January 18 Morning Edition

ABC7
— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON ILLINOIS, ON COOK COUNTY, AND ON CHICAGO TIGHTENS: Multiple weekend carjackings raise concerns of city leaders, victims looking for answers. Woman shot in Aurora carjacking while eating in Wendy’s parking lot. – Alexis McAdams
https://abc7chicago.com/it-is-happening-everywhere-chicago-area-sees-spike-in-carjackings/9763756/
— FBI vetting Guard troops in DC amid fears of insider attack ahead of inauguration – AP
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/fbi-vetting-guard-troops-in-dc-amid-fears-of-insider-attack/9774675/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater says “Time and again, it was a rebellion, not a riot. Words like “riot,” “protester,” “agitator” and “looter” have been weaponized to discredit people of color and their calls for justice.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2021/1/15/22233534/time-and-again-it-was-a-rebellion-not-a-riot
— Chicago South Sider, ex-St. Sabina altar boy, leads National Guard mobilization for Biden inauguration. Maj. Gen. William Walker, the commanding general of the D.C. National Guard overseeing the military mobilization for Joe Biden’s inauguration, graduated from St. Sabina, Leo, UIC and Chicago State. – Lynn Sweet
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2021/1/17/22236401/biden-inauguration-william-walker-commander-dc-national-guard-chicago-capitol-attack
— Black politicians launch training program for next generation. The program, called the Black Bench, will launch on Martin Luther King Day and is co-chaired by Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White and Jacky Grimshaw, a political advisor for the late Mayor Harold Washington and the current vice president of government affairs for the Center for Neighborhood Technology. – Rachel Hinton
(DIERSEN: Since the Civil War, Democrats have shouted at Blacks, and at everyone else, that Republicans cause all the problems that Blacks have.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2021/1/17/22235907/chicago-politics-black-bench-politicians-training-program-alex-sims-jesse-white-jacky-grimshaw

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— After the US Capitol attack, a renewed look at Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy of nonviolent protest – DAHLEEN GLANTON
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/dahleen-glanton/ct-glanton-martin-luther-king-jesse-jackson-20210118-ptyfjdkhrfdrvhwjnndt7l5sgu-story.html

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Acting swiftly, not wisely – Editorial
https://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/editorials/editorial-acting-swiftly-not-wisely/article_8f10a5bf-2822-503f-bef9-470440eef05a.html

FOX ILLINOIS
— Biden aims for unifying speech at daunting moment for U.S. – AP
(DIERSEN: From what I see, those who voted for Biden want him to use the federal government to get rid of individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries once and for all 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://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/biden-aims-for-unifying-speech-at-daunting-moment-for-us

WCIA
— Pritzker moves prisoners ahead of adults with high-risk medical conditions in vaccination line – Mark Maxwell
(DIERSEN: One could argue that members of protected groups should be at the front of the line. Protected groups include those who are minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, disabled, veteran, citizens of foreign countries, Trump-haters, non-Christians, non-Protestants, non-Italian Americans, non-German Americans, Democrat, Libertarian, Green, Independent, RINO, moderate, liberal, low-income, those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time, drinkers, gamblers, stoners, criminals, and those who lack education, lack job skills, lack job experience, have financial problems, have health problems, and/or have other problems.)
https://www.wcia.com/illinois-capitol-news/pritzker-moves-prisoners-ahead-of-adults-with-high-risk-medical-conditions-in-vaccination-line/

NPR ILLINOIS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater says “Far Right Extremism’s History In America.” Are you on the right? My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always demonized, denigrated, and condemned me as being an far right extremist. They stress that I support the traditional marriage/family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks in the Republican Party platform.
https://www.nprillinois.org/post/far-right-extremisms-history-america#stream/0
— Despite Warnings, Many State Capitols See Only Small Protests And Quiet Streets – BILL CHAPPELL
https://www.nprillinois.org/post/despite-warnings-many-state-capitols-see-only-small-protests-and-quiet-streets#stream/0

