April 4 Morning Edition

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Nonprofit groups that care for disabled people say state of Illinois needs to step up. Illinois is one of the worst states for funding community-based services for this vulnerable group. About 18,000 people are on a waiting list for services. – Mark Brown
(DIERSEN: While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO’s Chicago office 1980-1997, they assigned me to supervise at one time or another all the employees who they hired who were disabled, minority, female, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, Democrat, liberal, those whose ancestors had not been in America for a long time, and those employees who had serious performance problems.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2021/4/2/22364703/intellectual-developmental-disabilities-pritzker-iarf-josh-evans-aspire-jim-kales

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Illinois high court removes Glendale Heights president from April 6 ballot – Barbara Vitello
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20210403/illinois-high-court-removes-glendale-heights-president-from-april-6-ballot
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater promotes hatred against those who are not vaccinated.
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20210404/estrich-the-anti-vaxxers-do-not-just-hurt-themselves

NEWS CHANNEL 20
— Illinois National Guard members declining COVID-19 vaccine – Devin Trubey
https://newschannel20.com/news/coronavirus/illinois-national-guard-members-declining-covid-19-vaccine

NPR ILLINOIS
— APRIL 2, 2021 FLASHBACK: With Trump Off The Ballot, Republicans Look To Regain Votes In The Suburbs – DON GONYEA
(DIERSEN: I predict that after the April 6, 2021 election, hate-filled Trump-hating Kinzinger-supporters will a) blame Trump for all the defeats that Republican candidates suffered and b) do everything that they can to drive those who voted for Trump out of the Republican Party. 157 in my precinct voted for Trump; 26,080 in Milton Township voted for Trump; 193,611 in DuPage County voted for Trump; and 2,446,891 in Illinois voted for Trump. I predict that hate-filled Trump-hating Kinzinger-supporters will force Republican township and county party organization officers to recruit hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters to run for Republican Precinct Committeeman in each of the precincts in their township and/or county. I predict that hate-filled Trump-hating Kinzinger-supporters will do everything that they can to recruit hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters to run for all the offices in the March 15, 2022 Republican primary in Illinois. I predict that hate-filled Trump-hating Kinzinger-supporters will do everything that they can to get all the leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, Republican county party organizations, and Republican township/ward party organizations who do not hate Trump to resign. I predict that hate-filled Trump-hating Kinzinger-supporters will do even more a) to stop me from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters and b) to stop everyone from reading those newsletters.)
https://www.nprillinois.org/post/trump-ballot-republicans-look-regain-votes-suburbs#stream/0

WLDS
— LaHood, Davis Urging Everyone to Get COVID Vaccination – Jeremy Coumbes
https://wlds.com/lahood-davis-urging-everyone-to-get-covid-vaccination/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— How the White House protects America’s oldest president – Rob Crilly
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/biden-white-house-health-fitness-protects-optics

FOX NEWS
— California Republican gubernatorial candidate John Cox on Newsom recall effort: ‘Voters have finally woken up here’ – Audrey Conklin
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/california-republican-john-cox-gavin-newsom-recall

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— The Appeal of the New Totalitarians. It’s easy to understand and reject the horrors of totalitarianism. It is much less easy to grasp its inexorable logic or its seemingly implacable attractions. – Roger Kimball
https://amgreatness.com/2021/04/03/the-appeal-of-the-new-totalitarians/

BREITBART
— The Great Reset Continues — Facebook’s New Imperial Order
(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.breitbart.com/tech/2021/04/03/virgil-the-great-reset-continues-facebooks-new-imperial-order/

NEWS BUSTERS
— MSNBC Guest: Sorry I’m Not ‘Woke’ Enough To Approve Attacking Cops – Mark Finkelstein
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/mark-finkelstein/2021/04/03/msnbc-guest-sorry-im-not-woke-enough-approve-attacking-cops

CENTER SQUARE
— The Sunday Read: H.R. 1 is a brazen assault on states’ authority, free speech – Chris Krug
https://www.thecentersquare.com/opinion/the-sunday-read-h-r-1-is-a-brazen-assault-on-states-authority-free-speech/article_717217c4-92fc-11eb-ae1a-736457c784a6.html

HOT AIR
— Woke Capitalism Comes To Georgia … But Not China
https://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2021/04/woke-capitalism-comes-georgia-not-china/

THE HILL
— MSNBC host: Boehner going after GOP ‘crazies’ now is ‘too little too late’ – LEXI LONAS
https://thehill.com/homenews/media/546324-msnbc-host-boehner-going-after-gop-crazies-now-is-too-little-too-late
— Democrats are seeking to turn the nation into one massive blue state – KRISTIN TATE
https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/545329-democrats-are-seeking-to-turn-the-nation-into-one-massive-blue-state

