Tag: federal

May 20 Morning Edition

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

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

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Chicago CEOs outrun peers on pay, while employees trail national median The wide pay gap reflects the area’s high concentration of big companies with lots of low-wage workers. – STEVEN R. STRAHLER (DIERSEN: Trump’s salary is only $400,000/year. In today’s dollars, my GAO salary in 1997, when I was 49 years old, was $127,654/year. That pay ratio is only 3.13. If Trump’s salary was adjusted for inflation, it would be $704,687/year today. I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who viciously demonize, viciously denigrate, and viciously condemn government employees as being overcompensated. My GAO salary would have much lower if I had not earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 32. My GAO salary would have been much higher if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran.)
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/news/chicago-ceos-outrun-peers-pay-while-employees-trail-national-median
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The average Jo working at a Chicago public company made 1.3 percent more last year, lifting her median wage to $68,262—barely 1 percent of the middling CEO’s $5.6 million. For the second consecutive year, proxy filings compare CEO compensation to the median-paid employee’s. Excluding a couple of outliers, this so-called pay ratio ranges between 661 and 12 at the 107 local companies reporting so far. Chicago’s median pay ratio rose from 111 to 113.5 in 2018. That’s well above the nationwide median of 74, with a typical local CEO making 14.6 percent more than counterparts around the country. The opposite was true for median-paid workers at Chicago-based companies, who made nearly 20 percent less than the national median of $84,398, which rose faster last year than Chicago’s median.)
— Ford to cut 7,000 salaried jobs The cuts represent about 10 percent of the automaker’s global white-collar workforce.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/manufacturing/ford-cut-7000-salaried-jobs

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

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

NPR ILLINOIS
— ‘I’ve Been Able To Bridge Divides’ Says 2020 Democrat Steve Bullock (DIERSEN: Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs do not “bridge divides.” They get rid of individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.) 
https://www.nprillinois.org/post/ive-been-able-bridge-divides-says-2020-democrat-steve-bullock#stream/0

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

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

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

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

FEDERALIST
— Merit-Based Immigration Reform Is Precisely What America Needs – Helen Raleigh (DIERSEN: Do you have merit? I have absolutely no merit according to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes in the Milton Township Republican Central Committee (MTRCC), DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce (WCC), Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC), American Association of Political Consultants (AAPC) Midwest Chapter (MC), GAO, etc. In my defense, I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 32. IRS promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974. GAO promoted me in 1986. I survived as a) TAPROOT chairman for 7 years, b) WCC Government Affairs Committee member for 8 years, c) MTRCC webmaster for 6 years, d) ICRC Steering Committee member for 4 years, e) AAPC MC board member for 3 years, f) GAO employee for 18 years, g) IRS employee for 9 years, and h) Post Office employee for 3 years.)
https://thefederalist.com/2019/05/20/merit-based-immigration-reform-precisely-america-needs/

TOWNHALL
— Gillibrand: I Wouldn’t Detain Any Illegal Aliens, I’d Free Them All Into the US – Leah Barkoukis
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/leahbarkoukis/2019/05/20/gillibrand-i-wouldnt-detain-any-illegal-aliens-at-all-id-let-them-into-the-community-n2546574
— How About Some “Adversity Points” For Hardworking Kids Of Hardworking Parents? – Kurt Schlichter (DIERSEN: How wealthy are/were your parents? When you were in high school and in college, did they buy you cars? Did they pay your college expenses? Did they get you jobs/promotions after you graduated? Did they give you money to buy a home? My outstanding parents did none of the aforesaid, yet my critics/opponents have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I was born with a silver spoon in my mouth and that I have always been privileged. I did yard work and delivered newspapers 1962-1964; washed dishes 1964-1966; cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966; delivered mail 1966-1969; worked on an automobile assembly line and as a security guard in 1970; sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971; pumped gasoline 1971-1972; and collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980. I bought a 1958 Chevy BelAir in 1964, a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint in 1966, a new 1968 Oldsmobile 442 in 1967, a new 1969 Dodge Charger SE in 1968, and a new 1972 Corvette in 1971. I bought a new town home in 1972.) 
https://townhall.com/columnists/kurtschlichter/2019/05/20/how-about-some-adversity-points-for-hardworking-kids-of-hardworking-parents-n2546541

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

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Trump’s Immigration Pitch Has Real Merit – Rachel Bovard (DIERSEN: Do you have merit? I have absolutely no merit according to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes in the Milton Township Republican Central Committee (MTRCC), DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce (WCC), Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC), American Association of Political Consultants (AAPC) Midwest Chapter (MC), GAO, etc. In my defense, I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 32. IRS promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974. GAO promoted me in 1986. I survived as a) TAPROOT chairman for 7 years, b) WCC Government Affairs Committee member for 8 years, c) MTRCC webmaster for 6 years, d) ICRC Steering Committee member for 4 years, e) AAPC MC board member for 3 years, f) GAO employee for 18 years, g) IRS employee for 9 years, and h) Post Office employee for 3 years.)
https://www.amgreatness.com/2019/05/19/trumps-immigration-pitch-has-real-merit/

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— FRONT PAGE: ‘Playing Catch-Up in the Game of Life.’ Millennials Approach Middle Age in Crisis New data show they’re in worse financial shape than every preceding living generation and may never recover – Janet Adamy and Paul Overberg (DIERSEN: Are you a baby boomer? According to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, baby boomers like me were born with a silver spoon in their mouth and they have always been privileged. They hint/imply/argue/shout that if I had been a member of any other generation, I never would have been able to a) buy new cars and collector cars like I did, b) earn college degrees like I did, c) buy real estate like I did, d) get married like I did, e) earn professional certifications and a professional license like I did, f) save for retirement like I did, g) etc.) 
https://www.wsj.com/articles/playing-catch-up-in-the-game-of-life-millennials-approach-middle-age-in-crisis-11558290908
— Kamala Harris Seeks Fines for Firms That Fail to Close Gender Pay Gap Presidential hopeful’s plan: Take 1% of a company’s profit for every 1% difference in wages for equal work – Ken Thomas (DIERSEN: While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, it paid its minority and female employees who had education, work experience, and professional certifications and licenses comparable to what I had higher salaries than it paid me. I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 32.) 
https://www.wsj.com/articles/kamala-harris-seeks-fines-for-firms-that-fail-to-close-gender-pay-gap-11558346400

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

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

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

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

SEATTLE TIMES
— Biden tests assumptions about what Democratic voters want in Trump era – Annie Linskey and Michael Scherer (DIERSEN: According to Democrat politicians, Democrat voters want free stuff, higher taxes, more government spending, dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, abolition of the First and Second Amendments, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, retaliation, and even worse things.)
https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/biden-tests-assumptions-about-what-democratic-voters-want-in-trump-era/

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

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

May 19 Evening Edition

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Border Patrol dumps plans to fly immigrants to Florida – AP
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/national/border-patrol-plans-to-fly-immigrants-to-florida

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Fact-check: Pritzker’s latest sweeping tax claim falls flat The data Pritzker’s team sent us came from two federal sources: the Bureau of Economic Analysis and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The figures for those states check out, but they don’t come close to telling the full story. – BGA
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/5/19/18630044/fact-check-politifact-pritzkers-latest-sweeping-tax-claim-falls-flat
— Share the wealth: Group says booming downtown can help the neighborhoods The Chicago Central Area Committee hopes to focus discussions on ideas it believes will radiate downtown’s dynamism into underserved areas. – David Roeder
https://chicago.suntimes.com/business/2019/5/19/18628722/chicago-central-area-committee-booming-downtown-help-the-neighborhoods

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Loop’s luster may be lagging: Chicago’s city center faces huge office vacancies, ownership changes and new competitors – Ryan Ori
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/ryan-ori/ct-biz-central-loop-office-challenges-ryan-ori-20190515-story.html
— Lori Lightfoot’s top 4 priorities as Chicago’s new mayor
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-met-cb-lori-lightfoot-chicago-mayor-priorities-20190517-story.html

HERALD & REVIEW
— Kick Chicago out of Illinois? A detailed look at a long-shot bid to rethink our borders – Matt Vasilogambros (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, the Democrats who run Illinois make it clear that want to kick out of Illinois all individuals, organizations, and companies 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://herald-review.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/kick-chicago-out-of-illinois-a-detailed-look-at-a/article_db966784-c724-5e28-ac05-abc112a4dd79.html

ALTON TELEGRAPH
— Changes likely coming to cannabis legalization bill
https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/article/CAPITOL-RECAP-Changes-likely-coming-to-cannabis-13857846.php
— Illinois road plan would mean tax spike booze, streaming media services – Greg Bishop
https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/article/Illinois-road-plan-would-mean-tax-spike-booze-13857811.php

PRAIRIE STATE WIRE
— State is missing out on contributions of people with disabilities – Kyla Asbury (DIERSEN: While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO’s Chicago office for almost 18 years, at one time or another, they assigned me to supervise all their employees who had disabilities.) 
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/512495267-state-is-missing-out-on-contributions-of-people-with-disabilities-arc-of-illinois-director-says

CRIME REPORT
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot Legalization Alive in Illinois
https://thecrimereport.org/2019/05/19/pot-legalization-alive-in-il-stalled-elsewhere/

FEDERALIST
— Reporters Should Press Presidential Candidate Bill De Blasio On ‘Toxic Whiteness’ New York City is being sued for discriminating against white educators under Bill de Blasio’s watch. Will the white mayor defend this discrimination? – David Marcus (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who a) promote patronage, b) promote political affiliation discrimination, c) promote reverse discrimination, d) promote age discrimination, and/or e) promote retaliation for opposing the aforesaid. I would focus on those who paint/painted themselves as being religious, conservative, and/or Republican in Wheaton, Glen Ellyn, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois who have/had lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout. The aforesaid completely agree with, if not orchestrated, all the adverse actions that the Post Office, IRS, GAO, Milton Township Republican Central Committee, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter, Illinois Center Right Coalition, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, and TAPROOT Republicans took against me. Many of the aforesaid also promote religious discrimination and national origin discrimination.) 
https://thefederalist.com/2019/05/19/reporters-press-presidential-candidate-bill-de-blasio-toxic-whiteness/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— 2020 Democrat Kirsten Gillibrand says she won’t detain migrants: ‘They can go into the community’ – Alex Swoyer 
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/may/19/kirsten-gillibrand-wont-detain-migrants-they-can-g/

AMERICAN THINKER
— The College Board: Dumbing Down America – Clarice Feldman
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2019/05/the_college_board_dumbing_down_america.html

DAILY CALLER
— HERE’S HOW THE ASYLUM SYSTEM IS BEING EXPLOITED – Andrew Kerr
https://dailycaller.com/2019/05/19/asylum-system-us-central-america/
— TRUMP: FOX NEWS IS MOVING TO THE ‘LOSING’ SIDE WITH BUTTIGIEG TOWN HALL – Mike Brest 
https://dailycaller.com/2019/05/19/donald-trump-fox-news-pete-buttigieg-town-hall/

TOWNHALL
— The College Board’s New ‘Adversity Score’ Is A Joke – Paul Jacob
https://townhall.com/columnists/pauljacob/2019/05/19/the-college-boards-new-adversity-score-is-a-joke-n2546550

WORLD NET DAILY
— HOW ABOUT A ‘REAL DISADVANTAGE’ SAT SCORE? Lowell Ponte slams secret ‘adversity’ criteria for colleges
https://www.wnd.com/2019/05/how-about-a-real-disadvantage-sat-score/

EPOCH TIMES
— Facebook Singled Out Candace Owens for Scrutiny, Potential Ban, Internal Document Indicates – PETR SVAB
https://www.theepochtimes.com/facebook-singled-out-candace-owens-for-scrutiny-potential-ban-internal-document-indicates_2928720.html
— Why Many of Today’s News Reporters Believe It Is Their Duty to Lie to You – Brian Cates
https://www.theepochtimes.com/why-many-of-todays-news-reporters-believe-it-is-their-duty-to-lie-to-you_2928537.html
— 30 Percent of Suspected Illegal Alien Families Were Unrelated, DNA Tests Show – IVAN PENTCHOUKOV
https://www.theepochtimes.com/30-percent-of-suspected-illegal-alien-families-were-unrelated-dna-tests-show_2928316.html

COLLEGE FIX
— NYC schools chief accused of creating environment ‘hostile’ to white people – DAVE HUBER 
https://www.thecollegefix.com/nyc-schools-chief-accused-of-creating-environment-hostile-to-white-people/

HUFFINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats make it clear that they are going to destroy every individual, every organization, every company, every government, and every country that does not promote LGBTQ activity. 
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/chick-fil-a-anti-lgbtq-higher-calling_n_5ce1ad1ae4b00e035b9258e2

