WGN TV
— Illinois Democrats say they’re committed to ‘fair maps’ as redistricting begins – Tahman Bradley
https://wgntv.com/news/illinois-democrats-say-theyre-committed-to-fair-maps-as-redistricting-begins/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Peaceful group marches downtown to honor Daunte Wright and Adam Toledo, both killed by police – CLARE PROCTOR and KAREN ANN CULLOTTA
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-chicago-rally-daunte-wright-20210413-z75caltu3vfohmr7pspbndv63i-story.html
— Longtime precinct captain for indicted Ald. Edward Burke pleads guilty to deceiving FBI in corruption probe – JASON MEISNER
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/criminal-justice/ct-rudy-acosta-guilty-plea-ed-burke-corruption-probe-20210413-z4sbvdcaa5bjpnxkqtriytkssa-story.html
— Chicago looks to Minnesota, awaits another police shooting video, and holds its breath. – JOHN KASS
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/john-kass/ct-prem-chicago-police-adam-toledo-kass-20210414-5bnubsruzvd7th6iygbgvbnsgy-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote hatred against police.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/dahleen-glanton/ct-prem-glanton-daunte-wright-killing-defund-police-20210413-5o6troyy7zddbfm7vb7t5mfwri-story.html
— Instead of rental vouchers, give people a shot at owning a home – MIKE LOFTIN (DIERSEN: Where did your down payment come from? I bought a new town home in University Park September 1972 when I was 24 years old. The down payment came from what I had earned a) working for the Firestone Store in Chicago Heights full-time August 1970-March 1971 and part-time since March 1971 and b) working for IRS in Chicago and then in Harvey since June 1971. That money also enabled me to buy a new 1972 Corvette in October 1971 and to pay tuition and books for graduate business courses at Loyola starting in January 1972. I had graduated debt-free from NIU August 1970 owning a 1969 Dodge Charger SE. The money for tuition, books, and room and board came from what I earned delivering mail for the Park Forest Post Office November 1966-September 1969.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/ct-opinion-home-ownership-affordable-housing-20210413-x5d4pzfjmnhkjkq6vbisn6ngza-story.html
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— West Loop cafe infusing food with ‘diet weed’ draws long lines, complaints — prompting alderman to intervene. The early success of Canna Cafe, 1301 W. Washington, comes as lawmakers and players in the legal cannabis industry call for a clampdown on the hemp-derived compound known as Delta-8-THC, which is similar to the component in weed that gets users high. – Tom Schuba
https://chicago.suntimes.com/cannabis/2021/4/13/22382664/cannacafe-delta-8-thc-cannabis-marijuana-food-infused-drink-menu-west-loop-tiffani-piearson
DAILY HERALD
— DuPage County Board approves sheriff’s original $2.5 million request for body cameras, Tasers – Lauren Rohr
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20210413/dupage-county-board-approves-sheriffs-original-25-million-request-for-body-cameras-tasers
— Housing advocates seek support for homelessness prevention bills – TIM KIRSININKAS (DIERSEN: The best way to prevent homelessness is to promote traditional marriage and to promote the traditional family.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20210413/housing-advocates-seek-support-for-homelessness-prevention-bills
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Sanguinetti, a Republican who served with former Gov. Bruce Rauner, is now executive director for HOPE Fair Housing Center in Wheaton. She said the bills would begin to “move the needle” on fair housing and civil rights issues in the state. “The most likely victims of source of income discrimination are single woman-led households who receive income like alimony, child support, or rent assistance. Households in which one or more persons has a disability, and receive (Supplemental Security Income) or (Social Security Disability) or rent assistance,” Sanguinetti said.)
