July 7 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Crete horse trainers hope gaming expansion will revive harness racing industry – TED SLOWIK
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/opinion/ct-sta-slowik-horse-racing-comeback-st-0707-20190705-ufrtqmpxlbbfthsv6lwcz73hly-story.html
— Boom time: When the stock market does reflect the real economy – Editorial
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/editorials/ct-editorial-trump-stock-market-obama-20190705-rvrimhrrbbdazgffsgjzuf2syy-story.html

PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— OUTSTANDING: Morton makes a choice regarding marijuana sales – Editorial (DIERSEN: Starting January 1, 2020, who will be the biggest pot pushers in your neighborhood, in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois? Of course, they will host “pot parties” in their homes. How successful will they be in getting everyone in your neighborhood, in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois to be stoners, that is, how successful will they be in destroying everyone and destroying everything? Needless-to-say, I oppose pot pushers.)
https://www.pjstar.com/opinion/20190706/editorial-morton-makes-choice-regarding-marijuana-sales

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— A visit home reveals wall-to-wall support for Trump in North Dakota The only TV at the Bismarck Airport is still permanently glued to one station: Fox News – Michael Sneed 
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2019/7/6/20683607/visit-home-reveals-support-trump-north-dakota-fox-news-mandan-missouri-river-abortion

NORTHWEST HERALD
— State Rep. Allen Skillicorn introduces bill to legalize fireworks – Symantha Kehr
https://www.nwherald.com/2019/07/03/state-rep-allen-skillicorn-introduces-bill-to-legalize-fireworks/abbwmty/

HERALD & REVIEW
— Cannabis will be legal Jan. 1. How will Illinois employers handle the change? – DEREK BEIGH (DIERSEN: I would not want to work for, work with, or supervise stoners. I worked for GAO in its Chicago office 1980-1997. Far too many of its old white male GS-14 employees were big drinkers who disapproved of me because I did not drink.)
https://herald-review.com/news/state-and-regional/crime-and-courts/cannabis-will-be-legal-jan-how-will-illinois-employers-handle/article_dde6f450-270c-5c38-8ec0-924526f5b4eb.html

KANKAKEE DAILY
— America takes an Antifa beating – Michelle Malkin
https://www.daily-journal.com/opinion/columnists/michelle-malkin-america-takes-an-antifa-beating/article_d8af8ab0-9d95-11e9-8f32-9faa4792fc0c.html

SOUTHERN
— Abortion rights advocates in Illinois plan to tackle Parental Notification; opponents warn the law provides ‘safeguards’ for minors – REBECCA ANZEL
https://thesouthern.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/abortion-rights-advocates-in-illinois-plan-to-tackle-parental-notification/article_f5ce0ee9-5c1c-5f6e-be62-357f8db81677.html

JOURNAL COURIER
— Losing Illinois: Solutions mixed on stemming outflow – Marco Cartolano
https://www.myjournalcourier.com/news/article/Losing-Illinois-Solutions-mixed-on-stemming-14076970.php

QUAD CITIES ONLINE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: What do you say to those a) who glorify and praise immigrants and b) demonize, denigrate, and condemn citizens of America? To bolster their argument, they could cite my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who crow that they would never stoop to take the jobs that I did. 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://qconline.com/opinion/columnists/look-around-lazy-people-don-t-immigrate/article_a0ea8680-91ea-5120-942d-4d53c3f447f3.html

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Antifa clash with police, harass Trump supporters outside Demand Free Speech rally – Moss Brennan
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/jul/6/antifa-protesters-clash-police-they-try-force-way-/

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE
— SENATOR CORY BOOKER: HUMAN TRAFFICKER – Daniel Greenfield
https://www.frontpagemag.com/point/274232/senator-cory-booker-human-trafficker-daniel-greenfield

GOPUSA
— Kamala a wannabe African American & rap fan? (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, the Democrats and the RINOs who run America give preference to those who 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, anti-draft avoiders, and anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.gopusa.com/kamala-a-wannabe-african-american-rap-fan/

