ABC7
— Race for IL governor: Pair of TV ads take aim at Darren Bailey before early voting begins – Craig Wall
https://abc7chicago.com/governor-of-illinois-candidates-election-pritzker/11846577/
— COVID Update: IL reports 8,411 new cases, 7 deaths Chicago enters 2nd week at ‘medium’ COVID community level
https://abc7chicago.com/illinois-covid-cases-test-vaccine/11845481/
— Nooses hung from trees at Evanston middle school amid student protest over teacher transfers – Tre Ward
https://abc7chicago.com/haven-middle-school-evanston-il-nooses-found-protest/11847297/
NBC5
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote abortion.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/politics/coast-to-coast-rallies-support-abortion-rights/2832572/
— Illinois Governor’s Race: Irvin’s Texts Scrutinized, New Ad Reaction. The Democratic Governor’s Association released an ad focused on Illinois Rep. Darren Bailey, while Richard Irvin responded to text messages he wrote about former President Trump.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/illinois-governors-race-irvins-texts-scrutinized-new-ad-reaction/2832355/
— COMMENT: Affirmative Action, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion are reparations. Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote reparations to promote hatred against Republicans. Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, how soon, if not already, if you do not promote reparations, a) will your employer, if you are still employed, get rid of you, b) will the professional, religious, political, and other organizations that you are a member of get rid of you, c) will your municipality get rid of you, d) will your township get rid of you, e) will your county get rid of you, f) will Illinois get rid of you, g) will America get rid of you, and h) will the world get rid of you?)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/local/man-receives-evanston-reparations-program-award/2832568/
CBS2
— One arrested after hundreds seen walking in street, jumping on cars after spilling over from North Avenue Beach
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/crowd-of-hundreds-seen-walking-in-street-jumping-on-cars-after-spilling-over-from-north-avenue-beach/
FOX32
— Irvin allegedly called Trump ‘bigoted racist’ and ‘idiot’ in text messages (COMMENT: Will this encourage more hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters to endorse Irvin and/or to give more money to Irvin?)
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/irvin-allegedly-called-trump-bigoted-racist-and-idiot-in-text-messages-report
WTTW
— GOP Gubernatorial Candidate Richard Irvin Called Donald Trump ‘Idiot,’ ‘Bigoted Racist,’ Text Messages Show – Paris Schutz
https://news.wttw.com/2022/05/13/gop-gubernatorial-candidate-richard-irvin-called-donald-trump-idiot-bigoted-racist-text
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Democratic Governors Association launches ad seeking to boost Darren Bailey in GOP primary – Rick Pearson
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/elections/ct-illinois-governors-race-ads-20220513-73opc5zgqbdm5nxrervb3qdniu-story.html
— Three candidates for Illinois Supreme Court back on the ballot following judge’s ruling – Jeremy Gorner
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/elections/ct-supreme-court-ballot-flight-20220513-paylzp2bq5cfxp6xzhp6qi6moq-story.html
— One held for reckless conduct after ‘North Avenue Beach Takeover’ – María Paula Mijares Torres
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-north-avenue-beach-takeover-20220513-vl2k7cycizhlzju5bf5q3kllaa-story.html
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Bailey to hit Chicago TV screens after billionaire Uihlein pumps $2.5 million more into GOP campaign for governor. The $2.5 million that the Lake Forest GOP megadonor dropped into Bailey’s war chest on Friday comes just days after a poll showed the gap between the downstate senator and Aurora Mayor Richard Irvin has narrowed in the wide-open GOP primary race for governor. – Tina Sfondeles, Manny Ramos
https://chicago.suntimes.com/elections/2022/5/13/23072378/dick-uihlein-darren-bailey-richard-irvin-republican-tv-ads-primar-ken-griffin-june-gop-wgn-poll
— Richard Irvin is not yet speaking loudly to the top GOP voter concern: the economy. The fact that Irvin is only attracting less than a quarter of the primary vote after Griffin’s campaign donation ought to be hugely concerning. But there’s still time to crack the ceiling. – Rich Miller
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2022/5/13/23071717/richard-irvin-top-voter-concern-illinois-economy-column-rich-miller
