March 12 Evening Edition

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Not easy being green: No big parades. No river dyeing. Only a tiny livestreamed parade. The city also sent a shot across the bow of bars and restaurants in the form of letter earlier this month reminding them to enforce COVID-19 limits on crowds or face consequences. – Mitch Dudek
https://chicago.suntimes.com/coronavirus/2021/3/12/22327900/st-patricks-day-green-parades-river-dyeing-irish-south-side-downtown
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters use the Capitol Riot to promote hatred against individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are 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://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2021/3/12/22327955/american-flag-loses-meaning-trumpsters-donald-trump-capitol-riot-racism-inequality
— As election year nears, Gov. J.B. Pritzker faces a voter enthusiasm gap. The governor had better find a way to convince the large number of people with no stated opinion of him to move his direction. – Rich Miller
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2021/3/12/22328215/pritzker-governor-voter-enthusiasm-rich-miller-column

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Pritzker, Lightfoot confident about meeting Biden’s May 1 vaccination deadline | Democratic congressmen blast FEMA over United Center restrictions | State Dem. Party Chair Robin Kelly taps transition team – LISA DONOVAN
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-biden-speech-lightfoot-pritzker-may-1-vaccine-robin-kelly-spin-20210313-izbemq5rerc4pd4mktkwzmsgei-story.html
— More than 1,000 National Guard troops now leaving DC; others stay on – AP
https://www.chicagotribune.com/nation-world/ct-aud-nw-national-guard-troops-leaving-dc-20210312-blq6z7u3gnbbtk6y762nzwtfqy-story.html
— Five Willis Towers worth of office space is empty in downtown Chicago, and it’s going to get worse – RYAN ORI
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/ryan-ori/ct-biz-downtown-chicago-record-office-space-availability-ryan-ori-20210312-r4zxqbfpurb6vjrolaoqrt2ikq-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Republican-hating Republican-hater says “A good start: Evanston takes on racial reparations.” Affirmative Action (AA), Diversity, and Inclusion are reparations. Democrats use AA, Diversity, and Inclusion to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/steve-chapman/ct-column-reparations-evanston-housing-discrimination-chapman-20210312-ssy2gf34dfby7j24zpbio5yl7e-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater says “Sen. Tammy Duckworth’s foul language was fair comment on Fox News nitwit Tucker Carlson.”
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/eric-zorn/ct-column-duckworth-carlson-f-bomb-deserved-zorn-20210312-6ur4svwwjvcizisft2zqnxo7va-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— Illinois Republicans urge responsibility in use of federal stimulus dollars – TIM KIRSININKAS
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20210312/illinois-republicans-urge-responsibility-in-use-of-federal-stimulus-dollars

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Don’t blow this federal bailout, please. The governor and the mayor must make the most of the federal dollars coming in via the COVID relief program. That means not only paying down debts but investing wisely for the economy of the future. – EDITORIAL
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/opinion/dont-blow-federal-bailout-please

ROCKFORD REGISTER STAR
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, hate-filled Republican-hating Republican-haters use Trump to destroy the Republican Party.
https://www.rrstar.com/story/opinion/2021/03/12/trump-its-leader-grand-old-party-may-over/6949205002/

FOX ILLINOIS
— Cuomo blames ‘cancel culture’ as he resists calls from Dems to resign – Stephen Loiaconi
https://foxillinois.com/news/connect-to-congress/cuomo-defiant-as-more-ny-dems-press-him-to-resign-amid-investigations

NPR ILLINOIS
— DOJ Says At Least 100 More People Could Be Charged Over Capitol Attack – RYAN LUCAS
https://www.nprillinois.org/post/doj-says-least-100-more-people-could-be-charged-over-capitol-attack#stream/0

NAPERVILLE COMMUNITY TELEVISION
— Naper Settlement to Bring Back Events That Were Canceled Last Year
https://www.nctv17.com/news/naper-settlement-to-bring-back-events-that-were-canceled-last-year/

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Questions for Sex-Eradicationists, Lawmakers, and School Leaders – Laurie Higgins
https://illinoisfamily.org/homosexuality/questions-for-sex-eradicationists-lawmakers-and-school-leaders/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— DOES MILTON TOWNSHIP WANT ITS OWN MENTAL HEALTH FACILITY THAT WOULD DUPLICATE COUNTY SERVICES?
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2021/03/milton-township-wants-its-own-mental-health-facilities.html
— PRITZKER AGREES WITH DUCKWORTH: “F*CK TUCKER CARLSON…”
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2021/03/pritzker-agrees-with-duckworth-fck-tucker-carlson.html
— ILLINOIS, ONE OF SLOWEST STATES TO RE-OPEN
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2021/03/illinois-one-of-slowest-states-to-re-open.html
— ANALYSIS SHOWS ILLINOIS HAS HIGHEST TAXES IN NATION
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2021/03/analysis-shows-illinois-has-highest-taxes-in-nation.html

CAPITOL FAX
— 1,763 new confirmed and probable cases; 39 additional deaths; 1,128 hospitalized; 240 in ICU; 2.3 percent average case positivity rate; 2.6 percent average test positivity rate; 95,121 average daily doses; over half of 65+ Illinoisans now vaccinated
https://capitolfax.com/2021/03/12/1763-new-confirmed-and-probable-cases-39-additional-deaths-1128-hospitalized-240-in-icu-23-percent-average-case-positivity-rate-26-percent-average-test-positivity-rate-95121-average-daily-doses-over-h/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Migrants flooding across U.S. border with as much as 10 times the COVID-19 rate as Americans – Stephen Dinan
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/mar/11/border-surge-migrants-bringing-covid-19-us-elevate/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Chicago begins discussions on giving reparations to descendants of slaves – Mica Soellner
(DIERSEN: Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion are reparations.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/chicago-begins-talks-about-reparations

ACCURACY IN MEDIA
— USA Today pushes mass shooting propaganda ahead of Democrat gun control bill – Ella Carroll-Smith
https://www.aim.org/aim-column/usa-today-shooting/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Reparations for ancestors of slaves? The numbers don’t add up. – Anna L. Stark
(DIERSEN: Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion are reparations.)
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2021/03/reparations_for_ancestors_of_slaves_the_numbers_dont_add_up.html

GOPUSA
— Rioters Attack Federal Courthouse In Portland Again
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=107479
— Some Final Thoughts On Reparations – Larry Elder (DIERSEN: Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion are reparations.)
https://www.gopusa.com/some-final-thoughts-on-reparations/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Conservative writer Michael Medved estimates that only 5% of whites in America “bear any authentic sort of generational guilt for the exploitation of slave labor.” Why should anyone but Democrats pay? Scholar Dinesh D’Souza notes that all but a “handful” of slave owners were Democrats. The Ku Klux Klan, at its height of power and popularity, was known by the NAACP as the “terror wing” of the Democratic Party. The KKK was founded by Democrats; I did not say by the Democratic Party, but by Democrats. As a percentage of their party, more House Republicans voted for the Civil Rights Act of 1964 than did House Democrats. As a percentage of their party, more Senate Republicans voted for the Civil Rights Act of 1964 than did Senate Democrats.)

BREITBART
— 10 House Republicans Declare Support for Amnesty, Visa Worker Bill – NEIL MUNRO
https://www.breitbart.com/economy/2021/03/12/10-gop-reps-join-democrats-farmworker-amnesty-and-visa-worker-bill/
— Tom Cotton: If You’re a Human Trafficker or Drug Dealer — You’d Give Biden ‘an A-Plus’ on Immigration – JEFF POOR
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2021/03/12/tom-cotton-if-youre-a-human-trafficker-or-drug-dealer-youd-give-biden-an-a-plus-on-immigration/
— Amazon Vows to Continue Censoring Books Questioning Transgenderism – THOMAS D. WILLIAMS, PH.D.
(DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats destroy individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that do not promote LGBTQ.)
https://www.breitbart.com/the-media/2021/03/12/amazon-vows-to-continue-censoring-books-questioning-transgenderism/
— GOP Changes Language on Illegals, Focuses Blame on Democrat Damage – NEIL MUNRO
https://www.breitbart.com/economy/2021/03/12/gop-changes-language-illegals-focuses-blame-democrat-damage/

