May 26 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Violent Memorial Day weekend leaves 27 shot, 5 killed
https://abc7chicago.com/27-shot-5-killed-in-memorial-day-weekend-gun-violence/5317857/

NBC5
— States Move to Outlaw ‘Prison Gerrymandering’: Where Do Inmates Really Live? Last week, Washington Gov. Jay Inslee, a 2020 Democratic presidential candidate, signed a bill to make his state the latest to require that prisoners be counted at their pre-incarceration addresses — instead of where they’re serving time
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/States-Outlaw-Prison-Gerrymandering-Inmates-510454311.html

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Gillibrand suggests Trump’s only accomplishments are ‘hurting people,’ only motivation is ‘cruelty’
http://www.fox32chicago.com/politics/gillibrand-suggests-trump-s-only-accomplishments-are-hurting-people-only-motivation-is-cruelty-

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “Harriet Tubman is unwelcomed on Donald Trump’s $20 bills.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/5/26/18638906/harriet-tubman-20-bill-andrew-jackson-laura-washington

ALTON TELEGRAPH
— Graduated tax amendment heads to House floor
https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/article/CAPITOL-RECAP-Graduated-tax-amendment-heads-to-13898132.php
— ‘Never seen anything like it’: Illinois farmers facing a challenging year for planting, markets – Rosalind Essig
https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/article/8216-Never-seen-anything-like-it-8217-13898089.php

RIVER CITIES’ READER
— Dead People Can’t Collect Fat Pensions – Rich Miller (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, everyone who is in line to get a pension or is getting a pension is demonized, denigrated, and condemned. I am not happy at all that for the rest of my life, I will be ever-increasingly demonized, denigrated, and condemned for getting a Civil Service Retirement System pension.) 
https://www.rcreader.com/commentary/dead-people-cant-collect-pensions
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The writer threatened mass assassinations for pretty much everyone who receives a state government pension, including survivors and heirs. To avoid this fate, the author demanded in the form letter that the pension actuarial tables be changed and the state’s constitution be amended to remove the pension protection clause before instituting a graduated income tax. The writer also demanded unspecified “cap$ and clawback$ for outrageous$ pension payout$” and local government consolidation. He or she also demanded the end of pension double-dipping and “playing salary games at career’s end to max out your take.”)

ST. LOUIS TODAY
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Conservative-haters say: Trump pushes the myth of social-media persecution against conservatives.
https://www.stltoday.com/opinion/editorial/editorial-trump-pushes-the-myth-of-social-media-persecution-against/article_913213e2-b606-510e-a85e-71dd474e9c29.html

MCHENRY TIMES
— Rep. Skillicorn suggests waiting for ‘Feds’ before moving on – and taxing for – infrastructure plan – Glenn Minnis
https://mchenrytimes.com/stories/512565646-rep-skillicorn-suggests-waiting-for-feds-before-moving-on-and-taxing-for-infrastructure-plan

CITY OF WHEATON
— CITY COUNCIL PLANNING SESSION AGENDA Tuesday, May 28, 2019, 7 P.M.
https://www.wheaton.il.us/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_05282019-1184
(FROM THE AGENDA: East Roosevelt Road Corridor)

WASHINGTON TIMES
— 2020 Democrats working to better connect with LGBTQ voters – S.A. Miller (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote LGBTQ activity.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/may/26/2020-democrats-working-to-better-connect-with-lgbt/
— How to deal with the media and its biases – John R. Coyne Jr.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/may/26/book-review-unfreedom-of-the-press-mark-r-levin/
— Nine Klansmen met by 350 officers, 600 counter-protesters at Ohio KKK rally – Valerie Richardson (DIERSEN: This sends a strong message that sooner or later, those who defend Whites will be gotten rid of once and for all.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/may/26/nine-klansmen-met-350-officers-600-counter-protest/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Former pro-Trump contributors say CNN is out to get Trump – Zachary Halaschak
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/former-pro-trump-contributors-say-cnn-is-out-to-get-trump

CBS NEWS
— Beto O’Rourke says migrant families “pose no threat or danger” to the U.S. – CAMILO MONTOYA-GALVEZ (DIERSEN: Democrats want immigrants because immigrants vote for Democrats. RINOs want immigrants because RINOs want cheap labor.)
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/beto-orourke-on-face-the-nation-migrant-families-pose-no-threat-or-danger-to-us/

NEW YORK TIMES
— A Migrant Family Takes a Greyhound Across America – Miriam Jordan (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats glorify and praise those who come to America illegally and who stay in America illegally.) 
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/05/26/us/greyhound-immigration.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Trump falls short on infrastructure after promising to build roads, bridges and consensus – Toluse Olorunnipa and Mike DeBonis
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-falls-short-on-infrastructure-after-promising-to-build-roads-bridges-and-consensus/2019/05/26/1027446e-7c9f-11e9-8bb7-0fc796cf2ec0_story.html

TIME
— Donald Trump Campaigned as a President for LGBTQ Americans. But He Keeps Rolling Back Protections for Them – ABBY VESOULIS (DIERSEN: Who should be protected from who? According to Democrats, a) LGBTQers, b) Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs, c) liberals and moderates, d) those who have less money, e) minorities, f) females, g) veterans, h) non-Protestants, i) non-German Americans, j) non-citizens, k) non-gun owners, and l) those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time NEED PROTECTION FROM a) heterosexuals, b) Republicans, c) conservatives, d) those who have more money, e) Whites, f) males, g) non-veterans, h) Protestants, i) German Americans, j) U.S. citizens, k) gun owners, and l) those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.) 
http://time.com/5595474/donald-trump-roll-back-transgender-protections/

NATIONAL LAW REVIEW
— Lakeshore Sport and Fitness to Pay $45,000 To Settle EEOC Harassment and Retaliation Lawsuit. Chicago Fitness Club Tolerated Sexual Harassment of Restaurant Employees and Fired Complainant, Federal Agency Charged. (DIERSEN: In 1971, when I was 22 years old, Oldsmobile rescinded a job offer that I had accepted saying that it has just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. That directly resulted in my accepting a job offer from IRS.)
https://www.natlawreview.com/article/lakeshore-sport-and-fitness-to-pay-45000-to-settle-eeoc-harassment-and-retaliation

NASDAQ
— Don’t Expect Quick U.S. Marijuana Legalization Based on Polls Showing Support: There’s a Big Gotcha – Keith Speights
https://www.nasdaq.com/article/dont-expect-quick-us-marijuana-legalization-based-on-polls-showing-support-theres-a-big-gotcha-cm1154640

MEDIAITE
— Kinzinger Hits Trump Hard on Twitter for Teaming Up With Kim Jong Un to Bash Biden – Caleb Howe
https://www.mediaite.com/trump/republican-congressman-hits-trump-hard-on-twitter-for-teaming-up-with-kim-jong-un-to-bash-biden/

REASON
— Beto O’Rourke Wants To Legalize Weed and Expunge Records, Too Anti-prohibitionists are now trying to help those still impacted by old drug convictions. – ZURI DAVIS (DIERSEN: Needless-to-say, those who seek or hold government or political jobs or positions should disclose anything that they have had expunged from their records. Your past predicts your future. Those who seek or hold government or political jobs or positions should be held to much higher standards.) 
https://reason.com/2019/05/22/beto-orourke-wants-to-legalize-weed-and-expunge-records-too/

May 26 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE WITH COLOR PICTURE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote Islam.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/ct-life-my-hijab-meaning-05142019-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A pot pusher pushes pot.
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20190526/pot-issue-is-about-freedom-fairness

DAILY ILLINI
— University to use The College Board’s ‘adversity score’ for student admissions, retention – EUNICE ALPASAN
https://dailyillini.com/news/2019/05/25/the-college-board-adversity/

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— 2 more communities getting body cameras for police officers
https://www.pantagraph.com/news/state-and-regional/illinois/more-communities-getting-body-cameras-for-police-officers/article_e016208c-2bb8-558f-80a6-1151c67988e4.html

CHICAGO MAROON
— The Adverse Effects of an Adversity Score The SAT should not implement an adversity score, as it would undermine the purposes of the examination. – Shaun Cammack
https://www.chicagomaroon.com/article/2019/5/25/adverse-effects-adversity-score/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— 2020 hopefuls Sanders, Warren condemn Espionage Act charges against Assange It’s a ‘pretext to wage war’ on 1st Amendment, says Warren – Andrew Blake 
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/may/25/bernie-sanders-elizabeth-warren-condemn-espionage-/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Democrats, the party of abortion – Editorial
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/editorials/democrats-the-party-of-abortion

AMERICAN THINKER
— Looks like India’s Modi getting same fake-news treatment Trump gets on minorities – Monica Showalter
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/05/looks_like_indias_modi_getting_same_fakenews_treatment_trump_gets_on_minorities.html
— How the Left can win with words alone – Lloyd Brown
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/05/how_the_left_can_win_with_words_alone.html

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— How National Injunctions Create Constitutional Chaos – Rachel Bovard (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats work hard to get national injunctions that would get rid of the following once and for all: individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.amgreatness.com/2019/05/25/how-national-injunctions-create-constitutional-chaos/

NEWSMAX
— Mexico Enjoying Its Own Migration Influx From U.S. – Eric Mack (DIERSEN: But wait, Democrats and RINOs want America to grant all citizens of Mexico immediate “no questions asked” asylum and U.S. citizenship. But wait, citizens of Mexico can qualify for asylum only if they have a reasonable fear of future persecution on account of race, religion, national origin, political opinion, or membership in a social group. SEE: https://www.politicalasylumusa.com/application-for-asylum/) 
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/migration-undocumented-retirement-population/2019/05/19/id/916626/

THE HILL
— GOP amps up efforts to recruit women candidates – JULIEGRACE BRUFKE (DIERSEN: Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs want the GOP to recruit women candidates who reject the traditional family, right to life, immigration, Second Amendment, illegal drugs, and equal opportunity planks in the Republican party platform.) 
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/445517-gop-amps-up-efforts-to-recruit-women-candidates

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Older Americans more likely to cite workplace discrimination – ANDREW SOERGEL (DIERSEN: How old are you? I should write a book about those who work the hardest to promote age discrimination in the Milton Township Republican Central Committee, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois.)
https://globegazette.com/news/national/older-americans-more-likely-to-cite-workplace-discrimination/article_588d2143-6a9a-509d-8e38-d30857ece91f.html

NEW YORK TIMES
— What Reparations for Slavery Might Look Like in 2019 – Patricia Cohen (DIERSEN: To pay reparations is to pay the price of Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion. Who hints/implies/argues/shouts that you should pay reparations, that is, that you should pay the price of Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion and why? My critics/opponents have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I should pay reparations, that is, that I should pay the price of Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion. They stress that I am White, male, old (born in 1948), Republican, conservative, Protestant (baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran), non-poor, 100% German national origin, draft avoider, retired, and my ancestors have been in America since 1844.). 
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/23/business/economy/reparations-slavery.html
— The College Dropout Crisis – David Leonhardt and Sahil Chinoy (DIERSEN: What did you do to qualify yourself for better paying jobs? I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 32.)
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/05/23/opinion/sunday/college-graduation-rates-ranking.html
— More on the College Dropout Crisis – David Leonhardt
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/24/opinion/college-graduation-rates-dropout.html

WASHINGTON POST
— How quickly should new graduates start saving for retirement? – Michelle Singletary (DIERSEN: I started saving for my retirement in 1966, when I was 18 years old, when I started working for the Park Forest Post Office part-time and earning full-time Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) credits. By the end of 1977, when I was 29 years old, in today’s dollars, I had paid $27,900 into the CSRS.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2019/05/23/how-quickly-should-new-graduates-start-saving-retirement/

EUREKA TIMES STANDARD
— On ‘Seeking: digital natives’ – ANGELA COPELAND (DIERSEN: How long have you had your email address? I have had diersen@aol.com for more than 24 years, since January of 1995 when I was 46 years old. How long have you owned a computer system? I have owned a computer system since 1982 when I was 34 years old. While I worked for GAO during the 1990s, before GAO provided its staff with computer systems, I bought several computer systems and used them in my office. I published Milton Township Republican Central Committee’s (MTRCC) first website in 2000 and served as MTRCC’s webmaster 2000-2004 and 2008-2010. I published Milton Township’s first website in 2001 and served as its webmaster 2001-2003. I served as Illinois Center Right Coalition’s webmaster 2004-2006. I have been sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails since 2000 and publishing copies of them at www.gopillinois.com since 2005. I have been on Facebook since January of 2009.)
https://www.times-standard.com/2019/05/26/career-corner-seeking-digital-natives/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: This term makes sense at first. But, the definition of a digital native, according to Dictionary.com, is “a person born or brought up during the age of digital technology and therefore familiar with computers and the internet from an early age.” Those who are turning forty this year probably started to use the internet around 1995, when they were sophomores in high school — if they were lucky. That was in the time of the dial-up modem and America Online. Their parents were ahead of the game to have a home computer then. In all likelihood, they really began to use computers when they went to college. It should be noted that I’m omitting early Mac computers and things like Atari for the purposes of this column. I’m talking about the real-deal internet. Digital natives had the internet in elementary school or middle school. Wikipedia says digital natives “are often used to describe the digital gap in terms of the ability of technological use among people born from 1980 onward and those born before.” By this definition, a digital native would be 38 years old or younger today. Let that soak in. A job description that specifically requests that someone is 38 years old or less. Why does this happen? I don’t have the answer for you. I’d like to know this myself. I thought that the idea of a job posting was to hire someone with a certain skillset rather than a certain age. I also heard this rumor that discriminating on the basis of age when hiring is not allowed. In fact, I think there may be something called the Age Discrimination in Employment Act.)

