Tag: cannabis

May 5 Evening Edition

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Biden labels Trump a ‘clown’ during campaign stop – Andrew O’Reilly
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/national/biden-labels-trump-a-clown-during-campaign-stop

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps, anti-conservatives, and anti-Americans encourage citizens of foreign countries to illegally come to America illegally and to illegally stay in America illegally. 
https://www.chicagotribune.com/sns-bc-lt–mexico-migrants-long-route-20190428-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Facebook is right to boot abusers such as Farrakhan, Jones and Yiannopoulos.”
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/page/ct-perspec-page-facebook-louis-farrakhan-alex-jones-milo-yiannopoulos-20190503-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps, anti-Protestants, anti-conservatives, and anti-Americans promote Islam.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/ramadan-faq-muslim-holy-month/
— Fact-check: Downstate Republican wrong about wage hike costing 50,000 jobs – BGA
https://chicago.suntimes.com/business/fact-check-downstate-republican-wrong-righter-politifact-minimum-wage-hike-costing-50000-jobs-pritzker/

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Pritzker, lawmakers attempt high-wire act with weed legalization “There is an opportunity for Illinois to be the leader, the way they did in medical. Are they going to get it done?” – JOHN PLETZ
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/news/pritzker-lawmakers-attempt-high-wire-act-weed-legalization

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
– TRAGIC, DISGUSTING: Legal cannabis on front burner in Springfield – Jim Dey
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/2019-05-05/jim-dey-legal-cannabis-front-burner-springfield.html

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— More people turning to Champaign County refugee center – AP
https://www.bnd.com/news/state/illinois/article230049874.html

WILL COUNTY GAZETTE
— Rep. Batinick speaks out against HB 2685 – Glenn Minnis 
https://willcountygazette.com/stories/512479766-rep-batinick-speaks-out-against-hb-2685

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Blacks, Hispanics give little credit to Trump for record-low unemployment, higher wages – S.A. Miller
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/may/5/donald-trump-gets-little-jobs-credit-from-blacks-h/

BREITBART
— Durbin: Trump ‘Loses It, Gets all Googly Eyed’ over Putin – Pam Key
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2019/05/05/durbin-trump-loses-it-gets-all-googly-eyed-over-putin/

DAILY CALLER
— CNN WROTE OVER 20 ARTICLES ON COVINGTON CATHOLIC STUDENTS, IGNORES PHILLY MUSLIM CHILDREN CHANTING ABOUT CHOPPING OFF HEADS – Scott Morefield 
https://dailycaller.com/2019/05/04/cnn-covington-catholic-muslim-students-chopping-heads/

WORLD NET DAILY
— HOW MANY CENTRAL AMERICANS DESERVE ASYLUM? ZERO! Barry Farber draws on history to explain why current system is a ‘disgrace’
https://www.wnd.com/2019/04/how-many-central-americans-deserve-asylum-zero/
— ALL DECENT PEOPLE SHOULD #WALKAWAY FROM LIBERALISM Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson rips progressive culture of victimhood
https://www.wnd.com/2019/05/all-decent-people-should-walkaway-from-liberalism/

NEWS BUSTERS
— Media Lament Tiger Woods Getting Medal of Freedom from ‘White Nationalist’ President – Jay Maxson 
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/culture/jay-maxson/2019/05/04/president-giving-tiger-woods-presidential-medal-freedom-and-btw

— New York Times, Part of the Anti-Semitism Problem – Cal Thomas 
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/cal-thomas/2019/05/04/new-york-times-part-anti-semitism-problem

THE HILL
— Documents provide glimpse into Buttigieg’s military service – JONATHAN EASLEY 
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/442082-documents-provide-glimpse-into-buttigiegs-military-service

NEW YORK TIMES
— Why the Rich Don’t Get Audited The I.R.S. doesn’t have the resources it needs to chase offshore accounts and tax cheats. – Jesse Eisinger and Paul Kiel
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/03/sunday-review/tax-rich-irs.html
— Men Invented ‘Likability.’ Guess Who Benefits. It was pushed by Madison Avenue and preached by self-help gurus. Then it entered politics. – Claire Bond Potter
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/04/opinion/sunday/likeable-elizabeth-warren-2020.html?searchResultPosition=1
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Biden Thinks Trump Is the Problem, Not All Republicans. Other Democrats Disagree. – Shane Goldmacher
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/04/us/politics/biden-trump-republicans-2020.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps demonize, denigrate, and condemn men.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/04/opinion/sunday/men-parenting.html
— Fair Play Is No Match for Foul After getting dissed by Barr, will Mueller man up? – Maureen Dowd
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/04/opinion/sunday/mueller-barr-dowd.html
— The Trip I Hope All African-Americans Can Take I saw the sense of connection that Birthright nurtured in my Jewish friends and planned my own life-changing journey. – Mercedes Bent
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/04/opinion/sunday/travel-blacks-africa.html
— Over 60: Why Own When You Can Rent? Older renters in New York City outnumber millennial renters. They also outnumber homeowners in their age range. – Joanne Kaufman
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/03/realestate/over-60-renters.html
— Almost All the Colleges I Wanted to Go to Rejected Me. Now What? – Kwame Anthony Appiah (DIERSEN: I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who hint/imply that if your degree is not from an Ivy League University, it is worthless.) 
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/30/magazine/almost-all-the-colleges-i-wanted-to-go-to-rejected-me-now-what.html

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A capitalism-hater says “Debt-plagued millennials have good reasons to favor socialism.”
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/readersreact/la-ol-le-millennials-like-socialism-not-capitalism-20190505-story.html

NEW YORK SUN
— Failing Europe Is Eclipsed As Trump Gains – CONRAD BLACK 
https://www.nysun.com/foreign/europe-failing-as-its-eclipsed-by-trump/90673/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Pope Tells Bulgaria to Welcome Migrants Balkan land has closed its borders as part of EU policy – Francis X. Rocca
https://www.wsj.com/articles/pope-tells-bulgaria-to-welcome-migrants-11557073800
— Trump Administration Backs Plan for More H-2B Visas, Irking Critics of Immigrant Labor Rules Landscapers, resorts and other small businesses are clamoring for more temp workers; opponents say policies lower U.S. wages – Louise Radnofsky and Lalita Clozel
https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-administration-backs-plan-for-more-h-2b-visas-irking-critics-of-immigrant-labor-rules-11557048600
— ‘A Horrible Culture of Machismo’: Women Struggle With Violence in Mexico Violence against women has been met with indifference and impunity, rights groups say, as the problem only gets worse – Robbie Whelan
https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-horrible-culture-of-machismo-woman-struggle-with-violence-in-mexico-11556978401
— Music Superstars Are the New One Percenters Huge stars like Beyoncé and Taylor Swift are dominating the concert-tour business like never before, as music’s top 1% takes home an increasingly large share of the pie – Neil Shah
https://www.wsj.com/articles/music-superstars-are-the-new-one-percenters-11556962200
— Racial Spoils in Washington State Democrats overrule voters to impose racial and gender preferences. – Editorial (DIERSEN: Who determines who will pay the price of racial and gender preference? What criteria will they use?)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/racial-spoils-in-washington-state-11557091027

24/7 WALL STREET
— Black Unemployment 86% Higher Than U.S. Average – Douglas A. McIntyre
https://247wallst.com/jobs/2019/05/05/black-unemployment-86-higher-than-u-s-average/

MOTLEY FOOL
— 11% of Employees Have Experienced Ageism on the Job – Maurie Backman (DIERSEN: 100% of federal employees who are White, male, and/or non-veteran will experience ageism and far worse things if they do not make GS-13 (currently $98,198) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $116,040) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $136,495) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $165,500) by age 40.)
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/11-employees-experienced-ageism-job-143600215.html

May 5 Morning Edition

ABC7
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Gov. Pritzker announces plan to legalize recreational marijuana – AP
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/pritzker-announces-plan-to-legalize-recreational-marijuana/5285792/

NBC5
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Gov. Pritzker Discusses Marijuana Plan
https://www.nbcchicago.com/on-air/as-seen-on/jb-pritzker-discusses-marijuana-plan-509492902.html

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— College of DuPage ready to reverse trend – Frank Napolitano, Chairman of the Board, College of DuPage
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/opinion/ct-nvs-naperville-letters-st-0505-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters in Naperville encourage Muslims and Jews unite against Christians.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/news/ct-nvs-naperville-muslims-attend-jewish-shabbat-st-0505-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Christians promote LGBTQ activity in Naperville.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/news/ct-nvs-naper-pride-naperville-lgbtq-organization-st-0505-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— Exciting times ahead for COD – Frank Napolitano, Bloomingdale
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20190505/exciting-times-ahead-for-cod
— Beyond taxing and spending – Editorial (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, the Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs who run Illinois promote a) vices including booze, gambling, and pot, b) dependency on government, c) dependency on charity, d) LGBTQ activity, e) abortion, f) mass/illegal immigration, g) diminishment of Second Amendment rights, h) patronage, i) political affiliation discrimination, j) reverse discrimination, k) age discrimination, l) retaliation, and m) even worse things.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20190505/editorial-beyond-taxing-and-spending
— Income can peak before you’re ready (and what that means for retirement) – LIZ WESTON (DIERSEN: If you are retired, when did your income peak? My income peaked in 1997 when I was 49 years old at $72,460/year, or at $127,654/year in today’s dollars.) 
https://www.dailyherald.com/business/20190505/income-can-peak-before-youre-ready-and-what-that-means-for-retirement
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Most retirement calculators are optimistic to a fault. They assume our incomes will rise throughout our working lives, or at least stay roughly the same. In reality, our incomes are likely to peak years — and sometimes decades — before we retire. Consider this: People’s biggest wage increases tend to happen in their 20s and 30s, with more modest increases in midlife followed by declines, according to a 2016 analysis of Social Security earnings records underwritten by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Most people’s incomes peak by age 45, the researchers found, although the top 20% of earners peaked in their 50s. More than half of those who enter their 50s with a stable job are laid off or otherwise forced out the door, and the vast majority don’t recover financially, according to analysis by ProPublica and the Urban Institute. These may be grim statistics, but if you’re tempted to put off saving for retirement, take heed. “When you’re 40 and things are going well, you think, ‘OK, I can see when things are going to get better and that’s when I can save for retirement,'” says Gary Burtless, an economist with the Brookings Institution who studies earnings patterns. “And those days just don’t come.” THE BIGGEST GAINS COME EARLY What’s true on average for a group of people may not be true for an individual, of course. Understanding these general patterns, though, could help people make better decisions about spending, saving and when to retire. Generally, the more education people have, the more money they make over their lifetime and the later their earnings peak, Burtless says. “For somebody with a position like professor at a university, it might be when they’re in the second half of their 50s, as opposed to the second half of their 30s, which it might be for your brother-in-law who failed to complete high school,” Burtless says. But the 50s tends to be a dangerous decade for workers, according to ProPublica, an independent nonprofit newsroom, and the Urban Institute, a nonprofit think tank that researches social and economic issues. The researchers found 56% of full-time, full-year workers ages 51 to 54 suffered an involuntary job loss after age 50 that had a substantial economic impact, either by reducing their earnings at least 50% or resulting in six months or more of unemployment. The median household income of these workers dropped 42%, and only one in 10 ever earned as much after they left their jobs as before. An additional 9% left their jobs involuntarily for personal reasons such as health. The analysis was based on data from the University of Michigan Health and Retirement Study, which tracks 20,000 people in the U.S. SAVE EARLY AND AVOID LIFESTYLE CREEP Job disruptions and declining earnings help explain why so many people in their 60s have so little saved, Burtless says.)

PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— May 16 event aims to explain real estate tax bills – Chris Kaergard (DIERSEN: Realistically, do you believe that could you sell your home for what your assessor says it is worth? I do not. Recent sales near 915 Cove Court in Wheaton are at https://www.zillow.com/homes/comps/4447887_zpid/. What percent is your real estate tax bill of what your assessor says your home is worth? My real estate tax bill is $11,089 with a $362 senior exemption, or 2.23% of the $492,300 that my assessor says my home is worth. Of that $11,089 real estate tax bill, $7,484 is for Wheaton Warrenville School District 200, $1,430 is for the City of Wheaton, $1,144 is for the Wheaton Park District, $474 is for DuPage County governments, $355 is for the College of DuPage, $178 is for Milton Township, and $25 is for the Wheaton Mosquito Abatement District.) 
https://www.pjstar.com/news/20190504/may-16-event-aims-to-explain-real-estate-tax-bills

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Pension debt goes up again – Doug Finke
https://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20190504/statehouse-insider-pension-debt-goes-up-again
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Recreational pot shops are part of Colorado landscape – Dean Olsen
https://www.sj-r.com/news/20190504/recreational-pot-shops-are-part-of-colorado-landscape

NORTHWEST HERALD
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pritzker announces plan to legalize marijuana – SARA BURNETT
https://www.nwherald.com/2019/05/03/pritzker-announces-plan-to-legalize-marijuana/ar2vy7b/

LINCOLN COURIER
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Recreational pot shops are part of Colorado landscape – Dean Olsen
https://www.lincolncourier.com/news/20190504/recreational-pot-shops-are-part-of-colorado-landscape

RIVER CITIES READER
— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON CHICAGO TIGHTENS: Causes and Effects of Chicago’s Murder Rate – Rich Miller
https://www.rcreader.com/commentary/causes-effects-chicago-murder-rate

WREX
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pritzker announces plan to legalize cannabis by Jan. 1, 2020
https://wrex.com/category/2019/05/04/pritzker-announces-plan-to-legalize-cannabis-by-jan-1-2020/

FOX ILLINOIS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Biden promotes hatred against Republicans.
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/live-biden-campaigns-in-south-carolina

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— Coles County Board and improper health insurance benefits – JOHN KRAFT 
https://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2019/05/coles-county-board-and-improper-health-insurance-benefits-part-1/

METRO EAST SUN
— There are no guarantees in Pritzker’s ‘so-called fair tax,’ Plummer cautions, except uncertainty – Glenn Minnis
https://metroeastsun.com/stories/512479056-there-are-no-guarantees-in-pritzker-s-so-called-fair-tax-plummer-cautions-except-uncertainty

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Reporter: Biden Campaign Physically Blocking Press from Asking Questions – Brent Scher (DIERSEN: What do you say to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who hint/imply/argue/shout that I ask Republican candidates questions that harm their campaigns?)
https://freebeacon.com/politics/reporter-biden-campaign-physically-blocking-press-from-asking-questions/

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— What’s the Matter With Europe? – Conrad Black
https://amgreatness.com/2019/05/04/whats-the-matter-with-europe/
— The Democrats Are Humanitarian Frauds on the Border – Rachel Bovard
https://amgreatness.com/2019/05/04/the-democrats-are-humanitarian-frauds-on-the-border/

TOWNHALL
— The Fight For Free Speech – Jeff Crouere (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents vehemently oppose free speech. According to them, all news and commentary is fake except for the news and commentary that they put out or bless. My critics/opponents do not want me to put GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and send them out. My critic/opponents do not want me to serve as a Republican Precinct Committeeman. My critics/opponents did not want me to serve as a TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member, Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster, Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member, GAO employee, etc. I should write a book about my critics/opponents.)
https://townhall.com/columnists/jeffcrouere/2019/05/05/the-fight-for-free-speech-n2545861

BREITBART
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Biden promotes hatred against Republicans.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/05/04/joe-biden-jim-crow-is-sneaking-back-under-clown-donald-trump/
— Dream Act ‘On Hold’ After Amnesty Activists Demand Criminals Get Path to Citizenship – Tony Lee
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/05/04/report-dream-act-on-hold-after-amnesty-activists-demand-criminals-get-path-to-citizenship/

EPOCH TIMES
— Trump: ‘The Power of Prayer. It’s the Most Powerful Thing There Is’ – JANITA KAN (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes stress a) that they are a member of a church, b) that they attend church services, and c) that they give money to a church. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes prayed for the a) end of my TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairmanship, b) the end of my Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee membership, c) the end of my Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster service, d) the end of my Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee membership, e) the end of my American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board membership, and f) the end of my GAO employment.)
https://www.theepochtimes.com/trump-the-power-of-prayer-its-the-most-powerful-thing-there-is_2906731.html

INDEPENDENT JOURNAL REVIEW
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Biden promotes hatred against Republicans.
https://ijr.com/biden-accuses-gop-of-racism-for-backing-voter-id-laws/

THE HILL
— How the ACLU is setting up Trump for a field day in 2020 The group is deploying hundreds of people to get Democratic candidates on video taking positions on hot-button topics like felon voting. – CHRISTOPHER CADELAGO 
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/05/05/aclu-democrats-trump-2020-civil-liberties-1300563

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Justice Clarence Thomas’ moment may finally have arrived – JESSICA GRESKO
https://apnews.com/fbb07af9d5254aecbbab9422faf405ba

CBS NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Biden promotes hatred against Republicans.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/biden-heading-south-for-first-campaign-trip-to-south-carolina/

