WHITE HOUSE
— The world’s worst immigration laws
https://www.whitehouse.gov/1600daily/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— ‘Fair tax’ or ‘jobs tax’? Democrats launch Pritzker’s tax fight as GOP
objects – Tina Sfondeles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/business/graduated-income-tax-fair-jobs-democrats-pritzkers-tax-fight-gop-objects/
— Pritzker to trade unions: Rauner learned a lesson — ‘don’t mess’ with labor
– Lynn Sweet
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/jb-pritzker-to-trade-unions-rauner-learned-a-lesson-dont-mess-with-labor/
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/business/grow-em-if-you-got-em-pritzker-ok-with-some-homegrown-pot-not-basement-farms/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Gov. J.B. Pritzker to opponents of a graduated income tax: ‘Where’s their
plan?’- Dan Petrella
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-jb-pritzker-graduated-income-tax-20190409-story.html
— Controversial rocker Ted Nugent is booked for McHenry County Fair. Not
everyone is happy. – Amanda Marrazzo
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/ct-met-ted-nugent-mchenry-county-fair-20190408-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Trump-haters paint Trump as being
Hitler.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/travel/sns-bc-eu–germany-weimar-republic-exhibit-20190407-story.html
— Kim Foxx plays the race card to save herself from her Jussie Smollett fiasco
– John Kass
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/kass/ct-met-kim-foxx-jussie-smollett-race-card-kass-20190409-story.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD IN NAPERVILLE SUN: Naperville the top city in
Illinois, no. 6 in United States for homeownership, new study shows – Suzanne
Baker
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/news/ct-nvs-naperville-home-ownership-st-0410-story.html
DAILY HERALD
— Several adult businesses skip meeting with DuPage County panel – Robert
Sanchez
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190409/several-adult-businesses-skip-meeting-with-dupage-county-panel
— Pritzker becomes latest governor to take a pension holiday – Editorial
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20190410/editorial-pritzker-becomes-latest-governor-to-take-a-pension-holiday
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG COLOR PICTURE: Will wealthy leave Illinois
if graduated income tax happens? It didn’t happen with last tax hike – BGA
(DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, the Democrats who run Illinois make it clear that
they want individuals, organizations, and companies to leave Illinois that are
Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White,
male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those
whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190410/will-wealthy-leave-illinois-if-graduated-income-tax-happens-it-didnt-happen-with-last-tax-hike
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The
federal records reveal robust growth in the numbers of Illinois tax filers with
incomes of $100,000 or greater from 2011 through 2014 when lawmakers
temporarily boosted the state’s flat income tax rate to 5% from 3%. Over that
time, the total number of federal tax filers in the state grew by 9,000, an almost
imperceptible one-tenth of 1%. But the number of filers reporting adjusted
gross income between $100,000 and $200,000 grew by 16%, while the number
reporting income over $200,000 rose by 29%. The wealthiest got even wealthier,
with 3,618 Illinoisans reporting $1 million-plus incomes in 2014, up 25% from
four years earlier. Those earning more than $100,000 annually accounted for all
the increase in collective earnings among Illinois taxpayers between 2006 and
2016. Meanwhile, more than 70% of Illinois tax filers reported annual income of
less than $75,000 in 2016, and there were 300,000 fewer of them that year than
in 2006.)
