May 22 Evening Edition

ABC7
— IL Democrats release proposed new state legislative districts – AP
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/il-democrats-release-proposed-new-state-legislative-districts/10677746/
— Illinois COVID-19 Update: IL reports 1,108 cases, 43 deaths as United Center vaccine site winds down
https://abc7chicago.com/health/il-reports-1108-covid-19-case-43-deaths/10678441/

NBC5
— Illinois Democrats Release Draft Legislative Maps in Redistricting Process
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/illinois-democrats-release-draft-legislative-maps-in-redistricting-process/2516328/
— Biden Betting on Wage Growth, While GOP Warns of Inflation. Workers are no longer interested in accepting low wages. Republicans say this dynamic will lead to inflation. Biden is betting it leads to middle-class security. – Josh Boak
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/politics/biden-betting-on-wage-growth-while-gop-warns-of-inflation/2516558/
— Floyd Legislation Reveals Divide in Police-Reform Movement. In Congress, hopes of passing a package by the May 25 anniversary have faded as negotiations between the House and Senate grind on. – Aaron Morrison and Emily Swanson
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/floyd-legislation-reveals-divide-in-police-reform-movement/2516542/

CBS2
— Illinois Democrats Release Proposed Maps For General Assembly’s House, Senate Districts; Republicans Slam Maps As ‘Effort To Block Fair Elections’
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2021/05/22/illinois-redistricting-democrats-release-proposed-maps-general-assembly-districts-house-senate/

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Former President Trump plans to hold rally in Florida
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/former-president-trump-plans-to-hold-rally-in-florida

WGN RADIO
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats use January 6 to destroy all Republicans.
https://wgnradio.com/news/political-news/shock-of-jan-6-insurrection-devolves-into-political-fight/

DAILY HERALD
— Newly proposed Illinois legislative maps already being blasted as inaccurate, unfair – Russell Lissau
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20210522/newly-proposed-illinois-legislative-maps-already-being-blasted-as-inaccurate-unfair
— Time to pass news literacy bill – Editorial
(DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrat teachers promote the Democrat Party platform, that is, ever-increasingly, they make their students 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. Ever-increasingly, the mainstream news media acts as an arm of the Democrat Party. Most commonly, it promotes dependency on government, dependency on charity, BLM, 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://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20210522/editorial-time-to-pass-news-literacy-bill
(FROM THE ARTICLE: An informed citizenry is the heart of a democracy. Without it, we the people — as the architects of our government — are subject to manipulation, unsound decisions, poor choices. News literacy matters. And particularly in this era of rumor, social media lies and falsehoods, algorithmic digital marketing, Orwellian politics and yes, news media bias, it has become central. . .Yes, news literacy matters, as we have said in this space in the past. So we’re disappointed that legislation in Springfield to require a news literacy curriculum in our schools has become another partisan issue. We do not understand that. We do not understand why Republicans would oppose citizenship education. Our schools are meant to prepare our kids for the adult world. In a democracy, what preparation is more important?)

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Unionization amendment clears Senate – Peter Hancock
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/state/2021/05/22/senate-advances-proposed-constitutional-amendment-unionization/5220608001/

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— Unionization amendment that would prohibit ‘right to work laws’ in IL clears Senate – PETER HANCOCK
https://www.bnd.com/news/politics-government/article251595508.html

TRISTATES PUBLIC RADIO
— Democrats’ Late Friday Maps Drop Brings Decennial Redistricting Fight To Fever Pitch – HANNAH MEISEL
https://www.tspr.org/post/democrats-late-friday-maps-drop-brings-decennial-redistricting-fight-fever-pitch

NPR ILLINOIS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats crow about their success in getting Asian Americans to hate Republicans.
https://www.nprillinois.org/post/growing-power-aapi-vote-numbers#stream/0

ILLINOIS NEWS TODAY
— U.S. unemployment drops to 444,000 and new pandemic is low – Scott Krantz
https://illinoisnewstoday.com/u-s-unemployment-drops-to-444000-and-new-pandemic-is-low/209475/

FOX NEWS
— Chicago Macy’s hangs world’s largest American flag in department store
https://news.yahoo.com/chicago-macys-hangs-worlds-largest-174854127.html

BREITBART
— Ron DeSantis Hits Bush’s Amnesty Coalition: GOP Must Reject Open Borders – JOHN BINDER
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/05/22/ron-desantis-hits-bushs-amnesty-coalition-gop-must-reject-open-borders/

NEWSMAX
— Rep. Burgess Owens to Newsmax: Critical Race Theory Racist, Must Stop – Sandy Fitzgerald
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/burgess-owens-critical-race-theory-racism-history/2021/05/22/id/1022378/

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— ‘It’s not enough to be Black, it’s not enough to be female’: Lightfoot’s home targeted by protesters – Ashley Hill
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2021/05/22/its-not-enough-to-be-black-its-not-enough-to-be-female-lightfoots-home-targeted-by-protesters-1077736/

DAILY WIRE
— Leftist Racial Agitation Damages And Divides America – David Limbaugh
https://www.dailywire.com/news/limbaugh-leftist-racial-agitation-damages-and-divides-america

EPOCH TIMES
— Texas Senate Passes Bill That Bans Critical Race Theory From Classrooms – ALLEN ZHONG
https://www.theepochtimes.com/texas-senate-passes-bill-that-bans-critical-race-theory-from-classrooms_3826711.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Biden administration grants protected status to thousands of Haitian migrants – Nick Miroff
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/biden-haitians-temporary-protected-status/2021/05/22/ae7fe5a4-bb44-11eb-bb84-6b92dedcd8ed_story.html

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.