March 5 Morning Edition

WGN RADIO
— House impeachment manager sues Trump, allies over riot – AP
https://wgnradio.com/news/political-news/house-impeachment-manager-sues-trump-allies-over-riot/

NBC5
— VERY SAD: White Sox Fans Drink the Most of Any MLB Fan Base, Study Shows. No. 1 White Sox fans outranked No. 14 Cubs supporters in average number of drinks per game. – Becca Wood
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/coronavirus/white-sox-fans-drink-the-most-of-any-mlb-fan-base-study-shows/2453770/

DAILY HERALD
— OUTRAGEOUS, DISGUSTING: Bill explores creation of legal services for immigrants facing deportation in Illinois – GRACE BARBIC
(DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats illegally encourage illegal immigration. If anyone should pay for legal services for illegals, it should only be those who vote for Democrats.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20210304/bill-explores-creation-of-legal-services-for-immigrants-facing-deportation-in-illinois

SUBURBAN LIFE
— DuPage County COVID-19 cases decrease as 73 new infections reported Thursday, 2 deaths – Joshua Welge
https://www.shawlocal.com/my-suburban-life/coronavirus/2021/03/05/dupage-county-covid-19-cases-decrease-as-73-new-infections-reported-thursday-2-deaths/

DAILY NORTHWESTERN
— Residents, aldermen, candidates debate reparations program in public conference – Alex Harrison
(DIERSEN: Candidates on April 6 ballots should be asked the following questions: If elected, would you encourage or discourage promotion of the following: a) reparations, b) BLM, c) LGBTQ, d) dependency on government, e) dependency on charity, f) abortion, g) mass/illegal immigration, h) booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, i) more gun controls, j) patronage, k) political affiliation discrimination, l) reverse discrimination, and m) age discrimination?)
https://dailynorthwestern.com/2021/03/05/city/residents-aldermen-candidates-debate-reparations-program-in-public-conference/
— Aldermanic candidates debate mayor-council model, reparations at NAACP forum – Yiming Fu
(DIERSEN: Candidates on April 6 ballots should be asked the following questions: If elected, would you encourage or discourage promotion of the following: a) reparations, b) BLM, c) LGBTQ, d) dependency on government, e) dependency on charity, f) abortion, g) mass/illegal immigration, h) booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, i) more gun controls, j) patronage, k) political affiliation discrimination, l) reverse discrimination, and m) age discrimination?)
https://dailynorthwestern.com/2021/03/04/city/aldermanic-candidates-debate-mayor-council-model-reparations-at-naacp-forum/

STATELINE
— Proposed bill would end Illinois lawmaker pensions
https://www.mystateline.com/news/local-news/proposed-bill-would-end-illinois-lawmaker-pensions/

WISN
— Kinzinger pressures Republicans to leave Trump behind – Matt Smith
(DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who pressure the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization to leave behind the traditional marriage/family, right to life, immigration, Second Amendment, and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks in the Republican Party platform.)
https://www.wisn.com/article/illinois-congressman-pressures-republicans-to-leave-trump-behind/35733758#

CHICAGO CHALKBEAT
— As Chicago schools reopen, principals look for thousands of absent students – Cassie Walker Burke
https://chicago.chalkbeat.org/2021/3/3/22312411/chicago-cps-is-reopening-its-schools-how-many-students-will-attend-remote-learning-in-person

