June 8 Morning Edition

ABC7
— ‘Defund the police’: Alderman, activists call for Chicago to cut CPD funding – Will Jones (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will Trump-hating protesters/looters/rioters demand that your municipality and your county defund law enforcement?)
https://abc7chicago.com/chicago-alderman-joins-activists-in-call-to-defund-police/6236745/
— 35 shot, 5 fatally, in Chicago weekend violence
https://abc7chicago.com/35-shot-5-fatally-in-chicago-weekend-violence/6237120/
— Curfews remain in effect in Chicago’s suburbs including Aurora, Berwyn, Cicero, Crest Hill, Joliet, and Waukegan
https://abc7chicago.com/chicago-suburbs-under-curfews-after-looting-unrest/6227792/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Absentee voting expansion coming to Illinois. Should we be worried? – Editorial (DIERSEN: How much deadwood is on voter rolls for your precinct?)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/editorials/ct-editorial-absentee-voting-mail-illinois-20200608-76p4r7f32vdbfj6you3uqq3ejm-story.html
— Two black women denounce Black Lives Matter protests in unusual confrontation in West Town – MEGAN CREPEAU, WILLIAM LEE and KAITLIN EDQUIST
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-chicago-protests-george-floyd-20200608-k4jqco5skjeffjpfmuzdyayr6y-story.html
— Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot announces Jewel-Osco $1 million donation to city’s emergency fund for looted, damaged businesses – Gregory Pratt (DIERSEN: Nothing is free. How fast are prices increasing at Jewel-Osco?)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-lori-lightfoot-business-program-fund-jewel-osco-20200605-kkq3wquzxzbnpiqdatqzudwyce-story.html
— FRONT PAGE WITH BIG COLOR PICTURE: AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON ILLINOIS TIGHTENS: Midwestern cities continue to lose population. Two of the fastest-shrinking (Rockford and Decatur) are in Illinois. – PATRICK M. O’CONNELL
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-census-illinois-cities-population-loss-20200608-elh5s7pq7vcjriqnlii6hyaiea-story.html
— FRONT PAGE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Democrats want minorities to be pot pushers. To push pot on an individual, group, organization, company, government, or country is to destroy that individual, group, organization, company, government, company, government, or country.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-coronavirus-illinois-marijuana-dispensary-delays-20200527-gjbbmysiwvebdfym7r65tcyidm-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters say “Police back off as peaceful protests in the wake of George Floyd’s death push for deep reforms.”
https://www.chicagotribune.com/nation-world/ct-nw-george-floyd-protests-20200608-3qu2ttkonvdbbb5detl2l5nesy-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— One year in, Lightfoot’s approval rating at 75% – Fran Spielman (DIERSEN: What percent of those who approve of Lightfoot 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 American, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2020/6/6/21282089/one-year-mayor-lori-lightfoot-approval-rating-poll-coronavirus-looting-teachers-strike

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— When will public transit feel safe to ride again? Getting from here to there has never been more complicated – JUDITH CROWN
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/crains-forum-transportation/forum-transportation-main-bar

WTTW
— New Virus Cases Slow, But Officials Fear Spike Following Protests New statewide totals: 127,757 cases, 5,904 deaths – Amanda Vinicky
https://news.wttw.com/2020/06/07/new-virus-cases-slow-officials-fear-spike-following-protests
— As National Conversation Returns to Police Brutality, Black Lawmakers Demand Meaningful Change – Amanda Vinicky (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Trump-haters promote hatred against everyone involved in law enforcement. IRS Revenue Officers enforce tax laws. I was an IRS Revenue Officer 1971-1980, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 levels, currently $85,084-$96,431/year.)
https://news.wttw.com/2020/06/08/national-conversation-returns-police-brutality-black-lawmakers-demand-meaningful-change

WBBM
— Chicago Teachers Union Members March To Demand Chicago Public Schools Defund Police – ARIEL PARRELLA-AURELI
https://wbbm780.radio.com/articles/chicago-teachers-union-marches-to-demand-cps-defund-cpd

