March 20 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Gov. J.B. Pritzker gives his campaign fund $35 million in surest sign yet of reelection bid – RICK PEARSON
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-jb-pritzker-donates-35million-campaign-20210320-qgux56untrc2hi25hvuyf7i3jq-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Republican-hating Republican-haters use the Capitol Riot to promote hatred against Republicans.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-illinois-house-condemns-chris-miller-20210319-y3nt2j2eh5buhdmzaekbfslc2q-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Republican-hating Republican-haters use the Capitol Riot to promote hatred against Republicans.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2021/3/19/22340882/pritzker-chris-miller-condemn-jan-6-rhetoric-insurrection-mary-trump-illinois-house
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Republican-hating Republican-haters use the Atlanta Spa Shootings to promote hatred against Republicans.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2021/3/19/22341149/sen-tammy-duckworth-anti-asian-american-rhetoric-extremism-atlanta-shootings
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats want districts to be drawn to favor their constituency groups: Minorities, women, younger people, LGBTQers, poor people, moderates, liberals, those who have financial, health, and/or other problems, those who blame others for their problems, those who demand massive government assistance, those who are in America illegally, those who are anti-law enforcement, anti-Trump, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-heterosexual, anti-traditional marriage/family, anti-non-poor people, anti-gun owners, anti-Christian, anti-Protestant, anti-Italian American, anti-German American, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2021/3/19/22340703/illinois-redistricting-gerrymandering-change-don-harmon
— Speaker Welch to close Madigan’s House campaign fund: ‘It won’t just be the Chris Welch Show. The speaker said the new committee will be a lot more inclusive and will have much more input from Democratic members, because “we’re going to be working together to raise money. – Rachel Hinton
(DIERSEN: I should write a book about major Republican donors in Illinois, and those who control their donations, who have worked the hardest against me since 2000. I would focus on those who blame me, and who blame my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters, for Republican defeats in Illinois since 2000. I would also focus on those who blamed those losses on what I did as a TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman 2005-2012, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member 2003-2011, Milton Township Republican Organization webmaster 2008-2010 and 2000-2004, Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member 2003-2007, and American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member 2001-2004.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2021/3/19/22338839/welch-dissolve-madigan-committee-illinois-house-it-wont-just-be-chris-welch-show

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— OUTRAGEOUS, DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: DIERSEN HEADLINE: Pot pushers push pot. To push pot on an individual, municipality, township, county, state, or country is to destroy that individual, municipality, township, county, state, or country.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/marijuanacannabis/how-chicago-became-silicon-valley-pot

HERALD REVIEW
— Democrats trap Illinoisans in tax hell – Don Tracy
https://herald-review.com/opinion/columnists/don-tracy-democrats-trap-illinoisans-in-tax-hell/article_9de3d9a0-be39-5837-89d9-0c2b2ae0e9ae.html

SOUTHERN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot. To push pot on an individual, municipality, township, county, state, or country is to destroy that individual, municipality, township, county, state, or country.
https://thesouthern.com/news/local/sessers-luna-lounge-poised-to-becoming-illinois-first-pot-consumption-lounge/article_b4f60f48-def3-57c9-8ef3-bb01640a9feb.html

FOX ILLINOIS
— Border surge derails prospects for bipartisan action on immigration reform – Stephen Loiaconi
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/as-dems-advance-immigration-bills-border-surge-presents-political-obstacles
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: To use pot illegally is to shout your disrespect for the rule of law. To use pot illegally or legally is to shout that you have serious mental and/or physical health problems.
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/5-white-house-staffers-lose-jobs-over-drugs-marijuana-use

NPR ILLINOIS
— White House Tries To Snuff Out Report On Staffers Who Were Let Go For Pot Use – DANA FARRINGTON
(DIERSEN: To use pot illegally is to shout your disrespect for the rule of law. To use pot illegally or legally is to shout that you have serious mental and/or physical health problems.)
https://www.nprillinois.org/post/white-house-tries-snuff-out-report-staffers-who-were-let-go-pot-use#stream/0

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Republican-hating Republican-haters use the Atlanta Spa Shootings to promote hatred against Republicans.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/sen-duckworth-asian-american-hate-crimes-are-underreported-even-with-150-increase-in-past-year/

CHICAGO NOW
— Berkowitz w/GOP GOV Candidate Paul Schimpf, part 2
https://www.chicagonow.com/public-affairs-with-jeff-berkowitz/2021/03/berkowitz-w-gop-gov-candidate-paul-schimpf-part-2-in-chicago-this-morning-and-sunday-and-in-aurora-tonight-monday-and-the-web-always/

ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats use Affirmative Action, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion to get rid of Republicans.
https://news.illinoisstate.edu/2021/03/diversity-equity-and-inclusion-update-march-19/

ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— The Racist Sound of ‘Whiteness Is a Pandemic’ – Tim Graham
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2021/03/the-racist-sound-of-whiteness-is-a-pandemic/

FOX NEWS
— Don Lemon, who constantly bashes Trump supporters, urges CNN viewers to ‘treat people as humans,’ not demonize. The CNN anchor compared Trump voters to drug addicts and suggested they were ‘on the side’ of Nazis. – Joseph A. Wulfsohn
(DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who have demonized, denigrated, and condemned conservatives the most. I would focus on those who have falsely claimed to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican to give themselves standing to do that. I would focus on those who have had lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois. I would focus on those who have been leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party.)
https://www.foxnews.com/media/don-lemon-who-constantly-bashes-trump-supporters-urges-cnn-viewers-to-treat-people-as-humans-not-demonize

BREITBART
— CBO: Democrat Amnesty Bill Would Cost over $35 Billion – SEAN MORAN
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/03/19/cbo-democrat-amnesty-bill-would-cost-over-35-billion/
— 91-Year-Old Police Officer: I’ll Retire When the Good Lord Tells Me – KATHERINE RODRIGUEZ
(DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who promote age discrimination in Wheaton, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, in Illinois, and in America. I would focus on those who promote age discrimination against those who are Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, 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.breitbart.com/law-and-order/2021/03/11/91-year-old-police-officer-ill-retire-when-the-good-lord-tells-me/

DAILY CALLER
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Bush makes it clear that he always was and that he always will be an anti-conservative.
https://dailycaller.com/2021/03/19/george-bush-capitol-riots-interview-donald-trump/

DAILY WIRE
— Not Even Billy Graham’s Alma Mater Wheaton College Is Safe From Pearl-Clutching Cancel Culture. Woke cancel culture cheapens grace and makes forgiveness impossible. – Jon Brown
https://www.dailywire.com/news/not-even-billy-grahams-alma-mater-is-safe-from-pearl-clutching-cancel-culture
— Ted Cruz Blasts Democrats Over COVID Aid: ‘Indisputable’ That Illegal Immigrants ‘Are Receiving Checks Right Now’ – Tim Pearce
https://www.dailywire.com/news/ted-cruz-blasts-democrats-over-covid-aid-indisputable-that-illegal-immigrants-are-receiving-checks-right-now

HERITAGE FOUNDATION
— Asian Americans Should Be Skeptical of the #StopAsianHate Campaign – Scott Zipperle
(DIERSEN: Hate-filled Republican-hating Republican-haters use the Atlanta Spa Shootings to promote hatred against Republicans.)
https://www.heritage.org/crime-and-justice/commentary/asian-americans-should-be-skeptical-the-stopasianhate-campaign

NEWS BUSTERS
— Bad Form: Protesting Basketball Players Disrespect America in NCAA’s ‘Big Dance’ – Jay Maxson
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/culture/jay-maxson/2021/03/19/bad-form-protesting-basketball-players-disrespect-america-ncaas

POLITICO
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Republican-hating Republican-haters use the Atlanta Spa Shootings to promote hatred against Republicans.
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/03/19/georgia-lawmaker-biden-shooting-investigation-477158

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Republican-hating Republican-haters use the Atlanta Spa Shootings to promote hatred against Republicans.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/19/technology/how-anti-asian-activity-online-set-the-stage-for-real-world-violence.html
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2021/03/19/us/atlanta-shootings-massage-spa#bad-day-captain-jay-baker-atlanta
https://www.nytimes.com/video/us/politics/100000007665031/biden-harris-atlanta-asian-americans.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/19/us/politics/biden-harris-atlanta.html (FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD)
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/19/us/atlanta-shooting-victims-spa.html (FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURES)
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater says “With Disruption and Trolling, Greene Reflects G.O.P.’s Shift. Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene said being booted from committees left more time for her to push her party to the right. She’s part of a new wave of lawmakers more interested in brand-building than lawmaking.” I can spend more time putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters together and sending them out because I am no longer a TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member, Milton Township Republican Organization webmaster, Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member, GAO employee, etc.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/19/us/politics/marjorie-taylor-greene-congress-gop.html
— Suspect’s Southern Baptist Church Calls Spa Attacks ‘the Result of a Sinful Heart’ – Ruth Graham, Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs, Jack Healy and Frances Robles
(DIERSEN: Ever-increasing, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs make it clear that they want to legalize prostitution.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/19/us/robert-aaron-long-church-atlanta.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters crow about their success in promoting hatred against Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/20/us/trump-wax-museum.html