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats focus on turning women against men, turning minorities against Whites, turning younger people against older people, turning people who have less money against people who have more money, turning non-Republicans against Republicans, turning non-conservatives against conservatives, turning non-Protestants against Protestants, turning foreign countries against America, turning citizens of foreign countries against citizens of America, turning non-gun owners against gun owners, turning non-German Americans against German Americans, and turning people whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time against people whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.) 
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/05/us/politics/women-candidates-2020-election-electability.html

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Democrat politicians in Illinois what minorities and women to be pot pushers.
https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-illinois-marijuana-legalization-20190504-story.html

NEW YORK POST
— How the US border crisis could have been averted – Mary Kay Linge and Isabel Vincent
https://nypost.com/2019/05/04/how-the-us-border-crisis-could-have-been-averted/

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “Trump Tower on the Potomac: Trump has turned the White House into a monument to misinformation.”
https://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/ny-oped-trump-tower-on-the-potomac-20190505-arsatumgbjfebeembuqz6fkrgm-story.html

DENVER POST
— Trump warns he’ll “monitor the censorship” on social media after Facebook banned some far-right leaders – TONY ROMM (DIERSEN: Who monitors a) censorship of Dave Diersen and b) censorship of his GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails? My critics/opponents did not want me to use my TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairmanship, my Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee membership, my Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster service, my Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee membership, or my American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board membership to promote GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails.) 
https://www.denverpost.com/2019/05/04/trump-monitor-facebook-censorship/

BUFFALO NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats want minorities and females to be pot pushers. 
https://buffalonews.com/2019/05/05/the-war-on-drugs-hit-them-hardest-so-oakland-is-saving-them-a-spot-in-the-pot-trade/

NEW YORK MAGAZINE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: If candidates should be required to disclose their tax returns, they should also be required to disclose their education; work experience; professional certifications and licenses; age; race; gender; sexual orientation; health; illegal drug use; addictions; marital status; brothers and sisters; parents; grandparents; children; grandchildren; children who they have adopted and/or fostered; religion; national origin; DNA; how many years their ancestors have been in America; veteran status; gun ownership; criminal record; anything that might be used to blackmail them; where all their money came from and how they spent that money; positions on all the issues including traditional marriage/family, abortion, immigration, Second Amendment, illegal drugs, equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving; homeownership; vehicle ownership; political and government positions that sought and/or held; who manipulates/dominates them and why; who they manipulate/dominate and why; who panders to them and why; who they pander to and why; who blacklists/blacklisted them and why; who do/did they blacklist and why; who they sued and why; who sued them and why; etc.)
http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/05/california-may-ban-trump-from-primary-unless-taxes-released.html

INTELLIGENCER
— Is the Paycheck Fairness Act a boon for American women? Yes – Paula Brantner (DIERSEN: Are you non-veteran, White, male, and/or older? Are/were you accused of being overpaid? My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always accused me of being overpaid. 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.)
https://www.theintell.com/opinion/20190505/op-ed-is-paycheck-fairness-act-boon-for-american-women-yes

GUARDIAN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters promote hatred of Trump.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/may/05/far-right-southern-california-history

May 4 Evening Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: ADULT USE CANNABIS SUMMARY (DIERSEN: If/when this becomes law, my goal is for Wheaton to be the first city in the state to pass an “opt out” ordinance and zoning restrictions for growing. If/when this becomes law, please encourage your municipality to ASAP pass an “opt out” ordinance and zoning restrictions for growing.) 
https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/5988612/Cannabis-bill-summary-from-Gov-Pritzker-s-office.pdf
(FROM THE DOCUMENT: LOCAL ORDINANCES Municipalities may pass ordinances prohibiting the establishments of dispensaries in their jurisdiction. Local units of government must adopt ‘opt out’ ordinances within one year of the effective date of the statute or they are limited to adopting ‘opt out’ provisions via local referendum. Municipalities may enact reasonable zoning restrictions pertaining to licensed cultivation centers, craft growers, processing organizations, and dispensaries.)
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Illinois marijuana legalization bill would allow possession up to 30 grams, 5 plants grown at home – Robert McCoppin and Jennifer Smith Richards
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-new-marijuana-bill-proposal-20190504-story.html
— Number of milligrams of THC, expungement of which crimes? Read the fine print of Pritzker’s proposed legal marijuana bill.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-pritzker-marijuana-bill-20190504-htmlstory.html
— Trump attacks social media companies after Facebook bans a number of extremist figures – AP
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-trump-social-media-facebook-bans-20190504-story.html
— ‘Heartbeat bills’ are wholesome provocations in abortion debate – George Will
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-abortion-heartbeat-bills-viability-george-will-20190503-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pritzker, Dems introduce bill to legalize marijuana statewide
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/pritzker-introduces-bill-marijuana-legalization/

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Illinois governor announces plan to legalize marijuana – AP
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/local/illinois-governor-announces-plan-to-legalize-marijuana-1

CBS2
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Gov. JB Pritzker Announces ‘Step Forward’ In Illinois Marijuana Legalization
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2019/05/04/gov-jb-pritzker-announces-step-forward-in-illinois-marijuana-legalization/

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pritzker aiming to legalize weed in Illinois by January 1, 2020 The Illinois governor today unveiled details of his plan to allow residents 21 and over to legally purchase cannabis for recreational use. – JOHN PLETZ
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/government/pritzker-aiming-legalize-weed-illinois-january-1-2020

ABC7
— ‘Natural hair’ bill could change workplace standards – Leslie Brinkley
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/natural-hair-bill-could-change-workplace-standards/5284772/

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Large Attendance at McConchie Seminar on Adoption and Foster Care
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/05/04/large-attendance-at-mcconchie-seminar-on-adoption-and-foster-care/ 
— Skillicorn Polls 8th Grade Students in Algonquin on Progressive vs. Flat Rate Income Tax and Finds Little Support
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/05/04/skillicorn-polls-8th-grade-students-in-algonquin-on-progressive-vs-flat-rate-income-tax/

CAPITOL FAX
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pritzker unveils cannabis legalization bill
https://capitolfax.com/2019/05/04/pritzker-unveils-cannabis-legalization-bill/

BREITBART
— ICE Agents Confirm Migrant ‘Child Recycling’ Case in El Paso Sector – BOB PRICE
https://www.breitbart.com/border/2019/05/04/ice-agents-confirm-migrant-child-recycling-case-in-el-paso-sector/
— Donald Trump Revives National Program to Exclude Illegals from Jobs – NEIL MUNRO
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/05/04/donald-trump-revives-national-program-to-exclude-illegals-from-jobs/

WORLD NET DAILY
— THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MEXICO AND THE USA Bill Federer recounts history of southern neighbor’s government – BILL FEDERER
https://www.wnd.com/2019/05/the-difference-between-mexico-and-the-usa/
— DEMOCRATS PREPARING ULTIMATUM FOR PEOPLE OF FAITH ‘Change your … practices or face government punishment’
https://www.wnd.com/2019/05/democrats-preparing-ultimatum-for-people-of-faith/

NATIONAL REVIEW
— In Accusing Trump of Anti-Semitism, Democrats Play the Projection Game – DEROY MURDOCK
https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/05/democrats-anti-semitism-accusations-trump-projection/

ABC NEWS
— President Trump amplifies far-right voices in protest of Facebook ban – MERIDITH MCGRAW
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/president-trump-amplified-voices-protest-facebook-ban/story?id=62825821

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— In News Industry, a Stark Divide Between Haves and Have-Nots Local newspapers are failing to make the digital transition larger players did — and are in danger of vanishing – Keach Hagey, Lukas I. Alpert and Yaryna Serkez
https://www.wsj.com/graphics/local-newspapers-stark-divide/
— Can a Doorbell Camera Actually Make You Safer? The smart security devices help ensure our packages are in the right hands, but they may open the door to a more nefarious element: hackers – Jesse Will
https://www.wsj.com/articles/can-a-doorbell-camera-actually-make-you-safer-11556648995
— Why Women Live Longer Than Men – Heidi Mitchell
https://www.wsj.com/articles/why-women-live-longer-than-men-11556590021

FORBES     
— Why Trump Should Not Hand Over His Tax Returns – Robert W. Wood
https://www.forbes.com/sites/robertwood/2019/05/04/why-trump-should-not-hand-over-his-tax-returns/#70ca8ee65208
— How To Overcome Islamophobia In Your Workplace – Janice Gassam (DIERSEN: I should write a book about my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government who hinted/implied that they disapproved of Missouri Synod Lutherans.) 
https://www.forbes.com/sites/janicegassam/2019/05/04/how-to-overcome-islamophobia-in-your-workplace/#7cc3d2122870

May 3 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Pritzker’s tax plan faces uphill battle in Illinois House – Craig Wall
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/pritzkers-tax-plan-faces-uphill-battle-in-illinois-house/5284453/
— Louis Farrakhan Facebook ban draws criticism from Fr. Pfleger
https://abc7chicago.com/technology/louis-farrakhan-facebook-ban-draws-criticism-from-fr-pfleger/5283844/

WGN TV
— South suburban politicians ask for millions more for long stalled Chicago airport – BEN BRADLEY
https://wgntv.com/2019/05/03/south-suburban-politicians-demands-millions-more-for-long-stalled-chicago-airport/

WTTW
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats crow about their success in getting high school students to “Join Global ‘Strike’ Over Climate Change.”
https://news.wttw.com/2019/05/03/chicago-area-students-join-global-strike-over-climate-change

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Illinois income tax calculator: How would Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s proposed graduated income tax affect you? – Kyle Bentle, Jonathon Berlin and Chad Yoder
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-viz-graduated-income-tax-calculator-app-20190312-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats crow about their success in getting high school students to “demonstrate in the Loop to pressure elected officials to take action on climate change.” 
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-met-student-climate-march-chicago-20190503-story.html
— Homewood-Flossmoor principal defends handling of blackface incident, denies school unfairly disciplines black students – Zak Koeske
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/news/ct-sta-homewood-flossmoor-defends-response-st-0505-story.html
— GOP lawmaker Steven Reick from Woodstock arrested in Springfield on DUI charge – Dan Petrella
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-rep-steven-reick-dui-charge-springfield-20190503-story.html
— Plenty of costly fine print in plan to freeze school property taxes – Rick Pearson
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-illinois-legislature-property-tax-freeze-20190502-story.html
— ‘A path to net zero’: New Lake County Board committee focuses on reducing emissions – Frank Abderholden
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/lake-county-news-sun/news/ct-lns-new-committee-progress-st-0503-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Target date to legally buy marijuana is Jan. 1, but details of bill still hazy – Rebecca Anzel 
https://chicago.suntimes.com/business/legal-marijuana-target-date-jan-1-details-bill-cannabis-hazy-pritzker-cassidy-steans-recreational/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers want Blacks to push pot.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/legalized-recreational-marijuana-african-americans/
— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON ILLINOIS, ON COOK COUNTY, AND ON CHICAGO TIGHTENS: Gun violence is a public health problem — and Illinois could be a better doctor – Rich Miller
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/gun-violence-is-a-public-health-problem-and-illinois-could-be-a-better-doctor/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats always hint/imply/argue/shout that Republicans cause all the problems that minorities and women have.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/house-bill-3394-diversity-racial-diversity-gender-diversity-illinois-based-companies-fritz-kaegi-cook-county-assessors-office/
— Pols to Pritzker: Clear third airport for takeoff – Tina Sfondeles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/business/pols-pritzker-third-airport-south-suburban-peotone-lightfoot-kelly-madigan/
— Illinois’ estate tax is the American way — let’s keep it – Editorial
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/illinois-estate-tax-death-john-cullerton-progressive-income-tax/

DAILY HERALD
— Three finalists for COD president to field questions from public – Robert Sanchez
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190503/three-finalists-for-cod-president-to-field-questions-from-public
— Despite supervisor’s objection, Palatine Township passes road budget again – Bob Susnjara
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190502/despite-supervisors-objection-palatine-township-passes-road-budget-again

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— State pension hole hits record $133.5 billion  Despite a roaring stock market, Illinois is more behind than ever in setting aside the money required to pay promised pension benefits to state workers. – GREG HINZ
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/greg-hinz-politics/state-pension-hole-hits-record-1335-billion

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot.
https://www.sj-r.com/news/20190503/under-dome-podcast-how-legal-marijuana-works-in-colorado

HERALD & REVIEW
— Illinois House liberals push back against estate tax repeal – REBECCA ANZEL and JERRY NOWICKI 
https://herald-review.com/news/state-and-regional/illinois-house-liberals-push-back-against-estate-tax-repeal/article_350edf5c-2b58-573f-b6b5-36d550531ae7.html

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— No comment from Rep. Conroy on Pappas remark – Glenn Minnis 
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/512477598-no-comment-from-rep-conroy-on-pappas-remark

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Census count finds Illinois still has more units of government than every other state – Cole Lauterbach 
https://www.ilnews.org/news/state_politics/census-count-finds-illinois-still-has-more-units-of-government/article_0ec7a8b2-6dd0-11e9-b5e3-f35366099b7d.html

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— IL SENATE DEMS MOVE FORWARD ON GRADUATED TAX HIKE AMENDMENT
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/05/il-senate-dems-move-forward-on-graduated-tax-hike-amendment.html
— DUPAGE COUNTY HOME OWNERS: PAY YOUR TAXES, OR YOUR HOUSE WILL BE FOR SALE
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/05/dupage-county-home-owners-pay-your-taxes-or-your-house-will-be-for-sale.html
— THORNER & O’NEIL: IS TRUTH ON THE HORIZON FOR TRUMP AND THE AMERICAN PEOPLE?
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/05/thorner-oneil-is-truth-on-the-horizon-for-trump-and-the-american-people.html

CAPITOL FAX
— Speaker Madigan signs on to letter seeking $150 million for third Chicago airport
https://capitolfax.com/2019/05/03/speaker-madigan-signs-on-to-letter-seeking-150-million-for-third-chicago-airport/

FOX NEWS
— Surging economy complicates Dems’ 2020 message against Trump – Paul Steinhauser
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/surging-economy-complicates-dems-2020-message-against-trump

WASHINGTON TIMES
— MAGA hat fight at Texas State University leads to 4 arrests – Jessica Chasmar 
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/may/3/maga-hat-fight-at-texas-state-university-leads-to-/

BREITBART
— James Woods Banned from Twitter Amid Silicon Valley’s Conservative Blacklisting Campaign – JUSTIN CARUSO
https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2019/05/03/james-woods-banned-from-twitter-amid-silicon-valleys-conservative-blacklisting-campaign/

NEWSMAX
— The Left Projects Its Anti-Semitism Onto President Trump – Deroy Murdock 
https://www.newsmax.com/murdock/antisemitism-trump-left/2019/05/03/id/914426/

FOX NEWS
— Mexico begins deporting members of migrant caravan after shelter riot – Griff Jenkins 
https://www.foxnews.com/world/mexico-begins-deporting-members-of-migrant-caravan-after-shelter-riot

GOPUSA
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Already more than a mile high, Denver voters may decriminalize ‘magic mushrooms’
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=68997
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Trump-haters promote hatred so that they can blame Trump for hate crimes.
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=69000

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE
— DEMS WANT “MEDICARE-FOR-ALL”, BUT MEDICARE WILL BE INSOLVENT IN 7 YEARS – Daniel Greenfield
https://www.frontpagemag.com/point/273668/dems-want-medicare-all-medicare-will-be-insolvent-daniel-greenfield

TOWNHALL
— Poll: Majority of Americans Want Citizenship Question on the Census, Including Hispanics – Katie Pavlich
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2019/05/03/poll-majority-of-americans-want-citizenship-on-census-including-hispanics-n2545826

AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE
— Let Venezuela Decide Its Own Destiny – PATRICK J. BUCHANAN
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/buchanan/let-venezuela-decide-its-own-destiny/
— Brain Drain and the Polarization of America The highly educated are concentrating together, depriving struggling communities and dividing the country. – RACHEL SHEFFIELD AND SCOTT WINSHIP
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/brain-drain-and-the-polarization-of-america/

LIFE SITE NEWS
— Facebook allows left-wing page to fantasize about Pres. Trump assassination, funeral – Calvin Freiburger
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/facebook-allows-left-wing-page-to-fantasize-about-trump-assassination-funeral

CHRISTIAN HEADLINES
— House Democrats Vote to Let Boys Play on Girls’ Teams – Michael Foust
https://www.christianheadlines.com/contributors/michael-foust/house-democrats-vote-to-let-boys-play-on-girls-teams.html

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Controversy erupts as group aims to remove ‘traumatizing’ George Washington murals from high school – Samantha Chang
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2019/05/03/controversy-erupts-as-group-aims-to-remove-traumatizing-george-washington-murals-from-high-school-751163

THE HILL
— How liberals tore down the nomination of Steve Moore – HERMAN CAIN
https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/442055-how-liberals-tore-down-the-nomination-of-steve-moore
— Trump Jr accuses Facebook of ‘taking their censorship campaign to the next level’ – EMILY BIRNBAUM
https://thehill.com/policy/technology/442057-donald-trump-jr-says-facebook-taking-their-censorship-campaign-to-the-next