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— PRICE CHANGE: The House Republican Organization has doubled its dues for rank-and-file members from $10,000 per election cycle to $20,000. “The new structure will help our organization fund the increased number of races we anticipate post-remap and will accommodate additional member services,” executive director Jayme Odom said in an email to members. Along with the $20,000 fee for regular members, those in leadership will pay $55,000 per two-year cycle, and board members, $45,000. The HRO has been in a restructuring mode for a few years — ever since former Gov. Bruce Rauner lost re-election. The group had relied solely on his financial support, leaving the organization hobbled when he left office (and eventually skipped town to live in Florida). The HRO also named state Rep. Ryan Spain of Peoria as chairman, replacing state Rep. Tony McCombie. New board members include state Reps. Tim Ozinga, Dan Caulkins, Avery Bourne, Tim Butler and Charlie Meier. Rep. Jim Durkin, of course, is House Republican leader. RELATED: The one place House Republicans want to be Trump-free: “Republicans are sounding the alarm that his attempts to meddle in primaries could hurt the party’s efforts to win back the majority,” . . . CATALINA LAUF, a pro-Trump Republican primarying Rep. ADAM KINZINGER (R-Ill.) in 2022, at Mar-a-Lago on Thursday evening, in the latest sign that Trump is serious about challenging his House GOP antagonists. Kinzinger has been an outspoken critic of Trump, even forming a political action committee to support candidates who take stands opposing the former president. – Shia Kapos
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2021/03/05/kellys-day-one-bossism-wanes-hro-dues-hike-pritzkers-covid-pilot-program-492009

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Cancel culture of the woke left must be resisted at every turn – Editorial
(DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who lead/led the cancel culture in Wheaton’s West District, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County’s 4th District, DuPage County, Illinois, Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party. I should write a book about those who led the cancel culture in TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Illinois Center Right Coalition, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter, GAO, IRS, Post Office, etc.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/mar/4/editorial-cancel-culture-of-the-woke-left-must-be-/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Marjorie Taylor Greene’s procedural antics splitting House GOP factions – Emily Brooks
(DIERSEN: What GOP faction are you in? I am in the platform faction.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/taylor-greene-motion-to-adjourn

FOX NEWS
— Joe Biden has done more as president to open borders than he has to reopen schools – James Comer
https://news.yahoo.com/james-comer-joe-biden-done-194627352.html
— Canceled by Amazon: Clarence Thomas, Michael Brown documentaries, books on gender top growing list. – Brian Flood
https://www.foxnews.com/media/amazon-cancel-censor-content-clarence-thomas-michael-brown-gender-books

GOPUSA
— Biden Vs America: Illegal Border Crossings Are Now 6 Times What Obama Administration Considered ‘Crisis’
(DIERSEN: Needless-to-say, instead of being in Washington DC, the National Guard should be at the border stopping illegal immigration.)
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=107212
— National Guard Presence On Capitol Hill Sparks Bipartisan Calls For Answers
(DIERSEN: Needless-to-say, instead of being in Washington DC, the National Guard should be at the border stopping illegal immigration.)
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=107217

BLAZE
— Republicans slam Biden for ‘Neanderthal’ insult against red state governors. Kayleigh McEnany compares comment to Hillary Clinton’s ‘deplorables’ remark. – BRECK DUMAS
https://www.theblaze.com/news/republicans-slam-biden-for-neanderthal-insult-against-red-state-governors
— Trump drops a blistering response to Karl Rove’s scathing criticism of his CPAC speech. ‘He’s a pompous fool with bad advice’ – CARLOS GARCIA
(DIERSEN: I should write a book about the time when Roskam’s campaign feared that I might ask Rove a question when Rove spoke at a rally for Roskam in 2006 in Wheaton.)
https://www.theblaze.com/news/trump-drops-a-blistering-response-to-karl-roves-scathing-criticism-of-his-cpac-speech
— California: High school baseball team suspended because 8 seniors took a yearbook photo without masks. The school district said they violated COVID-19 safety protocols, so the whole team was punished. – CHRIS PANDOLFO
https://www.theblaze.com/news/california-high-school-baseball-team-suspended-photo-without-masks

FEDERALIST
— If Congress Won’t Take On Big Tech, Conservatives Have No Choice But To Build Their Own Internet. The only way remaining to truly protect freedom of expression and, in turn, our democracy, is by building free and open internet. – Greg Steube and Martín Avila
https://thefederalist.com/2021/03/05/if-congress-wont-take-on-big-tech-conservatives-have-no-choice-but-to-build-their-own-internet/

TOWNHALL
— Who Really Imperils the Republic? – Pat Buchanan
https://townhall.com/columnists/patbuchanan/2021/03/05/who-really-imperils-the-republic-n2585725

