July 11 Evening Edition

ABC7
— 23 shot, 5 fatally so far in Chicago weekend violence, police say; deaths include 15-year-old boy – Evelyn Holmes
https://abc7chicago.com/23-shot-5-fatally-so-far-in-weekend-violence/6312801/

NBC5
— Illinois Reports Nearly 1,200 New Coronavirus Cases, 24 Additional Deaths Saturday
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/coronavirus/illinois-reports-nearly-1200-new-coronavirus-cases-24-additional-deaths-saturday/2303533/
— Trump Wears Mask in Public for First Time During Pandemic Trump flew by helicopter to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in suburban Washington to meet wounded servicemembers and health care providers caring for COVID-19 patients – Jonathan Lemire
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/trump-wears-mask-in-public-for-first-time-during-pandemic/2303593/
— President Donald Trump is holding firm on his insistence that coronavirus cases are rising in the U.S. purely because more people are being tested – Calvin Woodward, Hope Yen and Christopher Rugaber
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/fact-check-if-hes-said-it-once-hes-said-it-100-times/2303588/
— Coronavirus Deaths Take a Long-Expected Turn for the Worse The virus has killed more than 130,000 people in US, a half-million worldwide – Mike Stobbe and Nicky Forster
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/coronavirus-deaths-take-a-long-expected-turn-for-the-worse/2303530/

CBS2
— Activists Hold Love March To Call For End To Gun Violence – Steven Graves
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2020/07/11/activists-hold-love-march-to-call-for-end-to-gun-violence/

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Illinois revenues drop $1.1B in fiscal 2020 due to COVID-19 pandemic – AP
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/illinois-revenues-drop-1-1b-in-fiscal-2020-due-to-covid-19-pandemic

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Coronavirus in Illinois updates: 1,195 new confirmed COVID-19 cases reported, the third day in a row with more than 1,000 cases
https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-covid-19-pandemic-chicago-illinois-news-20200711-uf4vstxoi5g27hjrm5nuw3jzr4-story.html
— Naperville Black Lives Matter postponed – KARIE ANGELL LUC
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-nvs-black-lives-matter-rotary-hill-st-0712-20200711-d3m4etkwnnhajanert4xmbizpu-story.html
— ‘TikTok seems too good to be true.’ Internet experts say there are reasons for users to worry. – MILAN POLK and LAUREN LEAZENBY
https://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/ct-life-tik-tok-privacy-risks-07102020-20200711-3jrqg6vh4zd6pb4n7b3pgtnlh4-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— Group demonstrates against abortion in Naperville and Aurora on Saturday – John Starks
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200711/group-demonstrates-against-abortion-in-naperville-and-aurora-on-saturday
— Sports can’t avoid issues any longer – Orrin Schwarz (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will sports officially banish players, banish spectators, banish etc. who are involved in law enforcement, Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, gun owners, Protestant, German American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
https://www.dailyherald.com/sports/20200710/sports-cant-avoid-issues-any-longer

WBEZ
— Despite Risks, Trump Invests Big In Attacks On Biden’s Age – AP
https://www.wbez.org/stories/despite-risks-trump-invests-big-in-attacks-on-bidens-age/dd3d18bf-9cc9-4ddb-ac5f-0c233e87d29b

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— LaHood messages tout great times in Illinois, thanks to President Trump – Bernard Schoenburg
https://www.sj-r.com/news/20200711/bernard-schoenburg-lahood-messages-tout-great-times-in-illinois-thanks-to-president-trump

ALTON DAILY NEWS
— Small Business Owners Clash With Pritzker – Greg Bishop
http://www.altondailynews.com/news/details.cfm?clientid=17&id=307078#.Xwoi-2R_OM8

FOX ILLINOIS
— Amazon says email to employees banning TikTok was a mistake – AP (DIERSEN: What do you say to those who talk and/or act like they have received emails from those who manipulate/dominate them banning Diersen and his GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails?)
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/reports-amazon-bars-video-app-tiktok-on-workers-phones

JACKSONVILLE JOURNAL COURIER
— Speaker wants statues of Douglas, other slave owners out of Capitol – Peter Hancock (DIERSEN: This is all a pretext to promote hatred against Republicans.)
https://www.myjournalcourier.com/news/article/Speaker-wants-statues-of-Douglas-other-slave-15401267.php

LASALLE TIMES
— About 50 take part in Black Lives Matter march in La Salle
https://www.mywebtimes.com/2020/07/11/about-50-take-part-in-black-lives-matter-march-in-la-salle/aeacbcf/

MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL
— Republicans decry Evers, ‘anarchy’ at their convention, where most eschewed face masks – Patrick Marley
https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/politics/2020/07/11/republicans-decry-evers-anarchy-convention-where-most-eschewed-masks/5415085002/

WBAY
— Wisconsin GOP holds state convention in Green Bay – Tia Johnson
https://www.wbay.com/2020/07/11/wisconsin-gop-holds-state-convention-in-green-bay/

BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO
— Protesters Decry ICE, Condemn New Rules Targeting International Students: ‘I Just Don’t Think It’s Fair To Them’ A new immigration rule could affect tens of thousands of international students in Chicago alone, potentially forcing them to transfer schools or leave the country. – Hillary Flores
https://blockclubchicago.org/2020/07/10/protesters-decry-ice-blast-new-rules-targeting-international-students-i-just-dont-think-its-fair-to-them/

