May 29 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— In first post-Michael Madigan legislative session, Illinois Democrats stage partisan tour de force – RICK PEARSON, DAN PETRELLA and BILL RUTHHART
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-illinois-general-assembly-democrat-power-play-20210529-p4kprghhvnd65o4sosxczebzc4-story.html
— With the wizard gone, does Illinois political culture change? – JOHN KASS
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/john-kass/ct-tim-mapes-michael-madigan-john-kass-20210528-knyywpq64faqllgvrbcs2bylbe-story.html
— DISGUSTING, OUTRAGEOUS, TRAGIC: Pritzker says he’ll sign newly approved plan to create 110 new marijuana shops in Illinois. – ROBERT MCCOPPIN
(DIERSEN: To push pot on an individual, municipality, township, county, or country is to destroy that individual, municipality, township, county, or country.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/marijuana/illinois/ct-illinois-marijuana-110-licenses-approved-20210529-eklliczydfgxjfi47gkqng4msq-story.html
— Cook County commissioner urges pause on changing Columbus Day to Indigenous Peoples Day, reveals he is descended from slaves owned by Choctaw tribe – ALICE YIN
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-cook-county-indigenous-peoples-day-20210528-lsww6jrinnfmrh4poup5zua3te-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DISGUSTING, OUTRAGEOUS, TRAGIC: Pot equity bill paving way for 185 new dispensaries heads to Pritzker’s desk. State senators passed the bill in a 50 to 3 vote, and the governor announced he would sign the legislation, which attempts to fix Illinois’ recreational cannabis law to bring in more diversity to the cannabis industry. – Rachel Hinton and Tom Schuba
(DIERSEN: To push pot on an individual, municipality, township, county, or country is to destroy that individual, municipality, township, county, or country.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2021/5/28/22459115/marijuana-pot-cannabis-industry-equity-licenses-dispensaries-illinois-law-licenses

DAILY HERALD
— House passes new map after fierce suburban lawmaker debate – JJ Bullock
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20210528/house-passes-new-map-after-fierce-suburban-lawmaker-debate

NBC5
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote LGBTQ.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/dove-cameron-recalls-being-afraid-to-publicly-come-out-as-queer/2521704/

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Illinois Senate OKs new maps for legislative districts; House passes Supreme Court map – Dean Olsen and Ben Szalinski
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/politics/government/2021/05/28/illinois-democrats-release-redistricting-data-for-legislative-map-proposal/5255512001/
— Excerpts from Illinois House leaders during debate on legislative redistricting bill – Dean Olsen
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/politics/state/2021/05/29/house-leaders-democrats-and-republicans-approach-issue-differently/5260237001/

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— New legislative maps pass less than 24 hours after introduction – PETER HANCOCK
https://www.pantagraph.com/news/state-and-regional/new-legislative-maps-pass-less-than-24-hours-after-introduction/article_b9d68e70-44af-5b9a-9405-63ef6b0c1cc9.html

ALTON DAILY NEWS
— Illinois Republicans Reveal Budget Windfall – Kevin Bessler
http://www.altondailynews.com/news/details.cfm?clientid=17&id=326309#.YLIr8KhKiM8

NPR ILLINOIS
— Partisan Arguments Over Redistricting Ends In Fight Over Identity As Dems Push Through Maps – HANNAH MEISEL
https://www.nprillinois.org/post/partisan-arguments-over-redistricting-ends-fight-over-identity-dems-push-through-maps#stream/0
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrat teachers turn their students into “good little Democrats.” My outstanding Republican parents sent 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.nprillinois.org/post/teachers-laws-banning-critical-race-theory-are-leading-self-censorship#stream/0

WGLT
— Lincoln Club Hopes To Save McLean County From Hollowed-Out Political Center – Ryan Denham
(DIERSEN: Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The more planks in the Republican Party platform that you reject, the more that Democrats glorify and praise you.)
https://www.wglt.org/local-news/2021-05-28/lincoln-club-hopes-to-save-mclean-county-from-hollowed-out-political-center

CHICAGO PATCH
— Chicago Schools Will Train Students And Staff To Identify And Report Racism And Bias Incidents
(DIERSEN: Democrat teachers turn their students into “good little Democrats.” My outstanding Republican parents sent 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 even though Crete public grade school was right across the street from their home.)
https://patch.com/illinois/chicago/chicago-schools-will-train-students-staff-identify-report-racism-bias-incidents