— Democrats take first step toward graduated tax as partisan divide holds firm
– Marni Pyke
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190409/democrats-take-first-step-toward-graduated-tax-as-partisan-divide-holds-firm-
WGN TV
— Head of CPD, activists back proposal requiring fingerprints for gun
purchases – TAHMAN BRADLEY
https://wgntv.com/2019/04/09/head-of-cpd-activists-back-proposal-requiring-fingerprints-for-gun-purchases/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Springfield Dems push gun-buyer fingerprint bill A measure would strengthen
the firearm owner’s ID card process to avoid abuses, but it’s far from clear
Democrats will act even with legislative supermajorities. – GREG HINZ
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/greg-hinz-politics/springfield-dems-push-gun-buyer-fingerprint-bill
CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Study: Pritzker’s tax hike more likely to force out middle, lower earners –
Jim Dey
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/2019-04-10/jim-dey-study-pritzkers-tax-hike-more-likely-force-out-middle-lower
SUBURBAN LIFE
— Bond set at $3 million for Wheaton man charged with first-degree murder
https://www.mysuburbanlife.com/2019/04/08/bond-set-at-3-million-for-wheaton-man-charged-with-first-degree-murder/anamtal/
WSIL
— Bill proposing $40,000 minimum teacher salary passes Illinois House –
Elizabeth Taylor
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/40280466/bill-proposing-40000-minimum-teacher-salary-passes-illinois-house
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Illinois representative Darren Bailey (R-Louisville) planning to fight
Medicaid coverage for gender reassignment surgeries – Kevin Schwaller
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/local-news/illinois-representative-planning-to-fight-medicaid-coverage-for-gender-reassignment-surgeries/1911424357
FREEDOM’S JOURNAL
— MILLENNIALS FOR SOCIALISM – Walter E. Williams
https://freedomsjournalinstitute.org/latest-news/opinion/millennials-for-socialism/
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump’s failure to get border wall built becomes 2020 campaign promise anew
– Joseph Curl
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/apr/9/trump-2020-re-election-campaign-uses-border-wall-f/
FOX NEWS
— 2020 candidates, journalists pushed tweet falsely claiming Trump called
asylum seekers ‘animals’ – Joseph A. Wulfsohn
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2020-candidates-journalists-pushed-tweet-falsely-claiming-trump-called-asylum-seekers-animals
DAILY CALLER
— DOCUMENTS DETAILING GOOGLE’S ‘NEWS BLACKLIST’ SHOW MANUAL MANIPULATION OF
SPECIAL SEARCH RESULTS – J. Arthur Bloom
https://dailycaller.com/2019/04/09/google-news-blacklist-search-manipulation/
— HERE’S WHAT FACEBOOK AND GOOGLE DID NOT DISCUSS DURING HEARING ON WHITE
NATIONALISM – Chris White
https://dailycaller.com/2019/04/09/facebook-conservative-censorship/
— OCASIO-CORTEZ SAYS CLIMATE CHANGE IS ‘FUELING’ THE IMMIGRATION CRISIS –
Michael Bastasch
https://dailycaller.com/2019/04/09/ocasio-cortez-climate-immigration/
DAILY SIGNAL
— Blame Activists, Cartels for Crisis at Border, Not Trump – James
Carafano
https://www.dailysignal.com/2019/04/09/blame-activists-cartels-for-crisis-at-border-not-trump/
TOWNHALL
— Here We Go: Booker Introduces Bill to Create Reparations Study Commission –
Leah Barkoukis
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/leahbarkoukis/2019/04/10/here-we-go-booker-introduces-bill-to-create-reparations-study-commission-n2544551
— The Open Borders Agenda Rears Its Ugly Head – Ben Shapiro
https://townhall.com/columnists/benshapiro/2019/04/10/the-open-borders-agenda-rears-its-ugly-head-n2544536
BRIETBART
— DHS Releases Nearly 8,000 Border Crossers, Illegal Aliens in One Week – John
Binder
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/04/09/dhs-releases-nearly-eight-thousand-border-crossers-illegal-aliens-in-one-week/
— Univision Anchor Tells Border Agents to Dodge Rocks Rather than Ask for Wall
– John Nolte
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/04/09/nolte-univision-anchor-tells-border-agents-dodge-rocks-rather-than-ask-wall/
AMERICAN THINKER
— What Happens to a Country When All its Young People Leave? – Leann Horrocks
(DIERSEN: Democrats use government to give preference to those who are younger,
that is, Democrats engage in age discrimination. Further, Democrats use government
to give preference to those who are minority and/or female, that is, Democrats
engage in reverse discrimination. Further, Democrats use government to give
preference to those who are Democrat, that is, Democrats engage in political
affiliation discrimination.)