WASHINGTON POST
— Trump, Republicans distance themselves from Alabama abortion law – Amy Goldstein and Seung Min Kim
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/trump-republicans-distance-themselves-from-alabama-abortion-law/2019/05/19/d44036d8-7a3f-11e9-8bb7-0fc796cf2ec0_story.html

HISTORY NEWS NETWORK
— The History of Black Women Championing Demands for Reparations – Ana Lucia Araujo (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who have hinted/implied/argued/shouted the loudest that I should pay reparations, that is, that I should pay the price of Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion.) 
http://hnn.us/article/172003

FORBES
— The Real Story Behind The College Board’s SAT Adversity Score – Peter Greene
https://www.forbes.com/sites/petergreene/2019/05/18/the-real-story-behind-the-college-boards-sat-adversity-score/#428a0d3815f3

MOTLEY FOOL
— 5 Things You Must Do Before You Quit a Job You may be completely and utterly fed up — but you’ll still need to make these moves before resigning. – Maurie Backman (DIERSEN: I can forever ask myself what additional adverse actions my Democrat GAO superiors would have taken against me if I had not taken their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old. Previously, they had a) given me unfair performance expectations and appraisals, b) always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, c) not promoted me beyond GS-13, d) gotten rid of my mentor in 1987, e) kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and f) forced me to take a $19,568 (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980.) 
https://www.fool.com/careers/2019/05/19/5-things-you-must-do-before-you-quit-a-job.aspx

NEWSWEEK
— PALESTINIAN REFUGEES SAY ‘GOD HAS SENT TRUMP TO UNITE US’ – CHANTAL DA SILVA (DIERSEN: Of course, members of the following groups say that Trump has united them: anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.newsweek.com/god-has-sent-trump-unite-us-palestinian-refugees-say-presidents-policies-aid-1429724
— REPUBLICAN SENATOR TOOMEY ON TRUMP IMMIGRATION PLAN: ‘PEOPLE WITH LOWER SKILLS CAN CONTRIBUTE’ – CHRIS MORRAN (DIERSEN: Are/were you a contributing member of society? I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who hint/imply/argue/shout that people who have government job and people who are retired are not contributing members of society. I was a government employee for almost 30 years and I have been a government retiree for more than 21 years.) 
https://www.newsweek.com/toomey-trump-immigration-highly-skilled-migration-1429827

WINDY CITY TIMES
— LGBTQ activists travel to Springfield for Advocacy Day – Vern Hester (DIERSEN: Soon, if not already, it will be officially illegal to educate or employ people who do not promote LGBTQ activity.)
http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/lgbt/LGBTQ-activists-travel-to-Springfield-for-Advocacy-Day/66075.html

DAILY MAIL
— College admissions scam mastermind advised his white clients to lie about ethnicity and falsely claim to be black, Hispanic, and Native American on applications – MARLENE LENTHANG
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7046991/William-Singer-advised-clients-lie-ethnicity-college-admissions-scam.html
— NYC schools chancellor is accused of branding ‘whiteness’ as ‘toxic’ and pushing out white administrators in favor of less qualified people of color – KEITH GRIFFITH
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7045705/NYC-schools-chancellor-accused-branding-whiteness-toxic.html

May 19 Morning Edition

DAILY HERALD
— Don’t boost another addiction-for-profit industry – State Rep. Marty Moylan (DIERSEN: Needless-to-say, the following should be speaking out strongly against the marijuana bill in Illinois: Trump and Pence; Illinois Republican congressmen; Republican Illinois House and Senate leaders; Illinois Republican Party (IRP) National Committeeman and Committeewoman; IRP officers; your representative on the IRP State Central Committee; officers of your Republican township/ward/county party organizations; your Republican Precinct Committeeman/Captain; Republican officials who represent you in your municipality, township/ward, county, and Illinois; conservative leaders; healthcare leaders; religious leaders; education leaders; law enforcement leaders; firefighter leaders; etc.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20190519/moylan-dont-boost-another-addiction-for-profit-industry
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A pot pusher pushes pot.
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20190519/holmes-facts-vs-fear-in-legalization-debate

HERALD & REVIEW
— In marijuana debate, Decatur city officials would wield power in where pot is sold – ANALISA TROFIMUK (DIERSEN: Needless-to-say, if you live in a municipality, please urge the leaders of your municipality, and those who want to be leaders of your municipality, a) to speak out against the marijuana bill in Illinois and b) to commit to voting against the sale of marijuana in your municipality.) 
https://herald-review.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/in-marijuana-debate-decatur-city-officials-would-wield-power-in/article_74dc0cfa-af2a-5dbb-b171-ff3fb1d58186.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Opt out or be open for business? That’s the question Decatur officials will be facing if Illinois lawmakers take the historic step of legalizing recreational marijuana. The legislation, a key campaign issue for Democrat J.B. Pritzker, is being considered by the Democrat-controlled General Assembly in the sprint to the end of session on May 31. The original legislation allowed expungements for cannabis-related convictions. The exact language is still under debate, along with fine-tuning various parts of the plan to meet concerns from law enforcement, current growers and activists. If the proposal survives the growing debate in Springfield, it will be left to municipal officials whether to allow pot dispensaries within their borders. Opting out means losing revenue generated from sales, as well as permit fees.)

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Pot pushers argue that legalizing pot discourages teens from smoking pot. 
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/5/19/18629394/kelly-cassidy-is-right-teen-cannabis-use-is-down-since-pot-legalization

ROCKFORD REGISTER STAR
— Illinois expungement proposal for pot convictions one of nation’s broadest – Dean Olsen (DIERSEN: Based on how they have treated me, I would not be surprised at all to learn that all of my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes a) are smoking pot, b) have smoked pot, c) want to smoke pot, d) want to make money selling pot, and/or e) want governments to take in lots of tax revenue from the sale of pot.)
https://www.rrstar.com/news/20190518/illinois-expungement-proposal-for-pot-convictions-one-of-nations-broadest

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater promotes hatred against Trump.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/post-tribune/opinion/ct-ptb-davich-good-versus-evil-struggle-st-0519-story.html
— Ageism a fact when you’re over 50 and looking for work – Hilary Decent (DIERSEN: I am 70 years old. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes stress that it has been a) 22 years since I worked for GAO, earned a master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT, and became a Forensic Accountant; b) 23 years since I became a Certified Financial Services Auditor; c) 25 years since I became a Certified Government Financial Manager; d) 29 years since I became a Certified Fraud Examiner; e) 38 years since I became a Certified Internal Auditor and Licensed CPA; f) 39 years since I earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul and worked for IRS; g) 40 years since I became a CPA; h) 43 years since I earned an MBA from Loyola; and i) 49 years since I earned a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU.) 
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/opinion/ct-nvs-decent-column-st-0519-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Today, employers are not allowed to ask applicants their age, although that could be apparent from the application. Breithaupt suggests age-proofing your resume. “Employers are interested in what you have been doing most recently, perhaps in the past 10 years, so you don’t need to tell them when you graduated,” she said. “An interview is all about getting your foot in the door. Even if you look older than they expect when you go in, you can still sell yourself.)

ALTON TELEGRAPH
— Continued GOP Opposition to Graduated Income Tax Proposals – Greg Bishop 
http://altondailynews.com/news/details.cfm?clientid=17&id=284651#.XOFHDMhKiM8

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Glad to see a new name for that organization – Bernard Schoenburg (DIERSEN: Since 2005, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have demonized me, denigrated, me, and condemned be as being like Jeff Gannon. Since 2005, they have viciously used against me what happened with GOPUSA, Talon News, and White House Correspondent Jeff Gannon. SEE: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talon_News They paint me as being a clone of Jeff Gannon and even worse things. Ever since I became a GOPUSA reporter in 2000, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I ask bad questions at press conferences and share privileged information with reporters that have caused Republican candidates to be defeated and even worse things. Of course, I should sue my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes. I should write a book about activists, candidates, elected officials, and party leaders in Illinois who claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican, but a) who do NOT want me to know about their press conferences, b) who do NOT want me to attend their press conferences, c) who do NOT want me to ask questions during their press conferences, d) who do NOT want me to speak with other reporters, e) who have barred me from attending their press conferences, f) who have had me thrown out of their press conferences, and/or g) who do not want me to report on their press conferences. Ever-increasingly, they want me to agree to not report anything about their fundraisers before they will let me attend their fundraisers.)
https://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20190518/bernard-schoenburg-glad-to-see-new-name-for-that-organization

JACKSONVILLE JOURNAL COURIER
— Tariff war hits Illinois farmers hard – Cole Lauterbach 
https://www.myjournalcourier.com/news/article/Tariff-war-hits-Illinois-farmers-hard-13857113.php

FOX ILLINOIS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote LGBTQ activity.
https://foxillinois.com/news/local/thousands-attend-9th-annual-springfield-pridefest

PRAIRIE STATE WIRE
— Ives warns voters to be on alert during this ‘dangerous time’ of ‘backroom deals’ in Springfield – Glenn Minnis
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/512497085-ives-warns-voters-to-be-on-alert-during-this-dangerous-time-of-backroom-deals-in-springfield

CANADA FREE PRESS
— Fear, loathing, intolerance–and worse – Paul Driessen (DIERSEN: Who ostracizes you? I should write a book about those who ostracize me. They a) reject planks in the Republican Party platform and/or the Illinois Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, b) reject the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling and work against those like me who support that resolution, c) focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate, d) were defendants in lawsuits that I have filed, and/or e) are operatives or dupes for the aforesaid.)
https://canadafreepress.com/article/fear-loathing-intolerance-and-worse
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Throughout history despots had effective ways of reducing dissension in the ranks. Inquisitors burned heretics. Nazis burned books—before taking far more extreme measures. Soviets employed famines, gulags, salt mines and executions. ChiComs and other tyrants starved, jailed and murdered millions. Today’s Green New Dealers and their allies have mapped out their own totalitarian strategies. They proclaim themselves socialists, but their economic policies and tolerance for other viewpoints reflect a different form of government—fascism: A political system in which authoritarian government does not own businesses and industries, but strictly regulates and controls their actions, output and rights—while constraining and suppressing citizens and their thought, speech and access to information. . .Twitter routinely engages in similar cold, calculated censorship of views it opposes. Google helps the Chinese government deny its citizens access to “dangerous ideas”—and says nothing when China sends a million Uighur Muslims to “reeducation camps.” Its hard-left employees ostracize any conservatives they still find in their ranks…and claim helping the US Defense Department with Cloud computing or artificial intelligence surveillance would “violate their principles.” Facebook “shadow banned” an ad promoting a Heartland Institute video that called on millennials to reject socialism and embrace capitalism. Facebook censors told Heartland they “don’t support ads for your business model” (capitalism) and would not reveal “red flags” and trade-secret algorithms they use to “identify violations” of their policies and “help preserve the integrity of our internal processes.” Google suppressed Claremont Institute ads for a talk on multiculturalism and political speech restrictions. Twitter routinely engages in similar cold, calculated censorship of views it opposes. Wikipedia posts distorted or false bios for climate realist experts and organizations—labeling me an anti-environment lobbyist—and then pops up ads soliciting money for its biased “educational” material. Securing corrections is a long, often fruitless process. Even more totalitarian, the Southern Poverty Law Center uses phony “hate speech” claims to defund and “deplatform” conservative groups like David Horowitz’s Freedom Center, by pressuring credit card companies to close off donations to them. State attorneys general and members of Congress want to prosecute and jail people for “denying the reality” of “manmade climate cataclysms.” Worst of all, the callous organizations and policies that Big Tech supports cause millions of deaths every year, by denying impoverished nations and families access to the modern energy, insect control and agricultural technologies that its vocal, racist elements loathe.)

