May 15 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Illinois COVID-19 Update: IL reports 1,513 cases, 47 deaths – Liz Nagy
https://abc7chicago.com/health/il-reports-1513-covid-cases-47-deaths/10639597/
— Liz Cheney says she regrets voting for Trump in 2020 – Jonathan Karl
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/liz-cheney-says-she-regrets-voting-for-trump-in-2020/10638999/
— Prosecutors agree to end former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s supervised release early. Former President Donald Trump commuted Blagojevich’s sentence for a federal corruption conviction.
https://abc7chicago.com/rod-blagojevich-donald-trump-president-now/10638413/
— Biden meets with ‘Dreamers’ in the White House to push pathway to citizenship – QUINN OWEN
(DIERSEN: Those who illegally encourage illegal immigration should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. 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://abc7chicago.com/biden-meets-with-dreamers-in-the-white-house-to-push-pathway-to-citizenship/10640054/

CBS2
— Alderman Worried About Increase In Weekend Crime After Large Crowds Of Teens Cause Trouble In Downtown Chicago – Tara Molina
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2021/05/14/chicago-teens-crowds-weekend/

WLS AM
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote LGBTQ.
https://www.wlsam.com/news/pride-offers-snapshots-in-the-battle-for-lgbtq-rights-across-the-decades/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Republican Liz Cheney as the Democrats’ Joan of Arc – JOHN KASS
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/john-kass/ct-liz-cheney-john-kass-20210515-hlecpkgvnvfvtcqvsfbnw4vgmu-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Greene-hating Greene-haters say “Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s combative behavior could spark ethics review: ‘This is beneath the dignity of a person serving in the Congress’”
https://www.chicagotribune.com/nation-world/ct-aud-nw-marjorie-taylor-greene-ethics-review-20210515-2rotprw4djf43iharxvpfbxqu4-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— Democrats aim to have new map drawn by May 31
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20210515/democrats-aim-to-have-new-map-drawn-by-may-31
— Organizers of New York City’s Pride events said Saturday they are banning police and other law enforcement from marching in their huge annual parade until at least 2025 and will also seek to keep on-duty officers a block away from the celebration of LGBTQ people and history. – AP
https://www.dailyherald.com/article/20210515/news/305159925/
— Deaths reported from COVID-19 high for second day in Illinois
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20210515/deaths-reported-from-covid-19-high-for-second-day-in-illinois

ALTON TELEGRAPH
— Davidsmeyer seeks FOID change
https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/article/Davidsmeyer-seeks-FOID-change-16179794.php

NPR ILLINOIS
— Christine Todd Whitman Pushes Formation Of Alternative Republican Party
https://www.nprillinois.org/post/christine-todd-whitman-pushes-formation-alternative-republican-party#stream/0

CHICAGO NOW
— Kamala Harris is the new George W. Bush – Dennis Byrne
https://www.chicagonow.com/dennis-byrnes-barbershop/2021/05/kamala-harris-is-the-new-george-w-bush/

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— Judge Orders County-Wide Vote Recount In DuPage County – JOHN KRAFT & KIRK ALLEN
(DIERSEN: Bob Grogan is losing by only 75 votes for DuPage County Auditor. If just 38 of the 522 registered voters in my precinct had voted for Grogan instead of White, Grogan would be wining. 38 in my precinct might very well have taken my advice as their Republican Precinct Committeeman to vote for Grogan instead of White if for the last 21 years, Democrat plants, Libertarian Plants, Green plants, Independent plants, and RINOs in the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, etc. had not focused on discrediting me as being “too conservative” and even worse things.)
https://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2021/05/judge-orders-county-wide-vote-recount-in-dupage-county/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In a May 12, 2021 Memorandum and Order, DuPage County Judge Craig R. Belford ordered a county-wide recount of the November 3, 2020, election results for the office of DuPage County Auditor. Petitioner Bob Grogan (R), Candidate for DuPage County Auditor, and Respondent Bill White (D), Candidate for DuPage County Auditor, are named in the complaint. The election was certified as White winning the election with a 75 vote margin of victory, with 491,067 votes cast. Grogan then exercised his right to examine for irregularities in a specified sampling of precincts. As a result of the examination at a particular polling place (containing three precincts) in Downers Grove Township, none of the ballots that were cast were initialed by an election judge, which is required by the Illinois Election Code. Grogan argued that the result of this, if the uninitialed ballots are declared invalid and not counted, Grogan would net 82 votes, which would exceed the 75 vote margin of victory of White. Based on this examination, Grogan asked for a county-wide recount. From the Order: “In construing the above provisions, the Illinois Supreme Court has been both explicit and resolute for more than a century: ” ‘statutes requiring election judges to initial ballots are mandatory, and *** uninitialed ballots may not be counted.’ ” “petitioner’s motion for a full recount us GRANTED, and this court hereby orders that a county-wide recount of the November 3, 2020, election for the office of DuPage County Auditor be conducted in accordance with the procedures set forth in the Agree Recount Order. . . During such recount . . . any in-precinct ballot that is not initialed shall be deemed defective and not counted.”)

GOPUSA
— First It Was The ‘Woke’ CIA, Now It’s The Army
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=110240

BREITBART
— Jen Psaki: Illegal Aliens Are Part of ‘What the American Dream Represents’ – NEIL MUNRO
(DIERSEN: Those who illegally encourage illegal immigration should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. 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://www.breitbart.com/economy/2021/05/15/jen-psaki-illegal-aliens-part-what-american-dream-represents/

BLAZE
— FBI admits GOP baseball shooting was domestic terrorism after previously deeming it ‘suicide by cop’ – BRECK DUMAS
https://www.theblaze.com/news/fbi-admits-gop-baseball-shooting-was-domestic-terrorism-after-previously-deeming-it-suicide-by-cop

NEWS BUSTERS
— Jeff Greenfield: Divided GOP Civil War Is a Media Myth – P.J. Gladnick
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/pj-gladnick/2021/05/15/jeff-greenfield-divided-gop-civil-war-media-myth

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Biden WH hosts ‘undocumented Americans’ while FBI warns fake vaccination cards mean jail time – Ashley Hill
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2021/05/15/biden-wh-hosts-undocumented-americans-while-fbi-warns-fake-vaccination-cards-mean-jail-time-1074516/

THE HILL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats crow about their success in liberalizing younger voters.
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/553634-increasingly-active-younger-voters-liberalize-us-electorate

YAHOO NEWS
— ‘Donald Trump is still the leader’ of the GOP: Political analyst
https://news.yahoo.com/donald-trump-still-leader-gop-212724879.html
— ‘It’s hard to look at’: Donald Trump makes National Portrait Gallery debut – David Smith
https://www.yahoo.com/news/hard-look-donald-trump-makes-203322429.html

NEWSWEEK
— Adam Kinzinger Suggests McCarthy Allowing ‘Actual Insanity’ in GOP
https://www.newsweek.com/adam-kinzinger-suggests-mccarthy-allowing-actual-insanity-gop-points-lin-wood-video-1591831

INQUISITR
— Kevin McCarthy Says Biden Doesn’t Have Trump’s ‘Energy’ – Damir Mujezinovic
(DIERSEN: What shows that you have energy? For me, it includes my having put together and sent out a GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletter each and every morning since 2004 and each and every evening too since 2015.)
https://www.inquisitr.com/6489758/kevin-mccarthy-says-biden-doesnt-have-trumps-energy

GUARDIAN
— Shelter releases 1,000 feral cats on to Chicago streets to combat rat crisis – Gloria Oladipo
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/may/14/chicago-feral-cats-rat-crisis

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.