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December 17 Evening Edition

WGN TV
— US jobless claims rise to 885,000 amid resurgence of virus
https://wgntv.com/news/us-jobless-claims-rise-to-885000-amid-resurgence-of-virus/

NBC5
— Illinois Overpaid Coronavirus Unemployment Claims: Now The State Wants Its Money Back. Workers who received unemployment benefits through the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance program are now on the hook to repay some of the money. – Lisa Parker and Courtney Copenhagen
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/illinois-overpaid-coronavirus-unemployment-claims-now-the-state-wants-its-money-back/2397597/

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— DuPage County receives 13,650 doses of COVID-19 vaccine
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/dupage-county-receives-13650-doses-of-covid-19-vaccine

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON ILLINOIS, ON COOK COUNTY, AND ON CHICAGO TIGHTENS: Black lawmakers in Springfield look to take on criminal justice reform, systemic racism in lame duck session – Rachel Hinton
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2020/12/16/22179373/legislative-black-caucus-criminal-justice-reform-illinois-springfield-kimberly-lightford
— A police raid on a terrorized innocent woman shouts out for true reform. We are scandalized that once again we are left with questions about the conduct of Chicago police that we hoped we would never have to ask again. – Editorial
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/12/17/22187531/chicago-police-raid-terrorized-innocent-woman-shouts-out-true-reform

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Illinois and dozens of other states sue Google, allege search giant is illegal monopoly – AP
https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-google-antitrust-lawsuit-20201217-ydgdjbq6xbhqxgzw6f7wpffm6q-story.html
— Count the failures in CPD’s botched raid. There are plenty. – Editorial
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-chicago-police-anjanette-young-lightfoot-20201217-bfjc4exlhrfsdnd35dwtri3mqy-story.html
— People are using more alcohol, weed and drugs because of COVID-19. If you’re in over your head, we have help. – STEPHANIE REYNOLDS
https://www.chicagotribune.com/living/health/ct-life-alcohol-weed-drugs-health-covid-19-roundup-20201217-qquxy3hrgjcrjjhqiegwfjo6jm-story.html
— EEOC guidance: Yes, employers can require the COVID-19 vaccine – ALEXIA ELEJALDE-RUIZ
https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-employer-covid-vaccination-eeoc-guidance-20201217-u5skkon6mvbcziedh5tagydepi-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In essence, the EEOC said employers can require that employees get inoculated as a condition of going to work, unless an employee declines because of a disability or a sincerely held religious belief. In such cases, the employer must offer a reasonable accommodation to the employee, such as working remotely, as long as the accommodation doesn’t cause “undue hardship” for the employer. If there is no accommodation possible, then an employer may prohibit the employee from entering the premises but not necessarily fire the worker. The employer must see if the employee has any other rights under federal or local laws, including the ability to take unpaid leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act. Under the Americans with Disabilities Act, before an employer can exclude a worker from the physical worksite, the employer must determine if the unvaccinated employee presents a significant risk in harm to health or safety that cannot be eliminated or reduced through reasonable accommodations.)
— Cook County becomes largest county to officially recognize Juneteenth as paid holiday for its employees – ALICE YIN
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-juneteenth-cook-county-paid-holiday-20201217-qbrw7gmokragrltyie45cm3yli-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— Northfield Republicans present township candidates
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20201216/northfield-republicans-present-township-candidates

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Illinois helped fuel unexpected rise in national jobless claims. Applications for U.S. state unemployment benefits jumped to the highest level in three months, reflecting rising claims here and in California.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/employment/illinois-helped-fuel-unexpected-rise-national-jobless-claims
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/marijuanacannabis/deals-show-desire-cash-illinois-weed-market

ALTON TELEGRAPH
— Vaccines roll out as virus deaths keep rising – Ron DeBrock
https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/article/Vaccines-roll-out-as-virus-deaths-keep-rising-15812511.php

NPR ILLINOIS
— Google Hit With Another Lawsuit Challenging Its Dominance – SHANNON BOND
https://www.nprillinois.org/post/google-hit-another-lawsuit-challenging-its-dominance#stream/0

ILLINOIS PATCH
— Illinois Sues Google For Alleged Illegal Search Engine Monopoly. “Google’s actions have not only negatively affected competition … but have also risked the privacy of consumers,” IL AG Kwame Raoul said. – J. Ryne Danielson
https://patch.com/illinois/across-il/il-sues-google-alleged-illegal-search-engine-monopoly

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— PENSIONS SET TO CONSUME 29% OF ILLINOIS’ BUDGET AMID $7 BILLION DEBT INCREASE – Adam Schuster
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/pensions-set-to-consume-29-of-illinois-budget-amid-7-billion-debt-increase/
— ILLINOIS UNEMPLOYMENT CLAIMS APPROACHING COVID-19 LOCKDOWN LEVELS – Brad Weisenstein
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/illinois-unemployment-claims-approaching-covid-19-lockdown-levels/

CAPITOL FAX
— 8,828 new confirmed and probable cases; 181 additional deaths; 4,751 hospitalized; 1,056 in the ICU; 8.4 percent case positivity rate; 10.0 percent test positivity rate
https://capitolfax.com/2020/12/17/8828-new-confirmed-and-probable-cases-181-additional-deaths-4751-hospitalized-1056-in-the-icu-84-percent-case-positivity-rate-100-percent-test-positivity-rate/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Georgia announces signature matching review in all counties – Alex Swoyer
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/dec/17/georgia-announces-signature-matching-review-all-co/

GOPUSA
— Mitt Romney Illustrates How To Lose, Boosts Biden, Not So Sure ‘Trumpism Is Going Away’
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=99318
— Money From Facebook’s Zuckerberg Used To Undermine Election, Violate Law
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=99376
— Media Gets An F For Mocking Trump Claim Vaccine Could Be Available By The End Of The Year
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=99332
— Pelosi, The Press, And The 25th Amendment — Parts Of A Plan? – Chad Groening
https://www.gopusa.com/pelosi-the-press-and-the-25th-amendment-parts-of-a-plan/

RUSH LIMBAUGH
— 74 Million-Plus Americans Won’t Sit Down and Shut Up (DIERSEN: 2,446,891 voted for Trump in Illinois. 193,611 voted for Trump in DuPage County. 20,080 in voted for Trump in Milton Township. 157 voted for Trump in my precinct.)
https://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2020/12/16/74-million-plus-americans-are-mad-as-hell/

BLAZE
— Health care worker without history of allergies hospitalized in ICU following severe allergic reaction after receiving COVID-19 vaccine – Sarah Taylor
https://www.theblaze.com/news/health-care-worker-hospitalized-covid-vaccine
— Sen. Rand Paul says voter ‘fraud happened’ and ‘the election in many ways was stolen’ Will the Kentucky Republican challenge the Electoral College votes? – Breck Dumas
https://www.theblaze.com/news/sen-rand-paul-says-voter-fraud-happened-and-the-election-in-many-ways-was-stolen

DAILY CALLER
— New Jobless Claims Increase To 885,000, Economists Expected 808,000 – THOMAS CATENACCI
https://dailycaller.com/2020/12/17/new-jobless-claims-increase-above-economists-expectations/

FEDERALIST
— With Election Over, Facebook and Twitter Pause Some Efforts To Crush Conservatives – Jordan Davidson
https://thefederalist.com/2020/12/17/with-election-over-facebook-and-twitter-pause-some-efforts-to-crush-conservatives/

NEWSMAX
— It’s Over? ‘Not My President’ to Be Taken to New Heights – Sid Dinerstein
https://www.newsmax.com/siddinerstein/its-over-democrats-defections-cheat/2020/12/16/id/1001854/

LAKE SUPERIOR NEWS
— Identity politics is an evil virus spreading across society – Gerry Bowler
https://lakesuperiornews.com/Opinion/identity-politics-is-an-evil-virus-spreading-across-society

POLITICO
— Top Biden aide walks back expletive description of Republicans. “I used some words that I probably could have chosen better,” Jen O’Malley Dillon said of her recent interview with Glamour magazine. – QUINT FORGEY and MATTHEW CHOI
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/12/17/biden-aide-republicans-description-447703

CNN
— House conservative pushes back on ‘surrender caucus’ after McConnell urges senators to let election results stand – Manu Raju and Daniella Diaz
By Manu Raju and Daniella Diaz
https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/16/politics/mo-brooks-surrender-caucus/index.html

NBC NEWS
— Virginia GOP censures lawmaker who officiated gay wedding. Rep. Denver Riggleman went “against the values and principles of the Republican party” by officiating the same-sex nuptials, the unanimous resolution stated. – Cynthia Silva (DIERSEN: I should write a book about the 2006 effort to get the Illinois Center Right Coalition to censure me for my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails.)
https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/virginia-gop-censures-lawmaker-who-officiated-gay-wedding-n1251524

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— These Are the U.S. Antitrust Cases Facing Google, Facebook and Others. Various federal agencies and state attorneys general are launching competition-focused probes and lawsuits against Big Tech. – John D. McKinnon
https://www.wsj.com/articles/these-are-the-u-s-antitrust-cases-facing-google-facebook-and-others-11608150564

NEWSWEEK
— ‘Can Trump Still Win Election?’ Searches Surge As Supporters Hope for Miracle – DARRAGH ROCHE
https://www.newsweek.com/can-trump-still-win-election-searches-surge-supporters-hope-miracle-1555524

PRESS GAZETTE
— Most popular subscription news websites in the world revealed – William Turvill (DIERSEN: The list includes: New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Guardian, Atlantic, Telegraph, McClatchy, Los Angeles Times, Bloomberg, New Yorker, Boston Globe, and Minneapolis Star Tribune.)
https://www.pressgazette.co.uk/news-publishers-surpassed-100000-digital-subscriptions/

NEW YORKER
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater says “Trump’s New Brand Is Loser.”
https://www.newyorker.com/news/letter-from-trumps-washington/trumps-new-brand-is-loser

December 16 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Illinois COVID-19 Update: IL reports 7,123 cases, 146 coronavirus deaths. Fewer Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines shipping than originally anticipated in upcoming weeks, Gov. Pritzker says.
https://abc7chicago.com/health/il-reports-7123-covid-19-cases-146-deaths/8822730/

WGN TV
— Lightfoot announces $11M in grants to nearly 1,100 bars, restaurants and performance venues
https://wgntv.com/news/coronavirus/lightfoot-announces-11m-in-grants-to-nearly-1100-bars-restaurants-and-performance-venues/

WGN RADIO
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump haters say “Senate hearing elevates baseless claims of election fraud.”
https://wgnradio.com/news/political-news/senate-hearing-elevates-baseless-claims-of-election-fraud/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Pritzker makes needed budget cuts, but why blame the voters? – Editorial
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-pritzker-tax-coronavirus-budget-cuts-20201216-uf5icz3ojzd2ndmsckwg3vu26e-story.html
— Lightfoot introduces plan to close loopholes allowing Chicago police to cooperate with immigration agents – JOHN BYRNE and GREGORY PRATT (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote illegal immigration. Democrats see illegals as being their soldiers in their army to destroy Republicans.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-chicago-city-council-december-2020-meeting-20201216-2lrtvybjpzeedlvzmymfemwewy-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater says “Trump insists his followers join him in an alternate universe.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/12/16/22179091/donald-trump-alternate-universe-election