AMERICAN THINKER
— Anti-gun radicals are on a misguided mission – Dan Wos
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/05/antigun_radicals_are_on_a_misguided_mission.html

BREITBART
— Border Patrol Official: Migrants Won’t Be Sent to Florida at this Time Following Blowback – JOSHUA CAPLAN
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/05/18/border-patrol-official-migrants-wont-be-sent-to-florida-at-this-time-following-blowback/

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Tucker Carlson: Rep. Ilhan Omar “A Symbol of America’s Failed Immigration System” – Ian Schwartz (DIERSEN: What percent of immigrants are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2019/05/18/tucker_carlson_rep_ilhan_omar_a_symbol_of_americas_failed_immigration_system.html

NATIONAL REVIEW
— The Merit of Merit-Based Immigration – KEVIN D. WILLIAMSON (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.nationalreview.com/2019/05/merit-based-immigration-plan-serves-us-interests/

WORLD NET DAILY
— EQUALITY ACT ‘INCOMPATIBLE WITH GOD’S WORD, TOP CHRISTIANS WARN ‘We cannot remain silent and allow this lie to harm countless men, women, and children’
https://www.wnd.com/2019/05/equality-act-incompatible-with-gods-word-top-christians-warn/
— GOOGLE’S ‘TOP STORIES’ SHOWS OBVIOUS LEFT-WING BIAS, AUDIT REVEALS University study finds 3 news sources dominate (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, all news and commentary is fake except for the news and commentary that they put out or bless. Of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes blacklist me and blacklist my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails. I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who falsely claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican.)
https://www.wnd.com/2019/05/googles-top-stories-shows-obvious-left-wing-bias-audit-reveals/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Noting that Google’s search algorithm is “perhaps the most powerful mediator of online attention to news,” a team of university scholars conducted an audit that found just 20 news sources account for more than half of article impressions, and most lean left. The top 20 percent of sources — 136 of 678 sampled — accounted for 86 percent of article impressions. And the top three accounted for 23 percent: CNN, the New York Times and the Washington Post, according to Assistant Professor Nicholas Diakopoulos and his team at the Computational Journalism Lab at Northwestern. In an article for Columbia Journalism Review, he wrote that “for all the influence Google has in directing attention, we know painfully little about how its algorithm selects and curates news.” “Which sites does it direct traffic toward? And how does Google’s news curation impact the diversity of information found?” he asked. The audit examined Google Top Stories in terms of ideological lean, based on the self-reported political affiliation of Facebook users sharing content from those sources. The team’s data showed that 62.4 percent of article impressions were from sources rated as left-leaning. Just 11.3 percent were from sources rated as right-leaning. “These statistics underscore the degree of concentration of attention to a relatively narrow slice of news sources,” Diakopoulos wrote. . .‘News blacklist’ In April, a newly obtained document showed Google maintains a “news blacklist” and manipulates its search results manually, contrary to the company’s official denials. WND reported in March a Google manager allegedly responded to an employee who questioned the company’s war on “fake news” by arguing that fake news and “hate speech” had to be stopped, because “that’s how Trump won.” In November, the Daily Caller reported Google employees debated whether to bury the reporting of conservative media outlets in the company’s search function in response to Trump’s election. Employees similarly sought to manipulate search results to combat Trump’s travel ban, the communications showed. In an interview with WND at the time, Robert Epstein – who was famed behavioral psychologist B.F. Skinner’s last Ph.D. student at Harvard – said Google’s effort to defeat Trump confirms his extensive, peer-reviewed research over the past half decade. “Not only does Google have the power to shift votes and opinions on a massive scale, they actually use that power,” Epstein said. During the 2016 election campaign, Epstein concluded that Google heavily biased results in favor of Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, possibly shifting as many as 3 million votes. A video leaked in September showed Google executives at their first weekly meeting after Trump’s election exhibiting panic and dismay while expressing their determination to thwart the new administration’s agenda as well as the emerging global populist movement.)
— ACOSTA ‘MISREPRESENTS’ PRESIDENT’S REMARKS
https://www.wnd.com/2019/05/acosta-misrepresents-presidents-remarks/

THE HILL
— Trump fires back at ‘loser’ GOP lawmaker who said he’d engaged in ‘impeachable conduct’ – JUSTIN WISE (DIERSEN: Should I start firing back against those a) who state that they are religious, conservative, and/or Republican and b) who demonize me, denigrate me, and condemn me?)
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/444441-trump-fires-back-at-loser-gop-lawmaker-who-said-hed-engaged-in
— Welcome back, federalism — Democrats begin to champion state’s rights – FORMER U.S. REP. JOHN HOSTETTLER
https://thehill.com/opinion/judiciary/444387-welcome-back-federalism-dems-begin-to-champion-states-rights

POLITICO
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Pot pushers want more success in pushing pot.
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/05/19/democrats-marijuana-legalization-1331710

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Dozens protest Pence at Taylor University commencement
https://www.aol.com/article/news/2019/05/18/dozens-protest-pence-at-taylor-university-commencement/23729580/

NEW YORK TIMES
— Breaking With Party, G.O.P. Lawmaker Says Trump’s Conduct Reaches ‘Threshold of Impeachment’ – Glenn Thrush (DIERSEN: I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who are Libertarians, but who falsely claim to be religious, conservative, and or Republican.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/18/us/politics/trump-justin-amash-impeachment.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: This is not the first time Mr. Amash, who considers himself a libertarian and strict constitutionalist, has defied the White House and bucked his party’s Capitol Hill leadership. Mr. Amash was one of 14 Republicans to side with Democrats in their unsuccessful attempt to override the president’s first veto, which upheld an emergency declaration to divert funding from other federal projects to build a wall along the southwestern border.)
— Abortion Fight or Strong Economy? For G.O.P., Cultural Issues Undercut 2020 Message – Jonathan Martin and Alexander Burns
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/19/us/politics/republicans-abortion-economy-issues.html

NEW YORK POST
— Ocasio-Cortez accuses prosecutors of going easy on white supremacists – Mary Kay Linge (DIERSEN: Are you White? What would you do if someone called you a White supremacist? Would you sue them?)
https://nypost.com/2019/05/18/ocasio-cortez-accuses-prosecutors-of-going-easy-on-white-supremacists/

WASHINGTON POST
— Facebook, Twitter and the Digital Disinformation Mess – Shelly Banjo (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, all news and commentary is fake except for the news and commentary that they put out or bless.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/facebook-twitter-and-the-digital-disinformation-mess/2019/05/18/7417d9d0-79ba-11e9-a7bf-c8a43b84ee31_story.html

NBC LOS ANGELES
— Weed Delivery Driver Shot by Customer in Attempted Robbery, Police Say – Katherine Picazo and Shahan Ahmed
https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/Pot-Delivery-Driver-Shot-by-Customer-Attempted-Robbery-Police-Say-510130741.html

COLORADO SPRINGS GAZETTE
— Pot-impaired driver gets 8 years for crash that killed Colorado woman – Janet Oravetz (DIERSEN: Legalizing pot for recreational use dramatically increases pot-impaired driving.)
https://gazette.com/news/pot-impaired-driver-gets-years-for-crash-that-killed-colorado/article_b61ece62-7972-11e9-9cb4-073e687ad45c.html

FORT WAYNE JOURNAL GAZETTE
— Mexico welcoming American migration (DIERSEN: One could expect that U.S. citizens who are members of the following groups would renounce their U.S. citizenship and immigrate to Mexico: anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.journalgazette.net/news/us/20190519/mexico-welcoming-american-migration

YAHOO FINANCE
— Marijuana Companies Lied to You, Major Pot CEO Alleges – Sean Williams (DIERSEN: One should expect that those who want to make money from pot would also want make money from booze, from gambling, from prostitution, and from other terrible things.) 
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/marijuana-companies-lied-major-pot-130600988.html

BLOOMBERG
— China Doesn’t Want to Be Like the West The Trump administration has underestimated the strength of resistance to a foreign order imposed by force. – Michael Schuman
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2019-05-19/china-s-history-foretold-breakdown-of-u-s-trade-talks

ATLANTIC
— Social Media Are Ruining Political Discourse The endless flow of content doesn’t need to make sense to create engagement. – JAY DAVID BOLTER
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2019/05/why-social-media-ruining-political-discourse/589108/

May 18 Evening Edition

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Republican-haters blame Republicans for everything that is bad, including bad weather.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2019/5/16/18628374/will-humans-act-fast-enough-to-stave-off-climate-catastrophe

DAILY HERALD
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Tollway Executive Director José Alvarez took an $18,996 (8%) pay cut for his new position. In 1980, when I was 31 years old, I took a $19,568 (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO. I had passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, I had almost completed the requirements for a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul, I had earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976, and I had worked for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 levels, currently $82,579-$93,592.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190517/new-tollway-chief-wants-to-hear-from-stakeholders-on-route-53
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Executive Director José Alvarez, who attended his first board meeting Thursday, will be paid $223,000 annually, 3.7% more than his predecessor Elizabeth Gorman, who received $215,000. “I took a pay cut. That’s how excited I am about the opportunity” to work at the tollway, said Alvarez, former chief operating officer for the Chicago Housing Authority. Alvarez joins a rookie tollway board picked by Gov. J.B. Pritzker, who supported the ouster of the previous slate of directors after a series of Daily Herald reports about tollway spending and patronage hiring at the agency. Alvarez “came in on May 1 and hit the ground running,” Chairman Will Evans said at Thursday’s meeting. “I am committed to investing in our team and building on its strengths,” Alvarez said. He likened the tollway’s situation to the housing authority, which had “five CEOs in five years.” Former tollway Executive Director Greg Bedalov, who was paid $186,000, left in February 2018 and Gorman stayed for 13 months.)

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Bill suspending teacher basic skills test heads to governor – Peter Hancock (DIERSEN: Prior to Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion, passing the CPA examination was a requirement to get promoted at IRS and at GAO.)
https://www.sj-r.com/news/20190517/bill-suspending-teacher-basic-skills-test-heads-to-governor

HERALD & REVIEW
— The fate of Illinois’ pot legislation is explored on the latest ‘Capitol Cast’ podcast (DIERSEN: Needless-to-say, the following should be speaking out strongly against the marijuana bill in Illinois: Trump and Pence; Illinois Republican congressmen; Illinois Republican Party (IRP) National Committeeman and Committeewoman; IRP officers; Republican Illinois House and Senate leaders; your representative on the IRP State Central Committee; officers of your Republican township/ward/county party organizations; your Republican Precinct Committeeman/Captain; Republican officials who represent you in your municipality, township/ward, county, and Illinois; conservative leaders; healthcare leaders; religious leaders; education leaders; law enforcement leaders; firefighter leaders; etc.)
https://herald-review.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/listen-the-fate-of-illinois-pot-legislation-is-explored-on/article_8e8c3ddf-6c95-50b7-a9c7-5922674150b2.html

HERALD NEWS
— $1 billion proposed for I-80 Pritzker plan for capital bill still depends on tax hikes – BOB OKON
https://www.theherald-news.com/2019/05/17/1-billion-proposed-for-i-80/aufg8t1/

SOUTHERN
— Internal memo details Illinois GOP budget plans, Pritzker complaints – JERRY NOWICKI 
https://thesouthern.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/internal-memo-details-illinois-gop-budget-plans-pritzker-complaints/article_f6f0af5c-a2d2-59b9-9574-5c38af876998.html

CHICAGO HEIGHTS PATCH
— Why Kids Shouldn’t Be Forced To Share – Ilana Donna Arazie (DIERSEN: What do you share? Since 2000, I have shared GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails. Since 2004, I have shared a GOPUSA ILLINOIS email each and every morning, and since 2015, I have shared a GOPUSA ILLINOIS email each and every evening too. Since 2004, those emails have contained links to almost 335,500 articles and information on many upcoming events. Please ask my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes what do they share. They share their hatred of me and they share their hatred of GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails. I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes.) 
https://patch.com/illinois/chicagoheights/s/gpw9s/why-kids-shouldnt-be-forced-to-share

SAVE YOUR HOME NOW
— Philanthropist Ann Lurie takes $3.56 million loss on Chicago condo
https://saveyourhomenow.org/stories/512491179-market-watch-philanthropist-ann-lurie-takes-3-56-million-loss-on-chicago-condo
— Market Watch: Wendy Sternberg & Robert Wolf lose over $308,000 on sale of Chicago condo
https://saveyourhomenow.org/stories/512483881-market-watch-wendy-sternberg-robert-wolf-lose-over-308-000-on-sale-of-chicago-condo
— Carl & Marlene Mercurio lose over $339,000 on sale of Naperville home
https://saveyourhomenow.org/stories/512493639-market-watch-carl-marlene-mercurio-lose-over-339-000-on-sale-of-naperville-home
— More than 34% of Naperville home’s sale price goes toward property taxes
https://saveyourhomenow.org/stories/512491173-market-watch-more-than-34-of-naperville-home-s-sale-price-goes-toward-property-taxes
— Daghfals pay a quarter of Naperville home’s sale price on property taxes
https://saveyourhomenow.org/stories/512484953-market-watch-daghfals-pay-a-quarter-of-naperville-home-s-sale-price-on-property-taxes
— Burr Ridge homeowners pay 35% of home’s sale price in property taxes
https://saveyourhomenow.org/stories/512490265-market-watch-burr-ridge-homeowners-pay-35-of-home-s-sale-price-in-property-taxes

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— DuPage County educators oppose Illinois school efficiency bill
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/512493593-dupage-county-educators-oppose-illinois-school-efficiency-bill

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— BIPARTISAN TOWNSHIP CONSOLIDATION BILL HEADS TO PRITZKER’S DESK – Joe Barnas
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/bipartisan-township-consolidation-bill-heads-to-pritzkers-desk/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Stronger borders save lives The only way to stop the flow of dangerous drugs is to build a border wall – Joe Arpaio
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/may/8/stronger-borders-save-lives/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Tucker Carlson: Somali American congresswoman Ilhan Omaris ‘a symbol of America’s failed immigration system’ – John Gage
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/tucker-carlson-somali-american-congresswoman-is-a-symbol-of-americas-failed-immigration-system

