January 26 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Senate GOP largely votes against holding Trump impeachment trial – AP
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/gop-largely-votes-against-holding-trump-impeachment-trial/10026720/
— Illinois COVID Update Today: IL reports 3,667 new cases, 87 deaths; Regions 8,9 move into Tier 1 mitigations Walgreens, Jewel providing COVID-19 vaccines across IL
https://abc7chicago.com/health/il-reports-3667-new-cases-87-deaths/10032879/

NBC5
— GOP Largely Sides Against Holding Trump Impeachment Trial Republican denunciations of Trump have cooled since the riot at the U.S. Capitol – Lisa Mascaro and Mary Clare Jalonick
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/politics/republican-senators-want-to-halt-trump-impeachment-trial/2422605/

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Georgia lawmaker removed from House Chamber after refusing COVID-19 test – Claire Simms
(DIERSEN: From what I see, soon, you will not be allowed to do anything in America unless a) you are wearing a mask, b) you social distance, c) you have recently tested negative, and d) you have been fully vaccinated.)
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/georgia-house-speaker-removes-lawmaker-for-refusing-covid-19-tests

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— State House to convene for just one day to hash out ways to meet in future that ‘preserve as much normalcy as possible’ A spokesman for House Speaker Emanuel ‘Chris’ Welch said cancelling the other scheduled days gives members time to figure out how to conduct the session with a combination of remote work and socially distanced meetings. – Rachel Hinton
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2021/1/26/22251079/state-house-speaker-welch-cancel-february-session-days-covid-19-coronavirus-concerns
— ‘THIS IS ME’: Rioters flaunt involvement in Capitol siege. In dozens of cases, supporters of Donald Trump downright flaunted their activity on social media on the day of the deadly insurrection. – AP
(DIERSEN: If you really are a Trump supporter, you do not do things that harm Trump.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2021/1/26/22250573/rioters-flaunt-involvement-in-capitol-siege
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Biden signs Executive Orders that promote patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2021/1/26/22251548/joe-biden-susan-rice-executive-orders-systemic-racism-trump-1776-commission-private-prisons-aapi

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters promote Romney.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-mitt-romney-republicans-election-20210126-ohugfwzwgjcg5echre2xv7tr7y-story.html
— White House news of more vaccine doses ‘heartening,’ Gov. Pritzker says | Lightfoot, teachers union hit stalemate | Pritzker administration facing federal probe after approving scrap shredder on Southeast Side – LISA DONOVAN
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-white-house-governors-city-hall-gentrification-ordinances-spin-20210127-4l2hqeutczgxtewbkjuhlxv5za-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters hint/imply/argue/shout that to regain the suburbs, the Republican Party should a) dump its traditional marriage/family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving), and other planks in its platform and b) dump voters, dump organizations, dump companies, and dump governments that support the aforesaid planks and especially dump the aforesaid 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.dailyherald.com/discuss/20210126/to-regain-suburbs-republicans-must-return-to-first-principles
— Aurora Electoral Board removes alderman-at-large candidate from ballot – Susan Sarkauskas
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20210126/aurora-electoral-board-removes-alderman-at-large-candidate-from-ballot
— Settlement in defamation suit filed by McHenry County clerk, recorder – Katie Smith
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20210126/settlement-in-defamation-suit-filed-by-mchenry-county-clerk-recorder

HERALD & REVIEW
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot. To push pot on an individual, municipality, township, county, state, or country is to destroy that individual, municipality, township, county, state, or country.
https://herald-review.com/news/state-and-regional/a-look-inside-bloomingtons-first-recreational-cannabis-dispensary-which-opens-tuesday/article_c2edaabf-9c22-57d4-b405-2567587b4c1b.html

DAILY EGYPTIAN
— Illinois National Guard at the Inauguration, largest special deployment in 15 years – Jason Flynn
https://dailyegyptian.com/105576/crime/illinois-national-guard-at-the-inauguration-largest-special-deployment-in-15-years/

WALLS 102 & WGLC
— LaSalle County Republicans hosting rally against U.S. Rep. Adam Kinzinger
https://www.walls102.com/lasalle-county-republicans-hosting-rally-against-u-s-rep-adam-kinzinger/
https://www.wglc.net/lasalle-county-republicans-hosting-rally-against-u-s-rep-adam-kinzinger/

