvin Brown
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Amtrak Prepares to Cut 20% of Workforce ‘The climb back will be hard,’ Chief Executive Bill Flynn says in internal memo – Ted Mann
https://www.wsj.com/articles/amtrak-prepares-to-cut-20-of-workforce-11590529328
— Boeing to Start Voluntary Layoffs, Will Shed an Initial 2,500 Workers Union officials said initial wave of layoffs was focused on Seattle-area commercial airplanes operation – Doug Cameron
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Facebook Executives Shut Down Efforts to Make the Site Less Divisive The social-media giant internally studied how it polarizes users, then largely shelved the research – Jeff Horwitz and Deepa Seetharaman (DIERSEN: What do you say Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs who use Facebook to get rid of individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
— Planning to Use Your Home as a Retirement Nest Egg? Not So Fast. The economic uncertainty casts doubt on the home-as-a-piggy-bank approach – Glenn Ruffenach
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Drop in gasoline demand fuels higher prices for soda, beer – Vipal Monga
— Scrapping the SAT Won’t Help Black and Latino Students Low-income minorities have more to lose than gain from the woke war on standardized testing. – Jason L. Riley
https://www.wsj.com/articles/scrapping-the-sat-wont-help-black-and-latino-students-11590532734
— Get Ready for the ‘Careful’ Economy Reopening has costs for businesses, employees and consumers. Good thing Americans are adaptable. – John H. Cochrane
https://www.wsj.com/articles/get-ready-for-the-careful-economy-11590514492
— The Class of 1970 Meets History. Twice. With graduation ceremonies canceled during the Vietnam War, coronavirus now puts off this group’s 50th reunion; ‘You will never forget your senior year at Grinnell’ – Clare Ansberry (DIERSEN: I earned a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU in 1970? What has diminished your connection with the college that you earned your bachelor’s degree from? I was a NIU student for only three semesters and a summer session. I spent weekends during my first semester working for the Post Office in Park Forest. My father died suddenly at the start of my second semester. I never even tried to join a fraternity. Virtually all my classmates, roommates, instructors, etc. were to the left of me.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-class-of-1970-meets-history-twice-11590504907
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Twitter Adds Fact-Check Notices to Trump Tweets on Mail-In Ballots Move follows earlier appeal by widower that president’s false tweets about death of his wife be pulled down – Rebecca Ballhaus and Georgia Wells
FORBES
— Nearly $258 Billion In Stimulus Checks Paid With Most Going To California (Find Out How Your State Fared Here) – Kelly Phillips Erb
CBS PITTSBURG
— Six People Suing Giant Eagle Over Face Mask Policy
ATLANTA JOURNAL CONSTITUTION
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Trump-haters use coronavirus to promote hatred against individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
NEW YORK MAGAZINE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “Trump Is Laying the Groundwork to Contest the Results of the Election.”
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/05/trump-is-preparing-to-contest-any-election-loss.html
FORD AUTHORITY
— Ford CEO Jim Hackett Says Automaker Will Be ‘One Of The Safest Places To Work’ – Brett Foote (DIERSEN: What about demands that employers get rid of their employees who are old, obese, and/or have health problems including diabetes?)
— UAW Asks Ford To Shut Down Dearborn Truck Plant And Test All Workers For COVID-19 The union is also asking for an additional 20 minutes of break time. – Brett Foote (DIERSEN: What about demands that employers get rid of their employees who are old, obese, and/or have health problems including diabetes?)