Tag: Precinct

May 9 Evening Edition

ABC7
— IL COVID Update: 1,741 COVID-19 cases, 30 deaths reported
https://abc7chicago.com/health/il-reports-1741-covid-cases-30-deaths/10603335/
— Black & Powerful: Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul – Karen Jordan and Colin Evans, Marissa Isang
https://abc7chicago.com/kwame-raoul-attorney-general-illinois-il/10594250/

NBC5
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Republican-hating Republican haters say “Trump’s ‘Big Lie’ Imperils Republicans Who Don’t Embrace It.”
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/politics/trumps-big-lie-imperils-republicans-who-dont-embrace-it/2505802/

CBS2
— Police Hope For Quieter Night In Loop After Rowdy Teens Caused ‘Disturbances’ On Saturday Night
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2021/05/09/loop-rowdy-teens-chicago-police/
— On ‘Face The Nation,’ Illinois U.S. Rep. Adam Kinzinger Says GOP Should ‘Quit Peddling In Conspiracies’ (DIERSEN: Hate-filled Republican-hating Republican-haters love Kinzinger.)
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2021/05/09/rep-adam-kinzinger-republican-party-cbs-news-face-the-nation/
— Kinzinger Dishes On Party Rifts, Leadership Changes (DIERSEN: Hate-filled Republican-hating Republican-haters love Kinzinger.)
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/video/5568248-illinois-republican-u-s-rep-adam-kinzinger-dishes-on-party-rifts-leadership-changes/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Shoplifters hit Loop Walgreens as cops respond to disturbances involving ‘large gathering’
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-met-downtown-disturbance-20210509-dcz27u52erejxcbu72sjfygjli-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— AUGUST 4, 2014 FLASHBACK: Wheaton man charged with sexual assault – Robert Sanchez  (DIERSEN: How many sex offenders live in your neighborhood, in your precinct, in your municipal district, in your municipality, in your county district, and in your county? McHale was convicted of aggravated criminal sexual assault. He now lives at 702 West Roosevelt Road in Wheaton, right next to where my wife and I frequently walk to to buy our lunches.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/article/20140804/news/140809406/
https://www.mylife.com/joseph-mchale/e60829010020896

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Larry Smith Targeted on Facebook for Vote to Cancel ICE Jail Contract
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/05/09/larry-smith-targeted-on-facebook-for-vote-to-cancel-ice-jail-contrat/
— U.S. Senate 2022: Meet the Republican Challengers Thus Far (DIERSEN: On July 5, 2003, all five announced Republican U.S. Senate candidates (John Cox, Chirinjeev Kathuria, Andy McKenna, Jim Oberweis, and Jack Ryan) attended a picnic that I organized in the Prairie Path Park in my precinct for voters in my precinct, Jeanne Ives’ precinct to the east, and Debra Olson’s precinct to the west. The 200+ attendees included Randy Hultgren.)
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/05/09/senate050921/
— Ness Reports on First 100 Days as State Representative
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/05/08/ness-reports-on-first-100-days-as-state-representative/
— Wirepoints Provides More Criticism of Democrats’ Enhancing “Affirmative Action”
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/05/08/wirepoints-provides-more-criticism-of-democrats-enhancing-affirmative-action/
— House Democrats Secretly Drawing Legislative Maps
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/05/07/house-democrats-secretly-drawing-legislative-maps/
— Property Tax Bills Now Available on County Treasurer’s Website
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/05/07/property-tax-bills-now-available-on-county-treasurers-website/
— UPDATE: Framing the Casey Urlacher Challenge to Dan McConchie for State Senate Seat
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/05/07/casey-urlacher-challenging-dan-mcconchie-for-state-senate-seat/
— Associated Press Catches Up to Conservative On-Line Sites, But Four Days Later and Still Thinks Armed Raid on Alaska Couple Might Be Justified
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/05/07/associated-press-catches-up-to-conservative-on-line-sites-but-four-days-later-and-still-thinks-armed-raid-on-alaska-couple-might-be-justified/

DAILY WIRE
— Gov. DeSantis Tells Unemployed Floridians Collecting Benefits To Start Looking For A Job – Jon Brown (DIERSEN: What will DeSantis say to those who say that the only jobs available are bad jobs? According to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, all the jobs that I had were bad jobs that they would never stoop to take.  I did yard work and delivered newspapers 1962-1964; washed dishes 1964-1966; cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966; delivered mail 1966-1969; worked on an automobile assembly line and as a security guard in 1970; sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971; pumped gasoline 1971-1972; collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980; and audited federal agencies 1980-1997.)
https://www.dailywire.com/news/gov-desantis-tells-unemployed-floridians-collecting-benefits-to-start-looking-for-a-job

PJ MEDIA
— Biden Playing Shell Games With Illegal Kids at the Border – RICK MORAN
https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/rick-moran/2021/05/09/biden-playing-shell-games-with-illegal-kids-at-the-border-n1445638

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Stephen Miller says Biden border policies ‘reckless, immoral,’ asks if US so racist why migrants keep coming – Vivek Saxena (DIERSEN: Democrats have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Ever-increasingly, Democrats promise to give citizens of foreign countries preference over citizens of America. Democrats see citizens of foreign countries as being their soldiers in their army to get rid of Republicans once and for all.)
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2021/05/09/stephen-miller-says-biden-border-policies-reckless-immoral-asks-if-us-so-racist-why-migrants-keep-coming-1071604/

EPOCH TIMES
— Critical Race Theory Training in Workplace Could Lead to Increased Bullying, Anxiety, Expert Says – JANITA KAN (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will employers officially stop hiring those who are the following and officially get rid of their employees who are the following: White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, gun owners, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
https://www.theepochtimes.com/hr-expert-says-critical-race-theory-training-in-workplace-could-lead-to-increased-bullying-anxiety_3808173.html
— Sen. Mitt Romney Censured by Utah County Republican Party – JACK PHILLIPS
https://www.theepochtimes.com/sen-mitt-romney-censured-by-utah-county-republican-party_3808355.html
— China’s Naval Power Threatens America’s National Security, Does Anyone Really Care? – James E. Fanell (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs side with Communist China against America.)
https://www.theepochtimes.com/chinas-naval-power-threatens-americas-national-security-does-anyone-really-care_3808330.html
— Rep. Elise Stefanik: Trump Voters ‘Critical’ to Republicans Winning in 2022 – JACK PHILLIPS (DIERSEN: I should write a book about how hate-filled Trump-hating Kinzinger-supporters have treated me so far. I would focus on those who destroy those a) who they cannot manipulate or dominate, b) who refuse to glorify and praise them, c) who refuse to pander to them, d) who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, e) who refuse to cover up their wrongdoing, and/or f) who refuse to give them money.)
https://www.theepochtimes.com/rep-elise-stefanik-trump-voters-critical-to-republicans-winning-in-2022_3808393.html
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Washington Governor Signs Bill Mandating Critical Race Training in Public Schools – GQ PAN
https://www.theepochtimes.com/washington-governor-signs-bill-mandating-critical-race-training-in-public-schools_3808484.html

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Kinzinger: The Republican Party “Is Basically The Titanic” In The Middle Of This Slow Sink – Tim Hains (DIERSEN: Hate-filled Republican-hating Republican-haters love Kinzinger.)
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2021/05/09/kinzinger_the_republican_party_is_basically_the_titanic_in_the_middle_of_this_slow_sink.html

RT
— The WOKEST place on earth? Disney ‘pushes critical race theory on staff, rejects equal opportunity & condemns All Lives Matter’
https://www.rt.com/usa/523291-woke-disney-critical-race-theory/

THE HILL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats a) encourage more LGBTQ to destroy traditional marriage and to destroy the traditional family and b) encourage more abortion to justify more immigration.
https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/552512-republicans-unlikely-to-see-it-but-census-shows-need-for-immigration

CBS NEWS
— Transcript: Rep. Adam Kinzinger on “Face the Nation,” May 9, 2021 (DIERSEN: Hate-filled Republican-hating Republican-haters love Kinzinger.)
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/transcript-rep-adam-kinzinger-on-face-the-nation-may-9-2021/
— Kinzinger says GOP should “quit peddling in conspiracies” – MELISSA QUINN (DIERSEN: Hate-filled Republican-hating Republican-haters love Kinzinger.)
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/adam-kinzinger-liz-cheney-gop-peddling-in-conspiracies-face-the-nation/

NEW YORK POST
— Biden’s new left of racial radicals – Michael Goodwin
https://nypost.com/2021/05/08/bidens-new-left-of-racial-radicals-goodwin/

ABC SAN DIEGO
— Supervisors approve better public notification on sex offenders (DIERSEN: How many sex offenders live in your neighborhood, in your precinct, in your municipal district, in your municipality, in your county district, and in your county?)
https://www.10news.com/news/local-news/supervisors-approve-better-public-notification-on-sex-offenders

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— German Catholic Priests Defy Pope Francis With Public Blessings of Gay Couples Planned protest ceremonies escalate struggle between German progressives and the Vatican – Francis X. Rocca
https://www.wsj.com/articles/german-catholic-priests-defy-pope-francis-with-public-blessings-of-gay-couples-11620302402
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Those who want Republicans to lose want Republicans to give preference to younger voters. To give preference to one group is to discriminate against another group. To give preference to younger voters is to discriminate against older voters.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/republicans-must-attract-more-young-voters-11620576491

NEWSWEEK
— Anti-Racist Messaging Is Failing With Voters. So Why Can’t Liberals Quit It? – ZAID JILANI (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs shout that White Republicans have caused, are causing, and will forever cause all the problems that minorities, women, younger people, LGBTQers, those who have less money than others, etc. have had, are having, and will have.)
https://www.newsweek.com/anti-racist-messaging-failing-voters-so-why-cant-liberals-quit-it-opinion-1589535

GUARDIAN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Republican-hating Republican-haters falsely say Republicans dominate Facebook.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/may/09/republicans-big-tech-power-bias-claims-facebook

