April 20, 2022

ABC7

— Illinois COVID Update: IL reports 2,471 new cases, 20 deaths
https://abc7chicago.com/covid-illinois-cases-test-vaccine/11769308/
— Bloom Township offers seniors free gas; Willie Wilson to hold another giveaway. Gas price has stabilized, but is expected to surge again. – Stephanie Wade
https://abc7chicago.com/chicago-heights-bloom-township-gas-station-prices/11768064/

CBS2
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats push pot. To push pot on a municipality, township, county, state, or country is to destroy that municipality, township, county, state, or country.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/recreational-marijuana-legalization-420-two-years/
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/two-years-after-recreational-marijuana-legalization-customers-are-pleased-and-illinois-is-raking-in/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Gov. J.B. Pritzker takes shot at GOP as he signs $46B election-year budget, $1.8B in largely temporary tax relief – DAN PETRELLA
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-illinois-budget-tax-relief-pritzker-20220419-jg3tmj3vczh7dflwikrvotphhq-story.html
— Lawsuit alleges ‘cartel’ colludes to keep cannabis prices high in Illinois. Industry members say there’s no evidence for the allegations. – ROBERT MCCOPPIN
https://www.chicagotribune.com/marijuana/illinois/ct-illinois-marijuana-chicago-cartel-20220420-monfubfadneaxokrrbg4kc2dya-story.html
— $50 checks can’t hide how state lawmakers are shortchanging Illinoisans – FROYLAN JIMENEZ
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/ct-opinion-illinois-lawmakers-budget-priorities-tax-relief-20220418-btrh5a5745fz3hhln2utexblvi-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Healing injury? Or adding insult? Pritzker signs budget with tax relief, fiscal fixes — but GOP sees ‘cynical’ election-year politics – Mitchell Armentrout
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2022/4/19/23032075/pritzker-budget-signed-law-democrat-election-year-spending-tax-relief
— CPD shifting cops to more violent beats as summer approaches. With shootings and homicides both down after a historically violent 2021, Chicago Police Supt. David Brown said the department is now prioritizing 55 police beats that account for half the violence in the city. – Tom Schuba, Andy Boyle
(COMMENT: Under the Democrats, ever-increasingly, crime increases.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2022/4/19/23032375/cpd-violence-beats-david-brown-community-policing-cpd-crime
— COMMENT: The Democrat, Libertarian, and Green party platforms promote poverty and crime.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2022/4/17/23026907/universal-basic-income-pilot-federal-child-tax-credit-editorial

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Lightfoot hypes an economic job well done, ignoring her shortcomings. The mayor avoids crime, empty offices and other woes in a speech that lauds the city’s growth as re-election nears. – GREG HINZ
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/greg-hinz-politics/lightfoot-hypes-economic-job-well-done-ignoring-her-shortcomings

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats push pot. To push pot on a municipality, township, county, state, or country is to destroy that municipality, township, county, state, or country.
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/drugs/marijuana/2022/04/20/what-know-unofficial-marijuana-holiday-420-springfield-illinois/7368760001/

WSIL TV
— Illinois Republicans disapprove of budget signed by governor
https://www.wsiltv.com/news/illinois-republicans-disapprove-of-budget-signed-by-governor/article_4bec6834-bfff-11ec-8c95-7fbee4781c0b.html

EVANSTON ROUNDTABLE
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats push pot. To push pot on a municipality, township, county, state, or country is to destroy that municipality, township, county, state, or country.
https://evanstonroundtable.com/2022/04/19/two-years-later-cannabis-legalization-in-illinois-still-faces-growing-pains/

DAILY NORTHWESTERN
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote reparations. To promote reparations is to promote hatred against Republicans.
https://dailynorthwestern.com/2022/04/20/city/local-leaders-reflect-on-evanstons-reparations-effort-one-year-later/

PRAIRIE STATE WIRE
— New ad says GOP Gov candidate Irvin’s support of Black Lives Matter should disqualify him from being nominee.
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/623361310-new-ad-says-gop-gov-candidate-irvin-s-support-of-black-lives-matter-should-disqualify-him-from-being-nominee

WIREPOINTS
— The Governor’s tourism campaign has to overcome Cook County’s crime wave
https://wirepoints.org/governors-tourism-campaign-has-to-overcome-cook-county-crime-wave-wirepoints-joins-chicagos-morning-answer-on-am-560/

