May 11 Morning Edition

ABC7
— Cardinal Cupich rebukes Father Pfleger for Louis Farrakhan event – Cate Cauguiran
https://abc7chicago.com/religion/cardinal-cupich-rebukes-father-pfleger-for-louis-farrakhan-event/5295212/
— Emanuel fires back at Lightfoot’s pension problem characterization – Craig Wall
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/emanuel-fires-back-at-lightfoots-pension-problem-comments/5294928/

NBC5
— Cardinal Blase Cupich Apologizes to Jewish Community After Louis Farrakhan Speech The Nation of Islam leader spoke at St. Sabina Church after being banned from Facebook
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/cardinal-blase-cupich-apologizes-to-jewish-community-after-louis-farrakhan-speech-509781801.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Cupich apologizes to ‘my Jewish brothers and sisters’ after Farrakhan speech – Nader Issa
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/cupich-farrakhan-pfleger-st-sabina-nation-islam-jews-facebook/
— Holocaust survivor blasts Pfleger for giving Farrakhan ‘platform for hatred’ – Stefano Esposito
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/louis-farrakhan-michael-pfleger-facebook-ban-fritzie-fritzshall-holocaust-survivor/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push more pot.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-chicago-marijuana-offices-chicago-expansion-20190322-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot.
https://www.dailyherald.com/business/20190510/investment-firm-buys-mundelein-cbd-products-maker
— ‘Run, Hide, Fight’ mindset making way into US schools – AP
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190510/run-hide-fight-mindset-making-way-into-us-schools

JOURNAL TOPICS
— Morrison Files Amendment To Protect Future Tax Increases
https://www.journal-topics.com/articles/morrison-files-amendment-to-protect-future-tax-increases/

KENDALL COUNTY NOW
— James Doe, Hastert case continues after no settlement reached – KATIE FINLON
https://www.kendallcountynow.com/2019/05/09/james-doe-hastert-case-continues-after-no-settlement-reached/afjbg1x/

SAVE YOUR HOME NOW
— Thomas Nelson loses over $447,000 on sale of Wheaton home (IN DIERSEN’S PRECINCT)
https://saveyourhomenow.org/stories/512479176-market-watch-thomas-nelson-loses-over-447-000-on-sale-of-wheaton-home
— Naperville homeowner lost more than $226,000 on sale
https://saveyourhomenow.org/stories/512482116-market-watch-naperville-homeowner-lost-more-than-226-000-on-sale
— Mary & Symour Jacobs lose over $312,000 on the sale of their Downers Grove home
https://saveyourhomenow.org/stories/512479182-market-watch-mary-symour-jacobs-lose-over-312-000-on-the-sale-of-their-downers-grove-home
— Anadil Johnson & Gerald Cahill lose over $686,000 on sale of Chicago home
https://saveyourhomenow.org/stories/512479181-market-watch-anadil-johnson-gerald-cahill-lose-over-686-000-on-sale-of-chicago-home

ILLINOIS BUSINESS DAILY
— Illinois posts 5th highest foreclosure rate in first quarter
https://ilbusinessdaily.com/stories/512483586-analysis-illinois-posts-5th-highest-foreclosure-rate-in-first-quarter

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Colorado school shooters stole guns from parents – Dominick Mastrangelo
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/colorado-school-shooters-stole-guns-from-parents

BREITBART
— Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN): Facebook’s Privacy Violations, Censorship Prove Big Tech ‘Can No Longer Self-Regulate’ – SEAN MORAN (DIERSEN: I should write a book about what my critics/opponents in the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Central Committee do to censor me and to censor my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails. I should write a book about what my critics/opponents in TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Illinois Center Right Coalition, and American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter did to censor me and censor my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails.)
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/05/10/marsha-blackburn-facebooks-privacy-violations-censorship-prove-big-tech-no-longer-self-regulate/

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE
— 4 REASONS WHY CONSERVATIVES SHOULD PRIORITIZE BREAKING UP GOOGLE OVER FACEBOOK – Daniel Greenfield
https://www.frontpagemag.com/point/273736/4-reasons-why-conservatives-should-prioritize-daniel-greenfield

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Challenging Liberal Racism – Edward Ring (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote hatred of Whites.)
https://www.amgreatness.com/2019/05/10/challenging-liberal-racism/

AMERICAN THINKER
— In homeless-plagued America, why are taxpayers financing second homes for illegals? – Monica Showalter
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/05/in_homelessplagued_america_why_are_taxpayers_financing_second_homes_for_illegals.html
— The ‘reparations study commission’ dodge of Dem presidential contenders is in peril – Thomas Lifson
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/05/uhoh_the_reparations_study_commission_dodge_of_dem_presidential_contenders_is_in_peril.html

EPOCH TIMES
— Pentagon to Transfer $1.5 Billion to Border Wall
https://www.theepochtimes.com/pentagon-to-transfer-1-5-billion-to-border-wall_2916763.html

GOPUSA
— Farrakhan rants against ‘satanic’ Jews
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=69364
— Keeping Fake Illegal Alien Families Together
http://www.gopusa.com/keeping-fake-illegal-alien-families-together/
— Atheist group convinces school ‘God bless America’ is illegal prayer
http://www.gopusa.com/atheist-group-convinces-school-god-bless-america-is-illegal-prayer/

WORLD NET DAILY
— AGE DISCRIMINATION: COMMONPLACE IN AMERICA Chuck Norris warns against internalizing negative stereotypes (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, political organizations discriminate against their older members, and especially against their older members who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, non-poor, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. I should write a book about how the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and the Milton Township Republican Central Committee discriminate against their older members. I should write a book about how TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Illinois Center Right Coalition, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter, etc. discriminated against their older members.)
https://www.wnd.com/2019/05/age-discrimination-commonplace-in-america/

CONSERVATIVE NEWS DIGEST
— Postal Service Loses $2.1 Billion in Q2, Fails to Grow Revenue in Boom Economy – R. Mitchell
https://www.conservativedailynews.com/2019/05/postal-service-loses-2-1-billion-in-q2-fails-to-grow-revenue-in-boom-economy/

THE HILL
— Texas state lawmaker derails conservative-backed bill to ‘Save Chick-Fil-A’ – MORGAN GSTALTER 
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/443230-openly-gay-texas-lawmaker-derails-conservative-bill-to-save-chick-fil-a

NEW YORK TIMES
— It’s Time to Break Up Facebook – Chris Hughes
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/09/opinion/sunday/chris-hughes-facebook-zuckerberg.html
— Can the Racial Wealth Gap Be Closed Without Speaking of Race? Political momentum on the left for such an effort must face the reality of legal obstacles, particularly from the Supreme Court. – Emily Badger (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.nytimes.com/2019/05/10/upshot/racial-wealth-gap-2020-candidates.html
— ‘Threatening the Future’: The High Stakes of Deepening School Segregation – Dana Goldstein (DIERSEN: Democrats used to promote integration. Now they promote segregation.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/10/us/threatening-the-future-the-high-stakes-of-deepening-school-segregation.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Democrats ask GAO to examine ‘unprecedented’ immigration backlog – Abigail Hauslohner (DIERSEN: What percent of GAO employees are Democrats – 98%, 99%, 100%? GAO uses Affirmative Action, Diversity, Inclusion, up-or-out, and budget cuts to get rid of its employees who are Republican.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/democrats-ask-federal-watchdog-to-examine-unprecedented-immigration-backlog/2019/05/10/bad98bfa-7368-11e9-9f06-5fc2ee80027a_story.html
— Are we over cars? Not so fast. – John Kelly
https://www.dailycomet.com/news/20190412/opinion-are-we-over-cars-not-so-fast
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Neither of my 20-something daughters owns a car, I explained. By the time I was their age, I’d owned three. A lot of today’s young people would rather grab an Uber or a Lyft ride than drive themselves. And if they do want to drive, they reserve a Zipcar. John said: “In urban areas, and if you’re young and in college, or just out of college and in your 20s, everything you said is true.” But get married, have a baby and move to the suburbs, he said, and “everything you said is false.”)

SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
— Facebook takes on hate, belatedly and selectively – John Diaz 
https://www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/diaz/article/Facebook-takes-on-hate-belatedly-and-selectively-13837148.php

NEWSWEEK
— THE BIG PICTURE THE LEFT DOESN’T WANT YOU TO SEE – NEWT GINGRICH (DIERSEN: QUESTION: Which articles do those who dominate the Illinois Republican Party (IRP), DuPage County Republican Central Committee (DCRCC), and Milton Township Republican Central Committee (MTRCC) NOT want you to see? ANSWER: The articles linked to in GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails that IRP, DCRCC, and MTRCC do NOT bring to your attention.) 
https://www.newsweek.com/big-picture-left-russia-collusion-gingrich-trump-1419505

FORBES
— What Is The Role Of White Allyship In Diversity And Inclusion Efforts? – Janice Gassam
https://www.forbes.com/sites/janicegassam/2019/05/11/what-is-the-role-of-white-allyship-in-diversity-and-inclusion-efforts/#686cf62955cd

INDEPENDENT
— Nearly half of social media users who share articles have passed on fake news, study suggests – Andrew Woodcock (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, all news and commentary is fake except for the news and commentary that they put out or bless. I should write a book about my critics/opponents in the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and the Milton Township Republican Central Committee. Ever-increasingly, they, their operatives, and their dupes demonize, denigrate, and condemn me and my GOPUSA Illinois emails.)
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/fake-news-facebook-twitter-share-misinformation-survey-a8908361.html

LGBTQ NATION
— Lesbian lawmaker kills #SaveChickfilA ‘religious freedom’ bill Our hero of the week is part of the state legislature’s five-women LGBTQ Caucus. – Daniel Villarreal (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, LGBTQ promoters show their power to destroy those who do not promote LGBTQ activity.) 
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2019/05/texan-lgbtq-lawmaker-kills-savechickfila-religious-freedom-bill/

May 10 Evening Edition

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

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

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

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Where all the tax money from recreational marijuana will go – JOHN PLETZ 
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/news/where-all-tax-money-recreational-marijuana-will-go
— An opportunity for growth tops the list of what new college grads want in a job. – BRIANNA KELLY (DIERSEN: Prospective federal employees who are Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran should be advised a) that the federal government will use Affirmative Action, Diversity, Inclusion, up-or-out, budget cuts, etc. to get rid of them if they do not make GS-13 (currently $98,198) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $116,040) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $136,495) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $165,500) by age 40; b) that extremely few federal employees make the aforesaid deadlines; and c) that if they do not make the aforesaid promotion deadlines, they will be demonized, denigrated, and condemned as being disgusting lazy stupid White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things who should be gotten rid of once and for all.) 
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/employment/biggest-priority-class-2019

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

May 9, 2019

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

BJG CONSULTING
— How Well Do You Know Your Competition? (DIERSEN: Who competes against you? Those who compete against me, my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails, and my www.gopillinois.com website a) reject planks in the Republican Party platform and/or the Illinois Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, b) reject the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling and work against those like me who support that resolution, c) focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate, d) were defendants in lawsuits that I have filed, and/or e) are operatives or dupes for the aforesaid.) 
https://bjg-consulting.com/how-well-do-you-know-your-competition/

