June 1 Morning Edition

ABC7
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats run America. Democrats run Illinois. Ever-increasingly, those Democrats promote LGBTQ. To promote LGBTQ is to destroy traditional marriage and to destroy the traditional family.
https://abc7chicago.com/lgbtq-gay-lesbian-bisexual/10725526/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Illinois lawmakers go into overtime, approve $42 billion budget, elections changes and an ethics package – RICK PEARSON, DAN PETRELLA and BILL RUTHHART
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-illinois-general-assembly-20210531-aroeen45dfhx7keowdv3mjgyym-story.html
— Lawmakers ban some background checks on people who sign up to speak at public hearings – JEREMY GORNER, GREGORY PRATT and DAN PETRELLA
(DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, under the Democrats, incentives to keep your record clean disappear.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-public-meetings-background-check-ban-20210601-5vrcnjzajfagzgj2bwhxufvyre-story.html
— Boystown, the nickname dropped by business leaders in Chicago’s premier gay neighborhood last year, is still going strong: ‘It’s always going to be Boystown to me’ – NARA SCHOENBERG
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-boystown-renamed-controversy-05242021-20210601-evtfqjx2v5h4pcl3x4tdyfnjhi-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— Illinois House, Senate pass election bill postponing 2022 primary to June 28 – Raymon Troncoso
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20210601/illinois-house-senate-pass-election-bill-postponing-2022-primary-to-june

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— People miss meetings. Really. In-person business confabs return as mask mandates fade. – JOHN PLETZ
(DIERSEN: While I served as the chairman of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois 2005-2012, I assured that the organization always held a) monthly breakfast meetings except during August and December, b) a picnic in August, and c) a Christmas party in December.)
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/government/people-miss-meetings-really

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: To promote BLM is to promote hatred against individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are law enforcement, 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.
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/2021/06/01/springfield-illinois-black-lives-matter-chapter-gets-honorary-street-signs/5257630001/

WREX
— Illinois lawmakers pass $42B budget for 2022, but it’s not headed to Pritzker’s desk just yet
https://wrex.com/2021/06/01/illinois-lawmakers-pass-42b-budget-for-2022-but-its-not-headed-to-pritzkers-desk-just-yet/

NORTHERN STAR
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: NIU promotes reverse discrimination.
https://northernstar.info/85766/opinion/lightfoots-press-statement-progressive-not-anti-white/

CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS
— Both houses pass election bill postponing 2022 primary to June 28 – RAYMON TRONCOSO
https://capitolnewsillinois.com/NEWS/updated-both-houses-pass-election-bill-postponing-2022-primary-to-june
— Lawmakers pass $42.3 billion budget after 2 a.m. – PETER HANCOCK
https://capitolnewsillinois.com/NEWS/updated-lawmakers-pass-423-billion-budget-after-2-am

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Dumb Things Dems Said in Sex Ed Floor Debate
https://illinoisfamily.org/education/dumb-things-dems-said-in-sex-ed-floor-debate/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Biden unveils effort to eliminate unfair appraisals in Black communities as Tulsa tragedy remembered. Announcement coincides with 100th anniversary of the ‘Black Wall Street’ massacre in Oklahoma. – Tom Howell Jr.
(DIERSEN: What does the National Association of Real Estate Appraisers have to say about this?)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/jun/1/biden-unveils-effort-eliminate-unfair-appraisals-b/

AMERICAN THINKER
— The Democrat party in Congress is a Marxist cult; the Republicans are a college fraternity. – Patricia McCarthy
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2021/06/the_democrat_party_in_congress_is_a_marxist_cult_the_republicans_are_a_college_fraternity.html

BREITBART
— Joe Biden’s DHS May Bring Deported Illegal Aliens Back to U.S. – JOHN BINDER
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/05/31/report-joe-bidens-dhs-bring-deported-illegal-aliens-back/

DAILY WIRE
— How to Beat Woke Inc.
(DIERSEN: What are the Republican leaders of your school district, your chamber of commerce, your municipality, your township, your county, Illinois, and America doing to stop the promotion of Critical Race Theory, 1619, BLM, LGBTQ, dependency on government, dependency on charity, 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.dailywire.com/episode/how-to-beat-woke-inc

