February 26 Morning Edition

ABC7
— McConnell says he’ll ‘absolutely’ support Trump in 2024 if he’s the Republican nominee – CNN
https://abc7chicago.com/mcconnell-would-support-donald-trump-in-2024-run-mitch-news/10372625/

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Illinois Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene goes head-to-head with congresswoman Marie Newman over anti-transgender stance
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/904971

WTTW
— Evanston Mayor, Former State Lawmaker Daniel Biss on Tackling National Issues at the Local Level – Nick Blumberg
(DIERSEN: What do you say to mayors 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, and age discrimination?)
https://news.wttw.com/2021/02/25/evanston-mayor-former-state-lawmaker-daniel-biss-tackling-national-issues-local-level

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Roll up your sleeves, vaccine refuseniks. Stop endangering my life and yours. – ERIC ZORN
(DIERSEN: Who is taking the lead in destroying those who fail/refuse to get vaccinated in your workplace if you are still working, in the organizations that you are a member of, in your neighborhood, in your precinct, in your municipal district, in your municipality, in your township, in your county district, in your county, and in Illinois?)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/eric-zorn/ct-column-covid-vaccine-decline-refuse-mandate-zorn-20210225-7qysc4pvqjdlbkuzi2zomdu43y-story.html
— A crisis of conscience over slavery gave birth to a formidable political force: The Republican Party – RON GROSSMAN
(DIERSEN: Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The Republican Party platform is conservative. Establishment Republicans dominate the Republican Party, Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Milton Township Republican Organization, etc. Establishment Republicans are anti-conservative. Establishment Republicans reject some, most, if not all the planks in the Republican Party platform, most commonly, its traditional marriage/family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks. Establish Republicans look down on, if not despise, if not hate those like me who support the aforesaid planks. Establishment Republicans blame those like me who support the aforesaid planks for all the losses that Republicans have suffered in Illinois, in DuPage County, in Milton Township, and in Wheaton.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/history/ct-opinion-flashback-republican-party-origin-whigs-20210226-fkjz26k7vrbuhjpm5xaqefzgxa-story.html
— Cook County sheriff fields complaint about couple having sex during court videoconference – MEGAN CREPEAU
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/criminal-justice/ct-cook-county-zoom-court-sex-20210225-wzpyb7fuh5gmtanwl7xg5fzula-story.html
— Where does your town get its water? Search our map. – CHAD YODER
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/environment/ct-viz-where-chicago-area-water-comes-from-map-20210226-of4q5vdhrvbw7mddrfolkp5izi-htmlstory.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An LGBTQ-promoter says “The inside story about Rep. Marie Newman, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene and their transgender rights fight. Newman, in a House floor speech supporting the LGBTQ Equality Rights Act, talked about her trans daughter; Greene later engaged in a personal transphobic attack.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2021/2/25/22301556/rep-marie-newman-rep-marjorie-taylor-greene-transgender-rights-fight-equality-act-lgbtq-mtg
— Why did WTTW fire me? Because I believe journalists can never really be objective — only transparent. I don’t hide behind the handicap of objectivity, as if journalists can check their humanity at the door. – Hugo Balta, Chicago
(DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, you are a journalist only if a) you have a degree in journalism, b) you are paid for what you do, c) you claim to be objective, nonpartisan, etc., d) you serve as an operative or as dupe for my critics/opponents, d) you glorify and praise my critics/opponents, e) you pander to my critics/opponents, and f) you give money to my critics/opponents. I should write a book about my critics/opponents. Better yet, I should sue them.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2021/2/24/22299331/hugo-balta-journalism-objectivity-wtta-phil-ponce-letters

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Illinois has even more local governments than you thought. The U.S. Census Bureau says the state has 6,918 combined townships, school districts, counties, mosquito abatement districts and the like. A new report finds it’s actually far more than that. – GREG HINZ
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/greg-hinz-politics/illinois-has-even-more-local-governments-you-thought

SUBURBAN LIFE
— DuPage County reports 74 COVID-19 cases Thursday, no deaths, 5.52% of population fully vaccinated – Joshua Welge
https://www.shawlocal.com/my-suburban-life/coronavirus/2021/02/26/dupage-county-reports-74-covid-19-cases-thursday-no-deaths-552-of-population-fully-vaccinated/

NPR ILLINOIS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater says “It’s All About Trump: CPAC Seems Poised To Ignore Republican Identity Crisis.”
https://www.npr.org/2021/02/25/971130755/its-all-about-trump-cpac-seems-poised-to-ignore-republican-identity-crisis