— Dozens gather in Chicago to protest killing of Daunte Wright – AP
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20210413/dozens-gather-in-chicago-to-protest-killing-of-daunte-wright
SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Illinois State Police issue another FOID, concealed carry permit extension – Peter Hancock
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/state/2021/04/13/isp-extend-foid-and-concealed-carry-permits-again-due-backlog/7211695002/
RUSS STEWART
— SUBURBAN POST-MORTEM: VOTERS REJECT BICKERING, TRUMP-LIKE POLARIZATION
http://www.russstewart.com/articles/2021/04-14-21.html
ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— A Plea to Exit Public Schools ASAP – Laurie Higgins
https://illinoisfamily.org/education/a-plea-to-exit-public-schools-asap/
AMERICAN GREATNESS
— The GOP’s Trump Solution At some point, the former Republican establishment will have to familiarize itself with the consequences of being defeated by Donald Trump within its own party. – Conrad Black
https://amgreatness.com/2021/04/12/the-gops-trump-solution/
FREEDOM’S JOURNAL
— The Fight Over Identity – Ben Shapiro
https://freedomsjournalinstitute.org/blog/2021/04/14/the-fight-over-identity
FEDERALIST
— Biden Admin To Put 80,000 Migrants In Hotels At $352 Per Bed Per Night – Gabe Kaminsky
https://thefederalist.com/2021/04/14/biden-admin-to-put-80000-migrants-in-hotels-at-352-per-bed-per-night/
NEW AMERICAN
— Wokeism Is Simply the Communist Movement – Ben Armstrong
https://thenewamerican.com/wokeism-is-simply-the-communist-movement/
BREITBART
— Durbin: ‘We Want to Cancel Racism in America’ (DIERSEN: To cancel Republicans, ever-increasingly, Democrats call Republicans racists.)
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2021/04/13/durbin-we-want-to-cancel-racism-in-america/
— Rep. Mike Garcia: Time to Re-Embrace the Bill of Rights After the Pandemic’s Encroachment on Our Liberties – REP. MIKE GARCIA (R-CA)
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/04/13/exclusive-rep-mike-garcia-time-to-re-embrace-the-bill-of-rights-after-the-pandemics-encroachment-on-our-liberties/
DAILY CALLER
— Civil Unrest Continues In Minneapolis: Mass Detainments, Unlawful Assembly Declared – JORGE VENTURA
https://dailycaller.com/2021/04/14/riot-declared-mass-arrests-duante-wright-protest-north-minneapolis/
NEWS BUSTERS
— MSNBC Lamely Tries to Blame ‘White Supremacy’ for Black-on-Asian Violence – Brad Wilmouth
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/brad-wilmouth/2021/04/13/msnbc-lamely-tries-blame-white-supremacy-black-asian-violence
PJ MEDIA
— Biden’s Team of Racists and Anti-Semites: An Anti-American Coalition in the Heart of the White House. – DAVID HOROWITZ AND JOHN PERAZZO
https://pjmedia.com/uncategorized/david-horowitzandjohn-perazzo/2021/04/13/bidens-team-of-racists-and-anti-semites-an-anti-american-coalition-in-the-heart-of-the-white-house-n1439724
ONE NEWS NOW
— Big bucks in sowing division. A cultural issues writer says most parents don’t realize that they are paying to fund racial division in their kids’ schools. – Bob Kellogg
https://onenewsnow.com/education/2021/04/13/big-bucks-in-sowing-division
POLITICO
— How Biden’s Silence is Driving People to Jump the Border – JACK HERRERA
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2021/04/13/biden-title-42-border-asylum-immigration-481097
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Facebook’s quasi-independent Oversight Board said Tuesday that it will start letting users file appeals over posts, photos, and videos that they think the company shouldn’t have allowed to stay on its platforms. (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes are extremely judgmental. According to them, I have extremely bad judgment. They demonize, denigrate, and condemn a) each and every decision that I make to include or to not include links to articles in GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters and b) each and every comment that I make or do not make on those articles. They focus on destroying not only me, but on destroying all those a) who they cannot manipulate, b) who refuse to glorify and praise them, c) who refuse to pander to them, d) who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, and/or e) who refuse to give them money.)