DAILY HERALD
— Naperville council narrowly approves new campaign donation disclosure rule – Lauren Rohr
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20201216/naperville-council-narrowly-approves-new-campaign-donation-disclosure-rule
— Schaumburg GOP’s Toys for Tots drive has record year
https://www.dailyherald.com/submitted/20201216/schaumburg-gops-toys-for-tots-drive-has-record-year

HINSDALE PATCH
— Hinsdale Settles Age Discrimination Lawsuit. Retired firefighter says he was the victim of bias in his effort to get a promotion. – David Giuliani (DIERSEN: The GAO manager who hired me in 1980 when I was 31 years old got me assigned to audits of IRS in 1986 and got me promoted to GS-13 (currently $101,176/year) in 1986. He would not have been able to do the aforesaid if I had not a) passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt and became a licensed CPA in 1981, b) earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, c) worked for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years at the GS-12 Step 1-5 levels (currently $85,084-$96,431/year), d) passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, e) earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976, and f) earned a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU in 1970. But in 1987, the Democrats who ran GAO succeeded in forcing him to retire. I remember applying for a promotion to GS-14 later that year and a) being admonished for doing that and b) being warned that I should never apply for a promotion again.)
https://patch.com/illinois/hinsdale/hinsdale-settles-age-discrimination-lawsuit

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— AFL-CIO UPSET ABOUT PRITZKER’S PROPOSED BUDGET CUTS
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2020/12/afl-cio-upset-about-pritzkers-proposed-budget-cuts-.html
— MIDWEST GOVERNORS FROM BOTH PARTIES WARN RESIDENTS TO AVOID CHRISTMAS GATHERINGS
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2020/12/midwest-governors-from-both-parties-warn-residents-to-avoid-christmas-gatherings-.html
— ILLINOIS SURPASSES 12 MILLION COVID TESTS
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2020/12/illinois-surpasses-12-million-covid-tests-.html

CAPITOL FAX
— Madigan on Pritzker budget announcement: “We cannot ask our most vulnerable residents to bear the burden of this global pandemic” – Plans review of proposal’s impact on “various constituencies”
https://capitolfax.com/2020/12/16/madigan-on-pritzker-budget-announcement-we-cannot-ask-our-most-vulnerable-residents-to-bear-the-burden-of-this-global-pandemic-plans-review-of-proposals-impact-on-various-constituencies/
— COVID-19 roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2020/12/16/covid-19-roundup-68/
— 7,123 new confirmed and probable cases; 146 additional deaths; 4,793 hospitalized; 1,045 in the ICU; 8.5 percent case positivity rate; 10.3 percent test positivity rate
https://capitolfax.com/2020/12/16/7123-new-confirmed-and-probable-cases-146-additional-deaths-4793-hospitalized-1045-in-the-icu-85-percent-case-positivity-rate-103-percent-test-positivity-rate/

BLAZE
— Franklin Graham viral Facebook post celebrates President Trump’s accomplishments, proclaims he ‘will go down in history as one of the great presidents’ ‘I am grateful to God’ for the last four years of Trump’s presidency – Sarah Taylor
https://www.theblaze.com/news/franklin-graham-celebrates-trump-accomplishments

EPOCH TIMES
— Multiple Witnesses Testify on Election Irregularities at Senate Hearing – BOWEN XIAO
https://www.theepochtimes.com/multiple-witnesses-testify-on-election-irregularities-at-senate-hearing_3621177.html
— Money From Facebook’s Zuckerberg Used to Undermine Election, Violate Law – ZACHARY STIEBER
https://www.theepochtimes.com/money-from-facebooks-zuckerberg-used-to-undermine-election-violate-law-report_3621192.html

WASHINGTON POST
— America’s biggest companies are flourishing during the pandemic and putting thousands of people out of work. A Post analysis found 45 of the 50 biggest U.S. companies turned a profit since March. The majority of firms cut staff and gave the bulk of profits to shareholders. – Douglas MacMillan, Peter Whoriskey and Jonathan O’Connell
https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/business/50-biggest-companies-coronavirus-layoffs/

USA TODAY
— ‘I lost everything’: LGBTQ people are bearing a bigger brunt of the pandemic, report shows – Susan Miller
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2020/12/16/covid-lgbtq-people-feeling-disproportionate-impacts-pandemic/3889397001/

NEWSWEEK
— Franklin Graham Says Trump ‘Will Go Down in History As One of the Great Presidents’ – REBECCA SPEARE-COLE
https://www.newsweek.com/franklin-graham-election-donald-trump-great-president-1555090

December 15 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Illinois COVID-19 Update: Vaccine shots given as IL reports 7,359 cases, 117 coronavirus deaths. COVID-19 vaccines from Pfizer now being administered across IL.
https://abc7chicago.com/health/il-reports-7359-covid-19-cases-117-coronavirus-deaths/8798523/
— For inauguration, Biden to take oath outside Capitol amid COVID-19 restrictions – AP
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/biden-to-take-inaugural-oath-outside-capitol-amid-pandemic/8802776/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Pritzker lays out $700 million in cuts, blasts GOP for failing to offer alternatives after working to scuttle graduated income tax – RICK PEARSON
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-pritzker-illinois-budget-cuts-20201216-2klogkjtdfhmpo6ayswjmfcv34-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Pritzker announces $711 million in budget cuts in ‘first phase of our path forward’ The governor said his staff is in conversations with the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees and other unions about furlough days and other actions in an attempt to identify another $75 million in cost savings for the state. – Rachel Hinton
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2020/12/15/22177043/j-b-pritzker-cuts-illinois-budget-afscme-furlough

DAILY HERALD
— DuPage forest preserve begins search for new executive director – Scott C. Morgan
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20201215/dupage-forest-preserve-begins-search-for-new-executive-director
— Candidate filing sets up potential for spirited local races in Lake County – Mick Zawislak
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20201214/candidate-filing-sets-up-potential-for-spirited-local-races-in-lake-county

CRAIN’S CHIC AGO BUSINESS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Ever-increasingly, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs promote pot. To push pot on a country, state, county, township, municipality, or individual is to destroy that country, state, county, township, municipality, or individual.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/joe-cahill-business/chicagos-hottest-new-sector-pot

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Pritzker announces $700 million in state budget cuts, partly related to COVID-19 – Dean Olsen
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/2020/12/15/covid-19-related-revenue-shortfalls-blamed-partly-millions-cuts/3913911001/
— Springfield continues to wait while COVID-19 vaccine shots begin in Chicago, Peoria – Dean Olsen
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/2020/12/15/covid-19-vaccine-doses-expected-springfield-week/3904124001/

WSIL TV
— Republicans disagree with ending special investigation into Speaker Madigan
https://wsiltv.com/2020/12/15/republicans-disagree-with-ending-special-investigation-into-speaker-madigan/

WLDS
— Davis, LaHood Concede To Biden as President-Elect – Benjamin Cox (DIERSEN: Will hate-filled Trump-hating leaders of Republican organizations require their members to concede to Biden?)
https://wlds.com/davis-lahood-concede-to-biden-as-president-elect/

GLEN ELLYN
— Village President Diane McGinley Stepping Down Effective January 1, 2021
http://www.glenellyn.org/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=343&fbclid=IwAR07bldIkqj0O3a7q_HMZ5x7k-qim_oVfMGAm9vk1ior13fYehii-hLVeeE

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Ever-increasingly, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs promote pot. To push pot on a country, state, county, township, municipality, or individual is to destroy that country, state, county, township, municipality, or individual.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/illinois-other-states-banking-on-recreational-cannabis-tax-revenue/article_69f7adde-3f09-11eb-8612-1714b01e3217.html

CAPITOL FAX
— AFL-CIO, Harmon, Durkin, AFSCME, Leader McConchie respond *** Pritzker announces $711 million in cuts, calls it “first step”
https://capitolfax.com/2020/12/15/pritzker-announces-711-million-in-cuts/
— 7,359 new confirmed and probable cases; 117 additional deaths; 4,965 hospitalized; 1,057 in the ICU; 8.6 percent case positivity rate; 10.3 percent test positivity rate
https://capitolfax.com/2020/12/15/7359-new-confirmed-and-probable-cases-117-additional-deaths-4965-hospitalized-1057-in-the-icu-86-percent-case-positivity-rate-103-percent-test-positivity-rate/

GOPUSA
— Barr Out Before Christmas; Biden Accepts Electoral College Selection With Ugly Speech
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=99223
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Senior White House adviser Stephen Miller said on “Fox & Friends” Monday “an alternate slate of electors in the contested states is going to vote and we’re going to send those results up to Congress. This will ensure that all of our legal remedies remain open. That means that if we win these cases in the courts, we can direct that the alternate state of electors be certified.”)
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Socialist Candidates Win A Stunning 90% Of Their 2020 Election Races
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=99188
— Detroit Seeks $50M For People Who Feel ‘Left Behind Or Left Out’(DIERSEN: Everyone could be asked in which ways they feel left behind or left out. Further, everyone could be asked what have they had to offer. I have had to offer the experience that I gained a) working for GAO 1980-1997 as an Analyst, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 levels, currently $101,176-131,532/year; b) working for IRS 1971-1980 as a Revenue Officer, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 levels, currently $85,084-$96,431/year; c) becoming a licensed CPA in 1981; d) passing the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981; e) passing the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979; f) becoming a Forensic Accountant in 1997, Certified Financial Services Auditor in 1996, Certified Government Financial Manager in 1994, and Certified Fraud Examiner in 1990; g) serving on the Association of Government Accountants Chicago Chapter Executive Committee 1983-1996; h) earning a master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT in 1997, a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, an MBA from Loyola in 1976, and a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU in 1970; i) serving as a Republican Precinct Committeeman since 1999; j) serving as the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000; and k) serving as 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.gopusa.com/?p=99190

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: McConnell dumps Trump. Will Adam Kinzinger, Joe Walsh, Pat Brady, and other hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters get together and banish Trump supporters from a) the Illinois Republican Party, b) Republican county, township, and ward party organizations, and c) Illinois once and for all? 2,446,891 in Illinois,193,611 in DuPage County, 20,080 in Milton Township, and 157 in my precinct voted for Trump in the November 3, 2020 election.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/15/us/politics/mitch-mcconnell-congratulates-biden.html

NEW YORK POST
— Facebook, Twitter execs donated big bucks to Biden while blocking Hunter news – Ebony Bowden
https://nypost.com/2020/12/15/facebook-twitter-donated-to-biden-blocked-hunter-news/

