April 1 Morning Edition - GOPUSA Illinois

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Kinzinger raises $1.1 million for his anti-Trump PAC in first quarter, and an equal amount for his reelection fund – RICK PEARSON
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-adam-kinzinger-pac-finances-20210401-jhglluotk5hj3ezkydmxx2yzx4-story.html
— Biden to let Trump’s H1-B visa ban expire in win for tech companies – JORDAN FABIAN AND GENEVIEVE DOUGLAS
https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-biden-visa-tech-20210331-b3yoknbwsvg65ewanfnxtct4x4-story.html
— Indiana governor stands by decision to lift mask mandate next week – TOM DAVIES
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/post-tribune/ct-ptb-indiana-holcomb-masks-st-0402-20210401-zwotsjvxcjd3zmw6r4iqx7gzii-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater promotes hatred against Trump.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2021/3/31/22360028/media-coverage-donald-trump-post-maga-trump-future-cupp

ABC7
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, pot pushers push pot. To push pot on an individual, municipality, township, county, state, or country is to destroy that individual, municipality, township, county, state, or country.
https://abc7chicago.com/illinois-weed-marijuana-mchenry-county-lake-in-the-hills/10463026/

NBC5
— Businesses Wary of ‘Quantum Leap’ in COVID Numbers, Hope City Can Avoid ‘Third Wave’
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/coronavirus/businesses-wary-of-quantum-leap-in-covid-numbers-hope-city-can-avoid-third-wave/2476014/

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, pot pushers push pot. To push pot on an individual, municipality, township, county, state, or country is to destroy that individual, municipality, township, county, state, or country.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/marijuana-sales-generating-millions-in-tax-dollars-for-social-programs-in-illinois

WTTW
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Second Amendment Democrats say “1994-2004 federal assault weapons ban worked.”
https://news.wttw.com/2021/03/31/northwestern-study-says-1994-2004-federal-assault-weapons-ban-worked

WBEZ
— Chicago Activists Are Closely Watching Chauvin Trial, And Say The Outcome Could Spark Mass Protests – Patrick Smith
https://www.wbez.org/stories/chicago-activists-are-closely-watching-chauvin-trial-and-say-the-outcome-could-spark-mass-protests/c6edb582-8a98-4435-9fa4-65f97c76fec9

PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— Prosecutors: Ray LaHood pays $40,000 fine to resolve federal investigation – Chris Kaergard
https://www.pjstar.com/story/news/crime/2021/03/31/former-us-transportation-secretary-fined-part-federal-inquiry/4831457001/

SUBURBAN LIFE
— Voter intimidation allegations continue in Berwyn. Mayor apologizes following additional reports of Election Day tactics. – Catey Sullivan
https://www.shawlocal.com/my-suburban-life/news/government/2021/03/29/voter-intimidation-allegations-continue-in-berwyn/
— DuPage County reports 220 COVID-19 cases Wednesday, 1 death, region’s positivity rate increases to 5.3% – Joshua Welge
https://www.shawlocal.com/my-suburban-life/coronavirus/2021/03/31/dupage-county-reports-220-covid-19-cases-wednesday-1-death-regions-positivity-rate-increases-to-53/

NPR ILLINOIS
— Facebook Disputes Claims It Fuels Political Polarization And Extremism – SHANNON BOND
https://www.nprillinois.org/post/facebook-disputes-claims-it-fuels-political-polarization-and-extremism#stream/0

DAILY NORTHWESTERN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats promote hatred against Republicans, and especially against Republicans who are White and/or male.
https://dailynorthwestern.com/2021/03/31/campus/professors-discuss-black-and-white-feminism-at-anti-racism-speaker-series/

NAPERVILLE COMMUNITY TELEVISION
— DuPage Named As Healthiest Illinois County
https://www.nctv17.com/news/dupage-named-as-healthiest-illinois-county/