CHICAGO CRUSADER
— Latino gang vigilantes targeting Blacks in neighborhoods (DIERSEN: White-haters want minorities to unite against Whites.)
https://chicagocrusader.com/latino-gang-vigilantes-targeting-blacks-in-neighborhoods/

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Trump-haters promote protests.
https://www.sj-r.com/news/20200607/youth-is-served-group-earns-praise-for-peaceful-protests-but-says-work-has-only-just-begun

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Champaign march organizer: ‘If we don’t see change, we have to keep fighting’ – Anthony Zilis (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes reject the equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) plank in the Republican Party platform. Ever-increasingly, if you do not hint/imply/argue/shout that systemic racism is a problem in America, that is, if you do not promote Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion, that is, if you do not promote patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination, Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs get rid of you. The aforesaid certainly focus on getting rid of me. I should write a book about them. I would focus on past and present leaders of a) Wheaton’s West District, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois; b) Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party; c) TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Illinois Center Right Coalition, and American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter; d) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct; and e) GAO, IRS, and Post Office.)
https://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/community-events/champaign-march-organizer-if-we-don-t-see-change-we-have-to-keep-fighting/article_4d04d8be-4890-568f-9de1-92ab26c70e95.html

RIVER CITY READER
— Neither Sheriff Nor Politician Wants to Look Like “Bull” Connor When Black Lives Matter Visits Illinois – Rich Miller (DIERSEN: What do you say to those who hint/imply/argue/shout that protesters protest in those municipalities a) that have the most police brutality and/or b) that invite protests?)
https://www.rcreader.com/commentary/neither-sheriff-nor-politician-wants-look-%E2%80%9Cbull%E2%80%9D-connor-when-black-lives-matter-visits

SUBURBAN LIFE
— ‘It’s a step in the right direction’ Huge crowd in Downers Grove protests police brutality, demands change Crowd estimated in the thousands gathers at Downers Grove North, marches through streets – JOSHUA WELG (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Trump-haters promote protests.)
https://www.mysuburbanlife.com/2020/06/07/its-a-step-in-the-right-direction-huge-crowd-in-downers-grove-protests-police-brutality-demands-change/axvshmy/
— ‘We are fed up’ Demonstrators in La Grange demand changes to support black community Hundreds gather in front of village hall, march on La Grange Road – BOB RAKOW (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Trump-haters promote protests.)
https://www.mysuburbanlife.com/2020/06/06/we-are-fed-up-demonstrators-in-la-grange-demand-changes-to-support-black-community/aazsg2a/ (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Trump-haters promote protests.)
— Prayers for unity with Joliet mayor ring hollow to anti-racist protestors ‘You were wrong. You assaulted somebody’ – ALEX ORTIZ
https://www.mysuburbanlife.com/2020/06/06/prayers-for-unity-with-joliet-mayor-ring-hollow-to-anti-racist-protestors/amgp58x/

WIFR
— Rockford Youth Activism plans for a long night of protests (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, younger people act as operatives and as dupes for the Democrat, Libertarian, and Green parties, that is, ever-increasingly younger people promote hatred against individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are policemen and others involved in law enforcement, Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owners, Protestant, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.wifr.com/content/news/Rockford-Youth-Activism-plans-for-a-long-night-of-demonstrations-571086611.html

FOX ILLINOIS
— Officials urge Floyd protesters to get coronavirus tests
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/officials-urge-floyd-protesters-to-get-coronavirus-tests-06-07-2020

WSIL TV
— A group of state lawmakers are calling for police reform and at least a billion dollars of investment into black communities.
https://wsiltv.com/2020/06/07/illinois-lawmakers-demand-at-least-a-billion-dollars-into-black-communities/

BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO
— 1,000 Protesters March In Chatham Demanding End To Police Brutality. Then They Fed Neighbors After looting hit the city hard, Chatham felt “like dang near a food desert,” said Jahmal Cole of My Block, My Hood, My City. So he decided to do something about it. – Justin Laurence (DIERSEN: What do you say to those who hint/imply/argue/shout that protesters protest in the municipalities a) that have the most police brutality and/or b) that invite protests?)
https://blockclubchicago.org/2020/06/07/1000-protesters-march-in-chatham-demanding-end-to-police-brutality-then-they-fed-neighbors/