FEDERAL NEWS NETWORK
— ‘Where’s the disconnect?’ National commission grapples with agencies’ workforce woes – Nicole Ogrysko
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/workforce/2019/05/wheres-the-disconnect-national-commission-grapples-with-agencies-workforce-woes/

NEWSWEEK
— PETE BUTTIGIEG: ‘NO QUESTION’ DONALD TRUMP FAKED DISABILITY TO AVOID MILITARY SERVICE — ‘ASSAULT ON THE HONOR OF THIS COUNTRY’ – CHRIS MORRAN 
https://www.newsweek.com/pete-buttigieg-no-question-donald-trump-faked-disability-avoid-military-1436371

ATLANTIC
— A Lesson From 1930s Germany: Beware State Control of Social Media Regulators should think carefully about the fallout from well-intentioned new rules and avoid the mistakes of the past. – HEIDI TWOREK (DIERSEN: Who do you want to control me and to control my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails? My critics/opponents want the following to do that: Milton Township Republican Central Committee, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois. Previously, they wanted the following to do that: TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Illinois Center Right Coalition, and American Association of Political Consultants.)
https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2019/05/germany-war-radio-social-media/590149/

LGBTQ NATION
— Donald Trump is preparing for Pride month by revving up his attacks on us The president has taken a series of steps lately meant to punish LGBTQ and curry favor with the religious right. – John Gallagher 
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2019/05/donald-trump-preparing-pride-month-revving-attacks-us/

May 25 Evening Edition

CBS2
— Illinois State Lawmakers Still Have Five Big Issues To Settle – AP
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2019/05/25/illinois-state-lawmakers-still-have-five-big-issues-to-settle/
— President Trump Tweets About Jussie Smollett Case; ‘Not Even An Apology To Millions Of People!’
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2019/05/25/president-trump-tweets-about-jussie-smollett-case-not-even-an-apology-to-millions-of-people/

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Trump tweets about Smollett ahead of busy day in Japan
http://www.fox32chicago.com/politics/trump-tweets-about-smollett-ahead-of-busy-day-in-japan

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Judge blocks Trump from building sections of border wall with money from national emergency declaration – AP
https://www.chicagotribune.com/nation-world/ct-trump-border-wall-ruling-emergency-declaration-20190524-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Cook County’s secret election: Balloting is under way for judges, and you can’t vote Whether associate judges get to keep their seats is solely up to a secret vote of circuit judges – Alecia Richards 
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/5/24/18638827/cook-county-associate-judges-secret-election-process

DAILY HERALD
— Suburban Democrats key to pot legalization passage but some are breaking ranks – Marni Pyke
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190525/suburban-democrats-key-to-pot-legalization-passage-but-some-are-breaking-ranks
— 85% of those who’d pay more under graduated income tax would be from Chicago and suburbs – Jake Griffin
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190525/85-of-those-whod-pay-more-under-graduated-income-tax-would-be-from-chicago-and-suburbs

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Only six days left, but who’s counting – Doug Finke
https://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20190525/statehouse-insider-only-six-days-left-but-whos-counting
— Davis gets bipartisan visit, as his campaign sows Chicago-downstate animosity – Bernard Schoenburg
https://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20190525/bernard-schoenburg-davis-gets-bipartisan-visit-as-his-campaign-sows-chicago-downstate-animosity

ROCHELLE NEWS
— Legalizing pot not worth social costs – David E. Smith, Illinois Family Institute Executive Director
https://rochellenews-leader.com/article/legalizing-pot-not-worth-social-costs

FOX ILLINOIS
— Federal investigation launched into San Antonio’s airport Chick-Fil-A ban
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/federal-investigation-launched-into-san-antonios-airport-chick-fil-a-ban
— Pope: Abortion is never OK, equates it to ‘hiring a hitman’ – AP
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/pope-abortion-is-never-ok-equates-it-to-hiring-a-hitman-05-25-2019

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— House GOP seeks taxpayer protection in HJRCA 34 – Carrie Bradon
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/512565600-house-gop-seeks-taxpayer-protection-in-hjrca-34

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— PRITZKER SAYS HE WILL NOT ENGAGE IN HORSE-TRADING TO WIN SUPPORT FOR TAX HIKES – Adam Schuster
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/pritzker-says-he-will-not-engage-in-horse-trading-to-win-support-for-tax-hikes/

FOX NEWS
— Trump suggests Jussie Smollett owes an apology to ‘millions’ in ‘MAGA COUNTRY’ – Sam Dorman
https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/trump-suggests-jussie-smollett-owes-an-apology-to-millions-in-maga-country

BREITBART
— Donald Trump: Jussie Smollett Hoax a ‘Hate Crime’ Against My Supporters – CHARLIE SPIERING
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/05/25/donald-trump-jussie-smollett-hoax-a-hate-crime-against-my-supporters/

BLAZE
— Beto echoes Iranian propaganda, says Trump ‘provoking another war’ with troop increase – CALEB HOWE
https://www.theblaze.com/news/beto-trump-provoking-war-iran

DAILY SIGNAL
— The Similarities Between Declining Rome and the Modern US – Victor Davis Hanson (DIERSEN: Democrats and RINOs encourage citizens of foreign countries to come to America who are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.) 
https://www.dailysignal.com/2019/05/20/the-similarities-between-declining-rome-and-the-modern-us/

DAILY CALLER
— CNN HAS BECOME THE ‘HATE TRUMP’ STATION, FORMER COMMENTATORS SAY – David Krayden (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those in Wheaton who claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican, but who failed/refused to help encourage Comcast to carry Fox News Channel in Wheaton.)
https://dailycaller.com/2019/05/25/cnn-hate-trump-station-former-commentators/

WORLD NET DAILY
— THE SURPRISING ROAD AHEAD FOR WND David Kupelian on defeating the left’s stealth takeover of the internet
https://www.wnd.com/2019/05/the-surprising-road-ahead-for-wnd/

HOT AIR
— Trump Is Now Using E-Verify In His Golf Courses. The Result: More Firings Of Undocumented Worker – JOSHUA PARTLOW
https://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2019/05/trump-now-using-e-verify-golf-courses-result-firings-undocumented-workers/

AMERICAN THINKER
— No Fun in 2020 – Steve Feinstein
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2019/05/no_fun_in_2020.html

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— CNN ‘openly despises conservatives’: Ex-contributors describe network’s unrelenting disdain – Vivek Saxena (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those in Wheaton who claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican, but who failed/refused to help encourage Comcast to carry Fox News Channel in Wheaton.) 
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2019/05/25/cnn-openly-despises-conservatives-ex-contributors-describe-networks-unrelenting-disdain-758201

THE HILL
— CNN’s Anderson Cooper grills Facebook exec over fake Pelosi video – JOHN BOWDEN 
https://thehill.com/homenews/media/445542-cnns-anderson-cooper-grills-facebook-exec-over-fake-pelosi-video

— Amash won’t rule out Libertarian challenge to Trump – JONATHAN EASLEY (DIERSEN: Libertarians who falsely claim to be Republican work against Republicans. Libertarians who falsely claim to be Republican work against me.) 
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/444835-amash-wont-rule-out-libertarian-challenge-to-trump

WASHINGTON POST
— Facebook defends decision to leave up fake Pelosi video: Users should make up their own minds – Alex Horton
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/05/25/nancy-pelosi-fake-video-facebook-defends-its-decision-not-delete/

INDIANA GAZETTE
— Take care in trying to kill news sites – Jay Ambrose (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who since 2000 have focused on killing GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails and killing www.gopillinois.com. I would focus on those who claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican.) 
https://www.indianagazette.com/opinion/take-care-in-trying-to-kill-news-sites/article_61b1dd9c-c5e4-5505-be4d-b2eda1a10dbc.html

NPR
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats shout at Hispanics, and at everyone else, that Republicans cause all the problems that Hispanics have and that everyone else has.
https://www.npr.org/2019/05/25/725354469/hispanic-unemployment-has-hit-record-lows-but-does-that-mean-progress

May 25 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Proposed pot bill a scary proposition – David E. Smith, Executive Director, Kathy Valente, Director of Operations, Illinois Family Institute
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/elgin-courier-news/opinion/ct-nvs-naperville-letters-st-0526-story.html
— Lori Lightfoot’s commitment to expanding opportunities for women, minority businesses highlights ‘women helping women’ approach – Kate Thayer (DIERSEN: Democrats use Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion to get rid of Republicans, and especially to get rid of Republicans who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, White, male, older, non-poor, non-veteran, gun owners, German American, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.) 
https://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/ct-life-lori-lightfoot-hiring-women-tt-20190522-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— Wheaton recognizes the completion of the extensive streetscape project on Front Street that included the redesign and relocation of Martin Memorial Plaza. – Paula Barrington, Downtown Wheaton Association (DIERSEN: Attendees at this outstanding event included Barbier, Cherry, Fitch, Gresk, Keller, and Suess. Wheaton’s Chick-fil-A provided cake and lemonade.) 
https://www.dailyherald.com/submitted/20190522/vintage-rides-returns-to-downtown-wheaton-with-dedication-of-new-plaza
(FROM THE ARTICLE: At 6:30 p.m., a rededication ceremony at the plaza will be conducted by members of the Wheaton City Council and representatives of the Martin family. A giant ribbon imprinted with continuous W’s (representing Wheaton) will be cut by members of the council, followed by cake and lemonade.)
— CEOs get $800,000 pay raise, leaving workers further behind – AP (DIERSEN: Those who demonize, denigrate, and condemn government employees and government retirees as being over-compensated a) never complain about what CEOs are paid and b) talk and act like they are paid operatives and paid dupes for CEOs) 
https://www.dailyherald.com/article/20190524/business/305249934/

DEKALB DAILY CHRONICLE
— Awaiting a ‘tax massacre’ in Springfield – Eric Olson
https://www.daily-chronicle.com/2019/05/24/olson-awaiting-a-tax-massacre-in-springfield/a6qt47v/

ALTON TELEGRAPH
— Judge blocks Trump from building sections of border wall – AP
https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/article/Trump-s-plan-to-fund-border-wall-faces-first-13892871.php

TIMES
— Put spending cuts, pensions on the table, too – Editorial
https://www.mywebtimes.com/2019/05/23/our-view-put-spending-cuts-pensions-on-the-table-too/aj6r4ri/

SAVE YOUR HOME NOW
— Owners of Naperville home pay more than 37% of sale price in taxes
https://saveyourhomenow.org/stories/512513476-market-watch-owners-of-naperville-home-pay-more-than-37-of-sale-price-in-taxes

CHICAGO CITY WIRE
— Landlord restrictions ‘interfere with free market’ and ‘enforce ignorance,’ says Chicago GOP chair – Glenn Minnis
https://chicagocitywire.com/stories/512502456-landlord-restrictions-interfere-with-free-market-and-enforce-ignorance-says-chicago-gop-chair

PRAIRIE STATE WIRE
— Madigan ‘bullying’ income tax increase through legislative process – W.J. Kennedy
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/512565645-madigan-bullying-income-tax-increase-through-legislative-process
— Pritzker quiet about Madigan’s Memorial-Day-weekend surprise pushing graduated tax bill onto House floor – Karen Kidd
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/512565686-pritzker-quiet-about-madigan-s-memorial-day-weekend-surprise-pushing-graduated-tax-bill-onto-house-floor

ILLINOIS BUSINESS DAILY
— Average teacher salaries in Illinois rank 12th highest in nation
https://ilbusinessdaily.com/stories/512563249-average-teacher-salaries-in-illinois-rank-12th-highest-in-nation

FOX NEWS
— CNN now the ‘hate Trump’ network, ex-contributors say: Network ‘openly despises conservatives’ – Joseph A. Wulfsohn 
https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/ex-cnn-gop-pundits-speak-out-against-anti-trump-network-they-openly-despise-conservatives

AMERICAN THINKER
— The Left’s weaponization of everything – Gary Gindler
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/05/the_lefts_weaponization_of_everything.html

GOPUSA
— Segregation: ‘Separate but equal’ commencements arrive at vaunted bastions of ‘diversity’
http://www.gopusa.com/segregation-separate-but-equal-commencements-arrive-at-vaunted-bastions-of-diversity/

NEWSMAX
— Sen. Graham’s Immigration Realpolitik – Henry Seggerman
https://www.newsmax.com/henryseggerman/collins-murkowski/2019/05/24/id/917514/

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Authorities raid 247 Colorado homes growing black market pot – DAN ELLIOTT
https://apnews.com/0f172afa4112436aad5a24a52e5936ce
— Illinois lawmakers have 5 days left, 5 big issues to settle – JOHN O’CONNOR
https://www.sfchronicle.com/news/article/Illinois-lawmakers-have-5-days-left-5-big-issues-13896361.php

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats a) glorify and praise Muslims and b) demonize, denigrate, and condemn non-Muslims, and especially demonize, denigrate, and condemn non-Muslims who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/24/your-money/pillars-fund-muslim-americans-suppport.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Older Voters Are the Future of American Politics For at least the next few elections, liberal youngsters will be increasingly outnumbered by their conservative elders – Gerard Baker (DIERSEN: Those who want Republican candidates to lose tell them to dump older voters, and especially to dump older voters like me who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, White, male, non-poor, gun owners, German American, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. I should write a book about Republican activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc. in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who have dumped older voters like me.) 
https://www.wsj.com/articles/older-voters-are-the-future-of-american-politics-11558716630
— What Happens in a New Mexico Town When U.S. Border Patrol Drops Off Migrants Residents of Deming wonder how long their community can host a wave of people who crossed the border illegally – Dan Frosch and Alicia A. Caldwell (DIERSEN: Needless-to-say, those individuals, those organizations, those companies, those governments, and those countries that encourage citizens of foreign countries to come to America illegally and/or to stay in America illegally should pay all costs associated with those illegals.) 
https://www.wsj.com/articles/what-happens-in-a-new-mexico-town-when-u-s-border-patrol-drops-off-thousands-of-migrants-11558696442

BUSINESS NEWS DAILY
— How Can You Tell if a Job Candidate Is Lying About Their Credentials? – Adam C. Uzialko
https://www.businessnewsdaily.com/11314-background-check-candidate-credentials.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: When employers don’t want to conduct candidate verification themselves or feel it would be better handled by a professional third party, there are background check services. These companies are available to screen candidates, usually for a per-candidate fee, and provide background check reports for the employer’s review. Background checks generally review criminal history at the federal and state level, as well as verify past employment and educational attainment. “Manual verification of job candidates, especially in high-volume situations, may be impractical,” Chancey said. “For best results, employers should consider partnering with a reliable background screening vendor. Look for a vendor whose screening platform is easy to use and takes out the hassle of verifying multiple candidates, integrates with other HR systems such as the applicant tracking system, and whose capabilities can be customized to the needs of your organization.”)

