July 19 Morning Edition

ABC7
— Protestors gather near Lightfoot’s Logan Square home over city’s handling of Grant Park demonstration (DIERSEN: For some Trump-haters, Lightfoot does not hate Trump enough.)
https://abc7chicago.com/protestors-stand-off-with-officers-while-demonstrating-near-lightfoots-home-/6324143/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters say that Biden has a double-digit lead over Trump.
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/poll-biden-has-15-point-lead-over-trump-among-registered-voters/6324286/
— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON CHICAGO TIGHTENS: Chicago weekend violence leaves 50 shot, 7 dead; 2 shot, 1 killed in Loop Man, woman shot on Wabash near Trump Tower in Loop
https://abc7chicago.com/50-shot-7-killed-in-chicago-weekend-violence-so-far/6324154/
— Black Lives Matter mural painted on Chicago’s South Side (DIERSEN: To paint a BLM mural is to promote hatred against individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are law enforcement officers, Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, gun owners, Protestant, German American, draft avoiders (except Joe Biden), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://abc7chicago.com/society/black-lives-matter-mural-painted-on-south-side/6323995/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD IN NAPERVILLE SUN: Kane County: Applications to vote-by-mail in November election being sent to registered voters as an option to in-person voting – GLORIA CASAS
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/elgin-courier-news/ct-nvs-vote-by-mail-dupage-kane-will-st-0719-20200717-od6xjk2mmjcj5afzzzqjgm6jti-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— OUTSTANDING: Small crowd endures heat to support police in Arlington Heights rally – Burt Constable
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200717/small-crowd-endures-heat-to-support-police-in-arlington-heights-rally
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Only hate-filled Trump-haters use the term “lily-white.”
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200718/constable-white-author-learned-early-how-black-lives-matter

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Outside group spending $350,000 on ads promoting Davis, bill – Bernard Schoenburg
https://www.sj-r.com/news/20200718/schoenburg-outside-group-spending-350000-on-ads-promoting-davis-bill

BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO
— Hundreds Protest On Lightfoot’s Block Day After Violent Clash Between Activists, Police Activists called on Mayor Lori Lightfoot to defund the Chicago Police, remove officers from schools and keep students learning at home when classes begin. – Kelly Bauer
https://blockclubchicago.org/2020/07/19/hundreds-protest-on-lightfoots-block-day-after-violent-clash-between-activists-police/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Virus, what virus? GOP delegates raring to go to Trump’s convention – David M. Drucker
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/virus-what-virus-gop-delegates-raring-to-go-to-trumps-convention
— Turley: Seattle councilmember ‘wants to fire white officers due to their race alone’ – Dominick Mastrangelo (DIERSEN: My Democrat superiors in the federal government wanted to fire their employees who were Republican, and especially those who were conservative, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owners, Protestant, German American, and/or those whose ancestors had been in America for a long time.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/turley-seattle-councilmember-wants-to-fire-white-officers-due-to-their-race-alone

FOX NEWS
— As city violence surges, liberal mayors engage in social media feuds with Trump officials President Trump has not dialed down tensions, either – Adam Shaw
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/city-violence-liberal-mayors-social-media-feuds-trump-officials
— Biden would dangerously increase illegal immigration and drug smuggling if elected president Biden would throw a giant welcome mat across our southern border for illegal immigrants – Tom Homan
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/illegal-immigration-biden-tom-homan
— Left’s identity politics obsession – Newt Gingrich (DIERSEN: What do you say to those who are White, male, older, heterosexual, non-poor, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time who demonize, denigrate, and condemn the aforesaid to curry favor with those who despise/hate the aforesaid? What do you say to those who falsely claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican to give themselves standing to demonize, denigrate, and condemn the aforesaid?)
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/lefts-identity-politics-obsession-rob-smith-newt-gingrich

BREITBART
— Senate Democrats Propose $350 Billion Reparations Measure to ‘Address Systemic Racism’ – HANNAH BLEAU (DIERSEN: Who do your critics/opponents want you to pay lots of reparations? My critics/opponents want the following to pay lots of reparations: those who are Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, childless, non-poor, gun owners, Protestant, German American, draft avoiders (except Joe Biden), and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/07/18/senate-democrats-propose-350-billion-reparations-measure-to-address-systemic-racism/

BLAZE
— Teen Vogue article explains a new way to ‘fight systemic racism during sleep’ ‘Black Power Naps’
https://www.theblaze.com/why/black-power-naps

PJ MEDIA
— OUTSTANDING: ACT for America Plans 80 ‘Back the Blue’ Rallies in 30 States: ‘We Are a Nation of Law and Order’ – TYLER O’NEIL
https://pjmedia.com/culture/tyler-o-neil/2020/07/18/act-for-america-plans-80-back-the-blue-rallies-in-30-states-we-are-a-nation-of-law-and-order-n661145