December 14 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Joe Biden clears 270-vote mark as Electoral College affirms his 2020 election victory. California’s 55 electoral votes put Joe Biden over the top in the Electoral College, clearing the 270-vote mark that affirmed he will be the nation’s next president. – AP
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/biden-clears-270-vote-mark-as-electoral-college-affirms-his-victory/8767247/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Illinois casts all 20 electoral votes for Joe Biden and Kamala Harris; Mayor Lori Lightfoot wielded gavel as electors cast ballots. Secretary of State Jesse White, who officially oversees the quadrennial session, passed the gavel to Mayor Lori Lightfoot, an elector. – Lynn Sweet
https://chicago.suntimes.com/elections/2020/12/14/22174386/illinois-electoral-votes-joe-biden-kamala-harris-mayor-lori-lightfoot-presided
— The Electoral College makes it official but don’t expect Trump to ever admit defeat

https://chicago.suntimes.com/elections/2020/12/14/22175210/biden-clears-270-vote-mark-electors-affirm-his-victory

— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump haters say “We expect President Trump to continue trying to subvert the democratic process. We expect his most rabid supporters will continue to enable him. None of it means a thing.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/12/14/22174238/electoral-college-vote-joe-biden-wins-donald-trump-editorial
— COVID-19 vaccine arrives in Illinois as state announces 7,214 new cases and 103 additional deaths. The vaccine marked “the beginning of the end of this pandemic,” Gov. J.B. Pritzker said. – Mitch Dudek, Rachel Hinton, and Stefano Esposito
https://chicago.suntimes.com/coronavirus/2020/12/14/22175252/covid-19-vaccine-arrives-in-illinois-as-state-announces-7214-new-cases-and-103-additional-deaths

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Coronavirus in Illinois updates: Chicago and other areas of state receive first shipments of Pfizer vaccine as officials report 7,214 new COVID-19 cases and 103 additional deaths
https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-covid-19-pandemic-chicago-illinois-news-20201214-km6olej4ovfsfjlsqckavecv4i-story.html
— Employers can require COVID-19 vaccination. Here’s what companies and workers need to know. – ALEXIA ELEJALDE-RUIZ (DIERSEN: Can/will organizations require their members to be vaccinated?)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-can-employers-mandate-covid-19-vaccine-20201214-kjus5kfoaffs5asw5zed26sttm-story.html
— Vaccinations begin in U.S. today – Chicago, rest of state tomorrow | Electoral college firms up Biden victory | Ex-Northwestern lecturer blasted over Jill Biden essay – LISA DONOVAN
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-first-illinois-vaccines-tuesday-madigan-leadership-spin-20201214-onwpmkjkbjff7a2th4ggobmjkq-story.html
— It’s not just about Jill Biden — even physicians should drop the ‘doctor’ outside of professional contexts – ERIC ZORN
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/eric-zorn/ct-column-jill-biden-wall-street-journal-doctor-zorn-20201214-awklshdkkraonhw2tyxobgwfra-story.html

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Illinois Electoral College members call for nationwide unity, cast all 20 votes for Biden, Harris – Dean Olsen
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/2020/12/14/illinois-electoral-college-members-cast-votes-biden-harris/6540563002/

BURR RIDGE PATCH
— Burr Ridge Mayor, Rival Trustee Plan To Run Again Mayor says he will support all three trustee candidates who have filed so far. – David Giuliani (DIERSEN: If you ran for a leadership position of a government entity, would the leader of that government entity support you?
https://patch.com/illinois/burrridge/burr-ridge-mayor-rival-trustee-plan-run-again

WILLIAM J KELLY
— Electing Rauner’s Chief of Staff IL Party Chair Would Destroy GOP
https://www.williamjkelly.org/news/#kelly-electing-rauners-chief-of-staff-il-party-chair-would-destroy-gop

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Challenge Filed to Invalidate Algonquin Township Consolidation Referendum Petition
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/12/14/challenge-filed-to-invalidate-algonquin-township-consolidation-referendum-petition/
— Woodstock Complex to Cost Taxpayers Outside of TIF District…All Over the County
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/12/14/woodstock-complex-to-cost-taxpayers-outside-of-tif-district-all-over-the-county/
— Winnebago County Board Formally Approves Kane County Treasurer David Rickert’s Appointment as CFO
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/12/13/rickert121320/
— Poll Suggests Ex-Cons May Not Be as Liberal as “Common Knowledge” Says
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/12/13/poll-suggests-ex-cons-may-not-be-as-liberal-as-common-knowledge-says/
— Will Statue of Barack Obama Replace Stephen Douglas at State Capitol?
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/12/13/will-statue-of-barack-obama-replace-stephen-douglas-as-state-capitol/
— UPDATED: Save America Tour in Georgia with Catalina Lauf Speaking
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/12/12/club121220/
— McHenry County’s Nursing Home, Valley Hi, Receives Federal Money for Controlling Coronavirus
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/12/12/valley-hi-receives-federal-money-for-controlling-coronavirus/
— Crystal Lake High School District Extracurricular Jobs Include Two “Gender Sexuality Alliance” Sponsors
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/12/12/crystal-lake-high-school-district-extracurricular-jobs/
— Value of Masks Questioned in Denmark Study
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/12/12/value-of-masks/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— LIGHTFOOT, HARMON OVERSEE ILLINOIS ELECTORS VOTING UNANIMOUSLY FOR BIDEN/HARRIS
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2020/12/lightfoot-harmon-oversee-illinois-electors-voting-unanimously-for-bidenharris.html
— 57% OF REPUBLICANS STILL HOPE FOR TRUMP’S RE-ELECTION, SURVEY SAYS
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2020/12/57-of-republicans-still-hope-for-trumps-re-election-survey-says.html
— OP-ED STATE REP. JEFF KEICHER: OPTIMISM FOR 2021 INCLUDES WEARING COVID MASKS, GETTING VACCINATED
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2020/12/op-ed-state-rep-jeff-keicher-optimism-for-2021-includes-wearing-covid-masks-getting-vaccinated-.html
— YOUTUBE BANS PRESIDENT’S VIDEOS
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2020/12/youtube-bans-presidents-videos.html

CAPITOL FAX
— Durkin returns fire – Madigan swings back *** And that’s all she wrote for the Madigan investigative committee
https://capitolfax.com/2020/12/14/and-thats-all-she-wrote-for-the-madigan-investigative-committee/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers want minorities to be pot pushers.
https://capitolfax.com/2020/12/14/pot-protest-planned-for-thursday/
— COVID-19 roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2020/12/14/covid-19-roundup-67/
— 7,214 new confirmed and probable cases; 103 additional deaths; 4,951 hospitalized; 1,070 in ICU; 8.7 percent case positivity rate; 10.3 percent test positivity rate
https://capitolfax.com/2020/12/14/7214-new-confirmed-and-probable-cases-103-additional-deaths-4951-hospitalized-1070-in-icu-87-percent-case-positivity-rate-103-percent-test-positivity-rate/

FOX NEWS
— Judge Judy Sheindlin says she scolded someone for not wearing a face mask during the coronavirus pandemic – Nate Day (DIERSEN: What do you say to those who scold others for not wearing a mask?)
https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/judge-judy-scolded-not-wearing-mask-public

GOPUSA
— ‘Tax The Rich’ AOC Losing Patience With Joe Biden?
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=99184
— More Social-Justice Focused Churches Committing To Racism-Linked Reparations
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=99144
— Hunter Biden Saga Personifies Ruling Class Power And Conceit
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=99134
— SCOTUS Just Consummated Every Leftist Attack On America
https://www.gopusa.com/scotus-just-consummated-every-leftist-attack-on-america/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Can We Survive the Coming Socialism? – H.P. Smith
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2020/12/can_we_survive_the_coming_socialism.html

THE HILL
— Biden hits 270 votes, clinches Electoral College victory – MAX GREENWOOD

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/530139-biden-hits-270-electoral-college-votes?rnd=1607979645

— Is this the end of cities in America? – KRISTIN TATE
https://thehill.com/opinion/finance/530040-is-this-the-end-of-cities-in-america

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater says “Donald Trump and the Damage Done.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/14/opinion/donald-trump-presidency.html

USA TODAY
— Donald Trump will keep protesting, despite Electoral College vote for Joe Biden – David Jackson
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2020/12/14/donald-trump-keep-protesting-despite-electoral-college-vote/6536849002/
— Attorney General William Barr resigns after recent clashes with Trump, still defends president – Kevin Johnson, Kristine Phillips, David Jackson
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2020/12/14/attorney-general-william-barr-leaving-trump-administration/5993228002/

U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— Illinois House Panel Ends Probe of Powerful Speaker Madigan. An Illinois House committee has ended its consideration of a breach of trust claim against House Speaker Michael Madigan, voting down further proceedings that could have led to discipline against the powerful Chicago Democrat. – AP
https://www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2020-12-14/illinois-house-panel-ends-probe-of-powerful-speaker-madigan

December 13 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Illinois COVID-19 Update: IL reports 7,216 cases, 115 coronavirus deaths
https://abc7chicago.com/health/il-reports-7216–cases-115-covid-19-deaths/8745837/
— 30 retailers, restaurant chains that filed for bankruptcy in 2020 From JCPenney to Ruby Tuesday, 2020 was a brutal year for restaurants and stores.
https://abc7chicago.com/30-retailers-restaurant-chains-that-filed-for-bankruptcy-in-2020/8742960/
— Who are the electors, and what will they do? What’s in store when the Electoral College meets – AP
https://abc7chicago.com/electoral-college-vote-2020-presidential-election-results-map-can-congress-reject-votes/8741585/

NBC5
— What the Electoral College Vote Means for Trump and Biden The presidential race will be officially decided Monday. There’s almost no way to change the outcome
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/what-the-electoral-college-vote-means-for-trump-and-biden/2393612/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— The Electoral College is voting Monday. Here’s what to expect. – ISABELLA GRULLÓN PAZ AND LISA LERER
https://www.chicagotribune.com/nation-world/ct-nw-nyt-cb-electoral-college-20201213-qlqkkxcztvggbmzrrzupn3eyvu-story.html
— Opponents of Michael Madigan’s reelection as Illinois House speaker harden opposition – RICK PEARSON
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-house-speaker-madigan-democrats-dig-in-20201213-adv22cmw2zfpbfxbhoqai6dbne-story.html
— As coronavirus vaccine distribution begins, prepare to carry another thing in your pocket: A COVID-19 credential to show you’ve been inoculated – NATASHA SINGER
https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-nw-nyt-coronavirus-health-app-20201213-b6xgyjjh5ff6daeyvqielwklju-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: But now, just as the United States is preparing to distribute the first vaccines for the virus, the entry ticket to the nation’s reopening is set to come largely in the form of a digital health credential. In the coming weeks, major airlines including United, JetBlue and Lufthansa plan to introduce a health passport app, called CommonPass, that aims to verify passengers’ virus test results — and soon, vaccinations. The app will then issue confirmation codes enabling passengers to board certain international flights. It is just the start of a push for digital COVID-19 credentials that could soon be embraced by employers, schools, summer camps and entertainment venues. “This is likely to be a new normal need that we’re going to have to deal with to control and contain this pandemic,” said Dr. Brad Perkins, the chief medical officer at the Commons Project Foundation, a nonprofit in Geneva that developed the CommonPass app. The advent of electronic vaccination credentials could have a profound effect on efforts to control the coronavirus and restore the economy. They could prompt more employers and college campuses to reopen. They may also give some consumers peace of mind, developers say, by creating an easy way for movie theaters, cruise ships and sports arenas to admit only those with documented coronavirus vaccinations.)
— White House, other top officials to get early vaccine access – AP
https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-nw-coronavirus-vaccine-white-house-20201213-jjfla6ldzbawbgugapouohot7u-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Illinois needs to fix ‘big mistakes’ in vaccine distribution plans, activists say
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/12/13/22172464/covid-19-vaccine-shipments-underway-as-states-await-first-batches-live-updates

