ABC7
— Coronavirus Illinois Update: Latest news on 19,180 COVID-19 cases, Chicago
area impact
https://abc7chicago.com/health/what-to-know-about-illinois-19180-covid-19-cases/5973196/?cmp=emc-wls-news-headlines-4/12/2020
NBC5
— Gov. Pritzker Announces New Coronavirus Health Initiatives
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/gov-pritzker-announces-new-coronavirus-health-initiatives/2254446/
— Health Officials Focus on Testing, Treatment as Illinois Announces New
Program
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/health-officials-focus-on-testing-treatment-as-illinois-announces-new-program/2254496/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters use coronavirus to promote hatred against
Trump.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-nw-nyt-trump-early-warnings-ignored-timeline-20200411-dmyrwzmmanhajptjnqlwqfees4-story.html
— Chicago’s health department has started using COVID-19 antibody testing to
determine if someone had the virus – BILL RUTHHART
https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-coronavirus-antibody-test-chicago-20200411-nag2o3tkq5h55fsel4yle3sz74-story.html
— Businesses feel cost effects of coronavirus outbreak Health care to safety
equipment, financial toll looms – Abdel Jimenez
https://blendle.com/i/chicago-tribune/businesses-feel-cost-effects-of-coronavirus-outbreak/bnl-chicagotribune-20200412-e1b02b3d
— Should you tell your landlord if you have coronavirus? As Chicago tenants
get requests to disclose, experts say such attempts are misguided – Ariel
Cheung
https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-coronavirus-re-landlord-diagnosis-report-20200403-bajrvqewc5hhtc36zazmogja74-story.html
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Cook County medical examiner confirms 49 more coronavirus deaths The
county’s total has risen to 487 deaths, about 71% of the statewide total.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/4/11/21218035/cook-county-coronavirus-deaths-medical-examiner
— Students wonder when they can return to school during Gov. Pritzker’s
live-streamed town hall for youth Young people from around the state submitted
questions for Saturday’s youth-centric town hall that also addressed mental
health issues. – Jake Wittich
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/4/11/21217862/youth-town-hall-j-b-pritzker-coronavirus-covid-19-school-education-mental-health
— Your Teen’s First Car: A Low-Cost, Low-Upkeep Used EV Affordability, limited
range and fuel savings can make a used electric vehicle the ideal first car for
teenagers. – Philip Reed (DIERSEN: How times have changed. I bought a) a 1958
Chevy BelAir when I turned 16 in 1964, b) a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint
when I was 17, c) a new 1968 Oldsmobile 442 when I was 19, and d) a new 1969
Dodge Charger SE when I was 20. I bought the Chevy with money that I earned
doing yard work and delivered newspapers 1962-1964. I bought the Pontiac with
money that I earned washing dishes 1964-1966. I bought the Oldsmobile with
money that I earned cleaning golf shoes, chipping slag, and pumping gasoline in
1966 and delivering mail 1966-1967. I bought the Dodge with money that I earned
delivering mail 1967-1968. I attended Crete-Monee High School 1962-1966, UIC
1966-1968, and NIU 1969-1970.)
https://www.nerdwallet.com/article/loans/auto-loans/your-teens-first-car-a-low-cost-low-upkeep-used-ev
DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE: How will coronavirus affect your property taxes? – Jake Griffin
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200411/how-will-coronavirus-affect-your-property-taxes
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Illinois is bending the virus curve faster than other hot spots New data
from Rush University Medical Center offers a glimmer of optimism. “We’re hoping
we continue to see this change in the doubling time and the next few weeks we
start to see something that resembles a peak.”
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/health-care/illinois-bending-virus-curve-faster-other-hot-spots
— Some airlines aren’t happy with terms of Mnuchin’s aid package His
insistence that America’s major airlines partially repay taxpayer funds aimed
at shoring up the industry sets up a clash between the Trump administration and
the carriers.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/airlines-airports/some-airlines-arent-happy-terms-mnuchins-aid-package
BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Illinois endures second-deadliest coronavirus day, but Gov. J.B. Pritzker
encouraged by trend of COVID-19 cases – Bill Ruthhart
https://www.pantagraph.com/news/state-and-regional/illinois-endures-second-deadliest-coronavirus-day-but-gov-j-b-pritzker-encouraged-by-trend-of/article_fc0f5da4-bd16-5347-9a5f-a020ccc27d27.html
NPR ILLINOIS
— U.S. Has Most Coronavirus Deaths In The World – NICOLE HERNANDEZ
https://www.nprillinois.org/post/us-has-most-coronavirus-deaths-world#stream/0
WREX
— Trump attacks Inspector Generals on false grounds – AP (DIERSEN: All the
audits of all the federal agencies that I worked on for GAO 1980-1997 required
coordination with those agency’s Inspector Generals (IG). I worked on audits of
federal financial institution regulators for almost 9 years, on audits of IRS
for 3 years, and on audits of many other federal agencies, including Railroad
Retirement Board, Department of Defense, U.S. Postal Service, Environmental
Protection Agency, Department of Energy, Department of Transportation,
Immigration and Naturalization Service, General Service Administration, Federal
Highway Administration, Department of Labor, Federal Aviation Administration,
Veteran Administration, Department of Housing and Urban Development, and
Department of Health and Human Services, for almost 6 years. I served on
Executive Committee (EC) of the Association of Government Accountants for 13
years 1983-1996. Almost all the other EC members were employees of IG
offices.)
