CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— No limit? Republican Gary Rabine ups the ante in high-stakes governor’s race. And while the trigger that Republican Gary Rabine tripped is designed to help other candidates in the race without personal fortunes, it also benefits Rabine, allowing him to accept contributions of any amount from other donors. – Andrew Sullender
https://chicago.suntimes.com/elections/2021/4/5/22369077/republican-gary-rabine-pritzker-self-financing-governors-race-bailey-schimpf
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats encourage Blacks to hate Republicans.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2021/4/5/22368292/dr-martin-luther-king-mlk-dream-jesse-jackson-column
ABC7
— Illinois COVID-19 Update: IL reports 2,102 new coronavirus cases, 11 deaths; Pritzker hopeful vaccine will help avoid 4th surge – Eric Horng
https://abc7chicago.com/health/il-reports-2102–new-covid-cases-11-deaths/10487826/
WTTW
— Equity, Privacy Concerns Among Considerations for Vaccine Passports – Marissa Nelson (DIERSEN: From what I see, sooner or later, if you cannot prove that you are fully vaccinated, Democrats and RINOs will bar you from a) entering buildings, b) leaving your residence, c) holding a job, d) being a member of organizations, e) getting an education, f) voting, h) owning real estate, vehicles, or other property, i) etc. Exceptions will only be made for those who are minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, not married, veteran, moderate, liberal, Democrat, Libertarian, Green, RINO, those who are in America illegally, those who have less money than others, non-Christian, non-Protestant, non-Italian American, non-German American, and/or those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time.)
https://news.wttw.com/2021/04/05/equity-privacy-concerns-among-considerations-vaccine-passports
ALTON TELEGRAPH
— 1 in 3 college students face food insecurity – expanding SNAP benefits on campus will help stave off hunger – Anastasia Snelling (DIERSEN: Did you face food insecurity while you were in college? I did not. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes stress a) that my parents provided me with room and board in their home in Crete while I attended UIC 1966-1968, weekends during my first semester at NIU in 1969, and the summer of 1969 and b) that I paid for my room and board at NIU weekdays during my first semester at NIU in 1969, two semesters at NIU 1969-1970, and the summer of 1970 with money that I earned working part-time for the Park Forest Post Office 1966-1969. They stress that I bought a new 1968 Oldsmobile 442 in 1967 and a new 1969 Dodge Charger SE in 1968 with money I earned working for the Post Office..)
https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/article/1-in-3-college-students-face-food-insecurity-16077191.php
SUBURBAN LIFE
— DuPage County tops 500,000 COVID-19 vaccines administered, region’s positivity rate rises to 6.5% – Joshua Welge
https://www.shawlocal.com/my-suburban-life/coronavirus/2021/04/06/dupage-county-tops-500000-covid-19-vaccines-administered-regions-positivity-rate-rises-to-65/
CHICAGO NOW
— Berkowitz w/likely GOP GOV Candidate Porter on Dems’ dreary shakedown vision
https://www.chicagonow.com/public-affairs-with-jeff-berkowitz/2021/04/watch-berkowitz-w-likely-gop-gov-candidate-porter-on-dems-dreary-shakedown-vision-on-cable-in-chicago-tonight-later-this-week-in-n-nw-suburbs-aurora-rockford-and-24-7-on-web/
CENTER SQUARE
— State elections board executive director on paid leave after attempted extortion scheme – Greg Bishop
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/state-elections-board-executive-director-on-paid-leave-after-attempted-extortion-scheme/article_92d46ce0-9663-11eb-a44e-3301cfdf2d18.html
FOX NEWS
— Rand Paul on MLB-Georgia controversy: ‘If they want to boycott us, let’s boycott them’ Corporations may change their tune ‘when half the country quits drinking Coca-Cola and half the country quits using Delta’, GOP senator says
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/rand-paul-mlb-all-star-game-georgia-controversy
THE HILL
— Republican battle with MLB intensifies – ALEXANDER BOLTON
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/546591-republican-battle-with-mlb-intensifies
YAHOO NEWS
— Illinois Board Of Elections Executive Director Placed On Leave After Extortion Attempt
https://news.yahoo.com/illinois-board-elections-executive-director-231000815.html
CBS NEWS
— Peoria will rename seven public schools that currently honor historical figures, citing their complicated legacies with regard to human rights and slavery.
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/illinois-school-district-to-remove-names-of-historical-figures-from-7-schools-citing-complicated-legacies/
NEW YORK TIMES
— American Flags Are Not Useful Political Clues, And Other Lessons From Google Street View – Emily Badger, Josh Katz and Kevin Quealy (DIERSEN: Only 157 in my precinct voted for Trump while 269 voted for Biden. LGBTQ-promoting churches are just north and just south of my precinct. My precinct’s polling place is the LGBTQ-promoting and BLM-promoting church just south of the precinct. Ever-since the 2015 gerrymandering, my precinct contains the Wheaton Warrenville School District 200 Administration building, a public grade school, and a public middle school. My precinct has fewer middle-income voters, more lower-income voters, and more upper-income voters than many other precincts. My precinct has had far more teardowns than many other precincts. From what I see, about 4 out 5 times when a home owned by Republicans is sold, it is bought by Democrats.)