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Hatred Animates the Left – Laurie Higgins
(COMMENT: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters a) stopped Republicans from helping sponsor Wheaton’s Independence Day parade and fireworks last year and b) promoted BLM and LGBTQ big time in downtown Wheaton the year before.)
https://illinoisfamily.org/marriage/hatred-animates-the-left/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Top Republican calls for troops at border as illegal immigrant surge goes global – Stephen Dinan
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2022/apr/19/top-republican-calls-for-troops-at-border-as-illeg/
— Former med school dean (Dr. Stanley Goldfarb) starts nonprofit to fight ‘woke healthcare’ – Sean Salai
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2022/apr/19/former-med-school-dean-starts-nonprofit-fight-woke/
— Fox News ratings continue to far outpace news rivals – Jennifer Harper
(DIERSEN: In 2002, I led a group that succeeded in getting Comcast to offer Fox News Channel in Wheaton. Of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes continue to be furious about that.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2022/apr/19/inside-beltway-fox-news-ratings-continue-soar/
— Where does transgender psychology end? Suppose a 16-year-old identifies as 11 – Alex E. Hooke
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2022/apr/19/where-does-transgender-psychology-end/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats encourage/force everyone to be LGBTQers, and especially those who are minority, female, and/or younger and/or who have financial, health, and/or other problems.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/michigan-democrats-accuse-gop-of-homophobia-for-rejecting-gay-university-trustee
— Black Lives Matter’s financial transparency matters – Editorial
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/editorials/black-lives-matters-financial-transparency-matters

NEW YORK POST
— Ex-school official sues Virginia board over anti-racism training – Snejana Farberov
(COMMENT: Democrats use training to get rid of Republicans. Democrats run the federal government. They require federal employees to take lots of training. I should write a book about the training that my Democrat IRS superiors required me to take 1971-1980 and that my Democrat GAO superiors required me to take 1980-1997.)
https://nypost.com/2022/04/19/emily-mais-sue-over-critical-race-theory-training/
— Biden resumes ‘air illegal’ into Westchester as migrant tide grows even worse – Editorial
(COMMENT: How soon. if not already, will hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters in Illinois, in your county, in your township, and in your municipality ask Abbott to send illegals to Illinois, to your county, to your township, and to your municipality? They want to use illegal to get rid of Republicans.  They want illegals to take bad jobs that citizens of America refuse to take.)
https://nypost.com/2022/04/18/biden-resumes-air-illegal-into-westchester-as-migrant-tide-grows-worse/

FOX NEWS
— Do No Harm aims to keep liberal ideology out of healthcare: ‘Physicians are being pushed to discriminate’ ‘Healthcare is being infected by the radical ideology that has corrupted education and public safety,’ Dr. Stanley Goldfarb wrote – Brian Flood
https://www.foxnews.com/media/do-no-harm-aims-to-keep-liberal-ideology-out-of-healthcare-physicians-are-being-pushed-to-discriminate
— The gloves are now off of Biden’s quiet education radicalism. Biden’s education agenda has proven to be an unrelenting experiment in big government. – Frederick Hess
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/biden-education-cardona-parents-rights-rick-hess
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote hatred against “White straight men.”
https://www.foxnews.com/media/tony-kushner-new-york-times-republicans-fantasize-exclusive-control-white-straight-men
— Maryland school board to adopt new flag policy after teachers ‘bullied’ into supporting LGBTQ pride flag. ‘These flags were shoved down teachers’ throats to put on their desk – that’s not inclusive,’ school board president says. – Jessica Chasmar
(COMMENT: In your school district, how strongly do the Democrats force students to be LGBTQers?)
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/maryland-school-board-flag-policy-teachers-bullied-lgbtq-pride
— Tulsi Gabbard: Parents should have the right to raise children without fear of government. Gabbard says the government encroaching on parent’s rights is ‘dangerous.’
(COMMENT: I should write a book about those in Wheaton, in Milton Township, and in DuPage County who have demonized, denigrated, and condemned me the most because my parents a) sent me to Trinity Lutheran Grade School in Crete 1953-1961 and then Hope Lutheran Grade School in Park Forest 1961-1962 to stay with the Missouri Synod and b) had me baptized as a Missouri Synod Lutheran (MSL) in 1948, raised me as a MSL, and had me confirmed as a MSL in 1962.)
https://www.foxnews.com/media/tulsi-gabbard-parents-right-raise-children-without-fear-government
— Democrats, liberal media pivot from unpopular Biden ahead of midterms as ‘reality’ sets in. – Brian Flood
https://www.foxnews.com/media/liberal-media-pivots-from-unpopular-biden-ahead-of-midterms-as-reality-sets-in
— Acknowledging ties to ‘segregation,’ ‘systems of oppression’ key to fixing math education, organization says. NCSM argued that math divides students into societal roles. – Taylor Penley
https://www.foxnews.com/media/segregation-systems-oppression-fixing-math-education-ncsm
— COVID lockdowns allowed the left to force change on America – Laura Ingraham
https://www.foxnews.com/media/ingraham-this-never-about-science