SUBURBAN LIFE
— DuPage County reports fewest COVID-19 cases in a month with 143 new infections Sunday. Man in his 20s among five deaths. – Joshua Welge
https://www.shawlocal.com/my-suburban-life/coronavirus/2021/01/17/dupage-county-reports-fewest-covid-19-cases-in-a-month-with-143-new-infections-sunday/

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Kinzinger Promises GOP Civil War
(DIERSEN: How successful will hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters be in using Kinzinger to destroy the Republican Party, Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization?)
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/01/16/kinzinger-promises-gop-civil-war/

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Leftists Exploit Violence to Cancel Conservatives – Laurie Higgins
(DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will Republican organizations officially banish conservatives, that is, how soon, if not already, will Republican organizations officially banish Republicans? I should write a book about all the many things that the following organizations have done since 2000 to banish conservatives, that is, to banish Republicans: Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization.)
https://illinoisfamily.org/media/leftists-exploit-violence-to-cancel-conservatives/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— ROSSI: STANFORD STUDY AND OTHERS PROVE COVID-19 LOCKDOWNS DON’T WORK
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2021/01/rossi-stanford-u-study-and-others-prove-covid-19-lockdowns-dont-work.html
— GERMAN LEADERS CONDEMN SOCIAL MEDIA CENSORSHIP, CALL FOR REGULATION OF BIG TECH
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2021/01/german-leaders-condemn-social-media-censorship-call-for-regulation-of-big-tech.html
— FREE SPEECH? FORGET IT.
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2021/01/free-speech-forget-it.html

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Democrats say case against Trump is solid even if U.S. Capitol attack was pre-planned – Alex Swoyer
(DIERSEN: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters hint/imply/argue/shout that Trump wanted the Capitol Riot and not just a big demonstration.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/jan/17/democrats-donald-trump-still-to-blame-if-capitol-a/
— When extremist groups converge: Attackers at Capitol carried diverse agendas – Jeff Mordock
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/jan/17/diverse-extremists-converged-capitol-siege/

FOX NEWS
— Democrats’ anti-Trump blitz goes too far – here’s who they might inadvertently hurt the most. Viciousness of Democrats seeking to punish Trump for ‘inciting violence’ knows no bounds. – Liz Peek
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/democrats-anti-trump-blitz-liz-peek
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater says “Trump misled followers into believing election was rigged, resulted in attack on Capitol.” According to my critics/opponents, I should be gotten rid of because my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters mislead everyone.
https://www.foxnews.com/transcript/hutchinson-trump-followers-election-rigged-resulted-attack-capitol

GOPUSA
— Guatemalan Caravans Head North To Collect On Biden Commitments
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=105275
— A Few Quiet, Peaceful Protests Took Place This Weekend Amidst Officials’ Fear Of The People
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=105305
— Poll Shows 91% Of GOP Voters Still With Trump … McConnell Worried?
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=105281
— Baseball Great Curt Schilling Says AIG Insurance Canceled His Policy After Pro-Trump Posts
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=105313

AMERICAN THINKER
— Leftists successfully persecuting those who questioned election results, aiming to destroy careers – Thomas Lifson
(DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will your municipality, your township, your county, Illinois, America, and the rest of the world make it illegal to seek or hold any kind of office unless you promote the Democrat, Libertarian, or Green party platforms? How soon, if not already, will the Republican Party, Illinois Republican Party, and your Republican county/township/ward organization make it illegal to seek or hold any kind of party office unless you promote the Democrat, Libertarian, or Green party platforms?)
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2021/01/leftists_successfully_persecuting_those_who_questioned_election_results_aiming_to_destroy_careers.html