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/04/06/upshot/trump-biden-quiz-photos.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: We recently showed Times readers images culled from Google Street View of 10,000 neighborhoods around the United States. Could readers guess, we wondered, how residents in a given place voted in the 2020 presidential election just by eyeballing a typical street scene?. . .The easy ones: packed cities and open skies. . .The hardest ones: rural Biden, urban Trump. . .The role of income. . .Tricks readers said they tried: flags, trucks and sidewalks. . .Flags. . .Trucks. . .Sidewalks. . .The magic density tipping point. . .Main Street(s), U.S.A.)
WASHINGTON POST
— Republicans ramp up attacks on corporations over Georgia voting law, threaten ‘consequences’ – Marianna Sotomayor and Todd C. Frankel
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/georgia-voting-mlb-trump-mcconnell/2021/04/05/5aa65090-9622-11eb-962b-78c1d8228819_story.html
NEW YORK POST
— Why can’t we talk about ideology’s role when killers aren’t white? – Jonathan S. Tobin
https://nypost.com/2021/04/05/why-cant-we-talk-about-ideologys-role-when-killers-arent-white/
USA TODAY
— ‘Repeating the same exact mistakes’: Illinois bar linked to COVID-19 outbreak resulting in 46 cases, 650 kids sent home from school – Adrianna Rodriguez
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2021/04/05/covid-cdc-study-finds-illinois-bar-event-linked-outbreak-46-cases/7091773002/
BOSTON GLOBE
— The era of big populism is over. The era of big corporations running the American political conversation is back – James Pindell
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2021/04/06/nation/era-big-populism-is-over-era-big-corporations-running-american-political-conversation-is-back/
ATLANTA JOURNAL CONSTITUTION
— New focus for vaccine push: Republican men – Ariel Hart and Chris Joyner
https://www.ajc.com/news/investigations/new-focus-for-vaccine-push-republican-men/WG6SAAVKMJHEBEKHH6PEFESKKI/
SANTA BARBARA INDEPENDENT
— We Have to Prove Democracy Works – Robert H. Sulnick (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, voters who are members of Group A use democracy to get rid of voters who are members of Group B. Members of Group A 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 and members of Group B are pro-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.independent.com/2021/04/05/we-have-to-prove-democracy-works/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, hate-filled Republican-hating Republican-haters encourage Asian-Americans to hate Republicans.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/violence-spurs-many-asian-americans-to-activism-for-first-time-11617701400
https://www.wsj.com/articles/asian-americans-feel-the-hate-11617661203
FORTUNE
— How Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas wants to fix social media – DANIELLE ABRIL
https://fortune.com/2021/04/05/supreme-court-justice-clarence-thomas-social-media-section-230-trump/
FORBES
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Billionaire Beau Wrigley To Expand Cannabis Company To Illinois – Will Yakowicz (DIERSEN: 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.forbes.com/sites/willyakowicz/2021/04/06/billionaire-beau-wrigley-to-expand-cannabis-company-to-illinois/
JOURNAL OF ACCOUNTANCY
— The struggles and triumphs of the first Black CPAs – Courtney Vien (DIERSEN: From what I can tell, in 1997, one of my subordinates who was GAO’s only Black CPA in its Chicago office threatened to leave GAO if GAO did not a) force me to retire, b) give him my job, and c) give him preferred corner office.)
https://www.journalofaccountancy.com/podcast/black-cpa-centennial-struggles-triumphs-of-first-black-cpas.html
INSIDE HIGHER ED
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats force evangelical Christian colleges to promote LGBTQ.
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2021/04/06/lgbt-students-sue-education-department-over-title-ix-religious-exemption
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Current and former students at evangelical Christian colleges sued the Education Department to get the religious exemption to antidiscrimination protections granted to the institutions declared unconstitutional. About 30 current and former students at evangelical colleges filed suit last week against the U.S. Department of Education, asking that the religious exemption to a federal law prohibiting sex-based discrimination at educational institutions be declared unconstitutional in how it is applied to LGBTQ students.)
FIVE THIRTY EIGHT
— Why The Republican Party Isn’t Rebranding After 2020 – Perry Bacon Jr. (DIERSEN: Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, Independents and Independent plants, and RINOs a) want Republicans to lose elections, b) want the Republican Party to dump its traditional marriage/family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks in its platform, and c) want the Republican Party to dump 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://fivethirtyeight.com/features/why-the-republican-party-isnt-rebranding-after-2020/
REASON
— Justice Thomas Wonders When Supreme Court Will Have To Consider Social Media’s Private Deplatforming Power. A moot case about Trump blocking tweets leads to concerns that tech companies have too much control over speech. – SCOTT SHACKFORD
https://reason.com/2021/04/05/justice-thomas-wonders-when-supreme-court-will-have-to-consider-social-medias-private-deplatforming-power/