AMERICAN THINKER
— Forget the red wave. We need a MAGA tsunami. – Robin M. Itzler
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2022/04/forget_the_red_wave_we_need_a_maga_tsunami.html

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Biden’s Prioritizes Gender Ideology as Border Implodes – Liz Sheld
https://amgreatness.com/2022/04/19/morning-greatness-bidens-prioritizes-gender-ideology-as-border-implodes/

BREITBART
— ICE Set to Release 600,000 Illegal Aliens into U.S. by End of September, 3.6M Already In – PENNY STARR
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2022/04/19/ice-set-to-release-600000-illegal-aliens-into-u-s-by-end-of-september-3-6m-already-in/
— Biden Administration Promoting ‘Gender-Affirming’ Health Care for Young People – HANNAH BLEAU
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2022/04/19/biden-administration-promoting-gender-affirming-health-care-young-people/

BLAZE
— School board members claim some teachers felt ‘bullied’ into displaying LGBTQ rainbow flags in classrooms – DAVE URBANSKI
https://www.theblaze.com/news/school-board-members-claim-some-teachers-felt-bullied-into-displaying-lbgtq-rainbow-flags-in-classrooms

CNS NEWS
— Legalizing Marijuana Is a Death Sentence – Bill Donohue
https://www.cnsnews.com/commentary/bill-donohue/legalizing-marijuana-death-sentence

DAILY CALLER
— ‘Top Progressive’ Warns Left That Inflation Is An ‘Opportunity’ For Trump To Make A Return – MARY ROOKE
https://dailycaller.com/2022/04/19/top-progressive-warns-left-inflation-opportunity-trump-make-return/
— Dems Break With Biden As The Border Is Overrun – SEBASTIAN HUGHES
https://dailycaller.com/2022/04/19/joe-biden-john-fetterman-title-42/

DAILY SIGNAL
— A Critical Look at Critical Race Theory in America’s Classrooms – Jonathan Butcher
https://www.dailysignal.com/2022/04/20/a-harshly-critical-look-at-critical-race-theory-in-classroom/
— Calls for Reparations Are Back, Again. It’s Still a Terrible Idea. – Douglas Blair
https://www.dailysignal.com/2022/04/19/calls-for-reparations-are-back-again-its-still-a-terrible-idea/

DAILY WIRE
— ‘Toxic And Obsessive’: Young People Bailing On Social Media – Joseph Curl
https://www.dailywire.com/news/toxic-and-obsessive-young-people-bailing-on-social-media
— Get Woke, Go Broke: Elon Musk Says ‘Woke Mind Virus’ Makes Netflix ‘Unwatchable’ As Shares Plummet 20% – Ben Zeisloft
(COMMENT: To be woke is to be 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.dailywire.com/news/get-woke-go-broke-elon-musk-says-woke-mind-virus-makes-netflix-unwatchable-as-shares-plummet-20

FEDERALIST
— Why Violence Is An Inevitable Outcome Of Critical Race Theory – J. ALLEN CARTWRIGHT
(COMMENT: In your county, in your township, in your municipality, and in your school district, how successful have the Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs been in using CRT to promote hatred against Republicans?)
https://thefederalist.com/2022/04/19/why-violence-is-an-inevitable-outcome-of-critical-race-theory/
— More Than 221K Migrants Were Caught Illegally Crossing U.S. Border In March As Biden’s Crisis Escalates – JORDAN BOYD
https://thefederalist.com/2022/04/19/more-than-221k-migrants-were-caught-illegally-crossing-u-s-border-in-march-as-bidens-crisis-escalates/

