ABC7
— 26 juveniles charged after downtown disturbance
https://abc7chicago.com/26-juveniles-charged-after-downtown-disturbance/5257683/?cmp=emc-wls-news-headlines-4/18/2019
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG COLOR PICTURE: AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S
STRANGLEHOLD ON ILLINOIS TIGHTENS: Chicago area drops population for fourth
straight year, census data show; Cook, DuPage and Lake counties also decline –
Cecilia Reyes and Angie Leventis Lourgos
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-met-census-chicago-cook-county-population-decline-20190408-story.html
— Opponents of legal marijuana in Illinois: ‘This is not a done deal’ – Dan
Petrella (DIERSEN: Because I oppose pot, those who promote pot, their
operatives, and their dupes work extremely hard against me. I should write a
book about those who claim to be religious, conservative, or Republican but who
defend/promote pot. If you defend/promote pot, you are a Democrat, a
Libertarian, or a Green and you should not seek or hold any kind of government
or political office as a Republican.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-illinois-marijuana-naacp-20190417-story.html
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Chicago Democrats blame Chicago gun violence on
“downstate.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/editorial-downstate-gun-sanctuaries-could-be-miserable-for-chicago/
— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON CHICAGO TIGHTENS: Police arrest 30
in fights, traffic tie-ups downtown Wednesday night – Nader Issa
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/police-arrest-30-fights-traffic-tie-ups-downtown-wednesday-night/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Chicago is still losing population Cook County fell below 9.5 million for
the first time since 2010. The nation’s two biggest cities, New York and Los
Angeles, also slipped last year. – JOHN PLETZ
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/news/chicago-still-losing-population
QUAD CITY TIMES
— Sunday, April 28: Rock Island County GOP Lincoln Day Dinner: 4-9 p.m.,
Holiday Inn Hotel and Conference Center, 226 17th St., Rock Island. This annual
dinner will feature a social hour with a cash bar from 4-5 p.m. with dinner at
5 p.m. The keynote speaker will be former State Representative and 2018
gubernatorial primary candidate, Jeanne Ives. Other speakers will include State
Representative Tony McCombie, State Senator Neil Anderson and Rock Island Mayor
Mike Thoms. For more information or to make reservations, call 309-558-0454 or
visit ricogop.org. Tickets will be available at the door. $350 table of eight,
$50, $30 children younger than 12 years.
https://qctimes.com/weeekend-calendar/article_03422167-5f10-5e94-b997-e4c6b6639bd2.html
ALTON TELEGRAPH
— Madison County judge hasn’t been to work in 7 months while scoring $200K
salary – Sanford J. Schmidt
https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/article/Madison-County-judge-hasn-8217-t-been-to-work-in-13776926.php
WCIA
— GOP vendor made secret payments to Durkin’s right hand man Transaction
illustrates ‘dark money loophole,’ campaign finance experts say – Mark
Maxwell
https://www.wcia.com/news/capitol-news/gop-vendor-made-secret-payments-to-durkins-right-hand-man/1934020867
NPR ILLINOIS
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot.
http://www.nprillinois.org/post/weighing-legal-marijuana-criminal-justice#stream/0
WSPY
— Sen. Sue Rezin Considering Run for 14th Congressional Seat – Tyler Bachman
http://www.wspynews.com/news/local/sen-sue-rezin-considering-run-for-th-congressional-seat/article_dc1a1172-6148-11e9-afee-37786eb3e3ba.html
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— U.S. Rep. Sean Casten has high praise for fellow freshman Rep. Alexandria
Ocasio-Cortez’s Green New Deal resolution. – Shia Kapos (DIERSEN: Which
Republican candidate is going to run against and defeat Casten? What are the
following doing to get the best possible Republican candidate to run against
and defeat Casten: Peter Roskam, Illinois Republican Party (IRP) National
Committeeman and Committeewoman, IRP officers, 6th Congressional District IRP
State Central Committee member, and 6th Congressional District Republican
county and township organization officers?)
