July 30 Evening Edition

ABC7
— CDC COVID risk map: Cook Co. announces ‘universal’ mask guidance regardless of vaccination status. CDC mask guidelines recommend indoor masking where there is ‘substantial’ or ‘high’ COVID-19 transmission. – Jessica D’Onofrio, Craig Wall
https://abc7chicago.com/illinois-covid-cook-county-cdc-mask-guidelines-mandate/10918696/
— Illinois COVID Update: IL reports 2,348 cases, 8 deaths
https://abc7chicago.com/covid-illinois-vaccine-cases-coronavirus/10919452/

NBC5
— Chicago Recommends All Residents Wear Masks Indoors, Regardless of Vaccination Status
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/coronavirus/chicago-recommends-all-residents-wear-masks-indoors-regardless-of-vaccination-status/2573282/

FOX32
— Illinois reports 11,682 coronavirus cases, 39 deaths in the past week
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/illinois-reports-11682-coronavirus-cases-39-deaths-in-the-past-week

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Chicago issues indoor mask advisory for everyone over 2; COVID-19 cases up nearly 50% in Illinois over the past week – DAN PETRELLA, GREGORY PRATT and JOE MAHR
https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-covid-chicago-illinois-cases-masks-20210730-qsya3g3yj5b6vcqmzgzanar5f4-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— State orders $1 million tax refund for Trump, county moves to block it. If Trump ends up with the tax refund, it would come out of taxes due to the city of Chicago and eight other government agencies; Chicago Public Schools stand to lose the biggest chunk of money — about $540,000. – Tim Novak
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2021/7/30/22602534/trump-property-tax-refund-1-million-cook-county-lawsuit-chicago-illinois-attorney-general

RIVER BENDER
— U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis: Democrats Claiming State Election Integrity Laws As ‘Jim Crow 2.0’ Is Dangerous Election Subversion
https://www.riverbender.com/articles/details/us-rep-davis-democrats-claiming-state-election-integrity-laws-as-jim-crow-20-is-dangerous-election-subversion-52032.cfm

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— NEW ILLINOIS “OFFICE OF EQUITY” WILL PROMOTE DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION ACROSS STATE GOVERNMENT
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2021/07/new-illinois-office-of-equity-will-promote-diversity-equity-and-inclusion-across-state-government.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Just out of the Governor’s office this Friday afternoon. Will work on a response in upcoming Illinois Review stories. At first glance, it appears Governor Pritzker is taking the state of Illinois even further into a Leftist mindset – something that is of no surprise to attentive conservative Illinoisans. Some are seeing it immediately as ushering in a state government guided by the Critical Race Theory so many are opposing in school curriculum.)
— ROSSI: SIGNIFICANTLY MORE AMERICANS WANT CONGRESS TO INVESTIGATE BLM RIOTS THAN THE CAPITOL RIOTS
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2021/07/rossi-significantly-more-americans-want-congress-to-investigate-blm-riots-than-the-capitol-riots.html
— PARKER: THE PERVERSE AGENDA OF BLACK LIVES MATTER
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2021/07/parker-the-perverse-agenda-of-black-lives-matter.html
— COALITION CALLS ON FEDS TO CEASE COLLUSION WITH SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2021/07/coalition-calls-on-feds-to-cease-collusion-with-social-media-platforms.html

FOX NEWS
— Lawsuits filed against CRT in Minnesota allege it promotes harassment, intolerance. – Emma Colton
https://www.foxnews.com/us/minnesota-lawsuits-critical-race-theory-retaliation-discrimination
— Critical race theory mutilates centuries-old legacy of interracial cooperation. Critical Race Theory is a religion without forgiveness. – Deroy Murdock
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/critical-race-theory-interracial-cooperation-deroy-murdock

GOPUSA
— Numbers Don’t Lie: Facebook Censoring My Unwelcomed Opinions (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, in Wheaton, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois, conservative opinions are not welcome.)
https://www.gopusa.com/numbers-dont-lie-facebook-censoring-my-unwelcomed-opinions/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Nation-building and illegals-enabling: Kamala Harris’s big migrant-surge ‘strategy’ report – Monica Showalter
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2021/07/nationbuilding_and_illegalalien_enabling_kamala_harriss_big_migrantsurge_strategy_report.html