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

May 8 Morning Edition

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

FREEDOM’S JOURNAL
— DISCRIMINATION AND DISPARITIES II – Walter E. Williams (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and the dupes, I was able to do the following solely because I benefitted tremendously from past and present discrimination against minorities, against women, and against veterans: I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 32. The Post Office hired me in 1966 and let me work there for almost 3 years. IRS hired me in 1971 or let me work there for almost 9 years. IRS promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974. GAO hired me in 1980 and let me work there for almost 18 years. GAO promoted me in 1986. I bought new cars in 1966, 1967, 1968, 1971, etc. I bought real estate in 1972, 1974, and 1976. I got married in 1978. My wife and I bought a house in 1978 and had one built in 1984.) 
https://freedomsjournalinstitute.org/latest-news/opinion/discrimination-and-disparities-ii/

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

NEWSWEEK
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “ROBERT MUELLER PROVED DONALD TRUMP IS THE LIVING EMBODIMENT OF THE SEVEN DEADLY SINS.” (DIERSEN: According to this Trump-hater, “Most Americans already hold a low opinion of Trump.” Who has a low opinion of you? I should write a book about those who have a low opinion of me. They a) reject planks in the Republican Party platform and/or the Illinois Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, b) reject the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling and work against those like me who support that resolution, c) focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate, d) were defendants in lawsuits that I have filed, and/or e) are operatives or dupes for the aforesaid.)
https://www.newsweek.com/robert-mueller-donald-trump-living-embodiment-seven-deadly-sins-1402444

May 7 Evening Edition

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Questions to ask your Republican Precinct Committeeman/Captain: At his/her monthly township/ward/county party organization meetings, how often do the speakers 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? Who is taking the lead in your municipality to get your municipality to be the first municipality to pass an ordinance a) to “opt out” of the retail sale of pot and b) to impose zoning restrictions on the commercial growing of pot? – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Gov. J.B. Pritzker drops plan to lower pension payments after April tax windfall – Dan Petrella
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-met-jb-pritzker-pension-plan-20190507-story.html
— Illinois Senate President John Cullerton proposes $1-per-pack cigarette tax hike, far beyond what Gov. J.B. Pritzker proposed – Dan Petrella
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-illinois-cigarette-tax-20190507-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: To promote hatred against Trump, a Trump-hater asks “What if President Trump loses in 2020, but doesn’t leave?”
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/page/ct-perspec-page-donald-trump-speaker-nancy-pelosi-jerry-falwell-liberty-university-20190507-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Trump lost more than $1 billion in a decade, tax documents show – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/trump-taxes-irs-billion-dollars-new-york-times/
— Facebook boots Farrakhan, but whom does he harm? Himself, mostly – Neil Steinberg (DIERSEN: According to Wikipedia, Steinberg “began his journalism career in Chicago’s suburbs, working for the Barrington Courier-Review. He later wrote for the now-defunct Wheaton Daily Journal newspaper, but was fired after writing a column that made fun of the paper’s publisher.”)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/steinberg-facebook-farrakhan-bigotry-nation-islam/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: When I worked at the Wheaton Daily Journal, a third of a century ago, conservative Christians in that town engaged in a strategy I called “wallpapering the world.” They would seek out what they objected to and try to cover it up so they didn’t have to look at it, whether Playboys tucked behind the counter at the local 7-Eleven or the College of DuPage performing “Sister Mary Ignatius Explains it All for You.” That didn’t work because it never works. We are each in charge of our lives, and must embrace or reject what we ourselves feel must be embraced or rejected. The problem isn’t that Farrakhan believes hateful delusions; the problem is that other people seek them out. Blocking Farrakhan won’t solve that; they’ll just find their fix somewhere else.)
— A graduated income tax makes sense, but Illinois has failed taxpayers for years – Phil Kadner
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/graduated-income-tax-fair-tax-j-b-pritzker-phil-kadner/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats want minorities to unite against Republicans.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/black-brown-lawmakers-african-american-hispanic-common-ground-legal-assistance-fund-welch-crespo/

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Two of Chicago’s ex-U.S. attorneys join hundreds of others in slamming Trump The lawyers say the occupant of the Oval Office would be charged with obstruction of justice for conduct described in the Mueller report—if he weren’t president. – CLAIRE BUSHEY 
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/law/two-chicagos-ex-us-attorneys-join-hundreds-others-slamming-trump
— Pritzker backs off plan to defer pension payments In a political surprise partially enabled by Trump’s tax bill, Pritzker says rosier-than-expected state revenues mean he no longer will have to run up state debt by deferring required pension payments. – GREG HINZ (DIERSEN: I paid into the Civil Service Retirement System 7% of all the salary that the Post Office paid me 1966-1969, that IRS paid me 1971-1980, and that GAO paid me 1980-1997.)
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/greg-hinz-politics/pritzker-backs-plan-defer-pension-payments

DAILY HERALD
— Illinois took in $1.5 billion more than expected last month – Jake Griffin
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190507/illinois-took-in-15-billion-more-than-expected-last-month
— COD interim president withdraws from consideration for permanent post – Katlyn Smith
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190507/cod-interim-president-withdraws-from-consideration-for-permanent-post

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— Illinois lawmakers have 21 days to legalize marijuana. Madigan says it might not happen. – JERRY NOWICKI 
https://www.bnd.com/news/politics-government/article230114179.html

CHICAGO NOW
— Trump looks for growth hawk to replace Moore as Fed Reserve nominee; Watch Berkowitz w Moore
http://www.chicagonow.com/public-affairs-with-jeff-berkowitz/2019/05/trump-looks-for-a-growth-hawk-to-replace-moore-as-fed-reserve-nominee-watch-berkowitz-w-moore-cable-web/

WHEATON PARK DISTRICT
– 2019 Independence Day Celebration July 3 Fireworks and July 4 Parade (DIERSEN: I encourage Republican candidates on 2020 ballots in Wheaton and the Milton Township Republican Central Committee a) to submit your parade entry form ASAP and b) to plan on helping sponsor the fireworks and parade.) 
https://wheatonparkdistrict.com/events/july4/
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/july-2019-independence-day-celebration-parade-entry-tickets-59341549171

CITY OF WHEATON
— Violation Hearing – Wheaton Bowling Inc. d/b/a Wheaton Bowl, 2031 N. Gary Avenue
https://www.wheaton.il.us/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Item/3895?fileID=5888

ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— “It Really Comes Down to A Money Issue” This edition of spotlight features comments from Jeanne Ives, a former Illinois state representative and gubernatorial candidate. Ives discusses the potential negative fiscal impact of legalizing marijuana, Illinois economic potential and incompetence.
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/podcast/it-really-comes-down-to-a-money-issue-illinois-family-spotlight-145/

CAPITOL FAX
— April revenue stunner: $1.5 billion higher than expected – FY19 hole filled – Pritzker cancels planned pension holiday
https://capitolfax.com/2019/05/07/april-revenue-stunner-15-billion-higher-than-expected-fy19-hole-filled-pritzker-cancels-planned-pension-holiday/
— Rep. Jerry Costello resigns from House, takes IDNR top cop job
https://capitolfax.com/2019/05/07/rep-jerry-costello-resigns-from-house-takes-idnr-top-cop-job/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Pot pushers glorify and praise those who reject the rule of law.
https://capitolfax.com/2019/05/07/moylan-apparently-doesnt-realize-that-people-use-cannabis-now/

FOX NEWS
— Buttigieg says religion shouldn’t be a ‘cudgel,’ then suggests God wouldn’t be a Republican – Joseph A. Wulfsohn (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats paint GOD as being 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.foxnews.com/politics/buttigieg-says-religion-shouldnt-be-a-cudgel-then-suggests-god-wouldnt-be-a-republican

AMERICAN THINKER
— Journalists forgetting the difference between news and opinion pieces – Jack Hellner
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/05/journalists_forgetting_the_difference_between_news_and_opinion_pieces.html
— With Democrats drunkenly denying a border crisis, NYT attempts an intervention – Monica Showalter
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/05/with_democrats_drunkenly_denying_border_crisis_nyt_tries_to_get_them_to_admit_they_have_a_problem.html

BREITBART
— Trump’s Base: Mandatory E-Verify to Protect U.S. Jobs, Wages ‘Critical’ for Any Immigration Deal – John Binder
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/05/07/trumps-base-mandatory-e-verify-immigration-deal/
— Pelosi: We Cannot ‘Accept’ a Second Term for Donald Trump – Pam Key
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2019/05/07/pelosi-we-cannot-accept-a-second-term-for-donald-trump/

TOWNHALL
— ICE Reveals Just How Many Illegal Aliens Are Falsely Claiming They’re A ‘Family’ – Beth Baumann
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/bethbaumann/2019/05/07/ice-reveals-just-how-many-illegal-aliens-are-falsely-claiming-theyre-a-family-n2545986

MEDIA RESEARCH CENTER
— David Hogg Says ‘Illegal Alien is a Xenophobic Slur,’ Except It’s Literally a Legal Term – Nick Kangadis
https://www.mrctv.org/blog/doh-david-hogg-says-illegal-alien-xenophobic-slur-except-its-literally-legal-term

PJ MEDIA
— Pete Buttigieg Thinks God Is a Democrat Because God Doesn’t Pick Sides – JIM TREACHER 
https://pjmedia.com/trending/pete-buttigieg-thinks-god-is-a-democrat-because-god-doesnt-pick-sides/

DAILY CALLER
— FACEBOOK NIXED NEARLY 3 BILLION FAKE ACCOUNTS IN RUN UP TO MIDTERM ELECTIONS. HOW MANY OF THEM WERE REAL? – Chris White
https://dailycaller.com/2019/05/07/facebook-fake-news-conservatives/
— TRUMP ADMINISTRATION ORDERS ASYLUM OFFICERS TO GET TOUGHER WITH APPLICANTS – Jason Hopkins
https://dailycaller.com/2019/05/07/trump-asylum-officers-applications/

DAILY WIRE
— Buttigieg, His Campaign Lagging, Says God Ain’t No Republican
https://www.dailywire.com/news/46886/buttigieg-his-campaign-lagging-says-god-aint-no-hank-berrien
— Twitter Bans Popular Ocasio-Cortez Parody Account; Here Are Some Trump Parody Accounts Twitter Is Fine With – JAMES BARRETT
https://www.dailywire.com/news/46874/twitter-bans-popular-ocasio-cortez-parody-account-james-barrett

HOT AIR
— Elizabeth Warren On The Senate Floor: It’s Time To Start On Impeachment
https://hotair.com/archives/2019/05/07/elizabeth-warren-senate-floor-time-start-impeachment/

GOPUSA
— Pelosi seems ‘unhinged’ by pushing idea Trump won’t respect 2020 election results
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=69147
— Schools under fire for encouraging teachers to give students Ramadan greeting
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=69143

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Fairfax County calls illegal immigrants ‘contributing members,’ will help fight deportation – Paul Bedard 
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/washington-secrets/dc-suburb-calls-illegal-immigrants-contributing-members-will-help-fight-deportation

HUFFINGTON POST
— Pete Buttigieg ‘Can’t Imagine’ God Would Support Current Republican Party The Democratic presidential candidate spoke out against religion being weaponized in politics. – Amy Russo (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats paint GOD as being 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.huffpost.com/entry/pete-buttigieg-religion-god-republican_n_5cd1c435e4b04e275d510d90