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats viciously destroy individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that do not promote LGBTQ.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/republicans-see-attacking-transgender-youth-as-a-convenient-way-to-whip-up-bigotry/2021/03/19/9e6383c6-8848-11eb-82bc-e58213caa38e_story.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Ron DeSantis on the Pandemic Year: Don’t Trust the Elites. Influential people in public health, government and the media failed to rise to the moment. – Ron DeSantis
https://www.wsj.com/articles/ron-desantis-on-the-pandemic-year-dont-trust-the-elites-11616093752
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats use “racial justice” to get rid of individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are law enforcement, 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.wsj.com/articles/tim-cook-on-the-pandemic-year-the-urgency-of-racial-justice-11616090633
— To Attract Black Employees, Companies Move to Them – Te-Ping Chen
(DIERSEN: While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO’s Chicago Office 1980-1997, they had an extremely hard time recruiting and retaining qualified Black Analysts. Consequently, a) they gave extreme preference to their Black Analysts and b) they wasted the careers of and got rid of their Analysts like me who were Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who they had not promoted to GS-13 (currently $102,188) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $120,755) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $142,041) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $172,500) by age 40. Extremely few GAO Analysts make the aforesaid promotion deadlines. I should write a book about the aforesaid.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/to-attract-black-employees-companies-move-to-them-11616212810
— Deconstruction, Identity and the Dying Art of Criticism. Understanding literature was once a common cultural pursuit. Now it’s about political power. – James Campbell
(DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes are extremely critical of not only me, but of all those a) who they cannot manipulate/dominate, b) who refuse to glorify and praise them, c) who refuse to pander to them, d) who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, and/or e) who refuse to give them money. I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/deconstruction-identity-and-the-dying-art-of-criticism-11616177190
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Democrats see foreign students as being their soldiers in their army to get rid of Republicans once and for all.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/student-visa-records-show-enrollments-by-foreign-students-tumbled-18-in-2020-11616168396

BLOOMBERG
— Federal Judge Says Media Is Anti-GOP ‘Threat to Democracy’ – Erik Larson
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-03-19/conservative-judge-calls-media-an-anti-gop-threat-to-democracy
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Republican-hating Republican-haters use the Atlanta Spa Shootings to promote hatred against Republicans.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-03-19/biden-to-condemn-attacks-on-asian-americans-in-atlanta-speech

VENTURA COUNTY STAR
— Here’s how to check online content for accuracy – Martha Shapiro
(DIERSEN: My critics/opponents want you to read articles that they write or bless, no more, and no less. If my critics/opponents do not email you links to articles linked in GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters, they do not want you to read those articles.)
https://www.vcstar.com/story/news/2021/03/03/how-know-check-online-content-accuracy-fake-news-disinformation-social-media/6895085002/

INDEPENDENT JOURNAL REVIEW
— Businesses Say They Can’t Find Workers Because Unemployment Pays More – Erin Coates
https://ijr.com/businesses-cant-find-workers-unemployment-pays-more/

BUZZFEED NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Republican-hating Republican-haters use the Atlanta Spa Shootings to promote hatred against Republicans.
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/ryancbrooks/biden-atlanta-shooting-asian-violence-kamala-harris

NEW YORK MAGAZINE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats use Affirmative Action, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion to get rid of Republicans.
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2021/03/is-anti-wokeness-the-new-ideology-of-the-republican-party.html

LAW
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Republican-hating Republican-haters use the Atlanta Spa Shootings to promote hatred against Republicans.
https://www.law.com/americanlawyer/2021/03/19/law-firms-denounce-rise-in-violence-and-harassment-toward-asian-americans/?slreturn=20210220065637

FORD AUTHORITY
— Ford CEO Jim Farley Routinely Volunteers To Help Homeless At Pope Francis Center – Brett Foote
(DIERSEN: My Democrat GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates expected me to do volunteer work for PADS in Wheaton ( https://dupagepads.org/ ). They stressed a) that my wife and I had given up trying to have children, we did not adopt, and we did not become foster parents, b) that my wife had a good job, c) that we had a new home built in Wheaton in 1984, d) that I had bought a 1962 Chevy Impala SS collector car in 1989, e) that I had bought a 1968 Dodge Charger R/T collector car in 1994, f) that I had avoided the draft, d) that I had owned a 1972 Corvette since 1971, e) etc.)
https://fordauthority.com/2021/03/ford-ceo-jim-farley-routinely-volunteers-to-help-homeless-at-pope-francis-center-video/

GM AUTHORITY
— Car Collector Looking To Open Pontiac Museum In Pontiac, Michigan – SAM MCEACHERN
(DIERSEN: I bought a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint in 1966 with money that I earned washing dishes for the minimum wage in the basement of the S.S. Kresges in Chicago Heights. I would have bought a new loaded 1966 GTO if I had more money.)
https://gmauthority.com/blog/2021/03/car-collector-looking-to-open-pontiac-museum-in-pontiac-michigan/

GUARDIAN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater says “Blindsided: Biden faces tough test in reversing Trump’s cruel border legacy.”
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/mar/20/joe-biden-challenge-trump-border-legacy

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.