ILLINOIS NEWSROOM
— Latino Caucus Lays Out Undocumented Immigrant Protection Agenda – Sarah Mansur
(DIERSEN: 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://illinoisnewsroom.org/latino-caucus-lays-out-undocumented-immigrant-protection-agenda/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Facebook to give political donations again but not to Republicans who objected to Biden victory – Nihal Krishan
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/facebook-resume-donations-not-republicans-who-objected-to-biden-victory

FOX NEWS
— Corporations placating the Left are behind woke culture – Greg Gutfeld
(DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, corporations paint themselves 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://www.foxnews.com/opinion/greg-gutfeld-corporations-placating-the-left-are-behind-woke-culture
— Leo Terrell calls Lori Lightfoot ‘racist’, ’embarrassing’ for Black leader to discriminate. Lightfoot declared that her office would not honor interview requests from White reporters. – Charles Creitz
(DIERSEN: I should write a book about activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, fundraisers, campaign managers, campaign staff members, campaign volunteers, etc. who blame/blamed their problems on me and on my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters. I would focus on those who have/had lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Milton Township Republican Organization, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Illinois Center Right Coalition, etc.  I would focus on unsuccessful Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct since 2000.)
https://www.foxnews.com/media/leo-terrell-slams-racist-lori-lightfoot-embarrassing-for-black-leader-to-discriminate-given-mlk-history

AMERICAN THINKER
— Wokeness and Victimhood – Wen Wryte
(DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, even though Democrats run everything, Democrats ever-increasingly shout at those who are the following that they are victims of Republicans: minorities, females, younger people, BLMers, LGBTQers, Democrat, Libertarian, Green, Independent, RINO, moderate, liberal, poor, not married, non-Christian, non-Protestant, non-Italian American, non-German American, recent immigrants, and those who are in America illegally, 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.americanthinker.com/articles/2021/05/wokeness_and_victimhood.html

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Dismantling the Racialists’ Medievalism. Calling out the bluff and bluster of critical race theory’s fake ”white supremacy culture” list. – Stanley K. Ridgley
https://amgreatness.com/2021/05/28/dismantling-the-racialists-medievalism/

BLAZE
— Popeyes store under criminal investigation after posting sign saying, ‘Will reserve the right to refuse service to white people’ – SARAH TAYLOR
(DIERSEN: How close are the businesses in your municipality, in your township, and in your county to refusing to business with those who are White, male, older, heterosexual, married, Republican, conservative, law enforcement officers, 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.theblaze.com/news/popeyes-criminal-investigation-white-people-sign

IMMIGRATION REFORM
— Illegal Aliens are Being Flown to Cities Across the U.S. in the Dead of Night – MADISON MCQUEEN
(DIERSEN: How many illegal aliens have those who run Illinois, your county, your township/ward, your municipality, and your school district secretly agreed to take? Who is going to pay for feeding them, clothing them, housing them, educating them, giving them medical care, providing them with transportation, etc.?)
https://www.immigrationreform.com/2021/05/28/unaccompanied-minors-flights-immigrationreform-com/

NEWSMAX
— Rep. Barry Moore to Newsmax: Democratic Party Is ‘Creating Drug Mules’ – Nick Koutsobinas
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/barrymoore-border-illegals/2021/05/28/id/1023161/

PATRIOT POST
— The Big Border Lie. DHS Secretary Mayorkas laughably tells Congress “the border is closed.” – THOMAS GALLATIN
https://patriotpost.us/articles/80228-the-big-border-lie-2021-05-28

NEWS BUSTERS
— Facebook Cuts Out Cruz, Hawley, and More From Political Donations – Autumn Johnson
https://newsbusters.org/blogs/free-speech/autumn-johnson/2021/05/28/facebook-cuts-out-cruz-hawley-and-more-political
— Tech Groups Fight to Defend Censorship, Sue Florida for New Free Speech Law – Kayla Sargent
https://newsbusters.org/blogs/free-speech/kayla-sargent/2021/05/28/tech-groups-fight-defend-censorship-sue-florida-new-free

RED STATE
— Adam Kinzinger Plays the Fool, His Potential GOP Challenger Smoothly Moves to Sweep the Leg – Sister Toldjah
https://redstate.com/sister-toldjah/2021/05/28/adam-kinzinger-plays-the-fool-his-potential-gop-challenger-smoothly-moves-to-sweep-the-leg-n388288

