July 23 Morning Edition

NBC5
— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON CHICAGO TIGHTENS: Lightfoot Says Chicago ‘Can’t Arrest Our Way’ Out of Surge in Gun Violence. The mayor called for expanded investments in a variety of programs to help combat gun violence in the city.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/lightfoot-says-chicago-cant-arrest-our-way-out-of-surge-in-gun-violence/2562246/
— Lawsuit Seeks Return of Columbus Statue to Chicago Park – Patrick Fazio
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/lawsuit-seeks-return-of-columbus-statue-to-chicago-park/2561635/

WGN TV
— Year after Columbus statues removed from Chicago, groups on both sides of issue say there’s been no progress – Julie Unruh
https://wgntv.com/news/year-after-columbus-statues-removed-from-chicago-groups-on-both-sides-of-issue-say-theres-been-no-progress/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— GOP Illinois Rep. Adam Kinzinger in play for Speaker Pelosi appointment to the Jan. 6 panel. At her Thursday news conference, Pelosi said “We’ll see,” when asked about appointing more Republicans to the panel. – Lynn Sweet
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2021/7/22/22589656/rep-adam-kinzinger-in-play-for-speaker-pelosi-appointment-to-the-jan-6-capitol-attack-panel
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats encourage minorities, females, younger people, LGBTQers, etc. to hate Republicans.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2021/7/22/22589395/theodore-roosevelt-johnson-stars-begin-to-fall-book-race-mona-charen-column

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— ‘Catch and release’ of Orland Park retail theft suspect highlights serious concern in suburbs – TED SLOWIK
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/opinion/ct-sta-slowik-orland-retail-thefts-st-0723-20210722-tjueq2u45fep7frmkx5x6yfl6m-story.html
— A year after Christopher Columbus statues were removed by Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot, city review of monuments is still ongoing – GREGORY PRATT
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-lightfoot-chicago-columbus-statues-review-20210723-r46abgdfdjf25hgja42eg5qxm4-story.html
— Who has the biggest war chest in the south suburbs? Campaign reports reveal financial transactions. – TED SLOWIK
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/opinion/ct-sta-slowik-quarterly-campaign-reports-st-0722-20210721-nc7m35rexjhmnhcqljrot3dxoi-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats encourage children to be LGBTQers.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/rex-huppke/ct-transgender-youth-sports-bill-law-anti-lgbt-west-virginia-akransas-huppke-20210723-lmypjjsgnfeyjngkvjhqei55fi-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— Let’s keep our heads while discussing whether kids go back to school in masks next month – Editorial
(DIERSEN: CRT-promotes want the focus to be on masks.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20210723/editorial-lets-keep-our-heads-while-discussing-whether-kids-go-back-to-school-in-masks-next-month

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS

— Lightfoot wants to make it easier to open a marijuana dispensary in Chicago. New guidelines would open up more potential locations for pot shops. But much of the Loop remains off-limits. – JOHN PLETZ (DIERSEN: Pot shops drag down everything around them. Pot uses either have or soon will have severe health, financial, and/or other problems.)
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/marijuanacannabis/chicago-marijuana-dispensaries-new-zoning-rules

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Illinois Democratic legislative leaders file motion to dismiss GOP redistricting lawsuit – Jerry Nowicki
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/politics/elections/2021/07/21/illinois-democratic-leaders-seek-dismiss-gop-lawsuit-against-redistricting/8041564002/

ST. LOUIS TODAY
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters say “Rep. Rodney Davis squanders integrity by siding with GOP extremists.”
https://www.stltoday.com/opinion/editorial/editorial-rep-rodney-davis-squanders-integrity-by-siding-with-gop-extremists/article_cfcf81a2-7053-509a-84c0-dc0bf7b85d6e.html

WIREPOINTS
— Pritzker’s Latest, Blatant Whoppers – Mark Glennon
(DIERSEN: Religious, conservative, and Republican leaders should speak out against the promotion of dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ, BLM, CRT, 1619, reparations, 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.)
https://wirepoints.org/pritzkers-latest-blatant-whoppers-wirepoints/