NEW YORK TIMES
— Decade in the Red: Trump Tax Figures Show Over $1 Billion in Business Losses Newly obtained tax information reveals that from 1985 to 1994, Donald J. Trump’s businesses were in far bleaker condition than was previously known. – RUSS BUETTNER and SUSANNE CRAIG
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/05/07/us/politics/donald-trump-taxes.html

WASHINGTON POST
— U.S. asylum screeners to take more confrontational approach as Trump aims to turn more migrants away at the border – Nick Miroff (DIERSEN: What percent of the world’s non-U.S. citizens might sooner or later claim asylum in the United States – 98%, 99%, 100%? America offers special opportunities a) to those who are minority, b) to those who are female, and c) to those who have financial, health, and/or other problems. It is called Affirmative Action, Diversity, Inclusion, and Welfare. Democrats want immigrants because immigrants vote for Democrats. RINOs want immigrants because RINOs want cheap labor.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/us-asylum-screeners-to-take-more-confrontational-approach-as-trump-aims-to-turn-more-migrants-away-at-the-border/2019/05/07/3b15e076-70de-11e9-9eb4-0828f5389013_story.html

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Americans want a ‘normal’ president after Trump. So why are Democrats going radical? – JONAH GOLDBERG
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-goldberg-biden-moderate-democrats-trump-20190507-story.html

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
— Dems, identity politics will not defeat Donald Trump – PAUL BLEDSOE
https://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/ny-oped-dems-identity-politics-will-not-defeat-donald-trump-20190507-duzuaxrlvbbidjk2mdewtrpkp4-story.html

BALTIMORE SUN
— Attacking Trump is costing The Sun readers – John Karis, Indian Head
https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/readersrespond/bs-ed-rr-trump-racism-letter-20190507-story.html

ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER
— Democrat strategy of dividing the country along racial lines will backfire – RON HART
https://www.ocregister.com/2019/05/07/democrat-strategy-of-dividing-the-country-along-racial-lines-will-backfire/

LOWELL SUN
— About-face in Dracut Memorial Day parade – Amaris Castillo and Jon Winkler (DIERSEN: Information on Wheaton’s 2019 Memorial Day parade is at https://www.wheaton.il.us/calendar.aspx?PREVIEW=YES&EID=934and http://www.americanlegionpost76.org/events/parades. Please consider a) watching the parade in my precinct south of Roosevelt Road and b) attending the ceremony after the parade in my precinct. Of course, anti-Republicans want to ban Republicans from watching parades, from promoting parades, from sponsoring parades, and from marching in parades.) 
http://www.lowellsun.com/news/ci_32613070/about-face-dracut-parade
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Dracut Republican Town Committee will be marching in the town’s Memorial Day Parade on May 27 after all, ending a rollercoaster that spanned two weeks. Selectmen Chair Jesse Forcier on Friday confirmed that the decision came after a discussion with town administration and representation from the American Legion Post 315. Forcier added that this opens up parade participation to other political groups as well. “The Republican Town Committee’s application will be processed and they will be extended every courtesy and allowed to march,” Forcier said when reached by phone. This latest twist comes after flip-flops that captivated the attention of many in town and angered Brian Genest, chairman of the Dracut Republican Town Committee. Two weeks ago, the committee was informed that Town Manager Jim Duggan was not allowing them to participate. Members of the Board of Selectmen last Tuesday strongly disagreed with Duggan’s decision at a meeting. Forcier during that meeting’s recess told a Sun reporter that the directive for Duggan was to allow the committee to march. The committee was barred once again the following day — this time by the American Legion Post 315. Richard Ducharme, commander of the Legion, said at the time that the organization puts on the event, while the town helps organize the order of bands and participants.)

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The Asylum System Is Breaking the Border The U.S. needs more judges and camps to handle migrants seeking refuge. – William A. Galston (DIERSEN: What percent of the world’s non-U.S. citizens might sooner or later claim asylum in the United States – 98%, 99%, 100%? America offers special opportunities a) to those who are minority, b) to those who are female, and c) to those who have financial, health, and/or other problems. It is called Affirmative Action, Diversity, Inclusion, and Welfare. Democrats want immigrants because immigrants vote for Democrats. RINOs want immigrants because RINOs want cheap labor.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-asylum-system-is-breaking-the-border-11557269028

BUSINESS INSIDER
— Joe Biden has a new nickname for Trump after the president called him ‘Sleepy Joe’ – John Haltiwanger (DIERSEN: I should write a book about my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government who never found the motivation, time, or money a) to take a job-related graduate course, b) to earn a job-related professional certification, or c) to earn a job-related professional license.)
https://www.businessinsider.com/joe-biden-has-nickname-for-trump-after-president-called-him-sleepy-joe-2019-5

REASON
— The Rise of Citizen Journalists – JOHN STOSSEL AND MAXIM LOTT 
https://reason.com/video/stossel-the-rise-of-citizen-journalists/

ATLANTIC
— Why Is Trump Hiding His Tax Returns? – David Frum (DIERSEN: Maybe Trump saw how the Democrats at Money Magazine and the Democrats at IRS painted the graduate business courses that I took at Loyola 1972-1976 and the graduate accounting courses that I took at DePaul 1976-1978 a) a) as not being job-related, b) as not helping me carry out my job duties, c) as qualifying me for a “new trade or business,” d) as being a distraction, and e) as taken by me to get a job in the private sector.) 
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/05/whats-hiding-trumps-tax-returns/588862/

PEOPLE FOR THE AMERICAN WAY
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: People for the American Way promotes 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, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
http://www.pfaw.org/blog-posts/this-mothers-day-remember-the-harm-of-trumps-child-separation-policies/

May 7 Morning Edition

DIERSEN: WHAT DO YOU SAY TO THOSE WHO CLAIM TO BE RELIGIOUS, CONSERVATIVE, AND/OR REPUBLICAN, BUT WHO FAIL/REFUSE TO SPEAK OUT AGAINST POT? ARE THEY REALLY DEMOCRAT PLANTS, LIBERTARIAN PLANTS, GREEN PLANTS, OR RINOS?

CITY OF WHEATON
— City Seeks Candidate for North District Council Seat
https://www.wheaton.il.us/civicalerts.aspx?AID=235
(FROM THE PRESS RELEASE: The Wheaton City Council is seeking individuals who would be interested in being appointed to the currently vacant North District City Council position. The North District includes properties in the City located north of the railroad tracks. The position became vacant on May 6, 2019 as a result of Councilman Suess’ resignation and being sworn in as Wheaton City Mayor. The appointment to this position would be for the remaining two years of Councilman Suess’ term as Councilman for the North District, ending May 3, 2021. Individuals interested in being considered for this position are asked to submit the following documents to the Wheaton City Clerk, Wheaton City Hall, 303 W Wesley Street, Wheaton, IL 60187, no later than 5 p.m. on May 28, 2019: A complete resumè A statement identifying the reasons why you wish to be considered for an appointment to the City Council A statement identifying the three most important issues the City needs to address in the next two years, as well as your opinion on how those issues could be addressed. Any questions pertaining to this solicitation should be addressed to the City Clerk, Sharon Barrett-Hagen at 630-260-2012.)

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Madigan warns Pritzker that marijuana, sports betting bills may fail – Mike Flannery
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/local/speaker-madigan-warns-pritzker-that-marijuana-sports-betting-bills-may-fail

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH COLOR PHOTO OF MOYLAN: Moylan rips legal pot bill: ‘Listen, do you want this stuff in your neighborhood?’ – Mitch Dudek
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190507/moylan-rips-legal-pot-bill-listen-do-you-want-this-stuff-in-your-neighborhood
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG COLOR PICTURE: BEYOND DISGUSTING, BEYOND TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot.
https://www.dailyherald.com/business/20190507/take-a-look-inside-a-suburban-marijuana-farm

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Madigan: ‘Optimistic’ on graduated tax, marijuana could be controversial – Cassie Buchman
https://www.sj-r.com/news/20190506/madigan-optimistic-on-graduated-tax-marijuana-could-be-controversial
— Moody’s: Graduated income tax can help credit rating if used for pensions – Doug Finke
https://www.sj-r.com/news/20190506/moodys-graduated-income-tax-can-help-credit-rating-if-used-for-pensions

HERALD & REVIEW
— Legal pot opponents reject Pritzker’s social equity arguments – Jessica Villagomez
https://herald-review.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/legal-pot-opponents-reject-pritzker-s-social-equity-arguments/article_6d68e285-0b19-5aca-9036-97cd39dae84f.html
— Springfield seems in a rush to approve recreational marijuana – Editorial
https://herald-review.com/opinion/editorial/editorial-springfield-seems-in-a-rush-to-approve-recreational-marijuana/article_1140e0bf-9ff7-56c0-ac8b-99d0f77ce961.html

DEKALB DAILY CHRONICLE
— Madigan: Legal pot passage ‘not guaranteed today’ Speaker says expungement, diversity details could prove tough to sell – JERRY NOWICKI
https://www.daily-chronicle.com/2019/05/06/madigan-legal-pot-passage-not-guaranteed-today/a2gndhh/

SOUTHERN
— Madigan: Legal pot passage in Illinois ‘not guaranteed today’ – JERRY NOWICK
https://thesouthern.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/madigan-legal-pot-passage-in-illinois-not-guaranteed-today/article_9e83df32-dd59-5901-8a28-aba93309a442.html

ALTON DAILY NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: BEYOND DISGUSTING, BEYOND TRAGIC: Pot pushers want those who are minority, female, and/or poor to push pot.
http://altondailynews.com/news/details.cfm?clientid=17&id=283975#.XNFvLI5KiM8

FOX ILLINOIS
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Governor Pritzker’s plan to legalize marijuana takes a step forward – Amanda Henderson
https://foxillinois.com/news/local/governor-pritzkers-plan-to-legalize-marijuana-takes-a-step-forward

WGN RADIO
— “A true American hero and friend”: Military Vet and POW, John Borling – MICHAEL HEIDEMANN (DIERSEN: I had the honor of helping organize the Milton Township Republican Central Committee (MTRCC) 2003 Oktoberfest fundraiser and I organized the straw poll for U.S. Senate at that event in which John Borling competed against Chirinjeev Kathuria, Andy McKenna, Jim Oberweis, Steve Rauchenberger, Jack Ryan, and Jonathan Wright. About 600 attended that event and about 400 participated in the straw poll. Those who sponsored tables, took out ads in the MTRCC directory, and/or contributed auction items included the aforesaid candidates and Arndt, Birkett, Bolds, Bucholz, Carlson, Carney, Cox, Cronin, Diersen, Dillard, Dwyer, Eckhoff, Elsner, Falbo, Fawell, Flickinger, Glen Ellyn Republican Women, Gresk, Gumm, Heidorn, Henry, Hinkle, Hultgren, Hyde, Illinois Center Right Coalition, Illinois Republican Party, Jacobsen, Kachiroubas, Kilander, King, Kleeman, Leston, Lofgren, Marquardt, Moore, Muehlfelt, B. Murphy, Olson, Pankau, Philip, Pierotti, Pihos, Popejoy, Rasins, Roskam, Ruscitti, Russo, J. Ryan, P. Ryan, Sandberg, Schillerstrom, Sender, R. Smith, Stern, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Topinka, Wheaton Women’s Republican Club, Whelan, Zaruba, and Zay.)
https://wgnradio.com/2019/05/06/a-true-american-hero-and-friend-military-vet-and-pow-john-borling/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Lori Lightfoot to huddle with Ivanka Trump at the White House on Tuesday – Lynn Sweet
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/lori-lightfoot-huddle-ivanka-trump-white-house-tuesday/
— Chicago lawmakers, advocates call for $10 million in legal help for poor – Andy Grimm (DIERSEN: I should write a book about attorneys who succeeded in getting me to retain them to file lawsuits, but then dumped me and dumped the lawsuits when the defendants refused to settle.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/legal-aid-westside-justice-center-bill-springfield-art-turner/

