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June 1 Evening Edition

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— When can I buy pot in Illinois? How much can I buy? Your questions answered Illinois lawmakers voted to legalize recreational weed Friday. Here’s what you need to know about the bill Gov. Pritzker says he will sign. – Tom Schuba (DIERSEN: Who is taking the lead to stop the sale of pot a) in your municipality and b) in the unincorporated areas of your county? All of the following should be lining up to speak out against pot at public hearings: Republican activists, Republican candidates, Republican elected officials, Republican party leaders, Republican major donors, Republican political consultants, business leaders, religious leaders, healthcare leaders, education leaders, law enforcement leaders, etc.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/cannabis/2019/5/31/18647868/marijuana-illinois-legalization-where-to-buy-amount
— House clears gambling measure that includes adding Chicago casino After two days of behind-the-scenes negotiations, House lawmakers appeared poised to leave Springfield having passed a comprehensive spending and capital plan. The Illinois Senate plans to return for bill action on Sunday and must still approve the gambling measure. – Tina Sfondeles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/6/1/18648903/house-clears-gambling-measure-that-includes-adding-chicago-casino

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Legalizing marijuana is a victory for freedom in Illinois – Steve Chapman (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, to be a Democrat is to be someone who focuses on promoting pot.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/steve-chapman/ct-perspec-chapman-illinois-marijuana-legalize-20190531-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— Melinda Bush: Passage of abortion bill to make Illinois ‘a beacon for the country’ – Rebecca Anzel (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, to be a Democrat is to be someone who focuses on promoting abortion.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190601/melinda-bush-passage-of-abortion-bill-to-make-illinois-a-beacon-for-the-country
— Arlington Heights parade organizers defend letting controversial group march – Christopher Placek
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190601/arlington-heights-parade-organizers-defend-letting-controversial-group-march
(FROM THE ARTICLE: ACT, which calls itself the nation’s largest national security grass-roots organization, advocates for upholding Western values and combating the threat of radical Islam, according to the organization’s website. But the Southern Poverty Law Center put the group on its list of domestic hate groups “because it pushes wild anti-Muslim conspiracy theories, denigrates American Muslims and deliberately conflates mainstream and radical Islam.” Greg Padovani, chairman of the Veterans Memorial Committee of Arlington Heights, said he received about a dozen complaints via phone and email about the ACT chapter’s inclusion in the parade and for leaflets marchers were handing out along the parade route. Padovani said he and other committee members investigated the group’s website, but could not find anything espousing hate or violence.)
— House begins overtime action on state budget – AP
https://www.dailyherald.com/article/20190601/news/306019917/

ABC7
— Illinois House passes marijuana legalization bill, approves balanced budget – Cate Cauguiran and Craig Wall
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/illinois-house-passes-marijuana-legalization-bill-approves-balanced-budget/5324375/
— Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez bartends in Queens to push for higher minimum wage
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/ocasio-cortez-bartends-in-queens-to-push-for-minimum-wage-hike/5325385/

NBC5
— Illinois Legislature Continues Work on Budget, Gambling Bill The House has to approve several pieces of legislation involving next year’s budget
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/illinois-legislature-continues-work-even-after-may-31-deadline-510710891.html

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— A new attitude — and one-party dominance — eased the tension – Bernard Schoenburg
https://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20190601/bernard-schoenburg-new-attitude—and-one-party-dominance—eased-tension
— Still a fight ahead for abortion rights in Illinois, supporters say – Cassie Buchman
https://www.sj-r.com/news/20190601/still-fight-ahead-for-abortion-rights-in-illinois-supporters-say

PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— Democrats control it all, but can’t finish on schedule – Doug Finke
https://www.pjstar.com/news/20190601/statehouse-insider-democrats-control-it-all-but-cant-finish-on-schedule

ALTON TELEGRAPH
— Reproductive Health Act heads to governor’s desk Bush: Passage of abortion bill to make Illinois ‘a beacon for the country’ – Rebecca Anzel
https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/article/Reproductive-Health-Act-heads-to-governor-8217-s-13916373.php

HERALD NEWS
— Doubled gas tax to 39 cents goes to Illinois Senate – AP
https://www.theherald-news.com/2019/06/02/doubled-gas-tax-to-39-cents-goes-to-illinois-senate/awt6g7/

ST. LOUIS TODAY
— America’s rural-urban divide is deeper than ever. Just ask the great state of Chicago. – Kevin McDermott
https://www.stltoday.com/opinion/columnists/mcdermott-america-s-rural-urban-divide-is-deeper-than-ever/article_cde99241-cb48-5081-85ba-210e0ed99b5b.html

WEEK
— Doubled gas tax to 39 cents goes to Ill. Senate – AP
https://week.com/news/illinois-news-from-the-associated-press/2019/06/01/the-latest-house-begins-overtime-action-on-state-budget/

FOX ILLINOIS
— Officials ID Virginia Beach gunman as city employee, Trump offers condolences – AP
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/officials-id-virginia-beach-gunman-as-city-employee-06-01-2019-133819956

POSITIVELY NAPERVILLE
— OUTSTANDING: Council members Coyne and Gustin will host ‘It’s not your momma’s marijuana’ on June 6
https://www.positivelynaperville.com/2019/06/01/council-members-coyne-and-gustin-will-host-its-not-your-mommas-marijuana-on-june-6/100769

MCHENRY COUNTY BOLG
— McConchie Quite Disturbed at Passage of Extreme Abortion Bill, Roll Call
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/06/01/mcconchie-quite-disturbed-at-passage-of-extreme-abortion-bill/
— Twenty-Four Hours that Changed the Algonquin Township Clerk Karen Lukasik Case
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/06/01/twenty-four-hours-that-changed-the-karen-lukasik-case/
— Fight over Pension Coverage for Part-Time Township Employees
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/06/01/fight-over-pension-coverage-for-part-time-township-employees/
— Take a Look at Key Bills
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/05/31/take-a-look-at-the-other-key-bills/
— Recreation Cannabis Co-Sponsor Allen Skillicorn Explains Position
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/05/31/127936/
— Gambling Watchdog Summarizes Contents of Massive Expansion Bill
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/06/01/gambling-watchdog-summarizes-contents-of-massive-expansion-bill/

PRAIRIE STATE WIRE
— GOP Chairman Schneider calls abortion bill ‘unconscionable,’ laments Dems’ ‘extreme’ position – Carrie Bradon
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/512586351-gop-chairman-schneider-calls-abortion-bill-unconscionable-laments-dems-extreme-position

BREITBART
— Cher: If Trump Wins Re-election, He’ll Put LGBTQ People ‘In Internment Camps’ – WARNER TODD HUSTON
https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2019/06/01/cher-if-trump-wins-re-election-hell-put-lgbtq-people-in-internment-camps/

TOWNHALL
— 900 Illegal Aliens Crammed in Center Built for 125 People – Timothy Meads
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/timothymeads/2019/06/01/report-900-illegal-aliens-crammed-in-center-built-for-125-people-n2547241
— Pew Research Confirms 6 In 10 Illegal Aliens Live In These Areas – Beth Baumann
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/bethbaumann/2019/06/01/pew-research-confirms-6-in-10-illegal-aliens-live-in-these-areas-n2547258

NBC NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats promote LGBTQ activity in Buffalo Grove
https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/teen-s-dream-pride-parade-her-hometown-become-reality-n1012411

NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump’s Celebration of L.G.B.T. Rights Is Met With Criticism – Katie Rogers
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/01/us/politics/trump-lgbt-rights.html
— Trump Is Said to Have Overruled Kushner and Other Aides in Threatening Mexico With Tariffs – Ana Swanson, Maggie Haberman and Alan Rappeport
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/01/us/politics/trump-mexico-tariffs.html

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— 2020 Democratic candidates vow to undo Trump’s immigration actions – SEEMA MEHTA and MATT PEARCE
https://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-democratic-presidential-candidates-2020-pasadena-immigration-20190531-story.html

SAN FRANCISCO GATE
— Trump says Duchess Meghan was ‘nasty’ about him, fueling debate ahead of state visit – Rick Noack
https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Trump-says-Duchess-Meghan-was-nasty-about-him-13916074.php

FORTUNE
— Trump Threatened Mexico With Tariffs, But His Demands Are Vague – JUSTIN SINK, NACHA CATTAN, ANDREW ROSATI
http://fortune.com/2019/06/01/trump-mexico-tariffs-immigration/

BUSINESS INSIDER
— More than half of baby-boomer job seekers say they’ve faced age discrimination, and it’s costing them work – Allana Akhtar
https://www.businessinsider.com/baby-boomer-job-seekers-experiencing-age-discrimination-2019-5

DAILY BEAST
— Trump Tower Condos Selling at More Than 20 Percent Losses – Jamie Ross
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-tower-condos-selling-at-more-than-20-percent-losses

WORKFORCE
— When Job Applicants Lie: Implementing Policies to Protect Your Company Employers should implement a clear and uniform policy about the consequences of lying or providing false information on an application. – Joshua Y. Joel, Natasha L. Wilson (DIERSEN: Needless-to-say, everyone seeking or holding any kind of government or political job or office should be subjected to a comprehensive and extensive background investigation.)
https://www.workforce.com/2019/06/01/when-job-applicants-lie-implementing-policies-to-protect-your-company/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A recent study revealed that 85 percent of employers have caught applicants lying on their résumés or job applications. The most common lies involve modifying dates of employment, falsifying credentials, training or degrees, inflating prior earnings, or hiding a criminal history. Throughout the past several years, there have been several stories of prominent executives and CEOs, across many industries, whose careers were cut short for lying on their job applications or résumés. What should human resources professionals do when they discover that an employee has lied on their job application or résumé? How can employers avoid liabilities stemming from application falsification? What are the legal consequences for employers? Preemptive Measures The first step employers should take to avoid potential pitfalls is to implement a clear and uniform policy about the consequences of providing false information on an application. For example, a brief disclaimer can be included near the signature line of the employment application, in which the applicant affirms and agrees that providing false, misleading, or incomplete information on an application, in a résumé, or during the interview process is grounds for disqualification from employment or termination if hired. The disclaimer should also expressly waive any liability for the employer if the applicant is not hired or is terminated for providing false information. More importantly, employers should be consistent in enforcing this policy. Consistency can protect the employer from legal liabilities — and countless headaches — down the road. To accomplish this, employers should document every applicant’s receipt of the policy. If a background investigation reveals that an applicant or employee clearly lied on his or her application, the applicant should be rejected or the employee terminated immediately. If the employer only suspects a falsification, HR should engage in a fair and impartial investigation and document its findings. Depending on the results, disciplinary action should be taken. When assessing an applicant’s background, employers should focus on convictions and not arrest records. Otherwise, applicants may be unfairly prejudiced in the hiring process based on unsupported criminal allegations. Conducting Pre-Employment Background Checks Recent federal and state laws have presented hiring professionals with new compliance challenges when conducting a background screening. For example, while there are no federal laws requiring home health agencies to conduct criminal background checks or disqualify applicants from employment based on the results, there are 41 states that require these agencies to conduct criminal background checks. Those requirements in those 41 states vary widely, including when the background check must be completed, what sources of information must be checked, which positions require background checks, and which convictions, if any, result in disqualification from employment. The benefits of conducting criminal background checks in the hiring process often outweigh these challenges, especially in fields — such as health care or government contracting — where a failure to conduct screenings can result in hefty consequences. While many employers may prefer to use social media to research an applicant’s background, employers should exercise caution when using an applicant’s protected characteristics (like race, religion, age or gender) as a basis for refusing employment. Understanding the legal landscape as it relates to information an employer may request of an applicant is also key. For example, some states have laws that prohibit employers from requesting an applicant’s social media username and password. Additionally, some states have legislation referred to as “Ban the Box,” which prohibits employers from asking about criminal history on a job application. Unforeseen Benefits of a Consistent Policy In most cases, implementing a strong application falsification policy can result in some unexpected positive benefits. For example, many states have laws prohibiting employers from revoking job offers based on the discovery of a misdemeanor or other types of conviction with no relevance to the applicant’s suitability for the position. Nonetheless, even though the employer cannot revoke the offer because of the conviction itself, the employee’s misrepresentation about the existence of the conviction is grounds for revocation. For example, in a Pennsylvania case, the plaintiff only disclosed two convictions — stalking and harassment — on his application. But a background investigation revealed that he had pleaded guilty to eight additional crimes, including public drunkenness, disorderly conduct and drug crimes. The company revoked his offer. The district court determined that the company did not violate Pennsylvania’s criminal background check statute because the termination was not for the employees’ conviction, but his lie about it. Importantly, the district court relied heavily on the company’s implementation and communication of a consistent policy forbidding applicants from lying on their applications. In a similar vein, companies faced with discriminatory failure to hire claims have successfully argued that the later discovery of falsified job applications is a complete defense against the claims. In other words, if the company would not have hired the employee had it known of the applicant’s lie, the applicant cannot later claim that he or she was not hired because of a protected characteristic. Here too, courts look closely at the company’s fair, equitable and consistent enforcement of its application falsification policy to establish that the company’s decision was not motivated by discriminatory intent. Another benefit of maintaining a strong background check policy is that it can absolve or limit the company of liabilities down the road if the employee is terminated. Oftentimes, in the course of litigation over wrongful termination or discrimination claims, exhaustive background checks into the plaintiff reveal criminal histories previously unknown. While an employer may still be on the hook for some damages if the decision to terminate was indeed discriminatory, the Supreme Court has held that a reward of back pay can be cut off completely — and the plaintiff’s potential damages significantly limited — if the employee’s wrongdoing was so severe that the company would have terminated the employee in any event if it had been uncovered. As a result, employers can potentially limit their exposure to liability in later wrongful termination claims by consistently enforcing a no-tolerance policy for application falsification. While not every application falsification results in a high-profile CEO or executive separation, the problem is common across industries. HR professionals should take care to review their company’s job application process with the help of legal counsel to implement a fair and equitable policy that is compliant with state and federal regulations and train interviewers and hiring professionals of what they can and cannot ask. The fix can be quite easy, and the benefits are great.)