COURIER
— Silence for Black Lives Matter on the COD Campus – Sadie Romero (DIERSEN: What if Trump-haters called for mass protests, looting, and riots at COD?)
https://codcourier.org/13252/features/silence-for-black-lives-matter-on-the-cod-campus/

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Part of Pam Althoff/Jack Franks County Board Pension Bill Found Unconstitutional
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/06/08/part-of-jack-franks-pam-althoff-county-board-pension-bill-found-unconstitutional/
— Parties Add Candidates to Fall Ballot
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/06/07/parties-add-candidates-to-fall-ballot/

WIREPOINTS
— COVID-19 Peaked In April in Illinois Just When Pritzker Changed ‘Science and Data’ To Say Otherwise – Mark Glennon
https://wirepoints.org/covid-19-peaked-in-april-in-illinois-just-when-pritzker-changed-science-and-data-to-say-otherwise-wirepoint/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— THORNER/BOESE: WHO IS GEORGE FLOYD? FALSE NARRATIVE OF SYSTEMIC RACISM
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2020/06/thornerboese-who-is-george-floyd-false-narrative-of-systemic-racism.html
— DC MAYOR’S TREATMENT OF NATIONAL GUARD TROOPS CALLED ‘SHAMEFUL, PETTY’
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2020/06/dc-mayors-treatment-of-national-guard-troops-called-shameful-petty.html

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Pressure to ‘defund police’ turns protest chants into action Minneapolis, New York City take first steps – Alex Swoyer and Jeff Mordock (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will Trump-hating protesters/looters/rioters demand that your municipality and your county defund law enforcement?)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/jun/7/defund-police-movement-advances-minneapolis-new-yo/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— ‘Committed to shifting resources’: Bill de Blasio announces NYPD funding cuts and reforms – Emma Colton (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will Trump-hating protesters/looters/rioters demand that your municipality and your county defund law enforcement?)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/committed-to-shifting-resources-bill-de-blasio-announces-nypd-funding-cuts-and-reforms

GOPUSA
— Fauci Says George Floyd Protests Provide ‘Perfect Recipe’ For New Coronavirus Surges
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=90061

AMERICAN THINKER
— America is too good for Democrats – James D. Best
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2020/06/america_is_too_good_for_democrats.html

FREEDOM’S JOURNAL
— THOU DOTH PROTEST TOO MUCH – Patrick Hall
https://freedomsjournalinstitute.org/latest-news/opinion/thou-doth-protest-too-much/

DAILY CALLER
— Are States Going To Prosecute Their Rioters? It Depends – ANDERS HAGSTROM (DIERSEN: Trump-haters are moral relativists who believe that their end justifies their means. They promote protests, looting, riots, etc. to defeat Trump.)
https://dailycaller.com/2020/06/06/states-prosecute-rioters-looters/

DAILY WIRE
— Huckabee To Republicans: ‘Get Over’ Trump’s Personality, It’s Him Or Biden – Frank Camp (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who paint themselves as being religious, conservative, and/or Republican, but who hint/imply/argue/shout that they will not vote for Trump because of their criticisms of Trump. I should also write a book about those who hint/imply/argue/shout that everyone should vote for all the Democrat candidates on November 3, 2020 to punish Trump.)
https://www.dailywire.com/news/huckabee-to-republicans-get-over-trumps-personality-its-him-or-biden

TOWNHALL
— When the Left is Livid, Nobody’s Safe – Elliot Fuchs (DIERSEN: How livid is the left in your neighborhood, in your precinct, in your municipal district, in your municipality, in your township, in your county, and in Illinois? How safe are you? One measure of how livid the left is, that is, one measure of how unsafe you are, is how fast and how many Trump-haters they can assemble in your neighborhood, in your precinct, in your municipal district, in your municipality, in your township, your county, and in Illinois. Ever-increasing, the lift quickly assembles more and more and more Trump-haters in Wheaton, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois.)
https://townhall.com/columnists/elliotfuchs/2020/06/08/the-lefts-angry-reputation-killing-spree-n2570145