— Alderperson calls for legal action after hundreds gather for ‘unpermitted’ event at North Avenue Beach. Ald. Michele Smith says the event, which attracted about 400 people, was promoted anonymously and on social media, with organizers encouraging people to bring alcohol and drugs.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2022/5/12/23070113/michele-smith-north-avenue-beach-legal-action-unpermitted-event
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Pritzker promotes abortion.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2022/5/13/23069709/gov-jb-pritzker-mother-sue-abortion-rights-family-legacy-national-leadership-roe-v-wade-alcoholism
DAILY HERALD
— Former New York City mayor and Donald Trump ally Rudy Giuliani will visit Oak Brook later this month to headline a fundraiser for a Republican Scott Kaspar of Orland Park seeking Illinois’ 6th Congressional District seat. – Ruissell Lissau
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20220513/rudy-giuliani-to-headline-fundraiser-for-suburban-congressional-hopeful
— GOP candidates in 14th Congressional race to meet in online forum next week – Russell Lissau
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20220513/gop-candidates-in-14th-congressional-race-to-meet-in-online-forum-next-week
— League of Women Voters host DuPage County candidates in Elmhurst May 15
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20220513/league-of-women-voters-host-dupage-county-candidates-in-elmhurs
CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Irvin stumbles out of the gate – Jim Dey
https://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/jim-dey-irvin-stumbles-out-of-the-gate/article_9a79d83c-dfb2-5efd-9b7b-c43212c6f569.html
ROCKFORD REGISTER STAR
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats blame Republicans for gun violence.
https://www.rrstar.com/story/opinion/2022/05/14/its-beyond-time-rockford-invest-violence-prevention/9746312002/
DECATUR TRIBUNE
— Conservative Rep. Mary Miller Endorsed by CPAC and Turning Point Action
https://www.decaturtribune.com/2022/05/13/conservative-rep-mary-miller-endorsed-by-cpac-and-turning-point-action/
ALTON TELEGRAPH
— COMMENT: Democrats crow about their success in getting Social Security to promote LGBTQ.
https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/article/Social-Security-committed-to-LGBTQ-community-17170902.php
WBEZ
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Illinois Democrats promote abortion.
https://www.wbez.org/stories/illinois-could-be-the-only-abortion-safe-haven-in-the-midwest-if-roe-falls/e04970ea-73f5-48e5-96e0-2035d302890a
NPR ILLINOIS
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Illinois Democrats promote abortion.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2022-05-13/statewide-abortion-rights-supporters-in-illinois-say-there-is-more-work-to-do
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— 100+ reports of children, adults eating THC-laced copycat candy brands with adverse reactions – Chip Brewster
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/100-reports-of-children-adults-eating-thc-laced-copycat-candy-brands-with-adverse-reactions/
CITY JOURNAL
— A Summer of Blackouts? Thanks to hasty closures of fossil-fuel and nuclear plants, coupled with shortfalls in renewable-energy production, Americans will face increasing power outages. – Steven Malanga
https://www.city-journal.org/energy-policy-failures-may-lead-to-summer-blackouts
PLAINFIELD PATCH
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote abortion.
https://patch.com/illinois/plainfield/bans-our-bodies-pro-choice-rally-set-saturday-plainfield
DARIEN PATCH
— Racial Gap In Discipline At Hinsdale D-86. The district was warned its plan could open it up to civil rights lawsuits. – David Giuliani
https://patch.com/illinois/darien-il/racial-gap-discipline-hinsdale-d-86-report
WIREPOINTS
— Is Chicago headed for a crime-filled summer?
https://wirepoints.org/is-chicago-headed-for-a-crime-filled-summer-the-dialogue-episode-32/
ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Leftists “Transing” Other People’s Children – Laurie Higgins
https://illinoisfamily.org/education/leftists-transing-other-peoples-children/
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS GETTING BABY FORMULA WHILE AMERICANS LEFT WITH EMPTY SHELVES
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2022/05/illegal-immigrants-getting-baby-formula-while-americans-left-with-empty-shelves.html
— HOW MANY OF THE WORLD’S 8 BILLION WILL SURVIVE WITHOUT FOSSIL FUELS?