DAILY HERALD
— Number of new COVID-19 cases continues to fall, but hospitalizations slightly up
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20201213/number-of-new-covid-19-cases-continues-to-fall-but-hospitalizations-slightly-up

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— The tax-hike waiting game – Editorial
https://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/editorials/editorial-the-tax-hike-waiting-game/article_5d71600f-be50-50fa-927c-2ae9929a5f05.html

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— More US churches are committing to racism-linked reparations – AP (DIERSEN: What criteria will churches use to determine a) which of their members should pay reparations and how much and b) which of their members should get reparations and how much?)
https://www.pantagraph.com/news/state-and-regional/illinois/more-us-churches-are-committing-to-racism-linked-reparations/article_5d510f5e-0a75-5221-abe5-91fd60068447.html

SUBURBAN LIFE
— DuPage County reports 606 COVID-19 cases Sunday, five deaths, region’s positivity rate decreases to 12.7% – JOSHUA WELGE
https://www.mysuburbanlife.com/2020/12/13/dupage-county-reports-606-covid-19-cases-sunday-five-deaths-regions-positivity-rate-decreases-to-12-7/af23sd8/

NORTHWEST INDIANA TIMES
— Indiana GOP launches new effort to reach out to minority communities – Dan Carden
https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/indiana-gop-launches-new-effort-to-reach-out-to-minority-communities/article_5a0c113d-48b6-549a-9911-3098182e3a7b.html

ST. LOUIS TODAY
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot.
https://www.stltoday.com/opinion/editorial/editorial-u-s-house-vote-to-decriminalize-pot-is-just-a-first-step-but-an/article_a058ae9b-ce76-5914-bce9-adcaaa165ceb.html

AMERICAN THINKER
— Systemic discrimination? In the U.S.? Well, yes… – Eric Utter
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2020/12/systemic_discrimination_in_the_us_well_yes.html

BLAZE
— University ‘cancels’ author of essay who criticized references to Jill Biden as ‘Dr’: ‘Sounds and feels fraudulent’ ‘Northwestern is firmly committed to equity, diversity and inclusion, and strongly disagrees with Mr. Epstein’s misogynistic views’
https://www.theblaze.com/news/university-cancels-author-who-criticized-jill-biden-phd

NEWSMAX
— Steve Moore: ‘Trump Vaccine’ Injecting Economic ‘Optimism’ – Eric Mack
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/stevemoore-economic-stimulus-democrats/2020/12/13/id/1001272/

RIGHT WING NEWS HOUR
— BLM Release List of Demands for ‘White People’ – Mark Megahan
https://rightwingnewshour.com/blm-release-list-of-demands-for-white-people/

NATIONAL REVIEW
— The Working-Class-Party Myth, and What Really Motivates Voters – GEORGE HAWLEY & RICHARD HANANIA
https://www.nationalreview.com/2020/12/the-working-class-party-myth-and-what-really-motivates-voters/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: If there is one lesson conservatives claim to have learned from the last few election cycles, it is that the Democrats are the party of elites. In both 2016 and 2020, President Trump performed well among voters, especially non-Hispanic white voters, without a college degree. This has led to some speculation that a class-based realignment is underway. As Senator Marco Rubio (R., Fla.) recently put it, “The future of the [Republican] party is based on a multiethnic, multiracial, working-class coalition.” Senator Ted Cruz (R., Texas) went further, suggesting that a working-class realignment wasn’t just a goal but had already occurred, claiming that the Democrats had become “the party of the rich.”)

EPOCH TIMES
— 3 Ways America’s Mainstream Media Resemble Communist Media – Diana Zhang
https://www.theepochtimes.com/three-ways-americas-mainstream-media-resemble-communist-media_3599102.html
— This Election Puts Corruption of the Media on Full Display – James Bowman
https://www.theepochtimes.com/this-election-puts-corruption-of-the-media-on-full-display_3606750.html
— Scalise: Biden Not President-Elect, Legal Process Must Play Out – ZACHARY STIEBER
https://www.theepochtimes.com/scalise-biden-not-president-elect-legal-process-needs-to-play-out_3616448.html

THE HILL
— Biden faces pressure to take action on racial justice issues – MARTY JOHNSON AND MORGAN CHALFANT
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/529898-biden-faces-pressure-to-take-action-on-racial-justice-issues

NEW YORK POST
— Black Lives Matter says Biden-Harris have been silent on meeting request – Lia Eustachewich
https://nypost.com/2020/12/11/blm-says-biden-harris-have-been-silent-on-meeting-request/

USA TODAY
— At least 23 arrested as crowds turn unruly after pro-Trump rally in Washington, DC – N’dea Yancey-Bragg and Joshua Bote
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/12/12/trump-march-brings-thousands-dc-ahead-electoral-college-vote/3882935001/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Trump’s Challenge Is Over After losing at the Supreme Court, he has no legal alternatives and ought to concede. – Editorial
https://www.wsj.com/articles/trumps-challenge-is-over-11607898467
— Meet the Electoral College, America’s Most Important Voters – John McCormick
https://www.wsj.com/articles/meet-the-electoral-college-americas-most-important-voters-11607868000

December 12 Evening Edition

NBC5
— Crowds of Trump Supporters Rally in DC
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/politics/trump-supporters-maga-rally-protest-dc-saturday/2393115/

ABC7
— Illinois COVID-19 Update: IL reports 8,737 cases, 127 coronavirus deaths
https://abc7chicago.com/health/il-reports-8737-cases-127-covid-19-deaths/8718962/
— U.S. Rep. Lipinski worries over future of Democratic Party, nation’s polarization: ‘Our country is divided’ (DIERSEN: Democrats are extremely divisive. They divide a) minorities against Whites, b) women against men, c) younger people against older people, d) those who have less money against those who have more money, e) non-Christians against Christians, f) non-Protestants against Protestants, g) non-German Americans against German Americans, h) non-Italian Americans against Italian Americans, i) veterans against non-veterans, j) moderates and liberals against conservatives, k) LGBTQers against heterosexuals, l) non-married people against married people, m) Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs against Republicans, n) non-patriotic people against patriotic people, o) citizens of foreign countries against citizens of America, p) those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time against those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time, q) non-gun owners against gun owners, r) drinkers against non-drinkers, s) gamblers against non-gamblers, t) pot users against non-pot users, u) etc. against etc.)
https://abc7chicago.com/8722656/

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Iran executes journalist over his online work that helped inspire protests in 2017 – Jon Gambrell (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails inspire Republican activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, etc. to defend and advance the traditional 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.fox32chicago.com/news/iran-executes-journalist-over-his-online-work-that-helped-inspire-nationwide-economic-protests-in-2017

DAILY HERALD
— Why aren’t some Kane County governments applying for CARES money? – James Fuller
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20201211/why-arent-some-kane-county-governments-applying-for-cares-money

WBEZ
— Democrats Opposed To House Speaker Michael Madigan Say They Aren’t Budging – Tony Arnold, Dave McKinney
https://www.wbez.org/stories/democrats-opposed-to-house-speaker-michael-madigan-say-they-arent-budging/09258ca2-ea33-43db-b9db-b1c1109f2e13

SUBURBAN LIFE
— DuPage County reports 581 COVID-19 cases Saturday, 10 deaths, region’s positivity rate decreases to 13.3% – JOSHUA WELGE
https://www.mysuburbanlife.com/2020/12/12/dupage-county-reports-581-covid-19-cases-saturday-10-deaths-regions-positivity-rate-decreases-to-13-3/aaw10gs/

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump haters say “U.S. is worse off than 4 years ago.”
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/top-stories/fox-news-poll-55-of-voters-say-u-s-is-worse-off-than-4-years-ago/

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— DuPage Twp, Trustees Oliver and Burgess sued; Allegations include illegal meeting, illegal censure of Trustee – JOHN M. KRAFT
https://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2020/12/dupage-twp-trustees-oliver-and-burgess-sued-allegations-include-illegal-meeting-illegal-censure-of-trustee/

AMERICAN FREE PRESS
— You Can’t Trust the Controlled Media to Report the Truth. – Patrick J. Petherick (Page 2)
https://issuu.com/presspad/docs/i31666

BLAZE
— Tucker Carlson warns how Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez ‘absolutely could’ become president in four years – Chris Enloe
https://www.theblaze.com/news/tucker-carlson-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-president

GOP TIMES
— It’s Happening: Texas to Begin Steps for Secession from United States – MATTHEW HOLLOWAY
https://thegoptimes.com/its-happening-texas-to-begin-steps-for-secession-from-united-states/

PAUL CRAIG ROBERTS
— The Republican Establishment Sees Trump as a Threat and Wants Him Out
https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2020/12/01/the-republican-establishment-sees-trump-as-a-threat-and-wants-him-out/
— Erasing the White Male
https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2020/12/01/erasing-the-white-male/
— The Displacement of the Straight White Male
https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2020/12/04/the-displacement-of-the-straight-white-male/
— The Establishment Relies on its Lies Being More Convincing Than the Truth
https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2020/12/03/the-estalishment-relies-on-its-lies-being-more-convincing-than-the-truth/

THE HILL
— Trump supporters turn out in DC to back president, protest election results – KAELAN DEESE
https://thehill.com/homenews/news/529950-trump-tweets-hell-see-marchers-in-dc-on-saturday

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump haters crow that Kinzinger says “The case had no merit and was dispatched 9-0. There was no win here. Complaining and bellyaching is not a manly trait, it’s actually sad. Real men accept a loss with grace.” Will RINO Kinzinger lead the RINO effort to get rid of all of the 2,446,891 Republicans in Illinois who voted for Trump?
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/12/us/politics/republicans-trump-supreme-court-.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Whose Workers Are Most Essential? Meatpackers, Airlines Lobby for Covid-19 Vaccine Priority. With states largely determining how to allocate doses after front-line health workers, employers and trade groups contend for access to initial supplies. – Sarah Krouse and Jacob Bunge
https://www.wsj.com/articles/whose-workers-are-most-essential-meatpackers-airlines-lobby-for-covid-19-vaccine-priority-11607682603

