April 22 Morning Edition

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE: ‘We grieve with the Floyd family’: Police meet Chauvin verdict with cheers, fears, uncertainty – Burt Constable
(DIERSEN: Each and every Republican Precinct Committeeman in DuPage County should know what Mendrick has said about the Chauvin verdict (SEE BELOW). Needless-to-say, each and every Republican leader in DuPage County should encourage each and every Republican Precinct Committeemen in DuPage County to read GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20210421/we-grieve-with-the-floyd-family-police-meet-chauvin-verdict-with-cheers-fears-uncertainty-
(FROM THE ARTICLE: DuPage County Sheriff James Mendrick said he supports a bodycam system that activates the cameras of every officer at the scene whenever one pulls out a gun or Taser. “I want the public to see exactly what we’re doing from every angle,” he said. Calling Floyd’s murder an “atrocity,” Mendrick said his deputies are getting training in avoiding violent confrontations. “Anything that can drop the level of force is desired,” Mendrick said, adding that Tasers give officers an option between bare hands and a deadly gun. As an officer, he carried a Taser for 11 years. “I never had to pull the trigger,” said Mendrick, who would explain the Taser to offenders. “Please don’t make me do this.” DuPage County deputies also are getting training in how to deal with mental health issues, crisis intervention and diversity training with the NAACP. Interviews with inmates showed that one of the major reasons for confrontations is when police ask people of color for identification without probable cause. “We’re using that to guide our training,” Mendrick said.)
— Police chiefs hail Chauvin verdict as a key step to healing – Burt Constable
https://www.dailyherald.com/article/20210422/news/304229991/
— Review of state monuments, statues begins – JERRY NOWICKI
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20210421/review-of-state-monuments-statues-begins
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters charge Trump with promoting “anti-Asian bigotry.”
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20210421/lisle-condemns-anti-asian-bigotry-after-attack-on-former-resident
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, if you are conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, heterosexual, married, non-poor, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, and/or German American, the longer that your ancestors have been in America, the more that you are viciously demonized, denigrated, and condemned as being a White supremacist, Nazi, KKK member, hater, racist, sexist, bigot, and even worse things who should be gotten rid of once and for all.
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20210422/nothing-wrong-with-promoting-tolerance
— Roselle promoting yard flooding relief program – Trey Arline (DIERSEN: Because in 1983 Wheaton approved a grossly inadequate storm water drainage plan for the subdivision that my home was built in in 1984, I have had to spend many thousands of dollars and many hundreds of hours making lot drainage improvements.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20210421/roselle-promoting-yard-flooding-relief-program

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Lightfoot clashes with Hispanic alderman during resolution honoring Adam Toledo. “What our community demands and deserves is more than prayers or platitudes, but action, Mayor Lightfoot,” Ald. Byron Sigcho-Lopez told the mayor, who replied: “Sir, you are now out of order. You are out of order. … Mister clerk, please move on.” – Fran Spielman
https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2021/4/21/22396091/adam-toledo-police-shooting-chicago-city-council-resolution-sigcho-lopez-lightfoot-little-village
— Lightfoot invites would-be casino developers to show their cards — and urges state regulators to ‘speed up’ the game. Days before Thursday’s invitation for developers to submit bids for the long sought Chicago casino, Mayor Lori Lightfoot said she’d like the Illinois Gaming Board to investigate and authorize the city’s eventual choice as “expeditiously” as possible. – Mitchell Armentrout
(DIERSEN: Gambling is a destructive vice. To push gambling on an individual, municipality, township, county, state, or country is to destroy that individual, municipality, township, county, state, or country.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2021/4/22/22396441/chicago-casino-bids-proposals-developers-lightfoot-illinois-gambling-expansion-gaming-board

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Instead of vaccine passports, issue mandatory ‘I’M SELFISH!’ T-shirts to those who refuse shots – REX HUPPKE
(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.chicagotribune.com/columns/rex-huppke/ct-vaccine-passports-vaccinations-covid-biden-anti-vax-huppke-20210422-m6ahpnxfxnarzfwab6in7io6cm-story.html
— Does your doctor speak your language? – MIMI ZHENG
(DIERSEN: One of the reasons why I transferred from UIC to NIU in 1969 when I was 20 years old was the difficulty that I had understanding the many UIC instructors whose first language was not English.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/ct-opinion-pandemic-doctors-language-barriers-20210421-ilnoiwc2cvejvg45i65m3poj64-story.html
— What if there’d been good cops like Cariol Horne at the scene of George Floyd’s murder? – DAHLEEN GLANTON
(DIERSEN: GAO works for Congress. What if there’d had been good Republican U.S. Senators and good Republican U.S. Representatives during the 1980s and 1990s when the Democrats who ran GAO wasted the careers of and got 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://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/dahleen-glanton/ct-prem-glanton-derek-chauvin-cariol-horne-good-cops-20210422-gx2asxi5m5gtfop52ez2mah55u-story.html

