May 23 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Mayor slams Naperville Sun for putting Black Lives Matter rally story on front page
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/opinion/ct-nvs-naperville-letters-st-0523-20210521-mtfbtzchbzg45ipu26azbpkxhe-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Since when does Illinois government ever have an extra $2 billion laying around? The Legislature and governor look to be making a fiscally smart move, which is not something one can usually say about Illinois. – Rich Miller
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2021/5/21/22448207/illinois-finances-2020-state-budget-gov-pritzker-american-rescue-plan-rich-miller

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Tulsi Gabbard calls on Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot to resign for ‘anti-Whiteness’ – Louis Casiano
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/tulsi-gabbard-calls-on-chicago-mayor-lori-lightfoot-to-resign-for-anti-whiteness

NPR ILLINOIS
— IRS Cracking Down On Tax Fraud
https://www.nprillinois.org/post/irs-cracking-down-tax-fraud#stream/0

CHICAGO LAW BULLETIN
— Law license of ex-judge Patrick J. O’Shea accused of lying about gunfire suspended – Patricia Manson
https://www.chicagolawbulletin.com/law-license-of-ex-judge-accused-of-lying-about-gunfire-suspended-20210521

ILLINOIS NEWS TODAY
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: To promote racial justice is to get rid of individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are law enforcement, Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, 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://illinoisnewstoday.com/encourage-major-u-s-companies-to-aggregate-progress-in-racial-justice/210636/
— 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://illinoisnewstoday.com/as-more-people-cross-the-border-u-s-groups-are-trying-to-stop-death/209688/

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— Two-thirds of Illinois counties oppose SB1602 limiting local zoning laws – JOHN KRAFT & KIRK ALLEN
(DIERSEN: How many public housing units do the Democrats want to build in Illinois, 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 you say to NIMBYers who want to build public housing in my precinct on the south side of Roosevelt Road in Wheaton between the Prairie Path and Main Street?)
https://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2021/05/two-thirds-of-illinois-counties-oppose-sb1602-limiting-local-zoning-laws/

WIREPOINTS
— De-Woked? Northwestern President Schapiro Changes His Tune On Opinion Diversity In Higher Education – Mark Glennon
https://wirepoints.org/de-woked-northwestern-president-schapiro-changes-his-tune-on-opinion-diversity-in-higher-education-wirepoints/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Biden to skip Notre Dame graduation amid uproar over abortion policies. President’s abortion views, stance on religious-liberty protections subject of criticism by conservative alumni. – Valerie Richardson
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/may/22/biden-skip-notre-dame-graduation-uproar-abortion/

FOX NEWS
— Caitlyn Jenner rejected by transgender community: ‘The figurehead we don’t want’ One transgender activist called Jenner the ‘Phyllis Schlafly’ of her community – Morgan Phillips
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/caitlyn-jenner-rejected-by-transgender-community-the-figurehead-we-dont-want
— GOP states ramp up legal battles against Biden’s immigration policies. The Biden administration has rolled back a number of key Trump-era immigration policies. – Adam Shaw
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/gop-states-ramp-up-legal-battles-against-bidens-immigration-policies

AMERICAN THINKER
— Local ‘Nonpartisan’ Elections Aren’t Really Nonpartisan – Robin M. Itzler
(DIERSEN: Democrat plant, Libertarian plant, Green plant, Independent plant, and RINO leaders of Republican organizations a) do not want those organizations to help elect Republicans in nonpartisan elections and b) want to destroy the Republican Party. I should write a book about the success that Democrat plant, Libertarian plant, Green plant, Independent plant, and RINO leaders of the Illinois Republican Party (IRP), DuPage County Republican Central Committee (DCRCC), Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO), TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, and Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) have had in destroying IRP, DCRCC, MTRO, TAPROOT, and ICRC.)
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2021/05/local_nonpartisan_elections_arent_really_nonpartisan.html
— Former GOP House Speakers Ryan and Boehner raising money for members of the House 35 that voted for Jan. 6 kangaroo court inquiry – Thomas Lifson
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2021/05/former_gop_house_speakers_ryan_and_boehner_raising_money_for_members_of_the_house_35_that_voted_for_jan_6_kangaroo_court_inquiry.html