May 8 Evening Edition

ABC7
— IL COVED Update: 1,729 COVID-19 cases, 22 deaths reported
https://abc7chicago.com/health/il-reports-1729-covid-cases-22-deaths/10598754/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Illinois’ COVID-19 infection rate dips to lowest level since March. The state’s COVID-19 infection rate on Saturday dropped to the lowest it’s been in six weeks as the state prepares to continue easing restrictions. – Madeline Kenney
https://chicago.suntimes.com/coronavirus/2021/5/8/22426605/illinois-covid-19-infection-rate-dips-to-lowest-level-since-march

DAILY HERALD
— Where suburban lawmakers hold sway under the state Capitol dome – JJ Bullock
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20210508/where-suburban-lawmakers-hold-sway-under-the-state-capitol-dome
— GOP delegates in Virginia to choose nominee for governor – AP (DIERSEN: In Illinois, what if elected Republican township, ward, and precinct committeemen, instead of Republican primary voters, chose the party’s candidates?)
https://www.dailyherald.com/article/20210508/news/305089915/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Tens of thousands of Virginia Republicans, sometimes waiting in long lines of cars, cast ballots Saturday to choose nominees for governor and other statewide offices at a drive-thru nominating convention. The Republican Party held what it’s calling an ‘unassembled convention’ on Saturday to select its nominees in this year’s race for governor, lieutenant governor and attorney general. Republicans haven’t won a statewide race in Virginia since 2009. Because pandemic restrictions ban mass gatherings, delegates are casting ballots at nearly 40 polling sites across the state. More than 53,000 Virginians successfully pre-registered as delegates. GOP officials rejected applications from roughly 700 would-be delegates. Virginia is the only state with an open-seat gubernatorial contest this year, and the race will be closely watched as an early indicator of party strength heading into the 2022 congressional elections.)

ST. LOUIS POST DISPATCH
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater uses Cheney to promote hatred against Trump.
https://www.stltoday.com/opinion/columnists/kevin-mcdermott/mcdermott-ousting-cheney-for-defying-trumps-lies-completes-the-gops-surrender/article_492abf58-aee3-519b-8c0f-0f291866dddd.html

NPR ILLINOIS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, since the Civil War, Democrats blame Republicans for all the problems that Blacks have had, are having, and will have.
https://www.nprillinois.org/post/black-americans-and-racist-architecture-homeownership#stream/0

CITY OF WHEATON
— REGISTERED SEX OFFENDERS
https://www.wheaton.il.us/DocumentCenter/View/1891/Updated-Sex-Offender-Poster-PDF

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump to relaunch MAGA rallies, senior adviser says. Former president to hit the stump to campaign with 2022 Republican midterm candidates. – Valerie Richardson
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/may/8/trump-relaunch-make-america-great-again-rallies-se/

GOPUSA
— Biden Administration Flies Illegal Aliens Cross-Country: TSA Explains How
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=109995
— Black Lives Matter, The Democrat Party, And Their Media Have Imposed Mob Rule
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=109986
— White House Press Secretary Admits Telling Biden ‘Don’t Take Questions’ From The Media (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those major donors, political consultants, campaign managers, campaign staff members, campaign volunteers, etc. who have been the most successful in turning Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct against me.)
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=110025

BREITBART
— Joe Biden Imports Replacement Migrants as Current Migrants Go Homeless – Neil Munro
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/05/08/joe-biden-imports-more-migrants-as-current-migrants-go-homeless/
— Establishment Media Still Fixated on Donald Trump Four Months After Office – WENDELL HUSEBO
https://www.breitbart.com/the-media/2021/05/08/establishment-media-still-fixated-on-donald-trump-four-months-after-office/

BLAZE
— Lindsey Graham blasts corporations that bow down to leftist woke intimidation: ‘Have you lost your mind?’ – PAUL SACCA
https://www.theblaze.com/news/lindsey-graham-woke-corporations

DAILY CALLER
— Survey: Nearly Half Of Voters Oppose Facebook’s Trump Ban – ASHLEY CARNAHAN (DIERSEN: I should survey voters in Illinois, DuPage County, DuPage County’s 4th District, Milton Township, Wheaton, Wheaton’s West District, and my precinct to see what percent favor/oppose those individuals, organizations, companies, and governments that ban me and ban my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters.)
https://dailycaller.com/2021/05/08/survey-voters-oppose-facebook-trump-ban/

DAILY WIRE
— Democrats Earmark Millions Of Dollars To Fund ‘Woke’ Pet Projects – Ashe Schow
https://www.dailywire.com/news/democrats-earmark-millions-of-dollars-to-fund-woke-pet-projects

NEWS BUSTERS
— Rasmussen: 59% of Voters Say Social Media Operators Are Politically Biased – Craig Bannister
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/free-speech/craig-bannister/2021/05/07/shock-rasmussen-59-voters-say-social-media-operators
— Another One Bites the Dust: LifeSiteNews Says Facebook Deleted Page – Kayla Sargent (DIERSEN: Of course, my critics/opponents want Facebook to delete my page.)
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/free-speech/kayla-sargent/2021/05/07/update-another-one-bites-dust-lifesitenews-says-facebook

WASHINGTON POST
— Liz Cheney’s months-long effort to turn Republicans from Trump threatens her reelection and ambitions. She says it’s only beginning. – Michael Scherer, Josh Dawsey, and Dan Lamothe (DIERSEN: By logical extension, the goal of every Kinzinger-supporter has to be getting rid of everyone in Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, and my precinct, including me, who they cannot turn into Trump-haters.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/cheney-trump-mccarthy-republicans/2021/05/08/12e6c41e-adcf-11eb-acd3-24b44a57093a_story.html

NEW YORK POST
— Black people must demand change from progressives failing on gun violence – Gianno Caldwell
https://nypost.com/2021/05/08/black-people-must-demand-gun-violence-reform-from-progressives/

May 6 Evening Edition

NBC5
— Cheney Challenger Stefanik Says GOP Must Work With Trump.  Cheney, a daughter of Dick Cheney, who was George W. Bush’s vice president and before that a Wyoming congressman, seemed to have almost unlimited potential until this year. – Alan Fram
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/cheney-challenger-stefanik-says-gop-must-work-with-trump/2504283/
— GOP Gov. DeSantis Signs Florida Election Law While Shutting Out All Media But Fox News – Kevin Breuninger (DIERSEN: I have been the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000. I should write a book about the RINO activists, candidates, elected officials, and party leaders who have shut me out of their events since 2000.)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/business/money-report/gop-gov-desantis-signs-florida-election-law-while-shutting-out-all-media-but-fox-news/2503900/

CBS2
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats paint law enforcement as being racist.
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2021/05/06/inspector-general-report-chicago-police-department-search-warrant-tracking-inconsistencies/

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater promote hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/illinois-congressman-adam-kinzinger-backs-cheney-over-party-criticism

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Chapa LaVia learns the hard way how ‘ugly’ politics can get – DENISE CROSBY (DIERSEN: I should write a book about RINO activists, candidates, elected officials, and party leaders who scapegoat. I would focus on those who blame me and blame my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters for their problems, for your problems, for my problems, and for everyone’s problems.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/aurora-beacon-news/opinion/ct-abn-crosby-chapa-lavia-st-0507-20210506-fesdky6kyrbxbobit335dptyzu-story.html
— Pritzker says state’s on track for June 11 reopening | Your tax dollars, City Hall and public records | Republican running in California recall has Chicago-area ties – LISA DONOVAN
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-pritzker-tentative-june-reopening-john-cox-california-election-spin-20210506-6ni7msftkvdnxl4izngwwo677q-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Bishops’ move to press Biden not to take Communion part of a power struggle in Catholic Church. Pope Francis has made his view clear that the Eucharist “is not a prize for the perfect but a powerful medicine and nourishment for the weak.” – Steven P. Millies
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2021/5/6/22423200/joe-biden-catholic-church-communion-abortion

DAILY HERALD
— GOP senators call for standardized election procedures across all counties – PETER HANCOCK
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20210506/gop-senators-call-for-standardized-election-procedures-across-all-counties
— Longtime Glendale Heights president takes election fight to federal court – Susan Sarkauskas
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20210506/longtime-glendale-heights-president-takes-election-fight-to-federal-court
— ‘Small house, big garage’: Residential component proposed for Naperville’s Iron Gate – Lauren Rohr
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20210506/small-house-big-garage-residential-component-proposed-for-napervilles-iron-gate
— Maureen Dunne named College of DuPage Board of Trustees chair
https://www.dailyherald.com/submitted/20210506/maureen-dunne-named-college-of-dupage-board-of-trustees-chair

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Democrats defend closed-door redistricting meetings as GOP demands transparency – Dean Olsen
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/state/2021/05/06/illinois-politics-closed-door-redistricting-meeting-draws-criticism/4968088001/

KANKAKEE DAILY JOURNAL
— Politicians’ broken promises don’t get us anywhere – Scott Reeder (DIERSEN: I should write a book about Republican candidates who paint themselves as being conservative to win primary elections, but after they are elected, fail/refuse to defend/advance the traditional marriage/family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks in the Republican Party platform.)
https://www.daily-journal.com/opinion/reeder-politicians-broken-promises-don-t-get-us-anywhere/article_61d2a914-ad9b-11eb-8cd4-2f6a6f518bee.html

CHICAGO MAGAZINE
— 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.chicagomag.com/chicago-magazine/april-2021/are-there-new-ways-to-consume-cannabis/

CAPITOL FAX
— Pardoned Mayor Urlacher files paperwork with stated intent of running against Senate GOP Leader McConchie
https://capitolfax.com/2021/05/06/pardoned-mayor-urlacher-files-paperwork-with-stated-intent-of-running-against-senate-gop-leader-mcconchie/
— 1,778 new confirmed and probable cases; 40 additional deaths; 2,055 hospitalized; 483 in ICU; 3 percent average case positivity rate; 3.8 percent average test positivity rate; 70,063 average daily doses; 85 percent of 65+ have received at least one dose
https://capitolfax.com/2021/05/06/1778-new-confirmed-and-probable-cases-40-additional-deaths-2055-hospitalized-483-in-icu-3-percent-average-case-positivity-rate-38-percent-average-test-positivity-rate-70063-average-daily-doses-85-perc/
— Group pressuring U of I on anti-Semitism sets its sights on Pritzker
https://capitolfax.com/2021/05/06/group-pressuring-u-of-i-on-anti-semitism-sets-its-sights-on-pritzker/

