April 20 Morning Edition

ABC7
— As Derek Chauvin jury deliberates, Gov. Pritzker brings National Guard to Chicago; businesses remain boarded up. Closing arguments heard Monday in Chauvin case. – Jessica D’Onofrio
https://abc7chicago.com/pritzker-brings-national-guard-to-chicago-ahead-of-derek-chauvin-verdict/10530457/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Lawmaker wants police officers taught how racism, ‘ignorance’ prevent them from doing their jobs fairly. “If we want to change the behavior of police, we have to educate them,” state Rep. La Shawn Ford said. But the head of the Chicago union for rank-and-file police officers said the bill is “redundant and ridiculous.” – Rachel Hinton
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2021/4/19/22392451/critical-race-theory-police-officers-racism-race-lashawn-ford-fop-catanzara
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs promote hatred against Republicans.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-nvs-call-for-peace-adam-toledo-dupage-naperville-st-20210420-6q22arfmurhmjfkkina2lcucmu-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— Time to put aside politics and be ready to govern – Editorial
(DIERSEN: Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs want local governments to get rid of residents, organizations, and companies that are law enforcement, 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.dailyherald.com/discuss/20210419/editorial-time-to-put-aside-politics-and-be-ready-to-govern
— Lang: Message at car dealership calling migrants criminals was not racially motivated – Sam Lounsberry
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20210419/lang-message-at-car-dealership-calling-migrants-criminals-was-not-racially-motivated
— The Best Places to Work in Illinois award winners
(DIERSEN: My Democrat superiors and supervisors in the federal government hinted/implied/argued/shouted that their employees who were Democrat, minority, female, younger, and/or veteran wanted them to get rid of their employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/business/20210419/the-best-places-to-work-in-illinois-award-winners
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG COLOR PICTURE: DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs promote hatred against Republicans.
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20210419/in-response-to-police-shooting-of-adam-toledo-dupage-activists-call-for-collaboration

EDWARDSVILLE INTELLIGENCER
— Bush criticizes GOP isolationism, anti-immigration rhetoric – AP
(DIERSEN: I should write a book Republican elected officials and party leaders who have disappointed me the most. I would focus on those who have promoted 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/or age discrimination.)
https://www.theintelligencer.com/entertainment/article/Bush-criticizes-GOP-isolationism-16114336.php

SUBURBAN LIFE
— DuPage County reports 143 COVID-19 cases Monday, 1 death, region’s positivity rate decreases to 6.5% – Joshua Welge
https://www.shawlocal.com/my-suburban-life/coronavirus/2021/04/20/dupage-county-reports-143-covid-19-cases-monday-1-death-regions-positivity-rate-decreases-to-65/
— DuPage County receives largest allocation of COVID-19 vaccine
https://www.shawlocal.com/my-suburban-life/news/dupage-county/2021/04/19/dupage-county-receives-largest-allocation-of-covid-19-vaccine/

ILLINOIS NEWSROOM
— Champaign-Urbana High School Students Lead Protest For Racial Justice – Farrah Anderson
https://illinoisnewsroom.org/champaign-urbana-high-school-students-lead-protest-for-racial-justice/

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Villages across Illinois planning summer events, some ditch mask requirements – Greg Bishop
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/villages-across-illinois-planning-summer-events-some-ditch-mask-requirements/article_8af105c2-a14b-11eb-8937-23a13a0738d3.html

WASHINGTON TIMES
— A ‘stand against Biden’: RNC reports $17.8 million March fundraising haul – Seth McLaughlin
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/apr/20/rnc-reports-178-million-march-fundraising-haul/

FOX NEWS
— Fighting cancel culture in our classrooms and universities. Here’s how we restore freedom. Our academic institutions have become perpetual nurseries. – Dr. Everett Piper
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/fighting-cancel-culture-classrooms-universities-everett-piper

GOPUSA
— With Covid Winding Down Fauci Weighs In On Another Way To Control The Public
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=109141

AMERICAN THINKER
— Ace New York Times reporters pin vaccine hesitancy among conservatives to their belief in ‘hoaxes’ – Monica Showalter
(DIERSEN: Who is taking the lead in destroying conservatives who have not been vaccinated in your neighborhood, in your precinct, in your municipal district, in your municipality, in your county district, and in your county?)
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2021/04/ace_new_york_times_reporters_pin_vaccine_hesitancy_among_conservatives_to_their_credulence_in_hoaxes.html

