March 15 Morning Edition

CBS2
— At Least 37 Shot, 4 Killed In Weekend Gun Violence In Chicago; 2 Dead, 13 Wounded In One Mass Shooting
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2021/03/14/chicago-weekend-gun-violence-march-14-2021/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— COVID-19 cancels spring break on college campuses as students seek other ways to cope with pandemic burnout – ELYSSA CHERNEY
https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-coronavirus-college-spring-break-20210315-w55rhjufn5et7gwzcivzzelesq-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, those who hate Whites and hate men use Breonna Taylor to promote hatred against Whites and against men.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/dahleen-glanton/ct-glanton-breonna-taylor-anniversary-20210315-zznc5h2zmzaz7itldqvkrh2fka-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— The 9 ‘corporate tax loopholes’ Pritzker wants to end that businesses call ‘incentives’ – Jake Griffin
(DIERSEN: According to my Democrat IRS and GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates, the deductibility of job-related education expenses was a loophole. They hinted/implied/argued/shouted that the graduate business, accounting, and finance courses that I deducted a) were not job-related, b) did not help me carry out my job duties, c) were taken my me to qualify me for a “new trade or business,” d) were taken by me to get a job in the private sector, and e) were a distraction.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/business/20210313/the-9-corporate-tax-loopholes-pritzker-wants-to-end-that-businesses-call-incentives

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Concrete ways to help bridge the wealth gap – RONALD E. DAMPER
(DIERSEN: According to Democrats, one of the best ways to bridge the wealth gap for minorities and for females is to force employers to give minorities and females preference for jobs and for promotions. I should write a book about the tremendous preference that my Democrat superiors in the federal government gave their employees who were Democrat and minority, female, younger, and/or veteran.)
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/equity/concrete-ways-help-bridge-wealth-gap
— Blacks lag white peers in investing, saving. A new survey of black investors shows they’re not big players in the stock market and are behind in estate and retirement planning. – WENDELL HUTSON
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/equity/blacks-lag-white-peers-investing-saving

NPR ILLINOIS
— House GOP Leader Heads To Southern Border As Democrats Ready Immigration Bills – BARBARA SPRUNT
https://www.nprillinois.org/post/house-gop-leader-heads-southern-border-democrats-ready-immigration-bills#stream/0

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— REMAP, NOT TRUMP, MAY OUST KINZINGER – Shia Kapos
(DIERSEN: Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, Independents and Independent plants, and RINOs promote RINO elected officials and RINO party leaders who destroy the Republican Party.)
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2021/03/15/remap-not-trump-may-oust-kinzinger-executive-orders-challenged-why-foxx-felt-triggered-492108
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Rep. Adam Kinzinger’s congressional seat could be eliminated when Illinois conducts its remap, according to the Cook Report’s David Wasserman. Taking out the current 16th Congressional District makes “geographic sense,” Wasserman said in his subscription-only report. He also tweeted how the new map might look amid the state’s expected one-seat loss. Democrats who control the remap because they also control the state House, Senate and governor’s mansion, are likely to redraw congressional lines to cushion neighboring Reps. Lauren Underwood and Cheri Bustos, who had tight races in their GOP-heavy districts last year. Democrats controlling the remap may also try to eliminate one of the five downstate GOP seats to account for the state’s loss. The 16th District stretches from Indiana up to the border with Wisconsin and touches the fast-growing Chicago exurbs and some downstate districts. “More rural/GOP parts of it could go to Rep. Darin LaHood’s 18th CD and Rep. Mary Miller’s 15th CD, while its Rockford suburbs and the liberal university town of DeKalb could go to Democratic seats,” writes Wasserman. Kinzinger has already made himself vulnerable by voting to impeach former President Donald Trump. Some Republicans are circling to defeat him in the primary, which Democrats see as an advantage. Catalina Lauf, who ran unsuccessfully in the 14th Congressional District last year, has even traveled to Mar-a-Lago resort to meet with Trump, who is on a campaign to defeat Republicans who voted to impeach him. “It’s too bad, because [Kinzinger is] the Republican we’d keep,” a Democratic insider told Wasserman. “But we can’t control their primaries.” RELATED: Republican state Rep. Tim Butler of Springfield has been appointed to serve as a GOP spokesman for the House Redistricting Committee, which will redraw the state’s Senate and House seats as well as congressional seats. Last week, we listed the Democrats who will lead Redistricting committees for the House and Senate, and we scooped the list of where the public redistricting hearings will be held.)

