ABC7
— Coronavirus Chicago: Large summer events may be canceled to stop spread of
COVID-19, Pritzker says – Eric Horng
https://abc7chicago.com/coronavirus-summer-events-chicago-canceled/6091367/
— Coronavirus: Chicago liquor sales curfew in effect across city – Liz Nagy
and Diane Pathieu
https://abc7chicago.com/health/chicago-liquor-sales-curfew-starts-/6089350/
NBC5
— Chicago’s West Ridge Neighborhood Has Illinois’ Highest Coronavirus Case
Total
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicagos-west-ridge-neighborhood-has-illinois-highest-coronavirus-case-total/2253497/
FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— New coronavirus bailout law estimated to deliver nearly $5B to Illinois –
Mike Flannery
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/new-coronavirus-bailout-law-estimated-to-deliver-nearly-5b-to-illinois
— Illinois governor recommends canceling large summer events due to COVID-19 –
Elizabeth Matthews
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/illinois-governor-recommends-canceling-large-summer-events-due-to-covid-19
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Inside Wisconsin’s election disaster: Thousands of missing or nullified
ballots – NICK CORASANITI AND STEPHANIE SAUL
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/elections/ct-nw-nyt-wisconsin-election-problems-20200410-rdea6424ynecjemkwwfyjqcyqq-story.html
— Summer festival organizers should ‘think carefully about canceling,’ says
Gov. J.B. Pritzker – JAMIE MUNKS and JOHN BYRNE
https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-illinois-local-coronavirus-20200410-gjrsxkpumfcn3hu2byy2auyk4y-story.html
— Amid coronavirus uncertainty, Gov. J.B. Pritzker and other top Democrats
back increased mail-in voting in November. But it’s not that simple. – RICK
PEARSON
https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-coronavirus-illinois-voting-by-mail-20200410-egfdzrnm2ncc3e32ieknf7rnn4-story.html
— Coronavirus is threatening one of the government’s steadiest services: The
mail – NICHOLAS FANDOS AND JIM TANKERSLEY
https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-nw-nyt-coronavirus-postal-service-20200410-mfblvugsqbbyjlc4my524bnq4e-story.html
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Quinn pushes for easier voter referenda rules during COVID-19 crisis,
calling it ‘strong medicine for the virus of corruption’ Quinn is arguing that
democracy could be another casualty of COVID-19. “This is a landmark case. It’s
a very, very important case to the whole issue of what is called direct
democracy,” said Quinn, who along with the Chicago law firm of Mauck &
Baker, LLC, is representing the plaintiffs. – Neal Early (DIERSEN: Trump-haters
want referenda to get rid of the following groups once and for all:
individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are
Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White,
male, older, non-poor, gun owner, German American, draft avoiders, and those
whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2020/4/9/21215699/pat-quinn-voter-referenda-signatures-covid-19-crisis-coronavirus-corruption
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “The 2020 census count will be
shrouded by doubt about race and ethnicity.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/2020/4/9/21215092/2020-census-race-origin-ethnicity-immigrants-latinos-middle-east-north-africa-marlen-garcia
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater promotes hatred against Trump.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2020/4/9/21215604/mona-charen-joe-biden-coronavirus-covid-19-suntimes
DAILY HERALD
— Crisis also hits vital local news outlets – Dean Ridings
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20200410/crisis-also-hits-vital-local-news-outlets
— LaPlante concedes in DuPage County Board primary race – Robert Sanchez
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200410/laplante-concedes-in-dupage-county-board-primary-race
SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and
countries that are members of the following groups want vote-by-mail:
anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic,
anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people,
anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders,
and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.sj-r.com/news/20200410/vote-by-mail-convenient-and-safer-than-at-polls
