April 18 Morning Edition

ABC7
— Former Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan paid nearly $2.7M in legal fees in start of 2021
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/former-il-house-speaker-madigan-paid-millions-in-legal-fees-this-year/10522382/
— After outcry, Biden plans to lift refugee cap in May. Donald Trump had previously set a limit of 15,000 refugees for the year. – AP
(DIERSEN: Democrats want refugees because refugees vote for Democrats. RINOs want refugees because RINOs want cheap labor. Neither Democrats nor RINOs want to employ Republicans like me. GAO hired me in 1980 only because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. IRS hired me in 1971 only because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job. The Post Office hired me in 1966 only because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job.)
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/after-outcry-biden-plans-to-lift-refugee-cap-in-may/10525121/

WGN TV
— Journalists allege police harassment at Minnesota protests – AP
(DIERSEN: I should write a book about unsuccessful Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct since 2000, their major donors, their political consultants, their campaign managers, their campaign staff members, and their campaign volunteers who have blamed me and blamed my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters the most for their problems, for your problems, for my problems, and for everyone’s problems. I would focus on unsuccessful Republican candidates for U.S. Senate, U.S. Congress, Illinois statewide offices, Illinois Senate, Illinois House, DuPage countywide offices, DuPage County District 4, Milton Township, and Wheaton offices.)
https://wgntv.com/news/journalists-allege-police-harassment-at-minnesota-protests/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Republican 2024 presidential hopefuls are making early moves as Trump mulls another run – AP
(DIERSEN: Which candidate will the hate-filled Trump-hating Kinzinger endorse or will he run himself?)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/nation-world/ct-aud-nw-republican-2024-presidential-candidates-20210418-4thphwda55dkbivarabl7zp6fe-story.html
— Former top cop Eddie Johnson defends officer in Adam Toledo’s death – John Kass
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/john-kass/
— Beverly residents bring their Black Lives Matter protest to 103rd and Western – JEFF VORVA
(DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote hatred against Republicans, and especially against 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.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/ct-sta-beverly-black-lives-matter-demonstration-st-0419-20210418-3osmyefonfggjo6dpl6p7s4a3m-story.html
— WFLD-Channel 32 political editor Mike Flannery lists 7-bedroom Beverly mansion for $1.3M – BOB GOLDSBOROUGH
https://www.chicagotribune.com/real-estate/elite-street/ct-re-elite-street-mike-flannery-beverly-20210407-rk5irhxgyvfbbgiymjlmldfyfm-story.html
— 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.chicagotribune.com/columns/mary-schmich/ct-prem-met-schmich-heather-mcghee-20210416-3uqgncxj2bca7fxqimbxw2h3fe-story.html
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/post-tribune/opinion/ct-ptb-davich-racist-ghost-kingdoms-st-0416-20210415-3p2zzbdsbrdkvlscykalnxssra-story.html
— College of DuPage won’t mandate students be vaccinated to attend fall classes; no decision yet for North Central in Naperville – RAFAEL GUERRERO
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-nvs-college-dupage-north-central-vaccine-st-20210416-6jqy5pcbz5ftfh7kahghz4uwda-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— Cook, collar counties receive high, improving marks in latest state health rankings – James Fuller
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20210417/cook-collar-counties-receive-high-improving-marks-in-latest-state-health-rankings

ST. LOUIS TODAY
— Direct-support professionals need a living wage – Beverly Fields, Florissant
(DIERSEN: What did you do to qualify yourself for better paying jobs? I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 32.)
https://www.stltoday.com/opinion/mailbag/letter-direct-support-professionals-need-a-living-wage/article_7f0454ed-d21d-5883-8189-3132ce09ae92.html

SUBURBAN LIFE
— DuPage County reports 246 COVID-19 cases, no deaths, region’s positivity rate decreases to 6.8% – Joshua Welge
https://www.shawlocal.com/my-suburban-life/coronavirus/2021/04/17/dupage-county-reports-246-covid-19-cases-no-deaths-regions-positivity-rate-decreases-to-68/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Democrat-run institutions are cheating to prop up the Biden administration – Andrea Widburg
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2021/04/democratrun_institutions_are_cheating_to_prop_up_the_biden_administration.html