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2019/04/18/casten-on-aocs-green-deal-preckwinkle-reflects-population-dropping-again-426113
(FROM THE ARTICLE:
Casten, who campaigned on a “fix climate change” platform, just wishes it
wasn’t sucking the air out of all the other green legislation. “The Green New
Deal has made it very hard to advance a different idea about how to move
forward [on climate change] without being seen as antagonistic,” Casten said
during an interview with POLITICO. Casten has bills in various forms on issues
he cares about, and he’s been asked by other lawmakers to join on their
climate-focused bills, too. But they’re all effectively on hold, he says, while
Ocasio-Cortez’s plan gets the headlines. The Green New Deal calls for the
nation to reduce its fossil fuel use to zero within 10 years. Casten is back in
Illinois this week after his first three months in Congress. We met over coffee
at Starbucks in Carpentersville. Here are seven takeaways from the interview:
On what works/doesn’t work in AOC’s resolution: “I agree with the urgency of
it. That part is awesome. It’s just more idealistic than practical. To do
climate policy right, you have to understand how our current energy structure
works.” Casten points to questions about whether fertilizer can be made without
natural gas or if aviation fuels can replace existing high-energy, low-density
petroleum-based fuels. They’re both areas that are difficult to de-carbonize
based on current technologies. His Capitol Hill mentors: U.S. Rep. Bill Foster,
who serves Illinois’ 11th District. The two representatives share a passion for
science and business. Also New Hampshire Rep. Annie Kuster and Maryland Rep.
Jamie Raskin. “Every time I talk to [Raskin] I realize he’s super smart and I
leave thinking I’m super smart,” says Casten.)
WIREPOINTS
— Legislators’ ‘Town Hall’ Becomes Metaphor For Failing Illinois – Mark
Glennon
https://wirepoints.org/legislators-town-hall-becomes-metaphor-for-failing-illinois/
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— ALL ILLINOIS METRO AREAS SAW POPULATION SHRINK IN 2018 – Bryce Hill
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/all-illinois-metro-areas-saw-population-shrink-in-2018/
ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON ILLINOIS TIGHTENS: For first time,
population in all Illinois’ metro areas declines – Cole Lauterbach
https://www.ilnews.org/news/economy/for-first-time-population-in-all-illinois-metro-areas-declines/article_11f6e1c6-613f-11e9-910f-b70b85966b74.html
BREITBART
— Ipsos Poll: GOP Voters Say Immigration ‘Most Important Problem’ in U.S. –
John Binder (DIERSEN: Since Trump was elected, how many articles about
immigration have the following brought to your attention or written: a) your
Republican Precinct Committeeman/Captain, b) the officers of your Republican
township/ward and county party organizations, c) your representative on the Illinois
Republican Party (IRP) State Central Committee, d) the IRP officers, e) the IRP
National Committeeman and Committeewoman, and f) the Republican elected
officials in your municipality, township/ward, county, and Illinois?)
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/04/17/ipsos-poll-gop-voters-say-immigration-most-important-problem-in-u-s/
— Pete Buttigieg: America Not Full, Send More Immigrants to South Bend –
CHARLIE SPIERING (DIERSEN: What do South Bend residents who are unemployed or
underemployed have to say about that?
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/04/17/pete-buttigieg-america-not-full-send-more-immigrants-to-south-bend/
— Feds: 1 in 4 Inmates Are Foreign-Born, Costing U.S. Taxpayers $1.4B Annually
– John Binder
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/04/17/feds-inmates-foreign-born-1-4b/
FOX BUSINESS
— Dems’ hypocrisy on illegal migrants glaringly obvious: Trish Regan – Trish
Regan
https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/trish-regan-exposes-dems-hypocrisy-on-illegal-migrants
DAILY CALLER
— THE MEDIA NEVER WORRIED ABOUT STEVE SCALISE, BUT THEY’RE GRAVELY CONCERNED
FOR ILHAN OMAR – Adam Weiss
https://dailycaller.com/2019/04/18/weiss-scalise-omar/
— ALL THE PRESIDENT’S BLOODSUCKING RELATIVES – ANN COULTER
https://dailycaller.com/2019/04/17/coulter-presidents-bloodsucking/
DAILY SIGNAL
— The Natural Limits of Identity Politics – Victor Davis Hanson (DIERSEN:
Question: When will illegal immigration to America end? ANSWER: When Spanish is
America’s official language. When everyone in America speaks, reads, and writes
Spanish. When America looks like Mexico. When there are few, if any Whites left
in America. When Mexico and the other Spanish-speaking countries officially
declare victory over America.)