BREITBART
— Joe Biden Gives ‘Temporary’ 18-Month Amnesty to Over 100K Haitians in U.S. – JOHN BINDER
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/05/22/joe-biden-gives-temporary-18-month-amnesty-to-over-100k-haitians-in-u-s/

DAILY CALLER
— School District Shoots Down Critical Race Theory After Heated Debate – CHRISTOPHER TREMOGLIE
(DIERSEN: What are the school districts that you live in doing to promote critical race theory and 1619, that is, to get their students to hate individuals, hate organizations, hate companies, hate governments, and hate countries that are law enforcement, Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, 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://dailycaller.com/2021/05/22/georgia-school-district-critical-race-theory/

DAILY SIGNAL
— We Hear You: Critical Race Theory, ‘Enhanced’ Unemployment, and America’s Birthrate – Katrina Trinko
https://www.dailysignal.com/2021/05/23/we-hear-you-critical-race-theory-enhanced-unemployment-and-americas-birthrate/

TOWNHALL
— Liberals Love to Hide Hate – Derek Hunter
https://townhall.com/columnists/derekhunter/2021/05/23/liberals-commit-love-crimes-n2589856
— Why the American People Have Turned Against Biden – Wayne Allyn Root
https://townhall.com/columnists/wayneallynroot/2021/05/23/why-the-american-people-have-turned-against-biden-n2589850

PJ MEDIA
— The People’s Republic of Oregon Imposes First Vaccine Passports and Conscripts Businesses and Churches to do its Spying – VICTORIA TAFT
https://pjmedia.com/columns/victoria-taft/2021/05/22/the-peoples-republic-of-oregon-imposes-first-vaccine-passports-and-conscripts-businesses-and-churches-to-do-its-spying-n1448996

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Why does the mayor of Chicago think that it’s all right for her to announce that she won’t talk with journalists who are the wrong skin color? – Roger Cleeg
(DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who paint themselves as being religious, conservative, and/or Republican, but who focus on destroying individuals, organizations, companies, and governments that are religious, conservative, and/or Republican. I would focus on those who have focused on destroying the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Milton Township Republican Organization, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Illinois Center Right Coalition, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter, Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct, their major donors, their political consultants, their fundraisers, their campaign managers, their campaign staff members, their campaign volunteers, me, etc.)
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/how-can-they-think-they-are-allowed-to-do-that/
— Georgia Governor Brian Kemp Calls Critical-Race Theory a ‘Dangerous Ideology’ – CAROLINE DOWNEY
(DIERSEN: What are the school districts that you live in doing to promote critical race theory and 1619, that is, to get their students to hate individuals, hate organizations, hate companies, hate governments, and hate countries that are law enforcement, Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, 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.nationalreview.com/news/georgia-governor-brian-kemp-calls-critical-race-theory-a-dangerous-ideology/

POWERLINE
— CRITICIZING THE SQUAD IS NOT PERMITTED – JOHN HINDERAKER
(DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who my critics/opponents a) manipulate or dominate, b) glorify and praise, c) pander to, d) serve as operatives or dupes for, e) cover-up their wrongdoing for, and/or f) give money to.)
https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2021/05/criticizing-the-squad-is-not-permitted.php

EPOCH TIMES
— ‘1619 Project’ Has No Place in South Dakota, Kristi Noem Says – TOM OZIMEK
https://www.theepochtimes.com/1619-project-has-no-place-in-south-dakota-kristi-noem-says_3826373.html
— Veteran Rails Against Florida School Board’s Equity Statement: ‘Your Job is Education, Not Indoctrination!’ “We are the people, we have a voice, our votes are our weapons, and we will use them in 2022 and beyond” – Mike LaChance
(DIERSEN: What are the school districts that you live in doing to promote critical race theory and 1619, that is, to get their students to hate individuals, hate organizations, hate companies, hate governments, and hate countries that are law enforcement, Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, 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://legalinsurrection.com/2021/05/veteran-rails-against-florida-school-boards-equity-statement-your-job-is-education-not-indoctrination/
— Georgia School District Approves Resolution to Prohibit Critical Race Theory – JANITA KAN
(DIERSEN: What are the school districts that you live in doing to promote critical race theory and 1619, that is, to get their students to hate individuals, hate organizations, hate companies, hate governments, and hate countries that are law enforcement, Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, 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.theepochtimes.com/georgia-school-district-approves-resolution-to-prohibit-critical-race-theory_3826858.html

