May 21 Evening Edition

DAILY HERALD
— OUTSTANDING: Buffalo Grove formally opposes legalization of recreational marijuana – Steve Zalusky (DIERSEN: Needless-to-say, each and every municipality, township/ward, and county in Illinois should pass such a resolution ASAP.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190521/buffalo-grove-formally-opposes-legalization-of-recreational-marijuana
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Buffalo Grove has waded into the statewide debate over legalizing recreational marijuana, as a divided village board narrowly passed a resolution against it Monday. Village President Beverly Sussman broke a 3-3 deadlock to pass the resolution, which is modeled after a similar measure approved by Vernon Hills trustees. It urges lawmakers to slow down the process to provide more time to consider the impact on society and examine data from other states that have passed similar legislation.)
— Airport tenants could be prosecuted for delinquent taxes – Jake Griffin
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190521/airport-tenants-could-be-prosecuted-for-delinquent-taxes
— GOP frowns on but does not punish Amash’s impeachment call – AP
https://www.dailyherald.com/article/20190521/news/305219891/
— Parade, prayers and flag raising in Naperville – Ann Piccininni 
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190521/parade-prayers-and-flag-raising-in-naperville
— State might require fingerprint, higher fee for gun card – Lindsey Salvatelli
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190521/state-might-require-fingerprint-higher-fee-for-gun-card

ABC7
— Amid protests, Illinois prepares for Supreme Court to take up abortion bans – Sarah Schulte
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/amid-protests-illinois-prepares-for-supreme-court-to-take-up-abortion-bans/5311538/

CBS2
— Alderman On Lightfoot Rebuke: ‘She Painted Us All In A Very Broad Stroke’ – Derrick Blakley
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2019/05/21/alderman-on-lightfoot-rebuke-she-painted-us-all-in-a-very-broad-stroke/

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats promote Ocasio-Cortez who says it’s time to ‘move forward’ with Trump impeachment.
http://www.fox32chicago.com/politics/ocasio-cortez-says-it-s-time-to-move-forward-with-trump-impeachment

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote abortion.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/eric-zorn/ct-perspec-zorn-abortion-rights-bill-illinois-urgent-20190521-story.html
— Suburban school bus hit by stray bullets after dropping kids off at Museum of Science and Industry, authorities say – William Lee (DIERSEN: I remember stones being throw at the school bus that I was in when I first visited the museum in the 1950s.) 
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-met-northbrook-bus-hit-by-gunfire-20190521-story.html
— Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot hires private security operator married to lobbyist to run her security detail – John Byrne
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-met-lori-lightfoot-security-detail-20190521-story.html
— Naperville man charged with shooting 2 men in parking lot off Route 59 after drug deal sours, officials say – Suzanne Baker
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-nvs-naperville-shooting-follow-st-0522-story.html
— With Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s inauguration, 3 women of color now hold top citywide offices: ‘Chicago was ready for this’ – Juan Perez Jr.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-met-chicago-treasurer-clerk-swearing-in-lightfoot-20190520-story.html
— Former Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel has a new gig: Journalist – Lisa Donovan (DIERSEN: Of course, those who say that I am not a journalist would say that Emanuel is a journalist.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-met-rahm-emanuel-contributing-editor-the-atlantic-20190521-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— RTA chairman Kirk Dillard on agency’s piece of pie from Pritzker’s capital plan: It’s great, but not enough Umbrella agency for the CTA, Metra and Pace to lobby for more state money before capital plan is finalized. – Mitch Dudek
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/5/21/18634500/rta-chairman-kirk-dillard-chicago-mass-transit-funding-pritzker-capital-plan
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote abortion.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/5/21/18634212/illinois-lawmakers-protect-womens-rights-reproductive-health-act-abortion
— Picking up after your dog is just the start Should you toss dog poop in a neighbor’s garbage can? – Neil Steinberg
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/5/21/18634041/dog-poop-garbage-cans-neighbors-survey-steinberg

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Home sales slump hits 9th month, longest in almost 8 years  The last time local sales declined for a longer period was a year-long stretch that ended in June 2011. – DENNIS RODKIN
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/residential-real-estate/home-sales-slump-hits-9th-month-longest-almost-8-years

SAUK VALLEY
— Graduated tax amendment heads to House floor Only one legislative vote stands in way of ballot question – JERRY NOWICKI
https://www.saukvalley.com/2019/05/21/graduated-tax-amendment-heads-to-house-floor/amgojyq/

MDJ ONLINE
— Illinois Republicans question bills aimed at FOID card changes – LINDSEY SALVATELLI
https://www.mdjonline.com/neighbor_newspapers/extra/news/illinois-republicans-question-bills-aimed-at-foid-card-changes/article_3cb0eca1-dcd9-5a01-8f07-03413dae65a5.html

NPR ILLINOIS
— Protests Held Across The U.S. In Response To States Passing Restrictive Abortion Laws – SARAH MCCAMMON
https://www.nprillinois.org/post/protests-held-across-us-response-states-passing-restrictive-abortion-laws#stream/0

KANE COUNTY REPORTER
— Alleged conspiracy to shut down Illinois newspapers behind Sen. Harmon’s opposition to Senate bill – Karen Kidd
https://kanecountyreporter.com/stories/512504272-alleged-conspiracy-to-shut-down-illinois-newspapers-behind-sen-harmon-s-opposition-to-senate-bill

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Rep. Grant lauds pro-life groups, Rep. Miller’s abortion bill, but considers its chances slim – Glenn Minnis
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/512502518-rep-grant-lauds-pro-life-groups-rep-miller-s-abortion-bill-but-considers-its-chances-slim

CAPITOL FAX
— HRO chair wants to kick Chicago out of Illinois
https://capitolfax.com/2019/05/21/hro-chair-wants-to-kick-chicago-out-of-illinois/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats make it clear that they want to abolish the Second Amendment. 
https://capitolfax.com/2019/05/21/illinois-counties-with-high-firearm-suicide-rates-tend-to-be-gun-sanctuaries/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump warns Mexico of ‘response’ for failure to stop illegal immigration – Stephen Dinan
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/may/21/trump-warns-mexico-response-illegal-immigration/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Donald Trump’s desperately needed immigration wake-up call – Don Sucher
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/05/donald_trumps_desperately_needed_immigration_wakeup_call.html

DAILY CALLER
— ‘TAKE CARE OF YOUR OWN FIRST’: CARSON DEFENDS PLAN TO EVICT ILLEGALS FROM GOVERNMENT HOUSING – Jason Hopkins 
https://dailycaller.com/2019/05/21/carson-democrats-hud-plan-immigrants/
— Why President Trump’s Immigration Plan Is Bad News For The Middle Class
https://dailycaller.com/2019/05/21/president-trumps-immigration-vision-bad-news-middle-class/
— REPUBLICAN GOOGLE ENGINEER WRITES OPEN LETTER ABOUT COMPANY’S ‘OUTRAGE MOBS’ AND ‘WITCH HUNTS’ – Arthur Bloom
https://dailycaller.com/2019/05/21/conservative-google-engineer-wacker-medium-post-outrage-bias/
— MILLENNIALS ARE SCREWED: THEY’VE FALLEN FINANCIALLY BEHIND EVERY LIVING GENERATION – Virginia Kruta
https://dailycaller.com/2019/05/21/millennials-screwed-financially-behind-every-living-generation/

NEWSMAX
— Kinzinger: GOP Breaking Rank on Impeachment Is ‘Unrealistic’ – Sandy Fitzgerald 
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/adam-kinzinger-impeachment-justin-amash-republicans/2019/05/21/id/916972/

CONSERVATIVE HQ
— Spineless wimp Mitt Romney leads DC swamp class with gusto – Jeffrey A. Rendall
http://www.conservativehq.com/article/30284-assault-america-day-139-spineless-wimp-mitt-romney-leads-dc-swamp-class-gusto

CNS NEWS
— HUD Secretary Ben Carson Says He Has Duty to End Housing Assistance for Those Living with Illegals – Melanie Arter
https://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/melanie-arter/hud-secretary-ben-carson-says-he-has-duty-end-housing-assistance-those
— Coulter: ‘Every Single Thing the Mainstream Media Says about the Border Crisis Is a Lie’ – Craig Bannister 
https://www.cnsnews.com/blog/craig-bannister/coulter-every-single-thing-mainstream-media-says-about-border-crisis-lie

HOT AIR
— Trump: E-Verify Would Make It Too Hard To Hire Undocumented Workers
https://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2019/05/trump-e-verify-make-hard-hire-undocumented-workers/

WORLD NET DAILY
— DEMOCRATS’ ‘HYPOCRITICAL’ OATH Lt. Col. James Zumwalt has 10 examples of party members’ duplicity
https://www.wnd.com/2019/05/democrats-hypocritical-oath/

THE HILL
— GAO report finds government reforms saved $262B since 2010 – NIV ELIS
https://thehill.com/policy/finance/444830-gao-report-finds-government-reforms-saved-262b-since-2010

ROLL CALL
— Trump wants 400 TSA agents sent to the border. Democrats say that may hurt morale Lawmakers worry high TSA turnover could increase after the White House said it was sending agents to the southwest border – Camila DeChalus
https://www.rollcall.com/news/congress/diverting-tsa-personnel-border-wont-help-morale-democrats-say

POLITICO
— Trump threatens swift but vague action against Mexico – KATIE GALIOTO 
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/05/21/trump-mexico-illegal-immigration-1337322

REUTERS
— McDonald’s faces 25 new sexual harassment lawsuits, charges from workers groups
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mcdonald-s-lawsuits-harassment/mcdonalds-faces-25-new-sexual-harassment-lawsuits-charges-from-workers-groups-idUSKCN1SR1RP

WASHINGTON POST
— How San Francisco broke America’s heart – Karen Heller
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/how-san-francisco-broke-americas-heart/2019/05/21/ef9a0ac0-70ea-11e9-9eb4-0828f5389013_story.html

FORBES
— U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg And Age Discrimination – Patricia Barnes
https://www.forbes.com/sites/patriciagbarnes/2019/05/21/u-s-supreme-court-justice-ruth-bader-ginsburg-and-age-discrimination/#4b80909447db
— Why Are The Super-Rich Getting Audited Less? – Rachel Sandler
https://www.forbes.com/sites/rachelsandler/2019/05/21/why-are-the-super-rich-getting-audited-less/#192afb9f57d7

WINDY CITY TIMES
— Legislation to ensure restroom access passes Illinois House 
http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/lgbt/Legislation-to-ensure-restroom-access-passes-Illinois-House-/66081.html

May 21 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s graduated income tax plan a step closer to 2020 ballot after House panel vote – Jamie Munks and Dan Petrella
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-met-pritzker-graduated-income-tax-house-committee-20190520-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote abortion.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-met-womens-rights-rally-abortion-laws-protest-20190520-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Trump-haters promote hatred of Trump.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/lake-county-news-sun/opinion/ct-lns-talk-of-the-county-st-0525-story.html

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Pritzker’s graduated income tax clears key House panel The House Revenue Committee has approved the current version of the bill and sent it to the House floor—but a companion bill to set higher tax rates on upper-income taxpayers is on hold. – GREG HINZ
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/greg-hinz-politics/pritzkers-graduated-income-tax-clears-key-house-panel

WGN RADIO
— City Club of Chicago: RTA Chairman Kirk Dillard
https://wgnradio.com/2019/05/20/city-club-of-chicago-rta-chairman-kirk-dillard-3/

WBBM 780
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote abortion.
https://wbbm780.radio.com/articles/marchers-urge-illinois-bolster-abortion-rights

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Committee sends tax amendment to Illinois House floor – Doug Finke
https://www.sj-r.com/news/20190520/committee-sends-tax-amendment-to-illinois-house-floor
— Langfelder seeks emergency passage of casino resolution – Bernard Schoenburg (DIERSEN: Gambling is a vice.)
https://www.sj-r.com/news/20190520/langfelder-seeks-emergency-passage-of-casino-resolution

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— A worthy experiment The Governor should sign the township bill and see how it plays out in McHenry County. (DIERSEN: To get me to oppose township government, those who oppose township government could stress the many adverse actions that Milton Township officials, employees, and supporters have taken against me and continue to take against me.)
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/editorials/2019-05-21/editorial-worthy-experiment.html

NPR ILLINOIS
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Marijuana Moms: Meet The Four Women Who Crafted Illinois’ Cannabis Proposal – JACLYN DRISCOLL 
https://www.nprillinois.org/post/marijuana-moms-meet-four-women-who-crafted-illinois-cannabis-proposal#stream/0

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Rep. Grant says ‘there’s no reason’ for more taxes – Glenn Minnis 
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/512502457-rep-grant-says-there-s-no-reason-for-more-taxes

SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS NEWS
— Rep. Bailey says state government, not taxpayers, should be held accountable for Illinois’ spending – Glenn Minnis 
https://seillinoisnews.com/stories/512502479-rep-bailey-says-state-government-not-taxpayers-should-be-held-accountable-for-illinois-spending

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— IFI Fall Banquet with Franklin Graham November 1
https://illinoisfamily.org/event/ifi-fall-banquet-with-franklin-graham/

FOX NEWS
— Kirsten Gillibrand and the left don’t believe Americans deserve their country – Tucker Carlson (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those in Wheaton, in Milton Township, and in DuPage County who since 1978 have hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I do not deserve to live in Wheaton, in Milton Township, or in DuPage County. They stress that unlike them, I was not born here, I never attended schools here, I never was a member of a church here, I never attended church services here, I never gave any money to a church here, I never worked here, I was not married here, I never sent any children to schools here, etc.) 
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/tucker-carlson-kirsten-gillibrand-and-the-left-dont-believe-americans-deserve-their-country

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Three ways the soulless left is winning – Cheryl K. Chumley
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/may/21/three-ways-the-soulless-left-is-winning/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Cruz demands Yale documents concerning discrimination against students holding ‘traditional Christian views’ – Jerry Dunleavy
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/ted-cruz-demands-yale-documents-concerning-discrimination-against-students-holding-traditional-christian-views

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE
— ALIEN SMUGGLERS EXPLOIT INFANTS While the Left declares there is no crisis on the border. – Michael Cutler
https://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/273818/alien-smugglers-exploit-infants-michael-cutler

AMERICAN THINKER
— Democrats, Muslims, and Anti-Semitism – Derrick Wilburn (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats focus on uniting Jews and Muslims against those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/05/democrats_muslims_and_antisemitism.html

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— President Trump Can Win on Race – Karin McQuillan
https://amgreatness.com/2019/05/20/president-trump-can-win-on-race/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The good news for President Trump is that most Americans agree with Republicans about race: that we are all created equal and deserve equal treatment and opportunity. The problem is that far too many Americans believe the lie that Republicans, instead of adhering to these basic truths, are racist. President Trump has the courage to express our views on race. We can win on this issue. Democrats don’t want all citizens to be treated equally. Democrats want people treated differently and according to their skin color. They want group justice. They call it social justice because it sounds better. In their idea of a just America, whites, Asians, and Jews must give up opportunities as a group, and blacks and other people of color must be privileged with extra opportunities and reparations. By their definition, Democrats claim half the country is racist. Understand this: the Democratic Party’s idea of racism is defined by group identity, not by an individual’s behavior or beliefs. You’re not biased? Doesn’t matter. Utterly reject discrimination? Doesn’t matter. White? You’re racist. Democrats believe being colorblind is itself racist. Republicans, who believe laws should be colorblind, are by definition racist.)
— Elderly, Disabled Federal Employee Harassed for Being Trump Supporter – Liz Sheld
https://amgreatness.com/2019/05/21/elderly-disabled-federal-employee-harassed-for-being-trump-supporter/

BREITBART
— Academic Study Shows Donald Trump Has Made America Less Racist – JOHN NOLTE
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/05/20/academic-study-shows-donald-trump-made-america-less-racist/

BLAZE
— ‘Save Chick-fil-A’ bill heads to Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s desk The bill would prevent the government from refusing to do business with companies based on their support for religious organizations – Mike Ciandella
https://www.theblaze.com/news/save-chick-fil-a-bill-in-texas

GOPUSA
— Democrats call Facebook, Google, Twitter to testify on election security
http://www.gopusa.com/democrats-call-facebook-google-twitter-to-testify-on-election-security/
— America is starting to run out of Americans
http://www.gopusa.com/america-is-starting-to-run-out-of-americans/

MEDIA RESEARCH CENTER
— Media Hiding the Facts on Ongoing Immigration Crisis – Bill D’Agostino (DIERSEN: As everyone in the world knows, ever-increasingly, citizens of foreign countries ever-increasingly illegally come to American illegally and illegally stay in America illegally BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT DEMOCRATS AND RINOS WANT THEM TO DO.) 
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/bill-dagostino/2019/05/21/study-media-hiding-facts-ongoing-immigration-crisis