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Attorney General Garland Threatens Action Against Texas Governor Abbott Over State Enforcement of Border Security – Eric Lendrum
https://amgreatness.com/2021/07/30/attorney-general-garland-threatens-action-against-texas-governor-abbott-over-state-enforcement-of-border-security/
— House of Representatives Passes Bill to Allow Illegal Aliens to Work as Staffers – Eric Lendrum
https://amgreatness.com/2021/07/30/house-of-representatives-passes-bill-to-allow-illegal-aliens-to-work-as-staffers/

DAILY CALLER
— House Republicans Protest Mask Mandates And ‘Pelosi’s Political Rules’ In The Capitol Building – GABRIELLE TEMAAT
https://dailycaller.com/2021/07/29/house-republicans-protest-mask-mandates-capitol-building/

DAILY SIGNAL
— Critical Race Theory Mutilates Centuries-Old Legacy of Interracial Cooperation – Deroy Murdock
https://www.dailysignal.com/2021/07/30/critical-race-theory-mutilates-centuries-old-legacy-of-interracial-cooperation/

NEWSMAX
— Biden Extends COVID Travel Restrictions, but Not for Illegals. – Michael Dorstewitz
https://www.newsmax.com/platinum/biden-covid-travel-restrictions-migrants/2021/07/30/id/1030554/

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— White House struggles to answer why vaccinated Americans must mask up while infected migrants are let go – Terresa Monroe-Hamilton
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2021/07/30/white-house-struggles-to-answer-why-vaccinated-americans-must-mask-up-while-infected-migrants-are-let-go-1110844/

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— NY Times Op-Ed Reveals Endgame of Border Crisis: Let Illegals Vote. “it’s time for Democrats to radically expand the electorate” – Mike LaChance
https://legalinsurrection.com/2021/07/ny-times-op-ed-reveals-endgame-of-border-crisis-let-illegals-vote/

EPOCH TIMES
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG COLOR PICTURE: Taxes Separate Dying Illinois From Thriving Missouri. High taxes, political corruption, and disastrous local policies drive decline in southern Illinois as nearby Missouri prospers. – JACKSON ELLIOTT
https://www.theepochtimes.com/taxes-separate-thriving-missouri-from-dying-illinois_3918621.html
— FRONT PAGE: Thousands of Illegal Aliens Force Proxy Ports of Entry to Form Along Border – CHARLOTTE CUTHBERTSON
https://www.theepochtimes.com/on-mexican-side-of-border-a-well-worn-path-to-cross-illegally_3920687.html
— President of the Orange County Board of Education: CRT Is Marxism That Endangers the US – LINDA JIANG
https://www.theepochtimes.com/president-of-the-orange-county-board-of-education-crt-is-marxism-that-endangers-the-us_3923146.html

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Rep. Boebert: Kinzinger and Cheney A “Cancer To Our Party,” Should Be Expelled From Our Conference – Tyler Stone
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2021/07/30/rep_boebert_kinzinger_and_cheney_a_cancer_to_our_party_should_be_expelled_from_our_conference.html

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, outrageously, Democrats blame crime and its aftermath on police.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/interactive/2021/police-shootings-since-2015/
— CDC study shows three-fourths of people infected in Massachusetts covid-19 outbreak were vaccinated – Carolyn Y. Johnson, Yasmeen Abutaleb, Joel Achenbach
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2021/07/30/provincetown-covid-outbreak-vaccinated/
— Congress should get Trump’s tax returns, Biden Justice Department says – Devlin Barrett
(DIERSEN: In 1978, the Democrats who ran IRS’s Chicago office disallowed my education deductions. They never would have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/trump-tax-returns-congress/2021/07/30/c476873e-f15c-11eb-81d2-ffae0f931b8f_story.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.