TOWNHALL
— To Break a Nation, Try Saturation Mass-Marketing – Eric Rozenman
(DIERSEN: Of course, the Democrats who have invaded DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton want the aforesaid governments to issue proclamations that the remaining Republicans in DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton are White supremacists, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things who should be driven out immediately. Of course, the Democrats who have invaded DuPage County and Milton Township want the DuPage County Republican Central Committee and the Milton Township Republican Organization to issue proclamations that all Republican candidates, party leaders, precinct committeemen, major donors, etc. must be at least one, two, three, or more of the following: Trump-hater, minority, female, younger, moderate, liberal, LGBTQ, non-married, poor, non-Christian, non-Protestant, non-Italian American, non-German American, and/or their ancestors have not been in America for a long time.)
https://townhall.com/columnists/ericrozenman/2021/04/18/to-break-a-nation-try-saturation-massmarketing-n2588056
(FROM THE ARTICLE: To break a nation, one doesn’t need invading armies, nuclear missiles or even a cyber warfare attack that fries the electrical grid. An incessant marketing campaign will do. Rebranding the United States as “racist”—allegedly systemic, structural or some other impossible-to-pin-down modifier—advances a false narrative. The objective is to demoralize proud Americans. Historically, radicals have used self-justifying promotional techniques to seize power. Nazis rode their “stab-in-the-back” conspiracy explanation of Germany’s World War I defeat from obscurity to total control in just a few years. In the name of “the people,” a small Bolshevik party pursued elastically defined “class enemies”; success allowed them to impose Soviet tyranny. Now a defuse movement, incubated on campuses for decades, grabs for power in the United States. Conjoined triplets—academia, Hollywood and partisan journalism—operate as a de facto “Ministry of Truth.” Apart from dissident conservative outlets, the movement to convict America as intrinsically racist has obtained what psychological warfare practitioners call “information dominance.”)

DAILY CALLER
— Biden Breaks With His Own Admin And Calls Border Situation A ‘Crisis,’ Defends 180 On Refugees – VIRGINIA KRUTA
https://dailycaller.com/2021/04/17/biden-calls-border-situation-crisis-refugees/

NEWSMAX
— ‘America First Caucus’ Plans Scrapped After GOP Leaders Push Back – Sandy Fitzgerald
(DIERSEN: Of course, GOP leaders would not push back against caucuses that promote dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ, abortion, illegal drugs, abolition of the First and Second Amendments, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, or age discrimination.)
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/marjorie-taylor-greene-america-first-caucus-gop/2021/04/17/id/1018005/

ONE AMERICA NEWS NETWORK
— GOP Pushes Back Against Left-Wing Cancel Culture
https://www.oann.com/gop-pushes-back-against-left-wing-cancel-culture/

PATRIOT POST
— Systemic Racism Is a Conspiracy Theory Cult It’s a conspiracy theory that explains everything in the world as racism.
https://patriotpost.us/articles/79221-in-brief-systemic-racism-is-a-conspiracy-theory-cult-2021-04-17

THE HILL
— Journalists allege harassment by law enforcement amid Minneapolis protests – JORDAN WILLIAMS
(DIERSEN: I should write a book about unsuccessful Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct since 2000, their major donors, their campaign managers, their campaign staff members, and their campaign volunteers who have blamed me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters the most for their problems, for your problems, for my problems, and for everyone’s problems. I would focus on unsuccessful Republican candidates for U.S. Senate, U.S. Congress, Illinois statewide offices, Illinois Senate, Illinois House, DuPage countywide offices, DuPage County District 4, Milton Township, and Wheaton offices.)
https://thehill.com/homenews/media/548849-journalists-allege-harassment-by-law-enforcement-amid-minneapolis-protests

ABC NEWS
— Journalists allege police harassment at Minnesota protests. Some journalists covering protests over the police fatal shooting of Daunte Wright in suburban Minneapolis say police have harassed them despite a federal order to leave them alone. – TODD RICHMOND
(DIERSEN: I should write a book about unsuccessful Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct since 2000, their major donors, their campaign managers, their campaign staff members, and their campaign volunteers who have blamed me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters the most for their problems, for your problems, for my problems, and for everyone’s problems. I would focus on unsuccessful Republican candidates for U.S. Senate, U.S. Congress, Illinois statewide offices, Illinois Senate, Illinois House, DuPage countywide offices, DuPage County District 4, Milton Township, and Wheaton offices.)
https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/journalists-allege-police-harassment-minnesota-protests-77139904

CNN
— Minnesota governor expresses regret for mistreatment of journalists during Daunte Wright demonstrations. – Hollie Silverman and Andy Rose
(DIERSEN: I should write a book about unsuccessful Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct since 2000, their major donors, their campaign managers, their campaign staff members, and their campaign volunteers who have blamed me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters the most for their problems, for your problems, for my problems, and for everyone’s problems. I would focus on unsuccessful Republican candidates for U.S. Senate, U.S. Congress, Illinois statewide offices, Illinois Senate, Illinois House, DuPage countywide offices, DuPage County District 4, Milton Township, and Wheaton offices.)
https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/18/us/daunte-wright-minnesota-shooting-sunday/index.html