DAILY CALLER
— TUCKER: DEMOCRATS OPPOSE TRUMP’S IMMIGRATION PLAN BECAUSE THEY WANT TO ‘IMPORT SERFS’ – Scott Morefield (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who serve as serfs for my critics/opponents. They are a sorry lot. They all have serious financial, health, and/or other problems. They include past and present Milton Township Republican Central Committee, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Illinois Center Right Coalition, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter, GAO, IRS, Post Office, Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, Illinois, United State members, employees, and leaders. They all make it very clear that will do anything for money. They pride themselves in being manipulative, nasty, rude, crude, belittling, dismissing, condescending, argumentative, domineering, threatening, vicious, and even worse things.) 
https://dailycaller.com/2019/05/17/tucker-carlson-democrats-immigration-serfs/

TOWNHALL
— ICE Arrests 33 Illegal Aliens Ranging from Drunk Drivers to Wife-Beaters in 4 Days Across 4 States – Timothy Meads
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/timothymeads/2019/05/18/ice-arrests-33-illegal-aliens-ranging-from-drunk-drivers-to-wife-beaters-in-4-day-n2546528

FOX NEWS
— Democrats are eager to compete in the free stuff primary — Here’s what it means for you – Michael Knowles (DIERSEN: What do you say those who vote for whichever candidate promises to give them the most “free stuff?” Generally, the aforesaid strategy works the best with voters who have financial, health, and/or other problems. Generally, the aforesaid strategy works the best with voters who are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.) 
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/michael-knowles-democrats-free-stuff-biden-harris-warren-booker
— College Board CEO defends SAT ‘adversity score,’ tells underprivileged students, ‘We can see you’ – Vandana Rambaran (DIERSEN: Needless-to-say, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes should be forced to disclose their adversity scores. Since 1948, they have viciously demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being someone who was born with a silver spoon in his mouth and who has always been privileged. Questions for my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes: If I have always been so privileged, why did I take 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. If I have always been so privileged, why aren’t my degrees from Ivy League universities? Of course, their answer will be that I am stupid and lazy.) 
https://www.foxnews.com/us/college-board-ceo-says-we-see-you-to-underprivileged-students-as-he-defends-sat-adversity-score
— Hundreds of migrants to be flown to California in as many as 3 flights a week, officials say – Paulina Dedaj 
https://www.foxnews.com/us/hundreds-of-migrants-to-be-flown-to-california-in-as-many-as-3-flights-a-week-officials-say

AMERICAN THINKER
— Pelosi’s disgraceful weaseling on merit-based immigration – Thomas Lifson (DIERSEN: Democrats want immigrants because immigrants vote for Democrats. RINOs want immigrants because RINOs want cheap labor.) 
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/05/pelosis_disgraceful_weaseling_on_meritbased_immigration.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Common sense and public opinion both strongly favor prioritizing immigrants who bring education and skills to the country, so that they can support themselves and provide more tax payments than they consume in the form of welfare and other need-based services. Few questions of public policy receive support in the eighty percent range, yet merit-based immigration actually does receive nearly 80% in reliable polling. . .The entire point of immigration policy is to benefit the citizens of the United States. Forcing citizens to pay for the welfare and government services consumed by poor families entering with children (who will need expensive bilingual schooling), and who will generate few taxes but consume large tax revenues if they bring low education and skill credentials, enacts a penalty on American citizens.)

AMERICAN FREE PRESS
— Michigan Falls for SPLC Trap: Labels Good Groups ‘Haters’
http://americanfreepress.net/michigan-falls-for-splc-trap-labels-good-groups-haters/

BREITBART
— Democrats in California Oppose HUD Plan to Prioritize Americans over Illegals for Public Housing – PENNY STARR
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/05/17/democrats-in-california-oppose-hud-plan-to-prioritize-americans-over-illegals-for-public-housing/
— SAT to Give ‘Adversity Score’ Reflecting Students’ Social and Economic Background to College Admissions – DR. SUSAN BERRY (DIERSEN: Needless-to-say, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes should be forced to disclose their adversity scores. Since 1948, they have viciously demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being someone who was born with a silver spoon in his mouth and who has always been privileged.)
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/05/17/sat-to-give-adversity-score-reflecting-students-social-and-economic-background-to-college-admissions/

CONSERVATIVE HQ
— Which 2020 Democrats will join Alyssa Milano’s sex strike? – Jeffrey A. Rendall 
http://www.conservativehq.com/article/30266-assault-america-day-135-which-2020-democrats-will-join-alyssa-milano%E2%80%99s-sex-strike

WORLD NET DAILY
— FLORIDA MAYOR: FORCE TRUMP TO TAKE ASYLUM SEEKERS IN HIS HOTELS ‘Ask the president to open his heart and home’ (DIERSEN: Democrats and RINOs encourage citizens of foreign countries to come to America illegally and to stay in America illegally. So therefore, Democrats and RINOs should be forced to house, feed, clothe, provide healthcare for, educate, etc. illegals until they are sent back.) 
https://www.wnd.com/2019/05/florida-mayor-force-trump-to-take-asylum-seekers-in-his-hotels/

HOT AIR
— The SAT’s “Adversity Score” Is A Backdoor To Racial Quotas – HEATHER MACDONALD (DIERSEN: Needless-to-say, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes should be forced to disclose their adversity scores. Since 1948, they have viciously demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being someone who was born with a silver spoon in his mouth and who has always been privileged.)
https://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2019/05/sats-adversity-score-backdoor-racial-quotas/

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Adversity Scores: Same Game, Different Uniforms – PETER KIRSANOW (DIERSEN: Needless-to-say, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes should be forced to disclose their adversity scores. Since 1948, they have viciously demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being someone who was born with a silver spoon in his mouth and who has always been privileged.)
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/adversity-scores-same-game-different-uniforms/

CANADA FREE PRESS
— What’s It Gonna Be…A Welfare State or Open Borders? – Ray DiLorenzo
https://canadafreepress.com/article/whats-it-gonna-be…a-welfare-state-or-open-borders

THE HILL
— Florida mayor on housing detained migrants: ‘Bring them to the Trump hotels’ – BROOKE SEIPEL (DIERSEN: Democrats and RINOs encourage citizens of foreign countries to come to America illegally and to stay in America illegally. So therefore, Democrats and RINOs should be forced to house, feed, clothe, provide healthcare for, educate, etc. illegals until they are sent back.) 
https://thehill.com/latino/444370-florida-mayor-offers-solution-to-housing-detained-migrants-bring-them-to-the-trump

UPI
— House passes first-ever bill to outlaw LGBT-based discrimination – Nicholas Sakelaris (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, under the Democrats and under the RINOs, you are discriminated against if you do not promote LGBTQ activity.)
https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2019/05/17/House-passes-first-ever-bill-to-outlaw-LGBT-based-discrimination/2101558110619/

NEW YORK TIMES
— The SAT’s Bogus ‘Adversity Score’ Are we really going to rank students on a one-to-100 pseudoscientific index of oppression? – Thomas Chatterton Williams (DIERSEN: Needless-to-say, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes should be forced to disclose their adversity scores. Since 1948, they have viciously demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being someone who was born with a silver spoon in his mouth and who has always been privileged.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/17/opinion/sat-adversity-score.html
— SAT Adversity Index: A Drive Toward Diversity Without Discussing Race – Anemona Hartocollis and Amy Harmon (DIERSEN: Needless-to-say, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes should be forced to disclose their adversity scores. Since 1948, they have viciously demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being someone who was born with a silver spoon in his mouth and who has always been privileged.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/17/us/sat-adversity-race.html
— Your Questions about the New Adversity Score on the SAT, Answered – Dana Goldstein (DIERSEN: Needless-to-say, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes should be forced to disclose their adversity scores. Since 1948, they have viciously demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being someone who was born with a silver spoon in his mouth and who has always been privileged.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/17/us/sat-adversity-score-explained.html
— U.S. Birthrate Drops 4th Year in a Row, Possibly Echoing the Great Recession – Liam Stack (DIERSEN: QUESTION: Why did why my Democrat superiors and those who I have sued want my wife and I a) to not give up trying to have children, b) to adopt, and/or c) to become foster parents? ANSWER: Those who have children put their children first and are therefore far less likely to file lawsuits.) 
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/17/us/us-birthrate-decrease.html
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Politics Takes a Toll on the Trump Family Business – Eric Lipton and Steve Eder (DIERSEN: I should write a book about the toll that my being a Republican has cost me. Since 1966, I have been surrounded by Democrats and Democrat plants, by Libertarians and Libertarian plants, by Greens and Green plants, and by RINOs.) 
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/17/us/politics/trump-financial-disclosure-takeaways.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Trump’s Immigration Progress He admits the U.S. needs talent but he’s still too stingy on visas. – Editorial (DIERSEN: Democrats want immigrants because immigrants vote for Democrats. RINOs want immigrants because RINOs want cheap labor.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/trumps-immigration-progress-11558134256

DENVER POST
— Will Denver continue to host asylum seekers from southern border? Nonprofits, faith leaders will work with city, community to decide Denver-area churches hosted 55 asylum seekers from Central America last week – SAJA HINDI and JUSTIN WINGERTER (DIERSEN: Democrats and RINOs encourage citizens of foreign countries to come to America illegally and to stay in America illegally. So therefore, Democrats and RINOs should be forced to house, feed, clothe, provide healthcare for, educate, etc. illegals until they are sent back.)
https://www.denverpost.com/2019/05/18/denver-asylum-seekers-central-america/

SENTINEL SOURCE
— The case for an Individual Reparations Account – Allen J. Davis (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who have hinted/implied/argued/shouted the loudest since 1948 that I should pay lots of reparations, that is, that I should pay the price of Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion. They stress/stressed that I am White, male, old (born in 1948), Trump supporter, Protestant (baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran), conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, non-poor, married, no children or pets to support, retired for more than 21 years, gun owner, 100% German American, draft avoider, and my ancestors have been in America since 1844, etc.)
https://www.sentinelsource.com/opinion/op-ed/the-case-for-an-individual-reparations-account-by-allen-j/article_bffb87e9-6a8b-57c0-ba85-6f2900501af4.html

FORBES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “Black Unemployment Is Rising Again, And Trumpism Could Be Playing a Role.”
https://www.forbes.com/sites/pedrodacosta/2019/05/17/black-unemployment-is-rising-again-and-trumpism-could-be-playing-a-role/#38c894552df0

THE WEEK
— (DEMOCRATS AND RINOS PASS) bill to protect LGBTQ rights in the workplace (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, under the Democrats and under the RINOs, you are discriminated against if you do not promote LGBTQ activity.)
https://www.theweek.in/news/world/2019/05/18/us-passes-bill-to-protect-lgbtq-rights-in-the-workplace.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Trump-haters promote hatred of Whites.
https://theweek.com/articles/841846/why-white-supremacist-terrorism-surging

COLUMBUS DISPATCH
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Trump-haters promote hatred of Whites.
https://www.dispatch.com/opinion/20190518/column-trumps-judicial-nominees-will-keep-white-power-intact

SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “Trump is lying about immigrant crime – and the research proves it.” To come to America illegally and/or to stay in America illegally, you shout a) that you disrespect the rule of law, b) that you disrespect America, and c) that you disrespect the citizens of America. 
https://www.splcenter.org/news/2019/05/17/trump-lying-about-immigrant-crime-and-research-proves-it

ACCOUNTING TODAY
— IRS estimates over a quarter of Earned Income Tax Credit payments were improper – Michael Cohn
https://www.accountingtoday.com/news/over-a-quarter-of-eitc-tax-credit-payments-estimated-to-be-improper-by-irs

May 17 Evening Edition

NBC5
— Pritzker Compiles $41.5B Infrastructure Plan, Tax Increases
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/Pritzker-Compiles-415B-Infrastructure-Plan-Tax-Increases-510088861.html

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Governor Pritzker compiles $41.5B infrastructure plan, tax increases – AP
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/local/governor-pritzker-compiles-415b-infrastructure-plan-tax-increases

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Americans wanted Emanuel to have done more to get citizens of foreign countries to come to Chicago illegally and to stay in Chicago illegally.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/5/17/18627941/rahm-emanuel-legacy-immigration-chicago-sanctuary-city-trump-gang-database-dreamers-citykey
— Inviting labor to discuss bill shows how times are changing in Springfield Illinois has been a national leader for data center locations because the Chicago region is a national Internet hub. – Rich Miller
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2019/5/17/18629956/rich-miller-illinois-legislature-data-centers-organized-labor
— Lightfoot says she’s inheriting shortfall ‘worse’ than $700 million The mayor-elect says that deficit figure is not nearly high enough. It was an ominous warning that appeared to go beyond the familiar script. – Fran Spielman 
https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2019/5/17/18629824/chicago-budget-shortfall-lori-lightfoot-city-finances

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Illinois should take the slow road on marijuana – Editorial
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-illinois-marijuana-legalize-recreational-20190518-story.html
— Legal recreational pot in Illinois? The devil is in the details for Pritzker, legislators – Dan Petrella and Jamie Munks
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-met-jb-pritzker-marijuana-politics-20190516-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly Trump-haters encourage citizens of foreign countries a) to come to America illegally and b) to stay in America illegally. 
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/steve-chapman/ct-perspec-chapman-trump-immigration-reform-merit-legal-20190517-story.html
— Immigration for the ‘best people’? For Trump family, that’s relative – Clarence Page
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/clarence-page/ct-perspec-page-donald-trump-melania-slovenia-immigration-merit-based-20190517-story.html
— Illinois does not need to spend more than $1 billion on school administration costs – Sue Rezin
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-school-administration-costs-consolidate-rezin-20190517-story.html
— Dining out on food stamps: Bill to let some recipients spend SNAP benefits at restaurants heads to Pritzker’s desk – Alexia Elejalde-Ruiz
https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-food-stamps-restaurant-meals-20190515-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— Gas tax hike, other fees would fund Pritzker’s $41.5 billion ‘Rebuild Illinois’ capital plan – PETER HANCOCK
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190517/gas-tax-hike-other-fees-would-fund-pritzkers-415-billion-rebuild-illinois-capital-plan
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote LGBTQ activity.
https://www.dailyherald.com/article/20190517/news/305179973/

BELLEVIEW NEWS DEMOCRAT
— Democrats call expungement provision ‘critical’ to marijuana legalization – REBECCA ANZEL 
https://www.bnd.com/news/politics-government/article230531004.html

WEPY NEWS
— Citing Aurora Shooting, Oswego Rep. Keith Wheeler Files Legislation Regarding Recovery of Illegally Possessed Firearms
http://www.wspynews.com/news/local/citing-aurora-shooting-oswego-rep-files-legislation-regarding-recovery-of/article_512b5f58-78d6-11e9-bcdb-0ff58d3b296e.html

FOX ILLINOIS
— Harvard students host graduation ceremony for undocumented students (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats make it clear that they are anti-American.)
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/harvard-students-host-graduation-ceremony-for-undocumented-students

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Banning Christianity: U.S. House Passes Faux-Equality Act – Laurie Higgins 
https://illinoisfamily.org/homosexuality/banning-christianity-u-s-house-passes-faux-equality-act/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— SEVEN MEASLES CASES IN ILLINOIS LAUNCHES $3.5M+ STATEWIDE VACCINE CAMPAIGN
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/05/seven-measles-cases-in-illinois-launches-35m-statewide-vaccine-campaign.html
— TRUMP SIGNS PROCLAMATION TO PROTECT US AUTO INDUSTRY
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/05/trump-signs-proclamation-to-protect-us-auto-industry.html

CAPITOL FAX
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot.
https://capitolfax.com/2019/05/17/cannabis-roundup-3/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Herman Cain: Half of blacks ‘brainwashed’ by media into hating Donald Trump – Andrew Blake
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/may/17/herman-cain-half-of-blacks-brainwashed-by-media-in/
— Waters blasts Trump immigration reform plan as ‘very racist’ California Democrat says this is not ‘how we treat human beings’ – Bailey Vogt
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/may/17/maxine-waters-calls-trumps-new-immigration-plan-ve/

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Ocasio-Cortez Laments ‘GOP’s Attempts to Turn the United States Into a Far-Right Christian Theocracy’ – Paul Crookston
https://freebeacon.com/politics/ocasio-cortez-laments-gops-attempts-to-turn-the-united-states-into-a-far-right-christian-theocracy/

FOX NEWS
— ICE to hire contractor to transport 225,000 migrants to shelters across the US – Danielle Wallace (DIERSEN: Logically, because Democrats and RINOs promote illegal immigration, migrants should be transported to where the Democrats and the RINOs are.)
https://www.foxnews.com/us/ice-hire-contractor-transport-225000-migrant-shelters

AMERICAN THINKER
— Huge new string of criminalities surround California’s failed ‘motor-voter’ system – Monica Showalter
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/05/huge_new_string_of_criminalities_surrounding_californias_failed_motorvoter_system.html

GOPUSA
— College Board adopts ‘adversity index’ as colleges make SAT optional
http://www.gopusa.com/college-board-adopts-adversity-index-as-colleges-make-sat-optional/

CANADA FREE PRESS
— There aren’t enough victim classes – A. Dru Kristenev (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats hint/imply/argue/shout that a) Trump-haters are victims of Trump supporters, b) non-Protestants are victims of Protestants, c) liberals and moderates are victims of conservative, d) non-patriotic people are victims of patriotic people, e) non-Republicans are victims of Republicans, f) non-Americans are victims of Americans, g) minorities are victims of Whites, h) women are victims of males, i) younger people are victims of older people, j) those who have less money are victims of those who have more money, k) non-gun owners are the victims of gun owners, l) non-German Americans are victims of German Americans, and m) those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time are victims of those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.) 
https://canadafreepress.com/article/there-arent-enough-victim-classes

BREITBART
— OUTSTANDING: Trump Plan Mandates E-Verify, Protecting U.S. Jobs for Americans – John Binder
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/05/17/trump-plan-mandates-e-verify-protecting-u-s-jobs-for-americans/
— WordPress.com Blacklists Blogs Critical of Islam – ALLUM BOKHARI (DIERSEN: What is next? Will WordPress.com blacklist blogs that are critical of Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, RINOs, non-Protestants, liberals, moderates, foreign countries, citizens of foreign countries, minorities, females, younger people, non-rich people, non-German Americans, veterans, those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time?)
https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2019/05/17/wordpress-com-blacklists-blogs-critical-of-islam/

BLAZE
— Candace Owens suspended from Facebook after she writes, ‘Black America must wake up to the great liberal hoax’ – Jana Pruet
https://www.theblaze.com/facebook-suspends-candace-owens
— Facebook claims it suspended Candace Owens’ page by ‘mistake,’ restores access – Jana Pruet
https://www.theblaze.com/news/facebook-claims-it-suspended-candace-owens-page-by-mistake

DAILY CALLER
— CRITICS SAY REAL AIM OF COLLEGE BOARD ADVERSITY SCORE IS RACE-BASED DISCRIMINATION – Rachel Stoltzfoos
https://dailycaller.com/2019/05/17/college-board-adversity-score-discrimination/

THE HILL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote LGBTQ activity.
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/444281-house-approves-anti-lgbt-discrimination-bill

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Trump Administration Considers Flying Migrants Across Country to Relieve Border Crowding Local officials voice alarm as federal government considers expanding chartered jet program – Alicia A. Caldwell and Louise Radnofsky (DIERSEN: Logically, because Democrats and RINOs promote illegal immigration, migrants should be flown to where the Democrats and the RINOs are.) 
https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-administration-considers-flying-migrants-across-country-to-relieve-border-crowding-11558127647

CBS MIAMI
— ‘We Cannot Accommodate The Dumping Of Unlawful Migrants In Our State’: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis On Trump Plan To Bring 100’s Of Migrants To South Florida – Carey Codd (DIERSEN: For many decades, Wheaton has accommodated many homeless people that Democrats dump on Wheaton.) 
https://miami.cbslocal.com/2019/05/17/gov-desantis-blindsided-by-feds-plan-to-send-migrants-to-broward-palm-beach/

May 16 Morning Edition

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

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

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats use Affirmative Action, Diversity, Inclusion, up-or-out, budget cuts, etc. to not hire and to get rid of non-Democrats and especially non-Democrats who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2019/5/15/18627498/mayor-elect-lori-lightfoot-candace-moore-lawyer-as-chief-equity-officer

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

FOX NEWS
— Steve Scalise touts Trump plan for ‘merit-based’ immigration: ‘Right now, we’ve got some of the dumbest laws on the books’- Charles Creitz (DIERSEN: Do you have merit? I have absolutely no merit according to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes in the Milton Township Republican Central Committee, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Illinois Center Right Coalition, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter, GAO, etc. In my defense, I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 32. IRS promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974. GAO promoted me in 1986.)
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/scalise-trump-immigration-plan-merit-based

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

May 15 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Trump to unveil new immigration plan in speech
https://abc7chicago.com/trump-to-unveil-new-immigration-plan-in-speech/5302000/
— Illinois infrastructure is costing you big money – Ravi Baichwal
https://abc7chicago.com/traffic/illinois-infrastructure-is-costing-you-big-money/5302170/

NBC5
— Gas Tax in Illinois Could More Than Double Under Proposed Bill The tax, unchanged since 1990, could rise from 19 cents to 44 cents per gallon
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/illinois-could-more-than-double-gas-tax-under-new-bill-509978361.html
— Trump to Launch New Immigration Overhaul Push The officials said more details would be released in the coming weeks – Jill Colvin and Alan Fram
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/politics/Trump-Legal-Immigration-System-Overhaul-Push-509976691.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Legal pot concerns: Everything from impaired driving to erectile dysfunction? – Tina Sfondeles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/legal-pot-concerns-recreational-marijuana-impaired-driving-erectile-dysfunction/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Democrats are in a race to the bottom in drive to ‘get Trump’ – Jonah Goldberg
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-trump-barr-contempt-dirty-politics-democrats-goldberg-20190515-story.html
— Lawyer for adult book store pushes back on DuPage efforts to regulate adult businesses – Alicia Fabbre
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-nvs-dupage-adult-business-pushback-st-0517-story.html

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— The city budget shortfall is worse than you thought $740 million: That’s the 2020 spending gap facing Mayor-elect Lori Lightfoot. And the worst of the news concerns pensions. – GREG HINZ 
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/greg-hinz-politics/city-budget-shortfall-worse-you-thought
— Trump Organization blames gun violence for revenue decline at Chicago hotel So, have other Chicago hotels experienced the same phenomenon? – BRIANNA KELLY (DIERSEN: Constructively, if not literally, Democrats have called for boycotts against everything that is Trump.)
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/commercial-real-estate/trump-organization-blames-gun-violence-revenue-decline-chicago-hotel

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Bad roads cause $18 billion in damage, waste in Illinois – Doug Finke
https://www.sj-r.com/news/20190515/bad-roads-cause-18-billion-in-damage-waste-in-illinois

SOUTHERN
— Changes likely coming to state’s cannabis legalization bill – JERRY NOWICKI
https://thesouthern.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/changes-likely-coming-to-state-s-cannabis-legalization-bill/article_edbcd34e-c046-5a77-861f-8718a77bad70.html

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Rep. Durkin claims no fiscal need for tax hikes – Kyla Asbury 
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/512485124-rep-durkin-claims-no-fiscal-need-for-tax-hikes

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— ILLINOIS LOOKS AT SPORTS BETTING AND MORE VIDEO GAMBLING
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/05/sports-gambling-measure-moves-forward.html
— THORNER: HONEST SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE DISCREDITS GLOBAL WARMING CULTISTS’ DOOM AND GLOOM
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/05/thorner-honest-scientific-evidence-discredits-global-warming-cultists-doom-and-gloom.html

CAPITOL FAX
— Lots of people are seeing Rockford’s Facebook ads asking for a casino
https://capitolfax.com/2019/05/15/lots-of-people-are-seeing-rockfords-facebook-ads-asking-for-a-casino/

NEWSMAX
— Rep. Kinzinger: China Targets Farmers to Go After Trump Base – Sandy Fitzgerald
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/adam-kinzinger-farmers-tariffs-trade-war/2019/05/15/id/916099/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Trump to unveil immigration plan Thursday calling for new merit-based points system – Steven Nelson (DIERSEN: Will points be given for job-related a) college degrees, b) professional certifications, c) professional licenses, and d) years of work experience?)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-house/trump-to-unveil-immigration-plan-thursday-calling-for-new-merit-based-points-system
— Border Patrol’s busiest region hikes spending to $20M to care for asylum-seekers – Anna Giaritelli 
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/border-patrols-busiest-region-hikes-spending-to-20m-to-care-for-asylum-seekers

GOPUSA
— Holocaust: Rashida Tlaib will talk like ‘fourth grader’ so ‘racist idiots’ understand
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=69549
— Public not applauding ‘transgender rights’ in sports
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=69545
— Feds bust massive marriage immigration fraud
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=69555
— Colorado marijuana dispensaries set new record for monthly recreational sales: $114.3 million
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=69558

FEDERALIST
— At Democrats’ Behest, Terrorist-Friendly Imam Gives Prayer In Congress – Erielle Davidson
https://thefederalist.com/2019/05/15/democrats-behest-terrorist-friendly-imam-gives-prayer-congress/

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE
— TLAIB’S ANTI-SEMITIC HATE ELICITS STUNNING SUPPORT FROM DEMOCRATS The Left sets into Jew-hate overdrive. – Ari Lieberman
https://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/273768/tlaibs-anti-semitic-hate-elicits-stunning-support-ari-lieberman