WGLT
— DOJ: Ray LaHood Took Undisclosed Foreign Money While Serving in Obama Cabinet – TIM SHELLEY
https://www.wglt.org/post/doj-ray-lahood-took-undisclosed-foreign-money-while-serving-obama-cabinet#stream/0

ILLINOIS NEWS TODAY
— Wealthy Americans Dodge $ 175 Billion Taxes Each Year – Scott Krantz m (DIERSEN: While I worked for GAO for almost 18 years, I worked on audits of IRS’s Criminal Investigation Division (CID) for 3 years 1986-1988. In April of 1988, GAO issued a 49-page report on CID’s program to address unreported illegal source income. SEE: https://www.gao.gov/products/ggd-88-61 In March of 1989, GAO issued a 32-page report on CID’s program to address unreported legal source income. SEE: https://www.gao.gov/products/ggd-89-41 )
https://illinoisnewstoday.com/wealthy-americans-dodge-175-billion-taxes-each-year/126028/

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Butchering Bodies of Suffering Young People – Laurie Higgins
https://illinoisfamily.org/homosexuality/butchering-bodies-of-suffering-young-people/

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— How ‘Defund the Police’ Killed Police Reform. The collapse of a bipartisan push is a sign of the ever-growing split in the Democratic Party. – Charles Fain Lehman
https://freebeacon.com/democrats/how-defund-the-police-killed-police-reform/?utm_source=actengage&utm_campaign=FreedomMail&utm_medium=email

BREITBART
— Joe Biden Portrays Populist César Chávez as Cheap-Labor Amnesty Advocate – NEIL MUNRO
https://www.breitbart.com/economy/2021/03/31/joe-biden-portrays-cesar-chavez-as-cheap-labor-amnesty-advocate/
— Survey: Americans’ Trust of Big Tech Drops to All-Time Low – ALLUM BOKHARI
https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2021/03/31/survey-americans-trust-of-big-tech-drops-to-all-time-low/

FREEDOM’S JOURNAL
— Fight Left-Wing Lies With … Facts – Larry Elder
https://freedomsjournalinstitute.org/blog/2021/04/01/fight-left-wing-lies-with-facts

TOWNHALL
— The Left is Changing the Language on Illegal Immigration – Katie Pavlich
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2021/03/31/the-left-is-changing-the-language-on-illegal-immigration-n2587189
— The Left Is Eating Its Own: The Incredible Reason Activists Don’t Want School Renamed After Obama – Leah Barkoukis
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/leahbarkoukis/2021/04/01/obama-the-oppressor-n2587252
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Progressive leftists across the country are demanding that schools named after people who don’t pass their purity tests get new monikers. But in Waukegan, Illinois, they’re having a difficult time finding a suitable alternative. Two committees comprised of students, staff, and those in the community were tasked with renaming the Thomas Jefferson Middle School and the Daniel Webster Middle School, the first because he was a slave owner and the latter because he supported slavery. During a school board meeting on Tuesday to discuss some of the finalists for the Thomas Jefferson Middle School, immigration activists expressed their disapproval over one of the finalists: former President Barack Obama. . .So now, despite being America’s first black president, Obama is considered an “oppressor,” not woke enough to have a school named after him.)

DAILY CALLER
— Democrats Honor The Legacy Of Labor Leader Cesar Chavez, Who Reported Illegal Immigrants To Law Enforcement – THOMAS CATENACCI
https://dailycaller.com/2021/03/31/democrats-cesar-chavez-joe-biden-nancy-pelosi-illegal-immigration-workers/

DAILY SIGNAL
— The Resegregation of America – Jarrett Stepman
https://www.dailysignal.com/2021/03/31/resegregation-of-america/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Breaking Down and Breaking Up? – J. Robert Smith
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2021/04/breaking_down_and_breaking_up_.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Joe Biden woke up on third base and thinks he hit a triple. Someone has told the president that he was elected by the American people to fundamentally change our country. He thinks he has a mandate, and that all that stands between him and success is a few ornery Republicans in the Senate who refuse to get out of the way. Correction. Biden believes that the only thing standing between him and greatness are cranky senators who do not see the United States as systemically racist, who don’t believe in vastly expanding the welfare state, who think that individual creativity and achievement have built our great country and who are absolutely positive that Democrats are leading us down a very dangerous path.)