YAHOO NEWS
— Illinois House Passes Bill to Make Asian American History Lessons Mandatory in Local Schools – Ryan General
(DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats shout at minorities, females, younger people, LGBTQers, those who have less money than others, moderates, liberals, veterans, non-Christians, non-Protestants, non-Italian Americans, non-German Americans, those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time, those who have financial, health, and/or other problems, criminals, drinkers, gamblers, and stoners that Republicans have caused, are causing, and will forever cause all their problems.)
https://www.yahoo.com/news/illinois-house-passes-bill-asian-205542019.html

REUTERS
— Minnesota police promise not to detain, pepper-spray journalists covering protests
(DIERSEN: I should write a book about unsuccessful Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct since 2000, their major donors, their campaign managers, their campaign staff members, and their campaign volunteers who have blamed me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters the most for their problems, for your problems, for my problems, and for everyone’s problems. I would focus on unsuccessful Republican candidates for U.S. Senate, U.S. Congress, Illinois statewide offices, Illinois Senate, Illinois House, DuPage countywide offices, DuPage County District 4, Milton Township, and Wheaton offices.)
https://wsau.com/2021/04/17/minnesota-police-promise-not-to-detain-pepper-spray-journalists-covering-protests/

NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrats Aim to Revive a Campaign Finance Watchdog. A commission that’s evenly divided and long dysfunctional – Carl Hulse
(DIERSEN: GAO was beyond furious when I suggested that GAO audit teams be evenly divided between Democrats and Republicans. Virtually all GAO employees are Democrats.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/17/us/federal-election-commission.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Republican-hating Republican-haters use Minnesota police to promote hated against Republicans.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/16/opinion/sunday/daunte-wright-racism-minnesota.html
— Rising Debt, Falling Income: How to Dig Out. More Americans over age 55 are carrying debt loads, and their nonmortgage debt grew significantly during the pandemic. – Susan B. Garland
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/17/business/retirement/rising-debt-falling-income-how-to-dig-out.html
— Make Tax-Dodging Companies Pay – Editorial
(DIERSEN: My Democrat IRS superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinate were furious that I deducted tuition and books for graduate business and accounting courses at Loyola and DePaul. They hinted/implied/argues/shouted that the courses a) were not related to my job, b) did not help me carry out my job duties, c) prepared me for a “new trade or business,” d) were taken by me to get a job in the private sector, and e) were a distraction. They succeeded in getting Money Magazine and IRS to disallow the courses. Tax Court ruled in my favor for the business courses but ruled in IRS’s favor for the accounting courses creating a new law that accounting courses are not deductible until after you are qualified to take the CPA examination)
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/17/opinion/sunday/biden-taxes-companies.html

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, since the Civil War, Democrats shout at Blacks that Republicans a) have caused all the problems that Blacks have, b) are causing all the problems that Blacks are having, and c) will forever cause all the problems that Blacks will have.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/black-americans-experiencing-collective-trauma-grief/2021/04/17/b7f2316a-9fdc-11eb-b2f5-7d2f0182750d_story.html

USA TODAY
— Police in Minnesota round up journalists covering protest, force them on the ground and take pictures of their faces – Adrianna Rodriguez
(DIERSEN: I should write a book about unsuccessful Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct since 2000, their major donors, their campaign managers, their campaign staff members, and their campaign volunteers who have blamed me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters the most for their problems, for your problems, for my problems, and for everyone’s problems. I would focus on unsuccessful Republican candidates for U.S. Senate, U.S. Congress, Illinois statewide offices, Illinois Senate, Illinois House, DuPage countywide offices, DuPage County District 4, Milton Township, and Wheaton offices.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2021/04/17/brooklyn-center-protests-police-round-up-journalists/7268057002/

BLOOMBERG
— Wealth Migration Spurs a Record-Setting Quarter for Rolls-Royce. Secondary markets in Florida and Texas are heating up for luxury automakers. – Hannah Elliott
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-04-13/rolls-royce-sees-record-sales-thanks-to-wealthy-floridians

ENTREPRENEUR LIFE
— 20 habits that prevent you from being a millionaire – John Rampton
(DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, I have money a) because my parents were filthy rich, b) because I was unfairly blessed with good health, c) because I benefitted from slavery and from my parents’, grandparents’, great grandparents’, and the rest of my ancestors’ discrimination against minorities and against women, d) because I avoided the draft, e) because the federal government grossly overpaid me, f) because of my wife’s income, g) because we gave up trying to have children, we did not adopt, and we did not become foster parents, h) because my federal retirement benefits are too generous, and i) because I do not give money to a church.)
https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/369587