TOWNHALL
— DHS Issues Two New Waivers to Expedite Border Wall Construction – Katie Pavlich
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2019/05/15/dhs-just-issued-a-bunch-of-waivers-to-build-the-wall-n2546373

FOX NEWS 
— Trump campaign keeping millionth MAGA hat under lock and key, for contest giveaway – Alex Pappas 
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-campaign-keeping-millionth-maga-hat-under-lock-and-key-for-contest-give-away

AMERICAN THINKER
— Among Millennials, Trump soars — and Bernie Sanders craters – Monica Showalter
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/05/trump_soars__and_bernie_sanders_craters__among_youth.html

BREITBART
— WSJ: Tight Labor Market Giving U.S. Workers Leverage over Business – JOHN BINDER
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/05/14/wsj-tight-labor-market-giving-u-s-workers-leverage-over-business/
— House Hearing on ‘Confronting White Supremacy’ – Penny Starr
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/05/15/watch-live-house-hearing-on-confronting-white-supremacy/
— Customs and Border Patrol Chief: 50% of Border Patrol’s Time Not Spent on Border Security – SEAN MORAN
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/05/15/customs-and-border-patrol-chief-50-of-border-patrols-time-not-spent-on-border-security/

CONSERVATIVE REVIEW
— Poll finds most Americans don’t realize how bad the border crisis is. Here are the eye-popping numbers – Nate Madden 
https://www.conservativereview.com/news/poll-finds-americans-dont-realize-bad-border-crisis-eye-popping-numbers/
— DOJ report: 43% of all offenders last year were non-citizens – Daniel Horowitz 
https://www.conservativereview.com/news/doj-report-43-of-all-offenders-last-year-were-non-citizens/

DAILY CALLER
— MEDIA SUDDENLY SILENT ON IMPORTANCE OF FREE PRESS AS WARREN DECLARES WAR ON FOX NEWS – Rachel Stoltzfoos
https://dailycaller.com/2019/05/15/media-silent-free-press-warren-fox-news-town-hall/

WORLD NET DAILY
— TRUMP APPROVAL AT 51% Trusted more than Dems on economy
https://www.wnd.com/2019/05/trump-approval-at-51/

THE HILL
— Rosy economic data belies a harsh reality for many Americans – EUGENE LUDWIG
https://thehill.com/opinion/finance/443794-rosy-economic-data-obscures-the-harsh-reality-for-many-americans
— Hatch Act complaints jumped nearly 30 percent Trump’s first year in office: report – JESSICA CAMPISI (DIERSEN: In the federal government, Democrats use Affirmative Action, Diversity, Inclusion, up-or-out, budget cuts, subjectivity in performance appraisal, etc. to not hire and to get rid of 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. It is called political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.) 
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/443773-hatch-act-complaints-jumped-nearly-30-percent-trumps-first-year-in

REUTERS
— New Mexico city of Deming declares emergency over migrant releases – Andrew Hay (DIERSEN: Because Democrats and RINOs encourage illegal immigration, will Deming require its Democrat and RINO residents to house, to feed, to clothe, to provide healthcare, to provide education, to provide transportation, to etc. for the illegals?) 
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-immigration-emergency/new-mexico-city-of-deming-declares-emergency-over-migrant-releases-idUSKCN1SL2WZ

NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump Immigration Plan Emphasizes Immigrants’ Skills Over Family Ties – Michael D. Shear
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/15/us/politics/trump-immigration-kushner.html
— Trump Administration Balks at Global Pact to Crack Down on Online Extremism – Adam Satariano
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/15/technology/christchurch-call-trump.html

WASHINGTON POST
— White House escalates war against Facebook, Google and Twitter with a campaign asking users to share stories of censorship – Tony Romm (DIERSEN: Google continues to refuse to treat www.gopillinois.com as being a legitimate news website. I should write a book about individuals, about organizations, about companies, and about governments that continue to refuse to treat www.gopillinois.com as being a legitimate news website.) 
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2019/05/15/white-house-escalates-war-against-facebook-google-twitter-with-campaign-asking-users-share-stories-censorship/

NEWSWEEK
— LACHLAN MURDOCH INSISTS FOX NEWS WON’T CHANGE ITS CONTENT AND SAYS AD BOYCOTTS ARE HAVING NO EFFECT – BENJAMIN FEARNOW (DIERSEN: Obviously, boycotts since 2000 have failed to make me change GOPUSA ILLINOIS email content. I should write a book about those individual, organizations, companies, and governments that have boycotted my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails since 2000.) 
https://www.newsweek.com/fox-news-ad-boycott-murdoch-1426324

DAILY KOS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters oppose Ives.
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/5/14/1857647/-Illinois-pol-who-almost-won-governor-primary-after-racist-and-transphobic-ad-mulls-House-bid

ATLANTIC
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters promote hatred of Trump.
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2019/06/trump-racism-comments/588067/

ZILLOW
— FOR SALE: 708 South Wheaton Avenue, Wheaton – $699,900
https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/708-S-Wheaton-Ave-Wheaton-IL-60189/2107069801_zpid/

May 15 Morning Edition

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

GOPUSA
— Romney votes with Democrats against judge who said Obama was an ‘un-American imposter’
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=69528
— NM governor, rents bus, sends 55 asylum seekers to Denver (DIERSEN: What about Chicago Democrats who give homeless people on-way train tickets to Wheaton?)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=69511
— College Democrats vow to boycott DCCC over incumbent policy (DIERSEN: Who boycotts you and why? I should write a book about individuals, organizations, companies, and governments that are boycotting me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails and why they do that. They a) reject planks in the Republican Party platform and/or the Illinois Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, b) reject the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling and work against those like me who support that resolution, c) focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate, d) were defendants in lawsuits that I have filed, and/or e) are operatives or dupes for the aforesaid.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=69521
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The dissenting College Democrats chapters are objecting to the DCCC’s new rule refusing to do business with consultants, pollsters and other campaign workers who sign on to work for challengers making primary runs against incumbent Democrats.)

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

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

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

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

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

NEWS BUSTERS
— ‘View’ Gets Beto to Apologize for His White, Male Privilege; Presses Him From Left on Policy – Kristine Marsh (DIERSEN: If I had been a minority or a female, the federal government would have promoted me into its Senior Executive Service long before I was 40 years old. I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 32.)
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/kristine-marsh/2019/05/14/view-gets-beto-apologize-his-white-male-privilege-presses-him

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

WBAP
— Beto O’Rourke and White Privilege – Rick Roberts (DIERSEN: If I had been a minority, the federal government would have promoted me into its Senior Executive Service long before I was 40 years old. I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 32.)
http://www.wbap.com/2019/05/14/rick-roberts-show-beto-orourke-and-white-privilege/

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

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

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

May 14 Evening Edition

ABC7
— NRA board member Allen West: ‘Imperative’ to clean house, move on from CEO Wayne LaPierre – PETE MADDEN
https://abc7chicago.com/nra-board-member-imperative-to-clean-house-move-on-from-ceo-wayne-lapierre/5300265/

CBS2
— Food Stamps Could Be Redeemed At Restaurants If Illinois Bill Passes
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2019/05/14/food-stamps-could-be-redeemed-at-fast-food-restaurants-if-illinois-bill-passes/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DuPage County Shows Strong First Quarter; Continued Growth, Low Unemployment
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/elmhurst/community/chi-ugc-article-dupage-county-shows-strong-first-quarter-con-2019-05-14-story.html
— Will Democrats ‘Let the people vote’ on pensions, term limits and remap? – Editorial
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-pritzker-income-tax-graduated-illinois-20190514-story.html
— Many not saving nearly enough for retirement – Elliot Raphaelson
https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/success/tca-many-not-saving-nearly-enough-for-retirement-20190514-story.html
— Dog attack in Hinsdale may lead to stricter village dog control laws – Kimberly Fornek
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/hinsdale/ct-dhd-dog-leash-ordinance-tl-0516-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— COD interim president re-enters search for permanent post – Robert Sanchez
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190514/cod-interim-president-re-enters-search-for-permanent-post
— Lake County Board pledges to fight effects of climate change, backs Paris Agreement – Russell Lissau
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190514/lake-county-board-pledges-to-fight-effects-of-climate-change-backs-paris-agreement
— Lake County Board adopts rules to improve member decorum, transparency – Russell Lissau
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190514/lake-county-board-adopts-rules-to-improve-member-decorum-transparency
— State senators, state’s attorney debate pros, cons of recreational marijuana bill – James Fuller
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190514/state-senators-states-attorney-debate-pros-cons-of-recreational-marijuana-bill
— Attorney says adult business faces ‘official hostility’ in DuPage – Robert Sanchez
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190514/attorney-says-adult-business-faces-official-hostility-in-dupage

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Illinois universities get ratings break from Moody’s With the state again sporting a budget that appropriates money to them, state universities receive an improved outlook on their debt. – GREG HINZ
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/greg-hinz-politics/illinois-universities-get-ratings-break-moodys
— Sports betting at Wrigley, United Center on the table in Springfield Pro leagues and teams are muscling in for a share of the winnings as Illinois lawmakers weigh legalizing sports gambling. – GREG HINZ 
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/greg-hinz-politics/sports-betting-wrigley-united-center-table-springfield

WTTW
— State Lawmakers Press Gov. Pritzker to Support South Suburban Airport – Paul Caine
https://news.wttw.com/2019/05/14/state-lawmakers-press-gov-pritzker-support-south-suburban-airport

WHEATON PATCH
— DuPage County Awards Nearly $1M In Grants To Local Nonprofits The grants will help local nonprofits to better serve the DuPage County community. – Lisa Marie Farver
https://patch.com/illinois/wheaton/dupage-county-awards-nearly-1m-grants-local-nonprofits

JEANNE IVES
— Which Direction are We Going? Decisions being made in Springfield right now will change the direction of the state for better or worse. The month of May is when Madigan and company like to pass $38 billion dollar plus budgets in two hours. Taxpayers need to be on guard. 
https://mailchi.mp/ce61ee293197/the-next-two-weeks-are-the-most-dangerous-in-springfield

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Top campaign contribution recipients in DuPage County for the week of April 29
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/512483317-top-campaign-contribution-recipients-in-dupage-county-for-the-week-of-april-29

DUPAGE COUNTY
— DuPage County Announces Complete Count Committee
https://www.dupageco.org/Content.aspx?id=60634

COLLEGE OF DUPAGE
— COD to Launch Project Hire-Ed Apprenticeship Program with the Village of Addison
http://www.cod.edu/news-events/news/19_march/19_projecthireedlaunch.aspx

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Vice President Pence’s Religious Persecution Warning is Already Here! – Micah Clark 
https://illinoisfamily.org/homosexuality/vice-president-pences-religious-persecution-warning-is-already-here/

CAPITOL FAX
— Ives appears to be gearing up for Casten challenge
https://capitolfax.com/2019/05/14/ives-appears-to-be-gearing-up-for-casten-challenge/
— SJ-R editor abruptly dumped after she offered to resign to save jobs
https://capitolfax.com/2019/05/14/sj-r-editor-abruptly-dumped-after-she-offered-to-resign-to-save-jobs/#comments
— Moody’s places tollway under review for downgrade
https://capitolfax.com/2019/05/14/moodys-places-tollway-under-review-for-downgrade/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: What do you say to those who discourage smoking tobacco, but encourage smoking pot?
https://capitolfax.com/2019/05/14/the-other-side-of-the-cigarette-tax-hike-coin/
https://capitolfax.com/2019/05/14/cannabis-roundup-2/

GOPUSA
— Franklin Graham tour bringing gospel, anti-LGBTQ message to liberal CT
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=69486
— Is Chips Ahoy selling cookies or pushing drag queens?
http://www.gopusa.com/is-chips-ahoy-selling-cookies-or-pushing-drag-queens/
— ICE agents using drunken driving records bust 1,191 illegal aliens nationwide
http://www.gopusa.com/ice-agents-using-drunken-driving-records-bust-1191-illegal-aliens-nationwide/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Harvard Law professor deletes tweet claiming Trump-Hitler ‘physical and behavioral resemblances’ – Victor Morton 
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/may/14/laurence-tribe-harvard-law-professor-deletes-donal/
— Carly Fiorina, former presidential candidate: Trump ‘views women as something to be used’ – Bailey Vogt (DIERSEN: I should write a book about activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, and political consultants in Wheaton, Glen Ellyn, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois who claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican and who view Republican Precinct Committeemen/Captains and journalists as being “something to be used.”)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/may/14/carly-fiorina-donald-trump-views-women-as-somethin/

CONSERVATIVE REVIEW
— Cuba is the next illegal immigration shoe to drop – along with its criminal elements – Daniel Horowitz 
https://www.conservativereview.com/news/cuba-next-illegal-immigration-shoe-drop-along-criminal-elements/