DAILY CALLER
— Lambasted For Lack Of Loyalty, Rep. Cheney Voted With Trump More Often Than Rival Rep. Stefanik – ANDREW TRUNSKY
https://dailycaller.com/2021/05/06/elise-stefanik-replace-liz-cheney-gop-post-loyalty-against-policy/
— Democratic National Committee Urges Facebook To Permanently Ban Trump – ELIZABETH LOUISE
https://dailycaller.com/2021/05/05/democratic-national-committee-facebook-urged-permanently-ban-donald-trump/

TOWNHALL
— Former Lincoln Project Advisor Doubles Down on Claims That GOP Is Worse Than Al-Qaeda, Bin Laden, Taliban – Rebecca Downs
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/rebeccadowns/2021/05/06/former-lincoln-project-aide-doubles-down-on-incendiary-language-saying-gop-worse-than-alqaeda-bin-laden-taliban-n2589063

CNN
— Liz Cheney’s fall shows that Trump is here to stay – Stephen Collinson
https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/06/politics/liz-cheney-donald-trump-gop/index.html

NEW YORK TIMES
— Do You Live in a Political Bubble? How politically diverse is your neighborhood? Enter your address to see the political party of the thousand voters closest to you. Republicans and Democrats are increasingly alienated from one another, rhetorically and geographically.- Gus Wezerek, Ryan D. Enos and Jacob Brown (DIERSEN: How many voters have moved into your precinct during the last 5, 10, 15, and 20 years? What percent are Democrats?)
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/04/30/opinion/politics/bubble-politics.html

FORBES
— Some House Republicans Criticize Stefanik’s Conservative Creds As She Shores Up Support – Andrew Solender (DIERSEN: Does Cheney’s replacement have to be a female?)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/andrewsolender/2021/05/06/some-house-republicans-criticize-stefaniks-conservative-creds-as-she-shores-up-support/

INDEPENDENT
— White House answered fake reporter’s questions for weeks before she was revealed as a “Lego” video gamer. DC reporters frequently asked Jen Psaki questions on behalf of Kacey Montagu, who it turns out was not a real person – Nathan Place
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/white-house-lego-fake-reporter-b1829659.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: At a few recent White House press briefings, reporters have posed questions to Press Secretary Jen Psaki on behalf of a reporter named Kacey Montagu, who said she couldn’t be there due to Covid-19 precautions. In fact, the reason she couldn’t attend is much simpler: Ms Montagu doesn’t exist. According to a new report from Politico, Kacey Montagu is a pseudonym, most likely used by a gamer on the online platform ROBLOX. Within the platform, where players call themselves “Legos”, the so-called Ms Montagu has served as secretary of state in a government simulation called nUSA. But to DC reporters and to the White House itself, she’s become a real-life journalist. “I really wasn’t surprised she fooled these people,” another nUSA player, “pres. arnie vinick,” told Politico. “She’s been bragging about it for a while.” Since the Covid-19 pandemic began, it’s become common for White House reporters to ask questions on behalf of other journalists. That’s because to enable social distancing, the White House has drastically reduced the number of people allowed in the briefing room – from 49 to 14. To get their questions in, the reporters left out submit their questions digitally or through a courteous pool reporter. And into that loophole stepped Kacey Montagu. The mysterious gamer frequently emailed pool reporters with questions – usually after their first pool report of the day came out, so she knew who they were. In case anyone looked her up before relaying her questions, she set up fake Twitter and LinkedIn accounts, naming herself chief political correspondent for White House News or White House Schedule, neither of which exists.)

May 3 Evening Edition

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— JULY 4, 2019 EVENING EDITION FLASHBACK: Republican entries in Wheaton’s outstanding 2019 Independence Day Parade were Bob Berlin, Amy Grant, Chris Kachiroubas, Evelyn Sanguinetti, Ann Celine Walsh, and Milton Township Republican Central Committee. Those who walked with the entries included Almiron, Anderson, Carlson, Caruso, Colgan, Collins, Falbo, Fisher, Furstenau, Ives, Keller, LeVan, Marquardt, Marshall, Monino, Muehlfelt, Nathwani, Ruhl, Ryan, Saake, Shaw, and Whelan. With their $2,500 contribution, “DuPage County Republicans” were again the top sponsor for the parade and fireworks. Contributions were: $500 from Roger Claar; $250 each from Berlin, Sanguinetti, Phil Suess, and Tim Whelan; and $100 each from Michael Barbier, Grant Eckhoff, Tim Elliott, Grant, Chris Heidorn, Babette Holder, Jeanne Ives, Marty Keller, Bob Larsen, and Walsh. I hand-delivering 500 flyers (printed courtesy of Alpha Graphics) to the residences and businesses on the parade route that included the Republican entries in the parade, the sponsor’s names, and the amounts they contributed. – Dave Diersen
https://gopillinois.com/uncategorized/july-4-evening-edition-4/

DAILY HERALD
— Wheaton’s Field of Honor returns June 30-July 4 (DIERSEN: I certainly hope that Wheaton will have a traditional Independence Day fireworks and parade this year. Outstandingly, DuPage Republicans have helped sponsor Wheaton’s fireworks and parades since 2005. I certainly hope that all the Republican candidates on March 15, 2022 ballots in DuPage County a) want to help sponsor the fireworks and parade this year and b) will have entries in the parade this year.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/submitted/20210503/wheatons-field-of-honor-returns-june-30-july-4
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Wheaton Park District also is planning an Independence Day Celebration July 3-4. Fireworks and family fun are scheduled for Saturday, July 3 in Graf Park. The complete schedule will be posted at a future date. Fireworks start at dusk. A parking map will be available for download for viewing prior to the event. Please be kind to our neighbors when parking on residential streets. The annual Independence Day Parade will be Sunday, July 4, in downtown Wheaton. The theme will be posted as it becomes available. They are encouraging parade entrants to use imagination as parade entries/floats are created. If you would like to submit ideas for the theme of the 2021 parade, email communications@wheatonparks.org. Check back for a parade route map to be added for 2021. Be kind to neighbors when parking on residential streets. Check wheatonparkdistrict.com for the 2021 Independence Day parade entry application to be posted. For sponsorships, contact Kristina Nemetz at knemetz@wheatonparks.org .)
— Why DuPage County residential property owners could see increase on tax bills – Lauren Rohr
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20210503/why-dupage-county-residential-property-owners-could-see-increase-on-tax-bills
— Longtime Lake County recorder launches campaign for new office – Mick Zawislak
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20210503/longtime-lake-county-recorder-launches-campaign-for-new-office

ABC7
— Illinois COVID-19 Update: IL reports 2,049 new coronavirus cases, 28 deaths. 9.4 million COVID vaccines administered in IL
https://abc7chicago.com/health/il-reports-2049-new-covid-19-cases-28-deaths/10573639/

CBS2
— How Can Illinois Get To The ‘Bridge’ Phase For The State’s Reopening? – Chris Tye
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2021/05/03/illinois-reopening-bridge-phase/

WGN RADIO
— Florida governor signs law preempting local COVID edicts – AP
https://wgnradio.com/health/florida-governor-signs-law-preempting-local-covid-edicts/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Illinois hits new monthly record for recreational marijuana sales at nearly $115 million in April – ROBERT CHANNICK
https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-recreational-marijuana-sales-record-illinois-april-20210503-5dwnnb7o5jd6fekiwxdimj4ep4-story.html
— Resolving Lake County clerk’s six-figure lawsuit sets stage for 2022 primary clash – CHARLES SELLE
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/lake-county-news-sun/opinion/ct-lns-selle-county-clerk-races-st-0504-20210503-d6istvvinjesrdd7ww5v3rawjm-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Americans say government should help people age at home – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2021/5/3/22417608/government-should-help-americans-age-home

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Will COVID vaccines be required at Illinois Wesleyan University, ISU? – Lenore Sobota
https://www.pantagraph.com/news/local/education/watch-now-will-covid-vaccines-be-required-at-illinois-state-university-wesleyan-university/article_728dbf2f-49af-55eb-ae39-d80cecd41d81.html

OUR QUAD CITIES
— McCombie notices different tone in Springfield under new speaker. Republican state representative encouraged about leadership term limits proposal. – Jim Niedelman
https://www.ourquadcities.com/news/4-the-record/mccombie-notices-different-tone-in-springfield-under-new-speaker/

NPR ILLINOIS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats have declared war on Republicans. Democrats see refugees as being their soldiers in their army to get rid of Republicans once and for all.
https://www.nprillinois.org/post/white-house-says-public-can-do-more-resettle-additional-refugees#stream/0

WILLIAM J KELLY
— Save Illinois’ Lincoln Statue, Save America
https://www.williamjkelly.org/news/savelincolnstatueillinois

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— May Become Legal to Knowingly Infect Someone with HIV, But Not for Coronavirus
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/05/03/may-be-legal-to-knowingly-infect-someone-with-hiv-buy-not-for-coronavirus/

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— COVID-19 ‘VAX PASS’ IDEA GETTING NIXED IN ILLINOIS, PRITZKER SAYS – Brad Weisenstein
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/covid-19-vax-pass-idea-getting-nixed-in-illinois-pritzker-says/

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— State Lawmakers to Remove Basic Protection for Patients – Chris Iverson
https://illinoisfamily.org/life/why-would-state-lawmakers-remove-basic-protection-for-patients/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— CRITICAL RACE THEORY ABOUT TO SEE ITS DAY IN COURT
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2021/05/critical-race-theory-about-to-see-its-day-in-court.html