May 31 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— BEYOND DISGUSTING, BEYOND TRAGIC: Recreational marijuana heads to Illinois House after committee vote – Dan Petrella and Rick Pearson (DIERSEN: Who is taking the lead against pot in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois? All of the following should be speaking out against pot: Republican activists, Republican candidates, Republican elected officials, Republican party leaders, Republican major donors, Republican political consultants, business leaders, religious leaders, healthcare leaders, education leaders, law enforcement leaders, etc.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-met-illinois-marijuana-legislation-house-committee-20190530-story.html
— Marijuana, abortion rights, sports gambling among key issues still facing state legislature on final day of session – Rick Pearson, Jamie Munks and Dan Petrella
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-met-illinois-legislature-20190530-story.html
— What you should know about the gun licensing reform measure awaiting a vote by the Illinois Senate – Annie Sweeney, Sarah Freishtat, Stacy St. Clair and Cecilia Reyes
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-met-cb-gun-reform-foid-bill-illinois-20190530-story.html
— BEYOND DISGUSTING, BEYOND TRAGIC: Illinois lawmakers OK bill to remove legal obstacles for those who provide clean needles to heroin users – John Keilman (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs force Republicans to pay for heroin that Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs will give heroin users?)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-met-illinois-syringe-exchanges-20190506-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Springfield scramble: Crunch time for legislators on pot, gaming, budget, other issues The clock is ticking. Legislators will have to quickly digest the budget. And there are still changes being made to a capital plan that currently includes a gas tax hike, a $1 tax on cigarettes and vaping and several other controversial taxes. – Tina Sfondeles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2019/5/30/18646407/springfield-pritzker-scramble-crunch-time-legislators-pot-gaming-budget-capital-abortion
— 4 Illinois House Democrats call for Trump impeachment: Quigley, Rush, Garcia, Davis Reps. Mike Quigley, Bobby Rush, Jesus “Chuy” Garcia and Danny Davis, all from Chicago, want Trump impeached. The other 9 Democrats from Illinois aren’t there yet. – Lynn Sweet
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/5/30/18646752/four-illinois-house-democrats-call-president-donald-trump-impeachment-quigley-rush-garcia-davis
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats run Illinois. Ever-increasingly, those Democrats promote LGBTQ activity. How soon, if not already, will those Democrats officially banish you not only from Chicago, but from all of Illinois if you do not promote LGBTQ activity?
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/5/30/18645946/chicago-gay-community-boystown-rainbow-crosswalks-pride-parade

DAILY HERALD
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote abortion.
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190530/bush-on-abortion-protections-im-really-fighting-for-women-that-are-coming-after-me
— How Pritzker got ‘yes’ votes from suburban lawmakers who’d opposed his tax plan – Marni Pyke
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190531/how-pritzker-got-yes-votes-from-suburban-lawmakers-whod-opposed-his-tax-plan

WTTW
— With a Full Slate, Time is Running Out for Illinois Lawmakers – Amanda Vinicky
https://news.wttw.com/2019/05/30/full-slate-time-running-out-illinois-lawmakers

NBC5
— Suburban Yard Becomes ‘Lake Michigan’ After Recent Rain, Homeowner Says – Chris Coffey (DIERSEN: I should write a book about Wheaton’s approval of a grossly inadequate lot drainage plan for the four-home Cove Court cul-de-sac that I live in. Wheaton’s failure to require the developer to install six instead of only two storm sewer inlets and to properly connect four subterranean drainage lines to the city’s storm sewer system has a) forced me to pay for all nine of my home’s downspouts to be directly connected to the city’s storm sewer system and b) to spend hundreds of hours and thousands of dollars to properly connect two subterranean drainage lines, to install many storm sewer inlets, and to install lengthy French drains. As time goes on, a) more and more and more surface storm water and subterranean storm water flows onto and into my lot, b) more and more and more often my massive lot drainage improvements are overloaded, and c) more and more and more often that my sump pump runs. The cul-de-sac is a watershed area that was formerly used as a septic field for homes on the west side of Golf Lane and the north side of Frazier Court. Of course, the aforesaid dramatically depresses home values in the cul-de-sac.)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/Suburban-Yard-Becomes-Lake-Michigan-After-Recent-Rain-Homeowner-Says-510634891.html

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— BEYOND DISGUSTING: BEYOND TRAGIC: House panel OKs legal pot – Dean Olsen
https://www.sj-r.com/news/20190530/house-panel-oks-legal-pot
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Illinois Democrats talk and act like they are treasonous paid agents for foreign countries.
https://www.sj-r.com/news/20190530/senate-passes-bill-intended-to-protect-immigrants

SOUTHERN
— BEYOND DISGUSTING, BEYOND TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot.
https://thesouthern.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/for-supporters-pot-legalization-is-about-equity-empowerment/article_34fe50e2-cf6b-5375-ad51-c50f7dba01c6.html

QUAD CITIES ONLINE
— McCombie supports bill kick Chicago out of Illinois – SARAH HAYDEN
https://qconline.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/mccombie-supports-bill-kick-chicago-out-of-illinois/article_dbeddf87-a69d-5876-b23c-49b1ef6bb9e1.html

NPR ILLINOIS
— Deadline Day For Legislating — Time Running Out On Marijuana, Gambling, Infrastructure, Budget … – BRIAN MACKEY
https://www.nprillinois.org/post/deadline-day-legislating-time-running-out-marijuana-gambling-infrastructure-budget#stream/0

ONE ILLINOIS
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot.
https://www.oneillinois.com/stories/2019/5/30/pot-proponents-cheer-senate-urge-house-to-follow

WIREPOINTS
— State budgets don’t matter. Illinois will run massive deficits anyway. – John Klingner
https://wirepoints.org/state-budgets-dont-matter-illinois-will-run-massive-deficits-anyway/

FOX NEWS
— University of Illinois sued for allegedly chilling speech with ‘bias response team’ – Sam Dorman
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/university-of-illinois-sued-for-chilling-speech-with-bias-response-team

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Federal judge in Chicago takes swipe at Trump, gives lenient sentence to ‘El Chapo’ witness – AP
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/may/30/ruben-castillo-federal-judge-takes-swipe-trump-giv/

BREITBART
— Blue State Blues: Democrats Are Putting Illinois in Play in 2020 – JOEL B. POLLAK (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Illinois Democrats shout that if you are a member of any of the following groups, you should vote for Republicans: Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older people, non-poor people, gun owners, German Americans, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/05/31/blue-state-blues-democrats-are-putting-illinois-in-play-in-2020/
— Donald Trump to Mexico: Stop Migration or Face Five Percent Tariffs in June – NEIL MUNRO
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/05/30/donald-trump-to-mexico-stop-migration-or-face-five-percent-tariffs-in-june/

TOWNHALL
— A Disturbing Glimpse Into The Manufacturing of Fake News – Ken Blackwell
https://townhall.com/columnists/kenblackwell/2019/05/31/a-disturbing-glimpse-into-the-manufacturing-of-fake-news-n2547145

DAILY CALLER
— TRUMP LAYS THE SMACKDOWN ON MEXICO – Derek Hunter
https://dailycaller.com/2019/05/31/trump-smacksdown-mexico/

DAILY WIRE
— Top Trump Official Publicly Rejects Pro-Life Policy Agenda Of Trump Administration – RYAN SAAVEDRA
https://www.dailywire.com/news/47875/top-trump-official-publicly-rejects-pro-life-ryan-saavedra

WORLD NET DAILY
— CRUZ: DEFUND COLLEGES THAT DON’T SUPPORT FREE SPEECH ‘We’re not going to fund discrimination’ (DIERSEN: I should write a book about individuals, organizations, companies, and governments that claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican, but that not only do not support me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails, they do everything that they can to destroy me and my emails.)
https://www.wnd.com/2019/05/cruz-defund-colleges-that-dont-support-free-speech/
— GAO REPORT FINDS WASTE COSTING TENS OF BILLIONS GAO condemns overlapping or duplicative programs (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those a) who did not want GAO to hire me, b) who did not want GAO to assign me to audits of IRS, c) who did not want GAO to promote me, and d) who wanted GAO to force me to take its early retirement “offer.”)
https://www.wnd.com/2019/05/fed-report-finds-waste-costing-tens-of-billions/

CONSERVATIVE HQ
— Democrats Tee-Up Bills To Grant Amnesty To Drug Smugglers, Prostitutes And Gang Members
http://www.conservativehq.com/article/30348-democrats-tee-bills-grant-amnesty-drug-smugglers-prostitutes-and-gang-members

HUMAN EVENTS
— How China Ate Our Lunch.
https://humanevents.com/2019/05/30/how-china-ate-our-lunch/

COLLEGE FIX
— University of Illinois uses bias policies to silence conservative students: lawsuit – ETHAN BERMAN (DIERSEN: Should I file lawsuits against those my critics/opponents who try to silence me? My critics/opponents a) want the Milton Township Republican Central Committee (MTRCC), DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party (IRP) to silence me and b) wanted TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Illinois Center Right Coalition, American Association of Political Consultants, GAO, IRS, and Post Office to silence me. My critics/opponents a) reject planks in the Republican Party platform and/or the IRP platform and work against those like me who support those planks, b) reject the MTRCC 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.thecollegefix.com/university-of-illinois-uses-bias-policies-to-silence-conservative-students-lawsuit/

ROLL CALL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats oppose anything that might discourage illegal immigration.
https://www.rollcall.com/news/congress/democrats-pounce-citizenship-question-revelations

THE HILL
— NYU cancels ‘Reporting on the Far Right’ journalism class after two students sign up – JOE CONCHA (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who have demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being “far right.” 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://thehill.com/homenews/media/446208-nyu-cancels-reporting-on-the-far-right-journalism-class-after-two-students
— UIC to offer in-state tuition to students from any tribal nation in the US – REBECCA KLAR
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/446181-university-to-offer-in-state-tuition-to-students-from-any-tribal-nation

HUFFINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats hint/imply/argue/shout a) you are a White nationalist if you are not a Democrat and b) White nationalists should be gotten rid of once and for all.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/twitter-white-nationalist-problem_n_5cec4d28e4b00e036573311d

NBC NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats oppose anything that might discourage illegal immigration.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/new-census-evidence-smoking-gun-latino-legislators-activists-n1012171

REUTERS
— Trump vows rapid, high tariffs on Mexico unless illegal immigration ends – Steve Holland, Frank Jack Daniel
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-immigration-trump/trump-vows-rapid-high-tariffs-on-mexico-unless-illegal-immigration-ends-idUSKCN1T01GJ

NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump’s Crackdown on Illegal Immigration: 11 Employers Prosecuted in the Past Year – Miriam Jordan (DIERSEN: What percent of employers in America employ illegals? How many billions of dollars have those employers given politicians to stop them from making E-Verify mandatory? Needless-to-say, each and every employer that employs illegals should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. One would expect that the more illegals that an employer employs, the more money that employer gives politicians to stop them from making E-Verify mandatory.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/31/us/illegal-immigration-employers-prosecutions.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats crow about their success in destroying traditional marriage and the traditional family.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/29/upshot/single-mothers-surge-employment.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats oppose anything and everything that might discourage illegal immigration.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/30/opinion/census-citizenship-supreme-court.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/30/us/census-citizenship-question-hofeller.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Trump, who cast himself as pro-LGBT, now under fire from Democrats for rolling back protections – Toluse Olorunnipa (DIERSEN: Those who promote LGBTQ activity, their operatives, and their dupes have always done everything that they could a) to stop me from putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and sending them out and b) to stop everyone from reading the emails. I should write a book about those who promote LGBTQ activity, their operatives, and their dupes who falsely claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican to give them standing to destroy me. Better yet, I should sue them.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-who-cast-himself-as-pro-lgbt-now-under-fire-from-democrats-for-rolling-back-protections/2019/05/30/95c04e96-8306-11e9-95a9-e2c830afe24f_story.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— College Enrollments Fall Again, With Some Notable Exceptions – Jake Holland
https://www.wsj.com/articles/college-enrollments-down-again-this-year-11559217601

MARKET REALIST
— Why Google Is Refunding Some Advertisers – NAOMI GRAY (DIERSEN: Fortunately, GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails and www.gopillinois.com do not contain advertising because of all the time and because of all the money that I donate. But if I had to seek advertisers, I would only seek advertisers that defend and advance the Illinois Republican Party platform and the Republican Party platform.)
https://marketrealist.com/2019/05/why-google-is-refunding-some-advertisers/

LAS VEGAS SUN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats hint/imply/argue/shout that the “nation’s values” are to get rid of individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://lasvegassun.com/news/2019/may/30/bernie-sanders-to-las-vegas-crowd-trump-supports-r/

FORT WORTH STAR TELEGRAM
— Fort Worth teacher’s job on the line after Twitter rant against illegal immigration – DIANE SMITH AND MITCH MITCHELL
https://www.star-telegram.com/news/local/education/article231004758.html

NEWSWEEK
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats crow about their success in treasonously getting citizens of foreign countries a) to illegally come to America illegally and b) to illegally stay in America illegally.
https://www.newsweek.com/trump-administration-sued-over-refusal-release-hundreds-asylum-seekers-left-1440475

FORBES
— What Is Your Backup Retirement Plan? – Rick Miller (DIERSEN: Based on my experience, in retrospect, and with benefit of hindsight, if you are Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran and your superiors try to force you take early retirement, you should immediately file a lawsuit against them. If you succumb and take early retirement, for the rest of your life, your critic/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes will hint/imply/argue/shout that you were forced to retire because you were a “bad employee” if not a White supremacist, Nazi, KKK member, hater, racist, sexist, bigot, and even worse things.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/rmiller/2019/05/30/what-is-your-backup-retirement-plan/#178c817a1470

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats hint/imply/argue/shout that the longer that your ancestors have been in America, the more reparations that you should pay if you are a Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owner, German American, and/or a draft avoider.
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/2019/05/clotilda-slave-ship-found-healing-community-begins/

WASHINGTON EXEC
— Perspecta Wins $75M Contract to Rebuild National Background Investigation Service Program – AMANDA ZIADEH (DIERSEN: Needless-to-say, every candidate for any government or political job or office should be subjected to a full background investigation.)
https://washingtonexec.com/2019/05/perspecta-wins-75m-contract-to-rebuild-national-background-investigation-service-program/

May 29 Morning Edition

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Wheaton residents voice their concerns about Wheaton’s East Roosevelt Road Corridor Market Study/Comprehensive Plan Amendment – Dave Diersen

http://www.gopillinois.com

(THE ARTICLE: About 120 Wheaton residents attended a 2 1/2 hour Wheaton City Council Planning Session Tuesday evening, May 28, 2019. 28 of those 120 voiced their concerns about Wheaton’s East Roosevelt Road Corridor Market Study/Comprehensive Plan Amendment. 13 of those 28 are registered voters in my precinct. Most of the comments concerned the impact that proposed changes would have on homeowners immediately south and north of Roosevelt Road, traffic congestion, affordable housing, public housing, the proposed Starbucks at the southeast corner of Roosevelt Road and Warrenville Road, flooding, the school crossing at Warrenville Road and Park Avenue, protecting historic buildings on Roosevelt Road, and Wheaton not individually notifying homeowners immediately north and south of Roosevelt Road of the session. My precinct includes the south side of Roosevelt Road between Carlton and Main Streets. For more information on the market study and plan amendment, SEE: https://www.wheaton.il.us/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_05282019-1184.

I included a link to the notice of the session in my May 26, 2019 GOPUSA ILLINOIS evening edition email (https://gopillinois.com/uncategorized/may-26-evening-edition-3/). I included link to an online petition against the market study and plan amendment (https://www.thepetitionsite.com/981/324/570/stop-the-roosevelt-road-corridor-redevelopment-plan/) in my May 23, 2019 GOPUSA ILLINOIS evening edition email (https://gopillinois.com/uncategorized/may-23-evening-edition-3/). I included my comment that “A Starbucks is planned for the southeast corner of Roosevelt Road and Warrenville Road in my precinct” in my March 10, 2019 GOPUSA ILLINOIS morning edition email (https://gopillinois.com/uncategorized/march-10-morning-edition-4/).

Sadly, many of those in my precinct who oppose the market study and plan amendment automatically assume that I completely support the market study and plan amendment a) because I am a conservative Republican Precinct Committeeman who supports Trump and b) because Ron Dell, the owner of the property at the southeast corner of Roosevelt and Warrenville, has allowed me to display 4X4 “Vote Republican’ signs on his building prior to elections for many years. Consequently, many of those in my precinct who oppose the market study and plan amendment have kept me “out of the loop” to put it politely. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always discouraged voters in my precinct from reading my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails.

I look forward to reading the minutes of the session and watching the video of the session when they are posted on the city’s website.)

