July 12 Morning Edition

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Chicago weekend gun violence: 11 killed, 35 wounded. The shootings included an attack outside Cook County Jail that killed a man and wounded two women.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2021/7/10/22571230/chicago-weekend-shootings-july-9-12-gun-violence-crime-homicide

WTTW
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats increase their efforts to get Asian Americans to hate Republicans.
https://news.wttw.com/2021/07/11/illinois-becomes-first-state-require-asian-american-history-be-taught-public-schools

WGN RADIO
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Disgusting pot pushers push pot.
https://wgnradio.com/rick-kogan/new-marijuana-lounge-changing-narrative-regarding-chicago-marijuana-stores/

QUAD CITY TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, according to White-haters, if you are a successful White, it is because of White privilege.
https://qctimes.com/opinion/columnists/column-they-fear-the-loss-of-privilege/article_359bd11b-7d97-5f9f-b7c2-16e61d24b1d9.html

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— KINZINGER’s BIG HAUL – Shia Kapos
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2021/07/12/kinzingers-big-haul-latino-caucus-map-moves-cook-county-strike-scoop-493537
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Congressman Adam Kinzinger has raised a whopping $1.3 million in the second quarter of the year, according to a source close to his campaign. Broken down, that’s $800,000 for his re-election campaign and $500,000 for his leadership PAC. In the past six months, Kinzinger has raised $3.6 million, nearly all from individuals, and more than $700,000 from within Illinois. “This is not the kind of money that gets raised in a rural district. It looks like something more attuned to someone running statewide,” former Republican Congressman Bob Dold told Playbook. Dold’s comment hints at what might happen if Kinzinger’s 16th Congressional District is squeezed out of the remap: a possible run for U.S. Senate or even governor. Early census numbers show Illinois is losing one seat, but until final figures are released and districts are redrawn, we won’t know whose seat will be out. For now, Kinzinger is focusing on getting re-elected to Congress. And his second-quarter fundraising shows he hasn’t been hurt by speaking out against Donald Trump’s rhetoric or the former president’s supporters who attacked the U.S. Capitol. Kinzinger has become publicly isolated within the GOP for calling on the party to reject conspiracy theories pushed by Trump. Still, while Kinzinger has spoken out against Trump’s conspiracies, freshman Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene has benefited from embracing them. In the first quarter, she amassed $3.4 million.)

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Homosexuals AGAIN Admit Their Goal Is to Convert Children – Laurie Higgins
(DIERSEN: What do you say to those a) who lead your school district, b) who lead your municipality, c) who lead your township, d) who lead your county, e) who lead Illinois, and f) who lead America who promote LGBTQ? What are their goals for turning the children in your neighborhood, in your precinct, in your municipal district, in your municipality, in your township, in your county district, in your county, in Illinois, and in America into LGBTQers?)
https://illinoisfamily.org/homosexuality/homosexuals-again-admit-their-goal-is-to-convert-children/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— School children, White infants targeted for woke propaganda, ‘porn literacy’ – Everett Piper
(DIERSEN: What do you say to those a) who lead your school district, b) who lead your municipality, c) who lead your township, d) who lead your county, e) who lead Illinois, and f) who lead America who promote LGBTQ? What are their goals for turning the children in your neighborhood, in your precinct, in your municipal district, in your municipality, in your township, in your county district, in your county, in Illinois, and in America into LGBTQers?)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/jul/11/school-children-white-infants-targeted-for-woke-pr/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: This week “A Message from the Gay Community” was posted on YouTube. It was delivered in song by the San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus. Here’s a smattering of the lyrics. “You think we’re sinful. You think that we’ll corrupt your kids, if our agenda goes unchecked. Funny just this once, you’re correct. We’ll convert your children. It happens bit by bit. Quietly and subtly, and you will barely notice it. Just like you worried, we’ll change their group of friends. You won’t approve of where they go at night. You’ll be disgusted, when they start finding things online, that you kept far from their sight. We’ll convert your children. Yes, we will! There’s really no escaping it. We’ll convert your children. We’re coming for them! We’re coming for your children! We’re coming for your children! Soon, we’re almost certain, your kids will start converting you. We’ll convert your children, and then we’ll turn to you!”)
— YouTube deletes Trump video, freezes CPAC account. ACU Chairman Matt Schlapp: ‘This is yet another example of Big Tech censoring content with which they disagree’ – Victor Morton
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/jul/11/youtube-deletes-trump-video-freezes-cpac-account/
— ‘Yet to say a word’: Rubio rips Biden’s silence as Cubans rise up against socialist tyranny – Victor Morton
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/jul/11/marco-rubio-rips-biden-over-silence-cuba-protests/
— Kinzinger warns fellow Republicans: ‘People are going to know the truth’ about Jan. 6 attack – Tom Howell Jr.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/jul/11/adam-kinzinger-jan-6-people-are-going-know-truth/
— Fauci calls for COVID-19 vaccine mandates: ‘This is serious business’ Fed government isn’t requiring shots but full FDA license may prod firms, schools – Tom Howell Jr.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/jul/11/dr-anthony-fauci-more-local-vaccine-mandates-might/

