May 13 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Constitutional crisis? Some House Democrats don’t think so – BENJAMIN SIEGEL
https://abc7chicago.com/constitutional-crisis-some-house-democrats-dont-think-so/5298135/

CBS2
— Bedford Park Feels The Pain Of Housing An Emissions Testing Facility – Vince Gerasole
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2019/05/13/bedford-park-feels-the-pain-of-housing-an-emissions-testing-facility/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— House GOP focusing on women and minorities for 2020 challengers – AP
https://www.chicagotribune.com/nation-world/ct-house-gop-women-minorities-2020-20190513-story.html
— Fallout from the trade war: Illinois firms say you’ll pay more for furniture, scooters and a lot more – Robert Channick
https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-china-tariffs-illinois-impact-20190510-story.html
— Jewel-Osco employees alleging age discrimination can pursue lawsuit as a group, judge rules – Alexia Elejalde-Ruiz
https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-jewel-osco-age-discrimination-lawsuit-20190513-story.html
— Why Illinois shouldn’t mandate quotas for company boards – Editorial (DIERSEN: All during the almost 30 years that I worked for the federal government, my superiors were under tremendous pressure from Democrat politicians a) to hire, retain, and promote young Democrat minorities and young Democrat females and b) to make way for them by getting rid of their employees who were Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who they had not promoted to GS-13 (currently $98,198) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $116,040) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $136,495) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $165,500) by age 40.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-corporate-board-female-minority-illinois-20190513-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Suburban double dippers hit taxpayers in the wallet – Madeleine Doubek
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/madeleine-doubek-collar-county-board-pensions-senate-bill/
— 65 years after Brown v. Board of Education, we risk going backward – Jesse Jackson
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/brown-board-eduacation-school-segregation-jesse-jackson/

DAILY HERALD
— Dems say Trump, GOP, twisting Tlaib’s Holocaust remarks – AP
https://www.dailyherald.com/article/20190513/news/305139851/
— Seven residents at Wheaton’s DuPage Care Center are 100 or older – Bev Horne
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190513/seven-residents-at-wheatons-dupage-care-center-are-100-or-older

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Crunch time for Pritzker as Illinois lawmakers near key votes With Mike Madigan in the background, the state’s new governor faces a critical test in the coming days on his graduated income tax and other plans. – GREG HINZ
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/greg-hinz-politics/crunch-time-pritzker-illinois-lawmakers-near-key-votes

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Actress Alyssa Milano ignited social media with a tweet Friday night calling for women to join her in a sex strike to protest strict abortion bans passed by Republican-controlled legislatures.
http://www.fox32chicago.com/politics/actress-calls-for-women-to-go-on-sex-strike-to-protest-abortion-ban

ALTON TELEGRAPH
— Omarosa requests to join lawsuit alleging women were underpaid by Trump campaign – Katie Mettler
https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/article/Omarosa-requests-to-join-lawsuit-alleging-women-13841597.php

PLATT COUNTY JOURNAL REPUBLICAN
— Just 11 percent of state corn crop is planted
https://www.journal-republican.com/news/just-percent-of-state-corn-crop-is-planted/article_4a2e1a9a-75c7-11e9-9c54-13a8177c58c8.html

SUBURBAN LIFE
— POTENTIAL PROPERTY TAX FREEZE Property tax freeze could be part of state progressive tax legislation – ALEX ORTIZ
https://www.mysuburbanlife.com/2019/05/10/potential-property-tax-freeze/asa1n1b/

FOX ILLINOIS
— Why House Republicans are searching for women, minorities for 2020 elections – AP
https://foxillinois.com/news/connect-to-congress/house-gop-focusing-on-women-minorities-for-2020

WGLT
— Why Barickman Bolted From The Cannabis Bill – CHARLIE SCHLENKER 
https://www.wglt.org/post/why-barickman-bolted-cannabis-bill#stream/0

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Lawmakers have two weeks to finish, pass state budget with simple majorities – Greg Bishop
https://www.ilnews.org/news/state_politics/lawmakers-have-two-weeks-to-finish-pass-state-budget-with/article_49723e08-75a7-11e9-bef9-238bb5382597.html

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— DURBIN BLAMES TRUMP FOR BORDER CRISIS
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/05/durbin-blames-trump-for-border-crisis.html
— LAHOOD DISTRICT TORN BETWEEN THE GOOD AND BAD OF CHINESE TARIFF DISPUTE
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/05/lahood-on-china-tariffs.html
— WILL COSTELLO’S REPLACEMENT OPPOSE PRITZKER TAX HIKE?
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/05/will-costello-replacement-also-oppose-pritzker-tax-hike-.html
— SKILLICORN: WILL GOV. PRITZKER UNDO ONE OF IL’S ONLY PENSION REFORMS?
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/05/skillicorn-driving-a-spike-in-teachers-pensions.html
— KINDT: HOW ABOUT A “FAIR TAX” ON ILLINOIS GAMBLING?
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/05/kindt-tax-holidays-for-illinois-gambling.html

CAPITOL FAX
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: If you are religious, conservative, and/or Republican, you should oppose pot.
https://capitolfax.com/2019/05/13/what-about-the-children/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump accuses Rashida Tlaib of ‘tremendous hatred of Israel’ – Gabriella Muñoz
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/may/13/donald-trump-accuses-rashida-tlaib-tremendous-hatr/

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Gillibrand on Polling Woes: ‘People Are Generally Biased Against Women’ – David Rutz (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats shout at women that old White men are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things who should be gotten rid of once and for all.) 
https://freebeacon.com/politics/gillibrand-on-polling-woes-people-are-generally-biased-against-women/

NEWSMAX
— Ex-Ill. Rep. Schilling Launching Historic Comeback in Iowa – John Gizzi 
https://www.newsmax.com/john-gizzi/bobby-schiling-iowa-caucuses-2020/2019/05/13/id/915757/
— Texas Senate Committee Advances ‘Chick-fil-A’ Bill – Solange Reyner 
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/texas-chick-fil-a/2019/05/13/id/915829/

BREITBART
— Border Patrol Flies Migrants from South Texas to Reduce Overcrowding – Bob Price
https://www.breitbart.com/border/2019/05/13/border-patrol-flies-migrants-from-south-texas-to-reduce-overcrowding/
— Poll: GOP Voters Say Border Wall, Reducing All Immigration Must be Top Priority for Trump – John Binder
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/05/13/poll-gop-voters-say-border-wall-reducing-all-immigration-must-be-top-priority-for-trump/

CONSERVATIVE REVIEW
— Cartels ‘kicking our butts’ in New Mexico, as state left without checkpoints – Daniel Horowitz
https://www.conservativereview.com/news/cartels-kicking-butts-new-mexico-state-left-without-checkpoints/

HOT AIR
— Democrats Don’t Realize Most Americans Want Visa Overstays Deported
https://hotair.com/archives/2019/05/13/democrats-dont-realize-americans-want-visa-overstays-deported/

THE HILL
— Texas Senate takes up ‘Save Chick-fil-A’ bill – JESSICA CAMPISI
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/443473-texas-senate-takes-up-save-chick-fil-a-bill
— Trump accuses Tlaib of harboring ‘hatred of Israel and Jewish people’ – JORDAN FABIAN 
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/443363-trump-accuses-tlaib-of-harboring-hatred-of-israel-and-jewish-people
— Omar accuses Liz Cheney of ‘deep seeded hate and Islamophobia’ – JUSTIN WISE 
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/443452-ilhan-omar-accuses-cheney-of-deep-seeded-hate-and-islamophobia
— Sanders defends Tlaib from Trump: ‘Stop dividing the American people up by their religion’ – CRISTINA MARCOS
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/443457-sanders-defends-tlaib-from-trump-stop-dividing-the-american-people-up-by-their

WASHINGTON POST
— Trump joins GOP criticism of Rep. Tlaib over remarks on Holocaust, Israel – John Wagner and Felicia Sonmez
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-joins-gop-criticism-of-rep-tlaib-over-remarks-on-holocaust-israel/2019/05/13/212074aa-7567-11e9-b3f5-5673edf2d127_story.html

DENVER POST
— 55 Central American refugees seeking asylum bused to Denver Sunday night Overwhelmed shelters in Texas and New Mexico sent refugees to 3 churches – KIRK MITCHELL and SAJA HINDI
https://www.denverpost.com/2019/05/13/central-american-refugees-seek-asylum-denver/

BUSINESS NEWS DAILY
— How to Age-Proof Your Resume – Jennifer Post (DIERSEN: I am 70 years old. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes stress that it has been a) 22 years since I worked for GAO, earned a master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT, and became a Forensic Accountant; b) 23 years since I became a Certified Financial Services Auditor; c) 25 years since I became a Certified Government Financial Manager; d) 29 years since I became a Certified Fraud Examiner; e) 38 years since I became a Certified Internal Auditor and Licensed CPA; f) 39 years since I earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul and worked for IRS; g) 40 years since I became a CPA; h) 43 years since I earned an MBA from Loyola; and i) 49 years since I earned a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU.) 
https://www.businessnewsdaily.com/15033-age-proof-resume.html

MONDAY NOTE
— Confusing Facebook With the Internet is the Perfect Storm for Fake News – Frederic Filloux
https://mondaynote.com/confusing-facebook-and-the-internet-is-the-perfect-storm-for-fake-news-8b5cd7e772f8

May 13 Morning Edition

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

May 12 Evening Edition

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

WASHINGTON MONTHLY
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: How electable are you? According to non-Republicans, the more of the following that you are, the more electable that you are: anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://washingtonmonthly.com/2019/05/12/what-if-electability-is-more-about-authenticity-than-moderation/

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

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

May 12 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— A writer comes home to ever-changing South Shore to find the middle class disappearing – Christopher Borrelli (DIERSEN: How has your precinct changed over the past 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35+ years? I should write a book on how my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 9 in Wheaton has changed since my wife and I had our home built at 915 Cove Court in 1984. From what I see, tragically, 4 out 5 times that a home is sold, it goes from conservative Republican to liberal Democrat. Ever-increasingly, liberal Democrats see DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton a) as moving to the left and b) being welcoming safe places for them. Ever-increasingly, they see DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton leaders failing/refusing to defend/advance the traditional family, right to life, immigration, Second Amendment, illegal drugs, and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks in the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) platform and in the Republican Party platform. In my precinct, they see how the IRP, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Central Committee treat conservative Republicans like me.) 
https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/ct-ae-carlo-rotella-south-shore-chi-0512-story.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD IN NAPERVILLE SUN: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Premixed cocktails could be added to the drink menu at 2 summer Naperville festivals – Suzanne Baker
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-nvs-spirits-at-naperville-festivals-st-0512-story.html
— Why does Facebook fail to fix itself? It’s partly humans – AP
https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/sns-bc-us-tec–facebook-slow-response-20190510-story.html
— FRONT PAGE: Flooding in the Chicago area has been so bad in the past decade that only places ravaged by hurricanes sustain more damage – Michael Hawthorne and Morgan Greene (DIERSEN: What have you done to stop basement seepage and flooding? Since 1984, I have spent hundreds of hours and thousands of dollars for my home at 915 Cove Court in Wheaton a) making lot drainage improvements including installing French drains and storm sewer inlets, b) paying for an overhead sewer system, c) paying to have all nine of the home’s downspouts directly connected to the city storm sewer system, d) patching long wide cracks in the basement floor, e) having the home’s exterior footing tiles cleaned out, f) properly connecting 6″ and 4″ drainage tile lines from uphill properties to the city storm sewer system, g) installing battery backup sump pumps, h) etc. The builder a) put steel reinforcement rods in the foundation walls to compensate for cracked foundation footings and b) installed interior footing tiles.) 
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-chicago-flooding-basement-sewage-20190506-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A week before the maggots hatched, raw sewage gushed into Lori Burns’ basement for the sixth time in a decade. Her brick bungalow in the Chatham neighborhood was among thousands of Chicago homes swamped by another rainstorm that overwhelmed the city’s aging sewer system. This particular downpour ended up as one of the worst on record. Two months’ worth of rain fell in two days during April 2013 — a storm marked by geysers of human waste bursting out of manholes, and a torrent of sewage and runoff surging through the Chicago River into Lake Michigan.)
— A new bill aims to force Illinois’ largely white, male corporate boards to diversify. Some say it’s unconstitutional. – Corilyn Shropshire (DIERSEN: While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, Democrat politicians forced my Democrat superiors to use Affirmative Action, Diversity, Inclusion, up-or-out, and budget cuts a) to hire, retain, and promote young Democrat minorities and young Democrat females and b) to make way for them by getting rid of their employees who were Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who they had not promoted to GS-13 (currently $98,198) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $116,040) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $136,495) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $165,500) by age 40.) 
https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-illinois-bill-public-company-board-diversity-20190430-story.html

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

MILWAUKEE INDEPENDENT
— MILWAUKEE’S MINORITY-MAJORITY POPULATION REFLECTS THE FADING NATIONAL DEMOGRAPHICS OF WHITE IDENTITY – Dudley Poston and Rogelio Sáenz (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs hint/imply/argue/shout that because of demographic trends in America, in Illinois, in DuPage County, in Milton Township, in Glen Ellyn, and in Wheaton, the Republican Party, the Illinois Republican Party, the DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and the Milton Township Republican Central Committee should dump voters, dump activists, dump candidates, dump elected officials, dump party leaders, dump major donors, dump political consultants, dump etc. who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.) 
http://www.milwaukeeindependent.com/syndicated/milwaukees-minority-majority-population-reflects-fading-national-demographics-white-identity/

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

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

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

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

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

AMERICAN THINKER
— The endgame for reparations – Richard Jack Rail (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, the more of the following that you are, the more that Democrats demand that you pay reparations: Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owner, German American, draft avoider, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time. I should write a book about my critics/opponents who have hinted/implied/argued/shouted the most that I should pay reparations, that is, that I should pay the price of Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion.)
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/05/the_endgame_for_reparations.html
— Illegals’ legal blackmail in America – Lynne Lechter
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/05/illegals_legal_blackmail_in_america.html