HUFFINGTON POST
— Fox News’ Tucker Carlson Slams White House For Stephen Moore ‘Weakness’ – Lee Moran
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/tucker-carlson-criticizes-white-house-stephen-moore_n_5ccbe8e0e4b0e4d757306a84

WASHINGTON POST
— Trump Jr. accuses Facebook of ‘silencing conservatives’ after it bans some far-right users – Tony Romm
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2019/05/03/trump-jr-accuses-facebook-silencing-conservatives-day-after-it-bans-some-far-right-users/

NEW YORK MAGAZINE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “Louis Farrakhan Is More ‘Far Right’ Than Left. But Mostly, He’s an Opportunist.”
http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/05/louis-farrakhans-brand-of-black-conservatism.html

WASHINGTON MONTHLY
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Trump-haters promote hatred against 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://washingtonmonthly.com/2019/05/03/the-rise-of-white-identity-politics/

GQ MAGAZINE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “The Case for Kicking Certain Republican Politicians Off Facebook.”
https://www.gq.com/story/facebook-white-supremacist-bans

CHICAGO PRIDE
— Illinois LGBTQ Advocacy Day May 15 (DIERSEN: Soon, if not already, no one in America will be allowed to get an education or get a job unless they promote LGBTQ activity.)
http://chicago.gopride.com/news/article.cfm/articleid/102201025/illinois-lgbtq-advocacy-day-may-15

May 3 Morning Edition

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Wheaton Mayor Mike Gresk and Acting DuPage County Republican Central Committee Chairman Marty Keller spoke very highly of 6th Congressional District Candidate Evelyn Sanguinetti at her outstanding fundraiser at Arrowhead Golf Club in Wheaton Thursday evening, May 2, 2019. The 75+ attendees included Colgan, Eckhoff, Falbo, Fitzpatrick, Hartwell, Henry, Jacobsen, Jani, Khouri, Kordik, Kubinski, L. Lewis, S. Lewis, Minor, Nathwani, Pineda, Prater, Rathje, Rutledge, Saake, Veenstra, and D. Wagner. – Dave Diersen 
http://www.gopillinois.com

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
—  Justice Joe Birkett spoke very highly of Judge Ann Celine Walsh at her outstanding fundraiser at Danada House in Wheaton Thursday evening, May 2, 2019.  The 200+ attendees included Anderson, Anthanikar, Bakalis, Berlin, Brenan, Cody, Dabrowski, Dunsing, Fleming, Ford, Fullerton, Gibson, Grogan, Hayes, Hovde, Jacobs, Kachiroubas, Kinsella, Marquardt, McGimpsey, McCluskey, McJoynt, Orel, Prater, Puchalski, Rohm, Ruhl, Russo, Schwartz, Skarin, Sutter, Telander, Thomas, Wilson, and Zay. The 54+ event sponsors included J. Anderson, Brenan, Creswell, Ice Miller, and Tornatore. – Dave Diersen 
http://www.gopillinois.com

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— DuPage County State’s Attorney Bob Berlin spoke very highly of DuPage County Sheriff Jim Mendrick at his outstanding fundraiser at Gibsons Bar & Steakhouse in Oak Brook Thursday evening, May 2, 2019. According to a report, the 200+ attendees included Bristol, Corneils, Dabrowski, Holder, Krajewski, Kubinski, McGowen, Minor, Monino, Noonan, Ozog, Pineda, Puchalski, Prater, Ruhl, Tornatore, Valle, Wilkins, and Zay. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— When taxpayers trust Springfield … Part 2: ‘Give us the tax hike, we’ll fix Illinois!’ – Editorial
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-tax-cullerton-20190503-story.html#new_tab

WGN RADIO
— DuPage County Stormwater Management Chairman Jim Zay on flooding season
https://wgnradio.com/2019/05/02/dupage-county-stormwater-management-chairman-jim-zay-on-flooding-season/

WBEZ
— Study: 45% Of Young Black Men In Chicago Out Of School, Out Of Work – Sarah Karp
https://www.wbez.org/shows/wbez-news/study-45-of-young-black-men-in-chicago-out-of-school-out-of-work/accdb508-24ab-4000-a98a-a29281140914
— Tie Legalized Sports Betting To Chicago Casino, City Says – Tony Arnold
https://www.wbez.org/shows/wbez-news/tie-legalized-sports-betting-to-chicago-casino-city-says/a38a5cf1-f9aa-48f8-bce0-7f7742832330
— Chicago’s Section 8 Vouchers Increasing In Black Communities, Declining In White Neighborhoods – Natalie Moore
https://www.wbez.org/shows/wbez-news/more-section-8-vouchers-in-chicagos-black-neighborhoods-than-a-decade-ago/e461cdf4-22d1-45bd-9522-e0983c2d1c08

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Chips back on table for gambling advocates – Grant Morgan (DIERSEN: Gambling is a vice.)
https://www.sj-r.com/news/20190502/chips-back-on-table-for-gambling-advocates
— State Rep. Reick charged with DUI – Bernard Schoenburg (DIERSEN: Booze is a vice.)
https://www.sj-r.com/news/20190502/state-rep-reick-charged-with-dui
— State worker, teacher pension buyouts have mixed results – Doug Finke (DIERSEN: In 1993, when I was 45 years old, GAO offered all its employees who had 25 or more years of federal service, including me, $25,000 to take early retirement.) 
https://www.sj-r.com/news/20190502/state-worker-teacher-pension-buyouts-have-mixed-results

MDJ ONLINE
— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON ILLINOIS TIGHTENS: Illinois’ GDP growth lags behind national economic expansion – Greg Bishop
https://www.mdjonline.com/neighbor_newspapers/extra/news/illinois-gdp-growth-lags-behind-national-economic-expansion/article_2526fc36-3f1a-5f30-a09e-cf6aa706d821.html

FOX ILLINOIS
— Colleges face a conundrum when student athletes are invited to the White House – MARIANA BARILLAS
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/colleges-face-a-conundrum-when-student-athletes-are-invited-to-the-white-house

POSITIVELY NAPERVILLE
— Nearly 700 area business leaders attend 10th Annual DuPage County Regional Outlook event (DIERSEN: My wife and I have lived in DuPage County since 1978. People are attracted to DuPage County because of its prosperity and safety. Republicans created that prosperity and safety. But ever-increasingly and tragically, that prosperity and safety attracts people who are and/or 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.positivelynaperville.com/2019/05/02/nearly-700-area-business-leaders-attend-10th-annual-dupage-county-regional-outlook-event/99945

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— State Rep. Steve Reick Arrested for DUI in Springfield
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/05/02/state-rep-steve-reick-arrested-for-dui-in-springfield/

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Sponsor of recreational cannabis bill tries to calm concerns from critics – Greg Bishop
https://www.ilnews.org/news/state_politics/sponsor-of-recreational-cannabis-bill-tries-to-calm-concerns-from/article_3a36fa86-6d15-11e9-9254-a74b88301940.html

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— BORDER PATROL SAYS APPREHENSIONS IN THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY HAVE ALREADY SURPASSED ALL OF 2018
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/05/border-patrol-says-apprehensions-in-the-rio-grande-valley-have-already-surpassed-all-of-2018.html

DAILY CALLER
— POYNTER INSTITUTE SHELVES ENTIRE BLACKLIST OF ‘UNRELIABLE’ NEWS OUTLETS FOLLOWING BACKLASH – Mike Brest (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, www.gopillinois.com and GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails are unreliable. I should write a book about my critics/opponents. Better yet, I should sue them.) 
https://dailycaller.com/2019/05/02/poynter-shelves-entire-unreliable-news-outlets-list-following-backlash/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Poynter Institute, a journalism nonprofit organization, has completely disabled a list of what they labeled as an extensive list of “unreliable” news websites on Thursday night after facing scrutiny in the days since its publication. A litany of conservative publications, including The Washington Free Beacon and The Washington Examiner, were lumped into the list of “unreliable” publications and it received nearly instantaneous condemnation from them. “Soon after we published, we received complaints from those on the list and readers who objected to the inclusion of certain sites, and the exclusion of others. We began an audit to test the accuracy and veracity of the list, and while we feel that many of the sites did have a track record of publishing unreliable information, our review found weaknesses in the methodology,” Poynter’s managing editor Barbara Allen said in a statement on their website. “We detected inconsistencies between the findings of the original databases that were the sources for the list and our own rendering of the final report.” She went on, “We are removing this unreliable sites list until we are able to provide our audience a more consistent and rigorous set of criteria.” Aside from the list of “unreliable” news outlets, the initial publication included an accompanying article that called for advertisers to use the list in an effort to “blacklist” these websites. That language was deleted from the story and an update went along with it. Baybars Orsek, the director of the International Fact-Checking Network, told the Washington Examiner that they would be “evaluating all removal requests on a case by case basis,” and adding that “the total number of complaints is less than 2% of the whole database.”)
— ‘DAY OF THE LONG KNIVES:’ CONSERVATIVES, FREE SPEECH ADVOCATES CONDEMN LATEST FACEBOOK BANS – Scott Morefield
https://dailycaller.com/2019/05/02/free-speech-advocates-condemn-facebook-bans/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Americans back the census citizenship question – Jennifer Harper 
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/may/2/inside-the-beltway-americans-back-the-census-citiz/

GOPUSA
— Joe Biden says ‘Make America Moral Again’ but he belongs to the ‘party of infanticide’
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=68963

CONSERVATIVE HQ
— Jeb Goes Full Bush On Sanctuary Cities – George Rasley
http://www.conservativehq.com/node/30178

FEDERALIST
— Why Affirmative Action Is Racist And Un-American Affirmative action creates a fixed mindset that because one is born into a specific racial or ethnic group, one is entitled to certain privileges such as lowered criteria. – Berlin Fang (DIERSEN: Democrats use Affirmative Action, Diversity, Inclusion, up-or-out, and budget cuts a) to not hire, b) to not retain, and c) to get rid of Republicans, and especially to get rid of Republicans who are White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
https://thefederalist.com/2019/05/02/affirmative-action-racist-un-american/
— Why Christian Children Don’t Belong In Public Schools Public education neither teaches nor believes in the transcendentals of truth, goodness, and beauty, the very pillars of the education that built the western world and flow from Christianity itself. – Aaron Ames (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who have demonized, denigrated, and condemned a) my being baptized as a Missouri Synod Lutheran (MSL) in 1948, b) my attending Trinity Lutheran Grade School in Crete 1953-1961, c) my attending Hope Lutheran Grade School in Park Forest 1961-1962, and d) my being confirmed as a MSL in 1962.)
https://thefederalist.com/2019/05/02/christian-children-dont-belong-public-schools/
— What Tainted Companies Should Do Instead Of Holocaust Reparations To rectify its connections to Nazism and the Holocaust, the Reimann family will donate approximately $11.2 million to ‘an organization that helps former slave laborers.’ – Beth Bailey (DIERSEN: How tainted are the employers that you worked for? My employers were the federal government, Firestone Stores, University Plaza Dormitory, Chrysler, John’s Sinclair, Thrall Car, Flossmoor Country Club, and S.S. Kresges.) 
https://thefederalist.com/2019/05/03/tainted-companies-instead-holocaust-reparations/

TOWNHALL
— Trump Is Right. Babies Born Alive in Failed Abortions Are Executed. – Jill Stanek
https://townhall.com/columnists/jillstanek/2019/05/03/trump-was-right-in-description-of-abortion-n2545750
— Trump’s Tax Cuts Boosting Economic Growth to 3.2 Percent – Donald Lambro
https://townhall.com/columnists/donaldlambro/2019/05/03/trumps-tax-cuts-boosting-economic-growth-to-32-percent-n2545751

AMERICAN THINKER
— Trump soars in the polls for his stellar economy – Monica Showalter
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/05/trump_soars_in_the_polls_for_his_stellar_economy.html

NEWSMAX
— Half of College Kids Didn’t Have Food Money Last Month – Solange Reyner (DIERSEN: My outstanding parents provided me with room and board in their home in Crete a) while I attended UIC 1966-1968, b) when I came home weekends for my part-time Park Forest Post job during my first semester at NIU in 1969, and c) the summer of 1969.)
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/food-hunger-poverty-college/2019/05/02/id/914355/

BREITBART
— Trump Administration Observes Holocaust Remembrance Day – JOEL B. POLLAK (DIERSEN: In 1990, my Democrat GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were furious when I volunteered to work for a younger female Jewish supervisor. That frustrated their efforts to paint me as being anti-younger people, anti-female, and anti-Semite. I should write a book about my GAO coworkers and subordinates who refused to work for supervisors who were younger than they were, female, and/or Jewish.)
https://www.breitbart.com/national-security/2019/05/02/trump-administration-observes-holocaust-remembrance-day/
— Poll: Plurality of Minority Voters Say ‘Too Easy’ for Foreigners to Get Asylum – John Binder
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/05/02/poll-plurality-of-minority-voters-say-too-easy-for-foreigners-to-get-asylum/
— College Lobby: Congress Should Help Illegals Get U.S. Graduates’ Jobs – NEIL MUNRO (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will U.S. employers brag that they have stopped hiring U.S. citizens? In 1971, Oldsmobile withdrew a job offer that I had accepted saying that it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint.) 
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/05/02/college-lobby-congress-should-help-illegals-get-u-s-graduates-jobs/

FOX NEWS
— Obama took Trump’s win as a personal insult, book says – Brie Stimson 
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/obama-took-trumps-win-as-a-personal-insult-book-says

LIFE SITE NEWS
— Trump issues religious-freedom protections for doctors, nurses forced to do abortions – Calvin Freiburger
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/trump-issues-religious-freedom-protections-for-doctors-nurses-forced-to-do-abortions

ONE NEWS NOW
— Sexual liberty over religious liberty? That’s not ‘equality’ – Chris Woodward
https://onenewsnow.com/business/2019/05/03/sexual-liberty-over-religious-liberty-thats-not-equality

COLLEGE FIX
— Schools offering woman-only scholarships may be in violation of Title IX – DYLAN HARRINGTON (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, the more of the following that you are, the harder that Trump-haters work to get rid of you: Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owner, German American, draft avoider, and if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.thecollegefix.com/schools-offering-woman-only-scholarships-may-be-in-violation-of-title-ix/
— New law in Washington state will allow public universities to factor race, sex into admissions – DANIEL PAYNE (DIERSEN: Democrats use Affirmative Action, Diversity, Inclusion, up-or-out, and budget cuts a) to not hire, b) to not retain, and c) to get rid of Republicans, and especially to get rid of Republicans who are White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
https://www.thecollegefix.com/new-law-in-washington-state-will-allow-public-universities-to-factor-race-sex-into-admissions/

POLITICO
— Facebook wades deeper into censorship debate as it bans ‘dangerous’ accounts – CRISTIANO LIMA (DIERSEN: Who wants you to be banned and why? I should write a book about those who want me to be banned and why. 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.)
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/05/02/facebook-bans-far-right-alex-jones-1299247

CNN
— Louis Farrakhan, Alex Jones and other ‘dangerous’ voices banned from Facebook and Instagram – Oliver Darcy (DIERSEN: Who wants you to be banned and why? I should write a book about those who want me to be banned and why. 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.)
https://www.cnn.com/2019/05/02/tech/facebook-ban-louis-farrakhan-infowars-alex-jones-milo-laura-loomer/index.html

ABC NEWS
— After decades of delay inside GM, ‘mythic’ mid-engine Corvette is in production – MORGAN KORN
https://abcnews.go.com/Business/decades-delay-inside-gm-mythic-mid-engine-corvette/story?id=62789071

NEW YORK TIMES
— Tuition or Dinner? Nearly Half of College Students Surveyed in a New Report Are Going Hungry Many routinely skip meals and take ‘poverty naps’ because they cannot afford groceries. Campus food pantries are helping, but are they enough? – Kaya Laterman (DIERSEN: My outstanding parents provided me with room and board in their home in Crete a) while I attended UIC 1966-1968, b) when I came home weekends for my part-time Park Forest Post Office job during my first semester at NIU in 1969, and c) the summer of 1969.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/02/nyregion/hunger-college-food-insecurity.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Google workers want to outlaw mandatory arbitration. Here’s why this matters. Corporations win in arbitration. Workers and consumers win in court. – Sarah Staszak (DIERSEN: I have been an arbitrator for the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (https://www.finra.org/arbitration-and-mediation) since 1998. Do not enter into a contract that contains a mandatory arbitration clause. SEE: https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1975935/diersen-v-joe-keim-builders-inc/) 
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/05/03/google-workers-want-outlaw-mandatory-arbitration-heres-why-this-matters/
— His Instagram posts pledged to ‘execute’ Jews and Trump’s family. Authorities took six weeks to arrest him. – Isaac Stanley-Becker
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/05/03/his-instagram-posts-pledged-kill-jews-trumps-family-authorities-took-six-weeks-arrest-him/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters promote Duckworth.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/global-opinions/a-wounded-warrior-returns-to-iraq-as-a-us-senator–and-comes-back-with-a-warning/2019/05/02/9e64c126-6d08-11e9-8f44-e8d8bb1df986_story.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— My Brush With Personal Destruction What did my divorce and my humor writing have to do with my ability to make monetary policy? – Stephen Moore
https://www.wsj.com/articles/my-brush-with-personal-destruction-11556837664
— The Danger of Debating Reparations for Slavery It would push the country to angrier extremes on either side, stimulating fresh antagonisms. – Lance Morrow
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-danger-of-debating-reparations-for-slavery-11556837452
— Diversity of Mind at the Fed The left won’t forgive Steve Moore for being right about tax reform. – Editorial
https://www.wsj.com/articles/diversity-of-mind-at-the-fed-11556838865