BLAZE
— Biden skewered for saying Americans might be allowed to gather on the Fourth of July: ‘We live in a free country’ ‘Biden apparently doesn’t understand what Independence Day means’
– PAUL SACCA
https://www.theblaze.com/news/biden-speech-independence-day-reactions
— Biracial student fails Critical Race Theory class for refusing to confess his ‘white dominance,’ mom claims. The boy’s mother says the school has threatened to keep the high school senior from graduating. – BRECK DUMAS
https://www.theblaze.com/news/ready-biracial-student-fails-critical-race-theory-class-for-refusing-to-confess-his-white-dominance-mom-claims

FEDERALIST
— States Need To Protect Children From Trans Abuse By Investigating Planned Parenthood Now. The Biden administration will not investigate the abortion giant’s transgender profiteering. State departments of health, medical boards, attorneys general, and legislatures must fill the void. – Margot Cleveland and Joy Pullmann
https://thefederalist.com/2021/03/12/states-need-to-protect-children-from-trans-abuse-by-investigating-planned-parenthood-now/

HOT AIR
— Rubio To Amazon: After Your Woke Attacks On Conservative Values, Don’t Expect Republicans To Rescue You From Unionization – ED MORRISSEY
https://hotair.com/archives/ed-morrissey/2021/03/12/rubio-amazon-woke-attacks-conservative-values-dont-expect-republicans-rescue-unionization/

ONE NEWS NOW
— Biden’s border crisis escalates – AP
https://onenewsnow.com/ap/politics/bidens-border-crisis-escalates

NEWS BUSTERS
— Don’t Mess with Texas! State Unveils Two New Anti-Censorship Bills – Kayla Sargent
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/free-speech/kayla-sargent/2021/03/12/dont-mess-texas-state-unveils-two-new-anti-censorship

THE HILL
— Poll: 81 percent of Republican voters hold favorable view of Trump – TAL AXELROD
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/543030-81-percent-of-republican-voters-hold-favorable-view-of-trump-poll
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats use Evanston to push pot and reparations. Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion are reparations.
https://thehill.com/changing-america/respect/accessibility/542812-chicago-suburb-could-become-first-city-to-give

HUFFINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats fight efforts to stop voter fraud.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/republicans-voting-restrictions_n_604a76dcc5b6cf72d094e37e

CNN
— McConnell quietly courts Senate primary candidates ‘who can win’ regardless of Trump ties – Manu Raju and Alex Rogers
(DIERSEN: According to hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters, the more of the following that a Republican candidate is, the less likely that candidate can win: Trump supporter, conservative, patriotic, White, male, older, non-veteran, heterosexual, married, non-poor, gun owner, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or if he/she has ancestors who have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/12/politics/mitch-mcconnell-donald-trump-2022-senate-races/index.html

NEW YORK TIMES
— George Floyd’s Family Settles Suit Against Minneapolis for $27 Million. The City Council voted unanimously to approve the settlement, which is one of the largest in a case of police misconduct. – Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs
(DIERSEN: If you died as the result of alleged police misconduct by the police in your municipality, a) how much money would lawyers for your family argue for and b) how much money would your family settle for?)
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/12/us/george-floyd-minneapolis-settlement.html
— After Capitol Riot, Lawmakers Chafe at Security Measures
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/12/us/politics/capitol-security-fence-troops.html

FOX PHOENIX
— Arizona Republican Party chair Kelli Ward sued over party election – AP
https://www.fox10phoenix.com/news/arizona-republican-party-chair-kelli-ward-sued-over-party-election

NEWSWEEK
— No July 4th Fireworks at Mount Rushmore This Year After Controversial 2020 Trump Event – DANIEL VILLARREAL
https://www.newsweek.com/no-july-4th-fireworks-mount-rushmore-this-year-after-controversial-2020-trump-event-1575857

RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— Majority Support COVID-19 Relief Package, But Agree It Benefits ‘Blue’ States More
https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/current_events/disease/majority_support_covid_19_relief_package_but_agree_it_benefits_blue_states_more

WEINSTEIN LEGAL
— Personal Injury Compensation Calculator
https://www.weinsteininjurylawyer.com/personal-injury-calculator/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Lost Wages: The amount of income you would have been due had you been able to work to your full potential without injury.)

RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— Biden Moves Forward With Open-Doors Immigration Policy. Why? – Michael Barone
https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/political_commentary/commentary_by_michael_barone/biden_moves_forward_with_open_doors_immigration_policy_why

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.