WCIA
— Illinois state representative Chris Miller (R-Oakland) removes anarchist militia decal from pickup truck, claims ignorance – Mark Maxwell
https://www.wcia.com/illinois-capitol-news/miller-removes-anarchist-militia-decal-from-pickup-truck-claims-ignorance/

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— The Midwest Anti-Defamation League has identified Rep. Mary Miller’s district as a hotbed for extremism. The group layered its HEAT Map (hate, extremism, antisemitism and terrorism) with the congressional district and then shared it on Twitter. – Shia Kapos
(DIERSEN: One could compare and contrast that district with Wheaton. Ever-increasingly, individuals, organizations, companies, and governments that are the following are gaining influence big time in Wheaton: 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. I should write a book about the aforesaid individuals, organizations, companies, and governments.)
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2021/02/26/lightfoot-why-is-burke-still-here-madigan-passes-the-torch-again-party-politics-harmons-got-juice-491917

NEW CITY
— What the Decline and Fall of the Chicago Tribune and the Shattering of Local Media Means – BRIAN HIEGGELKE
https://www.newcity.com/2021/02/18/the-tower-is-crumbling-what-the-decline-and-fall-of-the-chicago-tribune-and-the-shattering-of-local-media-means/

WIREPOINTS
— Citing Wirepoints’ research, Wall Street Journal addresses the pending federal bailout proposal – Quicktake
https://wirepoints.org/citing-wirepoints-research-wall-street-journal-addresses-the-pending-federal-bailout-proposal-quicktake/

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Senator Rand Paul Confronts Biden’s Cross-Dressing Pick for Assistant Health Secretary – Laurie Higgins
https://illinoisfamily.org/homosexuality/rand-paul-confronts-bidens-cross-dressing-pick-for-assistant-health-secretary/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— McConnell would ‘absolutely’ support Trump if he was the 2024 GOP nominee. – Mica Soellner
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/mcconnell-would-support-trump-in-2024-as-nominee

FOX NEWS
— CPAC 2021 speakers on Friday will include Trump Jr., Ted Cruz Former President Donald Trump is scheduled to speak on Sunday
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/cpac-2021-speakers-live-updates-2-26-2021
— Donald Trump Jr.: Donald Trump is ‘still the future of the Republican Party’ GOP needs candidates who will fight for the working class, former president’s son tells ‘Hannity’ – Joshua Q. Nelson
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/donald-trump-jr-donald-trump-is-still-the-future-of-the-republican-party
— Republican civil war – which side will evangelicals choose? Here’s an important principle I hope the GOP will remember as they look forward. – Dr. Robert Jeffress
(DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs shout at evangelicals, and at everyone else, a) that GOD is 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 anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time and b) that GOD promotes 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, and age discrimination.)
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/republican-civil-war-evangelicals-choose-robert-jeffress

GOPUSA
— GOP Senator Asks Hard Questions Of Transgender Rachel Levine In HHS Confirmation Hearing; Gets Few Answers
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=106925
— The Supreme Court Must Now End The ‘Systemic Racism’ Of Affirmative Action
(DIERSEN: Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs use Affirmative Action, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion to get rid of Republicans.)
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=106934

AMERICAN THINKER
— The Establishment GOP Still Does Not Understand the Patriot Movement…and Never Will – Laureen Lipsky
(DIERSEN: Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The Republican Party platform is conservative. Establishment Republicans dominate the Republican Party, Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Milton Township Republican Organization, etc. Establishment Republicans are anti-conservative. Establishment Republicans reject some, most, if not all the planks in the Republican Party platform, most commonly, its traditional marriage/family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks. Establish Republicans look down on, if not despise, if not hate those like me who support the aforesaid planks. Establishment Republicans blame those like me who support the aforesaid planks for all the losses that Republicans have suffered in Illinois, in DuPage County, in Milton Township, and in Wheaton.)
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2021/02/the_establishment_gop_still_does_not_understand_the_patriot_movementand_never_will.html

CENTER FOR IMMIGRATION STUDIES
— What Does a ‘Nation of Immigrants’ Mean? More than many think, and keeping it that way means controlling it. Take it from Barbara Jordan. – Andrew R. Arthur
https://cis.org/Arthur/What-Does-Nation-Immigrants-Mean

BREITBART
— Sen. Rick Scott on the Democratic Party: ‘It’s a Socialist Party Now’
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/02/25/sen-scott-on-the-democratic-party-its-a-socialist-party-now/
— 3 House Republicans Voted for ‘Equality Act,’ Permitting Men to Compete in Female Sports – WENDELL HUSEBO
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/02/25/3-house-republicans-voted-for-equality-act-permitting-men-to-compete-in-female-sports/