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

BOSTON HERALD
— Boston’s demographic shift favors minority candidates Could swing future mayoral race – RICK SOBEY (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs hint/imply/argue/shout that because of demographic trends in America, in Illinois, in DuPage County, in Milton Township, in Glen Ellyn, and in Wheaton, the Republican Party, the Illinois Republican Party, the DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and the Milton Township Republican Central Committee should dump voters, dump activists, dump candidates, dump elected officials, dump party leaders, dump major donors, dump political consultants, dump etc. who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.) 
https://www.bostonherald.com/2019/05/10/bostons-demographic-shift-favors-minority-candidates/

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

May 11 Evening Edition

NBC5 & CBS2 & FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Illinois Revenue Bump Spurs Debate Over Pritzker Tax Hikes – AP
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/Illinois-revenue-bump-spurs-debate-over-Pritzker-tax-hikes-509796101.html
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2019/05/11/illinois-revenue-bump-spurs-debate-over-pritzker-tax-hikes/
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/local/illinois-revenue-bump-spurs-debate-over-pritzker-tax-hikes-1

NBC5
— Anti-Abortion Protesters Flock to Philadelphia Clinic Where Rep. Berated Women The protesters were responding after Democratic state Rep. Brian Sims filmed himself berating pro-life demonstrators outside a Planned Parenthood clinic – AP
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/Pro-Life-Demonstrators-Planned-Parenthood-Brian-Sims-509749301.html
— Beto O’Rourke Readies ‘Reintroduction’ as 2020 Buzz Fizzles O’Rourke admits he’s struggled to find his presidential campaign footing – Will Weissert and Steve Peoples
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/politics/Beto-ORourke-2020-Democrat-Primary-Reintroduction-509789921.html

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Democrats fume as Trump moves to amend DC’s July 4 celebration, possibly address the nation – Lukas Mikelionis 
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/national/dems-fume-as-trump-moves-to-amend-dc-s-july-4-celebration-possibly-address-the-nation

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Marijuana’s impact on health and safety in Colorado remains unclear – Dean Olsen (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, the more that I do to oppose pot, the more that those who smoked pot, who smoke pot, who want to smoke pot, who want to make money selling pot, who want governments to get tax revenues from the sale of pot, their operatives, and their dupes a) demonize me, b) denigrate me, and condemn me.) 
https://www.sj-r.com/news/20190511/marijuanas-impact-on-health-and-safety-in-colorado-remains-unclear
— 2020 health care battle underway in 13th – Bernard Schoenburg
https://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20190511/bernard-schoenburg-2020-health-care-battle-underway-in-13th

HERALD & REVIEW
— Like all these video gambling businesses? Wait until pot is legalized – Editorial (DIERSEN: Needless-to-say, every municipality, every township/ward, every county, and every state in America should discourage pot usage. The Wheaton City Council is seeking applicants for city’s vacant North District City Council position. Applicants are asked to submit a statement identifying the three most important issues that they believe the city needs to address in the next two years as well as their opinion on how those issues could be addressed. Needless-to-say, applicants should state that discouraging pot usage is one of Wheaton’s most important issues and that Wheaton should do everything that it can to discourage pot usage. Applicants should state in no uncertain terms that they will vote against legalizing the sale of pot in Wheaton.)
https://herald-review.com/opinion/editorial/our-view-like-all-these-video-gambling-businesses-wait-until/article_0f5f5084-db5e-5d0c-b0e1-9cca73516222.html
— Illinois Senate now debating corporate board diversity bill – PETER HANCOCK (DIERSEN: Who wants/wanted you to pay reparations, that is, who wants/wanted you to pay the price of Affirmative Action (AA), Diversity, and Inclusion? I should write a book about those who want/wanted me to pay the price of AA, Diversity, and Inclusion.)
https://herald-review.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/illinois-senate-now-debating-corporate-board-diversity-bill/article_7d86093f-5e68-59b5-8304-0de2188abe43.html

QUAD CITIES ONLINE
— Illinois in uncharted waters: Has money (DIERSEN: Paying off debt should always be a top priority.)
https://qconline.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/capitol-recap-illinois-in-uncharted-waters-has-money/article_52b5392c-e8f0-5bcb-bd26-229e6e7a3761.html

CHICAGO CITY WIRE
— Mayor Emanuel Announces Chicago Will Be Home to Starbucks’ 2019 Leadership Conference
https://chicagocitywire.com/stories/512484992-city-of-chicago-mayor-emanuel-announces-chicago-will-be-home-to-starbucks-2019-leadership-conference

ILLINOIS BUSINESS WIRE
— DuPage County exports up 5.1% since 2013
https://ilbusinessdaily.com/stories/512482649-dupage-county-exports-up-5-1-since-2013

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Beto O’Rourke: Tax wealthy whites to transfer money to disadvantaged blacks – Emily Larsen (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted a) that instead of me, the Post Office should have hired a disadvantaged Black in 1966, b) that the Post Office should gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a disadvantaged Black could have my job, c) that instead of me, IRS should have hired a disadvantaged Black in 1971, d) that instead of me, IRS should have promoted disadvantaged Blacks in 1972, 1973, and 1974, e) that instead of me, GAO should have hired a disadvantaged Black in 1980, f) that instead of me, GAO should have promoted a disadvantaged Black in 1986, and g) that GAO should have gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a disadvantaged Black could have my job and my preferred corner office.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/beto-orourke-suggests-using-tax-system-to-transfer-wealth-from-wealthy-whites-to-blacks

FOX NEWS
— Resurfaced video shows Joe Biden pushing border fence, calling for employers who hired ‘illegals’ to be punished – Sam Dorman
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/resurfaced-video-shows-biden-pushing-border-fence-punishing-employers-who-hired-illegals

NEWSMAX
— Extremism Will Be The End for Democrats in 2020 – Tom Borelli 
https://www.newsmax.com/tomborelli/midterms-omar-socialist-talib/2019/05/10/id/915527/

NEWS BUSTERS
— Rush Limbaugh BLASTS Liberal Newspaper’s Hate for Tiger Woods – Jeffrey Lord 
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/jeffrey-lord/2019/05/11/rush-limbaugh-blasts-liberal-newspapers-spin

BREITBART
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “Trump Wants to ‘Erase Certain Communities’ from National Narrative.”
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/05/10/stacey-abrams-trump-wants-to-erase-certain-communities-from-national-narrative/
— Exclusive–Guatemala Intel Secretary: Economic Migrants Arriving in U.S. Are ‘Picketing Mob’ for Open Borders – John Binder
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/05/11/exclusive-guatemala-intel-secretary-economic-migrants-arriving-in-u-s-are-picketing-mob-for-open-borders/

BLAZE
— CNN highlights old Biden comments about need for a border fence to stop drugs from ‘corrupt Mexico’ ‘I know I’m not supposed to say it that bluntly, but they’re the facts’ – Aaron Colen
https://www.theblaze.com/news/cnn-highlights-old-biden-comments-about-need-for-a-border-fence-to-stop-drugs-from-corrupt-mexico

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Unearthed 2006 Biden video: We need a wall. I voted for a fence to keep out ‘tons, tons’ of drugs from Mexico – Vivek Saxena 
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2019/05/11/unearthed-2006-biden-video-we-need-a-wall-i-voted-for-a-fence-to-keep-out-tons-tons-of-drugs-from-mexico-753695
— HUD’s proposed rule for ZERO illegals to receive subsidized housing puts Americans first, causes uproar – Vivek Saxena 
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2019/05/11/huds-proposed-rule-for-zero-illegals-to-receive-subsidized-housing-puts-americans-first-causes-uproar-753657

TOWNHALL
— Biden Previously Supported The Immigration Policies Trump Is Currently Championing – Beth Baumann
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/bethbaumann/2019/05/11/flashback-biden-previously-supported-the-immigration-policies-trump-is-currently-championing-n2546189

WORLD NET DAILY
— PENTAGON APPROVES PLAN TO SHIFT $1.5B FOR WALL ALONG BORDER ‘Funds were drawn from a variety of sources, including cost savings, programmatic changes, and revised requirements’
https://www.wnd.com/2019/05/pentagon-approves-plan-to-shift-1-5b-for-wall-along-border/

BLUE LIVES MATTER
— Student Arrested For Trashing Republican Students’ Affirmative Action Bake Sale – Tom Gantert (DIERSEN: Who wants/wanted you to pay reparations, that is, who wants/wanted you to pay the price of Affirmative Action (AA), Diversity, and Inclusion? I should write a book about those who want/wanted me to pay the price of AA, Diversity, and Inclusion.)
https://defensemaven.io/bluelivesmatter/news/student-arrested-for-trashing-republican-students-affirmative-action-bake-sale-K4r00na-S0-dtJRgmK2LNQ/

AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE
— JANUARY 18, 2019 FLASHBACK: Facing a future without Facebook ‘likes’ and ‘shares’? – Bronwyn Howell (DIERSEN: How should I react to those who like and share the Facebook posts of those who are doing everything that they can to destroy me?) 
http://www.aei.org/publication/facing-a-future-without-facebook-likes-and-shares/

THE HILL
— Co-founder’s call to break up Facebook energizes its critics – HARPER NEIDIG
https://thehill.com/policy/technology/443217-co-founders-call-to-break-up-facebook-energizes-its-critics

HUFFINGTON POST
— Video Shows Joe Biden Once Railed Against ‘Illegals,’ Called For 700-Mile Border Fence In 2006, the then-senator demanded American employers be punished for hiring illegal immigrants. – Amy Russo
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/joe-biden-illegal-immigration-mexico-fence_n_5cd70515e4b0796a95dcddd4

NEW YORK TIMES
— When It Comes to Republican Defectors, Current Crisis Is No Watergate – Carl Hulse
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/11/us/politics/trump-republicans-watergate.html
— Trump Has a Strong Economy to Proclaim. In Wisconsin, It Just Might Work. – Jeremy W. Peters
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/11/us/politics/trump-economy-2020-wisconsin.html

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Who wants/wanted you to pay reparations, that is, who wants/wanted you to pay the price of Affirmative Action (AA), Diversity, and Inclusion? I should write a book about those who want/wanted me to pay the price of AA, Diversity, and Inclusion.)
https://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/ny-oped-the-christian-case-for-reparations-20190510-zio6dr2t6jbhjbrxmuolmgc4ae-story.html

MOTLEY FOOL
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: The 11th State to Legalize Recreational Pot Will Be… Hint: It’s not New Jersey or New York, but it does have multibillion-dollar potential. – Sean Williams (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, the more that I do to oppose pot, the more that those who smoked pot, who smoke pot, who want to smoke pot, who want to make money selling pot, who want governments to get tax revenues from the sale of pot, their operatives, and their dupes a) demonize me, b) denigrate me, and condemn me.)
https://www.fool.com/investing/2019/05/11/the-11th-state-to-legalize-recreational-pot-will-b.aspx

WP WIRE
— The Propaganda Problem – Abby Maher (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, all news and commentary is fake except for the news and commentary that they put out or bless. My critics/opponents include those who do or did dominate the Milton Township Republican Central Committee, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Illinois Center Right Coalition, and American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter.) 
https://thewpwire.org/5423/opinion/the-propaganda-problem/

USA ONLINE CASINO 
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Central Illinois town earns first million in video gambling – Angeline Everett
https://www.usaonlinecasino.com/casino-news/central-illinois-town-earns-first-million-in-video-gambling/

May 10 Evening Edition

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Someone polling for an Ives challenge against Casten; Will she run? – Lynn Sweet
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/someone-polling-for-an-ives-challenge-against-casten-will-she-run/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Someone is paying for a poll to test how former state Sen. Jeanne Ives, R-Wheaton, would do against freshman Rep. Sean Casten, D-Ill., who represents the swing suburban sixth congressional district. Ives, a conservative, almost defeated former Gov. Bruce Rauner and Lt. Gov. Evelyn Sanguinetti in the March, 2018 GOP primary, with Rauner struggling to attract Republicans while also keeping a distance from President Donald Trump. In April, Sanguinetti announced a March, 2020 GOP primary bid in the sixth. If Ives jumped in the contest, Sanguinetti would have to decide if she will be pulled to the right and if she would run from, or with, Trump whose name will be at the top of the ballot. Polls show Trump very unpopular in Illinois. Ives, a West Point graduate, told the Chicago Sun-Times she is not closing any doors. Ives was asked, “Are you interested or thinking about running for Congress in the 6th district?” and she replied, “We’ve you know, this for me it’s always been a team decision. I don’t do anything without my team supporting it and we’ve not made a decision on any race at all.” Asked about the origins of the survey, she said, “You know, I don’t control that,” adding that she was one of the people getting a call from the polling firm. Casten, allied with House centrist Democrats, pulled an upset in 2018 when he beat now former Rep. Peter Roskam, R-Ill. The 6th Congressional District hugs the Chicago suburbs and includes parts of Cook, DuPage, Kane, McHenry and Lake counties.)
— Lowering property taxes will require lots more money from the state – Rich Miller
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/rich-miller-property-tax-relief-sam-yingling-jonathan-carroll/
— Should Democrats avoid a female candidate if they want to win? – Mona Charen
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/should-democrats-avoid-a-female-candidate-if-they-want-to-win/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DuPage Visitors and Convention Bureau hires lobbyist as opposition to hotel tax increases – Chuck Fieldman
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/oak-brook/ct-dob-hotel-tax-opposition-tl-0516-story.html