TOWNHALL
— How to Unwoke Your School Board – Joy Overbeck
(DIERSEN: What are the Republican leaders of your school district, your chamber of commerce, your municipality, your township, your county, Illinois, and America doing to stop the promotion of Critical Race Theory, 1619, BLM, LGBTQ, dependency on government, dependency on charity, 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://townhall.com/columnists/joyoverbeck/2021/06/01/how-to-unwoke-your-school-board-n2590264

PJ MEDIA
— When You Can’t Find Racism Invent it, Fake Hate Crimes Are The New Black – KEVIN DOWNEY JR.
https://pjmedia.com/columns/kevindowneyjr/2021/06/01/when-you-cant-find-racism-invent-it-fake-hate-crimes-are-the-new-black-n1451119

HERITAGE FOUNDATION
— The Woke Takeover of the U.S. Military Endangers Us All – Dakota Wood and Mike Gonzalez
https://www.heritage.org/defense/commentary/the-woke-takeover-the-us-military-endangers-us-all

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— USA Today Stealth Edits Female Athlete’s Op-Ed Because She Called Transgender Women ‘Males’ – Stacey Matthews
https://legalinsurrection.com/2021/05/usa-today-edits-female-athletes-op-ed-because-she-called-transgender-women-males/

COLLEGE FIX
— UNC under growing pressure to grant tenure to architect of NYT’s ‘1619 Project’ – ISAAC WILLOUR
https://www.thecollegefix.com/unc-under-growing-pressure-to-grant-tenure-to-architect-of-nyts-1619-project/

POST MILLENNIAL
— Student activists weaponized against parents who oppose removing merit-based school admissions in New York. “It’s like what Hamas does with human shields,” one parent born in China said. “Immigrants recognize in Teens Take Charge the Soviet Youth and the Chinese Red Guard.” – Mia Cathell
https://thepostmillennial.com/student-activists-weaponized-against-parents-who-oppose-removing-merit-based-school-admissions-in-new-york
— BLM activist Bree Newsome calls for land reapportionment as part of reparations – Libby Emmons
(DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes stress a) that my ancestors on my father’s side homesteaded a farm in Crete in 1854, b) that they sold that farm and bought land in downtown Crete in 1864, c) that they built a home on that land in 1926, d) that I lived in that home 1954-1972, and e) that my brother and I now own that home and he continues to live in it.)
https://thepostmillennial.com/blm-activist-bree-newsome-calls-for-land-reapportionment-as-part-of-reparations

EPOCH TIMES
— Looking Behind the Woke Curtain
https://www.theepochtimes.com/looking-behind-the-woke-curtain_3838820.html

ABC NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Republican-hating Republican-haters use Tulsa to promote hatred against Republicans, and especially against Republicans who are law enforcement officers, 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.
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/biden-puts-national-spotlight-100th-anniversary-tulsa-race/story?id=78004162

NBC NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Republican-hating Republican-haters use Tulsa to promote hatred against Republicans, and especially against Republicans who are law enforcement officers, 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.
https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/tulsa-race-massacre-was-100-years-ago-it-s-not-ncna1269035

MSN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote LGBTQ. What are the Republican leaders of your school district, your chamber of commerce, your municipality, your township, your county, Illinois, and America doing to stop the promotion of Critical Race Theory, 1619, BLM, LGBTQ, dependency on government, dependency on charity, 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.msn.com/en-us/news/us/when-is-pride-month-2021-history-calendar-and-facts/ar-AAKAN6K?li=BBnbfcL
— Looking for a new job? Here are 6 companies you want to work for in 2021
(DIERSEN: From what I see, the more of the following that you are, the more difficult, if not impossible, it is to get a good job: Trump supporter, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-veteran, heterosexual, married, non-poor, gun owner, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/careers/looking-for-a-new-job-here-are-6-companies-you-want-to-work-for-in-2021/ar-AAKzNJk