https://www.kktv.com/2021/04/13/facebook-users-can-appeal-harmful-content-to-oversight-board/
NEW YORK TIMES
— These People Should Be Required to Get Vaccinated – Ezekiel J. Emanuel, Aaron Glickman and Amaya Diana (DIERSEN: From what I see, sooner or later, Democrats will force Republicans to vaccinated, and especially Republicans who are law enforcement officers, Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, gun owners, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. Sooner or later, Democrats will ever-increasingly deny the aforesaid access to just about everything.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/14/opinion/coronavirus-vaccinations-mandate.html
— Your Success Probably Didn’t Come From Merit Alone – Tressie McMillan Cottom (DIERSEN: If you are an older White male Republican, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs attribute whatever successes that you have had to your benefitting from slavery and from discrimination against minorities and against females.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/13/opinion/ezra-klein-podcast-tressie-mcmillan-cottom.html
— Hundreds of Companies Unite to Oppose Voting Limits, but Others Abstain. Amazon, Google, G.M. and Starbucks were among those joining the biggest show of solidarity by businesses over legislation in numerous states. – David Gelles and Andrew Ross Sorkin (DIERSEN: What do you say to companies that pander to those who are anti-law enforcement, anti-Trump, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-heterosexual, anti-traditional marriage/family, anti-non-poor people, anti-gun owners, anti-Christian, anti-Protestant, anti-Italian American, anti-German American, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/14/business/ceos-corporate-america-voting-rights.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats crow about their success in making corporations anti-law enforcement, anti-Trump, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-heterosexual, anti-traditional marriage/family, anti-non-poor people, anti-gun owners, anti-Christian, anti-Protestant, anti-Italian American, anti-German American, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/14/opinion/woke-capitalism-democratic-party-us.html
WASHINGTON POST
— House panel to vote on slavery reparations bill for first time, supporters are calling it an important milestone – Marianna Sotomayor (DIERSEN: Affirmative Action (AA), Diversity, and Inclusion are reparations. Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs make Republicans pay the price of AA, Diversity, and Inclusion, and especially Republicans who are conservative, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, gun owners, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/reparations-commission-biden-jackson-lee/2021/04/13/f146e92c-9bec-11eb-8a83-3bc1fa69c2e8_story.html
USA TODAY
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, hate-filled Republican-hating Democrats shout at Asians that Republicans hate Asians.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2021/04/13/democrats-seek-republican-support-anti-asian-american-hate-crime-bill/7206444002/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, to get votes from Blacks, Democrats promise Blacks that Democrats will give Blacks more preference.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/policing/2021/04/12/what-happened-biden-pledge-have-backs-black-america-column/7192178002/
NEWSWEEK
— ‘Trumpocrite’: John Boehner Faces Backlash Online After Saying He Voted for Trump’s Reelection – AILA SLISCO
https://www.newsweek.com/trumpocrite-john-boehner-faces-backlash-online-after-saying-he-voted-trumps-reelection-1583421
— School Won’t Be Named After Obamas Following Protests – DARRAGH ROCHE
https://www.newsweek.com/school-will-not-named-after-barack-michelle-obama-protests-1583460
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— IRS Chief Says $1 Trillion in Taxes May Go Uncollected Each Year. Charles Rettig tells lawmakers more resources are needed to detect fraud, errors. – John McCormick (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://www.wsj.com/articles/irs-chief-says-1-trillion-in-taxes-may-go-uncollectedeach-year-11618337765
— U.S. Chamber Urges Lawmakers to Oppose Democratic-Backed Voting Bill. Chamber objects to proposed For the People Act’s curbs on business political activity, saying voting changes should be bipartisan. – Alexa Corse
https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-chamber-urges-lawmakers-to-oppose-democratic-backing-voting-bill-11618349933