https://wrex.com/2020/04/12/ap-fact-check-trump-attacks-govt-watchdogs-on-false-grounds/
WJBC
— Numbers of COVID-19 cases in Illinois continue to grow – Katherine Murphy
https://www.wjbc.com/2020/04/11/numbers-of-covid-19-cases-in-illinois-continue-to-grow/
CHICAGO NOW
— 16 million Americans lose their jobs. But no one working for Chicago will –
Dennis Byrne (DIERSEN: While I worked for GAO 1980-1997, the agency a) was almost
always under hiring and/or promotion freezes and b) shrank by about 50%.
SEE: https://www.gao.gov/assets/700/690041.pdf )
http://www.chicagonow.com/dennis-byrnes-barbershop/2020/04/16-million-americans-lose-their-jobs-but-no-one-working-for-chicago/
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— McHenry County Sheriff Wins Suit Against Health Department for ID of Those
Actively Infected with Coronavirus
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/04/11/mchenry-county-sheriff-wins-suit-against-health-department-for-id-of-those-actively-infected-with-coronavirus/
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Dr. Anthony Fauci: Americans could eventually carry certificates of immunity
to coronavirus – David Sherfinski
https://m.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/apr/10/dr-anthony-fauci-americans-could-eventually-carry-/
DAILY CALLER
— Former Biden Staffer Files Criminal Complaint With DC Police – SCOTT
MOREFIELD
https://dailycaller.com/2020/04/11/former-joe-biden-staffer-tara-reade-criminal-complaint/
FEDERALIST
— Woke Reporter Accuses Black Surgeon General Of Racism – Tristan Justice
https://thefederalist.com/2020/04/10/woke-reporter-accuses-black-surgeon-general-of-racism/
TOWNHALL
— Trump Uses Persuasion, Not Force, in Coronavirus Crisis – Debra J. Saunders
https://townhall.com/columnists/debrajsaunders/2020/04/12/trump-uses-persuasion-not-force-in-coronavirus-crisis-n2566728
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— College Republicans at Syracuse U. Reject Resolution Condemning Ben Shapiro
– Mike LaChance
https://legalinsurrection.com/2020/04/college-republicans-at-syracuse-u-reject-resolution-condemning-ben-shapiro/
THE HILL
— Pressure for quick action on next relief bill strains GOP unity – ALEXANDER
BOLTON
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/492312-pressure-for-quick-action-on-next-relief-bill-strains-gop-unity
ABC NEWS
— When will the country get back to normal? 3 things to know about reopening
America Top health officials warn “we have not reached the peak.” –
Anne Flaherty
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/country-back-normal-things-reopening-america/story?id=70094185
CNBC
— ‘This will lead to airline bankruptcies’ — flight attendant union furious
with Treasury bailout offers – Phil LeBeau
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/04/11/flight-attendant-union-furious-with-treasury-bailout-offers.html
NEW YORK TIMES
— Boris Johnson Is Discharged From Hospital After Coronavirus Treatment Russia
reported its largest daily increase in new cases since the start of the
outbreak. The pope spoke of “a contagion of hope” in his Easter Mass. Britain
closed in on 10,000 deaths from the coronavirus.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/12/world/coronavirus-news.html
— Will an Antibody Test Allow Us to Go Back to School or Work? – Apoorva
Mandavilli and Katie Thomas
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/10/health/coronavirus-antibody-test.html
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: A job without benefit means nest egg trouble – Tammy
La Gorce (DIERSEN: Overwhelmingly, the operatives and the dupes who work for my
critics/opponents have severe financial, health, and/or other problems.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/09/business/retirement-jobs-no-benefits.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “Trump Wants 50 Wisconsins on
Election Day. The G.O.P. has turned voting in person into a death threat.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/10/opinion/sunday/wisconsin-primary-2020-election.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Republican-haters blame Republicans for
minorities dying of coronavirus.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/11/opinion/coronavirus-poor-black-latino.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Republican-hater promotes hatred against Republicans.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/11/opinion/sunday/republicans-voter-suppression.html
— Cities Close Streets to Cars, Opening Space for Social Distancing Boston,
Minneapolis, Oakland and other cities have temporarily banned through traffic
on streets, giving pedestrians and cyclists extra elbow room during the
coronavirus pandemic. – Johnny Diaz (DIERSEN: How close are the leaders of your
municipality to banning cars?)
