June 16 Morning Edition

ABC7
— West Garfield Park shooting leaves 5 hurt; 4th mass-casualty Chicago incident in just over 1 week. Mayor Lightfoot joins fellow mayors in signing letter to Biden Administration, calling for stricter gun laws. – Michelle Gallardo
https://abc7chicago.com/5-hurt-in-west-garfield-park-gunfire;-4th-mass-shooting-in-days/10796520/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats use Juneteenth to promote hatred against Republicans.
https://abc7chicago.com/juneteenth-2021-history-cheryl-burton/10775970/

NBC5
— Wisconsin Bill Forbids Requiring Proof of COVID Vaccination
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/wisconsin-bill-forbids-requiring-proof-of-covid-vaccination/2533619/

WLS AM
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Navy’s highest-ranking officer promotes hatred against Republicans.
https://www.wlsam.com/news/navys-highest-ranking-officer-confronts-republican-critics-and-stresses-importance-of-combating-racism-and-misinformation/

WBEZ
— Chicago’s Mayor And Top Cop Trash Kim Foxx For Challenging CPD’s Gun Arrest Priorities. A data presentation from Cook County’s top prosecutor raised apparently unwelcome questions about who CPD is arresting for gun crimes. – Chip Mitchell
https://www.wbez.org/stories/chicagos-mayor-and-top-cop-trash-kim-foxx-for-challenging-cpds-gun-arrest-priorities/90863e32-7697-42f1-8b67-66290ac5f713

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Chicago ranked second among U.S. cities in dog attacks on postal workers. The Postal Service released the numbers as part of National Dog Bite Awareness Week, which kicked off Saturday. Chicago had 59 attacks, just ahead of Los Angeles, with 54. Statewide, Illinois ranked sixth, with 200 attacks. – Grace Asiegbu
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2021/6/14/22533450/postal-service-workers-dog-attacks-chicago-ranks-second

DAILY HERALD
— Newly appointed Glen Ellyn trustee makes history as first Black man on board – Katlyn Smith
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20210615/newly-appointed-glen-ellyn-trustee-makes-history-as-first-black-man-on-board
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Wheaton Park District 2021 Independence Day Fireworks and Parade Announcement
(DIERSEN: It would be great if the Wheaton Park District (WPD) would publish its sponsorship policy. Are all sponsors banned or just DuPage Republicans? Will parade entries include bagpipers and the high school bands, and if not, why not? What parade entries have come in so far? How much money does the WPD have available for paid parade entries? Is it just the $10,000 that the City of Wheaton gave the WPD for paid parade entries? What paid parade entries will be in the parade?)
https://www.dailyherald.com/submitted/20210615/wheatons-field-of-honor-returns-june-30-july-4
(FROM THE ANNOUNCEMENT: The Wheaton Park District also is planning an Independence Day Celebration July 3-4. Fireworks and family fun are scheduled for 5:30 to 9:30 p.m. Saturday, July 3, in Graf Park. Fireworks are currently set to start at dusk, approximately 9 p.m. The evening’s event will include lawn games, concessions, DJ, and giveaways. A local Scout troop will provide a flag ceremony in Graf Park before the fireworks show. No alcoholic beverages, sparklers, or smoke bombs will be permitted in the park. A parking map will be available for download or viewing prior to the event. Please be kind to our neighbors when parking on residential streets. The annual Independence Day Parade will step off at 11 a.m. Sunday, July 4, in downtown Wheaton. The theme will be “Celebrate Our Freedom.” Parade applications are due Friday, June 25, at wheatonparkdistrict.com/events/july4/. For your entry, display your patriotic spirit and show how the theme most resonates with you this year, perhaps a celebration of a new business, reopening your doors, celebrating a milestone, or simply celebrating the present. All entries will be eligible to win an award in one of the categories listed below. All entries will be judged at the viewing stand on Union Avenue. . .The parade staging area opens at 9 a.m. on Main Street, north of Hawthorne Boulevard. The parade will start at 11 a.m. south on Main Street and head about 10 blocks, before turning west on Union Avenue to Memorial Park. For a map, visit wheatonparkdistrict.com . Parade parking will be free at Wheaton Place garage, 232 W. Wesley St., first and second floor; Willow Avenue garage, 220 S Cross St., first floor; and the public parking lot No. 2, south side of 100 block of Wesley Street. For sponsorships, contact Kristina Nemetz at knemetz@wheatonparks.org .)