CNS NEWS
— Ocasio-Cortez Celebrates Democratic Caucus: ‘60 Percent Queer, Women, People of Color, Immigrant’ – Patrick Goodenough
https://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/patrick-goodenough/ocasio-cortez-celebrates-democratic-caucus-60-percent-queer-women

WORLD NET DAILY
— RAPID DNA TESTING SHOWS 1/3 OF MIGRANTS FAKED FAMILY LINK TO KIDS ICE pilot program in Texas reveals massive asylum scam
https://www.wnd.com/2019/05/rapid-dna-testing-shows-13-of-migrants-faked-family-link-to-kids/

ROLL CALL
— Republican group launches PAC to increase GOP diversity Catalyst PAC will promote non-white, LGBTQ, or religious or ethnic minority candidates – Stephanie Akin (DIERSEN: Those who want Republicans to lose want Republicans to dump individuals, dump organizations, dump companies, dump governments, and dump 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.rollcall.com/news/campaigns/republican-group-launches-pac-seeking-to-increase-gop-diversity

HUFFINGTON POST
— ICE Has A Record-Breaking 52,000 Immigrants In Detention, Report Says This figure surpasses the number of detention beds that Congress agreed to fund earlier this year. – Dominique Mosbergen (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats and RINOs encourage citizens of foreign countries to come to America illegally and to stay in America illegally.)
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/ice-detainees-record_n_5ce39a0fe4b0877009939c17

CNN
— What Trump’s financial disclosures do, and don’t, tell us – Zachary B. Wolf (DIERSEN: If you are a federal employee who is Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran, you should expect that your Democrat superiors will use your financial situation against you. I should write a book about how my Democrat Post Office, IRS, and GAO superiors used my financial situation against me.)
https://www.cnn.com/2019/05/18/politics/what-trump-financial-disclosures-do-dont-reveal/index.html

NEW YORK TIMES
— In a Test of Their Power, #MeToo’s Legal Forces Take On the Golden Arches In newly filed complaints, McDonald’s employees described repeated sexual harassment and then punishment for speaking out. – Melena Ryzik
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/21/business/mcdonalds-female-employees-sexual-harassment.html
— The New German Anti-Semitism For the nation’s estimated 200,000 Jews, new forms of old hatreds are stoking fear. – James Angelos (DIERSEN: My outstanding grandfather on my father’s side fought the Germans in WWI. My outstanding uncles on my mother’s side fought the Germans in WWII. My outstanding father would have fought the Germans in WWII if he had not been 4-F.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/21/magazine/anti-semitism-germany.html
— Why High-Class People Get Away With Incompetence – Heather Murphy (DIERSEN: Are/were you high-class? To paint me as being low-class, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes stress that neither of my parents attended college, that my father was the first of his ancestors to earn a high school diploma, that my mother never attended high school, that I was baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran, that I am 100% German American, that none of my college degrees are from Ivy League universities, and that 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.nytimes.com/2019/05/20/science/social-class-confidence.html
— Why Do We Let Political Parties Act Like Monopolies? When I ran against an incumbent senator, I learned the hard way how well insiders stack primaries against challengers. – David Dodson (DIERSEN: How much power do the following have a) to get someone to run for an office and b) to stop someone from running for an office: those who dominate a) your Republican township/ward/county party organizations and b) the Illinois Republican Party?) 
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/20/opinion/primary-challengers.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Here is my list of demands to work as a Trump administration policy czar I’m not as cheap as Kris Kobach. – Daniel W. Drezner
https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2019/05/21/here-is-my-list-demands-work-trump-administration-policy-czar/

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats a) glorify and praise minorities and citizens of foreign countries and b) demonize, denigrate, and condemn Whites and citizens of America.
https://www.latimes.com/politics/la-pol-sac-skelton-immigration-ppic-california-20190520-story.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Judge Rejects Trump Request to Block Subpoena for Accounting Records House Democrats have requested records from Mazars, the president’s longtime accounting firm – Brent Kendall and Rebecca Ballhaus (DIERSEN: If you are a federal employee who is Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran, you should expect that your Democrat superiors will use your financial situation against you. I should write a book about how my Democrat Post Office, IRS, and GAO superiors used my financial situation against me.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/judge-rejects-trump-request-to-block-subpoena-for-accounting-records-11558386548
— For China, Getting Rich Is Glorious—Getting Old Isn’t – Nathaniel Taplin
https://www.wsj.com/articles/for-china-getting-rich-is-gloriousgetting-old-isnt-11558431002
— Not Every Officer Wants to Be a General Allowing service members to pursue different career paths would ease the strain on military families. – Kate Bachelder Odell (DIERSEN: The Democrats who run the federal government use up-or-out to get rid of federal employees who are Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who they did not promote to 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.wsj.com/articles/not-every-officer-wants-to-be-a-general-11558390890
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The services know these dynamics are contributing to retention problems, and the branches have been slowly starting to experiment with different career tracks for, say, pilots, where talent shortages are pronounced. Congress last year offered the branches flexibility to reform an “up or out” system that requires officers to promote through the ranks or leave the service, among other good reforms pioneered by Mr. Kane.)
— Buttigieg Leans In on His Military Service Democrat who has quickly risen to top tier of 2020 field is putting more emphasis on Navy Reserve stint – Joshua Jamerson and Ben Kesling (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.) 
https://www.wsj.com/articles/buttigieg-leans-in-on-his-military-service-11558357127
— IRS Audit Rate Drops Again as It Examines Fewer High-Income Households Tax agency, shrinking after years of budget cuts, seeks funding boost from Congress – Richard Rubin
https://www.wsj.com/articles/irs-audit-rate-drops-again-as-it-examines-fewer-high-income-households-11558363990

USA TODAY
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG BLACK AND WHITE PICTURE: 63 years after landmark Brown v. Board case, segregated classrooms persist – Adam Northam
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/investigations/2019/04/05/segregated-classrooms-mississippi/3347927002/

U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— 1 in 3 Rural Americans Struggle to Afford Health Care Medical expenses are more difficult to pay for than food and housing, a new poll finds. – Gaby Galvin (DIERSEN: Knowing that federal retirees and their spouses can stay in the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (https://www.opm.gov/healthcare-insurance/healthcare/) helped me endure tremendous efforts by my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government to get rid of me.) 
https://www.usnews.com/news/healthiest-communities/articles/2019-05-21/1-in-3-rural-americans-struggle-to-afford-health-care

ATLANTIC
— It’s Time to Hold American Elites Accountable for Their Abuses If Democrats want to address simmering middle-class anger, they need to deliver justice. – Rahm Emanuel (DIERSEN: I should write a book about the elites in Wheaton, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who blame me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails for all of their problems, for all of your problems, for all of my problems, and for all of everyone’s problems.) 
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/05/middle-class-americans-are-sick-elite-privilege/589849/

NEWSWIRE
— Equal Representation – Are Targets Being Met? – Kate Spurdens (DIERSEN: What are your demographics? Do those who represent you in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, in Illinois, and in America share your demographics?) 
https://newswire.net/newsroom/blog-post/00110048-equal-representation-are-targets-being-met.html

ABOVE THE LAW
— The Repercussions Of Having An Unpopular Client – TONI MESSINA (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, under the Democrats and under the RINOs, the more of the following that you are, the more unpopular that you 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://abovethelaw.com/2019/05/the-repercussions-of-having-an-unpopular-client/

EDITOR AND PUBLISHER
— Digital Publishing: Being Transparent Will Help Newspapers Gain the Trust of Readers – Rob Tornoe
https://www.editorandpublisher.com/columns/digital-publishing-being-transparent-will-help-newspapers-gain-the-trust-of-readers/

May 20 Morning Edition

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE WITH COLOR PICTURE: Police, prosecutors find fault with legal pot: How do you test drivers for it? – Marni Pyke
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190520/police-prosecutors-find-fault-with-legal-pot-how-do-you-test-drivers-for-it–
— How saving and sensible investing can pay for a long, active, comfortable retirement – Thomas Heath (DIERSEN: Your required minimum distribution (RMD) says a lot about how successful you were saving for your retirement. My RMD is only about $10,000/year. It would be much greater if my Democrat superiors in the federal government had not wasted my career and forced me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old.) 
https://www.dailyherald.com/business/20190519/how-saving-and-sensible-investing-can-pay-for-a-long-active-comfortable-retirement
(FROM THE ARTICLE: White and his wife live mostly on the dividends from 62 blue-chip companies, including Coca-Cola, Bristol-Myers, Ford, Verizon, Caterpillar, American Electric Power, Duke Energy, Baxter Labs, Johnson & Johnson and PPG Industries. He also owns a couple of exchange traded funds (ETFs). He said all the holdings have appreciated “a lot,” but he doesn’t plan to sell any because, (a) he doesn’t need the money and (b) selling would create a sizable tax bill. (He hates the “required minimum distribution” that he must take on his tax-deferred retirement accounts because they raise his taxes.) White is fortunate in one respect. His father, who was an engineer with New York Telephone, gave him early training in investing and taught him the value of owning shares in good companies. It took me until I was 40.)

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Archdiocese opposes legal pot — so does drug firm where top church executive works Betsy Bohlen received $145,000 in compensation while on the board of Insys Therapeutics, an embattled pharmaceutical company that has said legal marijuana could hurt its profits. – Tom Schuba 
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/5/20/18622170/archdiocese-chicago-legal-marijuana-insys-opiod
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, since the Civil War, Democrats blame Republicans for all the problems that Blacks have had, are having, and will have.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/5/19/18629756/lori-lightfoot-race-chicago-racism-laura-washington

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Chicago CEOs outrun peers on pay, while employees trail national median The wide pay gap reflects the area’s high concentration of big companies with lots of low-wage workers. – STEVEN R. STRAHLER (DIERSEN: Trump’s salary is only $400,000/year. In today’s dollars, my GAO salary in 1997, when I was 49 years old, was $127,654/year. That pay ratio is only 3.13. If Trump’s salary was adjusted for inflation, it would be $704,687/year today. I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who viciously demonize, viciously denigrate, and viciously condemn government employees as being overcompensated. My GAO salary would have much lower if I had not 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. My GAO salary would have been much higher if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran.)
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/news/chicago-ceos-outrun-peers-pay-while-employees-trail-national-median
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The average Jo working at a Chicago public company made 1.3 percent more last year, lifting her median wage to $68,262—barely 1 percent of the middling CEO’s $5.6 million. For the second consecutive year, proxy filings compare CEO compensation to the median-paid employee’s. Excluding a couple of outliers, this so-called pay ratio ranges between 661 and 12 at the 107 local companies reporting so far. Chicago’s median pay ratio rose from 111 to 113.5 in 2018. That’s well above the nationwide median of 74, with a typical local CEO making 14.6 percent more than counterparts around the country. The opposite was true for median-paid workers at Chicago-based companies, who made nearly 20 percent less than the national median of $84,398, which rose faster last year than Chicago’s median.)
— Ford to cut 7,000 salaried jobs The cuts represent about 10 percent of the automaker’s global white-collar workforce.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/manufacturing/ford-cut-7000-salaried-jobs

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Local hemp growers, processors excited by possibilities – Cassie Buchman
https://www.sj-r.com/news/20190519/local-hemp-growers-processors-excited-by-possibilities
— In Illinois, cars and trucks top coal as biggest contributor to global warming – BGA (DIERSEN: How much do you contribute to global warming? I contribute far less because I drive very few miles.)
https://www.sj-r.com/news/20190519/in-illinois-cars-and-trucks-top-coal-as-biggest-contributor-to-global-warming

WSIL TV
— Durbin pushes drug companies to list prices – Emily Manley
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/40499933/illinois-lawmaker-pushes-drug-companies-to-list-prices

NPR ILLINOIS
— ‘I’ve Been Able To Bridge Divides’ Says 2020 Democrat Steve Bullock (DIERSEN: Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs do not “bridge divides.” They get rid of 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.nprillinois.org/post/ive-been-able-bridge-divides-says-2020-democrat-steve-bullock#stream/0

WIREPOINTS
— Why some Illinois Republicans are making the wrong argument against a progressive income tax – Mark Glennon, Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner
https://wirepoints.org/why-some-illinois-republicans-are-making-the-wrong-argument-against-a-progressive-income-tax/
— Hey, Springfield: These ideas send the wrong message to business This legislative session has seen a long list of bills that, while not grabbing headlines, inflict enormous damage even if they don’t become law. – MARK GLENNON
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/opinion/hey-springfield-these-ideas-send-wrong-message-business

FOX NEWS
— Illinois Republicans push bill to separate Chicago from rest of state: Rural areas ‘not being equally represented’ – David Montanaro
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/illinois-republicans-push-bill-to-separate-chicago-from-rest-of-state-rural-areas-not-being-equally-represented

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Homeland Security reverses course on plan to ship illegal immigrants across the nation Plans to ease overwhelmed border reversed – Stephen Dinan
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/may/19/homeland-security-wont-ship-illegal-immigrants-acr/

DAILY CALLER
— GILLIBRAND SAYS ILLEGALS ‘DON’T NEED TO BE INCARCERATED,’ SHOULD BE SENT ‘INTO THE COMMUNITY’ – David Krayden
https://dailycaller.com/2019/05/20/gillibrand-illegals-dont-need-incarceration-send-community/
— MIKE PENCE GETS STANDING OVATION DESPITE STUDENT WALKOUT AT COMMENCEMENT SPEECH – Virginia Kruta (DIERSEN: Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, Green plants, and RINOs will have no need to walk out of the 2020 Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee meeting if they succeed in getting enough Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, Green plants, and RINOs on the committee. I have repeatedly asked my representative on the IRP State Central Committee to appoint me to that committee. Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, Green plants, and RINOs want to a) strike the traditional family, right to life, immigration, Second Amendment, and other planks from the IRP platform and b) strike the illegal drugs and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) and other planks from the Republican Party platform.)
https://dailycaller.com/2019/05/19/dozens-walk-out-mike-pence-commencement-speech/

FEDERALIST
— Merit-Based Immigration Reform Is Precisely What America Needs – Helen Raleigh (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://thefederalist.com/2019/05/20/merit-based-immigration-reform-precisely-america-needs/

TOWNHALL
— Gillibrand: I Wouldn’t Detain Any Illegal Aliens, I’d Free Them All Into the US – Leah Barkoukis
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/leahbarkoukis/2019/05/20/gillibrand-i-wouldnt-detain-any-illegal-aliens-at-all-id-let-them-into-the-community-n2546574
— How About Some “Adversity Points” For Hardworking Kids Of Hardworking Parents? – Kurt Schlichter (DIERSEN: How wealthy are/were your parents? When you were in high school and in college, did they buy you cars? Did they pay your college expenses? Did they get you jobs/promotions after you graduated? Did they give you money to buy a home? My outstanding parents did none of the aforesaid, yet my critics/opponents have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I was born with a silver spoon in my mouth and that I have always been privileged. 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; and collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980. I bought a 1958 Chevy BelAir in 1964, a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint in 1966, a new 1968 Oldsmobile 442 in 1967, a new 1969 Dodge Charger SE in 1968, and a new 1972 Corvette in 1971. I bought a new town home in 1972.) 
https://townhall.com/columnists/kurtschlichter/2019/05/20/how-about-some-adversity-points-for-hardworking-kids-of-hardworking-parents-n2546541

AMERICAN THINKER
— Democrats: America’s Original Hate Group – Rich Logis
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2019/05/democrats_americas_original_hate_group.html

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Trump’s Immigration Pitch Has Real Merit – Rachel Bovard (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.amgreatness.com/2019/05/19/trumps-immigration-pitch-has-real-merit/

AMERICAN FREE PRESS
— Sheriff Joe Is Back, Still Swinging
https://americanfreepress.net/sheriff-joe-is-back-still-swinging/

BREITBART
— Kirsten Gillibrand Pledges to Release All Illegal Aliens Claiming Asylum into U.S. Communities – JOHN BINDER (DIERSEN: Of course, Gillibrand would force Republicans to pay for housing, feeding, clothing, providing healthcare, educating, etc. these illegals.)
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/05/19/watch-kirsten-gillibrand-pledges-to-release-all-illegal-aliens-claiming-asylum-into-u-s-communities/
— ‘France Does Not Belong to the French!’ – Hundreds of Illegal Migrants Occupy French Airport – JACK MONTGOMERY (DIERSEN: Paris Charles de Gaulle airport today, O’Hare tomorrow.)
https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/05/20/watch-france-does-not-belong-french-hundreds-illegal-migrants-occupy-french-airport/

PJ MEDIA
— Facebook Doubles Down on Blocking Trump Advisory Board Member Over Pro-Life Post – TYLER O’NEIL
https://pjmedia.com/trending/facebook-doubles-down-on-blocking-trump-advisory-board-member-over-pro-life-post/