SARASOTA HERALD TRIBUNE
— Company must pay for rescinding pregnant woman’s job offer – AP (DIERSEN: In 1971, when I was 22 years old, Oldsmobile rescinded a job offer that I had accepted saying that it has just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. That directly resulted in my accepting a job offer from IRS.)
https://www.heraldtribune.com/news/20190525/company-must-pay-for-rescinding-pregnant-womans-job-offer

SEATTLE TIMES
— UW rescinds job offer as incoming administrator is charged with domestic violence – Asia Fields
https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/uws-rescinds-job-offer-as-incoming-administrator-is-charged-with-domestic-violence/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: UW administrators learned of the arrest from an employee who read about it in an article from the student paper at private Doane University, where Amoateng has been the Title IX coordinator, Balta said. Amoateng announced in April that he would be leaving Doane for UW, according to the student paper, The Doane Line. After verifying the arrest, UW rescinded its job offer May 13, Balta said.)

WEEK
— 10 things you need to know today: May 24, 2019 – Harold Maass (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, they, their operatives, and their dupes will tell you everything that you need to know. They do not want you to learn of anything by reading GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails.)
https://theweek.com/10things/836727/10-things-need-know-today-may-24-2019

LADDERS
— 5 common career mistakes to avoid at all costs – DANDAN ZHU (DIERSEN: Given your demographics, what harmed your career? The following harmed my career in the federal government: I did not become a veteran. I did not become a Democrat. I did not become a yes-man. I refused to help my Democrat superiors and supervisors get rid of their employees because they were Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran and had not made GS-13 (currently $98,198) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $116,040) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $136,495) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $165,500) by age 40. I complained about political affiliation discrimination. I complained about reverse discrimination. I complained about age discrimination. I complained about retaliation. In 1988, when I was 40 years old, I became an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged my superiors with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.)
https://www.theladders.com/career-advice/5-common-career-mistakes-to-avoid-at-all-costs

POSITIVE NEWS
— ‘The next generation of journalists is excited about doing things differently’ – Lucy Purdy
https://www.positive.news/society/media/the-next-generation-of-journalists-is-excited-about-doing-things-differently/

THINK PROGRESS
— Facebook refuses to delete altered video of Nancy Pelosi The decision is the latest in a long line of troubling and confusing moves by the social media giant. – LUKE BARNES
https://thinkprogress.org/facebook-refuses-to-delete-altered-video-of-nancy-pelosi-80c8192fe352/

MEDIAITE
— Undocumented Trump Golf Club Workers Slam Trump: ‘He Knows How Much He Exploits Mexicans’ – Tamar Auber
https://www.mediaite.com/donald-trump/undocumented-trump-golf-club-workers-slam-trump-he-knows-how-much-he-exploits-mexicans/

May 24 Evening Edition

ABC7
— New tax on beer, wine, spirits on the table in Illinois – Mark Rivera
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/new-tax-on-beer-wine-spirits-on-the-table-in-illinois/5315995/

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Illinois lawmakers propose tax hike on alcohol to balance budget – Natalie Bomke
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/local/illinois-lawmakers-propose-tax-hike-on-alcohol-to-balance-budget

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Illinois House committee advances graduated-rate income tax plan approved earlier by Senate – Jamie Munks
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-met-illinois-graduated-tax-rates-house-20190524-story.html
— Gov. J.B. Pritzker vowed to ‘think big’ as a candidate, but is his agenda too big? Lawmakers will decide this week. – Rick Pearson, Dan Petrella and Jamie Munks
— When taxpayers trust Springfield … Part 3: ‘Honest, we’ll only soak the 3%!’ – Editorial
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-pritzker-income-tax-illinois-constitution-20190523-story.html
— Yearbook controversies and the bungled responses from Chicago-area high schools – Eric Zorn
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/eric-zorn/ct-perspec-zorn-highland-oak-park-yearbook-controversies-big-lie-racism-20190524-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters use illegals to promote hatred of Trump.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/5/24/18636132/donald-trump-immigration-abuses-public-outrage
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: What do you say to those who encourage students to take out loans? 
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/5/24/18638866/college-loan-debt-elizabeth-warren-tuition-jesse-jackson-robert-f-smith

DAILY HERALD
— In wake of Sterigenics emissions, tighter controls clear Illinois House – Lindsey Salvatelli
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190524/in-wake-of-sterigenics-emissions-tighter-controls-clear-illinois-house
— After 2 suburban Democrats replaced, House committee advances tax rate bill – Jerry Nowicki
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190524/after-2-suburban-democrats-replaced-house-committee-advances-tax-rate-bill

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Here’s what you’d pay if Pritzker’s graduated income tax is enacted While nothing yet is final, Senate action today gives taxpayers their best indication yet. – GREG HINZ 
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/greg-hinz-politics/heres-what-youd-pay-if-pritzkers-graduated-income-tax-enacted
— This huge Hinsdale contemporary sold for about the cost of the land The 10,000-square-footer designed by an eminent Swedish architect sold this week for about $2.97 million. It’s estimated the sellers had invested at least $5 million in the pondside home. – DENNIS RODKIN 
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/residential-real-estate/huge-hinsdale-contemporary-sold-about-cost-land

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— Are you ready to be fingerprinted and pay $50 to get a FOID card? – LINDSEY SALVATELLI 
https://www.bnd.com/latest-news/article230792404.html

NPR ILLINOIS
— Julián Castro Wants To Redefine Which Immigrants Have ‘Merit’ – STEVE INSKEEP & STEVE MULLIS (DIERSEN: Do you have merit? According to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, I have no merit. I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes.) 
https://www.nprillinois.org/post/juli-n-castro-wants-redefine-which-immigrants-have-merit#stream/0

CHICAGO MAGAZINE
— Why Downstate Fights for Coal It’s a $100,000 a year job — in a region where the median home price is $87,000. – EDWARD MCCLELLAND
http://www.chicagomag.com/city-life/May-2019/Why-Downstate-Fights-for-Coal/

COD COURIER
— Brian Caputo named next president of College of DuPage – Joey Weslo
https://codcourier.org/11815/news/breaking-news-brian-caputo-named-next-president-of-college-of-dupage/

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— LAND OF 1,000 SHRINKING COMMUNITIES Illinois’ lost people problem spreads to more than 1,000 communities in 2018 – Bryce Hill
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/land-of-1000-shrinking-communities/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— “IT ISN’T YOUR GRANDPA’S WEED,” FORMER ADDICT SAYS
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/05/it-isnt-your-grandpas-weed-former-addict-says.html

CAPITOL FAX
— Illinois separatist Rep. Brad Halbrook (R-Shelbyville) interviewed on Tucker Carlson’s Fox News show
https://capitolfax.com/2019/05/24/illinois-separatist-interviewed-on-fox-news-show/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— ‘Sexist trash’: Hillary Clinton goes off on doctored Pelosi video – John Gage
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/sexist-trash-hillary-clinton-goes-off-on-doctored-pelosi-video

GOPUSA
— Is journalism dead? CNN’s Acosta pens anti-Trump book; Most Dems believe AOC’s biggest lie! – Bobby Eberle
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=70021

BREITBART
— DHS: ‘100 %’ Border Crossers with Children Being Released into U.S., Given Work Permits – JOHN BINDER
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/05/24/dhs-100-border-crossers-with-children-being-released-into-u-s-given-work-permits/
— Eurocrat Attacks ‘Stupid Nationalists in Love with Their Own Countries’ – VICTORIA FRIEDMAN (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will Democrats officially a) condemn Independence Day, b) stop municipalities like Wheaton from having Independence Day fireworks and parades, c) stop Republicans from participating and sponsoring Independence Day fireworks and parades, and d) stop people from watching the fireworks and parades?)
https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/05/24/eurocrat-attacks-stupid-nationalists-love-their-own-countries/
— Democrats Refuse to Block Gun Offenders from Amnesty Status – AWR HAWKINS
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/05/24/democrats-refuse-to-block-gun-offenders-from-amnesty-status/

DAILY CALLER
— DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION LAUNCHES INVESTIGATION INTO CHICK-FIL-A BANS – Molly Prince
https://dailycaller.com/2019/05/24/dot-investigate-chick-fil-a-ban/
— TRUMP’S PRESIDENCY LINKED TO DECLINE IN RACIAL PREJUDICE – Rachel Stoltzfoos
https://dailycaller.com/2019/05/24/trump-presidency-decline-racial-prejudice/
— MEDIA SEIZE ON DECLINE IN RACIAL PREJUDICE AS MORE EVIDENCE TRUMP IS RACIST – Rachel Stoltzfoos 
https://dailycaller.com/2019/05/24/media-decline-racial-prejudice-trump-racist/

CNS NEWS
— Trump to Enforce Clinton-Era Law Requiring Sponsors to Pay Back Welfare Benefits of Immigrants – Melanie Arter
https://www.cnsnews.com/blog/melanie-arter/trump-enforce-clinton-era-law-requiring-sponsors-pay-back-welfare-benefits

AMERICAN THINKER
— Another faded entertainer (John Cusack) insults the military because Donald J. Trump is president – Ethel C. Fenig
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/05/another_faded_entertainer_insults_the_military_because_donald_j_trump_is_president.html

WORLD NET DAILY
— THE WAR ON TRUMP IS A WAR ON AMERICA Scott Lively urges, ‘prevent our common enemies from taking him down’
https://www.wnd.com/2019/05/the-war-on-trump-is-a-war-on-america/

PJ MEDIA
— Herman Cain: Trump ‘Wasn’t Racist Before He Became President and He’s Not Racist Now’ – NICHOLAS BALLASY
https://pjmedia.com/trending/herman-cain-trump-wasnt-racist-before-he-became-president-and-hes-not-racist-now/

NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump Administration Proposes Rollback of Transgender Protections – Abby Goodnough, Erica L. Green and Margot Sanger-Katz
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/24/us/politics/donald-trump-transgender-protections.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Trump is now using E-Verify in his golf courses. The result: more firings of undocumented workers – Joshua Partlow and David A. Fahrenthold
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-is-now-using-e-verify-in-his-golf-courses-the-result-more-firings-of-undocumented-workers/2019/05/24/4284bf30-7d81-11e9-a66c-d36e482aa873_story.html
— American Jewish voters still despise Trump – Jennifer Rubin (DIERSEN: Government is nasty. Politics is nasty. Democrats are nasty. I should write a book about the many Jewish superiors and supervisors who I worked for while I was a federal employee for almost 30 years. Government is nasty. Politics is nasty. Democrats are nasty. Those Democrats stressed to my many Jewish superiors and supervisors that I was a) Republican, b) conservative, c) 100% German national origin, and d) baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran. Those Democrats succeeded in getting my many Jewish superiors and supervisors to take many adverse actions against me.) 
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/05/24/jews-still-despise-trump/
— How Democratic presidential candidates are trying to win over LGBT voters – Eugene Scott (DIERSEN: Those who promote LGBTQ activity focus on destroying those who do not promote LGBTQ activity.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/05/24/how-democratic-presidential-candidates-are-trying-win-over-lgbt-voters/

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
— Trump wants to make America gay again — and he’s offering 20% off his rainbow T-shirt to prove it – Muri Assunção
https://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/ny-trump-lgbtq-pride-shirt-the-nerve-20190524-k2lnqitkojf4djihcqbwnnysam-story.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— I Didn’t Earn Slavery Reparations, and I Don’t Want Them My ancestor Silas Burgess came to America in chains. But even he was able to live the American Dream. – Burgess Owens
https://www.wsj.com/articles/i-didnt-earn-slavery-reparations-and-i-dont-want-them-11558732429

BLOOMBERG
— A Wise Pause on Marijuana Legalization New Jersey and New York are right to be wary of unintended consequences – Editorial
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2019-05-19/marijuana-legalization-new-york-and-new-jersey-are-wise-to-pause

FORBES
— Time Warner Cable Loses Marathon Bid To Thwart Age Discrimination Plaintiff – Patricia Barnes
https://www.forbes.com/sites/patriciagbarnes/2019/05/24/time-warner-cable-loses-marathon-bid-to-thwart-age-discrimination-plaintiff/#16115e6f1005

NEWSWEEK
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Trump-haters promote hatred against Trump.
https://www.newsweek.com/bill-weld-claims-trump-prefer-aryan-nation-1435247

HR DRIVE
— Tech workers’ promotion chances decline rapidly after age 36 – Valerie Bolden-Barrett (DIERSEN: If you are a federal employee who is Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran, your chances of getting promotions decline rapidly if you do not make GS-13 (currently $98,198) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $116,040) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $136,495) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $165,500) by age 40. Extremely few federal employees make the aforesaid promotion deadlines.)
https://www.hrdive.com/news/tech-workers-promotion-chances-decline-rapidly-after-age-36/555416/

PEOPLE’S WORLD
— AFGE: Trump’s killing of government personnel agency would politicize civil service – MARK GRUENBERG (DIERSEN: Personnel was my area of concentration for both my bachelor’s degree from NIU in 1970 and my MBA from Loyola in 1976.)
https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/afge-trumps-killing-of-government-personnel-agency-would-politicize-civil-service/