TOWNHALL
— ‘Open Borders’ Biden Is Remaking America – Pat Buchanan
(COMMENT: Under Biden, ever-increasingly, America is 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://townhall.com/columnists/patbuchanan/2022/04/19/open-borders-biden-is-remaking-america-n2606027
— School District Sued by Parents Over Secret Gender Transition Actions – Matt Vespa
(COMMENT: In your school district, how strongly do the Democrats force students to be LGBTQers?)
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2022/04/19/school-district-sued-by-parents-over-secret-gender-transition-actions-n2606016

NEWS BUSTERS
— CNN Decries ‘Putin-esque’ ‘Book Burning,’ Suggests Florida Is Cancelling Math – Alex Christy
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/alex-christy/2022/04/19/cnn-decries-putin-esque-book-burning-suggests-florida-cancelling
— Border Crisis Soars to 22 Year High: Nets Allowed a Scant 9 Minutes in March – Scott Whitlock
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/scott-whitlock/2022/04/19/border-crisis-soars-22-year-high-nets-allowed-scant-9-minutes

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Illinois Democrats Are Gaming the Tax System for Short-Term Political Gain – ADAM SCHUSTER
https://www.nationalreview.com/2022/04/illinois-democrats-are-gaming-the-tax-system-for-short-term-political-gain/
— Former administrator sues school board, claims colleagues harassed her after she spoke out against CRT.
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/former-administrator-sues-school-board-claims-colleagues-harassed-her-after-she-spoke-out-against-crt/

HERITAGE FOUNDATION
— New Jersey Schools Want To Talk to Kids About Sex—And Keep It a Secret – Jonathan Butcher
(COMMENT: In your school district, how strongly do the Democrats force students to be LGBTQers?)
https://www.heritage.org/education/commentary/new-jersey-schools-want-talk-kids-about-sex-and-keep-it-secret

PATRIOT POST
— The Military’s ‘Extremism’ Hoax. Contrary to the disgraceful claims of the Biden administration, the U.S. military isn’t a hotbed of “extremism.” – DOUGLAS ANDREWS
(COMMENT: I should write a book about those who have demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me the most as being an extremist. Better yet, I should sue them. I would focus on those who are the most anti-Trump, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-heterosexual, anti-traditional marriage/family, anti-draft avoider, anti-federal employee/retiree, anti-union, 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://patriotpost.us/articles/87762-the-militarys-extremism-hoax-2022-04-19

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Northern Illinois University Hiring a ‘Director of Social Justice Education’ “will report directly to the Assistant Vice President for Academic Diversity, Equity and Inclusion” – Mike LaChance
(COMMENT: To give preference to students who are moderate, liberal, minority, female, and/or LGBTQ is to discriminate against students who are conservative, White, male, and/or heterosexual. I transferred from UIC to NIU in 1969 when I was 20 years old. If I was 20 years today and applied, because I am conservative, White, male, and heterosexual, I doubt that NIU would accept me today.)
https://legalinsurrection.com/2022/04/northern-illinois-university-hiring-a-director-of-social-justice-education/

EPOCH TIMES
— Texas Gov. Greg Abbott suggests sending illegal immigrants to Biden’s home state – Jack Phillips
(COMMENT: How soon, if not already, will hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters in Illinois, in your county, in your township, and in your municipality ask Abbott to send illegals to Illinois, to your county, to your township, and to your municipality? They want to use illegals to get rid of Republicans. They want illegals to take bad jobs that citizens of America refuse to take.)
https://www.theepochtimes.com/texas-gov-suggests-sending-illegal-immigrants-to-bidens-home-state_4414173.html

THE HILL
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats encourage/force everyone to be LGBTQers, and especially those who are minority, female, and/or younger and/or who have financial, health, and/or other problems.
https://thehill.com/news/state-watch/3273302-michigan-state-senator-says-colleague-accused-her-of-grooming-in-fundraising-email/
— Worry about illegal immigration holds at near two-decade high: Gallup – LEXI LONAS
(COMMENT: If there had been as much legal/illegal immigration during the 1960s, 1970, 1980s, and 1990s as there is today, the jobs that I had would have been given to citizens of foreign countries. I did yard work and delivered newspapers 1962-1964; washed dishes 1964-1966; cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966; delivered mail 1966-1969; worked on an automobile assembly line and as a security guard in 1970; sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971; pumped gasoline 1971-1972; collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980; and audited federal agencies 1980-1997. But according to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, the aforesaid were bad jobs.)
https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/3272667-worry-about-illegal-immigration-holds-at-near-two-decade-high-gallup/