FORBES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Kinzinger sides with hate-filled Trump-hating Trump haters against Allen West.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/tommybeer/2020/12/12/texas-gop-chairman-slammed-after-suggesting-secession-from-united-states/

NASDAQ
— 3 Reasons You Can’t Delay Saving for Retirement Any Longer – Christy Bieber (DIERSEN: The federal government requires its employees who are in the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) to contribute 7% of their salary into the CSRS.)
https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/3-reasons-you-cant-delay-saving-for-retirement-any-longer-2020-12-12

SALON
— Government study shows taxpayers are subsidizing “starvation wages” at McDonald’s, Walmart. Sen. Bernie Sanders called the findings “morally obscene” – IGOR DERYSH (DIERSEN: In 1966, when I was 17 years old, I bought a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint with money that I had earned washing dishes part-time for the minimum wage in the basement of the S.S. Kresges in Chicago Heights while I was a Junior and Senior at Crete-Monee High School 1964-1966.)
https://www.salon.com/2020/12/12/government-study-shows-taxpayers-are-subsidizing-starvation-wages-at-mcdonalds-walmart/

December 12 Morning Edition

WTTW
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump haters say “Supreme Court Rejects Republican Attack on Biden Victory.”
https://news.wttw.com/2020/12/12/supreme-court-rejects-republican-attack-biden-victory

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater says “Donald Trump’s flubbed Supreme Court bet: ‘His’ justices did not do his bidding to overturn Biden win. The alarming byproduct of this election is the speed with which President Trump convinced millions of people the election was rigged and Joe Biden won because of cheating.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2020/12/11/22170545/presidential-election-trump-biden-fraud-texas-lawsuit-supreme-court-decision-sweet
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater says “A Trump before Trump: Drawing parallels between Nixon’s disgraced VP Spiro Agnew and our current president.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2020/12/11/22169613/donald-trump-spiro-agnew-pardon-rachel-maddow-michael-sneed-pump-room-frank-sinatra-richard-nixon

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Balmoral Park, following a rebirth after the end of harness racing, is on the market for $4 million – MIKE NOLAN (DIERSEN: My ancestors on my father’s side used to own farm land on which Balmoral Park was built in Crete along Dixie Highway. My ancestors have lived in Crete since 1854 when they homesteaded a farm there. My great grandfather and then my grandfather operated Crete’s only hardware store at the northeast corner of Main (Dixie Highway) and Exchange Streets until the 1950s. My parents and I lived in an apartment above that store 1948-1954. My brother continues to live in a house in Crete that my grandfather had built in 1926 on land that his grandfather bought in 1864.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/ct-sta-balmoral-park-for-sale-st-1211-20201210-2cb5j2ogzfdbddip3utnjcvykq-story.html

ALTON TELEGRAPH
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater says “Tweet encourages coup by Trump supporters.” If/when Trump concedes, how soon will the hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters who run your municipality, who run your township, who run your county, who run Illinois, and who run America try to get rid of the Trump supporters in your municipality, in your township, in your county, in Illinois, and in America once and for all? How soon will they succeed in banning Trump supporters from a) seeking or holding any kind of government or political office, b) holding a job, c) getting an education, d) owning property, e) etc.?
https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/article/Tweet-encourages-coup-by-Trump-supporters-15795943.php

SUBURBAN LIFE
— DuPage County reports 566 COVID-19 cases Friday, 11 deaths, region’s positivity rate decreases to 13.4% – JOSHUA WELGE
https://www.mysuburbanlife.com/2020/12/12/dupage-county-reports-566-covid-19-cases-friday-11-deaths-regions-positivity-rate-decreases-to-13-4/a2l4ma0/

NPR ILLINOIS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump haters say “Supreme Court Shuts Door On Trump Election Prospects.”
https://www.nprillinois.org/post/supreme-court-shuts-door-trump-election-prospects#stream/0
— Morale Down, Federal Workforce Gets Ready For A New Boss – BRIAN NAYLOR (DIERSEN: To boost the morale of federal employees who were Democrat, minority, female, younger, and/or veteran, my Democrat superiors in the federal government boosted their efforts to get rid of their employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran. To boost the morale of their employees who were liberal, moderate, non-Christian, non-Protestant, and/or non-German American, some of my Democrat superiors boosted their efforts to get rid of their employees who were conservative, Christian, Protestant, and/or German American. To boost the morale of their employees who had health problems and/or financial problems, some of my Democrat superiors boosted their efforts to get rid of their employees who were healthy and/or did not have financial problems. To boost the morale of their employees whose ancestors had not been in America for a long time, some of my Democrat superiors boosted their efforts to get rid of their employees whose ancestors had been in America for a long time. To boost the morale of their employees who did not have job-related master’s degrees, professional certifications, and/or professional licenses, some of my Democrat superiors boosted their efforts to get rid of their employees who had job-related master’s degrees, professional certifications, and or professional licenses.)
https://www.nprillinois.org/post/morale-down-federal-workforce-gets-ready-new-boss#stream/0

CHICAGO PATCH
— Should Chicago Rename Lake Shore Drive For City’s Black Founder? Lake Shore Drive by any name remains, as the Skip Haynes song says, a road like no other and no finer place to be. – Mark Konkol (DIERSEN: My ancestors on my father’s side lived in Chicago 1844-1854.)
https://patch.com/illinois/chicago/should-chicago-rename-lake-shore-drive-citys-black-founder

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Schaumburg “Stop the Steal” Rally Sunday Afternoon
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/12/11/schaumburg-stop-th-steal-rally-sunday-afternoon/
— Save America Tour in Georgia Kicked Off Thursday with Catalina Lauf Joining
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/12/11/club121220/
— UPDATED: Catalina Lauf Proving She Can Raise Money for Conservative Candidates
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/12/09/dofpac120820/
— Woodstock Food Drive Saturday Sponsored by Rep. Steve Reick
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/12/11/woodstock-food-drive-saturday/
— Almost Nothing But Unemployment Comp Identity Theft on Two Days of LITH Police Reports
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/12/11/almost-nothing-but-identity-theft-on-two-days-of-lith-police-reports/
— Prisoners’ Health Care
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/12/11/prisoners-health-care/
— Will Lake Shore Drive Be Renamed?
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/12/11/will-lake-shore-drive-be-renamed/
— Kane County Treasurer David Rickert, Loser in County Board Chairman Race, Offered CFO Post in Winnebago County
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/12/10/kane-county-treasurer-david-rickert-loser-in-county-board-chairman-race-offered-cfo-post-in-winnebago-county/
— Woodstock’s Big Brother Mayor Cracks Down on Bars Serving Liquor after 10 AM…Oops, PM
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/12/10/woodstocks-big-brother-mayor-cracks-down-on-bars-serving-liquor-after-10-am/
— Gun Owners Being Thwarted by Pritzker Administration
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/12/10/gun-owners-being-thwarted-by-pritzker-administration/
— 2019 & 2020 Cary Suicide Interventions Do Not Point to Negative Coronavirus Effect
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/12/10/2019-2020-cary-suicide-interventions-do-not-point-to-negative-coronavirus-effect/
— McHenry County Board’s Proposed Committee Assignments
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/12/10/committees121020/
— My Father’s Advice to Perspective Candidates: “If you don’t run, you know who will be in office” – Still Time to Pass Petitions
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/12/10/help-improve-the-next-election-by-running-for-local-office-2/
— How to Make Truck Weigh Stations Profitable
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/12/10/how-to-make-truck-weigh-stations-profitable/
— Medicaid for Non-Citizens Promoted by State Senate Democrat
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/12/10/medicaid-for-non-citizens-promoted-by-state-senate-democrat/
— Kane County Republican Chairman on First Day on County Board elected Vice Chairman as Algonquin Democrat Elected Forest Preserve District President
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/12/09/kanecounty120920/
— Trump Law Enforcement Initiative Results in Man Being Arrested for Selling Device that Turns Handguns into a Machine Guns
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/12/09/trump-law-enforcement-initiative-results-in-man-being-arrested-for-selling-device-that-turns-handguns-into-a-machine-guns/

PRAIRIE STATE WIRE
— Pro-Family Alliance, Thomas More Society: Newly proposed teachers rule discriminatory and unconstitutional
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/568977212-pro-family-alliance-thomas-more-society-newly-proposed-teachers-rule-discriminatory-and-unconstitutional

CAPITOL FAX
— Asked if he bears responsibility for LaSalle deaths, Pritzker says he does, but also places blame elsewhere (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, I bear responsibility for the problems that the following have had, are having, and will have: Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct, Republican elected/appointed officials who represent my precinct, Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, my precinct and its residents, Wheaton’s West District and its residents, Wheaton and its residents, Milton Township and its residents, DuPage County’s 4th District and its residents, DuPage County and its residents, and Illinois and its residents. According to my critics/opponents, previously, I bore responsibility for the problems that the following had: TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee, Illinois Center Right Coalition, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter, GAO, IRS, Post Office, etc.)
https://capitolfax.com/2020/12/11/asked-if-he-bears-responsibility-for-lasalle-deaths-pritzker-says-he-does-but-also-places-blame-elsewhere/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump says Supreme Court ‘let us down’ on election challenge – Alex Swoyer and Dave Boyer
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/dec/12/trump-says-supreme-court-let-us-down-election-chal/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Only 70 House Republicans did not sign on to Texas’s failed election challenge – Nicholas Rowan
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/only-70-house-republicans-did-not-sign-on-texas-failed-election-challenge

GOPUSA
— Is Our Second Civil War — Also A ‘Forever War’? – Patrick J. Buchanan
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=99057
— Questions Remain About Long-Term Effects Of COVID Vaccines
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=99075

BREITBART
— House Democrats Plot Resolution to Keep Criminal Illegal Aliens in U.S. – John Binder
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/12/11/house-democrats-plot-resolution-to-keep-criminal-illegal-aliens-in-u-s/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Trump-hating “Never Trumpers” say that Trump, Giuliani, and Texas AG are “Electoral Terrorists.”
https://www.breitbart.com/the-media/2020/12/11/never-trumpers-trump-giuliani-and-texas-ag-electoral-terrorists/

BLAZE
— Supreme Court denies lawsuit by Texas seeking to nullify election results from 4 states. The Supreme Court said Texas did not have standing under the U.S. Constitution. – CARLOS GARCIA
https://www.theblaze.com/news/scotus-denies-texas-election-lawsuit

CNS NEWS
— Trump Supporters Right to Doubt Election – David Limbaugh
https://cnsnews.com/commentary/david-limbaugh/david-limbaugh-trump-supporters-right-doubt-election

DAILY CALLER
— Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett Joins Majority In Rejecting Texas-Led Suit To Overturn Election Results – BRIANNA LYMAN (DIERSEN: Of course, hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters a) will use that to get rid of those who voted for Trump once and for all and b) will focus on getting rid of those who voted for Trump who are non-Catholic, non-Irish American, and/or male.).
https://dailycaller.com/2020/12/11/supreme-court-rejects-texas-lawsuit-amy-coney-barrett-votes-majority/