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Why Aren’t We All Socialists? The Left is no longer on the outside looking in. They’re running the show. They can’t stick it to the man anymore because they are the man. – Dan Gelernter
https://amgreatness.com/2021/04/19/why-arent-we-all-socialists/

BREITBART
— GOP Insiders: Irrelevant George W. Bush ‘Laughably Out of Touch’ with Pro-Mass Migration Tour – JOHN BINDER
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/04/19/exclusive-gop-insiders-irrelevant-george-w-bush-laughably-pro-mass-migration-tour/
— Joe Biden Pressed to Disclose Where Illegal Aliens Are Being Sent in U.S. – JOHN BINDER
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/04/19/joe-biden-pressed-to-disclose-where-illegal-aliens-are-being-sent-in-u-s/
— Biden Orders ICE Agents to Stop Using Terms ‘Illegal Alien,’ ‘Assimilation’ – JOHN BINDER
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/04/19/biden-orders-ice-agents-to-stop-using-terms-illegal-alien-assimilation/

CNS NEWS
— Biden Censors ICE, CBP Vocabulary; Bans Words Like ‘Alien’ and ‘Immigrant Assimilation’ – Craig Bannister
https://www.cnsnews.com/blog/craig-bannister/biden-censors-ice-cbp-vocabulary-bans-words-alien-and-immigrant-assimilation

DAILY WIRE
— Ted Cruz Is Right: Biden’s Ban Of Terms Like ‘Illegal Alien’ Is Orwellian, Designed To Cover Up The Truth – Ian Haworth
https://www.dailywire.com/news/ted-cruz-is-right-bidens-ban-of-terms-like-illegal-alien-is-orwellian-designed-to-cover-up-the-truth
— Ben Carson: Reparations For Slavery Are ‘Un-American’ – Hank Berrien
(DIERSEN: Affirmative Action (AA), Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion are reparations. Democrats and RINOs use AA, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion to get rid of Republicans.)
https://www.dailywire.com/news/ben-carson-reparations-for-slavery-are-un-american

DAILY CALLER
— Trump Says Georgia Voting Bill Is ‘Weak’ Because Republicans Are ‘Afraid To Be Called Racist’ – ANDERS HAGSTROM
(DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who hint/imply/argue/shout that the following are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things who should be gotten rid of once and for all: a) 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; b) those who they cannot manipulate or dominate, those who refuse to glorify and praise them, those who refuse to pander to them, those who refuse to cover up their wrongdoing, and/or those who refuse to give them money; and/or c) those who have sued them. I would focus on those who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton’s West District, Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County’s 4th District, DuPage County, and Illinois. I would focus on Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct who have lost elections since 2000, their major donors, political consultants, campaign managers, campaign staff members, and campaign volunteers.)
https://dailycaller.com/2021/04/19/trump-georgia-republican-voting-bill-kemp/

TOWNHALL
— Parents, Beware of Public Schools – Oliver North
https://townhall.com/columnists/olivernorth/2021/04/20/parents-beware-of-public-schools-n2588194
— Trump Didn’t Form a Populist Coalition; He Was the Result of One – Salena ZitoSalena Zito
https://townhall.com/columnists/salenazito/2021/04/20/trump-didnt-form-a-populist-coalition-he-was-the-result-of-one-n2588193

NATIONAL REVIEW
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Biden Set to Push Critical Race Theory on U.S. Schools – STANLEY KURTZ
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/biden-set-to-push-critical-race-theory-on-u-s-schools/

COLLEGE FIX
— Prestigious federal scholarship once again all but excludes self-described conservatives – CHRISTIAN SCHNEIDER
https://www.thecollegefix.com/prestigious-federal-scholarship-once-again-all-but-excludes-self-described-conservatives/

EPOCH TIMES
— True National Debt Exceeds $123 Trillion, or Nearly $800,000 per Taxpayer – MARK TAPSCOTT
https://www.theepochtimes.com/mkt_morningbrief/true-national-debt-exceeds-123-trillion-or-nearly-800000-per-taxpayer_3782624.html

CITIZEN’S DAILY JOURNAL NEWS
— AUGUST 9, 2020 FLASHBACK: TRUMP THWARTS PELOSI’S POT PUSHERS – Cliff Kincaid
(DIERSEN: Pot pushers push pot. To push pot on an individual, municipality, township, county, state, or country is to destroy that individual, municipality, township, county, state, or country.)
https://cdjnews.com/2020/08/10/trump-thwarts-pelosis-pot-pushers/#.YH69NehKiM8

