May 11 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Illinois COVID Update: IL reports 1,562 COVID-19 cases, 26 deaths Pediatricians weigh in on vaccinating children
https://abc7chicago.com/health/il-reports-1562-new-covid-19-cases-26-deaths/10613719/

NBC5
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters promote Cheney.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/business/money-report/liz-cheney-is-vowing-behind-the-scenes-that-she-wont-stop-fighting-trump-over-election-big-lie/2507514/

WGN RADIO
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: How soon, if not already, will Disney let you in only if you 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://wgnradio.com/news/disney-diversity-and-inclusion-program-brings-criticism-and-praise/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Lake County Board approves recreational cannabis sales in unincorporated areas – JAMES T. NORMAN
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/lake-county-news-sun/ct-lns-county-cannabis-vote-final-st-0512-20210511-74il7xrfbjh5rmnv3e252yendm-story.html
— FROM THE ARTICLE: “Critical Race Theory implies that all people who were born with white skin are racist,” she (Kathy Valente) wrote. “And all whites have power because of their skin color and have used that power to hold back people of color. This is patently false. Tax dollars should not be used to foster lies, division and hatred.”
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/clarence-page/ct-column-critical-race-theory-lashawn-ford-page-20210511-qbb6ueqwsnh5dpfqr4uicfubpm-story.html
— Who cares that the Southland fared poorly in U.S. News & World Report’s annual ranking of best high schools? – TED SLOWIK
(DIERSEN: I graduated from Crete-Monee High School in 1966.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/opinion/ct-sta-slowik-high-school-rankings-st-0512-20210511-vrkt4ndgojfkpecyf2ezoivu6u-story.html
— Rahm Emanuel to soon get President Biden’s nod as Japan ambassador: reports | Pritzker’s budget for adults with disabilities falls short, critics say | Illinois House gets shot-and-a-beer legislation – LISA DONOVAN
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-biden-emanuel-japan-ambassador-legislature-beer-shot-spin-20210511-yozlvdmpija35mfz75apdooks4-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats illegally encourage citizens of foreign countries to illegally come to America illegally and to illegally stay in America illegally. Democrats should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2021/5/11/22420760/registry-act-1929-undocumented-immigrants

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— What the Cheney vote in D.C. can tell us about Illinois’ guv race. Tomorrow’s GOP showdown may influence the future of a potential Pritzker foe. – GREG HINZ
(DIERSEN: Of course, ever-increasingly, as the March 15, 2022 Republican primary approaches in Illinois, the Democrat news media in Illinois will a) glorify and praise candidates who seek/accept Kinzinger’s endorsement and b) demonize, denigrate, and condemn candidates who seek/accept Trump’s endorsement.)
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/greg-hinz-politics/what-cheney-vote-dc-can-tell-us-about-illinois-guv-race
— Treasury lifeline won’t bail out Chicago, state from debt. The city and Illinois had considered using the money to pay back loans, but this week’s guidance muddles those plans. – Bloomberg
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/government/treasury-lifeline-wont-bail-out-chicago-state-debt

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Davis, LaHood silent on GOP punishment for Liz Cheney; they panned the option in the past – Dean Olsen
(DIERSEN: Of course, ever-increasingly, as the March 15, 2022 Republican primary approaches in Illinois, the Democrat news media in Illinois will a) glorify and praise candidates who seek/accept Kinzinger’s endorsement and b) demonize, denigrate, and condemn candidates who seek/accept Trump’s endorsement.)
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/2021/05/11/liz-cheney-davis-lahood-silent-punishment-house/5038005001/

ST. LOUIS TODAY
— You can’t go wrong with more data’: Illinois has the most detailed corporate diversity disclosures
(DIERSEN: GAO hired me in 1980 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. IRS hired me in 1971 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job. The Post Office hired me in 1966 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job.)
https://www.stltoday.com/business/local/you-can-t-go-wrong-with-more-data-illinois-has-the-most-detailed-corporate-diversity/article_cbb5f536-e4ba-5689-b4d3-05084215e184.html