TOWNHALL REVIEW
— A Biden Administration: Nothing Close to Moderate
http://townhallreview.com/2020/12/a-biden-administration-nothing-close-to-moderate/

LIFE SITE NEWS
— The foundation of Western civilization is relentlessly attacked in Europe – Jonathon Van Maren (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats make it clear that they hate Western Civilization.)
https://www.lifesitenews.com/blogs/the-foundation-of-western-civilization-is-relentlessly-attacked-in-europe

EPOCH TIMES
— Texas GOP Chair Allen West Floats Forming Union of ‘Law-Abiding’ States After SCOTUS Election Ruling – IVAN PENTCHOUKOV (DIERSEN: Texas stands against the Democrats. The Democrats have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans. The Democrats see the following as being their soldiers in their army: those who are anti-law enforcement, anti-Trump, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-heterosexuals, anti-married people, 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. The Democrats believe that the majority of the following will help them get rid of Republicans once and for all: criminals, Trump-haters, liberals, moderates, America-haters, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, RINOs, citizens of foreign countries, minorities, females, young people, LGBTQers, non-married people, those who have less money than others, those who have more money than others, non-gun owners, non-Christians, non-Protestants, non-Italian Americans, non-German Americans, and/or those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time.)
https://www.theepochtimes.com/texas-gop-chair-floats-forming-union-of-law-abiding-states-after-scotus-election-ruling_3615194.html
— Trump: ‘Supreme Court Really Let Us Down’ – JANITA KAN
https://www.theepochtimes.com/trump-supreme-court-really-let-us-down_3615193.html
— Trump’s Legal Team Considering Alternate Options After Supreme Court Rejects Texas Election Suit – MIMI NGUYEN LY
https://www.theepochtimes.com/trumps-legal-team-considering-alternate-options-after-supreme-court-rejects-texas-election-suit_3615140.html

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Pro-Trump supporters to rally again in Washington – ASHRAF KHALIL (DIERSEN: How do those who lead the following treat Trump-supporters compared to Trump-haters: your municipal district, your municipality, your township, your county district, and your county? I should write a book about how Trump-supporters are treated compared to Trump-haters in Wheaton’s West District, in Wheaton, in Milton Township, DuPage County’s 4th District, and DuPage County. Democrats, RINOs, BLMers and LGBTQers are Trump-haters.)
https://apnews.com/article/election-2020-joe-biden-donald-trump-elections-electoral-college-4eb6f55698a1c4e8e5cdf8851c06258c
https://fox8.com/news/thousands-expected-at-pro-trump-weekend-rallies-in-washington/

POLITICO
— Democrats call civil war cease-fire during Georgia Senate runoffs – HOLLY OTTERBEIN (DIERSEN: The Democrats have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans. The Democrats see the following as being their soldiers in their army: those who are anti-law enforcement, anti-Trump, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-heterosexuals, anti-married people, 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. The Democrats believe that the majority of the following will help them get rid of Republicans once and for all: criminals, Trump-haters, liberals, moderates, America-haters, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, RINOs, citizens of foreign countries, minorities, females, young people, LGBTQers, non-married people, those who have less money than others, those who have more money than others, non-gun owners, non-Christians, non-Protestants, non-Italian Americans, non-German Americans, and/or those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time.)
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/12/12/democrats-civil-war-cease-fire-georgia-senate-runoffs-election-444633

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump haters say “An Indelible Stain’: How the G.O.P. Tried to Topple a Pillar of Democracy. The Supreme Court repudiation of President Trump was also a blunt rebuke to Republican leaders who had put their interests ahead of the country’s.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/12/us/politics/trump-lawsuits-electoral-college.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater asks “What Will D.J.T. Do?” and says “That’s the question that could define the Republican Party for years to come, even as the president’s time in Washington winds down.” Will the Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, Green plants, Independent plants, and RINOs who run Republican organizations in Illinois, in your county, and in your township/ward use a Trump concession to get rid of their Republican members like me once and for all and replace them with Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, Green plants, Independent plants, and RINOs?
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/12/us/politics/trump-republicans-2022-2024.html
— Democrats, and Even Some Republicans, Cheer as Justices Spurn Trump. While a top legal expert exhaled that “Our institutions held,” the Texas Republican Party chairman suggested secession. – Shane Goldmacher (DIERSEN: You are not a Republican and you never really were a Republican if you want Trump to lose.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/11/us/politics/trump-supreme-court-texas.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Pro-Trump demonstrators gather Saturday in Washington (DIERSEN: How do those who lead the following treat Trump-supporters compared to Trump-haters: your municipal district, your municipality, your township, your county district, and your county? I should write a book about how Trump-supporters are treated compared to Trump-haters in Wheaton’s West District, in Wheaton, in Milton Township, in DuPage County’s 4th District, and in DuPage County. Democrats, RINOs, BLMers and LGBTQers are Trump-haters.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/trump-dc-rally-maga/2020/12/11/8b5af818-3bdb-11eb-bc68-96af0daae728_story.html

USA TODAY
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater says “Donald Trump stood no chance in front of a conservative Supreme Court.”
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2020/12/12/donald-trump-stood-no-chance-front-conservative-supreme-court/6509869002/

BUSINESS INSIDER
— Illinois Republican congressman Adam Kinzinger rips Texas GOP for suggesting secession and says ‘my guy Abraham Lincoln and the Union soldiers already told you no’ – Kelsey Vlamis (DIERSEN: Kinzinger is confused. Texas stands against the Democrats. The Democrats have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans. The Democrats see the following as being their soldiers in their army: those who are anti-law enforcement, anti-Trump, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-heterosexuals, anti-married people, 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. The Democrats believe that the majority of the following will help them get rid of Republicans once and for all: criminals, Trump-haters, liberals, moderates, America-haters, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, RINOs, citizens of foreign countries, minorities, females, young people, LGBTQers, non-married people, those who have less money than others, those who have more money than others, non-gun owners, non-Christians, non-Protestants, non-Italian Americans, non-German Americans, and/or those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time.)
https://www.businessinsider.com/kinzinger-republican-lawmaker-rips-texas-gop-for-suggesting-secession-2020-12

CITIZEN TIMES
— What was the Dixie Highway, anyway? – Paul Moon (DIERSEN: What are your connections with the Dixie Highway? SEE: https://www.theherald-news.com/2016/08/07/then-now-dixie-highway-crete/aq5lh4r/ The Dixie Highway runs through downtown Crete. I lived in Crete 1948-1972. My ancestors on my father’s side have lived in Crete since they homesteaded a farm there in 1854. I lived with my parents in a second floor apartment atop my grandfather’s hardware store on the Dixie Highway in downtown Crete 1948-1954. My great great grandfather bought land on the Dixie Highway immediately north of downtown Crete in 1864. His son had one of Crete’s most historic homes built on that land. SEE: https://www.redfin.com/IL/Crete/1285-Main-St-60417/home/23199035 and https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/1285-Main-St-Crete-IL-60417/5461306_zpid/ I lived with my parents in a home that my grandfather had built on Wood Street behind that home in 1926 for 18 years, that is, from 1954 to1972. My brother continues to live in that home. My parents, my grandparents, my great grandparents, and my great great grandparents are all buried in a cemetery ( https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/108588/trinity-lutheran-cemetery ) on the Dixie Highway south of downtown Crete.)
https://www.citizen-times.com/story/news/madison/2020/12/11/dixie-highway-marker-disappears-madison-county-courthouse/6436625002/

NEW YORK MAGAZINE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats falsely paint themselves as being moderate.
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/12/a-moderate-biden-presidency-needs-a-democratic-senate.html

ATLANTIC
— Trump Is Looking for Fraud in All the Wrong Places – Julian Sanchez (DIERSEN: What percent of those who are involved in counting votes in America are Democrats or Democrat plants? Democrats are moral relativists who believe that their end justifies their means.)
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/12/trump-looking-fraud-all-wrong-places/617366/

GUARDIAN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater says “Republicans are trying to get the supreme court to overturn democracy itself.” Ever-increasingly, Democrats use democracy to get rid of Republicans once and for all, and especially to get rid of Republicans once and for all 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. What if Democrats offer to let Republicans live, but only if they leave America?
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/dec/12/republicans-supreme-court-overturn-democracy-itself

December 11 Evening Edition

ABC7
— More than 100 House Republicans back President Trump’s long-shot election lawsuit – AP
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/more-than-100-house-republicans-back-trumps-election-lawsuit/8687144/
— Illinois COVID-19 Update: IL reports 9,420 cases, 190 coronavirus deaths – Diane Pathieu
https://abc7chicago.com/health/il-reports-9420-cases-190-coronavirus-deaths/8685987/
— Sen. Mike Lee blocks votes to establish Smithsonian museums for Latinos, women – CNN (DIERSEN: What if Whites wanted to establish a museum for Whites? What if men wanted to establish a museum for men?)
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/senator-blocks-vote-to-make-national-museums-for-latinos-women/8690711/

NBC5
— 63% of Americans Have Been Living Paycheck to Paycheck Since Covid Hit – Megan Leonhardt (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, my wife and I spend down our life savings because our expenses ever-increasing exceed our retirement income. That would not be the case if my Democrat superiors in the federal government had not wasted my career and forced me to take their retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old. In today’s dollars, my Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) pension is only 41% of what my salary was in 1997. In today’s dollars, my CSRS pension is about the same as what my salary was in 1972 when I was 24 years old.)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/business/money-report/63-of-americans-have-been-living-paycheck-to-paycheck-since-covid-hit/2392212/
— Americans Increasingly See the Stock Market as a Barometer Just for the Rich, Not the Whole Economy – Jackson Burke
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/business/money-report/americans-increasingly-see-the-stock-market-as-a-barometer-just-for-the-rich-not-the-whole-economy/2392509/

CBS2
— Pritzker Slams 2 GOP Illinois Congressmen For Joining Texas Lawsuit Asking Supreme Court To Overturn Biden’s Election Win
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2020/12/11/pritzker-slams-2-gop-illinois-congressmen-for-joining-texas-lawsuit-asking-supreme-court-to-overturn-bidens-election-win/

