July 16 Morning Edition

WTTW
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats 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://news.wttw.com/2021/07/15/has-illinois-fixed-its-flawed-marijuana-industry-expansion

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasing, Democrats promote hatred against those who do not promote CRT.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2021/7/15/22578967/critical-race-theory-fake-outrage-lauren-berlant-cruel-optimism-natalie-moore

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG COLOR PICTURE IN THE NAPERVILLE SUN: Employers at Fox Valley Mall job fair say finding workers ‘has been really difficult’ as foot traffic increases – DAVID SHAROS
(DIERSEN: Should people be expected to take bad jobs? According to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, all the jobs that I had were bad jobs that they would never stoop to take. I did yard work and delivered newspapers 1962-1964; washed dishes 1964-1966; cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966; delivered mail 1966-1969; worked on an automobile assembly line and as a security guard in 1970; sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971; pumped gasoline 1971-1972; collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980; and audited federal agencies 1980-1997. To qualify myself for better jobs, I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 32.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/aurora-beacon-news/ct-abn-fox-valley-job-fair-st-0715-20210714-bjr7gfvclvc37j25ddm2ii4ysm-story.html

SOUTHERN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats 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://thesouthern.com/news/state-and-regional/a-new-west-peoria-cannabis-lounge-was-approved-despite-opposition-heres-whats-next/article_8fbb9d13-5adb-50a3-aac9-3a7c41a7b507.html

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: ISU encourages students to be LGBTQers
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/local-news/isu-offering-lgbtq-friendly-housing-options-with-a-rainbow-floor/

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— FROM THE ARTICLE: Meanwhile, Republican opponents are lining up. Downstate Sen. Darren Bailey raised $165,000 in the second quarter and reports having $491,000 cash on hand. Businessman Gary Rabine, who is self-funding his campaign, took in $345,000 in the second quarter and reports having $287,000 cash on hand. And former state Sen. Paul Schimpf, raised $83,000 in the second quarter, including $28,000 from contributions of $150 or less. . .House Minority Leader Jim Durkin raised $157,000 and has $294,000 cash on hand. And Senate Minority Leader Dan McConchie raised $102,000 and has $512,000 cash on hand. Other GOP numbers: The Illinois Republican Party took in $131,000, according to state filings, including $12,000 from businessman Craig Duchossois; $5,000 from Gary Rabine, who’s running for governor, and $1,000 from attorney Richard Porter, who considered a gubernatorial run. The party shows it has $168,000 cash in the bank. – Shia Kapos
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2021/07/16/dems-honorary-dilemma-money-money-money-pritzker-signs-tweaked-pot-law-493612

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— IL-16 UPDATE x4: Adam Kinzinger Has Over $3 Million Cash, Catalina Lauf Raises Nearly $193K
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/07/15/il16fec062421/
— Republican U.S. Senate Candidate Bobby Piton Identified as QAnon by Leftist Leaning Media Matters and Brings Expertise on Election Integrity to Kane County
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/07/15/piton071521/
— Rabine on Chicago Crime
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/07/15/rabine-on-chicago-crime/
— League of Women Voters’ Logo deemphasizes Women
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/07/15/message-of-the-day-a-logo/
— State Police Says Lake in the Hills Police Acted on Its Own Initiative in FOID-Related Calls
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/07/15/state-police-says-lake-in-the-hills-police-acted-on-its-own-initiative-in-foid-related-calls/
— So You Want to Be Involved in Local Politics?
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/07/14/ward071421/
— Want to Stop the Legislature from Raising Your Electric Rates?
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/07/14/want-to-stop-the-legislature-from-raising-your-electric-rates/

LAGRANGE PATCH
— Back The Blue Group Causes Stir In Brookfield Parade. Resident says she was upset by group’s participation. Village says group entered parade without permission. – David Giuliani’s
(DIERSEN: Of course, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs a) do not want Republicans to help sponsor Independence Day parades, b) do not want Republican candidates to have entries in the parades, and c) do not want Republican organizations to have entries in the parades.)
https://patch.com/illinois/lagrange/back-blue-group-causes-stir-brookfield-parade

CAPITOL FAX
— A quick look at fundraising reports
https://capitolfax.com/2021/07/16/a-quick-look-at-fundraising-reports/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— NFL to play Black national anthem before all major 2021 games, events – Victor Morton
(DIERSEN: What about playing the Hispanic, Asian, Native American, Female, LGBTQ, young people, moderate, liberal, Democrat, Libertarian, Green, Independent, RINO, non-Christian, non-German American, etc. national anthems?)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/jul/15/nfl-play-black-national-anthem-all-major-2021-game/
— White House press secretary Jen Psaki says the White House is actively searching out what it believes to be COVID-19 “misinformation” and “flagging problematic posts for Facebook.” – Douglas Ernst
(DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, all government and political news and commentary is misinformation except for the government and political news and commentary that they put out or bless. My critics/opponents want the following a) to stop me from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters and b) to stop everyone from reading those newsletters: Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Milton Township Republican Organization, Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, Wheaton Park District, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, etc. My critics/opponents are overjoyed about the many adverse actions that the aforesaid have taken against me since 2000. I should write a book about the aforesaid and the many adverse actions that they have taken against me since 2000.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/jul/15/jen-psaki-white-house-moderates-for-facebook-de-fa/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Don’t want your fifth grader given condoms? Better get behind school choice.- Robert Schmad
(DIERSEN: Government is nasty. Politics is nasty. I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who use the fact that I attended Missouri Synod Lutheran grade schools to paint me as being a White Supremacist, Nazi, KKK member, hater, racist, sexist, bigot, and even worse things. Better yet, I should sue them. I attended Trinity Lutheran Grade School in Crete 1953-1961 and then Hope Lutheran Grade School in Park Forest 1961-1962 to stay with the Missouri Synod.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/dont-want-your-fifth-grader-given-condoms-better-get-behind-school-choice