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Joe Biden backs health care for illegal immigrants, says ‘we have an obligation’ to provide it – Lukas Mikelionis (DIERSEN: Who is the “we” that Biden refers to? Because Democrats illegally encourage illegals to illegally come to America illegally and to illegally stay in America illegally, the “we” should only be Democrats.) 
http://www.fox32chicago.com/politics/joe-biden-backs-health-care-for-illegal-immigrants-says-we-have-an-obligation-to-provide-it

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Where all the tax money from recreational marijuana will go – JOHN PLETZ 
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/news/where-all-tax-money-recreational-marijuana-will-go
— An opportunity for growth tops the list of what new college grads want in a job. – BRIANNA KELLY (DIERSEN: Prospective federal employees who are Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran should be advised a) that the federal government will use Affirmative Action, Diversity, Inclusion, up-or-out, budget cuts, etc. to get rid of them 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; b) that extremely few federal employees make the aforesaid deadlines; and c) that if they do not make the aforesaid promotion deadlines, they will be demonized, denigrated, and condemned as being disgusting lazy stupid 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.chicagobusiness.com/employment/biggest-priority-class-2019

NORTHWEST HERALD
— Driving a spike in teacher pensions – State Rep. Allen Skillicorn
https://www.nwherald.com/2019/05/10/skillicorn-driving-a-spike-in-teacher-pensions/ah9fwag/

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Republicans call for budget talks with legislative leaders despite working groups – Greg Bishop
https://www.ilnews.org/news/state_politics/republicans-call-for-budget-talks-with-legislative-leaders-despite-working/article_7f2a3eb4-729c-11e9-8077-2745042bf2a1.html
— New Democrat lawmaker replaces anti-progressive tax incumbent – Cole Lauterbach 
https://www.ilnews.org/news/state_politics/new-democrat-lawmaker-replaces-anti-progressive-tax-incumbent/article_b69717dc-7341-11e9-9b09-7f69b529abe0.html

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— THORNER: ONE DEMOCRAT SAYS “NOT SO FAST” TO ILLINOIS LEGALIZING POT
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/05/thorner-one-democrat-says-not-so-fast-to-illinois-legalizing-pot-.html

CAPITOL FAX
— Is it time to start thinking about merging some of Illinois’ counties?
https://capitolfax.com/2019/05/10/is-it-time-to-start-thinking-about-merging-some-of-illinois-counties/
— Video gaming operators float alternative to Pritzker’s tax hike
https://capitolfax.com/2019/05/10/video-gaming-operators-float-alternative-to-pritzkers-tax-hike/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot.
https://capitolfax.com/2019/05/10/garbage-in-garbage-out-2/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Beto O’Rourke suggests using tax system to transfer wealth from rich whites to blacks – Emily Larsen (DIERSEN: O’Rourke would certainly approve of my Democrat GAO superiors who in 1997 when I was 49 years old a) forced me to take their early retirement “offer” and b) gave my job and my preferred corner office to my Black subordinate.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/beto-orourke-suggests-using-tax-system-to-transfer-wealth-from-wealthy-whites-to-blacks
— Border apprehensions to surpass last 13 year totals in 122 days, DHS heightens funding plea – Paul Bedard 
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/washington-secrets/border-crossings-to-surpass-last-13-year-totals-in-122-days-dhs-heightens-funding-plea

WASHINGTON TIMES
— HUD proposes rule to oust illegal immigrants from public housing – Stephen Dinan (DIERSEN: Because Democrats illegally encourage illegals to illegally come to America illegally and to illegally stay in America illegally, Democrats should offer to take illegals into their homes, to feed them, to clothe them, to provide them healthcare, to educate them, to provide them with transportation, etc.) 
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/may/10/hud-proposes-ban-illegal-immigrants-public-housing/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Birds of a feather: Why are so many Democrats so reprehensible in exactly the same way? – Patricia McCarthy
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/05/birds_of_a_feather_why_are_so_many_democrats_so_reprehensible_in_exactly_the_same_way.html
— Diversity of thought should trump diversity of skin color – Ron A.Y. Rich
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/05/diversity_of_thought_should_trump_diversity_of_skin_color.html

TOWNHALL
— Report: Colorado High School Shooting Suspect Railed Against Christians and Trump, Shared Leftist Content – Guy Benson
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2019/05/10/revealed-colorado-high-school-shooter-railed-against-christians-and-trump-supported-leftist-groups-n2546161

BREITBART
— Michelle Malkin Censored on Facebook for Opposing Censorship – ALLUM BOKHARI (DIERSEN: Who censors you? I should write a book about those who have constructively or literally censored me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails since 2000.) 
https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2019/05/10/michelle-malkin-censored-on-facebook-for-opposing-censorship/
— White House Immigration Plan Likely to Include Mandatory Nationwide E-Verify – John Binder
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/05/10/white-house-immigration-plan-likely-to-include-mandatory-nationwide-e-verify/
— Democrats Invited Anti-Israel Imam Omar Suleiman to Give House Invocation – JOEL B. POLLAK
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/05/10/anti-israel-imam-omar-suleiman-to-give-house-invocation/

DAILY CALLER
— LGBTQ CAUCUS KILLS ‘SAVE CHICK-FIL-A’ BILL IN TEXAS – Molly Prince
https://dailycaller.com/2019/05/10/lgbtq-chick-fil-a-bill-texas/
— HUD SAYS TRUMP PLAN TO EVICT ILLEGALS COULD LEAVE 55,000 CHILDREN HOMELESS – Jason Hopkins (DIERSEN: Because Democrats illegally encourage illegals to illegally come to America illegally and to illegally stay in America illegally, Democrats should offer to take illegals into their homes, to feed them, to clothe them, to provide them healthcare, to educate them, to provide them with transportation, etc.) 
https://dailycaller.com/2019/05/10/trump-eviction-plan-kids-homeless/

CHRISTIAN HEADLINES
— Social Media Account of Suspected Colorado School Shooter Reveals He Hated Christians – Amanda Casanova
https://www.christianheadlines.com/blog/social-media-account-of-suspected-colorado-school-shooter-reveals-he-hated-christians.html

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Texas LGBTQ Caucus Kills ‘Save Chick-fil-A’ Bill – JACK CROWE
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/texas-lgbtq-caucus-kills-save-chick-fil-a-bill/

POLITICO
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-Hater says “Trump’s Fake Fight Against Real News.”
https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2019/05/09/donald-trump-dana-milbank-press-credential-226868

HUFFINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “College Republican Group Turning Point Has A White Supremacy Problem.”
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/tpusa-college-republican-group-turning-point-has-a-white-supremacy-problem_n_5cd58fdbe4b0796a95dac4f6

WASHINGTON POST
— London’s mayor says Trump ‘not in same class’ as Obama and Bush, not worthy of state visit to Britain – Adam Taylor
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2019/05/10/londons-mayor-says-trump-not-same-class-obama-bush-not-worthy-uk-state-visit/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters say “Trump takes over Fourth of July celebration, changing its location and inserting himself into the program.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-takes-over-fourth-of-july-celebration-changing-its-location-and-inserting-himself-into-the-program/2019/05/10/40f428c0-733d-11e9-9eb4-0828f5389013_story.html

BLOOMBERG
— States That Struggled to Forecast SALT Changes See an April Tax Boon – Elizabeth Campbell and Elise Young
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-05-10/an-april-tax-boon-for-salt-hit-states-that-struggled-to-forecast

FEDERAL NEWS NETWORK
— GOP lawmakers, IRS watchdogs disagree on tax gap fix – Jory Heckman
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/agency-oversight/2019/05/gop-lawmakers-irs-watchdogs-disagree-on-tax-gap-fix/

FEDERAL TIMES
– How Congress can better protect whistleblowers from retaliation – Jessie Bur (DIERSEN: While I was a federal employee for almost 30 years, I blew the whistle on political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation. I should write a book about how Civil Service protections failed to protect me.) 
https://www.federaltimes.com/federal-oversight/congress/2019/05/10/how-congress-can-better-protect-whistleblowers-from-retaliation/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Federal whistleblowers often go to members of Congress to report waste, fraud and abuse at their agencies. But that means congressional staff need to be on top of their game to make sure that they don’t expose those whistleblowers to negative repercussions, according to a May 7 Government Accountability Office report. “Federal whistleblowers — employees who report violations of law, agency mismanagement or ethical violations — help to safeguard the federal government against waste, fraud and abuse,” the report said. Whistleblowers can report to various entities, including the Congress. While these reports are a key source of information for federal oversight, whistleblowers can risk reprisal. Therefore, it is important to appropriately handle whistleblowers’ information and identity.”)

NEW REPUBLIC
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: The Democrat Party platform and the Libertarian Party platform cause homelessness and early death.
https://newrepublic.com/article/153875/homelessness-not-crime
https://newrepublic.com/article/153870/inequality-death-america-life-expectancy-gap

March 10 Morning Edition

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH COLOR PHOTO OF CHIEF STEVEN STELTER: Legalize pot? No way, says leader of state police chief association – Charles Keeshan and Susan Sarkauskas (DIERSEN: Needless-to-say, every municipality, every township/ward, every county, and every state in America should discourage pot usage. The Wheaton City Council is seeking applicants for city’s vacant North District City Council position. Applicants are asked to submit a statement identifying the three most important issues that they believe the city needs to address in the next two years as well as their opinion on how those issues could be addressed. Needless-to-say, applicants should state that discouraging pot usage is one of Wheaton’s most important issues and that Wheaton should do everything that it can to discourage pot usage. Applicants should state in no uncertain terms that they will vote against legalizing the sale of pot in Wheaton.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190510/legalize-pot-no-way-says-leader-of-state-police-chief-association
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The suburban police chief recently elected president of the Illinois Association of Chiefs of Police says he’s making it a top priority to fight the legalization of recreational marijuana use here. “It is a disastrous move,” Chief Steven Stelter said, ticking off more than a half-dozen reasons the association opposes the proposed Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act. Among them: more fatal crashes and more violent crime in states that have legalized it. . .”I’m sure everybody that wants to grow is going to stick to five plants,” he said with more than a hint of sarcasm. The chiefs association also disputes the belief that legalization will reduce the black market for the drug, and it says overseas drug cartels have set up grow operations in rental or foreclosed houses in states where marijuana is legal. “It is destroying our children in legal states,” Stelter said, referring to reports that use by seventh- and eighth-graders increased in those places, and there has been an increase in calls to poison-control centers about children who ingested marijuana-laced edibles. Politicians in Illinois are turning a blind eye to these concerns, he said. “They don’t even want to hear it.”)
— Naperville Starbucks Reserve Bar to add pizza, pasta, liquor – Lauren Rohr (DIERSEN: A Starbucks is planned for the southeast corner of Roosevelt Road and Warrenville Road in my precinct.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190509/naperville-starbucks-reserve-bar-to-add-pizza-pasta-liquor
— Another example of why Springfield can’t be trusted – Dan McCaleb
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20190510/another-example-of-why-springfield-cant-be-trusted

WJOL
— OUTSTANDING: Law Enforcement, NAACP, Catholic Bishops Unite Against Recreational Pot Legalization – Evan Bredeson
https://www.wjol.com/law-enforcement-naacp-catholic-bishops-unite-against-recreational-pot-legalization/

WQAD
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A pot pusher pushes pot.
https://wqad.com/2019/05/10/legalizing-recreational-marijuana-could-bring-new-jobs-to-the-quad-cities/

PRAIRIE STATE WIRE
— Experts warn of legalization’s potential perils – Glenn Minnis
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/512482481-experts-warn-of-legalization-s-potential-perils

DAILY NORTHWESTERN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Those who lead Evanston want everyone in Evanston to be a stoner.
https://dailynorthwestern.com/2019/05/10/city/evanston-gears-up-as-springfield-sets-eyes-on-marijuana-legalization/
https://dailynorthwestern.com/2019/05/09/campus/students-turn-to-cbd-as-potential-solution-to-chronic-pain-anxiety/

ABC7
— Louis Farrakhan speaks at St. Sabina church at invitation of Father Michael Pfleger – Will Jones and Eric Horng
https://abc7chicago.com/religion/louis-farrakhan-speaks-at-st-sabina-at-invitation-of-father-pfleger/5293264/?cmp=emc-wls-news-headlines-5/10/2019

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— ALL OF THE FRONT PAGE: At St. Sabina, Farrakhan refers to ‘Satanic Jews’ in defiant response to Facebook ban – Nader Issa
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/louis-farrakhan-father-pfleger-st-sabina-anti-semitism-defiant-response-facebook-ban/
— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON CHICAGO TIGHTENS: Johnson says he’s devising plan to give kids an alternative to downtown mischief – Fran Spielman
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/chicago-police-eddie-johnson-summer-violence-downtown-youth/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Do you speak Spanish? How soon, if not already, a) will political parties refuse to back candidates who do not speak Spanish, b) will colleges refuse to accept students who do not speak Spanish, and c) will employers refuse to hire those who do not speak Spanish?
https://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/stevens/ct-life-stevens-thursday-cps-spanish-teacher-national-geographic-fellowship-0509-story.html
— Should sports gambling become legal in Illinois, will you be able to wager on Illini, Wildcats or Huskies? Don’t bet on it. – John Keilman
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-met-college-sports-betting-illinois-20190501-story.html

WTTW
— Emanuel Supports Retirement Income Tax, But is it Too Taxing on Seniors? – Nicole Cardos
https://news.wttw.com/2019/05/09/emanuel-supports-retirement-income-tax-it-too-taxing-seniors

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Illinois House legislators urged to take action on abortion bill – REBECCA ANZEL (DIERSEN: Needless-to-say, every municipality, every township/ward, every county, and every state in America should discourage abortion. The Wheaton City Council is seeking applicants for city’s vacant North District City Council position. Applicants are asked to submit a statement identifying the three most important issues that they believe the city needs to address in the next two years as well as their opinion on how those issues could be addressed. Needless-to-say, applicants should state that discouraging abortion is one of Wheaton’s most important issues and that Wheaton should do everything that it can to discourage abortion.)
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2019-05-09/illinois-house-legislators-urged-take-action-abortion-bill.html