May 24 Morning Edition

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Clearing 800,000 Illinois people of convictions makes sense if pot is legalized Senate Bill 7 would undertake tangible steps towards achieving racial equity, justice and opportunity in Illinois. – DeAngelo Bester (DIERSEN: To smoke pot is to shout that you disrespect the rule of law. Further, to smoke pot is to make yourself impaired. Further, to smoke pot is to put yourself on track to be a ward of the state.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/5/23/18636256/clearing-800000-illinois-people-of-convictions-makes-sense-if-pot-is-legalized
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Those who want to abolish the Second Amendment say “Fix the FOID Act bill could have saved lives in Aurora None of the modest measures being proposed in this legislation would impose an undue burden on anybody’s Second Amendment rights. But they might have saved the lives of five people in Aurora on Feb. 15, 2019.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/5/23/18637658/fix-foid-guns-aurora-shooting-legislature-illinois-general-assembly
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater asks “How long can Congress tolerate Trump’s impeachable conduct?”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/5/23/18634748/how-long-can-congress-tolerate-trumps-impeachable-conduct
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats want Lightfoot to do more to make Chicago treasonously encourage citizens of foreign countries to illegally come to America illegally and to illegally stay in America illegally. 
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/5/23/18637250/lori-lightfoot-welcoming-city-ordinance-immigration-marlen-garcia
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: According to the Democrats, if you are a minority, a woman, and/or younger, if you have problems, it is because of those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/5/23/18637241/adversity-score-college-board-sat-college-support-necessary

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Chicago’s largest homeless shelter accused of discriminating against people with disabilities, but faces little oversight because it’s a church – Anna Kim (DIERSEN: What do churches and their members think of you? My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes in Wheaton hint/imply/argue/shout that that churches in Wheaton, and especially the churches that they are a member of, have such an extremely low opinion of me and that they do not want me a) to become a member, b) to attend services, or c) to give them money. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes stress that I am a Trump supporter, Protestant (baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran), conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, old (70), non-poor, gun owner, 100% German American, federal employee for almost 30 years, federal retiree for almost 22 years, union member for almost 12 years, draft avoider, my ancestors have been in America since 1844, and other such negatives. They stress that I oppose promotion of dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, abolition of the First and Second Amendments, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.) 
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-met-pacific-garden-mission-oversight-20190520-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “President Trump an easy target for mockery.” Ever-increasingly, Trump-haters mock those who share Trump’s demographics. What demographics to you share with Trump? He and I are Protestant (I was baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran.), conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, old (I am 70.), married, healthy, homeowners, non-poor, gun owners, German Americans, draft avoiders, and our ancestors have been in America for a long time. While Trump is a federal employee, I was a federal employee for almost 30 years and I have been a federal retiree for almost 22 years. Both Trump and I have been the subject of Money Magazine articles, albeit me only once in its February 1978 issue. 
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/post-tribune/opinion/ct-ptb-davich-i-dont-hate-president-donald-trump-st-0526-story.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD IN THE NAPERVILLE SUN: Naperville opposes DuPage County hotel tax, saying it would make city businesses less competitive – Erin Hegarty
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-nvs-naperville-oppose-dupage-entertainment-tax-st-0524-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE: Caputo chosen to become COD’s next president – Robert Sanchez
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190523/caputo-chosen-to-become-cods-next-president
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Tollway promises new vote after chairman approves subcontract with former employer – Marni Pyke
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190523/tollway-promises-new-vote-after-chairman-approves-subcontract-with-former-employer
— Illinois businesses could face lawsuits for asking about wage history under proposal – Cole Lauterbach (DIERSEN: If you are/were a government employee, your salary history is public record.) 
https://www.dailyherald.com/business/20190524/illinois-businesses-could-face-lawsuits-for-asking-about-wage-history-under-proposal

WBEZ
— New CPS Application Didn’t Improve Access For Black Students In First Year – Sarah Karp (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who have hinted/implied/argued/shouted the loudest that I have always had an extremely unfair advantage in life because my parents sent me to Trinity Lutheran Grade School in Crete 1953-1961, to Hope Lutheran Grade School in Park Forest 1961-1962, and to Crete-Monee High School 1962-1966.)
https://www.wbez.org/shows/wbez-news/new-cps-application-didnt-improve-access-for-black-students-in-first-year/bd4bab95-e45b-4b26-8920-46c830d7f2f3

NORTHWEST HERALD
— Raoul sues U.S. attorney general for withholding funds over immigration policy Case is second challenge to Trump administration’s policy on undocumented immigrants – PETER HANCOCK
https://www.nwherald.com/2019/05/24/raoul-sues-u-s-attorney-general-for-withholding-funds-over-immigration-policy/aase694/

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Durkin: More details needed on capital plan – Doug Finke 
https://www.sj-r.com/news/20190523/durkin-more-details-needed-on-capital-plan

HERALD REVIEW
— Leaders close on budget agreement as GOP says details lacking on capital plan – JERRY NOWICKI
https://herald-review.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/leaders-close-on-budget-agreement-as-gop-says-details-lacking/article_0898ee90-3984-5749-bbed-84d8c6d322a4.html

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— Highland Park High School halts yearbook distribution due to offensive quotes – AP
https://www.bnd.com/news/state/illinois/article230740754.html

CHICAGO READER
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Your past predicts your future. Democrats want criminals to vote. Of course, one would expect that criminals vote for criminals.
https://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/hb2541-civics-education-prison/Content?oid=70490334

DAILY NORTHWESTERN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-hating “Illinois Democrats denounce government’s role in migrant children’s death near border.”
https://dailynorthwestern.com/2019/05/24/city/illinois-democrats-denounce-governments-role-in-migrant-childrens-death-near-border/

CENTER SQUARE
— Illinois businesses could face lawsuits for asking about wage history under proposal – Cole Lauterbach (DIERSEN: If you are/were a government employee, your salary history is public record.) 
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/illinois-businesses-could-face-lawsuits-for-asking-about-wage-history/article_4e4788ae-7d93-11e9-962e-1b74a4b89d45.html

TULCHIN RESEARCH 
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot. If pot is legalized for recreational use in Illinois, how many more people in your neighborhood, in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois will become stoners? According to pot pushers, just about everyone is a stoner already. Stoners, their operatives, and their dupes do everything that they can to destroy individuals like me, destroy organizations like TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, destroy companies, destroy governments, and destroy countries that do not promote pot. 
www.chrome-extension://mhjfbmdgcfjbbpaeojofohoefgiehjai/index.html

https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2019/05/24/loris-holiday-headache-poll-most-favor-legal-weed-pritzker-moves-in-on-gaming-debate-439878

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Progressives Seek to Rush Human Slaughter Bill Through House – Laurie Higgins 
https://illinoisfamily.org/life/progressives-seek-to-rush-human-slaughter-bill-through-house/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— THORNER: 5G, AN INNOVATION OR SERIOUS HEALTH RISK?
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/05/thorner-5g-an-innovation-or-serious-health-risk.html

CAPITOL FAX
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Pot pushers push pot.
https://capitolfax.com/2019/05/24/cannabis-roundup-7/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump ‘faked’ injury to avoid Vietnam draft, Buttigieg claims – Seth McLaughlin (DIERSEN: Government is nasty. Politics is nasty. Democrats are nasty. If I sought a government office or a political office, they would hint/imply/argue/shout that I submitted incomplete/misleading/false information to get a financial hardship draft deferment. SEE: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft_evasion Of course, I would sue them.) 
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/may/23/trump-faked-injury-avoid-vietnam-draft-buttigieg-c/
— Trump orders immigrant welfare crackdown, reimbursements – Stephen Dinan 
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/may/23/immigrant-welfare-crackdown-ordered-donald-trump/
— Trump associates weigh defamation lawsuits over Russia probe – Rowan Scarborough (DIERSEN: Who are you considering suing for defamation? SEE: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defamation Of course, I am considering suing all those who have made false statements a) to get me to stop putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and sending them out and b) to get people to not read the emails. While my critics/opponents have lots of money, their operatives and their dupes have little or no income or net worth.) 
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/may/22/donald-trump-associates-weigh-defamation-lawsuits-/

GOPUSA
— Democrats ‘declare war’ over state restrictions on killing human babies
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=69975
— Ben Carson counterpunches against pro-abortion Ilhan Omar
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=69991

DAILY CALLER
— THAT TIME JOE BIDEN CONDEMNED AMNESTY, SAID IMMIGRANTS SHOULD LEARN ENGLISH – Scott Morefield
https://dailycaller.com/2019/05/23/joe-biden-amnesty-immigrants-english/

DAILY WIRE
— After Being Condemned By Colleagues, Radical Democrat Presides Over Congress – RYAN SAAVEDRA
https://www.dailywire.com/news/47622/after-being-condemned-colleagues-radical-democrat-ryan-saavedra

FEDERALIST
– Pete Buttigieg’s ‘Moderate’ Style Is Limited By His Hard-Left Ideas – Emily Jashinsky
https://thefederalist.com/2019/05/24/pete-buttigiegs-moderate-style-limited-hard-left-ideas/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Illegal Immigration and the Trade War – Brad Betters
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2019/05/illegal_immigration_and_the_trade_war.html
— The catchphrase politics of the media and other Democrats – Jack Hellner
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/05/the_catchphrase_politics_of_the_media_and_other_democrats_.html

ACCURACY IN ACADEMIA
— ‘Left-Wing Anti-Semitism is Gaining a Foothold,’ Panelist says – Steven Koskulitz
https://www.academia.org/left-wing-anti-semitism-is-gaining-a-foothold-panelist-says/

CBN
— NYU Graduation Speaker Calls Israel ‘Apartheid’, Calls for Boycotts of Jewish State – Emily Jones
http://www1.cbn.com/cbnnews/israel/2019/may/nyu-graduation-speaker-calls-israel-apartheid-calls-for-boycotts-of-jewish-state

INDEPENDENT JOURNAL REVIEW
— Republican Senator Wants US Census to Ask About Criminal Records – Reuters
https://ijr.com/republican-senator-wants-census-to-ask-criminal-records/

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— DHS releases shocking percentage of illegal immigrant families released into US, ‘rewarded’ with work permits – Samantha Chang
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2019/05/24/dhs-releases-shocking-percentage-of-illegal-immigrant-families-released-into-us-rewarded-with-work-permits-757896

THE HILL
— Conway: Pelosi treated me like ‘her maid’ – JORDAN FABIAN (DIERSEN: How have your critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes treated you? I should write a book about my disgusting critics/opponents, their disgusting operatives, and their disgusting dupes and how they have disgustingly treated me.) 
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/445224-conway-pelosi-treated-me-like-her-maid
— Republicans spend more than $4 million at Trump properties – REID WILSON 
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/445307-republicans-spend-more-than-4-million-at-trump-properties
— Oak Park and River Forest High School spends over $50K on new yearbooks after students make white supremacist hand symbol in photos – JOHN BOWDEN
https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/445345-illinois-high-school-spends-over-50k-on-new-yearbooks-after

NEW YORK TIMES
— 2020 Democrats Join McDonald’s Workers Striking Over Wages and Harassment – Maggie Astor (DIERSEN: Did McDonald’s move to Chicago to try to get more favorable treatment from the Democrats?)
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/23/us/politics/mcdonalds-strike-2020-candidates.html
— Facebook Says It Is More Aggressively Enforcing Content Rules – Kate Conger
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/23/technology/facebook-content-rules-data.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Racial prejudice has declined as a reaction to Trump’s presidency – Isaac Stanley-Becker
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/05/24/racial-prejudice-trump-presidency-study/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats a) glorify and praise citizens of foreign countries and b) demonize, denigrate, and condemn citizens of America.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/when-the-government-used-bad-science-to-restrict-immigration/2019/05/24/0f1612e4-6b74-11e9-8f44-e8d8bb1df986_story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote LGBTQ activity.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2019/05/24/new-trump-administration-rule-would-weaken-protections-transgender-people-health-care/

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Time’s up for McDonald’s and others to protect low-wage workers from sexual harassment – Editorial
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/editorials/la-ed-times-up-mcdonalds-20190524-story.html

BOSTON HERALD
— Illegal immigrants a strain on public housing – BETSY MCCAUGHEY (DIERSEN: How many citizens of America are homeless because of illegals in public housing?) 
https://www.bostonherald.com/2019/05/24/illegal-immigrants-a-strain-on-public-housing/

DELAWARE STATE NEWS
— Marijuana jeopardizes highway safety – Cathy Rossi
https://delawarestatenews.net/opinion/commentary-marijuana-jeopardizes-highway-safety/

CLARION LEDGER
— Politics or discrimination? Attorney cites national origin in firing, files suit – Jimmie E. Gates (DIERSEN: I should write a book about a) my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government and b) those in Wheaton, Glen Ellyn, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois who have used my being 100% German national origin against me.)
https://www.clarionledger.com/story/news/politics/2019/05/24/attorney-native-west-africa-fired-black-officials-sues-cites-national-origin-hinds-county-jackson-ms/1204078001/

WBTW
— Outrage after pro-Trump hats blurred in yearbook – CNN
https://www.wbtw.com/national/outrage-after-pro-trump-hats-blurred-in-yearbook/2023866594

WKBW
— New York businesses voice concerns over push for recreational marijuana legislation – Ala Errebhi
https://www.wkbw.com/news/local-news/new-york-businesses-voice-concerns-over-push-for-recreational-marijuana-legislation

WPXI
— Pro-Trump hats blurred in yearbook cause upset
https://www.wpxi.com/news/pro-trump-hats-blurred-in-yearbook-cause-upset/952058753

FOX ORLANDO
— Trump signs memorandum requiring immigrant sponsors to pay for social services
http://www.fox35orlando.com/news/mobile-app-news-feed/trump-signs-memorandum-requiring-immigrant-sponsors-to-pay-for-social-services

