July 12 Morning Edition

ABC7
— 47 shot, 7 fatally including 15-year-old boy in Chicago weekend violence The latest fatal shooting occurred Sunday, when a 52-year-old man was fatally shot on the West Side.
https://abc7chicago.com/47-shot-7-fatally-so-far-in-chicago-weekend-violence/6313550/
— Young Chicagoans call for reallocation of police funds in ‘Love March’ – Will Jones
https://abc7chicago.com/society/young-chicagoans-call-for-reallocation-of-police-funds/6313420/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Long lines for COVID tests nationwide, stressed labs delay results as demand spikes
https://chicago.suntimes.com/essential-coronavirus-news/2020/7/12/21321420/covid-19-coronavirus-illinois-chicago-live-updates-blog-new-information-2020
— Kim Foxx wins over powerful donors to sign her ‘Pledge to Fight for Racial Justice’ Foxx is asking her supporters to diversify their staff, operations, communications and spending in a pledge to bring “equity in all aspects” of politics. – Laura Washington
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2020/7/11/21320482/kim-foxx-states-attorney-donors-pledge-for-racial-justice-laura-washington

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— It’s Trump’s call on what the GOP convention will look like – AP
https://www.chicagotribune.com/election-2020/ct-nw-trump-gop-convention-20200712-csi46aclorffppmevqi6d4qob4-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hater promotes hatred against not only against Trump, but against all individuals, all organizations, all companies, all governments, and all countries that are in law enforcement, Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, gun owners, Protestant, German American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/post-tribune/opinion/ct-ptb-davich-racial-hate-letter-in-mailbox-st-0710-20200709-iyha5xmv45g5roqrw6qxrpcqqu-story.html

WTTW
— New COVID-19 Cases in Illinois Top 1,000 for Third Straight Day New statewide totals: 152,962 cases, 7,168 deaths – Nick Blumberg
https://news.wttw.com/2020/07/11/new-covid-19-cases-illinois-top-1000-third-straight-day

PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— Who knows what rogues lurk among the Capitol’s artworks? – Doug Finke
https://www.pjstar.com/opinion/20200711/who-knows-what-rogues-lurk-among-capitolrsquos-artworks

LASALLE NEWS TRIBUNE
— ‘Back the Blue’ and Black Lives Matter events start in La Salle
https://www.newstrib.com/2020/07/11/back-the-blue-and-black-lives-matter-events-start-in-la-salle/d7e1xtb/

WCMY
— Pro-police supporters meet at Back the Blue rally – Rick Koshko
https://www.1430wcmy.com/2020/07/11/pro-police-supporters-meet-at-back-the-blue-rally/

LCBC RADIO
— Black Lives Matter Stages Counter-Protest to “Back the Blue” – Tom Henson
https://www.lcbcradio.com/wlpo/black-lives-matter-stages-counter-protest-to-back-the-blue/article_42c78af6-c3e7-11ea-ae5e-3f4860fbe8f5.html

KMOV
— Former McCloskey attorney hands over gun sought during search warrant
https://www.kmov.com/news/st-louis-couple-pointing-guns-at-protesters-served-with-search-warrant/article_b815652e-c321-11ea-83ca-e7f071b7e021.html

WISCONSIN PUBLIC RADIO
— Wisconsin Republicans Warn Of Anarchy, Socialism At Annual State Convention The In-Person Event Drew Hundreds To Green Bay Despite Continuing Concerns Over COVID-19 – Shawn Johnson
https://www.wpr.org/wisconsin-republicans-warn-anarchy-socialism-annual-state-convention

MILWAUKEE INDEPENDENT
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Republican-haters say “FEDERAL COURT APPROVES WISCONSIN GOP’S ELECTION RESTRICTIONS IN LATEST VOTER SUPPRESSION EFFORT.”
https://www.milwaukeeindependent.com/syndicated/federal-court-approves-wisconsin-gops-election-restrictions-in-latest-voter-suppression-effort/

KENDALL COUNTY NOW
— OUTSTANDING: Kendall County GOP hosts campaign rally at Town Square Park
https://www.kendallcountynow.com/2020/07/11/kendall-county-gop-hosts-campaign-rally-at-town-square-park/dnhg5fq/