BREITBART
— Migrant Caravan in Guatemala Pushes Through Border from Honduras — Heading to U.S.A. – BOB PRICE
(DIERSEN: From what I see, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs will use citizens of foreign countries to destroy the Republican Party and to destroy America.)
https://www.breitbart.com/border/2021/01/16/migrant-caravan-in-guatemala-pushes-through-border-from-honduras-heading-to-u-s-a/

BLAZE
— Thousands marching in migrant caravan to US demand Biden administration ‘honor its commitments’ – Paul Sacca
(DIERSEN: How many illegals, that is, citizens of foreign countries, will the Democrats require America, Illinois, your county, your county district, your township, your municipality, your municipal district, and your precinct to house, to feed, to cloth, to give health care to, to employ, to provide transportation to, etc.?)
https://www.theblaze.com/news/migrant-caravan-biden-immigration-policy

CONSERVATIVE HQ
— They have opened the Gates of Hell and it’s a one-way passage. – George Rasley
https://www.conservativehq.org/post/they-have-opened-the-gates-of-hell-and-it-s-a-one-way-passage
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The entire American tech stack, which enables Americans to buy, sell, pay, and communicate, has been weaponized in furtherance of a radical anti-freedom agenda. This is the single most chilling week in my lifetime, and America’s since the Civil War. If you don’t comply with the Left’s dogma and agenda, your ability to provide for your family, communicate with your friends, express your once-free-opinions, and live an American life, will come grinding to a halt. The glibness with which this fascist playbook has been enacted by billionaire boys-with-dictatorial-toys, the power-hungry Democratic Party, and their virtue signaling cultural proxies, only serves to underscore the deep fractures, incompatibility, and irreconcilable differences between the two visions of and for America: An exceptional, but imperfect nation, which has incrementally improved on all dimensions since inception, and has done more good for humanity than all nations in history in the aggregate.)

TOWNHALL
— Unfettered Immigration Imperils Job Prospects, Wages, and Security for all Americans – Jeff Davidson
(DIERSEN: From what I see, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs will use citizens of foreign countries to destroy the Republican Party and to destroy America.)
https://townhall.com/columnists/jeffdavidson/2021/01/17/unfettered-immigration-imperils-job-prospects-wages-and-security-for-all-americans-n2583251

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— CNN Trying To Deplatform OAN and Newsmax
(DIERSEN: My critics/opponents have had success in deplatforming me: I am no longer a TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member, Milton Township Republican Organization webmaster, Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, or American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member.)
https://legalinsurrection.com/2021/01/cnn-trying-to-deplatform-oan-and-newsmax/

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Slight Relief From Illinois’ Predatory Government – Richard Porter
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2021/01/17/slight_relief_from_illinois_predatory_government_145056.html

ONE AMERICA NEWS NETWORK
— Sen. Rand Paul Warns Of Exodus From Republican Party If GOP Senators Back Impeachment
(DIERSEN: Democrat plant, Libertarian plant, Green plant, Independent plant, and RINO leaders of the Republican Party a) want Republican Senators to impeach Trump and thereby destroy the Republican Party once and for all and b) want Republicans who support the Republican Party platform to break away and form a new political party.)
https://www.oann.com/sen-rand-paul-warns-of-exodus-from-republican-party-if-gop-senators-back-impeachment/

ONE NEWS NOW
— Biden’s ‘huge overreach’ could see opposition – Chris Woodward
https://onenewsnow.com/politics-govt/2021/01/18/bidens-huge-overreach-could-see-opposition

THE HILL
— GOP senators wrestle with purging Trump from party – ALEXANDER BOLTON
(DIERSEN: Which hate-filled Kinzinger supporting Trump-hating Democrat plant, Libertarian plant, Green plant, Independent plant, and RINO leaders will take the lead in a) purging the 2,446,891 in Illinois who voted for Trump; b) purging the 193,611 in DuPage County who voted for Trump; c) purging the 20,080 in Milton Township who voted for Trump; d) purging the 157 in my precinct who voted for Trump; e) purging the leaders of the Illinois Republican Party and your Republican county/township/ward party organizations who support Trump; f) purging the Republican elected/appointed officials who represent you in America, Illinois, your county, your township/ward, and in your municipality who support Trump; and g) purging the Republican candidates on April 6, 2021 ballots for your precinct who support Trump?)
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/534525-gop-senators-wrestle-with-purging-trump-from-party

