January 8 Morning Edition

ABC7

— Chicago anti-abortion rally expected to clash with pro-choice demonstrators in Loop (COMMENT: I should write a book about “Republican” activists, elected officials, party leaders, candidates on ballots in my precinct, their major donors, their fundraisers, their pollsters, their campaign managers, their campaign staff members, and their campaign volunteers in Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton who have done the most since 2000 to get rid of those like me who promote the right to life plank in the Illinois Republican Party platform.)
https://abc7chicago.com/march-for-life-chicago-loop-supreme-court-abortion-planned-parenthood/11440734/
— Chicago pastor joins voting rights hunger strike on anniversary of Jan. 6 attack on Capitol. 25 faith leaders are participating nationwide
https://abc7chicago.com/capitol-insurrection-day-january-6-south-side-chicago/11436756/
— New Illinois law allows homeowners to remove racist language from home deeds – Will Jones
(COMMENT: Politics is nasty. Politics is vicious. When our mother died in 2016, my brother and I inherited her 40-by-100 foot lot near the Lincolnshire Country Club in Crete. She had inherited it from my father’s mother’s sister. The deed contains an offensive restrictive covenant. If I were to seek a political office again, including Republican Precinct Committeeman for DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 9 in Wheaton, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes in the Milton Township Republican Organization would a) stress to the voters in my precinct that I own half interest in land that has an offensive restrictive covenant and b) demand that my brother and I have that covenant removed. They would use the aforesaid to paint me, paint my brother, paint my parents, paint my grandparents, paint my great grandparents, and paint the rest of my ancestors as being racists and even worse things.)
https://abc7chicago.com/new-illinois-law-home-deed-house-restrictive-covenant/11438834/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Will Aurora Mayor Richard C. Irvin run for governor? Billionaire Ken Griffin might be willing to plunk down a sizable chunk of his fortune to back Irvin in the Republican primary. No one will go on record, but Illinois Democrats are taking Irvin seriously. – Laura Washington
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2022/1/8/22872628/aurora-mayor-richard-c-irvin-illinois-governor-bid-column-laura-washington
— Up, up and astray? If COVID-19 surge doesn’t peak soon, weary health care workers fear it ‘would be absolutely cataclysmic’ “We haven’t peaked yet. We’re filling up more and more beds,” said Dr. Sajal Tanna of Northwestern Memorial Hospital. “Everybody is stretched incredibly thin. I honestly don’t know if there is much more room to stretch.” – Mitchell Armentrout
https://chicago.suntimes.com/coronavirus/2022/1/7/22872602/illinois-coronavirus-peak-omicron-cases-deaths-vaccine-masks-hospitals-icu

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Jan. 6 revealed how color-coded and racially charged language can be – CYRAINA JOHNSON-ROULLIER
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/ct-opinion-january-6-capitol-riot-language-race-20220107-j7z42yg6lvdfjmdc5jydd2ij2y-story.html

RIVER BENDER
— Officials Object To Bill Passed By General Assembly That Would Change Judicial Boundaries and Create Three Sub-Circuits
https://www.riverbender.com/articles/details/officials-object-to-bill-passed-by-general-assembly-that-would-change-judicial-boundaries-and-create-three-subcircuits-55852.cfm

HERALD & REVIEW
— Explaining the gamesmanship in Springfield – Rich Miller
https://herald-review.com/opinion/columnists/rich-miller-explaining-the-gamesmanship-in-springfield/article_6a93f015-2797-5299-a310-b173e9f140c1.html

FOX ST. LOUIS
— 17% of people live near toxic release facilities—here’s how it breaks down in Illinois
(COMMENT: My father worked in a toxic release facility from 1941 until he died suddenly in 1969.)
https://fox2now.com/news/national/17-of-people-live-near-toxic-release-facilities-heres-how-it-breaks-down-in-illinois/

