October 16 Evening Edition

NBC5

— Lawsuit: New State Legislative Map Undermines Black Voters. According to the lawsuit, one-fifth of the district’s Black voting-age population was moved into two nearby districts under the new legislative maps.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/lawsuit-new-state-legislative-map-undermines-black-voters/2640068/

FOX32
— Federal lawmakers in Chicago hold hearing on mail delivery woes – Dane Placko
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/federal-lawmakers-in-chicago-hold-hearing-on-mail-delivery-woes

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Gov. J.B. Pritzker spends $7 million in ads in early reelection push as GOP rivals try to stockpile cash – RICK PEARSON
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-pritzker-campaign-money-20211016-4vtkmv2wqza35mw34sawqybpne-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Dem Rep. Marie Newman slams new Democratic Illinois congressional map. The first-time congresswoman is in a district with GOP Rep. Adam Kinzinger. Rep. Bobby Rush also doesn’t like his remapped district, which remains heavily Democratic. – Lynn Sweet
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2021/10/15/22729243/rep-marie-newman-democratic-illinois-congressional-map-redistricting-rep-adam-kinzinger

DAILY HERALD
— Lawsuit: New state legislative map undermines Black voters – AP
https://www.dailyherald.com/article/20211016/news/310169949
— Which crimes increased, which ones decreased in the suburbs in 2020 – Jake Griffin
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20211016/which-crimes-increased-which-ones-decreased-in-the-suburbs-in-2020

QUAD CITIES
— Pritzker Doubles Down On Mask Mandate And Covid Restrictions; When Will They End? – Sean Leary
https://www.quadcities.com/articles/when-is-pritzker-going-to-remove-illinois-covid-19-restrictions-and-mask-mandate/

WSIL TV
— Lawsuit: New state legislative map undermines Black voters – AP
https://www.wsiltv.com/news/illinois/lawsuit-new-state-legislative-map-undermines-black-voters/article_b0c4cbe0-286d-563c-8361-795b5b4187ef.html

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— ILLINOIS’ ‘EXTREME’ RISK OF GERRYMANDERING BECOMES REALITY THROUGH CONGRESSIONAL MAP – Robert Brutvan
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/illinois-extreme-risk-of-gerrymandering-becomes-reality-through-congressional-map/
— PRITZKER WANTS TO END HEALTH CONSCIENCE LAW’S USE TO AVOID COVID-19 VAX – Dylan Sharkey
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/pritzker-wants-to-end-health-conscience-laws-use-to-avoid-covid-19-vax/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Dems redistrict NeverTrump GOP turncoat Adam Kinzinger into a Dem district with a popular Dem incumbent – Thomas Lifson
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2021/10/saturday_schadenfreude_dems_redistrict_nevertrump_gop_turncoat_adam_kinzinger_into_a_dem_district_with_a_popular_dem_incumbent_.html

DAILY SIGNAL
— Illegal Immigration Could Destroy Our Country – Cal Thomas
https://www.dailysignal.com/2021/10/15/illegal-immigration-could-destroy-our-country/
— #MeToo Groups Silent Over Boy Allegedly Raping Girl in Loudoun School Girls Bathroom – Mary Margaret Olohan
https://www.dailysignal.com/2021/10/15/womens-groups-silent-on-loudoun-school-rape-allegations/

NEWSMAX
— Illinois to Cut 2 GOP House Seats, Kinzinger – Sandy Fitzgerald
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/illinois-gerrymandering-democrats-kinzinger/2021/10/16/id/1040780/

