June 26 Morning Edition

ABC7
— Confirmed coronavirus cases hit a new high in US; White House task force to hold first briefing in weeks – AP
https://abc7chicago.com/health/confirmed-coronavirus-cases-hit-a-new-high-in-us/6270956/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— One wrong ‘like’ will get you canceled by cancel culture – John Kass
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/john-kass/ct-cancel-culture-kass-20200626-zahoolv4jjaezed2p6qlopevrm-story.html
— Protest group shares list of six demands for Elgin city, police leaders – GLORIA CASAS (DIERSEN: What demands have BLM/LGBTQ protesters made on your municipality?)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/elgin-courier-news/ct-ecn-elgin-protesters-st-0626-20200625-s73s5jythvgn3d6lb4s5dcevl4-story.html
— Hip-hop is the soundtrack to Black Lives Matter protests, continuing a tradition that dates to the blues
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/ct-opinion-police-george-floyd-hip-hop-protest-music-20200625-ieiefmrz6bbynjdrkfpiret52y-story.html
— ‘Everything is on the table,’ Cook County board President Toni Preckwinkle warns as 2021 budget gap forecasted to be largest in a decade – ALICE YIN
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-cook-county-preckwinkle-2021-budget-20200626-7tvdct325zhvdbtszu5dly4554-story.html
— Cancel-palooza is on! But now, team, it’s getting out of hand – Eric Zorn
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/eric-zorn/ct-column-cancel-culture-excesses-middle-ground-zorn-20200625-ehq3hk55grh5bozdasd2k5klgy-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “America didn’t give up on COVID-19. Republicans did.”
https://www.chicagotribune.com/featured/sns-nyt-op-republicans-gave-up-on-covid-20200626-lzlssd74hjcx5mek6n35h73k2u-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters say “Many Latinos couldn’t stay home. Now virus cases are soaring.”
https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/sns-nyt-corona-virus-latinos-20200626-mqq5hc6xhffvlntxw76n4nfejq-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Over 60% in Chicago seeking early prison release under Trump’s First Step Act go free Federal prisoners aiming to get out early under the law that Republicans, Democrats, the ACLU and Kanye West backed include crooked Chicago cops and gang kingpins. – Frank Main and Jon Seidel
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/6/26/21299267/first-step-act-trump-joseph-miedzianowski-richard-bailey-larry-hoover-marvel-thompson-paul-schiro

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs get rid of you if you do not promote BLM and LGBTQ.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/health-care/abbott-cuts-ties-conservative-lobbyist-wake-blm-controversy

WBEZ
— Asians Are The Fastest Growing Racial Demographic In Illinois – Alden Loury, Esther Yoon-Ji Kang
https://www.wbez.org/stories/asians-are-the-fastest-growing-racial-demographic-in-illinois/1acba558-9754-4271-ac3c-53c00d4a47c3

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Students march in Normal for Black Lives Matter, LGBT Pride – SIERRA HENRY (DIERSEN: What do you say to candidates who paint themselves as being religious, conservative, and/or Republican to get elected, but after they are elected, they promote BLM and LGBTQ? I should write a book about such elected officials.)
https://www.pantagraph.com/news/local/watch-now-students-march-in-normal-for-black-lives-matter-lgbt-pride/article_8b3a1b60-9c27-5fe2-97f7-666389fd76d2.html
https://www.pantagraph.com/news/local/photos-protesters-gather-in-normals-maxwell-park/collection_61671cff-0b0b-51ed-93be-6dd612dcfdcf.html

CENTER SQUARE
— Op-Ed: Responsibility ends when Illinois leaders switch into ‘automatic’ – Brad Weisenstein
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/op-ed-responsibility-ends-when-illinois-leaders-switch-into-automatic/article_0425e7a2-b71c-11ea-8a8e-83b483207b7b.html
— Lawmaker suing Illinois governor calls Pritzker’s continued orders ‘hollow’ – Greg Bishop
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/lawmaker-suing-illinois-governor-calls-pritzker-s-continued-orders-hollow/article_90c99cac-b72c-11ea-ba84-d393fa14b647.html

WIREPOINTS
— Illinois homeowners beware, COVID-19 means even higher property taxes – Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner
https://wirepoints.org/illinois-homeowners-beware-covid-19-means-even-higher-property-taxes-wirepoints/

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— BLAME ILLINOIS EXODUS ON JOBS, HOUSING, TAX POLICY – Orphe Divounguy and Bryce Hill (DIERSEN: What encourages you to leave Illinois? For me, reasons include its promoting LGBTQ, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, dependency on government, dependency on charity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, abolition of the First and Second Amendments, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and hatred of individuals, organizations, companies, and governments that are Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owners, Protestant, German American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/blame-illinois-exodus-on-jobs-housing-tax-policy/
— AUTOMATIC STATE WORKER PAY HIKES, GAS TAX HIKE COMING TO ILLINOIS JULY 1 – Brad Weisenstein
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/automatic-state-worker-pay-hikes-gas-tax-hike-coming-to-illinois-july-1/

ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— Quisling Carly Fiorina Supports Biden for President – Laurie Higgins
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2020/06/quisling-carly-fiorina-supports-biden-for-president/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— DEMOCRAT PARTY SHOULD BE DISMANTLED OVER HISTORY OF SLAVERY, RACISM
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2020/06/democrat-party-should-be-dismantled-over-history-of-slavery-racism.html

FOX NEWS
— Trump hits back at de Blasio plan for BLM mural outside Trump Tower – Tyler Olson
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-hits-back-at-de-blasio-plan-for-blm-mural-outside-trump-tower
— Christian figures, symbols targeted amid ongoing protests – Caleb Parke (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will “religious leaders” officially send you straight to HELL if you do not promote BLM and LGBTQ?)
https://www.foxnews.com/us/christian-figures-symbols-targeted-amid-black-lives-matter-protests

AMERICAN THINKER
— Will Anyone in Government Resist SCOTUS’s Absurd Redefinition of ‘Sex’? – Amy Contrada
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2020/06/will_anyone_in_government_resist_scotuss_absurd_redefinition_of_sex.html

FEDERALIST
— In Racist Screed, NYT’s 1619 Project Founder Nikole Hannah-Jones Calls ‘White Race’ ‘Barbaric Devils,’ ‘Bloodsuckers,’ Columbus ‘No Different Than Hitler’ – Jordan Davidson (DIERSEN: How soon will BLM and LGBTQ promoting leaders of your municipality invite Nikole Hannah-Jones to speak in your municipality?)
https://thefederalist.com/2020/06/25/in-racist-screed-nyts-1619-project-founder-calls-white-race-barbaric-devils-bloodsuckers-no-different-than-hitler/

CONSERVATIVE HQ
— Black Lives Matter: The Terrorist Funders And Founders – George Rasley (DIERSEN: To promote BLM is to shout that you 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, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.conservativehq.com/node/32783

GOPUSA
— Colin Kaepernick, Nobel Peace Prize Winner? (DIERSEN: How close are those who run your municipal district, your municipality, your township, your county, and Illinois to officially getting rid of you if you do not promote BLM and LGBTQ?)
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=91064
— Minneapolis Council Puts Plan To Abolish Police In Motion
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=91078
— Court LGBTQ Decision Is Formula For Chaos – Star Parker
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=91027

DAILY CALLER
— Here’s Why Chicago Peace Activist Tio Hardiman Wants To Meet With Black Lives Matter – SCOTT MOREFIELD
https://dailycaller.com/2020/06/25/tio-hardiman-black-lives-matter-chicago-gun-violence/
— Joe Biden Says ‘Over 120 Million’ People Have Died From Coronavirus – WILLIAM DAVIS
https://dailycaller.com/2020/06/25/joe-biden-120-million-coronavirus-deaths/
— We Asked Biden’s Campaign If He Supports Removing Washington, Grant, Roosevelt & Jesus Statues, Received No Answer – HENRY RODGERS
https://dailycaller.com/2020/06/25/biden-silent-on-removing-statues-of-presidents-jesus/

BREITBART
— Pelosi: Trump Glorifying ‘White Supremacy’ by Not Changing Military Base Names – Pam Key (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will BLMers and LGBTQers demand that the mayor of your municipality change the name of everything in your municipality that is named after those who were in law enforcement, heterosexual, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, married, childless, non-poor, gun owner, Protestant, German American, non-veteran, draft avoider, and/or if their ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2020/06/25/pelosi-trump-glorifying-white-supremacy-by-not-changing-military-base-names/
— D.C. Protesters Invade Restaurant to Demand Recognition of BLM – ROBERT KRAYCHIK (DIERSEN: How successful have BLMers and LGBTQers been in getting your municipality, your township, and your county to meet their demands? How soon, if not already, will your municipality, your township, and your county officially banish individuals, organizations, companies, and governments that do not promote BLM and LGBTQ?)
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2020/06/25/dc-protesters-invade-restaurant-demand-blm/
— Rick Scott: Left-Wing Govs. and Mayors ‘Okay with’ ‘Anarchy’ of Statue and Monument Destruction – IAN HANCHETT (DIERSEN: How strongly do the leaders of your municipality, your township, and your county side with BLMers and LGBTQers against those who are Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owners, Protestant, German American, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2020/06/25/rick-scott-left-wing-govs-and-mayors-okay-with-anarchy-of-statue-and-monument-destruction/