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: To get “billions of dollars in federal funding” and to stop Illinois from losing congressional seats, Illinois Democrats and Illinois RINOs do everything that they can to get citizens of foreign countries a) to illegally come to Illinois illegally, b) to illegally stay in Illinois illegally, and c) to be counted in the census.
https://www.sj-r.com/news/20190509/how-much-will-it-cost-illinois-to-get-correct-census-count-in-2020
— OUTRAGEOUS: House committee approves gas tax hike – Doug Finke
https://www.sj-r.com/news/20190509/house-committee-approves-gas-tax-hike
— ‘Supportive housing’ concept introduced as way to alleviate city’s homelessness issue – Brenden Moore (DIERSEN: Needless-to-say, every municipality, every township/ward, every county, and every state in America should discourage Democrats from sending their homeless people to Republican areas. The Wheaton City Council is seeking applicants for city’s vacant North District City Council position. Applicants are asked to submit a statement identifying the three most important issues that they believe the city needs to address in the next two years as well as their opinion on how those issues could be addressed. Needless-to-say, applicants should state that discouraging Democrats from sending their homeless people to Wheaton is one of Wheaton’s most important issues and that Wheaton should do everything that it can to discourage Democrats from sending their homeless people to Wheaton.)
https://www.sj-r.com/news/20190509/supportive-housing-concept-introduced-as-way-to-alleviate-citys-homelessness-issue

ROCKFORD REGISTER STAR
— Senate Democrats say tax hikes still needed for budget – Doug Finke
https://www.rrstar.com/news/20190509/senate-democrats-say-tax-hikes-still-needed-for-budget

ALTON TELEGRAPH
— OUTRAGEOUS, DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Illinois bill giving student aid to undocumented immigrants passed, heads to Pritzker’s desk Bill also applies to transgender people who have not registered for the draft – Peter Hancock 
https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/article/Illinois-bill-gives-student-aid-to-undocumented-13830580.php
(FROM THE ARTICLE: But the idea provoked strong opposition from Republicans, who argued that expanding the pool of students who are eligible for MAP grants by allowing noncitizens to receive them would crowd out legal citizens from getting them. “Ladies and gentlemen, the math is simple,” Sen. Jim Oberweis, a Sugar Grove Republican, said. “Each and every one of us have students in our districts who are relying on MAP funding. If we’re going to take some of that funding away from our citizens and give it to noncitizens, that means we’re depriving some of our citizens, some of our students, from being able to have that funding to help with their education. This is just absolutely, fundamentally wrong.”)

QUAD CITIES ONLINE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats promote LGBTQ activity.
https://qconline.com/opinion/editorial/editorial-use-path-of-least-resistance-to-enact-overdue-era/article_7ed41088-3981-54c0-a978-3df937ef5d3b.html

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— SUPREME COURT TO HEAR CASE ABOUT WHETHER SEX IS THE SAME AS GENDER IDENTITY
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/05/supreme-court-to-hear-case-about-whether-sex-is-the-same-as-gender-identity.html

GOPUSA
— Israel-bashing Imam delivers opening prayer at House of Representatives
http://www.gopusa.com/israel-bashing-imam-delivers-opening-prayer-at-house-of-representatives/

FOX NEWS
— Anita Hill slams Biden in op-ed, claims Dem might have slowed #MeToo by decades – Danielle Wallace
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/anita-hill-biden-nyt-op-ed-metoo-movement-sooner

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE
— MOURNING STUDENTS REBEL AT HIGH-PRESSURE GUN CONTROL SALES PITCH Second Amendment haters’ attempt to hijack a memorial service backfires. – Matthew Vadum (DIERSEN: Needless-to-say, every municipality, every township/ward, every county, and every state in America should defend Second Amendment rights. The Wheaton City Council is seeking applicants for city’s vacant North District City Council position. Applicants are asked to submit a statement identifying the three most important issues that they believe the city needs to address in the next two years as well as their opinion on how those issues could be addressed. Needless-to-say, applicants should state that defending Second Amendment rights is one of Wheaton’s most important issues and that Wheaton should oppose all efforts to erode Second Amendment rights.) 
https://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/273732/mourning-students-rebel-high-pressure-gun-control-matthew-vadum

WASHINGTON TIMES
— ‘Too much, too soon’? California slammed for kindergarten gender identity talks in sex education – Christopher Vondracek (DIERSEN: Needless-to-say, every municipality, every township/ward, every county, and every state in America should promote traditional marriage and traditional marriage. The Wheaton City Council is seeking applicants for city’s vacant North District City Council position. Applicants are asked to submit a statement identifying the three most important issues that they believe the city needs to address in the next two years as well as their opinion on how those issues could be addressed. Needless-to-say, applicants should state that promoting traditional marriage and traditional family is one of Wheaton’s most important issues and that Wheaton should discourage the promotion of LGBTQ activity.) 
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/may/9/california-kindergarten-gender-identity-talks-sex-/

DAILY SIGNAL
— New York Times May Have Broken Law by Publishing Trump’s Tax Returns – Hans von Spakovsky 
https://www.dailysignal.com/2019/05/10/new-york-times-may-have-broken-law-by-publishing-trumps-tax-returns/

CONSERVATIVE REVIEW
— Extremism ignites the Democratic Party’s death spiral – Dr. Tom Borelli
https://www.conservativereview.com/news/extremism-ignites-democratic-partys-death-spiral/

PATRIOT POST
— Should Democrats Avoid Female Candidates? – Mona Charen (DIERSEN: According to Democrats and according to RINOs, the following demographics are bad: Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owner, German American, draft avoider, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://patriotpost.us/opinion/62921-should-democrats-avoid-female-candidates

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— The Real Democratic Agenda It’s impeaching Donald Trump – Matthew Continetti
https://freebeacon.com/columns/the-real-democratic-agenda/

LIFEZETTE
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Bill That Would Allow Illegals to Work in Congress Moves Forward
https://www.lifezette.com/2019/05/bill-that-would-allow-illegals-to-work-in-congress-moves-forward/

FEDERALIST
— Why Anita Hill’s Grudge Against Joe Biden Could Be His Achilles’ Heel Biden carries plenty of political baggage with him after almost a half-century in Washington politics, but Anita Hill might be the biggest problem of all. – Jonathan S. Tobin
https://thefederalist.com/2019/05/09/anita-hills-grudge-against-joe-biden-could-be-his-achilles-heel/

NATIONAL REVIEW
— ‘Clarence Thomas and the Lost Constitution’ – KEVIN D. WILLIAMSON
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/clarence-thomas-and-the-lost-constitution/

AMERICAN THINKER
— The Next Battlefront: Social Media – Rick Hayes
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2019/05/the_next_battlefront__social_media.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Imagine a day when newspapers only publish articles regarding the benefits of late-term abortions, socialism, and open borders. Where history books vilify Republican conservatives for fighting to defend slavery, inciting segregation, and founding the KKK. Cable news shows would only report crimes committed by conservatives or capitalists and social media only allowed leftist ideas to be communicated over their platforms. Well, if the left continues its scorched-earth policy against free speech, in no time at all the United States will have no resemblance to what the Founding Fathers envisioned. So many examples exist that fully detail the poverty, violence, and atrocities that quickly emerge when free speech is taken away that it raises the question as to why so many younger Americans are indifferent about the loss of such an important right.)
— We need more immigration enforcement, not more lawyers – Lew J. Olowski
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/05/we_need_more_immigration_enforcement_not_more_lawyers.html
— With illegals surge, Border Patrol officers are catching the measles and mumps and … – Monica Showalter
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/05/with_illegals_surge_border_patrol_officers_are_catching_the_measles_and_mumps.html

BREITBART
— 13K Migrants Waiting on U.S.-Mexico Border to Seek Asylum – BOB PRICE
https://www.breitbart.com/border/2019/05/09/report-13k-migrants-waiting-on-u-s-mexico-border-to-seek-asylum/
— Illegal Immigration at 9X the Rate of 2017, Projected to Outpace Obama – John Binder
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/05/09/illegal-immigration-at-9x-the-rate-of-2017-projected-to-outpace-obama/

WORLD NET DAILY
— ARE ALL THE WORLD’S PROBLEMS OURS? Pat Buchanan questions Bolton, Pompeo over involvement in multiple conflicts.
https://www.wnd.com/2019/05/are-all-the-worlds-problems-ours/

POLITICO
— White House may include mandatory E-Verify in immigration proposal – TED HESSON and ANITA KUMAR (DIERSEN: Needless-to-say, every municipality, every township/ward, every county, and every state in America should mandate E-Verify. The Wheaton City Council is seeking applicants for city’s vacant North District City Council position. Applicants are asked to submit a statement identifying the three most important issues that they believe the city needs to address in the next two years as well as their opinion on how those issues could be addressed. Needless-to-say, applicants should state that discouraging illegal immigration is one of Wheaton’s most important issues and that Wheaton should mandate E-Verify.) 
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/05/09/white-house-mandatory-e-verify-employees-immigration-1421542
— Here are the qualifications for the first 2020 Democratic debates The Democratic National Committee has set polling and campaign finance criteria to qualify for the first presidential primary debates. – ZACH MONTELLARO (DIERSEN: If you ran for an office, how strong would your polling results be and who would give you money? My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes crow about their success in belittling, badmouthing, dismissing, demonizing, denigrating, condemning, insulting, defaming, libeling, and destroying me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails. They stress how the Milton Township Republican Central Committee, the DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and the Illinois Republican Party treat me and treat my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails.) 
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/05/09/2020-democratic-candidates-debate-qualifications-1305150

MCCLATCHY DC
— Trump administration eyes mandatory employment checks for immigration plan – FRANCO ORDOÑEZ
https://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/white-house/article230111184.html

ABC NEWS
— Democratic congressman asks IRS commissioner to investigate the NRA – PETE MADDEN and ALLISON PECORIN (DIERSEN: Who has asked IRS to audit you? With its 4-page February 1978 article on me, the Democrat Money Magazine succeeded in getting my Democrat IRS superiors to disallow my education deductions. The Democrat Money Magazine painted the graduate business courses that I had taken at Loyola and the graduate accounting courses that I had taken at DePaul a) as being not job-related, b) as not helping me carry out my job duties, c) as being an attempt by me to qualify myself for a “new trade or business,” d) as being an attempt by me to get a job in the private sector, and e) as being a distraction.) https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/democratic-congressman-asks-irs-commissioner-investigate-nra/story?id=62945207

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “Revenge of the Coastal Elites How California, Oregon and Washington are winning the fight against Trump’s hateful policies.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/10/opinion/trump-california.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Fact-checking the Trump administration’s immigration fact sheet – Salvador Rizzo (DIERSEN: What qualifications do my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have to be fact checkers? While I worked for GAO 1980-1997, the last 11 years of which at GS-13 Step 1-10 levels, currently $98,198-$127,654, I increasingly worked as a referencer, that is, as a fact checker. That work required assuring the accuracy and support for each and every word, number, table, graph, chart, conclusion, opinion, and recommendation in GAO reports. I worked for IRS 1971-1980, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 levels, currently $82,279-$93,592. My other fact checking qualifications include my becoming a Forensic Accountant in 1997, a Certified Fraud Examiner in 1990, a licensed CPA in 1981, a Certified Internal Auditor in 1981, and a CPA in 1979.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/05/10/fact-checking-trump-administrations-immigration-fact-sheet/
— Facebook’s political problems grow as its co-founder calls for breaking up the social network – James Hohmann
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/paloma/daily-202/2019/05/09/daily-202-facebook-s-political-problems-grow-as-its-co-founder-calls-for-breaking-up-the-social-network/5cd302a8a7a0a46cfe152c94/

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Border Patrol will screen asylum requests in new push to restrict claims, memos show – MOLLY O’TOOLE
https://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-trump-border-patrol-asylum-credible-fear-memos-20190509-story.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— A Wake-Up Call for Grads: Entry-Level Jobs Aren’t So Entry Level Any More Gone are the days when new hires spent years learning the ropes before being handed important work. The Class of 2019 will be thrown right into the fray. – Lauren Weber and Chip Cutter (DIERSEN: The overwhelming reason why I accepted Oldsmobile’s job offer in February of 1971 was that my moving up the ladder working for Firestone looked much too slow. After I earned a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU in August of 1970 and after I had worked for the Firestone Store in Chicago Heights for 6 months as its Retail Sales Manager, my duties included cleaning whitewalls on old display tires that were hanging on the walls of store’s showroom while the store was open. Firestone’s home office had hired me; the store manager had not hired me. In my opinion, he disapproved of a) my being a draft avoider, b) my being German national origin, and c) my being a Missouri Synod Lutheran.) 
https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-wake-up-call-for-grads-entry-level-jobs-arent-so-entry-level-any-more-11557480602
— The Most Anxious Generation Goes to Work New college graduates report higher levels of anxiety. How managers can help them steer past fear and improve work performance—and how young workers can work to calm their anxiety and be more effective. – Sue Shellenbarger (DIERSEN: What increases/increased your anxiety while you work/worked? For me, while I worked for the federal government, it was knowing that my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates wanted to get rid of me because I was a non-veteran Republican White male 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.wsj.com/articles/the-most-anxious-generation-goes-to-work-11557418951

DALLAS NEWS
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Dallas LGBTQ lawmaker torpedoes ‘Save Chick-fil-A’ bill – Lauren McGaughy (DIERSEN: Who in your neighborhood, in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois is the most filled with hated against heterosexuals?) 
https://www.dallasnews.com/news/texas-legislature/2019/05/09/dallas-lgbt-lawmaker-torpedoes-save-chick-fil-bill