BLAZE
— 27-year-old former ‘anti-AOC’ Trump aide challenges Rep. Adam Kinzinger, calls him a ‘weak-kneed, establishment Republican’ Catalina Lauf says Adam Kinzinger ‘betrayed his constituents for a life in the D.C. swamp’ – PAUL SACCA
https://www.theblaze.com/news/catalina-lauf-adam-kinzinger-illinois-trump

CHRISTIANITY DAILY
— Rep. Bill Johnson: Democrats’ Efforts To Silence Dissident Media ‘Eerily Similar’ To Chinese Communist Party’s – ANTON CARILLO
http://www.christianitydaily.com/articles/10958/20210225/democrats-efforts-to-silence-dissident-media-eerily-similar-to-chinese-communist-party-s-rep-bill-johnson.htm

DAILY CALLER
— ‘I Don’t Believe In Cancel Culture’: Rep. McCarthy Responds To Liz Cheney Questioning Trump Speaking At CPAC – DAVID KRAYDEN
https://dailycaller.com/2021/02/25/cancel-culture-rep-kevin-mccarthy-responds-liz-cheney-donald-trump-cpac/
— McConnell Won’t Blame Trump For Losing Georgia Senate Seats, Confirms He Will Support 2024 Nominee – VIRGINIA KRUTA
https://dailycaller.com/2021/02/25/mcconnell-wont-blame-trump-losing-georgia-senate-2024-nominee/

DAILY WIRE
— Sweeping LGBT Bill Passes House, GOP Lawmaker Vows To Fight ‘In The Courts And Beyond’ If It Becomes Law – Tim Pearce
https://www.dailywire.com/news/sweeping-lgbt-bill-passes-house-gop-lawmaker-vows-to-fight-in-the-courts-and-beyond-if-it-becomes-law

TOWNHALL
— It Sounds Like McConnell Is Changing His Tune on Donald Trump, Again – Bronson Stocking
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/bronsonstocking/2021/02/25/it-sounds-like-mcconnell-is-changing-his-tune-on-donald-trump-n2585378

NEWSMAX
— CPAC Chair Schlapp to Newsmax TV: Trump’s Speech Should Look to GOP’s Future – Charlie McCarthy
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/schlapp-cpac-trump-speech/2021/02/25/id/1011578/
— Trump to Plot Strategy Forward for GOP, Former Adviser Says – Brian Trusdell
https://www.newsmax.com/us/gop-republican-party-conservative-agenda/2021/02/25/id/1011597/

ONE AMERICA NEWS NETWORK
— Fallout Continues For Rep. Cheney After The Latest Criticism Of President Trump
https://www.oann.com/fallout-continues-for-rep-cheney-after-the-latest-criticism-of-president-trump/

LIFE SITE NEWS
— US House passes pro-abortion ‘Equality Act’ to write transgenderism into civil rights law. ‘We are witnessing the greatest assault on religious freedom, biological reality, and parental rights ever seen in the U.S. Congress.’ – Claire Chretien
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/breaking-us-house-passes-pro-abortion-equality-act

THE HILL
— Trump reemerges to legacy being erased by Biden – BRETT SAMUELS
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/540618-trump-reemerges-to-legacy-being-erased-by-biden

POLITICO
— Republican leaders split while CPAC prepares to unite around Trump. The annual confab is already showing how top GOP officials are making wildly different bets on the future of their party. – MELANIE ZANONA and OLIVIA BEAVERS
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/02/26/trump-cpac-republican-divisions-471681

NBC NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: LGBTQ-promoters crow over the success that they are having destroying religion, destroying traditional marriage, destroying the traditional family, destroying the Republican Party, destroying America, destroying etc.
https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/conservatives-opposing-equality-act-don-t-speak-most-people-faith-ncna1258910
— Prosecutors just got millions of pages of Trump documents. His taxes are only the beginning. The records are likely to offer New York investigators a revealing look into the former president’s business dealings, experts say. – Tom Winter and Rich Schapiro
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/prosecutors-just-got-millions-trump-documents-his-taxes-are-just-n1258876

NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump to Dominate CPAC as Activists Assess Potential 2024 Candidates. Day 1 of the Conservative Political Action Conference will include speeches from Senators Tom Cotton, Ted Cruz, Rick Scott and others. Here’s what to expect. – Shane Goldmacher
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/26/us/politics/trump-cpac-2024-candidates.html
— How to Get Really Rich! Getting into the right job is the key. – David Brooks
(DIERSEN: I did not get into the right job. 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. My Democrat superiors in the federal government did everything that they could to waste my career and to get rid of me. My plan for a career in the automotive industry ended in 1971 when Oldsmobile withdrew a job offer that I had accepted saying that Oldsmobile had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. That directly resulted in my accepting a job offer from IRS.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/25/opinion/inequality-medicine-law.html

