GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Former State Representative Peter Breen spoke very highly of State
Representative Amy Grant at her outstanding fundraiser at Dry City Brew Works
in Wheaton Monday Evening, April 29, 2019. The 30+ attendees included Carlson,
Falbo, Fisher, Fitzpatrick, LeVan, Mazzochi, Monino, Morrissey, Muehlfelt,
Nathwani, Smith, and Suess. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
NRCC
— Sexist Sean Casten – CARLY ATCHISON
https://www.nrcc.org/2019/04/30/sexist-sean-casten/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— BEYOND DISGUSTING, BEYOND TRAGIS: Full, 300-page pot legalization bill could
be introduced in Illinois within days – Tom Schuba
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/pot-legalization-illinois-weed-recreational-legislation/
— Let the public, not a law, push corporate boards to be more diverse –
Editorial (DIERSEN: According to Democrats, the “public” wants the
federal government a) to hire, retain, and promote young Democrat minorities
and young Democrat females and b) to make way for them by getting rid of its
employees who are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/business/women-people-color-corporate-boardrooms-illinois-legislature/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Republican-hater promotes hatred of Republicans.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/jesse-jackson-voter-suppression/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Bruce and Diana Rauner list Winnetka mansion for just under $3 million – Bob
Goldsborough
https://www.chicagotribune.com/classified/realestate/elitestreet/ct-re-elite-street-bruce-rauner-lists-winnetka-mansion-20190430-story.html
— Days after a racist killer was executed in Texas, bigotry rose again in
California – Dahleen Glanton
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/glanton/ct-met-dahleen-glanton-king-execution-evil-20190429-story.html
— Damn the bullets, damn the guns and damn those who pull the triggers – Rex
Huppke
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/huppke/ct-met-synagogue-shooting-tennessee-gun-violence-chicago-huppke-20190429-story.html
DAILY HERALD
— Interim leader one of three finalists for College of DuPage president job –
Robert Sanchez
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190429/interim-leader-one-of-three-finalists-for-cod-president-job
ABC7
— Homewood-Flossmoor HS students plan walkout after blackface photo, video –
Diane Pathieu
https://abc7chicago.com/education/homewood-flossmoor-hs-students-plan-walkout-after-blackface-photo-video/5277386/
— Amazon, Walmart to test pilot program allowing food stamp recipients to buy
food online
https://abc7chicago.com/food/amazon-walmart-to-test-pilot-program-allowing-snap-recipients-to-buy-food-online-/5275969/?cmp=emc-wls-news-headlines-4/30/2019
FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Raise the gas tax in Illinois? Former secretary of transportation Ray LaHood
says it’s needed to repair roads – Mike Flannery
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/local/raise-the-gas-tax-in-illinois-former-secretary-of-transportation-says-it-s-needed-to-repair-roads
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Ex-Gov. Bruce Rauner lists Winnetka home for sale With his wife, Diana,
Rauner is asking just under $3 million for the eight-bedroom Nantucket-style
house on about half an acre. Neither of their downtown Chicago condos is on the
market. – DENNIS RODKIN
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/residential-real-estate/ex-gov-bruce-rauner-lists-winnetka-home-sale
WTTW
— Age and the American Presidency: How Old is ‘Too Old’? – Erica Gunderson
(DIERSEN: To defend your health, and especially to defend your cognitive
abilities, what would you stress? I would stress the fact that I have put
together and sent out a GOPUSA ILLINOIS email each and every morning since 2004
(4,860+ days) and each and every evening too since 2015 (1,210+ days).)
https://news.wttw.com/2019/04/29/age-and-american-presidency-how-old-too-old
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Is
there such a thing as being too old to be president? Americans first questioned
whether a candidate was too old for the world’s highest office in 1840, with
the candidacy of 67-year-old William Henry Harrison. He was 68 when he was
inaugurated the nation’s ninth president. Barely a month later, a sudden bout
of pneumonia ended his term – and his life. It was 140 years before America
elected an older man to the presidency – Ronald Reagan, who was inaugurated at
69 and was 77 when he left office. Reagan was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s
disease a few years later, but some believe he was showing signs of the disease
during his second term as president. And in 2016, Donald Trump was 70 when he
took the oath of office, making him the oldest president ever inaugurated.
