June 13 Morning Edition

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Fact-check: Did GOP lawmakers push for independent map commission? Gov. J.B. Pritzker said Illinois Republicans didn’t make any effort to get an independent group to redraw Illinois’ legislative districts. But that ignores legislation proposed and promoted by the GOP. – Kiannah Sepeda-Miller
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2021/6/13/22530267/redistricting-illinois-legislative-maps-redraw-independent-commission-pritzker-politifact-bga

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— New biz tax hikes will reduce income and opportunity The state’s latest budget signals Illinois remains closed for business. – Orphe Divounguy
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/orphe-divounguy-economy/new-biz-tax-hikes-will-reduce-income-and-opportunity

WBEZ
— Kim Foxx’s Office Says CPD Is Arresting The Wrong People To Curb Gun Violence – Chip Mitchell
https://www.wbez.org/stories/kim-foxxs-office-says-cpd-is-arresting-the-wrong-people-to-curb-gun-violence/5f78bab4-584e-4188-afc9-9dedfb0565c5

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Sangamon County Democrats to use survey results to drive those who are the following out of Sangamon County: law enforcement officers, 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/2021/06/13/sangamon-county-citizens-survey-gauges-opinions-variety-topics/7648589002/

WIREPOINTS
— University of Illinois poised to make woke ideology and conduct mandatory for faculty
(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, LGBTQ, BLM, reparations, 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://wirepoints.org/university-of-illinois-poised-to-make-woke-ideology-mandatory-for-faculty-quickpoint/
— Illinois ‘Fully Reopened’? Not For Landlords Still Strangled By Eviction Moratorium; Emergency Order Still In Place – Mark Glennon
https://wirepoints.org/illinois-fully-reopened-not-for-landlords-still-strangled-by-eviction-moratorium-emergency-order-still-in-place-wirepoints/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Stopping communism one school district at a time. Parents and teachers push back against critical race theory and the radical left agenda. – Robert Knight
(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, LGBTQ, BLM, reparations, 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.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/jun/12/stopping-communism-one-school-district-at-a-time/
— Biden’s race-based farming debt-relief program halted by judge. Temporary restraining order granted in lawsuit filed by White farmers. – Valerie Richardson
(DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote race and gender based preference giving.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/jun/12/judge-blocks-usda-race-based-debt-relief-for-farme/
— Trump urges states to resist DOJ’s effort to ‘suppress accountability’ in the 2020 election. ‘The voting irregularities and fraud [of the 2020 election] must be brought to light, immediately’ – Dave Boyer
https://m.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/jun/12/trump-urges-states-resist-dojs-effort-suppress-acc/

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— NYC Law School Makes ‘Systemic Racism’ Courses a Graduation Requirement. Cardozo law school revamps curriculum to focus on critical race theory, microaggressions – Matthew Foldi
(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, LGBTQ, BLM, reparations, 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://freebeacon.com/campus/nyc-law-school-makes-systemic-racism-courses-a-graduation-requirement/

FOX NEWS
— GOP chair Ronna McDaniel slams ‘anti-Semitic’ Ilhan Omar. ‘She should not be in Congress, much less on the House Foreign Affairs Committee’ – Sam Dorman
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/ronna-mcdaniel-anti-semitic-ilhan-omar
— Kamala Harris becomes first sitting VP to join Pride march, calls for passage of GOP-opposed Equality Act. Back in DC after her Latin America trip, the vice president drew Twitter reactions about why she still hasn’t visited the U.S.-Mexico border region. – Brie Stimson
(DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote LGBTQ.)
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/kamala-harris-pride-march-gop-equality-act-border

— Critical Race Theory: These states are already cracking down on the controversial concept. Nearly half of all states in the U.S. are taking measures to ban CRT from their public schools. – Michael Ruiz (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, LGBTQ, BLM, reparations, 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.foxnews.com/us/critical-race-theory-states-cracking-down

AMERICAN THINKER
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. Ever-increasingly, Democrat plant, Libertarian plant, Green plant, Independent plant, and RINO elected officials and party leaders make it more clear that they reject many, if not most, if not virtually all of the planks in the Republican Party platform. Most commonly, they reject the traditional marriage/family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks. Ever-increasingly, they promote dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ, 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.americanthinker.com/articles/2021/06/to_survive_republicans_must_become_the_party_of_liberty.html

BREITBART
— Critical Race Theory, Explained – JOEL B. POLLAK
(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, LGBTQ, BLM, reparations, 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.breitbart.com/politics/2021/06/13/pollak-critical-race-theory-explained/
— VP Kamala Harris takes part in D.C.’s LGBTQ Pride rally – UPI
(DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote LGBTQ.)
https://www.breitbart.com/news/vp-kamala-harris-takes-part-in-d-c-s-lgbtq-pride-rally/

BLAZE
— Asheville, the western North Carolina city known as “The Portland of the South,” officially approved a multi-million dollar reparations plan this week. – CHRIS ENLOE
(DIERSEN: How much reparations do the Democrat leaders of the following want you to pay: your municipality, your township, your county, Illinois, and America? From what I see, the more of the following that you are, the more reparations that they want you to pay: Republican, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, gun owner, law enforcement officer, Trump supporter, conservative, patriotic, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.theblaze.com/news/asheville-approves-reparations-plan

TOWNHALL
— Why Kamala Won’t Go to the Border – Rick Manning
https://townhall.com/columnists/rickmanning/2021/06/13/why-kamala-wont-go-to-the-border-n2590864
— A New Kind of Private School – Rob Jenkins
(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, LGBTQ, BLM, reparations, 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/robjenkins/2021/06/13/a-new-kind-of-private-school-n2590896