POLITICO
— How Trump’s fights with tech transformed Republicans’ beliefs on free speech. Ronald Reagan’s appointees wiped out government-imposed balance requirements for broadcasters when they repealed the Fairness Doctrine. Trump leaves behind a GOP that wants to punish bias on social media. – JOHN HENDEL
(DIERSEN: My critics/opponents want the following a) to stop me from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters, but failing that, b) to stop everyone from reading those newsletters, but failing that, c) to punish me severely: Facebook, Google, Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO), Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce (WCC), TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC), American Association of Political Consultants (AAPC), etc. My critics/opponents stress that I am no longer a TAPROOT chairman, WCC Government Affairs Committee member, MTRO webmaster, ICRC Steering Committee member, AAPC Midwest Chapter board member, GAO employee, etc.)
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/18/trump-free-speech-big-tech-459833

NBC NEWS
— Nursing homes make big push to change minds of workers who refused vaccination. Cash bonuses, free TVs and paid time off are among the incentives nursing homes are offering to persuade staff members to get vaccinated. – Suzy Khimm
(DIERSEN: From what I see, leaders of Republican organizations will get rid of their members who do not get vaccinated.)
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/nursing-homes-make-big-push-change-minds-workers-who-refused-n1254509
— North Carolina cities begin passing historic LGBTQ nondiscrimination laws – Jo Yurcaba
(DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will your municipality, your township, your county, Illinois, America, and the rest of the world make it illegal to seek or hold any kind of office unless you promote LGBTQ? How soon, if not already, will the Republican Party, Illinois Republican Party, and your Republican county/township/ward organization make it illegal to seek or hold any kind of party office unless you promote LGBTQ?)
https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/n-carolina-cities-begin-passing-historic-lgbtq-nondiscrimination-laws-n1254539