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Radical New Rules for Post-America. Americans privately fear these rules, while publicly appearing to accept them. – Victor Davis Hanson
https://amgreatness.com/2021/03/31/radical-new-rules-for-post-america/

PJ MEDIA
— Former Students Sue to Force LGBT Orthodoxy on Christian Colleges – TYLER O’NEIL
https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/tyler-o-neil/2021/03/31/new-lawsuit-seeks-to-criminalize-universities-christian-conviction-on-lgbt-issues-n1436592

NEWS BUSTERS
— ‘Orwell’s 1984’! Facebook Removes Trump’s Interview, Silences Political Dissent – Alexander Hall
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/free-speech/alexander-hall/2021/03/31/orwells-1984-facebook-removes-trumps-interview-silences

ONE AMERICA NEWS NETWORK
— San Diego Prioritizing Teaching Detained Migrant Minors Over Children Within School District
https://www.oann.com/san-diego-prioritizing-teaching-detained-migrant-minors-over-children-within-school-district/

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Fleischer: Facebook Censoring Trump The “Balkanization of America,” Anti-History & Anti-Intellectual – Ian Schwartz
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2021/03/31/fleischer_facebook_censoring_trump_the_balkanization_of_america_anti-history__anti-intellectual.html

HOT AIR
— Sarah Palin Reveals COVID Diagnosis, Urges People To Wear Masks
https://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2021/03/sarah-palin-reveals-covid-diagnosis-urges-people-wear-masks/

POLITICO
— Ray LaHood admitted hiding $50K loan from foreign billionaire. The former Transportation secretary received the payment in 2012. – JOSH GERSTEIN
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/03/31/lahood-loan-foreign-billionaire-478813

ABC NEWS
— Why Sen. Duckworth reached a ‘trigger point’ with White House over AAPI representation. It’s what caused her to threaten to block Biden’s nominees. – Adia Robinson
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/sen-duckworth-reached-trigger-point-white-house-aapi/story

NBC TOPEKA
— Shawnee County DA says high profile DUI case will be handled like any other case (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, I should not include links in GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters to reports concerning DUI charges, or any other kind of charges, filed against them or against other Republican activists, Republican candidates, Republican elected officials, Republican party leaders, Republican major donors, Republican campaign managers, Republican campaign staff members, Republican campaign volunteers, and Republican etc. I should write a book my about aforesaid critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes.)
https://www.ksnt.com/news/local-news/shawnee-county-da-says-high-profile-dui-case-will-be-handled-like-any-other-case/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Shawnee County District Attorney Mike Kagay reassured the public during his visit on KSNT News Wednesday morning that the DUI case against Kansas Senate Majority Leader Gene Suellentrop will be handled just like other violation. “Absolutely, I think that’s what we have to do,” Kagay said. ” And that should be the expectations of the community we serve. Kansas Senate Majority Leader Gene Suellentrop was pulled over by the Topeka Police Department and the Kansas Highway Patrol after driving the wrong way on a Topeka highway. Callers to 911 initially reported seeing a white SUV driving west in the eastbound lanes of I-470 starting near Wanamaker Road and minutes later on I-70 around 12:45 a.m. It was the Kansas Highway Patrol that identified the driver of the SUV as Republican Kansas Senate Majority Leader Gene Suellentrop.)