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Women Have Most of Top Roles in Campaigns for Leading 2020 Democrats WSJ analysis of senior staff of best-polling Democratic candidates shows wide swings of race, gender among staffs – Joshua Jamerson (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will organizations, companies, governments, and countries post signs that say the following are NOT WELCOME: Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older people, rich people, gun owners, German Americans, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?) 
https://www.wsj.com/articles/women-have-most-of-top-roles-in-campaigns-for-leading-2020-democrats-11558690201
— Trump Gets White House Witnesses to Attest to His ‘Very Calm’ Demeanor President reasserts that he is ‘an extremely stable genius’ as he asks aides to rebut notion that he’d thrown a temper tantrum in meeting with Democrats – Michael C. Bender (DIERSEN: Who tries to get you to lose your temper? I should write a book about those who have tried to get me to lose my temper. Most commonly, they made false statements about my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-gets-white-house-witnesses-to-attest-to-his-very-calm-demeanor-11558656429
— Boycott Over Abortion Law Threatens Georgia’s Film Industry – Cameron McWhirter and Erich Schwartzel (DIERSEN: Which individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries boycott you? I should write a book about those individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that boycott me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/some-in-hollywood-threaten-to-leave-georgia-over-abortion-law-11558631360
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Trump-haters analogize citizens of foreign countries to Jews in Germany during the 1940s.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/my-familys-american-life-almost-wasnt-11558651878

FORBES
— Five Truths Publishers Need To Accept To Remain Profitable In 2019 – Cosmin Ene (DIERSEN: The five truths include “Don’t bite the hand that feeds you.” QUESTION: Who feeds the anti-Republican news media? ANSWER: Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs.) 
https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbestechcouncil/2019/05/09/five-truths-publishers-need-to-accept-to-remain-profitable-in-2019/#6eda82797c52

BLOOMBERG
— Rethinking Wealth, From Birthright Capital to Big Spender Taxes Academics and analysts on how to make society more equitable. (DIERSEN: How much money do/did your parents have? Operatives and dupes who work for my critics/opponents hint/imply/argue/shout that a) their parents have/had far less money than my parents and b) that I have always had a tremendous unfair advantage in life because my parents were filthy rich. If my parents were filthy rich, why did I take what they call BAD JOBS? I did yard work and delivered newspapers 1962-1964; washed dishes 1964-1966; cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966; delivered mail 1966-1969; worked on an automobile assembly line and as a security guard in 1970; sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971; pumped gasoline 1971-1972; collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980; and audited federal agencies 1980-1997.)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-05-24/rethinking-wealth-from-birthright-capital-to-big-spender-taxes
(FROM THE ARTICLE: There’s a large racial wealth gap in the U.S.: Federal Reserve data show that the median white family has $171,000 in wealth. That’s about $150,000 more than the $17,600 of the median black family. These numbers include home equity.)

LONG ROOM & AMERICAN MIRROR
— Disabled elderly federal employee guilty of Hatch Act violation for Trump portrait in cubicle – VICTOR SKINNER
https://longroom.com/discussion/1496168/disabled-elderly-federal-employee-guilty-of-hatch-act-violation-for-trump-portrait-in-cubicle
http://www.theamericanmirror.com/disabled-elderly-federal-employee-guilty-of-hatch-act-violation-for-trump-portrait-in-cubicle/

NPR
— Julián Castro Wants To Redefine Which Immigrants Have ‘Merit’ – STEVE INSKEEP (DIERSEN: Do you have merit? I have absolutely no merit according to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes in the Milton Township Republican Central Committee (MTRCC), DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce (WCC), Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC), American Association of Political Consultants (AAPC) Midwest Chapter (MC), GAO, etc. In my defense, I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 32. IRS promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974. GAO promoted me in 1986. I survived as a) TAPROOT chairman for 7 years, b) WCC Government Affairs Committee member for 8 years, c) MTRCC webmaster for 6 years, d) ICRC Steering Committee member for 4 years, e) AAPC MC board member for 3 years, f) GAO employee for 18 years, g) IRS employee for 9 years, and h) Post Office employee for 3 years.)
https://www.npr.org/2019/05/24/726080593/juli-n-castro-wants-to-redefine-which-immigrants-have-merit

DAILY PROGRESS
— Speaking at UVa, Clinton says presidents should unite the country – Tyler Hammel (DIERSEN: Democrat elected officials unite the country against individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.dailyprogress.com/news/politics/speaking-at-uva-clinton-says-presidents-should-unite-the-country/article_bd3f7d76-7dbf-11e9-ac3d-c32c4ac35563.html

WEEK
— Pete Buttigieg believes Trump ‘faked a disability’ to avoid the Vietnam draft (DIERSEN: Government is nasty. Politics is nasty. Democrats are nasty. If I sought a government office or a political office, they would hint/imply/argue/shout that I submitted incomplete/misleading/false information to get a financial hardship draft deferment. SEE: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft_evasion Of course, I would sue them.) 
https://theweek.com/speedreads/843144/pete-buttigieg-believes-trump-faked-disability-avoid-vietnam-draft

AMERICAN PROSPECT
— Pelosi Must Not Run Congress Like Trump Ran His Businesses Congress doesn’t have the resources right now to take on Trump, and Democrats aren’t fighting to acquire them. – DANIEL SCHUMAN (FROM THE ARTICLE: Congress is a shadow of itself. What this means in terms of personnel, for example, is House committee staff fell by one-third from 1994 to 2016, from 1,947 people to 1,298. Government Accountability Office staff fell by one-third, from 4,572 to 2,989.)
https://prospect.org/article/pelosi-must-not-run-congress-trump-ran-his-businesses
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A quarter-century ago, Newt Gingrich set out to destroy Congress as a force for progress, slashing the House’s funding by 14 percent and eviscerating its support agencies, like the Office of Technology Assessment, which drafted reports on emerging scientific and technological issues. In the last decade, House Republicans literally decimated funding for the House. Overall funding for the legislative branch is down by $370 million in constant dollars over the last decade alone, and funding for committees over that time has dropped by 22 percent—from $432 million to $329 million in constant dollars. Congress is a shadow of itself. What this means in terms of personnel, for example, is House committee staff fell by one-third from 1994 to 2016, from 1,947 people to 1,298. Government Accountability Office staff fell by one-third, from 4,572 to 2,989; and the Congressional Research Service fell by one-quarter, from 835 to 609. This is colloquially known as the lobotomization of Congress. The average expertise of and resources available to the rump of remaining staff have dropped precipitously, and few in power have any real experience governing. As if you couldn’t tell. To sum up, Congress is in no shape to take on Trump.)

NEWSWEEK
— EX-TRUMP STRATEGIST SEBASTIAN GORKA SAYS DEMOCRATS’ IMMIGRATION POLICY AIMS TO ‘RECREATE A DEMOCRAT PLANTATION… NOT WITH SLAVES’ BUT WITH ‘ILLEGAL ALIENS’ – CALLUM PATON
https://www.newsweek.com/video-ex-trump-strategist-sebastian-gorka-says-democrats-immigration-policy-1434974

WORKFORCE
— The Precarious Legalities of Socially Conscious Workplace Policies Do employers make these decisions based on principle or on a market analysis? Are these decisions borne of a desire to cultivate a healthy workplace community by being part of a bigger, socially conscious vision? – Tim K. Garrett (DIERSEN: Democrats run the federal government. Therefore, their workplace policies promote the Democrat Party platform.) 
https://www.workforce.com/2019/05/24/precarious-legalities-socially-conscious-workplace-policies/

WINDY CITY TIMES
— LGBTQ Inclusive Curriculum Bill Advances to Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, to send your child to a public school in Illinois is to encourage your child to engage in LGBTQ activity. I should write a book about those who demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trinity Lutheran Grade School in Crete and Hope Lutheran Grade School in Park Forest. I attended Trinity Lutheran 1953-1961 and Hope Lutheran 1961-1962.)
http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/lgbt/LGBTQ-Inclusive-Curriculum-Bill-Advances-to-Illinois-Gov-JB-Pritzker/66130.html

May 23 Evening Edition

CBS2
— Pregnant Mom And Family Take Asylum In Chicago Lawn Church To Avoid Deportation To Mexico – Audrina Bigos (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats glorify and praise a) those who come to America illegally and b) those who stay in America illegally.
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2019/05/23/adilene-marquina-asylum-deportation-chicago-lawn-faith-hope-love-mission/

WGN TV
— Pregnant mother of 3 seeks sanctuary from deportation in Chicago church – JULIAN CREWS
https://wgntv.com/2019/05/23/expectant-mother-seeks-deportation-asylum-at-chicago-church/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Nancy Pelosi questioned Donald Trump’s fitness for office. He responded by calling her ‘crazy’ and himself a ‘stable genius.’ – AP
https://www.chicagotribune.com/nation-world/ct-nancy-pelosi-questions-trump-intervention-20190523-story.html
— Long-stalled bill that would remove abortion restrictions in Illinois poised to move forward – Jamie Munks
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-met-illinois-abortion-legislation-20190523-story.html
— Chicago casino, pension help and infrastructure top Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s legislative wish list – John Byrne
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-met-chicago-mayor-lori-lightfoot-springfield-agenda-20190523-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— Hundreds of Lake County properties were overtaxed, officials admit – Russell Lissau
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190523/hundreds-of-lake-county-properties-were-overtaxed-officials-admit

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Chicago banker charged with bribery in seeking Trump post Stephen Calk was charged by federal prosecutors with bribery for seeking a role in the Trump administration allegedly in return for $16 million in loans to a senior official in the Trump 2016 presidential campaign.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/finance-banking/chicago-banker-charged-bribery-seeking-trump-post

WTTW
— If Pot is Legalized in Illinois, What Happens to Medical Marijuana? – Amanda Vinicky
https://news.wttw.com/2019/05/23/if-pot-legalized-illinois-what-happens-medical-marijuana

WQAD
— The Quad Cities is split on the nationwide abortion debate – LAUREN JACKSON
https://wqad.com/2019/05/23/the-quad-cities-is-split-on-the-nationwide-abortion-debate/

FOX ILLINOIS
— Pelosi questions Trump’s fitness; time for ‘intervention’?
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/speaker-pelosi-holds-weekly-press-conference-day-after-accusing-trump-of-cover-up

SUBURBAN LIFE
— Illinois teachers call for raise to salary cap – PETER HANCOCK
https://www.mysuburbanlife.com/2019/05/23/illinois-teachers-call-for-raise-to-salary-cap/aptayk5/

ELIZABETH HAIN
— Stop the Roosevelt Road Corridor Redevelopment Plan! (DIERSEN: This plan includes my precinct on the south side of Roosevelt Road between Carlton and Main Streets.)
https://www.thepetitionsite.com/981/324/570/stop-the-roosevelt-road-corridor-redevelopment-plan/

KANE COUNTY REPORTER
— In health care debate, Underwood dogged by exaggeration of nursing experience – W.J. Kennedy
https://kanecountyreporter.com/stories/512563159-in-health-care-debate-underwood-dogged-by-exaggeration-of-nursing-experience

ILLINOIS TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote LGBTQ activity.
https://illinoistimes.com/article-21263-pridefest-draws-thousands.html

CAPITOL FAX
— House cancels Saturday session, will return Sunday at 4
https://capitolfax.com/2019/05/23/house-cancels-saturday-session-will-return-sunday-at-4/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— 2020 Democrats all have the same immigration position: Open borders
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/2020-democrats-all-have-the-same-immigration-position-open-borders
— Infectious diseases a rising threat among migrants at southern border – Anna Giaritelli 
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/infectious-diseases-a-rising-threat-among-migrants-at-southern-border
— AOC attacks journalists once again, but Elizabeth Warren’s legal cases are a real story – Tiana Lowe
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/aoc-attacks-journalists-once-again-but-elizabeth-warrens-legal-cases-are-a-real-story

FOX NEWS
— Buttigieg goes nuclear: Mayor Pete claims Trump faked disability to avoid draft, rips Biden – Paul Steinhauser
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/buttigieg-trump-faked-disability-to-avoid-draft
— Pelosi, Dems just don’t care about our national emergency – Chip Roy, Andy Biggs, Jim Jordan
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/reps-roy-jordan-biggs-cloud-pelosi-democrats-immigration-migrant-children

BREITBART
— Pete Buttigieg Details Plan to ‘Stiff-Arm’ Donald Trump as ‘Racist’ ‘Crazy Uncle’ – CHARLIE SPIERING
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/05/23/pete-buttigieg-details-plan-stiff-arm-donald-trump-racist-crazy-uncle/
— Trump Signs Order Cracking Down on Welfare-Dependent Legal Immigration – John Binder
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/05/23/trump-signs-order-cracking-down-welfare-dependent-legal-immigration/

CONSERVATIVE HQ
— Trump Is Right To Play Hardball With Dems – George Rasley
http://www.conservativehq.com/node/30304

NEWSMAX
— Durbin: Trump Has Decided He’s Not Going to Be President – Sandy Fitzgerald 
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/dick-durbin-investigation-robert-mueller/2019/05/23/id/917335/
— Invasion of America Not ‘Fake News’ – Michael Reagan
https://www.newsmax.com/reagan/border-patrol-pelosi-texas/2019/05/23/id/917351/

GOPUSA
— Venezuela’s gas lines of 700– there’s your socialism, folks
http://www.gopusa.com/venezuelas-gas-lines-of-700-theres-your-socialism-folks/

EPOCH TIMES
— Democrats, Federal Employee Unions Decry Trump Plan to Reform Bureaucracy – MARK TAPSCOTT
https://www.theepochtimes.com/democrats-federal-employee-unions-decry-trump-plan-to-reform-bureaucracy_2933014.html

LIFE NEWS
— Illinois Democrats Push Bill to Legalize Abortions Up to Birth Despite Massive Opposition – MICAIAH BILGER 
https://www.lifenews.com/2019/05/23/illinois-democrats-push-bill-to-legalize-abortions-up-to-birth-despite-massive-opposition/

