CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Bernie Sanders’ past isn’t right for America’s future – Gene Lyons
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/bernie-sanders-bernie-sanders-tax-returns-2020-presidential-election/
WGN RADIO
— Stephen Moore on being one of President Trump’s pick for the Federal
Reserve: ‘I’m proud the President has asked me to do this.” (DIERSEN: Why
hasn’t the mainstream media reported that Moore spoke at the Wheaton Bowl
Banquet Hall Thursday evening, April 18, 2019, at an event hosted by the
Illinois Conservative Union and Freedom Works?”
https://wgnradio.com/2019/04/19/stephen-moore-on-being-one-of-president-trumps-pick-for-the-federal-reserve-im-proud-the-president-has-asked-me-to-do-this/
SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Boston-based medical cannabis company buys local
dispensary – Brenden Moore
https://www.sj-r.com/news/20190419/boston-based-medical-cannabis-company-buys-local-dispensary
CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Corporations trying to cash in on 4/20 cannabis holiday
– AP
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/2019-04-20/corporations-trying-cash-420-cannabis-holiday.html
KANKAKEE DAILY JOURNAL
— Liberal hypocrisy about sanctuary cities – Star Parker (DIERSEN: If
Starbucks wanted to build a coffee shop in your precinct, how would the following
voters in your precinct react: those who are a) rich, b) middle class, c) poor,
d) Democrats, e) Libertarians, f) Greens, g) RINOs, and h) Republicans?)
https://www.daily-journal.com/opinion/columnists/star-parker-liberal-hypocrisy-about-sanctuary-cities/article_8fe2e5bc-611c-11e9-9840-2f1c2da5a149.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: According
to a recent article in the Manhattan Institute’s City Journal, Seattle spends
more than $1 billion annually struggling with its homeless problem, “nearly
$100,000 for every homeless man, woman and child in King County.” Yet, the
article continues, “the crisis seems only to have deepened, with more
addiction, more crime and more tent encampments in residential neighborhoods.
By any measure, the city’s efforts are not working.” The author, Christopher
Rufo, a fellow at the Seattle-based Center for Wealth, Poverty & Morality
at the Discovery Institute, surveys what he calls the “ideological power
centers” driving the discussions in Seattle about how to deal with their
homeless. Not surprisingly, they are all on the left, and, of course, one
socialist city councilwoman explains it as “how deeply dysfunctional capitalism
is.” Seattle-based corporations, such as Amazon, Microsoft, Starbucks and
Boeing, in her analysis, “drive up housing prices and push the working class
toward poverty and despair — and, too often, onto the streets.” The irony of
this distorted analysis lies in tying it to the immigration crisis. Those
massing on our southern border, trying to gain entry to our country, are
pouring out from dysfunctional socialist Central American countries such as
Honduras, Guatemala and Nicaragua. Capitalism and economic freedom are the
answer, not the problem.)
ANNA NEWS
— Illinois Voters Give State’s Top Political Leaders Mixed Reviews
http://www.annanews.com/news/illinois-voters-give-state-s-top-political-leaders-mixed-reviews
DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Rep. Grant welcomes Wheaton business owners as part of women’s recognition
forum in Springfield – Glenn Minnis
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/512434950-rep-grant-welcomes-wheaton-business-owners-as-part-of-women-s-recognition-forum-in-springfield
— Rep. Mazzochi has confidence in GOP’s ‘cohesion’ in fight against Pritzker’s
‘depressive tax’ plan – Hoang Tran
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/512445905-rep-mazzochi-has-confidence-in-gop-s-cohesion-in-fight-against-pritzker-s-depressive-tax-plan
— Rep. Wehrli bill advocating for homeschooled students requiring work permits
passes House – Kyla Asbury
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/512435629-rep-wehrli-bill-advocating-for-homeschooled-students-requiring-work-permits-passes-house
SAVE YOUR HOME NOW
— Dennis W. J. Curtis loses over $316,000 on sale of Glen Ellyn home (DIERSEN:
Back in the good old days, that is, back in 1978, I sold my one bedroom Outer
Drive East condo for a $10,000 profit and used that money to buy a new 1978
Oldsmobile Delta 88 Royale and a new 1978 Chevy Chevette.)