NOQ REPORT
— We’re losing our culture because faux conservatives aren’t fighting for it! – David Leach (DIERSEN: I should write a book about faux conservatives in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois.)
https://noqreport.com/2019/05/20/losing-culture-faux-conservatives-arent-fighting/

CNN
— Rural America feels the sting of Trump’s China trade war – Brian Fung (DIERSEN: Who should feel the sting of Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion, that is, who should feel the sting of patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination? According to Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs, it should be Republicans who are White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
https://www.cnn.com/2019/05/19/politics/china-trade-war-trump-rural/index.html

NBC NEWS
— Buttigieg attacks Fox News hosts at Fox News town hall – Adam Edelman
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/buttigieg-attacks-fox-news-hosts-fox-news-town-hall-n1007546
— Racial wealth gap is vast: 2020 Democrats have plans to close it – Benjy Sarlin (DIERSEN: What would your superiors say that they did to close the racial wealth gap? My Democrat GAO superiors would stress that they forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, gave me unfair performance expectations and appraisals, always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, did not promote me beyond GS-13, got rid of my mentor in 1987, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and forced me to take a $19,568 (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. My Democrat IRS superiors would stress that they did not promote me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions in 1978, got rid of my mentor in 1975, and disallowed my partial day per diem claims in 1974. My Democrat Post Office superiors would stress that they forced me resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968. My aforesaid Democrat superiors would stress that the aforesaid adverse actions that they took against me a) helped close the racial wealth gap and b) directly helped their employees who were poor, and especially their poor employees who were Democrat, minority, female, younger, and/or veteran.)
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/racial-wealth-gap-vast-2020-democrats-have-plans-close-it-n1007051

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats want to unify members of Group A against members of Group B. Members of Group A 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 and members of Group B are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older people, rich people, gun owners, German Americans, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/18/us/politics/joe-biden-philadelphia-rally.html
— Learning With: ‘SAT’s New “Adversity Score” Will Take Students’ Hardships Into Account’ – Shannon Doyne (DIERSEN: How wealthy are/were your parents? When you were in high school and in college, did they buy you cars? Did they pay your college expenses? Did they get you jobs/promotions after you graduated? Did they give you money to buy a home? My outstanding parents did none of the aforesaid, yet my critics/opponents have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I was born with a silver spoon in my mouth and that I have always been privileged.) 
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/20/learning/learning-with-sats-new-adversity-score-will-take-students-hardships-into-account.html

WASHINGTON POST
— In Fox News interview, Trump expresses concern about E-Verify – Seung Min Kim (DIERSEN: Those who want Trump to lose in 2020 urge him to express concerns about E-Verity.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/in-fox-news-interview-trump-expresses-concern-about-e-verify/2019/05/19/3495ef74-7aa8-11e9-a66c-d36e482aa873_story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-nationalists rally in Europe. In America, ever-increasingly, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs make it clear that they are anti-nationalists. How soon will they succeed in banning a) Memorial Day parades and ceremonies and b) Independence Day fireworks and parades?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/tens-of-thousands-rally-against-nationalism-before-eu-votes/2019/05/19/b743269e-7a4e-11e9-b1f3-b233fe5811ef_story.html
— Democrats were said to be furious and hungry for change. Then Biden jumped in. – Annie Linskey and Michael Scherer
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/democrats-were-said-to-be-furious-and-hungry-for-change-then-biden-jumped-in/2019/05/19/6cfe2ad4-78a5-11e9-b7ae-390de4259661_story.html

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
— Knowing the score – Editorial (DIERSEN: How wealthy are/were your parents? When you were in high school and in college, did they buy you cars? Did they pay your college expenses? Did they get you jobs/promotions after you graduated? Did they give you money to buy a home? My outstanding parents did none of the aforesaid, yet my critics/opponents have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I was born with a silver spoon in my mouth and that I have always been privileged.) 
https://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/ny-edit-knowing-the-score-20190520-6dinzqz2bvhrxky7lgckitmbu4-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The College Board plans to add a 1-to-100 “adversity score” to student SAT results, in a well-intentioned attempt to add context to a youngster’s performance on the test and — this is the theory, anyway — encourage schools to admit more high-potential youngsters from disadvantaged backgrounds. So far, they’re hiding the formula of how 15 different variables, including a school or neighborhood’s poverty levels, housing stability and crime rates, will be weighed in boiling everything down to a single, simple number. Bad beginning, especially for an institution committed to teaching and learning.)

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— FRONT PAGE: ‘Playing Catch-Up in the Game of Life.’ Millennials Approach Middle Age in Crisis New data show they’re in worse financial shape than every preceding living generation and may never recover – Janet Adamy and Paul Overberg (DIERSEN: Are you a baby boomer? According to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, baby boomers like me were born with a silver spoon in their mouth and they have always been privileged. They hint/imply/argue/shout that if I had been a member of any other generation, I never would have been able to a) buy new cars and collector cars like I did, b) earn college degrees like I did, c) buy real estate like I did, d) get married like I did, e) earn professional certifications and a professional license like I did, f) save for retirement like I did, g) etc.) 
https://www.wsj.com/articles/playing-catch-up-in-the-game-of-life-millennials-approach-middle-age-in-crisis-11558290908
— Kamala Harris Seeks Fines for Firms That Fail to Close Gender Pay Gap Presidential hopeful’s plan: Take 1% of a company’s profit for every 1% difference in wages for equal work – Ken Thomas (DIERSEN: While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, it paid its minority and female employees who had education, work experience, and professional certifications and licenses comparable to what I had higher salaries than it paid me. 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/kamala-harris-seeks-fines-for-firms-that-fail-to-close-gender-pay-gap-11558346400

BLOOMBERG
— Trump’s Timid, Disappointing Immigration Proposal The president missed his chance to make an offer that Democrats might plausibly support. – Karl W. Smith
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2019-05-20/trump-s-immigration-proposal-is-a-timid-disappointment

MARKET WATCH
— Congress gets serious about retirement saving The government wants Americans to take more initiative for retirement planning – Alessandra Malito (DIERSEN: Your required minimum distribution (RMD) says a lot about how successful you were saving for your retirement. My RMD is only about $10,000/year. It would be much greater if my Democrat superiors in the federal government had not wasted my career and forced me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old.)
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/congress-gets-serious-about-retirement-saving-2019-05-16
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Increases the required minimum distribution age to 72 from 70 ½ years old by 2023, and then age 75 in 2030; creates an exception for individuals with $100,000 or less in eligible accounts, so that they can continue saving instead of having to withdraw; and reduces the penalty for failing to take RMDs from 50% to 25% of what they should have distributed. “It has a lot of common sense things that would make life easier for retirement savers and plan sponsors and administrators,” Grohowsky said.)

USA TODAY
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Republican-haters promote hatred of Republicans. 
https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/politics/arizona/2019/05/20/how-extremists-reasserting-themselves-into-mainstream-gop-politics-arizona-republican-party/3568202002/

ATLANTA JOURNAL CONSTITUTION
— SAT will now rank test-takers on disadvantages, inequalities they faced – Maureen Downey (DIERSEN: How wealthy are/were your parents? When you were in high school and in college, did they buy you cars? Did they pay your college expenses? Did they get you jobs/promotions after you graduated? Did they give you money to buy a home? My outstanding parents did none of the aforesaid, yet my critics/opponents have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I was born with a silver spoon in my mouth and that I have always been privileged.) 
https://www.ajc.com/blog/get-schooled/sat-will-now-rank-test-takers-disadvantages-inequalities-they-faced/DjfHKhofyLcDuooqvqX7sJ/
— New adversity score will weigh blight, poverty, joblessness and crime in area where teens live and attend school – Maureen Downey (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes stress that there was little “blight, poverty, joblessness and crime” in Crete when I lived there when I as a teen during the 1960s. Now that the Democrats have moved in, disgustingly, tragically, there is lots of “blight, poverty, joblessness and crime” in Crete.)
https://www.ajc.com/blog/get-schooled/sat-will-now-rank-test-takers-disadvantages-inequalities-they-faced/DjfHKhofyLcDuooqvqX7sJ/

SEATTLE TIMES
— Biden tests assumptions about what Democratic voters want in Trump era – Annie Linskey and Michael Scherer (DIERSEN: According to Democrat politicians, Democrat voters want free stuff, higher taxes, more government spending, 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, retaliation, and even worse things.)
https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/biden-tests-assumptions-about-what-democratic-voters-want-in-trump-era/

INSIDE HIGHER ED
— The New SAT Score: So Many Questions – Ben Paris (DIERSEN: How wealthy are/were your parents? When you were in high school and in college, did they buy you cars? Did they pay your college expenses? Did they get you jobs/promotions after you graduated? Did they give you money to buy a home? My outstanding parents did none of the aforesaid, yet my critics/opponents have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I was born with a silver spoon in my mouth and that I have always been privileged.) 
https://www.insidehighered.com/admissions/views/2019/05/20/numerous-questions-point-flaws-new-adversity-score-sat-opinion
— New SAT Score: Adversity – Scott Jaschik (DIERSEN: How wealthy are/were your parents? When you were in high school and in college, did they buy you cars? Did they pay your college expenses? Did they get you jobs/promotions after you graduated? Did they give you money to buy a home? My outstanding parents did none of the aforesaid, yet my critics/opponents have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I was born with a silver spoon in my mouth and that I have always been privileged.)
https://www.insidehighered.com/admissions/article/2019/05/20/college-board-will-add-adversity-score-everyone-taking-sat

DAILY BEAST
— Instead of Fixing the SAT, Which Favors the Wealthy, the College Board Makes Up an ‘Adversity Index’ The new index, intended to distract from the scandalous news about buying and selling test scores, will itself benefit well-off gentrifiers in less well-off census tracts.- David C. Bloomfield (DIERSEN: How wealthy are/were your parents? When you were in high school and in college, did they buy you cars? Did they pay your college expenses? Did they get you jobs/promotions after you graduated? Did they give you money to buy a home? My outstanding parents did none of the aforesaid, yet my critics/opponents have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I was born with a silver spoon in my mouth and that I have always been privileged.) 
https://www.thedailybeast.com/instead-of-fixing-the-sat-which-favors-the-wealthy-the-college-board-makes-up-an-adversity-index

May 18 Evening Edition

ABC7 & FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote LGBTQ activity.
https://abc7chicago.com/house-democrats-pass-sweeping-legislation-to-protect-lgbtq-rights-/5305748/
http://www.fox32chicago.com/politics/house-approves-sweeping-bill-to-expand-gay-rights

ABC7
— Asian Influences
https://abc7chicago.com/society/asian-influences/5294606/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Another political trailblazer is Judge Kenneth Moy. Moy was the first Asian American elected to County office in Illinois.. and he went on to take ‘the bench’ in DuPage County. But in his retirement years, his focus has really become ‘giving back’! Moy has long funded scholarships through the DuPage Foundation.. and recently, he gave $2 million to a place that is an important refuge for more than 300 residents. At DuPage Care Center in Wheaton, 70% of the residents are Medicaid recipients. It also happens to be the special place where Judge Moy’s wife resides, Patricia Moy has battled Alzheimer’s disease for 8 years. The Care Center plans to make a host of renovations with the new funds. To honor their benefactor, the new name of the facility is the Kenneth Moy DuPage Care Center.)

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— ICE detainees could not be held in private detention centers under measure heading to Illinois governor – Elvia Malagón
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-met-immigration-ice-private-detention-center-bill-illinois-20190517-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— Illinois’ hurry to embrace recreational marijuana – Editorial (DIERSEN: Needless-to-say, the following should be speaking out strongly against the marijuana bill in Illinois: Trump and Pence; Illinois Republican congressmen; Illinois Republican Party (IRP) National Committeeman and Committeewoman; IRP officers; Republican Illinois House and Senate leaders; your representative on the IRP State Central Committee; officers of your Republican township/ward/county party organizations; your Republican Precinct Committeeman/Captain; Republican officials who represent you in your municipality, township/ward, county, and Illinois; conservative leaders; healthcare leaders; religious leaders; education leaders; law enforcement leaders; firefighter leaders; etc.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20190518/editorial-illinois-hurry-to-embrace-recreational-marijuana

PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— Is division in the state at a breaking point? – Matt Vasilogambros (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats make it clear that they want to drive Republican individuals, Republican organizations, and Republican companies out of Illinois and especially those that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, 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.pjstar.com/news/20190518/is-division-in-state-at-breaking-point

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— That’s no little capital plan on the table – Doug Finke
https://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20190518/statehouse-insider-thats-no-little-capital-plan-on-table

EFFINGHAM DAILY NEWS
— Local law enforcement wary of recreational marijuana – Kaitlin Cordes (DIERSEN: Ten years ago, I easily got the Milton Township Republican Central Committee (MTRCC) to pass a resolution against video gambling. Should I try to get the MTRCC to pass a resolution against recreational pot?)
https://www.effinghamdailynews.com/news/local_news/local-law-enforcement-wary-of-recreational-marijuana/article_73d9262f-7b45-5fbb-bb4e-07e009ce6337.html

WTHI
— OUTSTANDING: CLARK COUNTY COUNCIL MEMBERS PLAN TO BAN MARIJUANA DISPENSARIES IF STATE PASSES LAW With Governor Pritzker closing in on the legalization of recreational marijuana, one Wabash Valley community has chosen to stand up against the law if it were to pass. – Richard Solomon (DIERSEN: Ten years ago, I easily got the Milton Township Republican Central Committee (MTRCC) to pass a resolution against video gambling. Should I try to get the MTRCC to pass a resolution against recreational pot?)
https://www.wthitv.com/content/news/Clark-County-council-members-plan-to-ban-marijuana-dispensaries-if-state-passes-law–510090151.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: If Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker legalizes recreational marijuana, Clark County will ban dispensaries in their backyard. It was a unanimous decision made Friday morning by the Clark County Council. They plan to draft a resolution against the law. Some say by keeping the community together and on the same page, they’ve been able to keep illegal things out. That includes drugs and crime. News 10 spoke with members of the community who attended the meeting. They told us that Clark County has a low crime rate. A few spoke out. One man told us that no one in the community is wanting this legalization. “There’s no public outcry to legalize this stuff,” said Warren LeFever, a concerned citizen. This law has not been passed yet. County Council members say they are being proactive rather than reactive.)

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Voter rolls: Which precincts see the most women vote in DuPage County?
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/512492263-voter-rolls-which-precincts-see-the-most-women-vote-in-dupage-county

COLLEGE OF DUPAGE
— COLLEGE OF DUPAGE CELEBRATES TRADITION OF EXCELLENCE AT 52ND COMMENCEMENT – Angela Mennecke
https://www.cod.edu/news/2019/may/commencement2019.aspx

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Voters Down Under put Australian interests first in another win for Trump-style nationalism – Ralph Z. Hallow 
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/may/18/australia-just-voted-put-australias-interests-firs/
— Democrats can’t spin away murders committed by illegals – Cheryl K. Chumley (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.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/may/18/democrats-cant-spin-away-murders-committed-illegal/

FOX NEWS
— Illinois Republicans consider push to separate Chicago from state – Adam Shaw (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats make it clear that they want to drive Republican individuals, Republican organizations, and Republican companies out of Illinois and especially those that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, 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.foxnews.com/politics/illinois-republicans-push-to-turn-chicago-into-its-own-state
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The outlet reports that a resolution calling on Congress to declare Chicago America’s 51st state now has eight Republican co-sponsors in the state’s House, as well as growing support from conservative activists. Supporters of the move have noted that Chicago is where much of the state’s political power and money rests, and its politics are different than other more conservative parts of the state. The sponsor of the bill, state Rep. Brad Halbrook, said he supports the split due to differences on issues such as the Second Amendment and abortion. “Our traditional family values seem to be under attack at every angle,” Halbrook said, according to The State Journal-Register. “We are trying to drive the discussion to get people at the table to say these are not our values down here.”)

