June 17 Morning Edition

CBS2
— City Officials Offering Free COVID-19 Testing To People Who Took Part In Protest Rallies, Marches (DIERSEN: How much police brutality, violence, and discrimination has there been in your municipality against Blacks and LGBTQers? What do you say to leaders of municipalities who encourage BLM and LGBTQ protests in their municipalities? Should those leaders be forced to pay for a) COVID-19 tests for protesters and b) costs that their municipality and businesses in their municipality have incurred because of the protests?)
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2020/06/16/city-officials-offering-free-covid-19-testing-to-people-who-took-part-in-protest-rallies-marches/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— 5 million Illinois voters to receive mail-in ballot applications after Gov. J.B. Pritzker signs temporary vote-by-mail expansion – Dan Petrella
https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-coronavirus-vote-by-mail-20200616-bi5qwfdq7bgjhdb4rzu7ygebme-story.html
— Naperville will have fireworks on July 4 – Marie Wilson (DIERSEN: I have raised $2,500 from Republican candidates, elected officials, and party leaders in DuPage County each and every year since 2005 to help sponsor Wheaton’s Independence Day parades and fireworks.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200617/from-frontier-or-knoch-naperville-will-have-fireworks-on-july-4
— Supreme Court decision reveals the GOP divide over LGBT rights – AP (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrat plant, Libertarian plant, Green plant, and RINO leaders in Republican organizations get rid of those like me who do not promote LGBTQ activity.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/nation-world/ct-nw-lgbt-rights-republicans-20200617-6zy47orsp5dkbfguswel4xosya-story.html
— More than 70 black-owned Chicago restaurants celebrate Juneteenth with $6.19 menu items – Adam Lukach
https://www.chicagotribune.com/dining/ct-food-chicago-juneteenth-black-restaurants-fundraiser-0617-20200617-xcwjbvlgxvhw7je32xiqwncbmu-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “Breaking down Trump’s balancing act: Pursues police reform while ignoring racism, bias. Congress may pass some police reforms now that President Trump is taking his foot off the brake.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2020/6/16/21293712/trumps-balancing-act-pursues-police-reform-while-ignoring-racism-bias-george-floyd-atlanta
— Lightfoot reminds us elected officials meeting in secret can’t be trusted Elected officials, even ones who profess to be reformers, such as Lightfoot come to believe the government belongs to them and not the people. – Phil Kadner
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2020/6/16/21293174/phil-kadner-lori-lightfoot-ray-lopez-secret-meeting-open-meetings

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Trillions in stimulus funds go unchecked with watchdogs kept toothless – BLOOMBERG
https://www.crainscleveland.com/government/analysis-trillions-stimulus-funds-go-unchecked-watchdogs-kept-toothless

WBEZ
— Must Chicago Destroy Records Of Police Complaints After 5 Years? Illinois Supreme Court Scheduled To Decide This Week – Patrick Smith (DIERSEN: While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, my Official Personnel Folder ( https://www.opm.gov/faqs/QA.aspx?fid=f3147708-7bef-4959-aea7-ddefb0dee9dc&pid=88acdc49-7f79-449e-863d-8bc5574107ca ) disclosed the adverse actions that my Democrat superiors took against me back to 1968. My Democrat GAO superiors 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 $20,157 (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. My Democrat IRS superiors did not promote me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions in 1978, got rid of my mentor in 1975, and disallowed my partial day per diem claims in 1974. My Democrat Post Office superiors forced me resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968. The aforesaid adverse actions would not have been taken against me if I had been Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran.)
https://www.wbez.org/stories/must-chicago-destroy-records-of-police-complaints-after-5-years-illinois-supreme-court-scheduled-to-decide-this-week/de477d9d-22ee-4a2f-a302-bf5059b1c467

TIMES WEEKLY
— Will County Republicans join in on lawsuit against Pritzker – Rex Robinson (DIERSEN: How will your Republican township/ward/county party organizations join in the lawsuit? How soon will the Milton Township Republican Organization and the DuPage County Republican Central Committee join in the lawsuit?)
http://thetimesweekly.com/news/2020/jun/16/will-county-republicans-join-lawsuit-against-pritz/

RANTOUL PRESS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Overwhelmingly, those who promote Black Lives Matter and/or LGBTQ are anti-Trump, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-Protestant, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.rantoulpress.com/opinion/reeder-lets-hope-for-some-courageous-reforms/article_0a37769e-af59-11ea-af24-ef0a375ffb74.html

WSIL TV
— Illinois Republican Party Chair explains lawsuit against Pritzker – Mike Miletich
https://wsiltv.com/2020/06/17/illinois-republican-party-chair-explains-lawsuit-against-pritzker/

NPR ILLINOIS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: White-haters crow about their success in getting Whites to hate Whites. How soon, if not already, a) will employers not hire you if you do not promote hatred of Whites and b) will employers get rid of their employees if they do not promote hatred of Whites? How soon, if not already, will a) organizations not let you join if you do not promote hatred of Whites and b) will organizations get rid of their members if they not promote hatred of Whites? How soon, if not already, a) will governments not let you run for an office if you do not promote hatred of Whites and b) will governments get rid of those in their jurisdictions if they do not promote hatred of Whites?)
https://www.npr.org/2020/06/16/878963732/why-now-white-people

CAPITOL FAX
— ILGOP lawsuit: “Political parties are for political expression what churches are for religious expression”
https://capitolfax.com/2020/06/17/ilgop-lawsuit-political-parties-are-for-political-expression-what-churches-are-for-religious-expression/
— Pritzker concedes to Jacobson
https://capitolfax.com/2020/06/17/pritzker-concedes-to-jacobson/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Donald Trump to Michael Savage: ‘This will be rigged election’ if Dems have way – Cheryl K. Chumley
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/jun/16/donald-trump-michael-savage-will-be-rigged-electio/

GOPUSA
— Percentage Of Black Residents In Seattle Is At Its Lowest Point In 50 Years (DIERSEN: According to Democrats, the fewer minorities in a country, state, county, township, municipal district, municipality, precinct, and neighborhood, the more racist that the residents there are.)
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=90548

FOX NEWS
— Trump says ‘we must build upon our heritage, not tear it down’ amid Confederate statue removals – Andrew O’Reilly
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-build-upon-our-heritage-not-tear-it-down
— Cruz blasts Dems for accusing police of systemic racism: It’s ‘inaccurate and harmful’ – Marisa Schultz
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/cruz-blasts-dems-accusing-police-systemic-racism

DAILY SIGNAL
— The Tyranny in the Left’s Goal of Outlawing ‘Hate Speech’ – Rachel del Guidice (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will your municipality, your township, your county, Illinois, and America officially outlaw speech that does not promote dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ activity, 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/2020/06/17/the-tyranny-in-the-lefts-goal-of-outlawing-hate-speech/

FEDERALIST
— SCOTUS’s Transgender Ruling Firebombs The Constitution The ruling will lead to a tsunami of polarizing court cases and further degradation of Americans’ natural rights to free speech, to free association, and to worshipping God as their consciences require. – Joy Pullmann
https://thefederalist.com/2020/06/16/scotuss-transgender-ruling-firebombs-the-constitution/

NATIONAL REVIEW
— NBC Appoints Itself Internet-Speech Arbiter – JIM GERAGHTY
https://www.nationalreview.com/the-morning-jolt/nbc-appoints-itself-internet-speech-arbiter/

EPOCH TIMES
— Activists Lock Police Precinct Doors in Portland, Burn American Flag – ZACHARY STIEBER
https://www.theepochtimes.com/activists-lock-police-precinct-doors-in-portland-burn-american-flag_3391731.html

THE HILL
— How campaigns are adjusting to COVID-19 – REID WILSON (DIERSEN: How are the Republican candidates on the November 3, 2020 ballot in your precinct adjusting to COVID-19, BLM, Trump, etc.? What do those candidates want the following to do to help elect them: a) your Republican Precinct Committeeman/Captain, b) your Republican township/ward/county party organizations, and c) the Illinois Republican Party? I stand ready, willing, and able to deliver a copy of the sample ballot and literature from the Republican candidates to every residence in my precinct that has at least one Republican or one Independent voter.)
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/503064-how-campaigns-have-adjusted-to-covid-19

POLITICO
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters say “Trump voters want to protect Dreamers.”
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/06/17/trump-supporters-dreamers-poll-323432

CNN
— Boy Scouts of America shows support for Black Lives Matter and will require some scouts to earn diversity badge – Scottie Andrew (DIERSEN: How will the Boy Scouts require all scouts who are the following to earn diversity badges: Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, non-poor, gun owners, Protestant, German American, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/17/us/boy-scouts-black-lives-matter-trnd/index.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: What do you say those who encourage foreign countries and their citizens to hate America and to hate America’s citizens who are White?
https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/17/africa/unhrc-urgent-debate-us-racism-intl/index.html

NBC NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, LGBTQ promoters pledge to get rid of individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that do not promote LGBTQ activity once and for all. Ever-increasingly, leaders of organizations, companies, governments, and countries focus on destroying individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that do not promote LGBTQ activity.
https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/supreme-court-lgbt-rights-ruling-was-result-decades-work-we-ncna1231222
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters say “Trump says his policing order is a ‘big step.’ Activists call it ‘breadcrumbs.'”
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/trump-says-his-policing-order-big-step-activists-call-it-n1231269

NEW YORK TIMES
— Tracking the Next Purge Democrats have a new tool to identify voters who have been removed from the rolls. – Nick Corasaniti (DIERSEN How much deadwood is there on the voter roll for your precinct? Of the 510 registered voters in my precinct, 93 (18%) did not vote in the 2014 general election or subsequent elections.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/16/us/politics/democrats-voter-tracking.html
— Coronavirus Economy Especially Harsh for Transgender People As the pandemic ravages the country, there are concerns that an already marginalized group will be further left behind. – Scott James (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs promote gender confusion.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/16/us/coronovirus-covid-transgender-lgbtq-jobs.html

— Here Are the 98 U.S. Cities (including Aurora, Bloomington, and Rockford, Illinois) Where Protesters Were Tear-Gassed – K.K. Rebecca Lai, Bill Marsh and Anjali Singhvi
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/06/16/us/george-floyd-protests-police-tear-gas.html

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters hold back on calling Trump old because Biden is also old. Trump-haters want to get rid of old people, and especially old people who are Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, non-poor, gun owners, Protestant, German American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. Will Trump-haters hold back on calling Trump a draft avoider because Biden is also a draft avoider?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/trump-and-biden-mock-each-others-age-but-it-wouldnt-be-a-barrier-to-either/2020/06/16/525bf16e-b00f-11ea-8758-bfd1d045525a_story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs get rid of you if you do not promote LGBTQ activity.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/06/16/supreme-court-said-lgbt-discrimination-workplace-should-be-illegal-roughly-70-republicans-agree/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/lgbtq-backlash-supreme-court/2020/06/16/73410644-aff6-11ea-8758-bfd1d045525a_story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters say “Pence calls concerns about coronavirus spike ‘overblown’ as cases surge in a dozen states.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/06/16/coronavirus-update-us/

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater promotes hatred of Trump. I should write a book about past/present conservative-haters who promote hatred of conservatives. I would focus on those who had/have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois. I would focus on those who held/hold leadership positions in the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Illinois Center Right Coalition, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter, etc. I would focus on those who falsely claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican. I would focus on those who are Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, Green plants, and RINOs.
https://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/ny-oped-cupp-20200616-jwalbeal2jcpffgzsawrfbqqka-story.html

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— In Orange County, seniors risk COVID-19 to protest death of George Floyd – GUSTAVO ARELLANO (DIERSEN: What do you say to religious, government, political, and financial leaders who encourage protests?)
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-06-17/coronavrius-george-floyd-protest-seniors-black-lives-matter

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Civil Rights Groups Push for Facebook Ad Boycott Anti-Defamation League, NAACP and others seek protest of what they say is company’s failure to make its platform a less-hostile place – Deepa Seetharaman (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes a) promote Facebook big time and b) want to get rid of emails and websites.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/civil-rights-groups-push-for-facebook-ad-boycott-11592379002