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2022/05/how-many-of-the-worlds-8-billion-will-survive-without-fossil-fuels.html
CAPITOL FAX
— Bailey gets $2.5 million from Uihlein; DGA blasts Irvin in second ad; ILGOP’s Tracy on election fraud; Pritzker signs several bills
https://capitolfax.com/2022/05/13/late-friday-news-bailey-gets-25-million-from-uihlein-dga-blasts-irvin-in-second-ad-ilgops-tracy-on-election-fraud-pritzker-signs-several-bills/
— WTTW: Irvin said he hated Trump, called him an “idiot” and “bigoted racist”
https://capitolfax.com/2022/05/13/wttw-irvin-said-he-hated-trump-called-him-an-idiot-and-bigoted-racist/
— COMMENT: According to hate-filled conservative-hating conservative-haters, Bailey’s agenda is too conservative for Illinois.
https://capitolfax.com/2022/05/13/rate-the-new-dga-ad/
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Rift widens as conservative shareholders get short shrift from ‘woke’ companies – Sean Salai
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2022/may/13/rift-widen-conservative-shareholders-get-short-shr/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Florida church to hold ‘pride conference’ with drag show for high schoolers – Jeremiah Poff (COMMENT: The Democrat, Libertarian, and Green party platforms are extremely anti-religious. How much success have Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs had in infiltrating, in infesting, in taking over, and in destroying the churches in your area?)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/florida-church-to-hold-pride-conference-with-drag-show-for-high-schoolers
— Community advisers on Los Angeles’ s transit agency are seeking to replace the sheriff’s department that patrols hundreds of miles of train and bus routes with “care-based support” to alleviate perceived racism. – TORI RICHARDS (COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats demonize, denigrate, and condemn law enforcement officers as being racists.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/equality-not-elitism/los-angeles-seeking-to-remove-racist-police-triggering-passengers-on-transit-lines
NEW YORK POST
— Virginia school’s ‘anti-racist’ program has changed my son, mom says – Ryan Mills
https://nypost.com/2022/05/13/virginia-schools-anti-racist-program-has-changed-my-son-mom/
FOX NEWS
— Biden administration’s migrant ‘magnet’ needs to be turned off, immigration hawks warn – Elizabeth Heckman
https://www.foxnews.com/media/biden-migrants-border-illegal-immigration
AMERICAN THINKER
— Woke Hypocrisy: A User’s Guide – Steve Rose
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2022/05/woke_hypocrisy_a_users_guide.html
— Don’t bring your blues to our red states – M.B. Mathews (COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats hypocritically move to DuPage County, to DuPage County’s 4th District, to Milton Township, to Wheaton, to Wheaton’s West District, and to my precinct to hypocritically take advantage of the prosperity and safety that Republicans created there. Where Democrats move in, poverty and crime increase.)
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2022/05/dont_bring_your_blues_to_our_red_states.html
CENTER SQUARE
— Border observers: Illegal immigration surge helped fuel U.S. drug overdose spike – Casey Harper
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/border-observers-illegal-immigration-surge-helped-fuel-u-s-drug-overdose-spike/article_a9a1825e-d2ef-11ec-8508-fb893ee104ec.html
DAILY CALLER
— ‘That’s Not An Answer’: Reporter Presses Psaki On Biden’s Support Of Lifting Abortion Restrictions – NICOLE SILVERIO (COMMENT: Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The Republican Party platform is conservative. I should write a book about those who have blamed me the most for losses that Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct have suffered since 2000. They blame the questions that I have asked candidates at press conferences, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois events, and Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) events. In my roles as the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000, as the TAPROOT chairman 2005-2012, and as an ICRC Steering Committee member 2003-2007, I have asked many candidates many questions. Most commonly, I have asked them if they will defend and advance the following planks in the Republican Party platform if elected: individual responsibility, traditional marriage/family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving). All my critics/opponents, their operatives, andtheir dupes reject some, reject most, or reject all of the aforesaid planks.)