THE HILL
— Buttigieg: Trump ‘does and says racist things and gives cover to other racists’ – JUSTIN WISE 
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/445245-buttigieg-trump-does-and-say-racist-things-and-gives-cover-to-other-racists

NBC NEWS
— Buttigieg, a military vet, says Trump pretended to be disabled to dodge the draft The Democratic presidential hopeful said that the president’s conduct resulted in someone else going to war in his place. – Josh Lederman (DIERSEN: Since 1966 when I was 18 years old, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have viciously used against me my seeking and obtaining student draft deferments 1966-1970 and a financial hardship draft deferment 1970-1971. They stress that while my peers were dying in Vietnam, I drove a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint 1966-1967, a new 1968 Oldsmobile 442 1967-1968, a new 1969 Dodge Charger SE 1968-1971, and a new 1972 Corvette since 1971. They stress that while my peers were dying in Vietnam, I bought a new town home in University Park in 1972 and a studio condo in downtown Chicago in 1974. They stress that while my peers were dying in Vietnam, I earned a bachelor’s degree in 1970 and then took graduate business courses. They stress that while my peers were dying in Vietnam, a) I earned almost 3 years of both Social Security (SS) and Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) credits while I worked for the Post Office 1966-1969, b) I earned SS credits while I worked for Firestone Stores 1970-1972, and c) I started earning more CSRS credits working for IRS in 1971. They stress that while my peers were dying in Vietnam, I went on vacations in 1969, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1975, etc.) 
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/buttigieg-military-vet-says-trump-pretended-be-disabled-dodge-draft-n1009246

NEW YORK TIMES
— Banker Accused of Arranging $16 Million in Loans to Manafort to Gain High-Level Trump Post Stephen M. Calk, the chairman of a small Chicago bank, sought positions including secretary of the Treasury, prosecutors said. – Benjamin Weiser and William K. Rashbaum
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/23/nyregion/stephen-calk-manafort-arrest.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Older Americans more likely to cite workplace discrimination – Andrew Soergel
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/older-americans-more-likely-to-cite-workplace-discrimination/2019/05/23/5a503bea-7d6c-11e9-b1f3-b233fe5811ef_story.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— On Immigration, 2020 Democrats Largely Stick to Decrying Trump Presidential hopefuls condemn family separations and building a wall, but they offer few specifics for asylum crisis – Joshua Jamerson and Louise Radnofsky
https://www.wsj.com/articles/on-immigration-2020-democrats-largely-stick-to-decrying-trump-11558623629

LAWYERS
— Age Discrimination Increases Across Corporations – Sidney L. Gold
https://blogs.lawyers.com/attorney/discrimination/age-discrimination-increases-across-corporations-55380/
— Poor Health Linked To Age Discrimination – Sidney L. Gold
https://blogs.lawyers.com/attorney/discrimination/poor-health-linked-to-age-discrimination-55381/

NEWSWEEK
— WHY IS THE $20 HARRIET TUBMAN BILL BEING DELAYED? RACISM AND ‘DEEP-SEATED MISOGYNY,’ CRITICS SAY – CHANTAL DA SILVA
https://www.newsweek.com/why-20-harriet-tubman-bill-being-delayed-racism-and-misogyny-critics-say-1433887

FEDERAL SOUP
— Newly introduced legislation would make feds’ bonuses, pensions public – Sherkiya Wedgeworth
https://federalsoup.com/articles/2019/05/22/newly-introduced-legislation-would-make-feds-bonuses-public.aspx

LGBTQ NATION
— A Republican politician just came out. Will he stick with the GOP? “The truth is, I never felt comfortable in my own skin. I felt I was living someone else’s life.” – Alex Bollinger 
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2019/05/republican-politician-just-came-will-stick-gop/

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— QUESTION: What kind of articles do my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes a) not share with you and b) do not what me to include links to in GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails? ANSWER: Articles that they did not write or bless. Articles that promote Trump. Articles that promote the traditional family, right to life, immigration, and Second Amendment planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform. Articles that promote the illegal drugs and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving planks in the Republican Party platform. Articles that promote the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

May 23 Morning Edition

ABC7
— Birth tourism controversy: Foreign women travel to deliver babies, gain U.S. citizenship for newborns – Chuck Goudie and Barbara Markoff
https://abc7chicago.com/family/birth-tourism-foreign-women-travel-to-deliver-babies-in-us-to-gain-citizenship-for-newborns–/5313467/?cmp=emc-wls-news-headlines-5/23/2019
— McDonald’s workers to protest outside company’s West Loop headquarters
https://abc7chicago.com/business/mcdonalds-workers-to-protest-outside-companys-west-loop-hq/5313889/?cmp=emc-wls-news-headlines-5/23/2019

WGN TV
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Nearing deadline, Pritzker’s wishlist includes taxes, gambling, marijuana – TAHMAN BRADLEY
https://wgntv.com/2019/05/22/nearing-deadline-pritzkers-wishlist-includes-taxes-gambling-marijuana-and-infrastructure/
— New mayor of Harvey says City Hall records in disarray, ghost payrollers possible – BEN BRADLEY
https://wgntv.com/2019/05/22/new-mayor-of-harvey-says-city-hall-records-in-disarray-ghost-payrollers-possible/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote illegals over Americans.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/5/22/18636335/battle-elected-school-board-undocumented-immigrants-martwick-cullerton-lightfoot

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON CHICAGO TIGHTENS: Chicago slips on population but is still third-largest city in U.S. — for now – Cecilia Reyes and Patrick M. O’Connell
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-met-census-chicago-metro-population-towns-05172019-story.html#new_tab
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Pot pushers push medical pot to push recreational pot. 
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-met-medical-marijuana-growers-recreational-market-in-illinois-20190515-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— Now’s the time to watch state government – and to watch carefully – Jim Slusher
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20190523/nows-the-time-to-watch-state-government—and-to-watch-carefully

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON CHICAGO TIGHTENS: Chicago population falls for fourth year in row – GREG HINZ 
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/greg-hinz-politics/chicago-population-falls-fourth-year-row

PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote abortion.
https://www.pjstar.com/news/20190522/reproductive-health-act-to-escape-legislative-limbo

QUAD CITIES ONLINE
— Help GOP fight Illinois graduated income tax – REP. TONY MCCOMBIE
https://qconline.com/opinion/columnists/help-gop-fight-illinois-graduated-income-tax/article_0435fdfe-6e0c-5fba-85b3-869f3957eb95.html

SOUTHERN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Republican-haters promote Republican-haters.
https://thesouthern.com/opinion/columnists/opinion-leonard-pitts-the-republican-party-working-to-repeal-the/article_0ba07b9d-7c31-54e6-8622-00ce641a880d.html

LEGACY
— OBITUARY: JAMES H. GUMM (DIERSEN: Government is nasty. Politics is nasty. I should write a book about those who continue to destroy me because I refused to help them destroy James H. Gumm. SEE: https://caselaw.findlaw.com/il-court-of-appeals/1539352.html)
https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/dailyherald/obituary.aspx?n=james-h-gumm&pid=192946122

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Skillicorn Lays Out Tax Hikes Democrats Plan
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/05/22/skillicorn-lays-out-tax-hikes-democrats-plan/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— If Trump wants black votes, he should talk about illegal immigrants seizing rare public housing spots
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/if-trump-wants-black-votes-he-should-talk-about-illegal-immigrants-seizing-rare-public-housing-spots

FOX NEWS
— Why Nancy Pelosi may be forced into pursuing impeachment against Trump
https://www.foxnews.com/us/why-nancy-pelosi-may-be-forced-into-pursuing-impeachment-against-trump

AMERICAN THINKER
— Biden and the Millennials – Taylor Lewis
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2019/05/biden_and_the_millennials.html

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Reparations and Diversity are Not the Path to Equality – Ken Masugi
https://www.amgreatness.com/2019/05/22/reparations-and-diversity-are-not-the-path-to-equality/

BREITBART
— Phyllis Schlafly’s Handpicked Successor Calls for Official RNC Censure of Justin Amash – Ed Martin (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who tried and failed at Illinois Center Right Coalition’s (ICRC) 2006 annual convention to censure me for my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails. At ICRC’s 2007 annual convention, they succeeded in throwing me off ICRC’s Steering Committee.)
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/05/21/exclusive-phyllis-schlaflys-handpicked-successor-calls-for-official-rnc-censure-of-justin-amash/

PUBLIUS FORUM
— Business Owner Refuses to Remove Giant American Flag Despite City’s Threats and Fines – Warner Todd Huston
http://www.publiusforum.com/2019/05/22/business-owner-refuses-to-remove-giant-american-flag-despite-citys-threats-and-fines/

WORLD NET DAILY
— U.S. ISN’T BECOMING EUROPE — WE’RE BECOMING FALLING ROME Ann Coulter: ‘White Americans are 1 border surge away from becoming a minority’
https://www.wnd.com/2019/05/u-s-isnt-becoming-europe-were-becoming-falling-rome/
— BLACK BILLIONAIRE ‘VICTIMS’ AND THEIR LEFTIST OVERLORDS Erik Rush challenges pair of NFL players who still see a racist nation
https://www.wnd.com/2019/05/black-billionaire-victims-and-their-leftist-overlords/

ONE NEWS NOW
— Harvard holds special event for illegal alien grads – Bob Kellogg (DIERSEN: In 2020, a) those who want to save America will vote for Republicans and b) those who want to destroy America will vote for Democrats.)
https://onenewsnow.com/education/2019/05/23/harvard-holds-special-event-for-illegal-alien-grads

DAILY WIRE
— California Is Prosecuting Journalists For Doing Journalism, And The News Media Doesn’t Care – MATT WALSH (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who prosecute me for my putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and sending them out. What do you say to those who falsely state that they are religious, conservative, and/or Republican and who read my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails? Of course, they fail/refuse to come to my defense. They read the emails for “opposition research.” They a) reject planks in the Republican Party platform and/or the Illinois Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, b) reject the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling and work against those like me who support that resolution, c) focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate, d) were defendants in lawsuits that I have filed, and/or e) are operatives or dupes for the aforesaid.) 
https://www.dailywire.com/news/47536/walsh-california-prosecuting-journalists-doing-matt-walsh

NEW YORK TIMES
— What Reparations for Slavery Might Look Like in 2019 The idea of economic amends for past injustices and persistent disparities is getting renewed attention. Here are some formulas for achieving the aim. – Patricia Cohen (DIERSEN: Affirmative Action (AA), Diversity, and Inclusion are reparations. The Democrats who run the federal government use AA, Diversity, Inclusion, up-or-out, budget cuts, etc. to make their Republican employees who are White, male, older, and/or non-veteran pay the price of AA, Diversity, and Inclusion, that is, pay reparations.)

USA TODAY
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters promote Trump-haters.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2019/05/23/trump-impeachment-justin-amash-is-what-republicans-need-column/3766000002/
— Millennials are less healthy and more depressed than Gen X, report finds – Ryan W. Miller 
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2019/04/24/millennial-health-worse-than-gen-x-depression-diabetes-adhd-up/3539739002/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Facebook Ends Commissions for Political Ad Sales Once seen as a growth area, political ads are now viewed within the company as more of a headache – Emily Glazer and Jeff Horwitz
https://www.wsj.com/articles/facebook-ends-commissions-for-political-ad-sales-11558603803
— Charging Rent When Your Adult Kid Moves Home Many parents don’t charge their boomerang children rent, but some experts say that’s a mistake – Beth DeCarbo (DIERSEN: After you earned your bachelor’s degree, did you live with your parents? My father died suddenly in 1969 when he was 47 and I was 21. My mother had never attended high school and she had never worked outside of our home. After I earned a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU in August of 1970, I applied for and eventually got a financial hardship draft deferment to help support my mother and brother. I lived with my mother and brother in our Crete home and helped pay their bills until September of 1972 when I bought a new town home in University Park. I helped pay their bills with money that I earned a) working for the Firestone Store in Chicago Heights full-time 1970-1971 and part-time 1971-1972 and b) working IRS in Chicago during 1971 and then in Harvey.) 
https://www.wsj.com/articles/charging-rent-when-your-adult-kid-moves-home-11558603801
— The ‘Underpaid Teachers’ Myth – Jason Richwine and Andrew G. Biggs (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, the federal government grossly overpaid me. In my defense, first, none of my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes would have taken the jobs that I held because the pay was too low. Second, most, if not virtually all of them lack education, work experience, professional certifications, etc. required for the jobs. And third, I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 32.) 
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-underpaid-teachers-myth-11558565415
— The College-Admissions Mess The SAT’s new index should be seen as a patch to liberalism’s greatest failure. – Daniel Henninger
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-college-admissions-mess-11558565047
— Democrats Say the Craziest Things President Trump should hope they keep talking. Swing voters are listening. – Karl Rove
https://www.wsj.com/articles/democrats-say-the-craziest-things-11558565069

BLOOMBERG
— In Some States, 15% of the Population Collects Social Security – Marie Patino
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-05-22/in-some-states-15-of-the-population-collects-social-security

TIMES DAILY
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters side with Michigan Republican Rep. Justin Amash.
https://www.timesdaily.com/opinion/editorials/political-parties-shrinking-their-tents/article_881718cf-4a18-50df-93a2-207b18a1a8de.html

NOQ REPORTS
— Cuban illegal immigrant apprehensions increase 1600% in Del Rio Sector alone – Kerry Marasco
https://noqreport.com/2019/05/22/cuban-illegal-immigrant-apprehensions-increase-1600-del-rio-sector-alone/

BELIEF NET
— Living with Purpose after 50 – Meerabelle Dey (DIERSEN: What has been your purpose the last 20 years? For the last 20 years, my purpose has been to help elect Republican candidates who can and will defend and advance the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) platform and the Republican Party platform. What will be your purpose be the next 20 years? For the next 20 years, my purpose will continue to be helping elect Republican candidates who can and will defend and advance the IRP platform and the Republican Party platform. Those who work against me a) reject planks in the Republican Party platform and/or the IRP platform and work against those like me who support those planks, b) reject the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling and work against those like me who support that resolution, c) focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate, d) were defendants in lawsuits that I have filed, and/or e) are operatives or dupes for the aforesaid.)
https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/yourmorningcupofinspiration/2019/05/living-purpose-50.html