https://www.dailysignal.com/2019/04/18/the-natural-limits-of-identity-politics/
(FROM THE ARTICLE:
Economist Herbert Stein’s old adage—“If something cannot go on forever, it will
stop”—still holds. Take illegal immigration. There are currently somewhere from
11 million to 15 million immigrants living in the United States without legal
authorization. Last month, nearly 100,000 people were apprehended or turned
away while trying to illegally cross the southern border. Some experts suggest
that at least that number made it across without arrest. At that rate, the
United States would be gaining a fairly large city of undocumented arrivals
each month. Most of the people who enter the United States illegally arrive
without fluency in English, a high school diploma, competitive job skills, or
money. The majority will require support subsidies, and collectively they will
require increased legal and law enforcement investments. At some point, American
social services will be so taxed that the system will be rendered
dysfunctional—as is already occurring in areas of the American Southwest. Or,
some regions of America will so resemble the countries illegal immigrants
abandoned that there will be little point in heading north. Either way, the
current border chaos will find its own self-correcting mechanisms, even if that
means there will be no border at all—or northern Mexico and the southern United
States will become indistinguishable. Currently, the national debt is $22
trillion and growing at a rate of nearly $1 trillion a year due to staggering
annual budget deficits. The George W. Bush and Barack Obama administrations
roughly doubled the debt they inherited, and the Donald Trump administration may
be on schedule to do the same. More importantly, the national debt is now over
100% of the gross domestic product. Presidents and Congress like to spend and
to spread money to voters. They fear politically suicidal recessions if they
cut back. But over the last 20 years, the government has mostly exhausted
traditional economic stimuli such as larger budget deficits, near-zero real
interest rates, and expansion of the money supply.)
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Smugglers use ‘lookout’ drone to sneak illegals into U.S. – Stephen Dinan
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/apr/17/lookout-drone-helps-smugglers-sneak-illegal-immigr/
GOPUSA
— Buttigieg dismisses Donald Trump MAGA slogan
http://www.gopusa.com/buttigieg-dismisses-donald-trump-maga-slogan/
TOWNHALL
— My Simple, Effective Comprehensive Illegal Immigration Reform Plan: Go Home
– Kurt Schlichter (DIERSEN: QUESTION: What encourages citizens of foreign
countries to come to America illegally? ANSWERS: Democrats, Libertarians,
Greens, RINOs, welfare, and race and gender based preference giving.)
https://townhall.com/columnists/kurtschlichter/2019/04/18/my-simple-effective-comprehensive-illegal-immigration-reform-plan-go-home-n2544913
FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE
— ISLAM VS. LGBT Where are the leftist howls of moral indignation? – Paul
Joseph Watson
https://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/273495/watson-video-islam-vs-lgbt-paul-joseph-watson
— TRUMP ADMIN TO BLOCK ILLEGAL ALIENS FROM TAKING PUBLIC HOUSING FROM
AMERICANS – Daniel Greenfield (DIERSEN: At some point, should mayors have the
power to force Democrats and RINOs in their municipalities to take illegal
aliens into their homes and a) provide them with food, clothing, medical care,
transportation, education, job training, jobs, etc. and b) be responsible for
any crimes that they commit?)
https://www.frontpagemag.com/point/273516/trump-admin-block-illegal-aliens-taking-public-daniel-greenfield
— RELEASING ILLEGAL ALIEN INVADERS ON “BAIL” MEANS THEY NEVER SHOW
UP – Daniel Greenfield
https://www.frontpagemag.com/point/273511/releasing-illegal-alien-invaders-bail-means-they-daniel-greenfield
CONSERVATIVE HQ
— Trump AG Barr Cracks Down On Phony Asylum Seekers
http://www.conservativehq.com/article/30087-trump-ag-barr-cracks-down-phony-asylum-seekers
CONSERVATIVE DAILY NEWS
— The Massive Illogic Of Democrats – Dave King
https://www.conservativedailynews.com/2019/04/the-massive-illogic-of-democrats/
WORLD NET DAILY
— ARMED U.S. MILITIA IN NEW MEXICO CATCHES 300 ILLEGALS ‘We’re people that
care about our national security’
https://www.wnd.com/2019/04/armed-militia-in-new-mexico-catches-300-illegals/
— CHICK-FIL-A WAR SPARKS FORMAL INVESTIGATION Did ‘religious animosity’ kill
plans for popular restaurant?