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Illinois Democrats and Illinois RINOs a) want to replace those who they have driven out of Illinois with illegals and b) want to get those illegals counted in the census. 
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/government/census-undercount-could-cost-illinois-billions

WREX
— Illinois State Senator moves to make Daylight Saving Time permanent
https://wrex.com/category/2019/05/06/illinois-state-senator-moves-to-make-daylight-saving-time-permanent/

NPR ILLINOIS
— H&R Block, TurboTax Accused Of Obstructing Access To Free Tax Filing – LAUREL WAMSLEY 
https://www.nprillinois.org/post/hr-block-and-turbotax-are-being-sued-allegedly-undermining-free-tax-filing

HEARTLAND INSTITUTE
— ILLINOIS LOCAL GOVERNMENTS FACE ‘SERVICE INSOLVENCY’ OVER PENSION FUNDING – Ashley Herzog
https://www.heartland.org/news-opinion/news/report-illinois-local-governments-face-service-insolvency-over-pension-funding

COOK COUNTY RECORD
— Judge: Dispute over whether Pritzker broke law in shutting down Sterigenics belongs in state, not federal, court – Jonathan Bilyk 
https://cookcountyrecord.com/stories/512480657-judge-dispute-over-whether-pritzker-broke-law-in-shutting-down-sterigenics-belongs-in-state-not-federal-court
— Group of seven Jewel store managers can jointly press age discrimination lawsuits, judge says – Dan Churne (DIERSEN: My lawsuit against GAO was pending for 7 years in federal courts between 1998 and 2005. It charged GAO with political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.)
https://cookcountyrecord.com/stories/512479112-group-of-seven-jewel-store-managers-can-jointly-press-age-discrimination-lawsuits-judge-says

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— ‘FAIR TAX’ BACKER SPREADING FALSEHOODS, MISINFORMATION – Bryce Hill
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/fair-tax-backer-spreading-falsehoods-misinformation/

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Illinois Senate approves requirement for employers to provide sick days – Benjamin Yount (DIERSEN: The Post Office provided me with sick days while a worked there 1966-1969. IRS provided me with sick days while a worked there 1971-1980. GAO provided me with sick days while a worked there 1980-1997. Of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always been furious about that.)
https://www.ilnews.org/news/state_politics/illinois-senate-approves-requirement-for-employers-to-provide-sick-days/article_d8f59a78-7027-11e9-9e98-6744db16f16e.html

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Unhinged Anti-Life State Rep. Harasses Elderly Pro-life Woman Outside Planned Parenthood – Laurie Higgins 
https://illinoisfamily.org/life/unhinged-anti-life-state-rep-harasses-elderly-pro-life-woman-outside-planned-parenthood/

CAPITOL FAX
— Madigan on finding 60 votes for the cannabis bill and convincing “the minorities”
https://capitolfax.com/2019/05/07/madigan-on-finding-60-votes-for-the-cannabis-bill-and-convincing-the-minorities/

GOPUSA
— Ocasio-Cortez backs Massachusetts lawsuit to protect illegals from ICE (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrat states talk and act like they have constructively seceded from the United States and have joined up with Mexico and with other foreign countries against the United States.)
http://www.gopusa.com/ocasio-cortez-backs-massachusetts-lawsuit-to-protect-illegals-from-ice/
— Hillary Clinton: ‘Last several years’ under Trump have been ‘truly deplorable’ (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrat states talk and act like they have constructively seceded from the United States and have joined up with Mexico and with other foreign countries against the United States.)
http://www.gopusa.com/hillary-clinton-last-several-years-under-trump-have-been-truly-deplorable/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Mr. Clinton chimed in on Sunday, adding that the country had reverted back to “tribalism” similar to the Reconstruction era following the Civil War. “I’m a white Southerner, I come from what is now the president’s base — a small, rural town and all of that,” the former president said. “And it’s not exactly the same as the Civil War, but it’s sort of an updated strategy for what happened and the reaction to Reconstruction where we went back to divisive tribalism.”)
— More Latinos are becoming Muslims: ‘Islam is not as foreign as you think’
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=69115
— Blacks and Hispanics give Trump little credit for new jobs
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=69095

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Taxpayers fund research for world’s richest, most powerful companies, Adam Andrzejewski finds – James Varney
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/may/6/fortune-100-companies-research-funded-taxpayers-op/
— Drugs coming over the border is not only New Mexico’s problem – Mick Rich 
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/may/6/drugs-coming-over-the-border-is-not-only-new-mexic/

FOX NEWS
— Lara Trump defends Tiger Woods, Trump after newspaper’s blistering editorial – Victor Garcia 
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/lara-trump-defends-tiger-woods-and-president-trump-against-racism-accusations
— Larry Elder: Democrats cry racism and sexism to combat Trump’s success – Victor Garcia 
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/larry-elder-dems-cry-racism-and-sexism-to-combat-trumps-success
— ICE creates ‘most wanted’ list to help track down criminal illegal immigrants
https://news.yahoo.com/ice-creates-most-wanted-list-113313738.html

AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE
— Is Demography Destiny? Experts know that eventually, minorities will outnumber whites in the U.S. and Europe. So how do we talk about it? – SCOTT MCCONNELL (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrat and RINO activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc. demonize, denigrate, and condemn Whites as being White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, bigots, and even worse things who should be gotten rid of once and for all to curry favor with White-haters because “eventually, minorities will outnumber whites in the U.S.”)
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/is-demography-destiny/

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Trump is Surrendering on Immigration – Pedro Gonzalez
https://www.amgreatness.com/2019/05/06/trump-is-surrendering-on-immigration/
— If Deplatforming Hoaxsters is OK, The News Media Should Be in Big Trouble – Julie Kelly
https://amgreatness.com/2019/05/06/if-deplatforming-hoaxsters-is-ok-the-news-media-should-be-in-big-trouble/
— Will the Good Economy Be Enough to Carry Trump to Reelection? – Christopher Roach
https://www.amgreatness.com/2019/05/06/will-the-good-economy-be-enough-to-carry-trump-to-reelection/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Judgment Day coming for Democrats – Lloyd Marcus
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/05/judgment_day_coming_for_democrats.html
— How Do We Push Back Against the Twitter Mob? – Christopher Chantrill
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2019/05/how_do_we_push_back_against_the_twitter_mob.html

BREITBART
— Double Down: Jerry Falwell Jr. Predicts Even Greater Evangelical Support for Trump in 2020 than 2016 – ROBERT KRAYCHIK
https://www.breitbart.com/radio/2019/05/06/double-down-jerry-falwell-jr-predicts-even-greater-evangelical-support-for-trump-in-2020-than-2016/

DAILY CALLER
— TRUMP’S POPULARITY SURGES AS DEMOCRATS GET EVEN CRAZIER – Derek Hunter
https://dailycaller.com/2019/05/07/trump-approval-soars-podcast/

TOWNHALL
— Let the Sunshine in at the Federal Reserve Transparency would also mean periodic, independent audits by outside institutions — perhaps the Government Accountability Office. – Stephen Moore
https://townhall.com/columnists/stephenmoore/2019/05/07/let-the-sunshine-in-at-the-federal-reserve-n2545948

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE
— JIHAD AT THE BORDER How the border crisis facilitates the entry of terrorists. – Michael Cutler
https://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/273652/jihad-border-michael-cutler

WORLD NET DAILY
— DEMOCRATS: AMERICA’S ORIGINAL HATE GROUP – RICH LOGIS
https://www.wnd.com/2019/05/democrats-americas-original-hate-group/

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Why Progressive Anti-Semitism — and Why Now? – VICTOR DAVIS HANSON
https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/05/progressive-anti-semitism-multicultural-left-new-york-times/

EPOCH TIMES
— Migrant ‘Rents’ a Boy to Cross Border as Fake Family: DOJ – MIMI NGUYEN LY
https://www.theepochtimes.com/migrant-rents-a-boy-to-cross-border-as-fake-family-doj_2909842.html

COLLEGE FIX
— Georgetown prof blames ‘Trump’s white racist America’ for grandson being called N-word at school
https://www.thecollegefix.com/georgetown-prof-blames-trumps-white-racist-america-for-grandson-being-called-n-word-at-school/

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater promotes hatred against Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/06/opinion/trump-far-right-twitter-facebook.html
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: In 2016, Russians Worked To Discourage Black Voters – Mihir Zaveri and Jacey Fortin (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who work to discourage the following from voting: 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/2019/05/06/us/russia-disinformation-black-activists.html

WASHINGTON POST
— The failure of Reconstruction was a ruthless act of sabotage – Michael Gerson (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrat states talk and act like they have constructively seceded from the United States and have joined up with Mexico and with other foreign countries against the United States.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-failure-of-reconstruction-was-a-ruthless-act-of-sabotage/2019/05/06/64f72e3a-7030-11e9-8be0-ca575670e91c_story.html

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Riot Games workers walk out to protest forced arbitration of sex discrimination suits – SAM DEAN (DIERSEN: While I worked for GAO in its Chicago office 1980-1997, the closest thing that I saw to a walk out was in 1989 when the office’s GS-14 employees who were Republican, White, male, over 35 years old, and/or non-veteran wore black arm bands in the office to protest GAO’s merging its GS-13 and GS-14 together into a “Band II.” They correctly concluded that GAO had done that to help GAO get rid of its employees who were Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who had not made GS-15 (currently $136,495) by age 35 and Senior Executive Service (currently $165,500) by age 40.) 
https://www.latimes.com/business/technology/la-fi-tn-riot-games-walkout-protest-forced-arbitration-20190506-story.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Uber Says No Kids—These Other Car Services Say Yes Harried parents who turn to ride-hailing services to solve child-chauffeuring dilemmas may be defying company age restrictions – Julie Jargon (DIERSEN: How old were you when your parents no longer had to chauffer you? As soon as I turned 16 in 1964, I got a driver’s license and bought a 1958 Chevy BelAir.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/uber-says-no-kidsthese-other-car-services-say-yes-11557221402

BLOOMBERG
— Winston & Strawn Client Accenture Gets Age-Bias Suit Tossed – Rick Mitchell (DIERSEN: My lawsuit against GAO was pending in federal courts for 7 years between 1998 and 2005. It charged GAO with political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.)
https://biglawbusiness.com/wake-up-call-winston-strawn-client-accenture-gets-age-bias-suit-tossed

