September 5 Morning Edition

ABC7
— Former lawmaker Aaron Schock officially off federal hook, could run for office – Chuck Goudie and Christine Tressel
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/aaron-schock-officially-off-federal-hook-could-run-for-office/5516343/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Cubs co-owner Todd Ricketts’ property tax assessment appeal on designer Wilmette home sent to state’s attorney – Hal Dardick
https://www.chicagotribune.com/investigations/ct-todd-ricketts-property-taxes-assessment-investigation-20190905-i4c4xraffjbq7ewfm34lyeoj3u-story.html
— ‘It’s going to attack your lungs’: Gurnee teen hospitalized for vaping has message for his peers – Kate Thayer
https://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/ct-life-teen-hospitalized-vaping-tt-20190904-73qpft3x5bc3zkbui7nrve4tsy-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— Residents press Casten on impeachment at forum – Marni Pyke
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190905/residents-press-casten-on-impeachment-at-forum
— Catholics come to Capitol to protest abortion rights, high taxes – Rebecca Anzel
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190904/catholics-come-to-capitol-to-protest-abortion-rights-high-taxes

MDJ ONLINE
— Illinois lost $310 billion in income to outmigration since 2000 – Cole Lauterbach
https://www.mdjonline.com/neighbor_newspapers/extra/news/report-illinois-lost-billion-in-income-to-outmigration-since/article_ed24cc42-399d-57ab-9d85-e03c7f70abbc.html

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Skillicorn Endorses Oberweis for Congress
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/09/04/skillicorn-endorses-oberweis-for-congress/

NORTH COOK NEWS
— Patlak endorses Ives: ‘She is a person of integrity’ – Glenn Minnis 
https://northcooknews.com/stories/513128882-patlak-endorses-ives-she-is-a-person-of-integrity

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Congressional candidate Ives: State needs to consider bankruptcy – Glenn Minnis
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/513106744-congressional-candidate-ives-state-needs-to-consider-bankruptcy
— Mock Trump assassination elicits profusion of heated reactions – Chris Adams 
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/513136443-mock-trump-assassination-elicits-profusion-of-heated-reactions
— Grant’s bill aims to close gender wage gap – Glenn Minnis (DIERSEN: The federal government pays its female employees more than it pays its male employees who have comparable education, work experience, and professional certifications and licenses.) 
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/513106765-grant-s-bill-aims-to-close-gender-wage-gap

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— SKILLICORN TAKES A PASS ON 14TH CD GOP PRIMARY BID; ENDORSES OBERWEIS
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/09/skillicorn-takes-a-pass-on-14th-cd-gop-primary-bid-endorses-oberweis.html

WASHINGTON TIMES
— ‘Grand Opportunity Party’: Female, minority candidates helping GOP shed ‘old, white’ image – Gabriella Muñoz (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, those who dominate the Republican Party, Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and the Milton Township Republican Central Committee, etc. make it clear that they want to dump those 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.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/sep/4/republican-female-minority-candidates-help-gop-she/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Are They Sending Their Best? – Les Still
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2019/09/are_they_sending_their_best.html

BREITBART
— Poll: Increasing Immigration, Giving Illegals Right to Vote Most Unpopular 2020 Political Positions – JOHN BINDER
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/09/04/poll-increasing-immigration-giving-illegals-right-to-vote-most-unpopular-2020-political-positions/

CONSERVATIVE HQ
— No magic mirror needed to see all 2020 Democrats are extreme – Jeffrey A. Rendall
http://www.conservativehq.com/article/30946-assault-america-day-246-no-magic-mirror-needed-see-all-2020-democrats-are-extreme

DAILY CALLER
— CNN Cans Reporter After She Agrees To Run Conservative News Outlet – DAVID KRAYDEN
https://dailycaller.com/2019/09/05/cnn-cans-reporter-after-she-agrees-to-run-conservative-news-outlet/

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Dobbs grills RNC chair over ‘spineless RINOs’ who ‘roll over like puppies’ – Frieda Powers (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, RINOs fail/refuse to defend/advance the Republican Party platform, and especially its traditional family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks.) 
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2019/09/05/dobbs-grills-rnc-chair-over-spineless-rinos-who-roll-over-like-puppies-817011

RUSH LIMBAUGH
— Why Are So Many House Republicans Retiring?
https://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2019/09/04/why-are-so-many-house-republicans-retiring/

HUFFINGTON POST
— Top Asylum Official Who Was Critical Of Trump Administration Has Been Reassigned John Lafferty, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services asylum division chief, has reportedly been “pushed out” by Ken Cuccinelli, the agency’s hard-line acting director – Dominique Mosbergen (DIERSEN: Have you been reassigned? In early 1989, when I was 40 years old, because I was critical of my Democrat GAO superiors giving preferential treatment to my coworkers because they were Democrat, minority, female, veteran, and/or younger than me, my Democrat GAO superiors reassigned me out their group that audited IRS. I had been assigned to that group for 3 years. I had worked for IRS for almost 9 years before I transferred to GAO in early 1980.) 
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/john-lafferty-uscis-asylum-division-reassigned-trump-administration_n_5d70849ce4b011080459e188

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Pope on critics: It’s ‘an honor if the Americans attack me’
https://fox56.com/news/nation-world/pope-on-critics-its-an-honor-if-the-americans-attack-me
— Buttigieg says ‘reckoning’ coming over GOP and Christianity (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats hint/imply/argue/shout that GOD is 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://wrex.com/category/2019/09/05/buttigieg-says-reckoning-coming-over-gop-and-christianity/

WASHINGTON POST
— Black votes will define electability for Democrats – Errin Haines (DIERSEN: Are you electable? Ever-increasingly, the Milton Township Republican Central Committee, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party act like they are taking the advice of political consultants who say the more of the following that you are, the less electable that you are: Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, White, male, older, gun owner, German American, draft avoider, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.) 
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/analysis-black-votes-will-define-electability-for-democrats/2019/09/05/06a8e802-cf97-11e9-a620-0a91656d7db6_story.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The Google Syndrome  The company should become a generic term for today’s acute political mania. – Daniel Henninger
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-google-syndrome-11567636819

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.