LIFEZETTE
— Illegals Are Now Being Flown to California to Relieve Crowding in Texas — Cost: $6,000 Per Flight Officials may also begin transporting migrants to Detroit, Miami and Buffalo, New York (DIERSEN: Democrats encourage citizens of foreign countries to come to America illegally and to stay in America illegally. Will Democrats in Detroit, Miami and Buffalo house, feed, clothe, provide healthcare, educate, etc. these illegals? Will Democrats make Republicans pay for housing, feeding, clothing, providing health care, educating, etc. these illegals?) 
https://www.lifezette.com/2019/05/illegals-are-now-being-flown-to-california-to-relieve-crowding-in-texas-cost-6000-per-flight/

BREITBART
— GOP Defends Women’s Rights as Democrats Vote for Transgender Ideology – NEIL MUNRO
https://www.breitbart.com/2020-election/2019/05/17/gop-defends-womens-rights-dems-vote-transgender-ideology/

RUSH LIMBAUGH
— How Children Influence Their Parents’ Political Beliefs (DIERSEN: One should expect that Democrat teachers do everything that they can to make their students 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/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2019/05/17/how-children-influence-their-parents-political-beliefs/

TOWNHALL
— Progressives Call For Party Purge of Democratic Pro-Lifers – Timothy Meads (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those in the Milton Township Republican Central Committee (MTRCC), DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party (IRP), TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Illinois Center Right Coalition, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter, GAO, etc. who focus/focused on purging those like me a) who support the traditional family, right to life, immigration, Second Amendment, illegal drugs, equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving), and other planks in the IRP and Republican Party platforms and b) who support the MTRCC resolution against video gambling.) 
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/timothymeads/2019/05/18/progressive-says-theres-no-room-for-prolifers-calls-for-primary-challenge-and-party-to-stop-funding-antiabortion-democrats-n2546532

WORLD NET DAILY
— REPUBLICANS CONSIDER PUSH TO KICK CHICAGO OUT OF ILLINOIS 8 GOP legislators co-sponsor measure to make Windy City the 51st state
https://www.wnd.com/2019/05/republicans-consider-push-to-kick-chicago-out-of-illinois/

ONE NEWS NOW
— Candace Owens: ‘Blacks must wake up to great liberal hoax,’ FB suspends, reinstates – Michael F. Haverluck 
https://onenewsnow.com/media/2019/05/18/candace-owens-blacks-must-wake-up-to-great-liberal-hoax-fb-suspends-reinstates

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Maher: Elizabeth Warren Wrong About Not Going On FOX News, “That’s Where The Votes Are” – Ian Schwartz
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2019/05/17/maher_elizabeth_warren_wrong_about_not_going_on_fox_news_thats_where_the_votes_are.html

COLLEGE FIX
— Ohio State U. faces anti-white discrimination lawsuit
https://www.thecollegefix.com/ohio-state-u-faces-anti-white-discrimination-lawsuit/

THE HILL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “Republicans deserve to have real competitive presidential primary.”
https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/444298-republicans-deserve-to-have-real-competitive-presidential-primary

NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump Warns That Rising Border Crossings May Require an Extra $1.4 Billion – Peter Baker
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/18/us/politics/trump-migrant-children-border.html
— Black Women in Chicago, Getting Things Done How the rest of the country can follow them. – Salamishah Tillet (DIERSEN: Democrats encourage Black women to hate Republicans.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/18/opinion/sunday/black-women-chicago.html

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs want America to give Mexicans automatic asylum while at the same time a) 1.5+ million Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs live in Mexico, b) millions of Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs vacation there, and c) millions of Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs rely on Mexico for their illegal drugs.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/the-little-noticed-surge-across-the-us-mexico-border-its-americans-heading-south/2019/05/18/7988421e-6c28-11e9-bbe7-1c798fb80536_story.html

SAN ANTONIO EXPRESS NEWS
— Africans, Cubans pack Mexican shelters, hoping for a shot at asylum – Dudley Althaus
https://www.expressnews.com/news/local/politics/article/Refugee-type-camps-arise-on-U-S-Mexico-border-13854860.php

POLITICUSUSA
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Trump-haters promote hatred of Trump.
https://www.politicususa.com/2019/05/18/joe-biden-hits-trump-right-between-his-racist-eyes.html

May 16 Morning Edition

NBC5
— Illinois’ Democratic Leaders Spent $420K on Sports Tickets Last Year Illinois law allows campaign expenditures for tickets to games – Carol Marin and Don Moseley
https://www.nbcchicago.com/investigations/hundreds-of-thousands-spent-on-sports-tickets-by-democratic-leaders-509965681.html

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Slow start on Pritzker’s ambitious agenda has Democrats in Springfield concerned – Rick Pearson
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-met-illinois-legislative-discontent-20190515-story.html
— Trump to unveil immigration plan that would shift U.S. from family-based approach to merit-based system – AP
https://www.chicagotribune.com/nation-world/ct-trump-immigration-plan-20190515-story.html
— The route is greased to boost gas tax, vehicle fees – Charles Selle
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/lake-county-news-sun/news/ct-lns-selle-gas-vehicle-fees-st-0516-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats use Affirmative Action, Diversity, Inclusion, up-or-out, budget cuts, etc. to not hire and to get rid of non-Democrats and especially non-Democrats 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://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2019/5/15/18627498/mayor-elect-lori-lightfoot-candace-moore-lawyer-as-chief-equity-officer

DAILY HERALD
— Metra OKs engineering for train to Oswego, but who will pay to build it? – Marni Pyke
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190515/metra-oks-engineering-for-train-to-oswego-but-who-will-pay-to-build-it-

WTTW
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pritzker Makes Push for Legal Sports Betting – Paul Caine 
https://news.wttw.com/2019/05/15/pritzker-makes-push-legal-sports-betting

HERALD & REVIEW
— Changes are likely coming to the Illinois pot legalization bill. Here’s what happened today. – JERRY NOWICKI
https://herald-review.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/changes-are-likely-coming-to-the-illinois-pot-legalization-bill/article_e64ba853-8fde-50cf-a832-ea2527fcff17.html

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Pardons for low-level pot convictions suggested at Senate panel hearing – Dean Olsen (DIERSEN: To smoke pot is to shout that you disrespect the rule of law.)
https://www.sj-r.com/news/20190515/pardons-for-low-level-pot-convictions-suggested-at-senate-panel-hearing
— Pritzker, some lawmakers eye on-time session conclusion – Bernard Schoenburg
https://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20190515/bernard-schoenburg-pritzker-some-lawmakers-eye-on-time-session-conclusion

WQAD
— Illinois marijuana debate: keeping our kids off pot – Luke Cleary
https://wqad.com/2019/05/15/illinois-marijuana-debate-keeping-our-kids-off-pot/amp/

NPR ILLINOIS
— How’d Illinois Prisons Lose $3.4m Of Stuff? – BRIAN MACKEY 
https://www.nprillinois.org/post/howd-illinois-prisons-lose-34m-stuff#stream/0

POSITIVELY NAPERVILLE
— DuPage County awards Human Services Grants to nonprofit agencies (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, the cost of living in DuPage County is extremely high. Ever-increasingly, my wife and I have to spend our live savings to balance our budget. Nevertheless, ever-increasingly, those who have financial, health, and/or other problems are encouraged a) to come to DuPage County and b) to stay in DuPage County.)
https://www.positivelynaperville.com/2019/05/15/dupage-county-awards-human-services-grants-to-nonprofit-agencies/100416

DAILY LINE
— At Chicago’s City Council, committees are used to reward political favors and fund patronage – Mick Dumke (DIERSEN: All my critics/opponents, all their operatives, and all their dupes have always promoted patronage. Those who are Democrats want patronage for those who are Democrats. Those who are RINOs want patronage for those who are RINOs.) 
http://thedailyline.net/chicago/05/16/2019/at-chicagos-city-council-committees-are-used-to-reward-political-favors-and-fund-patronage/
— Victims Rights Bill part of discussions as lawmakers craft ethics overhaul – Hannah Meisel (DIERSEN: Of course, according to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, a) I have never been a victim of political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, national origin discrimination, or any other kind of discrimination. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes hint/imply/argue/shout that all the adverse actions that have been taken against me were because I am stupid, lazy, White supremacist, Nazi, KKK member, hater, racist, sexist, bigot, and even worse things. Politics is cumulative. Should I sue my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes.) 
http://thedailyline.net/chicago/05/16/2019/victims-rights-bill-part-of-discussions-as-lawmakers-craft-ethics-overhaul/

WIREPOINTS
— Property tax pains in Maine Township, Illinois – Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner
https://wirepoints.org/property-tax-pains-in-maine-township-illinois/

ILLINOIS TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot.
https://illinoistimes.com/article-21231-pritzker-on-pot.html

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Into the Weeds: 3 Questions Christians Should Be Asking the New Pot Pastor – Terrell Clemmons 
https://illinoisfamily.org/marijuana-2/into-the-weeds-three-questions-christians-should-be-asking-the-new-pot-pastor/

FOX NEWS
— Steve Scalise touts Trump plan for ‘merit-based’ immigration: ‘Right now, we’ve got some of the dumbest laws on the books’- Charles Creitz (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, 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, 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.)
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/scalise-trump-immigration-plan-merit-based

TOWNHALL
— The GOP Base Is Done Tolerating RINO Collaboration With The Democrats – Kurt Schlichter (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, RINO leaders in the Republican Party, Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Central Committee focus on getting rid of Republicans like me.)
https://townhall.com/columnists/kurtschlichter/2019/05/16/the-gop-base-is-done-tolerating-rino-collaboration-with-the-democrats-n2546315

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Dick Durbin to ask Red Cross to monitor U.S. Border Patrol – Stephen Dinan
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/may/16/dick-durbin-ask-red-cross-monitor-us-border-patrol/
— Greed will sink America – Cheryl K. Chumley
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/may/16/greed-will-sink-america/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Republicans in tough races embrace LGBT issues despite backlash risk – David M. Drucker (DIERSEN: I should write a book about “Republican” candidates, elected officials, and party leaders who have dumped the traditional family, right to life, immigration, Second Amendment, illegal drugs, equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving), and other planks in the Republican Party platform to curry favor with donors and voters 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/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.) 
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/republicans-in-tough-races-embrace-lgbt-issues-despite-backlash-risk
— In defense of women’s and mothers’ choice to work – Aparna Mathur and Erin Melly (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always shouted that I have always had a tremendous unfair advantage in life because my mother stayed home and raised me.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/op-eds/in-defense-of-womens-and-mothers-choice-to-work

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE
— WHITE HOUSE OFFERS AMERICANS TOOL (https://whitehouse.typeform.com/to/Jti9QH) FOR REPORTING SOCIAL MEDIA FREE SPEECH VIOLATIONS – Daniel Greenfield
https://www.frontpagemag.com/point/273790/white-house-offers-americans-tool-reporting-social-daniel-greenfield
— THE CHRISTCHURCH CALL IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL, TRUMP IS RIGHT TO REJECT IT – Daniel Greenfield
https://www.frontpagemag.com/point/273788/christchurch-call-unconstitutional-trump-right-daniel-greenfield
— CANNES OPENS WITH MAGA BASHING FLICK – Daniel Greenfield
https://www.frontpagemag.com/point/273786/cannes-opens-maga-bashing-flick-daniel-greenfield

AMERICAN THINKER
— Illegals surge, Trump builds, and House tries to shut down border wall construction behind him – Monica Showalter
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/05/illegals_surge_trump_builds_and_house_tries_to_shut_down_border_wall_construction_behind_him.html

BLAZE
— Another Democratic presidential candidate joins Liz Warren’s boycott of Fox News – Carlos Garcia (DIERSEN: Who boycotts you and why? I should write a book about those who boycott me and boycott my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails and why they do that.)
https://www.theblaze.com/news/liz-warren-fox-news-boycott-grows-by-one

HOT AIR
— Poll: Few Support Citizenship For Anchor Babies
https://hotair.com/archives/2019/05/16/poll-support-citizenship-anchor-babies/

LIFESITE
— Hillary Clinton Says Some Male Democrat Candidates for 2020 ‘Are Not Likeable’ Yet nobody in politics has been more unlikeable, as an opinion piece articulates
https://www.lifezette.com/2019/05/hillary-clinton-some-male-democrat-candidates-2020-are-not-likeable/

THE HILL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters say “Trump takes flak for not joining anti-extremism pact.”
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/443955-trump-takes-flak-for-not-joining-anti-extremism-pact
— White House launches tool (https://whitehouse.typeform.com/to/Jti9QH) for reporting social media ‘bias’ – Emily Birnbaum 
https://thehill.com/policy/technology/443934-white-house-launches-tool-for-reporting-social-media-bias
— De Blasio launches presidential campaign – TAL AXELROD AND RAFAEL NAM 
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/443949-de-blasio-launches-presidential-campaign
— Rep. Tlaib is wrong — Jews were never given ‘a safe haven’ in Palestine – DR. MARC SIEGEL
https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/443972-rep-tlaib-is-wrong-jews-were-never-given-a-safe-haven-in-palestine

POLITICO
— Trump draws public into bias feud with social media firms – STEVEN OVERLY and ALEXANDRA S. LEVINE 
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/05/15/trump-bias-facebook-twitter-1327332

ABC NEWS
— Trump ramps up war against ‘political bias’ with new social media reporting tool (https://whitehouse.typeform.com/to/Jti9QH) – KARMA ALLEN
https://abcnews.go.com/US/trump-ramps-war-political-bias-social-media-reporting/story?id=63067737
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The form urges users to post screenshots to back up claims of political bias and it also asks for the respondent’s first and last name, zip code, phone number and their citizenship of residency status. Once they provide the required information, the tool asks them to explain what happened to their social media account and whether or not a particular post was targeted.)

NEW YORK TIMES
— How Democrats Who Beat Republicans Last Year Plan to Keep Their Seats – Jennifer Steinhauer (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, under the Democrats, the future is bleak for candidates and for everyone else who is a Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoider, and if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/14/us/politics/house-democrats-2020-strategy.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, to get votes from minorities, the Democrat Party paints itself as being the anti-White party. 
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/15/opinion/race-government-politics.html
— Why Working Till Whenever Is a Risky Retirement Strategy – Mark Miller (DIERSEN: Because of the success that my Democrat superiors in the federal government had in wasting my career and in forcing me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old, my Civil Service Retirement System pension and my RMD have been and will always be dramatically less.) 
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/16/business/retirement-layoff-working-longer.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, White-haters promote hatred against Whites, and especially against Whites who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, 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/2019/05/15/opinion/stacey-abrams-voting.html
— Attention Young People: This Narcissism Study Is All About You – Niraj Chokshi (DIERSEN: How old are you? I am 70.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/15/science/narcissism-teenagers.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— U.S. Extends Tepid Support for Accord to Curb Extremist Content Online White House cites its respect for ‘freedom of expression’ for not endorsing pact that includes governments and tech companies – Sam Schechner (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being an extremist. I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/facebook-under-pressure-over-terrorist-content-restricts-live-streaming-11557905947
— SAT to Give Students ‘Adversity Score’ to Capture Social and Economic Background New score comes as college admissions decisions are under scrutiny – Douglas Belkin (DIERSEN: When you were in high school, what would your adversity score have been? My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always viciously demonized me, viciously denigrated me, and viciously condemned me as having been born with a silver spoon in my mouth and as having always being privileged. Should I develop and publish adversity scores for each of my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes?)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/sat-to-give-students-adversity-score-to-capture-social-and-economic-background-11557999000
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The College Board plans to assign an adversity score to every student who takes the SAT to try to capture their social and economic background, jumping into the debate raging over race and class in college admissions. This new number, called an adversity score by college admissions officers, is calculated using 15 factors including the crime rate and poverty levels from the student’s high school and neighborhood. Students won’t be told the scores, but colleges will see the numbers when reviewing their applications. . .Adversity Index  College Board’s new tool seeks to provide environmental context behind students’ test scores by measuring adversity in their neighborhoods, families and schools. Neighborhood environment Crime rate Poverty rate Housing values Vacancy rate Family environment Median income Single parent Adversity score Education level ESL High school environment Undermatching Curricular rigor Free lunch rate AP opportunity. . .The College Board, the New York based nonprofit that oversees the SAT, said it has worried about income inequality influencing test results for years. White students scored an average of 177 points higher than black students and 133 points higher than Hispanic students in 2018 results. Asian students scored 100 points higher than white students. The children of wealthy and college-educated parents outperformed their classmates.)
— The Dubious Management Fad Sweeping Corporate America NPS—or net promoter score—is a measure of customer satisfaction that has developed a cultlike following among CEOs. It also may be misleading. – Khadeeja Safdar and Inti Pacheco (DIERSEN: What customer satisfaction scores would GOPUSA ILLINOIS email readers give me?) 
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-dubious-management-fad-sweeping-corporate-america-11557932084
— Class of 2019 Gets a Smaller Pay Raise Starting salaries, on a hot streak for years, are growing more slowly; ‘I want to do meaningful work’ – Kelsey Gee (DIERSEN: I started working for IRS at the GS-7 Step 1 level in 1971 when I was 22 years old. Today, GS-7 Step 1 salary is $46,554.) 
https://www.wsj.com/articles/class-of-2019-gets-a-smaller-pay-raise-11557936454
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Salaries for entry-level jobs for new degree-holders average $51,347 in 2019, up 1.9% over last year—which is virtually flat after adjusting for inflation, according to new data from recruiting firm Korn Ferry . KFY -0.39% The 2019 starter-salary average is 20% higher than what 2009 college graduates saw as they entered a recession-wracked job market, an increase that’s on-par with wage growth in the broader U.S. workforce.)