WGN TV
— Illinois surpasses 14,000 COVID-19 deaths as state reports 9,420 new cases, 190 deaths
https://wgntv.com/news/coronavirus/illinois-surpasses-14000-covid-19-deaths-as-state-reports-9420-new-cases-190-deaths/
— Divided Democrats could end Madigan’s record run as speaker – Mark Maxwell
https://wgntv.com/news/divided-democrats-could-end-madigans-record-run-as-speaker/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump haters say “Bost and LaHood, Illinois’ congressional enablers.”
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-trump-bost-lahood-kinzinger-election-20201211-3nc3m7szjbdktmhe7p7oh5lgbi-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater says “Republicans bowing to Trump are undermining American democracy.”
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/steve-chapman/ct-column-trump-election-supreme-court-chapman-20201211-orywggkm3verdai2kfjnmwxxia-story.html
— E-commerce keeps driving growth in jobs, buildings and roads in Will County, group says – TED SLOWIK
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/opinion/ct-sta-slowik-wilco-ced-report-st-1213-20201211-qgcnl67tvfbm5frla2t5y6jnqe-story.html
— Illinois State University cancels spring break over COVID-19 concerns – AP (DIERSEN: In 1969, my Democrat superiors, supervisors, and coworkers at the Park Forest Post Office, almost all of whom were veterans, were furious that I went on a spring break in 1969. They stressed that my peers were dying in Vietnam.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-illinois-colleges-spring-break-cancellations-20201211-4xqlx7cepbgk5ismnei5ormszy-story.html
— Coronavirus in Illinois updates: 9,420 new COVID-19 cases and 190 additional fatalities reported, as state passes 14,000 deaths and Chicago-area hospitals get ready for vaccine
https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-covid-19-pandemic-chicago-illinois-news-20201211-plt6f4l7t5gkpkq7kvnsf55624-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater says “White House fraud worsened pandemic, eroded trust.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/12/11/22170240/frauds-2020-white-house

DAILY HERALD
— College of DuPage gets state grant to support equity initiative (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, since the Civil War, Democrats blame Republicans for the problems that Blacks have.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/submitted/20201210/college-of-dupage-gets-state-grant-to-support-equity-initiative

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Bost, LaHood join effort to overturn presidential election in key states. 106 Republicans in the U.S. House signed an amicus brief in support of a bid to overturn Joe Biden’s win in four battleground states—and two Illinois congressmen were among them. – A.D. QUIG
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/government/bost-lahood-join-effort-overturn-presidential-election-key-states
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater says “Texas election suit shows Trump’s grip on the GOP. By supporting the president’s efforts to overturn the election, Republicans—including Illinois’ Mike Bost and Darin LaHood—are endangering their party’s very existence.”
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/opinion/texas-election-suit-shows-trumps-grip-gop

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater says “‘rise above the fray…and the fears’ in election chaos.”
https://www.bnd.com/news/politics-government/election/article247778705.html

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— WEYERMULLER: CONGRESSMAN DARIN LAHOOD SIGNS ONTO TEXAS’ SCOTUS CASE
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2020/12/weyermuller-congressman-darin-lahood-signs-onto-texas-scotus-case-.html
— THORNER: AMERICA’S ENEMY IS CHINA, NOT RUSSIA
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2020/12/thorner-americas-enemy-is-china-not-russia.html
— CONGRESSWOMAN-ELECT MARY MILLER JOINS TEXAS CASE AS IT GOES BEFORE SCOTUS
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2020/12/congresswoman-elect-mary-miller-joins-texas-case-as-it-goes-before-scotus.html

CAPITOL FAX
— 9,420 new confirmed and probable cases; 190 additional deaths; 5,141 hospitalized; 1,081 in the ICU; 9.4 percent case positivity rate; 11.1 percent test positivity rate
https://capitolfax.com/2020/12/11/9420-new-confirmed-and-probable-cases-190-additional-deaths-5141-hospitalized-1081-in-the-icu-94-percent-case-positivity-rate-111-percent-test-positivity-rate/


— COVID-19 roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2020/12/11/covid-19-roundup-66/
— Four ComEd-related defendants demand information about grand jury’s diversity (DIERSEN: The more “jury appeal” that you have, the likely that juries will rule in your favor. What is your “jury appeal,” that is, what are your demographics? From what I see, the more of the following that you are, the LESS JURY APPEAL that you have: present/past law enforcement officer, present/present government employee, Trump supporter, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, non-handsome/attractive, overweight/obese, college graduate, gun owner, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, draft avoider, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://capitolfax.com/2020/12/11/four-comed-related-defendants-demand-information-about-grand-jurys-diversity/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Among other things, they want to know the race, religion, sex, gender, ethnicity, year of birth, zip code, income and occupation of all grand jurors empaneled during the pandemic.)

FOX NEWS
— Trump slams lack of media coverage of Hunter Biden Networks briefly noted Hunter Biden’s announcement that his tax affairs were under investigation – Morgan Phillips
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-slams-media-coverage-hunter-biden

GOPUSA
— RINO John Kasich: Texas Lawsuit Supporters Are ‘Morally, Ethically Bankrupt’ – Bobby Eberle
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=99086

TOWNHALL
— From Gulag to Google – Michael Brown
https://townhall.com/columnists/michaelbrown/2020/12/11/from-gulag-to-google-n2581399
— AOC Goes After Sen. Mike Lee After He Blocks Two Newly Proposed Museums – Cortney O’Brien
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/cortneyobrien/2020/12/11/mike-lee-aoc-spar-over-museum-n2581421

LIFE SITE NEWS
— Tucker Carlson: Chinese Communists trained in Canada are ‘threat to American national security’ ‘We have the closest relation with Canada of any country, obviously, in the world. This seems like an obvious threat to American national security’
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/tucker-carlson-chinese-communists-trained-in-canada-are-threat-to-american-national-security

THE HILL
— 20 more Republicans, including McCarthy, endorse Texas challenge to Biden victory – MIKE LILLIS
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/529862-20-more-republicans-including-mccarthy-endorse-texas-challenge-to-biden
— Supreme Court rejects Texas’ push to overturn Biden victory – JOHN KRUZEL
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/529910-supreme-court-rejects-texas-push-to-overturn-biden-victory

REUTERS
— Migrant caravan sets off to U.S. from Honduras, risking new tensions – Jose Cabezas
https://www.reuters.com/article/usa-immigration-caravan/migrant-caravan-sets-off-to-u-s-from-honduras-risking-new-tensions-idUSKBN28K0BC?il=0

WASHINGTON POST
— Top House Republican joins group supporting Texas lawsuit seeking to invalidate election results – John Wagner
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/12/11/joe-biden-trump-transition-live-updates/
— Biden reminds progressives that they will have to press him harder – Paul Waldman (DIERSEN: Progressives want Biden to use the federal government to get 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, draft avoiders (except Joe Biden and Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/12/11/biden-reminds-progressives-that-they-will-have-press-him-harder/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled conservative-hating conservative-hater says “Hatred of liberals is all that’s left of conservatism.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/12/11/hatred-liberals-is-all-thats-left-conservatism/
— Secession? Rush Limbaugh floats a startling notion — then quickly backs off. – Paul Farhi (DIERSEN HEADLINE: Constructively, Democrats have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Democrats see the following as being soldiers in their army to defeat Republicans: individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are anti-law enforcement, anti-Trump, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-heterosexuals, anti-married people, anti-non poor people, anti-gun owners, anti-Christians, anti-Protestants, anti-German Americans, and anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/media/rush-limbaugh-trump-secession-election/2020/12/10/8889397a-3b0d-11eb-bc68-96af0daae728_story.html

GUARDIAN
— Fed up with all the bad news? Sometimes it makes the world better. This week, the Upside doffs its cap at downside news, and celebrates the great things we learned in 2020 – Mark Rice-Oxley (DIERSEN: Needless-to-say, I wish that there was more good news that I could include links to in GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails.)
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/dec/11/good-news-bad-journalism-upside-downside-best-of-2020

December 12 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Illinois COVID-19 Update: IL reports 11,101 cases, 196 coronavirus deaths in 3rd deadliest day
https://abc7chicago.com/health/il-reports-11101-new-covid-19-cases-196-deaths/8666367/
— COVID-19 Illinois: Thousands register for vaccine in Lake County – Jessica D’Onofrio
https://abc7chicago.com/covid-19-vaccine-pfizer-lake-county-registration-illinois/8665152/

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Unemployment claims jump to 853,000 amid resurgence of COVID-19 – Christopher Rugaber
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/unemployment-claims-jump-to-853000-amid-resurgence-of-covid-19

WTTW
— What Happens When Legislators Speak Out Against Speaker Madigan? – Amanda Vinicky
https://news.wttw.com/2020/12/09/what-happens-when-legislators-speak-out-against-speaker-madigan
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Ramifications, she said, that included getting cut off from traditional large Democratic donors for fundraising and being sent a novice campaign worker from the Democratic Party of Illinois versus a seasoned staffer. She said DPI, which Madigan also controls, didn’t have conversations with her about these changes. And she said DPI slow-walked polling in her district and a refusal by the party to allow her to ask a poll question about Madigan. “It’s a very fine line, right? Because you don’t want anything to look retaliatory,” she said. She said she ended up doing her own poll, outside of DPI. It showed that Madigan was less popular in her west suburban district than President Donald Trump. Costa Howard said she did not take money directly from Madigan, though as a Democrat she did accept funding from Democratic committees under his auspices.)

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Pandemic, civil unrest drive record-shattering increase in firearm permits, gun shopping in Illinois in 2020 – ANNIE SWEENEY and STACY ST. CLAIR
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-illinois-increase-firearm-permits-gun-sales-record-covid-protests-20201210-7txsd5nvgndt7e23ttcaruh6aq-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater says “America stood strong against Trump’s assault.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/12/10/22167394/presidential-election-results-biden-transition-electoral-college-checks-balances-institutions-trump
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Court encourages citizens of foreign countries to illegally bring their children illegally to America illegally.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/12/10/22158911/chicago-daca-immigration-new-applications-new-york-order

DAILY HERALD
— Rickert poised to resign, but still seeks discovery recount – Brenda Schory
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20201210/rickert-poised-to-resign-but-still-seeks-discovery-recount
— Major hospital systems won’t mandate, but ‘strongly’ encourage, COVID-19 vaccines for employees – Katlyn Smith
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20201210/major-hospital-systems-wont-mandate-but-strongly-encourage-covid-19-vaccines-for-employees-

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Cities going after bars that defy shutdown orders – Kevin Bessler
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/cities-going-after-bars-that-defy-shutdown-orders/article_2f509ca6-3b10-11eb-8eaa-a7982ab9ee4c.html

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— President Trump joins Texas and 19 other states in lawsuit against Pennsylvania, Georgia, Michigan, and Wisconsin – KIRK ALLEN & JOHN KRAFT
ON DECEMBER 9, 2020
https://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2020/12/president-trump-joins-texas-and-19-other-states-in-lawsuit-against-pennsylvania-georgia-michigan-and-wisconsin/

CAPITOL FAX
— Goldberg’s name floated for state party chairman
https://capitolfax.com/2020/12/10/goldberg-floats-name-for-state-party-chairman/
— 12.6 percent of all new unemployment benefit applications were filed in Illinois last week
https://capitolfax.com/2020/12/10/126-percent-of-all-new-unemployment-benefit-applications-were-filed-in-illinois-last-week/
— 11,101 new confirmed and probable cases; 196 additional deaths; 5,138 hospitalized; 1,081 in ICU; 9.5 percent case positivity rate; 11.4 percent test positivity rate
https://capitolfax.com/2020/12/10/11101-new-confirmed-and-probable-cases-196-additional-deaths-5138-hospitalized-1081-in-icu-95-percent-case-positivity-rate-114-percent-test-positivity-rate/
— COVID-19 roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2020/12/10/covid-19-roundup-65/
— Illinois National Guard medical staff sent to two state veterans’ homes
https://capitolfax.com/2020/12/10/illinois-national-guard-medical-staff-sent-to-two-state-veterans-homes/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Rush Limbaugh denies peace can exist among political right, left: ‘We’re trending toward secession’ – Andrew Blake
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/dec/10/rush-limbaugh-denies-peace-can-exist-among-politic/