USA TODAY
— Here’s where GM layoffs stand after stunning blow to factory workers – Jamie L. LaReau (DIERSEN: The Democrats who ran GAO during the 1980s and 1990s used Affirmative Action, Diversity, Inclusion, up-or-out, and budget cuts to get rid of virtually all of the agency’s employees who were Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who they had not promoted to GS-13 (currently $98,198) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $116,040) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $136,495) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $165,500) by age 40. I should write a book about those Democrats and their victims.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/cars/2019/05/06/gm-layoffs-jobs-general-motors-transfer/1119559001/
— ‘Medicare for All’: Bernie Sanders’ political pipe dream – Editorial
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2019/05/06/medicare-for-all-bernie-sanders-political-pipe-dream-editorials-debates/1093194001/

UNION LEADER
— Left projects its anti-Semitism onto President Trump – DEROY MURDOCK (DIERSEN: I should write a book about my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government who used my being 100% German national origin and my being baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran to paint me as being an anti-Semite. Better yet, I should sue them.)
https://www.unionleader.com/opinion/columnists/deroy-murdock-left-projects-its-anti-semitism-onto-president-trump/article_167fdc5b-fb0f-5ead-9e7e-9c783b596f6d.html

YOUNGSTOWN VINDICATOR
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “Trump’s politics of division fuels victimhood and white supremacy.” Ever-increasingly, Democrats focus on promoting hatred.
http://www.vindy.com/news/2019/may/07/trumps-politics-of-division-fuels-victim/

WRAL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, in America, to get elected, Democrat candidates promote hatred against Whites and promote hatred against men. – Kewal Kapoor
https://www.wral.com/whites-and-men-only-harris-goes-there-on-the-electability-argument/18368773/

WBAP
— Have Democrats Gone Off The Deep End? – Rick Roberts (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrat states talk and act like they have constructively seceded from the United States and have joined up with Mexico and with other foreign countries against the United States.)
http://www.wbap.com/2019/05/06/rick-roberts-show-have-democrats-gone-off-the-deep-end/

GAO
— The Future of the Federal Workforce (DIERSEN: During the 1980s and 1990s, the Democrats who ran GAO had great success using Affirmative Action, Diversity, Inclusion, up-or-out, pay-for-performance, banding, and Republican budget cuts to get rid of virtually every one of its employees who were Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who they had not promoted to GS-13 (currently $98,198) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $116,040) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $136,495) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $165,500) by age 40.)
https://blog.gao.gov/2019/05/07/the-future-of-the-federal-workforce/

ENTREPRENEUR
— Ageism at Workplace: The Discrimination no-one Talks About Behind this subtle yet powerful discrimination are a series of myths associated with age and we need to address
https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/333315

LADDERS
— What 50-year-olds know that 20-year-olds often don’t Here are some lessons I’ve learned during my half century on this planet. Life goes by really, really fast, but it’s better after 50. – PHYL BEAN
https://www.theladders.com/career-advice/what-50-year-olds-know-that-20-year-olds-dont

SALON
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Trump-haters promote hatred against Trump.
https://www.salon.com/2019/05/07/how-trumps-rhetoric-fuels-anti-semitic-violence-tim-wise-on-radical-christian-terrorism/

GAY STAR NEWS
— 8 reasons why every LGBTI person needs to go to Chicago Pride 2019 Join over a million people celebrating Chicago Pride’s 50th anniversary (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will the Democrats who run Chicago officially banish all individuals, all organizations, all companies, all etc. that do not promote LGBTQ activity?)
https://www.gaystarnews.com/article/8-reasons-why-every-lgbti-person-needs-to-go-to-chicago-pride-2019/#gs.abhyrv

May 3 Morning Edition

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Wheaton Mayor Mike Gresk and Acting DuPage County Republican Central Committee Chairman Marty Keller spoke very highly of 6th Congressional District Candidate Evelyn Sanguinetti at her outstanding fundraiser at Arrowhead Golf Club in Wheaton Thursday evening, May 2, 2019. The 75+ attendees included Colgan, Eckhoff, Falbo, Fitzpatrick, Hartwell, Henry, Jacobsen, Jani, Khouri, Kordik, Kubinski, L. Lewis, S. Lewis, Minor, Nathwani, Pineda, Prater, Rathje, Rutledge, Saake, Veenstra, and D. Wagner. – Dave Diersen 
http://www.gopillinois.com

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
—  Justice Joe Birkett spoke very highly of Judge Ann Celine Walsh at her outstanding fundraiser at Danada House in Wheaton Thursday evening, May 2, 2019.  The 200+ attendees included Anderson, Anthanikar, Bakalis, Berlin, Brenan, Cody, Dabrowski, Dunsing, Fleming, Ford, Fullerton, Gibson, Grogan, Hayes, Hovde, Jacobs, Kachiroubas, Kinsella, Marquardt, McGimpsey, McCluskey, McJoynt, Orel, Prater, Puchalski, Rohm, Ruhl, Russo, Schwartz, Skarin, Sutter, Telander, Thomas, Wilson, and Zay. The 54+ event sponsors included J. Anderson, Brenan, Creswell, Ice Miller, and Tornatore. – Dave Diersen 
http://www.gopillinois.com

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— DuPage County State’s Attorney Bob Berlin spoke very highly of DuPage County Sheriff Jim Mendrick at his outstanding fundraiser at Gibsons Bar & Steakhouse in Oak Brook Thursday evening, May 2, 2019. According to a report, the 200+ attendees included Bristol, Corneils, Dabrowski, Holder, Krajewski, Kubinski, McGowen, Minor, Monino, Noonan, Ozog, Pineda, Puchalski, Prater, Ruhl, Tornatore, Valle, Wilkins, and Zay. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— When taxpayers trust Springfield … Part 2: ‘Give us the tax hike, we’ll fix Illinois!’ – Editorial
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-tax-cullerton-20190503-story.html#new_tab

WGN RADIO
— DuPage County Stormwater Management Chairman Jim Zay on flooding season
https://wgnradio.com/2019/05/02/dupage-county-stormwater-management-chairman-jim-zay-on-flooding-season/

WBEZ
— Study: 45% Of Young Black Men In Chicago Out Of School, Out Of Work – Sarah Karp
https://www.wbez.org/shows/wbez-news/study-45-of-young-black-men-in-chicago-out-of-school-out-of-work/accdb508-24ab-4000-a98a-a29281140914
— Tie Legalized Sports Betting To Chicago Casino, City Says – Tony Arnold
https://www.wbez.org/shows/wbez-news/tie-legalized-sports-betting-to-chicago-casino-city-says/a38a5cf1-f9aa-48f8-bce0-7f7742832330
— Chicago’s Section 8 Vouchers Increasing In Black Communities, Declining In White Neighborhoods – Natalie Moore
https://www.wbez.org/shows/wbez-news/more-section-8-vouchers-in-chicagos-black-neighborhoods-than-a-decade-ago/e461cdf4-22d1-45bd-9522-e0983c2d1c08

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Chips back on table for gambling advocates – Grant Morgan (DIERSEN: Gambling is a vice.)
https://www.sj-r.com/news/20190502/chips-back-on-table-for-gambling-advocates
— State Rep. Reick charged with DUI – Bernard Schoenburg (DIERSEN: Booze is a vice.)
https://www.sj-r.com/news/20190502/state-rep-reick-charged-with-dui
— State worker, teacher pension buyouts have mixed results – Doug Finke (DIERSEN: In 1993, when I was 45 years old, GAO offered all its employees who had 25 or more years of federal service, including me, $25,000 to take early retirement.) 
https://www.sj-r.com/news/20190502/state-worker-teacher-pension-buyouts-have-mixed-results

MDJ ONLINE
— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON ILLINOIS TIGHTENS: Illinois’ GDP growth lags behind national economic expansion – Greg Bishop
https://www.mdjonline.com/neighbor_newspapers/extra/news/illinois-gdp-growth-lags-behind-national-economic-expansion/article_2526fc36-3f1a-5f30-a09e-cf6aa706d821.html

FOX ILLINOIS
— Colleges face a conundrum when student athletes are invited to the White House – MARIANA BARILLAS
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/colleges-face-a-conundrum-when-student-athletes-are-invited-to-the-white-house

POSITIVELY NAPERVILLE
— Nearly 700 area business leaders attend 10th Annual DuPage County Regional Outlook event (DIERSEN: My wife and I have lived in DuPage County since 1978. People are attracted to DuPage County because of its prosperity and safety. Republicans created that prosperity and safety. But ever-increasingly and tragically, that prosperity and safety attracts people who are and/or pander to those who are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.) 
https://www.positivelynaperville.com/2019/05/02/nearly-700-area-business-leaders-attend-10th-annual-dupage-county-regional-outlook-event/99945

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— State Rep. Steve Reick Arrested for DUI in Springfield
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/05/02/state-rep-steve-reick-arrested-for-dui-in-springfield/

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Sponsor of recreational cannabis bill tries to calm concerns from critics – Greg Bishop
https://www.ilnews.org/news/state_politics/sponsor-of-recreational-cannabis-bill-tries-to-calm-concerns-from/article_3a36fa86-6d15-11e9-9254-a74b88301940.html

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— BORDER PATROL SAYS APPREHENSIONS IN THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY HAVE ALREADY SURPASSED ALL OF 2018
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/05/border-patrol-says-apprehensions-in-the-rio-grande-valley-have-already-surpassed-all-of-2018.html

DAILY CALLER
— POYNTER INSTITUTE SHELVES ENTIRE BLACKLIST OF ‘UNRELIABLE’ NEWS OUTLETS FOLLOWING BACKLASH – Mike Brest (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, www.gopillinois.com and GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails are unreliable. I should write a book about my critics/opponents. Better yet, I should sue them.) 
https://dailycaller.com/2019/05/02/poynter-shelves-entire-unreliable-news-outlets-list-following-backlash/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Poynter Institute, a journalism nonprofit organization, has completely disabled a list of what they labeled as an extensive list of “unreliable” news websites on Thursday night after facing scrutiny in the days since its publication. A litany of conservative publications, including The Washington Free Beacon and The Washington Examiner, were lumped into the list of “unreliable” publications and it received nearly instantaneous condemnation from them. “Soon after we published, we received complaints from those on the list and readers who objected to the inclusion of certain sites, and the exclusion of others. We began an audit to test the accuracy and veracity of the list, and while we feel that many of the sites did have a track record of publishing unreliable information, our review found weaknesses in the methodology,” Poynter’s managing editor Barbara Allen said in a statement on their website. “We detected inconsistencies between the findings of the original databases that were the sources for the list and our own rendering of the final report.” She went on, “We are removing this unreliable sites list until we are able to provide our audience a more consistent and rigorous set of criteria.” Aside from the list of “unreliable” news outlets, the initial publication included an accompanying article that called for advertisers to use the list in an effort to “blacklist” these websites. That language was deleted from the story and an update went along with it. Baybars Orsek, the director of the International Fact-Checking Network, told the Washington Examiner that they would be “evaluating all removal requests on a case by case basis,” and adding that “the total number of complaints is less than 2% of the whole database.”)
— ‘DAY OF THE LONG KNIVES:’ CONSERVATIVES, FREE SPEECH ADVOCATES CONDEMN LATEST FACEBOOK BANS – Scott Morefield
https://dailycaller.com/2019/05/02/free-speech-advocates-condemn-facebook-bans/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Americans back the census citizenship question – Jennifer Harper 
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/may/2/inside-the-beltway-americans-back-the-census-citiz/