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Vaccine passports are latest flash point in COVID politics – MARK SCOLFORO
(DIERSEN: Of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes want vaccine passports to be required so that they can use that requirement to more rapidly and more viciously destroy those who are not vaccinated.)
https://apnews.com/article/travel-new-york-data-privacy-immunizations-coronavirus-pandemic-f1c7623849d5458bcda3aed67f4c3d90
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The argument over whether passports are a sensible response to the pandemic or governmental overreach echoes the bitter disputes over the past year about masks, shutdown orders and even the vaccines themselves. . .But lawmakers around the country are already taking a stand against the idea. GOP senators in Pennsylvania are drawing up legislation that would prohibit vaccine passports, also known as health certificates or travel passes, from being used to bar people from routine activities. “We have constitutional rights and health privacy laws for a reason,” said Pennsylvania House Majority Leader Kerry Benninghoff, a Republican. “They should not cease to exist in a time of crisis. These passports may start with COVID-19, but where will they end?” Benninghoff said this week his concern was “using taxpayer money to generate a system that will now be, possibly, in the hands of mega-tech organizations who’ve already had problems with getting hacked and security issues.”)
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters use attacks against Asian Americans to promote hatred against Trump and against Trump’s supporters. Those who attack Asian-Americans must know that their attacks are used against Trump and against Trump’s supporters. Therefore, those who attack Asian Americans must be hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters.
https://apnews.com/article/brutal-nyc-attack-renew-asian-american-volunteer-patrols-cdc7c8cd4f1f1c047a5941d12d2ff405
— Automakers embrace electric vehicles. But what about buyers? – TOM KRISHER and DAVID MCHUGH
https://apnews.com/article/technology-us-news-electric-vehicles-united-states-6f24ab68fddb8fd4ef0c91c4dc769364
— Dangling tax credits and rebates in his drive to fight climate change, President Joe Biden wants you to trade your gas-burning car, truck or SUV for a zero-emissions electric vehicle. – Tom Krisher
https://www.journalgazette.net/business/20210404/electric-vehicle-goal-a-tough-task

AOL
— Democrats shocked after receiving AOC’s campaign cash – ASHLEY TERRELL
(DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who blacklist others. I would focus on those who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton’s West District, Wheaton, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Milton Township, DuPage County’s 4th District, DuPage County, Illinois, Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, etc.  I would focus on the aforesaid who claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican, but 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, age discrimination, and the rest of the Democrat Party platform.)
https://www.aol.com/news/democrats-shocked-receiving-aoc-campaign-212616317.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: ‘DCCC made clear that they will blacklist any org that helps progressive candidates like me,’ said AOC. Several House Democrats facing midterm campaigns in 2022 received a surprise in the form of $5,000 from New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. The contributions were sent in an effort to help the House majority stay ahead of a tough upcoming election cycle without contributing directly to the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee — which AOC has been publicly against. She created a political action committee (PAC) to raise money for progressive primary candidates herself after she criticized DCCC policies.)

NBC NEWS
— Culture wars strain once unshakeable bond between Republicans, corporate America. “Talking about corporate tax cuts and reducing burdensome regulations doesn’t do it for our new voters,” one Republican lobbyist said. – Allan Smith
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/culture-wars-strain-once-unshakeable-bond-between-republicans-corporate-america-n1262797

CBS DENVER
— Why Are Fewer Americans Involved In Organized Religion?
(DIERSEN: From what I see, ever-increasingly, to get members and to keep members, churches promote dependency on government, dependency on charity, BLM, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and the rest of the Democrat, Libertarian, and Green party platforms.)
https://denver.cbslocal.com/2021/04/03/why-are-fewer-americans-involved-in-organized-religions/

MSN
— Trump calls for Republicans to boycott companies amid voting law controversy – Jordan Williams
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-calls-for-republicans-to-boycott-companies-amid-voting-law-controversy/ar-BB1fhotk?li=BBnb7Kz

NEW YORK TIMES
— America Has a Ruling Class Why do members of the political elite insist that they’re not? – Samuel Goldman
(DIERSEN: How does the Ruling Class treat you and threat those who share your demographics? I should write about the Ruling Class in Wheaton’s West District, Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County’s 4th District, DuPage County, and Illinois treat me and treat those who share my demographics: conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, gun owner, Protestant, German American, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. I have lived in Wheaton’s West District since 1984; in Wheaton, Milton Township, and DuPage County since 1978; and in Illinois since 1948.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/30/opinion/america-politics-elites.html
— How Lower-Income Americans Get Cheated on Property Taxes. Many homeowners are paying a total of billions of dollars extra because of inequities in assessing property values. – Editorial
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/03/opinion/sunday/property-taxes-housing-assessment-inequality.html
— What Can You Do Once You’re Vaccinated? – Tara Haelle
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/03/30/opinion/coronavirus-vaccine-risks.html
— FRONT PAGE: Tide of Social Activism Rises in Sports Leagues – James Wagner
(DIERSEN: From what I see, ever-increasingly, sports demands that everyone be Democrat, Libertarian, Green, Independent, and/or RINO, that is, that everyone 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.nytimes.com/2021/04/03/sports/baseball/all-star-georgia-voting-law.html