WGLT
— Barnett: GOP Turns County Redistricting Into A ‘Charade’- Eric Stock
https://www.wglt.org/local-news/2021-05-10/barnett-gop-turns-county-redistricting-into-a-charade

CHICAGO PATCH
— FBI Chicago Holds Diversity Agent Recruitment For Special Agents. The FBI is hiring 1,000 special agents with ethnic diversity a priority at an online recruitment event in Chicago June 2. – Lorraine Swanson
(DIERSEN: GAO hired me in 1980 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. IRS hired me in 1971 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job. The Post Office hired me in 1966 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job.)
https://patch.com/illinois/chicago/fbi-chicago-holds-diversity-agent-recruitment-special-agents

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— The War on Children – David E. Smith
https://illinoisfamily.org/education/the-war-on-children/

CAPITOL FAX
— 1,562 new confirmed and probable cases; 26 additional deaths; 1,930 hospitalized; 489 in ICU; 2.8 percent average case positivity rate; 3.3 percent average test positivity rate; 83,887 average daily doses
https://capitolfax.com/2021/05/11/1562-new-confirmed-and-probable-cases-26-additional-deaths-1930-hospitalized-489-in-icu-28-percent-average-case-positivity-rate-33-percent-average-test-positivity-rate-83887-average-daily-doses/
— Local Republicans split over redistricting in McLean County
https://capitolfax.com/2021/05/11/local-republicans-split-over-redistricting-in-mclean-county/
— Rodney Davis could signal statewide intent with Cheney vote
(DIERSEN: Of course, ever-increasingly, as the March 15, 2022 Republican primary approaches in Illinois, the Democrat news media in Illinois will a) glorify and praise candidates who seek/accept Kinzinger’s endorsement and b) demonize, denigrate, and condemn candidates who seek/accept Trump’s endorsement.)
https://capitolfax.com/2021/05/11/rodney-davis-could-signal-statewide-intent-with-cheney-vote/

BREITBART
— Orthodox Jews Are Overwhelmingly Republican and Growing in Number – MADELEINE HUBBARD
https://www.breitbart.com/faith/2021/05/11/poll-orthodox-jews-overwhelmingly-republican-growing-number/

NEWS BUSTERS
— 50% of U.S. Adults Say Trump Should NOT Be Permanently Banned Online: Pew – Kayla Sargent
(DIERSEN: In 1989, the Democrats who ran GAO’s Chicago office permanently banned me from being assigned to audits of IRS to punish me for my becoming an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged them with reverse discrimination and age discrimination. I had been assigned to audits of IRS since 1986. I had worked for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $85,935-$97,395/year.)
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/free-speech/kayla-sargent/2021/05/11/50-us-adults-say-trump-should-not-be-permanently-banned

DAILY WIRE
— Pelosi Producing Oppo Research For Liz Cheney, Adam Kinzinger To Attack Republican Leaders – Ryan Saavedra
https://www.dailywire.com/news/pelosi-producing-oppo-research-for-liz-cheney-adam-kinzinger-to-attack-republican-leaders-gop-source

DAILY CALLER
— Republican Governor Asa Hutchinson Says Trump Is ‘Dividing’ The GOP – JORDAN LANCASTER
(DIERSEN: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters love it when hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters promote hatred against Trump.)
https://dailycaller.com/2021/05/11/republican-governor-asa-hutchinson-donald-trump-dividing-gop/

PJ MEDIA
— Kinzinger’s Low-T Never Trump Shtick Is Just Sad – STEPHEN KRUISER
https://pjmedia.com/columns/stephen-kruiser/2021/05/11/adam-kinzingers-low-t-never-trump-shtick-is-just-sad-n1446164

EPOCH TIMES
— 20 Republican Governors Call on Biden to ‘Take Action’ on Border Crisis – JACK PHILLIPS
https://www.theepochtimes.com/20-republican-governors-call-on-biden-to-take-action-on-border-crisis_3811113.html

THE HILL
— Kinzinger plotted to oust McCarthy after Jan. 6 attack – SCOTT WONG
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/552727-kinzinger-plotted-to-oust-mccarthy-after-jan-6-attack


