June 20 Evening Edition

ABC7
— IL governor signs voter access plan making vote by mail permanent, Election Day a state holiday – AP
https://abc7chicago.com/illinois-governor-jb-pritzker-voter-access-primary-election/10813667/

NBC5
— Chicago Violence: At Least 5 Killed, 42 Injured in Weekend Shootings
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-violence-at-least-5-killed-42-injured-in-weekend-shootings/2536540/

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Road to White House: DeSantis tops early 2024 straw poll – Paul Steinhauser
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/road-to-white-house-desantis-tops-early-2024-straw-poll

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Bishops use sacraments to pressure Biden. Catholic leaders move to deny the president communion unless he bows to the faith’s dictates on abortion. – Neil Steinberg
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2021/6/20/22542455/bishops-sacraments-president-joe-biden-catholic-abortion-religion
— 45 shot, 5 fatally, since Friday evening in Chicago. A woman was killed and two other people injured, including a 15-year-old boy, in a shooting Friday night in Back of the Yards.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2021/6/19/22541289/chicago-weekend-shootings-june-18-21-homicide-crime-gun-violence

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Inaugural Juneteenth celebration in Flossmoor draws thousands – JEFF VORVA
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/ct-sta-homewood-juneteenth-obsevance-st-0621-20210620-hppjgopa5fa6np5zuhztl5z66y-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled White-hating White-haters a) promote hatred against Whites and b) do not want Whites to own guns.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/ct-opinion-guns-african-americans-pitts-20210620-rba24gyrlzagvj5y3lm4rxelqu-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— Aurora and Naperville recovering from civil unrest – AP
(DIERSEN: Democrats hint/imply/argue/shout that if Democrats are elected, there will be less protesting, graffiti, vandalism, looting, rioting, arson, etc.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/article/20210620/news/306209991

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Juneteenth has a long history in Bloomington-Normal – Jeff Woodard
https://www.pantagraph.com/news/local/history/juneteenth-has-a-long-history-in-bloomington-normal/article_029ab6ac-8fff-542c-8289-3b6675fbb59e.html

ALTON TELEGRAPH
— Alton Juneteenth Celebration draws visitors by hundreds
https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/article/Alton-Juneteenth-Celebration-draws-visitors-by-16261127.php

WASHINGTON TIMES
— A disingenuous immigration strategy – Editorial
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/jun/20/editorial-the-biden-harris-immigration-policy-is-f/
— Trump’s clams on construction of border wall system undercut by GAO audit – Stephen Dinan
(DIERSEN: Democrats run GAO. I worked for GAO 1980-1997, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 Levels, currently $102,188-$132,845/year. I should write a book about that.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/jun/20/audit-trump-only-completed-69-miles-wall-system/

FOX NEWS
— Road to White House: DeSantis tops early 2024 straw poll – Paul Steinhauser
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/road-to-white-house-desantis-tops-early-2024-straw-poll

BREITBART
— House Republicans: Biden Diverting Funds from Americans to Give Hotel Rooms to Illegal Aliens – JOHN BINDER
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2021/06/20/house-republicans-biden-migrant-hotels/

BREITBART
— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON CHICAGO TIGHTENS: 23 Shot Friday into Saturday Night in Mayor Lightfoot’s Chicago – AWR HAWKINS
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/06/20/23-shot-friday-into-saturday-night-in-mayor-lightfoots-chicago/

POST MILLENNIAL
— Chris Rufo exposes WaPo’s ‘flat-out lies’ about his research on critical race theory. Investigative journalist Christopher Rufo exposed the Washington Post’s “flat-out lies” about his critical race theory research printed in the publication’s hit piece. – Hannah Nightingale
https://thepostmillennial.com/chris-rufo-exposes-wapos-flat-out-lies-about-his-critical-race-theory-research

ONE AMERICA NEWS NETWORK
— Gov. Ron DeSantis Becoming Major Voice For GOP
https://www.oann.com/gov-ron-desantis-becoming-major-voice-for-gop/
— Teachers On Edge Over CRT Implementation
https://www.oann.com/teachers-on-edge-over-crt-implementation/
— Los Angeles Mayor Garcetti Fights To Take Reparations For Slavery Nationwide
https://www.oann.com/los-angeles-mayor-garcetti-fights-to-take-reparations-for-slavery-nationwide/

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— College President Defends Critical Race Theory by Comparing it to Communism “open letter commemorating Juneteenth that also voiced support for Critical Race Theory” – Mike LaChance
https://legalinsurrection.com/2021/06/college-president-defends-critical-race-theory-by-comparing-it-to-communism/
— Singer Macy Gray Calls for Replacing ‘Tattered and Divisive’ American Flag. “the American flag has been hijacked as code for a specific belief” – Mike LaChance
(DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats make it clear that they are anti-patriotic, anti-American, anti-law enforcement, anti-Trump, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, 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://legalinsurrection.com/2021/06/singer-macy-gray-calls-for-replacing-tattered-and-divisive-american-flag/

EPOCH TIMES
— White Illinois Farmers Sue Over Race-Based Farm Loan Relief Program – MATTHEW VADUM
https://www.theepochtimes.com/mkt_breakingnews/white-illinois-farmers-sue-over-race-based-farm-loan-relief-program_3866798.html
— Mark McCloskey Says He’ll ‘Go Out and Buy Another AR-15’ After Guns Are Confiscated – JACK PHILLIPS
https://www.theepochtimes.com/mkt_breakingnews/mark-mccloskey-says-hell-go-out-and-buy-another-ar-15-after-guns-are-confiscated_3866108.html

NBC NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats crow about their success in getting young Americans to hate Republicans.
https://www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-press/how-juneteenth-support-grew-among-young-americans-n1271489
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats use “democracy” a) to take income, wealth, and opportunities away from Republicans and to give that Income, wealth, and opportunities to Democrats and b) to promote dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ, BLM, CRT, 1619, reparations, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, abolition of the First and Second Amendments, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/voters-supported-progressive-policies-ballot-initiatives-republicans-are-pushing-back-n1271359

NEW YORK TIMES
— MAY 22, 2021 FLASHBACK: ‘The Underground Railroad’ Is Not a History Lesson. It’s a Mirror. – Scott Woods
(DIERSEN: My nasty vicious critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who viciously demonize, denigrate, and condemn my hometown of Crete and the German Americans and Missouri Synod Lutherans who lived there will never tell you that “Crete had three stations on the Underground Railroad beginning in the early 1840s.” SEE: https://local.townsquarepublications.com/illinois/crete/history.html My ancestors on my father’s side were German Lutherans who have lived in Crete since 1854. My brother continues to live there in a home that my grandfather had built in 1926 on land that his grandfather bought in 1864.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/19/opinion/underground-railroad-amazon-slavery.html

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Republican-hating Republican-haters oppose Ron Johnson.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/we-dont-want-you-here-sen-ron-johnson-is-booed-at-milwaukees-juneteenth-celebration/2021/06/20/041d2ae6-d1ff-11eb-ae54-515e2f63d37d_story.html

TEXAS NEWS TODAY
— Brown University economists say reparations will be “disastrous” for the future of the United States – Donald Dosman
https://texasnewstoday.com/brown-university-economists-say-reparations-will-be-disastrous-for-the-future-of-the-united-states/323539/

VANITY FAIR
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats use “democracy” a) to take income, wealth, and opportunities away from Republicans and to give that Income, wealth, and opportunities to Democrats and b) to promote dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ, BLM, CRT, 1619, reparations, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, abolition of the First and Second Amendments, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination.
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2021/06/republicans-get-a-move-on-disempowering-people-whose-job-is-to-uphold-democracy

June 9 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Illinois COVID Update: IL reports 408 cases, 23 deaths
https://abc7chicago.com/health/il-reports-408-covid-cases-23-deaths/10766772/

NBC5
— GOP Leaders Sue to Block Democrat-Drawn Legislative Maps – Sara Burnett
(DIERSEN: GOPUSA ILLINOIS did not receive a press release that this lawsuit had been filed.)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/gop-leaders-sue-to-block-democrat-drawn-legislative-maps/2528929/
— Only 12% of Older Millennials Would Run for Political Office—Far Fewer Than Any Other Generation – Megan Leonhardt
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/business/money-report/only-12-of-older-millennials-would-run-for-political-office-far-fewer-than-any-other-generation/2528620/

CBS2
— Illinois Republicans File Lawsuit Seeking To Throw Out New State Legislative Maps Drawn By Democrats
(DIERSEN: GOPUSA ILLINOIS did not receive a press release that this lawsuit had been filed.)
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2021/06/09/illinois-republicans-file-lawsuit-seeking-to-throw-out-new-state-legislative-maps-drawn-by-democrats/

WTTW
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote LGBTQ.
https://interactive.wttw.com/playlist/2021/06/09/gerber-hart-library-and-archives
— Illinois Republicans Ask Judge to Toss New Legislative Maps – Heather Cherone
(DIERSEN: GOPUSA ILLINOIS did not receive a press release that this lawsuit had been filed.)
https://news.wttw.com/2021/06/09/illinois-republicans-ask-judge-toss-new-legislative-maps

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Illinois Republicans sue in federal court to try to overturn Democratic-drawn legislative maps – RICK PEARSON
(DIERSEN: GOPUSA ILLINOIS did not receive a press release that this lawsuit had been filed.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-illinois-legislative-maps-lawsuit-20210609-w6tbn2vb5jap7ipf2djpksfoxa-story.html
— Solis wired up on Madigan | Republicans sue, ask judge to toss Dem-drawn legislative remap | Harvey shooting prompts renewed criticism of mayor – LISA DONOVAN
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-solis-madigan-recorded-federal-investigation-republicans-sue-map-spin-20210609-plcii2jjnzaszlcb6sqwhl2pua-story.html
— Coronavirus in Illinois updates: 50,231 vaccine doses administered, 408 new COVID-19 cases and 23 additional deaths reported Wednesday
https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-aud-covid-19-pandemic-chicago-illinois-news-20210609-5p5yhafqnjdmpe4lfbtpe22cum-story.html
— Draft registration for women? The Supreme Court stands down – STEVE CHAPMAN
(DIERSEN: In 1970, when I was 21 years old, when I graduated from NIU with a bachelor’s degree in management, potential employers saw me as being draft bait and they were under pressure big time to hire minorities, females, and veterans. They did not believe that my application for a financial hardship draft deferment would be approved. Starting in 1966, when I was 18 years old, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have used my avoiding the draft against me big time. I should write a book about that.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/steve-chapman/ct-column-draft-registration-women-supreme-court-chapman-20210609-f2m6zzzwk5bknk5n2spod6iini-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— GOP sues Democrats over new legislative maps, arguing citizens were ‘robbed’ and deserve ‘their day in court’  In their suit, the Republican leaders say the General Assembly passed its redistricting proposal “despite lacking the official population counts from the census.” – Rachel Hinton
(DIERSEN: GOPUSA ILLINOIS did not receive a press release that this lawsuit had been filed.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/elections/2021/6/9/22526323/illinois-map-remap-republican-durkin-mcconchie-welch-harmon-redistricting-federal-court

DAILY HERALD
— GOP leaders sue to block Democrat-drawn legislative maps
(DIERSEN: GOPUSA ILLINOIS did not receive a press release that this lawsuit had been filed.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20210609/gop-leaders-sue-to-block-democrat-drawn-legislative-maps

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— GOP sues Democrats over Illinois remap. “The tone-deaf Democratic party of Illinois has robbed citizens of a fair and transparent legislative map-making process,” said House Minority Leader Jim Durkin. – Bloomberg
(DIERSEN: GOPUSA ILLINOIS did not receive a press release that this lawsuit had been filed.)
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/government/gop-sues-democrats-over-illinois-remap

ILLINOIS STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Illinois GOP leaders in General Assembly go to court, challenge Democrats’ legislative map – Dean Olsen
(DIERSEN: GOPUSA ILLINOIS did not receive a press release that this lawsuit had been filed.)
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/politics/government/2021/06/09/illinois-republicans-take-issue-population-estimates-remap/7623036002/

WSPY
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters promote Kinzinger.
https://www.wspynews.com/news/local/congressman-doubles-down-on-country-first-movement/article_f8ede61a-c934-11eb-bd18-73536e9e37ab.html

WREX
— Illinois GOP leaders file lawsuit challenging new legislative maps
(DIERSEN: GOPUSA ILLINOIS did not receive a press release that this lawsuit had been filed.)
https://wrex.com/2021/06/09/illinois-gop-leaders-file-lawsuit-challenging-new-legislative-maps/

