February 6 Morning Edition

ABC7
— Cook County gun sales spike during COVID-19 pandemic, data shows – Chuck Goudie and Barb Markoff, Christine Tressel, Ross Weidner and Jonathan Fagg
https://abc7chicago.com/cook-county-gun-sales-spike-during-covid-19-pandemic-data-shows-/10317548/

CBS2
— DuPage County Is Making Better Progress Than Neighboring Counties In Getting People Vaccinated For COVID-19 — What’s Going On? – Megan Hickey
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2021/02/05/dupage-county-is-making-better-progress-than-neighboring-counties-in-getting-people-vaccinated-for-covid-19-whats-going-on/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Nearing another strike, Lightfoot versus CTU escalates conflict between City Hall and Chicago’s public school teachers – GREGORY PRATT, BILL RUTHHART and JOHN BYRNE
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-chicago-mayors-teachers-union-labor-troubles-20210206-qgofaibjvbgshfyfg2ifzkww5e-story.html
— After cheerleaders’ claims of sexual harassment and racial bias, Northwestern University vows to ‘listen to concerns’ from current and former team members – ELYSSA CHERNEY
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-northwestern-university-cheerleading-lawsuit-response-20210206-nklsqm34pzbo7inponixdad744-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— CPD joins Operation Safe Pump to monitor high carjacking areas. South Chicago District officers will be posted outside grocery stores and shopping centers to deter carjackings. – Zac Clingenpeel
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2021/2/5/22268632/carjackings-operation-safe-pump-chicago-police-officers-grocery-stores-shopping-centers
— It’ll take more than a good party to reverse Chicago’s exodus of Black residents. Lightfoot’s proposal to hold a “reunion weekend” to lure back Black people who have left town feels surprisingly naive. – Editorial
https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2021/2/5/22261643/chicago-demographics-black-population-decline-lori-lightfoot-editorial

DAILY HERALD
— India clamps down on free speech – AP
(DIERSEN: Who wants to clamp down on your speech? The following want to clamp down on my speech: a) leaders of Republican organizations, their operatives, and their dupes who reject planks in the Republican Party platform, most commonly, the traditional marriage/family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks, b) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct who have lost elections, their major donors, their political consultants, their campaign managers, their campaign staff members, and their volunteers, and c) those who I have sued.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/article/20210205/news/302059986/

ROCKFORD REGISTER STAR
— Illinois Republicans ‘strongly disagree’ with Kinzinger, others on Trump
https://www.rrstar.com/story/news/politics/elections/2021/02/05/trump-impeachment-illinois-republicans-disagree-kinzinger-gop-votes/4407958001/

PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats hint/imply/argue/shout at Blacks that Republicans cause all the problems that Blacks have.
https://www.pjstar.com/story/opinion/columns/guest/2021/02/06/commentary-black-illinoisans-deserve-change-now/4380960001/

SOUTHERN
— Bill that could start ‘sex ed’ as early as kindergarten draws support, criticism – DARREN IOZIA
https://thesouthern.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/bill-that-could-start-sex-ed-as-early-as-kindergarten-draws-support-criticism/article_60f4edd8-77c3-5fef-af79-2c89ae1a6540.html

KANKAKEE DAILY JOURNAL
— Kinzinger betrayed his constituents – Joyce Conner, Watseka
https://www.daily-journal.com/opinion/voice-of-the-people-kinzinger-betrayed-his-constituents/article_367b25bc-6736-11eb-8ae7-1b9c0260c168.html

SUBURBAN LIFE
— DuPage County reports 152 cases Friday, 6 deaths, region’s positivity rate decreases to 5.5% – Joshua Welge
https://www.shawlocal.com/my-suburban-life/coronavirus/2021/02/06/dupage-county-reports-152-cases-friday-6-deaths-regions-positivity-rate-decreases-to-55/

BUREAU COUNTY DEMOCRAT
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Conservative-hating conservative-haters promote Kinzinger and promote hatred against Trump.
https://www.shawlocal.com/bureau-county-republican/opinion/local-editorials/2021/02/06/our-view-kinzingers-effort-to-return-to-republican-principles-deserves-a-chance/

CHICAGO PATCH
— CTU Invested $795,796 In Political Allies Who Lobby Chicago Way CTU showdown with City Hall over reopening schools is big money, bare-knuckles Chicago politics funded by taxpayers. – Mark Konkol
https://patch.com/illinois/chicago/ctu-invested-795-796-political-allies-who-lobby-chicago-way

CHICAGO NOW
— Is Gary Rabine the imminent & most likely 1st Republican to announce his 2022 campaign for Governor? – Jeff Berkowitz
http://www.chicagonow.com/public-affairs-with-jeff-berkowitz/2021/02/is-gary-rabine-the-imminent-most-likely-1st-republican-to-announce-his-2022-campaign-for-governor-watch-rabine-part-2-in-chicago-on-cable-on-the-web/