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2019/04/what_happens_to_a_country_when_all_its_young_people_leave.html
— When unvaccinated Jewish kids are more dangerous than unvaccinated illegal
aliens – R.M. Doak
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/04/when_unvaccinated_jewish_kids_are_more_dangerous_than_unvaccinated_illegal_aliens.html
— Why Do Young People Find Socialism So Attractive? – Joshua Foxworth
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2019/04/why_do_young_people_find_socialism_so_attractive.html
— Why Democrats Are Messing with Voting Rights – Veronika Kyrylenko
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2019/04/why_democrats_are_messing_with_voting_rights.html
— President Trump pulling up the drawbridge on goodies for illegals – Monica
Showalter
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/04/president_trump_to_pull_up_the_drawbridge_on_goodies_for_illegals.html
HOT AIR
— Border Apprehensions Hit A 12-Year High In March (Is It A Crisis Now?) –
JOHN SEXTON
https://hotair.com/archives/2019/04/09/apprehensions-border-hit-12-year-high-march/
— Rally Supports Kim Foxx In Chicago Because Police “Are The Sworn Enemy Of
Black People”
https://hotair.com/archives/2019/04/09/rally-supports-kim-foxx-chicago-police-sworn-enemy-black-people/
PJ MEDIA
— Mexican-American Trump Supporter Attacked in California Post Office for
Wearing MAGA Hat – DEBRA HEINE
https://pjmedia.com/trending/mexican-american-trump-supporter-attacked-in-california-post-office-for-wearing-maga-hat/
CAMPUS REFORM
— Eighteen states offer in-state tuition for illegals…and legal resident
students are NOT happy about that – Cabot Phillips
https://www.campusreform.org/?ID=12082
COLLEGE FIX
— Federal $30,000 scholarships granted to zero self-described conservatives in
2018 – CHRISTIAN SCHNEIDER
https://www.thecollegefix.com/federal-30000-scholarship-granted-to-zero-self-described-conservatives-in-2018/
THE HILL
— Trump administration eyes asylum crackdown – JORDAN FABIAN
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/438070-trump-administration-eyes-asylum-crackdown
— Trump shares movie trailer-style video set to ‘Dark Knight’ music – BRETT
SAMUELS
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/438128-trump-shares-movie-trailer-style-video-set-to-dark-knight-music
— White House to appeal court ruling on sending asylum-seekers to Mexico –
BRETT SAMUELS
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/438134-white-house-to-appeal-court-ruling-on-sending-asylum-seekers-to
YAHOO NEWS
— Trump: migrants coming to America like ‘it’s a picnic’
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-migrants-coming-america-apos-212437787.html
— Border Patrol official describes caravan-size influx of migrants arriving in
his sector every week
https://www.yahoo.com/news/border-patrol-official-describes-caravan-145225176.html
NEW YORK TIMES
— How Radical Is Too Radical for 2020 Democrats? Or is that question beside
the point in the Trump era? – Thomas B. Edsall
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/10/opinion/democratic-candidates-primaries.html
— Fan’s Video, Shared by Trump, Plays to Base’s Sense of Grievance – Michael
Tackett (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Trump-haters promote hatred of
individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are
Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American,
White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or
those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/09/us/politics/donald-trump-video.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG COLOR GRAPHICS: The Democratic Electorate on
Twitter Is Not the Actual Democratic Electorate A detailed look at the voters
with the numbers to decide the 2020 Democratic nominee. – NATE COHN and KEVIN
QUEALY
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/04/08/upshot/democratic-electorate-twitter-real-life.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Stephen Miller says tough immigration policies protect Americans. His
critics see something darker. – Eugene Scott
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/04/10/stephen-miller-says-tough-immigration-policies-protect-americans-his-critics-see-something-darker/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “With so many ‘acting’ officials,
we need a president who acts like one. Trump has unleashed chaos and
instability at the very highest levels of government.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/04/10/with-so-many-acting-officials-we-need-president-who-acts-like-one/?utm_term=.11fc013b23a3
— If the Trump administration succeeds at dismantling the Office of Personnel
Management, the closure could be a blueprint for shuttering other departments
as it tries to shrink government. – Lisa Rein and Damian Paletta
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/if-trump-has-his-way-this-major-federal-agency-is-on-the-way-out/2019/04/09/935e2dfe-54c0-11e9-9136-f8e636f1f6df_story.html
LOS ANGELES TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “Trump’s immigration chaos gives
Democrats an opening.”