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters gloat that “Twitter suspends GOP congresswoman.”
DIERSEN: Who wants your speech to be suspended and why? My critics/opponents want my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters and my www.gopillinois.com website to be suspended because I include links in them to articles that they do not like. They do not like articles that oppose the promotion of a) dependency on government, b) dependency on charity, c) LGBTQ, d) abortion, e) mass/illegal immigration, f) booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, g) abolition of the First and Second Amendments, h) patronage, i) political affiliation discrimination, j) reverse discrimination, and k) age discrimination.)
https://yorknewstimes.com/news/national/inauguration-week-is-here-twitter-suspends-gop-congresswoman-nfl-down-to-final-4/article_701caad5-0403-5e93-8831-b7d4a3924ff8.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Twitter on Sunday temporarily suspended the account of Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, the Republican U.S. Congresswoman from Georgia who has expressed racist views and support for QAnon conspiracy theories online. Greene’s account was suspended “without explanation,” she said in a statement, while also condemning big tech companies for “silencing” conservative views. The 46-year-old businesswoman and political newcomer was elected to represent Georgia’s 14th District in November. She’s gained large followings on social media in part by posting incendiary videos and comments and has also embraced QAnon, a far-right U.S. conspiracy theory centered around the debunked belief that President Donald Trump is waging a secret campaign against enemies in the “deep state” and a child sex trafficking ring they say is linked to Democrats. Before noon Sunday, Greene posted a clip from an interview with a local news outlet in which she condemned Georgia election officials and expressed support for debunked theories claiming that voting machines, absentee ballots and other issues led to widespread fraud in the state during the presidential election.)
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater says “Yes, You Should Blame Fox For Whipping Up Radicals.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/17/business/media/fox-news-seth-rich-settlement.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater uses Warnock to promote hatred against Republicans.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/17/opinion/raphael-warnock-georgia-senate.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater says “How Republicans Are Warping Reality Around the Capitol Attack. Loyalists to President Trump are increasingly relying on conspiracy theories and misinformation, drawing false equivalence with last summer’s racial protests and blaming outside agitators.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/17/us/politics/Capitol-conspiracy-theories-blm-antifa.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters say “Migrant Caravan, Now in Guatemala, Tests Regional Resolve to Control Migration. As many as 7,000 migrants from Central America are hoping to reach the United States to escape poverty intensified by hurricanes and the pandemic. President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. has pledged to ease asylum rules.” Sooner or later, Democrats will grant asylum to all the citizens of all the countries of the world who 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.nytimes.com/2021/01/17/world/americas/migrant-caravan-us-biden-guatemala-immigration.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Mitch McConnell, still the crucial Republican leader – Hugh Hewitt
(DIERSEN: Of course, hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters want McConnell to drive all those who voted for Trump out of the Republican Party, that is, hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters want McConnell to destroy the Republican Party.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/01/17/mitch-mcconnell-still-crucial-republican-leader/
— Rallies ahead of Capitol riot were planned by established Washington insiders – Robert O’Harrow Jr.
(DIERSEN: Are you an Republican insider? I have never been a Republican insider and I never will be one because the leaders of the Republican Party, Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization consider me to be too conservative. Further, party leaders reject me because I refuse to glorify and praise them, pander to them, serve as one of their operatives or dupes, or give money them money.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/capitol-rally-organizers-before-riots/2021/01/16/c5b40250-552d-11eb-a931-5b162d0d033d_story.html
— FBI screens U.S. troops for possible insider threats ahead of inauguration – Paul Sonne, Dan Lamothe and Missy Ryan
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/military-inauguration-extremist-threat/2021/01/17/ed8885ba-593a-11eb-aaad-93988621dd28_story.html
— ‘A place to fund hope’: How Proud Boys and other fringe groups found refuge on a Christian fundraising website – Amy Brittain and David Willman
https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/a-place-to-fund-hope-how-proud-boys-and-other-fringe-groups-found-refuge-on-a-christian-fundraising-website/2021/01/18/14a536ee-574b-11eb-a08b-f1381ef3d207_story.html