CNN
— Why this Republican (Kinzinger) is willing to get ‘crushed’ by Trump in 2024 – Chris Cillizza
(COMMENT: Hate-filled Trump-hating “Republicans” would rather see Democrat candidates elected than Republican candidates who do not hate Trump.)
https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/19/politics/kinzinger-trump-2024-comments/index.html

NBC NEWS
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats use the internet to promote LGBTQ.
https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/internet/lgbtq-abuse-spikes-online-fueled-intensifying-culture-war-rcna24904

CBS MIAMI
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats use books to make children LGBTQers.
https://miami.cbslocal.com/2022/04/19/books-books-owner-disappointed-recent-effort-keep-specific-books-out-students-hands/

NEW YORK TIMES
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats use books to make children 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/2022/04/19/opinion/book-banning.html
— How Diverse Is Your Community? – Nicole Daniels
(COMMENT: How many share your demographics? To demotivate me, my critics/opponents stress their success in getting rid of those who share my demographics in Illinois, DuPage County, DuPage County’s 4th District, Milton Township, Wheaton, Wheaton’s West District, and my precinct. I am conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, dependent-less, pet-less, retired, non-poor, gun owner, American-nameplate vehicle owner, Protestant, German American, and my ancestors have been in America since 1844.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/20/learning/how-diverse-is-your-community.html
— Defeat Has Not Defanged Trump — or Trumpism – Thomas B. Edsall
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/20/opinion/trump-trumpism-republican-party.html
— America Has Turned Its Back on Its Poorest Families – Ezra Klein
(COMMENT: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that my parents were filthy rich. Neither of my outstanding parents attended college. My father was the first of his ancestors to earn a high school diploma. My mother never attended high school. My father fought type 1 diabetes from childhood, worked in the office of a nasty chemical plant in Chicago Heights, almost always worked second jobs to pay the family’s bills, and died suddenly of heart failure in 1969 when he was 47 and I was 21.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/17/opinion/biden-child-tax-credit.html

WASHINGTON POST
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats encourage/force everyone to be LGBTQers, and especially those who are minority, female, and/or younger and/or who have financial, health, and/or other problems.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/04/19/alabama-trans-health-care-ban-families/
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote hatred against Youngkin.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/04/19/glenn-youngkin-cant-stop-stoking-divisions-virginia/
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote hatred against Trump.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/04/19/conservative-matthew-continetti-warning-trump-2024/
— What a diversity recruitment manager does in a workday – Shaneé Turnbull
(COMMENT: 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.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2022/04/19/workday-diversity-recruitment-manager/

USA TODAY
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats encourage/force everyone to be LGBTQers, and especially those who are minority, female, and/or younger and/or who have financial, health, and/or other problems.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2022/04/19/pride-month-after-covid-focus-people-color-trans-rights/7292276001/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The New ‘Antiracism’ Has No Place in Schools. The politicized ideology shuts down debate before it has a chance to begin. Leave it out at least until college. – Tim Parker, Baltimore
https://www.wsj.com/articles/anti-racism-racist-school-education-1619-crt-history-slavery-11650318034
— COMMENT: How many share your demographics? To demotivate me, my critics/opponents stress their success in getting rid of those who share my demographics in Illinois, DuPage County, DuPage County’s 4th District, Milton Township, Wheaton, Wheaton’s West District, and my precinct. I am conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, dependent-less, pet-less, retired, non-poor, gun owner, American-nameplate vehicle owner, Protestant, German American, and my ancestors have been in America since 1844.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/do-you-have-a-strong-circle-of-friends-heres-how-to-tell-11650337891
— Biden’s Errors Worsen Inflation. He needs to ditch his woke advisers and make growth the overriding priority. – Mitt Romney
https://www.wsj.com/articles/biden-errors-inflation-mitt-romney-woke-advisers-government-spending-regulation-fossil-fuels-energy-prices-immigration-border-crossings-11650404949
— An American majority, not a Republican majority. The GOP needs to think more broadly about their language, proposals, and actions. – Newt Gingrich
https://m.washingtontimes.com/news/2022/apr/19/american-majority-not-republican-majority-part-one/
— Cut Your Retirement Spending Now, Says Creator of the 4% Rule. The combination of high inflation and high market valuations could require revisions to the retirement rule of thumb. – Anne Tergesen
(COMMENT: In today’s dollars, my GAO salary was $136,387/year in 1997 and my IRS salary was $60,840/year in 1972. My $58,101/year Civil Service Retirement System pension today is a) only 43% of what my GAO salary was in 1997 in today’s dollars and b) less than what my IRS salary was in 1972 in today’s dollars.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/cut-your-retirement-spending-now-says-creator-of-the-4-rule-11650327097