https://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-immigration-democrats-trump-20190410-story.html
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— U.S. Aims to Move More Aggressively Against Central American Asylum Seekers
Faced with legal setbacks, resistance on Capitol Hill, White House considers
restricting the flow of remittances and to give migrant parents a tough choice
– Louise Radnofsky
https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-says-he-wont-restart-separations-of-families-who-cross-border-illegally-11554830200
— Why the Longest U.S. Bull Market Has Failed to Fix the Nation’s Public
Pensions Sums owed to retirees are accelerating faster than assets on hand to
pay those future obligations – Heather Gillers
https://www.wsj.com/articles/why-the-longest-u-s-bull-market-has-failed-to-fix-the-nations-public-pensions-11554888600
MARKET WATCH
— Trump administration requires Texas Tech medical school to end use of race
in determining admissions Agreement is the first time the Education Department
has asked a school to curtail its affirmative-action practices, paving way for
more change – MICHELLE HACKMAN (DIERSEN: How has Affirmative Action (AA),
Diversity, and Inclusion impacted you? Democrats use AA, Diversity, and
Inclusion to not hire, to not retain, to not promote, and to get rid of
Republicans, and especially Republicans who are White, male, older, and/or
non-veteran. While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 year, my
superiors were always under tremendous pressure from Democrat politicians to
use AA, Diversity, Inclusion, up-or-out, and budget cuts to not hire, to not
retain, to not promote, and to get rid of Republicans, and especially
Republicans who are White, male, older, and/or non-veteran. My Democrat GAO
superiors forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, gave me unfair
performance expectations and appraisals, always ranked me in the bottom half of
my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, did not promote me beyond GS-13,
got rid of my mentor in 1987, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the
almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and forced me to take a $19,568 (21%)
pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. My Democrat IRS
superiors did not promote me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions
in 1978, got rid of my mentor in 1975, and disallowed my partial day per diem
claims in 1974. My Democrat Post Office superiors forced me resign in 1969 and
disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968. )
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/trump-administration-requires-texas-tech-medical-school-to-end-use-of-race-in-determining-admissions-2019-04-10
USA TODAY
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters crow about their success in promoting hatred
of Whites.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/04/09/survey-race-relations-u-s-bad-and-trump-has-made-them-worse/3418375002/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “Trump’s cognitive deficits seem
worse. We need to know if he has dementia.”
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2019/04/09/does-donald-trump-have-dementia-we-need-know-psychologist-column/3404007002/
PITTSBURGH POST GAZETTE
— Research raises red flags about electing a president in late 70s – ROBERT G.
KAISER (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, age discrimination gets worse in America,
in Illinois, in DuPage County, in Milton Township, and in Wheaton. I should
write a book about those who promote age discrimination the most in Wheaton, in
Milton Township, in DuPage County, in Illinois, and in America. I would focus
on those who are older, White, and/or male who have lots of religious,
government, political, and/or financial clout and who promote age
discrimination.)
https://www.post-gazette.com/news/aging-edge/2019/04/09/Research-says-septuagenarians-struggle-with-new-tasks-bad-news-for-several-2020-candidates/stories/201904090110
TIME
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters crow about their success in getting people to
come to America illegally and to stay in America illegally.
http://time.com/5566997/trump-border-crossings-immigration/
NEWSWEEK
— ANN COULTER SAYS DONALD TRUMP IS DOING NOTHING TO PREVENT ILLEGAL BORDER
CROSSINGS: ‘HE’S BEEN JERKING US AROUND’ – CHRISTINA ZHAO
https://www.newsweek.com/ann-coulter-says-donald-trump-doing-nothing-prevent-illegal-border-crossings-1391493
— How Ilhan Omar Is Changing the Conversation About Israel—and Upending the
2020 Campaign – JONATHAN BRODER
https://www.newsweek.com/ilhan-omar-democrats-israel-trump-1389677
FORBES
— Baby Boomers: How To Update Your Job Skills For Free – Robin Ryan (DIERSEN:
What job skills do you have? I worked for GAO for almost 18 years auditing
federal agencies, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 levels,
currently $98,198-$127,654/year. I worked on audits of federal financial
industry regulators for almost 9 years, IRS for 3 years, and many other federal
agencies for almost 6 years. I worked for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5
1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 levels, currently
$82,579-$93,592/year.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/robinryan/2019/04/09/how-to-updated-skills-for-free/#645cb34a31b4
INC.