GOPUSA
— Joe Biden says ‘Make America Moral Again’ but he belongs to the ‘party of infanticide’
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=68963

CONSERVATIVE HQ
— Jeb Goes Full Bush On Sanctuary Cities – George Rasley
http://www.conservativehq.com/node/30178

FEDERALIST
— Why Affirmative Action Is Racist And Un-American Affirmative action creates a fixed mindset that because one is born into a specific racial or ethnic group, one is entitled to certain privileges such as lowered criteria. – Berlin Fang (DIERSEN: Democrats use Affirmative Action, Diversity, Inclusion, up-or-out, and budget cuts a) to not hire, b) to not retain, and c) to get rid of Republicans, and especially to get rid of Republicans who are White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
https://thefederalist.com/2019/05/02/affirmative-action-racist-un-american/
— Why Christian Children Don’t Belong In Public Schools Public education neither teaches nor believes in the transcendentals of truth, goodness, and beauty, the very pillars of the education that built the western world and flow from Christianity itself. – Aaron Ames (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who have demonized, denigrated, and condemned a) my being baptized as a Missouri Synod Lutheran (MSL) in 1948, b) my attending Trinity Lutheran Grade School in Crete 1953-1961, c) my attending Hope Lutheran Grade School in Park Forest 1961-1962, and d) my being confirmed as a MSL in 1962.)
https://thefederalist.com/2019/05/02/christian-children-dont-belong-public-schools/
— What Tainted Companies Should Do Instead Of Holocaust Reparations To rectify its connections to Nazism and the Holocaust, the Reimann family will donate approximately $11.2 million to ‘an organization that helps former slave laborers.’ – Beth Bailey (DIERSEN: How tainted are the employers that you worked for? My employers were the federal government, Firestone Stores, University Plaza Dormitory, Chrysler, John’s Sinclair, Thrall Car, Flossmoor Country Club, and S.S. Kresges.) 
https://thefederalist.com/2019/05/03/tainted-companies-instead-holocaust-reparations/

TOWNHALL
— Trump Is Right. Babies Born Alive in Failed Abortions Are Executed. – Jill Stanek
https://townhall.com/columnists/jillstanek/2019/05/03/trump-was-right-in-description-of-abortion-n2545750
— Trump’s Tax Cuts Boosting Economic Growth to 3.2 Percent – Donald Lambro
https://townhall.com/columnists/donaldlambro/2019/05/03/trumps-tax-cuts-boosting-economic-growth-to-32-percent-n2545751

AMERICAN THINKER
— Trump soars in the polls for his stellar economy – Monica Showalter
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/05/trump_soars_in_the_polls_for_his_stellar_economy.html

NEWSMAX
— Half of College Kids Didn’t Have Food Money Last Month – Solange Reyner (DIERSEN: My outstanding parents provided me with room and board in their home in Crete a) while I attended UIC 1966-1968, b) when I came home weekends for my part-time Park Forest Post job during my first semester at NIU in 1969, and c) the summer of 1969.)
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/food-hunger-poverty-college/2019/05/02/id/914355/

BREITBART
— Trump Administration Observes Holocaust Remembrance Day – JOEL B. POLLAK (DIERSEN: In 1990, my Democrat GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were furious when I volunteered to work for a younger female Jewish supervisor. That frustrated their efforts to paint me as being anti-younger people, anti-female, and anti-Semite. I should write a book about my GAO coworkers and subordinates who refused to work for supervisors who were younger than they were, female, and/or Jewish.)
https://www.breitbart.com/national-security/2019/05/02/trump-administration-observes-holocaust-remembrance-day/
— Poll: Plurality of Minority Voters Say ‘Too Easy’ for Foreigners to Get Asylum – John Binder
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/05/02/poll-plurality-of-minority-voters-say-too-easy-for-foreigners-to-get-asylum/
— College Lobby: Congress Should Help Illegals Get U.S. Graduates’ Jobs – NEIL MUNRO (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will U.S. employers brag that they have stopped hiring U.S. citizens? In 1971, Oldsmobile withdrew a job offer that I had accepted saying that it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint.) 
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/05/02/college-lobby-congress-should-help-illegals-get-u-s-graduates-jobs/

FOX NEWS
— Obama took Trump’s win as a personal insult, book says – Brie Stimson 
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/obama-took-trumps-win-as-a-personal-insult-book-says

LIFE SITE NEWS
— Trump issues religious-freedom protections for doctors, nurses forced to do abortions – Calvin Freiburger
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/trump-issues-religious-freedom-protections-for-doctors-nurses-forced-to-do-abortions

ONE NEWS NOW
— Sexual liberty over religious liberty? That’s not ‘equality’ – Chris Woodward
https://onenewsnow.com/business/2019/05/03/sexual-liberty-over-religious-liberty-thats-not-equality

COLLEGE FIX
— Schools offering woman-only scholarships may be in violation of Title IX – DYLAN HARRINGTON (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, the more of the following that you are, the harder that Trump-haters work to get rid of you: Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owner, German American, draft avoider, and if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.thecollegefix.com/schools-offering-woman-only-scholarships-may-be-in-violation-of-title-ix/
— New law in Washington state will allow public universities to factor race, sex into admissions – DANIEL PAYNE (DIERSEN: Democrats use Affirmative Action, Diversity, Inclusion, up-or-out, and budget cuts a) to not hire, b) to not retain, and c) to get rid of Republicans, and especially to get rid of Republicans who are White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
https://www.thecollegefix.com/new-law-in-washington-state-will-allow-public-universities-to-factor-race-sex-into-admissions/

POLITICO
— Facebook wades deeper into censorship debate as it bans ‘dangerous’ accounts – CRISTIANO LIMA (DIERSEN: Who wants you to be banned and why? I should write a book about those who want me to be banned and why. They a) reject planks in the Republican Party platform and/or the Illinois Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, b) reject the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling and work against those like me who support that resolution, c) focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate, d) were defendants in lawsuits that I have filed, and/or e) are operatives or dupes for the aforesaid.)
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/05/02/facebook-bans-far-right-alex-jones-1299247

CNN
— Louis Farrakhan, Alex Jones and other ‘dangerous’ voices banned from Facebook and Instagram – Oliver Darcy (DIERSEN: Who wants you to be banned and why? I should write a book about those who want me to be banned and why. They a) reject planks in the Republican Party platform and/or the Illinois Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, b) reject the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling and work against those like me who support that resolution, c) focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate, d) were defendants in lawsuits that I have filed, and/or e) are operatives or dupes for the aforesaid.)
https://www.cnn.com/2019/05/02/tech/facebook-ban-louis-farrakhan-infowars-alex-jones-milo-laura-loomer/index.html

ABC NEWS
— After decades of delay inside GM, ‘mythic’ mid-engine Corvette is in production – MORGAN KORN
https://abcnews.go.com/Business/decades-delay-inside-gm-mythic-mid-engine-corvette/story?id=62789071

NEW YORK TIMES
— Tuition or Dinner? Nearly Half of College Students Surveyed in a New Report Are Going Hungry Many routinely skip meals and take ‘poverty naps’ because they cannot afford groceries. Campus food pantries are helping, but are they enough? – Kaya Laterman (DIERSEN: My outstanding parents provided me with room and board in their home in Crete a) while I attended UIC 1966-1968, b) when I came home weekends for my part-time Park Forest Post Office job during my first semester at NIU in 1969, and c) the summer of 1969.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/02/nyregion/hunger-college-food-insecurity.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Google workers want to outlaw mandatory arbitration. Here’s why this matters. Corporations win in arbitration. Workers and consumers win in court. – Sarah Staszak (DIERSEN: I have been an arbitrator for the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (https://www.finra.org/arbitration-and-mediation) since 1998. Do not enter into a contract that contains a mandatory arbitration clause. SEE: https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1975935/diersen-v-joe-keim-builders-inc/) 
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/05/03/google-workers-want-outlaw-mandatory-arbitration-heres-why-this-matters/
— His Instagram posts pledged to ‘execute’ Jews and Trump’s family. Authorities took six weeks to arrest him. – Isaac Stanley-Becker
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/05/03/his-instagram-posts-pledged-kill-jews-trumps-family-authorities-took-six-weeks-arrest-him/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters promote Duckworth.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/global-opinions/a-wounded-warrior-returns-to-iraq-as-a-us-senator–and-comes-back-with-a-warning/2019/05/02/9e64c126-6d08-11e9-8f44-e8d8bb1df986_story.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— My Brush With Personal Destruction What did my divorce and my humor writing have to do with my ability to make monetary policy? – Stephen Moore
https://www.wsj.com/articles/my-brush-with-personal-destruction-11556837664
— The Danger of Debating Reparations for Slavery It would push the country to angrier extremes on either side, stimulating fresh antagonisms. – Lance Morrow
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-danger-of-debating-reparations-for-slavery-11556837452
— Diversity of Mind at the Fed The left won’t forgive Steve Moore for being right about tax reform. – Editorial
https://www.wsj.com/articles/diversity-of-mind-at-the-fed-11556838865

INC.
— Facebook Just Announced It’s Banning 7 of Its Most ‘Dangerous’ Accounts. Here’s the Full List and Why They Did It The official count is six human beings who are also brands, along with a media company run by one of them. – Bill Murphy Jr. (DIERSEN: Who wants you to be banned and why? I should write a book about those who want me to be banned and why. They a) reject planks in the Republican Party platform and/or the Illinois Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, b) reject the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling and work against those like me who support that resolution, c) focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate, d) were defendants in lawsuits that I have filed, and/or e) are operatives or dupes for the aforesaid.)
https://www.inc.com/bill-murphy-jr/facebook-just-announced-its-banning-7-of-its-most-dangerous-accounts-heres-full-list-why-they-did-it.html

NPR 
— Facebook Bans Several Controversial Users From Its Platform (DIERSEN: Who wants you to be banned and why? I should write a book about those who want me to be banned and why. They a) reject planks in the Republican Party platform and/or the Illinois Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, b) reject the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling and work against those like me who support that resolution, c) focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate, d) were defendants in lawsuits that I have filed, and/or e) are operatives or dupes for the aforesaid.)
https://www.npr.org/2019/05/03/719897171/facebook-bans-several-controversial-users-from-its-platform

NEW YORK MAGAZINE
— Facebook Announced It’s Banning Far-Right Extremists But Forgot to Actually Ban Them – Madison Malone Kircher
http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/05/instagram-and-facebook-ban-alex-jones-milo-yiannopolous.html

BEAST
— Tucker Carlson Tells Stephen Moore the White House Showed ‘Weakness’ by Giving Up on Him The Fox News star insists Moore’s withdrawal will lead to ‘more aggression.’ – Justin Baragona (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who have given up on me and why they did that.)
https://www.thedailybeast.com/tucker-carlson-tells-stephen-moore-the-white-house-showed-weakness-by-giving-up-on-him
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, if you do not promote LGBTQ activity, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs get rid of you.)
https://www.thedailybeast.com/scotus-will-rule-on-lgbtq-job-discrimination-heres-where-the-2020-candidates-stand

ROOT
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “The Radicalization of White America: How Donald Trump Weaponized Whiteness.”
https://www.theroot.com/the-radicalization-of-white-america-how-donald-trump-w-1834444146