https://dailycaller.com/2022/05/13/reporter-psaki-biden-abortion-restrictions/
DAILY SIGNAL
— Navy ‘Eases the Rudder’ With Its Recommended Readings – Brent Sadler
https://www.dailysignal.com/2022/05/13/navy-eases-the-rudder-with-its-recommended-readings/
DAILY WIRE
— Add Homeschooling To List Of Things The Left Says Is Racist – Tim Meads
https://www.dailywire.com/news/add-homeschooling-to-list-of-things-the-left-says-is-racist
— American Baby Formula Shipped To Illegals At The Border – Michael Knowles
https://www.dailywire.com/episode/ep-1005-american-baby-formula-shipped-to-illegals-at-the-border2
FEDERALIST
— Left-Wing Teachers Ditch Teaching To Indoctrinate Kids About Sex Against Parents’ Will – CHAD FELIX GREENE
https://thefederalist.com/2022/05/13/left-wing-activist-teachers-are-ditching-curriculum-for-indoctrination-against-the-will-of-parents/
MRC TV
— Illinois Gov. Pritzker Says Pro-Abortion Democrats Have ‘Kept People Safe’ – TIERIN-ROSE MANDELBURG
https://www.mrctv.org/blog/illinois-gov-pritzker-says-pro-abortion-democrats-have-kept-people-safe
— ABC’s ‘Station 19’ Puts Stamp of Approval on Child’s Transgender Decision – KAREN TOWNSEND
https://www.mrctv.org/blog/abcs-station-19-puts-stamp-approval-childs-transgender-decision
NATIONAL REVIEW
— Biden DOJ Letter Pushes Transgender Misinformation – RACHEL N. MORRISON
https://www.nationalreview.com/bench-memos/biden-doj-letter-pushes-transgender-misinformation-and-implies-gender-dysphoria-is-a-disability/
— New Polling Reaffirms That the Culture War Is a Winner for Republicans – NATE HOCHMAN
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/new-polling-reaffirms-that-the-culture-war-is-a-winner-for-republicans/
NEWSMAX
— Left’s Tactic of Winning Through Gaslighting, Intimidation Is Losing – Larry Bell
https://www.newsmax.com/larrybell/gaslighting-democrats-midterms-2022-elections/2022/05/13/id/1069777/
ONE AMERICA NEWS NETWORK
— Baby Formula Shortage: What The FDA Isn’t Telling You
https://www.oann.com/baby-formula-shortage-what-the-fda-isnt-telling-you/
PATRIOT POST
— The Generation That Hates George Washington – NATE JACKSON
https://patriotpost.us/articles/88353-the-generation-that-hates-george-washington-2022-05-13
PJ MEDIA
— Same Old, Same Old: Career Criminal, Low Bail, and Another Mass Shooting in Chicago – KEVIN DOWNEY JR.
https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/kevindowneyjr/2022/05/13/watch-same-old-same-old-career-criminal-low-bail-and-another-mass-shooting-in-chicago-n1597640
CAMPUS REFORM
— Illinois State University is requiring students to pass a diversity, equity, and inclusion course to be eligible to graduate. (COMMENT: Democrats use DEI to get rid of Republicans, and especially to get rid of Republicans who are Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, 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.campusreform.org/article?id=19552
EPOCH TIMES
— The Demise of the Nuclear Family Has Marxist Roots – John Mac Ghlionn (COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats do everything that they can to destroy the nuclear family.)
https://www.theepochtimes.com/the-demise-of-the-nuclear-family-has-marxist-roots_4424228.html
— Parents Uncover Documents Exposing Secret ‘Gender & Sexuality Alliance’ Club at Pennsylvania Middle School. ‘The fight is getting serious.’ – Patricia Tolson
https://www.theepochtimes.com/parents-uncover-documents-exposing-secret-gender-sexuality-alliance-club-at-pennsylvania-middle-school_4450408.html
POLITICO
— Ben Carson: ‘Cancel culture’ is the new Jim Crow – BRAKKTON BOOKER
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/the-recast/2022/05/13/ben-carson-cancel-culture-is-the-new-jim-crow-00032418
CNN
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats encourage protests at justices’ homes.
https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/13/politics/picketing-law-supreme-court-homes/index.html
CBS NEWS
— South Dakota Senator John Thune says Democrats are using issue of abortion “to distract” – ANALISA NOVAK
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/south-dakota-senator-john-thune-abortion/
NBC NEWS
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats encourage/force Asian Americans to hate Republicans.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/asian-american-groups-march-racial-justice-national-mall-month-rcna28745
— Trump isn’t talking about delivering on a major abortion campaign promise. Trump’s unusual silence about having named the Supreme Court justices who appear set to overturn Roe v. Wade may speak to his eying a 2024 general election. – Peter Nicholas
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-isnt-talking-delivering-major-abortion-campaign-promise-rcna28701
NEWSWEEK
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote abortion.