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Naperville has highest number of domestic violence arrests in DuPage — proof the system’s working, officials say – Suzanne Baker
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-nvs-domestic-violence-st-0526-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “Trump won’t swap Harriet Tubman for Andrew Jackson on the $20 bill, so protesters are doing the job.”
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/eric-zorn/ct-perspec-zorn-tubman-jackson-trump-mnuchin-twenty-20190528-story.html
— Animal complaints from circus on DuPage fairgrounds has Cronin saying county may ban animal acts in lease – Alicia Fabbre
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-nvs-circus-complaints-dupage-fairgrounds-st-0529-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— When it comes to property taxes, Democrats can spell relief — but that’s about it House Democrats moved to smooth the way for a new state graduated income tax by advancing a pair of proposals ostensibly aimed at local property tax bills. – Mark Brown
https://chicago.suntimes.com/platform/amp/columnists/2019/5/28/18643456/property-tax-relief-democrats-graduated-income-tax-mayfield-didech

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— BEYOND DISGUSTING, BEYOND TRAGIC: Marijuana legalization bill could get a vote today As the Legislature moves toward the finish line, a revised measure is headed for the Senate. – JOHN PLETZ
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/government/marijuana-legalization-bill-could-get-vote-today
— Lightfoot pushes $15 minimum wage, more local control over police Charging that political and economic elites combine to hurt black people, the new mayor calls for a $15 wage by 2021, the creation of a panel that could fire the police chief and an end to “regressive” fees and fines. – GREG HINZ
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/greg-hinz-politics/lightfoot-pushes-15-minimum-wage-more-local-control-over-police

ROCKFORD REGISTER STAR
— Illinois lawmakers with industry ties consider gambling tax hike – Jason Grotto and Dan Mihalopoulos (DIERSEN: What do you say to “Republican” lawmakers who profit from promoting dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, abolition of the First and Second Amendments, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and even worse things?)
https://www.rrstar.com/news/20190528/illinois-lawmakers-with-industry-ties-consider-gambling-tax-hike

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Springfield event to help people expunge, seal arrest records – Steven Spearie (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, having never been arrested in your life means nothing at all.)
https://www.sj-r.com/news/20190528/springfield-event-to-help-people-expunge-seal-arrest-records

HERALD & REVIEW
— Labor unions push for expanded Illinois gambling in final days of session – PETER HANCOCK
https://herald-review.com/news/state-and-regional/labor-unions-push-for-expanded-illinois-gambling-in-final-days/article_14123ced-a3c2-506c-872b-e0be139fe19f.html

DECATUR DAILY
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: America-haters use “the founders” to demonize, denigrate, and condemn Americans.
https://www.decaturdaily.com/opinion/were-the-founders-in-favor-of-immigration-yes/article_8e5686e2-e928-5edd-bef9-127679cc1fc4.html

NPR ILLINOIS
— Illinois’ Budget Is Last Chance To Fund 2020 Census – MARY HANSEN
https://www.nprillinois.org/post/illinois-budget-last-chance-fund-2020-census#stream/0

DAILY LINE
— BEYOND DEGUSTING, BEYOND TRAGIC: Republicans back cannabis bill after governor agrees to use pardon power – Hannah Meisel
http://thedailyline.net/chicago/05/29/2019/republicans-back-cannabis-bill-after-governor-agrees-to-use-pardon-power/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Republicans on Tuesday said they will likely provide “a handful” of votes to legalize marijuana now that a new amendment to SB 7 establishes a different path to expunge the records of those convicted of cannabis-related offenses — the governor’s pardon power. A week ago Republican leaders told The Daily Line no member of their caucus would vote for to the long-running effort to legalize marijuana.)

WIRE POINTS
— IMRF strips elected township officials of control as backroom maneuvering reinstates pension in Maine Township – Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner
https://wirepoints.org/imrf-strips-elected-township-officials-of-control-as-backroom-maneuvering-reinstates-pension-in-maine-township/

NORTH COOK NEWS
— GOP State Central Committee Chair Charlene Foss-Eggemann slams revenue director David Harris’ position in flat tax debate – John Suayan
https://northcooknews.com/stories/512573308-gop-state-central-committee-chair-slams-revenue-director-harris-position-in-flat-tax-debate

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Outrageous Acts of IL House Progressives to Pass Kill-Babies-Bill – Laurie Higgins
https://illinoisfamily.org/life/abortion-expansion-bill-passes-illinois-house/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— WHAT DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS ARE DOING IN THE STATES WHERE THEY HAVE MAJORITIES
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/05/what-democrats-and-republicans-are-doing-in-the-states-where-they-have-majorities.html

CAPITOL FAX
— BEYOND DISGUSTING, BEYOND TRAGIC: Senate to take up cannabis legalization bill today
https://capitolfax.com/2019/05/29/senate-to-take-up-cannabis-legalization-bill-today/
— Illinois Policy Institute announces “purge” after leak
https://capitolfax.com/2019/05/29/illinois-policy-institute-announces-purge-after-leak/

GOPUSA
— The unfriendliest part of America (DIERSEN: Those who are members of Group A are unfriendly to members of Group B. Members of Group A are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time and members of Group B are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older people, rich people, gun owners, German Americans, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. What percent of those who live in your neighborhood, precinct, township/ward, and county are members of Group A?)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=70189
— Revoke Ilhan Omar’s Marriage Fraud Immunity Card – Michelle Malkin
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=70209

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Brits side with Trump after speaker denies president opportunity to address Parliament British House of Commons Speaker John Bercow defends blackballing ahead of visit to Britain – Ben Wolfgang (DIERSEN: Who blackballs you? I should write a book about those who blackball me.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/may/28/john-bercow-denies-donald-trump-chance-address-par/
— CNN now officially the ‘hate Trump’ network – Joseph Curl (DIERSEN: I should write a book about past and present “Republican” leaders who had/have “no problem” with CNN.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/may/28/cnn-now-officially-the-hate-trump-network/

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— AOC to Bartend for a Day to Advocate Policies That Closed Former Employer New York City’s increased minimum wage drove AOC’s former employer out of business – Joe Schoffstall (DIERSEN: I worked for the minimum wage part-time for the S.S. Kresges in Chicago Heights 1964-1966. If S.S. Kresges would have had to pay me $15/hour in today’s dollars back then, the job would not have existed.)
https://freebeacon.com/politics/aoc-to-bartend-for-a-day-to-advocate-policies-that-closed-former-employer/

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Trump Dominates the Opposition By Taking Them Seriously – Karin McQuillan
https://amgreatness.com/2019/05/28/trump-dominates-the-opposition-by-taking-them-seriously/

TOWNHALL
— Bring It On: House Democrat Says The Trump Impeachment Train Is Gaining Steam – Matt Vespa
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2019/05/28/bring-it-on-house-democrat-says-the-trump-impeachment-train-is-gaining-steam-n2546984

BREITBART
— Pew Research: Vast Majority of Illegals, 4-in-9 Legal Immigrants, Not English Proficient – John Binder
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/05/28/pew-research-vast-majority-of-illegals-4-in-9-legal-immigrants-not-english-proficient/
— DHS Flying Illegal Aliens to U.S. Cities, Releasing Them into Communities – John Binder (Diersen: Of course, Democrats and RINOs are overjoyed about this.)
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/05/28/dhs-flying-illegal-aliens-to-u-s-cities-releasing-them-into-communities/

FEDERALIST
— Illinois Democrats Rushing To Legalize Abortion Until Birth
https://thefederalist.com/2019/05/29/illinois-democrats-rushing-legalize-abortion-birth/

CONSERVATIVE REVIEW
— Levin: Do the media tell themselves they’re ‘undermining the legitimacy of this president?’ – Carmel Kookogey (DIERSEN: Who undermines your legitimacy? I should write a book about those who undermine my legitimacy.) ·
https://www.conservativereview.com/news/levin-media-tell-theyre-undermining-legitimacy-president/

CNS NEWS
— All Germans Encouraged to Wear Jewish Kippa in Response to Anti-Israel Event – Patrick Goodenough (DIERSEN: Should all Americans be encouraged to wear MAGA hats in response to anti-Trump events?)
https://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/patrick-goodenough/all-germans-encouraged-wear-jewish-kippa-response-anti-israel-event

ONE NEWS NOW
— O’Rourke wants citizenship for millions of illegals – AP
https://onenewsnow.com/ap/politics/orourke-wants-citizenship-for-millions-of-illegals

DAILY CALLER
— ‘IF YOU ACTUALLY CARE ABOUT #MAGA’: DON JR. SENDS ROY MOORE A CLEAR MESSAGE – Virginia Kruta (DIERSEN: Books should be written about those who oppose Ray Moore and why they do that.)
https://dailycaller.com/2019/05/28/don-jr-roy-moore-clear-message/

NEWS BUSTERS
— Cuomo Campaigns to Oust ‘Fever Rash’ McConnell and ‘Virus’ Trump – Nicholas Fondacaro
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/nicholas-fondacaro/2019/05/28/cuomo-campaigns-oust-fever-rash-mcconnell-and-virus-trump

LIFE SITE NEWS
— Pope Francis compares Trump’s border security to Berlin Wall – Martin M. Barillas (DIERSEN: Those who hate America love it when the Pope promotes hatred against America.)
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/pope-francis-compares-trumps-border-security-to-berlin-wall

WORLD NET DAILY
— THE NEW BARBARISM How the left is erasing America’s history, culture, institutions and blessings (DIERSEN: I should write a book about Republican leaders who a) fail/refuse to defend the traditional family, right to life, immigration, Second Amendment, illegal drugs, equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) and other planks in the Republican Party platform b) pander to the left.)
https://www.wnd.com/2019/05/the-new-barbarism/

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Democrats’ Phony Cries of Racism Won’t Work in 2020 – Steve Cortes
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2019/05/29/democrats_phony_cries_of_racism_wont_work_in_2020.html

THE HILL
— Lawyer says Indiana synagogue vandal was radicalized by conservatives – JUSTIN WISE (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who demonize, denigrate, and condemn conservatives.)
https://thehill.com/homenews/media/445797-lawyer-for-man-who-vandalized-indiana-synagogue-says-he-was-radicalized-by
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters encourage everyone in the world to seek asylum in America and then say “Remain in Mexico policy pushes asylum seekers into grave danger.”
https://thehill.com/opinion/immigration/445840-remain-in-mexico-policy-pushes-asylum-seekers-into-grave-danger
— Trump claims he was ‘sticking up for’ Biden with ‘low IQ’ comment – JORDAN FABIAN (DIERSEN: Government is nasty. Politics is nasty. I should write a book about those who hint/imply/argue/shout that I have a low IQ. They stress that they had a higher score on the CPA examination than I did. They stress that the grades I got passing the Certified Internal Auditor examination, earning three job-related masters degrees, earning a job-related bachelor’s degree, high school diploma, etc. were not that great. They hint/imply/argue/shout that their IQ is sky-high.)
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/445844-trump-claims-he-was-sticking-up-for-biden-in-with-low-iq-comment

POLITICO
— ‘My Rudy’: Trump’s lawyer wants to be the campaign’s No. 1 hatchet man Giuliani plans to meet with the president and his campaign in the coming weeks to discuss pivoting to a new role. – DARREN SAMUELSOHN (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who have served as hatchet men and hatchet women for candidates who have been ballots in my precinct.)
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/05/28/rudy-giuliani-donald-trump-1345358

CBS NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters promote Trump-haters.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/justin-amash-grand-rapids-michigan-town-hall-standing-ovation-resistance-trump-impeachment/

WASHINGTON POST
— The IRS cannot keep trying to do more with less – Editorial (DIERSEN: I worked for IRS for almost 9 years. I worked for GAO on audits of IRS for 3 years. All during the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, Republican politicians cut GAO’s budget in either relative or absolute terms. Democrat politicians force IRS and GAO a) to focus on hiring, retaining, and promoting young Democrat minorities and young Democrat females and b) to make way for them by getting rid of their employees who are Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who do not make GS-13 (currently $98,198) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $116,040) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $136,495) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $165,500) by age 40.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-irs-cannot-keep-trying-to-do-more-with-less/2019/05/28/1b3122d4-7caa-11e9-8bb7-0fc796cf2ec0_story.html
— Trump cautions Roy Moore about running again for Senate, saying he ‘cannot win’ in Alabama – John Wagner and Felicia Sonmez (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who have hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I should a) NOT seek any kind of government or political office, b) NOT apply for promotions while I was a GAO employee 1980-1997, c) NOT apply for promotions while I was an IRS employee 1971-1980, and d) NOT apply for promotions while I was a Post Office employee 1966-1969.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-cautions-roy-moore-about-running-again-for-senate-saying-he-cannot-win-in-alabama/2019/05/29/f9250fd6-8206-11e9-933d-7501070ee669_story.html

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— With Missouri’s last abortion clinic targeted, Illinois braces for influx of patients – JENNY JARVIE
https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-missouri-planned-parenthood-abortion-clinic-20190528-story.html

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
— Feds transferred over 230 undocumented immigrants detained near Mexico border to NYC-area jails – STEPHEN REX BROWN (DIERSEN: How close do you live to a jail? What is your position on filling it with illegals?)
https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/ny-borders-crossers-nyc-20190529-jspoiqkm7bd3foedvon2nlkopu-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters encourage everyone in the world to come to America illegally and to stay in America illegally and then blame Trump for “immigrant child deaths at the border.”
https://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/ny-jerry-nadler-immigrant-child-deaths-border-security-congress-budget-20190528-uxxvynqmozb2dgg3s2ewcyjsoe-story.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Many Teens Check Their Phones in Middle of Night Survey finds parents do the same thing; sleep expert calls the trend troubling – Betsy Morris
https://www.wsj.com/articles/many-teens-check-their-phones-in-middle-of-night-11559102460

USA TODAY
— Donald Trump slammed Obama for using Air Force One for election campaigning. Now he does the same – David Jackson and John Fritze
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2019/05/29/donald-trumps-use-air-force-one-mixes-business-and-campaigning/3405405002/

NEWSWEEK
— BORDER PATROL SEES ‘BUSIEST’ DAY ARRESTING MIGRANTS ON MEMORIAL DAY – CHANTAL DA SILVA (DIERSEN: I remember having a conversation with a fast food employee in what used to be my precinct who had absolutely no idea of what “Memorial Day” meant.)
https://www.newsweek.com/border-patrol-busiest-day-arresting-migrants-memorial-day-1438022

May 27 Morning Edition

ABC7
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Bill to remove abortion restrictions expected to go before Illinois House Monday – Cate Cauguiran
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/ill-house-expected-to-vote-on-bill-to-remove-abortion-restrictions/5318499/
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Gambling expansion in Illinois back on the table – AP
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/gambling-expansion-in-illinois-back-on-the-table/5318207/
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Reproductive Health Act to remove abortion restrictions heads to Illinois House Monday
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/bill-to-remove-abortion-restrictions-heads-to-illinois-house-monday/5318293/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Along party lines, Illinois House committee advances abortion bill Republican Terri Bryant calls Sunday night meeting ‘a miscarriage of justice’ – Rebecca Anzel
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2019/5/26/18641108/along-party-lines-illinois-house-committee-advances-abortion-bill
Waning days of spring session to reveal Pritzker’s big wins — or losses
— Legalizing marijuana and expanding gambling in the state are still up in the air as session winds down in Springfield. – Tina Sfondeles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/5/26/18638826/waning-days-of-spring-session-to-reveal-pritzkers-big-wins-or-losses

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Illinois House committee advances long-stalled abortion rights measure – Jamie Munks
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-met-illinois-abortion-rights-bill-20190526-story.html
— Job market looks appealing for new grads – Kaitlin Pitsker (DIERSEN: When you were a new grad, what hindered your job search? When I graduated from NIU in 1970, employers viewed me as being draft bait. They did not believe that my application for a financial hardship draft deferment would be granted. Consequently, I accepted the only job offer that I got – to be the Retail Sales Manager for the Firestone Store in Chicago Heights. It was a job that did not really require a college degree.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/success/tca-job-market-looks-appealing-for-new-grads-20190521-story.html
— Companies with impressive perks – Cameron Albert-Deitch (DIERSEN: Needless-to-say, if governments gave their employees any of these perks, those who hate government employees would scream bloody murder. I should write a book about those in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who have shown the strongest hatred against past, present, and future federal employees.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/success/tca-companies-with-impressive-perks-20190520-story.html
— Millennials vs. Gen X vs. baby boomers — generational pride is cheap identity politics – Jonah Goldberg (DIERSEN: What generation are you? I should write a book about those in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who have shown the strongest hatred against baby boomers.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-millennials-genx-baby-boomers-generation-goldberg-20190524-story.html

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— The suburbs’ real estate problem As companies shun big corporate campuses and set up headquarters in Chicago’s center, suburban McMansions are sitting on the market and selling for fire-sale prices. – DENNIS RODKIN
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/residential-real-estate/suburbs-real-estate-problem

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Abortion law rewrite clears committee, will be heard on House floor – Cassie Buchman
https://www.sj-r.com/news/20190527/abortion-law-rewrite-clears-committee-will-be-heard-on-house-floor

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— More pension debt? Surely legislators jest! – Jim Dey
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/2019-05-26/jim-dey-more-pension-debt-surely-legislators-jest.html

QUAD CITIES ONLINE
— Maybe social media influencers aren’t awful corporate shills. Or maybe they are. – SHANE BROWN
https://qconline.com/lifestyles/shane_brown/maybe-social-media-influencers-aren-t-awful-corporate-shills-or/article_0b022e4b-0119-5ce5-bf1a-076a1d108571.html

NPR ILLINOIS
— Dems Move Abortion Bill Late Sunday Night – DANA VOLLMER
https://www.nprillinois.org/post/dems-move-abortion-bill-late-sunday-night#stream/0
— Former Inmates Are Getting Jobs As Employers Ignore Stigma In Bright Economy – JASMINE GARSD (DIERSEN: GAO hired me in 1980 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. IRS hired me in 1971 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job. The Post Office hired me in 1966 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job.)
https://www.nprillinois.org/post/former-inmates-are-getting-jobs-employers-ignore-stigma-bright-economy#stream/0