NEW YORK POST
— The left now just wants to silence conservatives — all of them. – Michael Barone
(DIERSEN: Who wants to silence you? I should write a book about those who have worked the hardest to silence me.)
https://nypost.com/2021/01/17/the-left-wants-to-silence-conservatives-all-of-them/
— I interned in Trump’s White House – am I now unemployable? – Greg Giangrande
(DIERSEN: The following has made me unemployable: a) I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years and I have been a federal retiree for more than 23 years; b) my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, gave me unfair performance expectations and appraisals, always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, did not promote me beyond GS-13, got rid of my mentor in 1987, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and forced me to take a $20,361 (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980; c) my Democrat IRS superiors did not promote me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions in 1978, got rid of my mentor in 1975, and disallowed my partial day per diem claims in 1974; and d) my Democrat Post Office superiors forced me resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968. Further, my demographics are terrible: Trump supporter, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, old (born in 1948), heterosexual, married, non-poor, gun owner, Protestant (baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran), 100% American, German American, my ancestors have been in America since 1844, Crete resident 1948-1972, Wheaton resident since 1978, union member for almost 12 years, overweight, type 2 diabetes, etc. Further, I oppose the promotion of dependency on charity, 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://nypost.com/2021/01/17/i-interned-in-trumps-white-house-am-i-now-unemployable/
— Why Democrats demonize good GOPers too – Miranda Devine
(DIERSEN: Of course, ever-increasingly, hate-filled conservative-hating conservative-haters will use the Capitol Riot to do more and more and more to get rid of conservatives once and for all.)
https://nypost.com/2021/01/17/why-democrats-demonize-good-gopers-too-devine/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: There’s a reason why blameless Republicans and Trump voters are being tarred with the same brush as the Capitol rioters. It’s not enough just to arrest and prosecute actual lawbreakers who smashed their way into to the Capitol. No, anyone who supported the president, voted for him or worked for his administration, now has to be hunted down and purged. They’re losing their jobs, having their insurance canceled, their book contracts and recording deals torn up. They are being banned from flying or banking or speaking on social media. A petition at Harvard University even demands Trump staffers have their degrees revoked. A feverish mood is afoot, evoking the spirit of McCarthyism and the Salem witch trials, in which irrationality and hysteria point fingers at the innocent. But it is not just an emotional overreaction to the frightening events of Jan. 6. It is a deliberate tactic designed to intimidate conservatives and silence their protests when the Biden administration radically remakes the country, as it has promised to do from Day One. Democrats and their allies in corporate America are preemptively taking out the opposition because they know that their prescriptions don’t work and are opposed by the majority of Americans. They will now have control of both houses of Congress and the White House and are working fast to establish one-party rule — including stacking the Supreme Court to remove the remaining check on their power, stacking the Senate by creating two new states, and stacking the nation’s demography with unchecked immigration. Dismantling border protection is exactly the worst thing to do at a time when our health system is hard-pressed coping with the coronavirus and the economy is weak. Even if Biden delays his promised implementation of sweeping immigration reform, he has signaled his intent, and caravans of hopeful souls in search of a better life already are on the move in Honduras, in what The Washington Post likes to call a “super spreader event” when reporting on any gathering involving Republicans. Nancy Pelosi also has revived her H.R. 1. election “reforms,” which failed to pass the Republican-controlled Senate in 2017 and which include such beauties as universal mail-in balloting, same-day registration, weakened voter ID requirements, early voting, doxing of donors and legalized ballot harvesting. H.R.1. is what you call pouring fuel on a fire. Pelosi also has added statehood for Washington, DC, to her progressive wish list as a “sacred” right, and who will stop her? The only levers we have left to oppose this authoritarian power grab is protest and free speech. Hence the crackdown on free speech by a partisan Big Tech oligopoly that wields the ever-present threat of arbitrary censorship over conservatives in the public square. Just as the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis was the pretext to reanimate racial division in an election year, so, too, is the Capitol riot a golden opportunity for the left to criminalize dissent. “There are millions of Americans, almost all white, almost all Republicans, who somehow need to be deprogrammed,” Washington Post columnist Eugene Robinson told MSNBC last week in the wake of the Capitol riot. In other words, all Trump voters are guilty by association. They are seditionists, insurrectionists and white supremacists. They deserve excommunication, deplatforming, and reputational and financial ruin. CNN’s intolerance tzar, Don Lemon, last week lumped in the 74 million Americans who voted for Donald Trump with the Klu Klux Klan and Nazis. China-lovin’ Rep. Eric Swalwell compared Trump to Osama bin Laden. Corporate America is heeding the message. Loews over the weekend caved into Twitter activists and canceled Republican Sen. Josh Hawley’s fundraiser in one of its hotels in February. Simon and Schuster already had canceled Hawley’s book contract after he voted to hold up certification of Joe Biden’s victory. Musician Ariel Pink had his recording contract canceled because he attended the Trump rally on Jan. 6, even though he says he did not march to the Capitol. Business journal Forbes warned companies that hire former Trump officials such as Kayleigh McEnany or Kellyanne Conway that they will be blacklisted. Twitter boss Jack Dorsey told his staff in a video leaked to Project Veritas that banning Trump was just the first step in his purge of Wrong Think. “This is much bigger than one account.” None of this makes discourse safer. It just drives it underground, where it becomes more toxic. But the aim is to dehumanize conservatives so that any cruelty can be inflicted on them and they are powerless to resist. “Unity Joe” Biden himself likened his political opponents, Sens. Ted Cruz and Josh Hawley, to Nazi propagandist Joseph Goebbels last week. He has always played up his image as a consensus politician able to reach across the aisle. That vapor trail of comity is probably what propelled him to victory. On Wednesday, he will have the authority to make good on that promise. So far, it doesn’t look promising. At least there was a small victory for free speech Sunday. Fledgling social-media platform Parler is back online a week after being closed down in a pincer movement by Amazon, Apple and Google.)