— Pollsters Say They Undercounted Republicans, Trump Supporters in 2020. Five Democratic groups and Pew say they may need to return to old-school polling techniques like knocking on doors. – Aaron Zitner
https://www.wsj.com/articles/pollsters-say-they-undercounted-republicans-trump-supporters-in-2020-11618353142
— New York Democrats Push Repeal of Cap on Local Tax Deductions. Bid to eliminate Trump-era tax change factors into talks over Biden’s infrastructure plan. – Joseph De Avila (DIERSEN: Biden should increase the $10,000 SALT cap to $20,000 for married filing jointly.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/new-york-democrats-push-repeal-of-cap-on-local-tax-deductions-11618353038
— Democracy Promotion in a World Growing More Dangerous. A new report details what Biden can do to champion free society at home and abroad. – William A. Galston (DIERSEN: What do say to those who use “democracy” to get rid of those who are law enforcement officers, Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, gun owners, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/democracy-promotion-in-a-world-growing-more-dangerous-11618355267
— Masks for Children, Muzzles for Covid-19 News. In the guise of combating ‘misinformation,’ YouTube again censors scientific debate over pandemic policy. – Jay Bhattacharya
https://www.wsj.com/articles/masks-for-children-muzzles-for-covid-19-news-11618329981
FORBES
— Even The Staunchest Defenders Of Equality Will Discriminate Against Older Workers – Adi Gaskell (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who discriminate the most against older people. I would focus on those who discriminate the most against older people who are Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, heterosexual, married, non-poor, gun owners, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/adigaskell/2021/04/13/even-the-staunchest-defenders-of-equality-will-discriminate-against-older-workers/
AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, the percentage of those in America who are White decreases. Hate-filled Republican-hating Republican-haters are overjoyed about that. They use that get the Republican Party to dump Whites, and especially to dump Whites who are law enforcement officers, Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, Republican, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, gun owners, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90ZgeOLmrhQ
UP NORTH LIVE
— Controversial white privilege assignment continues to be addressed in Mancelona – Payton May (DIERSEN: If you are an older White male Republican, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs attribute whatever successes that you have had to your benefitting from slavery and from discrimination against minorities and against females.)
https://upnorthlive.com/news/local/controversial-white-privilege-assignment-continues-to-be-addressed-in-mancelona
MONDAQ
— Illinois Limits Employers’ Use Of Criminal Conviction Records With Amendment To IHRA – Alishba N. Malik and Stephen L. Sitley (DIERSEN: GAO hired me in 1980 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. IRS hired me in 1971 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job. The Post Office hired me in 1966 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job.)
https://www.mondaq.com/unitedstates/employee-rights-labour-relations/1057740/illinois-limits-employers39-use-of-criminal-conviction-records-with-amendment-to-ihra-
COURTHOUSE NEWS
— Democrats Renew Push for Equal Pay Legislation – BRANDI BUCHMAN (DIERSEN: If I had not been denied my 7th Amendment rights in Diersen v. GAO, I would have presented a jury with many examples in which my Democrat GAO superiors promoted over me their Democrat employees who were minority, female, and/or younger and who had less job-related work experience, less education, and/or fewer professional certifications and licenses than I had.)
https://www.courthousenews.com/democrats-renew-push-for-equal-pay-legislation/
GM AUTHORITY
— No Commitment Yet From Biden Admin To Help Auto Industry With Chip Shortage. – SAM MCEACHERN
https://gmauthority.com/blog/2021/04/no-commitment-yet-from-biden-admin-to-help-auto-industry-with-chip-shortage/
— Intel In Discussions To Produce Chips For Automakers. – JONATHAN LOPEZ
https://gmauthority.com/blog/2021/04/intel-in-discussions-to-produce-chips-for-automakers/
FORD AUTHORITY
— Ford Mustang Is World’s Best-Selling Sports Car For Second Year In A Row – Brett Foote
https://fordauthority.com/2021/04/ford-mustang-is-worlds-best-selling-sports-car-for-second-year-in-a-row/