NEW YORK TIMES
— Biden’s Push for Electric Cars: $174 Billion, 10 Years and a Bit of Luck. The president is hoping to make electric vehicles more affordable to turn a niche product into one with mass appeal. – Niraj Chokshi
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/31/business/biden-electric-vehicles-infrastructure.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: President Biden is a muscle-car guy — one of his most prized possessions is a 1967 Corvette that he got from his father. But he’s trying to make this an electric vehicle world. The $2 trillion infrastructure plan that he unveiled on Wednesday is aimed at tackling climate change in part by spending up to $174 billion to encourage Americans to switch to cars and trucks that run on electricity, not gasoline or diesel. That is a large investment but it might not be enough to push most Americans toward E.V.s. Despite rapid growth in recent years, electric vehicles remain a niche product, making up just 2 percent of the new car market and 1 percent of all cars, sport-utility vehicles, vans and pickup trucks on the road. They have been slow to take off in large part because they can cost up to $10,000 more than similar conventional cars and trucks. Charging E.V.s is also more difficult and slower than simply refilling the tank at far more prevalent gas stations.)

NEW YORK POST
— AOC slams ‘horrifying’, ‘barbaric’ US border conditions under Biden – Carl Campanile
https://nypost.com/2021/03/31/aoc-slams-barbaric-us-border-conditions-under-biden/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Here Come the Biden Taxes. The middle class will pay for the largest tax increase since 1968. – Editorial
https://www.wsj.com/articles/here-come-the-biden-taxes-11617231225
— Biden’s Election-Reform Deception. He has his facts wrong on Iowa and Georgia and applies standards inconsistently. – Karl Rove
https://www.wsj.com/articles/bidens-election-reform-deception-11617229306

FORBES
— Conservatives Blast Facebook For Removing Trump Interview With Daughter-In-Law – Rachel Sandler
https://www.forbes.com/sites/rachelsandler/2021/03/31/conservatives-blast-facebook-for-removing-trump-interview-with-daughter-in-law/

INSIDE HIGHER EDUCATION
— Trump-Era 1776 Report Lives On – Colleen Flaherty
https://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2021/04/01/trump-era-1776-report-lives

AXIOS
— Big Tech dollars are becoming toxic in Washington – Margaret Harding McGill, Ashley Gold (DIERSEN: He who pays the piper calls the tunes. I should write a book about RINO activists, RINO candidates, RINO party leaders, and RINO organizations that act like they take big donations from those who promote dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, abolition of the First and Second Amendment, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination. I would focus on those RINOs who have worked the hardest against me.)
https://www.axios.com/dcs-tech-money-shame-game-49a901fd-45fc-4037-9bea-7ce7bd0b486b.html

BBC
— Facebook bans ‘voice of Trump’ from platform
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-56598862

COMMITTEE FOR THE ABOLITION OF ILLEGITIMATE DEBT
— The evolution of wealth inequalities over the last two centuries (DIERSEN: Should everyone be required to disclose a) what their income and net worth is, b) how they acquired their wealth, and c) how much wealth their parents had when they were young?)
http://www.cadtm.org/The-evolution-of-wealth-inequalities-over-the-last-two-centuries

Author: David Diersen

The opinions that I express in GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails are based on experience that I have gained doing many things since 1948. I base my opinions on what I learned a) working for the federal government for almost 30 years -- Post Office 1966-1969, IRS 1971-1980, and GAO 1980-1997, serving on the Executive Committee of the Association of Government Accountants Chicago Chapter 1983-1996, and being a union member while I worked for the Post Office and IRS; b) earning an MBA from Loyola in 1976, a masters degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, and a masters degree in financial markets and trading from IIT in 1997; c) passing the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979 and passing the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981; c) serving as a Republican Precinct Committeeman since 1999, the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000, the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois Chairman 2005-2012, a member of the 2008 Illinois Republican Party (IRP) Platform and Resolutions Committee, a Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member 2003-2011, the Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster 2008-2010 and 2000-2004, an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member 2003-2007, and an American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member 2001-2004; d) attending the 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, and 2016 IRP State Conventions as a delegate; e) being the subject of a nasty 4-page article in the February 1978 issue of Money Magazine; f) pursing litigation including Diersen v. GAO and Diersen v. Chicago Car Exchange; g) being married since 1978; h) living in Crete 1948-1972, in University Park 1972-1976, in Chicago 1976-1978, and in DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton since 1978; and i) being baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran. View all posts by David Diersen