FORBES
— White House Encourages Social Media Users To Tell It About ‘Political Bias’ – Emma Woollacott
https://www.forbes.com/sites/emmawoollacott/2019/05/16/white-house-encourages-social-media-users-to-tell-it-about-political-bias/#802434b1d701
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Trump administration has made a provocative move against the anti-extremist policies of online platforms by encouraging users who have been censored to complain. Reading rather like one of Trump’s tweets, excessive capitalization and all, the new site encourages users to complain if they believe their accounts have been suspended, banned, or reported because of political bias. “SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS should advance FREEDOM OF SPEECH,” the message reads. Users – who must be citizens or permanent residents -are asked to provide their names, contact information, social media accounts and screenshots to back up their complaints. Facebook, YouTube, Instagram and Twitter are all cited as possible targets.)

BLOOMBERG
— White House Urges Reporting of ‘Political Bias’ by Social Media – Kurt Wagner and Ben Brody
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-05-15/white-house-urges-reporting-of-political-bias-by-social-media

USA TODAY
— 4 decades separate 2020’s presidential candidates. Here’s what that looks like. From Buttigieg and Gabbard to Sanders and Biden, more than a generation separates the oldest and youngest candidates. – James Sergent, Ramon Padilla and George Petras
https://www.usatoday.com/in-depth/news/politics/elections/2019/05/03/2020-candidates-ages/3643967002/
— Homes for sale: Here are the most affordable ZIP codes in the US – Janna Herron
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2019/05/15/homes-sale-where-affordable-houses/3668178002/

NEWSWEEK
— TEXAS SENATE APPROVES ‘SAVE CHICK-FIL-A’ BILL TO COUNTER SAN ANTONIO COUNCIL’S BAN OF THE RESTAURANT IN AIRPORT – SCOTT MCDONALD 
https://www.newsweek.com/texas-senate-approves-save-chick-fil-bill-counter-san-antonio-councils-ban-1426859

SALON
— Study: Gen Z, Millennials are embarrassed about being narcissists A study of young adults suggests that we’re aware, but not happy, about being self-absorbed – KEITH A. SPENCER (DIERSEN: How old are you? I am 70.) 
https://www.salon.com/2019/05/15/study-gen-z-millennials-are-embarrassed-about-being-narcissists/

ZILLOW
— FOR SALE: 324 Arbor Avenue, Wheaton – $424,900
https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/324-Arbor-Ave-Wheaton-IL-60189/4448309_zpid/

May 15 Morning Edition

DAILY HERALD
— ‘This is a war for our culture’: Radio host Gorka angered by gay wedding on ‘Arthur’ – Isaac Stanley-Becker
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190515/this-is-a-war-for-our-culture-radio-host-gorka-angered-by-gay-wedding-on-arthur
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats want to flood America with immigrants because immigrants overwhelmingly vote for Democrats. RINOs want to flood America with immigrants because RINOs want cheap labor. 
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20190515/trumps-war-on-legal-immigrants
— My brush with Facebook censorship – Walt Zlotow, Glen Ellyn (DIERSEN: What is Zlotow’s position on those individuals, organizations, companies, and governments that censure me and censure my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails?) 
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20190515/my-brush-with-facebook-censorship

ROCKFORD REGISTER STAR
— Give voters a voice on future of townships – Editorial
https://www.rrstar.com/opinion/20190514/our-view-give-voters-voice-on-future-of-townships

WTTW
— Could New $1,000 State Tax Drive Electric Car Owners Out of Illinois? – Nicole Cardos
https://news.wttw.com/2019/05/14/could-new-1000-state-tax-drive-electric-car-owners-out-illinois

WBEZ
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats and RINOs oppose anything that might discourage illegal immigration.
https://www.wbez.org/shows/wbez-news/census-citizenship-question-could-hurt-citizens-noncitizens-alike/9a3e98db-9420-4dfd-a3bc-aece3c939ab4

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Pritzker’s heavy hand – Editorial
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/editorials/2019-05-15/editorial-pritzkers-heavy-hand.html

ALTON TELEGRAPH
— Protestors call for Lewis and Clark Community College’s resignation — 22 photos Heyen says he will not step down – Scott Cousins 
https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/article/Protestors-call-for-LCCC-board-chairman-8217-s-13845954.php

RIVERSIDE BROOKFIELD LANDMARK
— Lobbyist controls late pol’s campaign fund Kimme under no obligation to terminate Topinka committee – Bob Skolnik (DIERSEN: Many if not most of those who promote/promoted Topinka work/worked against me.)
https://www.rblandmark.com/News/Articles/5-14-2019/Lobbyist-controls-late-pol%27s-campaign-fund/

WCIA
— Senator charges to reveal “what cannabis companies are viable” Chicago Democrat pitches get-rich-quick scheme ahead of marijuana vote – Mark Maxwell
https://www.wcia.com/amp/news/capitol-news/senator-charges-to-reveal-what-cannabis-companies-are-viable-/2002422831

NDIGO
— Talking Legal Weed With Rep. Sonya Harper – Hermene Hartman
https://ndigo.com/2019/05/14/talking-legal-weed-with-rep-sonya-harper/

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Clinton promotes hatred against Republicans. 
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2019/05/15/clinton-slams-trump-in-chicago-emanuel-chill-on-weed-bill-city-halls-game-of-thrones-436776

PROPUBLICA
— At Chicago’s City Council, Committees Are Used to Reward Political Favors and Fund Patronage Without new oversight and accountability, City Hall cannot “escape corruption, mismanagement and waste,” the city watchdog says. – Mick Dumke (DIERSEN: All my critics/opponents, all their operatives, and all their dupes have always promoted patronage.)
https://www.propublica.org/article/chicago-city-council-legislative-committees-chairs-aldermen-political-favors-patronage

COOK COUNTY RECORDER
— Hinsdale, Burr Ridge, Willowbrook, Darien ask court to let them sue Sterigenics, along with Illinois – Jonathan Bilyk
https://cookcountyrecord.com/stories/512490421-hinsdale-burr-ridge-willowbrook-darien-ask-court-to-let-them-sue-sterigenics-along-with-illinois

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Jeanne Ives May Run for Roskam’s Seat in Congress
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/05/15/jeanne-ives-may-run-for-roskams-seat-in-congress/

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— MORE THAN 130 SIX-FIGURE SCHOOL DISTRICT ADMINISTRATORS OPPOSE EDUCATION EFFICIENCY BILL – Joe Barnas (DIERSEN: When did you first become a six-figure person in today’s dollars? For me, it was in 1987 when I was 39 years old. I had worked for GAO for almost 8 years. I had worked for IRS for almost 9 years. I had become a licensed CPA in 1981, Certified Internal Auditor in 1981, and a CPA in 1979. I had earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980. I had earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976. And I had earned a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU in 1970.)
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/more-than-130-six-figure-school-district-administrators-oppose-education-efficiency-bill/

ILLINOIS OPPORTUNITY PROJECT
— Springfield Has Not Earned Your Trust
http://illinoisopportunity.org/springfield-has-not-earned-your-trust/

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Industrialization, Commercialization of “Millennial Marijuana” – David E. Smith 
https://illinoisfamily.org/marijuana-2/industrialization-commercialization-of-millennial-marijuana/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— IVES: WHICH DIRECTION IS ILLINOIS GOING?
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/05/ives-which-direction-are-we-going.html
— AFTER LOSING NEARLY $4 BILLION LAST YEAR, POSTAL SERVICE ON TRACK TO LOSE $7 BILLION THIS YEAR
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/05/after-losing-nearly-4-billion-last-year-postal-service-on-track-to-lose-7-billion-this-year.html

HOT AIR
— I Own The Red Hen Restaurant That Asked Sarah Sanders To Leave. Resistance Isn’t Futile. (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who have barred me from their events or asked me to leave their events. I would focus on those who claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican.)
https://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2019/05/red-hen-restaurant-asked-sarah-sanders-leave-resistance-isnt-futile/

GOPUSA
— Romney votes with Democrats against judge who said Obama was an ‘un-American imposter’
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=69528
— NM governor, rents bus, sends 55 asylum seekers to Denver (DIERSEN: What about Chicago Democrats who give homeless people on-way train tickets to Wheaton?)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=69511
— College Democrats vow to boycott DCCC over incumbent policy (DIERSEN: Who boycotts you and why? I should write a book about individuals, organizations, companies, and governments that are boycotting me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails and why they do that. 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.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=69521
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The dissenting College Democrats chapters are objecting to the DCCC’s new rule refusing to do business with consultants, pollsters and other campaign workers who sign on to work for challengers making primary runs against incumbent Democrats.)

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Equality Act legislation slammed by opponents as being anti-woman – Christopher Vondracek
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/may/14/equality-act-legislation-slammed-by-opponents-as-b/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Cheney says Tlaib comments ‘close’ to denying Holocaust – Dominick Mastrangelo 
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/cheney-says-tlaib-comments-close-to-denying-holocaust

AMERICAN THINKER
— Here’s an example of the illegal aliens Trump is trying to deport – Kenneth Eliasberg
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/05/heres_an_example_of_the_illegal_aliens_trump_is_trying_to_deport.html

ACCURACY IN MEDIA
— NYT Describes Buttigieg As Nothing More Than a Product of Identity Politics – Brian McNicol
https://www.aim.org/aim-column/nyt-describes-buttigieg-as-nothing-more-than-a-product-of-identity-politics/

BREITBART
— Survey: Only 2-in-15 Americans Aware of Soaring Illegal Immigration to U.S. – John Binder
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/05/14/survey-only-2-in-15-americans-aware-of-soaring-illegal-immigration-to-u-s/
— Beto: Trump’s ‘Racism’ Is ‘Changing This Country,’ Causing Hate Crime to Rise – Pam Key
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2019/05/14/beto-trumps-racism-is-changing-this-country-causing-hate-crime-to-rise/
— Washington Post: Democrats Want to Streamline Asylum Process for Migrants – NEIL MUNRO
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/05/14/washington-post-democrats-want-to-streamline-asylum-process-for-migrants/

NEWS BUSTERS
— ‘View’ Gets Beto to Apologize for His White, Male Privilege; Presses Him From Left on Policy – Kristine Marsh (DIERSEN: If I had been a minority or a female, the federal government would have promoted me into its Senior Executive Service long before I was 40 years old. 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.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/kristine-marsh/2019/05/14/view-gets-beto-apologize-his-white-male-privilege-presses-him

EPOCH NEWS
— Herman Cain Says Black Americans ‘Brainwashed’ by ‘Certain News Outlets’ to Hate Trump – JANITA KAN 
https://www.theepochtimes.com/herman-cain-says-black-americans-brainwashed-by-certain-news-outlets-to-hate-trump_2923762.html

HUFFINGTON POST
— Ilhan Omar Says Attacks On Her And Rashida Tlaib Are ‘Designed To Silence’ Muslim Voices The Democratic congresswomen have come under repeated, bad-faiths attacks in recent months. – Sarah Ruiz-Grossman (DIERSEN: I should write a book about the many bad-faith attacks on me since 2000 to silence me. I would focus on those attackers who crow that they are religious, conservative, and/or Republican.)
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/ilhan-omar-rashida-tlaib-attacks_n_5cdb6534e4b061f71b876a6b

POLITICO
— Complaints grow that Trump staffers are campaigning for their boss In the president’s first year in office, formal complaints that staffers were violating an 80-year-old law prohibiting them from political activity jumped. – ANITA KUMAR
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/05/15/trump-staff-campaign-complaints-1318864

NEW YORK TIMES
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: When Trump Snipes at Biden, Republican Strategists Wince – Jonathan Martin and Maggie Haberman (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who have taken snipes against me in the Wheaton Bowl Banquet Hall and elsewhere. I would focus on those who crow that they are religious, conservative, and/or Republican.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/14/us/politics/trump-biden-2020.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Religiously unaffiliated voters are leading U.S. politics into uncharted waters – David Byler
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/05/14/religiously-unaffiliated-voters-are-leading-us-politics-into-uncharted-waters/
— ‘This is a war for our culture’: Sebastian Gorka anguished by gay wedding on ‘Arthur’ – Isaac Stanley-Becker
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/05/15/sebastian-gorka-slams-gay-wedding-arthur-sign-cultural-war/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— White House Relaunches Immigration Push – Andrew Duehren
https://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2019/05/15/white-house-relaunches-immigration-push/
— U.S. Births Fall to Lowest Rates Since 1980s Births in the U.S. have declined in 10 of the last 11 years since peaking in 2007 – Anthony DeBarros and Janet Adamy
https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-births-fall-to-lowest-rates-since-1980s-11557892860

FORBES
— What Voters Need To Know About The Racial Wealth Gap – Rakeen Mabud (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted a) that instead of me, the Post Office should have hired a poor minority in 1966, b) that the Post Office should gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a poor minority could have my job, c) that instead of me, IRS should have hired a poor minority in 1971, d) that instead of me, IRS should have promoted a poor minorities in 1972, 1973, and 1974, e) that instead of me, GAO should have hired a poor minority in 1980, f) that instead of me, GAO should have promoted a poor minority in 1986, and g) that GAO should have gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a poor minority could have my job and my preferred corner office.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/rakeenmabud/2019/05/15/what-voters-need-to-know-about-the-racial-wealth-gap/#7134bd1b3755

PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER
— Medicare fraud more common among doctors treating minorities, low-income seniors – Sarah Gantz
https://www.philly.com/health/consumer/medicare-fraud-abuse-johns-hopkins-20190515.html

USA TODAY
— Young people, scrolling their friends’ Instagram feeds, feel pressure to overspend – Paul Davidson
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2019/05/13/facebook-instagram-images-put-pressure-young-people-overspend/1158795001/

JOURNAL GAZETTE
— The issues that older workers face in the job hunt – Kate Lopaze
http://www.journalgazette.net/thejobnetwork/20190513/older-worker-issues-job-hunt

OAK LEAF NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters crow about their success in making musicians Trump-haters.
https://www.theoakleafnews.com/magazine/2019/05/14/fighting-words/

WBAP
— Beto O’Rourke and White Privilege – Rick Roberts (DIERSEN: If I had been a minority, the federal government would have promoted me into its Senior Executive Service long before I was 40 years old. 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.)
http://www.wbap.com/2019/05/14/rick-roberts-show-beto-orourke-and-white-privilege/

INSIDE HIGHER EDUCATION
— Help Us Help You: What Should We Cover? Readers, it’s your turn: What issues are keeping you up at night? What strategies to adopt? How to encourage and support the faculty? Which products or services to use? – Doug Lederman (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who do not want me to include links in GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails to articles that a) promote those who they are blacklisting, b) promote the traditional family, right to life, immigration, Second Amendment, illegal drugs, or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform and the Republican Party platform, or c) promote the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling.)
https://www.insidehighered.com/digital-learning/article/2019/05/15/its-your-turn-what-should-we-cover

NEWSWEEK
— MSNBC HOST SAYS FOX NEWS PARROTS TRUMP’S RACISM ‘LIKE A BUNCH OF DUPES’ BUT ELIZABETH WARREN SHOULD DO TOWN HALL – JASON LEMON (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who discouraged everyone from speaking at and attending TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois meetings and events while I served as its chairman 2005-2012.) 
https://www.newsweek.com/msnbc-fox-news-trump-racism-elizabeth-warren-1426033

NEW YORK MAGAZINE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Republican-hater says “GOP Extremism Was Powerful Before Trump, and It Will Outlive Him.”
http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/05/gop-extremism-was-powerful-before-trump-and-will-outlive-him.html

May 13 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Illinois Democrats are split on the Green New Deal. But they all want a piece of the pie when it comes to climate change. – Patrick M. O’Connell
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-met-illinois-green-new-deal-20190502-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— Stop the marijuana madness – Bill Deckard, Winfield
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20190513/stop-the-marijuana-madness

SAUK VALLEY
— GOP leaders speak out against graduated income tax proposal Say proposals to generate revenue aren’t best way to fix fiscal crisis – PAM EGGEMEIER
https://www.saukvalley.com/2019/05/12/gop-leaders-speak-out-against-graduated-income-tax-proposal/a4we274/

SUBURBAN LIFE
— Gambling executive: Don’t raise taxes; raise bets – GRANT MORGAN
https://www.mysuburbanlife.com/2019/05/09/gambling-executive-dont-raise-taxes-raise-bets/ac25jj6/

LA CROSS TRIBUNE
— Republicans head for course correction at Oshkosh convention – RILEY VETTERKIND (DIERSEN: What “course correction” do your critics/opponents want? My critics/opponents want the Illinois Republican Party (IRP), the DuPage County Republican Central Committee (DCRCC), and the Milton Township Central Committee (MTRCC) to a) dump the traditional family, right to life, immigration, Second Amendment, illegal drugs, and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks in IRP platform and in the Republican Party platform and b) further dump those like me who support the aforesaid planks. Attend a MTRCC meeting and watch my critics/opponents in action.)
https://lacrossetribune.com/news/state-and-regional/republicans-head-for-course-correction-at-oshkosh-convention/article_1c669a20-1cb5-54a0-a0f3-77b0631f78b2.html