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Chicago is the latest city to mull guaranteed income for poor people. Alderman Gilbert Villegas proposed a pilot program today to provide $500 a month for a year to 5,000 low-income residents. – Bloomberg
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/government/chicago-latest-city-mull-guaranteed-income-poor-people

ABC7
— Columbia College, DePaul requiring students to get COVID vaccines for fall semester
https://abc7chicago.com/education/2-chicago-colleges-requiring-students-get-covid-vaccines/10536732/

CBS2

— Chicago Public Schools Teachers Asked To Report To Board Of Education On Their Vaccination Status (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will you be asked to report your vaccination status? If you report that you are not vaccinated, you will be gotten rid of unless you are a member of a protected group.)
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2021/04/21/chicago-public-schools-teachers-report-vaccination-status/

WGN TV
— DePaul University, Columbia College requiring students to be vaccinated beginning with fall 2021 (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will you be required to be vaccinated? If you report that you are not vaccinated, you will be gotten rid of unless you are a member of a protected group.)
https://wgntv.com/news/coronavirus/depaul-university-requiring-students-to-be-vaccinated-for-in-person-classes-beginning-with-fall-quarter/

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Capital Township could vote on merger with Sangamon County government under legislation – Dean Olsen
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/2021/04/21/capital-township-merger-sangamon-county-possible-under-bill/7283738002/

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Illinois Republicans propose having two commissions for redistricting – PETER HANCOCK
https://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/politics/illinois-republicans-propose-having-two-commissions-for-redistricting/article_e065236d-dffd-5896-b641-5ad026c73909.html

ALTON TELEGRAPH
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats crow about their success in making corporate America 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.thetelegraph.com/news/article/Why-corporate-America-appears-to-be-drifting-away-16120303.php

SUBURBAN LIFE
— DuPage County reports 210 COVID-19 cases Wednesday, 1 death, over 30% of population vaccinated – Joshua Welge
https://www.shawlocal.com/my-suburban-life/coronavirus/2021/04/22/dupage-county-reports-210-covid-19-cases-wednesday-1-death-over-30-of-population-vaccinated/

NPR ILLINOIS
— Review of State Monuments, Statues Begins at Statehouse – JERRY NOWICKI
https://www.nprillinois.org/post/review-state-monuments-statues-begins-statehouse#stream/0
— A ‘Relic’ And ‘Burden’: Manhattan District Attorney To Stop Prosecuting Prostitution – RACHEL TREISMAN
https://www.nprillinois.org/post/relic-and-burden-manhattan-district-attorney-stop-prosecuting-prostitution#stream/0

EVANSTON NOW
— City sued over reparations records. Judicial Watch has filed suit in Cook County Circuit Court claiming Evanston has failed to disclose records about its reparations program. – BILL SMITH
https://evanstonnow.com/city-sued-over-reparations-records/

CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS
— Bills creating liaisons for homeless college students – GRACE BARBIC
(DIERSEN: My outstanding parents provided me with room and board in their home in Crete a) while I attended UIC 1966-1968, b) weekends during my first semester at NIU in 1969, and c) the summer of 1969. I worked for the Park Forest Post Office 1966-1969 part-time while UIC and then NIU were in session and full-time otherwise.)
https://capitolnewsillinois.com/NEWS/bills-creating-liaisons-for-homeless-college-students-addressing-dental-care-in-schools-advance

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Pritzker’s Recommendations for “Transing” All Government Schools – Laurie Higgins
https://illinoisfamily.org/education/pritzkers-recommendations-for-transing-all-government-schools/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Biden, Dems rush to rewrite Chauvin trial narrative for political gain – Valerie Richardson
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/apr/21/joe-biden-democrats-rush-rewrite-derek-chauvin-tri/