FOX NEWS
— Mark Levin rips media for ‘promoting’ Democrats’ agenda. ‘These media corporations have a horrific history when it comes to human rights,’ Levin says.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/levin-rips-media-for-promoting-democrat-agenda

AMERICAN THINKER
— Clergymen: stop preaching Critical Race Theory – Cassandra Chambers
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2021/07/clergymen_stop_preaching_critical_race_theory.html
— AOC’s alma mater reveals the hypocrisy behind anti-racism – Andrea Widburg
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2021/07/aocs_alma_mater_reveals_the_grotesque_hypocrisy_behind_antiracism.html

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Conservatives in Name Only The term “CINO” may be just what we need to sort the wheat from the chaff in political philosophy in America, just as “RINO” helps us understand American party politics. – Robert Curry
(DIERSEN: I should write a book about the biggest CINOs in Illinois, in DuPage County, in Milton Township, and in Wheaton. I would focus on CINOs who not only fail to defend and advance conservative principles, but who promote dependency on government, 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. I would focus on those who paint themselves as being Dirersen-haters.)
https://amgreatness.com/2021/07/11/conservatives-in-name-only/
— Correcting Conservative Convention The racial scam, the equity scam, the socialism scam, are a single scam. Conservatives on TV miss this point at their peril. – Angelo Codevilla
https://amgreatness.com/2021/07/11/correcting-conservative-convention/

BREITBART
— Trump Slams Critical Race Theory in Schools: ‘1776 Not 1619’ – KATHERINE HAMILTON
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/07/11/trump-slams-critical-race-theory-schools-1776-not-1619/
— Scott Walker at CPAC on Critical Race Theory: ‘Call It What It Is, It Is State-Sanctioned Racism’ – PENNY STARR
https://www.breitbart.com/education/2021/07/11/scott-walker-cpac-critical-race-theory-call-it-what-it-is-it-is-state-sanctioned-racism/

DAILY CALLER
— McCloskey: What Does Swamp In DC Hate The Most? God Has More Power Than They Do – KYLE REYNOLDS
https://dailycaller.com/2021/07/11/mark-mccloskey-swamp-washington-dc-god-power/

TOWNHALL
— America, Love It or Leave It – Jeff Crouere
https://townhall.com/columnists/jeffcrouere/2021/07/12/america-love-it-or-leave-it-n2592364
— Teacher Placed on Leave for Opposing Transgender School Policy: ‘First Amendment is on Our Side’ – Rebecca Downs
(DIERSEN: All during the almost 30 years that I worked for the federal government, I opposed its policy and practice of giving preference to its Democrat employees who were minority, female, and/or younger.)
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/rebeccadowns/2021/07/11/teacher-placed-on-leave-for-opposing-transgender-school-policy-first-amendment-is-n2592339

PJ MEDIA
— Now Belief in Creationism Is ‘White Supremacy.’ News Flash: We Won’t Bow to Your Secular Idols – PAULA BOLYARD
https://pjmedia.com/culture/paula-bolyard/2021/07/12/now-creationism-is-a-form-of-white-supremacy-news-flash-we-wont-bow-to-your-secular-idols-n1461006

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Kinzinger: Republican Party “Has Been Hijacked” By “Clown Politicians” – Tim Hains
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2021/07/11/gop_rep_kinzinger_republican_party_has_been_hijacked_and_the_plane_is_going_to_crash.html
— Is U.S. ‘A Quiet Place’ or Staging Ground for ‘The Tomorrow War?’ – John Kass
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2021/07/11/is_us_a_quiet_place_or_staging_ground_for_the_tomorrow_war_546921.html
— Critical Race Theory a Return to 1850s-Style Racism – Mackubin Owens
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2021/07/11/critical_race_theory_a_return_to_1850s-style_racism_546929.html