INC.
— Facebook Just Announced It’s Banning 7 of Its Most ‘Dangerous’ Accounts. Here’s the Full List and Why They Did It The official count is six human beings who are also brands, along with a media company run by one of them. – Bill Murphy Jr. (DIERSEN: Who wants you to be banned and why? I should write a book about those who want me to be banned and why. 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.)
https://www.inc.com/bill-murphy-jr/facebook-just-announced-its-banning-7-of-its-most-dangerous-accounts-heres-full-list-why-they-did-it.html

NPR 
— Facebook Bans Several Controversial Users From Its Platform (DIERSEN: Who wants you to be banned and why? I should write a book about those who want me to be banned and why. 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.)
https://www.npr.org/2019/05/03/719897171/facebook-bans-several-controversial-users-from-its-platform

NEW YORK MAGAZINE
— Facebook Announced It’s Banning Far-Right Extremists But Forgot to Actually Ban Them – Madison Malone Kircher
http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/05/instagram-and-facebook-ban-alex-jones-milo-yiannopolous.html

BEAST
— Tucker Carlson Tells Stephen Moore the White House Showed ‘Weakness’ by Giving Up on Him The Fox News star insists Moore’s withdrawal will lead to ‘more aggression.’ – Justin Baragona (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who have given up on me and why they did that.)
https://www.thedailybeast.com/tucker-carlson-tells-stephen-moore-the-white-house-showed-weakness-by-giving-up-on-him
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, if you do not promote LGBTQ activity, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs get rid of you.)
https://www.thedailybeast.com/scotus-will-rule-on-lgbtq-job-discrimination-heres-where-the-2020-candidates-stand

ROOT
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “The Radicalization of White America: How Donald Trump Weaponized Whiteness.”
https://www.theroot.com/the-radicalization-of-white-america-how-donald-trump-w-1834444146

REASON
— All the Top Democrats Running for President Favor Legalizing Marijuana The one potential holdout? Joe “gateway drug” Biden. – MATT WELCH 
https://reason.com/2019/04/20/all-the-top-democrats-running-for-president-favor-legalizing-marijuana/

May 2 Morning Edition

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— The Republican Party exists to promote conservative principles; the Democrat Party exists to promote liberal principles; the Libertarian Party exists to promote libertarian principles; and the Green Party exists to promote green principles. Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The Illinois Republican Party (IRP) platform (https://illinois.gop/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/2016PlatformoftheIllinoisRepublicanParty.pdf) is conservative. The Republican Party platform (https://gop.com/platform/) is conservative. I served on the 2008 IRP State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee. Disgustingly, outrageously, and unacceptably, the Republican Party, IRP, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Central Committee let people hold leadership positions a) who reject many planks in the aforesaid platforms and b) focus on destroying those like me who support the aforesaid platforms. Most commonly, these Democrat Party plants, Libertarian Party plants, Green Party plants, and RINOs reject the traditional family, right to life, immigration, Second Amendment, illegal drugs, and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks. From what I see, they are working very hard to fill the 2020 IRP State Convention Platform and Resolution Committee with members who will water down if not strike the aforesaid planks. I have asked my representative on the IRP State Central Committee to appoint me to the 2020 IRP State Convention Platform and Resolution Committee. – Dave Diersen 
http://www.gopillinois.com

DAILY HERALD
— Ives right for College of DuPage – Bobby McNeily, Wheaton
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20190502/ives-right-for-cod
— Amid good news, can Democrats talk down the economy? – Byron York
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20190502/amid-good-news-can-democrats-talk-down-the-economy
— Newsroom settings change, but goals don’t – Jim Slusher (DIERSEN: From what I see, overwhelmingly, those who earn degrees in journalism, those who work for television stations, and those who work for newspapers do so to promote the Democrat, Libertarian, and/or Green party platforms. Overwhelmingly, they promote LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, Islam, abolition of the Second Amendment, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation. Overwhelmingly, they 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.dailyherald.com/discuss/20190502/newsroom-settings-change-but-goals-dont
— State Senate gets drive toward a graduated income tax off to a rocky start – Editorial
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20190501/editorial-state-senate-gets-drive-toward-a-graduated-income-tax-off-to-a-rocky-start

ALTON TELEGRAPH
— Higher taxes on the higher paid passed by Ill. Senate: Republicans remain unanimously opposed Republicans remain unanimously opposed – Jerry Nowicki and Peter Hancock
https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/article/Republicans-remain-unanimously-opposed-Pritzker-13812198.php
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters crow about their success in getting citizens of foreign countries to illegally come to America illegally and to illegally stay in America illegally.
https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/article/Burgeoning-court-backlog-of-more-than-850-000-13810131.php

LINCOLN COURIER
— Biz group cordial to Pritzker, despite differences – Bernard Schoenburg
https://www.lincolncourier.com/opinion/20190501/bernard-schoenburg-biz-group-cordial-to-pritzker-despite-differences

NPR ILLINOIS
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot.
https://emails.illinois.edu/newsletter/220963.html
https://www.nprillinois.org/topic/state-cannabis#stream/0

NORTHERN PUBLIC RADIO
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot.
https://www.northernpublicradio.org/post/changing-attitudes-toward-cannabis

FOX ILLINOIS
— President Trump participates in dinner for the National Day of Prayer (DIERSEN: What do your critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes pray for? My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes pray a) for GOD to stop me from putting GOPUSA Illinois emails together and sending them and b) for GOD to stop me from serving as a Republican Precinct Committeeman. Previously, they prayed for GOD to end my TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairmanship, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee membership, Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster service, Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee membership, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board membership, GAO employment, etc. They stress a) that I am not a member of a church like they are, b) that I do not attend church services like they do, and c) that I do not give money to a church like they do.) 
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/president-trump-participates-in-dinner-for-the-national-day-of-prayer

WIREPOINTS
— Fake Property Tax Freeze And More Gimmicks: Illinois Senate Passes Tax Hike – Mark Glennon
https://wirepoints.org/fake-property-tax-freeze-and-more-gimmicks-illinois-senate-passes-tax-hike/

PEORIA STANDARD
— Democratic colleague and abortion bill co-sponsor ‘very surprised’ by Pappas’ comments, ‘if true’ – Karen Kidd 
https://peoriastandard.com/stories/512476349-democratic-colleague-and-abortion-bill-co-sponsor-very-surprised-by-pappas-comments-if-true

CHAMBANA SUN
— Abortion bill co-sponsor Ammons has no comment on Democratic colleague’s remark about castration – Karen Kidd 
https://chambanasun.com/stories/512463212-abortion-bill-co-sponsor-ammons-has-no-comment-on-democratic-colleague-s-remark-about-castration

ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— The “Trans” Ideology End Game – Benjamin Smith
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2019/05/spotlight-the-trans-ideology-end-game/

FREEDOM’S JOURNAL
— FAKE NEWS: THE POST-TRUMP ECONOMIC ‘DISASTER’ – Larry Elder
https://freedomsjournalinstitute.org/latest-news/opinion/fake-news-the-post-trump-economic-disaster/

GOPUSA
— Bernie Sanders, socialist hypocrite (not to be redundant)
http://www.gopusa.com/bernie-sanders-socialist-hypocrite-not-to-be-redundant/

FOX NEWS
— DePaul professor defends pro-Israel op-ed, says he ‘will not be silenced’ – Victor Garcia
https://www.foxnews.com/us/depaul-professor-condemned-for-writing-a-pro-israel-op-ed-defends-himself-will-not-be-silenced
— Covington Catholic High student Nick Sandmann sues NBC for $275M – Joseph A. Wulfsohn
https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/covington-catholic-high-student-nick-sandmann-sues-nbc-for-275m
— American Jews experiencing ‘near-historic levels’ of anti-Semitism – Danielle Wallace (DIERSEN: Trump-haters promote hatred of Jews.) 
https://www.foxnews.com/us/anti-semitic-assaults-nearly-doubled-in-2018-a-new-anti-defamation-league-study-found

FOX BUSINESS
— Here’s How Social Security Collected More Than $1 Trillion in 2018
https://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/heres-how-social-security-collected-more-than-1-trillion-in-2018

HOT AIR
— Ilhan Omar: Blame America For Venezuela’s Devastation
https://hotair.com/archives/2019/05/01/ilhan-omar-blame-america-venezuelas-devastation/

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Sanctuary Laws and the Death of E Pluribus Unum – Brian Lonergan
https://www.amgreatness.com/2019/05/01/sanctuary-laws-and-the-death-of-e-pluribus-unum/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Ignorance, Fear, and LGBTQ – Lloyd Marcus
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2019/05/ignorance_fear_and_lgbtq.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Mary and I met with several black relatives for dinner at a restaurant in Baltimore. The jovial conversation drifted to politics. I was stunned that they know nothing about several important political issues. Because they only watch mainstream media, my relatives are either misinformed or uninformed. For example,, my relatives have never heard of Sharia Law. When I explained the tyranny of Sharia and how leftists are promoting it in America, my relatives were shocked. Overwhelmed, a relative said, “I’ve heard enough. Can we change the subject?” The second thing that disturbed me was my relatives’ intense fear of pushing back against LGBTQ indoctrination that is impacting their lives. As I said, these are not political people. And yet, they know they had better not get caught opposing LGBTQ activists forcefully infiltrating every aspect of our lives; from public education to entertainment to Sunday morning worship.)

BREITBART
— Jeb Bush Uses Democrat Talking Point: ‘Not Sure’ Sanctuary Cities for Illegals Are a ‘Problem’ in Florida (DIERSEN: What do you say to people who claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican, but who use Libertarian taking points to promote pot?)
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/05/01/jeb-bush-uses-democrat-talking-point-not-sure-sanctuary-cities-for-illegals-are-a-problem-in-florida/

SEAN HANNITY
— TOTAL CHAOS: Border Patrol Detains ‘LARGEST GROUP’ EVER, 600+ Migrants Apprehended
https://www.hannity.com/media-room/total-chaos-border-patrol-detains-largest-group-ever-in-new-mexico-600-migrants-apprehended/

PJ MEDIA
— Thugs Harass Asian Tourists Wearing MAGA Hats – DEBRA HEINE
https://pjmedia.com/trending/video-thugs-harass-asian-tourists-wearing-maga-hats/

COMMUNITIES DIGITAL NEWS
— A cautionary tale: Unfettered illegal immigration creates a failing nation – Paul H. Yarbrough
https://www.commdiginews.com/politics-2/a-cautionary-tale-unfettered-illegal-immigration-creates-a-failing-nation-117991/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “We are a nation of immigrants” is a favorite aphorism of vote-seeking politicians. The saying reaches back to the 1870s. However, it is not true. So who cares? The pretense that we are all immigrants is babble. Words thrown about by the politicians to curry favor with some minority du jour. It is more “give me your vote,” and I will pay you with social safety nets.” Most politicians aren’t interested in the nonsensical twaddle about “give me your tired and your poor” as reflected on the Statue of Liberty. Maybe an update to the original should be “Welcome to New York, home of AOC and DeBlasio. If you think it was bad where you were, with until you start paying for NY Liberal policies.” This meaning that the taxpayer will provide the dollars necessary to provide immigrants – legal and illegal – with food, housing, medical care – those things bought and paid for by American taxes. Taxes squeezed from the citizens who may or may not want an influx of “the tired, huddled masses” seeking economic opportunity in the US.)

WORLD NET DAILY
— THE FOUNDERS HAD POWER-HUNGRY DEMS IN MIND Laura Hollis notes U.S. was set up to deal with universal human problem – LAURA HOLLIS
https://www.wnd.com/2019/04/the-founders-had-power-hungry-dems-in-mind/

EPOCH TIMES
— Conservative Commentator Ben Shapiro Gets Death Threats, FBI Arrests Suspect – MIMI NGUYEN LY
https://www.theepochtimes.com/conservative-commentator-ben-shapiro-gets-death-threats-fbi-arrests-man-reports_2903069.html

COLLEGE FIX
— Protests, racial unrest engulf Trinity College over students’ pro-Western Civilization Churchill Club – BRITTANY SLAUGHTER (DIERSEN: Trump-haters hate Western Civilization.)
https://www.thecollegefix.com/protests-racial-unrest-engulf-trinity-college-over-students-pro-western-civ-churchill-club/
— DePaul University faculty condemn colleague’s pro-Israel views, say he advocates ‘war crimes’ – ALEXANDER PEASE
https://www.thecollegefix.com/depaul-university-faculty-condemn-colleagues-pro-israel-views-say-he-advocates-war-crimes/

ROLL CALL
— Lobbyists to Congress: Pay staffers better Six ex-lawmakers offer recommendations on making Capitol Hill great again – Kate Ackley (DIERSEN: During the 1980s and 1990s, Democrats used Republican budget cuts to get rid of GAO employees who were Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who Democrats 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.rollcall.com/news/congress/lobbyists-congress-pay-staffers-better
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Virginia Republican Tom Davis’ list of recommendations also included increasing the staff roster of the Congressional Research Service and the Government Accountability Office.)

POLITICO
— Poll: Voters say Trump’s Twitter use could cost him reelection – STEVEN SHEPARD 
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/05/01/morning-consult-poll-trump-twitter-1295248

CNN
— The best LGBT-friendly hotels – Kelsy Chauvin (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will hotels ban guests who do not promote LGBTQ activity?)
https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/best-lgbtq-friendly-hotels/index.html

YAHOO NEWS
— Rover study shows 74% of Canadian pet owners factor their furry friends into financial decisions
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/rover-study-shows-74-canadian-130000659.html

NEW YORK TIMES
— All-White Neighborhoods Are Dwindling as America Grows More Diverse Segregated nonwhite neighborhoods persist, with consequential exceptions. – Emily Badger, Quoctrung Bui, and Robert Gebeloff (DIERSEN: The more Whites that live in a neighborhood, precinct, municipality, township/ward, county, state, or country, the more that Democrats viciously demonize, viciously denigrate, and viciously condemn Republicans that live in the aforesaid as being White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, and even worse things.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/01/upshot/all-white-neighborhoods-are-dwindling-as-america-grows-more-diverse.html
— Biden Faces Conflict of Interest Questions That Are Being Promoted by Trump and Allies – Kenneth P. Vogel and Iuliia Mendel
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/01/us/politics/biden-son-ukraine.html

NEW YORK POST
— Swarthmore frats disband after revelation of ‘rape attic’ – Joshua Rhett Miller
https://nypost.com/2019/05/01/swarthmore-frats-disband-after-revelation-of-rape-attic/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— In College Admissions Scandal, Family Paid $6.5 Million to Get Their Daughter Into Stanford Family from China met college counselor William ‘Rick’ Singer through a Morgan Stanley employee – Melissa Korn and Jennifer Levitz (DIERSEN: How much money did your parents have when you were young? If they had more money, how would that have impacted you? Neither of my outstanding parents attended college. My father was the first of his ancestors to earn a high school diploma. My mother never attended high school. My father fought type 1 diabetes from age 14 and worked in the office of a nasty chemical plant in Chicago Heights. He almost always worked second jobs to help pay the family’s bills. He did not buy a new car until he was 45 years old and it was a bottom of the line 2-door Chevy with almost no options. He died suddenly of heart failure in 1969 when he was 47 and I was 21.) 
https://www.wsj.com/articles/in-college-admissions-scandal-family-paid-6-5-million-to-get-their-daughter-into-stanford-11556729011

NEW YORKER
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters crow about their success in turning Canada against America.
https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/canada-questions-the-safety-of-asylum-seekers-in-the-us

KARE11
— Do you feel ready for retirement? A recent survey from AARP found that about 60 percent of people don’t think they’ll have enough money to sustain their lifestyle. – Lauren Leamanczyk, Lydia Birt (DIERSEN: My $53,316 Civil Service Retirement System pension is only 42% of what my GAO salary was in 1997 in today’s dollars.) 
https://www.kare11.com/article/news/local/kare11-sunrise/do-you-feel-ready-for-retirement/89-5692a144-d5f8-41fb-9803-ff11ed250416

GLOBE AND MAIL
— How to get rated as a high-potential employee – MERRYN ROBERTS-HUNTLEY (DIERSEN: The federal government’s top priority is hiring, retaining, and promoting young Democrat minorities and young Democrat females.)
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/careers/leadership/article-how-to-get-rated-as-a-high-potential-employee/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Support company goals – especially your boss’s goals What matters most is what matters to your boss. It’s that simple. Put your own agenda aside and focus on things your boss thinks are most important. And don’t assume you know what these are. Ask for a goal-setting session with your boss each year so you’re clear what you should be focusing on.)

