ABC7
— Illinois COVID-19 Update: IL reports 478 cases, 9 deaths Chicago Cultural Center reopens; IL on track for full reopening on June 11 – Michelle Gallardo
https://abc7chicago.com/health/il-reports-478-covid-cases-9-deaths/10733447/
FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— McHenry Township Clerk’s first openly transgender elected official shares coming out story
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/mchenry-township-clerks-first-openly-transgender-elected-official-shares-coming-out-story
WGN RADIO
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, OUTRAGEOUS, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot. To push pot on an individual, organization, company, government, or country is to destroy that individual, organization, company, government, or country.
https://wgnradio.com/chicagos-afternoon-news/why-illinois-pot-industry-is-missing-out-and-remains-taboo/
WBEZ
— A Website That’s Become A Hub For Far-Right Extremists Is Run By A Suburban Chicago Man – Odette Yousef
https://www.wbez.org/stories/a-website-thats-become-a-hub-for-far-right-extremists-is-run-by-a-suburban-chicago-man/80463771-dfe1-4408-9667-6179b28af32f
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Pritzker raises possibility of lottery to encourage more people to get COVID-19 shots as vaccination numbers continue to dip; 478 new cases and 9 deaths reported Wednesday
https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-aud-covid-19-pandemic-chicago-illinois-news-20210602-ttxvx2ivyvhr3nnx2icxq3pgly-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Illinois businesses promote LGBTQ. To promote LGBTQ is to destroy traditional marriage and to destroy the traditional family. 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 LGBTQ, BLM, Critical Race Theory, 1619, 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.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-illinois-lgbtq-business-climate-report-tt-20210602-mpesdha3ovdg7iojqexjedlwyq-story.html
— DISGUSTING, OUTRAGEOUS, TRAGIC: Illinois recreational weed sales keep setting records, topping $116 million in May – ROBERT CHANNICK
https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-recreational-marijuana-sales-record-illinois-may-20210602-rj5fqzpk55awncxkt2jy63bzg4-story.html
— Back-aching work. Low pay. No health care: Here’s why Chicago restaurant workers aren’t coming back. – JOSH NOEL
https://www.chicagotribune.com/dining/ct-food-restaurant-industry-worker-shortage-explained-20210602-d6onr4ttvbbf5ieqzv6ukysqzm-story.html
— Will Illinois have a vaccine lottery? Pritzker says maybe | The elected school board battle is not over, Lightfoot says | Inside Chicago’s 2020 unrest – LISA DONOVAN
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-pritzker-vaccine-lottery-lightfoot-school-elected-school-board-spin-20210602-cstnl2ojojh6jj3qwuaw2adpxy-story.html
— Cook County commissioner urges pause on changing Columbus Day to Indigenous Peoples Day, reveals he is descended from slaves owned by Choctaw tribe – ALICE YIN
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-cook-county-indigenous-peoples-day-20210528-lsww6jrinnfmrh4poup5zua3te-story.html
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Downstate GOP state lawmaker’s Jan. 6 rhetoric ‘distasteful and not excusable’ — but allegations he helped spark riot ‘unfounded’ State Rep. Chris Miller said the legislative inspector general “exonerated me of all of the accusations” and called for Democrats to rescind their condemnation of him. But the Democratic sponsor of that resolution said the Illinois House “clearly stands by” its condemnation. – Andrew Sullender
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2021/6/2/22465976/downstate-state-chris-miller-jan-6-rhetoric-republican-insurrection-capitol-inspector-general-trump
— Power shot? Pritzker injects COVID-19 vaccine lottery talk into mix as daily inoculation rate plummets. Gov. J.B. Pritzker has already offered up free Six Flags tickets and shooting clays to try to get more shots into arms, He’ll soon sign a law that allows bars to dole out a free drink as an incentive. Now he said state lawmakers “paved the way” for a potential lottery when they approved his $42 billion budget this week. – Mitchell Armentrout
https://chicago.suntimes.com/coronavirus/2021/6/2/22465138/illinois-vaccine-lottery-pritzker-coronavirus-cases-deaths-covid-19-june-2