HERALD & REVIEW
— Pritzker grants clemency requests to prisoners amid coronavirus pandemic –
Christy Gutowski
https://herald-review.com/news/state-and-regional/crime-and-courts/pritzker-grants-clemency-requests-to-prisoners-amid-coronavirus-pandemic/article_e25e0c46-f6f3-5af0-b033-c4dfb7932355.html
— 24,000 unemployment claims in Will County in March – BOB OKON
https://www.theherald-news.com/2020/04/09/24-000-unemployment-claims-in-will-county-in-march/anvlh6n/
BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Illinois scrambles to keep federal COVID-19 test sites running; Bloomington
location on list – Angie Leventis Lourgos
https://www.pantagraph.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/illinois-scrambles-to-keep-federal-covid-19-test-sites-running-bloomington-location-on-list/article_cb0c89b7-3abc-5406-8353-37c4c258d808.html
SOUTHERN
— Illinois needs federal help for recovery, but bailout unlikely – Brett
Rowland
https://thesouthern.com/opinion/columnists/opinion-brett-rowland-illinois-needs-federal-help-for-recovery-but-bailout-unlikely/article_a9c77402-c86a-5c60-a20d-e0aae55e852f.html
LINCOLN COURIER
— Pritzker suggests no large gatherings until coronavirus vaccine available –
Doug Finke
https://www.lincolncourier.com/news/20200409/pritzker-suggests-no-large-gatherings-until-coronavirus-vaccine-available
SUBURBAN LIFE
— College of DuPage Foundation creates COVID-19 Student Relief Fund
https://www.mysuburbanlife.com/2020/04/08/college-of-dupage-foundation-creates-covid-19-student-relief-fund/arm8wgo/
— College of DuPage donates ventilators to area hospitals
https://www.mysuburbanlife.com/2020/04/08/college-of-dupage-donates-ventilators-to-area-hospitals/awhtc33/
NEWS CHANNEL 20
— White House tests journalists for COVID-19 – AP (DIERSEN: Will more
extensive testing be done on journalists like me (71 years old, not-in-control
type 2 diabetes, obese (BMI of 31)) who are more vulnerable?)
https://newschannel20.com/news/coronavirus/white-house-tests-journalists-for-covid-19
WSIL TV
— Lenzi v. Bost: COVID-19 and politics meet in Illinois Congressional race –
Jeff Weinrich
https://wsiltv.com/2020/04/09/covid-19-and-politics-meet-in-illinois-congressional-race/
FOX ILLINOIS
— Biden aims to connect with voters one Zoom call at a time – AP
https://foxillinois.com/news/connect-to-congress/biden-aims-to-connect-with-voters-one-zoom-call-at-a-time
— Liberty University pressing trespassing charges against journalists – AP
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/liberty-university-pressing-charges-against-journalists
GLEN ELLYN PATCH
— COD Offers Ventilators, Additional Protective Equipment College of DuPage
Offers Ventilators, Additional Protective Equipment to Local Health Care Agencies
https://patch.com/illinois/glenellyn/cod-offers-ventilators-additional-protective-equipment
CHICAGO MAGAZINE
— Illinois Is Uniquely Ill-Equipped to Pay for Coronavirus Years of financial
mismanagement have left $58,738 in our rainy-day fund and less than $2 billion
saved for unemployment. – EDWARD MCCLELLAND
http://www.chicagomag.com/city-life/April-2020/Illinois-Is-Uniquely-Ill-Equipped-to-Pay-for-Coronavirus/
UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO NEWS
— Household spending swings dramatically in reaction to coronavirus Study
reveals 50% overall dip in purchases, demographic differences – Constantine
Yannelis
http://news.uchicago.edu/story/household-spending-swings-dramatically-reaction-coronavirus
CHALKBEAT
— As remote learning ramps up in Chicago, a high-stakes question: Should
students be learning anything new? – Mila Koumpilova (DIERSEN:
Ever-increasingly, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs want to teach
children to be anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic,
anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people,
anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders,
and anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
Ever-increasingly, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs want children to
promote dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ activity,
abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices,
abolition of the First and Second Amendments, patronage, political affiliation
discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and even worse
things.)