Among the 21 Democratic candidates hoping to challenge Trump in the 2020
election are more in their 60s and 70s than ever before. Two full generations
separate the youngest presidential candidate, Pete Buttigieg (37), and the
oldest, Bernie Sanders (77) and Joe Biden (76). Dr. John Holton, director of
the Center for Gerontology at Concordia University, says that rather than
asking if a candidate is too old for office, “a better question would be to ask
what the characteristics of a bad president are. Would the answer have anything
to do with the person’s age, religion, sexual orientation, disability,
ethnicity, or experience? Are we confusing our assumptions about maturity with
age?” Critics of older candidates say that electing a president in their 60s or
70s can be risky. The nation’s highest office is a physically demanding job
that challenges even the fittest person – and there’s no good time for a health
crisis when you’re in the Oval Office. Signs of age-related cognitive decline
might not become apparent until it’s too late. Holton notes, “In the fishbowl
life of a U.S. president, it would be highly unlikely that [cognitive
impairment] would go unnoticed or unaddressed by staff and cabinet members.” There
is also the consideration of life span. While life spans are longer than they
were when the country was young, simple statistics indicate that electing a
candidate in their 70s greatly increases the odds they’ll die while in office,
but again, Holton points out that each candidate must be judged individually.
“No more than 25% of longevity is determined by our genes, which means that 75%
is determined by our choices and lifestyle behaviors,” he said. Holton also
points out that at the moment, two Supreme Court justices are performing their
own demanding jobs into their 80s (to wit: 86-year-old Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s
famously rigorous exercise regimen). Many voters might consider advanced age a
sign of experience and wisdom – qualities that presumably anyone would consider
positive qualifications for office.)
ALTON TELEGRAPH
— Unions urge Democrats to focus on kitchen table economics – AP (DIERSEN:
What percent of union members promote dependency on government, dependency on
charity, LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, abolition of the
Second Amendment, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, patronage, political
affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and the
rest of the Democrat Party platform?)
https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/article/Unions-pushing-for-pocketbook-proposals-from-2020-13767400.php
NPR ILLINOIS
— Raise Gas Tax, Says Former Republican Congressman, Obama Transportation
Secretary Ray LaHood – MARY HANSEN
https://www.nprillinois.org/post/raise-gas-tax-says-former-republican-congressman-obama-transportation-secretary#stream/0
NORTHERN PUBLIC RADIO
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot.
https://www.northernpublicradio.org/post/embracing-cannabis-stephenson-county
— OUTSTANDING: Illinois Cannabis Programs Hampered By Federal Red Tape – CHASE
CAVANAUGH
https://www.northernpublicradio.org/post/illinois-cannabis-programs-hampered-federal-red-tape
FOX ILLINOIS
— Trump wants to charge asylum seekers fee to apply, cites ‘abuse’ – AP
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/trump-wants-to-charge-asylum-seekers-to-apply-04-30-2019
WCIA
— Senator Righter: “Pension skipping is a horrible idea” Republican
Senator responds to Governor’s first 100 days in office – Mark Maxwell
https://www.wcia.com/capitol-connection/senator-righter-pension-skipping-is-a-horrible-idea-/1962456329
WGLT
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Small Illinois Towns Hope Legalized Marijuana Bring More
Jobs – RYAN DENHAM
https://www.wglt.org/post/small-illinois-towns-hope-legalized-marijuana-bring-more-jobs#stream/0
COLLEGE OF DUPAGE COURIER
— Presidential Search Committee names finalists – Alison Pfaff
https://codcourier.org/11554/news/breaking-news-presidential-search-committee-names-finalists/
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Requirements for Vacant Chicago Property Not Followed after Toilet Removal
by Pritzkers
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/04/30/requirements-for-vacant-chicago-property-not-followed-after-toilet-removal-by-pritzkers/
— Gun Rights Advocates Call for County Board Action Against Springfield Gun
Control Bills
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/04/29/126756/
— How You Can Help Prevent Another Child from Ending Up Like AJ
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/04/29/how-you-can-help-prevent-another-child-from-ending-up-like-aj/
— Supplementing, Checking on DCFS Caseworkers
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/04/28/supplementing-checking-on-dcfs-caseworkers/
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Sen. Dick Durbin: Trump’s rhetoric is a ‘permission slip’ for ‘domestic
terrorism’ – Bailey Vogt
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/apr/29/dick-durbin-donald-trumps-rhetoric-is-a-permission/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Joe Biden voted to give Robert E. Lee his US citizenship – Julio Rosas
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/joe-biden-voted-to-give-robert-e-lee-his-us-citizenship
FOX NEWS
— Trump calls for asylum overhaul to fight border crisis
https://www.foxnews.com/us/trump-calls-for-asylum-overhaul-to-fight-border-crisis-tension-over-barr-testimony-escalates
GOPUSA
— Student anxiety on college campuses ‘a national epidemic’
http://www.gopusa.com/student-anxiety-on-college-campuses-a-national-epidemic/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Let’s Deep-Six Touchy Joe’s Anti-Whitism – Christopher Chantrill (DIERSEN:
What do you say those who are White, male, older, and/or rich who demonize,
denigrate, and condemn those who are White, male, older, and/or rich to curry
favor with those who are minority, female, younger, and/or poor?)