WASHINGTON POST
— Warnock’s election reminds us that Black churches are vital to Democratic success – Robert Greene II
(DIERSEN: The Democrat Party platform is extremely anti-religious.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/01/18/warnocks-election-reminds-us-that-black-churches-are-vital-democratic-success/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Will Covid-19 Shake Up Capitalism? The pandemic sped up demands for changes in the economic system. Shareholders might want to brace for change.
(DIERSEN: Democrats are doing everything that they can to use COVID-19 to destroy capitalism.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/will-covid-19-shake-up-capitalism-11610817856
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats shout at Blacks and at women a) that Republicans cause all the problems that Blacks and women have and b) that Republicans are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things who should be gotten rid of once and for all.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/black-women-ready-to-virtually-cheer-on-kamala-harriss-inauguration-11610895600
— Proud Boys, Seizing Trump’s Call to Washington, Helped Lead Capitol Attack. Far-right group invoked the president’s rhetoric to build momentum toward violent showdown, a Wall Street Journal review shows. – Georgia Wells, Rebecca Ballhaus and Keach Hagey
(DIERSEN: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters hint/imply/argue/shout that Trump wanted the Capitol Riot and not just a big demonstration.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/proud-boys-seizing-trumps-call-to-washington-helped-lead-capitol-attack-11610911596
— Far-Right Affiliations Seen Among Those Recently Charged in Capitol Riot – Aruna Viswanatha and Sadie Gurman
(DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who demonized, denigrated, and condemned TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois and Illinois Center Right Coalition as being far-right organizations.)
https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/trump-impeachment-biden-inauguration
— Capitol Riot Becomes Civics Lessons in Schools – Yoree Koh and Jennifer Calfas
(DIERSEN: Of course Democrat teachers will use the Capitol Riot to promote hatred against individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are law enforcement officers, 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.wsj.com/articles/capitol-riot-becomes-civics-lessons-in-schools-11610971201
— Blacklists Are the Rage in Publishing – Thomas Spence
(DIERSEN: My critics/opponents a) have many millions on their blacklists and b) blacklist me because I refuse to carry out their blacklist orders.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/blacklists-are-the-rage-in-publishing-11610981201

USA TODAY
— ‘They want to take your speech away,’ censorship cry unites Trump supporters and extremists after Capitol attack – Jessica Guynn
https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2021/01/15/censorship-trump-extremists-facebook-twitter-social-media-capitol-riot/4178737001/
— Can you be too old to travel? Age isn’t as important as your mental, physical fitness level – Christopher Elliott
(DIERSEN: What demonstrates “your mental, physical fitness level?” For me, it is a) my having put together and sent out a GOUPSA ILLINOIS newsletter each and every morning since 2004 and b) my having put together and sent out a GOUPSA ILLINOIS newsletter each and every evening since 2015.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/advice/2021/01/15/can-you-too-be-old-to-travel-consider-these-factors-before-you-book/4144468001/
— Joe Biden pledges to address pay, systemic racism: ‘Black and Latino unemployment gap remains too large’ – Charisse Jones
(DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted a) that instead of me, the Post Office should have hired a Black or Latino in 1966, b) that the Post Office should gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a Black or Latino could have my job, c) that instead of me, IRS should have hired a Black or Latino in 1971, d) that instead of me, IRS should have promoted Blacks and Latinos in 1972, 1973, and 1974, e) that instead of me, GAO should have hired a Black or Latino in 1980, f) that instead of me, GAO should have promoted a Black or Latino in 1986, and g) that GAO should have gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a Black or Latino could have my job and my preferred corner office.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2021/01/18/biden-black-america-plans-boost-lending-address-racial-inequities/3578539001/
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Prevention best way to fight radicalization – Alia Dastagir
(DIERSEN: My critics/opponents want to prevent everyone from reading GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/health-wellness/2021/01/14/capitol-riot-radicalization-what-know-de-radicalization-how-to-help/4160249001/