NPR ILLINOIS
— Why The Pandemic Is 10 Times Worse Than You Think – NURITH AIZENMAN, AUDREY CARLSEN & RUTH TALBOT
https://www.nprillinois.org/post/why-pandemic-10-times-worse-you-think#stream/0


— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats hint/imply/argue/shout at minorities and at women that Republicans cause all the problems that minorities and women have.
https://www.nprillinois.org/post/biden-administration-equity-initiatives-are-moral-imperative#stream/0

LUTHERAN CHURCH CHARITIES
— Do Only What God Wants You to Do – Tim Hetzner
(DIERSEN: I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who paint themselves as being GOD’s representatives in Wheaton’s West District, in Wheaton, in Milton Township, in DuPage County’s 4th District, in DuPage County, and in Illinois. They demonize me, denigrate me, and condemn me because I am not a member of a church, I do not attend church services, and I do not give money to a church. They hint/imply/argue/shout that those who lead their church hate me. In my book, I would focus on the aforesaid 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/or age discrimination.)
https://www.lutheranchurchcharities.org/devotions.html

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Best Evidence of National Voting Machine Fraud – Mike Lindell Video Link
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/02/05/best-evidence-of-national-vote-fraud/
— Chicago VA Fraud Since 2012 Results in Purchasing Employee’s Arrest
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/02/05/chicago-va-fraud-since-2012-results-in-purchasing-employees-arrest/
— Road Commissioner Candidate Danijela Sandberg Introduces Her Campaign for Algonquin Township Road Commissioner
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/02/05/road-commissioner-danjella-sandberg-introduces-her-campaign-for-algonquin-township-road-commissioner/
— Randy Funk Algonquin Township Supervisor Campaign Literature
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/02/05/randy-funk-algonquin-township-supervisor-campaign-literature/
— McHenry County Court Transparency Featured in Springfield Paper
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/02/05/mchenry-county-court-transparency-featured-in-springfield-paper/
— Pro-Life Reaction to Federal Democrats’ Plan to Codify Roe v. Wade
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/02/05/pro-life-reaction-to-federal-democrats-plan-to-codify-roe-v-wade/
— Lakewood Insurgents
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/02/05/lakewood-insurgents/
— “Fake Woke”
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/02/05/fake-woke/
— State Take on Sports Betting Really Small
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/02/05/state-take-on-sports-betting-really-small/
— IL-06/IL-14: With Sean Casten and Lauren Underwood as Original Cosponsors, PRO Act Reintroduced with ABC Test
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/02/04/proact020421/
— Lightfoot Shifts Closed School Blame from Trump to Union
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/02/04/lightfoot-shifts-closed-school-blame-from-trump-to-union/
— Legislators Push to the Front of the Vaccination Line. McConchie Calls Foul
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/02/04/legislators-push-to-the-front-of-the-vaccination-line-mcconchie-calls-foul/

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— CHICAGO STUDENTS FALLING BEHIND AS CITY, TEACHERS’ UNION SQUABBLE – Ann Miller
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/chicago-students-falling-behind-as-city-teachers-union-squabble/

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— False Accusations Against DuPage Township Trustee Candidate Dispelled – JOHN KRAFT & KIRK ALLEN
https://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2021/02/false-accusations-against-dupage-township-trustee-candidate-dispelled/

AMERICAN THINKER
— What to Expect from Trump’s Upcoming Impeachment Trial – Jonathon Moseley
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2021/02/what_to_expect_from_trumps_upcoming_impeachment_trial.html

BREITBART
— Pence Plans for Bold GOP Future: Former VP Aims to ‘Build Upon’ Trump’s Success – MATTHEW BOYLE
(DIERSEN: Trump defended and advanced the Republican Party platform. I should write a book about those who claim to be Republican, but who a) reject planks in the Republican Party platform, most commonly the traditional marriage/family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks and b) focus on destroying those like me who support the aforesaid planks.)
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/02/05/exclusive-pence-plans-for-bold-gop-future-former-vp-aims-to-build-upon-trumps-success/
— Karl Rove Backs Democrats’ Amnesty for Foreign-Born ‘Dreamers’ – NEIL MUNRO
(DIERSEN: Those who reject the immigration plank in the Republican Party platform focus on destroying those like me who support that plank. I should book about those who reject the immigration plank in the Republican Party platform and focus on destroying those like me who support that plank.)
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/02/05/karl-rove-backs-democrats-amnesty-foreign-born-dreamers/
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Koch Network, Chamber of Commerce Lobby for Durbin, Graham Amnesty – JOHN BINDER
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/02/05/koch-network-chamber-commerce-lobby-durbin-graham-amnesty/
— No Labor Shortage: Over 17M Americans Remain Jobless But Want Full-Time Jobs – JOHN BINDER
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/02/05/no-labor-shortage-over-17m-americans-remain-jobless-but-want-full-time-jobs/

TOWNHALL
— Critics Decry GASB Standards That Allow Governments to Hide Debt – Johnny Kampis
https://townhall.com/columnists/johnnykampis/2021/02/05/critics-decry-gasb-standards-that-allow-governments-to-hide-debt-n2584229

