December 24 Evening Edition

NBC5

— Illinois Coronavirus Updates: Cook County Vax Proof, Highest Daily Case Rise of Pandemic
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/coronavirus/illinois-coronavirus-updates-cook-county-vaccine-proof-highest-single-day-cases-of-pandemic/2715050/

WGN9
— Long lines continue for Covid testing in Chicago area – Rob Sneed
https://wgntv.com/news/coronavirus/long-lines-continue-for-covid-testing-in-chicago-area/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— ‘It doesn’t scare me away’: Oakbrook Center’s Christmas Eve shoppers unfazed after Thursday shooting that left 4 people injured – JOHN KEILMAN and ANGIE LEVENTIS LOURGOS
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-oakbrook-center-mall-shooting-stores-open-christmas-eve-20211224-boauuwvwdbgw5n7nbnzacufo6a-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— Board is right on one point: Expand consolidation opportunities statewide – Editorial
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20211221/editorial-board-is-right-on-one-point-expand-consolidation-opportunities-statewide
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs promote hatred against Republicans.
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20211224/editorial-a-christmas-eve-wish-for-love-and-peace

HERALD & REVIEW
— Trump says ‘the vaccine works,’ but Republicans are weary
https://herald-review.com/trump-says-the-vaccine-works-but-republicans-are-weary/video_261c426c-47d8-51c4-b0f2-c4e6580cf0a6.html

ADVANTAGE NEWS
— Illinois suffering from “Brain Drain” analyst says – Kevin Bessler
https://www.advantagenews.com/news/local/granite-city-news/illinois-suffering-from-brain-drain-analyst-says/article_2c51a182-633a-11ec-a90e-cf1713aedc74.html

EBONY TILLMAN
— Civic group calls Lightfoot mandate mean-spirited and unconstitutional
https://medium.com/@ebonytillmanpr/civic-group-calls-lightfoot-mandate-mean-spirited-and-unconstitutional-4ade37ea8fc4

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump spars with conservative host Candace Owens over vaccines, receives praise from White House – Joseph Clark
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/dec/24/trump-spars-conservative-host-candace-owens-over-v/
— Progressive prosecutors under fire for crime surge in cities – Emily Zantow
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/dec/22/progressive-prosecutors-under-fire-crime-surge-cit/

NEW YORK POST
— Texas parents outraged after brazen teacher calls them ‘bigots’ in Dr. Seuss-style poem – Tyler O’Neil
https://nypost.com/2021/12/24/parents-outraged-after-brazen-teacher-calls-them-bigots-in-dr-seuss-style-poem/
— Harris tells allies her race and gender impact her media coverage – Joshua Rhett Miller
https://nypost.com/2021/12/23/kamala-harris-tells-allies-her-race-and-gender-impact-media-coverage/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Why the Democrats are losing Latino support – Rajan Laad
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2021/12/why_the_democrats_are_losing_latino_support.html

AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE
— The End Of America’s Cities. San Francisco’s mayor may hint at a return to law and order, but real overhaul toward a peaceful city life is a long way off. – KATYA SEDGWICK
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/urbs/the-end-of-americas-cities/

BREITBART
— Democrat Calls Out Kamala Harris for Mishandling Border: ‘Doesn’t Look Like She’s Very Interested’ – JOHN BINDER
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/12/24/democrat-calls-out-kamala-harris-for-mishandling-border-doesnt-look-like-shes-very-interested/

BLAZE
— Kamala Harris complains to allies that media coverage of her would be better if she were white and male – LEON WOLF
(COMMENT: I have always been a conservative Republican. Given that, how would my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have treated me since 1948 if I had been a minority, a female, born more recently, LGBTQ, a veteran, Trump-hater, moderate, liberal and/or if I had not been baptized, raised, or confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran, if I was not 100% German American, if my ancestors had not been in America since 1844, if I had not lived in Crete 1948-1972, if I had not lived in Wheaton since 1978, if I had not been a federal employee for almost 30 years, if I had not been a federal retiree since 1997, if I had not been married since 1978, etc.?)
https://www.theblaze.com/news/report-kamala-harris-complains-to-allies-that-media-coverage-of-her-would-be-better-if-she-were-white-and-male

DAILY WIRE
— ‘Every County Is A Border County’: Suspected Illegal Alien With Alleged Mexican Cartel Ties Arrested In Culpeper, Virginia – Tim Meads
https://www.dailywire.com/news/every-county-is-a-border-county-suspected-illegal-alien-with-alleged-mexican-cartel-ties-arrested-in-culpeper-virginia

NEWSMAX
— Biden Leaving ‘Large Areas’ of Border ‘Unmonitored’ – Ex-CBP Chief Mark A. Morgan
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/newsmaxtv-cbp-immigration-biden/2021/12/23/id/1049832/

NEW AMERICAN
— Satanist Group Mocks Christmas with Display at Illinois State Capitol — but Not Without Protest – James Murphy
https://thenewamerican.com/satanist-group-mocks-christmas-with-display-at-illinois-state-capitol-but-not-without-protest/

EPOCH TIMES
— Lone Illinois School District (rural Hutsonville) Wages Fight Against State’s Mask Mandate – Cara Ding
https://www.theepochtimes.com/lone-illinois-school-district-wages-fight-against-states-mask-mandate_4170425.html

CNN
— Donald Trump’s influence is fading – Michael D’Antonio
https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/24/opinions/state-of-trump-influence-fading-dantonio/index.html

PHILADELPHIA ENQUIRER
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, LGBTQ-promoters promote hatred against those who do not promote LGBTQ.
https://www.inquirer.com/life/fulton-county-library-funding-lgbtq-20211224.html

GUARDIAN
— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON AMERICA TIGHTENS: Black Americans continue to see higher jobless rate despite market recovery – Lauren Aratani
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2021/dec/24/black-americans-jobless-rate-job-market

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.