— The Top 10 Happiest Countries on Earth, According to the UN The United
States did not make the list. Canada did. – Melanie Curtin (DIERSEN: In
America, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs focus on making Republicans
unhappy.
https://www.inc.com/melanie-curtin/the-top-10-happiest-countries-on-earth-according-to-un.html
DAILY BEAST
— Candace Owens: White Supremacy Is ‘Nothing More Than an Election Strategy’
https://www.thedailybeast.com/candace-owens-white-supremacy-is-nothing-more-than-an-election-strategy
— Iranian Lawmakers Chant ‘Death to America’ as Parliament Condemns Terrorist
Designation
https://www.thedailybeast.com/iranian-lawmakers-chant-death-to-america-as-parliament-condemns-terrorist-designation
WIKIPEDIA
— G.I. Bill & Veterans’ Preference (DIERSEN: Government is nasty. Politics
is nasty. Democrats are nasty. How did the G.I. Bill and Veterans’ Preference
impact you? My Democrat superiors, Democrat supervisors, Democrat coworkers,
and Democrat subordinates in the federal government always stressed that I was
not a veteran, but far worse than that, that I avoided the draft. They focused
on and succeeded turning my many Democrat superiors, Democrat supervisors,
Democrat coworkers, and Democrat subordinates who were veterans against me.)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G.I._Bill
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veterans’_Preference_Act_of_1944
(FROM THE G.I. BILL ARTICLE: Benefits included dedicated payments of tuition
and living expenses to attend high school, college or vocational/technical
school, low-cost mortgages, low-interest loans to start a business, as well as
one year of unemployment compensation. It was available to all veterans who had
been on active duty during the war years for at least 90 days and had not been
dishonorably discharged—exposure to combat was not required. The recipients did
not pay any income tax on the G.I. benefits, since they were not considered
earned income. By 1956, roughly 7.8 million veterans had used the G.I. Bill
education benefits, some 2.2 million to attend colleges or universities and an
additional 5.6 million for some kind of training program. Historians and
economists judge the G.I. Bill a major political and economic
success—especially in contrast to the treatments of World War I veterans—and a
major contribution to America’s stock of human capital that encouraged
long-term economic growth. FROM THE VETERANS’ PREFERENCE ARTICLE: The Vietnam
War in the 1960s resulted in several modifications of the VP law of 1944. In
1966, legislation was passed which granted peace-time preference for
Vietnam-era vets who served on active duty for more than 180 consecutive days
between January 31, 1955 and October 10, 1976; National guard and reserve
service was excluded from this legislation. In 1967 legislation was passed
which expanded preference to all veterans who served on active duty for more
than 180 days (no requirement to serve during war, campaign, or conflict)
between January 31, 1955 and October 10, 1976. As with the previous year’s law,
National guard and reserve service was not included in this expansion. The end
of the Vietnam War brought with it yet another law, passed in 1976. This law
put added restrictions on veterans whose service begins after October 14, 1976.
For post-Vietnam era veterans, preference was granted only if these veterans
became disabled, or served in a declared war, a campaign, or expedition. This
legislation was the result of the conclusion of the Vietnam War and its draft
and the United States Department of Defense’s desire to build a career military
service. The Civil Service reform act of 1978 created new benefits for veterans
with a 30 percent or more disability. It also gave veterans extra protection in
hiring and retention. Under this act, preference was no longer granted to
nondisabled veterans who retired at the rank of major or above. In 1988, a law
was passed that required the Department of Labor to report agencies’ violations
of veterans’ preference and failure to list vacancies with State employment
services to the Office of Personnel Management for enforcement.)