June 26 Evening Edition

NBC5
— Illinois Reports 857 New Coronavirus Cases, 39 Additional Deaths Friday According to state health officials, the positivity rate on Friday sat at 3 percent.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/coronavirus/illinois-reports-857-new-coronavirus-cases-39-additional-deaths-friday/2296083/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Lightfoot quotes Trump Tower website to Trump in tweet after he compared Chicago to ‘living in hell’ Trump blamed Democrats for unrest in some major cities, saying the places plagued by the worst shooting numbers are run by politicians on the left. – Alice Bazerghi
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2020/6/26/21304661/lightfoot-trump-tower-chicago-like-living-in-hell

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Coronavirus in Illinois updates: 857 new known COVID-19 cases and 39 more fatalities reported as state enters Phase 4 of reopening plan
https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-coronavirus-pandemic-chicago-illinois-news-20200626-w757tck4gnbfbpltkvhujfptmy-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A trump-hater promotes hatred against those who do not hate Trump.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/rex-huppke/ct-black-lives-matter-protests-coronavirus-guns-sales-huppke-20200626-5h2ohi4povax5dksgf65rmkzce-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— DuPage considering whether to make Juneteenth a county holiday – Robert Sanchez
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200626/dupage-considering-whether-to-make-juneteenth-a-county-holiday

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Vote by mail explodes in Chicago  The city Board of Elections expects more than 500,000 residents to apply for the remote vote. Look for the impact on campaigning—and on election night returns. – GREG HINZ
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/greg-hinz-politics/vote-mail-explodes-chicago

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— McLean County GOP says Bloomington alderwoman behind list asking people to boycott businesses that support Trump – Austin Schick
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/local-news/mclean-county-gop-says-bloomington-alderwoman-behind-list-asking-people-to-boycott-businesses-that-support-trump/
— White House executive order values skills over education for federal employees – Trevor Shirley (DIERSEN: My Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government always badmouthed a) the job-related bachelor’s degree that I earned when I was 21 in 1970 and the job-related master’s degrees that I earned when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) the job-related professional certifications that I earned when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) the job-related professional license that I earned when I was 32. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, or veteran.)
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/washington/washington-dc/white-house-executive-order-values-skills-over-education-for-federal-employees/

FOX ILLINOIS
— Facebook to label all rule-breaking posts – even Trump’s – AP
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/facebook-says-it-will-label-newsworthy-posts-from-politicians-that-violate-its-rules

WGLT
— Davis, LaHood Vote Against Police Reform Bill; Support GOP Plan Instead – RYAN DENHAM & CLAUDIA GRISALES
https://www.wglt.org/post/davis-lahood-vote-against-police-reform-bill-support-gop-plan-instead#stream/0

NPR ILLINOIS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, you are demonized, denigrated, and condemned if you do not promote LGBTQ activity.
https://www.nprillinois.org/post/5-years-after-same-sex-marriage-decision-equality-fight-continues#stream/0

CAPITOL FAX
— AG responds to ILGOP lawsuit
https://capitolfax.com/2020/06/26/ag-responds-to-ilgop-lawsuit/
— 857 new cases, 39 additional deaths
https://capitolfax.com/2020/06/26/857-new-cases-39-additional-deaths/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Republican nightmare: Trump vote-by-mail demonizing driving down GOP participation – Emily Larsen
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/republican-nightmare-trump-vote-by-mail-demonizing-driving-down-gop-participation

GOPUSA
— What’s Next? Ditching The National Anthem
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=91070
— Covid 19 Gets Woke? Coronavirus Magically Knows Difference Between Racial Groups!
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=91087
— Census Shows White Decline, Nonwhite Majority Among Youngest (DIERSEN: QUESTION: Who glorifies and praises this? ANSWER: Those who are anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-Trump, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-gun owners, anti-Protestant, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=91008
— Race Is Not What Is Dividing Us Rather, we are being divided by competing ideologies.
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=90873

BREITBART
— Khan’s London: Another ‘Street Party’ Devolves Into Riot, Police Attacked Again – JACK MONTGOMERY
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/06/26/khans-london-another-street-party-devolves-into-riot-police-attacked-again/

CNS NEWS
— Gun Permits Up 500% and Sales Skyrocket Amid Chicago Protests – Andrew Davenport
https://www.cnsnews.com/index.php/blog/andrew-davenport/gun-permits-500-and-sales-skyrocket-amid-chicago-protests

CBN NEWS
— Christianity – The Next Target of the ‘Cancel Wars’ – Deborah Bunting
https://www1.cbn.com/cbnnews/us/2020/june/christianity-the-next-target-of-the-cancel-wars

THE HILL
— House approves statehood for DC in 232-180 vote – MIKE LILLIS AND JULIEGRACE BRUFKE
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/504746-house-approves-statehood-for-dc-in-232-180-vote
— Facebook to label but leave up ‘newsworthy’ posts that violate policies – MAGGIE MILLER
https://thehill.com/policy/technology/504750-facebook-to-label-newsworthy-posts-that-violate-policies

NEW YORK TIMES
— Supreme Court Turns Down Request to Allow All Texans to Vote by Mail Democrats in the state had urged the justices to reinstate a federal trial judge’s order based on the 26th Amendment, which bars voting discrimination based on age. – Adam Liptak
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/26/us/supreme-court-texas-vote-by-mail.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Anti-Trump Republicans are now getting out the vote for Joe Biden – Jacqueline Alemany
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/paloma/powerup/2020/06/26/powerup-anti-trump-republicans-are-now-getting-out-the-vote-for-joe-biden/5ef4e32688e0fa7b44f67e16/
— Protesters denounce Abraham Lincoln statue in D.C., urge removal of Emancipation Memorial – Hannah Natanson, Joe Heim, Michael E. Miller and Peter Jamison
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/protesters-denounce-abraham-lincoln-statue-in-dc-urge-removal-of-emancipation-memorial/2020/06/25/02646910-b704-11ea-a510-55bf26485c93_story.html
— Facebook will label violating posts from public figures going forward Facebook has received harsh criticism for leaving two of President Trump’s posts unlabeled. – Rachel Lerman
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/06/26/facebook-hate-speech-policies/

BLOOMBERG
— Comptroller General Gene Dodaro’s Deceased Mother One of 1.1 Million to Get Stimulus Check
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-06-26/watchdog-s-deceased-mom-one-of-1-1-million-to-get-stimulus-check

FORBES
— Did Coronavirus Ruin Your Plans For Retirement? – Jeff Rose (DIERSEN: Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion, that is, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and up-or-out, ruined my plans for taking regular retirement when I would be 55 years old in 2003.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jrose/2020/06/26/did-coronavirus-ruin-your-plans-for-retirement/#5e74bbf043d6

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.