https://saveyourhomenow.org/stories/512445925-market-watch-dennis-w-j-curtis-loses-over-316-000-on-sale-of-glen-ellyn-home
— More than 25% of Warrenville home’s sale price goes toward taxes
https://saveyourhomenow.org/stories/512440221-market-watch-more-than-25-of-warrenville-home-s-sale-price-goes-toward-taxes
— Joel Schwab & Claire Lieberman lose over $115,000 on sale of Hinsdale
home
https://saveyourhomenow.org/stories/512433568-market-watch-joel-schwab-claire-lieberman-lose-over-115-000-on-sale-of-hinsdale-home
— Tracie & Gary Rychanek lose over $144,000 on sale of Naperville home
https://saveyourhomenow.org/stories/512433562-market-watch-tracie-gary-rychanek-lose-over-144-000-on-sale-of-naperville-home
— Gary Jensen loses over $261,000 on sale of Wayne home
https://saveyourhomenow.org/stories/512433540-market-watch-gary-jensen-loses-over-261-000-on-sale-of-wayne-home
— John & Louis Starmann lose over $133,000 on sale of Burr Ridge home
https://saveyourhomenow.org/stories/512426620-market-watch-john-louis-starmann-lose-over-133-000-on-sale-of-burr-ridge-home
— Donald J. McFarland loses over $308,000 on sale of Hinsdale home
https://saveyourhomenow.org/stories/512411956-market-watch-donald-j-mcfarland-loses-over-308-000-on-sale-of-hinsdale-home
GOPUSA
— Mitt Romney ‘sickened’ and ‘appalled’ at Mueller findings on Trump White
House; Huckabee responds
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=68301
BREITBART
— Nearly 4-in-5 GOP Women: Shut Down Border to Halt All Illegal Immigration –
John Binder
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/04/19/nearly-four-in-five-gop-women-shut-down-border-to-halt-all-illegal-immigration/
HEARTLAND INSTITUTE
— CENSORED! HOW ONLINE MEDIA COMPANIES ARE SUPPRESSING FREE SPEECH – Media
Research Center
https://www.heartland.org/publications-resources/publications/censored-how-online-media-companies-are-suppressing-free-speech
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Top
tech firms like Google, YouTube and Twitter partner with leftist groups
attempting to censor conservatives. Like it or not, social media is the
communication form of the future — not just in the U.S., but worldwide. Just
Facebook and Twitter combined reach 1.8 billion people. More than two-thirds of
all Americans (68 percent) use Facebook. YouTube is pushing out TV as the most
popular place to watch video. Google is the No. 1 search engine in both the
U.S. and the world. War is being declared on the conservative movement in this
space and conservatives are losing — badly. If the right is silenced, billions
of people will be cut off from conservative ideas and conservative media. It’s
the new battleground of media bias. But it’s worse. That bias is not a war of
ideas. It’s a war against ideas. It’s a clear effort to censor the conservative
worldview from the public conversation. The Media Research Center has
undertaken an extensive study of the problem at major tech companies — Twitter,
Facebook, Google and YouTube — and the results are far more troubling than most
conservatives realize. Here are some of the key findings:)
MEDIA RESEARCH CENTER
— Would ‘Sanctuary City’ Residents Allow Illegal Immigrants to Stay in Their
Homes? – Ferlon Webster, Jr.
https://www.mrctv.org/blog/watch-would-sanctuary-city-residents-allow-illegal-immigrants-stay-their-homes
RUSH LIMBAUGH
— Millennial Eschews Negativism, Counts Our Blessings
https://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2019/04/18/millennial-eschews-negativism-counts-our-blessings/
THE HILL
— The Memo: Mueller’s depictions will fuel Trump angst – NIALL STANAGE
(DIERSEN: What things have fueled your angst? For me, they include, a) the
adverse actions that my Democrat superiors in the federal government took
against me; b) Money Magazine’s February 1978 4-page article on me; c) the
adverse actions that 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, etc.
took against me; and d) the adverse actions that individuals, companies, and
governments took against me that forced me to sue them.)
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/439794-the-memo-muellers-depictions-will-fuel-trump-angst
NEW YORK TIMES
— Should a White Man Be the Face of the Democratic Party in 2020? – Astead W.