PATRIOT POST
— Hitler’s Brownshirts Used Antifa Tactics to Overthrow Germany’s Republic – William Federer (DIERSEN: What do you say to those who use Antifa tactics to overthrow Republican-led governments? Of course, Antifa is overjoyed with recent Democrat-led protests in Republican-led DuPage County, Republican-led Milton Township, and Republican-led Wheaton.)
https://patriotpost.us/opinion/71208-hitlers-brownshirts-used-antifa-tactics-to-overthrow-germanys-republic-2020-06-08

HILL REPORTER
— GoFundMe Has Suspended Trump Favorite Candace Owens – TODD NEIKIRK
https://hillreporter.com/gofundme-has-suspended-trump-favorite-candace-owens-70361

THE HILL
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Bush, Romney won’t support Trump reelection – JUSTINE COLEMAN
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/501567-bush-romney-wont-support-trump-reelection-new-york-times
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “Left plays into Trump’s hands on Biden and race.”
https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/501588-juan-williams-left-plays-into-trumps-hands-on-biden-and-race
— OUTSTANDING: NRCC turns up heat on vulnerable Democrats over Omar’s call to abolish police – JULIEGRACE BRUFKE
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/501449-nrcc-turns-up-heat-on-vulnerable-democrats-over-omars-call-to-abolish

POLITICO
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters focus on destroying law-and-order Republicans. How successful have Trump-hating politicians in your municipal district, in your municipality, in your township, and in your county been in destroying law-and-order Republicans?
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2020/06/08/last-stand-law-and-order-republicans-306333

CNN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters promote hatred against Trump.
http://www.wicz.com/story/42219137/as-trump-uses-fear-of-change-to-stoke-his-base-heres-what-some-cities-are-doing
http://www.wicz.com/story/42219609/top-trump-officials-claim-theres-no-systemic-racism-in-us-law-enforcement-agencies-as-americans-flood-streets-in-protest
http://www.wicz.com/story/42219907/pressure-mounts-on-trump-to-project-unity
— The partisan chasm over ‘systemic racism’ is on full display – Ronald Brownstein (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes reject the equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) plank in the Republican Party platform. Ever-increasingly, if you do not hint/imply/argue/shout that systemic racism is a problem in America, that is, if you do not promote Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion, that is, if you do not promote patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination, Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs get rid of you. The aforesaid certainly focus on getting rid of me. I should write a book about them. I would focus on past and present leaders of a) Wheaton’s West District, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois; b) Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party; c) TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Illinois Center Right Coalition, and American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter; d) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct; and e) GAO, IRS, and Post Office.)
http://www.wicz.com/story/42219904/the-partisan-chasm-over-systemic-racism-is-on-full-display
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The throngs of protesters demanding systemic changes in policing are marching directly into one of the deepest chasms between the two political parties. The belief that widespread racism is no longer a problem in American society has become one of the core convictions uniting the modern Republican coalition, especially in the Donald Trump era, polls have found. Several academic studies found the belief that discrimination against minorities (and women) is no longer a problem was a far better predictor of support for Trump in 2016 than economic anxiety. Democrats of all races, by contrast, are much more likely to say that discrimination against African Americans, including in their interactions with police, remains a structural feature of American society. In surveys by the nonpartisan Public Religion Research Institute, Americans who support Trump were far more likely than those who don’t to say that police shootings of black men are only isolated incidents and to claim that discrimination against whites is now as great a problem as bias against minorities. This contrast looms heavily over the partisan reaction to the current eruption of protest. Since George Floyd’s death in Minneapolis last month, a chorus of prominent conservative voices have insisted it is a “lie” to describe racial discrimination as a pervasive problem. And, while some polls conducted amid the upsurge of protest hint that more Republicans may see discrimination as a problem, generally the surveys have documented the persistence of a huge gap between the parties on the issue. That divergence has big implications for both policy and politics. In policy terms, it helps explain why Trump’s Justice Department, while initiating an inquiry into the specific circumstances of Floyd’s death, has effectively shelved efforts under former President Barack Obama to examine systematic bias in city police departments through so-called pattern and practice investigations. Appearing Sunday on CBS’ “Face the Nation,” Attorney General William Barr rejected such an investigation of the Minneapolis Police Department and argued that while individual “bad cops” remain a problem in forces around the country, “I don’t think that the law enforcement system is systemically racist.” Politically, the heightened focus on police behavior and racial inequities more broadly could compel Trump to squeeze out bigger margins and turnout from the white constituencies most skeptical that racism remains a widespread problem, in order to offset what could be a further decline in November among the groups in all races that do consider bias an enduring blight on American life. In that way, this latest crisis could force Trump to further double down on the underlying political bet he is imposing on the GOP: squeezing bigger margins from shrinking groups at the price of alienating groups in society that are growing. Brian Schaffner, a political scientist at Tufts University who has conducted some of the central research on the role of racist and sexist attitudes in the 2016 vote, says that prospect leaves Trump navigating a very thin path. Comparing the election results in 2018 with those in 2016, his research found that House Republican candidates lost more ground among voters who agree that racism and sexism remain problems than they gained among those who do not. “In 2018, Republican House candidates paid a pretty significant penalty for being tied to his racist and sexist views,” Schaffner says. Trump faces the same risk in November, he believes. Partisan opinion gap emerges — and widens American public opinion about race is complex and contradictory, and, particularly among whites, it has not moved in a straight line. But the general pattern is that for decades most Americans, especially whites, concluded — despite evidence to the contrary — that the civil rights revolution of the 1960s defanged racial discrimination and created a situation in which African Americans had equal opportunity with whites. . .Trump’s reelection chances could be affected Schaffner, the political scientist, says there is “a lot to unpack” to understand why many whites, primarily but not entirely in the GOP, reject the idea that discrimination is an ongoing problem.)

