May 23 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Chicago-area Jews speak out against antisemitism amid recent violence between Israel, Palestine. ‘Solidarity walk’ also held in Orland Park Sunday to support Palestinian people. – Michelle Gallardo
https://abc7chicago.com/chicago-area-jews-hold-rally-to-speak-out-against-antisemitism-/10684295/
— Illinois COVID-19 Update: IL reports 943 cases, 24 deaths
https://abc7chicago.com/health/il-reports-943-covid-19-case-24-deaths/10683092/

CBS2
— At Least 8 Killed, 35 Wounded So Far In Weekend Shootings Across Chicago
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2021/05/23/chicago-weekend-violence-shootings-may-2021/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote LGBTQ.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/nation-world/ct-aud-nw-tennessee-transgender-laws-20210523-26wx4mx2pbdwdk67nnwiobsobi-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Tennessee move to slow down the promotion of LGBTQ.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/nation-world/ct-aud-nw-tennessee-transgender-laws-20210523-26wx4mx2pbdwdk67nnwiobsobi-story.html
— Legislation would bar school rules on hairstyles such as braids, cornrows that one mom says are rooted in ‘respectability politics’ – JENNY WHIDDEN
https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-illinois-hairstyle-discrimination-legislation-20210522-zg7ykipwmbgrze6i2e3nwnymou-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Illinois’ political muscle withers with shrinking population. In the last decade, according to the Census Bureau, Illinois lost population for the first time in its history. – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2021/5/23/22450042/census-illinois-population-loss-political-influence-withers-congressional-seats-property-taxes

DAILY HERALD
— Suburban Muslims, Christians rally in Wheaton for Palestinians – Steve Zalusky
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20210523/suburban-muslims-christians-rally-in-wheaton-for-palestinians
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Tennessee move to slow down the promotion of LGBTQ.
https://www.dailyherald.com/article/20210523/news/305239959/
— Illinois’ political muscle withers with shrinking population – AP
https://www.dailyherald.com/article/20210523/news/305239915/

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Reduction of Illinois’ bill backlog nothing to brag about – Sheila A. Weinberg
https://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/guest-commentary/guest-commentary-reduction-of-illinois-bill-backlog-nothing-to-brag-about/article_207276fc-9779-5248-9ea3-55d95eb1fb4d.html

ILLINOIS NEWS TODAY
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote LGBTQ.
https://illinoisnewstoday.com/tennessee-moves-to-the-forefront-with-anti-transgender-law/210909/

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Theocratic Wishful Thinking It’s difficult to see how the Middle Ages produced a better political regime than the supposedly defective work of the American founders. – Paul Gottfried
https://amgreatness.com/2021/05/22/theocratic-wishful-thinking/

BREITBART
— Kinzinger: January 6 Will Impact Republicans in Midterms If Party Is ‘Denying Reality and Facts’ of Attack – PAM KEY
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2021/05/23/kinzinger-january-6-will-impact-republicans-in-midterms-if-party-is-denying-reality-and-facts-of-attack/

DAILY CALLER
— Jim Acosta Mocks Trump As ‘Mussolini Of Mar-A-Lago,’ Claims GOP Fears Jan. 6 Commission – VIRGINIA KRUTA
https://dailycaller.com/2021/05/23/jim-acosta-trump-mussolini-mar-a-lago-gop-fears-january-6-commission/

FEDERALIST
— MSNBC Contributor Calls Republicans ‘White Nationalists’ Who Support Terrorism – Jordan Davidson
(DIERSEN: In your county, in your county district, in your township, in your municipality, in your municipal district, in your precinct, and in your neighborhood, what do Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, Independents and Independent plants, and RINOs call Republicans?)
https://thefederalist.com/2021/05/23/msnbc-contributor-calls-republicans-white-nationalists-who-support-terrorism/

ONE NEWS NOW
— Gov. Ron Desantis: We Have To Reject Open Borders
https://www.oann.com/gov-ron-desantis-we-have-to-reject-open-borders/

PJ MEDIA
— Harris Doesn’t Even Consider Security In Her Laughable Efforts to Deal With the Border Chaos – RICK MORAN
https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/rick-moran/2021/05/23/harris-doesnt-even-consider-security-in-her-laughable-efforts-to-deal-with-the-border-chaos-n1449028

EPOCH TIMES
— Rand Paul Says He Won’t Get COVID-19 Vaccine: ‘Show Me Evidence’ – JACK PHILLIPS
https://www.theepochtimes.com/rand-paul-first-senator-to-announce-he-wont-get-covid-19-vaccine_3826973.html

THE HILL
— Kinzinger: Jan. 6 will impact 2022 midterms if ‘Republicans don’t take ownership for what happened’ – JOSEPH CHOI
(DIERSEN: Would Kinzinger argue that the more of the following that you did, the more responsible that you are for January 6: a) voted for Trump in 2016 primary election, b) voted for Trump in 2016 general election, c) voted for Trump in 2020 primary election, d) voted for Trump in 2020 general election, e) displayed yard signs for Trump in any of the aforesaid elections, f) donated money to Trump for any of the aforesaid elections, g) etc.?)
https://thehill.com/homenews/sunday-talk-shows/554955-kinzinger-regardless-of-commission-jan-6-will-impact-2022-midterm

YAHOO NEWS
— Chicago restaurants now have “vaccinated-only” sections
https://news.yahoo.com/chicago-restaurants-now-vaccinated-only-165926049.html

USA TODAY
— How the nation’s Founders wrote the Constitution to put the US on a path to end slavery. The Founding Fathers assured that new states would be anti-slavery and that America would develop an anti-slavery majority. – Michael Medved
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2021/05/15/constitution-founders-path-end-slavery/5061098001/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Forgetting Justice Marshall An Illinois law school drops his name as the left turns on the Court. – Editorial
https://www.wsj.com/articles/forgetting-justice-marshall-11621806240

REASON
— Thoughts on Renaming John Marshall Law School – DAVID BERNSTEIN
https://reason.com/volokh/2021/05/21/thoughts-on-renaming-john-marshall-law-school/

NEWSWEEK
— Kinzinger Mocks Rand Paul for Refusing Vaccine: ‘So Brave… So Manly’ – CHRISTINA ZHAO
https://www.newsweek.com/gop-lawmaker-adam-kinzinger-mocks-rand-paul-refusing-vaccine-so-brave-so-manly-1594018
— Kinzinger Accuses Kevin McCarthy of Failing to Tell the Truth About January 6th – JASON LEMON
https://www.newsweek.com/adam-kinzinger-accuses-kevin-mccarthy-failing-tell-truth-about-january-6th-1594003

PINTEREST
— How do you help others who do not want your help?
(DIERSEN: Politics is nasty. RINOs are nasty. I should write a book about RINO candidates on ballots in my precinct since 2000, their major donors, their campaign consultants, their fundraisers, their campaign managers, their campaign staff members, and their campaign volunteers who have made it the most clear that they did not want my help. They hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I am “too conservative” and that because of that, the more that I tried to help candidates (distributed their campaign literature in my precinct, displayed their signs on my front yard, got sign locations for them in my precinct, etc.), the fewer votes that those candidates would get. I would focus on the aforesaid who hinted/implied/argued/shouted the most that I am a White supremacist, Nazi, KKK member, hater, racist, sexist, bigot, and even worse things who should be gotten rid of once and for all. Better yet, I should sue them.)
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/136867276160222930/

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.