March 9 Evening Edition

ABC7
— 4 members of Congress, including lawmaker who shook Trump’s hand, to self-quarantine after CPAC – CNN
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/4-congressman-to-self-quarantine-after-cpac/5997993/

NBC5
— Illinois Declares Disaster Proclamation Over Coronavirus Outbreak Four additional cases were reported in Illinois Monday, creating a new total of 11
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/illinois-declares-disaster-proclamation-over-coronavirus-outbreak/2233798/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Sheriffs sue to block Illinois Trust Act, which prevents them from holding immigrant prisoners without a court warrant – Robert McCoppin
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-illinois-sheriffs-sue-to-block-trust-act-20200309-3vfobwua5fftte4cfozzxbj4ye-story.html
— Sen. Ted Cruz among ‘several’ members of Congress who had contact at CPAC with person with coronavirus – AP
https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-nw-ted-cruz-coronavirus-cpac-20200309-cov2kqitdfepjprvngwodh3m54-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/marijuana/illinois/ct-biz-chicago-zba-approves-5-dispensaries-20200309-wq5in25awzhcdoinlfdrjcqm2e-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Northern Illinois United Methodist Conference delegates promote LGBTQ activity.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/ct-sta-northern-illinois-methodists-st-0310-20200309-kj6bblnex5hgxpmfhl7wq5szm4-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters promote hatred against Trump and against his supporters.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/ct-nyt-paul-krugman-tump-truth-column-20200309-sahdluxpr5civgrtbdqgbtjxpa-story.html
— Why a coronavirus recession would hit Illinois harder: No rainy day fund – Editorial
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-coronavirus-recession-illinois-pritzker-rainy-day-fund-20200309-hmnqjpajyrcbrewsupf2juaine-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters use coronavirus to destroy Trump. 
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/rex-huppke/ct-coronavirus-trump-covid-19-chicago-cruise-ship-huppke-20200309-e4fdljcvonadhiia6nazrzujg4-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Worried about coronavirus? Vote by mail to avoid Election Day crowds Illinois voters can still request a ballot by mail to avoid crowds on March 17
https://chicago.suntimes.com/coronavirus/2020/3/9/21172035/illinois-voting-election-day-coronavirus-vote-by-mail
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters say “Ignore Trump to stay on top of the best coronavirus information.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/3/9/21171862/trump-covid-19-pence-illinois-pritzker-coronavirus-illinois-economy

DAILY HERALD
— GOP legislators want answers from Oberweis – Brenda Schory
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200309/gop-legislators-want-answers-from-oberweis
— Coronavirus not slowing early voting, but suburban election officials are taking precautions – Jake Griffin
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200309/coronavirus-not-slowing-early-voting-but-suburban-election-officials-are-taking-precautions
— McHenry County sheriff, 3 others sue state over immigration law – Charles Keeshan
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200309/mchenry-county-sheriff-3-others-sue-state-over-immigration-law
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Shirley Wass of Glen Ellyn supports Ives.
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20200309/candidates-positions-are-distorted

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Pritzker declares disaster over coronavirus The governor makes the formal declaration involving the spreading virus, as Illinois’ total case count reaches 11. – A.D. QUIG
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/government/pritzker-declares-disaster-over-coronavirus

WGN RADIO
— The Chicago Way w/John Kass: Jeanne Ives on Illinois’ future – JEFF CARLIN
https://wgnradio.com/2020/03/09/the-chicago-way-w-john-kass-charles-lipson-on-protecting-the-scotus-jeanne-ives-on-illinois-future-and-kassos-war-on-salad-bars/

NPR ILLINOIS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats encourage women to hate individuals, hat organizations, hat companies, hate governments, and hate countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.nprillinois.org/post/womens-march-looks-change-face-politics#stream/0

CENTER FOR ILLINOIS POLITICS
— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON ILLINOIS TIGHTENS: 2020 Census Projection: Illinois One of Four States Losing Population – Benjamin Polony and Wagner Acerbi Horta
https://www.centerforilpolitics.org/articles/2020-census-projection-illinois-one-of-four-states-losing-population