WHEATON PATCH
— DuPage County Daily New Coronavirus Cases Continue To Rise The county reported 73 new coronavirus cases in 24 hours Saturday. – Lisa Marie Farver
https://patch.com/illinois/wheaton/dupage-county-coronavirus-cases-continue-rise

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— Senators Duckworth and Durbin gave $24 million to Illinois company later declared illegal and void – JOHN KRAFT & KIRK ALLEN
https://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2020/07/senators-duckworth-and-durbin-gave-24-million-to-illinois-company-later-declared-illegal-and-void/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Yes, cancel culture is real — and it’s dangerous – Editorial (DIERSEN: Who focuses on canceling people in your municipality, in your township, and in your country? I should write a book about those who focus on canceling people in Wheaton, in Milton Township, and in DuPage County.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/editorials/yes-cancel-culture-is-real-and-its-dangerous

FOX NEWS
— Police search St. Louis mansion of couple who pointed guns at protesters Police seized a semi-automatic .223 caliber rifle, apparently the same weapon wielded by Mark McCloskey during the June 28 incident – Reuters
https://www.foxbusiness.com/money/police-search-st-louis-mansion-mark-patricia-mccloskey
— Conservatives rally around Goya amid calls for boycott over CEO’s pro-Trump remarks Ted Cruz, Meghan McCain and Charlie Kirk were some who weighed in – Sam Dorman
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/conservatives-rally-around-goya-amid-boycott
— Trump wrong to give DACA recipients ‘road to citizenship’ — unless Dems change immigration policy Why vote for Trump if he’s going to make a major concession to Democrats on illegal immigration and get absolutely nothing? – Steve Levy
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/daca-trump-steve-levy
— Goya Foods CEO Bob Unanue refuses to bow to leftist cancel culture mob (DIERSEN: Who focuses on canceling people in your municipality, in your township, and in your country? I should write a book about those who focus on canceling people in Wheaton, in Milton Township, and in DuPage County.)
https://www.foxnews.com/transcript/goya-foods-ceo-bob-unanue-refuses-to-bow-to-leftist-cancel-culture-mob

BREITBART
— Biden’s 2020 Party Platform Proposal Seeks to Abolish America’s Suburban Communities – WARNER TODD HUSTON
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/07/11/bidens-2020-party-platform-proposal-seeks-to-abolish-americas-suburban-communities/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Joe Biden’s radical proposal for the Democrat Party platform for 2020 seeks to put an end to America’s suburban communities by forcing low-income housing into every neighborhood and flooding every community with immigrants, legal or otherwise. The proposal, known as the Biden-Sanders Unity Task Force Recommendations, would provide instant amnesty and a pathway to U.S. citizenship for the 22 million illegal aliens now living in the nation. Astoundingly, it would also give legal status to all the world’s refugees regardless of the legitimacy of their claim to the status.)

DAILY WIRE
— Goya Foods CEO On Democrats’ Boycott Of Latino Company: ‘Hell No’ I’m ‘Not Apologizing’ For Praising Trump – Ryan Saavedra
https://www.dailywire.com/news/goya-foods-ceo-on-democrats-boycott-of-latino-company-hell-no-im-not-apologizing-for-praising-trump

TOWNHALL
— Was This Our Last Fourth of July? – Wayne Allyn Root
https://townhall.com/columnists/wayneallynroot/2020/07/12/was-this-our-last-fourth-of-july-n2572321
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In 2014, I wrote the book “The Murder of the Middle Class.” Don’t look now, but sadly … tragically … it’s really happening. The left is crazy, extreme, radical, violent and ready for civil war. The Republican right — outside of President Trump — is a bunch of pathetic wimps ready to raise the white flag. We are the closest we’ve ever been to losing America. Have you ever seen as many spineless Republican politicians as we see today? Black Lives Matter is a Marxist group that is said to fund the Democratic National Committee. Republican Sen. Mike Braun says he supports Black Lives Matter. He also supports eliminating qualified immunity for cops. That’s the end of police in America. With Republicans like him, who needs enemies? Republican Sen. Mitt Romney marched with Black Lives Matter. How can anyone be such a dupe?)
— ‘White Supremacy’ Is the New ‘Homophobia’ – Michael Brown
https://townhall.com/columnists/michaelbrown/2020/07/12/white-supremacy-is-the-new-homophobia-n2572328