WASHINGTON POST
— What happens when the majority doesn’t rule? – David Weigel
(DIERSEN: According to Democrats, those who are in the majority discriminate against those who are in the minority. In what ways are you in the minority? Only 157 in my precinct voted for Trump while 269 voted for Biden. Only 26,080 in Milton Township voted for Trump while 39,530 voted for Biden. Only 193,611 in DuPage County voted for Trump while 281,222 voted for Biden. Only 2,446,891 in Illinois voted for Trump while 3,471,915 voted for Biden. Those who voted for Biden are 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.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/04/01/trailer-what-happens-when-majority-doesnt-rule/

NEW YORK POST
— ‘Vaccine passports’ just aren’t worth the trouble – Editorial
https://nypost.com/2021/04/03/vaccine-passports-just-arent-worth-the-trouble/

NEWSWEEK
— Donald Trump Demands Boycott of Coke, Delta, UPS in Georgia Voter Law Fight – SCOTT MCDONALD
https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-demands-boycott-coke-delta-ups-georgia-voter-law-fight-1580906
— It’s Time for Campaigns to Unfriend Facebook – ANNIE LEVENE
(DIERSEN: What do you say to those who unfriend me because I include links to articles in GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters that they do not like? They expect me to cover-up reports of their wrongdoing.)
https://www.newsweek.com/its-time-campaigns-unfriend-facebook-opinion-1578112
— Charles Barkley Says Politicians ‘Divide’ Black, White and Rich, Poor America – DARRAGH ROCHE
https://www.newsweek.com/charles-barkley-politicians-divide-black-white-rich-poor-america-1580917

BUSINESS INSIDER
— Donald Trump has expanded his list of ‘woke’ companies to boycott, due to their opposition of Georgia’s voting law – Kevin Shalvey
(DIERSEN: 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.businessinsider.com/donald-trump-expands-list-companies-boycott-georgia-law-opposition-2021-4

HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW
— The Elements of Good Judgment
(DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes are extremely judgmental. According to them, I have extremely bad judgment. They demonize, denigrate, and condemn a) each and every decision that I make to include or to not include links to articles in GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters and b) each and every comment that I make or do not make on those articles. They focus on destroying not only me, but on destroying all those a) who they cannot manipulate, b) who refuse to glorify and praise them, c) who refuse to pander to them, d) who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, and/or e) who refuse to give them money.)
https://hbr.org/2020/01/the-elements-of-good-judgment

U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— NOVEMBER 1, 2012 FLASHBACK: Why You Should Never, Ever Discuss Politics at Work – Jada A. Graves
(DIERSEN: Democrats run the federal government. They get rid of federal employees who are Republican, and especially those who are Republican and White, male, older, non-veteran, conservative, 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 many times that my Democrat GAO coworkers and subordinates asked me questions to confirm that I opposed patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination and the promotion of dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, illegal drugs, and abolition of the First and Second Amendments.)
https://money.usnews.com/money/careers/articles/2012/11/01/4-reasons-you-should-never-ever-discuss-politics-at-work

REVIEW JOURNAL
— The 10 radical new rules that are changing America – Victor Davis Hanson
https://www.reviewjournal.com/opinion/opinion-columns/victor-davis-hanson/victor-davis-hanson-the-10-radical-new-rules-that-are-changing-america-2321809/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: 1) Money is a construct. It can be created from thin air. Annual deficits and aggregate national debt no longer matter much. . .2) Laws are not necessarily binding anymore. Joe Biden took an oath to “take care that the laws be faithfully executed.”. . .3) Racialism is now acceptable. We are defined first by our ethnicity or religion, and only secondarily — if at all — by an American commonality. . .4) The immigrant is mostly preferable to the citizen. . .5) Most Americans should be treated as we would treat little children. . .6) Hypocrisy is passe. Virtue-signaling is alive. . .7) Ignoring or perpetuating homelessness is preferable to ending it. . .8) McCarthyism is good. Destroying lives and careers for incorrect thoughts saves more lives and careers. Cancel culture and the Twitter Reign of Terror provide needed deterrence. . .9) Ignorance is preferable to knowledge. . .10) Wokeness is the new religion, growing faster and larger than Christianity. Its priesthood outnumbers the clergy and exercises far more power. Silicon Valley is the new Vatican, and Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Google and Twitter are the new gospels.)

ATHENS REVIEW
— Texas launches ‘We Hire Ability’ employer recognition program
(DIERSEN: While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO’s Chicago office 1980-1997, they assigned me to supervise at one time or another all the employees who they hired who were disabled, minority, female, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, Democrat, liberal, those whose ancestors had not been in America for a long time, and those employees who had serious performance problems.)
https://www.athensreview.com/news/texas-launches-we-hire-ability-employer-recognition-program/article_3bc718d6-940a-11eb-9571-3b7262eefa67.html

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.