ABC7
— Chicago shootings: 24 shot, 3 fatally, in weekend violence across city
https://abc7chicago.com/24-shot-3-fatally-in-chicago-weekend-violence-/10548837/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Illinois should do more to regulate recreational marijuana – B. Elizabeth Mina, Chicago
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/letters/ct-letters-vp-042621-20210426-3nduss262zhrrnf2ubbitp2soq-story.html
— Treating vaccine skeptics like crackpots won’t get us to herd immunity. – GABRIELLE FINESTONE
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/ct-opinion-pandemic-vaccine-skeptics-herd-immunity-20210423-oxjjvuseh5aytclsvftbwpbose-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote LGBTQ.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-transgender-studies-research-center-chicago-20210426-3s2nkz4jhbe7vmwxzahvcgmjua-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats who claim to speak for Blacks blame everyone else, including Black female LGBTQ mayors, for the problems that Blacks have.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/dahleen-glanton/ct-prem-superintendent-david-brown-one-year-anniversary-20210426-bgpa6hacvvcapn4twpjecbegdm-story.html
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Throwing cold water on any talk that Illinois finances are looking better. State government still faces a severe structural budget gap, a new report warns, and every possible fix is painful. – Rich Miller
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2021/4/23/22400226/illinois-state-finances-government-j-b-pritzker-cogfa-rich-miller-capitol-fax
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater says “Both facts and fact-checking a threat to GOP. U.S. Sen. Tim Scott claims to be outraged that the Washington Post checked his claims against the record.” While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997, the last 11 years of which at GS-13 Step 1-10 levels, currently $102,188-$132,845/year, I increasingly worked as a referencer, that is, as a fact-checker. That work required assuring the accuracy and support for each and every word, number, table, graph, chart, conclusion, opinion, and recommendation in GAO reports. I worked for IRS 1971-1980, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 levels, currently $85,935-$97,395/year. My other fact-checking qualifications include my becoming a Forensic Accountant in 1997, Certified Fraud Examiner in 1990, licensed CPA in 1981, Certified Internal Auditor in 1981, and CPA in 1979.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2021/4/25/22402115/facts-fact-checking-tim-scott-washington-post-record
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats encourage Blacks to hate Republicans, and especially to hate 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://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2021/4/23/22399960/maxine-waters-street-protests-black-justice-laura-washington-george-floyd-columnist
— ALL OF THE FRONT PAGE: DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters crow about their illegal success in illegally getting citizens of foreign countries to illegally come to America illegally and to illegally stay in America illegally.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2021/4/22/22393860/immigration-chicago-immigrant-transit-assistance-volunteers-bus-station
SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— New COVID-19 cases plummet in Illinois, Logan County – Mike Stucka
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/2021/04/26/gda-covid-19-state-2021-04-26-il-nsjr-17107/115744484/
BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats crow about their success in getting young people to serve as their operatives and as their dupes.
https://www.pantagraph.com/news/local/public_safety/watch-now-bloomington-normal-naacp-urges-youth-to-stand-against-racial-injustice/article_7fdcb897-57ef-5df0-8a78-ea544615e47d.html
SOUTHEAST MISSOURIAN
— The left’s systemic exploitation of race – David Limbaugh
https://www.semissourian.com/story/2879512.html
CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Kinzinger building a national political base – Tom Kacich
https://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/tom-kacich-kinzinger-building-a-national-political-base/article_2bd2cc65-6720-5569-8245-dfca554f4e0e.html
— Scholarship program for poor kids is under fire – Jim Dey
https://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/jim-dey-scholarship-program-for-poor-kids-is-under-fire/article_60bdc7a0-3669-505c-8642-aa8ebdc11ac5.html
WIFR
— Rep. Kinzinger releases new video in continued Country First movement. Video focuses on struggles facing the “The Land of Opportunity.”
https://www.wifr.com/2021/04/26/rep-kinzinger-releases-new-video-in-continued-country-first-movement/
WPSD
— Census Bureau to release state population totals and House seats Monday
https://www.wpsdlocal6.com/news/census-bureau-to-release-state-population-totals-and-house-seats-monday/article_da0f618e-a68d-11eb-a08a-57085dc4d529.html
NPR ILLINOIS
— Mandatory Fingerprinting, Universal Background Checks Wrapped Into Package To Fix FOID Card Backlog – HANNAH MEISEL
https://www.nprillinois.org/post/mandatory-fingerprinting-universal-background-checks-wrapped-package-fix-foid-card-backlog#stream/0
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats threaten not only protests, but rioting, looting, arson, and even worse things.