CBS NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters promote hatred against Trump.
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/trumps-promise-to-forgotten-men-and-women-stops-short-at-ending-racism/

CNBC
— The future of U.S. global leadership depends on how the nation addresses systemic racism – Frederick Kempe (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes reject the equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) plank in the Republican Party platform. Ever-increasingly, if you do not hint/imply/argue/shout that systemic racism is a problem in America, that is, if you do not promote Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion, that is, if you do not promote patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination, Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs get rid of you. The aforesaid certainly focus on getting rid of me. I should write a book about them. I would focus on past and present leaders of a) Wheaton’s West District, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois; b) Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party; c) TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Illinois Center Right Coalition, and American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter; d) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct; and e) GAO, IRS, and Post Office.)
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/06/07/op-ed-us-global-leadership-depends-on-how-it-addresses-systemic-racism.html

NEW YORK TIMES
— Other Protests Flare and Fade. Why This Movement Already Seems Different. The massive gatherings for racial justice across the country and now the world have achieved a scale and level of momentum not seen in decades. – Jack Healy and Kim Barker (DIERSEN: Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs smell blood in the water. They intend to use George Floyd to get rid of the following once and for all: individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that 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. Consequently, the aforesaid are purchasing more and more and more firearms and ammunition for their self-defense.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/07/us/unrest-protests-minneapolis-ending.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater uses George Floyd to promote hatred against Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/08/opinion/george-floyd-protests-race.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters crow about their success in promoting protests, looting, and rioting to defeat Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/08/briefing/minneapolis-coronavirus-new-york-your-monday-briefing.html
— De Blasio Vows for First Time to Cut Funding for the N.Y.P.D. – Dana Rubinstein (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will Trump-hating protesters/looters/rioters demand that your municipality and your county defund law enforcement?)
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/07/nyregion/deblasio-nypd-funding.html

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
— Mitt Romney joins George Floyd anti-racist protest march in Washington D.C. – DAVE GOLDINER (DIERSEN: The more that you promote hatred against Trump, the more that the Trump-hating mainstream media promotes you.)
https://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/ny-mitt-romney-washington-george-floyd-20200607-5ewfexpwyna4lelnclj3iifcpi-story.html

