May 31 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Illinois COVID-19 Update: IL reports 521 cases, 33 deaths
https://abc7chicago.com/health/illinois-covid-19-update-il-reports-521-cases-33-deaths/10723314/

NBC5
— $41B Budget, Trickier Issues Face Legislature on Final Day. The budget might be an uncharacteristically easy lift, compared with the rest of the Legislature’s to-do list, which must be accomplished by midnight. – John O’Connor
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/41b-budget-trickier-issues-face-legislature-on-final-day/2522469/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats hint/imply/argue/shout that Republicans discriminate against Asian Americans
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/illinois-tackles-anti-asian-hate-with-the-teaach-act/2522373/

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Chicago bar only allowing people inside who are vaccinated – Elizabeth Matthews
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago-bar-only-allowing-people-inside-who-are-vaccinated

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— In final day of legislative session, Democrats introduce budget that uses federal relief money for infrastructure and drops some tax changes proposed by Gov. J.B. Pritzker – RICK PEARSON, DAN PETRELLA and BILL RUTHHART
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-illinois-general-assembly-20210531-aroeen45dfhx7keowdv3mjgyym-story.html
— Illinois legislators advance bill to move 2022 primary to June 28 and make curbside voting a permanent fixture of elections – RICK PEARSON
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-illinois-elections-primary-date-20210531-pxrggj2mlnbzlcl6wcsoeyabmm-story.html
— Legislators pass bill to extend cocktails-to-go until 2024 and also allow bars and restaurants to offer free drink to people who’ve received a COVID-19 vaccination – DAN PETRELLA
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-illinois-cocktails-to-go-legislation-20210531-ffanpzircfhetarloszm5v2mmq-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats encourage children to have sex and to have abortions.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2021/5/31/22458419/parental-involvement-abortions-harm-education-covid-letters

CAPITOL FAX
— 521 new confirmed and probable cases; 33 additional deaths; 1,093 hospitalized; 294 in ICU; 1.6 percent average case positivity rate; 2.0 percent average test positivity rate; 50,162 average daily doses; 50 percent of Illinois adults fully vaxed
https://capitolfax.com/2021/05/31/521-new-confirmed-and-probable-cases-33-additional-deaths-1093-hospitalized-294-in-icu-16-percent-average-case-positivity-rate-20-percent-average-test-positivity-rate-50162-average-daily-doses-50-perc/

GOPUSA
— Former Democrat National Committee chairwoman Donna Brazile has left Fox News after claiming she’s ‘accomplished what she wanted’ with Joe Biden’s election win.
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=110955

AMERICAN THINKER
— Another teacher stands up against wokeness, this time in Louisiana – James Stansbury
(DIERSEN: What are the Republican leaders of your school district, your chamber of commerce, your municipality, your township, your county, Illinois, and America doing to stop the promotion of Critical Race Theory, 1619, BLM, LGBTQ, dependency on government, dependency on charity, 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.americanthinker.com/blog/2021/05/another_teacher_stands_up_against_wokeness_in_louisiana.html

BREITBART
— Illinois Democrats Pushing Fingerprints, Increased Fees for Gun Owners – AWR HAWKINS
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/05/30/illinois-democrats-pushing-fingerprints-increased-fees-gun-owners/

TOWNHALL
— Joe Biden Is Sick – Jeff Crouere
https://townhall.com/columnists/jeffcrouere/2021/05/31/joe-biden-is-sick-n2590234

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— There’s No Appetite For the Paul Ryan Doctrine. Virtually no national constituency exists for what impotent Paul Ryan, hawkish Liz Cheney and obnoxious Rep. Adam Kinzinger have to offer. – Pedro Gonzalez
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2021/05/31/theres_no_appetite_for_the_paul_ryan_doctrine_543994.html

SHARYL ATTKISSON
— Donald Trump statement on Paul Ryan
https://sharylattkisson.com/2021/05/donald-trump-statement-on-paul-ryan/

EPOCH TIMES
— GOP Representative Proposes Bill Banning Black Lives Matter Flags at US Embassies – JACK PHILLIPS
https://www.theepochtimes.com/gop-representative-proposes-bill-banning-black-lives-matter-flags-at-us-embassies_3837926.html
— 9/11 Plus 20: Lessons Not Learned How 19 Islamic terrorists entered the United States with ‘relative ease’ – Lloyd Billingsley
https://www.theepochtimes.com/9-11-plus-20-lessons-not-learned_3838083.html

THE HILL
— Democrats aim to make Greene their foil ahead of midterms – TAL AXELROD
(DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who have made me their foil. I would focus on those who have lots of religious, government, political, government, and or financial clout in Wheaton’s West District, Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County’s 4th District, DuPage County, and Illinois. I would focus on those who lead/led the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, and Wheaton Chamber of Commerce. I would focus on unsuccessful Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct, their major donors, their political consultants, their fundraisers, their campaign managers, their campaign staff members, and their campaign volunteers. I would focus on those who I have sued.)
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/556033-democrats-aim-to-make-greene-their-foil-ahead-of-midterms

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: According to Democrats, everything that discourages voter fraud creates “hurdles for voters of color.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/05/30/texas-voting-law/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats use “democracy” 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://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/05/31/republicans-are-fighting-against-democracy-future/

HERALD STANDARD
— Recalling ‘the good old days’ – Tracey Gardone (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs demonize, denigrate, and condemn Republicans, and especially Republicans who are law enforcement officers, Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, 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.heraldstandard.com/gcm/columns/recalling-the-good-old-days/article_8a9f5a94-b8e1-11eb-8c75-db52beac92cc.html

DAILY BEAST
— Pelosi Says House Will Wear Masks Until Holdout Republicans Take Their Damn Shots – Jamie Ross
https://www.thedailybeast.com/nancy-pelosi-says-house-will-wear-masks-until-holdout-republicans-take-their-damn-shots

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.