JAMES MARTER
— James Marter Building Grassroots to Unseat Kinzinger
https://www.einnews.com/pr_news/536908982/james-marter-building-grassroots-to-unseat-kinzinger

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— ANOTHER “Woke” Education Law Just Signed by Gov. Pritzker – Laurie Higgins
https://illinoisfamily.org/education/another-woke-education-law-just-signed-by-gov-pritzker/

CAPITOL FAX
— Pritzker back to square one with Illinoisans?
https://capitolfax.com/2021/03/15/pritzker-back-to-square-one-with-illinoisans/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Non-citizens to register to vote under Democrats’ bill, conservatives warn. ‘Noncitizens are already coming through on a voluntary system nationwide’ – Rowan Scarborough
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/mar/14/democrats-election-bill-will-let-non-citizens-regi/

FOX NEWS
— Fauci backs Biden pledge of normal Fourth of July – Peter Aitken
(DIERSEN: I certainly hope that Wheaton will have a normal Independence Day fireworks and parade this year. Outstandingly, DuPage Republicans have helped sponsor the fireworks and parades since 2005. I certainly hope that all the Republican candidates on March 15, 2022 ballots in DuPage County a) want to help sponsor the fireworks and parade this year and b) will have entries in the parade this year.)
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/fauci-biden-pledge-normal-july-3-million-vaccines

GOPUSA
— Transfixed By Trans Fiction
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=107537
— H.R. 1 Is For Those In Power, Not The People
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=107541

BREITBART
— Fox News show host Tucker Carlson on Friday evening responded to the Pentagon’s military brass targeting him after he criticized President Joe Biden for focusing on inclusivity for women in the military while China is focusing on making its young men more masculine. – KRISTINA WONG
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/03/14/tucker-carlson-pentagon-hysteria-commentary-biden-military-moves/

DAILY WIRE
— CNN Host: ‘Tucker Carlson Is The New Donald Trump’ – Tim Pearce
https://www.dailywire.com/news/cnn-host-tucker-carlson-is-the-new-donald-trump

NEWS MAX
— Biden Plans First Major Federal Tax Hike Since 1993
(DIERSEN: Who wants you to pay more taxes? I should write a book about those who want me to pay more taxes. I would focus on those who stress that I am White, male, non-veteran, married for almost 43 years, childless, healthy, homeowner, car condo owner, owner of 7 vehicles, debt-free, baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran, 100% German American, federal employee for almost 30 years, federal retiree for more than 23 years, and my ancestors have been in America since 1844. I my defense, compared to my peers, I have always a) spend far less on immediate pleasures and b) saved far more for retirement.)
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/biden-tax-increase-major/2021/03/15/id/1013783/

TOWNHALL
— Fundamentalist Christianity And Fundamentalist Wokeism Are Two Sides Of The Same Coin – Scott Morefield
https://townhall.com/columnists/scottmorefield/2021/03/15/fundamentalist-christianity-and-fundamentalist-wokeism-are-two-sides-of-the-same-coin-n2586247

PJ MEDIA
— Coke Went Woke and, as Expected, the Left Still Isn’t Happy – STACEY LENNOX
https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/stacey-lennox/2021/03/14/coke-went-woke-and-as-expected-the-left-still-isnt-happy-n1432458

COLLEGE FIX
— Seven Michigan Tech programs discriminate against males, Title IX complaint alleges – COLE LEVINE
https://www.thecollegefix.com/seven-michigan-tech-programs-discriminate-against-males-title-ix-complaint-alleges/

EPOCH TIMES
— Pandemic May Have Been Caused by Bioweapon Research Accident in China: Former State Department Investigator – FRANK FANG
https://www.theepochtimes.com/pandemic-may-have-been-caused-by-bioweapon-research-accident-in-china-former-state-department-investigator_3733595.html

THE HILL
— The media fact-checkers finally come for Joe Biden – JOE CONCHA
https://thehill.com/opinion/technology/543107-the-media-fact-checkers-finally-come-for-joe-biden

POLITICO
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters say “Trump was supposed to be a political Godzilla in exile. Instead, he’s adrift. Even allies say the president is lacking an apparatus and direction as he sorts out just what he wants to do in his post-presidency.”
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/03/14/trump-post-presidency-475733
— How Trump’s team amassed a $1 trillion war chest for Biden to deploy. Despite concerns that markets will be flooded with new U.S. government debt, the Treasury might not have to change its borrowing plans much at all. – VICTORIA GUIDA
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/03/14/covid-relief-package-federal-debt-475622

NBC NEWS
— State GOP cuts early voting, mail-in voting, even Election Day voting
https://news.yahoo.com/state-gop-cuts-early-voting-132235439.html

CBS NEWS
— Child Tax Credit: Millions of parents could soon get up to $3,600 per child – AIMEE PICCHI
(DIERSEN: I should write a book those who have demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me the most because my wife and I gave up trying to have children, we did not adopt, and we did not become foster parents. I would focus on my Democrat GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates. They hinted/implied/argued/shouted that if my wife and I had children, a) I would NOT have passed the CPA examination in 1979, b) I would NOT have earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, c) I would NOT have passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination in 1981, d) I would NOT have become a licensed CPA in 1981, e) I would NOT have become a Certified Fraud Examiner in 1990, f) I would NOT have become a Certified Government Financial Manager in 1994, g) I would NOT have become a Certified Financial Services Auditor in 1996, h) I would NOT have become a Forensic Accountant in 1997, i) I would NOT have earned a master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT in 1997, and j) my wife would NOT have earned a bachelor’s degree in finance from DePaul in 1986.)
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/child-tax-credit-stimulus-covid-relief-bill-2021-03-14/

NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters blame police for Proud Boys. But in reality, hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters do everything that they can to create Proud Boys by their promoting hatred against those who are White, male, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, 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://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/14/us/proud-boys-law-enforcement.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats use sports to promote dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ, 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.nytimes.com/2021/03/15/sports/transgender-sports-mcdermott-leonard.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Pope Francis says priests cannot bless same sex unions, dashing hopes of gay Catholics – Chico Harlan
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/pope-same-sex-unions-licit/2021/03/15/8c51ee80-8581-11eb-be4a-24b89f616f2c_story.html
— Massive Facebook study on users’ doubt in vaccines finds a small group appears to play a big role in pushing the skepticism – Elizabeth Dwoskin
(DIERSEN: From what I see, the less that you do to promote vaccination, the more that Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, Greens, and RINOs will do to destroy you.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/03/14/facebook-vaccine-hesistancy-qanon/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Those who promote dependency on government say “Ending welfare was a mistake. The stimulus law is a step toward fixing it. The United States is finally helping families with children.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/03/15/stimulus-law-child-poverty/

NEW YORK POST
— Fresh hope for campus free speech – Editorial
https://nypost.com/2021/03/14/fresh-hope-for-campus-free-speech/

USA TODAY
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats blame racism for all the problems that Blacks have, that is, ever-increasingly, Democrats blame Republicans for all the problems that Blacks have.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2021/03/15/george-floyd-racism-black-board-members-corporations/4674113001/
— ‘It’s only going to get more crazy’: Spring break crowds a concern during critical moment in COVID-19 fight – Christal Hayes
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2021/03/12/spring-break-and-covid-19-experts-worry-crowded-beaches/4632293001/

WACO TRIBUNE
— How long will President Biden remain immune to satire? – JONAH GOLDBERG
https://wacotrib.com/opinion/columnists/jonah-goldberg-how-long-will-president-biden-remain-immune-to-satire/article_f5dae796-838b-11eb-9b4b-2be09ccf746e.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Yellen Says Biden Administration Undecided on Wealth Tax – Paul Kiernan and Catherine Lucey
(DIERSEN: The more money that you spend on immediate pleasures, the less wealth that you have. Why not tax money spent on immediate pleasures? I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who have far less wealth today because they spend far more money on immediate pleasures in the past.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/yellen-says-biden-administration-undecided-on-wealth-tax-11615737949
— More Gun Control, More Gun Sales. More women and minorities are buying firearms, as Congress tries to make it harder to acquire them. – Editorial
https://www.wsj.com/articles/more-gun-control-more-gun-sales-11615756217

– Come Back to Florida for Spring Break. It’s an opportunity for college students not only to have fun but to learn about freedom. – Dave Seminara (DIERSEN: Since the spring of 1969, to demonize me, to denigrate me, and to condemn me as being a filthy rich draft dodger, my critics/opponents have stressed that I drove from NIU to Florida for spring breaks in 1969 and 1970 in my 1969 Dodge Charger SE while my peers were dying in Vietnam. I could afford to take those breaks because of my job working part-time for the Park Forest Post Office.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/come-back-to-florida-for-spring-break-11615755913
— The upheaval wrought by the pandemic has many people overworking lest they lose their job—or doubting that they can find another one. – Cordilia James
(DIERSEN: Trying to avoid political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination motivated me to earn a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 32.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/does-covid-have-you-feeling-like-a-fraud-at-work-11615723253

BLOOMBERG
— Trump Gets Path to Revenge as New Maps Drawn for GOP House Foes – Gregory Korte and Mark Niquette
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-03-15/trump-gets-path-to-revenge-as-new-maps-drawn-for-gop-house-foes

NEWSWEEK
— Mark Meadows Chides Nancy Pelosi Over Border Crisis Blame – JACOB JARVIS
https://www.newsweek.com/mark-meadows-chides-nancy-pelosi-border-crisis-blame-1576085

ATLANTIC
— What Happens When a Slogan Becomes the Curriculum? A curriculum inspired by the Black Lives Matter movement is spreading, raising questions about the line between education and indoctrination. – Conor Friedersdorf
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/03/should-black-lives-matter-agenda-be-taught-school/618277/

INSIDE HIGHER EDUCATION
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote LGBTQ+ in Christian colleges.
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2021/03/15/survey-finds-lgbtq-students-attending-religious-colleges-struggle-belonging

PROPUBLICA
— What ProPublica Is Doing About Diversity in 2021. – Caroline Chen, Lena V. Groeger and Liz Sharp
(DIERSEN: To promote diversity is to get rid of those who 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://www.propublica.org/article/what-propublica-is-doing-about-diversity-in-2021

MASHABLE
— We all hate Facebook. So why aren’t we deleting our accounts? – CHRISTIANNA SILVA
(DIERSEN: I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who want everyone to read only what they post on Facebook and nothing more and nothing less. I would focus on those who focus on destroying those like me a) who they cannot manipulate or dominate, b) who refuse to glorify and praise them, c) who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, d) who refuse to pander to them, and/or e) refuse to give them money.)
https://mashable.com/article/why-we-dont-delete-facebook-account/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “It’s really rough seeing people share articles and other media that are, quite literally, fake news,” Kuks said. “Yes, this happens on every social media site in existence, but I saw it the most on Facebook. That being said, I’m seeing a lot more posts being flagged stating whether the information that was shared is accurate or not. Do I fully trust that? No, I’ll continue to do my own research. But it’s a start.” For a lot of users, it isn’t that they don’t want to delete their Facebook — it’s that Facebook has become so intertwined with the way they live online that they can’t really escape it. To leave Facebook would be to shift the way they interact with the internet. That’s not an accident, of course. Whether we want it to be or not, Facebook is now a part of our internet DNA. In my search to find out why people who just don’t use their Facebook accounts hold onto them anyway, I discovered there are plenty of reasons inactive or under-active users keep their profiles around — from just-in-case scenarios of remembering important events, to holding onto the thread that keeps you connected to your family.)

FAST COMPANY
— The secret reason you did (or did not) get a raise – ZEV EIGEN
https://www.fastcompany.com/90610010/the-secret-reason-you-did-or-did-not-get-a-raise

JILL ON MONEY
— THE ROARING TWENTIES
https://www.jillonmoney.com/blog/2021/2/26/the-roaring-twenties

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.