https://chalkbeat.org/posts/chicago/2020/04/08/remote-learning-in-chicago-review-or-new-content/
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— ILLINOIS UNEMPLOYMENT REQUESTS TOP 200K AS STATE TELLS INDEPENDENT
CONTRACTORS, FREELANCERS NOT TO APPLY – Brad Weisenstein
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/illinois-unemployment-requests-top-200k-as-state-tells-independent-contractors-freelancers-not-to-apply/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Poll: Majority agrees with Trump’s use of term ‘Chinese virus’ – Andrew Mark
Miller
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/poll-majority-agrees-with-trumps-use-of-term-chinese-virus
WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— ‘The WHO is no longer serving the needs of the world and is instead taking
its cues from China’ – Yuichiro Kakutani
https://freebeacon.com/coronavirus/oversight-gop-demands-china-docs-from-who/
GOPUSA
— Trump’s Presidency Hangs On One Decision – Patrick J. Buchanan
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=87357
NATIONAL REVIEW
— Don’t Racialize the Pandemic – ZAID JILANI (DIERSEN: Of course, Democrats
hint/imply/argue/shout that Republicans are using coronavirus to get rid of a)
illegals and b) Democrats, and especially Democrats who are minority, female,
younger, poor, and/or those whose ancestors have not been in America foe a long
time.)
https://www.nationalreview.com/2020/04/coronavirus-race-fight-pandemic-dont-get-bogged-down-racial-categorization/
THE HILL
— Pandemic spurs court fights over mail-in voting – JOHN KRUZEL
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/492135-pandemic-spurs-court-fights-over-mail-in-voting
POLITICO
— Pelosi warns Trump not to reopen country too soon The speaker also signals
the House may not come back in session this month. – HEATHER CAYGLE and JOHN
BRESNAHAN (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats use coronavirus to destroy
America to defeat Trump.)
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/04/09/pelosi-trump-coronavirus-178633
— ‘Choosing winners and losers’: Behind the battle to be deemed essential –
THEODORIC MEYER and ANNA GRONEWOLD (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents have always
a) painted themselves as being essential and b) painted me and everyone else as
being not essential. I should write a book about my critics/opponents.)
https://www.politico.com/states/new-york/city-hall/story/2020/04/10/choosing-winners-and-losers-behind-the-battle-to-be-deemed-essential-1274722
CBS NEWS
— Coronavirus updates: U.S. accounts for nearly a third of world’s COVID-19
cases
https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/coronavirus-pandemic-covid-19-latest-news-2020-04-10/
NEW YORK TIMES
— Biden, Seeking Democratic Unity, Reaches Left Toward Sanders’s Ideas – Shane
Goldmacher and Sydney Ember (DIERSEN: To defeat Trump, sooner or later, if not
already, Biden will promise to use the federal government to get rid of the
following once and for all: individuals, organizations, companies, governments,
and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic,
Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owners, German
American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a
long time.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/09/us/politics/biden-sanders-medicare-student-debt.html
— Inside Wisconsin’s Election Mess: Thousands of Missing or Nullified Ballots
As Wisconsin scrambled to expand voting by mail for its election on Tuesday,
many absentee voters said their ballots went undelivered. – Nick Corasaniti and
Stephanie Saul
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/09/us/politics/wisconsin-election-absentee-coronavirus.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and
countries that are the following groups want vote-by-mail: anti-Trump,
anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican,
anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people,
anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those
whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/10/opinion/wisconsin-primary-2020-election.html
— Nurses and Doctors Speaking Out on Safety Now Risk Their Job Hospitals have
warned, disciplined and even fired staff members who went public with workplace
concerns about coronavirus precautions. – Noam Scheiber and Brian M. Rosenthal
(DIERSEN: While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, I
spoke out against political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination,
age discrimination, and retaliation for speaking out against the aforesaid. My
Democrat superiors retaliated against me. They forced me to retire in 1997 when
I was 49 years old, gave me unfair performance expectations and appraisals,
always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance
purposes, did not promote me beyond GS-13, got rid of my mentor in 1987, kept
me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for