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Porn Star Rightly Kicked Out of Conservative Political Event – Laurie Higgins
https://illinoisfamily.org/pornography/porn-star-rightly-kicked-out-of-conservative-political-event/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Mark Levin’s ‘American Marxism’ dominates with 400K sales in first week of release. Radio host warns: ‘The counter-revolution to the American Revolution is in full force’ – Douglas Ernst
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/jul/22/mark-levins-american-marxism-dominates-with-400k-s/
— Ballooning number of ‘gotaways’ poses public safety, national security risk. Latest border numbers: 270,000 ‘gotaways’ so far this year. – Stephen Dinan
(DIERSEN: How many gotaways are there in Illinois, in your county, in your township, and in your municipality?)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/jul/23/gotaways-illegal-immigrant-spike-poses-public-safe/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Rules for radical chic – Wayne Laugesen
(DIERSEN: I should start naming Saul Alinsky clones. I would start with past and present leaders of the 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. I would focus on those who have taken the biggest adverse actions against me.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/politics/rules-for-radical-chic

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Illinois Dem Admits to Bribing Prospective Opponent. Rep. Marie Newman could still face ethics ramifications after civil court settlement. – Collin Anderson
https://freebeacon.com/democrats/illinois-dem-admits-to-bribing-prospective-opponent/

FOX NEWS
— Conservative leaders say Biden admin is ‘ripping the U.S. Constitution to shreds’ in scathing open letter. ‘It’s assault on America’s freedom of speech is terrifying. It is the hallmark of dictatorship,’ Brent Bozell and other conservative leaders wrote. – Brian Flood
(DIERSEN: Conservative leaders should speak out against the promotion of dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ, BLM, CRT, 1619, reparations, 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.)
https://www.foxnews.com/media/conservative-leaders-say-biden-admin-constitution-shreds-letter
— Psaki insists Biden not pushing critical race theory, says curriculum left to local schools. Psaki said the federal government does not ‘dictate or recommend specific curriculum decisions’ – Jessica Chasmar
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/psaki-biden-critical-race-theory-curriculum-local-schools
— NPR slams Ben Shapiro for drawing huge traffic by…being conservative. The target is Ben Shapiro, a highly successful entrepreneur of the right. – Howard Kurtz
https://www.foxnews.com/media/npr-slams-ben-shapiro-for-drawing-huge-traffic-bybeing-conservative
— Cawthorn introduces bill banning federal reimbursement to airlines for transporting illegal immigrants. The legislation has been dubbed the No Fly for Illegals Act. – Andrew Mark Miller
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/cawthorn-introduces-bill-banning-federal-reimbursement-to-airlines-for-transporting-illegal-immigrants
— Republicans pile on Biden administration for promoting CRT group. Tennessee GOP Senator rips ‘another major flip flop’ from White House. – Ethan Barton
https://www.foxnews.com/us/biden-critical-race-theory-criticized-republicans
— Mark Levin outlines origins of ‘American Marxism’: Exported from Berlin, ‘radicalized’ on campus. Marxist critical race theory is ‘Louis Farrakhan dressed up as scholarship’, Levin says. – Charles Creitz
https://www.foxnews.com/media/mark-levin-outlines-origins-of-american-marxism-exported-from-berlin-radicalized-on-campus

AMERICAN THINKER
— The conservative movement doesn’t need to be elevating porn stars – Anna M. Bohach
(DIERSEN: I should write a book about Libertarian plants who have had the most success in destroying the Republican Party, Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Milton Township Republican Organization, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Illinois Center Right Coalition, etc.)
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2021/07/the_conservative_movement_doesnt_need_to_be_elevating_porn_stars.html

ACCURACY IN ACADEMIA
— Critical Race Theory supporters worry about textbook changes – Spencer Irvine
https://www.academia.org/critical-race-theory-supporters-worry-about-textbook-changes/

BREITBART
— 3 Conversations Parents Need to Have to Avoid Raising Woke Children – Michelle Easton
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/07/22/exclusive-michelle-easton-3-conversations-parents-need-to-have-to-avoid-raising-woke-children/
— YouTube Censors Family Research Council over Parental Rights Video – ALLUM BOKHARI
https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2021/07/22/youtube-censors-family-research-council-over-parental-rights-video/

DAILY CALLER
— Betsy DeVos Blasts CRT, Encourages Parents To ‘Speak Up’ When They See It In Schools – GABRIELLE TEMAAT
(DIERSEN: Religious, conservative, and Republican leaders should speak out against promotion of the following Democrat priorities: a) Critical race theory, b) 1619, c) BLM, d) Reparations, e) LGBTQ, f) Abortion, g) Mass/illegal immigration, h) Abolition of the First Amendment, I) Abolition of the Second Amendment, j) Booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, k) Dependency on government, l) Dependency on charity, m) Race based preference giving, n) Gender based preference giving, and o) Age discrimination. Republican leaders include: a) Officers of your Republican township/ward party organization, b) Officers of your Republican county party organization, c) your representative on the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Central Committee, d) Officers of the IRP, e) Republican leaders of your school district, f) Republican leaders of your municipality, g) Republican leaders of your township, h) Republican leaders of your county, and i) Republican leaders of Illinois.)
https://dailycaller.com/2021/07/22/betsy-devos-blasts-crt-encourages-parents-to-speak-up-joe-biden/