May 1 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— If it please it court: Watch Jussie Smollett in an Obama White House video – John Kass
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/kass/ct-met-jussie-smollett-obama-kass-20190430-story.html
— Mayor-elect Lori Lightfoot wants teens to know they can ‘engage in productive activities in neighborhoods’ – John Byrne (DIERSEN: What productive activities did you engage in when you were a teen? I did yard work and delivered newspapers in Crete 1962-1964; washed dishes in Chicago Heights 1964-1966; cleaned golf shoes in Flossmoor and chipped slag and pumped gasoline in Chicago Heights in 1966; and delivered mail in Park Forest 1966-1968.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-lori-lightfoot-chicago-violence-20190430-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters glorify and praise AOC.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/entertainment/knock-down-the-house-review-netflix-aoc-alexandrai-ocasio-cortez/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters demonize, denigrate, and condemn Stephen Moore.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/stephen-moore-federal-reserve-armpit-america-trump/
— Chicago’s ‘impound racket’ is ‘unconstitutional,’ lawsuit says – Carlos Ballesteros (DIERSEN: What cars have you had stolen in Chicago? Have you been to a Chicago auto pound? In 1973, I retrieved my stolen 1962 Chevy BelAir from a Chicago auto pound and had it repaired. I then used it until I sold it in 1978. In 1971, I viewed my stolen 1969 Dodge Charger SE in a Chicago auto pound. Because it had been stripped and damaged so much, I accepted a $2,500 insurance settlement and used it for a down payment on a new 1972 Corvette which I continue to own.) 
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/chicago-impound-system-cars-institute-for-justice-class-action-lawsuit-asset-forfeiture/

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE: Anger over 5-year-old AJ’s death fuels interest in foster parenting – Madhu Krishnamurthy (DIERSEN: I should write a book about my Democrat GAO Chicago office GS-14, GS-15, and Senior Executive Service superiors who punished me the most because my wife and I gave up trying to have children, because we did not adopt, and because we did not become foster parents.) 
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190501/anger-over-5-year-old-ajs-death-fuels-interest-in-foster-parenting

HERALD & REVIEW
— Illinois lawmakers receive threatening letters – Doug Finke 
https://herald-review.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/illinois-lawmakers-receive-threatening-letters/article_8895b01a-cd04-5654-8271-e46bea323ba2.html

ALTON TELEGRAPH
— National Day of Prayer set for Thursday – Scott Cousins (DIERSEN: What do your critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes pray for? My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes pray a) for GOD to stop me from putting GOPUSA Illinois emails together and sending them and b) for GOD to stop me from serving as a Republican Precinct Committeeman. Previously, they prayed for GOD to end my TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairmanship, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee membership, Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster service, Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee membership, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board membership, GAO employment, etc. They stress a) that I am not a member of a church like they are, b) that I do not attend church services like they do, and c) that I do not give money to a church like they do.) 
https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/article/National-Day-of-Prayer-set-for-Thursday-13808163.php

LINCOLN COURIER
— Latest pitch for Rockford casino involves getting support from Chicago, legislators – Georgette Braun (DIERSEN: Gambling is a vice.)
https://www.lincolncourier.com/news/20190430/latest-pitch-for-rockford-casino-involves-getting-support-from-chicago-legislators

WILL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot.
https://will.illinois.edu/news/story/embracing-cannabis-in-stephenson-county

WSIU
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot.
https://news.wsiu.org/post/can-cannabis-help-patients-avoid-opioids#stream/0
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers want minorities to be pot pushers.
https://news.wsiu.org/post/illinois-moves-closer-legalized-pot-groups-want-racial-equity#stream/0

NPR ILLINOIS
— House Democratic Candidates Outraise Republicans In Effort To Hold On To Majority – PETER OVERBY 
https://www.nprillinois.org/post/house-democratic-candidates-outraise-republicans-effort-hold-majority#stream/0

ILLINOIS WATCHDOG
— Video shows state lawmaker Kam Buckner, D-Chicago, told cops he wanted to ‘go back to session’ before DUI arrest – Greg Bishop 
https://www.watchdog.org/illinois/video-shows-state-lawmaker-told-cops-he-wanted-to-go/article_6ba75df3-d036-58f9-b548-593b6a0735c5.html

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— MORE THAN 8,000 ILLINOIS WORKERS HAVE STOPPED PAYING AFSCME COUNCIL 31 – Mailee Smith
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/more-than-8000-illinois-workers-have-stopped-paying-afscme-council-31/

GOPUSA
— ‘Fake families’ surge at border, looking to exploit U.S. immigration law
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=68821
— Democrat Durbin blames Trump for ‘terrorist’ who said he hates president
http://www.gopusa.com/democrat-durbin-blames-trump-for-terrorist-who-said-he-hates-president/
— Ilhan Omar stages event to tell Trump his ‘vile attacks, demented views are not welcome here’
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=68834

FOX NEWS
— Border Patrol apprehends ‘largest group’ of illegal immigrants near US border yet – Frank Miles
https://www.foxnews.com/us/border-patrol-illegal-immigrants-new-mexico-largest-group-apprehended

TOWNHALL
— The Left’s Hate Campaigns Against Trump Nominees – Ken Blackwell
https://townhall.com/columnists/kenblackwell/2019/05/01/the-lefts-hate-campaigns-against-trump-nominees-n2545621
— Discrimination and Disparities – Walter E. Williams
https://townhall.com/columnists/walterewilliams/2019/05/01/discrimination-and-disparities-n2545550

DAILY CALLER
— CATHOLIC SCHOLARS ACCUSE POPE FRANCIS OF HERESY CONCERNING MARRIAGE AND SEXUALITY – Joshua Gill
https://dailycaller.com/2019/04/30/catholic-scholars-pope-heresy/

DAILY SIGNAL
— Left’s Use of Islamophobia a Cynical Ploy to Shut Down Disagreement – Robin Simcox
https://www.dailysignal.com/2019/04/30/lefts-use-of-islamophobia-a-cynical-ploy-to-shut-down-disagreement/

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE
— RENT-A-CHILD SERVICES THRIVING AT THE BORDER When a child becomes a get-out-of-detention-free card. – Matthew Vadum
https://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/273626/rent-child-services-thriving-border-matthew-vadum

AMERICAN THINKER
— Black National Teacher of the Year spewed hatred of America in TEDx talk to high-schoolers – M. Catharine Evans
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/04/black_national_teacher_of_the_year_spews_hatred_of_america_in_tedx_talk_to_highschoolers.html

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Can Biden Overcome Being an Old White Guy? – Karin McQuillan (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats demonize, denigrate, and condemn individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that have the following demographics: Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owner, German American, draft avoider, American nameplate vehicle owner, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.amgreatness.com/2019/04/30/can-biden-overcome-being-an-old-white-guy/

CONSERVATIVE HQ
— Trump can’t even send congrats without being called a racist – Jeffrey A. Rendall
http://www.conservativehq.com/article/30158-assault-america-day-119-trump-can%E2%80%99t-even-send-congrats-without-being-called-racist

CONSERVATIVE DAILY NEWS
— U.S. Border Patrol Agents Apprehend More Than 650 Illegal Aliens in New Mexico This Morning – R. Mitchell
https://www.conservativedailynews.com/2019/04/u-s-border-patrol-agents-apprehend-more-than-650-illegal-aliens-in-new-mexico-this-morning/

WORLD NET DAILY
— FRANKLIN GRAHAM ASKS TRUMP TO LABEL ‘CIVIL RIGHTS’ GROUP ‘TERRORISTS’ It’s ‘mouthpiece in Washington for radical Islam’
https://www.wnd.com/2019/04/franklin-graham-asks-trump-to-label-civil-rights-group-terrorists/
— MORE INSANITY ON UNIVERSITY CAMPUSES David Limbaugh: ‘Our leftist culture is indoctrinating kids from the crib to the academy’
https://www.wnd.com/2019/04/more-insanity-on-university-campuses/

PJ MEDIA
— 8 Times Barack Obama Abused His Power To Appease His Base – MATT MARGOLIS 
https://pjmedia.com/trending/8-times-barack-obama-abused-his-power-to-appease-his-base/

CHRISTIAN HEADLINES
— Harvard Invites Anti-Christian Speaker to Diversity Conference – Amanda Casanova
https://www.christianheadlines.com/blog/harvard-invites-anti-christian-speaker-to-diversity-conference.html

EPOCH TIMES
— Drugs, Illegal Aliens Not the Only Headaches for Border Ranchers – CHARLOTTE CUTHBERTSON
https://www.theepochtimes.com/drugs-illegal-aliens-not-the-only-headaches-for-border-ranchers_2893250.html

THE HILL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters say “Just 30 percent favor stricter asylum rules.”
https://thehill.com/homenews/news/441300-poll-just-30-percent-favor-stricter-asylum-rules-as-trump-calls-for-tightening
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote LGBTQ activity.
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/441499-lgbt-lawmakers-say-nation-is-ready-for-gay-president

POLITICO
— Colleges urged to shun Trump officials tied to family separation – MICHAEL STRATFORD (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Republican leaders in Illinois talk and act like they are urged to shun Republicans like me who support Trump and/or who support 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 and Republican Party platforms.) 
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/05/01/colleges-trump-officials-family-separation-1398758

CNN
— Are you better off than you were before Trump? – Zachary B. Wolf
http://www.wicz.com/story/40397274/are-you-better-off-than-you-were-before-trump

NBC NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats accuse Republicans of both anti-Semitism and Islamophobia.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/rep-ilhan-omar-calls-anti-semitism-islamophobia-two-sides-same-n1000296

NEW YORK TIMES
— Will Trump Speak at the Statue of Liberty? N.Y. Waits and Debates – Corey Kilgannon (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Trump-haters use the Statute of Liberty to demonize, denigrate, and condemn citizens of America as being White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things who should be gotten rid of once and for all.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/01/nyregion/newyorktoday/nyc-news-trump-statue-of-liberty.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats encourage citizens of foreign countries to seek asylum in America.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/01/us/asylum-seekers-trump-memo.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats crow about their success in making evangelicals anti-American.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/30/opinion/alabama-evangelicals-immigrants.html
— After Backlash, Personal Voter Information Is Removed by New York City The Board of Elections reversed its decision and removed online access to its voter registration books after many raised privacy concerns. – Vivian Wang (DIERSEN: How many voters in your precinct are Democrats who cast Republican primary ballots to harm the Republican Party as much as they can?)
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/30/nyregion/nyc-personal-voter-information-election-board.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats crow about their success in getting “religious” people to promote LGBTQ activity.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/30/us/byu-gay-graduation.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote LGBTQ activity.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/30/us/politics/pete-buttigieg-2020.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Two award-winning teachers boycott White House ceremony to protest Trump policies – Valerie Strauss (DIERSEN: Of course, my critics/opponents a) boycott me and boycott my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails and b) ask/demand that everyone else boycott me and boycott my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails. I should write a book about my critics/opponents and especially about those who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois.) 
https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2019/05/01/two-award-winning-teachers-boycott-white-house-ceremony-protest-trump-policies/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— FRONT PAGE: Facebook Tries a New Look as Zuckerberg Proclaims a New Era Social platform launches redesign meant to encourage less-public discourse while curbing abuse, misinformation – Jeff Horwitz (DIERSEN: Facebook is a Democrat/Libertarian/Green/RINO website. According to Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs, anything that promotes the Republican Party platform is abuse and misuse.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/facebook-gets-a-new-look-less-blue-more-groups-11556645587
— $2 Trillion From Whom? Who’s going to pay for a bipartisan public works spending blowout? – Editorial
https://www.wsj.com/articles/2-trillion-from-whom-11556665824
— As Retiree Health-Care Bills Mount, Some States Have a Solution: Stop Paying Local governments are testing how far they can reduce health benefits for their retirees – Heather Gillers (DIERSEN: To promote hatred against me, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes stress to everyone that because I am a federal retiree, the federal government pays 75% of my and my wife’s health, dental, and vision insurance. We pay only about $6,000 a year for about $24,000 worth of insurance.) 
https://www.wsj.com/articles/as-retiree-health-care-bills-mount-some-states-have-a-solution-stop-paying-11556703001

USA TODAY
— Tech and engineering: Girls outperform boys on exam, ‘whether they take a class or not’ – Erin Richards
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/education/2019/04/30/tech-engineering-stem-women-in-science-girls/3624893002/

NEW YORK MAGAZINE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters say “Trump Steps Up Petty Harassment of Asylum-Seeking Migrants.”
http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/04/trump-steps-up-petty-harassment-of-migrants.html

JOURNAL REVIEW
— People who obey the law have nothing to fear – Bernard Thompson, Crawfordsville (DIERSEN: I obeyed all laws while I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years. But that did not stop my Democrat superiors from taking many adverse actions against me a) because I have always been a Republican, b) because I opposed political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation, c) because I refused to help them get rid of their employees because they were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran, and d) because in 1988, when I was 40 years old, I became an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.) 
http://www.journalreview.com/opinion/article_6ed7a0b4-6b54-11e9-8398-f3ba9fe6266b.html

KALW
— What could reparations look like for different communities? – ROSE AGUILAR & LAURA FLYNN & LAURA WENUS 
https://www.kalw.org/post/what-could-reparations-look-different-communities#stream/0

FORT WAYNE JOURNAL GAZETTE
— Preventing ageism in the workplace – Michael Hoon (DIERSEN: Potential federal employees who are Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran should be advised a) that Democrats run the federal government, b) that their career will be wasted and they will be gotten rid of if they do not make GS-13 (currently $98,198) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $116,040) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $136,495) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $165,500) by age 40, and c) that extremely few federal employees make the aforesaid promotion deadlines. It is called Affirmative Action, Diversity, Inclusion, up-or-out, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation. The federal government’s top priority is to hire, retain, and promote young Democrat minorities and young Democrat females.) 
http://www.journalgazette.net/thejobnetwork/20190422/preventing-ageism-in-the-workplace

FORBES
— PricewaterhouseCoopers Lawsuit Alleges Older Applicants Were Target of Collective Discrimination In Recruiting Efforts – Sheila Callaham (DIERSEN: In 1979, when I was 30 years old, I took the CPA examination for the first time and passed it. My Democrat IRS superiors used that against me by hinting/implying/arguing/shouting that I did that only to get a job in the private sector.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/sheilacallaham/2019/05/01/pwc-lawsuit-alleges-older-applicants-were-target-of-collective-discrimination-in-recruiting-efforts/

April 30 Morning Edition

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Former State Representative Peter Breen spoke very highly of State Representative Amy Grant at her outstanding fundraiser at Dry City Brew Works in Wheaton Monday Evening, April 29, 2019. The 30+ attendees included Carlson, Falbo, Fisher, Fitzpatrick, LeVan, Mazzochi, Monino, Morrissey, Muehlfelt, Nathwani, Smith, and Suess. – Dave Diersen 
http://www.gopillinois.com

NRCC
— Sexist Sean Casten – CARLY ATCHISON
https://www.nrcc.org/2019/04/30/sexist-sean-casten/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— BEYOND DISGUSTING, BEYOND TRAGIS: Full, 300-page pot legalization bill could be introduced in Illinois within days – Tom Schuba
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/pot-legalization-illinois-weed-recreational-legislation/
— Let the public, not a law, push corporate boards to be more diverse – Editorial (DIERSEN: According to Democrats, the “public” wants the federal government a) to hire, retain, and promote young Democrat minorities and young Democrat females and b) to make way for them by getting rid of its employees who are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.) 
https://chicago.suntimes.com/business/women-people-color-corporate-boardrooms-illinois-legislature/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Republican-hater promotes hatred of Republicans.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/jesse-jackson-voter-suppression/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Bruce and Diana Rauner list Winnetka mansion for just under $3 million – Bob Goldsborough
https://www.chicagotribune.com/classified/realestate/elitestreet/ct-re-elite-street-bruce-rauner-lists-winnetka-mansion-20190430-story.html
— Days after a racist killer was executed in Texas, bigotry rose again in California – Dahleen Glanton
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/glanton/ct-met-dahleen-glanton-king-execution-evil-20190429-story.html
— Damn the bullets, damn the guns and damn those who pull the triggers – Rex Huppke
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/huppke/ct-met-synagogue-shooting-tennessee-gun-violence-chicago-huppke-20190429-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— Interim leader one of three finalists for College of DuPage president job – Robert Sanchez
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190429/interim-leader-one-of-three-finalists-for-cod-president-job