https://www.nprillinois.org/post/republicans-push-wave-anti-protest-bills-alternative-universe-backlash#stream/0
— Supreme Court Eyes Rich Activists, Their Anonymous Donations And Tax Breaks – NINA TOTENBERG (DIERSEN: I should write a book about a) those who have donated lots of money to Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct since 2000 and b) those candidates who received that money, their political consultants, their campaign managers, their campaign staff members, and their campaign volunteers. I would focus on those candidates, their political consultants, their campaign managers, their campaign staff members, and their campaign volunteers who talked and/or acted like donors had demanded that they get rid of me and get rid of my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters. I would focus on candidates for U.S. Senate, U.S. Representative, statewide Illinois offices, Illinois Senate, Illinois Representative, countywide DuPage candidates, DuPage County District 4 candidates, Milton Township candidates, and Wheaton candidates.)
https://www.nprillinois.org/post/supreme-court-eyes-rich-activists-their-anonymous-donations-and-tax-breaks#stream/0
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats crow about their success in getting churches to promote LGBTQ.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/top-stories/central-illinois-man-on-path-to-church-leadership-is-breaking-barriers-within-the-united-methodist-church/
DEPAULIA
— ‘Systemic racism’ at DePaul condemned by communication scholars nationwide in petition to administration – Ella Lee (DIERSEN: I am White. DePaul admitted me in 1976 and awarded me a master’s degree in accounting in 1980. My critics/opponents hint/imply/argue/shout that because of systemic racism, DePaul would not have admitted me if I had been a minority. But wait, since the 1960s, DePaul has been under tremendous pressure to admit minorities.)
https://depauliaonline.com/53543/news/systemic-racism-at-depaul-condemned-by-communication-scholars-nationwide-in-petition-to-administration/
ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Illinois Democrats Trying to Give More Power to Bureaucrats During All Health Crises – Laurie Higgins
https://illinoisfamily.org/education/illinois-lawmakers-to-give-bureaucrats-more-power-over-all-schools-during-health-crises/
FOX NEWS
— Florida bill would allow students to record professor lectures to use as political bias evidence. The lecture recording is prohibited from being published publicly without the consent of the professor. – Lucas Manfredi (DIERSEN: Needless-to-say, I should have recorded the threats that my Democrat GAO superiors and supervisors made against me to force me to take their early retirement offer in 1997 when I was 49 years old.)
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/florida-bill-would-allow-students-to-record-professor-lectures-to-use-as-evidence-of-political-bias
AMERICAN THINKER
— Bush Republicanism Must Go Away – J.B. Shurk
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2021/04/bush_republicanism_must_go_away.html
AMERICAN GREATNESS
— The New Antiracism Is the Old Racism. The benchmarks of the Back Lives Matter and affiliated woke movements are overt racism, systemic untruth, and the hypocritical privilege of their elite architects. – Victor Davis Hanson
https://amgreatness.com/2021/04/25/the-new-antiracism-is-the-old-racism/
BREITBART
— Georgia Lawmakers Pass Professional Licenses for Illegal Aliens After Lobbying from Chamber of Commerce – JOHN BINDER (DIERSEN: In 1981, when I was 32 years old, I became the only licensed CPA in GAO’s Chicago office. Of course, my Democrat GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were furious about that. My qualifications for being licensed included my passing the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, my having worked for IRS for almost 9 years, my having worked for GAO for 16 months, and my passing the Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) examination on my first attempt in 1981. Few of my GAO coworkers and subordinates had taken the CPA or CIA examinations, let alone passed them, let alone passed them on their first attempt. Few of my GAO coworkers and subordinates had any work experience before GAO hired them.)