TOWNHALL
— Democrats Have Some Really Bad News for Fierce Trump Critic Adam Kinzinger – Rebecca Downs
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/rebeccadowns/2021/10/16/theres-bad-news-for-this-fierce-trump-critics-seat-n2597541
— ‘Islamist Extremism’: Stabbing Death of Conservative British MP Deemed ‘Terrorist Incident’ – Spencer Brown
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/spencerbrown/2021/10/15/we-now-know-who-stabbed-a-conservative-member-of-british-parliament-to-death-n2597542
— So, We’re Just Going to Ignore a Bunch of Green Warriors Who Tried to Storm the Department of the Interior? – Matt Vespa
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2021/10/15/there-was-a-left-wing-insurrection-that-targeted-the-department-of-the-interior-t-n2597493

PJ MEDIA
— Illinois Democrats Trying to Eliminate Two Republican Seats in Redistricting – RICK MORAN
https://pjmedia.com/uncategorized/rick-moran/2021/10/16/illinois-democrats-trying-to-eliminate-two-republican-seats-in-redistricting-n1524390
— Eco-Nazis Storm Federal Building And The Left Isn’t Crying This Time – KEVIN DOWNEY JR.
https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/kevindowneyjr/2021/10/16/eco-nazis-storm-federal-building-and-the-left-isnt-crying-this-time-n1524423
— The Deadly Cost of Racial Bean Counting – JACK DUNPHY
https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/jack-dunphy/2021/10/16/the-deadly-cost-of-racial-bean-counting-n1524392

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Trump-hating Kinzinger slams IL Democrats for redrawing his district, potentially ending his political career – Terresa Monroe-Hamilton
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2021/10/16/trump-hating-kinzinger-slams-il-democrats-for-redrawing-his-district-potentially-ending-his-political-career-1149670/

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Non-Essential Worker Pete Buttigieg Secretly Was on Paid Paternity Leave Since August and No One Noticed. “While U.S. ports faced anchor-to-anchor traffic and Congress nearly melted down over the president’s infrastructure bill in recent weeks, the usually omnipresent Transportation secretary was lying low.” – Mike LaChance
https://legalinsurrection.com/2021/10/non-essential-worker-pete-buttigieg-secretly-was-on-paid-paternity-leave-since-august-and-no-one-noticed/
— Is “Insurrection” Cool Again? Climate Change Extremists Attempt To Storm Government Building. “It was global warming activists who tried to storm the Department of the Interior building. One officer was injured” – Mike LaChance
https://legalinsurrection.com/2021/10/is-insurrection-cool-again-climate-change-extremists-attempt-to-storm-government-building/

THE HILL
— Vilifying Republicans is part of the problem, not part of the solution – ROBERT CHERRY
(COMMENT: The more demographics that you share with Trump (conservative, patriotic, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, draft avoider, non-poor, gun owner, Protestant, German American, if your ancestors have been in America for a long time, etc.), the more that RINOs vilify you.)
https://thehill.com/opinion/civil-rights/576874-vilifying-republicans-is-part-of-the-problem-not-part-of-the-solution

NEW YORK TIMES
— Money Floods the Race for Control of Congress, More Than a Year Early. The main House war chests for both Democrats and Republicans have a combined $128 million in the bank — more than double the sum at this point in 2020. – Shane Goldmacher
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/16/us/politics/midterm-elections-campaign-financing.html

BUSINESS INSIDER
— Donald Trump-backed challengers to Republican lawmakers are lagging in the battle to fill their fundraising war chests – Alia Shoaib
https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-backed-republican-challengers-donations-lagging-badly-2021-10
— A Republican group is putting up gigantic billboards to remind Trump that he lost – Cheryl Teh
https://www.businessinsider.co.za/republican-group-putting-up-billboards-remind-trump-that-he-lost-2021-10

NEWSWEEK
— Nearly Quarter of Republicans Still Think Trump ‘Likely’ to Be Reinstated In 2021
https://www.newsweek.com/nearly-quarter-republicans-still-think-trump-likely-reinstated-2021-poll-1639643
— Five Reasons Donald Trump Will Be Pessimistic About Running In 2024 Election
https://www.newsweek.com/five-reasons-donald-trump-pessimistic-running-2024-election-1639600

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.