FOX NEWS
— Starbucks engages in intolerable discrimination against police – Charlie Kirk (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will the businesses in your precinct, municipality, township/ward, and county and in Illinois, America, and the world post signs that say the following are NOT WELCOME: those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?) 
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/charlie-kirk-starbucks-engages-in-intolerable-discrimination-against-police
— Media demonize July Fourth celebration and American flag to ‘celebrate’ national holiday – Dan Gainor
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/dan-gainor-media-demonize-july-fourth-celebration-and-american-flag-to-celebrate-national-holiday

AMERICAN THINKER
— In Illinois, Democrats focus like a laser on getting Planned Parenthood more money – Jack Hellner
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/07/in_illinois_democrats_focus_like_a_laser_on_getting_planned_parenthood_more_money.html
— A World Without America – Sally Zelikovsky
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2019/07/a_world_without_america.html

BREITBART
— Biden Open to More Attacks After Opposing Decriminalization of Illegals, Saying Migrants ‘Have to Get in Line’ – Tony Lee
https://www.breitbart.com/2020-election/2019/07/05/biden-open-to-more-attacks-after-opposing-decriminalization-of-illegals-saying-migrants-have-to-get-in-line/

BLAZE
— Antifa battling police, attacking MAGA hats in D.C., and it’s all being caught on camera The mask is off. Maybe not physically, but they’re exposed. Now everyone can see what they are. – CALEB HOWE (DIERSEN: How strongly would you be attacked if you wore a MAGA hat in your neighborhood, in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, in Illinois, in America, or in the world? Needless-to-say, if you wear a MAGA hat, you should also wear a body camera.) 
https://www.theblaze.com/news/antifa-police-dc-protest-violence

CANADA FREE PRESS
— THE LEFT’S WAR AGAINST AMERICA If the Democrats and their progressive supporters hate this country so much, they can always leave, no one is stopping them. In fact, that would be one thing that would make our great country even greater – Jeff Crouere
https://canadafreepress.com/article/the-lefts-war-against-america

TOWNHALL
— Les Deplorables: The Media Freakout Over Tanks At Trump’s July 4th Event Also Included Smearing Those Who Attended As Bigots – Matt Vespa
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2019/07/06/youre-wrong-the-medias-freakout-over-tanks-at-trumps-independence-day-event-was-just-plain-embarrassing-n2549598
— The Worst Independence Day Villains in America – Wayne Allyn Root
https://townhall.com/columnists/wayneallynroot/2019/07/07/the-worst-independence-day-villains-in-america-n2549528

WORLD NET DAILY
— Leftists dance around report Kamala Harris’ ancestor owned slaves (DIERSEN: My Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government always treated me like I should pay lots of reparations because my ancestors owned many slaves. But they knew that all my ancestors always lived in northeast Illinois, that they worked in a brick factory in Chicago, that they operated farms in Crete and Grant Park, and that they operated a hardware store in Crete.) 
https://www.wnd.com/2019/07/leftists-dance-around-report-kamala-harris-ancestor-owned-slaves/

ONE AMERICA NEWS NETWORK
— Pres. Trump: Democrats Must Change The Loophole And Asylum Laws
https://www.oann.com/pres-trump-democrats-must-change-the-loophole-and-asylum-laws/

HUMAN EVENTS
— Patriotism Is Not Racism. The biggest problem with the left in America is it labels those who highlight anything positive about this nation racist. – Hector Fajardo
https://humanevents.com/2019/07/06/patriotism-is-not-racism/
— Trump’s Citizenship Question Isn’t Controversial. Obama Deleting It Should’ve Been. Barack Obama was the first U.S. President to not include a question on nationality in the decennial census. – Ian Miles Cheong
https://humanevents.com/2019/07/06/trumps-citizenship-question-isnt-controversial-obama-deleting-it-shouldve-been/

LIFEZETTE
— Antifa Tries to Stop MAGA Hat-Wearing Reporter from Covering March Another attack on a Trump supporter occurs in D.C. – Wayne Dupree (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, you are NOT a reporter or a journalist if one or more of the following is NOT true about you a) you claim to be nonpartisan, b) you have a degree in journalism, c) you are paid for what you do, and d) political organizations, activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc. keep you on their press advisory lists and their press release lists.) 
https://www.lifezette.com/2019/07/antifa-tries-to-stop-maga-hat-wearing-reporter-covering-march/