AMERICAN THINKER
— U.S. losing control of its border in New Mexico … and cartels are happy – Monica Showalter
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/05/us_losing_control_of_its_border_in_new_mexico__and_cartels_are_happy.html
— Are Impeachment Democrats Geniuses or Idiots? – Christopher Chantrill
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2019/05/are_impeachment_democrats_geniuses_or_idiots.html

DAILY SIGNAL
— How Alyssa Milano’s ‘Sex Strike’ Campaign Is Actually Sexist, Not Feminist – Rachel del Guidice 
https://www.dailysignal.com/2019/05/14/how-alyssa-milanos-sex-strike-campaign-is-actually-sexist-not-feminist/

ONE NEWS NOW
— Dems kick out U.S. kids to accommodate illegals – Michael F. Haverluck
https://onenewsnow.com/politics-govt/2019/05/14/dems-kick-out-us-kids-to-accommodate-illegals

HOT AIR
— Biden: I “Absolutely Agree” That Trump Is An Illegitimate President
https://hotair.com/archives/2019/05/14/biden-absolutely-agree-trump-illegitimate-president/

THE HILL
— Warren turns down Fox town hall invite, rips network as ‘hate-for-profit racket’ – AVERY ANAPOL AND JOE CONCHA 
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/443579-warren-turns-down-fox-town-hall-invite-slams-network-as-hate-for-profit
— Herman Cain: Black Americans ‘brainwashed’ by media to hate Trump – JOHN BOWDEN 
https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/443661-herman-cain-black-americans-brainwashed-by-media-to-hate-trump

NEW YORK TIMES
— Warren Calls Fox News a ‘Hate-for-Profit Racket’ and Refuses an Appearance – Matt Stevens and Michael M. Grynbaum
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/14/us/politics/elizabeth-warren-fox-news.html
— At the N.R.A., a Cash Machine Sputtering As the gun rights group lavished pay and perks on its leaders and partners, fueling infighting, it increasingly relied on its own charity for funds. Tax experts have questions. – Danny Hakim
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/14/us/nra-finances-executives-board-members.html

WASHINGTON POST
— I own the Red Hen restaurant that asked Sarah Sanders to leave. Resistance isn’t futile. – Stephanie Wilkinson (DIERSEN: What if Starbucks started banning customers because they appeared to be Republicans?)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/i-own-the-red-hen-restaurant-that-asked-sarah-sanders-to-leave-resistance-isnt-futile/2019/05/14/125b4742-75a8-11e9-b7ae-390de4259661_story.html

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
— Liberals must call out all kinds of hate – JONATHAN ZIMMERMAN
https://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/ny-oped-liberals-must-call-out-all-kinds-of-hate-20190514-i2byqjlwrvbh3hpka7ghvmta3m-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: So let’s imagine that a group of white children had been captured on video calling for the beheading of Jewish kids. My fellow liberals would be up in arms, demanding a broader investigation of the incident and penalties for the people involved. But when it’s Muslim children, doing the same thing? Meh. Witness our blasé reaction to last month’s news in my hometown of Philadelphia, where students were seen reciting a revolutionary anthem often used by Islamist groups. Reading from a prepared text, one girl in the group says, “We will chop off their heads, and we will liberate the sorrowful and exalted Al-Aqsa Mosque.” That’s a reference to a holy site in Jerusalem, revered by Muslims and Jews alike. The video was cited repeatedly on Fox News and other conservative media outlets but made barely a blip on CNN, MSNBC and other left-leaning venues.)

NEWSWEEK
— RESTAURANT THAT ASKED SARAH SANDERS TO LEAVE IS DOING ‘BETTER THAN GOOD,’ OWNER SAYS 11 MONTHS AFTER BACKLASH – JESSICA KWONG (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Trump-haters make it clear that they want Trump-haters to take out their hatred of Trump on Trump supporters.)
https://www.newsweek.com/sarah-sanders-asked-leave-red-hen-restaurant-owner-1425259

THINK PROGRESS
— Texas lawmaker says Chick-fil-A has a fundamental right to have a store in every airport – JOSH ISRAEL (DIERSEN: What if conservatives opposed Starbucks like liberals oppose Chick-fil-A?) 
https://thinkprogress.org/texas-lawmaker-jeff-leach-chick-fil-a-rights-airport-bill-3477dd646b53/

FEDERAL NEWS NETWORK
— GAO offering new strategies to help federal hiring managers (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://federalnewsnetwork.com/federal-drive/2019/05/gao-offering-new-strategies-to-help-federal-hiring-managers/

HR DRIVE
— White House considering mandatory E-Verify – Valerie Bolden-Barrett
https://www.hrdive.com/news/reports-white-house-considering-mandatory-e-verify/554583/

May 14 Morning Edition

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER & PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— OUTSTANDING: Marijuana bill may violate Illinois Constitution, prosecutors say – Dean Olsen 
https://www.sj-r.com/news/20190513/marijuana-bill-may-violate-illinois-constitution-prosecutors-say
https://www.pjstar.com/news/20190513/marijuana-bill-may-violate-illinois-constitution-prosecutors-say
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A key component of a bill that would legalize possession and sale of marijuana for recreational use in Illinois — erasing pot-related convictions for potentially hundreds of thousands of people — may violate the state Constitution, according to the group representing county prosecutors statewide. The bill essentially would create legislative pardons, which are illegal, said Robert Berlin, president of the Illinois State’s Attorneys Association. Under the Illinois Constitution, only the governor can issue pardons, Berlin, the DuPage County state’s attorney, told The State Journal-Register. “It’s a separation of powers argument,” he said. An additional constitutional concern, he said, is that prosecutors would be prohibited under the bill from helping to determine who is and isn’t eligible for expungement of certain misdemeanor and felony convictions. “It takes away all of our discretion,” Berlin said of Senate Bill 7, adding that court challenges could overturn such expungements. Berlin, a Republican, said the bipartisan association plans to present its concerns to Gov. J.B. Pritzker, a Democrat and supporter of the bill, as well as the bill’s sponsors in the General Assembly. Berlin said the association has taken a neutral stance on the overall bill.)

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— OUTSTANDING: Growing recreational pot at home might not be allowed after all under Illinois legalization proposal, sponsors say – Robert McCoppin
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-met-illinois-marijuana-legalization-will-likely-prohibit-home-grow-20190513-story.html
— Montana Gov. Steve Bullock joins 2020 Democratic presidential race – AP (DIERSEN: Bullock is the 22nd Democrat to enter the race. One could ask my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes why so few want to be a TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member, Milton Township Republican Central Committee Treasurer or Webmaster, Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member, etc. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have had great success in destroying organizations and those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/nation-world/ct-montana-steve-bullock-2020-democratic-presidential-race-20190514-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats promote LGBTQ activity in Naperville. Those who promote LGBTQ activity, their operatives, and their dupes do everything that they can to destroy traditional marriage and to destroy the traditional family.
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190514/new-naperville-group-aims-to-support-lgbtq-residents-families
— Avoiding pension payment holiday should be top priority for surplus – Editorial
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20190513/editorial-avoiding-pension-payment-holiday-should-be-top-priority-for-surplus

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Illinois congressman Mike Quigley warns new Chinese-made CTA trains may pose ‘dangerous threat’ – Mike Flannery
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/local/illinois-congressman-warns-new-chinese-made-cta-trains-may-pose-dangerous-threat-

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Builders are putting up fewer new houses in Chicago. Here’s why. A key factor in the drop in inventory: Builders say buyers in affluent North Side neighborhoods are holding off to see how big a bite the city’s next property tax increase will take out of what they can afford. – DENNIS RODKIN (DIERSEN: The $10,000 SALT cap discourages marriage and discourages homeownership. Trump should increase the SALT cap to $20,000 for married filing jointly, if not eliminate it altogether.)
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/residential-real-estate/builders-are-putting-fewer-new-houses-chicago-heres-why

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— Bar owners, VFWs upset over Pritzker plan to increase tax on video gaming terminals – JOSEPH BUSTOS AND GRANT MORGAN 
https://amp.bnd.com/news/local/article230192814.html

FOX ILLINOIS
— President Donald Trump celebrated the month of Ramadan Monday evening as a time when people join forces in “pursuit of hope, tolerance and peace.”
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/live-trump-hosts-iftar-at-white-house

ILLINOIS TIMES
— Muhs, accompanied by staff, leaves SJ-R Editor resigns, then is walked out of building – Bruce Rushton (DIERSEN: When you left the positions that you have held, what kind of show of support did you get from those around you? My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes stress how little support that I got when they succeeded in a) ending my TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman in 2012, b) ending my Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee membership in 2011, c) ending my Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster service in 2010 and 2004, d) ending my Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee membership in 2007, e) ending my American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board membership in 2004, f) ending my GAO employment in 1997, g) etc.) 
https://illinoistimes.com/article-21221-muhs-accompanied-by-staff-leaves-sj-r.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The entire State Journal-Register newsroom walked out today in support of now former editor Angie Muhs, who was walked out of the building this afternoon by the paper’s general manager after submitting her resignation on Friday. In an impromptu show of solidarity, the staff accompanied Muhs as she left the building for the final time. “Everyone walked out with her as a show of respect,” reporter Dean Olsen said. “We all gave her a hug and applauded for her and thanked her for the stand that she was taking. … People are crying.” Olsen said Muhs told her staff on Friday that she was leaving partly in hopes of avoiding more layoffs at a paper that has been decimated by staff cuts. “I think her hope was, by not having her salary to pay, her hope would be that there would be no layoffs,” said Olsen, who wasn’t present when Muhs announced her departure last week. “She was a very good editor, and she tried to promote good journalism in Springfield, despite some pretty trying circumstances that she had to deal with from GateHouse Media (the paper’s corporate owner).” Muhs declined to say what she told her staff, but she said she wasn’t expecting colleagues to walk out of the building with her. “I was very touched,” Muhs said. “I didn’t expect that. … I have tremendous respect and admiration for the State Journal-Register staff. They’re dedicated. They’re hard working. They care about doing quality local journalism, and they persevered under some really tough conditions.” Muhs lasted five years as editor of the State Journal-Register, coming to Springfield from a media company in Maine. For the second year in a row, the SJ-R this spring was named GateHouse Newspaper of the Year for its circulation division. In 2017, Muhs was named Editor of the Year in the SJ-R’s circulation division in a company-wide contest. GateHouse Media, which bought the SJ-R in 2007 and promised “hyperlocal” coverage, publishes more than 150 daily papers and is one of the nation’s biggest newspaper companies. “Angie Muhs exemplifies everything one could ask for from an editor,” wrote former SJ-R publisher and president wrote when Muhs won the 2017 editor of the year award. “She is deeply connected to her community, constantly looks for ways the SJ-R can be a leader in community engagement, demands excellence from her team and works tirelessly to ensure deliver (sic) quality, impactful content to our readers every day.” The praise remains posted at www.bestofgatehouse.com, the company web page dedicated to its contests. Gracing GateHouse Media’s home page is a photo of Abraham Lincoln impersonators taken by Rich Saal, the paper’s longtime photo editor who was laid off two weeks ago, the latest cut for a paper that has seen plenty. In 2012, newsroom employees, voted 26-4 to form a union after the paper laid off the entire copy desk. There are five news reporters left, and several beats, including courts, police and education, no longer have fulltime reporters assigned to them. Muhs declined to discuss staff cuts, but she praised Saal, saying he was one of the best photojournalists she’s ever worked with. She’s been vocal in the past about her feelings while GateHouse sliced her staff. Last September, amid a round of cuts, Muhs tweeted a quote from New York Times publisher A.G. Sulzberger, who said “You cannot cut the value of the product you give readers and expect them to reward you with growth.” Muhs included her own take: “Amen. If only all owners heeded these words.” Olsen said Muhs appeared emotional as she left the building for the last time. “I think she’s tried to fight within the channels of GateHouse to try to preserve the staff,” Olsen said. “I don’t know how successful she’s been. I know it’s been very frustrating for her. Her heart is in this. She quit without a job lined up. I think that says a lot right there.)