CAPITOL FAX
— 2,049 new confirmed and probable cases; 28 additional deaths; 1,963 hospitalized; 479 in ICU; 3.4 percent average case positivity rate; 4 percent average test positivity rate; 78,440 average daily doses; Only 16,920 doses reported administered Sunday
https://capitolfax.com/2021/05/03/2049-new-confirmed-and-probable-cases-28-additional-deaths-1963-hospitalized-479-in-icu-34-percent-average-case-positivity-rate-4-percent-average-test-positivity-rate-78440-average-daily-doses-only-16/
— COVID-19 roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2021/05/03/covid-19-roundup-77/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— House Democratic departures threaten party hold on majority – Kerry Picket
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/retirements-and-runs-house-dems-chances-majority

FOX NEWS
— Hawley says he won’t ‘bow down to woke mob’ that tried to cancel his book
https://www.foxnews.com/transcript/hawley-says-he-wont-bow-down-to-woke-mob-that-tried-to-cancel-his-book

GOPUSA
— Should An Agency Of Government Control An Individual’s Online Speech? Courts To Decide (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents want the following to stop me from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters, but failing that, they want the following to control every aspect of the newsletters: Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization.)
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=109749

BREITBART
— Never Trump Candidate Backed by Kinzinger, Cheney Sees Embarrassing 9th Place Loss in Texas Special Election – ASHLEY OLIVER (DIERSEN: Who will the Never Trump candidates be on the March 15, 2022 Republican primary ballot in your precinct?)
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/05/03/never-trump-candidate-backed-by-kinzinger-cheney-sees-embarrassing-9th-place-loss-in-texas-special-election/

BLAZE
— Sunny Hostin of ‘The View’ declares ‘we need to shun those that refuse to get vaccinated’ — specifically ‘white evangelicals’ and ‘Republicans’ A USA Today op-ed actually used same verb: ‘It’s time to start shunning the “vaccine hesitant”‘ – DAVE URBANSKI (DIERSEN: Who will lead the shunning in your county, in your county district, in your township, in your municipality, in your municipal district, in your precinct, and in your neighborhood?)
https://www.theblaze.com/news/sunny-hostin-shun-vaccine-hesitant

TOWNHALL
— Oh, So Now Herd Immunity Cannot Be Obtained? – Matt Vespa
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2021/05/03/oh-so-now-herd-immunity-cannot-be-obtained-n2588870
— Florida Passes Law Preventing Woke Social Media from Muzzling Politicians – Matt Vespa
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2021/05/03/florida-passes-law-preventing-woke-social-media-from-muzzling-politicians-n2588822

NEWS BUSTERS
— Untrustworthy! Gallup Poll Shows Most Americans Turn on Big Tech – Casey Ryan
https://newsbusters.org/blogs/free-speech/casey-ryan/2021/05/03/untrustworthy-gallup-poll-shows-most-americans-turn-big

NEWSMAX
— Conservatives Should Not Outsource the Culture War to Politicians – Daniel Di Martino
https://www.newsmax.com/danieldimartino/Conservatives-Culture-War-Transgender-Ideology-Politicians/2021/05/03/id/1019954/
— California’s ‘Exodus’ Threatens Conservative States – Yuri Vanetik
https://www.newsmax.com/yurivanetik/california-exodus-conservativestates/2021/05/03/id/1019915/

PJ MEDIA
— A Dozen Texas Counties Have Declared Emergencies Due to the Worsening Border Crisis – BRYAN PRESTON
https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/bryan-preston/2021/05/03/a-dozen-texas-counties-have-declared-emergencies-due-to-the-worsening-border-crisis-n1444332

EPOCH TIMES
— Florida Gov. DeSantis Suspends Local COVID-19 Emergency Orders, Bans Vaccine Passports – JACK PHILLIPS
https://www.theepochtimes.com/mkt_breakingnews/florida-gov-desantis-signs-bill-banning-vaccine-passports-suspends-local-covid-19-emergency-orders_3800683.html

THE HILL
— Trump’s critics face wrath of GOP base – NIALL STANAGE
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/551576-the-memo-trumps-critics-face-wrath-of-gop-base

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrat-run schools use critical race theory 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.washingtonpost.com/education/2021/05/03/critical-race-theory-backlash/
— Biden says he will raise refugee cap from 15,000 to 62,500 – Sean Sullivan
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/biden-refugee/2021/05/03/1b833126-ac4d-11eb-ab4c-986555a1c511_story.html

NEWSWEEK
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Illinois to Record $1 Billion Marijuana Sales by Year’s End, Surpassing Liquor
https://www.newsweek.com/illinois-record-1-billion-marijuana-sales-years-end-surpassing-liquor-1588354

PBS
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: As more states legalize marijuana, people with drug convictions want their records cleared – Courtney Vinopal (DIERSEN: Your past predicts your future.)
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/as-more-states-legalize-marijuana-people-with-drug-convictions-want-their-records-cleared

FEDERAL NEWS NETWORK
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters say “Donald Trump and his supporters are intensifying efforts to shame — and potentially remove — members of their party who are seen as disloyal to the former president and his false claims that last year’s election was stolen from him.”
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/government-news/2021/05/trumps-big-lie-becomes-new-litmus-test-for-success-in-gop/

May 2 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Chicago shootings: 38 shot, 6 dead, in weekend violence across city
https://abc7chicago.com/31-shot-5-fatally-in-chicago-weekend-violence-/10569165/
— Illinois COVID-19 Update: IL reports 1,860 new coronavirus cases, 27 deaths
https://abc7chicago.com/health/il-reports-1860-new-covid-19-cases-27-deaths/10569837/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Void FOID? State’s top court asked to decide if it’s time to shoot down Firearm Owner Identification cards. The Illinois attorney general’s appeal of a downstate judge’s ruling sets up a battle over whether the state can require residents to hold an ID card in order to own a firearm. First enacted in 1968, the state’s Firearm Owner Identification Act does just that. But a southern Illinois judge said that makes residents’ Second Amendment rights a “façade.” – Andrew Sullender
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2021/5/2/22413297/foid-firearm-owner-identification-cards-illinois-supreme-court-downstate-webb-white-county
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats shout at Blacks that Republicans have caused, are causing, and will forever cause all the problems that Blacks have had, are having, and will have. Democrats have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Democrats see Blacks as being their soldiers in their army to get rid of Republicans once and for all.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2021/4/30/22413035/160-years-since-the-emancipation-proclamation-the-negro-still-is-not-free

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Caitlyn Jenner, who is running for California governor, says letting transgender girls play girls’ sports ‘just isn’t fair’ – AP
https://www.chicagotribune.com/nation-world/ct-aud-nw-caitlyn-jenner-transgender-girls-sports-20210502-o6g6exv4vbh3bbosshbjbbmp4i-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— Milton Township moving to form voter-approved mental health board
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20210502/milton-township-moving-to-form-voter-approved-mental-health-board
(FROM THE ARTICLE: John Monino — Milton’s first new township supervisor in 20 years — will appoint the seven members to the mental health board. Monino will be sworn in on May 14. Under state law, the township has 60 days from his swearing-in to seat the 708 board. Monino said he hopes to make the first mental health board appointments at a township trustee meeting in June. The panel could include doctors, parents, and representatives of schools or social service agencies. “We will do everything in the township to support and grow that and outreach,” Monino said. Township trustees also will get the final say on the amount residents would pay in additional taxes each year. But the request that was approved by voters caps the tax levy for the mental health board at 0.15% of the assessed value of taxable property. When asked about the tax increase, Monino said the levy is “not going to be touching at that top end” of the cap. He’s hoping to have the levy adopted in October or early November. “We’re going to be researching and looking at all aspects so everybody is comfortable,” Monino said.)
— McHenry approves $52.7 million 2021-22 budget, with ‘extremely conservative’ revenue estimates – Sam Lounsberry
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20210502/mchenry-approves-527-million-2021-22-budget-with-extremely-conservative-revenue-estimates

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Spin it how you want, but Illinois’ census numbers are horrible
https://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/guest-commentary/guest-commentary-spin-it-how-you-want-but-illinois-census-numbers-are-horrible/article_d0c7c033-175e-5c9a-8c28-ab6c41815395.html

NORTHWEST ILLINOIS NEWS
— Chesney against bill requiring landlords accept Section 8: This is a ‘failed Rauner-Sanguinetti policy’ – Savannah Howe
https://nwillinoisnews.com/stories/593924193-chesney-against-bill-requiring-landlords-accept-section-8-this-is-a-failed-rauner-sanguinetti-policy

ST. LOUIS POST DISPATCH
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: LGBTQ-promoters say “County Republicans flirt with disaster over gender-neutral bathrooms.”
https://www.stltoday.com/opinion/editorial/editorial-county-republicans-flirt-with-disaster-over-gender-neutral-bathrooms/article_38d82f6d-021f-5d9d-9519-da5f4a0a3a79.html

CENTER FOR ILLINOIS POLITICS
— Lack of Census Data for Redistricting Poses Problems for Democratic Legislators – Daniel C. Vock
https://www.centerforilpolitics.org/articles/lack-of-census-data-for-redistricting-poses-problems-for-democratic-legislators

FOX NEWS
— Tim Scott slams ‘Uncle Tim’ label as hypocritical bigotry – Danielle Wallace
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/tim-scott-uncle-tim-trends-fighting-bigotry-with-bigotry-is-hypocrisy
— GOP’s ‘Pennant Porch’ in 2022 could shape House control. In baseball, games are won on the field. But in politics – unlike Finley’s Pennant Porch – how they set up the field of play sometimes determines the winner. – Chad Pergram
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/gop-2022-house-control

FEDERALIST
— Kinzinger-Backed Candidate Places Ninth In Texas House Race – Tristan Justice (DIERSEN: Which of the candidates on March 15, 2022 Republican primary ballots in Illinois a) will seek/get Trump’s endorsement or b) will seek/get Kinzinger’s endorsement?)
https://thefederalist.com/2021/05/02/kinzinger-backed-candidate-places-ninth-in-texas-house-race/

BREITBART
— Wisconsin City Uses Mark Zuckerberg Money to Buy ‘Mobile Voting Precinct’ – JOEL B. POLLAK
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/05/02/wisconsin-city-uses-zuckerberg-money-to-buy-mobile-voting-precinct/