LAS VEGAS SUN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “Trump helps spread bigots’ hate like a virus.” I should write a book about my critic/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who hint/imply/argue/shout that spread articles written by White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, and bigots with my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails. Better yet, I should sue them.
https://lasvegassun.com/news/2019/may/10/trump-helps-spread-bigots-hate-like-a-virus/

USA TODAY
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats crow about their success in getting “younger white evangelical Protestants” to promote LGBTQ activity and illegal immigration.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2019/05/10/mike-pence-facing-new-criticisms-trumps-top-faith-defender/1140520001/

NEWSWEEK
— ONE IN FIVE REPUBLICANS BELIEVES A MULTIETHNIC SOCIETY HAS A NEGATIVE IMPACT ON THE U.S. – DAN CANCIAN (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, to get votes from minorities, from females, from younger people, from LGBTQers, from non-Protestants, from poor people, and from recent immigrants, Democrats demonize, denigrate, and condemn individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that White, male, older, heterosexual, Protestant, rich, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.) 
https://www.newsweek.com/us-diversity-multi-ethnic-society-republicans-democrats-1420711

ATLANTIC
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “America’s Biggest Newspaper 70 Years Ago Sounded a Lot Like Trump Today The New York Daily News helped fashion a brand of right-wing populism that the president eventually rode to power.”
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/05/new-york-daily-news-sounded-just-like-trump/589009/

MONEY
— The five numbers you need to know now to plan for your retirement – Marcus Padley 
https://moneymag.com.au/numbers-plan-retirement/

May 9 Evening Edition

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Poll: Support for legal pot thinning – Tina Sfondeles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/business/poll-support-legal-pot-smart-approaches-marijuana-pritzker-cassidy/
— This time, the Cubs get response to racism right – Editorial
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/cubs-fan-hand-signal-doug-glanville-wrigley-field/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater promotes hatred of Trump.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/donald-trump-facebook-alex-jones-louis-farrakhan/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— RNC chair comes to Chicago
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-met-lightfoot-pension-emanuel-dealmaking-rnc-20190509-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Ronna McDaniel, head of the Republican National Committee, will be in Chicago June 6 for a fundraising luncheon, according to an invitation sent out by the Illinois Republican Party and obtained by the Tribune. Ticket prices for the state party fundraiser range from $150 to a $5,000 sponsorship. The event is being hosted by Cubs co-owner and RNC Finance Chair Todd Ricketts, Demetra DeMonte, an RNC National Committeewoman, Richard Porter, an RNC Committeeman and Tim Schneider, chair of the state Republican party. Honorary co-chairs include: Illinois House Republican Leader Jim Durkin, Illinois Senate Republican Leader Bill Brady and members of Illinois’ Republican Congressional delegation including U.S. Rep. Mike Bost, Murphysboro, U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis, of Taylorsville, U.S. Rep. Adam Kinzinger, of Channahon, U.S. Rep. Darin Lahood, of Peoria, and U.S. Rep. John Shimkus, of Collinsville. In Illinois, the GOP has its work cut out for it after the mid-terms saw a blue wave sweep Democrats into suburban and exurban Republican strongholds. Local congressional races offer a closer look: Democrats Lauren Underwood of Naperville unseated GOP incumbent U.S. Rep. Randy Hultgren while Sean Casten, of Downers Grove, beat longtime congressman Peter Roskam.)

ABC7
— President Trump laughs after supporter suggests shooting people who cross US border
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/trump-laughs-at-supporters-comment-to-shoot-migrants/5292213/

CHAMPAIGN NEWS GAZETTE
— Pritzker, state’s coffers get lucky – Jim Dey
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/2019-05-09/jim-dey-pritzker-states-coffers-get-lucky.html

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— Son of former state representative appointed to replace Costello in Illinois House – JOSEPH BUSTOS
https://www.bnd.com/news/politics-government/article230222284.html

MDJ ONLINE
— House Republicans troubled by Pritzker’s revocation of board appointments – JERRY NOWICK
https://www.mdjonline.com/neighbor_newspapers/extra/news/house-republicans-troubled-by-pritzker-s-revocation-of-board-appointments/article_36160e48-885c-5e4c-9a35-3acb1d0c05c8.html

HOMEWOOD FLOSSMOOR PATCH
— Pro-Life Center Opens Next To Planned Parenthood In Flossmoor The pro-life Aid For Women has opened next door to Planned Parenthood, quietly reigniting a reproductive rights debate in Flossmoor. – Erika Hobbs
https://patch.com/illinois/homewood-flossmoor/pro-life-center-opens-next-planned-parenthood-flossmoor

PROPUBLICA
— The New Gold Rush: Illinois Lawmakers Are Growing Worried as Neighbors Move to Expand Gambling – Derrick Clifton
https://www.propublica.org/article/illinois-video-gambling-new-taxes-lawmakers-midwestern-states-expansions

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Illegal Aliens Would Be Able to Serve as University of Illinois Trustees
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/05/09/illegal-aliens-would-be-able-to-serve-as-university-of-illinois-trustees/
— Dems Transportation Tax Hikes Will Affect 100%
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/05/09/dems-transportation-tax-hikes-will-affect-100/

CAPITOL FAX
— Barickman jumps off cannabis legalization, but a new draft is coming
https://capitolfax.com/2019/05/09/barickman-jumps-off-cannabis-legalization-but-a-new-draft-is-coming/
— Sandoval’s punitive electric car registration fee
https://capitolfax.com/2019/05/09/sandovals-punitive-electric-car-registration-fee/
— House Democratic Women’s Caucus won’t support gaming bill if team owners get a piece of sports betting
https://capitolfax.com/2019/05/09/house-democratic-womens-caucus-wont-support-gaming-bill-if-team-owners-get-a-piece-of-sports-betting/

FOX NEWS
— Trump declares ‘invasion’ at border after DHS says 1 percent of Honduras, Guatemala entered US – Danielle Wallace
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-invasion-border-dhs-one-percent-honduras-guatemala
— Washington Post implies Trump encourages shooting border crossers – Brian Flood
https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/washington-post-trump

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Steve Scalise: ‘Democrats would rather harass the president than solve problems’ – Jennifer Harper 
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/may/8/inside-the-beltway-steve-scalise-says-democrats-he/
— Nancy Pelosi is adamant: Impeachment ‘has nothing to do with politics’ – Gabriella Muñoz
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/may/9/nancy-pelosi-impeachment-it-has-nothing-do-politic/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Colorado shooting suspect denounced ‘all these Christians who hate gays’ – Julio Rosas
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/colorado-shooting-suspect-denounced-all-these-christians-who-hate-gays
— Trump administration asks for $23M to train Border Patrol agents to decide credible fear claims – Anna Giaritelli
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/trump-administration-asks-for-23m-to-train-border-patrol-agents-to-decide-credible-fear-claims

AMERICAN THINKER
— Open borders advocates are getting the open border they want – Monica Showalter
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/05/open_borders_advocates_get_the_open_border_they_want.html

BREITBART
— Previously Deported Sex Offenders Hiding in Migrant Groups, Say Feds – Bob Price
https://www.breitbart.com/border/2019/05/09/previously-deported-sex-offenders-hiding-in-migrant-groups-say-feds/

JP MEDIA
— Chicago Cubs Ban Fan for Flashing ‘White Supremacist’ Sign, Otherwise Known as the OK Symbol – JIM TREACHER
https://pjmedia.com/trending/chicago-cubs-ban-fan-for-playing-circle-game-blame-white-supremacy/

GOPUSA
— ICE: 87% of illegal alien families are no-shows for hearings
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=69242

TOWNHALL
— Broken Borders: April’s Illegal Alien Arrests Reached Staggering Levels, Highest In 12 Years – Matt Vespa
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2019/05/09/broken-borders-aprils-illegal-alien-arrests-reach-highest-levels-in-over-a-deca-n2546054

CHRISTIAN POST
— Chick-fil-A to become 3rd largest fast-food chain in US sales amid growing popularity Chick-fil-A to become 3rd largest fast-food chain in US sales amid growing popularity – Brandon Showalter
https://www.christianpost.com/news/chick-fil-a-to-become-3rd-largest-fast-food-chain-in-us-sales-amid-growing-popularity.html

CONSERVATIVE REVIEW
— April was another record month for illegal immigration – Daniel Horowitz 
https://www.conservativereview.com/news/april-another-record-month-illegal-immigration/

HUMAN EVENTS
— Trump Tries To Stop Corruption, Media Calls Him Racist. – Rob Wasinger
https://humanevents.com/2019/05/09/trump-tries-to-stop-corruption-media-calls-him-racist/

LIFE SITE
— Colorado shooting suspects are gender-confused girl and boy who hated Christians, Trump – Calvin Freiburger
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/colorado-shooting-suspects-are-gender-confused-girl-and-boy-who-hated-christians-trump

ONE NEWS NOW
— Dems poised to push ‘Equality Act’ with cries of ‘homophobia’ – Chris Woodward, Billy Davis
https://onenewsnow.com/politics-govt/2019/05/09/dems-poised-to-push-equality-act-with-cries-of-homophobia

NBC NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters glorify and praise citizens of foreign countries.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/more-mexican-immigrants-u-s-are-highly-skilled-study-finds-n1003756

WASHINGTON POST
— Chicago Cubs ban fan who made ‘disgusting’ hand gesture associated with white power on air – Tim Elfrink
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/05/08/chicago-cubs-investigating-fan-who-appeared-flash-white-power-sign-air/
— White House imposes new rules on reporters’ credentials, raising concerns about access – Paul Farhi (DIERSEN: I should write a book about the times since 2000 when my GOPUSA credentials have constructively or literally revoked by activists, candidates, elected officials, and party leaders who claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican.) 
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/white-house-imposes-new-rules-on-reporters-credentials-raising-concerns-about-access/2019/05/08/793dc404-71dd-11e9-9eb4-0828f5389013_story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The White House hasn’t spelled out how it will make these decisions, raising concerns about arbitrary or selective decisions. (The Washington Post’s seven White House reporters have all been granted exemptions). The White House last year revoked the hard pass of CNN reporter Jim Acosta after Acosta engaged in a heated exchange with Trump during a White House news briefing. After a brief legal fight, a federal court ordered the White House to restore Acosta’s access. The court said Acosta’s due-process rights had been violated because the White House had never established rules and procedures for revoking a credential. But Sanders said the new policy was unrelated to Acosta’s case. Acosta continues to hold a hard pass. In an opinion piece published Wednesday, Post columnist Dana Milbank wrote that he was denied a hard pass, although the paper’s reporters who cover the White House were all granted exemptions. “The White House press office granted exceptions to the [others], but not to me,” he wrote. “I strongly suspect it’s because I’m a Trump critic. The move is perfectly in line with Trump’s banning of certain news organizations, including The Post, from his campaign events, and his threats to revoke White House credentials of journalists he doesn’t like.” The White House Correspondents’ Association, which represents journalists on access issues, was consulted about the new policy, according to Sanders. The organization’s president, Olivier Knox, declined to comment.)

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Slavery Reparations Inflame Racial Wounds Proponents know that the issue will stimulate fresh antagonisms. That’s a key part of the rationale.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/slavery-reparations-inflame-would-racial-wounds-11557411922

MONEY
— Want a Rich Retirement? Following These 3 Rules Is Essential – KARA PEREZ 
http://money.com/money/5641673/want-a-rich-retirement-following-these-3-rules-is-essential/

USA TODAY
— Older Americans are relying too much on Social Security as a main source of income – Paul Davidson 
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2019/05/08/social-security-many-rely-too-much-program-income/1134451001/

WEEK
— How much credit does Trump deserve for the booming economy? – James Pethokoukis
https://theweek.com/articles/840152/how-much-credit-does-trump-deserve-booming-economy

ATLANTIC
— You Probably Shouldn’t Bring CBD Oil to an Airport The substance’s sudden ubiquity might make it seem perfectly legal. Federal law enforcement sees things differently. – AMANDA MULL
https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2019/05/cbd-possession-airports-can-lead-arrest/588667/

NEW YORK MAGAZINE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasing, those on the left demonize, denigrate, and condemn those on the right.
http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/05/rise-of-the-far-right-is-a-global-security-threat.html

May 9, 2019

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Past and present candidates and elected officials who spoke at Milton Township Republican Central Committee’s (MTRCC) outstanding meeting Wednesday evening, May 8, 2019, at the Wheaton Bowl Banquet Hall included Bucholz, Ives, Jorgensen, Kachiroubas, Keller, Larsen, LeVan, Molitor, Monino, Sanguinetti, and Whelan. DuPage County Recorder Fred Bucholz announced that he was not running again and endorsed Babette Holder for the position. Meeting attendees included Almiron, Bohn, Carlson, Caruso, Cooper, Crane, Dangelo, Elliott, Falbo, Fitzpatrick, Galvin, Holder, Jensen, Kinzler, Krzyzewski, Lofgren, Lollino, McGowen, Muehlfelt, Nathwani, Rash, Ryan, Shaw, Slinger, Smith, and Tatro. How fast and how far have the organizations that you are a member of moved to the left? I should write a book about how fast and how far the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and the MTRCC have moved to the left. 10 years ago, I easily got the MTRCC to pass a resolution against video gambling. Today, I doubt that I could get the MTRCC to pass a resolution against recreational pot. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Too many articles? My critics/opponents say that GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails contain links to too many articles. The articles that they want me to cut are those which a) promote Trump, b) promote the traditional family, right to life, immigration, Second Amendment, illegal drugs, and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks in the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) platform and the Republican Party platform, and/or c) promote the Milton Township Republican Central Committee (MTRCC) resolution against video gambling. The only articles that they want you to see are those that the IRP, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and MTRCC officers approve of. They want you to a) spend all your time on their websites and Facebook and b) spend none of your time reading GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails. They demonize, denigrate, and condemn the format that I use for GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