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE
— High-Tech Lynching at DePaul. Philosophy professor and Freedom Center Shillman Fellow slandered as being “violently transphobic”. – Joseph Klein
https://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/2021/02/high-tech-lynching-depaul-joseph-klein/

HILLSDALE COLLEGIAN
— ‘Moving back to America:’ Students and families affected by state migration. – Emma Cummins
http://hillsdalecollegian.com/2021/02/moving-back-to-america-students-and-families-affected-by-state-migration/

POLITICO
— Inside Marjorie Taylor Greene’s exile – OLIVIA BEAVERS
(DIERSEN: I should write a book about those in the following who have exiled me from the following: Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Milton Township Republican Organization, Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Illinois Center Right Coalition, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter, G AO, etc.)
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/huddle/2021/02/05/inside-greenes-exile-491659

WASHINGTON POST
— Illinois: The worst-governed state now turns to indoctrination – George F. Will
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-worst-governed-state-now-turns-to-indoctrination/2021/02/04/da6e5c4a-6725-11eb-886d-5264d4ceb46d_story.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Woke Capital’s Political Warning Republican support for big business craters in a new Gallup poll. – Editorial
(DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, BIG BUSINESS paints itself as being 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.wsj.com/articles/woke-capitals-political-warning-11612568436
— Marjorie Taylor Greene Says Committee Removal Silences Her Constituents, but Frees Up Her Time – Eliza Collins
(DIERSEN: My supporters defend and advance the Republican Party platform. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes reject planks in that platform, most commonly, the traditional marriage/family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks. Because my critics/opponents succeeded in ending the following, I have more time to put GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters together and to send them out: my TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairmanship, my Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee membership, my Milton Township Republican Organization webmaster service, my Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee membership, and my American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board membership.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/marjorie-taylor-greene-says-her-removal-from-committees-stifles-her-constituents-11612546899
— Can Catholic Social Teaching Unite a Divided America? – Francis X. Rocca
(DIERSEN: The Democrat Party platform is extremely anti-Catholic.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/can-catholic-social-teaching-unite-a-divided-america-11612540382
— How Big Tech Got Even Bigger
(DIERSEN: What percent of BIG TECH leaders 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.wsj.com/articles/how-big-tech-got-even-bigger-11612587632
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters promote Liz Cheney.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/liz-cheney-wins-one-for-sanity-11612482106
— ‘Majority Minority’ America? Don’t Bet on It.  How a Census Bureau error led Democrats to assume they were on the right side of inexorable demographic trends. – John J. Miller
(DIERSEN: Democrats want to flood America with Democrats, that is, to flood America with citizens of foreign countries, minorities, females, younger people, LGBTQers, non-married, non-Christians, non-Protestants, non-Italian Americans, non-German Americans, and/or those who disrespect the rule of law and who have big financial, health, and/or other problems, that is, people who demand massive government assistance, that is, people who demand welfare big time.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/majority-minority-america-dont-bet-on-it-11612549609

USA TODAY
— Rep. Kinzinger: I voted to remove Greene from committees because she shows ‘no remorse’ – Savannah Behrmann and Sarah Elbeshbishi
(DIERSEN: My critics/opponents want me to show remorse a) for including links in GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters to articles that they do not like, b) for having Republican speakers at TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois events who they do not like, c) for delivering campaign literature in my precinct for Republican candidates who they do not like, d) for promoting planks in the Republican Party platform that they do not like, e) for etc.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2021/02/05/adam-kinzinger-says-marjorie-taylor-greene-shows-no-remorse/4406217001/

COURTHOUSE NEWS
— Greene Relishes Freedom After Being Booted From House Committees – DANIEL JACKSON
(DIERSEN: My supporters defend and advance the Republican Party platform. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes reject planks in that platform, most commonly, the traditional marriage/family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks. Because my critics/opponents succeeded in ending the following, I have more time to put GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters together and to send them out: my TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairmanship, my Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee membership, my Milton Township Republican Organization webmaster service, my Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee membership, and my American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board membership.)
https://www.courthousenews.com/greene-relishes-freedom-after-being-booted-from-house-committees/

VANITY FAIR
— CAN TRUMP’S GRIP ON THE GOP BE LOOSENED? REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN ADAM KINZINGER SAYS YES “I think folks are gonna wake up…and say, ‘The party of Trump is not the party that’s going to be in the majority of the future.’” – JOE HAGAN AND EMILY JANE FOX
(DIERSEN: In Illinois, hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters count on Kinzinger to drive the following out of the Republican Party: the 2,446,891 in Illinois who voted for Trump, the 193,611 in DuPage County who voted for Trump, the 20,080 in Milton Township who voted for Trump, and the157 in my precinct who voted for Trump.)
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2021/02/can-trumps-grip-on-the-gop-be-loosened

AXIOS
— Microsoft ends donations to lawmakers who refused to certify election – Ashley Gold
https://www.axios.com/microsoft-ends-donations-to-lawmakers-who-refused-to-certify-election-ee38df7b-3e8c-4160-808d-40d8469685e0.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.