KPVI
— Illinois task force considers redesigning, moving monument of MLK Jr. – SARAH MANSUR
https://www.kpvi.com/news/national_news/illinois-task-force-considers-redesigning-moving-monument-of-mlk-jr/article_0f890e07-7154-56bf-8216-4944e9a90f2d.html

OUR QUAD CITIES
— Gov. Reynolds signs law to ban ‘divisive concepts’ in diversity training
https://www.ourquadcities.com/video/gov-reynolds-signs-law-to-ban-divisive-concepts-in-diversity-training/6703326/

SPRINGFIELD PATCH
— Republican State Sen. Shoots Illinois Budget Papers With A Rifle. In his first TikTok video, IL governor candidate Darren Bailey expressed his dislike of the new budget via a semiautomatic sporting rifle. – Eileen O’Gorman
https://patch.com/illinois/springfield-il/republican-state-sen-shoots-illinois-budget-papers-rifle

CITY OF WHEATON
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Wheaton promotes LGBTQ.
https://www.wheaton.il.us/1093/Pride-Month
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_r-bO5GGKRg2V81–fIh91w

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— THORNER: PART 1: H.R. 1, A BETRAYAL OF AMERICAN DEMOCRACY
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2021/06/thorner-part-1-hr-1-a-betrayal-of-american-democracy.html
— MCGLASSON: WHY I AM RESIGNING FROM THE IL GOP STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2021/06/mcglasson-my-resignation-letter-.html
— Return roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2021/06/09/return-roundup/
— Bailey produces a rifled twist on the Bost toss
https://capitolfax.com/2021/06/09/bailey-produces-a-rifled-twist-on-the-bost-toss/

CAPITOL PATCH
— Republican legislative leaders file federal suit to block Democratic remap based on population estimates
(DIERSEN: GOPUSA ILLINOIS did not receive a press release that this lawsuit had been filed.)
https://capitolfax.com/2021/06/09/republican-legislative-leaders-file-federal-suit-to-block-democratic-remap-based-on-population-estimates/
— 408 new confirmed and probable cases; 23 additional deaths; 797 hospitalized; 209 in ICU; 1.0 percent average case positivity rate; 1.3 percent average test positivity rate; 45,852 average daily doses
https://capitolfax.com/2021/06/09/408-new-confirmed-and-probable-cases-23-additional-deaths-797-hospitalized-209-in-icu-10-percent-average-case-positivity-rate-13-percent-average-test-positivity-rate-45852-average-daily-doses/

FOX NEWS
— House Republican demands West Point cease critical race theory trainings to military cadets. Rep. Mike Waltz said enemies ‘don’t care about race, religion, or socioeconomic background’ – Brooke Singman
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/gop-waltz-west-point-critical-race-theory-cadets
— Virginia teacher says colleagues ‘afraid’ to oppose critical race theory. Lilit Vanetsyan is taking a stand on behalf of her students, but says teachers fear they may lose their jobs if they speak out. – Amy Nelson
https://www.foxnews.com/media/virginia-teachers-reject-critical-race-theory-hesitant-speak-up

GOPUSA
— Why Liz Cheney Personifies The D.C. Sewer
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=111363
— Job Openings Reach Record High 9.3M As More People Quit Working
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=111369

ACCURACY IN MEDIA
— Democrats push influence into video games to capture more impressionable Americans – Taylor Hall
https://www.aim.org/aim-column/116106/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Dow Chemical and Lockheed Martin wallow in Critical Race Theory – Andrea Widburg
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2021/06/dow_chemical_and_lockheed_martin_wallow_in_critical_race_theory.html

BREITBART
— Iowa Governor Signs Bill to Ban ‘Discriminatory Indoctrination’ of Critical Race Theory – DR. SUSAN BERRY
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/06/09/iowa-governor-signs-bill-to-ban-discriminatory-indoctrination-of-critical-race-theory/

DAILY WIRE
— He’d ‘Fire Us All If He Could So That He Could Replace Us All With People Of Color’: Teacher At Posh NJ School Quits Over Critical Race Theory Agenda – Hank Berrien
https://www.dailywire.com/news/teacher-at-posh-nj-school-quits-over-critical-race-theory-agenda

TOWNHALL
— Biden’s Radical OPM Nominee Supported BLM, Rioter Bail Funds, Critical Race Theory – Spencer Brown
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/spencerbrown/2021/06/09/biden-opm-nominee-n2590655

ONE NEWS NOW
— Illinois Lawmakers agree to sexualize children – Bob Kellogg
https://onenewsnow.com/education/2021/06/09/lawmakers-agree-to-sexualize-children

FEDERALIST
— Critical Race Theory’s Poisonous Roots Trace Back To Harvard University. Harvard bears a unique responsibility for disseminating the toxic ideology known as critical race theory into our national discourse. – Kenny Xu
https://thefederalist.com/2021/06/09/critical-race-theorys-poisonous-roots-trace-back-to-harvard-university/

PJ MEDIA
— Obama’s Back and He’s Mocking Americans Again – MATT MARGOLIS
https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/matt-margolis/2021/06/09/sorry-obama-but-an-overwhelming-majority-of-americans-opposes-critical-race-theory-n1453156

CREATORS SYNDICATE
— Trump’s ‘Racist’ Rhetoric Blamed for Anti-Asian Hate – Larry Elder (DIERSEN: Democrats use Trump to get Asian Americans to hate Republicans.
https://www.creators.com/read/larry-elder/06/21/trumps-racist-rhetoric-blamed-for-anti-asian-hate

EPOCH TIMES
— People Fleeing Collapsing Economies of Blue States Advise Those Who Remain: ‘Start Making Better Decisions on Who You Vote For’ – PATRICIA TOLSON
https://www.theepochtimes.com/mkt_breakingnews/people-fleeing-collapsing-economies-of-blue-states-advise-those-who-remain-start-making-better-decisions-on-who-you-vote-for_3851340.html
— Amid Federal Inaction, Texans Push for Control of Own Border – CHARLOTTE CUTHBERTSON
https://www.theepochtimes.com/amid-federal-inaction-texans-push-for-control-of-own-border_3849867.html

THE HILL
— The states taking steps to ban critical race theory – ANULI ONONYE AND JACKSON WALKER
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/557571-the-states-taking-steps-to-ban-critical-race-theory
— New report reignites push for wealth tax – NAOMI JAGODA AND SCOTT WONG
https://thehill.com/policy/finance/557617-new-report-reignites-push-for-wealth-tax

YAHOO NEWS
— Oak Park Fourth Of July Parade Among Events Canceled Even As State Fully Reopens
(SEE: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/do-july-4th-festivities-make-you-republican/ and https://www.bostonherald.com/2019/04/24/dracut-bars-local-republicans-from-marching-in-memorial-day-parade/ and https://www.usnews.com/news/blogs/washington-whispers/2011/06/30/harvard-july-4th-parades-are-right-wing )
https://news.yahoo.com/oak-park-fourth-july-parade-233500949.html

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: According to conservative-haters, Facebook “amplifies” conservatives.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/06/09/right-keeps-attacking-its-most-powerful-amplifier-facebook/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Illinois Republicans Sue to Block Legislative Maps Drawn by Democrats. Gov. J.B. Pritzker says the revised district boundaries help ensure minority representation, as GOP claims the changes rely on flawed data. – AP
(DIERSEN: GOPUSA ILLINOIS did not receive a press release that this lawsuit had been filed.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/illinois-republicans-sue-to-block-legislative-maps-drawn-by-democrats-11623279352

NEW REPUBLIC
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats want Biden to do even more to promote LGBTQ.
https://newrepublic.com/article/162696/religious-freedom-lgbtq-equality-act-biden

LGBTQ NATION
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats use Obama to promote hatred against Republicans.
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2021/06/barack-obama-saddened-attacks-trans-youth-breaks-heart/

June 7 Evening Edition

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— From what I see, it is ever-increasingly clear that DuPage County Democrats want to punish Trump and punish his supporters for the January 6 Capitol Riot by stopping DuPage County Republicans from sponsoring Wheaton’s 2021 Independence Day Parade and Fireworks. Needless-to-say, that is unacceptable.

I certainly hope that all of the following have entries in the parade: Republican candidates for U.S. Senate, U.S. Representative in the DuPage County area, Illinois statewide offices, Illinois Senate and Representative in the DuPage County area, DuPage countywide offices, DuPage County Board and Forest Preserve offices, and judicial candidates.

It is Wheaton’s Independence Day Parade and Fireworks, not the Wheaton Park District’s Parade and Fireworks. Wheaton has given $30,000 to the Park District with $10,000 earmarked for parade entries and $20,000 earmarked for fireworks.

The more money that the Park District has for parade entries, the more and better entries that it can schedule.

The following is what I will ask Wheaton’s Mayor and Wheaton’s City Council to do at its meeting Monday evening, June 7, 2021 at 7:00 PM:

Direct the Wheaton Park District to:

— Use the same policy for sponsorship of Wheaton’s 2021 Independence Day Parade and Fireworks that it used for sponsorship of its 2019 Independence Day Parade and Fireworks, that is, allow DuPage Republicans to again donate $2,500 to be the top sponsor and earmark that donation for the bagpipers and high school bands, unless, of course, if the bagpipers and/or high school bands object to such earmarking

— Contract with bagpipers, for example, the Tunes of Glory Pipes and Drums or Chicago Highlanders Pipes & Drums, to march in the parade

— Contract with the Wheaton North and Wheaton Warrenville South high schools for their bands to march in the parade

— Publish and keep updated a list on its website of all parade entries as they come in

— Publish a detailed financial report a) on the money that it took in for the 2019 and prior Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks and b) how it spent that money for parade entries, etc.

— Report to Wheaton how it has/will spent/spend the $10,000 that it has received from the City of Wheaton for the 2021 parade and fireworks

— Report to Wheaton on what it has done, is doing, and will do to make Wheaton’s 2021 Independence Day Parade as successful as it can be in terms of a) number and quality of parade entries, b) promotion of the parade, c) etc.
http://www.gopillinois.com

ABC7
— Illinois COVID Update: IL reports 244 cases, 14 deaths. Gov. Pritzker released guidelines Friday, outlining Phase 5 of Restore Illinois plan that will go into effect June 11
https://abc7chicago.com/health/il-reports-244-covid-cases-14-deaths/10757194/
— Supreme Court won’t review men-only draft registration law – AP
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/supreme-court-wont-review-men-only-draft-registration-law/10757147/

NBC5
— ‘Do Not Come’: Harris Seeks ‘Hope at Home’ for Guatemalans. Harris is visiting Guatemala and Mexico as part of her role in dealing diplomatically with the irregular migration to the U.S. – Alexandra Jaffe
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/politics/biden-administration/harris-says-leaders-need-to-restore-hope-in-guatemala/2527063/

CBS2
— United Airlines Requiring Proof Of COVID Vaccine For Employees
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2021/06/07/united-airlines-employee-vaccine-proof/
— Chicago Auto Show To Include New Street Festival Featuring Test Drives, Food, Drinks, And Music – Ed Curran
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2021/06/07/chicago-auto-show-preview-street-festival-music-food-drinks-test-drives/

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Judge hears lawsuit over Lightfoot’s interview policy
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/judge-hears-lawsuit-over-lightfoots-interview-policy
— Trump declines to commit to running with Pence in 2024 – Mark Meredith
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/trump-declines-to-commit-to-running-with-pence-in-2024
— Chicago police investigating video of women dancing on squad car
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago-police-investigating-video-of-women-dancing-on-squad-car

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats promote LGBTQ in Waukegan.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/lake-county-news-sun/ct-lns-pride-ride-st-0608-20210607-gm5xuqsrfjg3dozixxndlevyle-story.html
— Stores call for shoppers to step up when retail workers face abuse – AP
https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-retail-workers-abuse-campaign-20210607-ooiuwuc3fzfn5frlgdpgz7avge-story.html
— TRAGIC: Village of Oak Park cancels 4th of July parade, fireworks show – STEVE SCHERING
(SEE: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/do-july-4th-festivities-make-you-republican/ and https://www.bostonherald.com/2019/04/24/dracut-bars-local-republicans-from-marching-in-memorial-day-parade/ and https://www.usnews.com/news/blogs/washington-whispers/2011/06/30/harvard-july-4th-parades-are-right-wing )
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/oak-park/ct-oak-4th-of-july-parade-canceled-tl-0610-20210607-ds7hwb2b7fdethmm6w23hqz4u4-story.html
— Valencia joins crowd of Dems running for secretary of state | Rev. Pfleger returns to pulpit | Obama Presidential Center price tag rises to nearly $700M – LISA DONOVAN
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-valencia-announces-run-pfleger-back-at-st-sabina-obama-center-pricetag-spin-20210607-frzwlv3gvbdohmusi6pbrjrcde-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, the Democrats who run Chicago promote LGBTQ.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2021/6/7/22522705/cta-pride-train-new-transgender-philly-flags-red-line