Herndon and Matt Flegenheimer (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, to get elected,
White men promise to use their office to give more and more and more preference
to minorities and to women, and especially to those who are younger. How soon,
if not already, to get elected, will White men promise to immediately a) fire
all those who they have authority to fire who are White and/or male and b)
replace them with young minorities and young females? To get promoted beyond
GS-13 in the federal government, you have to a) excel in hiring, retaining, and
promoting young Democrat minorities and young Democrat women and b) excel in
getting rid of federal employees who are Republican, White, male, older, and/or
non-veteran.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/20/us/politics/democrats-2020-white-male.html
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— In a challenge for Detroit, teens put off getting their licenses and buying
cars. – Adrienne Roberts (DIERSEN: To not have a driver’s and to not own a car
is a) to make yourself a burden on others, b) to limit your ability to get an
education, c) to limit your ability to get a job, and d) to limit your etc. As
soon as I turned 16 in 1964, a) I got a driver’s license, b) I bought a 1958
Chevy BelAir, and c) I used that car to drive to Crete-Monee High School and to
a part-time job washing dishes for the minimum wage in the basement of the S.S.
Kresges in Chicago Heights. In 1966, I bought a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint
with the money that I had earned washing dishes and drove it a) to jobs
cleaning golf shoes in Flossmoor, chipping slag in Chicago Heights, pumping
gasoline in Chicago Heights, and delivering mail in Park Forest and b) to
classes at UIC 1966-1967. In 1967, I bought a new 1968 Oldsmobile 442 with the
money that I had earned delivering mail and drove it to my job delivered mail
1966-1968 and to classes at UIC. In 1968, I bought a new 1969 Dodge Charger SE
with the money that I had earned delivering mail and drove it a) to my jobs
delivering mail in 1969 and working on an automobile assembly line in 1970, b)
to classes at NIU 1969-1970, c) to my jobs selling tires, automotive services,
and major appliances 1970-1971 and pumping gasoline 1971, and d) to graduate
business classes at UIC. While I worked for the Park Forest Post Office
1966-1969, I used the aforesaid new cars to deliver mail in Park Forest.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/driving-the-kids-are-so-over-it-11555732810
— Gambling Will Take Over TV Sports Can it unpop the sports bubble and hold
together the $100-a-month cable bundle? – Holman W. Jenkins, Jr.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/gambling-will-take-over-tv-sports-11555713422
FORBES
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: A Reason To Celebrate 4/20: Recreational Cannabis Now
Legal In Ten States And DC – Lea Lane
https://www.forbes.com/sites/lealane/2019/04/20/a-reason-to-celebrate-420-recreational-cannabis-now-legal-in-ten-states-and-dc/
DALLAS NEWS
— U.S. needs more brainiac immigrants, so let’s boost H1B visas – Stephen
Moore (DIERSEN: From what I see, ever-increasingly, employers prefer hiring,
retaining, and promoting citizens of foreign countries rather than citizens of
America. The federal government cannot hire citizens of foreign countries. That
helped me, a citizen of America since 1948, get hired by a) the Post Office in
1966, b) IRS in 1971, and c) GAO in 1980.)
https://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/commentary/2019/04/19/stephen-moore-us-needs-brainiac-immigrants-boost-h1b-visas
CAPE COD TIMES
— Times basically urges age discrimination – Anca Vlasopolos, Centerville
https://www.capecodtimes.com/opinion/20190420/times-basically-urges-age-discrimination
NEWSWEEK
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: 420 DEALS: LYFT, PIZZA HUT AND MORE SPECIALS ON WEED’S
BIGGEST HOLIDAY – JANICE WILLIAMS
https://www.newsweek.com/420-pizza-hut-deal-lyft-1400816
NEXT AVENUE
— Who Shares Fake News? (We Know It Wasn’t You) Americans 65 and older share
more fake news than other age groups. Why? – Andrew Lapin (DIERSEN: According
to my critics/opponents, all news and commentary is fake except for the news
and commentary that they put out or bless. Should I write a book about my
critics/opponents?)
https://www.nextavenue.org/who-shares-fake-news/
AD WEEK
— Money Magazine Is No Longer for Sale, and It’s Going Digital Only Are
billionaires growing bored of buying media brands? – Sara Jerde (DIERSEN: I
should write a book about the tremendous damage that Money Magazine
intentionally inflicted on me with its February 1978 4-page article on me.