MCHENRY COUNTY
— Tobin’s Group Endorsed Skillicorn
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/03/09/tobins-group-endorsed-skillicorn/ 
— Sheriff Bill Prim Sues Attorney General over ICE Restrictions
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/03/09/sheriff-bill-prim-sues-attorney-general-over-ice-restrictions/ 
— Another Infusion from Pro-Abortion Personal PAC for Brian Sager
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/03/09/another-infusion-from-pro-abortion-personal-pac-for-brian-sager/ 
— Madigan Deploys Staffer for Suzanne Ness State Rep. Campaign
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/03/09/madigan-deploys-staffer-for-suzanne-ness-state-rep-campaign/ 
— IL-14: Ted Gradel Receives Campaign Help from Arizona Governor
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/03/09/il-14-ted-gradel-receives-campaign-help-from-arizona-governor/ 
— State Reps. Call Oberweis Out for Fundraising Technique
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/03/09/state-reps-call-oberweis-out-for-fundraising-technique/ 
— Rally for GOP Candidate for County Board Chairman Mike Buehler Thursday in Crystal Lake
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/03/09/rally-for-gop-candidate-for-county-board-chairman-mike-buehler-tuesday-in-crystal-lake/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— GOV PRITZKER ANNOUNCES DISASTER PROCLAMATION FOR ILLINOIS, ALONG WITH FOUR NEW COVID-19 CASES
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2020/03/gov-pritzker-announces-disaster-proclamation-for-illinois-along-with-four-new-covid-19-cases.html
— CASTEN ENDORSES BIDEN, FLAUNTS HIS OWN LEFTIST ENDORSEMENTS
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2020/03/casten-endorses-biden-and-flaunts-his-own-leftist-endorsements.html
— ALMOST 11,000 COOK COUNTY HOMEOWNERS ON VERGE OF LOSING HOMES DUE TO UNPAID PROPERTY TAXES
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2020/03/almost-11000-cook-county-homeowners-on-verge-of-losing-homes-due-to-unpaid-property-taxes.html

CAPITOL FAX
— DuPage GOP election judge shortage almost doubles in a week
https://capitolfax.com/2020/03/09/dupage-gop-election-judge-shortage-almost-doubles-in-a-week/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Will County early voting sites and Election Day polling places are being stocked with hand sanitizer and disinfectant wipes to protect election judges and voters as the number of reported coronavirus cases in the state continues to increase. […] DuPage County continues to face a critical shortage of Republican election judges. Last week officials said they were short 160 Republican election judges; that number has since grown to 300, said Adam Johnson, chief deputy county clerk. “We have lost additional judges,” Johnson said. Will County claims they aren’t having the same problems, but this is definitely something to watch as election day nears. Election judges are often retirees. And older people are in more danger if they catch this virus. I have never voted by mail, but this could be the first time for me. It’s not that I’m frightened to go out or anything, but it will take some stress off the system if more people vote absentee.)

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Big firm lawyers are helping asylum seekers at the border – DIANNE SOLIS (DIERSEN: Trump-haters encourage all the citizens of all the foreign countries to seek asylum in America to help destroy Trump.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/mar/9/big-firm-lawyers-are-helping-asylum-seekers-at-the/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Pelosi: Trump reelection puts ‘civilization as we know it’ at risk – Anthony Leonardi 
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/pelosi-trump-reelection-puts-civilization-as-we-know-it-at-risk

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Sanders Hires Surrogate Who Equated Zionism With Racism, Blamed America for 9/11 – Collin Anderson
https://freebeacon.com/politics/sanders-hires-surrogate-who-equated-zionism-with-racism-blamed-america-for-9-11/

BREITBART
— Lawsuit: U.S. Managers Violated Americans’ Civil Rights by Hiring H-1B Workers – NEIL MUNRO
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2020/03/09/lawsuit-us-managers-hired-h-1bs-discriminated-against-americans/

GOPUSA
— Hollywood In The Trump Era: Conservatives Not Welcome (DIERSEN: How unwelcome are conservatives in your neighborhood, your precinct, your municipal district, your municipality, your township, and your county? I should write a book about those who make conservatives unwelcome in my neighborhood, my precinct, Wheaton’s West District, Wheaton, Milton Township, and DuPage County. I would focus on those who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout. I would focus on those who paint themselves as being religious, conservative, and/or Republican.)
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=85837
— Coronavirus Worries Could Cancel Campaign Rallies
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=85811

PATRIOT POST
— Quarantines and Open Borders? While Democrats foment panic over coronavirus, they also advocate no immigration restrictions. – Arnold Ahlert
https://patriotpost.us/articles/69090-quarantines-and-open-borders-2020-03-09

NATIONAL LAW REVIEW
— EEOC Challenges Yale New Haven Hospital’s “Late Career Practitioner Policy” in Discrimination Suit (DIERSEN: The Democrats who run the federal government would love to subject federal employees who are Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran to testing if they fail to make GS-13 (currently $101,176) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $119,559) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $140,634) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $170,800) by age 40.)
https://www.natlawreview.com/article/eeoc-challenges-yale-new-haven-hospital-s-late-career-practitioner-policy

THE HILL
— Anxiety over coronavirus grows on Capitol Hill – SCOTT WONG AND MIKE LILLIS
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/486604-anxiety-over-coronavirus-grows-on-capitol-hill
— Wall Street suffers major losses as markets spiral on coronavirus, oil prices – SYLVAN LANE
https://thehill.com/policy/finance/486676-wall-street-suffers-major-losses-as-markets-spiral-on-coronavirus-oil-prices
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs want the following “to take the back seat in politics”: those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://thehill.com/opinion/civil-rights/486606-women-are-refusing-to-take-the-back-seat-in-politics-especially-latinas
— Biden overtakes Sanders in Facebook ad spending for first time – MAGGIE MILLER, EMILY BIRNBAUM AND CHRIS MILLS RODRIGO 
https://thehill.com/policy/technology/overnights/486687-hillicon-valley-biden-outspending-sanders-on-facebook-ads-hhs

CNN
— US stocks plummet on coronavirus fears
https://www.cnn.com/business/live-news/stock-market-news-today-030920/h_c82cd7cea418e11969f2204c6364e6d4

NEW YORK TIMES
— Stocks Plunge in Worst Drop Since 2008 Oil prices crashed and bond yields tumbled. The S&P 500 had its worst day in more than a decade.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/09/business/stock-market-today.html

WASHINGTON POST
— U.S. markets crater as coronavirus, oil prices trigger brief halt in trading Oil prices dive to the $30s while investors flee for safe havens like U.S. treasuries and gold, amplifying recession fears – Thomas Heath, Will Englund and Taylor Telford 
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/03/09/markets-economy-coronavirus/
— The U.S. government couldn’t shut down the Internet, right? Think again. – Jessica Rosenworcel 
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-us-government-couldnt-shut-down-the-internet-right-think-again/2020/03/06/6074dc86-5fe5-11ea-b014-4fafa866bb81_story.html

NEW YORK POST
— Coronavirus going to hit its peak and start falling sooner than you think – Michael Fumento
https://nypost.com/2020/03/08/coronavirus-going-to-hit-its-peak-and-start-falling-sooner-than-you-think/

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats crow about their success in driving the stock market down.
https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2020-03-09/trump-panic-tweets-as-markets-tank

FORBES
— The Workplace In The Time Of Coronavirus: Legal Guidelines For Navigating The Upheaval – Michael Bernick
https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaelbernick/2020/03/09/the-workplace-in-the-time-of–coronavirus-part-i-legal-guidelines-for-navigating-the-upheaval/

NATIONAL LAW REVIEW
— The Value of a Good Performance Review (DIERSEN: While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, none of the performance reviews that I received justified the adverse actions that my Democrat superiors took against me.)
https://www.natlawreview.com/article/value-good-performance-review

RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— Biden Beats Sanders, Trump
https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/elections/election_2020/biden_beats_sanders_trump

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.