DAILY HERALD
— State Supreme Court pauses transition to new appellate districts – SARAH MANSUR
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20210607/state-supreme-court-pauses-transition-to-new-appellate-districts

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSNESS
— Race to succeed Jesse White in full swing, a year before any voting. The contest for Illinois secretary of state is off to an early and expensive start. – GREG HINZ
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/greg-hinz-politics/race-succeed-jesse-white-full-swing-year-any-voting

WCMY
— Republican leader Jim Durkin says lawsuit possible over new legislative districts – Rick Koshko
https://1430wcmy.com/2021/06/07/republican-leader-says-lawsuit-possible-over-new-legislative-districts/

WHEATON PATCH
— Wheaton Pride Proclamation Coming At Upcoming Council Meeting. Mayor Phil Suess and the city council issued a statement saying a proclamation will be made June 21 after inaccurate information surfaced. – Jeff Arnold
https://patch.com/illinois/wheaton/wheaton-pride-proclamation-coming-upcoming-council-meeting

CITY OF WHEATON
— Statement from the Mayor and City Council on Proclamation The City is aware that there is inaccurate information circulating that the City will not issue a Pride Proclamation this year. Consistent with the City’s process from last year, the City has planned to issue a Pride Proclamation at our June 21, 2021 City Council meeting. Issuing this proclamation is something that is important to our community, as demonstrated by the letters and statements of support the City received last year and the feedback we continue to receive. The City of Wheaton is dedicated to the acceptance of all of its residents, regardless of gender, sexual orientation, age, beliefs, color, disability, ethnicity, identity, race or religion. We want everyone who lives, works or visits our community to feel valued and safe. We support equality for all members of the Wheaton community.
https://www.wheaton.il.us/civicalerts.aspx?AID=582

WILLIAM J KELLY
— Only 70 Charged With Felonies In Connection with BLM Riots
https://www.williamjkelly.org/news/citizen-kelly-only-70-charged-with-felonies-in-connection-with-blm-riots-

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Michigan: PHYSICIANS NEED WOKE TRAINING TO KEEP LICENSE
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2021/06/physicians-need-woke-training-to-keep-license.html
— MCCARRON: THE SAD DECLINE OF CONGRESSMAN JOE WALSH
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2021/06/mccarron-the-sad-decline-of-congressman-joe-walsh.html

GOPUSA
— More Than 2.6M Americans Push For Monthly $2K COVID Payments
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=111263
— Hypocrisy! Twitter Claims Access To Platform Is ‘Human Right’; Trump Still Banned – Bobby Eberle
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=111270
— The Media Proclaim Themselves ‘Infrastructure’
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=111161

TOWNHALL
— GOP Wins Mayoral Race in Overwhelmingly Hispanic Texas Border City – Guy Benson
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2021/06/07/wow-gop-wins-mayor-race-in-overwhelmingly-hispanic-texas-town-n2590550

DAILY CALLER
— Supreme Court Rules Against Amnesty For Illegal Immigrants With Temporary Protected Status – VARUN HUKERI
https://dailycaller.com/2021/06/07/supreme-court-temporary-protected-status-illegal-immigrant/

PJ MEDIA
— Ron DeSantis Versus Paul Ryan: The Ultimate Winner Is Not the One Saying Abandon the Culture War – STACEY LENNOX
https://pjmedia.com/columns/stacey-lennox/2021/06/06/ron-desantis-versus-paul-ryan-the-ultimate-winner-is-not-the-one-saying-abandon-the-culture-war-n1452493

ONE NEWS NOW
— Supreme Court rules against illegals with temporary status – AP
https://onenewsnow.com/ap/legal/supreme-court-rules-against-illegals-with-temporary-status

THE HILL
— Supreme Court declines suit alleging male-only military draft is discriminatory – JOHN KRUZEL
(DIERSEN: In 1970, when I was 21 years old, when I graduated from NIU with a bachelor’s degree in management, potential employers saw me as being draft bait. They did not believe that my application for a financial hardship draft deferment would be approved. Starting in 1966, when I was 18 years old, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have used my avoiding the draft against me big time. I should write a book about that.)
https://thehill.com/regulation/557114-supreme-court-declines-suit-alleging-male-only-military-draft-is-discriminatory

NBC NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Pete Buttigieg’s husband attacks GOP.
https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/chasten-buttigieg-slams-gop-chairwomans-lgbtq-pride-tweet-rcna1122

WASHINGTON POST
— Harris warns Guatemalans they will be turned back if they come to the U.S. border illegally
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/06/07/joe-biden-live-updates/

FORBES
— The Chicago Park District’s 30% Funded Pension Plan – And More Tales Of Illinois’ Failed Governance – Elizabeth Bauer
https://www.forbes.com/sites/ebauer/2021/06/07/the-chicago-park-districts-30-funded-pension-planand-more-tales-of-illinois-failed-governance/

LGBTQ NATION
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: LGBTQers demonize, denigrate, and condemn the religious right.
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2021/06/religious-right-turns-gop-tone-deaf-offensive-pride-tweet/

June 4 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Trump increasingly talking like he plans to mount 2024 presidential run – AP
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/trump-increasingly-talking-like-he-plans-to-mount-2024-presidential-run/10738279/
— Gov. Pritzker signs Illinois General Assembly’s redistricting maps that reflect ‘diversity’
https://abc7chicago.com/illinois-redistricting-2021-map-jb-pritzker-gov/10744202/
— Gov. Pritzker reveals new Phase 5 reopening guidelines Illinois COVID-19 Update: IL reports 626 cases, 15 deaths – Alexis McAdams
https://abc7chicago.com/health/il-reports-626-covid-19-cases-15-deaths/10743495/

NBC5
— Texas GOP’s Allen West Resigns After Combative Run as Chair West has not ruled out running for statewide office – Paul J. Weber
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/texas-gop-chair-allen-west-resigns/2525644/

CBS2
— Gov. JB Pritzker Signs New State Legislative And Supreme Court District Maps Drawn By Democratic Lawmakers
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2021/06/04/gov-jb-pritzker-signs-new-illinois-state-legislative-supreme-court-maps/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Gov. J.B. Pritzker signs into law new maps for Illinois legislature, state Supreme Court – RICK PEARSON
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-pritzker-signs-illinois-legislative-redistricting-maps-20210604-hyohgbgxgjbnddheirxuhx7u5m-story.html
— Trump condo prices hit decade lows; bargain hunters pounce in stunning reversal for brand that once lured the rich and famous – AP
https://www.chicagotribune.com/nation-world/ct-aud-nw-trump-condo-prices-20210604-yg7kcf2gnjcvzom6wcuxhluir4-story.html
— Pritzker not ready to say he’s running for reelection | Governor signs remap legislation into law | Sale prices fall at Trump Tower properties, including Chicago – LISA DONOVAN
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-pritzker-not-ready-to-announce-reelection-plans-signs-remap-legislation-spin-20210604-b2yts2awjjhtvpqthw3caxkrom-story.html
— Tribune investigation: The toll the looting took, by the numbers – Editorial
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-chicago-looting-tribune-investigation-george-floyd-20210604-5qykhnp4xfgcdftijxmk2t2t24-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Pritzker signs new legislative maps, citing ‘fair representation’ — but GOP dubs governor a liar who ‘cannot be trusted’ Pritzker signed the three new maps outlining new boundaries for districts for the General Assembly, the Illinois Supreme Court and the Cook County Board of Review. The hotly contested political maps will chart the next decade of elections in Illinois. – Andrew Sullender
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2021/6/4/22519290/pritzker-signs-new-legislative-maps-remap-boundaries-redistricting-census-democrat-republican

DAILY HERALD
— Pritzker flips on map promise, signs Democrats’ version – AP
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20210604/pritzker-flips-on-map-promise-signs-democrats-version

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Pritzker signs new legislative, Supreme Court maps. Less than a week after they were passed, the governor completes his review and calls the new districts “fair.” – GREG HINZ
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/greg-hinz-politics/pritzker-signs-new-legislative-supreme-court-maps

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Springfield Democrats not shy about flexing their muscle – Editorial
https://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/editorials/editorial-springfield-democrats-not-shy-about-flexing-their-muscle/article_4c0624dc-a7a0-51ec-a40c-99ab0fe3a2ae.html

WAND
— Governor JB Pritzker signs three new redistricting maps
https://www.wandtv.com/news/governor-jb-pritzker-signs-three-new-redistricting-maps-reflecting-illinois-diversity/article_d69c5736-c556-11eb-931a-d3d69d5e1700.html

WBEZ
— Gov. JB Pritzker Approves New Illinois Legislative, Judicial And Board Of Review Maps – Dave McKinney, Tony Arnold
https://www.wbez.org/stories/gov-jb-pritzker-signs-into-law-new-illinois-legislative-judicial-and-board-of-review-maps/e43c0401-7ef3-412b-85c8-e0317fb80b23

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Gov. Pritzker signs new legislative, Supreme Court maps – Ben Szalinski
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/2021/06/04/gov-jb-pritzker-signs-new-legislative-and-supreme-court-maps/7512660002/

MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL
— Wisconsin Republicans join a national push back against how racism is taught in K-12 schools, colleges – Hope Karnopp
(DIERSEN: What are the Republican leaders of your school district, your chamber of commerce, your municipality, your township, your county, Illinois, and America doing to stop the promotion of Critical Race Theory, 1619, LGBTQ, BLM, dependency on government, dependency on charity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, abolition of the First and Second Amendments, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination?)
https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/politics/2021/06/04/wisconsin-republicans-push-back-critical-race-theory-schools/7524445002/

WJFW
— Wisconsin GOP introduces bills barring critical race theory – AP
(DIERSEN: What are the Republican leaders of your school district, your chamber of commerce, your municipality, your township, your county, Illinois, and America doing to stop the promotion of Critical Race Theory, 1619, LGBTQ, BLM, dependency on government, dependency on charity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, abolition of the First and Second Amendments, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination?)
https://www.wjfw.com/storydetails/20210604111205/wisconsin_gop_introduces_bills_barring_critical_race_theory

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— PRITZKER SIGNS DEMS’ DREAM REDISTRICTING PLAN
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2021/06/pritzker-signs-dems-dream-redistricting-plan-.html
— IL US SENATOR DUCKWORTH SELLS T-SHIRTS CELEBRATING LGBT MONTH
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2021/06/il-us-senator-duckworth-sells-t-shirts-celebrating-lgbt-month.html
— SCHIMPF PROPOSES ILLINOIS PARENTS’ BILL OF RIGHTS
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2021/06/schimpf-proposes-illinois-parents-bill-of-rights-.html
— SHAPIRO: CHINA ISN’T WINNING. THE WEST IS FORFEITING
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2021/06/shapiro-china-isnt-winning-the-west-is-forfeiting.html

CAPITOL FAX
— Pritzker signs redistricting map bills
https://capitolfax.com/2021/06/04/pritzker-signs-redistricting-map-bills/
— 626 new confirmed and probable cases; 15 additional deaths; 901 hospitalized; 1.3 percent average case positivity rate; 1.6 percent average test positivity rate; 36,025 average daily doses
https://capitolfax.com/2021/06/04/626-new-confirmed-and-probable-cases-15-additional-deaths-901-hospitalized-13-percent-average-case-positivity-rate-16-percent-average-test-positivity-rate-36025-average-daily-doses/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Facebook suspends Trump until January 2023 – Dave Boyer
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/jun/4/donald-trump-suspended-facebook-until-january-2023/

FOX NEWS
— Georgia Board of Education asserts America is not racist, will limit discussions about race. Gov. Kemp had directed board to combat critical race theory. – Sam Dorman
(DIERSEN: What are the Republican leaders of your school district, your chamber of commerce, your municipality, your township, your county, Illinois, and America doing to stop the promotion of Critical Race Theory, 1619, LGBTQ, BLM, dependency on government, dependency on charity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, abolition of the First and Second Amendments, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination?)
https://www.foxnews.com/us/georgia-board-of-education-critical-race-theory

BREITBART
— JPMorgan Halts Donations to Republicans Who Objected to 2020 Election Certification – JOSHUA CAPLAN
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/06/04/jpmorgan-halts-donations-to-republicans-who-objected-to-2020-election-certification/