BLAZE
— MSNBC host suggests Tim Scott is slave to GOP, claims Harriet Tubman ‘would have left’ Scott enslaved – CHRIS ENLOE
https://www.theblaze.com/news/tiffany-scott-rebukes-tim-scott-america-not-racist
— Black Lives Matter Minnesota says Derek Chauvin ‘guilty’ verdict not enough, calls for reparations – CHRIS ENLOE
https://www.theblaze.com/news/black-lives-matter-reparations-after-chauvin-verdict

TOWNHALL
— Here Is What Republican Voters Really Believe in. It’s a Shame the GOP Has No Idea – Wayne Allyn Root
https://townhall.com/columnists/wayneallynroot/2021/05/02/here-is-what-republican-voters-really-believe-in-its-a-shame-the-gop-has-no-idea-n2588815

THE HILL
— GOP ramps up attacks on Biden’s border wall freeze – NIV ELIS
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/551278-gop-ramps-up-attacks-on-bidens-border-wall-freeze
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater says “GOP wrestles with role of culture wars in party’s future.” Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters want the Republican Party to dump its traditional marriage/family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks in its platform.)
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/551331-gop-wrestles-with-role-of-culture-wars-in-partys-future

POLITICO
— Trump tightens his grip on the GOP – TARA PALMERI
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/playbook/2021/05/02/trump-tightens-his-grip-on-the-gop-492681

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats shout at Blacks that Republicans have caused, are causing, and will forever cause all the problems that Blacks have had, are having, and will have. Democrats have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Democrats see Blacks as being their soldiers in their army to get rid of Republicans once and for all.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/02/opinion/america-racism.html

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters make it clear that they will get rid of you if you do not say that Biden won fair and square.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/republicans-trump-election-falsehood/2021/05/01/7bd380a0-a921-11eb-8c1a-56f0cb4ff3b5_story.html

NEW YORK POST
— Sen. Hawley calls Big Tech ‘greatest threat,’ slams its ‘woke’ agenda – Mark Moore
https://nypost.com/2021/05/02/sen-hawley-slams-big-tech-for-imposing-woke-agenda/

NEW YORK MAGAZINE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats use “democracy” to get rid of individuals, organizations, 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://nymag.com/intelligencer/2021/05/trumps-delegitimization-of-democracy-isnt-wearing-off.html

ILLINOIS CPA SOCIETY
— COURSE: The IRS Collection Process (DIERSEN: GAO audits IRS. When I transferred from IRS to GAO in 1980, I could have taught this course. I had worked for IRS’s Collection Division for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $85,935-$97,395/year. I filed many tax liens and tax levies.  I had worked as an IRS Special Procedures Staff Advisor during my last 3 1/2 years with IRS. Special Procedures Staff Advisors confer with IRS Attorneys, Revenue Officers, Revenue Agents and Special Agents as well as taxpayers and their representatives to resolve complex tax issues and determine a course of action designed to protect the Government’s interests and expedite payment of taxes due. I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979. My Democrat GAO superiors wasted my knowledge of IRS. In 1986, the GAO manager who had hired me finally succeeded in getting me assigned to audits of IRS and promoting me to GS-13. But my Democrat GAO superiors succeeded in forcing him to retire in 1987, and starting in 1989, they succeeded in keeping me off audits of IRS for the rest of GAO career. In 1997, when I was 49 years old, they succeeded in forcing me to take their early retirement “offer.”)
https://www.icpas.org/eventscalendar/EventDetail?id=33255
(FROM THE POSTING: After attending this presentation you will be able to…Understand how the IRS Collection Process works, Explain the impact of the ten-year collection statute on collection alternatives, Describe how tax liens work, Understand the mechanics of a tax levy, Describe what the four collection alternatives are and when to select one over the other. Highlights  The major topics that will be covered in this class include: Review of the IRS collection process, IRS enforcement, Collection alternatives to resolve an outstanding tax debt.)

May 2 Morning Edition

NBC5
— Illinois Won’t Require COVID-19 ‘Vaccine Passports,’ Pritzker Says
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/illinois-wont-require-covid-19-vaccine-passports-pritzker-says/2499851/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Hundreds gather in Union Park to fight for rights for workers on May Day. Many marchers came to the event this year to draw particular attention to the struggles of immigrant workers. – Madeline Kenney
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2021/5/1/22414837/hundreds-gather-in-union-park-to-fight-for-rights-for-workers-on-may-day

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, those who are not vaccinated are demonized, denigrated, and condemned. Will those who have strong immune systems be allowed to skip vaccination?
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/coronavirus/2021/05/02/covid-vaccine-vaccination-hesitancy-frustrating-health-experts-say/7404056002/

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Republican-hating Republican-haters “call new health-care law ‘revolutionary’ in fight for racial justice.”
https://www.bnd.com/news/politics-government/article251072589.html

ALTON DAILY NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats and RINOs use Affirmative Action, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion to get rid of Republicans.
http://altondailynews.com/news/details.cfm?id=324677#.YI5ttrVKiM8

WIREPOINTS
— Give Capitol News Illinois Full Press Access In Springfield – Mark Glennon (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who have done the most since 2000 to discredit me and to discredit my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters. I would focus on RINOs who have/had lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton’s West District, Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County’s 4th District, DuPage County, and Illinois. I would focus on RINOs who lead/led the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, Wheaton, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois. I would focus on RINO candidates on ballots in my precinct, their major donors, their political consultants, their campaign managers, their campaign staff members, and their campaign volunteers.)
https://wirepoints.org/give-capitol-news-illinois-full-press-access-in-springfield-wirepoints/

FOX NEWS
— Black Republicans who don’t believe racism is systemic subject to vicious attacks, slurs Conservative Black politicians such as Sen. Tim Scott have sparked backlash – Audrey Conklin
https://www.foxnews.com/us/u

NEWSMAX
— Smear Calls, Anti-Trumpers Couldn’t Stop Rep. Wright’s Widow in TX-6 – John Gizzi (DIERSEN: Which of the candidates on March 15, 2022 Republican primary ballots in Illinois a) will seek/get Trump’s endorsement or b) will seek/get Kinzinger’s endorsement?)
https://www.newsmax.com/john-gizzi/wrighttx-6trumpsmearkinzingercheney/2021/05/02/id/1019801/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Michael Wood, a veteran, drew swatches of publicity and considerable funding running as an anti-Trump Republican. Despite substantial contributions from Republican Reps. Anthony Gonzales of Ohio, Adam Kinzinger of Illinois, and Liz Cheney of Wyoming —all of whom voted for Trump’s impeachment—Wood drew only 3 per cent of the vote.)

AMERICAN THINKER
— Biden Goes for Broke – Gary Gindler
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2021/04/biden_goes_for_broke.html
— How Much Worse Can it Get? – Steve Feinstein
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2021/05/how_much_worse_can_it_get.html
— Should we embrace biased news coverage? – Roger Ansted (DIERSEN: Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs a) promote left-biased news coverage, including Capitol Fax and b) reject right-biased news coverage, including GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters. I should write a book about RINOs who have worked the hardest since 2000 a) to stop me from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters, b) to stop everyone from reading those newsletters, and c) to promote Capitol Fax. I would focus on RINOs who have/had lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton’s West District, Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County’s 4th District, DuPage County, and Illinois. I would focus on RINOs who lead/led the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, Wheaton, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois. I would focus on RINO 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.americanthinker.com/blog/2021/05/should_we_embrace_biased_news_coverage.html

BREITBART
— GOP Slams Corporate America, NAACP, BLM Silence over Racial Slur Against Tim Scott – EDWIN MORA
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/05/01/crickets-gop-slams-corporate-america-naacp-blm-silence-over-racial-slur-against-tim-scott/

DAILY CALLER
— ‘From Cotton To Congress To Clown’: MSNBC Host Trashes Tim Scott, Says He’s ‘Thirsty For White Approval’- VIRGINIA KRUTA
https://dailycaller.com/2021/05/01/cotton-congress-clown-msnbc-tiffany-cross-trashes-tim-scott-thirsty-white-approval/

TOWNHALL
— The True Face Of Racism – Derek Hunter
https://townhall.com/columnists/derekhunter/2021/05/02/the-true-face-of-racism-n2588837

NEW AMERICAN
— Onward Young Socialist Soldiers: New Democrat Bill Would Conscript Kids into Politics – Selwyn Duke
https://thenewamerican.com/onward-young-socialist-soldiers-new-democrat-bill-would-conscript-kids-into-politics/

MEDIA RESEARCH CENTER TV
— MSNBC’s Cross Goes on VILE Rant Against ‘Clown,’ ‘Fool’ Tim Scott – Brad Wilmouth
https://www.mrctv.org/videos/msnbcs-cross-goes-vile-rant-against-clown-fool-tim-scott

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Biden, Harris Respond To Sen. Tim Scott: You’re right. America Is Not A Racist Country, But . . . They both equivocate, of course.
https://legalinsurrection.com/2021/05/biden-harris-respond-to-sen-tim-scott-youre-right-america-is-not-a-racist-country-but/

EPOCH TIMES
— 76,000 California Violent, Repeat Felons Get Earlier Releases – AP
https://www.theepochtimes.com/mkt_morningbrief/76000-california-inmates-now-eligible-for-earlier-releases_3798635.html
— House Republicans Question Biden Administration on ‘Questionable’ Census Results – ZACHARY STIEBER
https://www.theepochtimes.com/mkt_app/house-republicans-question-biden-administration-on-questionable-census-results_3798442.html
— America First Legal Pursuing Lawsuit Against Critical Race Theory: Stephen Miller – ALLEN ZHONG
https://www.theepochtimes.com/mkt_app/america-first-legal-pursuing-lawsuit-against-critical-race-theory-stephen-miller_3798763.html

THE HILL
— Romney booed during speech to Utah GOP convention – JORDAN WILLIAMS
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/551345-romney-booed-during-speech-to-utah-gop-convention
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, you are demonized, denigrated, and condemned if you do not promote vaccination.
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/551265-fauci-vs-rogan-white-house-works-to-stomp-out-misinformation

HUFFINGTON POST
— Susan Wright, Endorsed By Donald Trump, Advances To U.S. House Runoff In Texas – AP (DIERSEN: Which of the candidates on March 15, 2022 Republican primary ballots in Illinois a) will seek/get Trump’s endorsement or b) will seek/get Kinzinger’s endorsement?)
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/susan-wright-texas-runoff_n_608e933be4b046202708952e
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Most of the Republicans in the running had made flagrant appeals to Trump and his supporters in a race that at times has resembled a typical Texas GOP primary. The lone exception was Michael Wood, a combat veteran whose campaign was an early test for Republican Rep. Adam Kinzinger of Illinois, who is trying to lead a revolt in his party away from Trump. But Wood saw few voters answering his call to reject Trumpism, hovering at around 3% of the vote.)

