ABC7
— Mayor Lori Lightfoot addresses social media rumors saying she will “continue to serve” Chicago. Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot was trending on social media for part of the weekend over what she called “homophobic, racist and misogynistic rumors” on Twitter.
https://abc7chicago.com/mayor-lightfoot-addresses-resignation-rumors-/10525589/
NBC5
— Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot Slams ‘Rumors’ as ‘Trash,’ Saying She ‘Will Continue to Lead’ Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot says she will “continue to lead” the city, following online comments circulating Saturday night
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-mayor-lori-lightfoot-slams-rumors-as-trash-saying-she-will-continue-to-lead/2489393/
— Coronavirus in Illinois: 2,666 New COVID Cases, 10 Deaths, 115K Vaccinations As of Sunday, the state has administered over 8 million doses of coronavirus vaccine during the pandemic
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/coronavirus/coronavirus-in-illinois-2666-new-covid-cases-10-deaths-115k-vaccinations/2489418/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats crow about their success in turning faith leaders into operatives and dupes for the Democrat Party.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/politics/faith-leaders-across-us-join-in-decrying-voting-restrictions/2489518/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Lightfoot dispels lascivious ‘rumors’ about her resignation: ‘I will continue to serve today, tomorrow and into the future’ The claim that Mayor Lori Lightfoot planned to step down Sunday was apparently fueled by a now-deleted tweet sent by Ja’Mal Green, an activist and former mayoral candidate who continues to call for her resignation. – Tom Schuba
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2021/4/18/22390685/mayor-lori-lightfoot-rumors-resignation-chicago
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: LGBTQ-promoters promote LGBTQ.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2021/4/18/22360644/windy-city-times-tracy-baim-lgbtq-history-chicago-gay-rights-glaad-barbara-gittings-award
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot calls Twitter rumors ‘homophobic, racist and misogynistic,’ indicates she is not resigning – GREGORY PRATT and JOHN BYRNE
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-chicago-mayor-lori-lightfoot-responds-twitter-20210418-6hqriwl3yrexpitmgzf2jwj4v4-story.html
DAILY HERALD
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats crow about their success in turning faith leaders into operatives and dupes for the Democrat Party.
https://www.dailyherald.com/article/20210418/news/304189957/
CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Ruling gives politicians leverage in controlling access – Jim Dey
https://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/jim-dey-ruling-gives-politicians-leverage-in-controlling-access/article_70ff8071-d20d-50e8-b65f-d494a7b999ab.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Can elected public officials discriminate from among the reporters who cover their activities based on who they like and don’t like? Obviously not, according to legal interpretations of the media’s First Amendment rights. More narrowly, can public officials pick and choose among news outlets, allowing some to cover their events while barring others? A federal appeals court in Chicago just answered the latter question in the affirmative. But it qualified its decision by asserting that the official picking and choosing must be based on neutral factors applied across the board.)
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— GOP White House hopefuls move forward as Trump considers run – AP (DIERSEN: Which candidate will the hate-filled Trump-hating Kinzinger endorse or will he run himself?)
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/gop-white-house-hopefuls-move-forward-as-trump-considers-run/
CHICAGO NOW
— Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis for president? Early frontrunners often fade; Democrats will work make sure he does. So will Trump – Dennis Byrne
https://www.chicagonow.com/dennis-byrnes-barbershop/2021/04/florida-gov-ron-desantis-for-president/
CENTER FOR ILLINOIS POLITICS
— Illinois Democrats are Trouncing Republicans with Campaign Cash – Wagner Acerbi Horta
https://www.centerforilpolitics.org/articles/illinois-democrats-are-trouncing-republicans-with-campaign-cash
FOX NEWS
— Biden created ‘catastrophe’ at southern border by ‘dismantling’ Trump’s policies: Florida Gov. DeSantis. ‘Biden has failed on dealing with illegal immigration and rule of law,’ DeSantis says. – Talia Kaplan
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-created-catastrophe-at-southern-border-by-dismantling-trumps-policies-florida-gov-desantis
AMERICAN THINKER
— The tyrannical transformation of America – David Zukerman
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2021/04/the_tyrannical_transformation_of_america.html
BREITBART
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: The hate-filled Trump-hating George W. Bush says “Trump Lacked the Humility Necessary to be an Effective Leader.”
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2021/04/18/george-w-bush-trump-lacked-the-humility-necessary-to-be-an-effective-leader/
BLAZE
— Maxine Waters tells protesters to ‘get more confrontational’ and she is ‘hopeful protests continue’ ‘You got to make sure that they know we mean business’ and is ‘hopeful protests continue’ – PAUL SACCA
https://www.theblaze.com/news/maxine-waters-protesters-confrontational-chauvin-trial
— Chris Cuomo says police reform will happen only after ‘white people’s kids start getting killed’ ‘If it were people like me whose kids were getting shot by cops, this would have ended a long time ago’ – CHRIS ENLOE
https://www.theblaze.com/news/chris-cuomo-police-reform-white-kids
THE HILL
— Trump looms over Senate’s anti-Asian hate crimes battle – ALEXANDER BOLTON (DIERSEN: GAO works for Congress. During the mid-1990s, Newt Gingrich loomed large over the decisions that GAO made to deal with Gingrich’s tremendous GAO budget cuts. Gingrich let the Democrats who ran GAO deal with his budget cuts by getting rid of GAO employees who were Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who had not made GS-13 (currently $102,188) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $120,755) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $142,041) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $172,500) by age 40. Extremely few GAO employees make the aforesaid promotion deadlines.)
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/548781-trump-looms-over-senates-anti-asian-hate-crimes-battle
POLITICO
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters say “GOP struggles with how to handle Trumpism — and Trump.”
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/playbook/2021/04/18/gop-struggles-with-how-to-handle-trumpism-and-trump-492508
CNN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, since the Civil War, Democrats blame Republicans for all the problems that Blacks have had, are having, and will have.
https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/18/opinions/confronting-hate-in-institutions-people-v-klan-jones/index.html
NEWSWEEK
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters say America First Caucus “Has No Place in the Republican Party.”
https://www.newsweek.com/john-boehner-says-america-first-caucus-has-no-place-republican-party-1584507
SIERRA SUN TIMES
— President Joe Biden Proclaims April 17 Through April 25, 2021 as National Park Week (DIERSEN: Between 1978 and 1992, while my wife worked for the U.S. League of Savings Institutions, we took four short vacations every year following her business trips, most commonly to luxury golf resorts across America. Most commonly, we rented a car and visited nearby national parks. Needless-to-say, my Democrat IRS and GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were beyond furious about that, and especially those whose spouse had little or no income and those who were not married.)
https://goldrushcam.com/sierrasuntimes/index.php/news/local-news/29145-president-joe-biden-proclaims-april-17-through-april-25-2021-as-national-park-week
NEWS TALK
— Exactly What Is A Journalist’s Job, Not Everyone Agrees – Dave Ettl (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, my job is to do what they tell me to do, no more, and no less.)
https://newstalkkit.com/exactly-what-is-a-journalists-job-not-everyone-agrees/
COMMON DREAMS
— ‘Divisive’: How Corporate Media Dismiss Ideas Unpopular With Elites. The next time you hear your favorite political proposals being labeled as too “divisive,” “contentious,” or “polarizing” to work, check the polls first. – Alan MacLeod (DIERSEN: According to my RINO critics/opponents, articles that promote the individual responsibility, traditional marriage/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 are TOO DIVISIVE and because of that, I should not include links in GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters that promote those planks.)
https://www.commondreams.org/views/2021/04/18/divisive-how-corporate-media-dismiss-ideas-unpopular-elites