BLAZE
— Facebook: Trump will remain banned through at least January 7, 2023 – SARAH TAYLOR
https://www.theblaze.com/news/breaking-facebook-suspends-former-president-donald-trump-for-2-years

EPOCH TIMES
— Pence Blasts Biden’s Push for Critical Race Theory as an ‘Assault on American Culture and Values’ – MASOOMA HAQ
https://www.theepochtimes.com/pence-blasts-bidens-push-for-critical-race-theory-as-an-assault-on-american-culture-and-values_3844782.html
— Biden’s Proposed Funding of Critical Race Theory Puts US on a ‘Very Dark Path’: Inez Stepman – KATABELLA ROBERTS AND JAN JEKIELEK
https://www.theepochtimes.com/bidens-proposed-funding-of-critical-race-theory-puts-us-on-a-very-dark-path-inez-stepman_3844103.html

POLITICO
— Trump could remain suspended from Facebook for at least two years. The announcement comes its oversight board criticized the former president’s indefinite ban. – CRISTIANO LIMA
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/06/04/trump-facebook-ban-two-years-return-491908

CNN
— Facebook says Trump now suspended until at least January 2023 – Donie O’Sullivan
https://www.cnn.com/2021/06/04/tech/facebook-politicians/index.html

NEW YORK TIMES
— Facebook Says Trump’s Ban Will Last at Least 2 Years – Mike Isaac and Sheera Frenkel
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/04/technology/facebook-trump-ban.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Facebook suspends Trump for 2 years in response to Oversight Board ruling – Elizabeth Dwoskin
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/06/03/trump-facebook-oversight-board/

LGBTQ NATION
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: LGBTQ promoters demonize, denigrate, and condemn religion.
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2021/06/organized-religions-rarely-agree-much-except-one-thing-oppression-lgbtq-people/

April 27 Evening Edition

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

April 9 Evening Edition

ABC7
— IL Rep. Adam Kinzinger becomes 1st House Republican to call for Rep. Matt Gaetz’ resignation – CNN
https://abc7chicago.com/rep-kinzinger-becomes-1st-house-republican-to-call-for-matt-gaetz-resignation-/10502591/

NBC5
— Italian-American Group Calls for City of Chicago to Return Columbus Statues – Patrick Fazio
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/italian-american-group-calls-for-city-of-chicago-to-return-columbus-statues/2482647/
— How Vaccine Passports Went From Public Health Tool to Political Wedge. Supporters of vaccine passports argue they are similar to other safety measures for schools and overseas travel that require proof of immunization against various diseases. Critics have another take. – Eric Hinton
(DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats use vaccine passport requirements to destroy non-Democrats.)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/lx/how-vaccine-passports-went-from-public-health-tool-to-political-wedge/2482134/

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Evanston school board candidate slams Illinois district’s curriculum on White supremacy – Stephanie Giang-Paunon
(DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats call you a racist if you do not demonize, denigrate, and condemn Whites as being racists.)
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/school-board-candidate-slams-illinois-districts-curriculum-on-white-supremacy

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Adam Kinzinger versus Matt Gaetz | South Side bakery visited by Harris pulled into ‘border’ controversy | Judge sides with lawmakers who sued to collect pay increases they voted against- By LISA DONOVAN
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-kinzinger-gaetz-kamala-harris-brown-sugar-bakery-lightfoot-biden-spin-20210409-da2wv3rzhvedpme2zk3maetyru-story.html
— Coronavirus in Illinois updates: New daily record of COVID-19 vaccine doses administered for the 2nd day in a row as state reports 4,004 new cases and 21 additional deaths
https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-aud-covid-19-pandemic-chicago-illinois-news-20210409-3f4a3kopnjd53g2xc44tyjkp3u-story.html
— After Kamala Harris’ visit sparks ‘bakery vs. border’ debate, Brown Sugar Bakery gets caught in the crossfire – LOUISA CHU
https://www.chicagotribune.com/dining/ct-kamala-harris-brown-sugar-bakery-border-20210409-bzekagfcwbefbcwu4pg3g3wecm-story.html
— Italian American group calls for restoring Columbus statue in Chicago’s Arrigo Park – JOHN BYRNE
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-columbus-statue-park-district-20210409-2v6ccv5v6rh2liqahjxwpo4hgu-story.html
— Democratic trustee candidates declare victory in Northfield Township as Republican incumbent in tight supervisor race now trails as mail-in votes counted – KAITLIN EDQUIST
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/northbrook/ct-nbs-northfield-township-leadership-early-election-results-tl-0415-20210409-4ekx3ymqazao5hymykdj3ajylu-story.html
— Election was a good day for write-in candidates in Aurora – STEVE LORD
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/aurora-beacon-news/ct-abn-aurora-election-folo-st-0411-20210410-qvonc6abknby3efsa3pyxrhv64-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasing, Democrats shout at Asians that Republicans cause all their problems.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2021/4/9/22372260/asian-americans-mental-health-covid-pandemic-violence-chicago-atlanta

DAILY HERALD
— The McHenry County clerk releases new, corrected election results – Kelli Duncan
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20210409/the-mchenry-county-clerk-releases-new-corrected-election-results
— ‘False sense of security’: DuPage County warns residents pandemic isn’t over despite vaccine availability
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/false-sense-of-security-dupage-county-warns-residents-pandemic-isnt-over-despite-vaccine-availability
— DuPage County Historical Museum Foundation adds three new board members
https://www.dailyherald.com/submitted/20210409/dupage-county-historical-museum-foundation-adds-three-new-board-members
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Daniel Wagner, senior vice president of government relations for The Inland Real Estate Group, LLC serves on numerous real estate industry and government boards and committees and is familiar with the vital role the DuPage County Historical Museum plays in the county. In 2014, the museum received a $200,000 donation to replace the museum’s roof from The Inland Real Estate Group, LLC CEO Daniel Goodwin. “I am honored to be on the DuPage Historical Museum Board of Directors,” commented Dan Wagner, senior vice president of government relations for The Inland Real Estate Group, LLC. “I look forward to continuing to help preserve history for the future generations of DuPage County citizens.”)
— College of DuPage will host a virtual presentation, “The History of Sexuality and Religion: Exploring Lutherans and Sex in the 1960s and 1970s,” from 7 to 8 p.m. Monday, April 19, as part of the annual Carter D. Carroll Excellence in History Awards ceremony
. (DIERSEN: My outstanding parents had me baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran. They sent me to Trinity Lutheran Grade School in Crete 1953-1961 and then to Hope Lutheran Grade School in Park Forest 1961-1962 to stay with the Missouri Synod. I should write a book about the Wisconsin Synod’s ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wisconsin_Evangelical_Lutheran_Synod ) success in defeating the Missouri Synod ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lutheran_Church%E2%80%93Missouri_Synod ) in the Trinity Lutheran Church and School ( https://www.trinitycrete.org/trinitycrete/ ) in Crete in 1961 when I was in the middle of my 8th grade. That had a tremendous impact on my parents, me, and my brother. The defeated Missouri Synod Lutherans, including my parents, me, and my brother, went to Hope Lutheran Church in Park Forest ( https://www.facebook.com/pages/Hope-Lutheran-Church/142202365812738 ) to stay with the Missouri Synod.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/submitted/20210408/learn-about-the-history-of-sexuality-and-religion-april-19-at-college-of-dupage

WSIL TV
— METTAWA – Voters in a small Illinois town have reelected a mayor who ran a write-in campaign after President Donald Trump pardoned him in a gambling investigation. Casey Urlacher, the brother of former Chicago Bears star Brian Urlacher, defeated Jess Ray in Mettawa. Casey Urlacher was charged by federal authorities in a gambling investigation, accused of recruiting bettors in exchange for a cut of their losses. He had pleaded not guilty and was pardoned by Trump before the president left office in January. – AP
https://wsiltv.com/2021/04/09/mayor-pardoned-by-trump-wins-another-term-in-illinois-town/

NPR ILLINOIS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Republican-hating Republican-haters use the hate-filled Republican-hating Boehner to promote hatred against Republicans.
https://www.nprillinois.org/post/former-speaker-john-boehners-memoir-serves-reflection-life-crazytown#stream/0
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Whites are blamed for all the problems that minorities have.
https://www.nprillinois.org/post/how-racism-health-threat-consider-phrase-so-called-race#stream/0

NEWS CHANNEL 20
— Illinois lawmakers push to make Juneteenth a state holiday – Sydney Dorner
https://newschannel20.com/news/local/illinois-lawmakers-push-to-make-juneteenth-a-state-holiday

NAPERVILLE COMMUNITY TELEVISION
— TRAGIC: DuPage County Fair Canceled This Summer
https://www.nctv17.com/news/dupage-county-fair-canceled-this-summer/

DUPAGE COUNTY ELECTION DIVISION
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Updated results show the Milton Township Mental Health Facilities Proposition receiving 8,477 YES votes and 8,271 NO votes
https://www.dupageresults.com

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— THE RESEGREGATION OF AMERICA
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2021/04/the-resegregation-of-america-1.html
— BECKMAN: WHO’S HATING ASIANS?
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2021/04/beckman-whos-hating-asians.html
— THORNER: PART 2 – BIG TECH CURATORS OF CONTENT, NOT PUBLISHERS
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2021/04/thorner-part-2-big-tech-curators-of-content-not-publishers.html

FOX NEWS
— Chicagoland prep school Loyola may have violated civil rights of conservative students, Army vet. Loyola Academy accepted $4.87M under Paycheck Protection Program, meaning it must oblige by First Amendment. – Jonathan Garber
https://www.foxnews.com/us/loyola-academy-civil-rights-conservative-students-veteran
— Biden border crisis comes at ‘massive cost’ to American people: Former Trump adviser. US government reportedly spending $60M per week to house a record number of unaccompanied minors crossing the southern border.
(DIERSEN: Democrats have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Democrats see citizens of foreign countries as being their soldiers in their army to get rid of Republicans once and for all.)
https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/biden-border-crisis-comes-at-massive-cost-to-american-people-former-trump-adviser

BLAZE
— School board candidate in Evanston, Illinois, criticizes radical BLM curriculum – CHRIS PANDOLFO
https://www.theblaze.com/news/school-board-candidate-in-evanston-illinois-criticizes-radical-blm-curriculum

CNS NEWS
— Border Patrol Council President: ‘The Cartels Control the Border Now’ – Melanie Arter
(DIERSEN: Democrats have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Democrats see citizens of foreign countries as being their soldiers in their army to get rid of Republicans once and for all.)
https://www.cnsnews.com/article/washington/melanie-arter/border-patrol-council-president-cartels-control-border-now

NEW AMERICAN
— It’s an Invasion: 170K Illegals Caught at Border. Thousands More Roam Heartland. Crisis Continues – R. Cort Kirkwood
(DIERSEN The first and foremost responsibility of the federal government is to stop invasions. Refusal to do that is treasonous. Democrats have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Democrats see citizens of foreign countries as being their soldiers in their army to get rid of Republicans once and for all.)
https://thenewamerican.com/its-an-invasion-170k-illegals-caught-at-border-thousands-more-roam-heartland-crisis-continues/

CBS NEWS
— Bill that could lead to slavery reparations proposals may be nearing consideration on House floor – RODNEY HAWKINS AND NIKOLE KILLION
(DIERSEN: Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion are reparations.)
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/bill-that-could-lead-to-slavery-reparations-proposals-may-be-nearing-debate-on-house-floor/

YAHOO
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats use Duckworth to get Asian-Americans to hate Republicans.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/sen-duckworth-anti-asian-hate-crimes-notoriously-underreported-152929640.html

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Tucker Carlson-hating Trucker Carlson-hater promotes hated against Tucker Carlson.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/04/09/how-do-immigrants-who-run-fox-feel-about-tucker-carlsons-anti-immigrant-rants/

RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— 60% of Democrats Support Moving Baseball All-Star Game From Atlanta
(DIERSEN: What percent of Democrats support getting rid of individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are law enforcement, Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, gun owners, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/general_politics/april_2021/60_of_democrats_support_moving_baseball_all_star_game_from_atlanta

LGBTQ NATION
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: LGBTQ-promoters demonize, denigrate, and condemn those who do not promote LGBTQ.
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2021/04/evangelical-leader-tony-perkins-decries-cancel-culture-urging-boycotts-coke-skittles/