BLOOMBERG
— Forcing Companies to Diversify Their Boards Works – Michelle Leder
(COMMENT: My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years so that they could give my Black subordinate my job and my preferred corner office, which is what they did.)
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2022-04-14/forcing-companies-to-diversify-their-boards-works

NEWSWEEK
— Under Threat of Woke Curricula, Parents are Fighting Back – JASON RANTZ
https://www.newsweek.com/under-threat-woke-curricula-parents-are-fighting-back-opinion-1699080
— COMMENT: Democrat political consultants want Republican candidates to lose elections. For Republican candidates to get votes from Blacks, Democrat political consultants want Republican candidates to promote CRT, 1619, BLM, reparations, dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, abolition of the First and Second Amendments, Affirmative Action, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, that is, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination, and the rest of the Democrat Party platform.
https://www.newsweek.com/3-things-black-americans-need-vote-republican-opinion-1698217
— Supporting Illegal Immigration Means Opposing Black Workers – ADRIAN NORMAN
https://www.newsweek.com/supporting-illegal-immigration-means-opposing-black-workers-opinion-1699099
— ‘I Was Expecting a Man’: Woman Shares ‘Discriminatory’ Job Interview – CATHERINE
FERRIS (COMMENT: 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.newsweek.com/woman-shares-discriminatory-job-interview-1699085

TIMES HERALD
— Health equity: Why is it so Important? – Annette Mercatante
(COMMENT: Where you live, what percent of those in healthcare share your demographics?)
https://www.thetimesherald.com/story/opinion/2022/04/19/health-equity-why-so-important/7367370001/

WBUR
— New book examines the rule of the ‘velvet hammer,’ former Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan
(COMMENT: I should write a book about those who have run the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization since 2000.)
https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2022/04/19/mike-madigan-illinois-book

EDUCATION WEEK
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs do everything that they can to make children LGBTQers.
https://www.edweek.org/leadership/whats-driving-the-push-to-restrict-schools-on-lgbtq-issues/2022/04

INSIDE HIGHER EDUCATION
— Texas A&M Defunds Annual Drag Show – Maria Carrasco (COMMENT: In your school district, how strongly do the Democrats force students to be LGBTQers?)
https://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2022/04/20/texas-am-defunds-annual-drag-show

ILLINOIS CPA SOCIETY
— The Future of the CPA Profession Is People
(COMMENT: In 1979, when I was 30 years old, I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt. In 1981, I became a licensed CPA. I should write a book about how my Democrat IRS superiors and my Democrat GAO superiors wasted that. They would not have done that if I had been Democrat, minority, female, younger, and/or veteran.)
https://vimeo.com/683038714

GUARDIAN
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote LGBTQ.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/apr/19/jen-psaki-tears-republican-anti-lgbtq-bills

WIKIPEDIA
— Political consulting
(COMMENT: Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. I should write a book about Democrat plant, Libertarian plant, Green plant, Independent plant, and RINO political consultants who advise Republican organizations and Republican candidates in Illinois, in DuPage County, and in Milton Township a) to dump the individual responsibility, traditional marriage/family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving), and/or the rest of the planks in the Republican Party platform, b) to dump all those who support any of the aforesaid planks, c) to 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, and age discrimination, d) 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, e) to continue to stop Republicans from helping sponsor Wheaton’s Independence Day parade and fireworks, and f) to ever-increasingly promote BLM, LGBTQ, and the rest of the Democrat, Libertarian, and Green party platforms in Wheaton.)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_consulting

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.