GOPUSA ILLINOIS 
— How bad are your demographics? How soon, if not already, will political parties officially declare a) that their officers must be minority, female, and/or younger, b) that they will only back candidates who are minority, female, and/or younger, and c) that they are dumping voters who are White, male, and/or older? – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Marijuana legalization may create more problems than it solves, cautions former candidate Ives – Glenn Minnis
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/512480916-marijuana-legalization-may-create-more-problems-than-it-solves-cautions-former-candidate-ives

CATHOLIC CITIZENS OF ILLINOIS
— Ten Reasons to Oppose Legal Weed in Illinois – Mary Anne Hackett
https://catholiccitizens.org/news/86727/ten-reasons-to-oppose-legal-weed-in-illinois/

NAPERVILLE COMMUNITY TV
— City Council Discusses Recreational Marijuana (DIERSEN: Needless-to-say, each and every mayor and each and every city council member in Illinois and each and every candidate for the aforesaid positions should state on the record that they will vote to pass ordinances a) to “opt out” of the retail sale of pot and b) to impose zoning restrictions on the commercial growing of pot. The Wheaton City Council is seeking applicants for city’s vacant North District City Council position. Applicants are asked to submit a statement identifying the three most important issues that they believe the city needs to address in the next two years as well as their opinion on how those issues could be addressed. Needless-to-say, applicants should state that discouraging pot usage is one of Wheaton’s most important issues. According to Capitol Fax’s Rich Miller, “Dude, I got news for you: Cannabis is already in your neighborhood. Your neighbors are consuming it, perhaps even right this moment. And most of your neighbors want it legalized.” SEE: https://capitolfax.com/2019/05/07/moylan-apparently-doesnt-realize-that-people-use-cannabis-now/)
https://www.nctv17.com/news/council-discusses-recreational-marijuana/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Governor J.B. Pritzker recently introduced a bill that would legalize the sale and possession of recreational marijuana statewide. And with the Democratic Party in control of the Illinois House and Senate, Illinois becoming the 11th state to legalize cannabis is likely. City council discussed what that means for Naperville at its most recent meeting. “Will we see an increase in crime? Will we see a decrease in medical calls? What have other similar communities like ours seen after legalization that we should consider?” asked Councilwoman Patty Gustin.)

WEEK
— Law enforcement, NAACP, Catholic bishops stand united against recreational pot legalization
https://week.com/news/political/2019/05/08/law-enforcement-naacp-stand-united-against-recreational-pot-legalization/

WQAD
— Tobacco-inform group lobbies against Illinois legalizing recreational marijuana – KATRINA LAMANSKY
https://wqad.com/2019/05/08/tobacco-inform-group-lobbies-against-illinois-legalizing-recreational-marijuana/

WGLT
— McLean County Libertarians Host Illinois Separation Founder – ERIC STOCK (DIERSEN: If you promote pot, you are not religious, you are not conservative, and you are not Republican. You are Libertarian.)
https://www.wglt.org/post/mclean-county-libertarians-host-illinois-separation-founder-0#stream/0
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The party’s McLean County chairman Steve Suess acknowledged any effort to create a 51st state has little chance of going anywhere, but he said he wants to start a philosophical debate, something he said the party has succeeded in doing in the past. “The Libertarian Party has supported cannabis legalization since 1971 when it was formed, and look at where we are now,” Suess said. “The Libertarian party has supported gender and sexual minority rights since it was founded. It’s first presidential candidate was openly gay.” Suess said the county’s libertarians haven’t taken a formal stance on separation, but he endorses it. He said Illinois’ regional differences are too great to be governed by the same state legislative body.)

NPR ILLINOIS
— Republican Backer Of Recreational Cannabis Jason Barickman Says No To Democrat Proposal – JACLYN DRISCOLL (DIERSEN: If you promote pot, you are not religious, you are not conservative, and you are not Republican. You are Libertarian.)
https://www.nprillinois.org/post/republican-backer-recreational-cannabis-says-no-proposal#stream/0

PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— Legal marijuana opponents express concerns over safety, commercialization – Cassie Buchman 
https://www.pjstar.com/news/20190508/legal-marijuana-opponents-express-concerns-over-safety-commercialization

HERALD & REVIEW
— Cannabis equity group proposes changes to Illinois legalization bill – JERRY NOWICKI
https://herald-review.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/cannabis-equity-group-proposes-changes-to-illinois-legalization-bill/article_741ca058-a51e-5afc-b33f-fee93b6ecd0a.html

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Legal marijuana opponents express concerns over safety, commercialization – Cassie Buchman
https://www.sj-r.com/news/20190508/legal-marijuana-opponents-express-concerns-over-safety-commercialization
— House Republicans say no tax hikes needed with improved state finances – DOUG FINKE
https://www.sj-r.com/news/20190508/house-republicans-say-no-tax-hikes-needed-with-improved-state-finances
— Lawmaker proposes higher gas tax, car fees for road projects – Doug Finke
https://www.sj-r.com/news/20190508/lawmaker-proposes-higher-gas-tax-car-fees-for-road-projects
— Nearly 200 women urge House Dems to resurrect abortion law rewrite – Rebecca Anzel
https://www.sj-r.com/news/20190508/nearly-200-women-urge-house-dems-to-resurrect-abortion-law-rewrite
— Small businesses opposed to increase in video gaming tax – Doug Finke
https://www.sj-r.com/news/20190508/small-businesses-opposed-to-increase-in-video-gaming-tax

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Police oppose marijuana legalization in Illinois, but want a bigger cut of the proceeds if law passes – Robert McCoppin
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-met-police-oppose-marijuana-legalization-in-illinois-20190508-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An abortion promoter promotes abortion.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/steve-chapman/ct-perspec-chapman-abortion-heartbeat-late-term-trump-20190508-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats love it every time the Pope says or does something that is anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-pope-francis-catholic-heresy-letter-20190508-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Abortion promoters promote abortion.
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190508/women-urge-democrats-to-act-on-abortion-legislation
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats hint/imply/argue/shout that if you are a Republican, the longer that your ancestors have been in America, the more reparations that you should pay. 
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20190509/a-deeper-look-into-the-sabotage-of-reconstruction
— Second COD president finalist meets the public – Robert Sanchez
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190508/second-cod-president-finalist-meets-the-public

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Emanuel’s new pension Rx: tax high-end retirement income With other ideas stalled, the outgoing mayor comes up with one for paying off state and city pension debt: tax retirement income of over $100,000 a year. – GREG HINZ (DIERSEN: Would that be $200,000 for married filing jointly?)
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/greg-hinz-politics/emanuels-new-pension-rx-tax-high-end-retirement-income

WBEZ
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats crow about their success in attracting citizens of foreign countries to Illinois. Democrats focus in driving out of Illinois those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. 
https://www.wbez.org/shows/wbez-news/when-migrant-students-come-to-illinois-schools-adjust-and-embrace/46dcac3b-6b19-4af8-9e8d-953b4c5aed77

NORTHWEST HERALD
— Business owners wage preemptive fight against video gambling tax hike No bill filed yet, but governor has voiced support for raising tax on gaming revenue – Grant Morgan
https://www.nwherald.com/2019/05/08/business-owners-wage-preemptive-fight-against-video-gambling-tax-hike/az20bfq/

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— State officials put great effort into conning public on pensions – Jim Dey
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/2019-05-08/jim-dey-state-officials-put-great-effort-conning-public-pensions.html

DEKALB DAILY CHRONICLE
— GOP: No new taxes needed with unexpected revenue – JERRY NOWICKI
https://www.daily-chronicle.com/2019/05/08/gop-no-new-taxes-needed-with-unexpected-revenue/aqqmmp1/

MORRIS HERALD NEWS
— Against the current Bucking statewide trends, Grundy County adds population – Drew Zimmerman
https://www.morrisherald-news.com/2019/05/08/against-the-current/a8r6wfq/

SOUTHERN
— OUTRAGEOUS, DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Bill allowing undocumented immigrants to access student financial aid goes to governor – PETER HANCOCK 
https://thesouthern.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/bill-allowing-undocumented-immigrants-to-access-student-financial-aid-goes/article_aa38820c-0f12-59e5-9e28-b75d1d95ea51.html

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Trust hard to come by when promises broken in Springfield – Dan McCaleb
https://www.ilnews.org/opinion/op-ed-trust-hard-to-come-by-when-promises-broken/article_4c65058c-71a6-11e9-97e7-ff806a907097.html

CAPITOL FAX
— Illinois Policy Institute open letter to Gov. J.B. Pritzker opposing the progressive income tax amendment
https://capitolfax.com/2019/05/09/opposition/
— G-PAC poll: 66 percent support “Fix the FOID Act” (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats make it clear that they want to abolish the Second Amendment.)
https://capitolfax.com/2019/05/09/g-pac-poll-66-percent-support-fix-the-foid-act/
— Sports betting details
https://capitolfax.com/2019/05/09/sports-betting-details/

FOX NEWS
— Trump defends national emergency declaration at Mexico border, says Dems ‘don’t mind crime’ – Victor Garcia
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-rally-florida-mexico-immigration-drugs-crime-national-emergency

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Warren Has Proposed or Backed Plans Totaling Estimated $129 Trillion in Government Spending Three of Warren’s major proposals alone cost $2.365 trillion – David Rutz
https://freebeacon.com/politics/warren-has-proposed-or-backed-plans-totaling-estimated-129-trillion-in-government-spending/

TOWNHALL
— Racist Liberals Attack Tiger Woods – Derek Hunter
https://townhall.com/columnists/derekhunter/2019/05/09/racist-liberals-attack-tiger-woods-n2546033

NEW AMERICAN
— Facebook’s “Click-Gap” System Favors Establishment Media Over Alternative Media – Raven Clabough (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes want you to a) spend all your time on their websites and Facebook and b) spend none of your time reading GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails.) 
https://www.thenewamerican.com/tech/computers/item/32235-facebook-s-click-gap-system-favors-establishment-media-over-alternative-media

AMERICAN THINKER
— After the Boomers Are Gone, the Bloodshed Begins – Cam Brown
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2019/05/after_the_boomers_are_gone_the_bloodshed_begins.html

BREITBART
— ‘Sanctuary City’ Oakland, Near-Broke, Will Use Gas Tax Money to Keep Lights On – JOEL B. POLLAK
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/05/09/sanctuary-city-oakland-near-broke-will-use-gas-tax-money-to-keep-lights-on/

BLAZE
— Joe Biden says the U.S. is obligated to provide healthcare to illegal immigrants He hasn’t committed to any particular healthcare plan yet – Aaron Colen (DIERSEN: Citizens of foreign countries, and especially those who are minority, female, and/or younger, illegally come to America illegally a) to get free housing, free food, free clothing, free healthcare, free education, free etc. and b) to take advantage of Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion.) 
https://www.theblaze.com/news/joe-biden-says-the-u-s-is-obligated-to-provide-healthcare-to-illegal-immigrants

LIFE SITE NEWS
— Athlete could lose $4 million contract for quoting the Bible on sinfulness of homosexuality – Martin M. Barillas
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/athlete-could-lose-4-million-contract-for-quoting-the-bible-on-sinfulness-of-homosexuality

EPOCH TIMES
— Amazon’s Use of Southern Poverty Law Center ‘Hate List’ Challenged by Consumer Group – MATTHEW VADUM
https://www.theepochtimes.com/amazons-use-of-southern-poverty-law-center-hate-list-challenged-by-consumer-group_2912718.html

THE HILL
— About half of white Republicans, 18 percent of white Democrats would be bothered to hear foreign language in public – ARIS FOLLEY (DIERSEN: Those who want to turn America into Mexico want to force everyone in America speak, read, and write Spanish. 
https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/442749-about-half-of-white-republicans-18-percent-of-white-democrats

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Democrat Illinois comptroller honors GOP trailblazer Topinka (DIERSEN: The more planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform that you reject, the more that Illinois Democrats honor you.)
https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Democrat-Illinois-comptroller-honors-GOP-13831382.php

ABC NEWS
— Mayor Pete Buttigieg asks for help diversifying his base – BEATRICE PETERSON (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will political parties officially declare a) that their officers must be minority, female, and/or younger, b) that they will only back candidates who are minority, female, and/or younger, and c) that they are dumping voters who are White, male, and/or older?) 
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/mayor-pete-buttigieg-asks-diversifying-base/story?id=62878522

CBS NEWS
— Trump defends “tax shelter” practice after report that his businesses lost millions – KATHRYN WATSON, CAMILO MONTOYA-GALVEZ (DIERSEN: In 1978, the Democrats at Money Magazine and at IRS hinted/implied/argued/shouted that my education deductions were improper tax shelters.)
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-defends-tax-shelter-practice-after-report-that-his-businesses-lost-millions/

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats and RINOs oppose anything that discourages citizens of foreign countries from a) coming illegally to America illegally and b) staying illegally in America illegally. 
https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2019/05/09/trump-administration-wants-charge-asylum-some-refugees-price-may-be-too-high/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters crow about their success in turning Britain against America.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2019/05/09/pompeos-visit-britain-shows-special-relationship-adrift/
— Still traumatized from 2016 loss, Democrats weigh how much to reach out to rural America – Holly Bailey (DIERSEN: How fast and how far have the organizations that you are a member of moved to the left? I should write a book about how fast and how far the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and the Milton Township Republican Central Committee (MTRCC) have moved to the left. 10 years ago, I easily got the MTRCC to pass a resolution against video gambling. Today, I doubt that I could get the MTRCC to pass a resolution against recreational pot.) 
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/should-democrats-bother-reaching-out-to-rural-america/2019/05/07/23c80a16-6db4-11e9-8f44-e8d8bb1df986_story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Democrats face a challenge finding a messenger — and a message — who can appeal to both worlds, especially as the party’s move to the left on subjects like gun control makes outreach to small-town America harder.)