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters crow about their success in promoting protests, looting, and rioting to defeat Trump.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2020/06/08/racism-not-outside-agitators-is-fueling-uprisings-america/
— Faith community takes center stage on 10th day of D.C. protests; Mitt Romney becomes first GOP senator at demonstrations – Dana Hedgpeth (DIERSEN: The more that you promote hatred against Trump, the more that the Trump-hating mainstream media promotes you.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2020/06/08/live-updates-dc-protests-george-floyd/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Trump-haters promote hatred against everyone involved in law enforcement. IRS Revenue Officers enforce tax laws. I was an IRS Revenue Officer 1971-1980, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 levels, currently $85,084-$96,431/year.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/protests-spread-over-police-shootings-police-promised-reforms-every-year-they-still-shoot-nearly-1000-people/2020/06/08/5c204f0c-a67c-11ea-b473-04905b1af82b_story.html

USA TODAY
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters, that is, Democrats, want religious leaders to be Trump-haters. What percent of the religious leaders in your municipality, in your township, and in your county are Trump-haters?
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2020/06/08/pastors-faith-protesting-injustice-christians-racism-oppression-george-floyd-column/3145475001/
— Are public pensions doomed because of the coronavirus pandemic? State, local budgets feel pain – Nathan Bomey
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2020/06/04/coronavirus-pensions-retirement-covid-19-state-local-budget-markets/5198176002/

MINNEAPOLIS STAR TRIBUNE
— Minneapolis’ Third Precinct served as ‘playground’ for renegade cops Even before George Floyd was killed, the south Minneapolis precinct had a reputation for being home to police officers who played by their own rules. – Libor Jany and Andy Mannix (DIERSEN: Why do protesters protest in municipalities like Wheaton that have no record of police brutality? Is it because those who run those municipalities invite protesters?)
https://www.startribune.com/third-precinct-served-as-playground-for-renegade-cops/571076562/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Lone Wolves, Self-Styled Anarchists: the Disparate Actors Accused of Protest Violence Officials warn extremists groups have infiltrated some George Floyd protests; criminal charges, investigations reveal still-hazy picture – Rebecca Davis O’Brien, Andrew Tangel and Ben Chapman (DIERSEN: What percent of protesters/looters/rioters are Trump-haters – 98%, 99%, 100%?)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/lone-wolves-self-styled-anarchists-the-disparate-actors-accused-of-protest-violence-11591608601
— Protests Sparked by George Floyd Fuel Moves to Defund Police – Jennifer Calfas and Elizabeth Findell (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will Trump-hating protesters/looters/rioters demand that your municipality and your county defund law enforcement?)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/protests-sparked-by-george-floyd-killing-set-to-resume-as-some-leaders-dial-back-enforcement-11591542085
— Local Crime App Citizen Becomes a Key Tool During Protests Downloads surge as users seek details on demonstrations, police movements – Sebastian Herrera (DIERSEN: How safe are you? One measure of how livid the left is, that is, one measure of how unsafe you are, is how fast and how many Trump-haters they can assemble in your neighborhood, in your precinct, in your municipal district, in your municipality, in your township, your county, and in Illinois. Ever-increasing, the lift quickly assembles more and more and more Trump-haters in Wheaton, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/local-crime-app-citizen-becomes-a-key-tool-during-protests-11591545600
— Protests Complicate Mayors’ Efforts to Combat Coronavirus Cities, filling a gap left by federal government, work on testing and tracing; a moment of crisis for Atlanta mayor – Thomas M. Burton (DIERSEN: What percent of protesters/looters/rioters have/spread coronavirus?)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/protests-complicate-mayors-efforts-to-combat-coronavirus-11591522202
— Airlines Got $25 Billion in Stimulus; Industry Still Expected to Shrink U.S. carriers are planning to operate smaller companies with fewer flights and employees – Alison Sider
https://www.wsj.com/articles/airlines-got-25-billion-in-stimulus-industry-still-expected-to-shrink-11591527600