CHRISTIANITY
— Christian Leader Warns Against Cancel Culture’s Impending Attempts To Silence Faithful – SARAH MAE SALIONG
(DIERSEN: I should write a book about the success that “Republicans” in Illinois, DuPage County, DuPage County’s 4th District, Milton Township, Wheaton, and Wheaton’s West District have had a) promoting dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ, 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 and b) silencing those like me who oppose promoting the aforesaid.)
http://www.christianitydaily.com/articles/11053/20210305/christian-leader-warns-against-cancel-culture-s-impending-attempts-to-silence-faithful.htm

COLLEGE FIX
— Large newspaper chain dumps ‘Mallard Fillmore’ for defending girls’ sports against Biden order – Greg Piper
https://www.thecollegefix.com/large-newspaper-chain-dumps-mallard-fillmore-for-defending-girls-sports-against-biden-order/

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Dems Say Not Leaning Left Will Hurt in ’22. Data Say Otherwise. – David Brady & Brett Parker
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2021/03/03/dems_say_not_leaning_left_will_hurt_in_22_data_say_otherwise.html

RT
— Most Americans realize cancel culture is a massive threat to our democracy, but I fear it may be too late to halt it – Micah Curtis
(DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who lead/led the cancel culture in Wheaton’s West District, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County’s 4th District, DuPage County, Illinois, Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party. I should write a book about those who led the cancel culture in TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Illinois Center Right Coalition, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter, GAO, IRS, Post Office, etc.)
https://www.rt.com/op-ed/517087-america-cancel-culture-democracy/

OPEN SECRETS
— Corporate interests call on Congress to pass the Dream Act – Alyce McFadden
(DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Big Business makes it clear that it is 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://www.opensecrets.org/news/2021/03/corporate-interests-back-the-dream-act/

THE HILL
— Trump sued by Democrats over mob attack on Capitol – JOHN KRUZEL
(DIERSEN: Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct who have lost elections, their major donors, their political consultants, their campaign managers, their campaign staff managers, and their campaign volunteers a) who blame me, b) who blame my GOPUSA Illinois newsletters, and/or c) who blame what I did as 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, and/or American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member have not sued me. However, the aforesaid have done everything that that can to destroy me. I should write a book about them. Better yet, I should sue them.)
https://thehill.com/homenews/news/541770-trump-sued-by-democrats-over-mob-attack-on-capitol

WASHINGTON POST
— GOP governors scorn pandemic restrictions as they compete for primacy in a pro-Trump party – Isaac Stanley-Becker
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/texas-mask-mandate-abbott/2021/03/04/ceec92bc-7d12-11eb-b3d1-9e5aa3d5220c_story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled conservative-hating conservative-hater says “Far-right sources on Facebook get more engagement than any other political posts.” Overwhelmingly, a) those who promote Facebook, b) those who discourage me from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters, and c) those who discourage everyone from reading those newsletters 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://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/03/04/far-right-extreme-study-facebook/
— Did Facebook ‘cancel Abe Lincoln’? The truth is complicated — and alarming. – Ron Charles
(DIERSEN: DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton should officially offer to take statutes of Lincoln that Democrats do not want.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/facebook-old-abe-cancel-culture/2021/03/03/ad9e01fc-7b98-11eb-a976-c028a4215c78_story.html

USA TODAY
— The Backstory: A reporter arrested while covering a protest faces trial Monday. Here’s why you should care. – Nicole Carroll
(DIERSEN: Needless-to-say, I should sue anyone who hints/implies/argues/shouts that I falsely claim to be a reporter.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2021/03/05/press-freedom-reporters-face-charges-after-black-lives-matter-protests/6896041002/

DISPATCH
— Is It Time for the Republican Party to Split Apart? It’s far from likely, but the Whig Party’s demise in the 1850s could serve as precedent. – Declan Garvey
(DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrat plant, Libertarian plant, Green plant, Independent plant, and RINO leaders of the Republican Party a) want the party to dump all those who support the party’s traditional marriage/family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks in its platform and b) want the party 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://thedispatch.com/p/is-it-time-for-the-republican-party

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— ‘Equity’ Is a Mandate to Discriminate. The new buzzword tries to hide the aim of throwing out the American principle of equality under the law. – Charles Lipson
(DIERSEN: I should write a book about “Republicans” in Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton who reject the equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) plank in the Republican Party platform. I would focus on those who promote reverse discrimination and age discrimination. I would focus on those a) who focus on destroying me, b) who focus on destroying my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters, and/or c) who focus on destroying those who read my newsletters.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/equity-is-a-mandate-to-discriminate-11614901276
— How Much Does the Federal Minimum Wage Buy You? Now vs. Then. Working minimum wage has never been ideal, but it used to be more manageable a half century ago. – Brian McGill and Max Rust
(DIERSEN: According to this article, the inflation-adjusted minimum wage that I earned 1964-1966 was about $12/hour. With the money that I earned washing dishes in the basement of the S.S. Kresges in Chicago Heights part-time during my junior and senior years at Crete-Monee High School and the summer in between, I bought a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint in May of 1966. I used that car to get to/from a) jobs cleaning golf shoes, chipping slag, and pumping gasoline during the summer of 1966, b) classes at UIC 1966 and 1967, and c) my job working for the Park Forest Post Office part-time during by freshman and sophomore years at UIC and full-time during the summer in between. I sold it in December of 1967 and bought a new 1968 Oldsmobile 442.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-much-does-the-federal-minimum-wage-buy-you-now-vs-then-11614866413
— Election Doubting Is All-American. Trump and his supporters are following a tradition that runs from Andrew Jackson to Nancy Pelosi. – Ted Rall
https://www.wsj.com/articles/election-doubting-is-all-american-11614901206

BUSINESS INSIDER
— Once a CPAC star, Pence deemed ‘traitor’ by new conservative base
https://www.businessinsider.com/pence-2024-trump-cpac-traitor-conservatives-2021-3

LEXOLOGY
— Get Woke: Millennials and Age Discrimination
(DIERSEN: My superiors in the federal government hinted/implied/argued/shouted that their employees who were younger, Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran wanted them to get rid of their employees who were older, Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran. Further, they hinted/implied/argued/shouted that their employees who were moderate, liberal, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time wanted them to get rid of their employees who were conservative, Protestant, German American, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=886eee2a-f31d-4ad6-808d-307cdc4887d1

EDITOR AND PUBLISHER
— Was It Appropriate for the Media to Identify Rioters from the U.S. Capitol Attack? – EVELYN MATEOS
(DIERSEN: Capitol Rioters harmed Trump, harmed all those who voted for Trump, harmed all conservatives, and harmed all Republicans.)
https://www.editorandpublisher.com/stories/was-it-appropriate-for-the-media-to-identify-rioters-from-the-us-capitol-attack,187178

ROLLING STONE
— ‘Useful Idiots’: The Democrats Try to Cancel Fox News – REED DUNLEA
(DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who have viewed me as being one of their useful idiots since 2000. I would focus on Democrat plant, Libertarian plant, Green plant, Independent plant, and RINO a) candidates on ballots in my precinct, their major donors, their political consultants, their campaign managers, their campaign staff managers, and their campaign volunteers, b) leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party, and c) “conservative” activists.)
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/useful-idiots-taibbi-fox-news-shahid-buttar-1133945/

NEW YORKER
— The Vaccine Resisters – Benjamin Wallace-Wells
(DIERSEN: How should you respond when you are asked about your position on vaccination? From what I see, if you indicate any kind of resistance, those who want to destroy you will use that to destroy you, and especially if you are a law enforcement officer, soldier, Trump supporter, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, gun owner, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.newyorker.com/news/annals-of-populism/the-vaccine-resisters

NEW YORK MAGAZINE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater says “Adam Kinzinger’s Bold Prediction: Trump Will Fade Away.” I should write a book about those who predicted that their harassment of me would get me a) to stop sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters and b) to stop me from serving as a Republican Precinct Committeeman.
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2021/03/adam-kinzingers-bold-prediction-trump-will-fade-away.html

ONE NEWS PAGE
— Adam Kinzinger Says Donald Trump Is ‘Losing It’ after Latest Statement
https://www.onenewspage.com/n/World/1zn0w4zq8u/Adam-Kinzinger-Says-Donald-Trump-Is-Losing-It.htm

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.