GAO, and forced me to take a $20,157 (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to
transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. My Democrat IRS superiors retaliated against
me. They did not promote me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions in
1978, got rid of my mentor in 1975, and disallowed my partial day per diem
claims in 1974. My Democrat Post Office superiors retaliated against me. They
forced me resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and
1968.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/09/business/coronavirus-health-workers-speak-out.html
— A Wall Street Bank’s Hard-Driving Culture Pushes Traders Into the Office
Some employees at Bank of America’s New York headquarters say they fear pay
cuts or job loss if they don’t show up and make money. – Kate Kelly and Jessica
Silver-Greenberg
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/09/business/coronvirus-bank-of-america-workers.html
— Another Way to See the Recession: Power Usage Is Way Down – Quoctrung Bui
and Justin Wolfers
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/04/08/upshot/electricity-usage-predict-coronavirus-recession.html
— As millions more Americans lose their jobs, more federal aid is uncertain.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/09/us/coronavirus-us-news.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs want
authoritarian rule.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/09/opinion/wisconsin-primary-democracy.html
— Coronavirus Is Threatening One of Government’s Steadiest Services: The Mail
The Postal Service needs billions, the agency told Congress, and Democrats want
to provide a bailout. The Trump administration may not agree. – Nicholas Fandos
and Jim Tankersley
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/09/us/politics/coronavirus-is-threatening-one-of-governments-steadiest-services-the-mail.html
WASHINGTON POST
— A leader of the House Progressive Caucus is calling for the federal
government to cover workers’ salaries to ensure they remain on employers’
payrolls during the coronavirus pandemic. A conservative Republican senator has
urged the same. – Colby Itkowitz
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/a-progressive-congresswoman-and-a-conservative-senator-want-the-federal-government-to-pay-workers-salaries/2020/04/10/9287e04c-7ac0-11ea-a130-df573469f094_story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Rep.
Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) and Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) independently offered
this idea, which, in a different time, some could label “socialist” for its
dependence on the federal government. The details of the proposals — which
Jayapal introduced in legislation Friday and Hawley recommended in a Washington
Post op-ed Thursday — differ, but the general concept is the same. President
Trump and Republicans have spent the past year accusing Democrats of being
socialists and warning that their policies would turn the United States into
Venezuela. Yet in the face of an enormous crisis that has crushed the world,
they have backed spending trillions of taxpayer dollars in relief efforts,
sending $1,200 checks to Americans and promising health-care coverage for
uninsured Americans who contract the disease.)
USA TODAY
— FRONT PAGE WITH COLOR PHOTO OF MODLY: Top Pentagon officials defend $243,000
cost of Navy secretary’s trip to Guam – Tom Vanden Brook (DIERSEN: The
operatives and the dupes who work for my critics/opponents are “shameless
toadies.” I should write a book about them. I would focus on those shameless
toadies who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial
clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2020/04/09/pentagon-officials-defend-navy-secretary-modlys-240-000-trip-guam/5120537002/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: U.S. Jobless Claims Soar for Third Straight Week
Nearly 17 million Americans have filed new claims for benefits since mid-March
as the coronavirus spread – Sarah Chaney and David Harrison
https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-surge-in-unemployment-claims-expected-to-continue-11586424605
— Lockdowns Won’t Stop the Spread Stopping the coronavirus and protecting the
economy are one and the same, but it is too late to do either. – Joseph A.
Ladapo
https://www.wsj.com/articles/lockdowns-wont-stop-the-spread-11586474560
— All the President’s Ratings The Commander in Chief responds to our
editorial. (DIERSEN: What do you say to the following who
hint/imply/argue/shout that they never have read GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails and
that they never will read them: activists, candidates, elected officials, party
leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc. in Illinois, DuPage County,
Milton Township, Glen Ellyn, Wheaton, and Wheaton’s West District who
hint/imply/argue/shout that they are religious, conservative, and/or Republican?