DAILY MAIL
— Matt Gaetz ‘tried to recruit and pay a “ghost” candidate to funnel votes from a Democrat opponent and help his Republican associate win a Florida Senate race’ – EMILY GOODIN
(DIERSEN: I should write a book about ghost candidates who have run in Republican primary races on ballots in my precinct since 2000.)
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9453619/Matt-Gatez-tried-recruit-party-candidate-boost-buddy.html
— Republicans share videos of migrants brazenly crossing the border behind them and claim ICE is ‘too busy changing diapers’ to guard it: Arizona AG says Kamala has refused his invite to visit – KATELYN CARALLE
(DIERSEN: Democrats have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Democrats see citizens of foreign countries as being their soldiers in their army to get rid of Republicans once and for all.)
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9453561/Arizona-AG-says-Kamala-REFUSES-visit-border-Republicans-share-videos-migrants-crossing.html

April 7 Morning Edition

ABC7
— Illinois Election Results 2021: Races across Chicago suburbs make history – Diane Pathieu
https://abc7chicago.com/illinois-election-results-2021-cook-county-dupage-school-board/10494164/

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Annual rankings name DuPage as healthiest county in Illinois
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/919245

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Live municipal election results
https://www.chicagotribune.com/election-results/
— Former House Speaker John Boehner says Trump ‘incited that bloody insurrection,’ GOP taken over by ‘whack jobs’ – MAGGIE HABERMAN
https://www.chicagotribune.com/nation-world/ct-aud-nw-nyt-john-boehner-book-trump-capitol-riot-20210407-i23unoacknbdvlnlvuqox4t6b4-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— Incumbent Holan wins re-election in College of DuPage battle. Holan, who garnered 39,234 votes, was followed by candidates Florence Appel with 34,739 and Deborah Sajdak with 29,723. – Katlyn Smith
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20210406/incumbent-holan-wins-re-election-in-college-of-dupage-battle
— MARCH 18, 2021 FLASHBACK: Deborah Sajdak: 2021 candidate for College of DuPage board
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20210225/deborah-sajdak-2021-candidate-for-college-of-dupage-board
(FROM THE ARTICLE: After a lengthy professional career, I am in a position now where I can become more involved in the community. Since education has such a vital role in our society I would like to make some contribution to the success of our young people as they learn and grow. In my positions with Nordstrom I have acquired a broad variety of skills that include: procurement, conflict resolution, negotiation, organization and communication and I would enjoy being able to use these skills in a completely different environment. The only direct experience I have had in higher education has been as a student myself, but it seems to me that the COD board is a place where the skills that I developed over decades at Nordstrom, a large, well known retailer, could be exceptionally useful. At Nordstrom, in my positions as store manager as well as a buyer, I was able to cultivate a broad variety of competence in important management skills including procurement, conflict resolution, negotiation, organization, and communication. I would really enjoy putting those abilities to good use in a completely different, noncommercial environment. I believe that I would bring a fresh set of eyes to the table and would be able to give a different perspective to the issues that are currently faced.)
— School board incumbents fare well in DuPage County in pandemic election – Katlyn Smith
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20210407/school-board-incumbents-fare-well-in-dupage-county-in-pandemic-election
— With union support, establishment candidates turn back critics of gradual school reopenings – Eric Peterson and John Lampinen
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20210407/with-union-support-establishment-candidates-turn-back-critics-of-gradual-school-reopenings
— Some Naperville, Lisle, Villa Park and Downers Grove incumbents lose reelection bids – Susan Sarkauskas
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20210407/some-naperville-lisle-villa-park-and-downers-grove-incumbents-lose-reelection-bids
— Senak victorious in Glen Ellyn village president race – Lauren Rohr
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20210406/senak-victorious-in-glen-ellyn-village-president-race
— Aurora Mayor Richard Irvin elected to second term – Lauren Rohr
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20210406/aurora-mayor-richard-irvin-elected-to-second-term
— Incumbents come out on top in DuPage mayoral races – Lauren Rohr
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20210407/incumbents-come-out-on-top-in-dupage-mayoral-races

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Surging COVID-19 cases, rising positivity mean it’s ‘time to double down’ on face masks and other precautions. Nearly 600 Chicagoans are testing positive every day on average, a figure that has more than doubled since the start of March. – Mitchell Armentrout
https://chicago.suntimes.com/coronavirus/2021/4/6/22370126/illinois-coronavirus-vaccine-cases-deaths-surge-pritzker-reopen-covid-19-april-6
— See you in church … oops, no I won’t. Gallup Poll finds that, for the first time, most Americans don’t belong to a congregation. – Neil Steinberg
(DIERSEN: What do you say to those who demonize, denigrate, and condemn me because I am not a member of a church, because I do not attend church services, and because I do not give money to a church?)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2021/4/6/22369616/gallup-poll-church-synagogue-mosque-membership-declining-religion-congregation-beliefs-steinberg

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Low turnout fueled by ‘voter fatigue’ expected for local elections, county clerk says – Dean Olsen
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/2021/04/06/sangamon-county-illinois-election-day-updates/7091036002/

SUBURBAN LIFE
— Senak victorious in Glen Ellyn village president race
https://www.shawlocal.com/my-suburban-life/news/government/2021/04/07/mark-senak-posts-early-lead-in-glen-ellyn-village-president-race/

QUAD CITIES ONLINE
— Former Republican Illinois U.S. Rep. Bobby Schilling dies after bout of cancer. – Tom Barton
https://qconline.com/news/local/former-republican-illinois-u-s-rep-bobby-schilling-dies-after-bout-of-cancer/article_2b520f2f-2167-51d4-8fcc-2882bee37da7.html

NPR ILLINOIS
— San Francisco School Board Rescinds Controversial School Renaming Plan – VANESSA ROMO
https://www.nprillinois.org/post/san-francisco-school-board-rescinds-controversial-school-renaming-plan#stream/0


— The Military Confronts Extremism, One Conversation At A Time – TOM BOWMAN & STEVE WALSH
(DIERSEN: Soon, under the Democrats, all those in the military will be 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.nprillinois.org/post/military-confronts-extremism-one-conversation-time#stream/0

FOX ILLINOIS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Democrats see refugees as being their soldiers in their army to get rid of Republicans once and for all.
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/refugee-families-urge-biden-to-keep-promise-to-up-admissions

KANE COUNTY CONNECTS
— APRIL 6 MAYOR, VILLAGE PRESIDENT ELECTION RESULTS — IRVIN WINS AURORA, BURNS IN GENEVA, VITEK IN STC
https://kanecountyconnects.com/2021/04/april-6-mayor-village-president-election-results-irvin-wins-aurora-burns-in-geneva-vitek-in-stc/

ELMHURST PATCH
— Republicans Prevail In York Township Races. Democrats draw more votes in trustee contests than they did four years ago. – David Giuliani
https://patch.com/illinois/elmhurst/republicans-prevail-york-township-races

CHICAGO NOW
— An Interview with 2022 U.S. Senate hopeful Peggy Hubbard – Ray Johnson
https://www.chicagonow.com/chicago-history-cop/2021/04/an-interview-with-2022-u-s-senate-hopeful-peggy-hubbard/

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— States With Racist Jim Crow Voter Suppression Laws – Laurie Higgins
https://illinoisfamily.org/federal/states-with-racist-jim-crow-voter-suppression-laws/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Public to Biden: Get OK before shipping migrants to towns – Paul Bedard
(DIERSEN: How many illegals do the Democrats want to dump in Illinois, 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.washingtonexaminer.com/washington-secrets/public-to-biden-get-ok-before-shipping-migrants-to-their-towns
— California’s migrant mess – Tori Richards
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/californias-migrant-mess

FOX NEWS
— Livington County, Illinois Sheriff Tony Childress on border crisis: ‘Who leaves their doors unlocked at night when they go to sleep?’
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/illinois-sherriff-border-crisis-doors-unlocked-biden-wall
— Indiana AG probing Big Tech, social media company ‘methods’ limiting conservative content. Attorney General Todd Rokita claims Big Tech censorship ‘potentially harmful and unfair’ – Brooke Singman
(DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Google Alerts are to non-credible articles on non-credible websites written by non-credible authors that promote the Democrat, Libertarian, and/or Green party platforms. Ever-increasingly, Google Alerts are duplicative and not timely. I should write a book the aforesaid.)
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/indiana-attorney-general-google-facebook-amazon-apple-twitter
— Politico sparks backlash for proclaiming Andrew Yang the ‘most prominent’ Asian-American politician. Liberals outraged over Politico forgetting about Kamala Harris. – Cortney O’Brien
(DIERSEN: Who are the most prominent Asian-Americans in your county, in your township, and in your municipality? How are they treated by those who have the most religious, government, political, and/or financial clout. I should write a book about the most prominent Asian-Americans in DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton and how they are treated by those who have the most religious, government, political, and/or financial clout.)
https://www.foxnews.com/media/politico-backlash-andrew-yang-prominent

EPOCH TIMES
— White House: Americans Not Required to Carry ‘Vaccine Passports’ – JACK PHILLIPS
https://www.theepochtimes.com/mkt_morningbrief/white-house-americans-not-required-to-carry-vaccine-passports_3764360.html

THE HILL
— Tammy Duckworth pressures postal service board on firing DeJoy – CELINE CASTRONUOVO
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/546795-tammy-duckworth-pressures-postal-service-board-on-firing-dejoy
— Boehner slams Trump: He ‘incited that bloody insurrection for nothing more than selfish reasons’ – DOMINICK MASTRANGELO
https://thehill.com/homenews/media/546856-boehner-slams-trump-he-incited-that-bloody-insurrection-for-nothing-more-than
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Politics upended as corporate America panders to Democrats. Democrats will destroy corporate America.
https://thehill.com/homenews/the-memo/546828-the-memo-politics-upended-as-top-republicans-slam-corporate-america

NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs want to use vaccination passport requirements to get rid of Republicans, and especially 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.nytimes.com/2021/04/06/us/politics/vaccine-passports-coronavirus.html?searchResultPosition=1
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Big Business paints itself as being an operative for the Democrat Party, that is, 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/2021/04/06/business/dealbook/mcconnell-mlb-democrats-republicans.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Capitol rioters come municipalities that are ever-increasingly 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/2021/04/06/us/politics/capitol-riot-study.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Biden defends MLB’s choice to move All-Star Game to Colorado – John Wagner
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/04/06/joe-biden-live-updates/#link-U2ZEFRE3N5AJ7J2LK3PSF5UJGY

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: What percent of artificial intelligence workers are one or more of the following: 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 – 98%, 99%, 100%?
https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-can-government-attract-the-ai-talent-it-needs-11617724802
— Texas Bans Vaccine Passports – Melanie Grayce West
https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/covid-2021-04-06/card/ISLLgZTErrYxgA86Lw7q
— Ivy League Acceptance Rates Fall to Record Lows Due to Covid-19. Harvard accepts just 3.4% of applicants, while Columbia admitted 3.7%. – Douglas Belkin
(DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, your degree is worthless if it is not from an Ivy League university, and therefore, my degrees from NIU, Loyola, DePaul, and IIT are worthless.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/ivy-league-acceptance-rates-fall-to-record-lows-due-to-covid-19-11617767857

USA TODAY
— Trips to national parks made easier – Ashley Rossi
(DIERSEN: Between 1978 and 1992, while my wife worked for the U.S. League of Savings Institutions, we took four short vacations every year following her business trips, most commonly to luxury golf resorts across America. Most commonly, we rented a car and visited nearby national parks. Needless-to-say, my Democrat IRS and GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates, and especially those whose spouse had little or no income and those who were not married were beyond furious about that.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/experience/america/national-parks/2021/04/05/national-park-heres-how-make-family-trip-easier-2021/7092543002/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Vaccine-promoters promote those who get vaccinated.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2021/04/05/covid-vaccine-stirs-up-emotions-recipients-across-country/7094426002/

NEWSWEEK
— Adam Kinzinger Warns Fear and Conspiracies Might Get Votes but Is ‘Destructive to Democracy’ – MEGHAN ROOS
https://www.newsweek.com/adam-kinzinger-warns-fear-conspiracies-might-get-votes-destructive-democracy-1581434

PITT NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, the mainstream news media exists to elect Democrats and to reelect Democrats.
https://pittnews.com/article/164807/opinions/opinion-all-mainstream-media-networks-serve-the-same-goal-make-tons-of-money/

FIVE THIRTY EIGHT
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, if you are a Republican, the longer that your ancestors have been in America, the more that Democrats demonize, denigrate, and condemn you, your parents, your grandparents, your great grandparents, and the rest of your ancestors as being disgusting racists.
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/can-a-local-reparations-program-undo-decades-of-housing-discrimination/