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/04/25/georgia-lawmakers-pass-professional-licenses-illegal-aliens-after-lobbying-chamber-commerce/
HERITAGE FOUNDATION
— Left Labeling Election Integrity Reforms As “Jim Crow” Is a Lie and Insulting to Black People – Kay C. James
https://www.heritage.org/election-integrity/commentary/left-labeling-election-integrity-reforms-jim-crow-lie-and-insulting
YOUNG AMERICA’S FOUNDATION
— Chicago Public Schools Implement Race Trainings Claiming Schools ‘Develop White Supremacy’ – Elizabeth Guldimann
https://www.yaf.org/news/chicago-public-schools-implement-race-trainings-claiming-schools-develop-white-supremacy/
TOWNHALL
— What We Learned When Joy Behar Called ‘Caitlyn’ Jenner ‘He’ – Michael Brown
https://townhall.com/columnists/michaelbrown/2021/04/26/what-we-learned-when-joy-behar-called-caitlyn-jenner-he-n2588491
LUTHERAN WORLD
— Don’t go down that road – Rev. Dr Martin Junge (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who demonize, denigrate, and condemn others. I would focus on those who paint themselves as being religious, conservative, and/or Republican and 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 those who focus on demonizing, denigrating, and condemning those who are 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.lutheranworld.org/blog/dont-go-down-road
(FROM THE ARTICLE: I was a teenager when it started. It was a time of profound changes in Chilean society, with polarized opinions. People increasingly resorted to a demonization of the other. Hate speech began to spread and became “normal”. History tells us, that where hate speech prevails, violence follows. This happened in my country Chile, and it happens today in many countries in the world. In Europe too. Hate speech erodes the public space of society. It stigmatizes individuals and groups because of their political convictions, religious believes, origin, the colour of their skin, gender. Hate speech makes the collective moral compass of society to go astray, and eventually leads to the collapse of democracy. What follows is a nightmare. When individuals and groups demonize the other, they unleash the demon of violence, oppression, and dehumanized treatment of the other. Hate speech leaves destruction in its wake.)
ROLL CALL
— Lawmakers spar in Supreme Court case on nonprofit donor disclosure. Cases touch on hot-button issues, including social media, the Jan. 6 insurrection and anonymous donors. – Todd Ruger (DIERSEN: I should write a book about a) those who have donated lots of money to Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct since 2000 and b) those candidates who received that money, their political consultants, their campaign managers, their campaign staff members, and their campaign volunteers. I would focus on those candidates, their political consultants, their campaign managers, their campaign staff members, and their campaign volunteers who talked and/or acted like donors had demanded that they get rid of me and get rid of my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters. I would focus on candidates for U.S. Senate, U.S. Representative, statewide Illinois offices, Illinois Senate, Illinois Representative, countywide DuPage candidates, DuPage County District 4 candidates, Milton Township candidates, and Wheaton candidates.)
https://www.rollcall.com/2021/04/26/lawmakers-spar-in-supreme-court-case-on-nonprofit-donor-disclosure/
NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters promote Liz Cheney. I should write a book about those who promote my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/22/magazine/liz-cheney-vs-maga.html
— Why Is Big Tech Under Assault? Power. Tech executives wanted to change the world, and they did. Of course we’re now questioning them. – Shira Ovide (DIERSEN: Of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes side with Big Tech against individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries 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.nytimes.com/2021/04/21/technology/big-tech-power.html
— Why Are Democrats Pushing a Tax Cut for the Wealthy? Restoring an unlimited federal tax deduction for state and local tax payments is bad politics and bad policy. – Editorial (DIERSEN: The SALT cap should be increased from $10,000 to $20,000 for married filing jointly.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/25/opinion/salt-deduction-democrats.html
WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote LGBTQ.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/letters-to-the-editor/discrimination-against-transgender-women-in-sports/2021/04/25/412a49d4-a20f-11eb-b314-2e993bd83e31_story.html
NEW YORK POST
— US kids get bad Marx; China students excel – Miranda Devine
https://nypost.com/2021/04/25/us-kids-get-bad-marx-china-students-excel-devine/
USA TODAY
— Biden administration converts oil field ‘man camp’ into shelter for migrant children. The oil worker lodge-turned-shelter in Pecos, Texas, is among 15 ’emergency intake sites’ the Biden administration is using to house migrant children. – Lauren Villagran