REASON
— All the Top Democrats Running for President Favor Legalizing Marijuana The one potential holdout? Joe “gateway drug” Biden. – MATT WELCH 
https://reason.com/2019/04/20/all-the-top-democrats-running-for-president-favor-legalizing-marijuana/

May 1 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— If it please it court: Watch Jussie Smollett in an Obama White House video – John Kass
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/kass/ct-met-jussie-smollett-obama-kass-20190430-story.html
— Mayor-elect Lori Lightfoot wants teens to know they can ‘engage in productive activities in neighborhoods’ – John Byrne (DIERSEN: What productive activities did you engage in when you were a teen? I did yard work and delivered newspapers in Crete 1962-1964; washed dishes in Chicago Heights 1964-1966; cleaned golf shoes in Flossmoor and chipped slag and pumped gasoline in Chicago Heights in 1966; and delivered mail in Park Forest 1966-1968.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-lori-lightfoot-chicago-violence-20190430-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters glorify and praise AOC.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/entertainment/knock-down-the-house-review-netflix-aoc-alexandrai-ocasio-cortez/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters demonize, denigrate, and condemn Stephen Moore.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/stephen-moore-federal-reserve-armpit-america-trump/
— Chicago’s ‘impound racket’ is ‘unconstitutional,’ lawsuit says – Carlos Ballesteros (DIERSEN: What cars have you had stolen in Chicago? Have you been to a Chicago auto pound? In 1973, I retrieved my stolen 1962 Chevy BelAir from a Chicago auto pound and had it repaired. I then used it until I sold it in 1978. In 1971, I viewed my stolen 1969 Dodge Charger SE in a Chicago auto pound. Because it had been stripped and damaged so much, I accepted a $2,500 insurance settlement and used it for a down payment on a new 1972 Corvette which I continue to own.) 
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/chicago-impound-system-cars-institute-for-justice-class-action-lawsuit-asset-forfeiture/

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE: Anger over 5-year-old AJ’s death fuels interest in foster parenting – Madhu Krishnamurthy (DIERSEN: I should write a book about my Democrat GAO Chicago office GS-14, GS-15, and Senior Executive Service superiors who punished me the most because my wife and I gave up trying to have children, because we did not adopt, and because we did not become foster parents.) 
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190501/anger-over-5-year-old-ajs-death-fuels-interest-in-foster-parenting

HERALD & REVIEW
— Illinois lawmakers receive threatening letters – Doug Finke 
https://herald-review.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/illinois-lawmakers-receive-threatening-letters/article_8895b01a-cd04-5654-8271-e46bea323ba2.html

ALTON TELEGRAPH
— National Day of Prayer set for Thursday – Scott Cousins (DIERSEN: What do your critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes pray for? My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes pray a) for GOD to stop me from putting GOPUSA Illinois emails together and sending them and b) for GOD to stop me from serving as a Republican Precinct Committeeman. Previously, they prayed for GOD to end my TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairmanship, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee membership, Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster service, Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee membership, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board membership, GAO employment, etc. They stress a) that I am not a member of a church like they are, b) that I do not attend church services like they do, and c) that I do not give money to a church like they do.) 
https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/article/National-Day-of-Prayer-set-for-Thursday-13808163.php

LINCOLN COURIER
— Latest pitch for Rockford casino involves getting support from Chicago, legislators – Georgette Braun (DIERSEN: Gambling is a vice.)
https://www.lincolncourier.com/news/20190430/latest-pitch-for-rockford-casino-involves-getting-support-from-chicago-legislators

WILL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot.
https://will.illinois.edu/news/story/embracing-cannabis-in-stephenson-county

WSIU
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot.
https://news.wsiu.org/post/can-cannabis-help-patients-avoid-opioids#stream/0
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers want minorities to be pot pushers.
https://news.wsiu.org/post/illinois-moves-closer-legalized-pot-groups-want-racial-equity#stream/0

NPR ILLINOIS
— House Democratic Candidates Outraise Republicans In Effort To Hold On To Majority – PETER OVERBY 
https://www.nprillinois.org/post/house-democratic-candidates-outraise-republicans-effort-hold-majority#stream/0

ILLINOIS WATCHDOG
— Video shows state lawmaker Kam Buckner, D-Chicago, told cops he wanted to ‘go back to session’ before DUI arrest – Greg Bishop 
https://www.watchdog.org/illinois/video-shows-state-lawmaker-told-cops-he-wanted-to-go/article_6ba75df3-d036-58f9-b548-593b6a0735c5.html

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— MORE THAN 8,000 ILLINOIS WORKERS HAVE STOPPED PAYING AFSCME COUNCIL 31 – Mailee Smith
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/more-than-8000-illinois-workers-have-stopped-paying-afscme-council-31/

GOPUSA
— ‘Fake families’ surge at border, looking to exploit U.S. immigration law
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=68821
— Democrat Durbin blames Trump for ‘terrorist’ who said he hates president
http://www.gopusa.com/democrat-durbin-blames-trump-for-terrorist-who-said-he-hates-president/
— Ilhan Omar stages event to tell Trump his ‘vile attacks, demented views are not welcome here’
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=68834

FOX NEWS
— Border Patrol apprehends ‘largest group’ of illegal immigrants near US border yet – Frank Miles
https://www.foxnews.com/us/border-patrol-illegal-immigrants-new-mexico-largest-group-apprehended

TOWNHALL
— The Left’s Hate Campaigns Against Trump Nominees – Ken Blackwell
https://townhall.com/columnists/kenblackwell/2019/05/01/the-lefts-hate-campaigns-against-trump-nominees-n2545621
— Discrimination and Disparities – Walter E. Williams
https://townhall.com/columnists/walterewilliams/2019/05/01/discrimination-and-disparities-n2545550

DAILY CALLER
— CATHOLIC SCHOLARS ACCUSE POPE FRANCIS OF HERESY CONCERNING MARRIAGE AND SEXUALITY – Joshua Gill
https://dailycaller.com/2019/04/30/catholic-scholars-pope-heresy/

DAILY SIGNAL
— Left’s Use of Islamophobia a Cynical Ploy to Shut Down Disagreement – Robin Simcox
https://www.dailysignal.com/2019/04/30/lefts-use-of-islamophobia-a-cynical-ploy-to-shut-down-disagreement/

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE
— RENT-A-CHILD SERVICES THRIVING AT THE BORDER When a child becomes a get-out-of-detention-free card. – Matthew Vadum
https://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/273626/rent-child-services-thriving-border-matthew-vadum

AMERICAN THINKER
— Black National Teacher of the Year spewed hatred of America in TEDx talk to high-schoolers – M. Catharine Evans
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/04/black_national_teacher_of_the_year_spews_hatred_of_america_in_tedx_talk_to_highschoolers.html

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Can Biden Overcome Being an Old White Guy? – Karin McQuillan (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats demonize, denigrate, and condemn individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that have the following demographics: Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owner, German American, draft avoider, American nameplate vehicle owner, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.amgreatness.com/2019/04/30/can-biden-overcome-being-an-old-white-guy/

CONSERVATIVE HQ
— Trump can’t even send congrats without being called a racist – Jeffrey A. Rendall
http://www.conservativehq.com/article/30158-assault-america-day-119-trump-can%E2%80%99t-even-send-congrats-without-being-called-racist

CONSERVATIVE DAILY NEWS
— U.S. Border Patrol Agents Apprehend More Than 650 Illegal Aliens in New Mexico This Morning – R. Mitchell
https://www.conservativedailynews.com/2019/04/u-s-border-patrol-agents-apprehend-more-than-650-illegal-aliens-in-new-mexico-this-morning/

WORLD NET DAILY
— FRANKLIN GRAHAM ASKS TRUMP TO LABEL ‘CIVIL RIGHTS’ GROUP ‘TERRORISTS’ It’s ‘mouthpiece in Washington for radical Islam’
https://www.wnd.com/2019/04/franklin-graham-asks-trump-to-label-civil-rights-group-terrorists/
— MORE INSANITY ON UNIVERSITY CAMPUSES David Limbaugh: ‘Our leftist culture is indoctrinating kids from the crib to the academy’
https://www.wnd.com/2019/04/more-insanity-on-university-campuses/

PJ MEDIA
— 8 Times Barack Obama Abused His Power To Appease His Base – MATT MARGOLIS 
https://pjmedia.com/trending/8-times-barack-obama-abused-his-power-to-appease-his-base/

CHRISTIAN HEADLINES
— Harvard Invites Anti-Christian Speaker to Diversity Conference – Amanda Casanova
https://www.christianheadlines.com/blog/harvard-invites-anti-christian-speaker-to-diversity-conference.html

EPOCH TIMES
— Drugs, Illegal Aliens Not the Only Headaches for Border Ranchers – CHARLOTTE CUTHBERTSON
https://www.theepochtimes.com/drugs-illegal-aliens-not-the-only-headaches-for-border-ranchers_2893250.html

THE HILL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters say “Just 30 percent favor stricter asylum rules.”
https://thehill.com/homenews/news/441300-poll-just-30-percent-favor-stricter-asylum-rules-as-trump-calls-for-tightening
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote LGBTQ activity.
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/441499-lgbt-lawmakers-say-nation-is-ready-for-gay-president

POLITICO
— Colleges urged to shun Trump officials tied to family separation – MICHAEL STRATFORD (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Republican leaders in Illinois talk and act like they are urged to shun Republicans like me who support Trump and/or who support the traditional family, right to life, immigration, Second Amendment, illegal drugs, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks in the Illinois Republican Party and Republican Party platforms.) 
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/05/01/colleges-trump-officials-family-separation-1398758

CNN
— Are you better off than you were before Trump? – Zachary B. Wolf
http://www.wicz.com/story/40397274/are-you-better-off-than-you-were-before-trump

NBC NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats accuse Republicans of both anti-Semitism and Islamophobia.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/rep-ilhan-omar-calls-anti-semitism-islamophobia-two-sides-same-n1000296

NEW YORK TIMES
— Will Trump Speak at the Statue of Liberty? N.Y. Waits and Debates – Corey Kilgannon (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Trump-haters use the Statute of Liberty to demonize, denigrate, and condemn citizens of America as being White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things who should be gotten rid of once and for all.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/01/nyregion/newyorktoday/nyc-news-trump-statue-of-liberty.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats encourage citizens of foreign countries to seek asylum in America.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/01/us/asylum-seekers-trump-memo.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats crow about their success in making evangelicals anti-American.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/30/opinion/alabama-evangelicals-immigrants.html
— After Backlash, Personal Voter Information Is Removed by New York City The Board of Elections reversed its decision and removed online access to its voter registration books after many raised privacy concerns. – Vivian Wang (DIERSEN: How many voters in your precinct are Democrats who cast Republican primary ballots to harm the Republican Party as much as they can?)
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/30/nyregion/nyc-personal-voter-information-election-board.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats crow about their success in getting “religious” people to promote LGBTQ activity.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/30/us/byu-gay-graduation.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote LGBTQ activity.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/30/us/politics/pete-buttigieg-2020.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Two award-winning teachers boycott White House ceremony to protest Trump policies – Valerie Strauss (DIERSEN: Of course, my critics/opponents a) boycott me and boycott my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails and b) ask/demand that everyone else boycott me and boycott my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails. I should write a book about my critics/opponents and especially about those who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois.) 
https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2019/05/01/two-award-winning-teachers-boycott-white-house-ceremony-protest-trump-policies/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— FRONT PAGE: Facebook Tries a New Look as Zuckerberg Proclaims a New Era Social platform launches redesign meant to encourage less-public discourse while curbing abuse, misinformation – Jeff Horwitz (DIERSEN: Facebook is a Democrat/Libertarian/Green/RINO website. According to Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs, anything that promotes the Republican Party platform is abuse and misuse.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/facebook-gets-a-new-look-less-blue-more-groups-11556645587
— $2 Trillion From Whom? Who’s going to pay for a bipartisan public works spending blowout? – Editorial
https://www.wsj.com/articles/2-trillion-from-whom-11556665824
— As Retiree Health-Care Bills Mount, Some States Have a Solution: Stop Paying Local governments are testing how far they can reduce health benefits for their retirees – Heather Gillers (DIERSEN: To promote hatred against me, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes stress to everyone that because I am a federal retiree, the federal government pays 75% of my and my wife’s health, dental, and vision insurance. We pay only about $6,000 a year for about $24,000 worth of insurance.) 
https://www.wsj.com/articles/as-retiree-health-care-bills-mount-some-states-have-a-solution-stop-paying-11556703001