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Denver votes to decriminalize magic mushrooms, in unofficial results – DAVID KELLY (DIERSEN: If you promote pot, you are not religious, you are not conservative, and you are not Republican. You are Libertarian.)
https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-magic-mushroom-denver-decriminalization-20190508-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In a last-minute surprise, it appears this city has lived up to its libertarian leanings and passed an ordinance decriminalizing hallucinogenic magic mushrooms, the first measure of its kind in the nation.)
— Trump complained about Amazon’s tax breaks — even as he used them himself – LAURA DAVISON (DIERSEN: In 1978, the Democrats at Money Magazine and at IRS hinted/implied/argued/shouted that my education deductions were improper tax breaks.)
https://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-trump-taxes-writeoffs-depreciation-20190508-story.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Republicans Hire Nine Regional Directors for Trump 2020 Election Re-election team plans to more than double number of communications staff from 2016 – Michael C. Bender
https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-campaign-hires-nine-regional-directors-for-2020-election-11557355628
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Ohio Valley region: Wisconsin, Ohio, Indiana, West Virginia and Illinois will be overseen by Clayton Henson, the party’s coalitions director in Ohio in 2016 and a former regional political director for the Office of Political Affairs in the Trump White House.)
— Chick-fil-A’s Lean Menu Helps Chain Bulk Up Sales tripled over past decade at fast-food company focused on chicken; new markets could test expansion – Micah Maidenberg
https://www.wsj.com/articles/chick-fil-as-lean-menu-helps-chain-bulk-up-11557313200
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Now, five decades later, the closely held company this year is poised to become the third-biggest U.S. restaurant chain by sales behind McDonald’s Corp. and Starbucks Corp. according to food-service consultancy Technomic Inc. The growth reflects Chick-fil-A’s expansion over the past decade, as well as consumers’ broader turn toward chicken.)
— Bernie Sanders Tax Return Shows Perils of Do-It-Yourself Tax Prep Sanders underpaid by $4,479 in 2009, an accountant says. He promptly fixed any mistakes, his campaign says. – Richard Rubin
https://www.wsj.com/articles/bernie-sanders-tax-return-shows-perils-of-do-it-yourself-tax-prep-11557307800

WTOP
— House Judiciary Committee hears contempt resolution against Barr – Nahal Amouzadeh (DIERSEN: How fast and how far have the organizations that you are a member of moved to the left? I should write a book about how fast and how far the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and the Milton Township Republican Central Committee (MTRCC) have moved to the left. 10 years ago, I easily got the MTRCC to pass a resolution against video gambling. Today, I doubt that I could get the MTRCC to pass a resolution against recreational pot.)
https://wtop.com/government/2019/05/watch-house-judiciary-committee-hears-contempt-resolution-against-barr/

FORBES
— Reimagining Your Channels, Rebooting Your Strategy – Mat Zucker (DIERSEN: What do you say to those who demonize, denigrate, and condemn the format that I use for GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails?)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/matzucker/2019/05/01/reimagining-your-channels-rebooting-your-strategy/#761970ec7587

NPR
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters hate Trump and his supporters. Trump-haters hate Republicans and/or pander to those who hate Republicans. Trump-haters hate Americans and/or pander to those who hate Americans. Trump-haters hate Whites and/or pander to those who hate Whites. Trump-haters hate men and/or pander to those who hate men. Trump-haters hate Protestants and/or pander to those who hate Protestants. Trump-haters hate German Americans and/or pander to those who hate German Americans. Trump-haters hate rich people and/or pander to those who hate rich people. Trump-haters hate those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time and/or pander to those who those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. 
https://www.npr.org/2019/05/07/721165704/white-nationalism

VOX
— Poll: Elizabeth Warren’s handling of her DNA results hurts her favorability — but not her electoral chances About one-fifth of Democratic voters say they view her less favorably after she released the results. – Li Zhou (DIERSEN: What if I had successfully claimed Swedish ancestry? During the 1840s and 1850s, all my ancestors immigrated to northeast Illinois from what is now Germany. Of course, needless-to-say, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always used that against me. In my defense, I stress that my grandfather on my father’s side fought the Germans during WWI, that my uncles on my mother’s side fought the Germans during WWII, and that my father would have fought the Germans during WWII if he had not been 4-F. Further, according to http://dna.ancestry.com, my ancestry is 33% Europe West, 28% Scandinavia, 24% Great Britain, 11% Ireland, 2% Europe East, 1% Finland/Northwest Russia, and 1% Italy/Greece. Again, what if I had successfully claimed Swedish ancestry?)
https://www.vox.com/2019/5/8/18535741/poll-elizabeth-warren-dna-test-2020-democratic-primary

EDUCATION WEEK
— Whites, Blacks Divided on Value of Neighborhood Schools and Diversity, Survey Finds – Christina Samuels 
http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/District_Dossier/2019/05/pew_survey_diversity_neighborhood_schools.html

BJG CONSULTING
— How Well Do You Know Your Competition? (DIERSEN: Who competes against you? Those who compete against me, my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails, and my www.gopillinois.com website 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://bjg-consulting.com/how-well-do-you-know-your-competition/

EDITOR AND PUBLISHER
— Illinois Press Foundation Creates Statehouse News Bureau – Evelyn Mateos 
https://www.editorandpublisher.com/a-section/illinois-press-foundation-creates-statehouse-news-bureau/

May 8 Morning Edition

DEKALB DAILY JOURNAL
— Would legal marijuana bring dispensaries to DeKalb, Sycamore? Mayors weigh in DeKalb, Sycamore mayors weigh in on recreational marijuana legalization – KELSEY RETTKE (DIERSEN: Needless-to-say, each and every mayor and each and every city council member in Illinois and each and every candidate for the aforesaid positions should state on the record that they will vote to pass ordinances a) to “opt out” of the retail sale of pot and b) to impose zoning restrictions on the commercial growing of pot. The Wheaton City Council is seeking applicants for city’s vacant North District City Council position. Applicants are asked to submit a statement identifying the three most important issues that they believe the city needs to address in the next two years as well as their opinion on how those issues could be addressed. Needless-to-say, applicants should state that discouraging pot usage is one of Wheaton’s most important issues. According to Capitol Fax’s Rich Miller, “Dude, I got news for you: Cannabis is already in your neighborhood. Your neighbors are consuming it, perhaps even right this moment. And most of your neighbors want it legalized.” SEE: https://capitolfax.com/2019/05/07/moylan-apparently-doesnt-realize-that-people-use-cannabis-now/)
https://www.daily-chronicle.com/2019/05/07/would-legal-marijuana-bring-dispensaries-to-dekalb-sycamore-mayors-weigh-in/al897t/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: If Illinois lawmakers do decide to legalize marijuana use by adults by 2020, DeKalb Mayor Jerry Smith says it will be a community decision on whether a dispensary is allowed to open in his city. Smith was in Springfield on Wednesday lobbying on behalf of the city with the Illinois Municipal League. He says he expects the legalization proposal will pass.)

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DECEMBER 24, 2003 FLASHBACK: Church arsonist receives 39 years – Ted Gregory (DIERSEN: Palinski was a registered Republican voter in my precinct. According to this article, Palinski’s “life started unraveling when he began using marijuana, cocaine, heroin and other drugs as a teenager.” I should try to arrange for Palinski to speak at public hearings in Wheaton about the evils of pot.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2003-12-24-0312240124-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A Wheaton man who was admonished by a judge as a “selfish heartbreaker” received 39 years in prison Tuesday for setting fires that destroyed a Catholic church and damaged his next-door neighbor’s home, and for trying to arrange the murder of a prosecution witness in those cases. Adam Palinski, 22, a college student with a history of emotional instability, was sentenced by DuPage County Judge Perry Thompson. Palinski broke the hearts of parishioners at Wheaton’s St. Michael Catholic Church, which Palinski and his family attended, as well as the hearts of his neighbors and relatives, Thompson said. Thompson noted at Tuesday’s sentencing that family members testified Palinski is loving, courteous and religious. “Had any of those good qualities been present on the days in question, we would not be here today,” Thompson said. “Your dreams are going to be deferred for a long time.” In November, juries found Palinski guilty of arson, aggravated arson and solicitation of murder for hire. Aided by a videotaped confession and audio tapes of wiretapped conversations, prosecutors said Palinski set fire to the inside of the church about 2 a.m. March 18, 2002, after a night of drinking. The church, which was destroyed, is offering masses for the estimated 2,700 families in its school gymnasium. St. Michael’s leaders estimate the cost of rebuilding to be $9.75 million. About $4.5 million has been raised. After setting the church ablaze, Palinski splashed gasoline on his neighbor’s home and ignited it, prosecutors said. It went out before the residents awoke that morning. No one was injured. On one of the tapes, when investigators asked why Palinski set the fires, he replied: “No particular reason. I was bored.” Five months after his arrest, Palinski was charged with trying to find a hit man to kill a friend who obtained informal admissions of guilt from Palinski by wearing a court-approved listening device. At Tuesday’s sentencing, DuPage County Assistant State’s Atty. Joseph Ruggiero, who prosecuted the case with Steven Knight, said Palinski was a liar whose life started unraveling when he began using marijuana, cocaine, heroin and other drugs as a teenager.)
— Is a graduated income tax a Trojan horse to soak the middle class? Neigh! – Eric Zorn
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/zorn/ct-perspec-zorn-graduated-income-tax-trojan-horse-argument-20190507-story.html
— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON THE SOUTH SUBURBS TIGHTENS: South suburbs need billions for repairs. Will the state help pay for them? – Ted Slowik
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/ct-sta-slowik-southland-capital-town-hall-st-0509-story.html

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Pritzker’s sports-betting plan sparks industry war over who wins It’s Neil Bluhm and other casino operators vs. FanDuel and DraftKings over who will make the big money if Pritzker’s plan to legalize sports betting is approved. – GREG HINZ 
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/greg-hinz-politics/pritzkers-sports-betting-plan-sparks-industry-war-over-who-wins
— Why an airport in Peotone is still unlikely to fly The dream persists among those who envision a third airport giving Chicago’s South Side and south suburbs a badly needed boost. But unless airlines buy in, the region should look elsewhere for its economic spark. – JOE CAHILL
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/joe-cahill-business/why-airport-peotone-still-unlikely-fly

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot.
https://www.sj-r.com/news/20190508/marijuana-tax-revenues-welcome-in-boulder

CHICAGO MAGAZINE
— Pritzker and Madigan Are Primed for a Gerrymandering Deathmatch The very shape of Illinois politics is at stake in the fight over remapping — and it could be the new governor’s biggest battle. – ROBERT REED (DIERSEN: I should write a book about the 2015 gerrymandering of my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 9 in Wheaton.)
http://www.chicagomag.com/Chicago-Magazine/June-July-2019/Pritzker-and-Madigan-Are-Primed-for-a-Gerrymandering-Deathmatch/

ALTON TELEGRAPH
— Democratic state lawmakers try to get Trump tax returns, too – AP (DIERSEN: Government is nasty. Politics is nasty. Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs are nasty. Will “Democratic state lawmakers” try to get Trump’s college, high school, grade school, and kindergarten grade reports? My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes hint/imply/argue/shout that they got far better grades than I did on the CPA examination and the courses that they took in college, high school, grade school, and kindergarten.)
https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/article/Democratic-state-lawmakers-try-to-get-Trump-tax-13826519.php

LOYOLA PHOENIX
— We Need To Change How We Talk About Immigration – Reid Willis (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats and RINOs talk and act like they are foreign agents for Mexico and for other foreign countries.)
http://loyolaphoenix.com/2019/05/we-need-to-change-how-we-talk-about-immigration/

ILLINOIS OPPORTUNITY PROJECT
— Cutting Student Loan Debt With Your Money
http://illinoisopportunity.org/cutting-student-loan-debt-with-your-money/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— ILLINOIS’ FORMER U.S. SENATOR MARK KIRK GOES TO WORK FOR THE CHINESE
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/05/illinois-former-us-senator-goes-to-work-for-the-chinese.html

CAPITOL FAX
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Those who want tax hikes say “States with graduated tax systems cut rates more often than they raise them.”
https://capitolfax.com/2019/05/07/study-states-with-graduated-tax-systems-cut-rates-more-often-than-they-raise-them/

FREEDOM’S JOURNAL
— DISCRIMINATION AND DISPARITIES II – Walter E. Williams (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and the dupes, I was able to do the following solely because I benefitted tremendously from past and present discrimination against minorities, against women, and against veterans: 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. The Post Office hired me in 1966 and let me work there for almost 3 years. IRS hired me in 1971 or let me work there for almost 9 years. IRS promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974. GAO hired me in 1980 and let me work there for almost 18 years. GAO promoted me in 1986. I bought new cars in 1966, 1967, 1968, 1971, etc. I bought real estate in 1972, 1974, and 1976. I got married in 1978. My wife and I bought a house in 1978 and had one built in 1984.) 
https://freedomsjournalinstitute.org/latest-news/opinion/discrimination-and-disparities-ii/

HEARTLAND INSTITUTE
— ED-SCHOOLS AND MULTICULTURALISTS EXHIBIT BURNIN’ LOVE FOR LEFTIST INDOCTRINATION – Robert G. Holland
https://www.heartland.org/news-opinion/news/ed-schools-and-multiculturalists-exhibit-burnin-love-for-leftist-indoctrination

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Trump forces rev up Michigan political operation – David M. Drucker (DIERSEN: Who heads Trump’s political operation in Illinois, in your county, in your township/ward, and in your municipality?)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/trump-forces-rev-up-michigan-political-operation
— Over 1% of Guatemala, Honduras entered US since September – Paul Bedard (DIERSEN: Democrats and RINOs promise citizens of foreign countries who are minority and/or female that if they come to America and promise to vote for Democrats and/or promise to take bad jobs, Democrats and RINOs will use the federal government, Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion to give them preferential treatment. Minorities and females who come to America can look forward to a) free housing, b) free food, c) free clothing, d) free health care, e) free education, f) free transportation, g) free etc.) 
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/washington-secrets/shock-over-1-of-guatemala-honduras-entered-us-since-september