COLLEGE FIX
— Harvard rejects Asian-American applicants; it’s time they reject Harvard back – KENNY XU
(DIERSEN: From what I see, under the Democrats and under the RINOs, ever-increasingly, the more of the following that you are, the more that you are rejected in America, in Illinois, in DuPage County, in Milton Township, and in Wheaton: Trump supporter, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-veteran, heterosexual, married, non-poor, gun owner, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.thecollegefix.com/harvard-rejects-asian-american-applicants-its-time-they-reject-harvard-back/
— Walt Whitman statue, a target of protests, to be removed from center of Rutgers–Camden campus – JOHN RIGOLIZZO
https://www.thecollegefix.com/walt-whitman-statue-a-target-of-protests-to-be-removed-from-center-of-rutgers-camden-campus/

MEDIA RESEARCH CENTER TV
— Trump: Media & Dems ‘Dragging Us Backward’ – Eric Scheiner
https://www.mrctv.org/blog/trump-media-dems-dragging-us-backward

EPOCH TIMES
— A Defeat in the Courts for Biden’s Racist ‘Equity’ Policies – Roger L. Simon
https://www.theepochtimes.com/a-defeat-in-the-courts-for-bidens-racist-equity-policies_3895020.html
— Frederick Douglass Versus the 1619 Project – Dinesh D’Souza
https://www.theepochtimes.com/frederick-douglass-versus-the-1619-project_3896642.html

THE HILL
— Fox News airs disclaimer during Trump CPAC speech about 2020 election – DOMINICK MASTRANGELO
https://thehill.com/homenews/media/562493-fox-news-airs-disclaimer-during-trump-cpac-speech-about-2020-election
— Abbott challenger accuses Texas governor of being Republican in name only – MYCHAEL SCHNELL
(DIERSEN: Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. If you claim to be a Republican, the fewer planks in the Republican Party platform that you defend and advance, the more of a RINO that you are.)
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/562469-abbott-challenger-accuses-texas-governor-of-being-republican-in-name

ABC NEWS
— Trump threatens further disruptions inside both parties. Trump is relishing that he appears to remain a force who can blow up policy. – Rick Klein, Averi Harper, and Alisa Wiersema
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-threatens-disruptions-inside-parties-note/story?id=78783916

NBC NEWS
— Critical race theory battles are driving frustrated, exhausted educators out of their jobs. Battles over diversity and equity initiatives in public schools have resulted in administrators and teachers being fired or resigning over discussions about race. – Tyler Kingkade
(DIERSEN: Democrats run the federal government. They get rid of federal employees who do not promote political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination, otherwise known as Affirmative Action, Diversity, Inclusion, and Up-Or-Out.)
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/critical-race-theory-battles-are-driving-frustrated-exhausted-educators-out-n1273595

MSN
— Air Force academy defends professor teaching critical race theory
(DIERSEN: In Diersen v. GAO, Bush’s Department of Justice defended GAO’s political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/air-force-academy-defends-professor-teaching-critical-race-theory/vi-AAM2d7Q

CBS DALLAS FORT WORTH
— Former President Trump Addresses Thousands Of Conservatives At CPAC In Dallas – Jack Fink
https://dfw.cbslocal.com/2021/07/11/former-president-trump-speaks-cpac-dallas/

NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE: Despite Outbreaks Among Unvaccinated, Fox News Hosts Smear Shots Months after Rupert Murdoch got a Covid-19 dose, one of his network’s stars, Tucker Carlson, called a Biden vaccination proposal “the greatest scandal in my lifetime.” – Tiffany Hsu
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/11/business/media/vaccines-fox-news-hosts.html

NEW YORK POST
— Trump rips Biden, Big Tech and critical race theory at CPAC. – Jorge Fitz-Gibbon
https://nypost.com/2021/07/11/watch-trump-delivers-keynote-address-at-cpac-in-dallas/
— Teach history, not racism, in city classrooms – Editorial
https://nypost.com/2021/07/11/teach-history-not-racism-in-city-classrooms/
— It’s bigger than CRT: Radical ideologies transforming US – Andrew Sullivan
https://nypost.com/2021/07/11/its-bigger-than-crt-radical-ideologies-transforming-us/

USA TODAY
— ‘The battle for party control’: Republican candidates nationwide test the value of a Trump endorsement – David Jackson
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2021/07/11/how-much-does-trump-endorsement-help-gop-candidates/7880571002/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats crow about their success in getting Asian Americans to hate Republicans
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2021/07/09/illinois-mandates-asian-american-history-public-schools-teaach-act/7472690002/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats crow about their success in getting churches to promote the Democrat Party’s extremely anti-religious platform.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2021/07/11/pew-analysis-sermons-turned-political-2020-amid-covid-election/7930097002/