GOPUSA
— Illegal aliens brought from border into Inland Empire
http://www.gopusa.com/illegal-aliens-brought-from-border-into-inland-empire/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Pitfalls along the road to socialism – Richard Jack Rail
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/05/pitfalls_along_the_road_to_socialism.html

TOWNHALL
— Beware The ‘Bi-Partisan’ Democrat, Because There’s No Such Thing – Scott Morefield
https://townhall.com/columnists/scottmorefield/2019/05/27/beware-the-bipartisan-democrat-because-theres-no-such-thing-n2546907
— Trump Counterattacks Using Democrat’s Hypocrisy – Kurt Schlichter
https://townhall.com/columnists/kurtschlichter/2019/05/27/trump-counterattacks-using-democrats-hypocrisy-n2546894

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE
— DEMOCRATS’ NATIONAL POPULAR VOTE SCHEME Is a devious plan in gear for Hillary’s 2020 presidential run? – Lloyd Billingsley
https://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/273865/democrats-national-popular-vote-scheme-lloyd-billingsley

EPOCH TIMES
— Striving for Happiness Could Be Making You Unhappy – LOWRI DOWTHWAITE
https://www.theepochtimes.com/striving-for-happiness-could-be-making-you-unhappy_2929258.html

NEW YORK TIMES
— In the Democratic Primary, the Media Hits Are the Message On HBO, Instagram — even Fox News — aspirants are having a meta debate: How do you counterprogram a reality-TV president? – James Poniewozik
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/27/arts/television/beto-documentary-hbo.html
— How to Deal With Job-Search Depression So much of who you are is wrapped up in work, but you are more than your job. – Micaela Marini Higgs (DIERSEN: Government is nasty. Politics is nasty. My Democrat GAO superiors succeeded in forcing me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old. Since then, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have used that to demonize me, denigrate me, and condemn me. They hint/imply/argue/shout that my Democrat GAO superiors did that not because of Republican budget cuts, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, or my being an active member of a class action lawsuit that charged them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation, but because I was a BAD EMPLOYEE and even worse things.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/27/smarter-living/how-to-deal-with-job-search-depression.html

U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— Buttigieg Slams Trump for Avoiding the Vietnam War – Kenneth T. Walsh (DIERSEN: Since 1968 when I was 18 years old, Democrats have slammed me for avoiding the Vietnam War.)
https://www.usnews.com/news/national-news/articles/2019-05-27/buttigieg-slams-trump-for-avoiding-the-vietnam-war

BLOOMBERG
— Florida Is the Big Winner as the Wealthy Move Out of Northern States – Lee J Miller and Wei Lu
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-05-24/migration-s-biggest-loser-is-connecticut-as-florida-profits

DES MOINES REGISTER
— Kirsten Gillibrand at Iowa Baptist church preaches that Trump is ‘contrary to the gospel’ – Linh Ta
https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/elections/presidential/caucus/2019/05/26/donald-trump-baptist-christian-iowa-caucus-2020-kirsten-gillibrand-says-contrary-gospel-waterloo/1246688001/

MOULTRIE NEWS
— Constitution Essay Contest winners announced – Cecilia Brown (DIERSEN: If you are considering filing a lawsuit, you should consider your “jury appeal.” The less “jury appeal” that you have, the more likely that you will be denied your 7th Amendment rights, that the defendant will be granted summary judgment, and that you will lose. Ever-increasingly, the more of the following that you are, the less “jury appeal” that you have: Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owner, German American, draft avoider, and if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.moultrienews.com/news/constitution-essay-contest-winners-announced/article_7bd44428-6d18-11e9-bff2-3b54dc6f1791.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: This year, participants were asked to write about the 7th Amendment. “In Suits at common law, where the value in controversy shall exceed $20, the right of trial by jury shall be preserved, and no fact tried by a jury, shall be otherwise re-examined in any Court of the United States, than according to the rules of the common law.” Ratified Dec. 15, 1791.)

QUORA
— Will the Democratic party always win after the older conservative generations have died off? – John B. Verhoef (DIERSEN: “To win,” Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs want the Republican Party a) to dump its traditional family, right to life, immigration, Second Amendment, illegal drugs, equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving), and the rest of the planks in the Republican Party platform. “To win,” Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs want the Republican Party to dump individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.quora.com/Will-the-Democratic-party-always-win-after-the-older-conservative-generations-have-died-off

LONDON ECONOMIC
— Upper class people do look down on others as they have exaggerated belief they are better – Tony Whitfield (DIERSEN: Who looks down on you? I should write a book on those who look/looked down on me. I would focus on those in my precinct, in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois a) who have/had lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout, b) who have lots of operatives and dupes working for them, c) who are/were members, employees, and/or leaders of the Milton Township Republican Central Committee, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Illinois Center Right Coalition, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter, GAO, IRS, Firestone Stores, Post Office, etc., d) who boost that they are a member of a church, attend church services, and/or give money to a church, d) who I have sued, e) etc. You should be aware that those who look down on me look down on you too.)
https://www.thelondoneconomic.com/news/upper-class-people-do-look-down-on-others-as-they-have-exaggerated-belief-they-are-better/20/05/

LADDERS
— Study: This is how important it is to have a supportive manager As anyone who has had a good mentor or a bad manager at work knows all too well, when you have a supportive boss, it can make all the difference. – MONICA TORRES (DIERSEN: I should write a book about all the supervisors and superiors that I worked for 1964-1997. Ever-increasing, they came under tremendous pressure 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, older, and/or non-veteran.)
https://www.theladders.com/career-advice/study-this-is-how-important-it-is-to-have-a-supportive-manager

GOOD MEN PROJECT
— 5 Ways You Can Relax During Your Free Time – Devin Caldwel (DIERSEN: Why do you have more free time. I have more free time because I am no longer a TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member, Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster, Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member, GAO employee, etc. I have more free time because I have no debts, a Civil Service Retirement System pension, and retirement savings. I have more free time because I have no children or pets. What do you do with your free time? I spend 10+ hours each and every day putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and sending them out.)
https://goodmenproject.com/guy-talk/5-ways-you-can-relax-during-your-free-time-cmtt/

ABOVE THE LAW
— Kamala Harris’s Equal Pay Plan Acknowledges The Weakness Of Lawsuits It feels like an admission that courts cannot close the disparity. – ELIE MYSTAL (DIERSEN: If you are considering filing a lawsuit, you should consider your “jury appeal.” The less “jury appeal” that you have, the more likely that you will be denied your 7th Amendment rights, that the defendant will be granted summary judgment, and that you will lose. Ever-increasingly, the more of the following that you are, the less “jury appeal” that you have: Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owner, German American, draft avoider, and if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://abovethelaw.com/2019/05/kamala-harriss-equal-pay-plan-acknowledges-the-weakness-of-lawsuits/

May 25 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Proposed pot bill a scary proposition – David E. Smith, Executive Director, Kathy Valente, Director of Operations, Illinois Family Institute
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/elgin-courier-news/opinion/ct-nvs-naperville-letters-st-0526-story.html
— Lori Lightfoot’s commitment to expanding opportunities for women, minority businesses highlights ‘women helping women’ approach – Kate Thayer (DIERSEN: Democrats use Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion to get rid of Republicans, and especially to get rid of Republicans who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, White, male, older, non-poor, non-veteran, gun owners, German American, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/ct-life-lori-lightfoot-hiring-women-tt-20190522-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— Wheaton recognizes the completion of the extensive streetscape project on Front Street that included the redesign and relocation of Martin Memorial Plaza. – Paula Barrington, Downtown Wheaton Association (DIERSEN: Attendees at this outstanding event included Barbier, Cherry, Fitch, Gresk, Keller, and Suess. Wheaton’s Chick-fil-A provided cake and lemonade.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/submitted/20190522/vintage-rides-returns-to-downtown-wheaton-with-dedication-of-new-plaza
(FROM THE ARTICLE: At 6:30 p.m., a rededication ceremony at the plaza will be conducted by members of the Wheaton City Council and representatives of the Martin family. A giant ribbon imprinted with continuous W’s (representing Wheaton) will be cut by members of the council, followed by cake and lemonade.)
— CEOs get $800,000 pay raise, leaving workers further behind – AP (DIERSEN: Those who demonize, denigrate, and condemn government employees and government retirees as being over-compensated a) never complain about what CEOs are paid and b) talk and act like they are paid operatives and paid dupes for CEOs)
https://www.dailyherald.com/article/20190524/business/305249934/

DEKALB DAILY CHRONICLE
— Awaiting a ‘tax massacre’ in Springfield – Eric Olson
https://www.daily-chronicle.com/2019/05/24/olson-awaiting-a-tax-massacre-in-springfield/a6qt47v/

ALTON TELEGRAPH
— Judge blocks Trump from building sections of border wall – AP
https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/article/Trump-s-plan-to-fund-border-wall-faces-first-13892871.php

TIMES
— Put spending cuts, pensions on the table, too – Editorial
https://www.mywebtimes.com/2019/05/23/our-view-put-spending-cuts-pensions-on-the-table-too/aj6r4ri/

SAVE YOUR HOME NOW
— Owners of Naperville home pay more than 37% of sale price in taxes
https://saveyourhomenow.org/stories/512513476-market-watch-owners-of-naperville-home-pay-more-than-37-of-sale-price-in-taxes

CHICAGO CITY WIRE
— Landlord restrictions ‘interfere with free market’ and ‘enforce ignorance,’ says Chicago GOP chair – Glenn Minnis
https://chicagocitywire.com/stories/512502456-landlord-restrictions-interfere-with-free-market-and-enforce-ignorance-says-chicago-gop-chair

PRAIRIE STATE WIRE
— Madigan ‘bullying’ income tax increase through legislative process – W.J. Kennedy
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/512565645-madigan-bullying-income-tax-increase-through-legislative-process
— Pritzker quiet about Madigan’s Memorial-Day-weekend surprise pushing graduated tax bill onto House floor – Karen Kidd
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/512565686-pritzker-quiet-about-madigan-s-memorial-day-weekend-surprise-pushing-graduated-tax-bill-onto-house-floor

ILLINOIS BUSINESS DAILY
— Average teacher salaries in Illinois rank 12th highest in nation
https://ilbusinessdaily.com/stories/512563249-average-teacher-salaries-in-illinois-rank-12th-highest-in-nation

FOX NEWS
— CNN now the ‘hate Trump’ network, ex-contributors say: Network ‘openly despises conservatives’ – Joseph A. Wulfsohn
https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/ex-cnn-gop-pundits-speak-out-against-anti-trump-network-they-openly-despise-conservatives

AMERICAN THINKER
— The Left’s weaponization of everything – Gary Gindler
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/05/the_lefts_weaponization_of_everything.html

GOPUSA
— Segregation: ‘Separate but equal’ commencements arrive at vaunted bastions of ‘diversity’
http://www.gopusa.com/segregation-separate-but-equal-commencements-arrive-at-vaunted-bastions-of-diversity/

NEWSMAX
— Sen. Graham’s Immigration Realpolitik – Henry Seggerman
https://www.newsmax.com/henryseggerman/collins-murkowski/2019/05/24/id/917514/

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Authorities raid 247 Colorado homes growing black market pot – DAN ELLIOTT
https://apnews.com/0f172afa4112436aad5a24a52e5936ce
— Illinois lawmakers have 5 days left, 5 big issues to settle – JOHN O’CONNOR
https://www.sfchronicle.com/news/article/Illinois-lawmakers-have-5-days-left-5-big-issues-13896361.php

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats a) glorify and praise Muslims and b) demonize, denigrate, and condemn non-Muslims, and especially demonize, denigrate, and condemn non-Muslims 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.nytimes.com/2019/05/24/your-money/pillars-fund-muslim-americans-suppport.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Older Voters Are the Future of American Politics For at least the next few elections, liberal youngsters will be increasingly outnumbered by their conservative elders – Gerard Baker (DIERSEN: Those who want Republican candidates to lose tell them to dump older voters, and especially to dump older voters like me who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, White, male, non-poor, gun owners, German American, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. I should write a book about Republican 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 dumped older voters like me.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/older-voters-are-the-future-of-american-politics-11558716630
— What Happens in a New Mexico Town When U.S. Border Patrol Drops Off Migrants Residents of Deming wonder how long their community can host a wave of people who crossed the border illegally – Dan Frosch and Alicia A. Caldwell (DIERSEN: Needless-to-say, those individuals, those organizations, those companies, those governments, and those countries that encourage citizens of foreign countries to come to America illegally and/or to stay in America illegally should pay all costs associated with those illegals.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/what-happens-in-a-new-mexico-town-when-u-s-border-patrol-drops-off-thousands-of-migrants-11558696442

BUSINESS NEWS DAILY
— How Can You Tell if a Job Candidate Is Lying About Their Credentials? – Adam C. Uzialko
https://www.businessnewsdaily.com/11314-background-check-candidate-credentials.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: When employers don’t want to conduct candidate verification themselves or feel it would be better handled by a professional third party, there are background check services. These companies are available to screen candidates, usually for a per-candidate fee, and provide background check reports for the employer’s review. Background checks generally review criminal history at the federal and state level, as well as verify past employment and educational attainment. “Manual verification of job candidates, especially in high-volume situations, may be impractical,” Chancey said. “For best results, employers should consider partnering with a reliable background screening vendor. Look for a vendor whose screening platform is easy to use and takes out the hassle of verifying multiple candidates, integrates with other HR systems such as the applicant tracking system, and whose capabilities can be customized to the needs of your organization.”)

SARASOTA HERALD TRIBUNE
— Company must pay for rescinding pregnant woman’s job offer – AP (DIERSEN: In 1971, when I was 22 years old, Oldsmobile rescinded a job offer that I had accepted saying that it has just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. That directly resulted in my accepting a job offer from IRS.)
https://www.heraldtribune.com/news/20190525/company-must-pay-for-rescinding-pregnant-womans-job-offer

SEATTLE TIMES
— UW rescinds job offer as incoming administrator is charged with domestic violence – Asia Fields
https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/uws-rescinds-job-offer-as-incoming-administrator-is-charged-with-domestic-violence/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: UW administrators learned of the arrest from an employee who read about it in an article from the student paper at private Doane University, where Amoateng has been the Title IX coordinator, Balta said. Amoateng announced in April that he would be leaving Doane for UW, according to the student paper, The Doane Line. After verifying the arrest, UW rescinded its job offer May 13, Balta said.)