https://www.newsweek.com/abortion-providers-expansion-red-state-patient-surge-1706054
NEW YORK TIMES
— COMMENT: Hate-filled Republican-hating Republican-haters say “Republicans Wrongly Tie Biden Immigration Policies to Baby Formula Shortage.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/13/us/politics/baby-formula-shortage-biden-immigration.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Protect the justices, no matter the outcome on abortion – Hugh Hewitt
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/05/13/justices-security-memo-leak/
— COMMENT: Democrats want everything that promotes LGBTQ.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/05/13/alito-draft-roe-liberals-dissent/
— COMMENT: Democrats want everything that promotes abortion.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/more-employers-should-cover-abortion-travel-costs/2022/05/13/d7744f48-d2b0-11ec-886b-df76183d233f_story.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/05/13/roe-big-picture-fundamental-attack/
— COMMENT: Democrats demonize, denigrate, and condemn Justice Thomas.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/05/13/attack-on-abortion-rights-voting-protections-connected/
— COMMENT: Hate-filled conservative-hating conservative-haters work to undermine Trump endorsements.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/05/13/trump-endorsements-undermined/
LOS ANGELES TIMES
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats hint/imply/argue/shout that it is impossible to raise a child without massive government assistance. How much government assistance did your parents have to raise you? My outstanding father made enough money a) that my mother could stay home and raise me and b) that they could send me to Trinity Lutheran Grade School in Crete 1953-1961 and then to Hope Lutheran Grade School in Park Forest 1961-1962 to stay with the Missouri Synod.
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2022-05-13/republicans-pro-life-mothers-children-abortion-birth-pregnancy-roe
ATLANTA JOURNAL CONSTITUTION
— COMMENT: I should write a book about those who have worked the hardest since 2000 to strike the right to life plank from the Republican Party platform and to get rid of those like me who support that plank. I would focus on Democrat plant, Libertarian plant, Green plant, Independent plant, and RINO a) leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization, b) leaders of Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, Wheaton Park District, and Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, c) candidates on ballots in my precinct and their political consultants, major donors, fundraisers, pollsters, campaign managers, campaign staff members, and campaign volunteers, d) conservative and religious leaders, and e) defendants in lawsuits that I have filed.
https://www.ajc.com/politics/once-a-fringe-idea-many-georgia-republicans-now-push-for-total-abortion-ban/V3AWSIBRE5FXFKK2QMHQDAECYA/
ORLANDO SENTINEL
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats do everything that they can to make students LGBTQers.
https://www.orlandosentinel.com/politics/os-ne-dont-say-gay-fallout-20220513-hqgwediiv5gzbozejxayg5sqbi-story.html
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— COMMENT: I was a union member for almost 12 years 1966-1969 and 1971-1980. I should write a book about those who have used that against me the most.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-to-make-congress-worse-house-union-representatives-andy-levin-nancy-pelosi-11652297378
CHRON
— Catapult your career to the next level with a mentor – Kim Thompson (COMMENT: In 1975, my Democrat IRS superiors got rid of the IRS manager who had promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974. In 1987, my Democrat GAO superiors got rid of the GAO manager who had arranged for my transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980, who had gotten me assigned to audits of IRS in 1986, and who had promoted me in 1986.)
https://www.chron.com/news/article/Catapult-your-career-to-the-next-level-with-a-17171639.php
PSYCHOLOGY TODAY
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs use CRT to promote hatred against Republicans, and especially against Republicans who are law enforcement officers, Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, 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.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/mind-matters-menninger/202205/how-critical-race-theory-can-help-heal-generational-trauma
DAILY KOS
— COMMENT: Democrats crow about their success in promoting abortion. To promote abortion a) is to promote promiscuity, b) is to destroy traditional marriage, c) is to destroy the traditional family, and d) to promote hatred against heterosexual men.
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2022/5/13/2097829/-Enforcement-of-radical-GOP-abortion-bans-will-be-a-political-disaster-in-swing-states-districts
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2022/5/13/2097857/-Poll-Plurality-supports-expanding-Supreme-Court-in-wake-of-leaked-Roe-ruling
EDUCATION EXECUTIVE
— How to genuinely support your LGBTQ+ workers (COMMENT: Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, how soon, if not already, if you do not promote LGBTQ, a) will your employer, if you are still employed, get rid of you, b) will the professional, religious, political, and other organizations that you are a member of get rid of you, c) will your municipality get rid of you, d) will your township get rid of you, e) will your county get rid of you, f) will Illinois get rid of you, g) will America get rid of you, and h) will the world get rid of you?)
https://edexec.co.uk/how-to-genuinely-support-your-lgbtq-workers/