UPI
— McConnell calls for Education Department to ditch ‘1619 Project’ – Sommer Brokaw
https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2021/05/01/biden-administration-history-civics-republicans-withdraw-priorities/5231619877709/

NBC NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: To be woke a) is to promote political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination and b) 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.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/republicans-are-crusading-against-woke-n1264811

MSNBC
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Republican-hating Republican-haters promote hatred against Republicans.
https://www.msnbc.com/politicsnation/watch/gotcha-reluctant-to-accept-biden-s-agenda-for-a-united-america-republicans-return-to-false-outrage-measures-111190597855

NEW YORK TIMES
— The New Trump? Easy. It’s Tucker. – Frank Bruni
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/01/opinion/sunday/tucker-carlson-trump.html
— When Wokeness Becomes Weakness – Ross Douthat (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.nytimes.com/2021/05/01/opinion/democrats-james-carville.html
— A Call to National Service – Editorial (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who have demonstrated their hatred of past, present, and future federal employees the most. I was a federal employee for almost 30 years. I have been a federal retiree for almost 24 years. I would focus on Republicans who have/had lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton’s West District, Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County’s 4th District, DuPage County, and Illinois. I would focus on Republicans who lead/led the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, Wheaton, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois. I would focus on 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.nytimes.com/2021/05/01/opinion/us-national-service-draft.html
— Why a $10,000 Tax Deduction Could Hold Up Trillions in Stimulus Funds. The fight over SALT is a case study in the age-old conflict between constituent politics and national policy. – Conor Dougherty (DIERSEN: Biden should increase the $10,000 SALT cap to $20,000 for married filing jointly.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/01/business/salt-tax-cap-repeal.html
— A Look at Covid-19 Vaccine ‘Passports,’ Passes and Apps Around the Globe. A variety of digital and old-fashioned approaches are being used to confirm vaccination for entry to public places. But the world is still far from a universal standard of proof for crossing borders. – Heather Murphy
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/26/travel/vaccine-passport-cards-apps.html

WASHINGTON POST
— The federal public servants doing groundbreaking work during the pandemic – Lisa Rein (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who have demonstrated their hatred of past, present, and future federal employees the most. I was a federal employee for almost 30 years. I have been a federal retiree for almost 24 years. I would focus on Republicans who have/had lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton’s West District, Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County’s 4th District, DuPage County, and Illinois. I would focus on Republicans who lead/led the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, Wheaton, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois. I would focus on 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.washingtonpost.com/politics/sammies-federal-civil-servant-finalists/2021/05/01/ba5d91a2-aab2-11eb-bca5-048b2759a489_story.html

CBS LOS ANGELES
— ‘May Day’ Rallies Across LA Celebrate Diversity, Workers’ Rights
https://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2021/05/01/may-day-rallies-across-la-celebrate-diversity-workers-rights/

YAHOO
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters promote Trump-haters like Cheney.
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/republicans-cry-cancel-culture-want-234022282.html

NEW YORK POST
— GOP orator Tim Scott wins race: Goodwin – Michael Goodwin
https://nypost.com/2021/05/01/gop-orator-tim-scott-wins-race-goodwin/

WASHINGTON POST
— The real history of Anglo-Saxons undermines racists’ theories. The Anglo-Saxons were a diverse group of immigrants. – Jonathan Davis-Secord (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs 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.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/04/23/real-history-anglo-saxons-undermines-racists-theories/

DALLAS MORNING NEWS
— The root of America’s crime problem is poverty – Michael W. Waters (DIERSEN: The Democrat Party platform promotes poverty and crime. When Democrats move in, poverty and crime increase.)
https://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/commentary/2021/04/25/the-root-of-americas-crime-problem-is-poverty/

PHILADELPHIA TRIBUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats and RINOs use Affirmative Action, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.phillytrib.com/commentary/editorials/editorial-sen-tim-scott-s-disingenuous-speech-on-race-in-u-s/article_9ce6c402-4bce-5c1e-bf71-60a609334493.html

BOSTON HERALD
— The left’s Tim Scott meltdown gives conservatives some important information – GRACE CURLEY
https://www.bostonherald.com/2021/05/01/curley-the-lefts-tim-scott-meltdown-gives-conservatives-some-important-information/

NEWSWEEK
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Republican-hating Republican-haters promote hatred against Republicans.
https://www.newsweek.com/fox-news-gop-feeding-americas-angry-lost-souls-progressive-pac-ad-says-1588087

SHEPHERD GAZETTE
— UTAH GOP VOTE TO CENSURE MITT ROMNEY FAILS WHEREAS SENATOR IS BOOED AT CONFERENCE
https://shepherdgazette.com/utah-gop-vote-to-censure-mitt-romney-fails-whereas-senator-is-booed-at-conference/

PARADE
— The Best Places to Retire — PAULA SPENCER SCOTT (DIERSEN: Because older White people are more likely to vote for Republicans, one should expect that Democrats focus on driving older White people out of municipalities, townships, counties, and states.)
https://parade.com/1202119/paulaspencer/best-places-to-retire/

JD SUPRA
— Illinois Lawmakers Consider Expanding Mandatory Retirement Savings Program To Small Employers (DIERSEN: Overwhelmingly, the operatives and the dupes who work for my critics/opponents have saved little or nothing for their retirement. Overwhelmingly, they have severe financial, health, and/or other problems. Overwhelmingly, they look like they will do anything for money. What does that say about my critics/opponents?)
https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/illinois-lawmakers-consider-expanding-6793981/

May 1 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Rep. Kinzinger travels to Texas in search of anti-Trump Republicans. Kinzinger also met with former President George W. Bush. AP (DIERSEN: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters support hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters. 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://abc7chicago.com/politics/kinzinger-goes-to-texas-in-search-of-anti-trump-republicans/10566642/
— Illinois COVID-19 Update: IL reports 2,813 new coronavirus cases, 32 deaths
https://abc7chicago.com/health/il-reports-2813-new-covid-19-cases-32-deaths/10566512/

CBS2
— Protests For Workers’ Rights, Immigration Reform Held For May Day — A Commemoration With Chicago Roots – Marissa Parra
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2021/05/01/may-day-protests-workers-rights-immigration-reform/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— More than 400 people are charged in the attack on the U.S. Capitol, but prison time unlikely for many members of the mob – ALANNA DURKIN RICHER AND COLLEEN LONG
https://www.chicagotribune.com/nation-world/ct-aud-nw-capitol-attack-charges-20210501-fnmnapwq4rbjlai6s2wzsctqja-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Vaccination rate sinks to lowest point in almost 2 months as COVID-19 kills 32 more Illinoisans. About 60% of Illinois adults have gotten at least one shot, but demand for the vaccine has dipped by 34% over the past three weeks. – Mitchell Armentrout
https://chicago.suntimes.com/coronavirus/2021/5/1/22414050/illinois-coronavirus-vaccine-cases-deaths-pritzker-positivity-reopen-covid-19-may-1
— The U.S. Postal Service desperately needs a few good men and women. Maybe you? The post office’s ongoing delivery problems could open a window of opportunity for people now that it’s looking to hire. Here’s what you need to know. – Mary Mitchell (DIERSEN: The Post Office hired me in 1966 when I was 18 years old because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2021/4/30/22412910/postal-service-mail-jobs
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The United States Postal Service says it’s one of the “leading employers of minorities and women. Minorities comprise 39% and women 40% of the workforce, 21% of employees are African-American; 8% are Hispanic; 8% are Asian-American/Pacific Islander, and 0.67% are American Indian or Alaska Native.” . . . So here is where the community could make a difference — if you’ve got the right stuff. The Postal Service is hiring. “This is an opportunity for those who want to work for the post office because they are hiring up to 500 city letter carriers, and these are jobs that can change lives,” Julion says. The union representative tells potential employees these jobs could help them become homeowners and be able to afford that new automobile. “These are good union jobs,” he says. Prospective mail carriers will have to pass drug tests and background checks and have a clean driving record for at least two years. “The post office has been posting jobs like mad,” Julion says. “With people retiring, there is going to be a constant flow of jobs.”)

WBEZ
— Democrats Will Control Illinois’ Redistricting Process. Here’s A Look At How That Happens And What It Means. – Dave McKinney
https://www.wbez.org/stories/democrats-will-control-illinois-redistricting-process-heres-a-look-at-how-that-happens-and-what-it-means/a7c7428c-108f-4129-bab9-58a10eeb6e8c

MARION REPUBLICAN
— APRIL 8, 2021 FLASHBACK: Williamson County Republican group announces 2022 slate – HOLLY KEE (DIERSEN: In your county, who are the countywide candidates in the March 15, 2022 Republican primary?)
https://www.dailyrepublicannews.com/news/20210408/williamson-county-republican-group-announces-2022-slate
(FROM THE ARTICLE: With the ink barely dry on the ballots from Tuesday, a group of Williamson County Republicans has announced its slate of candidates for the March 15, 2022 Primary election. Party chairman Jeff Diederich, announced the slate of county candidates in a media release as well as on his Facebook page. In the release, Diederich said that the Williamson County Republican Party welcomes anyone who has a desire to seek public office. “It is through fair and free elections that primary elections afford our citizens the best candidates we have to offer,” he said. On the ticket for 2022 are incumbents Ashley Gott, Treasurer, Lorie LeQuatte, Regional Superintendent, Amanda Barnes, County Clerk, Steven Bost, Circuit Judge, At-Large, and Justin Maze, Circuit Clerk. Diederich will seek election to the office of Williamson County Sheriff. The candidate for the County Commissioner slot will be announced once that person has completed his/her current employment obligations.)