FOX NEWS
— Nikole Hannah-Jones once called Cuba ‘most equal multi-racial country in our hemisphere’ Hannnah-Jones said Cuba had ‘the least inequality’ thanks to socialism. – David Rutz
https://www.foxnews.com/media/nikole-hannah-jones-cuba-hemisphere

DAILY SIGNAL
— Black Lives Matter Comes Out in Support of Cuban Regime, Blames America for Its Problems – Jarrett Stepman
https://www.dailysignal.com/2021/07/15/black-lives-matter-comes-out-in-support-of-cuban-regime-blames-america-for-its-problems/
— Another School Falls to Woke Culture by Erasing Its Catholic History – Sarah Parshall Perry
https://www.dailysignal.com/2021/07/15/another-school-falls-to-woke-culture-by-erasing-its-catholic-history/

PJ MEDIA
— Marco Rubio Has the Perfect Response to Black Lives Matter’s Horrific Statement on Cuba – TYLER O’NEIL
https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/tyler-o-neil/2021/07/16/marco-rubio-has-the-perfect-response-to-black-lives-matters-horrific-statement-on-cuba-n1462266
— Trump EVISCERATES Biden’s Weak-Kneed Response to Communist Oppression in Cuba – TYLER O’NEIL
https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/tyler-o-neil/2021/07/15/trump-eviscerates-bidens-weak-kneed-response-to-communist-oppression-in-cuba-n1462229

NEWS BUSTERS
— Bozell, Donald Trump, Jr. SLAM Big Tech Censorship – Kayla Sargent
https://newsbusters.org/blogs/free-speech/kayla-sargent/2021/07/15/exclusive-bozell-donald-trump-jr-slam-big-tech

EPOCH TIMES
— Black Lives Matter Blames Deadly Cuban Protests on US Government, Defends Regime – LORENZ DUCHAMPS
https://www.theepochtimes.com/mkt_morningbrief/black-lives-matter-defends-cuban-regime-blames-deadly-protests-on-us-government_3903323.html

THE HILL
— Pro-impeachment Republicans outpace GOP rivals in second-quarter fundraising – MAX GREENWOOD
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/563331-pro-impeachment-republicans-outpace-gop-rivals-in-second-quarter

ROLL CALL
— Rep. Brad Schneider’s office sued for hostile work environment, retaliation against Black employee. Lawsuit centers on comments directed toward Black employee. – Chris Marquette
https://www.rollcall.com/2021/07/15/rep-brad-schneiders-office-sued-for-hostile-work-environment-retaliation-against-black-employee/

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Donations for racial equity have surged. But by how much? – HALELUYA HADERO
(DIERSEN: To promote racial and gender equity is to take opportunities and money away from Whites and from men and to give those opportunities and that money to minorities and to females. In 1971, when I was 22 years old, Oldsmobile withdrew a job offer that I had accepted saying that Oldsmobile had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. In 1997, when I was 49 years old, my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to take their early retirement “offer” so that they could give my job and my preferred corner office to my Black subordinate, which they did. While I worked for IRS 1971-1980 and for GAO 1980-1997, my Democrat superiors promoted many females over me who had less education, work experience, and/or professional certifications and licenses than I had.)
https://www.dailyunion.com/news/nation_world/donations-for-racial-equity-have-surged-but-by-how-much/article_e34cd2ff-72c8-57d3-bf1e-5778a86cd9e6.html

YAHOO NEWS
— The new playbook for partisan gerrymandering
(DIERSEN: I should write a book about the 2015 gerrymandering of my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 9 in Wheaton.)
https://news.yahoo.com/playbook-gerrymandering-090034369.html

NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE: Boston Overhauls Admissions to Exclusive Exam Schools. A new policy will increase representation of Black and Latino students in the prestigious public schools, which serve as a gateway to elite colleges. – Ellen Barry
(DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, college degrees are worthless unless they are Ivy League colleges. I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/15/us/boston-schools-entrance-exams-admissions.html