NPR ILLINOIS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater says “Trump Appointee, Michael Pack, Leaves Trail Of Shattered Careers At VOA.” Elmer Staats who ran GAO 1966-1981 and Charles Bowsher who ran GAO 1981-1996 and James Hinchman who ran GAO 1996 -1998 and David Walker who ran GAO 1998 to 2008 left trails of many shattered careers at GAO. They wasted the careers of and got rid of GAO employees who were White, male, and/or non-veteran who they did not promote to 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. Extremely few GAO employees make the aforesaid promotion deadlines.)
https://www.nprillinois.org/post/trump-appointee-michael-pak-leaves-trail-shattered-careers-voa#stream/0
— Biden Administration Restores Aid To Palestinians, Reversing Trump Policy – MARK KATKOV
https://www.nprillinois.org/post/biden-administration-restores-aid-palestinians-reversing-trump-policy#stream/0
— Trump Impeachment Trial Could Further Polarize Nation.
https://www.nprillinois.org/post/trump-impeachment-trial-could-further-polarize-nation-analyst-says#stream/0

FOX ILLINOIS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats ramp up their efforts to increase illegal immigration.
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/doj-rescinds-zero-tolerance-immigration-rule

CHICAGO MAGAZINE
— How to Succeed in Politics Without Winning an Election. Two weeks into a new term, State Sen. Heather Steans is retiring, leaving political allies to pick her replacement. On the Far North Side, that’s simply how it’s done. – EDWARD MCCLELLAND
https://www.chicagomag.com/news/heather-steans-kelly-cassidy-handoff/

CENTER SQUARE
— Kinzinger says Trump Republicans will come back around – Cole Lauterbach
(DIERSEN: Trump-supporting Republicans support far more planks in the Republican Party platform than other Republicans do. Overwhelmingly, Trump-supporting Republicans support the traditional marriage/family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks. )
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/kinzinger-says-trump-republicans-will-come-back-around/article_06e27da2-6009-11eb-9f7f-af48af9bb4fc.html
— Illinois House cancels all but one session day for February – Greg Bishop
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/illinois-house-could-cancel-all-but-one-session-day-for-february/article_fcb7d414-5ff7-11eb-8a97-eb045d37a8b0.html

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Grogan says White is evading servicers
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/572982214-grogan-says-white-is-evading-servicers

ILLINOIS NEWSROOM
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Biden signs Executive Orders that promote patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination.
https://illinoisnewsroom.org/biden-white-house-aims-to-advance-racial-equity-with-executive-actions/

CAPITOL FAX
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters hint/imply/argue/shout that to regain the suburbs, the Republican Party should a) dump its traditional marriage/family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving), and other planks in its platform and b) dump voters, dump organizations, dump companies, and dump governments that support the aforesaid planks and especially dump the aforesaid 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://capitolfax.com/2021/01/26/the-splintering-gop/
— 3,667 new confirmed and probable cases; 87 additional deaths; 3,001 hospitalized; 608 in ICU; 4.6 percent average case positivity rate; 5.7 percent average test positivity rate; 30,180 average daily doses; Two more regions move to Tier 1
https://capitolfax.com/2021/01/26/3667-new-confirmed-and-probable-cases-87-additional-deaths-3001-hospitalized-608-in-icu-46-percent-average-case-positivity-rate-57-percent-average-test-positivity-rate-30180-average-daily-doses-two-mo/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump’s post-presidency clout puts Republicans on notice, Democrats on high alert – Dave Boyer
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/jan/26/donald-trump-post-presidency-clout-puts-republican/

GOPUSA
‘– MAGA Patriot Party’ Files With FEC; Trump Team Says It’s Not Affiliated
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=105732

ACCURACY IN MEDIA
— News outlets can’t figure out why Americans don’t trust them — Ella Carroll-Smith
(DIERSEN: By their actions, my critics/opponents make it clear that they side with the Democrat news media.)
https://www.aim.org/aim-column/news-outlets-cant-figure-out-why-americans-dont-trust-them/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: For years now, media outlets have been more interested in pushing their own partisan agendas than reporting the facts and the American people are sick and tired of it. Even Politico is beginning to see through its own bias enough to understand this, as noted by Jack Shafer in his recent piece: “How About a Little Sobriety Please?” In the column, Shafer says, “At a time when large portions of the country think mainstream media is a tool of the left, perhaps it’s time to tone down the Biden adulation.”)