AMERICAN PROSPECT
— How Workers Really Get Canceled on the Job. Pre-hiring personality screening and ongoing employer monitoring explicitly weed out workers likely to agitate for a union. – NATHAN NEWMAN
(DIERSEN: I should write a book about my superiors in the federal government who hated unions and hated union members the most. GAO hired me in 1980 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. IRS hired me in 1971 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job. The Post Office hired me in 1966 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job. I was a union member while I worked for IRS 1966-1969 and for IRS 1971-1980.)
https://prospect.org/labor/how-workers-really-get-canceled-on-the-job/

CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION
— How to ‘Read’ a Job Candidate’s CV – David D. Perlmutter
(DIERSEN: Disqualifiers include anything in the CV that indicates that the candidate in White, male, older, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, Trump supporter, heterosexual, married, non-poor, gun owner, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or that the candidate’s ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.chronicle.com/article/admin-101-how-to-read-a-job-candidates-cv

DAILY MAIL
— Everywhere but the border: Kamala Harris has visited a bakery, a water plant with Gavin Newsom and cooked a ‘beautiful’ roast pork at her LA home in the 14 days since Biden made her immigration ‘czar’ – and still hasn’t held a news conference. The Vice President was tasked with addressing the migrant crisis at the border. In two weeks she has only held one phone call with the Guatemalan President. She did not visit the border despite traveling home to California for Easter. – JACK NEWMAN
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9444413/Kamala-Harris-not-visited-Mexico-border-taking-charge-migrant-crisis.html

April 3 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Illinois COVID-19 Update: Health officials urge caution on holiday weekend as IL reports 2,839 new coronavirus cases, 13 deaths Chicago’s top doctor issues Easter weekend warning as COVID cases climb – Jesse Kirsch
https://abc7chicago.com/health/il-reports-2839-new-covid-cases-13-deaths/10479823/
— ‘They’re coming to cancel everything’: Georgia governor vows a fight after MLB yanks All-Star Game over voting laws. “Major League Baseball, Coca-Cola and Delta may be scared of Stacey Abrams, Joe Biden and the left, but I am not,” he said. – AP
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/georgia-governor-vows-a-fight-after-mlb-yanks-all-star-game/10480545/
— Dell, American Airlines, AT&T weigh in on restrictive election bills in Texas – Alisa Wiersema
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/dell-american-airlines-at-t-weigh-in-on-restrictive-election-bills-in-texas/10479363/

NBC5
— Georgia Governor Vows a Fight After MLB Yanks All-Star Game – Mae Anderson
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/georgia-governor-vows-a-fight-after-mlb-yanks-all-star-game/2477822/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats pressure corporations to denounce GOP voting bills
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/politics/pressure-mounts-on-corporations-to-denounce-gop-voting-bills/2477863/
— U.S. Companies Face Boycott Threats, Mounting Pressure to Take Sides in America’s Voting Rights Battle – Emma Newburger
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/business/money-report/u-s-companies-face-boycott-threats-mounting-pressure-to-take-sides-in-americas-battle-over-voting-rights/2477770/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, the Biden Administration makes it clear that will get rid of Republican individuals, organizations, companies, and governments once and for all starting with Republican individuals 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.nbcchicago.com/news/local/aiming-big-biden-is-looking-to-restore-faith-in-government/2477799/
— Vaccine Passport Efforts Draw Opposition From GOP Lawmakers – Mark Scolforo
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/vaccine-passport-efforts-draw-opposition-from-gop-lawmakers/2477785/

CBS2
— Dolton School Board Votes To Oust Member On Claims Of Illegal Campaign Funding, Says It Was At Taxpayer Expense – Jermont Terry
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2021/03/31/dolton-school-board-member-ousting-vote-illegal-campaign-funding/

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Hiring ramps up as US adds 916K jobs in March – Christopher Rugaber
(DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will employers make it more clear that they hire only those who are Democrat, Libertarian, Green, Independent, RINO, moderate, liberal, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, poor, in America illegally, non-gun owners, non-Christian, non-Protestant, non-Italian American, non-German American, 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.fox32chicago.com/news/hiring-ramps-up-as-us-adds-916k-jobs-in-march

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Haig Mail House Sends Second Postcard to Elgin
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/04/03/haig-mail-house-sends-second-postcard-to-elgin/
— The Easter Pig – How to Terrorize Parents
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/04/03/the-easter-pig-co
— County Clerk Joe Tirio Reacts to Dems’ New Election Law Changes
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/04/03/tirio-reacts-to-obey-dems-new-election-law-changes/
— Barack Obama Dissed as “Oppressor” at Waukegan School Board Meeting
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/04/03/tirio-reacts-to-obey-dems-new-election-law-changes/
— Saturday Salvo Against Lakewood Village President Phil Stephan
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/04/03/saturday-salvo-against-lakewood-village-president-phil-stephan/
— Legislators’ Pay
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/04/03/legislators-pay/
— Pritzker Signs Election Law Change Bill, Effective Immediately
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/04/02/pritzker-signs-election-law-change-bill-effective-immediately/
— State Bold Enough to Consider 401(k)’s for Future Public Employees
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/04/02/state-bold-enough-to-consider-401ks-for-future-public-employees/
— Government Bold Enough to Say, “Happy Easter”
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/04/02/government-bold-enough-to-say-happy-easter/
— Satire on Pritzker as Good as the Babylon Bee
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/04/02/satire-on-pritzker-as-good-as-the-babylon-bee/
— Illinois Reports More Than 35% of Small Businesses Closed
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/04/02/illinois-reports-more-than-35-of-small-businesses-closed/
— Anti-Derek Lee For Algonquin Township Road Commissioner Web Site Appears
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/04/02/anti-derek-lee-for-algonquin-township-road-commissioner-web-site-appears/

GOPUSA
— Fearful Of Virus Or Losing Power, Biden ‘Passport’ Plan Is Coming
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=108384
— Biden Aims To Spend $174B To Juice Electric Vehicle Sales
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=108395
— Punishing Georgia: Biden ‘Strongly Supports’ Moving MLB All-Star Game Over New Voting Law
https://www.gopusa.com/punishing-georgia-biden-strongly-supports-moving-mlb-all-star-game-over-new-voting-law/

BLAZE
— CBS News drops pretense of objectivity with headline: ‘3 ways companies can help fight Georgia’s restrictive new voting law’ The mask slips – LEON WOLF
https://www.theblaze.com/news/cbs-news-drops-pretense-of-objectivity-with-headline-3-ways-companies-can-help-fight-georgias-restrictive-new-voting-law

FEDERALIST
— Vaccine Passports Are A Serious Threat To American Civil Liberties. Are Americans supposed to accept that the government, private employers, and businesses such as airlines and Costco may stop you and demand that you show your COVID-19 papers? – Harmeet K. Dhillon
https://thefederalist.com/2021/04/02/vaccine-passports-are-a-serious-threat-to-american-civil-liberties/

ONE NEWS NOW
— Bill introduced to ban critical race theory from military – Michael F. Haverluck
https://onenewsnow.com/legal-courts/2021/03/28/bill-introduced-to-ban-critical-race-theory-from-military

EPOCH TIMES
— Republican Lawmakers in Kansas Repeal Mask Mandate – TOM OZIMEK
https://www.theepochtimes.com/mkt_app/republican-lawmakers-in-kansas-repeal-mask-mandate_3761115.html

THE HILL
— More GOP-led states risk corporate backlash like Georgia’s – ALEX GANGITANO
(DIERSEN: What adverse actions will Democrat corporations take against Republican individuals, Republican organizations, Republican companies, and Republican governments where you live?)
https://thehill.com/business-a-lobbying/546268-more-gop-led-states-risk-corporate-backlash-like-georgias
— 2024 GOP White House hopefuls lead opposition to Biden Cabinet – JORDAIN CARNEY
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/546233-2024-gop-white-house-hopefuls-lead-opposition-to-biden-cabinet
— Congressional CEO grillings can’t solve disinformation: We need a public interest regulator – BRAD HANLON
(DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who have blamed me and blamed my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters the most for their problems, for your problems, for my problems, and for everyone’s problems.)
https://thehill.com/opinion/technology/546304-congressional-ceo-grillings-cant-solve-disinformation-we-need-a-public

POLITICO
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats focus on getting Asian-Americans to hate Republicans.
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2021/04/03/asian-american-aapi-political-power-covid-19-478845

NBC PHILADELPHIA
— Vaccine Passports Are Latest Flash Point in COVID Politics Vaccine passports are typically an app with a code that verifies whether someone has been vaccinated or recently tested negative for COVID-19 – Mark Scolforo
https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/vaccine-passport-efforts-draw-opposition-from-gop-lawmakers/2765996/

WASHINGTON POST
— Inside a stealth ‘persuasion machine’ promising Republican victories in 2022 – Isaac Stanley-Becker
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/republicans-midterms-digital-influence/2021/04/03/391103a8-8c0e-11eb-a730-1b4ed9656258_story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The American Culture Project is set up as a social welfare organization exempt from disclosing its donors or paying federal income taxes but, in exchange, barred from making politics its primary focus. The project is led by an Illinois-based conservative activist, John Tillman, who also oversees a libertarian think tank and a news foundation that recently received grant money to highlight opposition to public health restrictions. Tillman, who declined to be interviewed for this story, wrote in an email that the American Culture Project’s objectives are “issue education and advocacy (not electioneering).” “We focus on reaching millions of Americans who can no longer rely on traditional media to become fully informed on a diversity of views on the issues of the day,” he wrote. “By reaching millions of Americans with a broader, more wide ranging set of issues and ideas, we think that voters will make decisions that will elect people, whether Democrat or Republican, that believe in America’s founding principles, and particularly the Bill of Rights.” While data collection and digital ad targeting have become commonplace in political campaigns, what’s unusual about the American Culture Project, experts said, is how it presents its aims as news dissemination and community building. It touts transparency and civic engagement using an online network whose donors remain private — part of a bid to shape public opinion as local news outlets crater and social networks replace traditional forums for political deliberation. The arrangement “puts the lie to the public presentation of these nonprofits as public welfare organizations that might happen to do a little politics,” said Noah Bookbinder, president of the watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington. “It shows the system is being abused in ways we knew were happening but you usually don’t see quite so blatantly.”)
— Dozens of LGBTQ students at Christian colleges sue the U.S. Education Dept., hoping to pressure Equality Act negotiations – Michelle Boorstein
https://www.washingtonpost.com/religion/christian-colleges-lawsuit-lgbtq-equality-act/2021/03/29/39343620-90af-11eb-9668-89be11273c09_story.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The Biden Baseball League The sports league sides with Democrats on Georgia’s voting law. – Editorial
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-biden-baseball-league-11617402781
— Starting a Family? Company Benefits Favor IVF Over Adoption – Christina Rexrode
(DIERSEN: Government is nasty. Politics is nasty. Democrats are nasty. I should write a book about my Democrat GAO superiors who punished me the most because my wife and I gave up trying to have children, because we did not adopt, and because we did not become foster parents.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/starting-a-family-company-benefits-favor-ivf-over-adoption-11617454800

FORTUNE
— JULY 16, 2020 FLASHBACK: Are you willing to pay for news? The future of journalism may depend on it – JENNIFER HOEWE and BRETT SHERRICK
https://fortune.com/2020/07/16/american-journalism-crisis-save-news-media/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The following strategies should help news consumers make these decisions: Think about where you get your news. Are you selecting information just because it agrees with you? Don’t do that. Pick news sources that do more than simply cater to a partisan audience. Make sure you’re differentiating between news and commentary. Good news organizations should clearly demarcate what is news and what is opinion content. Check the news organizations’ use of sources. Are the sources they use in their news stories credible and considered experts in their field? Keep in mind: Experts are often people other than politicians. Look for journalistic standards. A good news organization should have a code of ethics or clear reporting guidelines posted on its website. If you spot a piece of information on social media or a news aggregator, first make sure the information originated with a legitimate news organization (using the other steps listed here). Then visit the site of the news organization that created the original content to ensure it will earn ad revenue for that content. Read full articles, not just headlines (or Facebook posts or tweets). In-depth reporting provides more context, which is part of why it’s worth paying for.)