WSIL TV
— Lawmakers debate tax reform amid $1.5 billion in unexpected revenue – Joe Ragusa
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/40461770/lawmakers-debate-tax-reform-amid-15-billion-in-unexpected-revenue

WGIL
— ILLINOIS HAS A BRIGHT FUTURE IF LEGISLATORS STAY ON THE PATH OF NO TAX INCREASES
http://www.wgil.com/2019/05/13/illinois-has-a-bright-future-if-legislators-stay-on-the-path-of-no-tax-increases/

WCIA
— Barickman says forgiving drug dealers is “a wild proposition”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NjKgr7TmaE
— Democrats defect from Pritzker’s progressive tax plan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMyhLZPwG6U

WIREPOINTS
— Illinoisans still waiting for home values to return to pre-recession levels – Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner
https://wirepoints.org/illinoisans-still-waiting-for-home-values-to-return-to-pre-recession-levels/

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Agriculture raked in $17 billion in 2017, making it Illinois’ top industry
https://www.ilnews.org/news/agriculture/agriculture-raked-in-billion-in-making-it-illinois-top-industry/article_d4464cae-733b-11e9-8f96-47a1e1895945.html

ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— Buttigieg, Benson, Rubin, and Marriage – Laurie Higgins
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2019/05/buttigieg-benson-ben-s-and-marriage/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— MEDIA’S SUDDEN DISINTEREST IN THE DENVER STEM SCHOOL SHOOTING
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/05/medias-sudden-disinterest-in-the-denver-stem-school-shooting.html

GOPUSA
— Not a surprise that Google ‘Top Stories’ dominated by ‘left leaning sources’ CNN, New York Times, Washington Post
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=69412

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Conservatives punished, censored online for violating political correctness – Robert Knight 
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/may/12/conservatives-punished-censored-online-for-violati/

FOX NEWS
— Dem Rep. Tlaib sparks outrage with comments about Holocaust
https://www.foxnews.com/us/dem-rep-tlaib-sparks-outrage-with-comments-about-holocaust-grim-clues-in-search-for-missing-houston-girl

AMERICAN THINKER
— Mike Pence, Pete Buttigieg, and the War on Christianity – David Horowitz
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/05/mike_pence_pete_buttigieg_and_the_war_on_christianity.html

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— The Media Wounded – Victor Davis Hanson
https://amgreatness.com/2019/05/12/the-media-wounded/

FEDERALIST
— Kamala Harris: Take Away Americans’ Health Insurance, Make Them Pay For Illegal Immigrants’ Health Care In an interview with CNN, Harris admitted that she wants to provide taxpayer-funded health care, along with education and other benefits, to individuals unlawfully present in this country. – Christopher Jacobs
https://thefederalist.com/2019/05/13/kamala-harris-take-away-americans-health-insurance-make-pay-illegal-immigrants-health-care/

TOWNHALL
— The Left Has Us Walking On Eggshells – Rachel Alexander
https://townhall.com/columnists/rachelalexander/2019/05/13/the-left-has-us-walking-on-eggshells-n2546213

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE
— TRUMP VS. FAKE NEWSMONGERS The best way the president can push back. – Lloyd Billingsley
https://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/273698/trump-vs-fake-newsmongers-lloyd-billingsley

PJ MEDIA
— Is Facebook Discriminating Against Conservative Fundraisers Too? – MATT MARGOLIS 
https://pjmedia.com/trending/is-facebook-discriminating-against-conservative-fundraisers-too/

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Trump’s Rules for Republicans (Adapted From Alinsky) – Frank Miele (DIERSEN: All my critics/opponents, all their operatives, and all their dupes have always been disciples of Saul Alinsky. I should write a book about them.)
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2019/05/13/trumps_rules_for_republicans_adapted_from_alinsky_140308.html

COMMUNITIES DIGITAL NEWS
— Break up Facebook now! Zuckerberg media Goliath wields too much power – Jacquie Kubin 
https://www.commdiginews.com/business-2/facebook-zuckerberg-media-goliath-antitrust-action-118527/

BLAZE
— London Mayor Sadiq Khan says Trump not worthy of state dinner — but look what Queen Elizabeth did President Trump and Khan have sparred multiple times – Chris Enloe
https://www.theblaze.com/news/sadiq-khan-queen-trump-state-visit

THE HILL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats make it clear that they will get rid of you if you do not promote LGBTQ activity.
https://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/scheduling/443332-this-week-house-to-vote-on-bill-to-ban-lgbtq-discrimination
— Biden tops field of 2020 Dems in digital spending – MAX GREENWOOD
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/443143-biden-tops-field-of-2020-dems-in-digital-spending

POLITICO
— New litmus test for White House hopefuls: Breaking up Facebook Democratic officials for years embraced liberal-leaning Silicon Valley executives as staunch political allies and donors. – CRISTIANO LIMA 
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/05/12/2020-democrats-big-tech-companies-1427758

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: There Is a Connection Between Undocumented Immigrants and Crime. To come into a country illegally and to stay in a country illegally shows that you disrespect the rule of law.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/13/upshot/illegal-immigration-crime-rates-research.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Mike Pence’s advice to Christian college grads: Prepare to be ‘shunned or ridiculed for defending the teachings of the Bible’ – Allyson Chiu (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who claim to be conservative and/or Republican, but who shun and ridicule those like me who a) defend the traditional family, right to life, immigration, Second Amendment, illegal drugs, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform and the Republican Party platform and/or b) defend the Milton Township Republican Central Committee (MTRCC) resolution against video gambling. Attend a MTRCC meeting and watch them in action.) 
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/05/13/mike-pences-advice-christian-college-grads-prepare-be-shunned-or-ridiculed-defending-teachings-bible/
— House Republicans criticize Rep. Tlaib over remarks on Holocaust, Israel – Felicia Sonmez
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/house-republicans-criticize-rep-tlaib-over-remarks-on-holocaust-israel/2019/05/12/50939fea-74f5-11e9-b3f5-5673edf2d127_story.html

NEW YORK POST
— Trump’s policies are doing the exact opposite of what Democrats warned – David Harsanyi
https://nypost.com/2019/05/12/trumps-policies-are-doing-the-exact-opposite-of-what-democrats-warned/
— Beware the ‘fix’ that Facebook wants – Editorial
https://nypost.com/2019/05/12/beware-the-fix-that-facebook-wants/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Fannie and Freddie Back More Mortgages of Those Deeply in Debt An increasing number of loans are going to borrowers with debt-to-income ratios of 43% or higher, even as policy makers weigh changes – Ben Eisen (DIERSEN: What money have you borrowed? The only money that I borrowed was to buy a new 1972 Corvette in 1971 when I was 23 years old, a new town home in University Park in 1972, a studio condo in the Outer Dive East building in Chicago in 1974, and a one bedroom condo in that building in 1976. The only money that my wife and I borrowed was to buy 1017 East Harrison in Wheaton in 1978 and to have 915 Cove Court built in Wheaton in 1984.) 
https://www.wsj.com/articles/fannie-and-freddie-back-more-mortgages-of-those-deeply-in-debt-11557739801

FORBES
— Social Media Died When It Stopped Being Social And Became Just About Making Money – Enrique Dans
https://www.forbes.com/sites/enriquedans/2019/05/13/social-media-died-when-it-stopped-being-social-and-became-just-about-making-money/#596364432c94

USA TODAY
— Young people, scrolling their friends’ Instagram feeds, feel pressure to overspend – Paul Davidson
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2019/05/13/facebook-instagram-images-put-pressure-young-people-overspend/1158795001/

COLUMBIA JOURNALISM REVIEW
— Audit suggests Google favors a small number of major outlets – Nicholas Diakopoulos
https://www.cjr.org/tow_center/google-news-algorithm.php

SOUTH BEND TRIBUNE
— Journalists, political operatives seek records and ‘opposition research’ on Pete Buttigieg – Jeff Parrott (DIERSEN: Should I do some opposition research on those who demonize, denigrate, and condemn me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails?) 
https://www.southbendtribune.com/news/politics/journalists-political-operatives-seek-records-and-oppo-research-on-pete/article_5911be7b-8f87-5dfa-b120-1af6ba238b16.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “Research isn’t cheap and it’s not easy,” said Di Resta, president and CEO of The Maccabee Group. “You don’t do that if you don’t believe someone is a real contender.” Di Resta, who teaches a course on opposition research at George Washington University, said “oppo research” isn’t new but has become more “institutionalized.” “This is standard operating procedure now when either the mayor or a city commissioner decides to run for office,” he said. “It’s pretty standard to see these Freedom of Information Act requests going out.” Di Resta noted congressional communications are not subject to FOIA, “so the big-name senators won’t undergo the same level of scrutiny when it comes to FOIAs as the mayor, which is an interesting angle because here’s a guy who’s supposedly not experienced enough or whatever, but all his communications are eligible to be reviewed by opponents.” None of the records requestors would comment for this story when contacted by The Tribune.)

EAGLE
— Age discrimination all too commonplace – Chuck Norris
https://www.theeagle.com/news/health_fitness/age-discrimination-all-too-commonplace/article_fabd1cb4-7539-11e9-8424-bfa8d06341ba.html

LADDERS
— 31 things you should remove from your résumé immediately Avoid including a job on your résumé if you only held the position for a short period of time, Gelbard says. Especially avoid jobs you were let go from. – RACHEL GILLET AND ALLANA AKHTAR (DIERSEN: Applicants for the vacant Wheaton City Council North position have been asked to submit “A complete resume A statement identifying the reasons why you wish to be considered for an appointment to the City Council A statement identifying the three most important issues the City needs to address in the next two years, as well as your opinion on how those issues could be addressed” by May 28, 2019. On May 29, 2019, I will request copies of the aforesaid documents for each of the candidates.)
https://www.theladders.com/career-advice/31-things-you-should-remove-from-your-resume-immediately

BIG LAW BUSINESS
— Lawyers Are Uniquely Challenging Audience for Anti-Bias Training – Jonathan Hurtarte
https://biglawbusiness.com/lawyers-are-uniquely-challenging-audience-for-anti-bias-training

LAW FIRM NEWSWIRE
— Oracle Accused of Systematic Wage Discrimination Against Women, Minorities
https://www.lawfirmnewswire.com/2019/05/oracle-accused-of-systematic-wage-discrimination-against-women-minorities/

VIRGINIA LAWYERS WEEKLY
— Change from full-time to part-time not an adverse action (DIERSEN: In Diersen v. GAO, GAO argued that the following were not adverse actions: a) my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, gave me unfair performance expectations and appraisals, always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, did not promote me beyond GS-13, got rid of my mentor in 1987, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and forced me to take a $19,568 (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980; b) my Democrat IRS superiors did not promote me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions in 1978, got rid of my mentor in 1975, and disallowed my partial day per diem claims in 1974; and c) my Democrat Post Office superiors forced me resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968.)
https://valawyersweekly.com/2019/05/13/change-from-full-time-to-part-time-not-an-adverse-action/

WORLD SOCIALIST WEB SITE
— Faculty at Chicago’s DePaul University condemn professor’s anti-democratic, militarist comments on Middle East – Kristina Betinis 
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/05/13/depa-m13.html

May 12 Evening Edition

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Fact-check: Democrat blowing smoke with claim of decreased teen marijuana use – BGA
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/fact-check-cassidy-legalization-recreational-pot-teen-marijuana-use/
— Those who benefit most should pay the most in Illinois taxes – Daniel Pupo, Orland Park (DIERSEN: Who does the State of Illinois give the most money to each year? How much money does the State of Illinois give you? One could argue that the more money that the State of Illinois gives you, the more state income tax that you should pay.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/phil-kadner-taxes-louis-farrakhan-st-sabina/

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— AOC briefly takes Pelosi’s spot in presiding over House; reportedly youngest woman to wield gavel – Nicole Darrah
http://www.fox32chicago.com/politics/aoc-briefly-takes-pelosi-s-spot-in-presiding-over-house-reportedly-youngest-woman-to-wield-gavel

WGN RADIO
— Things Millennials Will Never Get To Experience – ASHLEY BIHUN
https://wgnradio.com/2019/05/12/things-millennials-will-never-get-to-experience/

KANE COUNTY REPORTER
— Potential challenger wonders if U.S. Rep. Underwood puts constituents’ best interests first – Glenn Minnis 
https://kanecountyreporter.com/stories/512484982-potential-challenger-wonders-if-u-s-rep-underwood-puts-constituents-best-interests-first

POLITIFACT
— Cassidy puffs up what stats say about teen marijuana use – Kiannah Sepeda-Miller 
https://www.politifact.com/illinois/statements/2019/may/12/kelly-cassidy/cassidy-puffs-what-stats-say-about-teen-marijuana-/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— College Dems buck DCCC over its ‘blacklist’ policy, see Ocasio-Cortez as inspiration More than 70 campus chapters boycott group, saying it’s ‘antithetical to our values’ – Gabriella Muñoz (DIERSEN: Should I write a book about those individuals, organizations, companies, and governments that blacklist me and blacklist my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails? Attend a Milton Township Republican Central Committee meeting and watch them in action.) 
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/may/10/college-democrats-buck-dccc-over-primary-challenge/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: House Democrats’ plans to blacklist rebellious strategists have sparked a backlash from a key party demographic, with dozens of chapters of College Democrats vowing to boycott the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee over its efforts to protect incumbents from primary challenges. In doing so, the boycotting chapters are finding a champion in popular freshman Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York. They dissenting College Democrats chapters are objecting to the DCCC’s new rule refusing to do business with consultants, pollsters and other campaign workers who sign on to work for challengers seeking primary incumbent Democrats. The chapters are calling on their members not to donate to the DCCC, and to ask others also to withhold their support. “The rule would financially deter and greatly disadvantage vital new voices in our party, who are often younger and come from underrepresented and historically marginalized communities and identities,” the boycotters said in a statement. “This blacklist policy is undemocratic and antithetical to our values of inclusion and diversity.”)

DAILY CALLER
— THIS OVERWHELMED MEXICAN IMMIGRATION DETENTION CENTER HAS HAD SIX MASS ESCAPES IN SIX WEEKS – Peter Hasson
https://dailycaller.com/2019/05/12/mexico-immigrants-mass-escapes/

WORLD NET DAILY
— 700 MILLION PEOPLE COULD MOVE TO U.S., ANALYSIS SHOWS ‘Eye-opening numbers highlight the risks of an open-borders scenario’ – JOSEPH FARAH (DIERSEN: What percent of these 700 million 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/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time – 98%, 99%, 100%?)
https://www.wnd.com/2019/05/700-million-people-could-move-to-u-s-analysis-shows/
— FARRAKHAN AND ALT-RIGHT: FLIP SIDES OF SAME COIN? Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson pinpoints causes of anger for both extremes
https://www.wnd.com/2019/05/farrakhan-and-alt-right-flip-sides-of-same-coin/

BREITBART
— STUDY: The CNN Search Engine — Google Search Results Overwhelmingly Favor Mainstream Media – ALLUM BOKHARI
https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2019/05/12/study-the-cnn-search-engine-google-search-results-overwhelmingly-favor-mainstream-media/

POLITICO
— Harris calls for Facebook regulation – PATRICK TEMPLE-WEST 
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/05/12/kamala-harris-facebook-regulation-1317655

NEW YORK TIMES
— Can Nancy Pelosi Keep the Democrats in Line? From Blue Dogs to Green New Dealers, they’re not making it easy. – Michelle Cottle
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/12/opinion/nancy-pelosi-democrats.html

USA TODAY
— Good news, graduates: Hiring will be up this year – Maurie Backman (DIERSEN: When you earned your bachelor’s degree, what harmed your job search? For me, it was my being draft bait. Employers did not believe that my application for a financial hardship draft deferment would be approved. Consequently, I accepted the only job offer that I received. It was for a job that did really require my bachelor’s degree in management from NIU. Further, I had not demonstrated leadership abilities. I had worked part-time for the Post Office in Park Forest for almost 3 years and I had worked part-time for the S.S. Kresges in Chicago Heights as a dish washer for 1 ½ years and I doubt that employers saw that favorably.) 
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2019/05/12/good-news-graduates-hiring-will-be-up-this-year/39455479/

WFMJ
— Ohio: More than 30K people register to buy medical pot – AP
http://www.wfmj.com/story/40461145/ohio-more-than-30k-people-register-to-buy-medical-pot

LOS ANGELES TIMES & KTLA
— Pot Smuggling Arrests at LAX Have Surged 166% Since Marijuana Legalization
https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-lax-marijuana-trafficking-california-airports-20190512-story.html
https://ktla.com/2019/05/12/pot-smuggling-arrests-at-lax-have-surged-166-since-marijuana-legalization/