ABC7
— Homewood-Flossmoor HS students plan walkout after blackface photo, video – Diane Pathieu
https://abc7chicago.com/education/homewood-flossmoor-hs-students-plan-walkout-after-blackface-photo-video/5277386/
— Amazon, Walmart to test pilot program allowing food stamp recipients to buy food online
https://abc7chicago.com/food/amazon-walmart-to-test-pilot-program-allowing-snap-recipients-to-buy-food-online-/5275969/?cmp=emc-wls-news-headlines-4/30/2019

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Raise the gas tax in Illinois? Former secretary of transportation Ray LaHood says it’s needed to repair roads – Mike Flannery
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/local/raise-the-gas-tax-in-illinois-former-secretary-of-transportation-says-it-s-needed-to-repair-roads

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Ex-Gov. Bruce Rauner lists Winnetka home for sale With his wife, Diana, Rauner is asking just under $3 million for the eight-bedroom Nantucket-style house on about half an acre. Neither of their downtown Chicago condos is on the market. – DENNIS RODKIN 
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/residential-real-estate/ex-gov-bruce-rauner-lists-winnetka-home-sale

WTTW
— Age and the American Presidency: How Old is ‘Too Old’? – Erica Gunderson (DIERSEN: To defend your health, and especially to defend your cognitive abilities, what would you stress? I would stress the fact that I have put together and sent out a GOPUSA ILLINOIS email each and every morning since 2004 (4,860+ days) and each and every evening too since 2015 (1,210+ days).)
https://news.wttw.com/2019/04/29/age-and-american-presidency-how-old-too-old
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Is there such a thing as being too old to be president? Americans first questioned whether a candidate was too old for the world’s highest office in 1840, with the candidacy of 67-year-old William Henry Harrison. He was 68 when he was inaugurated the nation’s ninth president. Barely a month later, a sudden bout of pneumonia ended his term – and his life. It was 140 years before America elected an older man to the presidency – Ronald Reagan, who was inaugurated at 69 and was 77 when he left office. Reagan was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease a few years later, but some believe he was showing signs of the disease during his second term as president. And in 2016, Donald Trump was 70 when he took the oath of office, making him the oldest president ever inaugurated. Among the 21 Democratic candidates hoping to challenge Trump in the 2020 election are more in their 60s and 70s than ever before. Two full generations separate the youngest presidential candidate, Pete Buttigieg (37), and the oldest, Bernie Sanders (77) and Joe Biden (76). Dr. John Holton, director of the Center for Gerontology at Concordia University, says that rather than asking if a candidate is too old for office, “a better question would be to ask what the characteristics of a bad president are. Would the answer have anything to do with the person’s age, religion, sexual orientation, disability, ethnicity, or experience? Are we confusing our assumptions about maturity with age?” Critics of older candidates say that electing a president in their 60s or 70s can be risky. The nation’s highest office is a physically demanding job that challenges even the fittest person – and there’s no good time for a health crisis when you’re in the Oval Office. Signs of age-related cognitive decline might not become apparent until it’s too late. Holton notes, “In the fishbowl life of a U.S. president, it would be highly unlikely that [cognitive impairment] would go unnoticed or unaddressed by staff and cabinet members.” There is also the consideration of life span. While life spans are longer than they were when the country was young, simple statistics indicate that electing a candidate in their 70s greatly increases the odds they’ll die while in office, but again, Holton points out that each candidate must be judged individually. “No more than 25% of longevity is determined by our genes, which means that 75% is determined by our choices and lifestyle behaviors,” he said. Holton also points out that at the moment, two Supreme Court justices are performing their own demanding jobs into their 80s (to wit: 86-year-old Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s famously rigorous exercise regimen). Many voters might consider advanced age a sign of experience and wisdom – qualities that presumably anyone would consider positive qualifications for office.)

ALTON TELEGRAPH
— Unions urge Democrats to focus on kitchen table economics – AP (DIERSEN: What percent of union members promote dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, abolition of the Second Amendment, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and the rest of the Democrat Party platform?)
https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/article/Unions-pushing-for-pocketbook-proposals-from-2020-13767400.php

NPR ILLINOIS
— Raise Gas Tax, Says Former Republican Congressman, Obama Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood – MARY HANSEN 
https://www.nprillinois.org/post/raise-gas-tax-says-former-republican-congressman-obama-transportation-secretary#stream/0

NORTHERN PUBLIC RADIO
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot.
https://www.northernpublicradio.org/post/embracing-cannabis-stephenson-county
— OUTSTANDING: Illinois Cannabis Programs Hampered By Federal Red Tape – CHASE CAVANAUGH 
https://www.northernpublicradio.org/post/illinois-cannabis-programs-hampered-federal-red-tape

FOX ILLINOIS
— Trump wants to charge asylum seekers fee to apply, cites ‘abuse’ – AP
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/trump-wants-to-charge-asylum-seekers-to-apply-04-30-2019

WCIA
— Senator Righter: “Pension skipping is a horrible idea” Republican Senator responds to Governor’s first 100 days in office – Mark Maxwell 
https://www.wcia.com/capitol-connection/senator-righter-pension-skipping-is-a-horrible-idea-/1962456329

WGLT
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Small Illinois Towns Hope Legalized Marijuana Bring More Jobs – RYAN DENHAM 
https://www.wglt.org/post/small-illinois-towns-hope-legalized-marijuana-bring-more-jobs#stream/0

COLLEGE OF DUPAGE COURIER
— Presidential Search Committee names finalists – Alison Pfaff
https://codcourier.org/11554/news/breaking-news-presidential-search-committee-names-finalists/

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Requirements for Vacant Chicago Property Not Followed after Toilet Removal by Pritzkers
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/04/30/requirements-for-vacant-chicago-property-not-followed-after-toilet-removal-by-pritzkers/ 
— Gun Rights Advocates Call for County Board Action Against Springfield Gun Control Bills
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/04/29/126756/ 
— How You Can Help Prevent Another Child from Ending Up Like AJ
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/04/29/how-you-can-help-prevent-another-child-from-ending-up-like-aj/ 
— Supplementing, Checking on DCFS Caseworkers
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/04/28/supplementing-checking-on-dcfs-caseworkers/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Sen. Dick Durbin: Trump’s rhetoric is a ‘permission slip’ for ‘domestic terrorism’ – Bailey Vogt
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/apr/29/dick-durbin-donald-trumps-rhetoric-is-a-permission/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Joe Biden voted to give Robert E. Lee his US citizenship – Julio Rosas
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/joe-biden-voted-to-give-robert-e-lee-his-us-citizenship

FOX NEWS
— Trump calls for asylum overhaul to fight border crisis
https://www.foxnews.com/us/trump-calls-for-asylum-overhaul-to-fight-border-crisis-tension-over-barr-testimony-escalates

GOPUSA
— Student anxiety on college campuses ‘a national epidemic’
http://www.gopusa.com/student-anxiety-on-college-campuses-a-national-epidemic/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Let’s Deep-Six Touchy Joe’s Anti-Whitism – Christopher Chantrill (DIERSEN: What do you say those who are White, male, older, and/or rich who demonize, denigrate, and condemn those who are White, male, older, and/or rich to curry favor with those who are minority, female, younger, and/or poor?)
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2019/04/lets_deepsix_touchy_joes_antiwhitism.html

AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE
— Uncle Joe Plays the Race Card – PATRICK J. BUCHANAN (DIERSEN: What do you say those who are White, male, older, and/or rich who demonize, denigrate, and condemn those who are White, male, older, and/or rich to curry favor with those who are minority, female, younger, and/or poor?)
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/buchanan/uncle-joe-plays-the-race-card/

AMERICAN GENIUS
— Supreme Court asked to consider landmark age discrimination case After a circuit court rules that age discrimination is only illegal against employees, not applicants, the Supreme Court could possibly decide to hear the case. – Dawn Brotherton (DIERSEN: The federal government wastes the careers of and gets rid of its employees who are Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who do not make GS-13 (currently $98,198) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $116,040) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $136,495) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $165,500) by age 40.) 
https://theamericangenius.com/business-news/aarp-asks-supreme-court-to-consider-landmark-age-discrimination-case/

BREITBART
— Pentagon Approves $7.4M for Troops to Feed, Care for Border Crossers – John Binder and Kristina Wong
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/04/29/pentagon-approves-7-4m-for-troops-to-feed-care-for-border-crossers/
— The United States Is Giving the Caravans a Huge Incentive to Keep Coming – KRIS W. KOBACH
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/04/29/kobach-the-united-states-is-giving-the-caravans-a-huge-incentive-to-keep-coming/
— Donald Trump: No Work Permits for Migrants Seeking Asylum – Neil Munro
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/04/30/donald-trump-no-work-permits-for-illegal-immigrants/
— Cambridge Appoints Grievance Archaeologists to Unearth Slavery Shame – JAMES DELINGPOLE
https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/04/30/cambridge-grievance-archeologists-will-explore-slavery-reparation/

DAILY CALLER
— TRUMP ANNOUNCES IMMIGRATION ASYLUM CHANGES – Mike Brest
https://dailycaller.com/2019/04/29/trump-immigration-asylum-changes/
— TRUMP SERVES CHICK-FIL-A TO BAYLOR WOMEN’S BASKETBALL TEAM – Amber Athey
https://dailycaller.com/2019/04/29/trump-baylor-basketball-chick-fil-a-wendys-mcdonalds/

CONSERVATIVE HQ
— Democrat Presidential Candidate Pete Buttigieg Accused Of Sexual Assault
http://www.conservativehq.com/article/30150-democrat-presidential-candidate-pete-buttigieg-accused-sexual-assault

FEDERALIST
— It’s Time To Ignore The People Who Shut Up Their Opponents By Shouting ‘Racist!’ Too many decry any discussion of group differences as instantly racist. This hurts the very people we need to be helping, and it erodes free speech norms in the process. – Lawrence M. Mead
https://thefederalist.com/2019/04/30/time-ignore-people-shut-opponents-shouting-racist/

NEWSMAX
— British Politicians To Boycott State Dinner For Trump, But Dined With Chinese Ruler, Terrorists – John Gizzi (DIERSEN: What if Trump’s ancestors had been British?) 
https://www.newsmax.com/john-gizzi/jeremy-corbyn-vince-cable-john-bercow-britian/2019/04/29/id/913815/
— Blame Trump Media Strikes Again – Bill O’Reilly 
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/synagogue-shooting-jewish-anti-semitic-hate-trump-media/2019/04/29/id/913826/
— Trump Calls Mexico ‘One of the Most Dangerous’ Places in World – Jason Devaney
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/immigration-twitter-mexico-will-pay-for-it-security/2019/04/29/id/913830/

WORLD NET DAILY
— BIDEN PLAYS THE RACE CARD Strategy is to beat Trump by stuffing him in a box with white supremacists – Pat Buchanan
https://www.wnd.com/2019/04/biden-plays-the-race-card/

PJ MEDIA
— Synagogue Shooters Have Trump Hatred in Common – ROGER L. SIMON
https://pjmedia.com/rogerlsimon/synagogue-shooters-have-trump-hatred-in-common/

CBN NEWS
— US, Israel Unite to Remember The Holocaust This Week – Emily Jones (DIERSEN: Government is nasty. Politics is nasty. Democrats are nasty. While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, my Democrat superiors a) were overwhelmingly Democrats, b) stressed to my Democrat superiors who were Jewish that I was Republican, 100% German national origin, and baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran, and c) forced my Jewish superiors to take adverse actions against me. During all of the almost 30 years that I worked for the federal government, one or more of my superiors were Jewish. During 1977 and 1978, my Jewish IRS superiors worked with Jewish Money Magazine employees and published a very nasty 4-page article on me in the February 1978 issue of Money Magazine the foisted negative government employee stereotypes on me and painted my education deductions as being improper.) 
https://www1.cbn.com/cbnnews/israel/2019/april/us-israel-unite-to-remember-the-holocaust-this-week

LIFE SITE NEWS
— Five big companies control most of the mainstream media. Can they be trusted? – Rick Hayes
https://www.lifesitenews.com/opinion/five-big-companies-control-most-of-the-mainstream-media.-can-they-be-trusted

ONE NEWS NOW
— Students, parents ticked off about school trans policies – Bob Kellogg
https://onenewsnow.com/education/2019/04/30/students-parents-ticked-off-about-school-trans-policies

CAMPUS REFORM
— New report SLAMS Ivy League over ‘neo-segregation’ – Grace Gottschling
https://www.campusreform.org/?ID=12168

COLLEGE FIX
— Prof who compared MAGA hats to KKK robes says ‘bigots’ should not get campus ‘platforms’ – CHRISTIAN SCHNEIDER
https://www.thecollegefix.com/prof-who-compared-maga-hats-to-kkk-robes-says-bigots-should-not-get-campus-platforms/

THE HILL
— Trump should consider Robert E. Lee’s act of treason before defending him – CHRISTOPHER R. HILL
https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/441168-trump-should-consider-robert-e-lees-act-of-treason-before-defending-him

ABC NEWS
— Company slammed for ‘preferably Caucasian’ job posting – KARMA ALLEN (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, employers make it clear that they prefer hiring those who are Democrat, minority, female, younger, citizens of foreign countries, non-Protestant, non-German American, and those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time.)
https://abcnews.go.com/US/company-slammed-preferably-caucasian-job-posting/story?id=62717581

CNBC
— Stephen Moore says the decline in ‘male earnings’ is a big issue for the economy – Jeff Cox (DIERSEN: In 1997, the “male earnings” in the Diersen household declined by 58% or by $74,338 in today’s dollars. My GAO salary was $127,654 in today’s dollars and my Civil Service Retirement pension is only $53,316.)
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/04/30/stephen-moore-says-the-decline-in-male-earnings-is-big-issue-for-the-economy.html

NEW YORK TIMES
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Can Joe Biden Be Forgiven? Evolution can’t come without a genuine effort to seek atonement. – Lucy Flores (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, and especially those who I have sued, continue a) to punish me and b) to want me to seek their forgiveness. I should write a book about them, how they continue to punish me, and what they want me to seek their forgiveness for.) 
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/29/opinion/joe-biden-lucy-flores-apology.html
— FRONT PAGE: Profitable Giants Like Amazon Pay $0 in Corporate Taxes. Some Voters Are Sick of It. – Stephanie Saul and Patricia Cohen
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/29/us/politics/democrats-taxes-2020.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— White House Orders New Restrictions on Asylum Seekers at Southern Border Presidential memo calls for accelerating asylum adjudications, charging for applications – Louise Radnofsky
https://www.wsj.com/articles/white-house-orders-new-restrictions-on-asylum-seekers-at-southern-border-11556583894
— Segregation by Design on Campus How racial separatism become the norm at elite universities like Yale, Brown and Wesleyan. – Peter W. Wood and Dion J. Pierre (DIERSEN: Democrats used to promote integration, but now they promote segregation.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/segregation-by-design-on-campus-11556564318
— Big Labor’s Big Shrink Union membership continues to decline—thanks to unions. – Editorial
https://www.wsj.com/articles/big-labors-big-shrink-11556580340
— FRONT PAGE: Foxconn Tore Up a Small Town to Build a Big Factory—Then Retreated The iPhone maker got fat incentives to build a $10 billion LCD plant that largely hasn’t materialized on land where Mount Pleasant, Wis., razed homes and crops – Valerie Bauerlein
https://www.wsj.com/articles/foxconn-tore-up-a-small-town-to-build-a-big-factorythen-retreated-11556557652

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats make it clear that promoting LGBTQ activity is their top priority.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/30/us/politics/is-america-ready-for-a-gay-president-youre-going-to-see-the-wall-crumble.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/30/us/byu-gay-graduation.html

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
— Democrats must focus on defeating Trump: Party must not allow left-wing dreams to lead it astray from its primary mission – Robert Cohen (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those in the Milton Township Republican Central Committee (MTRCC), DuPage County Republican Central Committee (DCRCC), and the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) who have focused on driving conservatives, that is, Republicans like me out of the MTRCC, DCRCC, and IRP.) 
https://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/ny-oped-cohen-20190430-nrf34gydxfg5pf5crfhepapobe-story.html

BOSTON GLOBE
— Unions are on frontlines of fight against inequality – Katie Johnston (DIERSEN: Overwhelmingly, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes a) hate unions, hate former union members, hate current union members, and hate future union members and b) stress that I was a union member for almost 12 years.) 
https://www2.bostonglobe.com/business/2019/04/29/unions-frontlines-fight-against-inequality/MHsO6bAjtEyS836wvnLBAL/story.html

USA TODAY
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Be proactive when you ask for a promotion – Johnny C. Taylor (DIERSEN: Federal employees do not ask for promotions, they apply for promotions. The Democrats who run the federal government do not want their employees who are Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran to apply for promotions if they have not made GS-13 (currently $98,198) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $116,040) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $136,495) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $165,500) by age 40.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2019/04/23/job-promotion-start-conversation-yourself/3496613002/

WCNC
— Is 37 too old? Decorated Navy SEAL turned down by New York Fire Department because of his age
https://www.wcnc.com/video/features/trending-today/is-37-too-old-decorated-navy-seal-turned-down-by-fdny-because-of-his-age/275-680dcaf1-e0e4-41d6-8df8-f9c46c482b0b