ALTON TELEGRAPH
— Davis reports 2,115 constituent cases in 2021
(COMMENT: What have you asked your Republican U.S. Representatives and U.S. Senators to do? I have asked my Republican U.S. Representatives and U.S. Senators to defend and advance the rational marriage/family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and equal opportunity (no race and gender based preference giving) planks. I have asked them to stop political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination at GAO.)
https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/article/Davis-reports-2-115-constituent-cases-in-2021-16757025.php
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The top three issues addressed were related to taxes, international travel/immigration, and Illinois state agency performance. There were also a significant number of veterans, seniors, and individuals with disabilities assisted with benefit and healthcare programs. Davis’ office handled 510 travel and immigration cases, 460 IRS cases and 315 Illinois unemployment and Firearm Owners Identification card or Concealed Carry License cases. It also helped 187 seniors or people with disabilities with benefits and healthcare issues, 97 veterans with healthcare and service-connected disabilities, 55 mail customers who had delivery or service issues and 54 small business owners with loans and grants.)

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Some Republicans critical of Democrats delayed actions on enhancing penalty for assaulting social workers – Greg Bishop
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/some-republicans-critical-of-democrats-delayed-actions-on-enhancing-penalty-for-assaulting-social-workers/article_731fe5b8-7002-11ec-99fb-7769c6a3ec7c.html

BOB BERLIN
— Juvenile Charged In Westmont Armed Hijacking Where Victim Was Shot
https://www.bobberlin.com/news/westmont-shooting-jan2022

WIREPOINTS
— “The CTU has gotten its way every time because their tactics work. They strike or walk out and the politicians end up giving the unions what they want” – Ted on Fox 32 with Mike Flannery
https://wirepoints.org/the-ctu-has-gotten-its-way-every-time-because-their-tactics-work-they-strike-or-walk-out-and-the-politicians-end-up-giving-the-unions-what-they-want-ted-on-fox-32-with-mik/
— Destroying democracy to save democracy, JB Pritzker-style – Mark Glennon
https://wirepoints.org/destroying-democracy-to-save-democracy-jb-pritzker-style-wirepoints-quickpoint/

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Star105.5’s Joe Cicero Considering Running for the U.S. Senate as an Independent
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2022/01/08/star105-5s-joe-cicero-considering-running-for-the-u-s-senate/
— January 7, 2016, “Old School” “Violent Assault” on McHenry County Firm’s Nonunion Workers Results in Lawsuit Victory against Indiana Ironworkers Local 395 Union – Part 1
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2022/01/07/violent-january-7th-union-attack-on-mchenry-county-firms-workers-results-in-lawsuit-victory-against-indiana-ironworkers-local-395/
— January 7, 2016, “Old School” “Violent Assault” on McHenry County Firm’s Nonunion Workers Results in Lawsuit Victory against Indiana Ironworkers Local 395 Union – Part 2 – The Attack
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2022/01/08/january-7-2016-old-school-violant-assault-on-mchenry-county-firms-nonunion-workers-results-in-lawsuit-victory-against-indiana-ironworkers-local-395-union-part-2/
— Tax Fighter Jim Tobin, R.I.P.
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2022/01/07/tax-fighter-jim-tobin-r-i-p/
— A Characterization of Pritzker
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2022/01/07/message-of-the-day-a-characterization/

CAPITOL FAX
— Criminal justice trailer bill coverage roundup – Speaker Welch talks about 2022 anti-crime agenda – Feigenholtz backtracking on reform
https://capitolfax.com/2022/01/07/criminal-justice-trailer-bill-coverage-roundup/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Army reverses reprimand for ex-National Guard officer who attended Black Lives Matter protest – Mike Glenn
(DIERSEN: Bob Dole walked in Wheaton’s 1996 Independence Day Parade with Jim Edgar. Dole spoke at a rally in Wheaton’s Memorial Park right after the parade. I camcorded his speech. That may have been the “last straw” for my Democrat GAO superiors. They forced me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2022/jan/7/army-reverses-reprimand-ex-guard-officer-who-atten/