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2019/04/lets_deepsix_touchy_joes_antiwhitism.html
AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE
— Uncle Joe Plays the Race Card – PATRICK J. BUCHANAN (DIERSEN: What do you
say those who are White, male, older, and/or rich who demonize, denigrate, and
condemn those who are White, male, older, and/or rich to curry favor with those
who are minority, female, younger, and/or poor?)
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/buchanan/uncle-joe-plays-the-race-card/
AMERICAN GENIUS
— Supreme Court asked to consider landmark age discrimination case After a
circuit court rules that age discrimination is only illegal against employees,
not applicants, the Supreme Court could possibly decide to hear the case. –
Dawn Brotherton (DIERSEN: The federal government wastes the careers of and gets
rid of its employees who are Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who 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.)
https://theamericangenius.com/business-news/aarp-asks-supreme-court-to-consider-landmark-age-discrimination-case/
BREITBART
— Pentagon Approves $7.4M for Troops to Feed, Care for Border Crossers – John
Binder and Kristina Wong
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/04/29/pentagon-approves-7-4m-for-troops-to-feed-care-for-border-crossers/
— The United States Is Giving the Caravans a Huge Incentive to Keep Coming –
KRIS W. KOBACH
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/04/29/kobach-the-united-states-is-giving-the-caravans-a-huge-incentive-to-keep-coming/
— Donald Trump: No Work Permits for Migrants Seeking Asylum – Neil Munro
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/04/30/donald-trump-no-work-permits-for-illegal-immigrants/
— Cambridge Appoints Grievance Archaeologists to Unearth Slavery Shame – JAMES
DELINGPOLE
https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/04/30/cambridge-grievance-archeologists-will-explore-slavery-reparation/
DAILY CALLER
— TRUMP ANNOUNCES IMMIGRATION ASYLUM CHANGES – Mike Brest
https://dailycaller.com/2019/04/29/trump-immigration-asylum-changes/
— TRUMP SERVES CHICK-FIL-A TO BAYLOR WOMEN’S BASKETBALL TEAM – Amber Athey
https://dailycaller.com/2019/04/29/trump-baylor-basketball-chick-fil-a-wendys-mcdonalds/
CONSERVATIVE HQ
— Democrat Presidential Candidate Pete Buttigieg Accused Of Sexual Assault
http://www.conservativehq.com/article/30150-democrat-presidential-candidate-pete-buttigieg-accused-sexual-assault
FEDERALIST
— It’s Time To Ignore The People Who Shut Up Their Opponents By Shouting
‘Racist!’ Too many decry any discussion of group differences as instantly
racist. This hurts the very people we need to be helping, and it erodes free
speech norms in the process. – Lawrence M. Mead
https://thefederalist.com/2019/04/30/time-ignore-people-shut-opponents-shouting-racist/
NEWSMAX
— British Politicians To Boycott State Dinner For Trump, But Dined With Chinese
Ruler, Terrorists – John Gizzi (DIERSEN: What if Trump’s ancestors had been
British?)