NEWSWEEK
— ICE CRACKING DOWN ON ‘FAKE FAMILIES’ USING CHILDREN AS ‘PAWNS’ AT BORDER – CHANTAL DA SILVA
https://www.newsweek.com/ice-chief-vows-crack-down-fake-families-using-children-pawns-border-1409471

FORBES
— Writers Guild Inclusion Report Shows Females, People Of Color Still Face Widespread Discrimination – Anne Easton (DIERSEN: The federal government does not discriminate against those who are Democrat, minority, female, younger, non-Protestant, non-German American, or those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time. In fact, the federal government gives members of the aforesaid groups preference.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/anneeaston/2019/04/29/writers-guild-inclusion-report-shows-females-people-of-color-still-face-widespread-discrimination/

HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW
— How Companies Can Support Breastfeeding Employees – Liz Morris, Cynthia Thomas Calvert, and Jessica Lee (DIERSEN: During the 1990s, GAO’s Chicago office gutted its smoking room and turned it into a lactation room.)
https://hbr.org/2019/04/how-companies-can-support-breastfeeding-employees

EXECUTIVE GOV
— GAO Provides 26 Recommendations to Boost DHS Operations – Matthew Nelson
https://www.executivegov.com/2019/04/gao-provides-26-recommendations-to-boost-dhs-operations/

CPA PRACTICE ADVISOR
— Future Accountants Gain Competitive Edge at Illinois CPA Society’s Jumpstart to Accounting Program (DIERSEN: In retrospect, with benefit of hindsight, I would have a) majored in accounting at UIC 1966-1968 and NIU 1969-1970 and b) taken the CPA examination much sooner than I did. I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979 when I was 30 years old, but by then, IRS and other employers viewed me as being much too old to have a successful career in accounting.) 
https://www.cpapracticeadvisor.com/accounting-audit/news/21078347/future-accountants-gain-competitive-edge-at-illinois-cpa-societys-jumpstart-to-accounting-program

April 28 Morning Edition

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE WITH COLOR PICTURE: Krishnamoorthi’s front-seat role in national politics’ tumultuous spring – Marni Pyke
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190427/krishnamoorthis-front-seat-role-in-national-politics-tumultuous-spring
— How billionaires are battling capitalism’s critics – Greg Jaffe
https://www.dailyherald.com/business/20190428/how-billionaires-are-battling-capitalisms-critics
— An impeachment circus will only help Trump, not defeat him – Fareed Zakaria
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20190428/an-impeachment-circus-will-only-help-trump-not-defeat-him
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are members of Group A want businesses started/ran by members of Group B to fail. 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, anti-draft avoiders, 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, draft-avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. I should write a book about members of Group A in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who want Diersen Consulting to fail.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/business/20190428/is-your-business-idea-ready-to-bloom

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— A shift in fortune Political perceptions are raining on Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s parade. – Editorial
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/editorials/2019-04-28/editorial-shift-fortune.html
— Illinois moving to comply with Real ID Act – Brett Kepley
http://www.news-gazette.com/living/2019-04-28/the-law-qa-illinois-moving-comply-with-real-id-act.html
— Ryan, Blagojevich and now Pritzker? Mon dieu! – Jim Dey
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/2019-04-28/jim-dey-ryan-blagojevich-and-now-pritzker-mon-dieu.html

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasing, Democrats hint/imply/argue/shout that the longer that your parents, your grandparents, your great grandparents, and the rest of your ancestors have been in America, the more that you have benefitted from their racism, from their sexism, from their bigotry, and from their even worse things, and the more that you should pay a) the price of Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion and b) reparations to minorities and to women. 
https://www.pantagraph.com/news/local/a-page-from-our-past-isu-held-racially-segregated-spring/article_71afe091-012a-5633-a782-5dc4544390ef.html

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Education officials, lawmakers look at alternatives to teacher testing – Cassie Buchman (DIERSEN: What tests have you passed? I passed a) the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979 when I was 30 years old, b) the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, c) all the tests necessary to earn a master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT in 1997, d) all the tests necessary to earn a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, e) all the tests necessary to earn a master’s degree in business from Loyola in 1976, f) all the tests necessary to earn a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU in 1970, g) the Federal Service Entrance Examination in 1970, and h) the Post Office employment examination in 1966.)
https://www.sj-r.com/news/20190427/education-officials-lawmakers-look-at-alternatives-to-teacher-testing
(FROM THE ARTICLE: As the teacher shortage in Illinois has grown to what some say are “crisis” levels, education officials and lawmakers are looking to change the way potential teachers are assessed. One reason for the shortage cited by the education community is the glut of tests required to get a teaching license in Illinois — along with the fact students aren’t passing them at the level they used to. To get a teaching license in Illinois, students need to pass a basic skills test, another test called the edTPA and a content-area test. Of those who took the basic skills test, called the Test of Academic Proficiency, in the first three months of this year, 25 percent passed, according to data on the Illinois State Board of Education’s website. ISBE is putting the TAP on hold starting June 30 as it looks at different ways to assess basic skills. State Rep. Sue Scherer, D-Decatur, is the sponsor of House Bill 423, which would eliminate the test until 2025. Sen. Andy Manar, D-Bunker Hill, introduced a bill, Senate Bill 1952, that would get rid of the basic skills test permanently. Both bills were approved in one chamber earlier this month and await consideration in the other chamber. The Illinois State Board of Education has taken a neutral position on the bills, a lobbyist for the agency said during a recent meeting. As a teacher, Scherer saw many examples of would-be teachers held back by the basic skills test. She linked the difficulties to students’ test anxiety and the poorly written test. The questions, Scherer said, are abstract to the point where students can’t figure out what the questions are asking. There also is an argument the tests are discriminatory toward people of color. Scherer says the tests don’t take life experiences or cultural differences into account. During the first quarter of the year, 12 percent of African-American students and 14 percent of Hispanic students passed the basic skills test.)

JACKSONVILLE JOURNAL COURIER
— Opponents rally against ‘anti-protest’ bill – Mary Schuermann Kuhlman
https://www.myjournalcourier.com/news/article/Opponents-rally-against-13801632.php

NPR ILLINOIS
— 2020 Electability (DIERSEN: What are the following doing to help elect Republicans in November 2020: a) Illinois Republican Party (IRP), b) your Republican county party organization, and c) your Republican township/ward party organization? Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, Green plants, and RINOs in the aforesaid organizations want the aforesaid organizations to dump 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 platform and in the Republican Party platform. They want to dump Republican Precinct Committeemen like me who support the aforesaid planks.)
https://www.nprillinois.org/post/barbershop-2020-electability#stream/0

CHICAGO CITY WIRE
— No comment on Pappas remarks from Democratic colleague and abortion bill sponsor Feigenholtz – Danielle Pacey
https://chicagocitywire.com/stories/512456014-no-comment-on-pappas-remarks-from-democratic-colleague-and-abortion-bill-sponsor-feigenholtz

DAILY CALLER
— BIDEN, ENTIRE SENATE ONCE VOTED IN FAVOR OF RESTORING GENERAL LEE’S CITIZENSHIP – Mike Brest
https://dailycaller.com/2019/04/27/biden-senate-general-lee-trump-charlottesville/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump skips WHCA dinner to cheer economy, rip Democrats at Wisconsin rally – Laurie Kellman
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/apr/27/trump-swats-golf-balls-by-day-probably-mueller-rep/
— New York Times blames ‘error in judgment’ for now-deleted anti-Semitic cartoon – Valerie Richardson (DIERSEN: It would be great if my critics/opponents who claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican would get together in the Wheaton Bowl Banquet Hall and a) closely read all of the 333,600+ articles that I have included links to in GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails since 2004 and my comments on those articles, b) identify those articles and comments that they disapprove of, c) put in writing exactly why they disapprove of those articles and comments, and d) give me an opportunity to respond.) 
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/apr/28/new-york-times-pulls-anti-semitic-cartoon-cites-er/

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Biden: I Asked Obama Not to Endorse Me – David Rutz
https://freebeacon.com/politics/biden-i-asked-obama-not-to-endorse-me/
— O’Rourke Likens U.S. Immigration Laws to Slavery – Cameron Cawthorne 
https://freebeacon.com/politics/orourke-likens-u-s-immigration-laws-to-slavery/

TOWNHALL
— On Reparations: Part I – John C. Goodman (DIERSEN: How much in reparations do the Democrats want you to pay? From what see, the more of the following that you are, the more reparations that Democrats want you to pay: Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owner, German American, draft avoider, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://townhall.com/columnists/johncgoodman/2019/04/28/reparations-part-i-n2545489

AMERICAN THINKER
— Real Leverage on Illegal Immigration – Mike Razar
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2019/04/real_leverage_on_illegal_immigration_.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The main reason it is so difficult to deal with illegal immigration is that there is an unwritten but not secret alliance between RINOs who want cheap labor and leftists who want new voters. It is not clear whether either side of that bargain really gets what it wants, but it endures. Meanwhile, conservatives want a secure border and the rule of law. Keeping criminals and drugs out is a high priority and only a wall or other barriers will do, The RINOs and leftists are willing to tolerate the criminals and drugs in return for their other goals. What do conservatives want? Of course, no list will be agreed to by all but here are the main desired reforms: Build a border wall or other barriers. Mandate E-verify. End chain migration. End the visa lottery. End “catch and release”. Tighten rules for asylum seekers and only admit them after they prove their case. End sanctuary cities, states, or other jurisdictions. Add citizenship question to 2020 census. Redistrict based on only U.S. citizens. Liberals want none of the above; they want open borders.)
— All the fake news that’s not fit to print – Ethel C. Fenig (DIERSEN: It would be great if my critics/opponents who claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican would get together in the Wheaton Bowl Banquet Hall and a) closely read all of the 333,600+ articles that I have included links to in GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails since 2004 and my comments on those articles, b) identify those articles and comments that they disapprove of, c) put in writing exactly why they disapprove of those articles and comments, and d) give me an opportunity to respond.) 
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/04/fake_news_correspondents_an_antisemitic_cartoon_and_their_bigoted_fake_news.html
— Why Are Democrats So Petrified of Islam? – Rich Logis
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2019/04/why_are_democrats_so_petrified_of_islam.html
— On illegals, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez whines about Trump not doing her own job – Monica Showalter
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/04/on_illegals_alexandria_ocasiocortez_whines_about_trump_not_doing_itherit_job.html
— How bad was that White House Correspondents Dinner Trump refused to attend? – Ethel C. Fenig
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/04/how_bad_was_that_white_house_correspondents_dinner_trump_refused_to_attend.html

DAILY SIGNAL
— This Supreme Court Case Threatens the Left’s View of Group Identity, Victimhood – Mike Gonzalez (DIERSEN: According to the Democrats, the more of the following that you are, the more of a victim that you are: minority, female, younger, liberal, Democrat, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, non-United States citizen, non-rich, if you have financial, health, and/or other problems, and if your ancestors have not been in America for a long time.)
https://www.dailysignal.com/2019/04/23/this-supreme-court-case-threatens-the-lefts-view-of-group-identity-victimhood/

BREITBART
— Donald Trump Calls Jussie Smollett ‘Total Lie’ a ‘Disgrace’ to America – MICHELLE MOONS
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/04/27/donald-trump-calls-jussie-smollett-total-lie-a-disgrace-to-america/
— Pope Francis Sends Money to Support Migrant Caravans Trying to Enter U.S. – THOMAS D. WILLIAMS, PH.D. (DIERSEN: Of course, that encourages citizens of foreign countries a) to illegally come to America illegally and b) to illegally stay in America illegally.) 
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2019/04/28/pope-francis-sends-money-to-support-migrant-caravans-trying-to-enter-u-s/
— Polish MP Demands Germany Pay over $850 Billion in WWII Reparations – SIMON KENT
https://www.breitbart.com/middle-east/2019/04/28/polish-mp-demands-germany-pay-over-850-billion-in-wwii-reparations/

WORLD NET DAILY
— CONGRESS PLANS ‘SETBACK’ FOR AMERICAN WOMEN Proposal would strip them of single-sex accommodations across society
https://www.wnd.com/2019/04/congress-plans-setback-for-american-women/

THE HILL
— GOP plots comeback in Orange County – REID WILSON (DIERSEN: What are the following doing to help elect Republicans in November 2020: a) Illinois Republican Party (IRP), b) your Republican county party organization, and c) your Republican township/ward party organization? Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, Green plants, and RINOs in the aforesaid organizations want the aforesaid organizations to dump 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 platform and in the Republican Party platform. They want to dump Republican Precinct Committeemen like me who support the aforesaid planks.) 
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/440329-gop-plots-comeback-in-orange-county
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In 1990, almost two-thirds of Orange County residents were non-Hispanic whites. Today, the population is 40 percent non-Hispanic white, about a third are Hispanic, and 18 percent are of Asian heritage. As recently as 2010, Republicans enjoyed a registration advantage of almost 200,000 voters; today, the number of Republican voters outnumber Democrats by fewer than 20,000, and another 400,000 voters decline to choose a party. The changing electorate gave Democrats a chance to capitalize on an unpopular president, even as Republicans showed up to defend their seats. Republican turnout actually increased across Orange County by more than 100,000 votes between the 2014 and 2018 midterm elections — but Democratic turnout surged by nearly 200,000 votes, swamping the GOP, according to the Democratic data firm TargetSmart.)
— Trump: Smollett case is a ‘disgrace to our country’ – RACHEL FRAZIN
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/440999-trump-smollett-case-is-a-disgrace-to-our-country
— Trump rails against political elites on Washington media’s big night – JONATHAN EASLEY
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/441008-trump-rails-against-political-elites-on-washington-medias-big-night
— How well does Congress represent America? – MARK MELLMAN (DIERSEN: Are you a Republican? If so, what are your demographics? How well do the following represent those who share your demographics: a) your Republican Precinct Committeeman, b) the officers of your Republican township/ward/county party organizations, c) your representative on the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Central Committee, d) the IRP officers, e) the IRP National Committeeman and Committeewoman, and f) Republican elected officials who represent you in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, in Illinois, and in America?) 
https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/440326-mellman-how-well-does-congress-represent-america

POLITICO
— Trump bashes news ‘fakers’ as journos gather for D.C. gala True to form, the president used a Wisconsin rally to go after his favorite target. Meanwhile, an unusually staid White House Correspondents Dinner was underway in D.C. – NOLAN D. MCCASKILL 
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/04/27/trump-wisconsin-rally-1291372

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: To push pot in America is to destroy America. To push pot in Illinois is to destroy Illinois. To push pot in DuPage County is to destroy DuPage County. To push pot in Milton Township is to destroy Milton Township. To push pot in Wheaton is to destroy Wheaton.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/25/business/economy/jobs-in-cannabis-weed-marijuana.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats make it ever-increasingly clear that they will ever-increasingly use citizens of foreign countries to get rid of Republicans once and for all. Ever-increasingly, Democrats make it ever-increasingly clear that they are traitors.) 
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/27/opinion/sunday/the-republican-war-on-democracy.html
— Where Are the Socially Conservative Women in This Fight? The American family needs defending and right now men are leading the charge. – Helen Andrews, Managing Editor, Washington Examiner
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/27/opinion/sunday/conservative-women.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: A Socialist promotes socialism.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/27/opinion/sunday/socialism.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Trump condemns anti-Semitism, hate crimes at rally after synagogue shooting – Colby Itkowitz, Seung Min Kim and Allyson Chiu
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-condemns-anti-semitism-hate-crimes-at-rally-after-synagogue-shooting/2019/04/27/5d4560b8-685a-11e9-a1b6-b29b90efa879_story.html
— The centuries-long fight for reparations And how black activists won the support of Democratic candidates. – Ana Lucia Araujo (DIERSEN: The Democrats who run the federal government make federal employees who are Republican, and especially those who are White, male, older, and/or non-veteran, pay the price of Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion, that is, Democrats make Republicans pay reparations. They certainly made me pay the price. 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. 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. My Democrat Post Office superiors forced me resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968.) 
https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2019/04/28/centuries-long-fight-reparations/

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
— Al Sharpton and the ghosts of 2004: From the fringe to the power broker – Harry Siegel
https://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/ny-oped-siegel-20190428-anrr4d4ytnem3p24rzzgjg5cta-story.html

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— The way to do reparations right: Fully fund historically black colleges – Donald Peppars, Pomona (DIERSEN: Do/did your parents have college degrees? Neither of my outstanding parents attended college. My father was the first of his ancestors to earn a high school diploma. My mother never attended high school.)
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/readersreact/la-ol-le-black-reparations-slavery-20190428-story.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Trump Skips White House Press Dinner, Rallies Supporters in Wisconsin At the rally, the president spoke about familiar themes including trade, the economy, immigration – Louise Radnofsky
https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-skips-white-house-press-dinner-rallies-supporters-in-wisconsin-11556424402

BARRONS
— Retire Early? Work Forever? Both Are Both Wildly Unrealistic – Sarah Green Carmichael
https://www.barrons.com/articles/retire-early-or-work-forever-51556397683