COMMERCIAL APPEAL
— Memphis must pay former employee on ‘blacklist’ $750,000 in damages, appeals court rules – Samuel Hardiman
(DIERSEN: I should write a book about all those individuals, organizations, companies, and governments that have me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters on their blacklists. Better yet, I should sue them.)
https://www.commercialappeal.com/story/news/2021/07/12/memphis-must-pay-former-employee-on-city-hall-blacklist-damages/7901866002/

NEWSWEEK
— 25 Private Colleges Whose Graduates Go on to Earn the Most Money – TOM FISH
(DIERSEN: When I earned a master’s degree in finance from IIT in 1997 when I was 48 years old, my GAO salary was $132,845/year (GS-13 Step 10) in today’s dollars. When I earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, my GAO salary was $77,034/year (GS-9 Step 10) in today’s dollars. When I earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976, my IRS salary was $91,665/year (GS-12 Step 3) in today’s dollars.)
https://www.newsweek.com/private-colleges-university-graduates-earn-most-money-1607825
(FROM THE ARTICLE: 21. Northwestern University ($100,812). . .9. University of Notre Dame ($104,438))
— Ex—Clinton Aide Dick Morris Says Donald Trump Could Win GOP Primary ‘From Jail If He Has To’ – JAMES CRUMP
https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-2024-election-primary-dick-morris-1608763

TRUMPET
— Why the ‘cancel culture’ has the Fourth of July in its sights – MIHAILO S. ZEKIC
(DIERSEN: Forever, Republican-haters will crow that they succeeded in stopping Republicans from helping sponsor Wheaton’s 2021 Independence Day Parade and Fireworks.)
https://www.thetrumpet.com/24293-independence-day-under-attack

DENVER CATHOLIC
— Readership Survey
(DIERSEN: My target audience for GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters includes a) leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, b) leaders Republican county party organizations, c) leaders Republican township/ward party organizations, d) Republican Precinct Committeemen/Captains, e) conservative leaders, f) religious leaders, g) Republican candidates, h) Republican political consultants, i) Republican major donors, j) Republican fundraisers, k) Republican campaign managers, l) Republican campaign staff members, m) Republican campaign volunteers, and n) Republican voters. I should survey the aforesaid to determine a) why they read the newsletters or do not read the newsletters, b) who encourages them to read the newsletters and what they say, and c) who discourages them from reading the newsletters and what they say.)
https://denvercatholic.org/readership-survey/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Young Americans Aren’t Getting Vaccinated, Jeopardizing Covid-19 Fight. Slow uptake of Covid-19 shots among 18-to-29-year-olds is complicating mass vaccination campaign; U.S. ramps up outreach to young adults. – Laura Cooper and Sabrina Siddiqui
https://www.wsj.com/articles/young-americans-arent-getting-vaccinated-jeopardizing-covid-19-fight-11625995802

FORBES
— Illinois Passes Law Requiring Its Public Universities To Use Test Optional Admissions
https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaeltnietzel/2021/07/11/illinois-passes-law-requiring-its-public-universities-to-use-test-optional-admissions/

BUSINESS INSIDER
— Kinzinger said his party has been hijacked by ‘outrage politics’ that is ‘going to get Americans killed’ – Kelsey Vlamis
https://www.businessinsider.com/adam-kinzinger-gop-hijacked-going-to-get-americans-killed-2021-7

BUSINESS REVIEW
— Communicate effectively by identifying your audience – Matt Cookson
(DIERSEN: My target audience for GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters includes a) leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, b) leaders Republican county party organizations, c) leaders Republican township/ward party organizations, d) Republican Precinct Committeemen/Captains, e) conservative leaders, f) religious leaders, g) Republican candidates, h) Republican political consultants, i) Republican major donors, j) Republican fundraisers, k) Republican campaign managers, l) Republican campaign staff members, m) Republican campaign volunteers, and n) Republican voters. I should survey the aforesaid to determine a) why they read the newsletters or do not read the newsletters, b) who encourages them to read the newsletters and what they say, and c) who discourages them from reading the newsletters and what they say.)
https://www.nhbr.com/communicate-effectively-by-identifying-your-audience/

AXIOS
— Republicans push to ban “discrimination” against unvaccinated people – Caitlin Owens
(DIERSEN: From what I see, ever-increasingly, Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, Independents and Independent plants, and RINOs discriminate against unvaccinated Republicans, and especially against unvaccinated Republicans who are Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, White, male, older, non-veteran, 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.axios.com/republicans-coronavirus-vaccines-discrimination-law-states-533503fb-fa83-43d0-bd51-2d614483d241.html

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.