CNBC
— Biden to announce new efforts to narrow the racial wealth gap – Christina Wilkie
(DIERSEN: Since 1966, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have hinted/implied/argued/shouted that minorities, females, younger people, and veterans should have gotten the college admissions, jobs, promotions, professional certifications, etc. that I got. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes hint/imply/argue/shout that because of White privilege, male privilege, Missouri Synod Lutheran privilege, and 100% German American privilege: a) UIC improperly admitted me in 1966, NIU in 1969, Loyola in 1972, DePaul in 1976, and IIT in 1992, b) Post Office improperly hired me in 1966, Firestone Stores in 1970, IRS in 1971, and GAO in 1980, c) IRS improperly promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974 and GAO improperly promoted me in 1986, d) I improperly passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, e) I improperly passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, f) etc.)
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/06/01/biden-to-announce-new-efforts-to-narrow-the-racial-wealth-gap-.html

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Republican-hating Republican-haters say “Disputing Racism’s Reach, Republicans Rattle American Schools.” What are the Republican leaders of your school district, your chamber of commerce, your municipality, your township, your county, Illinois, and America doing to stop the promotion of Critical Race Theory, 1619, BLM, LGBTQ, dependency on government, dependency on charity, 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.nytimes.com/2021/06/01/us/politics/critical-race-theory.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Republican-hating Republican-haters use Tulsa to promote hatred against Republicans.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/01/podcasts/the-daily/tulsa-race-massacre-centenary.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/01/us/politics/biden-tulsa-massacre.html

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Republican-hating Republican-haters use Tulsa to promote hatred against Republicans.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/ahead-of-tulsa-trip-biden-to-unveil-new-plans-to-reduce-black-white-wealth-gap/2021/05/31/b80c9c4e-c269-11eb-8c18-fd53a628b992_story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote LGBTQ.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/06/01/pride-month-begins-republicans-double-down-restricting-transgender-americans/

NEW YORK POST
— Americans must join hands to stop the 1619 Project’s poisonous slanders – Jonathan S. Tobin
(DIERSEN: What are the Republican leaders of your school district, your chamber of commerce, your municipality, your township, your county, Illinois, and America doing to stop the promotion of Critical Race Theory, 1619, BLM, LGBTQ, dependency on government, dependency on charity, 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://nypost.com/2021/05/31/americans-must-join-hands-to-stop-1619-projects-slanders/

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Republican-hating Republican-haters use Tulsa to promote hatred against Republicans.
https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-06-01/biden-honor-forgotten-victims-tulsa-race-massacre

USA TODAY
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote LGBTQ.
https://www.usatoday.com/in-depth/graphics/2021/06/01/lgbtq-pride-flags-meaning-gay-lesbian-transgender-nonbinary-intersex-pride-flags-represent/5133381001/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2021/06/01/pride-2021-lgbtq-celebrities-celebrate-pride-month/5209497001/
https://www.usatoday.com/in-depth/life/2021/05/27/coming-out-lgbtq-could-be-over-someday/5204283001/ (FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH COLOR PICTURE)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2021/05/28/tulsa-race-massacre-black-history-trauma-greenwood-oklahoma/7453333002/ (FRONT PAGE WITH BIG COLOR PICTURE)
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Republican-hating Republican-haters use Tulsa to promote hatred against Republicans.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2021/05/28/tulsa-race-massacre-black-history-trauma-greenwood-oklahoma/7453333002/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Harvard and Discrimination Against Asians. Expect opaque and unmeasurable admissions criteria to replace objective and rigorous standardized testing. – William G. Lawlor, St. Davids, Pa.
(DIERSEN: What tests have you passed? The tests that I have passed include a) the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979 when I was 30 years old, b) the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, c) all the tests necessary to earn a master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT in 1997, d) all the tests necessary to earn a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, e) all the tests necessary to earn an MBA from Loyola in 1976, f) all the tests necessary to earn a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU in 1970, g) the Federal Service Entrance Examination in 1970, and h) the Post Office employment examination in 1966.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/harvard-and-discrimination-against-asians-11622473877
— From Tesla to GE, See How Much CEOs Made in 2020 The annual WSJ ranking of pay and performance for leaders of S&P 500 companies – Theo Francis and Inti Pacheco
(DIERSEN: I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who have demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me the most as having been overpaid. In my defense, 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.wsj.com/articles/from-tesla-to-ge-see-how-much-ceos-made-in-2020-11622539802
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Median pay reached $13.4 million for chief executives of the biggest U.S. companies in 2020, setting a fifth straight annual record in a year when businesses and their leaders battled a global pandemic. Most S&P 500 CEOs got raises of about 5% or more as their companies recorded annual shareholder returns of about 8%, according to a Wall Street Journal analysis of data from MyLogIQ.)