LAS VEGA S SUN
— Donors have effective means to alter behavior in Republican Party
(DIERSEN: I should write a book about Republican candidates and Republican organization leaders who since 2000 have acted like they have taken money from donors on the condition that they get rid of me, get rid of my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters, get rid of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, and/or get rid of Illinois Center Right Coalition. I would focus on Republican candidates who have been on ballots in my precinct, Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization. I would focus on donors who I have sued.)
https://lasvegassun.com/news/2021/jan/17/donors-have-effective-means-to-alter-behavior-in-r/

NEWSWEEK
— There Will be No GOP Civil War – NEWT GINGRICH
(DIERSEN: But what about Illinois? What percent of the following side with Kinzinger against the 2,446,891 in Illinois who voted for Trump, against the 193,611 in DuPage County who voted for Trump, against the 20,080 in Milton Township who voted for Trump, and against the 157 in my precinct who voted for Trump: a) the leaders of the Illinois Republican Party and your Republican county/township/ward party organizations; b) the Republican elected/appointed officials who represent you in America, Illinois, your county, your township/ward, and in your municipality; and c) the Republican candidates on April 6, 2021 ballots for your precinct?)
https://www.newsweek.com/there-will-no-gop-civil-war-opinion-1562009
(FROM THE ARTICLE: It is a sign of how self-delusional the anti-Trump forces are that they could look at the House vote on impeaching President Trump (the second time) and convince themselves it was the harbinger of a civil war. House Republicans split 197-10 against Pelosi’s second impeachment effort. Only in the delusional world of the Left could a vote in which 197 people were on one side and only 10 were on the other be described as the beginning of a civil war.)

NEW YORK MAGAZINE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater says “Trump Wanted to Erase Obama’s Legacy. He Failed.”
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2021/01/trump-wanted-to-erase-obamas-legacy-he-failed.html

ATLANTIC
— Republicans Will Try to Pretend Like Trump Never Happened. A collective case of amnesia will begin to set in the moment the president leaves office. – MCKAY COPPINS
(DIERSEN: Establishment Republican Party leaders, that is, Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, Green plants, Independent plants, and RINOs, have always been closer to Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs than to Republicans. They have always been closer to moderates, liberals, LGBTQers, abortionists, illegals, boozers, gamblers, stoners, non-Christians, non-Protestants, non-Italian Americans, non-German Americans, etc. than to conservatives.)
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2021/01/republicans-are-already-rewriting-trump-years/617715/

RAW STORY
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater says “Donald Trump has turned the GOP into a ‘circus tent’ full of racists and QAnon kooks.”
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-qanon-2650010525/

FAST COMPANY
— 3 ways to build influence at work—and get more done – CHRISTINA DEL VILLAR
(DIERSEN: To get promoted, my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government did everything that they could to get rid of their superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates who were Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who had not made GS-13 (currently $102,188) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $120,755) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $142,041) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $172,500) by age 40.)
https://www.fastcompany.com/90588403/3-ways-to-build-influence-at-work-and-get-more-done

GUARDIAN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater says “‘It’s not their party any more’: Trump leaves Republicans deeply fractured. The president has ignited a civil war in his own party, creating bitter divides that will be felt for years to come.” How successful will hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters be in using Kinzinger to destroy the Republican Party, Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization?
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jan/16/donald-trump-republican-party-divided-impeachment-capitol-attack

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.