SEATTLE TIMES
— When Money runs out: Magazine’s demise puts consumers on alert – Chuck Jaffe (DIERSEN: I should write a book about Money Magazine’s 4-page article on me in its February 1978 issue.) 
https://www.seattletimes.com/business/when-money-runs-out-magazines-demise-puts-consumers-on-alert/

MADISON STATE JOURNAL
— In Green Bay, Donald Trump vows ‘America will never be a socialist country’ – MARK SOMMERHAUSER 
https://madison.com/wsj/news/local/govt-and-politics/in-green-bay-donald-trump-vows-america-will-never-be/article_b4e6c111-bc59-50fa-b020-53352ee79efc.html

WASHINGTON MONTHLY
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Republican-haters blame Republicans for everything that is bad.
https://washingtonmonthly.com/2019/04/28/how-much-more-white-supremacist-terror-will-make-republican-leaders-say-enough/

PATHEOS
— Is Social Media Contributing to Spread of Hate and Violence? – EJAZ NAQVI
https://www.patheos.com/blogs/askamuslim/2019/04/is-social-media-contributing-to-spread-of-hate-and-violence/

DAILY MAIL
— ‘That case in Chicago is a disgrace to our nation!’ Trump slams ‘third-rate actor’ Jussie Smollett over hate crime ‘lie’ and tells cheering Wisconsin rally to embrace ‘MAGA country’ President Trump slammed Jussie Smollett on Saturday night at a rally in Green Bay, Wisconsin  Smollett was accused of hoaxing a hate crime attack and blaming white Trump supporters in Chicago Prosecutor Kim Foxx’s office dropped all charges against the actor in a move that drew criticism About 10,000 people attended the sold-out rally at the Resch Center Complex – DAVID MARTOSKO and KEITH GRIFFITH
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6968275/Trump-slams-Jussie-Smollett-hate-crime-hoax-allegations.html

April 23 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Supreme Court hears arguments about citizenship question on 2020 census – Craig Wall
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/supreme-court-hears-arguments-about-citizenship-question-on-2020-census/5267073/
— Coin toss determines winner of Sauk Village trustee election; Gary T. Bell wins seat – Karen Jordan
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/coin-toss-determines-winner-of-sauk-village-trustee-election/5266042/

CBS2
— Twitter Profit Rises As Trump Demands ‘Fairer’ Social Media
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2019/04/23/twitter-profit-rises-as-trump-demands-fairer-social-media/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Another Republican enters primary race to challenge first-term Democrat Lauren Underwood in west and northwest suburbs – Rick Pearson
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-ted-gradel-congress-lauren-underwood-20190423-story.html
— Illinois State Police seeks to rebuild dwindling force after ‘years and years of neglect’ – Elyssa Cherney (DIERSEN: Will GAO ever be rebuilt? During the 1980s and 1990s, the Democrats who ran GAO used Republican budget cuts to get rid of virtually every GAO employee who was Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who had not made GS-13 (currently $98,198) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $116,040) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $136,495) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $165,500) by age 40.) 
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-illinois-state-police-staffing-numbers-fall-20190407-story.html
— Ex-watchdog says state ethics panel buried report of misconduct by fellow legislator in process she calls ‘broken’ – Dan Petrella and Ray Long
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-legislative-inspector-general-buried-report-20190423-story.html
— South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg in Chicago for fundraisers with help from Obama’s backers – Lisa Donovan
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-buttigieg-in-chicago-fundraisers-20190423-story.html
— Is 70 the new 50 for presidential candidates? Biden, Sanders, Trump suggest so. – Stu Bykofsky
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-ageism-old-candidates-biden-sanders-trump-20190423-story.html
— A mural in Oak Park showing only white children highlights the clash of old art and modern sensibilities – Eric Zorn
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/zorn/ct-perspec-zorn-art-oak-park-diversity-julian-middle-school-20190423-story.html
— What happens when the money runs short for Social Security and Medicare? – Editorial
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-social-security-medicare-entitlements-insolvent-trump-20190423-story.html
— Treasury ignores deadline for providing Trump’s tax returns to Democrats; White House official defies subpoena – AP
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-trump-house-democrats-tax-returns-subpoena-20190423-story.html
— DuPage Sheriff’s office to pick up unwanted meds for people who can’t get to drop-off site, DuPage task force announces – Alicia Fabbre
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/news/ct-nvs-dupage-drug-task-force-announcement-st-0424-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “Prepare the public for impeachment and get on with it.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/impeachment-trump-mueller-report-phil-kadner/
— ‘Momentum’ building in Chicago Catholic schools despite enrollment losses – Mitchell Armentrout
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/catholic-school-enrollment-chicago-archdiocese-decline-2019/

DAILY HERALD
— Schaumburg Township GOP to show off new HQ April 27
https://www.dailyherald.com/submitted/20190423/schaumburg-township-gop-to-show-off-new-hq-april-27

CHICAGO MAGAZINE
— Pritzker’s Fair Tax Is a Sweet Deal for Southern Illinois The region stands to gain more from the plan than anywhere else in the state. And thanks to the Dems’ supermajority, they’ll get it while voting Republican. – EDWARD MCCLELLAND
http://www.chicagomag.com/city-life/April-2019/Pritzkers-Fair-Tax-Is-a-Sweet-Deal-for-Southern-Illinois/

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Pritzker lists accomplishments in first 100 days – Greg Bishop
https://www.ilnews.org/news/state_politics/pritzker-lists-accomplishments-in-first-days/article_22583b24-6607-11e9-b2e6-43fadae9c39b.html

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— TO END GERRYMANDERING, PRITZKER SHOULD PUSH REDISTRICTING REFORM – Joe Tabor
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/to-end-gerrymandering-pritzker-should-push-redistricting-reform/

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Former Drug Addict Opposes Marijuana Legalization
https://illinoisfamily.org/marijuana-2/former-drug-addict-opposes-marijuana-legalization-video/

PRAIRIE STATE WIRE
— Conservative GOPer John McGlasson asks for help in former State Rep. Bob Winchester’s battle against the ILGOP – W.J. Kennedy
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/512450712-conservative-goper-asks-for-help-in-former-state-rep-bob-winchester-s-battle-against-the-ilgop

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Diane Pappas Sees Castration as a Solution to the Abortion Issue – Jackie Hayden
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/512450698-op-ed-diane-pappas-sees-castration-as-a-solution-to-the-abortion-issue
— State Rep. Dianne Pappas fails to follow up on castration remark – Glenn Minnis
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/512450719-state-representative-fails-to-follow-up-on-castration-remark

CAPITOL FAX
— Reader comments closed for the rest of the week I’ll have a subscriber edition tomorrow morning, but other than that I’m outta here for a bit. Time for a break… (DIERSEN: Since 2004, I have put together and sent out a GOPUSA ILLINOIS email each and every morning. Since 2015, I have put together and sent out a GOPUSA ILLINOIS email each and every evening too. Those emails contained links to more than 335,200 articles and information on many upcoming events. Those emails were free and contained no advertising. Should I write a book about those who have worked the hardest a) to stop me from putting together and sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails and b) to stop everyone from reading those emails?) 
https://capitolfax.com/2019/04/23/reader-comments-closed-for-the-rest-of-the-week/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— In certain precincts, we’re all snowflakes now – Wesley Pruden
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/apr/22/were-all-snowflakes-now/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— ‘Mother of all caravans’ heads north: 10K migrants due in Mexico City any day – Anna Giaritelli 
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/mother-of-all-caravans-heads-north-10k-migrants-due-in-mexico-city-any-day

FOX NEWS
— Attorney general of Montana wants Chick-fil-A to open more locations within the state, says ‘Montanans don’t discriminate’ – Michael Bartiromo 
https://www.foxnews.com/food-drink/montana-attorney-general-chick-fil-a-restaurants-open-amid-airport-backlash

GOPUSA
— Bernie Sanders says felons have right to vote from prison, even Muslim terrorists
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=68422
— Green New Deal: Mayor de Blasio will ban skyscrapers from NYC
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=68418

BREITBART
— Poll: Plurality of Republicans Say Immigration Hurts the United States – John Binder
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/04/22/poll-plurality-of-republicans-say-immigration-hurts-the-united-states/
— Republican Jewish Coalition Slams Bernie Sanders for Calling Israel’s Netanyahu ‘Racist’ – JOEL B. POLLAK
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/04/23/republicans-seize-on-bernie-sanders-calling-israels-netanyahu-racist/

NEWSMAX
— Reparations May Be Constitutionally Unfeasible – Ben Stein 
https://www.newsmax.com/benstein/africa-jim-crow-slaves/2019/04/23/id/912984/

PARENTS OPPOSED TO POT
— WHY CANNABIS IS NOT A SOLUTION TO OPIOID CRISIS Addiction weighs you down, so marijuana can’t solve the opioid problem – Cassidy Webb
https://poppot.org/2019/04/23/why-cannabis-is-not-a-solution-to-opioid-crisis/

CNS NEWS SERVICE
— Ben Carson’s HUD Proposing Rule to Oust Illegal Aliens from Public Housing – Craig Bannister
https://www.cnsnews.com/blog/craig-bannister/report-ben-carsons-hud-proposing-rule-oust-illegal-aliens-public-housing

WORLD NET DAILY
— BORDER CRISIS NOW ‘PURE INVASION THAT REQUIRES MILITARY BUILDUP’ Security ‘is literally the No. 1 job of our federal government’
https://www.wnd.com/2019/04/border-crisis-now-pure-invasion-that-requires-military-buildup/

DAILY CALLER
— Democrats Have Gone All-In On Identity Politics (DIERSEN: How fast are the organizations that you are a member of going for identity politics? How fast are they dumping those who 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.dailycaller.com/2019/04/23/democrats-all-in-on-identity-politics/
— HUMAN SMUGGLERS MADE UP TO $2.3 BILLION IN YEAR FROM SMUGGLING ILLEGALS INTO US, STUDY FINDS – Peter Hasson 
https://dailycaller.com/2019/04/23/human-smugglers-billions-revenue-northern-triangle/

ONE AMERICA NEWS NETWORK
— Hundreds Of Migrants Surrender Daily At Border To Fast Track Asylum Claims (DIERSEN: Of course, Democrats and RINOs want all the citizens of all the countries of all the world who are minority, female, and/or younger to claim asylum in America. Democrats want immigrants because immigrants vote for Democrats. RINOs want immigrants because RINOs want cheap labor.) 
https://www.oann.com/hundreds-of-migrants-surrender-daily-at-border-to-fast-track-asylum-claims/

EPOCH TIMES
— Increased Influx of Central American Migrants Has Reached A Breaking Point At The Southern Border – KRISTIAN KAFOZOFF
https://www.theepochtimes.com/increased-influx-of-central-american-migrants-has-reached-a-breaking-point-at-the-southern-border_2891388.html

LIFE NEWS
— Pro-Abortion Democrat Illinois Legislator Tells Pro-Lifers Castrating Men Would Help End Abortion – MICAIAH BILGER
https://www.lifenews.com/2019/04/23/pro-abortion-democrat-legislator-tells-pro-lifers-castrating-men-would-help-end-abortion/

THE HILL
— Biden to enter race Thursday, arguing he can put end to Trump divide – AMIE PARNES (DIERSEN: Democrats focus on dividing minorities against Whites, women against men, younger people against older people, non-Protestants against Protestants, those who have less money against those who have more money, non-German Americans against German Americans, veterans against non-veterans, and whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time against those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.) 
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/440221-biden-to-enter-race-thursday-arguing-he-can-put-end-to-trump-divide
— If you don’t think illegal immigrants are voting for president, think again – FORD O’CONNELL 
https://thehill.com/opinion/immigration/440136-if-you-dont-think-illegal-immigrants-are-voting-for-president-think-again

POLITICO
— Trump orders boycott of White House Correspondents’ Dinner – ELIANA JOHNSON (DIERSEN: Why do individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries boycott you? They boycott me and boycott my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails because 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.) 
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/04/23/trump-orders-boycott-of-white-house-correspondents-dinner-1287871

CBS NEWS
— Elwood Walmart accused of racial discrimination by warehouse workers with records – KATE GIBSON
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/walmart-discrimination-complaint-african-american-warehouse-workers-with-records-lose-jobs/
— Trump administration tries to crack down on visa overstays – AP
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-administration-tries-to-crack-down-on-visa-overstays/

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
— White House orders administration-wide boycott of correspondents dinner, as Trump bashes ‘enemy’ journalists – CHRIS SOMMERFELDT and DAVE GOLDINER (DIERSEN: Why do individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries boycott you? They boycott me and boycott my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails because 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.)
https://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/ny-trump-white-house-photographers-20190423-qn4gvmvinveovlz77apoel2oje-story.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Why don’t voters care if a presidential candidate is old? – Helaine Olen (DIERSEN: Who takes/took the lead in promoting age discrimination in the organizations that you are/were a member of? I should write a book about those in the following organizations who take/took the lead in promoting age discrimination: 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.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/04/23/why-dont-voters-care-if-presidential-candidate-is-old/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Age discrimination is a major issue in American society. According to some reports, a majority of people older than 50 will be involuntarily separated from their jobs at least once. But when it comes to our presidential politics, it’s another matter entirely. President Trump is turning 73 this spring. On the other side of the aisle, the two leading contenders to challenge Trump are Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), 77, and former vice president Joe Biden, 76. The two share little in common politically, yet, amazingly, Biden is the top No. 2 choice of Sanders supporters, and those backing Biden return the favor. When the issues of infirmities of age are even hinted at, voters across the board seemingly dismiss them. In a recent focus group session of swing voters put together by pollster Engagious, not a single participant said they would vote against a candidate because the candidate was too elderly. Other candidates such as South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg might claim that it’s time for a “generational change” in our politics, but it appears few are heeding the message. How could this be? How can a society that worships youth on the job and in the culture turn into what Malcolm Harris, author of “Kids These Days,” calls a political gerontocracy? Well, you can thank a confluence of factors, ranging from the decades-long impact of the inordinately large baby-boomer generation, combined with how the particular personalities of a number of older candidates reflect what kind of older candidates we like — and which ones we don’t.)
— For Warren, there is no criminal justice reform without addressing racism – Eugene Scott (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats blame Republicans for crimes that minorities commit.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/04/23/warren-there-is-no-criminal-justice-reform-without-addressing-racism/

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats use reparations to demonize Republicans as being White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things.
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-brooks-reparations-20190423-story.html

BOSTON
— Trump meets with Twitter CEO amid bias complaints – AP
https://www.boston.com/news/politics/2019/04/23/trump-meets-with-twitter-ceo-amid-bias-complaints

NPR
— Democrats Consider: Is A White, Straight Man The Safe Bet Against Trump? – Danielle Kurtzleben
https://www.npr.org/2019/04/23/715967411/democrats-consider-is-a-white-straight-man-the-safe-bet-against-trump

FORTUNE
— Elizabeth Warren on Being a Woman Running for President: ‘That’s What Girls Do’ – ERIN CORBETT
http://fortune.com/2019/04/23/elizabeth-warren-town-hall-cnn/

PBS
— Are Americans overconfident about paying for retirement? – Richard Eisenberg
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/economy/column-are-americans-overconfident-about-paying-for-retirement

NEW YORKER
— Donald Trump, the A.C.L.U., and the Ongoing Battle Over the Legitimacy of Free Speech – Jeannie Suk Gersen
https://www.newyorker.com/news/our-columnists/donald-trump-the-aclu-and-the-ongoing-battle-over-the-legitimacy-of-free-speech

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Mexico Cracks Down on Caravans of Central American Migrants Hundreds of asylum seekers have been detained in southern Mexico in recent days as President López Obrador faces pressure from Trump administration – Juan Montes
https://www.wsj.com/articles/mexico-cracks-down-on-caravans-of-central-american-migrants-11556047683

NEWSWEEK
— ‘TRUMPONOMICS’ AUTHOR ARTHUR LAFFER BLAMES OBAMA FOR GREAT RECESSION, MOCKS STUDENT LOAN FORGIVENESS PLANS – BENJAMIN FEARNOW 
https://www.newsweek.com/fox-news-economist-blames-great-recession-barack-obama-student-loans-start-1403617

RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— Just 31% Oppose Plan to Send Illegals to Sanctuary Communities (DIERSEN: It is hypocritical for Democrats who live in sanctuary cities to fail/refuse to provide illegals with sanctuary, that is, to fail/refuse to take illegals into their homes, to feed them, to cloth them, to provide them with medical care, to educate them, to give them job skills, to give them jobs, etc. Democrats in sanctuary cities should want to brag about the tens, hundreds, thousands+ of illegals that they house, feed, clothe, provide medical care to, educate, give job skills to, give jobs to, etc.)
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/current_events/immigration/april_2019/just_31_oppose_plan_to_send_illegals_to_sanctuary_communities

WORKERS WORLD
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, those who want to destroy America illegally encourage citizens of foreign countries to illegally come to America illegally and to illegally stay in America illegally. 
https://www.workers.org/2019/04/23/42009/