TOWNHALL
— Keeping Fake Illegal Alien Families Together – Michelle Malkin
https://townhall.com/columnists/michellemalkin/2019/05/08/keeping-fake-illegal-alien-families-together-n2546006

GOPUSA
— Cory Booker Promises Ambitious Assault on the Second Amendment
http://www.gopusa.com/cory-booker-promises-ambitious-assault-on-the-second-amendment/
— Who loses when teachers’ unions win? The kids
http://www.gopusa.com/who-loses-when-teachers-unions-win-the-kids/
— U.S. revokes citizenship of Portland mosque’s imam
http://www.gopusa.com/u-s-revokes-citizenship-of-portland-mosques-imam/

FEDERALIST
— Illegal Immigration Creates Mass Misery That U.S. Leaders Don’t Want To Fix Liberals who think border enforcement is inhumane need to examine the ways mass border trespassing and open borders create misery. – John Daniel Davidson
https://thefederalist.com/2019/05/08/illegal-immigration-creates-mass-misery-u-s-leaders-dont-want-fix/
— Joe Biden Should Apologize To Clarence Thomas, Not To Anita Hill – Inez Feltscher Stepman
https://thefederalist.com/2019/05/01/joe-biden-apologize-clarence-thomas-not-anita-hill/

FOX NEWS
— Twitter permanently suspends AOC parody account for being misleading – Sam Dorman (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, all news and commentary is misleading except for the news and commentary that they put out or bless.)
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/twitter-permanently-suspends-aoc-parody-account-for-being-misleading
— Tiger Woods receiving Presidential Medal of Freedom clouded by fresh round of criticism – Ryan Gaydos (DIERSEN: How did your critics/opponents cloud your achievements? My Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government demonized, denigrated, and condemned the college degrees, professional certifications, and professional license that I earned a) as being not job-related, b) as not helping me carry out my job duties, c) as being an attempt by me to qualify myself for a “new trade or business,” d) as being an attempt by me to get a job in the private sector, and e) as being a distraction.) 
https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/tiger-woods-presidential-medal-freedom-fresh-criticism

BREITBART
— 3 in 10 Migrant Family Interviews Result in False Claim Findings, Says ICE – Bob Price
https://www.breitbart.com/border/2019/05/07/exclusive-3-in-10-migrant-family-interviews-result-in-false-claim-findings-says-ice/
— Mean Little Mayor Pete Buttigieg Is Terrible at Christianity – John Nolte
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/05/08/nolte-mean-little-mayor-pete-buttigieg-is-terrible-at-christianity/

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— The ‘Packed White Nationalist’ Rally That Wasn’t – Edward Ring (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will Trump-haters demonize, denigrate, and condemn Memorial Day parades and Independence Day parades and fireworks as being White nationalist rallies?)
https://amgreatness.com/2019/05/07/the-packed-white-nationalist-rally-that-wasnt/

FRONT PAGE MAGAZINE
— LATIN AMERICA IS COLLAPSING AND TAKING AMERICA WITH IT They’re dragging us down even as we try to rescue them. – Daniel Greenfield
https://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/273660/latin-america-collapsing-and-taking-america-it-daniel-greenfield
— JEW-HATRED ANCIENT AND MODERN Colonizing the Democratic Party. – Bruce Thornton
https://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/273680/jew-hatred-ancient-and-modern-bruce-thornton

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Fake Illegal Alien Families – MICHELLE MALKIN
https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/05/border-crisis-illegal-immigrants-use-fake-family-members/
— Democrats Aren’t Returning to Normalcy – JONAH GOLDBERG
https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/05/democratic-party-presidential-candidates-embrace-radicalism/

ONE NEWS NOW
— If illegals can afford cartels, they can afford asylum fees – Chad Groening
https://onenewsnow.com/national-security/2019/05/08/if-illegals-can-afford-cartels-they-can-afford-asylum-fees

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— The owner of a Washington, D.C. area radio station that broadcasts Sputnik International 24/7 has been ordered to register his Florida-based broadcasting company as a Russian foreign agent. (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats and RINOs talk and act like they are foreign agents for Mexico and for other foreign countries.)
https://wvva.com/news/national-news-from-the-associated-press/2019/05/08/dc-area-radio-station-told-to-register-as-russian-agent/

ROLL CALL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “Female candidates for president still face bias in 2020 Sexism is going strong, according to recent studies.”
https://www.rollcall.com/news/campaigns/the-bias-facing-women-candidates-for-president

POLITICO
— Trump campaign refuses to say whether it has a policy on foreign agents Several 2020 Democrats and the DNC have openly forsworn the use of hacked email and other information in their campaigns. – ELIANA JOHNSON (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats and RINOs talk and act like they are foreign agents for Mexico and for other foreign countries.)
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/05/07/trump-campaign-mum-on-foreign-meddling-policy-1309711

NBC NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats and RINOs a) encourage White women who citizens of America to abort their babies and b) encourage citizens of foreign countries to come to America. How soon will citizens of foreign countries in America have enough clout to force everyone in America to speak, read, and write Spanish? How soon will citizens of foreign countries in Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and California have enough clout to get those states to secede and to join up with Mexico? 
https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/trump-s-immigration-crackdown-will-make-america-s-population-slowdown-ncna1003011

NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump Administration Can Keep Sending Asylum Seekers to Mexico, Court Rules – Miriam Jordan
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/07/us/trump-asylum-remain-mexico.html
— CBS Censors a ‘Good Fight’ Segment. Its Topic Was Chinese Censorship. – Julia Jacobs
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/07/arts/television/cbs-good-fight-chinese-censorship.html
— The Real Threat Uncovered by Armed Civilians at the Border – Nausicaa Renner
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/08/magazine/the-real-threat-uncovered-by-armed-civilians-at-the-border.html
— 3 Muslim Workers at Amazon File Federal Discrimination Complaint – Karen Weise
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/08/technology/amazon-muslim-workers-complaint.html

WASHINGTON POST
— By early Tuesday evening, more than 720 former federal prosecutors who worked in Democratic and Republican administrations had signed a letter asserting that President Trump would have been charged with obstructing justice based on special counsel Robert S. Mueller III’s findings — if Trump were not the president. – Matt Zapotosky (DIERSEN: Of course, my critics/opponents hint/imply/argue/shout that they could get hundreds if not thousands of signatures from activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc. in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout on a letter that would demonize me, denigrate me, and condemn me as being a White supremacist, Nazi, KKK member, hater, racist, sexist, bigot, and even worse things who should be gotten rid of once and for all. I should write a book about my critics/opponents and who they successfully manipulate/dominate. Better yet, I should sue them.) 
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/who-signed-the-letter-asserting-trump-would-have-been-charged-with-obstruction-if-he-werent-president-and-what-they-hope-happens-next/2019/05/07/66744532-710b-11e9-8be0-ca575670e91c_story.html

NEW YORK POST
— Colorado shooting suspect shared anti-Trump post on Facebook – Lia Eustachewich
https://nypost.com/2019/05/08/colorado-shooting-suspect-shared-anti-trump-post-on-facebook/

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “Trump’s base is a lot more damaging than his high-ranking enablers.”
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/readersreact/la-ol-le-trump-supporters-atone-20190508-story.html

USA TODAY
— BEYOND DISGUSTING, BEYOND TRAGIC: Alcohol use soaring worldwide: The average adult now consumes about 1.7 gallons of pure alcohol per year – Doyle Rice
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/05/07/alcohol-use-rising-around-world/1128705001/
— 2020 Democrats are big on helping the poor, but for the most part not with their own money – Editorial
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2019/05/07/2020-democratic-presidential-candidates-not-so-sweet-charity-editorials-debates/3561543002/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Buttigieg, O’Rourke, Sanders Are Struggling With Black Voters – Joshua Jamerson (DIERSEN: What will Democrat political consultants tell Buttigieg, O’Rourke, and Sanders to do? Will they tell Buttigieg, O’Rourke, and Sanders could to promise to use the federal government to take even more money and opportunities away from non-Blacks and give that money and those opportunities to Blacks? It is called Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion. Will Democrat political consultants tell Buttigieg, O’Rourke, and Sanders to cite me as an example? Buttigieg, O’Rourke, and Sanders could stress that they agree with all the adverse actions that the federal government took against me. Buttigieg, O’Rourke, and Sanders could hint/imply/argue/shout that I have always been a White supremacist, Nazi, KKK member, hater, racist, sexist, bigot, and even worse things.) 
https://www.wsj.com/articles/buttigieg-orourke-sanders-are-struggling-with-black-voters-11557230702
— Tuition Is Looming and You’re Coming Up Short. What Can You Do? – Cheryl Winokur Munk (DIERSEN: Where did the money come from for your undergraduate tuition? Mine came from what I earned when I cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966; delivered mail 1966-1969; and worked on an automobile assembly line and as a security guard in 1970. Where did the money come from for your graduate tuition? Mine came from what I earned when I sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971; pumped gasoline 1971-1972; collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980; and audited federal agencies 1980-1997.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/tuition-is-looming-and-youre-coming-up-short-what-can-you-do-11557259926

DAILY NEWS MINER
— Two apply so far for Fairbanks assembly vacancy; deadline is May 15 – Amanda Bohman (DIERSEN: Information on the application process is at http://www.co.fairbanks.ak.us/assembly/Documents/Assembly%20Seat%20E%20Vacancy%20Information%20Packet%202019.pdf
http://www.newsminer.com/news/local_news/two-apply-so-far-for-fairbanks-assembly-vacancy-deadline-is/article_c1a745ba-7126-11e9-b6ac-53f4282c3207.html

LEAF CHRONICLE
— Powers resigns Clarksville City Council seat, city will seek applicants
https://www.theleafchronicle.com/story/news/local/clarksville/2019/05/01/powers-resigns-clarksville-city-council-seat/3645824002/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Candidates applying to fill a vacancy on the City Council must be qualified in accordance with the Clarksville City Charter and general state law. A city councilman must be a resident of the city of Clarksville; be at least 18; have resided in the city for 12 months; and reside in and be qualified to vote in the ward to which they seek appointment. The City Clerk will publish a notice of the vacancy. Within 60 days of the vacancy, all qualified applicants must appear before the council at a regularly scheduled meeting, which in this case will be June 6, to make known their intention to apply to fill the vacancy. The meeting will be at 7 p.m. in Council Chambers on Public Square. Applicants may make a brief statement to the City Council at the meeting about their desire to serve on the council, including their background, education, training, employment, military service, volunteer work, and other matters appropriate to an evaluation of their application, and they may answer questions from council members. Within 14 days of that meeting, the mayor will call a special meeting of the council for the purpose of appointing an applicant to fill the vacancy. Only those applicants who appeared at the June 6 meeting and made known their intention to apply to fill the vacancy may be considered at the special called meeting.)

MOTLEY FOOL
— It’s Not Just Older Workers Who Get Hurt by Ageism Turns out younger employees fall victim to age discrimination, too. – Maurie Backman (DIERSEN: The Democrats who ran GAO during the 1980s and 1990s used Affirmative Action, Diversity, Inclusion, up-or-out, and budget cuts to get rid of virtually all of the agency’s employees who were Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who they had not promoted to GS-13 (currently $98,198) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $116,040) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $136,495) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $165,500) by age 40. I should write a book about those Democrats and their victims.)
https://www.fool.com/careers/2019/05/08/its-not-just-older-workers-who-get-hurt-by-ageism.aspx

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Double Standard: McCain Was Too Old in 2008, but Biden and Bernie Are Not in 2020 – Mike LaChance
https://legalinsurrection.com/2019/05/double-standard-mccain-was-too-old-in-2008-but-biden-and-bernie-are-not-in-2020/

FED MANAGER
— GAO Suggests Improvements To Human Capital Management (DIERSEN: GAO leads by example. All employers in America and in the world can see that GAO gets rid of its employees who are Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who GAO does not promote to GS-13 (currently $98,198) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $116,040) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $136,495) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $165,500) by age 40. To do the aforesaid, GAO uses Affirmative Action, Diversity, Inclusion, up-or-out, and budget cuts.) 
https://www.fedmanager.com/featured/3341-gao-suggests-improvements-to-human-capital-management

CAPITOL RESEARCH CENTER
— Don’t Trust the Messenger: The “Right” Reporting? (DIERSEN: He who pays the piper calls the tunes. Everyone in journalism should be required to disclose the sources and amounts of their income. My Civil Service Retirement System pension is $53,316/year, my Social Security is $2,118/year, and my RMD is about $10,000/year.) 
https://capitalresearch.org/article/dont-trust-the-messenger-part-4/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Conservatives and right-leaning moderates know that in order to get the “full story” they should read not only the Wall Street Journal and National Review, but also the Washington Post and The Atlantic. After all, it’s important to know how the other half of America thinks and feels about the news of the day. However, the media landscape isn’t what it used to be—where once there were nominally nonpartisan broadcast and print media, new nonprofit newsrooms backed by big liberal foundation resources have risen, even as conservative platforms have folded. But that doesn’t mean conservative readers and writers should resign themselves to obsolescence: a combination of foundation giving and visionary leadership could breathe new life into conservative and even less-partisan journalism, while providing the stability and flexibility necessary for new outlets to thrive.)

NEWSWEEK
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “ROBERT MUELLER PROVED DONALD TRUMP IS THE LIVING EMBODIMENT OF THE SEVEN DEADLY SINS.” (DIERSEN: According to this Trump-hater, “Most Americans already hold a low opinion of Trump.” Who has a low opinion of you? I should write a book about those who have a low opinion of me. 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.newsweek.com/robert-mueller-donald-trump-living-embodiment-seven-deadly-sins-1402444