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— School Boards Feel the Heat of Parental Opposition to Critical Race Theory – Laurie Higgins
(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://illinoisfamily.org/education/school-boards-feel-the-heat-of-parental-opposition-to-critical-race-theory/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— At G-7, Biden is slow, confused and seemingly dazed. Confusing Libya with Syria no less than three times, the president’s slip-ups have national security implications. – Tammy Bruce
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/jun/15/at-g7-biden-is-slow-confused-and-seemingly-dazed/

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Race-Based Bailouts In COVID Stimulus Bill Face Legal Setbacks – Kevin Daley
(DIERSEN: To give preference to one group is to discriminate against another group.)
https://freebeacon.com/courts/race-based-bailouts-in-covid-stimulus-bill-face-legal-setbacks/

FOX NEWS
— Harris pushes amnesty bills on DACA anniversary, as Republicans slam border crisis response. Harris called for two bills that would grant pathways to citizenship for some illegal immigrants. – Adam Shaw
(DIERSEN: Democrats run America. How soon, if not already, will those Democrats force employers to fire their employees who are Republican and replace them with illegals?)
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/harris-pushes-immigration-bills-daca-anniversary-republicans-border-crisis

AMERICAN THINKER
— In 2021, does anyone seriously believe blacks are oppressed? – Bob Weir
(DIERSEN: From what I see having lived in Wheaton since 1978, ever-increasingly, to be accepted by the Democrats and by the RINOs who run Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, Illinois and America, you need to hint/imply/argue/shout that members of the following groups are oppressed: minorities, females, younger people, non-married people, LGBTQers, veterans, non-rich people, those who have health problems, renters, those who have dependents, moderates, liberals, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, RINOs, non-Christians, non-Protestants, non-Italians, non-German Americans, those who are in America illegally, those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time, criminals, drinkers, gamblers, stoners, etc.)
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2021/06/in_2021_does_anyone_seriously_believe_blacks_are_oppressed_.html
— Academia’s Obsession with Racism – Abraham H. Miller
(DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, to be admitted to schools, will you have to condemn Whites as being racists?)
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2021/06/academias_obsession_with_racism_.html
— Biden Privilege: A Tale of Two Racists – Edward Kennelly
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2021/06/biden_privilege_a_tale_of_two_racists.html
— The evils of our ‘new’ racism – Toby Ranley
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2021/06/the_evils_of_our_new_racism.html
— Vaccination discrimination and the assault on civil rights – Drew Allen
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2021/06/vaccination_discrimination_and_the_assault_on_civil_rights.html

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Are Race-Based Government Programs on the Verge of Extinction? The court rejects using applicants’ race and national origin as the sole criteria for federal loan forgiveness. – Adam Mill
(DIERSEN: Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion are race and gender based government programs.)
https://amgreatness.com/2021/06/15/are-race-based-government-programs-on-the-verge-of-extinction/

BREITBART
— Border Chief Mayorkas: Amnesty for DACA Migrants Is ‘Overwhelming Success’ – NEIL MUNRO
(DIERSEN: Democrats run America. How soon, if not already, will those Democrats force employers to fire their employees who are Republican and replace them with illegals?)
https://www.breitbart.com/economy/2021/06/16/border-chief-mayorkas-daca-amnesty-is-overwhelming-success/

DAILY CALLER
— Has Your School District Been Affected By Critical Race Theory?
(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://dailycaller.com/2021/06/15/calling-all-patriots-critical-race-theory/

DAILY WIRE
— Top Historian: U.S. ‘Dealing Not Just With Decay Of Traditional Religion,’ But Something ‘Far Worse’
https://www.dailywire.com/news/top-historian-u-s-dealing-not-just-with-decay-of-traditional-religion-but-something-far-worse

DAILY SIGNAL
— Navy Chief: Critical Race Theory Proponent’s Radical Book Makes ‘Better Navy’ – Fred Lucas
https://www.dailysignal.com/2021/06/15/navy-chief-critical-race-theory-proponents-radical-book-makes-better-navy/
— Teacher Shares Behind-Scenes Look at How Unions Further Woke Agenda – Virginia Allen
(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.dailysignal.com/2021/06/15/teacher-shares-behind-scenes-look-at-how-unions-further-woke-agenda/
— Almost Overnight, Standards of Colorblind Merit Tumble Across American Society – Richard Bernstein
(DIERSEN: GAO hired me in 1980 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. IRS hired me in 1971 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job. The Post Office hired me in 1966 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job. Ever-increasingly, Democrat employers lower their standards to hire and promote Democrats, and especially to hire and promote Democrats who are minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, veteran, non-Christian, non-Protestant, non-Italian American, non-German American, and/or those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time.)
https://www.dailysignal.com/2021/06/15/almost-overnight-standards-of-colorblind-merit-tumble-across-american-society/