Better yet, I should sue Money Magazine.)
https://www.adweek.com/digital/money-magazine-no-longer-for-sale-going-digital-only/
QUARTZ
— The new digital divide is between people who opt out of algorithms and
people who don’t – Anjana Susarla (DIERSEN: Your GOPUSA Illinois Editor is NOT
a Democrat or Democrat plant algorithm, Libertarian or Libertarian plant
algorithm, Green or Green plant algorithm, or RINO algorithm. Consequently,
GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails contain links to articles that promote the traditional
family, right to life, immigration, Second Amendment, illegal drugs, and equal
opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks in the Illinois
Republican Party platform and in the Republican Party platform. Democrats and
Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants,
and RINOs in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and
in Illinois want to a) abolish the aforesaid planks and b) abolish me and my
GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails.)
https://qz.com/1597901/how-people-feel-about-algorithms-has-become-the-new-digital-divide/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Every
aspect of life can be guided by artificial intelligence algorithms—from
choosing what route to take for your morning commute, to deciding whom to take
on a date, to complex legal and judicial matters such as predictive policing.
Big tech companies like Google and Facebook use AI to obtain insights on their
gargantuan trove of detailed customer data. This allows them to monetize users’
collective preferences through practices such as micro-targeting, a strategy
used by advertisers to narrowly target specific sets of users. In parallel,
many people now trust platforms and algorithms more than their own governments
and civic society. An October 2018 study suggested that people demonstrate
“algorithm appreciation,” to the extent that they would rely on advice more
when they think it is from an algorithm than from a human. In the past,
technology experts have worried about a “digital divide” between those who
could access computers and the internet and those who could not. Households
with less access to digital technologies are at a disadvantage in their ability
to earn money and accumulate skills. But, as digital devices proliferate, the
divide is no longer just about access. How do people deal with information
overload and the plethora of algorithmic decisions that permeate every aspect
of their lives? The savvier users are navigating away from devices and becoming
aware of how algorithms affect their lives. Meanwhile, consumers who have less
information are relying even more on algorithms to guide their decisions.)
THRIVE GLOBAL
— Take The Weekend Off Maria Hadji (DIERSEN: What do/did you do during your
weekends? Since 2004, I have used them mainly to put GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails
together and to send them out. 1992-1997, I used them mainly to study for
graduate finance courses at IIT. 1980-1981, I used them mainly to study for the
Certified Internal examination. 1978-1979, I used the mainly to study for the
CPA examination. 1976-1980, I used them mainly to study for graduate accounting
courses at DePaul. 1972-1976, I used them mainly to study for graduate business
courses at Loyola. 1970-1972, I used them mainly to work for the Firestone
Store in Chicago Heights. 1969-1970, I used them mainly to study for
undergraduate business classes at NIU. 1966-1968, I used them mainly to study
for undergraduate business courses at UIC. 1966-1969, I used them mainly to
work for the Park Forest Post Office.)
https://thriveglobal.com/stories/how-a-healing-arts-retreat-unblocked-my-creativity/
LGBTQ NATION
— San Antonio reaffirms ban on Chick-fil-A at its airport after city councilor
tries to derail it – Alex Bollinger (DIERSEN: Because Democrats ban
Chick-fil-a, should Republicans ban Starbucks?)
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2019/04/san-antonio-reaffirms-ban-chick-fil-airport-city-councilor-tries-derail/
GUARDIAN
— Facebook teams with rightwing Daily Caller in factchecking program Site
co-founded by Fox News host Tucker Carlson has promoted misinformation and is
known for pro-Trump content – Sam Levin (DIERSEN: What qualifications do my
critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have to be fact checkers?
While I worked for GAO 1980-1997, the last 11 years of which at GS-13 Step 1-10
levels, currently $98,198-$127,654, I increasingly worked as a referencer, that
is, as a fact checker. That work required assuring the accuracy and support for
each and every word, number, table, graph, chart, conclusion, opinion, and
recommendation in GAO reports. I worked for IRS 1971-1980, the last 5 1/2 years
of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 levels, currently $82,279-$93,592. My other fact
checking qualifications include my becoming a Forensic Accountant in 1997, a
Certified Fraud Examiner in 1990, a licensed CPA in 1981, a Certified Internal
Auditor in 1981, and a CPA in 1979.)
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/apr/17/facebook-teams-with-rightwing-daily-caller-in-factchecking-program