NEWSMAX
— Rep. Scott DesJarlais to Newsmax TV: Liberals Using Censorship to Kill GOP – Charlie McCarthy
(DIERSEN: I should write a book about all the efforts to censure me since 2000.)
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/scott-desjarlais-censorship-twitter-facebook/2021/01/26/id/1007324/

EPOCH TIMES
— Border Wall Contractors Told to Stop Construction by Tuesday Night: Congressman – JACK PHILLIPS
https://www.theepochtimes.com/all-border-wall-construction-will-be-stopped-tuesday-night-congressman_3672101.html

THE HILL
— Oregon Republican Party calls Capitol riot a ‘false flag’ operation to discredit GOP, silence Trump supporters – LEXI LONAS
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/535882-oregon-republican-party-calls-the-capitol-riot-a-false-flag-operation-to
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Biden signs Executive Orders that promote patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/535999-5-things-to-know-about-bidens-racial-equity-executive-orders

ROLL CALL
— Trump conviction unlikely after most GOP senators vote to dismiss impeachment trial. 45 Republicans supported a constitutional point of order against holding the trial. – Lindsey McPherson
https://www.rollcall.com/2021/01/26/trump-conviction-unlikely-senate-impeachment-trial/

CBS NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: The hate-filled Trump-hating Tammy Duckworth calls the upcoming Senate impeachment trial “perfectly constitutional.”
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/tammy-duckworth-senate-impeachment-trial-trump-cbsn-red-and-blue-interview-2021-01-26/

NBC NEWS
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Group of U.S. Catholic bishops encourage children to be LGBTQers.
https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/group-u-s-catholic-bishops-urges-support-lgbtq-youth-n1255645

NEW YORK TIMES
— Rupert Murdoch, Accepting Award, Condemns ‘Awful Woke Orthodoxy’ Mr. Murdoch of News Corp, who spoke in a video, has been relatively quiet publicly in recent years. He called conformity on social media “a straitjacket on sensibility.” – Katie Robertson
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/25/business/media/rupert-murdoch-josh-hawley-woke.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Oregon Republican Party calls U.S. Capitol riot a ‘false flag’ meant to ‘discredit President Trump’ – Jaclyn Peiser
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/01/26/oregon-republican-false-flag-capitol/
— Biden to sign executive actions on equity – Cleve R. Wootson Jr. and Tracy Jan
(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 in 1966, b) that the Post Office should gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a Black could have my job, c) that instead of me, IRS should have hired a Black in 1971, d) that instead of me, IRS should have promoted Blacks in 1972, 1973, and 1974, e) that instead of me, GAO should have hired a Black in 1980, f) that instead of me, GAO should have promoted a Black in 1986, and g) that GAO should have gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a Black could have my job and my preferred corner office. 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.washingtonpost.com/politics/biden-to-sign-executive-actions-on-equity/2021/01/26/3ffbcff6-5f8e-11eb-9430-e7c77b5b0297_story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Black Americans trail Whites on every economic measure, including wealth, income, employment and homeownership. The disparities have existed for decades, even when comparing workers with similar education levels. The gaps, economists say, stem in large part from government-sanctioned policies that continue to discriminate against Black people in lending, housing, education and criminal justice.)
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater says “More voters have had it with Trump.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/01/26/more-voters-have-had-it-with-trump/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater says “After Capitol attack, Republicans are again whitewashing Trump’s behavior.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/01/26/after-capitol-attack-republicans-are-again-whitewashing-trumps-behavior/

BOSTON GLOBE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater a) glorifies and praises hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters and b) demonizes, denigrates, and condemns those who do not hate Trump.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2021/01/26/opinion/gops-incipient-civil-war-who-is-standing-up-who-is-toadying-up/

BLOOMBERG
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater says “YouTube Suspends Rudy Giuliani From Ads Over Election Lies.”
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-01-26/youtube-temporarily-suspends-rudy-giuliani-from-partner-program

RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— Most GOP Voters Say Trump Third Party Is a Good Idea
(DIERSEN: Hate-filled Trump-haters would argue that for every Republican who joined a Trump Third Party, two, three, four, five+ Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, or Independents would join the Republican Party.)
https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/trump_administration/most_gop_voters_say_trump_third_party_is_a_good_idea

INDEPENDENT
— Oregon Republicans say Capitol riot was staged to harm Trump. Resolution passed by Oregon GOP compares House Republicans who voted to impeach to Revolutionary War traitor Benedict Arnold – Gustaf Kilande
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/oregon-republicans-capitol-riot-trump-b1792867.html

GUARDIAN
— U.S. companies using pandemic as a tool to break unions, workers claim – Michael Sainato
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jan/26/coronavirus-pandemic-unions-break
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Biden signs Executive Orders that promote patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jan/26/joe-biden-executive-orders-us-racial-equity

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.