CHRISTIAN NEWS
— 200 Companies Join Brief Asking Supreme Court to Rule ‘Sex’ Discrimination Includes Homosexuality, Gender Identity – Heather Clark 
https://christiannews.net/2019/07/06/200-companies-join-brief-asking-supreme-court-to-rule-sex-discrimination-includes-homosexuality-gender-identity/

HUFFINGTON POST
— There’s A Democratic Civil War Brewing Over Decriminalizing Migration – Roque Planas
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/democratic-civil-war-decriminalizing-migration-julian-castro_n_5d20cdc1e4b01b834737a1de

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— A matter of faith: Democrats embrace religion in campaign In shift, presidential candidates increasingly invoking God in bid to win over religious voters disillusioned by Trump – ELANA SCHOR (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats hint/imply/argue/shout that GOD hates those who 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.timesofisrael.com/a-matter-of-faith-democrats-embrace-religion-in-campaign/
— Poll: 1 in 4 don’t plan to retire despite realities of aging
https://week.com/news/national-news-from-the-associated-press/2019/07/07/poll-1-in-4-dont-plan-to-retire-despite-realities-of-aging/

NEW YORK TIMES
— The Rolling Stones Know What You Need: An Annuity – Jeff Sommer
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/01/business/rolling-stones-social-security-retirement.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, those who promote LGBTQ activity promote LGBTQ activity.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/06/opinion/sunday/social-media-homophobia.html
— Stop Calling Politics Our New Religion It’s offensive to both politics and religion. – Susan Jacoby (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats hint/imply/argue/shout that GOD hates those who 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.nytimes.com/2019/07/04/opinion/sunday/politics-new-religion.html
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: The Middle Class and Its ‘Extraordinary Burden’ – Tammy Kim (DIERSEN: My father almost always worked second jobs to pay the family’s bills.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/05/opinion/middle-class-families.html
— Why Trump Likes Tanks Those hulking relics are part of the insidious nostalgia that undergirds his “Make America Great Again” ideology. – Elliott D. Woods (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will the America-haters, that is, the Democrats, demand that Wheaton expel the First Division Museum and its tanks at Cantigny Park? SEE: https://www.fdmuseum.org/exhibits/c/tank-park/)
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/04/opinion/trump-tanks.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, those who promote LGBTQ activity promote LGBTQ activity.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/28/nyregion/class-divisions-gay-rights-pride.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, those who are older, male, and/or White are demonized, denigrated, and condemned. 
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/06/world/europe/uk-brexit-boris-johnson.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Aided by a strong economy, Trump approval rises – Dan Balz and Emily Guskin
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/aided-by-a-strong-economy-trump-approval-rises-but-a-majority-also-see-him-as-unpresidential/2019/07/04/c9c42c54-9d9f-11e9-b27f-ed2942f73d70_story.html

LOS ANGELES CRAIGSLIST
— Full OR Part Time Dishwashers needed. Compensation: $13.75 per hour plus weekly overtime! (DIERSEN: Did you wash dishes? I did part-time during my junior and senior years at Crete-Monee High School 1964-1966 and full-time during the summer of 1965. I worked for the minimum wage in the basement of the S.S. Kresges in Chicago Heights. With the money that I earned/saved, I bought a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint in May of 1966 that I used to commute to/from classes at UIC from my parents’ home in Crete 1966-1967.) 
https://losangeles.craigslist.org/wst/fbh/d/full-or-part-time-morning-evening-mid/6928239432.html

ATLANTA JOURNAL CONSTITUTION
— Atlanta immigrants change ways amid threatened deportation crackdown Undocumented drive, shop less, monitor Facebook, Instagram more – Jeremy Turley
https://www.ajc.com/news/crime–law/atlanta-immigrants-change-ways-amid-threatened-deportation-crackdown/eY2yjJhNlg6JQbz44VoVBN/

LAS VEGAS REVIEW JOURNAL
— The hate America crowd has been on full display – WAYNE ALLYN ROOT
https://www.reviewjournal.com/opinion/opinion-columns/wayne-allyn-root/wayne-allyn-root-the-hate-america-crowd-has-been-on-full-display-1705251/