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Texas Gov. Abbott calls on Democratic official to resign for referring to Sen. Scott as an ‘oreo’ South Carolina Republican hit with racial slurs after delivering GOP rebuttal – Valerie Richardson
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/may/1/texas-gov-greg-abbott-calls-on-democratic-official/

FOX NEWS
— Ingraham: Democrats push dark hateful vision of America. Dems hate the way most Americans live, and revile our history and traditions, says ‘Ingraham Angle’ host (DIERSEN: I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who promote hatred a) against American-nameplate vehicles, b) against those who own American nameplate vehicles, c) against unions, and d) against past, present, and future union members. I have only owned American-nameplate vehicles. I was a union member for almost 12 years.)
https://www.foxnews.com/media/ingraham-democrats-push-dark-hateful-vision-of-america
— Hannity blasts Biden’s mask ‘masquerade’
https://www.foxnews.com/transcript/hannity-blasts-bidens-mask-masquerade

AMERICAN THINKER
— Kinzinger: The tyranny of the reasonable – David Hale
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2021/05/the_tyranny_of_the_reasonable.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The tyranny of the reasonable is: if you’re not “reasonable,” you don’t get a voice, and you don’t count. This is perfectly expressed in the 16th District Republican congressman, Adam Kinzinger. The dashing young Kinzinger with steely eyes and square jaw and canned, even, toned verbal delivery comes across as erudite, serious, and reasonable — a political figure who just “wants what’s best for everybody.” But nothing is farther from the truth. His cooperation with the left has for the past decade chipped away at American freedom through his decisions on Capitol Hill and eroded our liberties a bite at a time. Kinzinger cooperates and coordinates with members of the Democrat Party who have a deep allegiance to extremist ideas of open borders, redistribution of labor and wealth in the form of money from American’s paychecks, division through racial unrest and strife, and transgender tyranny in our schools and even in school bathrooms. Despite this extensive cooperation with the party of “Marx in America,” he is considered a reasonable, thoughtful political figure. So much easier to gulp down lies when told to us through a smile with even, serious tones. People like Kinzinger delivering their message do not seem like radicals or extremists. They seem reasonable. Kinzinger has learned this tactic and executed this persona with perfection, yet his allegiances are anything but reasonable. His allegiances are radical and extreme and part of what is transforming America into a debt-laden, morally bankrupt, tyrannical dictatorship that is closing the noose of tyranny around our freedoms and liberties. People who consider themselves reasonable consider Kinzinger the same, yet they don’t look deeper than Kinzinger’s surface persona. Beneath this reasonable persona is a man who has created and led our nation into a worse condition than it has ever been — deeper in debt, morally bankrupt, crime-ridden, with joblessness, rioting, racial division, and a whole host of social and economic problems.)
— When it comes to GOP failings, Tucker Carlson names a name: Frank Luntz – Andrea Widburg
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2021/05/when_it_comes_to_gop_failings_tucker_carlson_names_a_name.html
— Will We Keep Our Republic? – John Green
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2021/05/will_we_keep_our_republic.html

BREITBART
— Sen. Mitch McConnell Urges Biden Ed Department to Block “1619 Project” from Taxpayer-Funded Grants – DR. SUSAN BERRY
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/05/01/sen-mitch-mcconnell-urges-biden-ed-department-to-block-1619-project-from-taxpayer-funded-grants/

TOWNHALL
— OUTSTANDING: Idaho Becomes First State to Ban Discriminatory Critical Race Theory – Spencer Brown (DIERSEN: Who are leading efforts to ban Critical Race Theory in Illinois, in your county, in your township, in your municipality, and in your school district?)
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/spencerbrown/2021/04/30/idaho-critical-race-theory-n2588807

HERITAGE FOUNDATION
— Critical Race Theory Drives Students Apart. Idaho Lawmakers Had Enough. – Jonathan Butcher
https://www.heritage.org/education/commentary/critical-race-theory-drives-students-apart-idaho-lawmakers-had-enough

SPECTATOR USA
— Racism has become a kind of theory of everything. Biden’s presidency has done nothing to abate racial paranoia. On the contrary, it’s getting more feverish.
https://spectator.us/topic/racism-critical-race-theory/

NEW AMERICAN
— Mass-murderer Mao Used Critical Race Theory-Style Indoctrination, Too – Alex Newman
https://thenewamerican.com/mass-murderer-mao-used-critical-race-theory-style-indoctrination-too/

CHRISTIANITY DAILY
— Christian Leaders React To Illinois Church’s Decision To Consider Drag Queen As Leader – SARAH MAE SALIONG
http://www.christianitydaily.com/articles/11697/20210430/christian-leaders-react-to-illinois-church-s-decision-to-consider-drag-queen-as-leader-isaac-simmons-penny-cost.htm

EPOCH TIMES
— At Least 9,245 Americans Tested Positive for COVID-19 After Vaccination; 132 Dead – ZACHARY STIEBER
https://www.theepochtimes.com/mkt_breakingnews/at-least-9245-americans-tested-positive-for-covid-19-after-vaccination-132-dead_3798410.html

THE HILL
— GOP frustration with Liz Cheney ‘at a boiling point’ – SCOTT WONG (DIERSEN: What have you done that made your critics/opponents frustrated with you? I refused to be manipulated or dominated by them, I refused to glorify or praise them, I refused to pander to them, I refused to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, I refused to cover up their wrongdoing, and/or, I refused to give them money. They reached boiling points when they or the candidates who they supported lost elections. They blamed me and blamed my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters for their problems, for your problems, for my problems, and for everyone’s problems. They also blamed what I did 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, and American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member.)
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/551261-gop-frustration-with-liz-cheney-at-a-boiling-point

WASHINGTON POST
— Elizabeth Warren, in new book, muses on why she didn’t win – Annie Linskey (DIERSEN: I should write a book about unsuccessful Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct since 2000, their major donors, their political consultants, their campaign managers, their campaign staff members, and their campaign volunteers who blame me and blame my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters for their losses. I would focus on Republican candidates for U.S. Senate, U.S. Representative, statewide Illinois offices, Illinois Senate, Illinois Representative, countywide DuPage candidates, DuPage County District 4 candidates, Milton Township candidates, and City of Wheaton candidates.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/elizabeth-warren-new-book/2021/04/30/ed4d954e-a760-11eb-bca5-048b2759a489_story.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Growing Number of Migrant Families Allowed Into U.S. to Seek Asylum. Biden administration is easing ban on asylum-seeking families at ports of entry that Trump administration implemented at pandemic’s start. – Alicia A. Caldwell and Michelle Hackman
— GOP’s Blue-Collar Agenda Still a Work in Progress. Biden outlined a vision of policies that Democrats believe working-class voters want. Republicans are considering their own blueprints. – Aaron Zitner (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents look down on the working-class. I did yard work and delivered newspapers 1962-1964; washed dishes 1964-1966; cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966; delivered mail 1966-1969; worked on an automobile assembly line and as a security guard in 1970; sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971; pumped gasoline 1971-1972; collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980; and audited federal agencies 1980-1997. My critics/opponents hint/imply/argue/shout that that would not stooped to take the aforesaid jobs.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/gops-blue-collar-agenda-still-a-work-in-progress-11619874000

NEWSWEEK
— Mitt Romney Jeered Repeatedly at Republican Convention in Utah: ‘Boo All You Like’ – JASON LEMON
https://www.newsweek.com/mitt-romney-booed-repeatedly-republican-convention-utah-boo-all-you-like-1588102

SOJOURNERS
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: WHY NATHAN CARTAGENA TEACHES CRITICAL RACE THEORY TO EVANGELICALS AT WHEATON COLLEGE – MITCHELL ATENCIO
https://sojo.net/articles/why-nathan-cartagena-teaches-critical-race-theory-evangelicals

May 1 Morning Edition

ABC7
— Boeing fired 65 for racism or discrimination over past year, report says (DIERSEN: My Democrat GAO superiors crowed about their success in getting rid of their employees who were Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who they had not promoted to GS-13 (currently $102,188) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $120,755) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $142,041) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $172,500) by age 40. The aforesaid is political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination.)
https://abc7chicago.com/business/65-fired-for-racism-discrimination-at-boeing-over-past-year-report/10565869/

NBC5
— DuPage County Sets Goal of Vaccinating 80% of Residents by July 1. DuPage County already leads the entire state in shots given. – Chris Hush
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/dupage-county-sets-goal-of-vaccinating-80-of-residents-by-july-1/2499753/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— U.S. Rep. Cheri Bustos to retire | Following report, Pritzker says he fell short in hiring ex-VA boss | Illinois AG’s office hit by ransomware attack – LISA DONOVAN
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-bustos-to-retire-lightfoot-comed-watchdog-rips-chapa-lavia-veterans-home-spin-20210430-7qjrcfyhmreihihugluruxxu7a-story.html

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Annual legislative frenzies of questionable value – Champaign News-Gazette – Editorial
https://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/editorials/editorial-annual-legislative-frenzies-of-questionable-value/article_4736c2f0-ab36-500a-8a8d-f1e835222e12.html

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— Here are 4 things you should know about redistricting in IL — and why you should care. – KELSEY LANDIS (DIERSEN: How will Democrat gerrymandering impact you, your neighborhood, your precinct, your municipal district, your municipality, your township, your county district, your county, Illinois, and America?)
https://www.bnd.com/news/politics-government/article251004259.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: WHAT DOES REDISTRICTING MEAN FOR BLACK AND BROWN COMMUNITIES? Drawing political boundaries for racial reasons isn’t allowed under federal law. Drawing them for political purposes is, though the two often end up being the same, said Kevin Anderson, a professor at Eastern Illinois University who specializes in African-American politics. “You can’t draw a district and stuff all the white people in one area,” Anderson said, “but you can gerrymander for political reasons. You can draw districts in a weird shape to put as many Republicans in a district, as many Democrats in a district.” As a result, racial groups can still get bunched together into super-majority districts, which could be a good thing because they’d have a representative who advocates for their specific issues. But it can end up having the opposite effect because lumping racial groups together creates extremes. There may be one elected official who strongly supports gun control and criminal justice reform, and another nearby who opposes them. Neither have to answer to a diverse electorate either in terms or race or ideology, and their agendas might cancel each other out. As southwestern Illinois turns more conservative, bipartisan partnerships could become more scarce. “If you concentrate minority voters in one or two districts, yeah, they get to send their person to Springfield, but you have almost no influence in the areas around you,” Anderson said. “It becomes very difficult to build coalitions.”)

