June 20 Evening Edition

ABC7
— IL governor signs voter access plan making vote by mail permanent, Election Day a state holiday – AP
https://abc7chicago.com/illinois-governor-jb-pritzker-voter-access-primary-election/10813667/

NBC5
— Chicago Violence: At Least 5 Killed, 42 Injured in Weekend Shootings
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-violence-at-least-5-killed-42-injured-in-weekend-shootings/2536540/

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Road to White House: DeSantis tops early 2024 straw poll – Paul Steinhauser
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/road-to-white-house-desantis-tops-early-2024-straw-poll

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Bishops use sacraments to pressure Biden. Catholic leaders move to deny the president communion unless he bows to the faith’s dictates on abortion. – Neil Steinberg
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2021/6/20/22542455/bishops-sacraments-president-joe-biden-catholic-abortion-religion
— 45 shot, 5 fatally, since Friday evening in Chicago. A woman was killed and two other people injured, including a 15-year-old boy, in a shooting Friday night in Back of the Yards.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2021/6/19/22541289/chicago-weekend-shootings-june-18-21-homicide-crime-gun-violence

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Inaugural Juneteenth celebration in Flossmoor draws thousands – JEFF VORVA
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/ct-sta-homewood-juneteenth-obsevance-st-0621-20210620-hppjgopa5fa6np5zuhztl5z66y-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled White-hating White-haters a) promote hatred against Whites and b) do not want Whites to own guns.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/ct-opinion-guns-african-americans-pitts-20210620-rba24gyrlzagvj5y3lm4rxelqu-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— Aurora and Naperville recovering from civil unrest – AP
(DIERSEN: Democrats hint/imply/argue/shout that if Democrats are elected, there will be less protesting, graffiti, vandalism, looting, rioting, arson, etc.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/article/20210620/news/306209991

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Juneteenth has a long history in Bloomington-Normal – Jeff Woodard
https://www.pantagraph.com/news/local/history/juneteenth-has-a-long-history-in-bloomington-normal/article_029ab6ac-8fff-542c-8289-3b6675fbb59e.html

ALTON TELEGRAPH
— Alton Juneteenth Celebration draws visitors by hundreds
https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/article/Alton-Juneteenth-Celebration-draws-visitors-by-16261127.php

WASHINGTON TIMES
— A disingenuous immigration strategy – Editorial
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/jun/20/editorial-the-biden-harris-immigration-policy-is-f/
— Trump’s clams on construction of border wall system undercut by GAO audit – Stephen Dinan
(DIERSEN: Democrats run GAO. I worked for GAO 1980-1997, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 Levels, currently $102,188-$132,845/year. I should write a book about that.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/jun/20/audit-trump-only-completed-69-miles-wall-system/

FOX NEWS
— Road to White House: DeSantis tops early 2024 straw poll – Paul Steinhauser
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/road-to-white-house-desantis-tops-early-2024-straw-poll

BREITBART
— House Republicans: Biden Diverting Funds from Americans to Give Hotel Rooms to Illegal Aliens – JOHN BINDER
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2021/06/20/house-republicans-biden-migrant-hotels/

BREITBART
— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON CHICAGO TIGHTENS: 23 Shot Friday into Saturday Night in Mayor Lightfoot’s Chicago – AWR HAWKINS
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/06/20/23-shot-friday-into-saturday-night-in-mayor-lightfoots-chicago/

POST MILLENNIAL
— Chris Rufo exposes WaPo’s ‘flat-out lies’ about his research on critical race theory. Investigative journalist Christopher Rufo exposed the Washington Post’s “flat-out lies” about his critical race theory research printed in the publication’s hit piece. – Hannah Nightingale
https://thepostmillennial.com/chris-rufo-exposes-wapos-flat-out-lies-about-his-critical-race-theory-research

ONE AMERICA NEWS NETWORK
— Gov. Ron DeSantis Becoming Major Voice For GOP
https://www.oann.com/gov-ron-desantis-becoming-major-voice-for-gop/
— Teachers On Edge Over CRT Implementation
https://www.oann.com/teachers-on-edge-over-crt-implementation/
— Los Angeles Mayor Garcetti Fights To Take Reparations For Slavery Nationwide
https://www.oann.com/los-angeles-mayor-garcetti-fights-to-take-reparations-for-slavery-nationwide/

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— College President Defends Critical Race Theory by Comparing it to Communism “open letter commemorating Juneteenth that also voiced support for Critical Race Theory” – Mike LaChance
https://legalinsurrection.com/2021/06/college-president-defends-critical-race-theory-by-comparing-it-to-communism/
— Singer Macy Gray Calls for Replacing ‘Tattered and Divisive’ American Flag. “the American flag has been hijacked as code for a specific belief” – Mike LaChance
(DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats make it clear that they are anti-patriotic, anti-American, anti-law enforcement, anti-Trump, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, 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://legalinsurrection.com/2021/06/singer-macy-gray-calls-for-replacing-tattered-and-divisive-american-flag/

EPOCH TIMES
— White Illinois Farmers Sue Over Race-Based Farm Loan Relief Program – MATTHEW VADUM
https://www.theepochtimes.com/mkt_breakingnews/white-illinois-farmers-sue-over-race-based-farm-loan-relief-program_3866798.html
— Mark McCloskey Says He’ll ‘Go Out and Buy Another AR-15’ After Guns Are Confiscated – JACK PHILLIPS
https://www.theepochtimes.com/mkt_breakingnews/mark-mccloskey-says-hell-go-out-and-buy-another-ar-15-after-guns-are-confiscated_3866108.html

NBC NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats crow about their success in getting young Americans to hate Republicans.
https://www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-press/how-juneteenth-support-grew-among-young-americans-n1271489
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats use “democracy” a) to take income, wealth, and opportunities away from Republicans and to give that Income, wealth, and opportunities to Democrats and b) to promote dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ, BLM, CRT, 1619, reparations, 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.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/voters-supported-progressive-policies-ballot-initiatives-republicans-are-pushing-back-n1271359

NEW YORK TIMES
— MAY 22, 2021 FLASHBACK: ‘The Underground Railroad’ Is Not a History Lesson. It’s a Mirror. – Scott Woods
(DIERSEN: My nasty vicious critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who viciously demonize, denigrate, and condemn my hometown of Crete and the German Americans and Missouri Synod Lutherans who lived there will never tell you that “Crete had three stations on the Underground Railroad beginning in the early 1840s.” SEE: https://local.townsquarepublications.com/illinois/crete/history.html My ancestors on my father’s side were German Lutherans who have lived in Crete since 1854. My brother continues to live there in a home that my grandfather had built in 1926 on land that his grandfather bought in 1864.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/19/opinion/underground-railroad-amazon-slavery.html

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Republican-hating Republican-haters oppose Ron Johnson.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/we-dont-want-you-here-sen-ron-johnson-is-booed-at-milwaukees-juneteenth-celebration/2021/06/20/041d2ae6-d1ff-11eb-ae54-515e2f63d37d_story.html

TEXAS NEWS TODAY
— Brown University economists say reparations will be “disastrous” for the future of the United States – Donald Dosman
https://texasnewstoday.com/brown-university-economists-say-reparations-will-be-disastrous-for-the-future-of-the-united-states/323539/

VANITY FAIR
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats use “democracy” a) to take income, wealth, and opportunities away from Republicans and to give that Income, wealth, and opportunities to Democrats and b) to promote dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ, BLM, CRT, 1619, reparations, 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/2021/06/republicans-get-a-move-on-disempowering-people-whose-job-is-to-uphold-democracy

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.