INDEPENDENT JOURNAL REVIEW
— Commentary: American Church Membership Hits All-Time Low of Only 47 Percent, Poll Shows – Grant Atkinson
(DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who have demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me the most for my not being a member of a church, for my not attending church services, and for my not giving money to a church. I would focus on those who 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. I would focus on those who stress that they are a member of a church that they attend church services, and that they give money to a church.)
https://ijr.com/poll-american-church-membership-hits-all-time-low/

THE HILL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, hate-filled Trump-hating Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, Green plants, Independent plants, and RINOs paint themselves as being 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://thehill.com/homenews/house/549116-republicans-race-for-distance-from-america-first-caucus

HUFFINGTON POST
— Conservative Group Calls Out ‘Groveling’ Marco Rubio Over Trump In Damning Ad. The Republican Accountability Project says Rubio’s support for Trump means Florida voters shouldn’t support him in next year’s reelection campaign. – Ed Mazz
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/marco-rubio-donald-trump_n_607e5df5e4b063a636fb3f39

POLITICO
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, if you question Biden’s winning, hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters get rid of you.
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/04/20/trump-georgia-gop-election-fraud-483193

ABC NEWS
— How some Republican lawmakers are fighting conservatives’ COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy. A number of doctors serving in Congress are vaccinating patients. – MaryAlice Parks, Benjamin Siegel, and Lauren Selsky
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/republican-lawmakers-fighting-conservatives-covid-19-vaccine-hesitancy/story?id=77169403

NEW YORK TIMES
— One America News Network Stays True to Trump – Rachel Abrams
(DIERSEN: The mainstream news media stays true to the Democrat, Libertarian, and Green party platforms. GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters and its www.gopillinois.com website stays true to Republican Party platform.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/18/business/media/oan-trump.html
— The ‘New Redlining’ Is Deciding Who Lives in Your Neighborhood. If you care about social justice, you have to care about zoning. – Richard D. Kahlenberg
(DIERSEN: NIMBYers want to tear everything down in my precinct south of Roosevelt Road between the Prairie Path and Main Street and build housing for members of protected groups including those who are minority, female, young, old, LGBTQ, in America illegally, poor, Democrat, Libertarian, Green, Independent, RINO, moderate, liberal, criminals, boozers, gamblers, stoners, non-Christian, non-Protestant, non-Italian American, non-German American, those who have financial, health, and/or other problems, and/or those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time. I should write a book about NIMBYers who want to dump the aforesaid into my precinct.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/19/opinion/biden-zoning-social-justice.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hating Biden-promoter promote Biden.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/19/opinion/biden-democratic-party.html
— In neighborhoods across the country, partisan segregation is increasingly becoming the norm, research shows
(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://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/17/us/in-neighborhoods-across-the-country-partisan-segregation-is-increasingly-becoming-the-norm-research-shows.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG COLOR PICTURE: DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats and RINOs illegally encourage citizens of foreign countries to illegally come to America illegally and to illegally stay in America illegally. Needless-to-say, Democrats and RINOs should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/19/us/migrants-texas-border-scenes.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Dan Bongino isn’t just taking over where Rush Limbaugh left off — he’s building a conservative media universe – Manuel Roig-Franzia
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/trump-loyalist-bongino-builds-media-empre/2021/04/19/71afbffa-9858-11eb-962b-78c1d8228819_story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Republican moderates focus on getting rid of conservatives, that is, getting rid of the base of the Republican Party, that is, getting rid of those who support the traditional family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amend, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks in the Republican Party platform. Republican moderates focus on destroying the Republican Party.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/04/19/republican-moderates-need-negotiating-lesson/
— Liberty University sues ex-president Jerry Falwell Jr., alleging breach of contract and cover-up of scandal. The Lynchburg, Va., university is seeking more than $10 million in damages – Nick Anderson
(DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who have punished me the most for my refusing to cover-up their wrongdoing. I would focus on Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct since 2000 who have lost elections, their major donors, their political consultants, their campaign managers, their campaign staff members, and their campaign volunteers.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2021/04/16/liberty-university-jerry-falwell-jr-lawsuit/

NEW YORK POST
— Ben Carson argues against ‘un-American’ racial equity policies – Mark Moore
(DIERSEN: Affirmative Action (AA), Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion are reparations. Democrats and RINOs use AA, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion to get rid of Republicans.)
https://nypost.com/2021/04/19/ben-carson-argues-against-un-american-racial-equity-policies/