— Republican says Stefanik not conservative enough to be GOP leader – CRISTINA MARCOS
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/552931-republican-says-stefanik-not-conservative-enough-to-be-gop-leader
— Duckworth says food stamps let her stay in high school – CAMERON JENKINS
(DIERSEN: How wealthy were your parents when you were young? I should write a book about those who have hinted/implied/argued/shouted the loudest that my parents were filthy rich when my brother and I were young. Neither of my outstanding parents attended college. My father was the first of his ancestors to earn a high school diploma. He fought brittle type 1 diabetes from age 14. He worked in the office of a nasty chemical plant in Chicago Heights. He almost always worked second jobs to pay the family’s bills. He did not buy a new car until he was 45 years old and it was a bottom of the line 2-door Chevy. He died suddenly of heart failure in 1969 when he was 47 and I was 21. My mother never attended high school. If my parents were filthy rich, why did I do yard work and deliver newspapers 1962-1964; wash dishes 1964-1966; clean golf shoes, chip slag, and pump gasoline in 1966; deliver mail 1966-1969; work on an automobile assembly line and as a security guard in 1970; sell tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971; and pump gasoline 1971-1972?)
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/552828-duckworth-says-food-stamps-let-her-stay-in-high-school

CNN & CNBC & THE HILL & NEW YORK TIMES & REAL CLEAR POLITICS & MERCURY NEWS & USA TODAY
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters promote Cheney.
https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/11/politics/cheney-house-floor-remarks/index.html
https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/11/politics/liz-cheney-republican-party-trump-long-game/index.html
https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2021/05/12/house-floor-remarks-liz-cheney-trump-gangel-ac360-sot-vpx.cnn/video/playlists/atv-best-of-ac-360/
https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2021/05/11/liz-cheney-house-floor-remarks-republican-vote-vpx.cnn
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/05/11/liz-cheney-vows-to-keep-fighting-trump-election-lies.html
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/553019-cheney-in-defiant-floor-speech-trump-on-crusade-to-undermine-our-democracy
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/11/us/politics/liz-cheney-speech-house.html
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2021/05/11/ab_stoddard_cheney_knew_she_would_lose_leadership_position_when_she_spoke_out_against_trump.html
https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/05/11/defiant-cheney-on-house-floor-our-election-was-not-stolen/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2021/05/11/liz-cheney-house-floor-speech-rips-trumps-election-fraud-claims/5047570001/

WASHINGTON POST
— Federal judge denies NRA attempt to declare bankruptcy in win for New York state attorney general – Tom Hamburger
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/nra-bankruptcy-decision/2021/05/11/9f67509a-b106-11eb-9059-d8176b9e3798_story.html

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats want immigrants because immigrants vote for Democrats. RINOs want immigrants because RINOs want cheap labor.
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2021-05-11/immigration-reform-biden-jobs-plan-economic-growth

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Progressives, Conservatives Hone Messaging on Class Divide, Opportunity
(DIERSEN: According to Democrats, if you are an older White male Republican, the successes that you had in life were because you benefitted from your parents’, your grandparents’, your great grandparents’, and the rest of your ancestors’ discrimination against minorities and against females.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/progressives-conservatives-hone-messaging-on-class-divide-opportunity-11620772799

U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— GOP Convention Moved to Texas to Avoid Coronavirus Rules The New Mexico Republican Party is moving their three-day convention this weekend to Amarillo, Texas, after speakers had concerns over New Mexico’s COVID-19 restrictions. – AP
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/texas/articles/2021-05-11/gop-convention-moved-to-texas-to-avoid-coronavirus-rules

RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— Most Americans Are Proud of Our History, But Many Democrats Disagree
https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/lifestyle/general_lifestyle/may_2021/most_americans_are_proud_of_our_history_but_many_democrats_disagree
— Two-Thirds of Voters Say Border Problem Is a ‘Crisis,’ Most Blame Biden
https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/current_events/immigration/two_thirds_of_voters_say_border_problem_is_a_crisis_most_blame_biden

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.