WEEK
— 10 things you need to know today: May 24, 2019 – Harold Maass (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, they, their operatives, and their dupes will tell you everything that you need to know. They do not want you to learn of anything by reading GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails.)
https://theweek.com/10things/836727/10-things-need-know-today-may-24-2019

LADDERS
— 5 common career mistakes to avoid at all costs – DANDAN ZHU (DIERSEN: Given your demographics, what harmed your career? The following harmed my career in the federal government: I did not become a veteran. I did not become a Democrat. I did not become a yes-man. I refused to help my Democrat superiors and supervisors get rid of their employees because they were Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran and 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. I complained about political affiliation discrimination. I complained about reverse discrimination. I complained about age discrimination. I complained about retaliation. In 1988, when I was 40 years old, I became an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged my superiors with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.)
https://www.theladders.com/career-advice/5-common-career-mistakes-to-avoid-at-all-costs

POSITIVE NEWS
— ‘The next generation of journalists is excited about doing things differently’ – Lucy Purdy
https://www.positive.news/society/media/the-next-generation-of-journalists-is-excited-about-doing-things-differently/

THINK PROGRESS
— Facebook refuses to delete altered video of Nancy Pelosi The decision is the latest in a long line of troubling and confusing moves by the social media giant. – LUKE BARNES
https://thinkprogress.org/facebook-refuses-to-delete-altered-video-of-nancy-pelosi-80c8192fe352/

MEDIAITE
— Undocumented Trump Golf Club Workers Slam Trump: ‘He Knows How Much He Exploits Mexicans’ – Tamar Auber
https://www.mediaite.com/donald-trump/undocumented-trump-golf-club-workers-slam-trump-he-knows-how-much-he-exploits-mexicans/

May 24 Evening Edition

ABC7
— New tax on beer, wine, spirits on the table in Illinois – Mark Rivera
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/new-tax-on-beer-wine-spirits-on-the-table-in-illinois/5315995/

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Illinois lawmakers propose tax hike on alcohol to balance budget – Natalie Bomke
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/local/illinois-lawmakers-propose-tax-hike-on-alcohol-to-balance-budget

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Illinois House committee advances graduated-rate income tax plan approved earlier by Senate – Jamie Munks
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-met-illinois-graduated-tax-rates-house-20190524-story.html
— Gov. J.B. Pritzker vowed to ‘think big’ as a candidate, but is his agenda too big? Lawmakers will decide this week. – Rick Pearson, Dan Petrella and Jamie Munks
— When taxpayers trust Springfield … Part 3: ‘Honest, we’ll only soak the 3%!’ – Editorial
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-pritzker-income-tax-illinois-constitution-20190523-story.html
— Yearbook controversies and the bungled responses from Chicago-area high schools – Eric Zorn
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/eric-zorn/ct-perspec-zorn-highland-oak-park-yearbook-controversies-big-lie-racism-20190524-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters use illegals to promote hatred of Trump.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/5/24/18636132/donald-trump-immigration-abuses-public-outrage
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: What do you say to those who encourage students to take out loans?
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/5/24/18638866/college-loan-debt-elizabeth-warren-tuition-jesse-jackson-robert-f-smith

DAILY HERALD
— In wake of Sterigenics emissions, tighter controls clear Illinois House – Lindsey Salvatelli
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190524/in-wake-of-sterigenics-emissions-tighter-controls-clear-illinois-house
— After 2 suburban Democrats replaced, House committee advances tax rate bill – Jerry Nowicki
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190524/after-2-suburban-democrats-replaced-house-committee-advances-tax-rate-bill

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Here’s what you’d pay if Pritzker’s graduated income tax is enacted While nothing yet is final, Senate action today gives taxpayers their best indication yet. – GREG HINZ
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/greg-hinz-politics/heres-what-youd-pay-if-pritzkers-graduated-income-tax-enacted
— This huge Hinsdale contemporary sold for about the cost of the land The 10,000-square-footer designed by an eminent Swedish architect sold this week for about $2.97 million. It’s estimated the sellers had invested at least $5 million in the pondside home. – DENNIS RODKIN
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/residential-real-estate/huge-hinsdale-contemporary-sold-about-cost-land

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— Are you ready to be fingerprinted and pay $50 to get a FOID card? – LINDSEY SALVATELLI
https://www.bnd.com/latest-news/article230792404.html

NPR ILLINOIS
— Julián Castro Wants To Redefine Which Immigrants Have ‘Merit’ – STEVE INSKEEP & STEVE MULLIS (DIERSEN: Do you have merit? According to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, I have no merit. I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes.)
https://www.nprillinois.org/post/juli-n-castro-wants-redefine-which-immigrants-have-merit#stream/0

CHICAGO MAGAZINE
— Why Downstate Fights for Coal It’s a $100,000 a year job — in a region where the median home price is $87,000. – EDWARD MCCLELLAND
http://www.chicagomag.com/city-life/May-2019/Why-Downstate-Fights-for-Coal/

COD COURIER
— Brian Caputo named next president of College of DuPage – Joey Weslo
https://codcourier.org/11815/news/breaking-news-brian-caputo-named-next-president-of-college-of-dupage/

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— LAND OF 1,000 SHRINKING COMMUNITIES Illinois’ lost people problem spreads to more than 1,000 communities in 2018 – Bryce Hill
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/land-of-1000-shrinking-communities/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— “IT ISN’T YOUR GRANDPA’S WEED,” FORMER ADDICT SAYS
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/05/it-isnt-your-grandpas-weed-former-addict-says.html

CAPITOL FAX
— Illinois separatist Rep. Brad Halbrook (R-Shelbyville) interviewed on Tucker Carlson’s Fox News show
https://capitolfax.com/2019/05/24/illinois-separatist-interviewed-on-fox-news-show/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— ‘Sexist trash’: Hillary Clinton goes off on doctored Pelosi video – John Gage
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/sexist-trash-hillary-clinton-goes-off-on-doctored-pelosi-video

GOPUSA
— Is journalism dead? CNN’s Acosta pens anti-Trump book; Most Dems believe AOC’s biggest lie! – Bobby Eberle
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=70021

BREITBART
— DHS: ‘100 %’ Border Crossers with Children Being Released into U.S., Given Work Permits – JOHN BINDER
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/05/24/dhs-100-border-crossers-with-children-being-released-into-u-s-given-work-permits/
— Eurocrat Attacks ‘Stupid Nationalists in Love with Their Own Countries’ – VICTORIA FRIEDMAN (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will Democrats officially a) condemn Independence Day, b) stop municipalities like Wheaton from having Independence Day fireworks and parades, c) stop Republicans from participating and sponsoring Independence Day fireworks and parades, and d) stop people from watching the fireworks and parades?)
https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/05/24/eurocrat-attacks-stupid-nationalists-love-their-own-countries/
— Democrats Refuse to Block Gun Offenders from Amnesty Status – AWR HAWKINS
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/05/24/democrats-refuse-to-block-gun-offenders-from-amnesty-status/

DAILY CALLER
— DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION LAUNCHES INVESTIGATION INTO CHICK-FIL-A BANS – Molly Prince
https://dailycaller.com/2019/05/24/dot-investigate-chick-fil-a-ban/
— TRUMP’S PRESIDENCY LINKED TO DECLINE IN RACIAL PREJUDICE – Rachel Stoltzfoos
https://dailycaller.com/2019/05/24/trump-presidency-decline-racial-prejudice/
— MEDIA SEIZE ON DECLINE IN RACIAL PREJUDICE AS MORE EVIDENCE TRUMP IS RACIST – Rachel Stoltzfoos
https://dailycaller.com/2019/05/24/media-decline-racial-prejudice-trump-racist/

CNS NEWS
— Trump to Enforce Clinton-Era Law Requiring Sponsors to Pay Back Welfare Benefits of Immigrants – Melanie Arter
https://www.cnsnews.com/blog/melanie-arter/trump-enforce-clinton-era-law-requiring-sponsors-pay-back-welfare-benefits

AMERICAN THINKER
— Another faded entertainer (John Cusack) insults the military because Donald J. Trump is president – Ethel C. Fenig
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/05/another_faded_entertainer_insults_the_military_because_donald_j_trump_is_president.html

WORLD NET DAILY
— THE WAR ON TRUMP IS A WAR ON AMERICA Scott Lively urges, ‘prevent our common enemies from taking him down’
https://www.wnd.com/2019/05/the-war-on-trump-is-a-war-on-america/

PJ MEDIA
— Herman Cain: Trump ‘Wasn’t Racist Before He Became President and He’s Not Racist Now’ – NICHOLAS BALLASY
https://pjmedia.com/trending/herman-cain-trump-wasnt-racist-before-he-became-president-and-hes-not-racist-now/

NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump Administration Proposes Rollback of Transgender Protections – Abby Goodnough, Erica L. Green and Margot Sanger-Katz
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/24/us/politics/donald-trump-transgender-protections.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Trump is now using E-Verify in his golf courses. The result: more firings of undocumented workers – Joshua Partlow and David A. Fahrenthold
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-is-now-using-e-verify-in-his-golf-courses-the-result-more-firings-of-undocumented-workers/2019/05/24/4284bf30-7d81-11e9-a66c-d36e482aa873_story.html
— American Jewish voters still despise Trump – Jennifer Rubin (DIERSEN: Government is nasty. Politics is nasty. Democrats are nasty. I should write a book about the many Jewish superiors and supervisors who I worked for while I was a federal employee for almost 30 years. Government is nasty. Politics is nasty. Democrats are nasty. Those Democrats stressed to my many Jewish superiors and supervisors that I was a) Republican, b) conservative, c) 100% German national origin, and d) baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran. Those Democrats succeeded in getting my many Jewish superiors and supervisors to take many adverse actions against me.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/05/24/jews-still-despise-trump/
— How Democratic presidential candidates are trying to win over LGBT voters – Eugene Scott (DIERSEN: Those who promote LGBTQ activity focus on destroying those who do not promote LGBTQ activity.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/05/24/how-democratic-presidential-candidates-are-trying-win-over-lgbt-voters/

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
— Trump wants to make America gay again — and he’s offering 20% off his rainbow T-shirt to prove it – Muri Assunção
https://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/ny-trump-lgbtq-pride-shirt-the-nerve-20190524-k2lnqitkojf4djihcqbwnnysam-story.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— I Didn’t Earn Slavery Reparations, and I Don’t Want Them My ancestor Silas Burgess came to America in chains. But even he was able to live the American Dream. – Burgess Owens
https://www.wsj.com/articles/i-didnt-earn-slavery-reparations-and-i-dont-want-them-11558732429

BLOOMBERG
— A Wise Pause on Marijuana Legalization New Jersey and New York are right to be wary of unintended consequences – Editorial
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2019-05-19/marijuana-legalization-new-york-and-new-jersey-are-wise-to-pause

FORBES
— Time Warner Cable Loses Marathon Bid To Thwart Age Discrimination Plaintiff – Patricia Barnes
https://www.forbes.com/sites/patriciagbarnes/2019/05/24/time-warner-cable-loses-marathon-bid-to-thwart-age-discrimination-plaintiff/#16115e6f1005

NEWSWEEK
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Trump-haters promote hatred against Trump.
https://www.newsweek.com/bill-weld-claims-trump-prefer-aryan-nation-1435247

HR DRIVE
— Tech workers’ promotion chances decline rapidly after age 36 – Valerie Bolden-Barrett (DIERSEN: If you are a federal employee who is Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran, your chances of getting promotions decline rapidly if you 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. Extremely few federal employees make the aforesaid promotion deadlines.)
https://www.hrdive.com/news/tech-workers-promotion-chances-decline-rapidly-after-age-36/555416/

PEOPLE’S WORLD
— AFGE: Trump’s killing of government personnel agency would politicize civil service – MARK GRUENBERG (DIERSEN: Personnel was my area of concentration for both my bachelor’s degree from NIU in 1970 and my MBA from Loyola in 1976.)
https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/afge-trumps-killing-of-government-personnel-agency-would-politicize-civil-service/

May 24 Morning Edition

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Clearing 800,000 Illinois people of convictions makes sense if pot is legalized Senate Bill 7 would undertake tangible steps towards achieving racial equity, justice and opportunity in Illinois. – DeAngelo Bester (DIERSEN: To smoke pot is to shout that you disrespect the rule of law. Further, to smoke pot is to make yourself impaired. Further, to smoke pot is to put yourself on track to be a ward of the state.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/5/23/18636256/clearing-800000-illinois-people-of-convictions-makes-sense-if-pot-is-legalized
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Those who want to abolish the Second Amendment say “Fix the FOID Act bill could have saved lives in Aurora None of the modest measures being proposed in this legislation would impose an undue burden on anybody’s Second Amendment rights. But they might have saved the lives of five people in Aurora on Feb. 15, 2019.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/5/23/18637658/fix-foid-guns-aurora-shooting-legislature-illinois-general-assembly
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater asks “How long can Congress tolerate Trump’s impeachable conduct?”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/5/23/18634748/how-long-can-congress-tolerate-trumps-impeachable-conduct
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats want Lightfoot to do more to make Chicago treasonously encourage citizens of foreign countries to illegally come to America illegally and to illegally stay in America illegally.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/5/23/18637250/lori-lightfoot-welcoming-city-ordinance-immigration-marlen-garcia
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: According to the Democrats, if you are a minority, a woman, and/or younger, if you have problems, it is because of those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/5/23/18637241/adversity-score-college-board-sat-college-support-necessary

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Chicago’s largest homeless shelter accused of discriminating against people with disabilities, but faces little oversight because it’s a church – Anna Kim (DIERSEN: What do churches and their members think of you? My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes in Wheaton hint/imply/argue/shout that that churches in Wheaton, and especially the churches that they are a member of, have such an extremely low opinion of me and that they do not want me a) to become a member, b) to attend services, or c) to give them money. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes stress that I am a Trump supporter, Protestant (baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran), conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, old (70), non-poor, gun owner, 100% German American, federal employee for almost 30 years, federal retiree for almost 22 years, union member for almost 12 years, draft avoider, my ancestors have been in America since 1844, and other such negatives. They stress that I oppose promotion of dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, abolition of the First and Second Amendments, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-met-pacific-garden-mission-oversight-20190520-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “President Trump an easy target for mockery.” Ever-increasingly, Trump-haters mock those who share Trump’s demographics. What demographics to you share with Trump? He and I are Protestant (I was baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran.), conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, old (I am 70.), married, healthy, homeowners, non-poor, gun owners, German Americans, draft avoiders, and our ancestors have been in America for a long time. While Trump is a federal employee, I was a federal employee for almost 30 years and I have been a federal retiree for almost 22 years. Both Trump and I have been the subject of Money Magazine articles, albeit me only once in its February 1978 issue.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/post-tribune/opinion/ct-ptb-davich-i-dont-hate-president-donald-trump-st-0526-story.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD IN THE NAPERVILLE SUN: Naperville opposes DuPage County hotel tax, saying it would make city businesses less competitive – Erin Hegarty
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-nvs-naperville-oppose-dupage-entertainment-tax-st-0524-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE: Caputo chosen to become COD’s next president – Robert Sanchez
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190523/caputo-chosen-to-become-cods-next-president
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Tollway promises new vote after chairman approves subcontract with former employer – Marni Pyke
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190523/tollway-promises-new-vote-after-chairman-approves-subcontract-with-former-employer
— Illinois businesses could face lawsuits for asking about wage history under proposal – Cole Lauterbach (DIERSEN: If you are/were a government employee, your salary history is public record.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/business/20190524/illinois-businesses-could-face-lawsuits-for-asking-about-wage-history-under-proposal

WBEZ
— New CPS Application Didn’t Improve Access For Black Students In First Year – Sarah Karp (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who have hinted/implied/argued/shouted the loudest that I have always had an extremely unfair advantage in life because my parents sent me to Trinity Lutheran Grade School in Crete 1953-1961, to Hope Lutheran Grade School in Park Forest 1961-1962, and to Crete-Monee High School 1962-1966.)
https://www.wbez.org/shows/wbez-news/new-cps-application-didnt-improve-access-for-black-students-in-first-year/bd4bab95-e45b-4b26-8920-46c830d7f2f3

NORTHWEST HERALD
— Raoul sues U.S. attorney general for withholding funds over immigration policy Case is second challenge to Trump administration’s policy on undocumented immigrants – PETER HANCOCK
https://www.nwherald.com/2019/05/24/raoul-sues-u-s-attorney-general-for-withholding-funds-over-immigration-policy/aase694/

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Durkin: More details needed on capital plan – Doug Finke
https://www.sj-r.com/news/20190523/durkin-more-details-needed-on-capital-plan

HERALD REVIEW
— Leaders close on budget agreement as GOP says details lacking on capital plan – JERRY NOWICKI
https://herald-review.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/leaders-close-on-budget-agreement-as-gop-says-details-lacking/article_0898ee90-3984-5749-bbed-84d8c6d322a4.html

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— Highland Park High School halts yearbook distribution due to offensive quotes – AP
https://www.bnd.com/news/state/illinois/article230740754.html

CHICAGO READER
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Your past predicts your future. Democrats want criminals to vote. Of course, one would expect that criminals vote for criminals.
https://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/hb2541-civics-education-prison/Content?oid=70490334

DAILY NORTHWESTERN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-hating “Illinois Democrats denounce government’s role in migrant children’s death near border.”
https://dailynorthwestern.com/2019/05/24/city/illinois-democrats-denounce-governments-role-in-migrant-childrens-death-near-border/

CENTER SQUARE
— Illinois businesses could face lawsuits for asking about wage history under proposal – Cole Lauterbach (DIERSEN: If you are/were a government employee, your salary history is public record.)
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/illinois-businesses-could-face-lawsuits-for-asking-about-wage-history/article_4e4788ae-7d93-11e9-962e-1b74a4b89d45.html