FOX NEWS
— Ben Carson on Chauvin trial: Race-based thinking, identity politics drive ‘stakes of division’
https://news.yahoo.com/ben-carson-chauvin-trial-race-143822597.html
— Ingraham: Left’s goal isn’t justice, it’s revolution; they want to ‘convict America’ Evidence, facts and statistics don’t matter to the ‘Race Patrol’ says Fox News host
https://www.foxnews.com/media/ingraham-lefts-goal-isnt-justice-its-revolution-they-want-to-convict-america

GOPUSA
— Biden: ‘This Systemic Racism Is A Stain On Our Nation’s Soul. The Knee On The Neck Of Justice For Black Americans’
(DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote hatred against America and against its citizens, and especially against its citizens who are law enforcement officers, Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, Republican, 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.gopusa.com/?p=109338

AMERICAN THINKER
— The Democrats’ Divide and Conquer Policy is on Steroids – Vince Coyner
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2021/04/the_democrats_divide_and_conquer_policy_is_on_steroids.html

DAILY CALLER
— A Lot More Demand For Racism Than Supply – RON HART
(DIERSEN: In your neighborhood, in your precinct, in your municipal district, in your municipality, in your township, in your county district, and in your county, how successful have Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs been in promoting hatred against 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? I should write a book about the success that Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs have had in promoting hatred against the aforesaid in my neighborhood, in my precinct, in Wheaton’s West District, in Wheaton, in Milton Township, and in DuPage County.)
https://dailycaller.com/2021/04/21/hart-a-lot-more-demand-for-racism-than-supply/

NEWSMAX
— Biden Supports Immigration Amnesty in Upcoming Budget Reconciliation – Nick Koutsobinas
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/joebiden-immigration-illegals-undocumented/2021/04/21/id/1018538/

ONE NEWS NOW
— Rep. Ferguson: Delta CEO’s Comments On Ga. Law ‘Irresponsible’
https://www.oann.com/rep-ferguson-delta-ceos-comments-on-ga-law-irresponsible/

EPOCH TIMES
— 22 in Chicago Nursing Homes Tested Positive for COVID-19 After Vaccination – ZACHARY STIEBER
https://www.theepochtimes.com/mkt_app/22-in-chicago-nursing-homes-tested-positive-for-covid-19-after-vaccination_3785734.html

THE HILL
— GOP sees immigration as path to regain power – ALEXANDER BOLTON
(DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats make it clear that they want to replace each and every Republican in America with a citizen of a foreign country who is minority, female, and/or young, that is, with a Democrat.)
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/549645-gop-sees-immigration-as-path-to-regain-power

CNN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters charge Trump with promoting anti-Asian bigotry.
https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/21/opinions/asian-american-discrimination-medicine-choi/index.html

ABC NEWS
— Biden’s USPS board nominees aren’t likely to oust embattled postmaster DeJoy, insiders say – Lucien Bruggeman
(DIERSEN: I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who succeeded in ousting me as a TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member, Milton Township Republican Organization webmaster, Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member, GAO employee, etc.)
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/bidens-usps-board-nominees-oust-embattled-postmaster-dejoy/story?id=77217311

ABC NEWS
— Ready for its return to app stores, Parler may become a gateway to more extreme sites, critics warn. – Laura Romero
(DIERSEN: Operatives and dupes who work for my critics/opponents hint/imply/argue/shout a) that they work for the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Milton Township Republican Organization, Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc. and b) that www.gopillinois.com is an extremist website.)
https://abcnews.go.com/US/ready-return-app-stores-parler-gateway-extreme-sites/story?id=77220235

NEW YORK TIMES
— Liz Cheney vs. MAGA The Wyoming congresswoman challenged Republicans to turn away from Trump after Jan. 6. Instead, they turned on her. – Robert Draper
(DIERSEN: The more that you promote hatred against Trump, the more that hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters promote you.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/22/magazine/liz-cheney-vs-maga.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Five ways that ‘political fox’ Netanyahu has clung to power – Shira Rubin and Steve Hendrix
(DIERSEN: I should write a book about my critics/opponents who focus on getting rid of those like me a) who they cannot manipulate/dominate, b) who refuse to glorify and praise them, c) who refuse to pander to them, d) who refuse to cover-up their wrongdoing, e) who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, and/or f) who refuse to give them money.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/netanyahu-israel-elections-scandal/2021/03/23/188d85ba-8b1f-11eb-a33e-da28941cb9ac_story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In the prelude to the 1995 assassination of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin by an ultranationalist Israeli settler, many blamed then-opposition leader Netanyahu for contributing to — or at least failing to quell — violence and hate among his right-wing base. Weeks before the killing, Netanyahu stood on a balcony above Jerusalem’s Zion Square, where thousands of right-wing protesters vowed to “get rid of” Rabin, whom they called a “traitor” and a “Nazi” for signing a peace agreement with the Palestinians earlier that year.)