MEDIA RESEARCH CENTER TV
— Brian Williams Pushes Liberal Trope That Opposing Crime Is Racist – Brad Wilmouth
https://www.mrctv.org/videos/brian-williams-pushes-liberal-trope-opposing-crime-racist

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Trump Admin Denies Minneapolis $500m Riot Damage Bailout Request
https://legalinsurrection.com/2020/07/trump-admin-denies-500m-tax-payer-bail-out-after-minnesota-failed-to-stop-rioting/

EPOCH TIMES
— Systemic Racism Claims Exacerbating ‘Cancel Culture’ Climate – Shane Miller (DIERSEN: Who focuses on canceling people in your municipality, in your township, and in your country? I should write a book about those who focus on canceling people in Wheaton, in Milton Township, and in DuPage County.)
https://www.theepochtimes.com/systemic-racism-claims-exacerbating-cancel-culture-climate_3420889.html

THE HILL
— Trump tax returns unlikely before November – NAOMI JAGODA (DIERSEN: In 1978, when I was a GS-12 Step 4 (currently $93,594/year) IRS Collection Division Special Procedures Staff Advisor, the Democrats who ran IRS disallowed my education deductions. I should write a book about that. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran. They outrageously painted the graduate business courses that I had taken at Loyola and the graduate accounting courses that I had taken at DePaul a) as being not job-related, b) as not helping me carry out my job duties, and c) as being taken by me to get a job in the private sector.)
https://thehill.com/policy/finance/506850-trump-tax-returns-unlikely-before-november

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hater encourages Asian Americans to hate Trump.
https://www.news4jax.com/news/politics/2020/07/09/trump-faced-issues-with-asian-americans-even-before-virus/
— NBC News sets goal of a workforce that is half minority – DAVID BAUDER (DIERSEN: Democrats run the federal government. They want the federal workforce to be 100% Democrat and also as many as possible of the following: minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, liberal, moderate, not married, recent immigrants, anti-Trump, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-heterosexual people, anti-married people, anti-non poor people, anti-gun owners, anti-Protestant, anti-German American, anti-draft avoiders (except Joe Biden), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://wina.com/news/030030-030030-nbc-news-sets-goal-of-a-workforce-that-is-half-minority/

CNN
— Does ‘cancel culture’ stifle free speech and debate? (DIERSEN: Who focuses on canceling people in your municipality, in your township, and in your country? I should write a book about those who focus on canceling people in Wheaton, in Milton Township, and in DuPage County.)
https://www.cnn.com/videos/tv/2020/07/11/does-cancel-culture-stifle-free-speech-and-debate.cnn

CBS NEWS
— Police seize gun at home of St. Louis couple who pointed weapons at protesters – CAROLINE LINTON
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/mark-patricia-mccloskey-guns-seized-at-st-louis-home-couple-who-pointed-weapons-at-protesters/

MSNBC
— Diversity in Media (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, to be a legitimate journalist, you have to a) be paid for what you do, b) have a degree in journalism, c) claim to be non-partisan, and d) promote the Democrat, Libertarian, and Green party platforms.)
https://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/watch/diversity-in-media-87521349779

ABC NEW YORK
— ‘Back the Blue’ protesters met with Black Lives Matter counter-protesters – Naveen Dhaliwal
https://abc7ny.com/brooklyn-back-the-blue-rally-nypd/6313052/

CBS NEW YORK
— ‘Back The Blue’ Protesters Clash With ‘Black Lives Matter’ Demonstrators In Brooklyn
https://newyork.cbslocal.com/2020/07/11/back-the-blue-black-lives-matter-protest-brooklyn/

NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE WITH BIG COLOR PICTURE: The City That Fired Its Whole Police Department – Joseph Goldstein and Kevin Armstrong (DIERSEN: Constructively, during the 1980s and 1990s, the Democrats who ran GAO used Republican-led budget cuts to fire all its employees who were Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who they had not promoted to GS-13 (currently $101,176) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $119,559) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $140,634) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $170,800) by age 40.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/12/nyregion/camden-police.html
— Reckoning With Ghosts of Social Media Past – Roxane Gay (DIERSEN: If you paint yourself as being religious, conservative, and/or Republican and if you run for a government office or political office, sooner or later, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs will use against you everything that you ever posted.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/10/business/social-media-stupidity.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Overwhelmingly, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes hate cars.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/09/opinion/sunday/ban-cars-manhattan-cities.html

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hater says “There are two Americas; November is time for choosing sides.”
https://www.theindependent.com/opinion/columnists/there-are-two-americas-november-is-time-for-choosing-sides/article_47435e04-c2fa-11ea-aaf1-937e94af85ac.html

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
— Pro-NYPD and Black Lives Matter protesters clash in Brooklyn – ELLEN MOYNIHAN and THOMAS TRACY
https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-crime/ny-pro-cop-and-black-lives-matter-protesters-clash-in-brooklyn-20200711-4a2njgnkkjghtgi2wfzmfumana-story.html

NEW YORK POST
— New York Times praises ‘cancel culture’ – Michael Goodwin (DIERSEN: Who focuses on canceling people in your municipality, in your township, and in your country? I should write a book about those who focus on canceling people in Wheaton, in Milton Township, and in DuPage County.)
https://nypost.com/2020/07/11/ny-times-praises-cancel-culture-but-skips-its-own-racist-history-goodwin/

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Trump-haters say “The once-mocked ‘Never Trump’ movement becomes a sudden campaign force.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/the-once-mocked-never-trump-movement-becomes-a-sudden-campaign-force/2020/07/11/8683c14c-c1f3-11ea-b178-bb7b05b94af1_story.html

BLOOMBERG
— Wall Street campaign to hire Black talent isn’t going so well – Kelsey Butler (DIERSEN: GAO audits federal financial industry regulators. Compare and contrast how GAO treats its Democrat employees who are minority, female, and/or younger. GAO focuses on retaining and promoting its Democrat employees who are minority, female, and/or younger. To make way for them, GAO gets rid of its employees who are Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who do not make GS-13 (currently $101,176) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $119,559) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $140,634) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $170,800) by age 40. Extremely few GAO employees make the aforesaid promotion deadlines.)
https://lmtribune.com/business/wall-street-campaign-to-hire-black-talent-isn-t-going-so-well/article_32bbe691-012a-50d7-97af-029ee4010ee6.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: For Black professionals who get job offers on Wall Street, there’s pay and benefits to consider. But also isolation, bias and racism. As big U.S. banks and asset managers vow at long last to address the industry’s dearth of Black executives, those who have been around a while warn progress will require more than the usual hiring spree. Offices remain alienating and even inhospitable. Most organizations lack mentors who can help guide the way up the org chart. Recruiters say top Black candidates have learned to be skeptical. “Folks are looking for welcome signs,” said Anthony Wright, founder of Diversity Recruiters, a Seattle-based executive search firm that helps clients including banks with inclusive hiring. “And when you’re a minority, the sign doesn’t say ‘Welcome,’ the sign says ‘Is there anybody there that looks like me?’ ”)

OMAHA WORLD HERALD
— ‘Back the Blue’ rally draws about 2,000; graffiti found in Memorial Park – Aaron Sanderford
https://www.omaha.com/news/back-the-blue-rally-draws-about-2-000-graffiti-found-in-memorial-park/article_69b7d0e2-9a3c-5a51-ac4d-5c1014a9dc03.html

SUN SENTINEL
— Black Lives Matter and ‘Back the Blue’ protests converge on Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School – AUSTEN ERBLAT and DAVID FLESHLER
https://www.sun-sentinel.com/local/broward/parkland/fl-ne-parkland-black-lives-matter-back-the-blue-protests-20200711-yquacmygebgqtcebxqamqo2ivi-story.html

GUARDIAN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hater promotes hatred against Tucker Carlson.
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2020/jul/12/tucker-carlson-trump-fox-news-republicans

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.