TULCHIN RESEARCH
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot. If pot is legalized for recreational use in Illinois, how many more people in your neighborhood, in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois will become stoners? According to pot pushers, just about everyone is a stoner already. Stoners, their operatives, and their dupes do everything that they can to destroy individuals like me, destroy organizations like TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, destroy companies, destroy governments, and destroy countries that do not promote pot.
www.chrome-extension://mhjfbmdgcfjbbpaeojofohoefgiehjai/index.html

https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2019/05/24/loris-holiday-headache-poll-most-favor-legal-weed-pritzker-moves-in-on-gaming-debate-439878

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Progressives Seek to Rush Human Slaughter Bill Through House – Laurie Higgins
https://illinoisfamily.org/life/progressives-seek-to-rush-human-slaughter-bill-through-house/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— THORNER: 5G, AN INNOVATION OR SERIOUS HEALTH RISK?
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/05/thorner-5g-an-innovation-or-serious-health-risk.html

CAPITOL FAX
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Pot pushers push pot.
https://capitolfax.com/2019/05/24/cannabis-roundup-7/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump ‘faked’ injury to avoid Vietnam draft, Buttigieg claims – Seth McLaughlin (DIERSEN: Government is nasty. Politics is nasty. Democrats are nasty. If I sought a government office or a political office, they would hint/imply/argue/shout that I submitted incomplete/misleading/false information to get a financial hardship draft deferment. SEE: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft_evasion Of course, I would sue them.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/may/23/trump-faked-injury-avoid-vietnam-draft-buttigieg-c/
— Trump orders immigrant welfare crackdown, reimbursements – Stephen Dinan
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/may/23/immigrant-welfare-crackdown-ordered-donald-trump/
— Trump associates weigh defamation lawsuits over Russia probe – Rowan Scarborough (DIERSEN: Who are you considering suing for defamation? SEE: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defamation Of course, I am considering suing all those who have made false statements a) to get me to stop putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and sending them out and b) to get people to not read the emails. While my critics/opponents have lots of money, their operatives and their dupes have little or no income or net worth.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/may/22/donald-trump-associates-weigh-defamation-lawsuits-/

GOPUSA
— Democrats ‘declare war’ over state restrictions on killing human babies
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=69975
— Ben Carson counterpunches against pro-abortion Ilhan Omar
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=69991

DAILY CALLER
— THAT TIME JOE BIDEN CONDEMNED AMNESTY, SAID IMMIGRANTS SHOULD LEARN ENGLISH – Scott Morefield
https://dailycaller.com/2019/05/23/joe-biden-amnesty-immigrants-english/

DAILY WIRE
— After Being Condemned By Colleagues, Radical Democrat Presides Over Congress – RYAN SAAVEDRA
https://www.dailywire.com/news/47622/after-being-condemned-colleagues-radical-democrat-ryan-saavedra

FEDERALIST
– Pete Buttigieg’s ‘Moderate’ Style Is Limited By His Hard-Left Ideas – Emily Jashinsky
https://thefederalist.com/2019/05/24/pete-buttigiegs-moderate-style-limited-hard-left-ideas/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Illegal Immigration and the Trade War – Brad Betters
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2019/05/illegal_immigration_and_the_trade_war.html
— The catchphrase politics of the media and other Democrats – Jack Hellner
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/05/the_catchphrase_politics_of_the_media_and_other_democrats_.html

ACCURACY IN ACADEMIA
— ‘Left-Wing Anti-Semitism is Gaining a Foothold,’ Panelist says – Steven Koskulitz
https://www.academia.org/left-wing-anti-semitism-is-gaining-a-foothold-panelist-says/

CBN
— NYU Graduation Speaker Calls Israel ‘Apartheid’, Calls for Boycotts of Jewish State – Emily Jones
http://www1.cbn.com/cbnnews/israel/2019/may/nyu-graduation-speaker-calls-israel-apartheid-calls-for-boycotts-of-jewish-state

INDEPENDENT JOURNAL REVIEW
— Republican Senator Wants US Census to Ask About Criminal Records – Reuters
https://ijr.com/republican-senator-wants-census-to-ask-criminal-records/

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— DHS releases shocking percentage of illegal immigrant families released into US, ‘rewarded’ with work permits – Samantha Chang
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2019/05/24/dhs-releases-shocking-percentage-of-illegal-immigrant-families-released-into-us-rewarded-with-work-permits-757896

THE HILL
— Conway: Pelosi treated me like ‘her maid’ – JORDAN FABIAN (DIERSEN: How have your critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes treated you? I should write a book about my disgusting critics/opponents, their disgusting operatives, and their disgusting dupes and how they have disgustingly treated me.)
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/445224-conway-pelosi-treated-me-like-her-maid
— Republicans spend more than $4 million at Trump properties – REID WILSON
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/445307-republicans-spend-more-than-4-million-at-trump-properties
— Oak Park and River Forest High School spends over $50K on new yearbooks after students make white supremacist hand symbol in photos – JOHN BOWDEN
https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/445345-illinois-high-school-spends-over-50k-on-new-yearbooks-after

NEW YORK TIMES
— 2020 Democrats Join McDonald’s Workers Striking Over Wages and Harassment – Maggie Astor (DIERSEN: Did McDonald’s move to Chicago to try to get more favorable treatment from the Democrats?)
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/23/us/politics/mcdonalds-strike-2020-candidates.html
— Facebook Says It Is More Aggressively Enforcing Content Rules – Kate Conger
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/23/technology/facebook-content-rules-data.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Racial prejudice has declined as a reaction to Trump’s presidency – Isaac Stanley-Becker
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/05/24/racial-prejudice-trump-presidency-study/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats a) glorify and praise citizens of foreign countries and b) demonize, denigrate, and condemn citizens of America.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/when-the-government-used-bad-science-to-restrict-immigration/2019/05/24/0f1612e4-6b74-11e9-8f44-e8d8bb1df986_story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote LGBTQ activity.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2019/05/24/new-trump-administration-rule-would-weaken-protections-transgender-people-health-care/

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Time’s up for McDonald’s and others to protect low-wage workers from sexual harassment – Editorial
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/editorials/la-ed-times-up-mcdonalds-20190524-story.html

BOSTON HERALD
— Illegal immigrants a strain on public housing – BETSY MCCAUGHEY (DIERSEN: How many citizens of America are homeless because of illegals in public housing?)
https://www.bostonherald.com/2019/05/24/illegal-immigrants-a-strain-on-public-housing/

DELAWARE STATE NEWS
— Marijuana jeopardizes highway safety – Cathy Rossi
https://delawarestatenews.net/opinion/commentary-marijuana-jeopardizes-highway-safety/

CLARION LEDGER
— Politics or discrimination? Attorney cites national origin in firing, files suit – Jimmie E. Gates (DIERSEN: I should write a book about a) my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government and b) those in Wheaton, Glen Ellyn, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois who have used my being 100% German national origin against me.)
https://www.clarionledger.com/story/news/politics/2019/05/24/attorney-native-west-africa-fired-black-officials-sues-cites-national-origin-hinds-county-jackson-ms/1204078001/

WBTW
— Outrage after pro-Trump hats blurred in yearbook – CNN
https://www.wbtw.com/national/outrage-after-pro-trump-hats-blurred-in-yearbook/2023866594

WKBW
— New York businesses voice concerns over push for recreational marijuana legislation – Ala Errebhi
https://www.wkbw.com/news/local-news/new-york-businesses-voice-concerns-over-push-for-recreational-marijuana-legislation

WPXI
— Pro-Trump hats blurred in yearbook cause upset
https://www.wpxi.com/news/pro-trump-hats-blurred-in-yearbook-cause-upset/952058753

FOX ORLANDO
— Trump signs memorandum requiring immigrant sponsors to pay for social services
http://www.fox35orlando.com/news/mobile-app-news-feed/trump-signs-memorandum-requiring-immigrant-sponsors-to-pay-for-social-services

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Women Have Most of Top Roles in Campaigns for Leading 2020 Democrats WSJ analysis of senior staff of best-polling Democratic candidates shows wide swings of race, gender among staffs – Joshua Jamerson (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will organizations, companies, governments, and countries post signs that say the following are NOT WELCOME: Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older people, rich people, gun owners, German Americans, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/women-have-most-of-top-roles-in-campaigns-for-leading-2020-democrats-11558690201
— Trump Gets White House Witnesses to Attest to His ‘Very Calm’ Demeanor President reasserts that he is ‘an extremely stable genius’ as he asks aides to rebut notion that he’d thrown a temper tantrum in meeting with Democrats – Michael C. Bender (DIERSEN: Who tries to get you to lose your temper? I should write a book about those who have tried to get me to lose my temper. Most commonly, they made false statements about my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-gets-white-house-witnesses-to-attest-to-his-very-calm-demeanor-11558656429
— Boycott Over Abortion Law Threatens Georgia’s Film Industry – Cameron McWhirter and Erich Schwartzel (DIERSEN: Which individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries boycott you? I should write a book about those individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that boycott me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/some-in-hollywood-threaten-to-leave-georgia-over-abortion-law-11558631360
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Trump-haters analogize citizens of foreign countries to Jews in Germany during the 1940s.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/my-familys-american-life-almost-wasnt-11558651878

FORBES
— Five Truths Publishers Need To Accept To Remain Profitable In 2019 – Cosmin Ene (DIERSEN: The five truths include “Don’t bite the hand that feeds you.” QUESTION: Who feeds the anti-Republican news media? ANSWER: Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbestechcouncil/2019/05/09/five-truths-publishers-need-to-accept-to-remain-profitable-in-2019/#6eda82797c52

BLOOMBERG
— Rethinking Wealth, From Birthright Capital to Big Spender Taxes Academics and analysts on how to make society more equitable. (DIERSEN: How much money do/did your parents have? Operatives and dupes who work for my critics/opponents hint/imply/argue/shout that a) their parents have/had far less money than my parents and b) that I have always had a tremendous unfair advantage in life because my parents were filthy rich. If my parents were filthy rich, why did I take what they call BAD JOBS? I did yard work and delivered newspapers 1962-1964; washed dishes 1964-1966; cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966; delivered mail 1966-1969; worked on an automobile assembly line and as a security guard in 1970; sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971; pumped gasoline 1971-1972; collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980; and audited federal agencies 1980-1997.)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-05-24/rethinking-wealth-from-birthright-capital-to-big-spender-taxes
(FROM THE ARTICLE: There’s a large racial wealth gap in the U.S.: Federal Reserve data show that the median white family has $171,000 in wealth. That’s about $150,000 more than the $17,600 of the median black family. These numbers include home equity.)

LONG ROOM & AMERICAN MIRROR
— Disabled elderly federal employee guilty of Hatch Act violation for Trump portrait in cubicle – VICTOR SKINNER
https://longroom.com/discussion/1496168/disabled-elderly-federal-employee-guilty-of-hatch-act-violation-for-trump-portrait-in-cubicle
http://www.theamericanmirror.com/disabled-elderly-federal-employee-guilty-of-hatch-act-violation-for-trump-portrait-in-cubicle/

NPR
— Julián Castro Wants To Redefine Which Immigrants Have ‘Merit’ – STEVE INSKEEP (DIERSEN: Do you have merit? I have absolutely no merit according to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes in the Milton Township Republican Central Committee (MTRCC), DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce (WCC), Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC), American Association of Political Consultants (AAPC) Midwest Chapter (MC), GAO, etc. In my defense, I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 32. IRS promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974. GAO promoted me in 1986. I survived as a) TAPROOT chairman for 7 years, b) WCC Government Affairs Committee member for 8 years, c) MTRCC webmaster for 6 years, d) ICRC Steering Committee member for 4 years, e) AAPC MC board member for 3 years, f) GAO employee for 18 years, g) IRS employee for 9 years, and h) Post Office employee for 3 years.)
https://www.npr.org/2019/05/24/726080593/juli-n-castro-wants-to-redefine-which-immigrants-have-merit

DAILY PROGRESS
— Speaking at UVa, Clinton says presidents should unite the country – Tyler Hammel (DIERSEN: Democrat elected officials unite the country against individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.dailyprogress.com/news/politics/speaking-at-uva-clinton-says-presidents-should-unite-the-country/article_bd3f7d76-7dbf-11e9-ac3d-c32c4ac35563.html

WEEK
— Pete Buttigieg believes Trump ‘faked a disability’ to avoid the Vietnam draft (DIERSEN: Government is nasty. Politics is nasty. Democrats are nasty. If I sought a government office or a political office, they would hint/imply/argue/shout that I submitted incomplete/misleading/false information to get a financial hardship draft deferment. SEE: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft_evasion Of course, I would sue them.)
https://theweek.com/speedreads/843144/pete-buttigieg-believes-trump-faked-disability-avoid-vietnam-draft

AMERICAN PROSPECT
— Pelosi Must Not Run Congress Like Trump Ran His Businesses Congress doesn’t have the resources right now to take on Trump, and Democrats aren’t fighting to acquire them. – DANIEL SCHUMAN (FROM THE ARTICLE: Congress is a shadow of itself. What this means in terms of personnel, for example, is House committee staff fell by one-third from 1994 to 2016, from 1,947 people to 1,298. Government Accountability Office staff fell by one-third, from 4,572 to 2,989.)
https://prospect.org/article/pelosi-must-not-run-congress-trump-ran-his-businesses
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A quarter-century ago, Newt Gingrich set out to destroy Congress as a force for progress, slashing the House’s funding by 14 percent and eviscerating its support agencies, like the Office of Technology Assessment, which drafted reports on emerging scientific and technological issues. In the last decade, House Republicans literally decimated funding for the House. Overall funding for the legislative branch is down by $370 million in constant dollars over the last decade alone, and funding for committees over that time has dropped by 22 percent—from $432 million to $329 million in constant dollars. Congress is a shadow of itself. What this means in terms of personnel, for example, is House committee staff fell by one-third from 1994 to 2016, from 1,947 people to 1,298. Government Accountability Office staff fell by one-third, from 4,572 to 2,989; and the Congressional Research Service fell by one-quarter, from 835 to 609. This is colloquially known as the lobotomization of Congress. The average expertise of and resources available to the rump of remaining staff have dropped precipitously, and few in power have any real experience governing. As if you couldn’t tell. To sum up, Congress is in no shape to take on Trump.)