ATLANTIC
— ‘The Narrative Is, “You Can’t Get Ahead”’ In Evanston, Illinois, a Black parent and school-board candidate takes on a curriculum meant to combat racism. – Conor Friedersdorf
(DIERSEN: Democrats use reparations, Affirmative Action, Diversity, Inclusion, etc. to get minorities to hate Republicans.)
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/04/black-lives-matter-curriculum-has-unintended-lesson/618501/

THE DRIVE
— Everyone who’s window-shopped car auction sites has seen their share of classics with glistening paints and low miles, but no apparent reason for having been treated like unicorns. Take as an example the 1972 Chevrolet Corvette C3 on Bring A Trailer right now—it’s nothing all that special as Corvettes go, but it was preserved like a C2 L88, covering just 3,286 miles in 45 years. Who does this, and why? Who makes what many would consider a landmark car purchase only to drive it fewer miles each year than they walk on their two feet? – JAMES GILBOY
(DIERSEN: I took delivery of my 1972 Corvette on October 14, 1971; it has 5,143 miles on it today.)
https://www.thedrive.com/news/40018/why-some-people-buy-their-dream-cars-but-never-drive-them-a-theory
— Are Classic Chevrolet Corvettes Prices Already Past Their Peak? The Answer Is Complicated. Rather than break a Corvette auction record at Mecum in March, a rare C2 L88 fizzled. Has Boomer nostalgia reached its limit? – JAMES GILBOY
https://www.thedrive.com/news/39924/are-classic-chevrolet-corvettes-prices-already-past-their-peak-the-answer-is-complicated

(FROM THE ARTICLE: So, are we past peak C2? If you define that as the maximum of what one can be worth, then the answer would appear to be probably. The generation for whom the C2 is probably most evocative, Baby Boomers, are slowly getting too old to drive these symbols of their childhood. But while they account for the biggest percentage of C2 owners insured by Hagerty, at 40 percent, they are actually outnumbered by Gen X and Millennial policy-holders, who own 48 percent of the C2s Hagerty insures. Not all of midcentury America’s icons have stood the test of time, but as demonstrated by younger generations taking up the C2 ownership mantle (and at slowly increasing cost), this Corvette has.)

March 18 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Illinois COVID-19 Update: IL reports 2,325 new coronavirus cases, 34 deaths
https://abc7chicago.com/health/il-reports-2325-new-covid-19-cases-34-deaths/10429485/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Republican-hating Republican haters use the Atlanta Spa Shootings to promote hatred against Republicans.
https://abc7chicago.com/asian-americans-feel-unsafe-due-to-covid-19-related-hate-crimes/10430057/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats want Blacks to be LGBTQers.
https://abc7chicago.com/religion/chicago-man-calls-for-queers-to-share-stories-within-the-black-church/10429463/

CBS2
— Senator Duckworth Speaks At Judiciary Hearing Regarding Ongoing Discrimination And Violence Against Asian Communities
(DIERSEN: Of course, hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters blame Trump for that.)
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2021/03/18/senator-duckworth-speaks-at-judiciary-hearing-regarding-ongoing-discrimination-and-violence-against-asian-communities/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Pot smokers won’t get vaccine priority. Officials on Thursday confirmed that even though cigarette smokers can now get shots, weed tokers aren’t eligible despite potentially facing a higher risk of falling seriously ill. – Tom Schuba
(DIERSEN: To use pot is to harm your body.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/cannabis/2021/3/18/22338820/smoking-vaccine-cigarette-pot-cannabis-health-conditions-illinois-marijuana-covid-19

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— How Rep. Kinzinger became a target in the GOP loyalty war – PHILIP WEGMANN
(DIERSEN: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters support Kinzinger.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/ct-opinion-adam-kinzinger-gop-trump-20210318-6nxkqkiiibd3poj64nuqxfvfdy-story.html
— Pritzker to open vaccinations to all Illinois residents starting April 12 | New Montrose Harbor parking meters part of solving Lightfoot’s pandemic budget woes | State lawmaker Andre Thapedi resigns – LISA DONOVAN
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-pritzker-state-vaccination-expanding-thapedi-steps-down-spin-20210318-jm27v6ywcfgzvpozmlrkt7cozi-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— State House votes to expand mail-in, curbside voting – SARAH MANSUR
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20210318/state-house-votes-to-expand-mail-in-curbside-voting
— Another candidate (Leona Di Amore) emerges for 16th Congressional District seat – Russell Lissau
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20210318/another-candidate-emerges-for-16th-congressional-district-seat
— McHenry County Board Democrats refuse to support chairman’s pick to replace Suzanne Ness – Kelli Duncan and Emily K. Coleman
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20210318/mchenry-county-board-democrats-refuse-to-support-chairmans-pick-to-replace-suzanne-ness
— Offensive language prompts Wheaton College to revise plaque for slain missionaries – Katlyn Smith
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20210318/offensive-language-prompts-wheaton-college-to-revise-plaque-for-slain-missionaries

WGN RADIO
— Republicans seize on immigration as border crossings surge – AP
https://wgnradio.com/news/political-news/republicans-seize-on-immigration-as-border-crossings-surge/

NPR ILLINOIS & Central Illinois Proud
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Republican-hating Republican haters use the Atlanta Spa Shootings to promote hatred against Republicans.
https://www.nprillinois.org/post/biden-orders-us-flags-half-staff-wake-atlanta-spa-shootings#stream/0
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/local-news/federal-lawmakers-call-for-end-to-violence-and-discrimination-against-asian-americans/

WGLT
— ISU Seeks To Expand Diversity Discussion On Campus – TIFFANI JACKSON & ERIC STOCK
(DIERSEN: Democrats and RINOs use Affirmative Action (AA), Diversity, and Inclusion to get rid of Republicans. Liberals and moderates use AA, Diversity, and Inclusion to get rid of conservatives.)
https://www.wglt.org/post/isu-seeks-expand-diversity-discussion-campus#stream/0

WILLIAM J KELLY
— 31 shot in Chicago but Mayor Lightfoot worried about the Irish
https://www.williamjkelly.org/news/citizen-kelly-31-shot-in-chicago-but-mayor-lightfoot-worried-about-the-irish

ILLINOIS TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, hate-filled Republican-hating Republican haters use “democracy” to get rid of Republicans once and for all.
https://www.illinoistimes.com/springfield/democracy-depends-on-the-right-to-vote/Content?oid=13327016

CAPITOL FAX
— 2,325 new confirmed and probable cases; 34 additional deaths; 1,120 hospitalized; 252 in ICU; 2.4 percent average case positivity rate; 2,7 percent average test positivity rate; 99,210 average daily doses
https://capitolfax.com/2021/03/18/2325-new-confirmed-and-probable-cases-34-additional-deaths-1120-hospitalized-252-in-icu-24-percent-average-case-positivity-rate-27-percent-average-test-positivity-rate-99210-average-daily-doses/

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Republican-hating Republican haters use the Atlanta Spa Shooting to promote hatred against Republicans.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/18/us/racism-sexism-atlanta-spa-shooting.html

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Pelosi says citizenship for illegals sends message to world: ‘We value the diversity of America’ – Kery Murakami
(DIERSEN: Democrats have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Democrats see illegals as being their soldiers in their army to get rid of Republicans once and for all.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/mar/18/pelosi-says-citizenship-illegals-sends-message-wor

GOPUSA
— Trump Was Too Rude, Too Abrasive, So Some Pro-Life Evangelicals Picked Abortion Supporting Biden Instead
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=107669

BREITBART
— GOP Memo: Democrats Introduce Amnesty Policies to Make Biden ‘Border Crisis Worse’ – MATTHEW BOYLE
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/03/18/exclusive-gop-memo-democrats-introduce-amnesty-policies-to-make-biden-border-crisis-worse/

BLAZE
— OUTRAGEOUS, DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Biological male wins female beauty pageant in Nevada ‘A celebration of womanhood and diversity’ – PHIL SHIVER
https://www.theblaze.com/news/biological-male-wins-female-nevada-beauty-pageant

EPOCH TIMES
— Up to 50 Percent of Illegal Immigrants Estimated to Have COVID-19: National Sheriff’s Association – SAMUEL ALLEGRI
https://www.theepochtimes.com/up-to-50-percent-of-illegal-immigrants-estimated-to-have-covid-19-national-sheriffs-association_3737923.html

THE HILL
— House passes bill providing path to citizenship for Dreamers – REBECCA BEITSCH
(DIERSEN: This will cause millions of children who are citizens of foreign countries to be illegally brought to America illegally.)
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/543891-house-passes-bill-providing-path-to-citizenship-for-dreamers
— Anger over anti-Asian violence, rhetoric rips through Capitol – SCOTT WONG AND MIKE LILLIS
(DIERSEN: Hate-filled Republican-hating Republican haters use the Atlanta Spa Shooting to promote hatred against Republicans.)
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/543952-anger-over-anti-asian-violence-rhetoric-rips-through-capitol

CBS NEWS
— Democrats turn to the environment as the next front in fighting inequality – CARA KORTE
(DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats blame Republicans for inequality.)
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/environmental-justice-legislation-democrats/
— House passes immigration bill with path to citizenship for “Dreamers” – CAMILO MONTOYA-GALVEZ
(DIERSEN: This will cause millions of children who are citizens of foreign countries to be illegally brought to America illegally.)
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/immigration-daca-dreamers-farmworkers-citizenship-house-vote-democrat-bills/

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater promotes hatred against Trump.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/03/18/daily-202-trump-gets-tied-two-forces-targeting-america-russia-domestic-extremism/

NEWSWEEK
— China Blames American Politicians for ‘Racism and Hatred’ That Prompts Anti-Asian Attacks – NATALIE COLAROSSI
(DIERSEN: “Politicians” is code for “Republicans.”)
https://www.newsweek.com/china-blames-american-politicians-racism-hatred-that-prompts-anti-asian-attacks-1577177

FORBES
— 73 House Democrats Push To Expel Marjorie Taylor Greene From Congress – Andrew Solender
https://www.forbes.com/sites/andrewsolender/2021/03/18/73-house-democrats-push-to-expel-marjorie-taylor-greene-from-congress/

BLOOMBERG
— Biden Adviser Cecilia Rouse Vows ‘Aggressive’ Moves to Reduce Inequality – Catarina Saraiva
(DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats blame Republicans for inequality.)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-03-18/biden-adviser-rouse-vows-aggressive-moves-to-reduce-inequality

RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— Nearly Two-Thirds Oppose Higher Taxes
(DIERSEN: Historically, opposition to higher taxes has been one of the few planks in the Republican Party platform that RINOs support.)https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/business/taxes/nearly_two_thirds_oppose_higher_taxes
— Royal Racism? Only 40% Believe Harry and Meghan
https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/lifestyle/people/march_2021/royal_racism_only_40_believe_harry_and_meghan

March 17 Evening Edition

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— House Republicans hammer out platform they pledge will ‘reshape,’ ‘re-find’ and ‘reimagine’ Illinois Part of the GOP’s “Reimagine Illinois” platform, the focus is on four “common sense” areas: rooting out corruption in the statehouse, instituting fiscally responsible leadership, growing jobs and the state’s economy and ensuring public safety. – Rachel Hinton
(DIERSEN: Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The 2020 Illinois Republican Party (IRP) platform is at https://illinois.gop/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/2020PlatformoftheIllinoisRepublicanParty.pdf . That platform includes planks titled “ADVOCATING A ‘FRONT DOOR’ POLICY ON IMMIGRATION” and “PROTECTING THE RIGHT TO LIFE” and “EMBRACING THE TRADITIONAL FAMILY.” In addition, the IRP adopted 13 resolutions at its 2020 State Convention. SEE: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/t07rif5nyqf0v1g/AAAGUA9bl5LTRjdfiefoT3DHa )
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2021/3/17/22336550/house-republicans-platform-they-reshape-reimagine-illinois-corruption-budget-durkin-bourne-murphy
— Ford Motor Co. tells 30,000 employees they can work from home indefinitely – AP
(DIERSEN: I have worked from home since 2000 putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters together and sending them out.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-ford-motor-work-from-home-20210317-7dtnwjehebggnkpkm7utugwqoa-story.html

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Republicans turning their focus to immigration as border crossings surge – AP
https://www.chicagotribune.com/nation-world/ct-aud-nw-republicans-immigration-border-crossings-20210317-wyzbj6li5jhwrm66l6eqltjqe4-story.html
— Mayor Lori Lightfoot announces Chicago vaccination expansion | Ineligible Trump Tower staff received shots | Ad blitz salutes Underwood, other House Democrats in swing districts for backing COVID-19 relief package – LISA DONOVAN
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-chicago-expanding-vaccination-eligible-underwood-covid-relief-ad-spin-20210317-3utbgf7icvbmbijpbmzghq26bq-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— Illinois House Republicans unveil legislative platform – RAYMON TRONCOSO
(DIERSEN: Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The 2020 Illinois Republican Party (IRP) platform is at https://illinois.gop/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/2020PlatformoftheIllinoisRepublicanParty.pdf . That platform includes planks titled “ADVOCATING A ‘FRONT DOOR’ POLICY ON IMMIGRATION” and “PROTECTING THE RIGHT TO LIFE” and “EMBRACING THE TRADITIONAL FAMILY.” In addition, the IRP adopted 13 resolutions at its 2020 State Convention. SEE: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/t07rif5nyqf0v1g/AAAGUA9bl5LTRjdfiefoT3DHa )
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20210317/illinois-house-republicans-unveil-legislative-platform
— WLS picks Dan Bongino as replacement for Rush Limbaugh – Dave Feder
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20210317/feder-wls-picks-dan-bongino-as-replacement-for-rush-limbaugh