https://www.usatoday.com/in-depth/news/politics/2021/04/25/unaccompanied-migrant-children-shelter-pecos-texas-oil-camp-biden-administration/7367081002/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— A Revealing Vote on Anti-Asian Bias. Democrats vote to condone discrimination in higher education. – Editorial
https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-revealing-vote-on-anti-asian-bias-11619384585
— Time to End Outdoor Mask Edicts. The CDC is moving too slowly in updating its advice to comport with the scientific evidence. – Scott Gottlieb
https://www.wsj.com/articles/time-to-end-outdoor-mask-edicts-11619383852
— U.S. Policies Ensure More Migrants – Mary Anastasia O’Grady (DIERSEN: Democrats want immigrants because immigrants vote for Democrats. RINOs want immigrants because RINOs want cheap labor.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-policies-ensure-more-migrants-11619383797
— The Workers Who Can’t Commit to a Vacation. Even as vaccination rates climb and more businesses reopen, some workers remain hesitant to use their paid time off, no matter how burned out they feel. – Rachel Feintzeig (DIERSEN: Between 1978 and 1992, while my wife worked for the U.S. League of Savings Institutions, we took four short vacations every year following her business trips, most commonly to luxury golf resorts across America. Most commonly, we rented a car and visited nearby national parks. Needless-to-say, my Democrat IRS and GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were beyond furious about that, and especially those whose spouse had little or no income and those who were not married.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-workers-who-cant-commit-to-a-vacation-11619395200
— When Job References Still Make Sense Before Hiring. They’re a less popular way to vet job candidates than they used to be, but some bosses won’t finish a search without them. – Krithika Varagur (DIERSEN: I should write a book about what my Democrat GAO superiors did to stop me from getting a job appropriate for someone with my education, work experience, professional certifications, and professional license. My Democrat GAO superiors would say that all they did was to disclose the adverse actions that they took against me. They forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, gave me unfair performance expectations and appraisals, always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, did not promote me beyond GS-13, got rid of my mentor in 1987, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and forced me to take a $20,361 (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/when-job-references-still-make-sense-before-hiring-11619352000
FORBES
— Major Donors Reveal How To Lay The Groundwork For Requesting Donations – Esther Choy (DIERSEN: I should write a book about a) those who have donated lots of money to Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct since 2000 and b) those candidates who received that money, their political consultants, their campaign managers, their campaign staff members, and their campaign volunteers. I would focus on those candidates, their political consultants, their campaign managers, their campaign staff members, and their campaign volunteers who talked and/or acted like donors had demanded that they get rid of me and get rid of my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters. I would focus on candidates for U.S. Senate, U.S. Representative, statewide Illinois offices, Illinois Senate, Illinois Representative, countywide DuPage candidates, DuPage County District 4 candidates, Milton Township candidates, and Wheaton candidates.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/estherchoy/2021/04/25/major-donors-reveal-how-to-lay-the-groundwork-for-requesting-donations/
— PwC To Hire 10,000 Black And Latinx College Students By 2026 – Ali Shahbaz (DIERSEN: 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.forbes.com/sites/alishahbaz/2021/04/26/pwc-aspires-to-hire-10000-black-and-latinx-college-students-by-2026/
INC.
— 3 Ways You Are Personally Sabotaging Your Company Culture Your team is watching. Make sure you’re doing the right thing. – DAVID FINKEL (DIERSEN: I should write a book about the cultures that the leaders of the following created in: a) Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, Illinois, Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Illinois Center Right Coalition, and American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter since 2000; b) GAO 1980-1997, c) IRS 1971-1980, d) Firestone Stores 1970-1972, and e) Post Office 1966-1969.)
https://www.inc.com/david-finkel/3-ways-you-are-personally-sabotaging-your-company-culture.html
NEWSWEEK
— Joe Biden Must Fix the Racist Criminal Justice System He Helped Create – SHAUN KING (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats hint/imply/argue/shout that all those involved in law enforcement are racists.)
https://www.newsweek.com/2021/05/14/shaun-king-joe-biden-must-fix-racist-criminal-justice-system-he-helped-create-1586289.html
WASHINGTON MONTHLY
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats Libertarians, Greens, Independents, RINOs love it when the aforesaid take adverse actions against Republicans.
https://washingtonmonthly.com/2021/04/25/it-turns-out-people-like-it-when-you-do-popular-things/