PEW RESEARCH CENTER
— A Rising Share of Undergraduates Are From Poor Families, Especially at Less Selective Colleges – RICHARD FRY AND ANTHONY CILLUFFO
https://www.pewsocialtrends.org/2019/05/22/a-rising-share-of-undergraduates-are-from-poor-families-especially-at-less-selective-colleges/

CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION
— Low-Income and Minority Students Are Growing Share of Enrollments – Zipporah Osei 
https://www.chronicle.com/article/Low-IncomeMinority/246346

FEDERAL TIMES
— Democrats blast Trump’s ‘war’ on the civil service – Adam Stone (DIERSEN: I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who have made it clear that they hate past, present, and future federal employees. Of course, they agree with all the adverse actions that my Democrat superiors in the federal government took against me. Of course, they agree with all the adverse actions that the Milton Township Republican Central Committee, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Illinois Center Right Coalition, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter, etc. have taken against me and continue to take against me.) 
https://www.federaltimes.com/federal-oversight/congress/2019/05/22/democrats-blast-trumps-war-on-the-civil-service/

May 22 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Gun control supporters head to Springfield with ‘Fix the FOID Act’ protest – Sarah Schulte
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/gun-control-supporters-take-fix-the-foid-act-protest-to-springfield/5313043/
— Rahm Emanuel to join ABC News as contributor, sources say
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/rahm-emanuel-to-join-abc-news-as-contributor-sources-say-/5311290/

CBS2
— Activists Urge Approval Of Proposal To Require Fingerprints For Illinois Gun Licenses, More Background Checks For Firearm Purchases
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2019/05/22/illinois-foid-card-legislation-fingerprinting-background-checks/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Underwood’s sharp questioning of DHS acting chief about migrant children deaths earns her a rebuke Rep. Lauren Underwood, D-Ill., accused the DHS acting chief of “intentionally” backing policies causing the deaths of migrant children. – Lynn Sweet
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/5/22/18636352/underwood-sharp-questioning-dhs-acting-chief-migrant-deaths-earns-rebuke
— Under pressure, DCCC chief Bustos pulls out of fundraiser for Lipinski Rep. Cheri Bustos, D-Ill., chair of the Democratic House political operation, withdraws from Lipinski funder after pushback from abortion-rights progressive Democrats. – Lynn Sweet (DIERSEN: I should write a book about powerful Democrat plant and RINO activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc. in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois during the last 20 years who focus/focused on destroying Republicans like me who support the right to life plank in the Illinois Republican Party platform and the Republican Party platform.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2019/5/22/18636456/abortion-under-attack-dccc-chief-busto-pulls-out-fundraiser-for-lipinski

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Look up how many FOID cards were revoked in your town – Kyle Bentle and Cecilia Reyes
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-viz-revoked-foid-cards-search-illinois-2019-htmlstory.html
— More than 26,000 Illinoisans have lost their right to own a gun. Nearly 80% may still be armed. – Annie Sweeney, Stacy St. Clair, Cecilia Reyes and Sarah Freishtat
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-met-illinois-guns-foid-cards-revoked-20190520-story.html
— Gov. Pritzker, stop treating Illinois taxpayers like the state’s ATM – John Tillman
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-pritzker-taxes-illinois-fiscal-mismanagement-20190522-story.html

DAILY HERALD & SOUTHERN & HERALD & REVIEW & ROCKFORD REGISTER STAR
— TREASONOUS: Immigrant rights advocates push to make Illinois a sanctuary state – PETER HANCOCK
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190522/immigrant-rights-advocates-call-to-make-illinois-a-sanctuary-state
https://thesouthern.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/immigrant-rights-advocates-push-to-make-illinois-a-sanctuary-state/article_28d68dcf-6777-5796-80f7-00057527f5ea.html
https://herald-review.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/immigrant-rights-advocates-lawmakers-call-on-illinois-to-become-sanctuary/article_191820f0-a925-523c-8d3c-2e2cd9e4a3f6.html
https://www.rrstar.com/news/20190522/immigrant-rights-advocates-call-to-make-illinois-sanctuary-state

DAILY HERALD
— Underwood says border policies resulted in child deaths, draws rebuke – James Fuller
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190522/underwood-says-border-policies-resulted-in-child-deaths-draws-rebuke
— Court settlement requires ‘adult’ photo studio near Wheaton to close – Katlyn Smith
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190522/court-settlement-requires-adult-photo-studio-near-wheaton-to-close
— Vintage Rides returns to downtown Wheaton with dedication of new plaza – Paula Barrington
https://www.dailyherald.com/submitted/20190522/vintage-rides-returns-to-downtown-wheaton-with-dedication-of-new-plaza
— House GOP continues push against a graduated state income tax – Jerry Nowicki
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190522/house-gop-continues-push-against-a-graduated-state-income-tax

ALTON DAILY NEWS
— Insurance Tax Proposal Would Tax Every Claim in Illinois – Greg Bishop 
http://altondailynews.com/news/details.cfm?clientid=17&id=284809#.XOVpmJh_OM8

JEANNE IVES
— $50 Million for What?
https://mailchi.mp/85eb39ca479e/as-promised?e=4019cd2295

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— Illinois “Fix The FOID Act” legislation – Guns surrendered upon felony indictment, not conviction! – KIRK ALLEN
https://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2019/05/illinois-fix-the-foid-act-legislation-guns-surrendered-upon-felony-indictment-not-conviction/

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Illinois’ Marijuana Juggernaut – Kathy Valente 
https://illinoisfamily.org/marijuana-2/sb-7-illinois-marijuana-juggernaut/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— PASSIONATE ABOUT PLANNED PARENTHOOD? THE SUN-TIMES AND TRIBUNE ARE
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/05/passionate-about-planned-parenthood-the-sun-times-and-tribune-are.html
— ILLINOIS DEMOCRATS CONSIDER REVAMPING STATE’S FOID CARD LAW
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/05/illinois-democrats-consider-revamping-states-foid-card-law.html
— SPRINGFIELD BILLBOARD DEFENDS RAINBOW AS GOD’S (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will LGBTQ promoters shout that if you do not promote LGBTQ activity, GOD will send you straight to HELL?) 
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/05/springfield-billboard-defends-rainbow-as-gods.html
— PRITZKER’S GRADUATED TAX AMENDMENT COULD PASS ILLINOIS HOUSE THURSDAY
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/05/pritzkers-graduated-tax-amendment-could-pass-illinois-house-thursday.html
— THORNER/O’NEIL: AMERICAN CITIZENS MUST COME FIRST
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/05/thorneroneil-american-citizens-must-come-first.html
— THE SWEDISH LESSON: WELFARE STATES CREATE MORAL HAZARD
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/05/the-swedish-lesson-welfare-states-create-moral-hazard.html
— TRUMP TAKES A PROMISING FIRST STEP TO RESOLVING OUR BALKANIZATION CRISIS
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/05/trump-takes-a-promising-first-step-to-resolving-our-balkanization-crisis.html

CAPITOL FAX
— Durkin and Brady: A study in contrasts
https://capitolfax.com/2019/05/22/a-study-in-contrasts/
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot.
https://capitolfax.com/2019/05/22/cannabis-roundup-5/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Foreign-born workers send $150 billion a year to their home country – Jennifer Harper
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/may/22/untaxed-foreign-born-workers-send-150-billion-a-ye/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Beto O’Rourke repeats lie about immigrants committing less crime than native-born Americans (DIERSEN: To come into America illegally and/or to stay in America illegally is to shout that you a) disrespect the rule of law, b) disrespect America, and c) disrespect America’s citizens.) 
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beto-orourke-repeats-lie-about-immigrants-committing-less-crime-than-native-born-americans

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Democratic 2020 Candidates Flirt With Unconstitutional Censorship – Alex Griswold
https://freebeacon.com/blog/democratic-2020-candidates-flirt-with-unconstitutional-censorship/

BREITBART
— Democrats Have Abandoned Obama’s Language of Empathy on Abortion – JOEL B. POLLAK
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/05/22/pollak-democrats-have-abandoned-obamas-language-of-empathy-on-abortion/

CONSERVATIVE REVIEW
— Ilhan Omar insults Republican voters: ‘Ignorance really is pervasive in many parts of this country’ – Nate Madden 
https://www.conservativereview.com/news/ilhan-omar-insults-republican-voters-ignorance-really-pervasive-many-parts-country/
— HUD housing should put Americans first – Michelle Malkin
https://www.conservativereview.com/news/malkin-duh-hud-housing-put-americans-first/
— The frontline effects of the open border don’t stay at the border. They’re all around DC – Daniel Horowitz 
https://www.conservativereview.com/news/frontline-effects-open-border-dont-stay-border-theyre-around-dc/

CONSERVATIVE DAILY NEWS
— California Considers Spending Billions On Health Care For Illegal Immigrants – Jason Hopkins
https://www.conservativedailynews.com/2019/05/california-considers-spending-billions-on-health-care-for-illegal-immigrants/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Leaked internal document reveals Facebook wanted special scrutiny of Candace Owens’s background, ideology, looking for reasons to banher – Thomas Lifson
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/05/leaked_internal_document_reveals_facebook_wanted_special_scrutiny_candace_owenss_background_ideology_looking_for_reasons_to_ban_her.html

AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE
— The Great Power Game is On and China is Winning If America wants to maintain any influence in Asia, it needs to wake up. – ROBERT W. MERRY
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/the-great-power-game-is-on-and-china-is-winning/

DAILY SIGNAL
— Socialism Promises a Utopia, but Delivers Suffering – Walter E. Williams
https://www.dailysignal.com/2019/05/22/socialism-promises-a-utopia-but-delivers-suffering/

FOX BUSINESS
— Ben Carson rips lawmaker after ‘Oreo’ testimony – Julia Limitone
https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/ben-carson-rips-lawmaker-after-oreo-testimony-sen-porters-clueless

NEWS BUSTERS
— Conservative Engineer Exposes Google’s Liberal Outrage Culture – Alexander Hall
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/techwatch/alexander-hall/2019/05/22/conservative-engineer-exposes-googles-liberal-outrage

NBC NEWS
— ‘Save Chick-fil-A’ bill reignites LGBTQ opposition in Texas   Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has signaled he’ll sign the controversial bill, which critics say is discrimination cloaked in religion. – AP
https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/save-chick-fil-bill-reignites-lgbtq-opposition-texas-n1008776

NEW YORK TIMES
— Canceled Fund-Raiser Prompts Question: Can a Democrat Oppose Abortion? – Jonathan Martin (DIERSEN: I should write a book about powerful Democrat plant and RINO activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc. in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois during the last 20 years who focus/focused on destroying Republicans like me who support the right to life plank in the Illinois Republican Party platform and the Republican Party platform.) 
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/22/us/politics/dan-lipinski-abortion-cheri-bustos.html

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters ask “What’s behind the desire for ‘skilled’ immigrants?” and say “Racial prejudice.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/05/22/trump-wants-skilled-immigrants-is-that-because-economics-or-coded-way-reject-latinos/

FORBES
— House Committee Debates A Legislative “Fix” That Would Make It Easier To Prove Age Discrimination – Patricia Barnes
https://www.forbes.com/sites/patriciagbarnes/2019/05/22/house-committee-debates-a-legislative-fix-that-would-make-it-easier-to-prove-age-discrimination/#7bd73840614e

MARKET WATCH
— OUTSTANDING: Facebook will not allow marijuana sales on its platform Social network’s internal policy team elects to keep global ban on promoting pot sales or selling marijuana outright, after months of debate
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/exclusive-facebook-still-will-not-allow-marijuana-sales-to-be-promoted-on-its-platform-2019-05-22

ATLANTA JOURNAL CONSTITUTION
— Georgia is home to 4 of the most politically segregated cities in U.S. – Greg Bluestein (DIERSEN: How politically segregated is your county, your township/ward, your municipality, and your precinct?)
https://www.ajc.com/blog/politics/the-jolt-georgia-home-the-most-politically-segregated-cities/J88467t3u7pAMcn0MWic9I/

NEWSWEEK
— 2020 FOX NEWS TOWN HALLS ARE OK WITH NEARLY TWO-THIRDS OF DEMOCRAT, LIBERAL VOTERS, POLL INDICATES – BENJAMIN FEARNOW 
https://www.newsweek.com/democrats-fox-news-town-hall-2020-poll-1432558

MEDIUM
— What’s your why? Share it with your audience to sustain your future. – Jennifer Hefty
https://medium.com/trusting-news/whats-your-why-share-it-with-your-audience-to-sustain-your-future-a070669f317
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Why do we do it? Why do we work in a highly unstable career with no job security? Why do we cover stories so unimaginably terrible that sometimes all that’s left for us to do at the end of the day is cry? Why do we endure a high-pressure, fast-paced environment with little pay while at the same time dealing with a constant barrage of criticism from those we are trying to serve? (You’ve unfortunately probably heard some of this before: you’re a liberal rag; you’re in Politician X’s pocket; have you EVER even HEARD of a copy editor?) We do it because we care. We do it because our passion for our communities runs deep in our veins. We do it because we feel a responsibility to tell our neighbors’ stories, keep our cities safe and hold our governments accountable. We do it because we can’t imagine doing anything else. Historically, we haven’t been very good at telling the story of our why. But it’s one that is key to sustaining local journalism for years to come. As the news industry continues to face more layoffs, I’ve heard my colleagues ask, “So what can we do? How can we help ensure the future of our news organization?”)