FORT WORTH STAR TELEGRAM & CBS LOCAL
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot.
https://www.star-telegram.com/news/local/community/fort-worth/article230308839.html
https://dfw.cbslocal.com/2019/05/11/supporters-march-fort-worth-marijuana-reform-texas/

DALLAS NEWS
— Beto O’Rourke in a pinch, overshadowed by Joe Biden’s experience and Pete Buttigieg’s fresher face – Todd J. Gillman (DIERSEN: Government is nasty. Politics is nasty. What experience do you have? I should write a book about those who focus on demonizing, denigrating, and condemning the experience that I have.)
https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2019/05/12/beto-orourke-pinch-overshadowed-joe-bidens-experience-pete-buttigiegs-fresher-face

SAN ANTONIO EXPRESS NEWS
— Group that funded civil war in Texas GOP launches new offensive – Taylor Goldenstein
https://www.expressnews.com/news/politics/texas_legislature/article/Group-that-funded-civil-war-in-Texas-GOP-launches-13805267.php
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Empower Texans made its name by using its political action committee’s deep pockets to threaten Republicans with aggressive primary challenges if they fell out of line with the conservative group’s hardline agenda. Then the 2018 elections happened. State records show the Tea Party-aligned group spent a record sum of more than $4 million last year — more than three times the amount it spent in the 2016 presidential year. Yet the majority of the candidates it endorsed, 26 out of 47, lost their primary, general and special elections. If its increasingly irate email blasts are any indication, that’s led to a frustrating legislative session for the group — one that’s often left it on the sidelines of major debates. The budget, with an additional $9 billion for public education and tax reform, is oversized, members complain. Property tax solutions offered up thus far are “not relief, just reform,” they scoff. Some conservative lawmakers are voicing the same critique. Texas Take: Get political headlines from across the state sent directly to your inbox)

FORBES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Stoners do not want me around and I do want them around. 
https://www.forbes.com/sites/irisdorbian/2019/05/12/moms-say-theyve-experience-discrimination-for-weed-use-says-new-study/#21a0c8214cc3
— Why Breaking Up Facebook Doesn’t Solve Our Most Pressing Social Media Problem – Michael Posner
https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaelposner/2019/05/12/why-breaking-up-facebook-doesnt-solve-our-most-pressing-social-media-problem/#30a52d235ecf

PBS
— Venezuelans fleeing crisis are seeking asylum in Texas – Ivette Feliciano and Zachary Green
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/venezuelans-fleeing-crisis-are-seeking-asylum-in-texas

WASHINGTON MONTHLY
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: How electable are you? According to non-Republicans, the more of the following that you are, the more electable that you 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/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://washingtonmonthly.com/2019/05/12/what-if-electability-is-more-about-authenticity-than-moderation/

DAILY BEAST
— Longest-Serving Iowa Republican Becoming a Democrat, Blames Trump – Barbie Latza Nadeau (DIERSEN: Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can/will defend/advance their platform. If you want to help elect candidates who can/will defend/advance the platform of a political party, you should be a member of that political party. I should write a book about present/past members/leaders of the following organizations who focus/focused on getting rid of those like me who help elect candidates who defend/advance the traditional family, right to life, immigration, Second Amendment, illegal drugs, and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks in the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) platform and the Republican Party platform: Milton Township Republican Central Committee, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, IRP, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, and Illinois Center Right Coalition.) 
http://www.thedailybeast.com/longest-serving-iowa-republican-andy-mckean-switches-parties-blames-trump

GAY STAR NEWS
— Cal Poly faculty votes to remove Chick-fil-A from campus – Rafaella Gunz (DIERSEN: What would you do if Democrats tried to remove a Chick-fil-A from your municipality, from your township/ward, from your county, from Illinois?) 
https://www.gaystarnews.com/article/cal-poly-faculty-votes-to-remove-chick-fil-a-from-campus/#gs.bi5dhx

May 12 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— A writer comes home to ever-changing South Shore to find the middle class disappearing – Christopher Borrelli (DIERSEN: How has your precinct changed over the past 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35+ years? I should write a book on how my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 9 in Wheaton has changed since my wife and I had our home built at 915 Cove Court in 1984. From what I see, tragically, 4 out 5 times that a home is sold, it goes from conservative Republican to liberal Democrat. Ever-increasingly, liberal Democrats see DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton a) as moving to the left and b) being welcoming safe places for them. Ever-increasingly, they see DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton leaders failing/refusing to defend/advance the traditional family, right to life, immigration, Second Amendment, illegal drugs, and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks in the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) platform and in the Republican Party platform. In my precinct, they see how the IRP, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Central Committee treat conservative Republicans like me.) 
https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/ct-ae-carlo-rotella-south-shore-chi-0512-story.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD IN NAPERVILLE SUN: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Premixed cocktails could be added to the drink menu at 2 summer Naperville festivals – Suzanne Baker
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-nvs-spirits-at-naperville-festivals-st-0512-story.html
— Why does Facebook fail to fix itself? It’s partly humans – AP
https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/sns-bc-us-tec–facebook-slow-response-20190510-story.html
— FRONT PAGE: Flooding in the Chicago area has been so bad in the past decade that only places ravaged by hurricanes sustain more damage – Michael Hawthorne and Morgan Greene (DIERSEN: What have you done to stop basement seepage and flooding? Since 1984, I have spent hundreds of hours and thousands of dollars for my home at 915 Cove Court in Wheaton a) making lot drainage improvements including installing French drains and storm sewer inlets, b) paying for an overhead sewer system, c) paying to have all nine of the home’s downspouts directly connected to the city storm sewer system, d) patching long wide cracks in the basement floor, e) having the home’s exterior footing tiles cleaned out, f) properly connecting 6″ and 4″ drainage tile lines from uphill properties to the city storm sewer system, g) installing battery backup sump pumps, h) etc. The builder a) put steel reinforcement rods in the foundation walls to compensate for cracked foundation footings and b) installed interior footing tiles.) 
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-chicago-flooding-basement-sewage-20190506-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A week before the maggots hatched, raw sewage gushed into Lori Burns’ basement for the sixth time in a decade. Her brick bungalow in the Chatham neighborhood was among thousands of Chicago homes swamped by another rainstorm that overwhelmed the city’s aging sewer system. This particular downpour ended up as one of the worst on record. Two months’ worth of rain fell in two days during April 2013 — a storm marked by geysers of human waste bursting out of manholes, and a torrent of sewage and runoff surging through the Chicago River into Lake Michigan.)
— A new bill aims to force Illinois’ largely white, male corporate boards to diversify. Some say it’s unconstitutional. – Corilyn Shropshire (DIERSEN: While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, Democrat politicians forced my Democrat superiors to use Affirmative Action, Diversity, Inclusion, up-or-out, and budget cuts a) to hire, retain, and promote young Democrat minorities and young Democrat females and b) to make way for them by getting rid of their employees who were Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who they had not promoted to 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.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-illinois-bill-public-company-board-diversity-20190430-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES (page 28)
— What market tumble? Workers up 401(k) savings to record – AP (DIERSEN: My wife and I always put the maximum allowed into retirement savings accounts. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always been furious about that. They hint/imply/argue/shout that we would never have been able to do that a) if I had not avoided the draft, b) if I not gotten overpaid jobs working for the federal government, c) if I had not gotten married, d) if my wife and I had not given up trying to have children, c) if we had adopted, d) if we had become foster parents, and/or e) if we had given lots of money to churches like they do.) 
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/what-market-tumble-workers-up-401k-savings-to-record/2019/05/09/12385282-7210-11e9-9331-30bc5836f48e_story.html

DAILY HERALD
— Polish nationalists protest US over Holocaust claims – AP
https://www.dailyherald.com/article/20190511/news/305119923/
— Maxine Waters teaches how to be a ‘first’ and succeed in Congress – AP (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Trump-haters promote Trump-haters.) 
https://www.dailyherald.com/article/20190508/news/305089947

HERALD & REVIEW
— Decatur collected $6 million from video gambling. One city official says ‘this is not what we bargained for.’ – JAYLYN COOK
https://herald-review.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/decatur-collected-million-from-video-gambling-one-city-official-says/article_0cccbb64-0826-58fd-aa08-d378db8ee7c3.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Anita Bedell, executive director of Illinois Church Action on Alcohol and Addiction Problems, said there have been successful attempts by municipalities to oppose or overturn the presence of video gambling in Illinois. An example she referenced happened in Forest Park, which voted to outlaw video gaming in November after initially allowing it in the community . . .Bedell said the data surrounding losses is a sign that people are addicted to the gambling and play several times a day with no return on investment. The National Council on Problem Gambling said two million, or 1%, of adults in the United States are estimated to meet criteria for pathological gambling in a given year. Another four to six million adults would be considered problem gamblers, meaning they don’t meet the full diagnostic criteria for pathological gambling, but meet one or more of the criteria and are experiencing problems due to their gambling behavior. The NCPG also said most adults who choose to gamble are able to do so responsibly. Bedell said it’s tough for those addicted to gambling in Illinois to find the support they need. “The state has very little money for treatment and prevention,” she said. “A lot of the times what people have are Gamblers Anonymous meetings. They have quite a few in northern Illinois, but in central, it’s sparse.” Bedell said the prevalence of video gaming machines in places like restaurants, grocery stores and other venues has taken the need for visiting a casino away from people and allowed them to “gamble more and lose more.” Whobrey said he notices the effect gambling has on some people. He calls the machines at the VFW post a “necessary evil” because they provide a financial boost, but can also drive people to spend money that they may not have. “Some people come here, don’t buy a thing and spend it on gaming,” he said. “But the money helps us provide services for the veterans … It’s kept here in Decatur. That’s a big thing.”)

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Promised tax cuts for poor, middle class mostly illusory – Jim Dey
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/2019-05-12/jim-dey-promised-tax-cuts-poor-middle-class-mostly-illusory.html

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Pension ‘fix’ a character issue – George Kiser, Bloomington
https://www.pantagraph.com/opinion/letters/pension-fix-a-character-issue/article_92933c39-6a6a-5cc6-b2d4-cd27cc290140.html

ALTON DAILY NEWS
— Republicans Call for Budget Meeting – Greg Bishop 
http://altondailynews.com/news/details.cfm?clientid=17&id=284254#.XNgEnJh_OM8
— New State Representative Replaces Costello
http://altondailynews.com/news/details.cfm?clientid=17&id=284252#.XNgF0Jh_OM8

QUAD CITIES ONLINE
— Lawmakers, slow this income tax juggernaut – Editorial
https://qconline.com/opinion/editorial/editorial-lawmakers-slow-this-income-tax-juggernaut/article_9f6eef9e-df90-542f-8a0a-c9dd8ff39c16.html

MILWAUKEE INDEPENDENT
— MILWAUKEE’S MINORITY-MAJORITY POPULATION REFLECTS THE FADING NATIONAL DEMOGRAPHICS OF WHITE IDENTITY – Dudley Poston and Rogelio Sáenz (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs hint/imply/argue/shout that because of demographic trends in America, in Illinois, in DuPage County, in Milton Township, in Glen Ellyn, and in Wheaton, the Republican Party, the Illinois Republican Party, the DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and the Milton Township Republican Central Committee should dump voters, dump activists, dump candidates, dump elected officials, dump party leaders, dump major donors, dump political consultants, dump etc. 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.) 
http://www.milwaukeeindependent.com/syndicated/milwaukees-minority-majority-population-reflects-fading-national-demographics-white-identity/

PRAIRIE STATE WIRE
— LGBTQ bill unfair and unnecessary, say critics – Glenn Minnis
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/512484932-lgbtq-bill-unfair-and-unnecessary-say-critics

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Mistreating small businesses, Rep. Grant says, bites the hand that feeds Illinois’ job creation – Glenn Minnis
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/512484963-mistreating-small-businesses-rep-grant-says-bites-the-hand-that-feeds-illinois-job-creation

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— This is a great time to be a working mother – Patrice Onwuka (DIERSEN: When you were young, did your mother stay home and raise you? My outstanding mother did. Since the 1940s, because my mother stayed home and raised me, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as having been born with a silver spoon in my mouth and as having always been undeservedly privileged and filthy rich. In my defense, neither of my outstanding parents attended college, my mother was raised on a farm and never attended high school, my father fought type 1 diabetes from age 14, and he was the first of his ancestors to earn a high school diploma. To pay our family’s bills, he almost always worked second jobs including playing music, delivering eggs, and working in a fast food restaurant. He did not buy a new car until he was 45 in 1967 and it was a bottom of the line 2-door Chevy with almost no options.) 
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/this-is-a-great-time-to-be-a-working-mother

TOWNHALL
— Poll: 62% Of Likely US Voters Want The Government To Deport Individuals Who Overstay Visas – Timothy Meads
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/timothymeads/2019/05/12/poll-62-of-likely-us-voters-want-the-government-to-deport-individuals-who-overstay-visas-n2546201

CONSERVATIVE REVIEW
— Levin: House Democrats are ‘the opposition research arm’ for a future Democrat candidate – Carmel Kookogey (DIERSEN: If you were me, how would you deal with those who read GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails to get information to use against me, to get information to destroy me? They include a) past and present 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, and American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter members, employees, and leaders, b) Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois employees and officials, and c) activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc. who falsely claim to be religions, conservative, and/or Republican.)
https://www.conservativereview.com/news/levin-house-democrats-opposition-research-arm-future-democrat-candidate/

AMERICAN THINKER
— The endgame for reparations – Richard Jack Rail (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, the more of the following that you are, the more that Democrats demand that you pay reparations: 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. I should write a book about my critics/opponents who have hinted/implied/argued/shouted the most that I should pay reparations, that is, that I should pay the price of Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion.)
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/05/the_endgame_for_reparations.html
— Illegals’ legal blackmail in America – Lynne Lechter
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/05/illegals_legal_blackmail_in_america.html

BLAZE
— Cory Booker said he would ‘ban guns’ if he ‘had the power’ to do so. – CALEB HOWE
https://www.theblaze.com/news/cory-booker-ban-guns-power

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE
— CARDINAL BLASTS OBAMA MENTOR FOR HOSTING FARRAKHAN “SATANIC JEWS” SPEECH – Daniel Greenfield
https://www.frontpagemag.com/point/273746/cardinal-blasts-obama-mentor-hosting-farrakhan-daniel-greenfield

TOWNHALL
— Illegal Alien Charged With Exploiting Workers, Owning 14 Firearms – Timothy Meads
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/timothymeads/2019/05/12/illegal-alien-business-owner-charged-with-exploiting-workers-n2546195

DAILY SIGNAL
— Equality Act Could Impose Left-Wing LGBT Curriculum on Whole Nation – Jarrett Stepman
https://www.dailysignal.com/2019/05/11/equality-act-could-impose-left-wing-lgbt-curriculum-on-whole-nation/

WORLD NET DAILY
— CAIR PUTS BULL’S-EYE ON ‘ISLAMOPHOBIC’ ORGANIZATIONS Issues ‘hate’ list of those who donate to causes it dislikes (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who put a bull’s eye on TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee, Illinois Center Right Coalition, etc.) 
https://www.wnd.com/2019/05/cair-puts-bulls-eye-on-islamophobic-organizations/

EPOCH TIMES
— Republicans Ask GAO How Many Tax Dollars Go to Planned Parenthood – MARK TAPSCOTT
https://www.theepochtimes.com/republicans-ask-gao-how-many-tax-dollars-go-to-planned-parenthood_2920345.html

FOX BUSINESS
— FBI should be ashamed of using opposition research to spy on an American – Trish Regan (DIERSEN: If you were me, how would you deal with those who read GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails to get information to use against me, to get information to destroy me? They include a) past and present 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, and American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter members, employees, and leaders, b) Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois employees and officials, and c) activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc. who falsely claim to be religions, conservative, and/or Republican.)
https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/trish-regan-fbi-opposition-research-spy-american

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Most chief judges at federal trial courts in the 7th Circuit — comprised of Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin — are already women. Soon, there’ll be just one man among them.
https://www.bellinghamherald.com/news/politics-government/national-politics/article230314574.html

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters want to analogize a) Great Britain to America and b) illegals to the Founding Fathers.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/11/opinion/sunday/history-americas-founders.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Democrats Set Tiebreakers for Candidates to Qualify for 2020 Debates More than 20 presidential hopefuls have until June 12 to meet requirements for Miami event; tiebreaking formula will count polling averages – Ken Thomas (DIERSEN: What qualifications have the officers of a) your Republican township, ward, and/or county party organizations, b) the Illinois Republican Party, and c) the RNC set for backing candidates for offices on 2020 ballots? For example, qualifications including a) being the incumbent, b) having been elected to a lower office, c) having relevant education, d) having relevant work experience, e) having relevant professional certifications and licenses, f) having no skeletons in your closet, g) having high income, h) having high net worth, i) being young, j) being a veteran, k) being married, l) having children, m) owning dogs, n) having lots of Facebook friends, o) being liked on Facebook, p) liking others on Facebook, q) being a minority, r) being a woman, s) being a church member, attending church services, and/or giving money to a church, t) etc.) 
https://www.wsj.com/articles/democrats-set-tiebreakers-for-candidates-to-qualify-for-2020-debates-11557444460
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The DNC, which is running the debates, has said that to qualify for the June 26-27 debates in Miami, candidates must either raise money from at least 65,000 donors, including a minimum of 200 each in 20 states, or achieve at least 1% in three national or early primary-state polls. Each debate will have a maximum of 10 participants, and the requirements will be used to determine placement for both the June event, as well as a second pair of debates in Detroit in July. If more than 20 candidates qualify for the debate, the party said candidates who meet both criteria will be given priority on the debate stages. If more than 20 candidates qualify using both methods, those candidates with the highest polling averages will be given preference.)