— Free beer, other new incentives for Biden’s ‘vaccine sprint’ President Joe Biden on Wednesday announced a “month of action” to urge more Americans to get vaccinated before the July 4 holiday, including an early summer sprint of incentives and a slew of new steps to ease barriers and make getting shots more appealing to those who haven’t received them. – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2021/6/2/22465141/beer-latest-vaccine-incentive-biden-month-action
DAILY HERALD
— Joe Walsh ‘bummed’ to lose another radio show – Robert Feder
ttps://www.dailyherald.com/news/20210602/feder-joe-walsh-bummed-to-lose-another-radio-show
— COVID-19 pandemic shrinks Kane County riverboat gambling grants – James Fuller
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20210602/covid-19-pandemic-shrinks-kane-county-riverboat-gambling-grants
BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Republican lawmakers call on Pritzker to veto legislative map – Sierra Henry
https://www.pantagraph.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/watch-now-republican-lawmakers-call-on-pritzker-to-veto-legislative-map/article_b156dd36-ee45-5d5e-84b9-a8dd85fccdb7.html
CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Area GOP legislators blast redistricting process
https://www.news-gazette.com/news/area-gop-legislators-blast-redistricting-process/article_d9982cf0-6f09-5962-a12e-d09a1c9b57c6.html
WREX
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats promote LGBTQ in Rockford.
https://wrex.com/2021/06/02/rockfords-lgbtq-resource-center-sees-pride-month-as-opportunity-to-grow-equality/
WAND TV
— GOP: Redistricting maps “just insane.” – Doug Wolfe
https://www.wandtv.com/news/gop-redistricting-maps-just-insane/article_83d836b4-c3e9-11eb-89de-7b32c9dd1cd6.html
NPR ILLINOIS
— DISGUSTING, OUTRAGEOUS, TRAGIC: Amazon Will Stop Testing Job Seekers For Marijuana And Now Backs Legalizing Weed – AP (DIERSEN: The more pot that Amazon employees smoke, the sooner that Amazon will go out of business.)
https://www.nprillinois.org/post/pot-users-welcome-amazon-wont-test-jobseekers-cannabis#stream/0
CITY OF WHEATON
— Pride Month (DIERSEN: From Life Site News: “Homosexual acts are considered grave sins by the Catholic Church” and “It has also taught for millennia that pride is the worst of the seven deadly sins.” To promote LGBTQ is to destroy traditional marriage and to destroy the traditional family. 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 LGBTQ, BLM, Critical Race Theory, 1619, 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.wheaton.il.us/pridemonth
WIREPOINTS
— New IRS migration data: Illinois the third-biggest loser of people, biggest loser of incomes, to other states in 2019 – Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner
https://wirepoints.org/new-irs-migration-data-illinois-third-biggest-loser-of-people-biggest-loser-of-incomes-to-other-states-in-2019-wirepoints/
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Grafton Township GOP Plans Golf Outing June 26th
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/06/02/grafton-township-gop-plans-golf-outing-june-26th/
— Biggest News of the Session: Ratepayers Escape ComEd Bailout…So Far
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/06/01/biggest-news-of-the-session-ratepayers-escape-comed-bailout/
— Gambling Update
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/06/02/gambling-update/
— GOP Finds These Highlights in the State Budget
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/06/01/gop-finds-these-highlights-in-the-state-budget/
— Pritzker’s Budget Pitch
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/06/01/pritzkers-budget-pitch/
— McLaughlin Explains Voting Against the Budget, Democrat Pork
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/06/01/mclaughlin-explains-voting-against-the-budget-democrat-pork/
— Republican Contingent at the Woodstock Memorial Day Parade
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/06/01/republican-contingent-at-the-woodstock-memorial-day-parade/
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— WANT A FREE DRINK? PRITZKER SIGNS VACCINE ENTICEMENT INTO LAW
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2021/06/want-a-free-drink-pritzker-signs-vaccine-enticement-into-law.html
— ACHILLES’ HEEL FOR BIG TECH CANCEL POWERS
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2021/06/achilles-heel-for-big-tech-cancel-powers.html
CAPITOL FAX
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats approve of politicians who destroy 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://capitolfax.com/2021/06/02/poll-plurality-of-chicagoans-approve-of-lightfoots-job-performance-strong-majorities-approve-of-pritzker-biden/
— “Shot and a beer” and “cocktails to go” signed into law
https://capitolfax.com/2021/06/02/shot-and-a-beer-and-cocktails-to-go-signed-into-law/
— 478 new confirmed and probable cases; 9 additional deaths; 1,013 hospitalized; 278 in ICU; 1.5 percent average case positivity rate; 1.8 percent average test positivity rate; 41,234 average daily doses; 51 percent of adults fully vaccinated
https://capitolfax.com/2021/06/02/478-new-confirmed-and-probable-cases-9-additional-deaths-1013-hospitalized-278-in-icu-15-percent-average-case-positivity-rate-18-percent-average-test-positivity-rate-41234-average-daily-doses-51-perce/
GOPUSA
— Biden Announces Racially Targeted Economic Plan (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats hint/imply/argue/shout that Republicans have caused all the problems that Blacks have.)
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=111088
AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE
— Toward A Critical Woke Theory. A credible explanation for the behavior of woke activists is needed to successfully combat them. – Lewis M. Andrews (DIERSEN: To be woke is to be 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.)
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/toward-a-critical-woke-theory/
PATRIOT POST
— President ‘Unity’ Hits America’s ‘Dark Side’ in Tulsa Joe Biden’s address to mark the 100th anniversary of a racist massacre was despicably divisive. – NATE JACKSON
https://patriotpost.us/articles/80297?mailing_id=5870
EPOCH TIMES
— To Stop Critical Race Theory, Fight to Control School Boards – 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, BLM, LGBTQ, CRT, 1619, 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.theepochtimes.com/to-stop-critical-race-theory-fight-to-control-school-boards_3841379.html
— Texas Gov. Abbott Signs Bills to Prevent Defunding the Police and Increase Penalties for Interfering With Police – LI HAI
https://www.theepochtimes.com/texas-gov-abbott-signs-bills-to-prevent-defunding-the-police-and-increase-penalties-for-interfering-with-police_3841203.html
WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats encourage Latinos to hate police,
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/police-killings-latinos/2021/05/31/657bb7be-b4d4-11eb-a980-a60af976ed44_story.html
FOLLOW THE MONEY
— Follow the Money (DIERSEN: I should write a book about Republican Party leaders and Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct since 2000 who have talked and/or acted the most like they sought and/or accepted campaign donations a) from those who reject the 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 in the Republican Party platform and/or from those who promote dependency on government, dependency on charity, BLM, LGBTQ, CRT, 1619, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, abolition of the First and Second Amendments, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and/or age discrimination.)
https://www.followthemoney.org/
LGBTQ NATION
— Chick-fil-A’s profits are being used to push anti-trans state laws & kill the Equality Act. Christian billionaires like Chick-fil-A’s Dan Cathy and Betsy DeVos are funding one of “the most sophisticated dark money operations” to roll back LGBTQ rights. – Alex Bollinger
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2021/06/chick-fil-profits-used-push-anti-trans-state-laws-kill-equality-act/
— Republicans join Marjorie Taylor Greene in backing bill that would ban rainbow flags. Marjorie Taylor Greene says the bill will “prevent Hate America flags from flying over American embassies.” The GOP has a strange way of celebrating the first day of Pride month. – Bil Browning
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2021/06/republicans-join-marjorie-taylor-greene-backing-bill-ban-rainbow-flags/
ADVOCATE
— Florida Gov. DeSantis Strips LGBTQ+ Funds From State Budget – JACOB OGLES
https://www.advocate.com/politics/2021/6/02/florida-gov-desantis-strips-lgbtq-funds-state-budget