WHEATON PATCH
— TRUMP-HATERS PROMOTE TRUMP-HATERS: The Majority’s Retirement Party: A Protest, March, and Rally – Abby McKenna
https://patch.com/illinois/wheaton/calendar/event/20200714/856167/the-majoritys-retirement-party-a-protest-march-and-rally
(FROM THE PROMOTION: This event will celebrate the retirement of the majority rule over the second-largest county in the state, which we predict will happen after the county election this November. We hope to educate participants about and demand the removal of Peter DiCianni, a member of the DuPage County board who has shown disrespect towards his constituents and the black community as well as endangered their health, as detailed by Hinsdale for BLM here and by multiple news outlets (Patch, MySuburbanLife.com). We also are pushing for 22 state policy initiatives that could be done in the next Illinois legislative session that would help stop the killing of BIPOC when they are signed into law. We will aim to raise awareness about things like the Census, Mail-in Voting, and the Illinois Fair Tax proposal. This event includes speakers (local candidates, youth activists and organizers, and educators), a COVID-19 testing car caravan, voter registration, public commenters sent to the DuPage County board meeting, a march, music, and a celebration to mark the upcoming retirement of the Republican majority in the board, which we predict will happen by the end of this year.)

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Trump & Limbaugh Blast Public Schools for Destroying US – Alex Newman
https://illinoisfamily.org/education/trump-limbaugh-blast-public-schools-for-destroying-us/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Nearly 1,200 positive virus tests reported in Illinois – AP
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/jul/11/nearly-1200-positive-virus-tests-reported-in-illin/
— Puerto Rico questions Spain’s legacy as statues tumble in US – AP
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/jul/11/puerto-rico-questions-spains-legacy-as-statues-tum/

FOX NEWS
— ‘Social justice’ shields elites from criticism Revolution is the best thing that ever happened to our political class – Tucker Carlson (DIERSEN: Who are the elites in your municipality, in your township, and in your county? What do they think of you? What do they think of those who share your demographics?)
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/schools-social-justice-new-york-tucker-carlson

BREITBART
— Jeff Sessions: In U.S. Senate, I Will Stand Up to ‘Woke Mob’ – ROBERT KRAYCHIK (DIERSEN: Who stands up to the Woke BLM/LGBTQ-led Mob in your municipality, in your township, in your county, and in Illinois?)
https://www.breitbart.com/radio/2020/07/10/jeff-sessions-in-u-s-senate-i-will-stand-up-woke-mob/
— Anti-Trump Psychiatrist: ‘Cognitive Issues, Mental Illness’ Would Not Disqualify Joe Biden – KYLE OLSON
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/07/10/anti-trump-psychiatrist-cognitive-issues-mental-illness-would-not-disqualify-joe-biden/
— Pence: Only Thing Standing Between America and Agenda of Far Left Is 4 More Years of President Donald Trump – MATTHEW BOYLE
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/07/10/exclusive-pence-only-thing-standing-between-america-and-agenda-of-far-left-is-4-more-years-of-president-donald-trump/

LIFEZETTE
— Leftists infiltrate U.S. Army, write handout calling Trump white supremacist An official Army handout defamed the president. – DAVID KAMIONER
https://www.lifezette.com/2020/07/leftists-infiltrate-u-s-army-write-handout-calling-trump-white-supremacist/

NEWS BUSTERS
— CNN Thrilled About BLM Mural in Front of Trump Tower: Dismantling a ‘Racist, White Supremacist System’ – Ryan Foley
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/ryan-foley/2020/07/10/cnn-thrilled-about-blm-mural-front-trump-tower-dismantling-racist

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Defund-Police Push Has Key Dem Candidates on Defense – Susan Crabtree
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2020/07/11/defund-police_push_has_key_dem_candidates_on_defense.html

EPOCH NEWS
— Trump’s Planned Path to Citizenship Order Will Not Include Amnesty: White House – ZACHARY STIEBER
https://www.theepochtimes.com/trumps-planned-path-to-citizenship-order-will-not-include-amnesty-white-house_3420663.html

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Republicans seek to equate protesters with rioters and violent criminals — and link them all to Democrats ‘It’s not even subtle,’ says Democratic consultant. ‘We’re well beyond dog whistle.’ (DIERSEN: QUESTION: What percent of rioters and criminals vote for Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, or RINOs. ANSWER: 100%)
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/republicans-seek-to-equate-protesters-with-rioters-and-violent-criminals-and-link-them-all-to-democrats-2020-07-11

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hater says “The Republicans Who Want to Destroy Trump. Their party’s a lost cause. America isn’t.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/11/opinion/republican-party-trump-2020.html
— The Left Is Remaking the World “Defund the police” and “cancel rent” aren’t reforms, but paths to revolution. – Amna A. Akbar
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/11/opinion/defund-police-cancel-rent.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Tucker Carlson’s chief writer resigns over racist and sexist posts, the latest trouble for Fox’s most controversial star – Sarah Ellison
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/tucker-carlsons-writer-resigns-over-racist-and-sexist-posts-the-latest-trouble-for-foxs-most-controversial-star/2020/07/11/2a50dbba-c394-11ea-b178-bb7b05b94af1_story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, hate-filled Trump-haters use BLM and LGBTQ to promote hatred against those who are in law enforcement, Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, gun owners, Protestant, German American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/07/11/midwest-changing-demographics-black-lives-matter-protests/

— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hater says “The worst president ever keeps getting worse.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/07/11/worst-president-ever-keeps-getting-worse/

USA TODAY
— Charles Barkley says sports world is turning social justice statements into a ‘circus’ – Scott Gleeson
https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nba/2020/07/11/charles-barkley-social-justice-statements-becoming-circus-sports/5420580002/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Trump-haters say “‘Republicans are really fed up’: GOP increasingly splits with Trump as his polls drag.”
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2020/07/11/election-2020-trump-exposes-cracks-gop-ahead-florida-convention/5389624002/

GUARDIAN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hater asks “Will Republicans ditch Trump to save the Senate as support nosedives?”
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jul/11/donald-trump-republicans-election-senate-biden

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.