USA TODAY
— ‘Beyond seriously:’ Donald Trump (again) teases another presidential run in 2024 – David Jackson
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2021/04/19/donald-trump-again-teases-another-presidential-run-2024/7295093002/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— An American Epidemic of ‘Covid Mania’ The problem isn’t only the overreaction to the virus but the diminution of every other problem. – Joseph A. Ladapo (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, as everyone focuses on Covid, Democrats destroy not only America, but the world.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/an-american-epidemic-of-covid-mania-11618871457
— Joe Biden, ‘Union Guy’ The president’s labor agenda is the same one he brought to Washington in 1973. – William McGurn
(DIERSEN: GAO did not unionize until 2007. If GAO had been unionized in 1997, I might still be a GAO employee. I was a union member 1966-1969 while I worked for the Post Office and I was a union member 1971-1980 while I worked for IRS. Overwhelmingly, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes are filled with hatred against unions, against current union members, and against former union members. I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who have demonstrated their hatred the most against unions, against current union members, and against former union members.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/joe-biden-union-guy-11618871294
— The Agenda Behind Buttigieg’s Claim That Highways Are ‘Racist’ Midcentury road projects displaced blacks and whites alike. Tearing them down now won’t help. – Steven Malanga
(DIERSEN: During the early 1980s, I worked for GAO for 1 year on an audit of how Illinois spend federal tax dollars made available by its withdrawal from the Interstate System of the remaining 13.6-mile portion of I-494 between the Dan Ryan (I-94) and Eisenhower (I-290) Expressways. SEE: https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/highwayhistory/data/page05.cfm )
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-agenda-behind-buttigiegs-claim-that-highways-are-racist-11618847867


NEWSWEEK
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot. To push pot on an individual, municipality, township, county, state, or country is to destroy that individual, municipality, township, county, state, or country.
https://www.newsweek.com/420-cannabis-infused-recipes-weed-milkshakes-popcorn-pizza-1584632
https://www.newsweek.com/what-420-history-how-celebrate-1584687
— The Coming Bipartisan Backlash to Public School Wokeness – ERIKA SANZI
(DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, to send your child to a public school is to make your child 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.newsweek.com/coming-bipartisan-backlash-public-school-wokeness-opinion-1584346

FORBES
— Why Illinois Is In Trouble – 122,258 Public Employees Earned $100,000+ Costing Taxpayers $15.8 Billion Despite Pandemic – Adam Andrzejewski
https://www.forbes.com/sites/adamandrzejewski/2021/04/19/why-illinois-is-in-trouble–122258-public-employees-earned-100000-costing-taxpayers-158-billion-despite-pandemic/
(DIERSEN: GAO started paying me $102,188 in today’s dollars in 1986 when I was 38 years old. In my defense, I had worked for GAO for almost 7 years, and before that, for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 levels, currently $85,935-$97,395. I had passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt when I was 32. I had become a licensed CPA when I was 32. I had passed the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30. I had earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul when I was 31. I had earned an MBA from Loyola when I was 27. I had earned a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU when I was 21.)
— The Role Of Diversity Equity And Inclusion In Making Amazon The Best Employer On Earth – Carolina Milanesi
(DIERSEN: Democrats use Affirmative Action, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion to not hire and to get rid of Republicans. While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, its top priority was hiring, retaining, and promoting Democrats, and especially Democrats who were minority, female, younger, veteran, moderate, liberal, non-Protestant, non-German American, and those whose ancestors had not been in America for a long time.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/carolinamilanesi/2021/04/20/the-role-of-diversity-equity-and-inclusion-in-making-amazon-the-best-employer-on-earth/

TECH XPLORE
— Reuters website to go behind paywall
https://techxplore.com/news/2021-04-reuters-website-paywall.html

(DIERSEN: www.gopillinois.com has never had a paywall and it never will. GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletter subscriptions have always been free and without advertising and they always will be. GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters have gone out since 2000. They have gone out each and every morning since 2004 and each and every evening too since 2015. Since 2004, those newsletters have contained links to more than 397,800 articles and information on many upcoming events. All the time, money, effort, ability, motivation, experience, etc. needed a) to put GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters together, b) to send them out, and c) to post copies of them at www.gopillinois.com comes from me. No one manipulates me. No one dominates me. I do not serve as an operative or as a dupe for anyone. I should write a book about those who focus on a) stopping me from sending the newsletters out and b) stopping everyone from reading the emails.)

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.