CITY JOURNAL
— White Wokeness It’s the new factor in our national life. – Charles Love (DIERSEN: Trump-haters want everyone to hate not only Trump, but to hate everyone who is White, male, older, non-poor, heterosexual, married, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, a gun owner, Protestant, German American, a draft avoider, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.city-journal.org/white-wokeness
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Over the past month, protests against racism have taken place daily in America’s largest cities. They started out as a black movement against police brutality, but they have a different look now. In many cases, whites have taken over. They make conciliatory gestures, apologizing for their “white privilege,” and, in at least one case, washing black people’s feet to expiate themselves of their collective sins. Celebrities, athletes, and corporate America followed suit. Portland’s police chief resigned, asking to be replaced by a black man, and the CEO of Chick-fil-A urged whites to shine the shoes of black people to show a “sense of shame.” Countless others have pledged millions of dollars to end racism. Seeing all this, one wonders: Why now?)

PUBLIUS FORUM
— Liberals Lying Again: ‘The Star Spangled Banner’ is NOT ‘Racist’ in ANY Way – Warner Todd Huston
https://www.publiusforum.com/2020/06/25/liberals-lying-again-the-star-spangled-banner-is-not-racist-in-any-way/

THE HILL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Mayor of Green Bay promotes hatred against Trump.
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/504500-mayor-of-green-bay-pens-open-letter-to-trump-ahead-of-his-visit-we-dont
— Trump says there will be ‘retribution’ for those who deface monuments – BRETT SAMUELS (DIERSEN: Which monuments in your county, township, municipality, and municipal district do BLMers and LGBTQers want to deface?)
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/504655-trump-says-there-will-be-retribution-for-those-who-deface-monuments
— US marshals asked to prepare to protect monuments nationwide – JUSTIN WISE (DIERSEN: Which monuments in your county, township, municipality, and municipal district do BLMers and LGBTQers want to destroy?)
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/504472-us-marshals-asked-to-prepare-to-protect-national-monuments-nationwide
— Trump criticizes Black Lives Matter leader, blasts de Blasio over mural plans – MORGAN CHALFANT (DIERSEN: How would the mayor of your municipality respond if BLMers and LGBTQers demanded that your municipality paint BLM and LGBTQ on the street in front of every resident, organization, and company that does not promote BLM and LGBTQ?)
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/504578-trump-criticizes-black-lives-matter-leader-blasts-de-blasio-over
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters say “Trump World boils over as campaign hits skids.”
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/504606-trump-world-boils-over-as-campaign-hits-skids
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters say “Majority of Republicans, Democrats support Supreme Court after DACA, LGBTQ rights rulings.”
https://thehill.com/homenews/news/504679-both-republicans-and-democrats-approve-of-supreme-court-daca-lgbtq-rights

POLITICO
— Joe Biden Refuses To Get Woke. Will the Democratic Base Still Embrace Him? The 77-year-old incoming nominee has adopted some of the demands of the Black Lives Matter movement, but notably rejected its boldest proposals. – RYAN LIZZA and LAURA BARRÓN-LÓPEZ (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, to get elected, will Biden promise to use the federal government to get rid of individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries a) that do not promote BLM, LGBTQ, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, dependency on government, dependency on charity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, abolition of the First and Second Amendments, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination, and b) that are Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, married, heterosexual, childless, gun owners, Protestant, German American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2020/06/26/joe-biden-refuses-get-woke-will-the-democratic-base-still-embrace-him-340753

MSN
— John Kass: Today’s cultural revolution needs a new statue. She’s French, but is she woke enough? – John Kass
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/john-kass-todays-cultural-revolution-needs-a-new-statue-shes-french-but-is-she-woke-enough/ar-BB15XJf4

CNN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters promote/demand vote by mail.
https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/25/politics/barr-mail-in-voting-election-fraud-npr/index.html

CBS NEW YORK
— Mayor Says ‘Black Lives Matter’ Mural In Front Of Trump Tower Will Send Message To President And Rest Of World (DIERSEN: How would the mayor of your municipality respond if BLMers and LGBTQers demanded that your municipality paint BLM and LGBTQ on the street in front of every resident, organization, and company that does not promote BLM and LGBTQ?)
https://newyork.cbslocal.com/2020/06/26/trump-tower-black-lives-matter-mural/

