July 21 Morning Edition

ABC7
— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON CHICAGO TIGHTENS: 25 shot, 4 fatally, Monday in Chicago
https://abc7chicago.com/25-shot-4-fatally-monday-in-chicago/6326808/

CBS2
— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON CHICAGO TIGHTENS: ‘I Can’t Believe We Survived,’ Uber Driver Says After He Was Attacked By Large Group Of Teens Downtown – Jermont Terry
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2020/07/20/i-cant-believe-we-survived-uber-driver-says-after-he-was-attacked-by-large-group-of-teens-downtown/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “I can’t believe we survived” – those are the words of a terrified Uber driver who was caught in the middle of hundreds of teens getting pushed through the downtown area by Chicago Police. As CBS 2’s Jermont Terry reported, the driver had to jump the curb and then go the wrong way down Washington Street on the sidewalk just to escape the group, which targeted him at a red light. On Monday night, the attack was raising bigger questions about what is being done to handle those rowdy teens on weekends. Standing on the corner of Wabash Avenue and Washington Street brings back horrible memories for the Uber driver. “I’m just scared, and it’s going to take a while to regain the trust of the city, I guess,” he said. The driver is fearful after his Kia ended up getting each and every window busted out – all by a group of teens who were getting ushered by police from Millennium Park on July 4th weekend. “I knew they were coming I said, ‘Oh f***, and so they came and jumped on the car and started dancing around on the hood,” he said. But the driver said some in the crowd turned violent and tried opening the doors. What happened next had the driver and his two passengers in disbelief. “And then they broke in the driver window, and that’s where I knew we were in big trouble, because they were trying to grab me, and I heard the back rear window shatter as well,” he said. A pitchfork crashed through the rear window, coming within inches of his Uber passengers. “Who knows what would have happened if they were able to pull us out of the vehicle? It seem like they wanted blood,” he said. “It’s terrifying just to think that there’s just basically a school a piranhas just roaming the streets of Chicago, and we don’t know where they’re going to show up.” CBS 2 first exposed how these groups of 300 to 400 have roamed the Loop and downtown for consecutive Saturdays. The CPD said it has tactical units ready to deal with the crowds. But with teens turning violent, many are concerned it will only get worse.)

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: OUTRAGEOUS: A hate-filled Trump-hating St. Louis prosecutor has charged a husband and wife with felony unlawful use of a weapon for displaying guns during a racial injustice protest outside their $1.15 million home.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/nation-world/ct-nw-st-louis-couple-charged-mark-patricia-mccloskey-20200720-trwnxyn4qvet5dmrgovjawpwce-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Several Republican leaders have condemned Gardner’s investigation, including President Donald Trump, Missouri Gov. Mike Parson and Sen. Josh Hawley, who has urged Attorney General William Barr to undertake a civil rights investigation of Gardner. Parson said in a radio interview Friday that he would likely pardon the couple if they were charged and convicted. Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt said in a statement Monday that he filed a brief requesting that the charges be dismissed under the state’s Castle Doctrine. “The right to keep and bear arms is given the highest level of protection in our constitution and our laws, including the Castle Doctrine,” Schmitt said in the statement. “This provides broad rights to Missourians who are protecting their property and lives from those who wish to do them harm.” Sen. Josh Hawley, R-MO, said on Twitter that the charges were an “unacceptable abuse of power and threat to the Second Amendment.” He called for a federal civil rights investigation into the St. Louis Circuit Attorney’s Office to “determine whether this investigation and impending prosecution violates this family’s constitutional rights.” Gardner said Trump, Parson and others are attacking her to distract from “their failed approach to the COVID-19 pandemic” and other issues.)
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, hate-filled Trump-haters 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, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/mundelein/ct-mun-school-org-hosts-rally-tl-0723-20200720-iboh2qolvbcupcuf34iaumnhri-story.html
— Fast food, health care workers march through Loop to demand companies show that ‘frontline workers’ lives matter’ “Most people who work in fast food restaurants are Black or brown. And let’s be honest, they have been working this whole pandemic,” said Ash Girtley, one of the rally organizers. – Elvia Malagón (DIERSEN: Have you been a fast food worker? I washed dishes for the minimum wage in the basement of the S.S. Kresges in Chicago Heights part-time during my junior and senior years at Crete-Monee High School and full-time during the summer in between. With the money that I earned, I a bought a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint in May of 1966 to commute to classes at UIC from my parents’ home in Crete.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/7/20/21331558/loop-march-hourly-workers-black-lives-matter

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON CHICAGO TIGHTENS: Armed kids as young as 10 carjack more than a dozen people, police say, including CPS teacher left ‘traumatized’ in Calumet Heights Chicago police say a group of children, ages 10 to 17, have been wreaking havoc on the generally peaceful South Side neighborhood. – David Struett
https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2020/7/20/21327232/calumet-heights-carjacking-alyssa-blanchard-trinity-hospital#new_tab
— Lightfoot warns Trump: Portland-style intervention in Chicago would be a ‘disaster’ Trump said from the Oval Office, “How about Chicago? Would you say they need help after this weekend?”
– Lynn Sweet and Fran Spielman
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2020/7/20/21331575/trump-chicago-crime-protests-police-federal-agents-portland-lightfoot

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Workers protest racial inequality on day of national strike – AP (DIERSEN: My superiors in the federal government were always under tremendous pressure from Democrat politicians a) to hire, retain, and promote young Democrat minorities and young Democrat females and b) to make way for them by getting rid of their 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. Extremely few federal employees make the aforesaid promotion deadlines.)
https://www.pantagraph.com/news/state-and-regional/illinois/workers-protest-racial-inequality-on-day-of-national-strike/article_591697e1-d6e5-5956-a726-f569577b1ccc.html

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— Here’s how to vote by mail in Illinois for the November general election – KELSEY LANDIS
https://www.bnd.com/news/politics-government/election/article244350117.html

ALTON TELEGRAPH
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: To promote BLM 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, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/article/Poll-shows-Americans-support-Black-Lives-Matter-15422317.php

SUBURBAN LIFE
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: DIERSEN HEADLINE: Pot pushers push pot.
https://www.mysuburbanlife.com/2020/07/19/recreational-marijuana-revenue-has-helped-cities-offset-some-retail-losses/aiogtq5/

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— IL-6: Ives Volunteers Open for Business in Crystal Lake Plaza Starting Today
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/07/20/il-6-ives-volunteers-open-for-business-in-crystal-lake-plaza-starting-today/

WIREPOINTS
— Madigan’s iron grip on Illinois may be ending, but the state’s legalized corruption will go on – Ted Dabrowski
https://wirepoints.org/madigans-iron-grip-on-illinois-may-be-ending-but-the-states-legalized-corruption-will-go-on-wirepoints/

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— WITH FEDS CIRCLING MADIGAN, ILLINOISANS WILL VOTE ON HIS POWER – Austin Berg
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/with-feds-circling-madigan-illinoisans-will-vote-on-his-power/

CAPITOL FAX
— House Republicans want special session on ethics, Senate Republicans demand Madigan step aside
https://capitolfax.com/2020/07/21/house-republicans-want-special-session-on-ethics-senate-republicans-demand-madigan-step-aside/

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— As Democratic Nominee, Biden Pivots Away From Career Alliance With Police – Alana Goodman (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats a) demonize, denigrate, and condemn those in law enforcement and b) blame those in law enforcement for the problems that Blacks have.)
https://freebeacon.com/2020-election/as-democratic-nominee-biden-pivots-away-from-career-alliance-with-police/

BREITBART
— OUTSTANDING: West Virginia, California Communities Rally to Support Police – NATE CHURCH
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/07/20/west-virginia-california-communities-rally-to-support-police/

— OUTSTANDING: PragerU Launches ‘Back the Blue’ Campaign to Support Law Enforcement – TOM CICCOTTA
https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2020/07/20/prageru-launches-back-the-blue-campaign-to-support-law-enforcement/
— Tennessee Valley Authority Hires Foreign H-1B Workers for ‘Critical Infrastructure’ Jobs – NEIL MUNRO (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrat and RINO employers make it clear that they want to replace their employees who are citizens of America with citizens of foreign countries.)
https://www.breitbart.com/economy/2020/07/20/tva-power-grid-hires-foreign-h-1bs-critical-infrastructure-jobs/
— City Scrubs BLM Mural After Trump Supporter Asks to Paint ‘MAGA 2020’ on Same Street – KATHERINE RODRIGUEZ (DIERSEN: Which of those who run your municipality want to paint BLM and LGBTQ murals on the streets of your municipality?)
https://www.breitbart.com/local/2020/07/20/city-scrubs-blm-mural-after-trump-supporter-asks-paint-maga-2020-same-street/
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Major League Baseball Defends Anthem Kneeling, Supports Black Lives Matter – JOEL B. POLLAK
https://www.breitbart.com/sports/2020/07/20/major-league-baseball-defends-anthem-kneeling-supports-black-lives-matter/

DAILY SIGNAL
— How Trump’s Law and Order Agenda Is Making Black America Safer Again – Horace Cooper
https://www.dailysignal.com/2020/07/20/how-trumps-law-and-order-agenda-is-making-black-america-safer-again/

DAILY WIRE
— OUTRAGEOUS: The Associated Press Says It Will Capitalize ‘Black’ But Not ‘White’ – Joseph Curl
https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-associated-press-says-it-will-capitalize-black-but-not-white

HERITAGE FOUNDATION
— Teaching Hate Under the Guise of “Inclusion”—In the U.S. Army – Hans A. von Spakovsky
https://www.heritage.org/defense/commentary/teaching-hate-under-the-guise-inclusion-the-us-army

TOWNHALL
— What a Second American Civil War Could Look Like – Mark Nuckols (DIERSEN: Constructively, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs have officially declared war on Republicans.)
https://townhall.com/columnists/marknuckols/2020/07/21/is-a-new-american-civil-war-possible-yes-n2572768

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— “Harrison Bergeron lives!! Only thing Kurt Vonnegut got wrong was that he thought it wouldn’t happen until the latter half of the 21st century.” – William A. Jacobson
https://legalinsurrection.com/2020/07/harrison-bergeron-university/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: As that opening paragraph suggests, all were made equal by handicapping the over-achievers in various ways, including requiring them to wear weights and to have their thoughts interrupted through implants and other devices.)

ABC NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: To promote BLM 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, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/63-support-black-lives-matter-recognition-discrimination-jumps/story?id=71779435

CBS NEWS
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Workers sue Whole Foods over right to wear Black Lives Matter masks – IRINA IVANOVA (DIERSEN: To promote BLM 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, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/workers-sue-whole-foods-to-wear-black-lives-matter-masks/

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hater says “Trump Says He ‘Aced’ a Cognitive Test” and asks “What Does That Really Mean?” and says “Experts say one popular test that the president might have taken is by no means definitive, or even diagnostic.”
https://www.nytimes.com/article/trump-cognitive-test.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hater says “Trump’s Occupation of American Cities Has Begun” and “Protesters are being snatched from the streets without warrants” and asks “Can we call it fascism yet?”
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/20/opinion/portland-protests-trump.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Giants manager takes a knee during anthem and Trump tweets ‘the game is over for me’ – Cindy Boren
https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2020/07/21/giants-manager-takes-knee-during-anthem-trump-tweets-game-is-over-me/
— Trump embraces face masks as U.S. breaks coronavirus case records
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/07/20/covid-live-updates-us/
— St. Louis couple who aimed guns at protesters charged with felony weapons count Lawyers Mark and Patricia McCloskey wielded guns as marchers moved past their home. – Tom Jackman
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/07/20/st-louis-couple-who-aimed-guns-protesters-charged-with-felony-weapons-count/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, hate-filled Trump-haters 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, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. Ever-increasingly, members of the aforesaid groups are buying firearms and ammunition for their self-defense.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/americans-support-black-lives-matter-but-resist-shifts-of-police-funds-or-removal-of-statues-of-confederate-generals-or-presidents-who-were-enslavers/2020/07/21/02d22468-cab0-11ea-91f1-28aca4d833a0_story.html

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Whole Foods sued for banning workers’ Black Lives Matter masks – AP (DIERSEN: To promote BLM 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, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2020-07-21/whole-foods-sued-barring-workers-black-lives-matters-masks

USA TODAY
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: How does WEP affect Social Security? Reduction can take many people by surprise – Robert Powell (DIERSEN: My Social Security is dramatically reduced because I get a Civil Service Retirement System pension.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/columnist/2020/07/01/pension-windfall-elimination-provision-social-security/5353023002/

WGBH
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Trump-haters promote Duckworth.
https://www.wgbh.org/news/national-news/2020/07/21/tammy-duckworths-stock-rises-as-a-possible-vp-choice-after-a-high-profile-few-weeks

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— New York’s Mail-Vote Disaster Almost a month after the election, nobody knows who won. – Editorial
https://www.wsj.com/articles/new-yorks-mail-vote-disaster-11595286912
— The News Media Becomes Fluent in Newspeak Orwell’s observation that language shapes thought holds true for Covid-19 and Black Lives Matter. – Gerard Baker
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-news-media-becomes-fluent-in-newspeak-11595284117
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, hate-filled Trump-haters 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, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. Ever-increasingly, members of the aforesaid groups are buying firearms and ammunition for their self-defense.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/majority-of-voters-say-u-s-society-is-racist-as-support-grows-for-black-lives-matter-11595304062
https://www.wsj.com/articles/protesters-urge-support-for-black-workers-11595277345

FORBES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats shout at immigrants, and at everyone else, that Republicans are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things who should be gotten rid of once and for all.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/stuartanderson/2020/07/21/trump-cuts-legal-immigrants-by-half-and-hes-not-done-yet/#6a7592ed6168
— Five Steps To Rapidly And Decisively Respond When Facing Cancel Culture – Evan Nierman (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who have/had focused on canceling me and canceling my service as a Republican Precinct Committeeman, GOPUSA Illinois Editor, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce (WCC) Government Affairs Committee member, Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) webmaster, Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) Steering Committee member, American Association of Political Consultants (AAPC) Midwest Chapter (MC) board member, GAO employee, etc. I would focus on those who have/had lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton’s West District, Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County’s 4th District, DuPage County, and Illinois. I would focus on present/past leaders of the MTRO, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, WCC, ICRC, AAPC MC, GAO, etc.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/theyec/2020/07/20/five-steps-to-rapidly-and-decisively-respond-when-facing-cancel-culture/

NTXE
— OUTSTANDING: Back The Blue Event in Tom Bean on Saturday
http://www.ntxe-news.com/artman/publish/article_120706.shtml

NEWSWEEK
— Trump Says He Will Stop Watching Any Sports Game Where Players Take a Knee – DAN CANCIAN
https://www.newsweek.com/president-donald-trump-kneeling-anthem-mlb-nfl-1519323

FEDERAL NEWS NETWORK
— Two largest federal employee unions endorse Biden for president – Nicole Ogrysko (DIERSEN: In 1966, I was one of the last Republicans that the Post Office hired. In 1971, I was one of the last Republicans that IRS hired. In 1980, I was one of the last Republicans that GAO hired.)
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/unions/2020/07/two-largest-federal-employee-unions-endorse-biden-for-president/

FED SMITH
— 3 Hidden Expenses in Retirement – Justin Holtz
https://www.fedsmith.com/2020/07/21/3-hidden-expenses-retirement/

FORD AUTHORITY
— Ford Audit Examining 188,000 Employees To Improve Diversity And Reduce Bias – Brett Foote (DIERSEN: My Democrat GAO superiors hinted/implied/argued/shouted that their employees who were Democrat, minority, female, younger, and/or veteran wanted GAO to get rid of its employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
https://fordauthority.com/2020/07/ford-audit-examining-188000-employees-to-improve-diversity-and-reduce-bias/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Ford audit is being conducted via a mixture of online and in-person interactions, and polls employees on how they feel the company is performing in the areas of diversity and equity, as well as seeking out suggestions for how it can improve. Ford expects to have the results of this audit in the coming months, at which time it will share them with its employees. Those responses will also help determine what Ford needs to do to improve, which will lead to actionable change initiatives.)

DAILY MAIL
— It’s not an exaggeration to compare the methods used by the new ‘woke movement’ to those of Mao’s Red Guards – JOHN GRAY
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-8537583/JOHN-GRAY-not-exaggeration-compare-methods-new-woke-movement-Maos-Red-Guards.html

GUARDIAN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: The Democrat Party platform promotes a) destruction of traditional marriage, b) destruction of the traditional family, c) poverty, and d) crime.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jul/21/first-thing-trump-plans-to-send-federal-troops-into-democratic-cities

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.