NEW YORK POST
— Democrats should drop anti-Trump platform and become a genuine party – Michael Goodwin
https://nypost.com/2019/05/12/dems-should-drop-anti-trump-platform-and-become-a-genuine-party/

BOSTON HERALD
— Boston’s demographic shift favors minority candidates Could swing future mayoral race – RICK SOBEY (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs hint/imply/argue/shout that because of demographic trends in America, in Illinois, in DuPage County, in Milton Township, in Glen Ellyn, and in Wheaton, the Republican Party, the Illinois Republican Party, the DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and the Milton Township Republican Central Committee should dump voters, dump activists, dump candidates, dump elected officials, dump party leaders, dump major donors, dump political consultants, dump etc. 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.bostonherald.com/2019/05/10/bostons-demographic-shift-favors-minority-candidates/

WATERTOWN DAILY TIMES
— Why are some people down on Joe Biden? – Ed Rogers (DIERSEN: If there are people who are down on you and down on those who share your demographics, why is that? My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes hint/imply/argue/shout that the more of the following that you are, the more unpopular that you 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. The more of the aforesaid that you are, the more that Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs flush you down their toilets.)
https://www.watertowndailytimes.com/opinion/why-are-some-people-down-on-joe-biden-20190512
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Today, some on the left are suggesting that “electability” is somehow a dog whistle for proponents of the white patriarchy in much the same way that supporters of Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., called “likability” an unfair barrier at the beginning of this year. “Metrics like authenticity and likability and electability are just code that we use against candidates who are not like what we are used to,” a spokeswoman for Emily’s List told Vox in March.)

LEXINGTON DISPATCH
— Columnists who divide don’t deserve platform – Steve Buckley, Elon
https://www.the-dispatch.com/opinion/20190512/letter-columnists-who-divide-dont-deserve-platform
(FROM THE LETTER: Editor, in your recent Sunday column you wrote, “what I don’t like is politicians who strive to divide their constituents.” What is your position on newspapers that strive to divide their readers? Syndicated columnist Leonard Pitts wrote in the Times-News, “anyone who voted for Trump is a racist and misogynist.” I’d say that is fairly divisive and also inaccurate. Local columnist Jan Fuller, the chaplain at Elon University, wrote recently that all white gun owners are racists. She neglected to mention black gun owners. I have no idea how she pigeonholes them. Sweeping generalizations are never right. Those made by these columnists are very divisive and do not deserve a public platform. Their inclusion in the Times-News helps to divide your readers.)

WBUR
— Cuban Immigrants Were Given A Haven In The U.S.; Now They’re Being Deported – Daniel Rivero
https://www.wbur.org/npr/722201692/cuban-immigrants-were-given-a-haven-in-the-u-s-now-theyre-being-deported

PEW RESEARCH CENTER
— Americans See Advantages and Challenges in Country’s Growing Racial and Ethnic Diversity Most value workplace diversity, but few want employers to consider race or ethnicity in hiring and promotion decisions – JULIANA MENASCE HOROWITZ (DIERSEN: I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran but who have NOT been personally adversely impacted by Affirmative Action, Diversity, or Inclusion, that is, who have NOT been personally adversely impacted by political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, or retaliation. The aforesaid include past and present activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc. I would focus on the aforesaid who 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/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.) 
https://www.pewsocialtrends.org/2019/05/08/americans-see-advantages-and-challenges-in-countrys-growing-racial-and-ethnic-diversity/

LADDERS
— Mental decline linked to pro-longed unemployment For some individuals, the notion that they’re producing “good work” is the only thing keeping them from sharp mental decline. – CW HEADLEY (DIERSEN: What do you produce? Do you produce “good work?” I produce a GOPUSA ILLINOIS email each and every morning and evening. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes focus on demonizing, denigrating, and condemning me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails. I should write a book about them. They include a) past and present 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, and American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter members and leaders, b) Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois employees and officials, and c) activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc. who falsely claim to be religions, conservative, and/or Republican.) 
https://www.theladders.com/career-advice/mental-decline-linked-to-pro-longed-unemployment

EURASIA REVIEW
— Sri Lanka Government Begins Paying Compensations For Easter Sunday Terror Victims (DIERSEN: How soon will the Democrats in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, in Illinois, and in America officially establish reparations offices like Sri Lanka has? Ever-increasingly, in America, since the Civil War, the federal government has served as a reparations office. Ever-increasingly, it promotes Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion.) 
https://www.eurasiareview.com/12052019-sri-lanka-government-begins-paying-compensations-for-easter-sunday-terror-victims/

(FROM THE ARTICLE: The families of 103 victims killed in the Easter Sunday bombings on April 21 have received Reparations  47 million in compensations to date, Sri Lanka’s Secretary of the National Policies, Economic Affairs, Resettlement and Rehabilitation, Northern Province Development and Youth Affairs Ministry, V. Sivagnanasothy said. The ministry’s Office for Reparations rushed through compensations for death victims based on reports from Divisional Secretaries, Judicial Medical Officers and Coroners, Sivagnanasothy said. What the families of the deceased victims have received is a partial payment, not the full compensation payment, which is Rs 1 million in total, Sivagnanasothy said. The Office for Reparations expects to pay out full compensation claims after it has received relevant death certificates of the victims. Most families of deceased victims have yet to furnish death certificates for the persons declared killed in the bombings, Sivagnanasothy said. The ministry has received 266 cases claiming death compensations and 407 cases claiming compensations for injuries. Sivagnanasothy said those who suffered injuries will be paid up to Rs500,000 depending on the nature, the disability based on a medical certificate issued by a government medical offers, and also on loss of income suffered due to injuries.)

May 11 Morning Edition

ABC7
— Cardinal Cupich rebukes Father Pfleger for Louis Farrakhan event – Cate Cauguiran
https://abc7chicago.com/religion/cardinal-cupich-rebukes-father-pfleger-for-louis-farrakhan-event/5295212/
— Emanuel fires back at Lightfoot’s pension problem characterization – Craig Wall
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/emanuel-fires-back-at-lightfoots-pension-problem-comments/5294928/

NBC5
— Cardinal Blase Cupich Apologizes to Jewish Community After Louis Farrakhan Speech The Nation of Islam leader spoke at St. Sabina Church after being banned from Facebook
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/cardinal-blase-cupich-apologizes-to-jewish-community-after-louis-farrakhan-speech-509781801.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Cupich apologizes to ‘my Jewish brothers and sisters’ after Farrakhan speech – Nader Issa
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/cupich-farrakhan-pfleger-st-sabina-nation-islam-jews-facebook/
— Holocaust survivor blasts Pfleger for giving Farrakhan ‘platform for hatred’ – Stefano Esposito
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/louis-farrakhan-michael-pfleger-facebook-ban-fritzie-fritzshall-holocaust-survivor/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push more pot.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-chicago-marijuana-offices-chicago-expansion-20190322-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot.
https://www.dailyherald.com/business/20190510/investment-firm-buys-mundelein-cbd-products-maker
— ‘Run, Hide, Fight’ mindset making way into US schools – AP
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190510/run-hide-fight-mindset-making-way-into-us-schools

JOURNAL TOPICS
— Morrison Files Amendment To Protect Future Tax Increases
https://www.journal-topics.com/articles/morrison-files-amendment-to-protect-future-tax-increases/

KENDALL COUNTY NOW
— James Doe, Hastert case continues after no settlement reached – KATIE FINLON
https://www.kendallcountynow.com/2019/05/09/james-doe-hastert-case-continues-after-no-settlement-reached/afjbg1x/

SAVE YOUR HOME NOW
— Thomas Nelson loses over $447,000 on sale of Wheaton home (IN DIERSEN’S PRECINCT)
https://saveyourhomenow.org/stories/512479176-market-watch-thomas-nelson-loses-over-447-000-on-sale-of-wheaton-home
— Naperville homeowner lost more than $226,000 on sale
https://saveyourhomenow.org/stories/512482116-market-watch-naperville-homeowner-lost-more-than-226-000-on-sale
— Mary & Symour Jacobs lose over $312,000 on the sale of their Downers Grove home
https://saveyourhomenow.org/stories/512479182-market-watch-mary-symour-jacobs-lose-over-312-000-on-the-sale-of-their-downers-grove-home
— Anadil Johnson & Gerald Cahill lose over $686,000 on sale of Chicago home
https://saveyourhomenow.org/stories/512479181-market-watch-anadil-johnson-gerald-cahill-lose-over-686-000-on-sale-of-chicago-home

ILLINOIS BUSINESS DAILY
— Illinois posts 5th highest foreclosure rate in first quarter
https://ilbusinessdaily.com/stories/512483586-analysis-illinois-posts-5th-highest-foreclosure-rate-in-first-quarter

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Colorado school shooters stole guns from parents – Dominick Mastrangelo
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/colorado-school-shooters-stole-guns-from-parents

BREITBART
— Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN): Facebook’s Privacy Violations, Censorship Prove Big Tech ‘Can No Longer Self-Regulate’ – SEAN MORAN (DIERSEN: I should write a book about what my critics/opponents in the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Central Committee do to censor me and to censor my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails. I should write a book about what my critics/opponents in TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Illinois Center Right Coalition, and American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter did to censor me and censor my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails.)
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/05/10/marsha-blackburn-facebooks-privacy-violations-censorship-prove-big-tech-no-longer-self-regulate/

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE
— 4 REASONS WHY CONSERVATIVES SHOULD PRIORITIZE BREAKING UP GOOGLE OVER FACEBOOK – Daniel Greenfield
https://www.frontpagemag.com/point/273736/4-reasons-why-conservatives-should-prioritize-daniel-greenfield

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Challenging Liberal Racism – Edward Ring (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote hatred of Whites.)
https://www.amgreatness.com/2019/05/10/challenging-liberal-racism/

AMERICAN THINKER
— In homeless-plagued America, why are taxpayers financing second homes for illegals? – Monica Showalter
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/05/in_homelessplagued_america_why_are_taxpayers_financing_second_homes_for_illegals.html
— The ‘reparations study commission’ dodge of Dem presidential contenders is in peril – Thomas Lifson
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/05/uhoh_the_reparations_study_commission_dodge_of_dem_presidential_contenders_is_in_peril.html

EPOCH TIMES
— Pentagon to Transfer $1.5 Billion to Border Wall
https://www.theepochtimes.com/pentagon-to-transfer-1-5-billion-to-border-wall_2916763.html

GOPUSA
— Farrakhan rants against ‘satanic’ Jews
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=69364
— Keeping Fake Illegal Alien Families Together
http://www.gopusa.com/keeping-fake-illegal-alien-families-together/
— Atheist group convinces school ‘God bless America’ is illegal prayer
http://www.gopusa.com/atheist-group-convinces-school-god-bless-america-is-illegal-prayer/

WORLD NET DAILY
— AGE DISCRIMINATION: COMMONPLACE IN AMERICA Chuck Norris warns against internalizing negative stereotypes (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, political organizations discriminate against their older members, and especially against their older members who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, non-poor, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. I should write a book about how the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and the Milton Township Republican Central Committee discriminate against their older members. I should write a book about how TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Illinois Center Right Coalition, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter, etc. discriminated against their older members.)
https://www.wnd.com/2019/05/age-discrimination-commonplace-in-america/

CONSERVATIVE NEWS DIGEST
— Postal Service Loses $2.1 Billion in Q2, Fails to Grow Revenue in Boom Economy – R. Mitchell
https://www.conservativedailynews.com/2019/05/postal-service-loses-2-1-billion-in-q2-fails-to-grow-revenue-in-boom-economy/

THE HILL
— Texas state lawmaker derails conservative-backed bill to ‘Save Chick-Fil-A’ – MORGAN GSTALTER 
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/443230-openly-gay-texas-lawmaker-derails-conservative-bill-to-save-chick-fil-a

NEW YORK TIMES
— It’s Time to Break Up Facebook – Chris Hughes
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/09/opinion/sunday/chris-hughes-facebook-zuckerberg.html
— Can the Racial Wealth Gap Be Closed Without Speaking of Race? Political momentum on the left for such an effort must face the reality of legal obstacles, particularly from the Supreme Court. – Emily Badger (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted a) that instead of me, the Post Office should have hired a poor minority in 1966, b) that the Post Office should gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a poor minority could have my job, c) that instead of me, IRS should have hired a poor minority in 1971, d) that instead of me, IRS should have promoted a poor minorities in 1972, 1973, and 1974, e) that instead of me, GAO should have hired a poor minority in 1980, f) that instead of me, GAO should have promoted a poor minority in 1986, and g) that GAO should have gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a poor minority could have my job and my preferred corner office.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/10/upshot/racial-wealth-gap-2020-candidates.html
— ‘Threatening the Future’: The High Stakes of Deepening School Segregation – Dana Goldstein (DIERSEN: Democrats used to promote integration. Now they promote segregation.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/10/us/threatening-the-future-the-high-stakes-of-deepening-school-segregation.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Democrats ask GAO to examine ‘unprecedented’ immigration backlog – Abigail Hauslohner (DIERSEN: What percent of GAO employees are Democrats – 98%, 99%, 100%? GAO uses Affirmative Action, Diversity, Inclusion, up-or-out, and budget cuts to get rid of its employees who are Republican.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/democrats-ask-federal-watchdog-to-examine-unprecedented-immigration-backlog/2019/05/10/bad98bfa-7368-11e9-9f06-5fc2ee80027a_story.html
— Are we over cars? Not so fast. – John Kelly
https://www.dailycomet.com/news/20190412/opinion-are-we-over-cars-not-so-fast
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Neither of my 20-something daughters owns a car, I explained. By the time I was their age, I’d owned three. A lot of today’s young people would rather grab an Uber or a Lyft ride than drive themselves. And if they do want to drive, they reserve a Zipcar. John said: “In urban areas, and if you’re young and in college, or just out of college and in your 20s, everything you said is true.” But get married, have a baby and move to the suburbs, he said, and “everything you said is false.”)

SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
— Facebook takes on hate, belatedly and selectively – John Diaz 
https://www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/diaz/article/Facebook-takes-on-hate-belatedly-and-selectively-13837148.php

NEWSWEEK
— THE BIG PICTURE THE LEFT DOESN’T WANT YOU TO SEE – NEWT GINGRICH (DIERSEN: QUESTION: Which articles do those who dominate the Illinois Republican Party (IRP), DuPage County Republican Central Committee (DCRCC), and Milton Township Republican Central Committee (MTRCC) NOT want you to see? ANSWER: The articles linked to in GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails that IRP, DCRCC, and MTRCC do NOT bring to your attention.) 
https://www.newsweek.com/big-picture-left-russia-collusion-gingrich-trump-1419505

FORBES
— What Is The Role Of White Allyship In Diversity And Inclusion Efforts? – Janice Gassam
https://www.forbes.com/sites/janicegassam/2019/05/11/what-is-the-role-of-white-allyship-in-diversity-and-inclusion-efforts/#686cf62955cd

INDEPENDENT
— Nearly half of social media users who share articles have passed on fake news, study suggests – Andrew Woodcock (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, all news and commentary is fake except for the news and commentary that they put out or bless. I should write a book about my critics/opponents in the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and the Milton Township Republican Central Committee. Ever-increasingly, they, their operatives, and their dupes demonize, denigrate, and condemn me and my GOPUSA Illinois emails.)
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/fake-news-facebook-twitter-share-misinformation-survey-a8908361.html

LGBTQ NATION
— Lesbian lawmaker kills #SaveChickfilA ‘religious freedom’ bill Our hero of the week is part of the state legislature’s five-women LGBTQ Caucus. – Daniel Villarreal (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, LGBTQ promoters show their power to destroy those who do not promote LGBTQ activity.) 
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2019/05/texan-lgbtq-lawmaker-kills-savechickfila-religious-freedom-bill/