TOWNHALL
— Biden’s Baleful Border Betrayal. – David Limbaugh
https://townhall.com/columnists/davidlimbaugh/2021/07/23/bidens-baleful-border-betrayal-n2592982

NEWSMAX
— Trump Accuses Arizona ‘RINO’ of Holding Up Forensic Audit – Eric Mack
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/rino-arizona-state-forensic/2021/07/22/id/1029645/

HERITAGE FOUNDATION
— Nikole Hannah-Jones Is As Wrong About Cuba As She Is About American History – Mike Gonzalez
https://www.heritage.org/americas/commentary/nikole-hannah-jones-wrong-about-cuba-she-about-american-history

ONE AMERICA NEWS NETWORK
— Sen. Lee Says CRT Is Weaponizing Diversity
(DIERSEN: Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs use Diversity to get rid of Republicans. I should write a book about how RINO leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization who have used Diversity to get rid of Republican Precinct Committeemen since 2000.)
https://www.oann.com/sen-mike-lee-says-crt-is-weaponizing-diversity/

PJ MEDIA
— Three Thugs Beat and Strangle a Cop in Illinois. Now They’re Out on Bail. – KEVIN DOWNEY JR.
https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/kevindowneyjr/2021/07/22/video-three-thugs-beat-and-strangle-a-cop-in-illinois-n1463903

MEDIA RESEARCH CENTER TV
— Sen. Tammy Duckworth: ‘Yes,’ The Biden Administration Should Work with Facebook to Target COVID Misinformation – Melanie Hunter
(DIERSEN: I should write a book about a) my critics/opponents and b) the specific articles that they call misinformation.)
https://www.mrctv.org/videos/sen-tammy-duckworth-yes-biden-administration-should-work-facebook-target-covid
— Woke Language Is Only Getting Worse. Have You Felt It? – John Stossel
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/john-stossel/2021/07/22/woke-language-only-getting-worse-have-you-felt-it

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Mark Levin: Marxist Critical Race Theory Is “Louis Farrakhan Dressed Up As Scholarship” – Ian Schwartz
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2021/07/22/mark_levin_marxist_critical_race_theory_is_louis_farrakhan_dressed_up_as_scholarship.html

GATEWAY PUNDIT
— Elections Attorney David Shestokas: State Legislatures Have Plenary Power Over Elections – House and Senate May Decertify With Joint Resolution – Jordan Conradson
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/07/elections-attorney-david-shestokas-state-legislatures-plenary-power-elections-house-senate-may-decertify-joint-resolution/

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Woke Racial Activism Bears Fruit: Gallup Survey Shows Positive Views On Race Relations In Free Fall. Views of race relations fell off a cliff in 2013 correlating to the launch of the Black Lives Matter movement, and went into further freefall more recently with the rise of woke Critical Race politics. – William A. Jacobson
https://legalinsurrection.com/2021/07/woke-racial-activism-bears-fruit-gallup-survey-shows-positive-views-on-race-relations-in-free-fall/

EPOCH TIMES
— Critical Race Theory Implicitly Taught in Schools: ‘Moms of Liberty’ Activist – ELLA KIETLINSKA AND JOSHUA PHILIPP
https://www.theepochtimes.com/critical-race-theory-implicitly-taught-in-schools-moms-of-liberty-activist_3912470.html

REUTERS
— Vaccinated people make up 75% of recent COVID-19 cases in Singapore – Aradhana Aravindan, Chen Lin
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/vaccinated-people-singapore-make-up-three-quarters-recent-covid-19-cases-2021-07-23/

CNN
— ‘It’s not the critics that count.’ Chicago’s mayor remains optimistic after a turbulent two years. – Omar Jimenez
https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/22/us/chicago-mayor-lori-lightfoot-interview/index.html

NEW YORK TIMES
— How Racist Is America? – David Brooks
(DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, the more of the following that you are, the more of a White supremacist, Nazi, KKK member, hater, racist, sexist, bigot, and even worse things that you are: White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, gun owner, conservative, patriotic, Republican, Trump supporter, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time. How soon, if not already, will your employer if you are still employed, the organizations that you are a member of, your municipality, your township, your county, Illinois, and America officially score people based on the aforesaid and officially get rid of those who have the highest scores?)
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/22/opinion/how-racist-is-america.html
— Boosting Vaccinations – David Leonhardt
(DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs officially get rid of Republicans who are not vaccinated AND are Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, 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? Who has/will take the lead in getting rid of the unvaccinated in a) your employer if you are still employed, b) the organizations that you are a member of, c) your municipality, d) your township, e) your county, f) Illinois, g) American, and h) the world?)
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/23/briefing/vaccination-mandates-delta-breakthrough-infections.html
— Should Only the Little People Pay Taxes? Why is the G.O.P. objectively pro-tax evasion? – Paul Krugman
(DIERSEN: I worked for IRS’s Collection Division for almost 9 years. While I worked for GAO for almost 18 years, I worked on audits of IRS’s Criminal Investigation Division (CID) for 3 years 1986-1988. In April of 1988, GAO issued a 49-page report on CID’s program to address unreported illegal source income. SEE: https://www.gao.gov/products/ggd-88-61 In March of 1989, GAO issued a 32-page report on CID’s program to address unreported legal source income. SEE: https://www.gao.gov/products/ggd-89-41 )
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/22/opinion/tax-evasion-irs.html

NEW YORK POST
— Biden tells fleeing Cubans to get lost — while flooding the southern border. – Betsy McCaughey
https://nypost.com/2021/07/22/biden-tells-fleeing-cubans-to-get-lost-while-flooding-the-southern-border/

USA TODAY
— Biden’s effort to ban ‘misinformation’ could give our democracy a vaccine-proof infection – Scott Jennings
https://www.courier-journal.com/story/opinion/2021/07/22/joe-bidens-effort-to-ban-misinformation-could-infect-our-democracy/8030789002/
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Racism is all our cross to bear – Connie Schultz
(DIERSEN: According to Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs, only Republicans who are Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, 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 are racists.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2021/07/23/racism-questions-people-of-color/8058057002/

PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER
— School board meetings turn tense with debates over critical race theory and masking. The discord is raising the stakes for school boards already facing pressure over decisions on pandemic schooling. And some predict it may only get worse. – Maddie Hanna
https://www.inquirer.com/news/critical-race-theory-masking-schools-philadelphia-suburbs-20210723.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The Stephen Breyer Backfire. Efforts to bully him into retirement may end up having the opposite effect. – Kimberley A. Strassel
(DIERSEN: I should write a book about being forced to retire.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/supreme-court-stephen-breyer-retirement-politicization-blumenthal-cnn-11626989813
— Bill Would Strip Social Media of Protections for Health Misinformation. Sen. Amy Klobuchar’s measure covering Covid-19 would create exception to law known as Section 230 shielding platforms from suits – Siobhan Hughes
(DIERSEN: I should write a book about a) my critics/opponents and b) the specific articles that they call misinformation.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/bill-to-strip-social-media-of-protections-for-health-misinformation-11626976800

BLOOMBERG GOVERNMENT
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: How soon, if not already, will LGBTQ-promoters officially succeed in getting the Republican Party to officially dump those who support the traditional marriage/family plank in its platform?
https://about.bgov.com/news/lgbtq-advocates-court-gop-senators-to-overcome-rights-concerns/

LGBTQ NATION
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, LGBTQ-promoters demand more preference.
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2021/07/will-american-government-apologize-discriminating-lgbtq-people-decades/

EDITOR AND PUBLISHER
— Journalists Must Do Their Part to Prevent Misinformation – Rob Tornoe
(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. I should write a book about my critics/opponents. They want to stop me from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters, but failing that, they want to stop everyone from reading those newsletters, but filing that, they want the leaders of the following to take adverse actions against me: Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Party, Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO), Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce (WCC), Wheaton Park District, etc. I should write book about the leaders of the aforesaid and the adverse actions that they have taken against me since 2000. Those adverse actions include a) stopping me from raising funds from Republicans so that they could help sponsor Wheaton’s 2021 Independence Day Parade and Fireworks and b) ending my TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairmanship, WCC Government Affairs Committee membership, MTRO webmaster service, Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) Steering Committee membership, and American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board membership. In 2006, they almost succeeded in getting ICRC to censure me for my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters.)
https://www.editorandpublisher.com/stories/journalists-must-do-their-part-to-prevent-misinformation,197932

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.