https://www.wnd.com/2019/04/chick-fil-a-war-sparks-formal-investigation/
REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Ingraham: Trump Is Winning Because Of His Pro-Americanism – Tim Hains
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2019/04/17/ingraham_trump_is_winning_because_of_his_pro-americanism.html
THE HILL
— Tucker Carlson: Media left O’Rourke for ‘younger, hotter candidate’ in
Buttigieg – JOE CONCHA (DIERSEN: How old are you? I am 70. How hot are you? I
am not hot at all. I do not promote dependency on government, dependency on
charity, LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling,
pot, and other vices, abolition of the First and Second Amendments, patronage,
political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age
discrimination, retaliation, etc.)
https://thehill.com/homenews/media/439257-tucker-carlson-media-left-orourke-for-younger-hotter-candidate-in-buttigieg
— The Trump administration is quietly making it harder for some people
(criminals) to apply for federal jobs – Brent J. Cohen
https://thehill.com/opinion/criminal-justice/439409-the-trump-administration-is-quietly-making-it-harder-for-some-people
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: O’Rourke says he under-reported what he gave to charity on
his tax returns.
https://www.apnews.com/3f4367d5e4884fd2b04bf6295231d63f
NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: DIERSEN HEADLINE: As Rich Lavish Cash on Notre-Dame,
Catholic-Haters SAsk “What About the Needy?
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/17/world/europe/yellow-vest-notre-dame-fire-donations.html
— Ilhan Omar, Harbinger of Democratic Decline? With political power comes
rhetorical responsibility. – Bret Stephens
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/18/opinion/ilhan-omar-anti-semitic-israel.html
— The Abortion Wars, Part 2: The Illinois Option
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/18/podcasts/the-daily/abortion-illinois-missouri.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats, RINOs, and everyone else who wants to destroy
America wants everyone in America to speak, read, and write Spanish.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/17/opinion/presidential-election-2020-languages.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: 2020 Democrats Seek Voters in an Unusual Spot: Fox
News – Michael M. Grynbaum and Sydney Ember
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/17/us/politics/fox-news-democrats-2020.html
NEW YORK POST
— Money magazine going out of print following failed sales auction – Keith J.
Kelly (DIERSEN: I should write a book about the tremendous damage that Money
Magazine inflicted on me with its 4-page article on me in its February 1978
edition.)
https://nypost.com/2019/04/17/money-magazine-going-out-of-print-following-failed-sales-auction/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats a) encourage citizens of
America to abort their babies and b) encourage citizens of foreign countries to
come to America illegally.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/immigrants-propel-population-growth-in-10-of-u-s-counties-11555560061
— Herman Cain Says He Won’t Withdraw From Consideration for Fed Board Trump
pick and former GOP presidential candidate remains committed to taking the job
despite Senate opposition – Paul Kiernan (DIERSEN: Government is nasty.
Politics is nasty. Have you ever ran for a government office or a political
office? I ran for the open Milton Township Republican Central Committee (MTRCC)
Treasurer office in 2004. I should write a book about that. I would focus on
past and present MTRCC members who viciously demonized me, viciously denigrated
me, and viciously condemned me. I lost 69 to 13.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/herman-cain-says-he-wont-withdraw-from-consideration-for-fed-board-11555529563
— FRONT PAGE: The Student-Debt Crisis Hits Hardest at Historically Black
Colleges Long a path to financial security, traditionally African-American
schools are now producing graduates who struggle with disproportionately high
debt – Josh Mitchell and Andrea Fuller (DIERSEN: Because of my part-time Post
Office job 1966-1969, I was able to a) pay for tuition and books at UIC
1966-1968 and at NIU 1969-1970, b) pay for room and board at NIU for three
semesters and a summer session, c) buy a new 1968 Oldsmobile 442 in 1967, d)
buy a new 1969 Dodge Charger SE in 1968, and e) graduate debt-free in August of
1970 owning that Dodge Charger.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-student-debt-crisis-hits-hardest-at-historically-black-colleges-11555511327
BLOOMBERG LAW
— EEOC Is Suing Less but Collecting More at Mid-Way Point of 2019 – Patrick
Dorrian (DIERSEN: I should write a book about how EEOC’s getting Oldsmobile to
stop hiring Whites in 1971 to settle an EEOC complaint impacted my life.)