USA TODAY
— The return of Donald Trump: CPAC puts the Republican 2024 presidential primary front and center – David Jackson
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2021/02/26/cpac-conservative-meeting-showcases-donald-trump-and-others/4575450001/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater says “Trump lost because ‘character counts.’ That’s why his CPAC speech won’t change anything. The problem in 2020 was with the Republican candidate. That won’t change in 2024 if Trump stays on top.”
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2021/02/26/trump-cpac-speech-republican-future-column/6813753002/
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Report: Facebook spread lie about Texas power outage – Jessica Guynn
(DIERSEN: Since 2000, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I spread lies with my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters. Needless-to-say, I should sue my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2021/02/24/facebook-texas-power-outage-fox-news-winter-storm-misinformation/6803133002/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Mitch McConnell Says He Would Support Trump If He’s GOP’s 2024 Nominee. The Senate minority leader’s remarks came during a Fox News interview. – Siobhan Hughes
https://www.wsj.com/articles/mitch-mcconnell-says-he-would-support-trump-if-hes-gops-2024-nominee-11614306862
— The Long-Term Economic Costs of Lost Schooling. Students who are falling behind now because of Covid restrictions may never catch up in their skills, job prospects and income. – Jon Hilsenrath
(DIERSEN: If I could do it over again, a) I would have focused more on getting good grades than earning money so that I could graduate from college debt-free, b) I would have majored in accounting at UIC and NIU instead of management, c) I would have earned my first master’s degree in accounting instead of business, d) I would have taken the CPA examination much sooner than I did, and e) I would have become a licensed CPA much sooner than I did. I did not start taking graduate accounting courses at DePaul until I was 27 in 1976. I did not take the CPA examination and pass it on my first attempt until I was 30 in 1979. I did not earn a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul until I was 31 in 1980. I did not become a licensed CPA until I was 32 in 1981. Instead of studying to get good grades, I spent many hours doing yard work and delivering newspapers 1962-1964; washing dishes 1964-1966; cleaning golf shoes, chipping slag, and pumping gasoline in 1966; delivering mail 1966-1969; working on an automobile assembly line and as a security guard in 1970; selling tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971; pumping gasoline 1971-1972; collecting delinquent taxes 1971-1980; and auditing federal agencies 1980-1997.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-long-term-economic-costs-of-lost-schooling-11614286602
— FRONT PAGE: China’s Campaign to Crush Democracy in Hong Kong Is Working. Freewheeling former British colony almost brought to heel by new national security law used to quell street protests, ban foreign lobbying and gut the legislature. – Wenxin Fan
(DIERSEN: What do you say to individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that promote communism?)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/chinas-campaign-to-crush-democracy-in-hong-kong-is-working-11614268174
— Twitter plans to introduce a subscription service for content creators – Sarah E. Needleman
(DIERSEN: What do you say to my newsletter competitors who do everything that they can to make content that was created by others to look like content that they created? In GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters, unlike my newsletter competitors, I stress a) the websites that articles are posted on, b) the titles of the articles, c) the authors of the articles, and d) the unhidden hyperlinks of the articles. It is called full attribution.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/twitter-aims-to-double-revenue-by-2023-11614266567
— The Censorship Party House Democrats use a hearing to target conservative media. – Editorial
(DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who have worked the hardest to censure me and to censure my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters since 2000. 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/or Illinois. I would focus on the aforesaid who 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, and/or age discrimination. I would focus on the aforesaid who promote hatred against those who are religious, conservative, and/or Republican.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-censorship-party-11614296803
— ‘Just Asking’ for Censorship. Democrats expand their effort to shut down speech by targeting newsrooms. – Kimberley A. Strassel
(DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who have worked the hardest to censure me and to censure my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters since 2000. 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/or Illinois. I would focus on the aforesaid who 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, and/or age discrimination. I would focus on the aforesaid who promote hatred against those who are religious, conservative, and/or Republican.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/just-asking-for-censorship-11614295623

NEWSWEEK
— Adam Kinzinger Called ‘Old Guard’ Republican by Primary Challenger Catalina Lauf – JAMES WALKER
https://www.newsweek.com/adam-kinzinger-old-guard-republican-catalina-lauf-1572047

EDITOR AND PUBLISHER
— Newsrooms Look to Rebuild Trust – Rob Tornoe
(DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, the mainstream news media functions as an arm of the Democrat, Libertarian, and Green parties.)
https://www.editorandpublisher.com/stories/newsrooms-look-to-rebuild-trust-in-their-communities,186619

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.