NEW YORK POST
— ‘Minority privilege’ now more common amid the growing ‘war on whiteness’ – Rav Arora
(COMMENT: In 1997, when I was 49 years old, my Democrat GAO superiors replaced me with my Black subordinate. In 1971, when I was 22 years old, Oldsmobile withdrew a job offer that I had accepted saying that it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. How soon, if not already, will your employer if you are still employed, the organizations that you are a member of, the governments that you are under, etc. officially announce that they getting rid of Whites once and for all, except those Whites who help them get rid of Whites? Of course, the first Whites to be gotten rid of are Whites who are law enforcement officers, Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, 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. I should write a book about Whites who get rid of other Whites. I would focus on those who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois.)
https://nypost.com/2022/01/08/minority-privilege-is-now-more-common-than-white-privilege/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The left is furious about “white privilege.” And while it’s true white people have benefited from major advantages over time, it’s a concept that is rapidly fading — especially now, as the reverse is coming true. Minorities are increasingly becoming privileged while growing numbers of white people face discrimination. Diversity initiatives have been around for years, but over the past year and a half, innumerable companies and corporations have ramped up their efforts with the goal of “diversifying” their workforce. Tech giant Facebook, for example, has committed to half of its employees coming from “underrepresented communities” (i.e., black, Native American, and Hispanic) by 2023. Best Buy is hiring one person of color for every three new hires over the next five years. United Airlines has promised that at least half of the pilots they will train in the next decade will be women and “people of color” (currently, only 13 percent of pilots are people of color). In May, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot suddenly declared she will only give interviews to “journalists of color” — something that would be an impeachable offense if the situation was reversed (only giving interviews to “white journalists”). The push to promote people of color has become so pervasive that the most objective scientific institutions have seemingly become captive to woke ideology. For example, the NIH and CDC use taxpayer dollars to incentivize biomedical research labs to hire ethnic minorities because “research shows that diverse teams working together and capitalizing on innovative ideas and distinct perspectives outperform homogenous teams” — without quoting or citing any actual research. Minorities are now even advantaged when seeking medical treatment. Last week, the New York City and state departments of health authorized life-saving antiviral treatment for COVID-19 for everyone belonging to a “non-white race or Hispanic/Latino ethnicity” regardless of risk factors, but for whites, only those with risk factors are allowed it. The DOH cites its rationale as: “longstanding systemic health and social inequities have contributed to an increased risk of severe illness and death from COVID-19.” Meanwhile, the rise of minority advantage has come with a parallel war on whiteness, especially in academia. In June, the Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association — “one of the world’s most respected publications in psychoanalysis” — printed a peer-reviewed paper entitled “On Having Whiteness.” The abstract of the paper describes “whiteness” as a “malignant, parasitic-like condition” requiring “effective treatment consist[ing] of a combination of psychic and social-historical interventions.” It adds, “there is not yet a permanent cure.” There are real, accredited university courses that instruct anti-white racism: “Race Theory & the Problem of Whiteness” (Arizona State University) and “Abolition of Whiteness” (Hunter College). Institutionalized anti-white bigotry has escalated to genocidal rhetoric. As Bari Weiss revealed in her recent Substack piece, Yale University hosted a lecture by Dr. Aruna Khilanani this year about the “The Psychopathic Problem of the White Mind,” where the speaker revealed her fantasies to kill white people. Other than university administrators later saying the lecture was found to have “tone and content antithetical to the values of the school,” the backlash was tempered. While social media erupted and Khilanani’s Manhattan-based practice is now closed for unknown reasons, she still has her license. One can only imagine the riotous demonstrations that would have reverberated across the country had Yale hosted a talk about “The Psychopathic Problem of the Black Mind.” The upshot is that pro-minority bias is not only permitted but socially incentivized. Employers, professors and administrators are lauded for implementing radical diversity initiatives. As minorities are preferentially hired across the board and given a host of other benefits by way of their genetic lottery, we must fundamentally reframe our discourse surrounding race relations. While “white privilege” may still exist in some margins of society, it no longer reflects the progressive era we live in.)

AMERICAN THINKER
— Political violence and Trump’s reactions on January 6, 2021 – Jonathan Cohen
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2022/01/political_violence_and_trumps_reactions_on_january_6_2021.html
— Krazy Kamala’s History Lesson – Civis Americanus
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2022/01/krazy_kamalas_history_lesson.html
— Not even criminals deserve this level of abuse. – Anony Mee
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2022/01/not_even_criminals_deserve_this_level_of_abuse.html

AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE
— Is NPR In The Grips Of White Supremacy? – Rod Dreher
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/dreher/is-npr-in-the-grips-of-white-supremacy/