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Illinois can change, but only with a change of leadership. We need to rethink what government does and restructure accordingly. – RICHARD PORTER
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/opinion/illinois-can-change-only-change-leadership
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Herb in the burbs: Pot firm plans new growing facility – JOHN PLETZ
(DIERSEN: To push pot on an individual, municipality, township, county, state, or country is to destroy that individual, municipality, township, county, state, or country.)
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/marijuanacannabis/herb-burbs-pot-firm-plans-new-growing-facility

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— House GOP announces platform to ‘Reimagine Illinois’- Ben Szalinski
(DIERSEN: Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The 2020 Illinois Republican Party (IRP) platform is at https://illinois.gop/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/2020PlatformoftheIllinoisRepublicanParty.pdf . That platform includes planks titled “ADVOCATING A ‘FRONT DOOR’ POLICY ON IMMIGRATION” and “PROTECTING THE RIGHT TO LIFE” and “EMBRACING THE TRADITIONAL FAMILY.” In addition, the IRP adopted 13 resolutions at its 2020 State Convention. SEE: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/t07rif5nyqf0v1g/AAAGUA9bl5LTRjdfiefoT3DHa )
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/2021/03/17/illinois-house-republicans-announce-new-reimagine-illinois-legislative-platform/4731527001/

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Illinois GOP chairman Don Tracy hopes to unify party’s factions, defeat Pritzker next year – BRENDEN MOORE
(DIERSEN: Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. I have always been a platform Republican. I should write a book about Illinois Republican Party leaders who have worked the hardest since 2000 to get rid of Republicans like me who support the traditional marriage/family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks in the Republican Party platform.)
https://www.pantagraph.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/illinois-gop-chairman-don-tracy-hopes-to-unify-partys-factions-defeat-pritzker-next-year/article_9fb79584-66de-5b8a-8d47-5acfddd9bd71.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Tracy is hoping to take the same approach with the Illinois Republican Party, an organization that has been divided between the traditional moderate wing that dominated for decades with central figures like Jim Thompson and Jim Edgar; and an ascendant, conservative wing that has gained traction with the rise of the Tea Party movement and the election of President Donald Trump in 2016. “I think those are the kind of issues that are somewhat similar for a party,” Tracy said. “And you can recognize pretty early on in a family business in a large family that the perfect is the enemy of the good. And in the Republican Party, unfortunately, we’ve had experience with people thinking you have to be perfect to be a Republican, and that that’s not true.” . . . However, Tracy said he will put practicality over purity as he seeks to steer his party back to relevance. He said he envisions a big tent party. In fact, it’s a necessity. “The Reagan rule is 80%. If someone agrees with you on 80% of the issues if a Republican, that means that that Republican is your ally, not your enemy,” Tracy said. “If we don’t unite the party, almost nothing else that we do next year will matter,” Tracy said. “We’re a minority party — a Republican Party in a deep blue state. And we have to have all Republicans working together, not always agreeing about everything, but working together to make this state into a two-party state again.” . . . Exacerbating the problem is a national party that is increasingly out of step with the diversifying, socially moderate Chicago suburbs, albeit increasingly reflective of conservative bastions downstate.)

STATELINE
— New challenger for Adam Kinzinger is US Navy veteran
https://www.mystateline.com/news/new-challenger-for-adam-kinzinger/

WGLT
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Mandatory Sex Education Bill Advances In Illinois House – CHRISTINE HATFIELD
https://www.wglt.org/post/mandatory-sex-education-bill-advances-illinois-house

CHICAGO READER
— Tough times for the machine. The old Democratic bosses have been taking a beating. – Ben Joravsky
https://m.chicagoreader.com/chicago/madigan-garcia-burke/Content?oid=87207172

CENTER SQUARE
— Illinois redistricting hearings begin with questions about what data will be used – Greg Bishop
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/illinois-redistricting-hearings-begin-with-questions-about-what-data-will-be-used/article_f35d7ede-8764-11eb-bf92-f77f158ccf7a.html

CAPITOL FAX
— Despite what you may have seen in recent Chicago media reports, African-Americans are actually becoming much less hesitant about vaccinations
https://capitolfax.com/2021/03/17/despite-what-you-may-have-seen-in-recent-chicago-media-reports-african-americans-are-actually-becoming-much-less-hesitant-about-vaccinations/
— 1,655 new confirmed and probable cases; 17 additional deaths; 1,143 hospitalized; 259 in ICU; 2.2 percent average case positivity rate; 2.6 percent average test positivity rate; 102,223 average daily doses
https://capitolfax.com/2021/03/17/1655-new-confirmed-and-probable-cases-17-additional-deaths-1143-hospitalized-259-in-icu-22-percent-average-case-positivity-rate-26-percent-average-test-positivity-rate-102223-average-daily-doses/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— White House says Trump’s COVID language elevated threat to Asian Americans – Rob Crilly
(DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters will blame Trump and blame those who voted for Trump for everything that is bad. Of course, they stress that he was a United States President for 4 years. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes blame me for all the defeats that Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct have suffered since 2000. They stress that I have been the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000 and a Republican Precinct Committeeman since 1999. They stress that I was a TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman 2005-2012, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member 2003-2011, Milton Township Republican Organization webmaster 2008-2010 and 2000-2004, Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member 2003-2007, and American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member 2001-2004.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/atlanta-shooting-joe-biden-asian-american-massage

BRIETBART
— Poll: 47% Say ‘Others Making Decisions’ for Joe Biden at White House – KYLE OLSON
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/03/17/poll-47-say-others-making-decisions-joe-biden-white-house/
— Democrat Tammy Duckworth Promotes ‘Assault Weapons’ Ban: I Want My Daughters to Grow Up in a Country that Will ‘Protect Them’ – AWR HAWKINS
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/03/17/democrat-tammy-duckworth-promotes-assault-weapons-ban-i-want-daughters-grow-country-protect-them/
— Large Migrant Groups Continue Crossing Border into Texas — 24K in Two Weeks – BOB PRICE
https://www.breitbart.com/border/2021/03/17/large-migrant-groups-continue-crossing-border-into-texas-24k-in-two-weeks/
— Poll: Working Class, Swing Voters Most Opposed to Amnesty for Illegal Aliens – JOHN BINDER
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/03/16/poll-working-class-swing-voters-most-opposed-to-amnesty-for-illegal-aliens/

CHRISTIAN POST
— Biden slammed for firing EEOC lawyer who worked to combat religious discrimination in workplace – Ryan Foley
(DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes hint/imply/argue/shout a) that if my U.S. Senators and my U.S. Congressmen had sided with me, they would have gotten GAO to offer to settle Diersen v. GAO and/or b) that they rejected the equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) plank in the Republican Party platform.)
https://www.christianpost.com/politics/biden-slammed-for-firing-trump-nominated-eeoc-lawyer.html

DAILY WIRE
— Wheaton College Removes Plaque Honoring Martyred Missionaries Because It Used Word ‘Savage’ – Jon Brown
https://www.dailywire.com/news/wheaton-college-removes-plaque-honoring-martyred-missionaries-because-it-used-word-savage
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The class of 1949 gifted the plaque to the school in 1957 to commemorate their slain classmates, who were killed in 1956 during their attempt to bring the gospel to the violent Huaorani, or Auca Indians, in the rainforest of Ecuador. Elliot and McCully, along with fellow missionaries Nate Saint, Peter Fleming, and Roger Youderian, initially made friendly contact with the tribe and exchanged gifts for several months. On Jan. 8, 1956, however, a group of Huaorani warriors fell upon them, spearing them to death and throwing their bodies in the river.)

DAILY CALLER
— Trump Gave Republicans The Playbook For 2022 And 2024
https://dailycaller.com/2021/03/17/donald-trump-ronald-reagan-trumpism-2022-election/

ROLL CALL
— Senate hearing showcases deep partisan divide over LGBTQ legislation. Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle shared personal stories to explain their stances. – Todd Ruger
(DIERSEN: I should write a book about the many adverse actions that LGBTQ-promoters, their operatives, and their dupes have taken against me because I have always promoted the traditional marriage/family plank in the Republican Party platform.)
https://www.rollcall.com/2021/03/17/equality-act-2021-hearing-senate-judiciary-committee/

THE HILL
— Democrats bet on stimulus bill to boost them in 2022 – MAX GREENWOOD
(DIERSEN: What do you say to those who vote for those candidates who promise to use government a) to take money away from others and b) to give that money to them?)
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/543534-democrats-bet-on-stimulus-bill-to-boost-them-in-2022
— House Republicans vote to support earmarks – JULIEGRACE BRUFKE
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/543618-house-republicans-vote-to-support-earmarks

NEW YORK POST
— Rep. Steve Scalise urging Republicans to vote against Dream Act – Mark Moore
https://nypost.com/2021/03/17/steve-scalise-urging-republicans-to-vote-against-dream-act/

ARKON NEWS REPORTER
— OUTSTANDING: Lincoln Day Dinner returns with enthusiasm – JO ANNE BUSING
https://www.akronnewsreporter.com/2021/03/16/lincoln-day-dinner-returns-with-enthusiasm/

DAILY FREE PRESS
— Paywalls act as deterrents to the public, but are necessary for financial prosperity in the journalism industry – Editorial
(DIERSEN: My www.gopillinois.com website has never had a paywall, and it never will. GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletter subscriptions have always been free and advertising free, and they always will be. All the time, money, experience, and ability necessary to put together and send out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters and to post copies of those newsletters on www.gopillinois.com com each and every morning and each and every evening comes from me and from me alone.)
https://dailyfreepress.com/2021/03/17/editorial-paywalls-act-as-deterrents-to-the-public-but-are-necessary-for-financial-prosperity-in-the-journalism-industry/

PHYS
— Democrats and Republicans live in partisan bubbles, study finds – Christina Pazzanese
(DIERSEN: What kind of bubble do you live in? 269 in my precinct voted for Biden, but only 157 voted for Trump. 39,530 voted for Biden in Milton Township, but only 26,080 voted for Trump. 281,222 voted for Biden in DuPage County, but only 193,611 voted for Trump. Ever-increasingly, I am a Republican who lives in a Democrat bubble. I should write a book about that.)
https://phys.org/news/2021-03-democrats-republicans-partisan.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: New research on political behavior finds that most Democratic and Republican voters live in partisan bubbles, with little daily exposure to those who belong to the other party. For instance the typical Democrat has “almost zero interactions” with Republicans in their neighborhood, according to an article by Harvard doctoral student Jacob R. Brown and government Professor Ryan D. Enos published March 8 in the journal Nature Human Behaviour. “There’s a lot of evidence that any separation between groups has a lot of negative consequences. We see this in race; we see this in religion; we see this in all kinds of things,” said Enos. “And increasingly, we see this in partisanship in the United States.” . . . No area of the country is immune to the segregation, but its intensity varies. Democrats in large, densely populated cities like New York are the most politically isolated, with 10 percent of them encountering a Republican only one out of 10 times in their neighborhood. Republicans in rural areas are similarly segregated. Overall, most Democrats and Republicans live in levels of partisan segregation that exceed what scholars of racial segregation consider highly segregated, the study found. . .”Even within a neighborhood, Democrats and Republicans are separating from each other a little bit,” said Enos. That seems like “an almost unnatural level of segregation” given the similarities people from the same neighborhood usually share and “might indicate there’s something pretty pernicious going on,” he added.)

FIVE THIRTY EIGHT
— 9 Of The 10 House Republicans Who Voted For Impeachment Already Have Primary Challengers – Geoffrey Skelle
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/9-of-the-10-house-republicans-who-voted-for-impeachment-already-have-primary-challengers/

RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— 75% Support Voter ID Laws
https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/lifestyle/general_lifestyle/march_2021/75_support_voter_id_laws

LGBTQ NATION
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, LGBTQ-promoting individuals, organizations, companies, municipalities, townships, counties, states, and countries destroy individuals, organizations, companies, municipalities, townships, counties, states, and countries that do not promote LGBTQ.
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2021/03/christian-conservatives-use-facebook-ads-spread-misinformation-equality-act/