NEW YORK TIMES
— A Pandemic Problem for Older Workers: Will They Have to Retire Sooner? – Mark Miller (DIERSEN: Are you a member of an organization? Will that organization use the pandemic to get rid of its older members?)
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/26/business/retirement-coronavirus.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Who do you want to pay reparations? According to my critics/opponents, the more of the following that you are, the more reparations that you should pay: Trump supporter, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, married, childless, heterosexual, non-poor, gun owner, Protestant, German American, draft avoider, and if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/26/opinion/banks-reparations-racism-inequality.html
— Trapped Abroad, China’s ‘Little Pinks’ Rethink Their Country Young and patriotic, overseas students often defend their nation against its critics. But when many tried to return home during the pandemic, they became targets themselves. – Li Yuan (DIERSEN: All my ancestors are German-American. My grandfather on my father’s side fought the Germans in WWI. My uncles on my mother’s side fought the Germans in WWII. My father would have fought the Germans in WWII if he had not been 4-F.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/24/business/china-nationalist-students-coronavirus.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Trump lashes out at Black Lives Matter, accuses one member of ‘treason’ – Colby Itkowitz (DIERSEN: What do you say to candidates who paint themselves as being religious, conservative, and/or Republican to get elected, but after they are elected, they promote BLM and LGBTQ? I should write a book about such elected officials.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-lashes-out-at-black-lives-matter-accuses-one-member-of-treason/2020/06/25/45667ec8-b70f-11ea-a510-55bf26485c93_story.html

USA TODAY
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG COLOR PICTURES: LGBTQ promoters crow about their success in destroying those who do not promote LGBTQ.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2020/06/25/lgbtq-rights-five-years-after-gay-marriage-ruling-battles-continue/3242992001/

AMES TRIBUNE
— Ames Black Lives Matter demands change during March for Justice – Kylee Mullen (DIERSEN: How successful have BLMers and LGBTQers been in getting your municipality, your township, and your county to meet their demands? How soon, if not already, will your municipality, your township, and your county officially banish individuals, organizations, companies, and governments that do not promote BLM and LGBTQ?)
https://www.amestrib.com/news/20200625/ames-black-lives-matter-demands-change-during-march-for-justice

DESERET NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: How soon, if not already, will “religious leaders” send you straight to HELL if you do not promote BLM and LGBTQ?)
https://www.deseret.com/indepth/2020/6/25/21303124/same-sex-marriage-supreme-court-gay-rights-religion-lgbtq-church-obergefell-christian-faith

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— A Vote for Discrimination California’s Legislature votes to bring back racial preferences. – Editorial
https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-vote-for-discrimination-11593127619
— Lincoln Statue With Kneeling Black Man Becomes Target of Protests Authorities gird against plan to topple Washington’s Emancipation Memorial – Ted Mann
https://www.wsj.com/articles/protesters-take-aim-at-statue-of-lincoln-with-kneeling-ex-slave-11593090836
— Facebook Tries to Contain Damage as Verizon Joins Ad Boycott Social network tells advertisers it takes civil-rights groups’ concerns seriously, but won’t ‘make policy changes tied to revenue pressure’ – Suzanne Vranica
https://www.wsj.com/articles/facebook-looks-to-contain-advertising-boycott-over-hate-speech-11593120639
— Democrats Play Politics on Police Reform Chuck Schumer wants a campaign theme, not a solution. – Shay Hawkins
https://www.wsj.com/articles/democrats-play-politics-on-police-reform-11593106117

BLOOMBERG
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, LGBTQ-promoters, that is, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs, promote LGBTQ.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-06-25/acceptance-of-lgbtq-people-has-risen-worldwide-pew-survey-finds

NEWSWEEK
— Trump Slams Democrat-Led, Majority-Black Cities: ‘It’s Like Living in Hell’ – ELIZABETH CRISP (DIERSEN: What do you say to hypocritical Democrats who hypocritically flee the poverty and crime in Democrat areas and move to Republican areas to hypocritically take advantage of the prosperity and safety that Republicans created there?)
https://www.newsweek.com/trump-slams-democrat-led-majority-black-cities-its-like-living-hell-1513546

VOICE OF AMERICA
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: BLMers and LGBTQers unite to get rid of individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are in law enforcement, Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, non-poor, gun owners, Protestant, German American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.voanews.com/student-union/blm-turns-inward-ask-about-lgbtq-bias
https://www.voanews.com/usa/race-america/how-george-floyds-death-has-impacted-american-life

AXIOS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Who do you want to pay reparations? According to my critics/opponents, the more of the following that you are, the more reparations that you should pay: Trump supporter, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, married, childless, heterosexual, non-poor, gun owner, Protestant, German American, draft avoider, and if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.axios.com/axios-today-podcast-reparations-banks-reopening-7dab3bbb-c80b-4761-ba5e-46e887832554.html

RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters say “Most Feel Personally Less Safe, Ready to Turn to Biden.”
https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/general_politics/june_2020/most_feel_personally_less_safe_ready_to_turn_to_biden

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.