TOWNHALL
— The Leftists Writing Your Child’s Social Studies Lessons – Betsy McCaughey
(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/betsymccaughey/2021/06/16/the-leftists-writing-your-childs-social-studies-lessons-n2591054

HUMAN EVENTS
— July 4th Rally in South Dakota on Track For Success Despite Cancel Culture Efforts – Brent Hamachek
https://humanevents.com/2021/06/14/july-4th-rally-in-south-dakota-on-track-for-success-despite-cancel-culture-efforts/

PATRIOT POST
— Will Republicans Step Up to Challenge on Values? If the Republican Party becomes a big tent of moral relativism, who will fight for transmission of the values that sustain life and freedom? – Star Parker
https://patriotpost.us/opinion/80621-will-republicans-step-up-to-challenge-on-values-2021-06-16

PJ MEDIA
— Crime Is the New Reparations – KEVIN DOWNEY JR.
https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/kevindowneyjr/2021/06/15/crime-is-the-new-reparations-n1454792

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— How Blue City Governance Is Destroying Blue Cities – Ben Shapiro
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2021/06/16/how_blue_city_governance_is_destroying_blue_cities_145936.html

POWERLINE
— THE STENCH OF RAW POLITICS AT THE BIDEN DOJ – PAUL MIRENGOFF
https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2021/06/the-stench-of-raw-politics-at-the-biden-doj.php

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Media Panics Over Mounting Opposition to Critical Race Theory. The best evidence that the resistance to CRT is gaining and posing a threat to Democrats is that the mainstream media is trying to marginalize and demonize the movement the way it attacked the Tea Party. – William A. Jacobson
https://legalinsurrection.com/2021/06/media-panics-over-mounting-opposition-to-critical-race-theory/

CREATORS SYNDICATE
— Will Republicans Step Up to Challenge on Values? – Star Parker
https://www.creators.com/read/star-parker/06/21/will-republicans-step-up-to-challenge-on-values

THE HILL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: According to LGBTQ-promoters, you are anti-LGBTQ if you do not promote LGBTQ.
https://thehill.com/changing-america/respect/equality/558610-cvs-att-comcast-and-others-donated-to-anti-lgbtq

HUFFINGTON POST
— Kamala Harris Invites All 24 Female Senators To Dinner At Her Home. The event was the first of its kind at the vice president’s residence. – Josephine Harvey
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/kamala-harris-senators-dinner_n_60c97934e4b0b80b49e8f736

YAHOO NEWS
— Conservative activists ramp up tensions in fight over race, equity in schools
https://news.yahoo.com/conservative-activists-ramp-tensions-fight-234046339.html

UPI
— More U.S. teens identifying as gay, lesbian, bisexual, study says – Cara Murez
(DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats encourage children to be LGBTQers.)
https://www.upi.com/Health_News/2021/06/16/teens-sexuality-identification-lgbt-study/5601623793149/

CBS NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote LGBTQ.
https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/pride-month-lgbtq-couples/
— MacKenzie Scott says she’s donated another $2.7 billion, condemns the wealth gap – AIMEE PICCHI
(DIERSEN: If you have more money than your peers, what do your critics/opponents attribute that to? According to my critics/opponents, I have more money a) because I benefitted from my parents’, my grandparents’, my great grandparents’, and the rest of my ancestors’ discrimination against minorities and against females, b) because I am a healthy White male, c) because I avoided the draft, d) because the federal government grossly overpaid me, c) because of my wife’s income, d) because we gave up trying to have children, we did not adopt, and we did not become foster parents, e) because my federal retirement benefits are too generous, f) because I do not give money to a church, g) etc. 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. In my defense, I have always spent far less money on immediate pleasures than my peers and I have saved far more for my retirement than my peers.)
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/mackenzie-scott-charity-donation-billions/

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: “Scholarly Groups” promote hatred against those who not promote Critical Race Theory and 1619.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/16/arts/critical-race-theory-scholars.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Pride and Prejudice Come To Schools and Recruitment. Woke attitudes have proliferated on campuses across the country and internationally. – Gautam Nivarthy, Florham Park, N.J.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/pride-and-prejudice-come-to-schools-and-recruitment-11623782682
— This Year’s Influx of Directors Starts Shift in Boardroom Diversity. A third of new independent members added by S&P 500 boards over the past year were Black directors, new study shows. – Theo Francis and Jennifer Maloney
https://www.wsj.com/articles/this-years-influx-of-directors-starts-shift-in-boardroom-diversity-11623835801