FORBES
— The Importance Of Generational Wealth And Legacy – Kenneth J. Williams Jr. (DIERSEN: I should write a book about my critics/opponents who hinted/implied/argued/shouted that my parents were filthy rich.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbestheculture/2021/04/16/nia-long-on-the-importance-of-generational-wealth-and-legacy/
— 7 Things You Can Do Outside Your Current Job To Advance Your Career – Caroline Ceniza-Levine
(DIERSEN: While I worked for GAO 1980-1997, I a) earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, b) passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt and became a licensed CPA in 1981, c) served on the Executive Committee of the Association of Government Accountants Chicago Chapter 1983-1996, d) served on the Membership Committee of the Illinois CPA Society 1989-1998, e) became a Certified Fraud Examiner in 1990, f) became a Certified Government Financial Manager in 1994, g) became a Certified Financial Services Auditor in 1996, h) became a Forensic Accountant in 1997, and i) earned a master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT in 1997. While I worked for IRS 1971-1980, I a) earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976 and passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979. While I worked for the Park Forest Post Office 1966-1969, I completed business courses at UIC and NIU.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/carolinecenizalevine/2021/04/17/7-things-you-can-do-outside-your-current-job-to-advance-your-career/

POST GAZETTE
— Candidates need health care and a living wage – BETH ROTMAN
(DIERSEN: What did you do to qualify yourself for better paying jobs? I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 32.)
https://www.post-gazette.com/news/insight/2021/04/18/Can-di-dates-need-health-care-and-a-liv-ing-wage/stories/202104180035

SENTINEL AND ENTERPRISE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs promote hatred against those who are anti-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.sentinelandenterprise.com/2021/04/18/demographics-are-destiny-and-the-rights-traditional-way-of-life-is-a-goner/

SEATTLE MEDIUM
— Home Ownership = Racial Equity – Shannon Horton
(DIERSEN: What enabled you to buy your first home? 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 then 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.)
http://seattlemedium.com/home-ownership-racial-equity/

SEATTLE TIMES
— Amazon told it must address pay inequities – KATHERINE ANNE LONG
(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 female, minority, 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.nny360.com/news/amazon-told-it-must-address-pay-inequities/article_700700d1-fe23-5cc5-a92f-dd33ccd13b30.html

LEWISTON TRIBUNE
— Americans are working their way toward bondage – Richard J. Eggleston
(DIERSEN: My critics/opponents promote dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ, 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://lmtribune.com/opinion/americans-are-working-their-way-toward-bondage/article_de39828e-0205-589c-ae91-29b37be98b28.html

WPAB
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Boehner’s Pro-Pot, Anti-GOP Agenda Could Net Him $20 Million
https://www.wbap.com/news/boehners-pro-pot-anti-gop-agenda-could-net-him-20-million/

SALON
— The gender vaccine gap: More women than men are getting COVID shots – LAURA UNGAR
(DIERSEN: One could argue that because of slavery, discrimination, oppression, etc., all the member of all the protected groups should be vaccinated first. Protected groups include: Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, RINOs, moderates, liberals, minorities, females, younger people, veterans, LGBTQers, disabled people, those who have less money than others, illegals, non-married people, non-gun owners, non-Christians, non-Protestants, non-Italian Americans, non-German Americans, criminals, boozers, gamblers, stoners, and those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time.)

https://www.salon.com/2021/04/14/the-gender-vaccine-gap-more-women-than-men-are-getting-covid-shots_partner/

RIS MEDIA
— 4 Ways You Can Help Ensure Fair Housing for Buyers – Marc D. Gould
(DIERSEN: From what I see watching home purchases in my precinct since 1984, it ever-increasing looks like Democrat realtors steer homebuyers to my precinct who are Democrat, moderate, liberal, LGBTQ, non-Protestant, and/or non-German American. Ever-increasingly, it looks like Democrat realtors stress to potential homebuyers a) that ever-increasingly, Democrats get more votes in the precinct, for example, Biden got 269 votes while Trump got only 157, b) that there are LGBTQ-promoting churches immediately north and south of the precinct, c) that the Wheaton Warrenville School District 200 Administration Headquarters is in the precinct, and d) that a grade school and middle school are in the precinct.)
https://rismedia.com/2021/04/13/ways-help-ensure-fair-housing-buyers/

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.