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The Maxine Waters Problem. When America’s officials desert any standards for public or personal behavior, expect violence. – Daniel Henninger
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-maxine-waters-problem-11619044934
— The Left Brightens GOP Midterm Chances. Democrats won’t have a leg to stand on if they keep shooting themselves in the foot. – Karl Rove
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-left-brightens-gop-midterm-chances-11619044896
— Biden Indicts the Minneapolis Police Investigating the entire department will burden the crime-plagued city. – Editorial
(DIERSEN: Constructively, during the 1980s and 1990s, to get rid of them, GAO’s Chicago office treated its 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 as though they were stupid, lazy, White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, and bigots who should be gotten rid of once and for all.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/biden-indicts-the-minneapolis-police-11619045332

BLOOMBERG
— Starbucks Chair Warns Companies Lacking Boardroom Diversity Risk ‘Dying’ – Anne Riley Moffat
(DIERSEN: GAO works for Congress. I would not be surprised at all to learn that Bobby Rush directed my GAO superiors a) to force me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, b) to give my job and my preferred corner office to my Black subordinate who was one of his constituents, c) to give me unfair performance expectations and appraisals, d) to always rank me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, e) to not assign me to audits of IRS, and f) to not promote me beyond GS-13.)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-04-22/starbucks-chair-warns-companies-lacking-diversity-risk-dying

USA TODAY
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, hate-filled Republican-hating Republican-haters use the Chauvin conviction to promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2021/04/20/derek-chauvin-how-americans-reacting-his-murder-conviction-george-floyd/7244927002/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats use COVID-19 to get rid of Republicans once and for all.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2021/04/19/herd-immunity-us-likely-impossible-but-vaccines-can-control-covid/7139419002/

U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— The 9 Best Midsize Sedans for 2021: Photos and Details – Steven Loveday
(DIERSEN: Chevrolet Malibu is ranked 8th.)
https://cars.usnews.com/cars-trucks/best-midsize-sedans

HARVARD GAZETTE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump defended and advanced planks in the Republican Party platform that RINOs reject.
https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2021/04/gop-battles-over-partys-traditional-values-and-those-of-trump/

NOLA
— Walter Mondale, former vice president who served under Jimmy Carter, dies at 93 – AP
(DIERSEN: Who have you served under? I should write a book about all those who I have served under including those who led a) the Milton Township Republican Organization 1999-present, b) TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois 2005-2012, c) Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee 2003-2011, d) Illinois Center Right Coalition 2003-2007, e) American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter 2001-2004, f) GAO 1980-1997, g) etc.)
https://www.nola.com/nation_world/article_8c8d08b2-a174-11eb-b23f-977eab04fd0c.html

PEW RESEARCH
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, hate-filled Trump-hating Trunp-haters charge Trump with promoting violence against Asian Americans.
https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2021/04/21/one-third-of-asian-americans-fear-threats-physical-attacks-and-most-say-violence-against-them-is-rising/

AXIOS
— Christie Reportedly Seriously Considering 2024 Presidential Run – Jonathan Swan
(DIERSEN: Who has declared their candidacy for offices on the March 15, 2022 Republican primary ballot in your precinct? Are they running as pro-Kinzinger or as pro-Trump?)
https://www.axios.com/chris-christie-2024-presidential-election-4eac5391-8239-4a92-93e1-4f0fb5b367ab.html
— World leaders brace for historic Trump Facebook ban decision – Sara Fischer
(DIERSEN: Who bans you? Everyone sees that constructively, the following ban me and ban my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters: Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Milton Township Republican Organization, Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, and Wheaton Chamber of Commerce.)
https://www.axios.com/trump-facebook-ban-decision-oversight-board-2dc609ce-4fd0-49b5-9cd9-9a1d808ca225.html

SPECTATOR
— The case against reparations for slavery – Lionel Shriver
(DIERSEN: Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion are reparations.)
https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/the-case-against-reparations-for-slavery

GUARDIAN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled American-hating America-haters promote illegal immigration.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/apr/22/the-biden-administration-has-ended-use-of-the-phrase-alien-its-about-time

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.