NEW YORK POST
— Blinken’s obscene invitation to the United Nations – Editorial
(DIERSEN: How soon will the Democrats and RINOs who run Illinois, your county, your township, your municipality, and your school district invite the UN to root out White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, and bigots, that is, to root out Republicans?)
https://nypost.com/2021/07/15/blinkens-obscene-invitation-to-the-united-nations/
— Rep. Dan Crenshaw: Military focus on ‘woke training’ is national security threat – Samuel Chamberlain
https://nypost.com/2021/07/15/rep-dan-crenshaw-military-focus-on-woke-training-is-national-security-threat/
— Foolish schools going for woke — lagging US kids need 3 Rs, not race theory – Jason L. Riley
https://nypost.com/2021/07/15/foolish-us-schools-going-for-woke/

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
— Wildlife officials seek name change for so-called Asian carp to strip term of racist overtones – THERESA BRAINE
https://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/ny-asian-carp-racist-wildlife-officials-change-invasive-species-20210715-5qvfstctqzfkdlpqhvflzfi2w4-story.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Infrastructure Talks Stall Over Expanded IRS Powers Schumer plans initial vote Wednesday on roughly $1 trillion bipartisan package – Andrew Duehren and Kristina Peterson
(DIERSEN: I should write a book about hate-filled IRS-hating IRS-haters who have promoted the most hatred against me because I was an IRS employee 1971-1980.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/schumer-pushes-negotiators-to-complete-work-on-infrastructure-pact-11626365674
— Is a Graduate Degree Worth the Debt? Check It Here Thousands of university programs across the country are leaving students with big debts and skimpy incomes. Use this tool to see how your degree fares. – James Benedict, Andrea Fuller and Lindsay Huth
(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. The median DePaul accounting MS salary is $68,047. The median Loyola MBA salary is $87,470.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/is-a-graduate-degree-worth-the-debt-check-it-here-11626355788
— Community College Is the Smart Choice. It’s a bargain at twice the price, and the stigma is misplaced. – Aaron Rasmussen
(DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, college degrees are worthless unless they are Ivy League colleges. I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/community-college-tuition-cost-student-debt-11626379442

USA TODAY
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats call for employers a) to replace their top employees who are White with Democrat employees who are minority and b) to replace their top employees who are male with Democrat employees who are female.
https://www.usatoday.com/in-depth/money/2021/07/16/banks-diversity-black-hispanic-white-executives/7593523002/
https://www.usatoday.com/in-depth/tech/2021/07/14/apple-facebook-amazon-microsoft-google-diversity/7719204002/ (FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG COLOR GRAPHIC)
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats illegally encourage citizens of foreign countries to illegally bring their children to America illegally. Democrats should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2021/07/14/united-states-legal-protection-migrant-sylum-seeking-children/7961314002/
— Florida Gov. DeSantis’ protest law was meant to prevent riots in the wake of BLM protests. Now it’s in the way of SOS Cuba demonstrations. “To pretend that what’s happening now is different than Black Lives Matter protests is a fiction,” one lawmaker said. – John Kennedy and Antonio Fins
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2021/07/14/desantis-calls-cuba-black-lives-matter-protests-much-different-situations/7972276002/

WILLAMETTE WEEK
— Conservative Consultant Bridget Barton Enters Oregon Governor’s Race “Last year we all watched in horror as cowardly politicians in power surrendered to angry, woke mobs.” – Aaron Mesh
(DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, the following organizations and governments act like their consultants have told them to get rid their members and residents who 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: Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Milton Township Republican Organization, Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, and Wheaton Park District.)
https://www.wweek.com/news/state/2021/07/15/conservative-consultant-bridget-barton-enters-oregon-governors-race/

EDUCATION WEEK
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrat teachers deny that they teach CRT. My Democrat superiors in the federal government denied that they focused on getting rid of federal employees who were Republican, and especially those who were conservative, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or those whose ancestors had been in America for a long time.
https://www.edweek.org/teaching-learning/more-than-9-of-every-10-teachers-say-theyve-never-taught-about-critical-race-theory/2021/07
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats encourage children to be LGBTQers.
https://www.edweek.org/leadership/the-pandemic-and-politics-made-life-especially-rough-for-lgbtq-youth-survey-finds/2021/07
— ‘Stop CRT’ Bill, Votes in Congress Add to Political Drama Over Critical Race Theory – Andrew Ujifusa
https://www.edweek.org/policy-politics/stop-crt-bill-votes-in-congress-add-to-political-drama-over-critical-race-theory/2021/07

NEWSWEEK
— I Went to School in Alabama. We Desperately Needed Critical Race Theory – JEFF DINGLER
(DIERSEN: I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who use the fact that I attended Missouri Synod Lutheran grade schools to paint me as being a White Supremacist, Nazi, KKK member, hater, racist, sexist, bigot, and even worse things. Better yet, I should sue them. I attended Trinity Lutheran Grade School in Crete 1953-1961 and then Hope Lutheran Grade School in Park Forest 1961-1962 to stay with the Missouri Synod.)
https://www.newsweek.com/i-went-school-alabama-we-desperately-needed-critical-race-theory-opinion-1610148

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.