https://www.newsmax.com/john-gizzi/jeremy-corbyn-vince-cable-john-bercow-britian/2019/04/29/id/913815/
— Blame Trump Media Strikes Again – Bill O’Reilly
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/synagogue-shooting-jewish-anti-semitic-hate-trump-media/2019/04/29/id/913826/
— Trump Calls Mexico ‘One of the Most Dangerous’ Places in World – Jason
Devaney
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/immigration-twitter-mexico-will-pay-for-it-security/2019/04/29/id/913830/
WORLD NET DAILY
— BIDEN PLAYS THE RACE CARD Strategy is to beat Trump by stuffing him in a box
with white supremacists – Pat Buchanan
https://www.wnd.com/2019/04/biden-plays-the-race-card/
PJ MEDIA
— Synagogue Shooters Have Trump Hatred in Common – ROGER L. SIMON
https://pjmedia.com/rogerlsimon/synagogue-shooters-have-trump-hatred-in-common/
CBN NEWS
— US, Israel Unite to Remember The Holocaust This Week – Emily Jones (DIERSEN:
Government is nasty. Politics is nasty. Democrats are nasty. While I worked for
the federal government for almost 30 years, my Democrat superiors a) were overwhelmingly
Democrats, b) stressed to my Democrat superiors who were Jewish that I was
Republican, 100% German national origin, and baptized, raised, and confirmed as
a Missouri Synod Lutheran, and c) forced my Jewish superiors to take adverse
actions against me. During all of the almost 30 years that I worked for the
federal government, one or more of my superiors were Jewish. During 1977 and
1978, my Jewish IRS superiors worked with Jewish Money Magazine employees and
published a very nasty 4-page article on me in the February 1978 issue of Money
Magazine the foisted negative government employee stereotypes on me and painted
my education deductions as being improper.)
https://www1.cbn.com/cbnnews/israel/2019/april/us-israel-unite-to-remember-the-holocaust-this-week
LIFE SITE NEWS
— Five big companies control most of the mainstream media. Can they be
trusted? – Rick Hayes
https://www.lifesitenews.com/opinion/five-big-companies-control-most-of-the-mainstream-media.-can-they-be-trusted
ONE NEWS NOW
— Students, parents ticked off about school trans policies – Bob Kellogg
https://onenewsnow.com/education/2019/04/30/students-parents-ticked-off-about-school-trans-policies
CAMPUS REFORM
— New report SLAMS Ivy League over ‘neo-segregation’ – Grace Gottschling
https://www.campusreform.org/?ID=12168
COLLEGE FIX
— Prof who compared MAGA hats to KKK robes says ‘bigots’ should not get campus
‘platforms’ – CHRISTIAN SCHNEIDER
https://www.thecollegefix.com/prof-who-compared-maga-hats-to-kkk-robes-says-bigots-should-not-get-campus-platforms/
THE HILL
— Trump should consider Robert E. Lee’s act of treason before defending him –
CHRISTOPHER R. HILL
https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/441168-trump-should-consider-robert-e-lees-act-of-treason-before-defending-him
ABC NEWS
— Company slammed for ‘preferably Caucasian’ job posting – KARMA ALLEN
(DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, employers make it clear that they prefer hiring
those who are Democrat, minority, female, younger, citizens of foreign
countries, non-Protestant, non-German American, and those whose ancestors have
not been in America for a long time.)
https://abcnews.go.com/US/company-slammed-preferably-caucasian-job-posting/story?id=62717581
CNBC
— Stephen Moore says the decline in ‘male earnings’ is a big issue for the
economy – Jeff Cox (DIERSEN: In 1997, the “male earnings” in the
Diersen household declined by 58% or by $74,338 in today’s dollars. My GAO
salary was $127,654 in today’s dollars and my Civil Service Retirement pension
is only $53,316.)
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/04/30/stephen-moore-says-the-decline-in-male-earnings-is-big-issue-for-the-economy.html
NEW YORK TIMES
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Can Joe Biden Be Forgiven? Evolution can’t come
without a genuine effort to seek atonement. – Lucy Flores (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents,
and especially those who I have sued, continue a) to punish me and b) to want
me to seek their forgiveness. I should write a book about them, how they
continue to punish me, and what they want me to seek their forgiveness
for.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/29/opinion/joe-biden-lucy-flores-apology.html
— FRONT PAGE: Profitable Giants Like Amazon Pay $0 in Corporate Taxes. Some
Voters Are Sick of It. – Stephanie Saul and Patricia Cohen
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/29/us/politics/democrats-taxes-2020.html
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— White House Orders New Restrictions on Asylum Seekers at Southern Border
Presidential memo calls for accelerating asylum adjudications, charging for
applications – Louise Radnofsky
https://www.wsj.com/articles/white-house-orders-new-restrictions-on-asylum-seekers-at-southern-border-11556583894
— Segregation by Design on Campus How racial separatism become the norm at
elite universities like Yale, Brown and Wesleyan. – Peter W. Wood and Dion J.