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, LGBTQers make it clear that destroying the Republican Party is their top priority.
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2021/05/23/republicans_take_the_next_step_in_fight_against_discrimination_145806.html

FIVE THIRTY EIGHT
— 11 House Members Have Said They’re Not Running Again. Here’s Why That’s Important. – Geoffrey Skelley
(DIERSEN: The Illinois Republican Party website a) should list the U.S. Senate, U.S. House, Illinois statewide, Illinois Senate, Illinois House, and judicial offices that will be on March 15, 2022 ballots in Illinois and b) the declared Republican candidates for those offices. Illinois Republican county, township, and ward party websites a) should list the countywide, county district, and judicial offices on March 15, 2022 ballots in their county, township, and/or ward and b) the declared Republican candidates for those offices.)
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/only-11-house-members-have-said-theyre-not-running-again-heres-why-thats-important-for-2022/

THE HILL
— Texas passes bill banning schools from requiring teaching critical race theory – LEXI LONAS
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/554913-texas-legislature-bans-teaching-of-critical-race-theory
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats and RINOs use January 6 to destroy Republicans.
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/554804-republicans-try-but-cant-escape-jan-6
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/554915-petfinder-delish-among-sites-with-more-traffic-than-trumps-new-blog

MSN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats and RINOs use January 6 to destroy Republicans.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/republicans-try-but-cant-escape-jan-6/ar-AAKgBN9?li=BBnb7Kz

YAHOO NEWS
— Conservatives say Black-led Defense Department is too ‘woke’ – Biba Adams
(DIERSEN: How soon will the Democrats get rid of all those in the military who are conservative, patriotic, Republican, White, male, older, heterosexual, gun-owners, married, non-poor, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
https://news.yahoo.com/conservatives-black-led-defense-department-200956372.html

NEW YORK TIMES
— WHAT WE SPENT IN A MONTH Six American families open their doors — and their wallets — to show us how much life costs.
(DIERSEN: Compared to my peers, a) I spent far less for rent and immediate pleasures, b) I spent far more for mortgage interest, real estate taxes, education, and cars, and c) I saved far more for retirement.)
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/05/18/magazine/money-diaries.html

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters say “Republicans struggle to define a new governing coalition as Trump closes grip on party.” In your opinion, does Trump or Kinzinger have a stronger grip on the following: Illinois Republican Party, your Republican county party organization, and your Republican township/ward party organization? In your opinion, which of the Republican candidates on March 15, 2022 ballots in your precinct a) will seek/accept Trump’s endorsement or b) will seek/accept Kinzinger’s endorsement?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/republicans-struggle-to-define-a-new-governing-coalition-as-trump-closes-grip-on-party/2021/05/23/07bce926-b98a-11eb-96b9-e949d5397de9_story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: The more that you promote hatred of Trump, the more that hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters promote you.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/05/23/distinguished-pols-week-republicans-do-not-have-be-sheep/

BALTIMORE SUN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: To be woke is to be 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://www.baltimoresun.com/opinion/readers-respond/bs-ed-rr-woke-brooks-letter-20210522-llp5xrjt5vg6rkpiwplowdzhne-story.html

DES MOINES REGISTER
— Understanding critical race theory reveals how it’s harmful to race relations. Rejecting Martin Luther King Jr.’s ideas, advocates of this way of looking at the world stoke divisiveness and discrimination. – Greg Ganske
https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/opinion/columnists/iowa-view/2021/05/22/critical-race-theory-harmful-race-relations/5076052001/

SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
— Wealthy progressives spending $10 million, even if it means beating other California Democrats
(DIERSEN: How many millions of dollars will hate-filled Trump-hating RINOs raise and spend to defeat Republican candidates on March 15, 2022 candidates in Illinois who do not hate Trump ?)
https://www.sfchronicle.com/local/article/Wealthy-progressives-spending-10-million-even-16195275.php

WASHINGTON MONTHLY
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater asks “Why Is No One Reading Trump’s Blog?” I should survey Illinois a) conservatives, b) conservative leaders, c) Republican organization leaders, d) Republican Precinct Committeemen/Captains, e) Republican major donors, f) Republican political consultants, g) Republican fundraisers, h) Republican campaign managers, h) etc. I would ask them what their top sources for government and political news and commentary are. I would ask those whose top sources do not include GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters what the reasons are for that.)
https://washingtonmonthly.com/2021/05/22/why-is-no-one-reading-trumps-blog/

FORTUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, “business leaders” paint themselves and their companies as being 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://fortune.com/2021/05/23/business-leaders-americans-voting-rights-laws/

NEWSWEEK
— Nevada GOP Legislator Stripped of Voting, Speaking Privileges After Refusing to Wear Mask – CHRISTINA ZHAO
https://www.newsweek.com/nevada-gop-legislator-stripped-voting-speaking-privileges-after-refusing-wear-mask-1593974
— Texas GOP Passes Bill to Ban Critical Race Theory, Stop ‘Blaming White Children’ for Slavery – BENJAMIN FEARNOW
(DIERSEN: What do your critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes stress about you to argue that you benefitted a lot from slavery and that therefore you should pay a lot of reparations? My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes stress that I am conservative, Republican, White, male, old (born in 1948), non-poor, non-veteran, baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran, heterosexual, married, no dependents, 100% German national origin, Crete resident 1948-1972, Wheaton resident since 1978, my ancestors have been in America since 1844, etc. In my defense, my ancestors have always lived in northeast Illinois.)
https://www.newsweek.com/texas-gop-passes-bill-ban-critical-race-theory-stop-blaming-white-children-slavery-1593923

AXIOS
— Hard Truths: Finding a job after prison
(DIERSEN: I should write a books about trying to find a job after a) being forced to take early retirement, b) complaining about political affiliation discrimination, c) complaining about reverse discrimination, d) complaining about age discrimination, e) being an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged your employer with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation, and f) not making your former employer’s “up-or-out” promotion deadlines for its employees who are Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran.)
https://www.axios.com/axios-today-podcast-prison-reentry-jobs-hard-truths-criminal-justice-bf557061-9489-4b36-b3a5-cbbd489bad9e.html

LGBTQ NATION
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, LGBTQers make it clear that destroying the Republican Party is their top priority.
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2021/05/mike-pences-anti-lgbtq-employer-leading-push-voter-suppression/

DAILY MAIL
— Maryland school district is condemned for spending $450,000 of taxpayers’ money on ‘claptrap’ anti-racism audit that dubbed MAGA slogan ‘covert white supremacy’ – GINA MARTINEZ
(DIERSEN: What are the school districts that you live in doing to promote critical race theory and 1619, that is, to get their students to hate individuals, hate organizations, hate companies, hate governments, and hate countries that are law enforcement, Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, 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.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9607615/Maryland-school-district-condemned-spending-450-000-claptrap-anti-racism-audit.html
— ‘It’s a badge of honor:’ Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot goads cops by claiming she’s delighted with vote of no confidence by police union as city’s crime spirals – CHRISTOPHER EBERHART
(DIERSEN: I should write a book about my critics/opponents who took it as a badge of honor when the following took adverse actions against me: Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Milton Township Republican Organization, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Illinois Center Right Coalition, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter, Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct, their major donors, their political consultants, their fundraisers, their campaign managers, their campaign staff members, their campaign volunteers, GAO, IRS, Firestone Stores, Post Office, etc.)
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9608263/Its-badge-honor-Chicago-mayor-says-shes-delighted-police-unions-vote-no-confidence.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.