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Biden hit by GOP, Amnesty International on immigration – Alexandra Limon
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/washington/washington-dc/biden-hit-by-gop-amnesty-international-on-immigration/

ILLINOIS TIMES
— Free Capitol News Illinois. Shining light on lawmakers. – Bruce Rushton (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who have worked the hardest against me and against my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters since 2000.)
https://www.illinoistimes.com/springfield/free-capitol-news-illinois/Content?oid=13504306
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Capitol News Illinois has requested floor credentials granted to journalists from the Associated Press, the State Journal-Register and myriad other media outlets. Lawmakers have refused. . .Legislative leaders have denied access on grounds that Capitol News Illinois is affiliated with an interest group, the Illinois Press Association, which employs lobbyists. Among other things, the IPA lobbies to keep laws requiring that legal notices be printed in newspapers. It’s OK for lawmakers to moonlight as lobbyists, but reporters aren’t supposed to be tools of outfits with business before the legislature. Legislative leaders have drawn parallels between Capitol News Illinois and a defunct news arm of the Illinois Policy Institute, a conservative think tank. Lawmakers six years ago won a court fight to deny credentials for the institute’s alleged news operation. It’s a matter of consistency, Steve Brown, then spokesman for former House Speaker Michael Madigan, wrote in a 2019 letter denying credentials to Capitol News Illinois. . .”(I)t is my opinion that you and the others with Capitol News Illinois are not representatives of the press but representatives of an advocacy organization,” Brown wrote. Capitol News Illinois is a creature of the Illinois Press Foundation, a nonprofit affiliate of the Illinois Press Association. The policy institute had a similar relationship with its news arm. That’s where similarities end. For one thing, we don’t know who funds the policy institute, which doesn’t disclose donor names. We know that the Robert R. McCormick Foundation carries Capitol News Illinois, which also conducts fundraising drives familiar to any NPR fan.)

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— PRITZKER FACT CHECK: PRIME WORKING-AGE ILLINOISANS LEADING EXODUS, NOT STUDENTS – Bryce Hill
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/pritzker-fact-check-prime-working-age-illinoisans-leading-exodus-not-students/

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Drag Queen Sunday at a Central Illinois Church – Christine Misner
https://illinoisfamily.org/homosexuality/drag-queen-sunday-at-a-central-illinois-church/

FOX NEWS
— Why Republicans no longer recognize their own party. Frank Luntz has no business advising the GOP, yet he still does – Tucker Carlson (DIERSEN: Whose advice do the following take: a) your Republican township/ward party organization, b) your Republican county party organization, and c) the Illinois Republican Party?)
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/tucker-carlson-frank-luntz-republicans-kevin-mccarthy

DAILY SIGNAL
— Illegal Immigrants Fly American, Courtesy of Biden Border Policy – Fred Lucas
https://www.dailysignal.com/2021/04/30/exclusive-illegal-immigrants-fly-american-courtesy-of-biden-border-policy/

TOWNHALL
— Biden, Democrats Prefer Growing Government Over Growing Economy – Sarah Lee
https://townhall.com/columnists/sarahlee/2021/05/01/biden-democrats-prefer-growing-government-over-growing-economy-n2588820
— Why Is the Left Allowed to Be ‘Transphobic’ and Racist? – Michael Brown
https://townhall.com/columnists/michaelbrown/2021/05/01/why-is-the-left-allowed-to-be-transphobic-and-racist-n2588785

ONE NEWS NOW
— Biden’s address called ‘quasi-Marxism dressed up as apple pie – Michael F. Haverluck
https://onenewsnow.com/politics-govt/2021/05/01/bidens-address-called-quasi-marxism-dressed-up-as-apple-pie

NBC NEWS
— Latino Republican support for Trump is still going strong in Florida. With politics in home countries a driving factor, the nexus between Trump and supporters of the Latin American right is strengthening. – Carmen Sesin
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/latino-republican-support-trump-still-going-strong-florida-rcna776

NEW YORK TIMES
— McConnell Attacks Biden Rule’s Antiracism Focus, Calling It ‘Divisive’ The minority leader joined Republicans in protesting a proposal to promote teaching about systemic racism and the consequences of slavery, saying it would indoctrinate students with “a slanted story.” – Catie Edmondson
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/30/us/politics/mitch-mcconnell-1619-project.html
— The True Cost of Closing the Racial Wealth Gap – William Darity Jr. (DIERSEN: How much reparations do the Democrats want you to pay?)
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/30/business/racial-wealth-gap.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Elimination of the wealth gap between Black and white Americans is a stated goal of President Biden and the Democratic Party. The gulf is enormous any way you look at it. But depending on the measure you use, the chasm ranges from $54,700 a person to $280,300 a person. I believe the higher figure is the most appropriate one. That amounts to a total of $11.2 trillion — a figure that implies that incremental measures will not be sufficient to address the enormous racial wealth disparity. Those numbers are derived from data compiled in the Federal Reserve’s 2019 Survey of Consumer Finances. The survey shows that the gap in wealth between Black and white Americans at the median — the middle household in each community — was $164,100. The median Black household was worth only $24,100; the median white household, $188,200. But if we compare Black and white wealth at the mean — for the average household in each community — the difference was $840,000, a far larger sum. The average figure for Black households was $142,500; for white households, $983,400, close to $1 million.)

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The Blue State Gerrymander Walk-Back. Illinois and New York Democrats may prefer partisan maps after all. – Editorial
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-blue-state-gerrymander-walk-back-11619822236
— A Backlash Against Bad History. GOP Senators warn Education Secretary Miguel Cardona about pushing the ‘1619 Project.’ – Editorial Board (DIERSEN: Of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have no problem with the 1619 Project. They pander to minorities by painting me as being a racist, and even worse things. I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes. Better yet, I should sue them for slander.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-backlash-against-bad-history-11619822062
— What Happens When Opinion Polls Move Online. Pew and the University of Michigan shifted established surveys from the phone to the web this year. – Jo Craven McGinty
https://www.wsj.com/articles/what-happens-when-opinion-polls-move-online-11619775001
— ‘Make Yourself More Employable In One Day’ – Allison Pohle (DIERSEN: What harmed your job search? I graduated from NIU in 1970 with a bachelor’s degree in management. Potential employers viewed me as being draft bait. I had been classified as 1-A and my draft number was 151. They did not believe that my application for a financial hardship draft deferment would be approved. Further, potential employers were under tremendous pressure to hire minorities, females, and veterans. Further, I had been a government employee 1966-1969. I took the only job offer that I received; to be the Retail Sales Manager in the Chicago Heights Firestone Store. The job did not really require a college degree. Constructively, I served as the store’s salesman. Firestone’s district office hired me; the store’s manager would never have hired me. He disapproved of my avoiding the draft, my being a college graduate, my being Missouri Synod Lutheran, and my being 100% German American. He refused to let me start until I passed a 2-week probationary period working in Firestone’s Gary store. He rudely fired me when I gave him my 2-week notice in early 1971. I had accepted a job offer from Oldsmobile. But Oldsmobile withdrew that job offer saying that it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. The aforesaid directly resulted in my accepting a job offer from IRS.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-to-prep-for-your-first-job-search-a-two-day-boot-camp-11619798399
— Lots of Jobs Await the Class of 2021. So Does Plenty of Competition. – Patrick Thomas (DIERSEN: From what I see, the more of the following that job seekers are, the less likely that they will be offered jobs: Trump supporter, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, gun owner, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or if their ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/lots-of-jobs-await-the-class-of-2021-so-does-plenty-of-competition-11619841627

FORBES
— Three Things To Keep In Mind When Thinking About Whiteness In America – Maia Niguel Hoskin (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, hate-filled White-hating White-haters promote hatred against Whites. Those who promote hatred against Whites also promote hated against those who are male, older, non-poor, law enforcement officers, Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, heterosexual, married, gun owners, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/maiahoskin/2021/04/30/three-things-to-keep-in-mind-about-whiteness-in-america/

MONEY TALKS NEWS
— Jobs for Seniors: What Are the Best Jobs After Retirement? – Kathleen Coxwell
https://www.moneytalksnews.com/slideshows/jobs-for-seniors-what-are-the-best-jobs-after-retirement/

RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— Only 36% of Voters Say Biden’s First 100 Days a Success
https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/biden_administration/only_36_of_voters_say_biden_s_first_100_days_a_success

GUARDIAN
— ‘We’re not sworn enemies’: Liz Cheney defends herself for fist-bumping Biden. No 3 ranking Republican previously came under sustained attack from her own party for criticizing Donald Trump – Ed Pilkington (DIERSEN: A house divided against itself cannot stand. The Republican Party lets Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, Green plants, Independent plants, and RINOs lead the party. The aforesaid a) focus on driving Republicans out of the Republican Party and b) focus on destroying the Republican Party. I should write a book about the success that the aforesaid destroyers have had since 2000 in Illinois, in DuPage County, in Milton Township, and in Wheaton. I would focus on the aforesaid destroyers who reject the traditional marriage/family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks in the Republican Party platform.)
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/apr/30/liz-cheney-joe-biden-fist-bump-republicans

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/