ONE AMERICA NEWS NETWORK
— BLM Seeks Transparency With Member Finances After Co-Founder Was Found To Have Purchased Several Homes
https://www.oann.com/blm-seeks-transparency-with-member-finances-after-co-founder-was-found-to-have-purchased-several-homes/

POWER LINE
— BIDEN ADMINISTRATION TURNING MILITARY INTO LEFT-WING FORCE – JOHN HINDERAKER
(DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote LGBTQ in the military. How soon, if not already, will the Democrats get the military to get rid of all its members who do not promote LGBTQ?)
https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2021/06/biden-administration-turning-military-into-left-wing-force.php

COLLEGE FIX
— Top-ranked law school to mandate critical race theory course for graduation
(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, LGBTQ, BLM, reparations, 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.thecollegefix.com/top-ranked-law-school-to-mandate-critical-race-theory-course-for-graduation/

CAMPUS REFORM
— Promotions at University of Illinois might depend on professors’ devotion to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.
(DIERSEN: At IRS, to get promoted beyond GS-12, you have to excel in a) promoting Democrats who are minority, female, and/or younger and b) getting rid of Republicans who are White, male, and/or older. At GAO, to get promoted beyond GS-13, you have to excel in a) promoting Democrats who are minority, female, and/or younger and b) getting rid of Republicans who are White, male, and/or older.)
https://www.campusreform.org/article?id=17629

POST MILLENNIAL
— Pizza Hut sponsors critical race theory, woke indoctrination in American classrooms. Pizza Hut and First Book are sponsoring radical critical race theory curriculum that attacks “greedy white men.” – Brendan Boucher
(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, LGBTQ, BLM, reparations, 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://thepostmillennial.com/watch-pizza-hut-sponsors-critical-race-theory-woke-indoctrination-in-american-classrooms

THE HILL
— Harris attends DC Pride rally – CAROLINE VAKIL
(DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote LGBTQ.)
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/558147-harris-attends-dc-pride-rally
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: The Democrat Party platform promotes poverty and crime.
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/558034-rising-crime-rejuvenates-gun-control-debate-on-campaign-trail
— Shame on NY Pride: Exclusion is not what we march for – BARNEY FRANK
(DIERSEN: QUESTION: Who does not want Republicans to help sponsor Wheaton’s 2021 Independence Day Parade and Fireworks? ANSWER: Those who are anti-law enforcement, anti-Trump, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-heterosexual, anti-traditional marriage/family, anti-non-poor people, anti-gun owners, anti-Christian, anti-Protestant, anti-Italian American, anti-German American, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. The aforesaid are overjoyed that none of the leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, or Illinois Republican Party spoke out in favor of letting Republicans help sponsor the parade and fireworks.)
https://thehill.com/opinion/civil-rights/558168-shame-on-ny-pride-exclusion-is-not-what-we-march-for

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats and RINOs crow about their success in getting “faith-based groups” to promote illegal immigration.
https://www.ktvn.com/story/44057762/spirituality-underpins-migrant-activism-in-us-borderlands

NEW YORK TIMES
— Meager Rewards for Workers, Exceptionally Rich Pay for C.E.O.s The gap between workers and C.E.O.s widened during the pandemic as public companies granted top executives some of the richest pay packages ever. – Peter Eavis
(DIERSEN: Are you White, male, older, and/or non-veteran? Are/were you accused of being overpaid? My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always accused me of being 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.nytimes.com/2021/06/11/business/ceo-pay-compensation-stock.html

NEW YORK POST
— Washington Square Park provocateur taunts neighbors: ‘You should move’ – Kerry J. Byrne
(DIERSEN: Who wants you to move? I should write a book about those who have made it the most clear since 1978 that they want my wife and I to leave Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois. I would focus on those who paint themselves as being religious, conservative, and/or Republican. 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 past and present leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Wheaton Park District, Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, Illinois, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Illinois Center Right Coalition, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter, GAO, IRS, etc. I would focus on unsuccessful Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct 2000, their major donors, their political consultants, their fundraisers, their campaign managers, their campaign staff members, and their campaign volunteers. I would focus on those who I have sued.)
https://nypost.com/2021/06/12/washington-square-park-instigator-says-neighbors-should-move/

BOSTON HERALD
— Antisemitism, in all forms, needs to be fought globally – RABBI MICHAEL RAGOZIN
(DIERSEN: My Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government hinted/implied/argued/shouted that the more of the following that you are, the more anti-Semite that you are: Republican, conservative, Protestant, and German American. To get rid of me, my Democrat superiors almost always assigned me to supervisors, assigned me to work with, and assigned me to supervise employees who were anti-Republican, anti-conservative, anti-Protestant, and/or anti-German American. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran.)
https://www.bostonherald.com/2021/06/13/ragozin-anti-semitism-in-all-forms-needs-to-be-fought-globally/

JD SUPRA
— Seventh Circuit Upholds High Bar For Plaintiffs Filing Retaliation Claims
(DIERSEN: My Democrat GAO superiors took many adverse actions against me a) because I became an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation and b) because I complained about political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation. They forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, gave me unfair performance expectations and appraisals, always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, did not promote me beyond GS-13, got rid of my mentor in 1987, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and forced me to take a $20,361 (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. Further, to get rid of me, they almost always assigned me to supervisors, assigned me to work with, and assigned me to supervise GAO employees who were anti-draft avoiders, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-those who had more money than they had, anti-gun owners, anti-Protestant, anti-German American, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran.)
https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/seventh-circuit-upholds-high-bar-for-7695534/

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.