NEWSWEEK
— EX-TRUMP STRATEGIST SEBASTIAN GORKA SAYS DEMOCRATS’ IMMIGRATION POLICY AIMS TO ‘RECREATE A DEMOCRAT PLANTATION… NOT WITH SLAVES’ BUT WITH ‘ILLEGAL ALIENS’ – CALLUM PATON
https://www.newsweek.com/video-ex-trump-strategist-sebastian-gorka-says-democrats-immigration-policy-1434974

WORKFORCE
— The Precarious Legalities of Socially Conscious Workplace Policies Do employers make these decisions based on principle or on a market analysis? Are these decisions borne of a desire to cultivate a healthy workplace community by being part of a bigger, socially conscious vision? – Tim K. Garrett (DIERSEN: Democrats run the federal government. Therefore, their workplace policies promote the Democrat Party platform.)
https://www.workforce.com/2019/05/24/precarious-legalities-socially-conscious-workplace-policies/

WINDY CITY TIMES
— LGBTQ Inclusive Curriculum Bill Advances to Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, to send your child to a public school in Illinois is to encourage your child to engage in LGBTQ activity. I should write a book about those who demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trinity Lutheran Grade School in Crete and Hope Lutheran Grade School in Park Forest. I attended Trinity Lutheran 1953-1961 and Hope Lutheran 1961-1962.)
http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/lgbt/LGBTQ-Inclusive-Curriculum-Bill-Advances-to-Illinois-Gov-JB-Pritzker/66130.html

May 23 Evening Edition

CBS2
— Pregnant Mom And Family Take Asylum In Chicago Lawn Church To Avoid Deportation To Mexico – Audrina Bigos (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats glorify and praise a) those who come to America illegally and b) those who stay in America illegally.
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2019/05/23/adilene-marquina-asylum-deportation-chicago-lawn-faith-hope-love-mission/

WGN TV
— Pregnant mother of 3 seeks sanctuary from deportation in Chicago church – JULIAN CREWS
https://wgntv.com/2019/05/23/expectant-mother-seeks-deportation-asylum-at-chicago-church/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Nancy Pelosi questioned Donald Trump’s fitness for office. He responded by calling her ‘crazy’ and himself a ‘stable genius.’ – AP
https://www.chicagotribune.com/nation-world/ct-nancy-pelosi-questions-trump-intervention-20190523-story.html
— Long-stalled bill that would remove abortion restrictions in Illinois poised to move forward – Jamie Munks
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-met-illinois-abortion-legislation-20190523-story.html
— Chicago casino, pension help and infrastructure top Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s legislative wish list – John Byrne
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-met-chicago-mayor-lori-lightfoot-springfield-agenda-20190523-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— Hundreds of Lake County properties were overtaxed, officials admit – Russell Lissau
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190523/hundreds-of-lake-county-properties-were-overtaxed-officials-admit

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Chicago banker charged with bribery in seeking Trump post Stephen Calk was charged by federal prosecutors with bribery for seeking a role in the Trump administration allegedly in return for $16 million in loans to a senior official in the Trump 2016 presidential campaign.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/finance-banking/chicago-banker-charged-bribery-seeking-trump-post

WTTW
— If Pot is Legalized in Illinois, What Happens to Medical Marijuana? – Amanda Vinicky
https://news.wttw.com/2019/05/23/if-pot-legalized-illinois-what-happens-medical-marijuana

WQAD
— The Quad Cities is split on the nationwide abortion debate – LAUREN JACKSON
https://wqad.com/2019/05/23/the-quad-cities-is-split-on-the-nationwide-abortion-debate/

FOX ILLINOIS
— Pelosi questions Trump’s fitness; time for ‘intervention’?
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/speaker-pelosi-holds-weekly-press-conference-day-after-accusing-trump-of-cover-up

SUBURBAN LIFE
— Illinois teachers call for raise to salary cap – PETER HANCOCK
https://www.mysuburbanlife.com/2019/05/23/illinois-teachers-call-for-raise-to-salary-cap/aptayk5/

ELIZABETH HAIN
— Stop the Roosevelt Road Corridor Redevelopment Plan! (DIERSEN: This plan includes my precinct on the south side of Roosevelt Road between Carlton and Main Streets.)
https://www.thepetitionsite.com/981/324/570/stop-the-roosevelt-road-corridor-redevelopment-plan/

KANE COUNTY REPORTER
— In health care debate, Underwood dogged by exaggeration of nursing experience – W.J. Kennedy
https://kanecountyreporter.com/stories/512563159-in-health-care-debate-underwood-dogged-by-exaggeration-of-nursing-experience

ILLINOIS TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote LGBTQ activity.
https://illinoistimes.com/article-21263-pridefest-draws-thousands.html

CAPITOL FAX
— House cancels Saturday session, will return Sunday at 4
https://capitolfax.com/2019/05/23/house-cancels-saturday-session-will-return-sunday-at-4/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— 2020 Democrats all have the same immigration position: Open borders
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/2020-democrats-all-have-the-same-immigration-position-open-borders
— Infectious diseases a rising threat among migrants at southern border – Anna Giaritelli
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/infectious-diseases-a-rising-threat-among-migrants-at-southern-border
— AOC attacks journalists once again, but Elizabeth Warren’s legal cases are a real story – Tiana Lowe
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/aoc-attacks-journalists-once-again-but-elizabeth-warrens-legal-cases-are-a-real-story

FOX NEWS
— Buttigieg goes nuclear: Mayor Pete claims Trump faked disability to avoid draft, rips Biden – Paul Steinhauser
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/buttigieg-trump-faked-disability-to-avoid-draft
— Pelosi, Dems just don’t care about our national emergency – Chip Roy, Andy Biggs, Jim Jordan
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/reps-roy-jordan-biggs-cloud-pelosi-democrats-immigration-migrant-children

BREITBART
— Pete Buttigieg Details Plan to ‘Stiff-Arm’ Donald Trump as ‘Racist’ ‘Crazy Uncle’ – CHARLIE SPIERING
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/05/23/pete-buttigieg-details-plan-stiff-arm-donald-trump-racist-crazy-uncle/
— Trump Signs Order Cracking Down on Welfare-Dependent Legal Immigration – John Binder
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/05/23/trump-signs-order-cracking-down-welfare-dependent-legal-immigration/

CONSERVATIVE HQ
— Trump Is Right To Play Hardball With Dems – George Rasley
http://www.conservativehq.com/node/30304

NEWSMAX
— Durbin: Trump Has Decided He’s Not Going to Be President – Sandy Fitzgerald
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/dick-durbin-investigation-robert-mueller/2019/05/23/id/917335/
— Invasion of America Not ‘Fake News’ – Michael Reagan
https://www.newsmax.com/reagan/border-patrol-pelosi-texas/2019/05/23/id/917351/

GOPUSA
— Venezuela’s gas lines of 700– there’s your socialism, folks
http://www.gopusa.com/venezuelas-gas-lines-of-700-theres-your-socialism-folks/

EPOCH TIMES
— Democrats, Federal Employee Unions Decry Trump Plan to Reform Bureaucracy – MARK TAPSCOTT
https://www.theepochtimes.com/democrats-federal-employee-unions-decry-trump-plan-to-reform-bureaucracy_2933014.html

LIFE NEWS
— Illinois Democrats Push Bill to Legalize Abortions Up to Birth Despite Massive Opposition – MICAIAH BILGER
https://www.lifenews.com/2019/05/23/illinois-democrats-push-bill-to-legalize-abortions-up-to-birth-despite-massive-opposition/

THE HILL
— Buttigieg: Trump ‘does and says racist things and gives cover to other racists’ – JUSTIN WISE
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/445245-buttigieg-trump-does-and-say-racist-things-and-gives-cover-to-other-racists

NBC NEWS
— Buttigieg, a military vet, says Trump pretended to be disabled to dodge the draft The Democratic presidential hopeful said that the president’s conduct resulted in someone else going to war in his place. – Josh Lederman (DIERSEN: Since 1966 when I was 18 years old, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have viciously used against me my seeking and obtaining student draft deferments 1966-1970 and a financial hardship draft deferment 1970-1971. They stress that while my peers were dying in Vietnam, I drove a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint 1966-1967, a new 1968 Oldsmobile 442 1967-1968, a new 1969 Dodge Charger SE 1968-1971, and a new 1972 Corvette since 1971. They stress that while my peers were dying in Vietnam, I bought a new town home in University Park in 1972 and a studio condo in downtown Chicago in 1974. They stress that while my peers were dying in Vietnam, I earned a bachelor’s degree in 1970 and then took graduate business courses. They stress that while my peers were dying in Vietnam, a) I earned almost 3 years of both Social Security (SS) and Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) credits while I worked for the Post Office 1966-1969, b) I earned SS credits while I worked for Firestone Stores 1970-1972, and c) I started earning more CSRS credits working for IRS in 1971. They stress that while my peers were dying in Vietnam, I went on vacations in 1969, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1975, etc.)
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/buttigieg-military-vet-says-trump-pretended-be-disabled-dodge-draft-n1009246

NEW YORK TIMES
— Banker Accused of Arranging $16 Million in Loans to Manafort to Gain High-Level Trump Post Stephen M. Calk, the chairman of a small Chicago bank, sought positions including secretary of the Treasury, prosecutors said. – Benjamin Weiser and William K. Rashbaum
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/23/nyregion/stephen-calk-manafort-arrest.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Older Americans more likely to cite workplace discrimination – Andrew Soergel
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/older-americans-more-likely-to-cite-workplace-discrimination/2019/05/23/5a503bea-7d6c-11e9-b1f3-b233fe5811ef_story.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— On Immigration, 2020 Democrats Largely Stick to Decrying Trump Presidential hopefuls condemn family separations and building a wall, but they offer few specifics for asylum crisis – Joshua Jamerson and Louise Radnofsky
https://www.wsj.com/articles/on-immigration-2020-democrats-largely-stick-to-decrying-trump-11558623629

LAWYERS
— Age Discrimination Increases Across Corporations – Sidney L. Gold
https://blogs.lawyers.com/attorney/discrimination/age-discrimination-increases-across-corporations-55380/
— Poor Health Linked To Age Discrimination – Sidney L. Gold
https://blogs.lawyers.com/attorney/discrimination/poor-health-linked-to-age-discrimination-55381/

NEWSWEEK
— WHY IS THE $20 HARRIET TUBMAN BILL BEING DELAYED? RACISM AND ‘DEEP-SEATED MISOGYNY,’ CRITICS SAY – CHANTAL DA SILVA
https://www.newsweek.com/why-20-harriet-tubman-bill-being-delayed-racism-and-misogyny-critics-say-1433887

FEDERAL SOUP
— Newly introduced legislation would make feds’ bonuses, pensions public – Sherkiya Wedgeworth
https://federalsoup.com/articles/2019/05/22/newly-introduced-legislation-would-make-feds-bonuses-public.aspx

LGBTQ NATION
— A Republican politician just came out. Will he stick with the GOP? “The truth is, I never felt comfortable in my own skin. I felt I was living someone else’s life.” – Alex Bollinger
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2019/05/republican-politician-just-came-will-stick-gop/

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— QUESTION: What kind of articles do my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes a) not share with you and b) do not what me to include links to in GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails? ANSWER: Articles that they did not write or bless. Articles that promote Trump. Articles that promote the traditional family, right to life, immigration, and Second Amendment planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform. Articles that promote the illegal drugs and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving planks in the Republican Party platform. Articles that promote the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

May 21 Morning Edition

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

ROLL CALL
— Republican group launches PAC to increase GOP diversity Catalyst PAC will promote non-white, LGBTQ, or religious or ethnic minority candidates – Stephanie Akin (DIERSEN: Those who want Republicans to lose want Republicans to dump individuals, dump organizations, dump companies, dump governments, and dump countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.rollcall.com/news/campaigns/republican-group-launches-pac-seeking-to-increase-gop-diversity

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

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

NEW YORK TIMES
— In a Test of Their Power, #MeToo’s Legal Forces Take On the Golden Arches In newly filed complaints, McDonald’s employees described repeated sexual harassment and then punishment for speaking out. – Melena Ryzik
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/21/business/mcdonalds-female-employees-sexual-harassment.html
— The New German Anti-Semitism For the nation’s estimated 200,000 Jews, new forms of old hatreds are stoking fear. – James Angelos (DIERSEN: My outstanding grandfather on my father’s side fought the Germans in WWI. My outstanding uncles on my mother’s side fought the Germans in WWII. My outstanding father would have fought the Germans in WWII if he had not been 4-F.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/21/magazine/anti-semitism-germany.html
— Why High-Class People Get Away With Incompetence – Heather Murphy (DIERSEN: Are/were you high-class? To paint me as being low-class, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes stress that neither of my parents attended college, that my father was the first of his ancestors to earn a high school diploma, that my mother never attended high school, that I was baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran, that I am 100% German American, that none of my college degrees are from Ivy League universities, and that I did yard work and delivered newspapers 1962-1964; washed dishes 1964-1966; cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966; delivered mail 1966-1969; worked on an automobile assembly line and as a security guard in 1970; sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971; pumped gasoline 1971-1972; collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980; and audited federal agencies 1980-1997.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/20/science/social-class-confidence.html
— Why Do We Let Political Parties Act Like Monopolies? When I ran against an incumbent senator, I learned the hard way how well insiders stack primaries against challengers. – David Dodson (DIERSEN: How much power do the following have a) to get someone to run for an office and b) to stop someone from running for an office: those who dominate a) your Republican township/ward/county party organizations and b) the Illinois Republican Party?)
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/20/opinion/primary-challengers.html

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

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

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Judge Rejects Trump Request to Block Subpoena for Accounting Records House Democrats have requested records from Mazars, the president’s longtime accounting firm – Brent Kendall and Rebecca Ballhaus (DIERSEN: If you are a federal employee who is Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran, you should expect that your Democrat superiors will use your financial situation against you. I should write a book about how my Democrat Post Office, IRS, and GAO superiors used my financial situation against me.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/judge-rejects-trump-request-to-block-subpoena-for-accounting-records-11558386548
— For China, Getting Rich Is Glorious—Getting Old Isn’t – Nathaniel Taplin
https://www.wsj.com/articles/for-china-getting-rich-is-gloriousgetting-old-isnt-11558431002
— Not Every Officer Wants to Be a General Allowing service members to pursue different career paths would ease the strain on military families. – Kate Bachelder Odell (DIERSEN: The Democrats who run the federal government use up-or-out to get rid of federal employees who are Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who they did not promote to GS-13 (currently $98,198) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $116,040) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $136,495) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $165,500) by age 40.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/not-every-officer-wants-to-be-a-general-11558390890
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The services know these dynamics are contributing to retention problems, and the branches have been slowly starting to experiment with different career tracks for, say, pilots, where talent shortages are pronounced. Congress last year offered the branches flexibility to reform an “up or out” system that requires officers to promote through the ranks or leave the service, among other good reforms pioneered by Mr. Kane.)
— Buttigieg Leans In on His Military Service Democrat who has quickly risen to top tier of 2020 field is putting more emphasis on Navy Reserve stint – Joshua Jamerson and Ben Kesling (DIERSEN: Since 1966 when I was 18 years old, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have viciously used against me my seeking and obtaining student draft deferments 1966-1970 and a financial hardship draft deferment 1970-1971. They stress that while my peers were dying in Vietnam, I drove a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint 1966-1967, a new 1968 Oldsmobile 442 1967-1968, a new 1969 Dodge Charger SE 1968-1971, and a new 1972 Corvette since 1971. They stress that while my peers were dying in Vietnam, I bought a new town home in University Park in 1972 and a studio condo in downtown Chicago in 1974. They stress that while my peers were dying in Vietnam, I earned a bachelor’s degree in 1970 and then took graduate business courses. They stress that while my peers were dying in Vietnam, a) I earned almost 3 years of both Social Security (SS) and Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) credits while I worked for the Post Office 1966-1969, b) I earned SS credits while I worked for Firestone Stores 1970-1972, and c) I started earning more CSRS credits working for IRS in 1971.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/buttigieg-leans-in-on-his-military-service-11558357127
— IRS Audit Rate Drops Again as It Examines Fewer High-Income Households Tax agency, shrinking after years of budget cuts, seeks funding boost from Congress – Richard Rubin
https://www.wsj.com/articles/irs-audit-rate-drops-again-as-it-examines-fewer-high-income-households-11558363990

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

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

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

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

ABOVE THE LAW
— The Repercussions Of Having An Unpopular Client – TONI MESSINA (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, under the Democrats and under the RINOs, the more of the following that you are, the more unpopular that you are: Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owner, German American, draft avoider, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://abovethelaw.com/2019/05/the-repercussions-of-having-an-unpopular-client/

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

May 20 Evening Edition

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote abortion.
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/local/supporters-in-chicago-rally-for-expanded-abortion-rights-and-insurance-coverage

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Pot pushers say “Six in 10 Illinoisans want recreational pot treated just like alcohol.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/5/20/18632868/illinois-recreational-pot-marijuana-poll
— Moody’s: Illinois one of two states unprepared to weather a recession A Moody’s report on Monday found all U.S. states are either strongly prepared or somewhat prepared for a recession. That is except Illinois and New Jersey. – Tina Sfondeles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2019/5/20/18632939/moodys-illinois-unprepared-recession-new-jersey-pensions
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote abortion.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2019/5/20/18633271/extremist-laws-will-make-it-harder-for-poor-women-to-end-pregnancies