HOMEWOOD FLOSSMOOR PATCH
— Flossmoor Hosts Pride Concert In June The Village of Flossmoor will celebrate Pride Month with a concert and party downtown June 21. – Erika Hobbs (DIERSEN: Democrats promote LGBTQ activity. Those who promote LGBTQ activity, their operatives, and their dupes do everything that they can to destroy traditional marriage and to destroy the traditional family.)
https://patch.com/illinois/homewood-flossmoor/flossmoor-hosts-pride-concert-june

CHICAGO NOW
— Martin with Berkowitz, Guzzardi & Durkin et al on Pritzker’s big tax increase & much more
http://www.chicagonow.com/public-affairs-with-jeff-berkowitz/2019/05/watch-martin-w-berkowitz-guzzardi-durkin-et-al-on-pritzkers-big-tax-increase-much-more-cable-web/

FOX NEWS
— Texas border agents say 5,500 migrants a day are illegally entering US – William La Jeunesse
https://www.foxnews.com/us/texas-border-agents-say-5500-migrants-a-day-are-illegally-crossing-border
— Inside Trump 2020: As Dem field sets, campaign takes aim at ‘socialist organism with 22 heads’ – Alex Pappas 
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/inside-trump-2020-as-dem-field-sets-campaign-takes-aim-at-socialist-organism-with-22-heads

AMERICAN THINKER
— MAGA vs. the U.S. Chamber of Commerce – Peter Skurkiss
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2019/05/maga_vs_the_us_chamber_of_commerce.html

BREITBART
— Poll Shows Trump Holding on to Working Class Voters Against Joe Biden – John Nolte (DIERSEN: All my critics/opponents, all their operatives, and all their dupes look down on members of the working class. I was a member of the working class 1964-1997.) 
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/05/13/poll-shows-trump-holding-working-class-voters-joe-biden/

TOWNHALL
— The One-Sided World of Cyber Bullying – Robert Knight (DIERSEN: I should write a book about my critics/opponent who blacklist me because I refuse to carry out their blacklist orders. My critics/opponent have hundreds of thousands if not millions of individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries on their blacklists.) 
https://townhall.com/columnists/robertknight/2019/05/14/the-onesided-world-of-cyber-bullying-n2546244
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Over on Facebook, Illinois Family Institute writer Laurie Higgins, a perceptive social critic, has found herself more than once in “Facebook Jail,” as have Americans for Truth President Peter LaBarbera and Houston Baptist University Prof. Robert Gagnon, an expert on Biblical sexual morality.)

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE
— TLAIB’S MORBID FANTASIES OF A PALESTINIAN “SAFE HAVEN” FOR JEWS Nancy Pelosi – Where are you? – Joseph Klein
https://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/273766/tlaibs-morbid-fantasies-palestinian-safe-haven-joseph-klein

LIFESITE NEWS
— Twitter locks gender expert’s account for calling transsexualism a mental disorder – Calvin Freiburger
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/twitter-locks-gender-experts-account-for-calling-transsexualism-a-mental-disorder

DAILY CALLER
— NEW YORK STATE ADDED 250K DEMOCRATS, ONLY 9K REPUBLICANS IN LAST YEAR – Luke Rosiak (DIERSEN: Whenever Democrats move in, a) prosperity and safety decrease and b) poverty and crime increase.) 
https://dailycaller.com/2019/05/13/new-york-democrats-republicans-voters/

PJ MEDIA
— Trump: Rashida Tlaib’s Holocaust Comments Show ‘Tremendous Hatred of Israel and the Jewish People’ – TYLER O’NEIL
https://pjmedia.com/trending/trump-rashida-tlaibs-holocaust-comments-show-tremendous-hatred-of-israel-and-the-jewish-people/

HOT AIR
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Pot pushers push pot.
https://hotair.com/archives/2019/05/13/support-pot-legalization-fading/

REAL CLEAR
— Tlaib: Friend Told Me To Talk Like A 4th Grader So Racist Idiots Understand – Tim Hains 
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2019/05/14/tlaib_friends_tell_me_to_talk_like_a_4th_grader_so_racist_idiots_understand.html

THE HILL
— Pete Buttigieg gambles with criticism of identity politics – JONATHAN EASLEY (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote hatred of individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. How successful have the Democrats been in promoting hatred in your neighborhood, in your precinct, in your municipality, and in your county? I should write a book about the success that Democrats have had in promoting hatred in my neighborhood, in my precinct, in Wheaton, in Milton Township, and in DuPage County.) 
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/443498-pete-buttigieg-gambles-with-criticism-of-identity-politics

HUFFINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats a) promote hatred of Whites and b) crow about their success in getting rid of Whites.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/fox-news-laura-ingraham-huge-demographic-shift_n_5cda64ece4b0f7ba48a9e012
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: To come into a country illegally and/or to stay in a country illegally is to shout a) that you disrespect the rule of law, b) that you disrespect that country, and c) that you disrespect the citizens of that country. 
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/undocumented-immigration-crime-marshall-project_n_5cda71f4e4b0f7ba48aa005a

POLITICO
— ‘One of the most important endorsements in America right now’ Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren jockey for the campaign backing of liberal heroine Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. – HOLLY OTTERBEIN and ALEX THOMPSON (DIERSEN: The following SHOULD NOT and DO NOT want my endorsement: 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. The aforesaid work against me.) 
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/05/13/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-bernie-sanders-elizabeth-warren-2020-1318929

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Planes, buses moving migrants from crowded border shelters – AP (DIERSEN: One could argue that because Democrats and RINOs encourage illegal immigration, Democrats and RINOs should be required to take illegals into their homes, to feed them, to clothe them, to provide them health care, to educate them, to provide them with transportation, to give them jobs, etc.) 
https://www.wral.com/planes-buses-move-migrants-from-crowded-border-shelters/18384465/

REUTERS
— Islanders complain to U.N. over Australia’s climate change inaction (DIERSEN: When your critics/opponents have a complaint about you, who can/do they complain to? My critics/opponents complain to a) the voters in my precinct, b) the Milton Township Republican Central Committee (MTRCC) officers, c) the DuPage County Republican Central Committee officers, d) my representative on the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Central Committee, e) the IRP officers, f) the IRP National Committeeman and Committeewoman, g) Wheaton officials, h) Milton Township officials, i) DuPage County officials, j) Illinois officials, and k) federal officials. Until they got rid of me, they complained to a) TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois officers and directors, b) Wheaton Chamber of Commerce officers and directors, c) MTRCC officers (to dump me as webmaster) d) Illinois Center Right Coalition officers and directors, e) American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter officers and directors, f) my Democrat GAO superiors, g) etc.) 
https://news.yahoo.com/islanders-complain-u-n-over-australias-climate-change-011959186.html

NEW YORK TIMES
— Twitter Isn’t Real Life (if You’re a Democrat) The online left doesn’t like Joe Biden. Voters seem to. – Michelle Goldberg
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/13/opinion/joe-biden-twitter-2020.html
— The Rise of the Haphazard Self How working-class men detach from work, family and church. – David Brooks
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/13/opinion/working-class-men.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The researchers conducted 107 in-depth interviews with working-class men. Many of the men told them that the economy doesn’t allow them to provide the same standard of living that their fathers could provide. That has created the culture of the side hustle. The men feel that they have to have three or four occupations, and they bounce around among them so they can stay employed full time.)

WASHINGTON POST
— Why the gender pay gap persists (and what we can do about it) Professions dominated by women are undervalued in ways legislation can’t fix – Emma Goldberg (DIERSEN: Because of the following, if I had been a woman, the federal government would have promoted me into its Senior Executive Service long before I was 40 years old: I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 32.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2019/05/14/why-gender-pay-gap-still-persists-what-we-can-do-about-it/

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Female film workers in Georgia urge Hollywood not to boycott over abortion ban – JENNY JARVIE (DIERSEN: Which individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries boycott you and why? I should write a book about those that boycott me and boycott my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails and why they do that.)
https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-georgia-film-workers-hollywood-boycott-20190513-story.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats demonize, denigrate, and condemn older people.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/boomer-bequest-is-millennial-misery-11557788725
— GM Looks to Jump-Start Cadillac—Again Latest brand reboot follows five years of U.S. market-share decline, dealer angst – Mike Colias (DIERSEN: The more that Democrats successfully promote age discrimination, the fewer Cadillacs that will be sold.) 
https://www.wsj.com/articles/gm-looks-to-jump-start-cadillacagain-11557753226 
(FROM THE ARTICLE: By contrast, in the U.S., where it has operated for more than a century, Cadillac sold only 154,702 cars last year. Among U.S. buyers, the brand has had trouble shaking its image of big cars favored by older drivers, dealers and analysts say.)

USA TODAY
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG COLOR GRAPHIC: ACT test: The number of perfect scores is soaring everywhere, as expensive test prep booms
Hannah Sparling and Dan Horn (DIERSEN: Of course, if I sought any kind of government or political office, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes would hint/imply/argue/shout that the only reason why I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979 when I was 30 years old was that I took the Becker CPA Exam Review (https://www.becker.com/cpa-review.html) which currently starts at $2,493.) 
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/education/2019/05/01/act-sat-scholarships-college-admissions-scandal-scores-test-prep/3640007002/

HOUSTON CHRONICLE
— Why Joe Biden needs Libertarians – Joshua Spivak (DIERSEN: The Libertarian Party exists to promote pot and other terrible things. To get standing to destroy conservatives like me and to destroy Republicans like me, far too many Libertarians fraudulently claim to be conservative and/or Republican. I should write a book about the aforesaid frauds in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois.) 
https://www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/outlook/article/Why-Joe-Biden-needs-Libertarians-Opinion-13842117.php

COLUMBIA JOURNALISM REVIEW
— A new effort boosts a diminished Illinois statehouse press – Mari Cohen
https://www.cjr.org/united_states_project/capitol-news-illinois.php

PEW
— Behind the Movement to Kick Chicago Out of Illinois – Matt Vasilogambros (DIERSEN: Eve-increasingly, Illinois Democrats make it clear that want individuals, organizations, and companies to leave Illinois that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/blogs/stateline/2019/05/14/behind-the-movement-to-kick-chicago-out-of-illinois
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In Illinois, a resolution calling on Congress to declare Chicago the 51st state has eight Republican cosponsors in the state House (there are 44 Republicans in the lower chamber) and support among many of the state’s conservative activists. It’s the second such bill in as many years. Illinois state Rep. Brad Halbrook, the bill’s author, cites the many issues tearing the state apart. He listed Democrats’ “overreaching” stances on abortion, guns, immigration, debt, pensions, Medicaid spending, property taxes, green energy and workers’ compensation as just some of the reasons Chicago and Illinois should go their separate ways. Recent polling from the Paul Simon Public Policy Institute at Southern Illinois University Carbondale shows two-thirds of Illinois voters think the state is moving in the wrong direction. That same March poll from the Simon Institute shows “significant regional differences” in responses. The state division hit a breaking point several years ago, when Illinois was mired in the longest fiscal stalemate in the United States since the Great Depression. The budget battle between Democratic lawmakers and then-Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner lasted more than two years, threatening public university accreditation, statewide road construction and “junk” credit ratings. Halbrook blamed the impasse on Chicago-area Democrats. “Everywhere I go, people say we just need to get rid of Chicago,” he told Stateline. “It gets rid of all of our problems. My constituency is serious about it. I’m trying to save the state.” Halbrook has a small family farm in Shelbyville, a rural community along the Kaskaskia River in central Illinois with around 4,600 residents. New Illinois? Forty percent of the Prairie State’s 12.7 million residents live in Cook County, the county surrounding Chicago. The broader Chicago metropolitan area consists of 9.5 million people. Without the Chicagoland area, Illinois would have fewer people than Connecticut. Democrats control both chambers of the General Assembly and the governor’s office, and most of them are from Chicagoland — including 62 of the 74 Democrats in the House. The rest of Illinois is largely agricultural and conservative, aside from the parts of Illinois near St. Louis in neighboring Missouri and pockets of central Illinois. A July 2018 paper from the Simon Institute found that Illinois’ politics “are marked and marred by regionalism.” The idea of dividing Illinois has been around throughout Illinois’ history, the paper says, despite “how impractical it is.” While these regional divides are prevalent in other states across the country, it’s exaggerated in Illinois because of “the extent to which many Illinois leaders emphasize, exploit and exacerbate these regional differences for their own advantage,” the paper claims. The Windy City has all the political power, the money and the economic growth, said G.H. Merritt, who runs New Illinois, a separation group that has begun starting chapters in counties throughout the state to build grassroots support. Merritt, a former nonprofit administrator, lives in Lake County, north of Chicago. So far, she has 26 county chapters that want to split the rest of Illinois from Chicago. When forming her organization, Merritt sought advice from other state separation organizations, like New California. The group, which is run by a conservative radio talk show host, advocates for the creation of a new state split from the Los Angeles and San Francisco areas “to throw off the bonds of tyranny.” Activists such as Merritt blame state Democratic leaders from Chicago for creating a “systemically corrupt climate” and many of the problems Illinois currently faces, like the $134 billion in unfunded pensions and other fiscal problems — despite the fact that these problems grew through both Democratic and Republican governorships.)

NEWSWEEK
— RUDY GIULIANI SLAMS RASHIDA TLAIB’S CLAIM HER PALESTINIAN ANCESTORS WERE ‘KIND’ TO JEWS: ‘THE GRAND MUFTI WAS A CLOSE ALLY OF HITLER. HE MURDERED JEWS’ – CALLUM PATON 
https://www.newsweek.com/rudy-giuliani-slams-rashida-tlaibs-claim-her-palestinian-ancestors-were-kind-1424694