Pierre (DIERSEN: Democrats used to promote integration, but now they promote
segregation.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/segregation-by-design-on-campus-11556564318
— Big Labor’s Big Shrink Union membership continues to decline—thanks to
unions. – Editorial
https://www.wsj.com/articles/big-labors-big-shrink-11556580340
— FRONT PAGE: Foxconn Tore Up a Small Town to Build a Big Factory—Then
Retreated The iPhone maker got fat incentives to build a $10 billion LCD plant
that largely hasn’t materialized on land where Mount Pleasant, Wis., razed
homes and crops – Valerie Bauerlein
https://www.wsj.com/articles/foxconn-tore-up-a-small-town-to-build-a-big-factorythen-retreated-11556557652
NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats make it clear that promoting
LGBTQ activity is their top priority.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/30/us/politics/is-america-ready-for-a-gay-president-youre-going-to-see-the-wall-crumble.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/30/us/byu-gay-graduation.html
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
— Democrats must focus on defeating Trump: Party must not allow left-wing
dreams to lead it astray from its primary mission – Robert Cohen (DIERSEN: I
should write a book about those in the Milton Township Republican Central
Committee (MTRCC), DuPage County Republican Central Committee (DCRCC), and the
Illinois Republican Party (IRP) who have focused on driving conservatives, that
is, Republicans like me out of the MTRCC, DCRCC, and IRP.)
https://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/ny-oped-cohen-20190430-nrf34gydxfg5pf5crfhepapobe-story.html
BOSTON GLOBE
— Unions are on frontlines of fight against inequality – Katie Johnston
(DIERSEN: Overwhelmingly, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their
dupes a) hate unions, hate former union members, hate current union members,
and hate future union members and b) stress that I was a union member for
almost 12 years.)
https://www2.bostonglobe.com/business/2019/04/29/unions-frontlines-fight-against-inequality/MHsO6bAjtEyS836wvnLBAL/story.html
USA TODAY
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Be proactive when you ask for a promotion – Johnny
C. Taylor (DIERSEN: Federal employees do not ask for promotions, they apply for
promotions. The Democrats who run the federal government do not want their
employees who are Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran to apply for
promotions if they have 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.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2019/04/23/job-promotion-start-conversation-yourself/3496613002/
WCNC
— Is 37 too old? Decorated Navy SEAL turned down by New York Fire Department
because of his age
https://www.wcnc.com/video/features/trending-today/is-37-too-old-decorated-navy-seal-turned-down-by-fdny-because-of-his-age/275-680dcaf1-e0e4-41d6-8df8-f9c46c482b0b
NEWSWEEK
— ICE CRACKING DOWN ON ‘FAKE FAMILIES’ USING CHILDREN AS ‘PAWNS’ AT BORDER –
CHANTAL DA SILVA
https://www.newsweek.com/ice-chief-vows-crack-down-fake-families-using-children-pawns-border-1409471
FORBES
— Writers Guild Inclusion Report Shows Females, People Of Color Still Face
Widespread Discrimination – Anne Easton (DIERSEN: The federal government does
not discriminate against those who are Democrat, minority, female, younger,
non-Protestant, non-German American, or those whose ancestors have not been in
America for a long time. In fact, the federal government gives members of the
aforesaid groups preference.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/anneeaston/2019/04/29/writers-guild-inclusion-report-shows-females-people-of-color-still-face-widespread-discrimination/
HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW
— How Companies Can Support Breastfeeding Employees – Liz Morris, Cynthia
Thomas Calvert, and Jessica Lee (DIERSEN: During the 1990s, GAO’s Chicago
office gutted its smoking room and turned it into a lactation room.)
https://hbr.org/2019/04/how-companies-can-support-breastfeeding-employees
EXECUTIVE GOV
— GAO Provides 26 Recommendations to Boost DHS Operations – Matthew Nelson
https://www.executivegov.com/2019/04/gao-provides-26-recommendations-to-boost-dhs-operations/
CPA PRACTICE ADVISOR
— Future Accountants Gain Competitive Edge at Illinois CPA Society’s Jumpstart
to Accounting Program (DIERSEN: In retrospect, with benefit of hindsight, I
would have a) majored in accounting at UIC 1966-1968 and NIU 1969-1970 and b)
taken the CPA examination much sooner than I did. I passed the CPA examination
on my first attempt in 1979 when I was 30 years old, but by then, IRS and other
employers viewed me as being much too old to have a successful career in
accounting.)
https://www.cpapracticeadvisor.com/accounting-audit/news/21078347/future-accountants-gain-competitive-edge-at-illinois-cpa-societys-jumpstart-to-accounting-program