FORBES
— 3 Steps To Become A Supportive And Impactful Manager
(DIERSEN: Democrats run the federal government. They get rid of managers who do not get rid of federal employees who are Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who do not make GS-13 (currently $102,188) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $120,755) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $142,041) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $172,500) by age 40. Extremely few federal employees make the aforesaid promotion deadlines.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/kwamechristian/2021/05/31/3-steps-to-become-a-supportive-and-impactful-manager/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Pot pushers say “Republican Voter Suppression Is Canceling Marijuana legalization.”
https://www.forbes.com/sites/chrisroberts/2021/05/31/republican-voter-suppression-is-canceling-marijuana-legalization/

BUSINESS JOURNAL
— The impact of affinity groups: Belonging in the workplace
(DIERSEN: While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997, IRS 1971-1980, and Post Office 1966-1969, they never sponsored affinity groups for those who shared my demographics: conservative, patriotic, Republican, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, gun owners, Christian, Protestant, German American, those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time, Forensic Accountant, Certified Financial Services Auditor, Certified Government Financial Manager, Certified Fraud Examiner, licensed CPA, Certified Internal Auditor, CPA.)
https://www.bizjournals.com/southflorida/news/2021/06/01/the-impact-of-affinity-groups.html

NEWSWEEK
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote LGBTQ. What are the Republican leaders of your school district, your chamber of commerce, your municipality, your township, your county, Illinois, and America doing to stop the promotion of Critical Race Theory, 1619, BLM, LGBTQ, dependency on government, dependency on charity, 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.newsweek.com/happy-pride-month-2021-messages-images-gifs-1596349

HUMAN RESOURCES DIRECTOR
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: From what I see, the more of the following that you are, the more difficult, if not impossible, it is to get a good job: Trump supporter, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-veteran, heterosexual, married, non-poor, gun owner, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.hcamag.com/us/news/general/7-strategies-to-improve-diversity-and-inclusion-in-the-workplace/256545

INSIDE HIGHER EDUCATION
— Colleges Should Admit Students Without the ACT or SAT It’s time for a new way to judge applicants – Vincent Pan and Mo Hyman
(DIERSEN: What tests have you passed? The tests that I have passed include a) the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979 when I was 30 years old, b) the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, c) all the tests necessary to earn a master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT in 1997, d) all the tests necessary to earn a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, e) all the tests necessary to earn an MBA from Loyola in 1976, f) all the tests necessary to earn a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU in 1970, g) the Federal Service Entrance Examination in 1970, and h) the Post Office employment examination in 1966.)
https://www.insidehighered.com/admissions/views/2021/06/01/colleges-should-admit-students-without-act-or-sat-opinion

ADVOCATE
— FROM THE ARTICLE: “While only 0.19 percent of elected officials nationwide identify as openly LGBTQ, an estimated 5.6 percent of Americans identify as LGBTQ
.” (DIERSEN: What percent of elected officials who represent you are LGBTQ? What percent of the voters in your precinct, in your municipal district, in your municipality, in your township, in your county district, and in your county are LGBTQ?)
https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2021/5/31/pride-run-office

GUARDIAN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Republican-hating Republican-haters use Tulsa to promote hatred against Republicans, and especially against Republicans who are law enforcement officers, 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.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jun/01/tulsa-race-massacre-a-century-later

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— What discourages you from donating money to Republican candidates in primary elections? For me, reasons include their failure/refusal to promise to defend and advance the Republican Party platform including its traditional marriage/family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks, that is, their failure/refusal to promise to stop the promotion of Critical Race Theory, 1619, BLM, LGBTQ, dependency on government, dependency on charity, 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. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

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.