How and from who do the aforesaid get government and political news and
commentary?)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/all-the-presidents-ratings-11586474808
(FROM THE EDITORIAL: Our
Thursday editorial offering some friendly advice on how to make the daily White
House coronavirus briefings more informative for the American people seems to
have caught President’s Trump attention. The President took to his favorite
communication venue to tweet: “The Wall Street Journal always ‘forgets’ to
mention that the ratings for the White House Press Briefings are ‘through the
roof’ (Monday Night Football, Bachelor Finale, according to @nytimes) & is
only way for me to escape the Fake News & get my views across. WSJ is Fake
News!” Thanks for reading, sir, and we agree the briefings are an excellent way
to communicate directly with Americans.)
— Rationing Plans in Coronavirus Crisis Draw Growing Discrimination Complaints
Advocacy groups say state guidelines illegally deprive people based on age,
mental cognition or disability – Stephanie Armour (DIERSEN: What factors work
against you? Factors that work against me include that I am 71 years old, I
have not-in-control type 2 diabetes, and I am obese (BMI of 31).)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/rationing-plans-in-coronavirus-crisis-draw-growing-discrimination-complaints-11586430000
— Joe Biden Seeks to Unite Democrats With Medicare, Student-Debt Proposals –
Eliza Collins and Ken Thomas (DIERSEN: To defeat Trump, sooner or later, if not
already, Biden will promise to use the federal government to get rid of the
following once and for all: individuals, organizations, companies, governments,
and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic,
Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owners, German American,
draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long
time.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/joe-biden-seeks-to-unite-democrats-with-new-policy-proposals-11586460374
— Coronavirus Crisis Legacy: Mountains of Debt The government and the private
sector are going deeper in the hole to survive the economic shutdown, which
could be a drag on recovery if it spurs a period of thrift – Jon Hilsenrath
https://www.wsj.com/articles/coronavirus-crisis-legacy-mountains-of-debt-11586447687
BLOOMBERG
— TREASONOUS: Gavin Newsom Declares California a ‘Nation-State’ The state is
at odds with the federal government over coronavirus plans and much else. –
Francis Wilkinson
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2020-04-09/california-declares-independence-from-trump-s-coronavirus-plans
NEWSWEEK
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats use coronavirus to promote hatred of Republicans.
https://www.newsweek.com/biden-calls-racial-breakdown-coronavirus-cases-deaths-determine-resource-allocation-1497217
STAT NEWS
— Democrats scramble to turn the 2020 election into a referendum on Trump’s
coronavirus response – LEV FACHER
https://www.statnews.com/2020/04/10/democrats-2020-health-platform-trump-coronavirus/
NEWS ONE
— Trump Campaign Disavows ‘Black Americans’ Group Working To Get Him
Re-Elected – Bruce C.T. Wright (DIERSEN: I should write a book about Democrat
plant, Libertarian plant, Green plant, and RINO activists, candidates, elected
officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc. in Illinois
who have disavowed me, disavowed GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails, disavowed TAPROOT
Republicans of Illinois, and/or disavowed Illinois Center Right
Coalition.)
https://newsone.com/3925758/trump-campaign-disavows-black-americans-re-elect-president/
VANITY FAIR
— CAN JOE BIDEN WIN OVER THE BERNIE DIEHARDS? The former vice president needs
progressive voters to beat Trump in November, but several youth-oriented groups
on the left are balking at his “return to normalcy” message. – ERIC LUTZ
(DIERSEN: To defeat Trump, sooner or later, if not already, Biden will promise
to use the federal government to get rid of the following once and for all:
individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are
Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American,
White, male, older, non-poor, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and
those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2020/04/can-joe-biden-win-over-the-bernie-diehards