BLOOMBERG LAW
— Why Big Law Has a Stake in the Harvard Admissions Case – Vivia Chen
(DIERSEN: Democrats argue that for every Asian American admitted to a law school, a Black American, Hispanic American, or Native American is not admitted.)
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/why-big-law-has-a-stake-in-the-harvard-admissions-case

FINANCIAL REVIEW
— Where is Trump now? Florida coast becomes Republican power base. Lured south by sunshine, golf and money, the former president’s allies and hangers-on have formed an alternate universe that revolves around Mar-a-Lago. – Joshua Green
(DIERSEN: I should write a book about major Republican donors who blame me and who blame my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters the most for their candidates’ election losses. I would focus on those major Republican donors who gave the most money to unsuccessful Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct since 2000.)
https://www.afr.com/world/north-america/where-is-trump-now-florida-coast-becomes-republican-power-base-20210615-p58142

LGBTQ NATION
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats crow about their success in getting the Department of the Interior to promote LGBTQ.
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2021/06/interior-secretary-raises-pride-flag-first-time-departments-headquarters/

INSIDE HIGHER EDUCATION
— DEI Training Gone Wrong? Two Stanford University mental health practitioners say a diversity, equity and inclusion program launched by the campus counseling center created a hostile environment for Jewish employees. – Elizabeth Redden
(DIERSEN: Affirmative Action, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion programs promote hated against those who are White, male, older, Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, 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.insidehighered.com/news/2021/06/16/eeoc-complaint-against-stanford-alleges-dei-program-created-hostile-environment

MEDIA MATTERS
— Tucker Carlson: “A multiracial country can only survive if it self-consciously deemphasizes race”
(DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats want members of protected groups to emphasize that they are members of protected groups, that is, Democrats want a) minorities to emphasize that they are minorities, b) females to emphasize that they are females, c) younger people to emphasize that they are younger, d) LGBTQers to emphasize that they are LGBTQers, e) non-married people to emphasize that they are non-married, f) veterans to emphasize that they are veterans, g) poor people to emphasize that they are poor, h) those who have health problems to emphasize that they have health problems, i) non-Christians to emphasize that they are non-Christians, j) non-Protestants to emphasize that they are non-Protestants, k) non-Italian Americans to emphasize that they are non-Italian American, l) non-German Americans that they are non-German American, m) those who are in America illegally to emphasize that they are in America illegally, n) those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time to emphasize that their ancestors have not been in America for a long time, o) criminals, drinkers, gamblers, and stoners to emphasize that they are criminals, drinkers, gamblers, and stoners, p) Trump-haters to emphasize that they are Trump-haters, q) moderates and liberals to emphasize that they are moderates and liberals, r) Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs to emphasize that they are Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs, s) etc. to emphasize that they are etc.)
https://www.mediamatters.org/tucker-carlson/tucker-carlson-multiracial-country-can-only-survive-if-it-self-consciously

ADVOCATE
— Who Gets To Be Disenfranchised? – Eich VanWalleghan
(DIERSEN: According to the Democrats, those who are the following are disenfranchised: a) minorities, b) females, c) younger people, d) LGBTQers, e) non-married people, f) veterans, g) poor people, h) those who have health problems, i) non-Christians, j) non-Protestants k) non-Italian Americans, l) non-German Americans, m) those who are in America illegally, n) those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time, o) criminals, drinkers, gamblers, and stoners, p) Trump-haters, q) moderates and liberals, r) Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs, s) etc.)
https://gcadvocate.com/2021/06/16/who-gets-to-be-disenfranchised/

STARS AND STRIPES
— After launching a whistleblower page to “tell the country what’s happening in our military,” Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., and Rep. Dan Crenshaw, R-Texas, say they’ve received hundreds of complaints from members of the armed forces concerning Pentagon extremism and “woke” military ideology.
https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2021-06-16/two-lawmakers-say-they-re-getting-hundreds-of-whistleblower-complaints-from-troops-1703431.html

DAILY MAIL
— Woke Massachusetts public schools tell students and staff to inform on each other for telling rude jokes, referring to the ‘China virus’, and ‘microaggressions’ – HARRIET ALEXANDER
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9690241/Massachusetts-public-schools-tell-students-staff-file-complaints-against-other.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.