BLOOMBERG
— 2020 Is Not 1968. It May Be Worse. Social unrest helped doom Lyndon Johnson’s presidency. It may end up saving Trump’s. – Niall Ferguson (DIERSEN: What do you say to those who promote social unrest, that is, promote protests, that is, promote hatred against individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are policemen and others involved in law enforcement, Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owners, Protestant, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2020-06-07/floyd-protests-and-coronavirus-2020-is-not-1968-it-s-worse
— ‘Black People Are Locked Out’: $10 Billion Fund Manager John Rogers On Race Inequality – Annie Massa
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-06-05/-black-people-are-locked-out-ariel-s-rogers-on-race-inequality
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, big business paints itself as being 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.
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2020-06-08/trump-barr-violated-free-speech-in-clearing-lafayette-square

FORBES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly employers make it clear that they prefer foreign countries and their citizens over America and its citizens.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/stuartanderson/2020/06/08/how-to-limit-a-presidents-power-over-immigration/#312b32562531
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters promote protests, looting, and riots.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/judystone/2020/06/08/tear-gas-and-pepper-spray-can-maim-kill-and-spread-coronavirus/

AMERICAN LAWYER & HARVARD LAW TODAY
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: What do you say to lawyers who promote hatred against individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are policemen and others involved in law enforcement, Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owners, Protestant, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?
https://www.law.com/americanlawyer/2020/06/08/law-firms-voice-support-for-change-and-pledge-to-donate-and-take-action/
https://today.law.harvard.edu/hls-professors-and-other-associates-condemn-president-trumps-statements-about-recent-protests/

NEWSWEEK
— Illinois Should License Police Officers like Hairdressers, Physicians: State’s Top Legal Officer – BRENDAN COLE (DIERSEN: GAO audits IRS. I transferred from IRS to GAO in 1980 when I was 31 years old; I became a licensed CPA in 1981; and I worked for GAO in its Chicago office until 1997. To best of my knowledge, I was the only licensed CPA who worked for GAO in its Chicago office 1980-1997.)
https://www.newsweek.com/illinois-police-licenses-kwame-raoul-floyd-protests-1509160

ATLANTIC
— America Is Giving Up on the Pandemic Businesses are reopening. Protests are erupting nationwide. But the virus isn’t done with us. – ALEXIS C. MADRIGAL AND ROBINSON MEYER
https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2020/06/america-giving-up-on-pandemic/612796/

REASON
— The Problem of Racial Profiling —Why it Matters and What Can be Done About it Why racial profiling is an important problem, why it’s so difficult to address, and what can nonetheless be done about it. – ILYA SOMIN (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Trump-haters profile members of the following groups as being White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things who should be gotten rid of once and for all: policemen and others involved in law enforcement, Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older people, non-poor people, gun owners, Protestants, German Americans, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://reason.com/2020/06/08/the-problem-of-racial-profiling-why-it-matters-and-what-can-be-done-about-it/

UN NEWS
— UN human rights office welcomes moves to curtail spread of hatred and violence online (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, the mainstream media promotes hatred against individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owners, Protestant, German American, draft avoiders (except Joe Biden), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://news.un.org/en/story/2020/05/1065092

GUARDIAN
— ‘Denigrated and discredited’: how American journalists became targets during protests Members of the media have faced brutal crackdowns amid a national uprising. Many observers lay the blame with Trump – David Smith (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who discredit me, demonize me, denigrate me, and condemn me to curry favor with Rich Miller and the rest of the Democrat/Libertarian/Green/RINO media in Illinois. I would focus on past and present Democrat/Libertarian/Green/RINO leaders of a) Wheaton’s West District, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois; b) Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party; c) TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Illinois Center Right Coalition, and American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter; and d) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct.)
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2020/jun/08/us-journalists-media-protests-donald-trump
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: White-haters use White supremacists to promote hatred against Whites.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jun/08/trayvon-martin-oscar-grant-tamir-rice-police-killings-protest

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.