CENTER FOR FAMILY & HUMAN RIGHTS
— LGBT’s Come to Collect from Biden – Austin Ruse
https://c-fam.org/friday_fax/lgbts-come-to-collect-from-biden/

THE HILL
— 100 House Republicans sign brief backing Texas lawsuit challenging election results – JULIEGRACE BRUFKE AND SCOTT WONG
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/529717-100-house-republicans-sign-brief-backing-texas-suit-challenging-election
— Groups seek to get Black vote out for Democrats in Georgia runoffs – MARTY JOHNSON (DIERSEN: Democrats have declared war on Republicans. Democrats see Blacks as being their soldiers in their army to destroy Republicans.)
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/527736-groups-seek-to-get-black-vote-out-for-democrats-in-georgia-runoffs

POLITICO
— Trump issues sweeping new curbs on asylum eligibility – REBECCA RAINEY
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/12/10/trump-issues-sweeping-new-curbs-on-asylum-eligibility-444429

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Hundreds of GOP members sign onto Texas-led election lawsuit – NOMAAN MERCHANT and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER
https://apnews.com/article/texas-led-election-lawsuit-litmus-test-e813a3380bd142d8d0a0a3e648363d27

REUTERS
— U.S. weekly jobless claims surge as COVID-19 infections spiral – Lucia Mutikani
https://www.reuters.com/article/usa-economy/us-weekly-jobless-claims-surge-as-covid-19-infections-spiral-idUSKBN28K1RS

YAHOO NEWS
— Illinois Gun Permits Break Records Amid Pandemic, Civil Unrest – Eric DeGrechie
https://news.yahoo.com/illinois-gun-permits-break-records-210309946.html

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump haters say “Trump and his GOP enablers are slandering American democracy.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/trump-and-his-gop-enablers-are-slandering-american-democracy/2020/12/10/f8466170-3b30-11eb-bc68-96af0daae728_story.html
— Stealing to survive: More Americans are shoplifting food as aid runs out during the pandemic Retailers, police departments and loss prevention researchers are reporting an uptick in theft of necessities like food and hygiene products – Abha Bhattarai and Hannah Denham
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/12/10/pandemic-shoplifting-hunger/

FORBES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Democrats want BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, or people of color), women, LGBTQ, and military veterans to be pot pushers.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/ajherrington/2020/12/10/empowering-consumers-to-support-social-equity-in-the-cannabis-industry/

December 9 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Illinois COVID-19 Update: IL reports 8,256 cases, 179 coronavirus deaths – Michelle Gallardo, Craig Wall
https://abc7chicago.com/health/il-reports-8256-new-covid-19-cases-179-deaths/8639282/
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Downers Grove approves recreational marijuana sales
https://abc7chicago.com/business/downers-grove-approves-recreational-marijuana-sales/8641576/
— Chicago restaurants say indoor dining must reopen for them to survive winter during COVID-19 pandemic – Karen Jordan
https://abc7chicago.com/business/chicago-restaurants-say-indoor-dining-must-reopen-for-them-to-survive-winter/8645215/
— Hunter Biden, son of President-elect Joe Biden, facing federal investigation over ‘tax affairs’ – AP
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/hunter-biden-facing-federal-investigation-over-tax-affairs/8643077/

NBC5
— 17 States Tell Supreme Court They Support Texas Bid to Reverse Biden Win – Dan Mangan
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/business/money-report/17-states-tell-supreme-court-they-support-texas-bid-to-reverse-biden-win/2390557/
— Tensions Rise Over Masks as Virus Grips Smaller US Cities The tensions are flaring amid an epic surge in U.S. deaths, hospitalizations and infections – Heather Hollingsworth and Ryan Foley
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/tensions-rise-over-masks-as-virus-grips-smaller-us-cities/2390824/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater says “Crybaby Trump has gone ‘coup-coup’ and GOP nods along. Call it what it is: Crazy, stupid and dangerous.”
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/rex-huppke/ct-crybaby-trump-supreme-court-lawsuits-coup-gop-biden-huppke-20201209-es7hp7zribg5vln4b26lq5bytu-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater says “The Republican Party is a danger to American democracy. A critical mass of the party has adopted Trump’s disordered personality for its own.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2020/12/9/22166350/republican-party-delusion-trumpism-mona-charen
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters say “Without a doubt, the 2020 election was fair. Now how do ensure future elections are, too? President Donald Trump’s wide-ranging assaults on our system of elections revealed vulnerabilities many of us didn’t even realize existed.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/12/9/22166305/election-reform-death-threats-electoral-college-editorial

DAILY HERALD
— Democrats take control of key Kane County positions – James Fuller
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20201208/democrats-take-control-of-key-kane-county-positions
— Kane County Treasurer David Rickert expected to resign – James Fuller
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20201209/kane-county-treasurer-david-rickert-expected-to-resign
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Naperville council to consider regulations for allowing pot processing, infusing, transporting in town – Lauren Rohr
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20201209/naperville-council-to-consider-regulations-for-allowing-pot-processing-infusing-transporting-in-town
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Downers Grove OKs recreational marijuana sales – Scott C. Morgan
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20201209/downers-grove-oks-recreational-marijuana-sales

OUR QUAD CITIES
— FOID Card backlog affecting gun shop business, lawmakers say it ‘infringes’ 2nd Amendment – Austin Schick
https://www.ourquadcities.com/news/national-news/foid-card-backlog-affecting-gun-shop-business-lawmakers-say-it-infringes-2nd-amendment/

WILLIAM J KELLY
— Ald. Tom Tunney is Chicago’s latest national COVID-19 embarrassment
https://www.williamjkelly.org/news/#kelly-ald-tom-tunney-is-chicagos-latest-national-covid-19-embarrassment

CENTER SQUARE
— Nearly 145,000 pending FOID requests take average of 121 days in Illinois – Greg Bishop
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/nearly-145-000-pending-foid-requests-take-average-of-121-days-in-illinois/article_674050ce-3a62-11eb-849b-7f7cc25d6fc7.html

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Make A Difference, Run for Office – Leslie Pinney Abbey
https://illinoisfamily.org/politics/making-a-difference-run-for-office/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— SOUTHLAND GOP WOMEN MAKE PUBLIC THEIR SUPPORT FOR TRUMP’S UPHILL RE-ELECTION BID
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2020/12/southland-gop-women-make-public-their-support-for-trumps-uphill-re-election-bid-.html
— STATE REP. CHRIS MILLER: STATE LEADERS ADDICTED TO MEDIOCRITY
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2020/12/state-rep-chris-miller-state-leaders-addicted-to-mediocrity.html
— WHERE’S WEYERMULLER? AT “RESCUE ILLINOIS” RALLY IN CHICAGO
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2020/12/wheres-weyermuller-at-rescue-illinois-rally-in-chicago.html
— BECKMAN: TIME TO FACE FACTS: THE MEDIA HATES CONSERVATIVES
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2020/12/beckman-.html
— ECONOMIC PAIN OF STATE LOCKDOWNS COULD LINGER LONG AFTER COVID IS GONE
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2020/12/economic-pain-of-state-lockdowns-could-linger-long-after-covid-is-gone.html
— AMERICA’S COMPLICATED DEMOGRAPHIC DESTINY
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2020/12/americas-complicated-demographic-destiny.html

CAPITOL FAX
— 8,256 new confirmed and probable cases; 179 additional deaths; 5,284 hospitalized; 1,176 in the ICU; 9.6 percent case positivity rate; 11.4 percent test positivity rate
https://capitolfax.com/2020/12/09/8256-new-confirmed-and-probable-cases-179-additional-deaths-5284-hospitalized-1176-in-the-icu-96-percent-case-positivity-rate-114-percent-test-positivity-rate/
— ISP Director calls FOID renewal process “antiquated, outdated, inefficient, ineffective”
https://capitolfax.com/2020/12/09/isp-director-calls-foid-renewal-process-antiquated-outdated-inefficient-ineffective/

GOPUSA
— Where Are You, Republicans Of Courage?
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=98915
— Democrats Seek To Repeal The Hyde Amendment, Allowing Federal Funds To Pay For Abortions
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=98972
— People With Severe Allergies Shouldn’t Get Covid-19 Vaccine, Says U.K. Regulator After Reactions
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=98962

NEWSMAX
— Rep. Rodney Davis to Newsmax TV: Don’t Let Dems Steal Congressional Seat – Brian Trusdell
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/davis-miller-meeks-hart/2020/12/09/id/1000816/

PJ MEDIA
— Democrat Michigan State Legislator Issues Ridiculous Threat/Warning to Trump Supporters – STACEY LENNOX (DIERSEN: Which hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters are leading efforts to get rid of Trump supporters in your neighborhood, in your precinct, in your municipal district, in your municipality, in your township, in your county district, and in your county? What additional steps do anticipate these Trump-haters will take in the coming days, weeks, months, and years to get rid of Trump supporters once and for all?)
https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/stacey-lennox/2020/12/09/watch-democrat-michigan-state-legislator-issues-ridiculous-threat-warning-to-trump-supporters-n1200268

EPOCH TIMES
— Jim Jordan: Trump Shouldn’t Concede, Everyone ‘Instinctively’ Knows Election Has Problems – JACK PHILLIPS
https://www.theepochtimes.com/jim-jordan-trump-shouldnt-concede-everyone-instinctively-knows-election-has-problems_3611673.html
— Overwhelming Evidence of Outcome-Altering Voting Irregularities – Patrick Basham
https://www.theepochtimes.com/overwhelming-evidence-of-outcome-altering-voting-irregularities_3608689.html
— Number of Congress Members Planning to Challenge Election Results Expected to Grow
Trio working to convince senators to join them – ZACHARY STIEBER
https://www.theepochtimes.com/number-of-congress-members-planning-to-challenge-election-results-expected-to-grow_3610050.html

THE HILL
— Thousands expected to attend pro-Trump rallies in DC this weekend – ZACK BUDRYK
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/529512-thousands-expected-pro-trump-rallies-dc-this-weekend

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters say “As Trump Rails Against Loss, His Supporters Become More Threatening”
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/08/us/politics/trump-election-challenges.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Street closures planned Saturday in downtown Washington for pro-Trump rallies – Dana Hedgpeth
https://www.washingtonpost.com/transportation/2020/12/09/street-closures-dc-protests/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater says “Trump’s effort to steal the election comes down to some utterly ridiculous statistical claims.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/12/09/trumps-effort-steal-election-comes-down-some-utterly-ridiculous-statistical-claims/