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Workers feeling good, but not planning for retirement – Jill Schlesinger (DIERSEN: By the end of 1977, when I was 29 years old, in today’s dollars, I had paid $27,900 into the Civil Service Retirement System.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/sns-201905091601–tms–retiresmctnrs-a20190510-20190510-story.html
— Many not saving nearly enough for retirement – Elliot Raphaelson (DIERSEN: By the end of 1977, when I was 29 years old, in today’s dollars, I had paid $27,900 into the Civil Service Retirement System.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/success/tca-many-not-saving-nearly-enough-for-retirement-20190514-story.html
— Pritzker’s gas tax: Well, it’s not a soda tax so, good to go? – Kristen McQueary
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/kristen-mcqueary/ct-perspec-mcqueary-pritzer-gas-tax-soda-20190520-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Pot pushers say “marijuana dispensaries drive up home values.”
https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-home-values-marijuana-dispensaries-illinois-20190513-story.html
— This SAT ‘adversity score’ merits a failing grade – Editorial
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-sat-adversity-score-college-board-20190520-story.html
— $15 minimum wage becomes part of 2020 presidential landscape – AP (DIERSEN: Did you work for the minimum wage? I did 1964-1966 washing dishes for S.S. Kresges in Chicago Heights while I was in high school. What would you have done with the extra money if you had earned $15/hour in today’s dollars back then? I would have bought a new loaded 1966 Pontiac GTO instead of a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint, known back then as the poor man’s GTO. But then again, if Kresges had to pay me $15/hour in today’s dollars to wash dishes back then, the job might not have existed.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/sns-bc-us–election-2020-minimum-wage-20190520-story.html
— Gov: Abortion ban shows Alabama values ‘sanctity of life’ – AP
https://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/health/sns-bc-us–abortion-alabama-20190520-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— How much money do you need to be wealthy in America? – Suzanne Woolley (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who since 1966, when I was 17 years old, have demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being wealthy. They stressed that in today’s dollars, my part-time Post Office salary was $17.23/hour in 1969, that my IRS salary was $93,592/year in 1980, and that my GAO salary was $127,654/year in 1997. They stressed that at the end of 1977, in today’s dollars, my net worth was $203,600. They stressed the new cars that I bought in 1966, 1967, 1968, 1971, etc. and the collector cars that I bought in 1989 and 1994. They stressed the real estate that I bought in 1972, 1974, and 1976; the home that my wife and I bought in 1978; and the home that we had built in 1984. They stressed the money that I spent to earn a bachelor’s degree in 1970; master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997; and professional certifications in 1979 and 1981. They stressed the money that my wife and I saved for our retirement.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/business/20190518/how-much-money-do-you-need-to-be-wealthy-in-america
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Merely having a net worth of $1 million, it seems, doesn’t mean you’re wealthy. In Charles Schwab’s annual Modern Wealth Survey, the amount people said it took to be considered rich averaged out to $2.3 million. That, the company said, is “more than 20 times the actual median net worth of U.S. households.” It’s also a very slight drop from the $2.4 million average in the two previous iterations of the survey. The older one gets, the higher the bar goes, predictably. Among baby boomers (roughly age 55 to 73), the average net worth you need to be considered wealthy is $2.6 million, 35% higher than what millennials envision as the admission price to the plutocracy. For someone to be deemed merely financially comfortable, the required net worth shrinks significantly. The average amount was $1.1 million, and only Generation Z (about age 9 to age 22, though Schwab’s sample was 18 to 22) cited a number below $1 million ($909,600, to be exact.) The Schwab survey, which took a national sample of 1,000 Americans between the ages of 21 and 75, also revealed that the majority of Americans really crave real estate. More than 50% of respondents across generations said that if they got a $1 million windfall, they’d spend it, and the most popular purchase would be a place to live — particularly among millennials (roughly age 22 to 37).)
— DuPage panel to help promote upcoming census – Robert Sanchez (DIERSEN: How many illegals have the Democrats and RINOs succeeded in attracting to Illinois, to your county, to your township/ward, to your municipality, to your precinct, and to your neighborhood?)
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190520/dupage-panel-to-help-promote-upcoming-census
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters promote Justin Amash.
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190520/why-trump-should-be-worried-about-justin-amash

SUBURBAN LIFE
— Will County Board debates gun violence awareness proclamation – ALEX ORTIZ
https://www.mysuburbanlife.com/2019/05/16/will-county-board-debates-gun-violence-awareness-proclamation/aoti6n7/

OFFICE OF THE CHIEF JUDGE 18th Judicial Circuit Court – DuPage County, Illinois
— US SUPREME COURT ASSOCIATE JUSTICE CLARENCE THOMAS VISITS THE 18TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COURT
https://www.dupageco.org/Courts/18th_Judicial_Court_News/2019/60657/
(THE PRESS RELEASE: Chief Judge Daniel Guerin was honored and pleased to welcome United States Supreme Court Associate Justice Clarence Thomas to the 18th Judicial Circuit Court in Wheaton, Illinois on May 10, 2019. Justice Thomas addressed a full courtroom at the judicial installation ceremony of his former law clerk, Associate Judge Kenton Skarin. The insightful, inspirational and often humorous remarks of both United States Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and Illinois Supreme Court Justice Robert Thomas made this a very special and memorable occasion for everyone.)

MCHENRY TIMES
— Protecting lives trumps politics, Skillicorn says – Glenn Minnis
https://mchenrytimes.com/stories/512502448-protecting-lives-trumps-politics-skillicorn-says

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— CHICAGO MAKES HISTORY WITH FIRST OPENLY-GAY MAYOR AND UNPRECEDENTED BUDGET DEFICITS
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/05/chicago-makes-history-with-first-openly-gay-mayor-and-unprecedented-budget-deficits.html
— EMPLOYERS’ LIABILITY FOR IL EMPLOYEE TOXIC SUBSTANCE EXPOSURE NOW LONGER THAN 25 YEARS (DIERSEN: From what I saw, my father was exposed to lots of toxic substances while he worked for 28 years 1941-1969 in the office of a nasty chemical plant in Chicago Heights. He died suddenly in 1969 when he was 47 and I was 21.)
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/05/gov-pritzker-signs-legislation-helping-workers-exposed-to-toxic-substances.html
— 3 GROUPS OF PEOPLE DISPROPORTIONATELY HARMED BY MINIMUM WAGE LAWS
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/05/3-groups-of-people-disproportionately-harmed-by-minimum-wage-laws.html
— TRANSIT CONTINUES ITS DEATH SPIRAL (DIERSEN: I used mass transit 1971-1997 and especially 1978-1997.)
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/05/transit-continues-its-death-spiral.html

CAPITOL FAX
— Rodney Davis: “With the support of J.B. Pritzker, Betsy Londrigan wants to make us a vassal state of the city”
https://capitolfax.com/2019/05/20/rodney-davis-with-the-support-of-jb-pritzker-betsy-londrigan-wants-to-make-us-a-vassal-state-of-the-city/
— House Republicans complain Pritzker won’t listen to them (DIERSEN: Who does not listen to you? The following do not listen to me: those who 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://capitolfax.com/2019/05/20/house-republicans-complain-pritzker-wont-listen-to-them/
— Unions are the key to most everything this year
https://capitolfax.com/2019/05/20/unions-are-the-key-to-most-everything-this-year/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Pot pushers say “60 percent support cannabis legalization, just 35 percent oppose.”
https://capitolfax.com/2019/05/20/poll-60-percent-support-cannabis-legalization-just-35-percent-oppose/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Pot pushers push pot.
https://capitolfax.com/2019/05/20/cannabis-roundup-4/

AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE
— Remembering the Original Meaning of the American Dream It was about social responsibility, not material acquisition, and losing sight of it has cost us greatly. – JAMES JEFFREY
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/remembering-the-original-meaning-of-the-american-dream/

BREITBART
— Trump: ‘Very Tough Thing to Ask’ U.S. Farmers to Use Mandatory E-Verify – John Binder (DIERSEN: The first thing that Trump should have done when he became President was to make E-Verify use mandatory.)
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/05/20/watch-trump-very-tough-thing-to-ask-u-s-farmers-to-use-mandatory-e-verify/
— Flashback–Joe Biden in 2007 Vowed to Ban Sanctuary Cities for Illegal Aliens – John Binder
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/05/20/flashback-joe-biden-in-2007-vowed-to-ban-sanctuary-cities-for-illegal-aliens/

DAILY CALLER
— ‘HEARTLESS’: THAT’S WHAT TRUMP’S PICK TO HEAD ICE CALLED HIS ADMINISTRATION – Jason Hopkins
https://dailycaller.com/2019/05/20/trump-ice-mark-morgan-border/

NEWSMAX
— Illinois GOP Pushing to Separate Chicago from Rest of State – Theodore Bunker
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/illinois-chicago-state-republicans/2019/05/20/id/916781/

CONSERVATIVE REVIEW
— It turns out that keeping waves of illegal immigrants out of our communities is a bipartisan goal – Daniel Horowitz
https://www.conservativereview.com/news/turns-keeping-waves-illegal-immigrants-communities-bipartisan-goal/

CNS NEWS
— Gillibrand Opposes Detention of Migrants: New York Cities ‘Would Be Delighted’ to Take Them – Susan Jones
https://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/susan-jones/gillibrand-opposes-detention-migrants-ny-cities-would-be-delighted-take

EPOCH TIMES
— San Francisco Residents and Tourists Criticize Needle and Human Waste Problems – CYNTHIA CAI
https://www.theepochtimes.com/san-francisco-residents-and-tourists-criticize-needle-and-human-waste-problems_2927115.html
— Fake Families, Fake Papers Are Rampant at Border ’I just brought her because I know they’re gonna release me. So I asked her mom, ‘Can I bring her up here?’’ – CHARLOTTE CUTHBERTSON
https://www.theepochtimes.com/fake-families-fake-papers-are-rampant-at-border_2929794.html

COLLEGE FIX
— Professor compared Trump-supporting students to Hitler youth. Then he got tenure.
https://www.thecollegefix.com/professor-compared-trump-supporting-students-to-hitler-youth-then-he-got-tenure/

E-VERIFY
— HOW TO FIND PARTICIPATING EMPLOYERS (DIERSEN: According to this, there are 23,140 participating employers in Illinois. Ten have “DuPage” in their name and nine have “Wheaton” in their name.)
https://www.e-verify.gov/about-e-verify/e-verify-data/how-to-find-participating-employers

THE HILL
— Four myths the media and politicians tell you about our border crisis – ANN COULTER
https://thehill.com/opinion/immigration/444437-ann-coulter-four-myths-the-media-and-politicians-tell-you-about-our
— Researchers find coordinated anti-Trump campaign on Instagram – EMILY BIRNBAUM
https://thehill.com/policy/technology/444597-researchers-find-campaign-on-instagram-to-undermine-trump
— Americans are done buying into Democratic spin on immigration – MADISON GESIOTTO
https://thehill.com/opinion/immigration/444610-americans-are-done-buying-into-democratic-spin-on-immigration

NBC NEWS
— The real cost of school for first-generation college students “The biggest gap in understanding the cost of college has to do with nontuition expenses, which are primarily living expenses,” said the author of a new report. – Esta Pratt-Kielley (DIERSEN: I was a first-generation college student. My outstanding parents provided me with room and board in their Crete home a) 1966-1968 while attended UIC, b) weekends during my first semester at NIU in 1969, and c) the summer of 1969. I paid for a) tuition and books at UIC 1966-1968 and at NIU 1969-1970, b) room and board for three semesters and a summer session at NIU, c) a new 1968 Oldsmobile 442, and d) a new 1969 Dodge Charger SE with money that I earned a) cleaning golf shoes, chipping slag, and pumping gasoline in 1966; b) delivering mail 1966-1969; and c) working on an automobile assembly line and as a security guard in 1970. I graduated debt-free from NIU in August of 1970 owning that 1969 Dodge Charger SE.)
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/real-cost-school-first-generation-college-students-n1007796

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats want more power to censor individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/16/opinion/christchurch-online-extremism-trump.html
— Let Go of Your Grudges. They’re Doing You No Good. What does holding on to grudges really get us? – Tim Herrera (DIERSEN: If you file a lawsuit, you should expect that the defendants will forever do everything that they can to destroy you. I should write a book about those who I have sued and what they have done, are doing, and will forever do to destroy me.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/19/smarter-living/let-go-of-your-grudges-theyre-doing-you-no-good.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote abortion.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/20/opinion/anti-abortion-pro-trump.html
— A Would-Be Trump Aide’s Demands: A Jet on Call, a Future Cabinet Post and More – Maggie Haberman and Annie Karni
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/20/us/politics/kris-kobach-trump.html

WASHINGTON POST
— These Illinois Republicans (Brad Halbrook, Chris Miller, Darren Bailey, Dan Caulkins, C.D. Davidsmeyer, Tony McCombie, Blaine Wilhour, and Randy E. Frese) are rallying around a bill (HR0101) to kick deep-blue Chicago out of the state – Liz Weber
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/05/20/these-illinois-republicans-are-rallying-around-bill-kick-deep-blue-chicago-out-state/
— Don’t go wobbly on E-Verify, Mr. President – Henry Olsen
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/05/20/dont-go-wobbly-e-verify-mr-president/
— Trump suddenly takes a softer line on verifying immigrant documentation status – Philip Bump
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/05/20/trump-suddenly-takes-softer-line-verifying-immigrant-documentation-status/
— Texas Republicans passed a ‘Chick-fil-A’ bill. LGBT advocates are up in arms. – Eli Rosenberg and Lindsey Bever
https://www.washingtonpost.com/religion/2019/05/20/texas-republicans-passed-chik-fil-a-bill-lgbt-advocates-are-up-arms/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Advice to the class of 2019: Don’t let your first job description be a straitjacket. – Andy Kessler (DIERSEN: My first job description was retail sales manager for a Firestone Store. I might still be working for Firestone if I had not accepted a job offer from Oldsmobile.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-to-slay-dragons-in-the-business-world-11558294469
— Conrad Black Deserved a Pardon The charges against the William F. Buckley of Canada were dubious, and he’s suffered enough. – Elliot Kaufman (DIERSEN: Should I ask Trump to pardon me? One could argue that being forced to retire at age 49 is worse than being found guilty serving a prison sentence.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/conrad-black-deserved-a-pardon-11558294570

FORBES
— U.S. Courts Crack Down On Employers Using ‘Slippery’ Criteria To Hide Discrimination – Patricia Barnes (DIERSEN: Democrats run the federal government. They use very slippery criteria to not hire and to get rid of those who are Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who did not make GS-13 (currently $98,198) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $116,040) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $136,495) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $165,500) by age 40.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/patriciagbarnes/2019/05/20/u-s-courts-crack-down-on-employers-using-slippery-criteria-to-hide-discrimination/#130a70477501
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A growing number of federal appeals courts are recognizing that nefarious employers are using subjective criteria to justify discriminatory hiring decisions. This has been an epic problem for decades in age discrimination litigation, where it is not unusual for workers with objectively superior qualifications to be passed over in favor of candidates who are deemed a better “cultural fit.” This month, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit joined four other federal circuits to rule that an employer may not defend a discrimination charge with “vague” and “slippery” reasons because of the “intolerable risk that a nefarious employer will use [them] as a cover for discrimination.” The court said employers must articulate “specific reasons” for employment decisions, such as “the candidate’s ‘seniority, length of service in the same position, personal characteristics, general education, technical training, experience in comparable work or any combination’ of such criteria.”)

MINNEAPOLIS STAR TRIBUNE
— Conservatives challenge whether Democrats deserve the black vote Commentator Candace Owens urged black people to leave the Democratic Party in Minneapolis speech. – Maya Rao (DIERSEN: Democrats could stress that they forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old and gave my job and my preferred corner office to my Black subordinate.)
http://www.startribune.com/conservatives-challenge-whether-democrats-deserve-the-black-vote/510190822/

AUTOMOBILE
— The Men Who Went to the Moon Favored Corvettes Astronauts have a long history with America’s Sports Car. – Arthur St. Antoine
https://www.automobilemag.com/news/the-men-who-went-to-the-moon-favored-corvettes/

QUARTZ
— Inequality is a notification we see every time we scroll through our news feed – Emil Skandul
https://qz.com/1620935/social-media-has-made-the-digital-divide-and-inequality-more-visible/

NEW YORK MAGAZINE
— Trump: E-Verify Would Make It Too Hard to Hire Undocumented Workers – Eric Levitz
http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/05/trump-e-verify-fox-news-makes-it-too-hard-to-hire-the-undocumented.html

GOVERNING
— Asylum-Seekers Challenge States and Cities’ Budgets – Tim Henderson
https://www.governing.com/topics/public-justice-safety/sl-asylum-seekers-spread-city-state-resources.html

FEDERAL NEWS NETWORK
— GAO issues guidance for Hill staffers dealing with whistleblowers (DIERSEN: While I was a federal employee for almost 30 years, the almost 18 years of which working for GAO, 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://federalnewsnetwork.com/federal-drive/2019/05/gao-issues-guidance-for-hill-staffers-dealing-with-whistleblowers/
— IRS performance data shows audit rate cut in half since 2010 – Jory Heckman
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/agency-oversight/2019/05/irs-performance-data-shows-audit-rate-cut-in-half-since-2010/