BREITBART
— Study Ties January 6 Riot to Rejection of ‘Demographic Change’ – NEIL MUNRO
(COMMENT: In 1997, when I was 49 years old, my Democrat GAO superiors replaced me with my Black subordinate. In 1971, when I was 22 years old, Oldsmobile withdrew a job offer that I had accepted saying that it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. Ever-increasingly, Democrats and RINOs a) replace Whites with minorities, b) replace men with women, c) replace older people with younger people, d) replace heterosexuals with LGBTQers, e) replace Christians with non-Christians, f) replace Protestants with non-Protestants, g) replace Italian Americans with non-Italian Americans, h) replace German Americans with non-German Americans, i) replace those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time with those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time, j) replace those who do not hate Trump with those who hate Trump, k) replace conservatives with moderates and liberals, l) replace patriotic people with non-patriotic people, m) replace citizens of America with citizens of foreign countries, n) replace married people with non-married people, o) replace those who have more education, work experience, professional certifications, and/or professional licenses with those who have less of the aforesaid, p) replace those who have more money with those who have less money, q) replace etc. with etc.)
https://www.breitbart.com/economy/2022/01/07/study-january-6-riot-caused-by-fear-of-demographic-change/

NEWS BUSTERS
— Internet Accountability Project’s Davis: Big Tech Is ‘Threat to Conservative Movement’ – Catherine Salgado
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/free-speech/catherine-salgado/2022/01/07/internet-accountability-projects-davis-big-tech

FEDERALIST
— One Year After Jan. 6, Elites Remind Us Their Lives Are More Valuable Than Yours – JENNA STOCKER
https://thefederalist.com/2022/01/07/one-year-after-jan-6-elites-remind-us-their-lives-are-more-valuable-than-yours/

PJ MEDIA
— Zuckerberg’s ‘Report for America’ Is a Media Take Over Dressed Up as Philanthropy – VICTORIA TAFT
https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/victoria-taft/2022/01/08/zuckerbergs-report-for-america-is-a-media-take-over-dressed-up-as-philanthropy-n1545353

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Adding Missing Context to the Slavery Debate – DAN MCLAUGHLIN
(COMMENT: All my ancestors immigrated from what is now Germany during the 1840s and 1850s. In their defense, they always lived in northeast Illinois. On my father’s side, my great great grandfather worked in a brick factory in Chicago 1844-1854 and then he homesteaded a farm in Crete in 1854. My great grandfather and my grandfather operated a hardware store in Crete. My father worked in the office of a nasty chemical plant in Chicago Heights. On my mother’s side, my great great grandfather was a sharecropper on a farm in Grant Park along the Indiana border. My great grandfather and my grandfather operated that farm. My mother was raised on that farm.)
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/adding-missing-context-to-the-slavery-debate/
— Where Critical Race Theory Comes From – DANIEL BUCK
https://www.nationalreview.com/2022/01/where-critical-race-theory-comes-from/

SPECTATOR WORLD
— How Education Week controls the classroom. I didn’t know our teacher training was a form of brainwashing. – Marc Oestreich
https://spectatorworld.com/topic/education-week-edweek-controls-classroom/

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Oklahoma Moving to Ban the ‘1619 Project’ From Being Taught in State-Funded Universities. “State-funded colleges and universities that fail to comply with the guidelines provided in the bill will be notified by the Attorney General.” – Mike LaChance
(COMMENT: What are the Republican leaders who you are under doing to ban CRT?)
https://legalinsurrection.com/2022/01/oklahoma-moving-to-ban-the-1619-project-from-being-taught-in-state-funded-universities/

THE HILL
— Chicago parents sue teachers union over canceled classes – LEXI LONAS
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/588847-chicago-parents-sue-teachers-union-over-canceled-classes

YAHOO NEWS
— Google, Twitter employees flood Democrats with donations as companies are accused of censoring conservatives – Joe Schoffstall
(COMMENT: What motivates you to donate money to Republican organizations and candidates? For me, it is their defending and advancing the Republican Party platform including its traditional marriage/family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks.)
https://news.yahoo.com/google-twitter-employees-flood-democrats-184909782.html