STEAMBOAT PILOT
— How high is too high? 5 years after legalization, Colorado struggles to test marijuana impairment for drivers – Derek Maiolo
https://www.steamboatpilot.com/news/how-high-is-too-high-5-years-after-legalization-colorado-struggles-to-test-marijuana-impairment-for-drivers/

FORBES
— How Leaders Can Become Better Coaches And Build Stronger Teams – Chris Westfall (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes advise the Milton Township Republican Central Committee (MTRCC), the DuPage County Republican Central Committee (DCRCC), and the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) a) to discourage me from putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and sending them out and b) to discourage everyone from reading GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails. I should write a book about what the MTRCC, DCRCC, and IRP have done since 2000 a) to discourage me from putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and sending them out and b) to discourage everyone from reading GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/chriswestfall/2019/07/04/coaching-matters-how-leaders-become-better-coaches-build-stronger-teams/#3d940261405e

THRIVE GLOBAL
— Why your purpose can become your competitive advantage If you ask, the usual purpose of a business is “to make money”. – Lu Paulise (DIERSEN: What is/was the purpose of your employer? I worked for GAO for almost 30 years. Its purpose is: “We support Congress in meeting its constitutional responsibilities, and help improve the performance and ensure the accountability of the federal government. We provide Congress with timely information that is objective, fact-based, nonpartisan, nonideological, and balanced.”)
https://thriveglobal.com/stories/why-your-purpose-can-become-your-competitive-advantage/

WASHINGTON MONTHLY
— How Democratic Leadership Misunderstands Modern Political Risk – David Atkins (DIERSEN: What do you say to “political consultants” a) who fraudulently claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican; b) who advise Republican activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, other political consultants, etc. to dump voters, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that 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; and c) advise Republicans to pander to those 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, anti-draft avoiders, and anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?) 
https://washingtonmonthly.com/2019/07/06/how-democratic-leadership-misunderstands-modern-political-risk/

FED SMITH
— Finding A Federal Employee’s Salary – Ralph R. Smith (DIERSEN: Since 1966, when I was 18 years old, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being overpaid by the federal government. In my defense, I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970and 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.fedsmith.com/2019/07/07/finding-federal-employees-salary/

GUARDIAN
— When ‘respectable’ conservatives bow to the far right it’s always disastrous – Nick Cohen (DIERSEN: I should write a book about “Republicans” who demonize me, denigrate me, and condemn me as being too conservative, as being far right. They 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, and even worse things.) 
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/jul/06/far-right-invited-conservatives-boris-johnson

MARIJUANA TIMES
— What’s Next in Illinois? – Joe Klare (DIERSEN: Starting January 1, 2020, who will be the biggest pot pushers in your neighborhood, in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois? Of course, they will host “pot parties” in their homes. How successful will they be in getting everyone in your neighborhood, in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois to be stoners, that is, how successful will they be in destroying everyone and destroying everything? Needless-to-say, I oppose pot pushers.) 
https://www.marijuanatimes.org/whats-next-in-illinois/

Author: David Diersen

The opinions that I express in GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails are based on experience that I have gained doing many things since 1948. I base my opinions on what I learned a) working for the federal government for almost 30 years -- Post Office 1966-1969, IRS 1971-1980, and GAO 1980-1997, serving on the Executive Committee of the Association of Government Accountants Chicago Chapter 1983-1996, and being a union member while I worked for the Post Office and IRS; b) earning an MBA from Loyola in 1976, a masters degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, and a masters degree in financial markets and trading from IIT in 1997; c) passing the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979 and passing the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981; c) serving as a Republican Precinct Committeeman since 1999, the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000, the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois Chairman 2005-2012, a member of the 2008 Illinois Republican Party (IRP) Platform and Resolutions Committee, a Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member 2003-2011, the Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster 2008-2010 and 2000-2004, an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member 2003-2007, and an American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member 2001-2004; d) attending the 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, and 2016 IRP State Conventions as a delegate; e) being the subject of a nasty 4-page article in the February 1978 issue of Money Magazine; f) pursing litigation including Diersen v. GAO and Diersen v. Chicago Car Exchange; g) being married since 1978; h) living in Crete 1948-1972, in University Park 1972-1976, in Chicago 1976-1978, and in DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton since 1978; and i) being baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran.