February 27 Evening Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— CPAC Orlando: Trump fans can’t wait to hear what the ex-president has to say on Sunday – RYAN GILLESPIE
(DIERSEN: Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The Republican Party platform is conservative. Trump has done more to defend and advance the Republican Party platform than any Republican president since Reagan.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/nation-world/os-ne-cpac-orlando-day-2-convention-20210227-apnybvqotvbthphoiu7drrbpvm-story.html

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— CPAC 2021: Mike Pompeo, Gov. Kristi Noem highlight Saturday’s list of speakers – Jordan Smith
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/cpac-2021-pompeo-rep-mccarthy-gov-noem-highlight-saturdays-list-of-speakers
— Hyatt claps back at CPAC haters: We take pride in operating a highly inclusive environment.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/hyatt-claps-back-at-cpac-haters-we-take-pride-in-operating-a-highly-inclusive-environment

NBC5
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater says “Trump the Dominant Force at CPAC. Speakers continued to fan disinformation and conspiracy theories about the 2020 election, with panels dedicated to amplifying false claims of mass voter fraud that have been dismissed by the courts, state election officials and Trump’s own administration.”
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/trump-the-dominant-force-at-conservative-conference/2449101/

ABC7
— Illinois COVID Update: IL reports 1,780 new coronavirus cases, 34 deaths – Jessica D’Onofrio, Craig Wall and Eric Horng
https://abc7chicago.com/health/il-reports-1780-new-coronavirus-cases-34-deaths/10375703/

WTTW
— 41 Problematic Monuments Flagged by City Commission Identified – Heather Cherone
(DIERSEN: DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton should offer to take Lincoln statutes that Illinois Democrats do not want.)
https://news.wttw.com/2021/02/17/41-problematic-monuments-flagged-city-commission-identified
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The commission’s website does not identify why each of the monuments were flagged, although for some the reason is clear, including all of the city’s three Columbus statues. Among the statues flagged by the commission are statues of four presidents: George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant and William McKinley. Five statues of Lincoln were flagged by the commission, although the commission’s website does not identify areas of concern for any of them — or any of the other presidential statues. Two statues of Washington were flagged.)

FOX ILLINOIS
— Trump the dominant force at CPAC – AP
(DIERSEN: Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The Republican Party platform is conservative. Trump has done more to defend and advance the Republican Party platform than any Republican president since Reagan.)
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/trump-the-dominant-force-at-conservative-conference

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Tazewell County Republicans host meet and greet with newly-appointed state Sen. Sally Turner – Annie Kate
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/local-news/tazewell-county-republicans-host-meet-and-greet-with-newly-appointed-sen-sally-turner/

FOX NEWS
— Dan Bongino calls conservatives to action at CPAC: Get ‘off the mat and back in the fight’ “The time for feeling sorry for ourself is done” – Charles Creitz
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/dan-bongino-calls-conservatives-to-action-at-cpac-get-off-the-mat-and-back-in-the-fight
— Bill Maher’s warning to the left: Cancel culture is ‘real’ and ‘coming to a neighborhood near you’ – Joseph A. Wulfsohn
(DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters in your employer if you are still employed, 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, in Illinois, in America, and in the world officially take actions to officially cancel Trump supporters? Who will come to the defense of Trump supporters?)
https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/bill-maher-cancel-culture-gina-carano-chris-harrison
— Gun owners fight ‘unconstitutional’ bans to protect their Second Amendment right
https://video.foxnews.com/v/6235934813001#sp=show-clips
— Left smears Sen. Rand Paul after fiery exchange with Biden HHS pick
https://video.foxnews.com/v/video-embed.html?video_id=6235876743001&loc=breitbart.com
— Blackburn says conservatives need to ‘get busy’ ahead of 2022 midterms, calls for tough stance on China. – Adam Shaw
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/blackburn-conservatives-2022-midterms-china
— Justice Department announces more than 300 people have been charged in Capitol riot. Acting Deputy Attorney General John Carlin: ‘Those responsible must be held to account, and they will be’ – Caitlin McFall, Jake Gibson
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/doj-announces-more-than-300-people-have-been-charged-in-capitol-riot

BREITBART
— CPAC Speakers: GOP ‘Civil War’ Won by Trump – WENDELL HUSEBO
(DIERSEN: Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The Republican Party platform is conservative. Trump has done more to defend and advance the Republican Party platform than any Republican president since Reagan.)
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2021/02/27/cpac-speakers-gop-civil-war-won-by-trump/
— Lawmaker Attempts to Fight Surging Chicago Carjackings by Banning Video Games – AWR HAWKINS
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/02/26/lawmaker-fight-surging-chicago-carjackings-banning-grand-theft-auto/
— Rick Scott: Biden Won’t Open Schools, Brags about Open Schools in Migrant Centers – IAN HANCHETT
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2021/02/26/rick-scott-biden-wont-open-schools-brags-about-open-schools-in-migrant-centers/

BLAZE
— Jim Acosta confronted at CPAC over CNN’s coverage of Gov. Cuomo’s scandals – CARLOS GARCIA
https://www.theblaze.com/news/jim-acosta-cpac-cuomo-cnn

FEDERALIST
— How Leftists Captured Big Business Stephen R. Soukup’s ‘The Dictatorship of Woke Capital’ helps explain Wall Street and corporate CEOs becoming woke and dissing the system that made them rich. – Rupert Darwall
https://thefederalist.com/2021/02/26/how-leftists-captured-big-business/

HOT AIR
— Trump Loyalists Spurn “Failed Republican Establishment Of Yesteryear”
(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://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2021/02/trump-loyalists-spurn-failed-republican-establishment-yesteryear/

GINGRICH 360
— Keeping Partisan Ideology Out of Our Armed Forces (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will the Democrat Party officially allow ONLY those who are the following to join or stay in the military: anti-military, 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.gingrich360.com/2021/02/keeping-partisan-ideology-out-of-our-armed-forces/

MEDIA RESEARCH CENTER
— Here’s Why the Liberal Media’s LIES About CPAC Will Fail – Jeffrey Lord
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/jeffrey-lord/2021/02/27/heres-why-liberal-medias-lies-about-cpac-will-fail

EPOCH TIMES
— Censorship ‘the Biggest Problem’ Republicans Face Right Now: Rep. Nunes – ZACHARY STIEBER AND JOSHUA PHILIPP
https://www.theepochtimes.com/censorship-the-biggest-problem-republicans-face-right-now-rep-nunes_3713546.html
— ‘The Swamp Is Back,’ McCarthy Says of $1.9 Trillion Relief Bill’s Passage – TOM OZIMEK
https://www.theepochtimes.com/the-swamp-is-back-mccarthy-says-of-1-9-trillion-relief-bills-passage_3713599.html

THE HILL
— McCarthy: ‘I would bet my house’ GOP takes back lower chamber in 2022 – BY LEXI LONAS
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/540848-mccarthy-i-would-bet-my-house-gop-takes-back-the-lower-chamber-in-2022
— Why the ‘Never-Trumpers’ flopped – KEITH NAUGHTON
(DIERSEN: Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The Republican Party platform is conservative. Trump has done more to defend and advance the Republican Party platform than any Republican president since Reagan.)
https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/540655-why-the-never-trumpers-flopped
— Democrats don’t trust GOP on 1/6 commission: ‘These people are dangerous’ – MIKE LILLIS AND SCOTT WONG
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/540779-democrats-dont-trust-gop-on-1-6-commission-these-people-are-dangerous

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Trump the dominant force at CPAC – JILL COLVIN (DIERSEN: Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The Republican Party platform is conservative. Trump has done more to defend and advance the Republican Party platform than any Republican president since Reagan.)
https://www.aol.com/news/conservative-conference-trump-still-golden-005650392-220434541.html

ABC NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters say “CPAC speakers tout Trump, spread debunked election claims.”
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/cpac-speakers-tout-trump-spread-debunked-election-claims/story?id=76154762

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater says “In Statehouses, Stolen-Election Myth Fuels a G.O.P. Drive to Rewrite Rules.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/27/us/republican-voter-suppression.html

WASHINGTON POST
— ‘It’s Donald Trump’s party’: How the former president is building a political operation to cement his hold on the GOP – Josh Dawsey and Michael Scherer
(DIERSEN: Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The Republican Party platform is conservative. Trump has done more to defend and advance the Republican Party platform than any Republican president since Reagan.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/donald-trump-gop/2021/02/27/890376f0-783d-11eb-8115-9ad5e9c02117_story.html

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Conservatives slam California, challenge Gavin Newsom at CPAC – LARA KORTE AND KATE IR
https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2021-02-27/cpac-california-newsom-challenge

USA TODAY
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater says “Donald Trump will protest the 2020 election for years; CPAC is here to help him spread his conspiracies.”
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2021/02/27/donald-trump-still-protests-2020-election-cpac-here-help/6843689002/

BOSTON HERALD
— Trump set to launch controversial comeback at CPAC. Here’s some shocking news for Trump haters — millions of conservatives and other Republicans still like the former president and would vote for him again. – JOE BATTENFELD
(DIERSEN: Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The Republican Party platform is conservative. Trump has done more to defend and advance the Republican Party platform than any Republican president since Reagan.)
https://www.bostonherald.com/2021/02/26/trump-set-to-launch-controversial-comeback-at-conservative-conference/

NEWSWEEK
— Adam Kinzinger’s GOP Challenger Catalina Lauf Accuses Him of Using Taxpayer Money to Go on ‘Liberal Media Shows’ – NATALIE COLAROSSI
(DIERSEN: Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The Republican Party platform is conservative. Trump has done more to defend and advance the Republican Party platform than any Republican president since Reagan.)
https://www.newsweek.com/adam-kinzingers-gop-challenger-accuses-him-using-taxpayer-money-go-liberal-media-shows-1572584

MEDIAITE
— Maskless Right Wing Influencer Ejected by Cops From CPAC Tells Newsmax He Was ‘Specifically Targeted’ by Hyatt – Caleb Howe
https://www.mediaite.com/tv/maskless-right-wing-influencer-ejected-by-cops-from-cpac-tells-newsmax-he-was-specifically-targeted-by-hyatt/

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.