https://biglawbusiness.com/eeoc-is-suing-less-but-collecting-more-at-mid-way-point-of-2019
USA TODAY
— Michelle Obama sparks backlash by implying Donald Trump is like a ‘divorced
dad’ – Joel Shannon (DIERSEN: What if instead of divorced dad, Michelle had
said “a federal employee who was forced to take early
retirement?”
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2019/04/17/michelle-obama-donald-trump-divorced-dad-backlash/3502486002/
ARIZONA CENTRAL
— Why did Arizona Republican Party fundraising plummet under Kelli Ward?
https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/politics/arizona/2019/04/17/why-did-arizona-republican-party-fundraising-plummet-under-kelli-ward/3478131002/
DAILY PENNSYLVANIAN
— Georgetown reparations highlight importance of studying Penn’s ties to
slavery – Editorial (DIERSEN: Democrats hint/imply/argue/shout that the more of
the following that you are, the stronger that your ties to slavery are: Trump
supporter, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White,
male, older, rich, gun owner, German American, draft avoider, and/or if your
ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.thedp.com/article/2019/04/slavery-georgetown-reparations-upenn-ivy-league-philadelphia
NEW YORKER
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “The Unlawful Ambitions of Donald
Trump’s Immigration Policy.”
https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/the-unlawful-ambitions-of-donald-trumps-immigration-policy
THE WEEK
— What Donald Trump has said about Jews – Ryan Cooper (DIERSEN: Government is
nasty. Politics is nasty. I should write a book about those who hint/imply/argue/shout
that I have always been anti-Semitic. Better yet, I should sue them. They
stress that I am 100% German-American and that I was baptized, raised, and
confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran. They stress the success that my
Democrat superiors in the federal government had in getting my Jewish
supervisors to take adverse actions against me. They stress the success that
the Democrats at Money Magazine had in getting Marlys Harris to write an
extremely negative February 1978 4-page article on me.)
https://theweek.com/articles/835714/what-donald-trump-said-about-jews
FORD AUTHORITY
— The Ford Mustang Is Still The World’s Best-Selling Sports Coupe – AUSTIN
REXINGER
http://fordauthority.com/2019/04/ford-mustang-still-worlds-best-selling-sports-coupe/
JAPAN TODAY
— Hatred of journalists turning to violence, watchdog warns – Fiachra GIBBONS
(DIERSEN: Who promotes hatred against you? I should write a book about those in
my neighborhood, in my precinct, in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township,
in DuPage County, and in Illinois have focused the most on promoting hatred
against me. They stress that I am a Trump supporters, Protestant (baptized,
raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran), conservative, patriotic,
Republican, American, White, male, old (70), non-poor, gun owner, draft
avoider, 100% German American, union member for almost 12 years, federal
employee for almost 30 years, federal retiree for more than 21 years, American
nameplate vehicle owner, childless, pet-less, my ancestors have been in America
since 1844, I have lived in Wheaton only since 1978, etc.)
https://japantoday.com/category/world/hatred-of-journalists-turning-to-violence-watchdog-warns
WIKIPEDIA
— What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life? (DIERSEN: What Are You Doing the
Rest of Your Life? I will be spending 10+ hours each and every day putting
GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and sending them out each and every morning and
each and every evening. In addition, I might write a book about those who focus
on a) stopping me putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS together and sending them out and b)
stopping everyone from reading those emails. Better yet, I should sue them.)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What_Are_You_Doing_the_Rest_of_Your_Life%3F