MILTON FREIDMAN
— Individual Responsibility VS Government Dependency
(DIERSEN: Democrats promote dependency on government. Republicans should promote individual responsibility.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tp8ABBOXNZA

CANADA FREE PRESS
— What is Critical Race Theory (CRT) and what should you know about it? – Leigh Bravo
https://canadafreepress.com/article/critical-race-theory-is-moving-across-the-country

LIFE NEWS
— Abortions in Illinois Spike as More Than 46,500 Babies Were Killed Last Year – Micaiah Bilger
https://www.lifenews.com/2021/05/28/abortions-in-illinois-spike-as-more-than-46500-babies-were-killed-last-year/

NEW YORK TIMES
— Facebook Takes on Superspreaders Internet companies are making it harder for those with big followings to spread misinformation. Finally! – Shira Ovide
(DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, all government and political news and commentary is misinformation except for the government and political news and commentary that they put out or bless.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/28/technology/facebook-superspreaders-misinformation.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Employers Can Require Covid-19 Vaccine Under Federal Law, New Guidance States. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission says federal laws don’t prevent an employer from requiring workers to be inoculated. – Eric Morath and Sarah Chaney Cambon
https://www.wsj.com/articles/employers-can-require-covid-19-vaccine-under-federal-law-new-guidancestates-11622230319
— Defund the Police? No, Fund Them Better. We ask officers to do a vital, delicate job on four to six months’ training. That’s not nearly enough. – Peggy Noonan
https://www.wsj.com/articles/defund-the-police-no-fund-them-better-11622156602

HOUSTON CHRONICLE & PHILADELPHIA TRIBUNE & WASHINGTON POST & CNN & GUARDIAN & YAHOO NEWS & WSJ & BARRON’S
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats use Tulsa to promote hatred against Republicans.
https://www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/outlook/article/Opinion-Why-we-must-remember-the-Tulsa-Race-16211392.php
https://www.phillytrib.com/at-century-mark-tulsa-race-massacres-wounds-still-unhealed/article_bf114d5d-d048-51b3-b4a4-16d65f6280db.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/religion/the-meaning-of-tulsa/2021/05/28/bb74d226-c00b-11eb-922a-c40c9774bc48_story.html
https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/29/us/tulsa-massacre-then-and-now/
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2021/may/28/tulsa-race-massacre-documentary-the-fire-and-the-forgotten
https://news.yahoo.com/tulsa-race-massacre-centennial-walkway-030118023.html
https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-new-generation-of-black-entrepreneurs-wants-to-recapture-greenwoods-past-11622217600
https://www.barrons.com/articles/tulsa-massacre-51622242095

BOSTON GLOBE
— Why the rich should pay more in taxes – Marcela García
(DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I should pay more taxes because I am White, male, old (born in 1948), draft avoider, heterosexual, married, no dependents, non-poor, homeowner, no debts, multiple vehicle owner, reasonably healthy, conservative, patriotic, Republican, Protestant, German American, federal employee for almost 30 years, federal retiree for almost 24 years, and my ancestors have been in America since 1844.)
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2021/05/28/opinion/why-rich-should-pay-more/

NEWSWEEK
— Dan Crenshaw Launches ‘Whistleblower’ Page Over ‘Woke Ideology’ in Military – DARRAGH ROCHE
https://www.newsweek.com/dan-crenshaw-launches-whistleblower-page-over-woke-ideology-military-1596108

SALON
— Trump lashes out at Paul Ryan after he urged Republicans to move on. “Paul Ryan has been a curse to the Republican Party,” Trump wrote in a statement. – MEAGHAN ELLIS
https://www.salon.com/2021/05/29/trump-lashes-out-at-paul-ryan-after-former-house-speaker-says-its-time-to-move-on_partner/

CHICAGO PRIDE
— Wisconsin governor orders LGBT flag to fly over Capitol; Illinois, Minnesota expected to do same – Gerald Farinas
(DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will Democrat governments officially take the following adverse actions against those in their political jurisdictions who do not promote LGBTQ: a) ban them from seeking or holding government or political offices, b) ban them from attending schools, c) ban them from getting jobs, d) confiscate their income, e) confiscate their assets, and f) get rid of them once and for all?)
https://chicago.gopride.com/news/article.cfm/articleid/116686804

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.