NEW YORK TIMES
— With No School in Sight, Chicago Families Grit Their Teeth. While city officials clash with the teachers’ union over how to return to classrooms amid Omicron, families around Chicago reflect on the pandemic’s effects on their children. – Giulia Heyward
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/07/us/chicago-schools-families.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— What to Do When All Your Employees Want to Leave – Dorie Clark
(COMMENT: My Democrat superiors in the federal government acted like their employees who were Democrat, minority, female, younger, and/or veteran wanted they to get rid of their employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran. My Democrat plant, Libertarian plant, Green plant, Independent plant, and RINO leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party act the Republican Precinct Committeemen under them who are Trump-haters, moderate, liberal, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, non-patriotic, non-Christian, non-Protestant, non-Italian American, non-German American, and/or those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time want them to get rid of the Republican Precinct Committeemen under them who are non-Trump-haters, conservative, White, male, older, heterosexual, patriotic, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/what-to-do-when-all-your-employees-want-to-leave-11641567622

FORBES
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote hatred against Republicans, and especially against Republicans who are law enforcement officers, Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, 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.forbes.com/sites/risasarachan/2022/01/07/who-we-are-a-chronicle-of-racism-in-america-premieres-january-14th-at-film-forum/

CAPITOL NEWS
— Battle for Republican base to play out in Georgia General Assembly – Dave Williams
(COMMENT: I should write a book about Democrat plant, Libertarian plant, Green plant, Independent plant, and RINO activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, fundraisers, pollsters, campaign managers, campaign staff members, and campaign volunteers who have done the most to drive conservatives out of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization since 2000.)
http://capitol-beat.org/2022/01/battle-for-republican-base-to-play-out-in-general-assembly/

MILITARY
— Army Officer Relieved of Command, Facing Discharge over Racist Social Media Posts – Steve Beynon and Konstantin Toropin
(COMMENT: Democrats run the federal government; they get rid of federal employees who are Republican, and especially those who are conservative, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2022/01/07/army-officer-relieved-of-command-facing-discharge-over-racist-social-media-posts.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: While Spillane’s lawyer, Sean Timmons, managing partner with Tully Rinckey’s Houston office, agrees his client’s posts are indeed offensive, the discharge status raises the stakes — any status that isn’t honorable can have dire consequences for a veteran. So-called “bad paper” discharges can exclude a veteran from benefits, mostly the GI Bill; hurt employment opportunities; and overall leave the veteran with a stigma that’s difficult to shake off. Because of that, Timmons wants the Army to allow Spillane to leave with an honorable discharge.)

NEWSWEEK
— 60 Percent of Voters Say Biden Is Failing on Economy, Why Are Economists Praising His Job? – ALEX J. ROUHANDEH
https://www.newsweek.com/60-percent-voters-say-biden-failing-economy-why-are-economists-praising-his-job-1666940

NATIONAL NEWS
— COMMENT: In 1997, when I was 49 years old, my Democrat GAO superiors replaced me with my Black subordinate. In 1971, when I was 22 years old, Oldsmobile withdrew a job offer that I had accepted saying that it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. Ever-increasingly, Democrats and RINOs a) replace Whites with minorities, b) replace men with women, c) replace older people with younger people, d) replace heterosexuals with LGBTQers, e) replace Christians with non-Christians, f) replace Protestants with non-Protestants, g) replace Italian Americans with non-Italian Americans, h) replace German Americans with non-German Americans, i) replace those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time with those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time, j) replace those who do not hate Trump with those who hate Trump, k) replace conservatives with moderates and liberals, l) replace patriotic people with non-patriotic people, m) replace citizens of America with citizens of foreign countries, n) replace married people with non-married people, o) replace those who have more education, work experience, professional certifications, and/or professional licenses with those who have less of the aforesaid, p) replace those who have more money with those who have less money, q) replace etc. with etc.
https://www.thenationalnews.com/opinion/comment/the-myth-of-the-great-replacement-how-white-nationalism-has-gone-mainstream-1.897074

TELEGRAPH
— When woke ideologies control cities, it means deterioration and destruction. If law and order gives way to political correctness, people on the street know that there won’t be any consequences for their behaviour. – MICHAEL SHELLENBERGER
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/01/07/woke-ideologies-control-cities-means-deterioration-destruction/

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.