NEW YORK TIMES
— The Real White Fragility Does the white upper class feel exhausted and oppressed by meritocracy? – Ross Douthat (DIERSEN: If you are a White male, have you had to pay the price of Affirmative Action (AA), Diversity, or Inclusion? I should write a book about White males a) who have not had to pay the price of AA, Diversity, or Inclusion and b) who serve as operatives or as dupes for those who promote AA, Diversity, or Inclusion. I would focus on those who had/have wealthy parents. I would focus on those who have never worked for Democrats.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/18/opinion/sunday/white-fragility-meritocracy.html
— 5 Ways the Coronavirus Has Changed Suburban Real Estate Thousands of New Yorkers left the city and headed to the suburbs during the pandemic, and real estate there hasn’t been the same since. – Lisa Prevost
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/17/realestate/coronavirus-suburbs-real-estate.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters promote socialism.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/16/business/investment-society-economic-public.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: For Trump-haters, Biden is not far enough to the left.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/post-tribune/opinion/ct-ptb-davich-the-best-two-leaders-america-has-to-offer-st-0708-20200707-xv3z4d74affkjibxkswmijqosa-story.html

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters say “Biden leads by double digits as coronavirus takes a toll on the president.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/biden-leads-by-double-digits-as-coronavirus-takes-a-toll-on-the-president-post-abc-poll-finds/2020/07/18/8d041884-c840-11ea-b037-f9711f89ee46_story.html

FORBES
— The Diversity Employers Need To Remember: Age Diversity – Stefanie K. Johnson
https://www.forbes.com/sites/nextavenue/2020/07/19/the-diversity-employers-need-to-remember-age-diversity/

PHILADELPHIA TRIBUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Trump-haters demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump as being a racist.
https://www.phillytrib.com/commentary/editorials/editorial-trump-plays-into-racial-divisions/article_7c611be1-1f75-5d1f-8a95-50dfabf37ab8.html

CBS SACRAMENTO
— OUTSTANDING: Law Enforcement Supporters Rally At Sacramento City Hall – Richie Ramos
https://sacramento.cbslocal.com/2020/07/18/law-enforcement-supporters-rally-at-sacramento-city-hall/

WATERLOO CEDAR FALLS COURIER
— OUTSTANDING: County GOP plans Back the Blue events
https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/county-gop-plans-back-the-blue-events/article_b03f340b-cf21-5d92-a270-f7d30f5785e6.html

GRAND JUNCTION DAILY SENTINEL
— OUTSTANDING: Hundreds march for pro-police rally – James Burky
https://www.gjsentinel.com/news/western_colorado/hundreds-march-for-pro-police-rally/article_96799490-c947-11ea-bef3-b3ce9b847d11.html

WETV INDIANAPOLIS
— OUTSTANDING: Hoosiers rally to ‘Back the Blue’ in downtown Indianapolis – Nicole Griffin
https://www.theindychannel.com/news/local-news/hoosiers-rally-to-back-the-blue-in-downtown-indianapolis

REDDING RECORD
— OUTSTANDING: About 200 people came to the Back the Blue march in Redding in support of law enforcement.
https://www.redding.com/picture-gallery/news/2020/07/19/back-blue-marchers-came-support-law-enforcement-officers/5466669002/

KRCR TV
— OUTSTANDING: Hundreds attended “Silent No More” rally in support of local law enforcement – Daisy Caballero
https://krcrtv.com/news/local/hundreds-attended-the-localsilent-no-more-rally-in-redding-saturday

FOX 61
— OUTSTANDING: “Back The Blue” rally in Torrington held to support police in tumultuous times – Brian Didlake II
https://www.fox61.com/article/news/local/back-the-blue-rally-in-torrington-held-to-support-police-officers-thin-blue-line-police-accountability-defund/520-c385af41-36be-4478-91fa-105248234e2a

KOB 4
— OUTSTANDING: Rio Rancho rally shows support for law enforcement – Hawker Vanguard
https://www.kob.com/albuquerque-news/rio-rancho-rally-shows-support-for-law-enforcement/5799278/

ACTION NEWS NOW
— OUTSTANDING: PEOPLE IN REDDING TURN OUT FOR ‘WE BACK THE BLUE’ RALLY – Karen Alvarez
https://www.actionnewsnow.com/content/news/People-in-Redding-turn-out-for-We-Back-the-Blue-rally-571821891.html

NEW YORK MAGAZINE
— Unemployed Should ‘Find Something New,’ Urge Heirs to Fred Trump’s Fortune – Jonathan Chait (DIERSEN: Should everyone be required to disclose how much education, money, and power that their parents have/had? Neither of my outstanding parents attended college. My father was the first of his ancestors to earn a high school diploma. My mother never attended high school. My father fought type 1 diabetes from age 14, he worked in the office of a nasty chemical plant in Chicago Heights, he almost always worked second jobs to pay the family’s bills, he did not buy a new car until he was 45 in 1967 and it was a bottom of the line 2-door Chevy, and he died suddenly of heart failure in 1969 when I was 21 years old.)
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/07/find-something-new-trump-donald-ivanka-unemployment.html

NEWSWEEK
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Those who want to defund police want Biden to win.
https://www.newsweek.com/trump-biden-fox-news-defund-police-1518828

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.