BLOOMBERG
— Will Discrimination Lawsuits Get Easier to Win? – Stephen L. Carter (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, a) will employers not hire you if you do not promote LGBTQ activity and b) will employers get rid of their employees if they do not promote LGBTQ activity? How soon, if not already, will a) organizations not let you join if you do not promote LGBTQ activity and b) will organizations get rid of their members if they not promote LGBTQ activity? How soon, if not already, a) will governments not let you run for an office if you do not promote LGBTQ activity and b) will governments get rid of those in their jurisdictions if they do not promote LGBTQ activity?)
https://www.bloomberg.com/amp/opinion/articles/2020-06-16/will-discrimination-lawsuits-get-easier-to-win

FORBES
— Black Lives Matter Protests Moves Corporate Diversity &Inclusion Initiatives Center Stage – Geri Stengel (DIERSEN: I wanted a career in the automotive industry. That all ended in 1971 when I was 22 years old when Oldsmobile rescinded a job offer that I had accepted saying that it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. That directly resulted in a) Firestone Stores firing me and b) my accepting a job offer from IRS. Democrats and RINOs use Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion to get rid of Republicans, and especially to get rid of Republicans who are White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/geristengel/2020/06/17/black-lives-matter-protests-moves-corporate-di-initiatives-into-the-spotlight/#214fa1417a0d
— Companies Are Using Juneteenth To Show Black Employees That They Matter – Janice Gassam (DIERSEN: I wanted a career in the automotive industry. That all ended in 1971 when I was 22 years old when Oldsmobile rescinded a job offer that I had accepted saying that it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. That directly resulted in a) Firestone Stores firing me and b) my accepting a job offer from IRS. Democrats and RINOs use Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion to get rid of Republicans, and especially to get rid of Republicans who are White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/janicegassam/2020/06/17/companies-are-using-juneteenth-to-show-black-employees-that-they-matter/#2cc3236e725d

NEWSWEEK
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “Trump’s Tulsa Rally Rubs Salt in Old, Open Racial Wounds.”
https://www.newsweek.com/trumps-tulsa-rally-rubs-salt-old-open-racial-wounds-opinion-1511269

VANITY FAIR
— GOOGLE AND FACEBOOK ARE CRACKING DOWN ON THE FAR RIGHT – ALISON DURKEE (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes a) have always demonized, denigrated, and condemned me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails as being on the far right and b) promoted dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ activity, 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.vanityfair.com/news/2020/06/google-ads-bans-zero-hedge-federalist-facebook-far-right

AD WEEK
— Google Takes Action Against Conservative Websites Over Comment Sections Two sites were flagged for having comment sections that broke hate speech policies – Scott Nover (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, all government and political news and commentary is hate speech except for the government and political news and commentary that they put out or bless. I should write a book about my critics/opponents. Google should take action against those who promote hatred against those who are Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owners, Protestant, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. I should write a book about the leading hate-promoters in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois. I would focus on those hate-promoters who promote hatred against those who do not promote dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ activity, 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. I would focus on those hate-promoters who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois.)
https://www.adweek.com/programmatic/google-takes-action-against-conservative-websites-over-comment-sections/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Google’s policies prohibit ads from running on websites that “display shocking content or promote hatred, intolerance, discrimination or violence.” A new spotlight has been placed on Silicon Valley companies, including Facebook and Twitter, which have been under fire for recent decisions on how to moderate misleading and incendiary content on their platforms. The platforms’ new rulings on these messages have left critics on both sides debating the biases platforms are showing in these decisions, calling into question those companies’ responsibilities on cleaning up content. The conservative websites were flagged by Google because of their comment sections, not for any particular piece of content generated by either website. The Federalist did not immediately return a request for comment, and a spokesperson for Zero Hedge could not be immediately reached.)

GUARDIAN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters use Juneteenth to promote hatred against Trump.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jun/17/juneteenth-2020-anti-racist-uprisings

ZILLOW
— FOR SALE: 708 South Wheaton Avenue, Wheaton – $599,900
https://www.zillow.com/wheaton-il/X1-SS1apc9gppw622z_3o1g1_sse/2107069801_zpid/

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.