May 22 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot. 
https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-marijuana-industry-illinois-size-20190520-story.html
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-marijuana-legalization-home-grow-pritzker-20190520-story.html
https://www.chicagotribune.com/dining/ct-food-chicago-cbd-infused-drinks-0529-story.html
— Illinois marijuana legalization proposal unclear on what information about pot companies could be kept secret – Robert McCoppin
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-met-illinois-marijuana-legalization-secrecy-20190521-story.html
— See Front Street changes at this year’s Taste of Wheaton – Annie Alleman (DIERSEN: The Milton Township Republican Central Committee will be at the Taste of Wheaton in Memorial Park Saturday, June 1.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/ct-nvs-ent-wheaton-taste-0531-story.html
— Welcome to Illinois: Crumbling roads, crumbling finances – Editorial
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-capital-budget-pritzker-springfield-borrowings-roads-bridges-20190521-story.html
— SAT ‘adversity score’: Let’s mend it, don’t end it – Clarence Page (DIERSEN: Should students get adversity points if their parents do not have college degrees? Neither of my outstanding parents attended college. My father was the first of his ancestors to earn a high school diploma. My mother never attended high school.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/clarence-page/ct-perspec-page-adversity-score-sat-college-board-david-coleman-20190521-story.html
— Who pays the cost of political corruption? As new Mayor Lori Lightfoot made clear, it’s not the politicians. – John Kass
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/john-kass/ct-met-lori-lightfoot-chicago-corruption-kass-20190521-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Secretary of State’s office probing Van Pelt’s pot-related endeavors State Sen. Patricia Van Pelt was offering paid cannabis investment seminars and leading a company that intends to obtain licenses to grow and sell marijuana while she was named a co-sponsor of the bill to legalize the drug statewide. – Tom Schuba 
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2019/5/21/18634629/legal-marijuana-secretary-state-patricia-van-pelt-pot-recreational-wakanna
— Legalizing pot in Illinois will harm minority-owned businesses and communities – Omari Prince
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/5/21/18634269/legalizing-pot-in-illinois-will-harm-minority-owned-businesses-and-communities
— ALL OF THE FRONT PAGE: DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats glorify and praise a) those who illegally come to America illegally, b) those who illegally stay in America illegally, c) those who illegally bring others to America illegally, and d) those who glorify and praise the aforesaid.) 
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/5/21/18628337/daca-ice-chicago-detention-immigration-arrest-paula-hincapie-rendon-lutheran-school-theology
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers posh pot.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/5/21/18634793/cannabis-store-medmen-los-angeles-legalized-pot-sales

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Chicago is two cities when it comes to capital flows Affluent white neighborhoods draw nine times as much investment capital as poor black areas, especially for housing, the Urban Institute concludes in a report right in the new mayor’s wheelhouse. – GREG HINZ
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/greg-hinz-politics/chicago-two-cities-when-it-comes-capital-flows

WBEZ
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats glorify and praise a) those who illegally come to America illegally, b) those who illegally stay in America illegally, c) those who illegally bring others to America illegally, and d) those who glorify and praise the aforesaid.) 
https://www.wbez.org/shows/wbez-news/pregnant-mother-seeks-refuge-from-deportation-in-chicago-church/31d69ca9-6191-4092-bb8b-4d64368e0622

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Republicans question bills aimed at FOID card changes – Lindsey Salvatelli
https://www.sj-r.com/news/20190521/republicans-question-bills-aimed-at-foid-card-changes

SAUK VALLEY
— Illinois will be fine without any tax increases As legislative session winds down, the constitutional amendment debate heats up – Tony McCombie
https://www.saukvalley.com/2019/05/20/guest-column-illinois-will-be-fine-without-any-tax-increases/ayfa418/

TIMES
— ‘Fair Tax’ not good for Illinois – Scott Reeder
https://www.mywebtimes.com/2019/05/21/statehouse-reeder-fair-tax-not-good-for-illinois/axr9csj/

CHEROKEE TRIBUNE LEDGER
— Illinois Senate to consider banning smoking in cars containing kids – DOUG FINKE
https://www.tribuneledgernews.com/extra/news/illinois-senate-to-consider-banning-smoking-in-cars-containing-kids/article_a65526dc-e9b0-5961-a4aa-131f69492926.html

MEDIA RESEARCH CENTER
— Huh? Chicago Tribune Calls Rahm Emanuel ‘Journalist’ After Fmr. Mayor Gets Op-Ed Job at The Atlantic – Nick Kangadis (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, a) all news and commentary is fake except for the news and commentary that they put out or bless and b) only those who they say are journalists are journalists. I should write a book about my critics/opponents.)
https://www.mrctv.org/blog/huh-chicago-tribune-calls-rahm-emanuel-journalist-after-fmr-mayor-gets-op-ed-job-atlantic

FREEDOM’S JOURNAL
— SOCIALIST PROMISES – Walter E. Williams
https://freedomsjournalinstitute.org/latest-news/politics/socialist-promises/

EAGLE FORUM
— Transgenderism: A Leftist Weapon Against the Family – Emmett McGroarty, J.D., Jane Robbins, J.D.
https://mailchi.mp/eagleforum/why-the-sudden-obsession-with-transgenderism-95889

PUBLIUS FORUM
— Leftist ‘The Nation’ Wants to End Capitalism by Destroying the Family – Warner Todd Huston
http://www.publiusforum.com/2019/05/21/leftist-the-nation-wants-to-end-capitalism-by-destroying-the-family/

PATRIOT POST
— Socialist Promises – Walter E. Williams
https://patriotpost.us/opinion/63127-socialist-promises

FOX NEWS
— Our leaders will never defend our borders – and world knows it and is coming for our wealth – Tucker Carlson (DIERSEN: From what I see, sooner or later, every citizen of every foreign country will claim asylum in America. Obviously, they will get rid of those who are already in America.)
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/tucker-carlson-our-leaders-will-never-defend-our-borders-and-world-knows-it-and-is-coming-for-our-wealth
— Cannes movie poster depicts decapitated Trump in ‘MAGA’ hat – Louis Casiano
https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/cannes-movie-poster-decapitated-trump-maga-hat
— HUD Secretary Carson explains plan to strip illegal immigrants of public housing aid – Frank Miles
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/hud-secretary-carson-explains-plan-to-strip-illegal-immigrants-of-public-housing-aid

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Ilhan Omar on Trump Voters: ‘Ignorance Really Is Pervasive in Many Parts of This Country’ – Cameron Cawthorne (DIERSEN: Of course, Ilhan Omar would join with my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes in discouraging everyone from reading GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails.)
https://freebeacon.com/politics/ilhan-omar-on-trump-voters-ignorance-really-is-pervasive-in-many-parts-of-this-country/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Illegal aliens are not ‘fine’ or ‘great’ people – Sam Younnokis (DIERSEN: To come into America illegally and/or to stay in America illegally is to shout that you a) disrespect the rule of law, b) disrespect America, and c) disrespect America’s citizens.) 
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/05/illegal_aliens_are_not_fine_or_great_people.html
— The Democrats’ Alien Voting Strategy – Cliff Spectre
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2019/05/the_democratsalien_voting_strategy.html

DAILY CALLER
— BETO SPREADS FALSEHOODS ABOUT TRUMP IN CNN TOWN HALL – Mike Brest
https://dailycaller.com/2019/05/22/beto-orourke-donald-trump-cnn-town-hall/

ROLL CALL
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Marijuana legalization goes mainstream with first-ever forum in Capitol complex Event highlights growing bipartisan support for banking, farming, medical and social justice bills – Stephanie Akin
https://www.rollcall.com/news/congress/marijuana-legalization-goes-mainstream-first-ever-forum-capitol

NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE WITH COLOR GRAPHIC: How Trump Is Outspending Every 2020 Democrat on Facebook – THOMAS KAPLAN and SARAH ALMUKHTAR
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/05/21/us/politics/trump-2020-facebook-ads.html
— The Economy Is Strong. So Why Do So Many Americans Still Feel at Risk? The sunny job numbers and steady growth hide the fact that most people think the economy works only for people in power. – Jacob S. Hacker (DIERSEN: Are/were you “in power?” I have never been “in power.” But my critics/opponents are/were “in power.” They dominate/dominated Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, Illinois, and the federal government. I should write a book about them, their operatives, and their dupes.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/21/opinion/trump-economy.html
— How the Rural-Urban Divide Became America’s Political Fault Line Such a conflict isn’t unique to the U.S., but the consequences are far-reaching here. – Emily Badger
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/21/upshot/america-political-divide-urban-rural.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In the United States, where a party’s voters live matters immensely. That’s because most representatives are elected from single-member districts where the candidate with the most votes wins, as opposed to a system of proportional representation, as some democracies have. Democrats tend to be concentrated in cities and Republicans to be more spread out across suburbs and rural areas. The distribution of all of the precincts in the 2016 election shows that while many tilt heavily Democratic, fewer lean as far in the other direction. As a result, Democrats have overwhelming power to elect representatives in a relatively small number of districts — whether for state house seats, the State Senate or Congress — while Republicans have at least enough power to elect representatives in a larger number of districts. Republicans, in short, are more efficiently distributed in a system that rewards spreading voters across space. . .The median congressional district in America looks ideologically more Republican, Mr. Rodden finds (the median precinct in the chart also voted slightly Republican). And so Democrats have to find a way to win in those places, even as the progressive wing of the party is ascendant and lobbying for control of the party’s message. If Democrats hold on to some suburbs they recently flipped — a possibility as suburbia diversifies and as college-educated whites move toward the Democrats — Republicans could one day be as concentrated in rural areas as Democrats have been in cities. In that situation, one where Republicans pack their votes more tightly in rural America and the median suburban district becomes slightly Democratic, the urban party might actually start to benefit from geographic polarization. But there will still always be the Senate.)

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters do not want Trump to get credit for the good economy.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/05/21/big-disconnect-economy-is-popular-trumps-economic-agenda-is-not/

NEW YORK POST
— Public housing for illegal immigrants is transparently unfair – Betsy McCaughey
https://nypost.com/2019/05/21/public-housing-for-illegal-immigrants-is-transparently-unfair/

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Facebook is still a one-stop shop for fake news – JON HEALEY
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/enterthefray/la-ol-facebook-twitter-fake-news-study-20190521-story.html

USA TODAY
— A problematic trend: 11% of employees have experienced ageism on the job – Maurie Backman (DIERSEN: All my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always promoted age discrimination a) to get rid of those who older than they are and/or b) to curry favor with those who promote age discrimination.) 
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2019/05/21/11-of-employees-have-experienced-ageism-on-the-job/39447909/
— Perfect selfies are all over Facebook, Instagram and Snapchat. They’re killing us – Dalvin Brown
https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2019/05/22/why-you-take-selfies-and-how-its-dangerous/3691366002/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— An Opening for Immigration Reform Sen. Lindsey Graham leads, but he’ll need help from Democrats and President Trump. – William A. Galston
https://www.wsj.com/articles/an-opening-for-immigration-reform-11558479648
— FRONT PAGE: Many More Students, Especially the Affluent, Get Extra Time to Take the SAT Responding to parent pleas, high schools grant special test-taking accommodations to growing numbers, a Wall Street Journal analysis shows – Douglas Belkin, Jennifer Levitz and Melissa Korn
https://www.wsj.com/articles/many-more-students-especially-the-affluent-get-extra-time-to-take-the-sat-11558450347
— No Wall Can Fill Holes in the Law Physical barriers divert the flow of migrants across the border. Stanching it will take new asylum policies. – Jillian Kay Melchior (DIERSEN: From what I see, sooner or later, every citizen of every foreign country will claim asylum in America. Obviously, they will get rid of those who are already in America.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/no-wall-can-fill-holes-in-the-law-11558479552

BLOOMBERG
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: The SALT cap discourages marriage and discourages homeownership. Trump should increase the $10,000 SALT cap to $20,000 for married filing jointly.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-05-21/blue-states-warned-of-a-salt-apocalypse-it-hasn-t-happened

FORBES
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Illinois Can Be The Next Adult-Legal Cannabis State – Andre Bourque
https://www.forbes.com/sites/andrebourque/2019/05/21/illinois-can-be-the-next-adult-legal-cannabis-state-if-it-can-learn-from-its-medical-program/#38f2a259556a

USA TODAY
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: What do you say to older people who promote age discrimination? I should write a book about older people in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who promote/promoted age discrimination. They include present and past Milton Township Republican Central Committee, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, Wheaton, Glen Ellyn, Milton Township, DuPage County, Illinois, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Illinois Center Right Coalition, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter, GAO, IRS, leaders, members, and employees.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2019/05/21/2020-election-warren-biden-trump-sanders-age-column/3742249002/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters encourage citizens of foreign countries to illegally come to America illegally and to illegally stay in America illegally.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2019/05/21/nj-ny-migrants-border-preparation-though-donald-trump-denies-plan/3752858002/

TWIN CITIES
— Working Strategies: Résumé tricks for the trades – AMY LINDGREN (DIERSEN: One should expect that applicants will not include anything in their resumes that might harm their chances of being selected. For example, anything that might indicate that they a) have smoked pot, b) are smoking pot, c) want to smoke pot, d) want to make money selling pot, e) want government to take in tax revenue from selling pot, f) want to buy pot legally in their municipality, g) etc.) 
https://www.twincities.com/2019/05/11/working-strategies-resume-tricks-for-the-trades/

NEWSWEEK
— BERNIE SANDERS IS FAR MORE POPULAR WITH VOTERS WHO SAY THEY AREN’T PAYING ANY ATTENTION – CHRISTINA ZHAO
https://www.newsweek.com/bernie-sanders-far-more-popular-voters-who-say-they-arent-paying-any-1432110
— CHICAGO HIGH SCHOOL (Oak Park and River Forest High School) YEARBOOK HAD PHOTOS OF STUDENTS FLASHING WHITE SUPREMACIST SIGNS SO BOARD SPENT $53K TO PRINT NEW ONES – EWAN PALMER
https://www.newsweek.com/chicago-school-ok-sign-yearbook-white-supremacy-1432360