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/11/us/coronavirus-street-closures.html
— Voting by Mail Could Be What States Need. But Can They Pull It Off? Politics
aside, many states will face daunting financial, logistical and personnel
challenges to making mail balloting the norm. – Michael Wines
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/11/us/coronavirus-voting-by-mail-elections.html
— What Is Britain Without the Pub? Through two world wars, Britain’s pubs
stayed open. Their closure now, for the first time in the country’s history, is
forcing some to seek creative alternatives. – Allison McCann
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/09/world/europe/uk-pub-coronavirus.html
— TRAGIC: Dumped Milk, Smashed Eggs, Plowed Vegetables: Food Waste of the
Pandemic With restaurants, hotels and schools closed, many of the nation’s
largest farms are destroying millions of pounds of fresh goods that they can no
longer sell. – David Yaffe-Bellany and Michael Corkery
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/11/business/coronavirus-destroying-food.html
— OCTOBER 28, 2010 FLASHBACK: Andrew Cuomo: Indulging an Obsession With Motors
and Muscle – Michael Barbaro
https://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/29/nyregion/29cars.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Russia’s state-backed media uses the pandemic to spin anti-Western views.
They are not alone. – Isabelle Khurshudyan (DIERSEN: In America, the Democrat
Party backed media uses the pandemic, and everything else, to spin 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 views.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/coronavirus-russia-china-turkey-media/2020/04/11/fe34e7b2-7a53-11ea-a311-adb1344719a9_story.html
LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Coronavirus infection may cause lasting damage throughout the body, doctors
fear – MELISSA HEALY
https://www.latimes.com/science/story/2020-04-10/coronavirus-infection-can-do-lasting-damage-to-the-heart-liver
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Communist China promoters say “U.S. Tariffs Hamper
Imports of Sanitizer, Disinfectants.”
https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-tariffs-hamper-imports-of-sanitizer-disinfectants-11586683800
BLOOMBERG
— Record bankruptcies predicted in next year as unemployment soars – Anita
Sharpe
https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2020/apr/12/record-bankruptcies-predicted-in-next-year-as-unem/
FORBES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “Trump Ignored Pleas To Put Social
Distancing Practices In Place, Warnings Of A Pandemic.”
https://www.forbes.com/sites/mattperez/2020/04/11/report-trump-ignored-pleas-to-put-social-distancing-practices-in-place-warnings-of-a-pandemic/
MERCURY NEWS
— Millennials willing to compromise more to buy a home Young buyers unfazed by
bad neighborhoods, high rates – LOUIS HANSEN (DIERSEN: I bought a new town home
in University Park in 1972 when I was 24 years old. The down payment came from
what I had earned and saved a) working for IRS for 15 months in 1971 and 1972 and
b) working for Firestone Stores full-time for 7 months 1970-1971 and part-time
for 18 months 1971-1972. That money also enabled me to buy a new Corvette in
1971 and to pay tuition for graduate business courses at Loyola.)
https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/02/04/millennials-willing-to-compromise-more-to-buy-a-home/
ARGUS PRESS
— Trump bashing only gives his supporters resolve
https://www.argus-press.com/opinion/letters_to_editor/article_4543819e-7c44-11ea-b057-df09727112a2.html
SUBURBAN TIMES
— How the coronavirus will change closings, home prices and what’s on the
market – DON DOMAN
https://thesubtimes.com/2020/04/02/how-the-coronavirus-will-change-closings-home-prices-and-whats-on-the-market-pierce-county-foreshadowing/
HILL REPORTER
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: The more hatred of Republicans that you promote, the more
that Republican-haters promote you.
https://hillreporter.com/former-rnc-boss-blasts-his-own-partys-stance-over-their-obvious-voter-suppression-tactics-64122
TIMES
— Coronavirus sends China crashing to worst economic slump in 60 years
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/coronavirus-sends-china-crashing-to-worst-economic-slump-in-60-years-x66pmdld7
RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— Andrew Cuomo Ties Biden for Presidential Nomination Among Democrats
https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/elections/election_2020/cuomo_ties_biden_for_presidential_nomination_among_democrats