USA TODAY
— Tech and engineering: Girls outperform boys on exam, ‘whether they take a class or not’ – Erin Richards
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/education/2019/04/30/tech-engineering-stem-women-in-science-girls/3624893002/

NEW YORK MAGAZINE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters say “Trump Steps Up Petty Harassment of Asylum-Seeking Migrants.”
http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/04/trump-steps-up-petty-harassment-of-migrants.html

JOURNAL REVIEW
— People who obey the law have nothing to fear – Bernard Thompson, Crawfordsville (DIERSEN: I obeyed all laws while I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years. But that did not stop my Democrat superiors from taking many adverse actions against me a) because I have always been a Republican, b) because I opposed political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation, c) because I refused to help them get rid of their employees because they were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran, and d) because in 1988, when I was 40 years old, I became an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.) 
http://www.journalreview.com/opinion/article_6ed7a0b4-6b54-11e9-8398-f3ba9fe6266b.html

KALW
— What could reparations look like for different communities? – ROSE AGUILAR & LAURA FLYNN & LAURA WENUS 
https://www.kalw.org/post/what-could-reparations-look-different-communities#stream/0

FORT WAYNE JOURNAL GAZETTE
— Preventing ageism in the workplace – Michael Hoon (DIERSEN: Potential federal employees who are Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran should be advised a) that Democrats run the federal government, b) that their career will be wasted and they will be gotten rid of if they do not make GS-13 (currently $98,198) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $116,040) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $136,495) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $165,500) by age 40, and c) that extremely few federal employees make the aforesaid promotion deadlines. It is called Affirmative Action, Diversity, Inclusion, up-or-out, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation. The federal government’s top priority is to hire, retain, and promote young Democrat minorities and young Democrat females.) 
http://www.journalgazette.net/thejobnetwork/20190422/preventing-ageism-in-the-workplace

FORBES
— PricewaterhouseCoopers Lawsuit Alleges Older Applicants Were Target of Collective Discrimination In Recruiting Efforts – Sheila Callaham (DIERSEN: In 1979, when I was 30 years old, I took the CPA examination for the first time and passed it. My Democrat IRS superiors used that against me by hinting/implying/arguing/shouting that I did that only to get a job in the private sector.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/sheilacallaham/2019/05/01/pwc-lawsuit-alleges-older-applicants-were-target-of-collective-discrimination-in-recruiting-efforts/

April 30 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Homewood-Flossmoor HS students walk out of class after blackface photo, video – Diane Pathieu
https://abc7chicago.com/education/homewood-flossmoor-hs-students-walk-out-of-class-after-blackface-photo-video/5277386/

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Trump wants to charge asylum-seekers fee to process application – AP
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/trump-wants-to-charge-asylum-seekers-fee-to-process-application

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Frank Napolitano Named College of DuPage Board of Trustees Chair Board Welcomes Newly Elected Trustees Annette Corrigan & Maureen Dunne
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/glen-ellyn/community/chi-ugc-article-frank-napolitano-named-college-of-dupage-boar-2019-04-30-story.html
— Presidential Search Committee Provides Finalists List for Board of Trustees’ Consideration Public Candidate Open Forums Set for May 6, 7 and 8 at College of DuPage
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/glen-ellyn/community/chi-ugc-article-presidential-search-committee-provides-finali-2019-04-30-story.html
— Illinois Senate Democrats propose higher top income tax rate while offering property tax freeze, elimination estate tax – Dan Petrella
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-pritzker-graduated-rate-income-tax-bill-20190430-story.html
— Hundreds of Homewood-Flossmoor students walk out of class to protest school response to blackface incident – Zak Koeske
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/news/ct-sta-homewood-flossmoor-walkout-st-0501-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Trump-haters promote hatred against Trump.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/post-tribune/opinion/ct-ptb-robinson-column-st-0501-story.html
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/post-tribune/opinion/ct-ptb-milbank-column-st-0430-story.html
— New group of Obama Fellows includes local woman who works to close college-to-job gap – Lolly Bowean (DIERSEN: After you earned your bachelor’s degree, what frustrated your job search? Potential employers viewed me as being draft bait. They did not believe that my financial hardship draft deferment would be granted. They knew that even if it was granted, it might be taken away. My draft lottery number was 151.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/obamacenter/ct-met-obama-fellows-foundation-civic-leaders-20190429-story.html
— Over 40 and can’t find a job? Here’s why – J.T. O’Donnell (DIERSEN: How old are you? I am 70. All my critics/opponents, all their operatives and all their dupes promote age discrimination a) because they want to get rid of those who are older than they are and/or b) because they want to curry favor with those who promote age discrimination.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/success/inc/tca-over-40-and-can-t-find-a-job-here-s-why-20190430-story.html
— Top Democrats say Trump agrees to work together on $2 trillion infrastructure package – AP
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-democrats-trump-infrastructure-20190430-story.html

WTTW
— Poll: Illinoisans Say Improving Schools Among Top Issues Facing State – Kristen Thometz (DIERSEN: 25% of the survey respondents said that Illinois teachers should not receive their full pension. Are you in line to get a pension or are you getting a pension? What percent of those in your neighborhood, in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, in Illinois, and in America do not want you to get that full pension?) 
https://news.wttw.com/2019/04/30/poll-illinoisans-say-improving-schools-among-top-issues-facing-state

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Pritzker’s budget plan, including legal pot, tops list for returning lawmakers – PETER HANCOCK
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2019-04-30/pritzkers-budget-plan-including-legal-pot-tops-list-returning-lawmakers.html
— Illinois’ pension woes are far worse than state admits – Jim Dey
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/2019-04-30/jim-dey-illinois-pension-woes-are-far-worse-state-admits.html

KANE COUNTY CHRONICLE
— State Sen. Jim Oberweis: Illinois is in trouble Senator holds town hall meeting in Batavia April 29 – MARK FOSTER
https://www.kcchronicle.com/2019/04/30/state-sen-jim-oberweis-illinois-is-in-trouble/apd4v7y/
— Casten talks to St. Charles Chamber members about first 100 days in office – ERIC SCHELKOPF
https://www.kcchronicle.com/2019/04/26/casten-talks-to-st-charles-chamber-members-about-first-100-days-in-office/akgge6p/

OUR QUAD CITIES
— Pritzker to attend memorial for synagogue victims Governor Pritzker scolded President Trump’s rhetoric after a synagogue shooting – Mark Maxwell 
https://www.ourquadcities.com/news/pritzker-to-attend-memorial-for-synagogue-victims/1966714448

MCDONOUGH COUNTY VOICE
— Not all buy in on pension plan – Jared DuBach
https://www.mcdonoughvoice.com/news/20190430/not-all-buy-in-on-pension-plan

NPR ILLINOIS
— Teachers Union Pres Responds To Death Threat – DUSTY RHODES (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, if you are in line to get a pension or if you are getting a pension, your critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes use that to promote hatred against you.) 
https://www.nprillinois.org/post/teachers-union-pres-responds-death-threat#stream/0

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Dumb Public Pension Opponent Sends Threat to State Rep. Allen Skillicorn, Who Is Not in the Legislative Pension Program
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/04/30/dumb-publioc-pension-opponents-send-threat-to-state-rep-allen-skillicorn-who-is-not-in-the-legislative-pension-program/ 
— Farmers Forced to Pay State Tax to Raise Hemp
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/04/30/farmers-forced-to-pay-state-to-raise-hemp/

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Rep. Grant weighs in on Pritzker probe – Glenn Minnis
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/512457489-rep-grant-weighs-in-on-pritzker-probe

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— DUPAGE COUNTY RESIDENTS PAY SOME OF THE NATION’S HIGHEST PROPERTY TAX RATES – Joe Barnas
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/dupage-county-residents-pay-some-of-the-nations-property-tax-rates/

CAPITOL FAX
— Legislators threatened with mass assassination if they don’t remove pension clause from state constitution (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, if you are in line to get a pension or if you are getting a pension, your critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes use that to promote hatred against you.) 
https://capitolfax.com/2019/04/30/legislators-threatened-with-mass-assassination-if-they-dont-remove-pension-clause-from-state-constitution/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— The asylum loophole is breaking the border; Trump’s new directive is a good start at fixing it – Eddie Scarry
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/the-asylum-loophole-is-breaking-the-border-trumps-new-directive-is-a-good-start-at-fixing-it
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Trump-haters promote hatred against Trump.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/trumps-hate-and-division-is-politically-effective-and-thats-why-chris-cuomo-wants-it-to-end
— Number of Democrats concerned about illegal immigration more than triples – John Gage
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/number-of-democrats-concerned-about-illegal-immigration-more-than-triples
— Border Patrol announces largest-ever group of migrants arrested: 424 people – Anna Giaritelli
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/border-patrol-announces-largest-ever-group-of-migrants-arrested-424-people

GOPUSA
— Trump gives immigration officials 90 days to implement stricter asylum rules
http://www.gopusa.com/trump-gives-immigration-officials-90-days-to-implement-stricter-asylum-rules/

NEWSMAX
— Biden Candidacy Shows Obsession With Race, Identity Politics – Patrick Buchanan
https://www.newsmax.com/patrickbuchanan/crime-klansmen-muslim-sharpton/2019/04/30/id/913920/

RUSH LIMBAUGH
— The Democrats Are Running Against Prosperity
https://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2019/04/30/the-democrats-are-running-against-prosperity/

ACCURACY IN MEDIA
— Media Continue to Blame Violence on The Right, Regardless of Evidence – Brian McNicoll
https://www.aim.org/aim-column/media-continue-to-blame-violence-on-the-right-regardless-of-evidence/

BREITBART
— ICE Shifts Resources to Combat Fraudulent Family Claims by Migrants at Border – Bob Price
https://www.breitbart.com/border/2019/04/30/ice-shifts-resources-to-combat-fraudulent-family-claims-by-migrants-at-border/
— Poll: Almost 80 Percent of Democrats Oppose Tougher Asylum Rules – NEIL MUNRO
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/04/30/poll-almost-80-percent-of-democrats-oppose-tougher-asylum-rules/

CONSERVATIVE REVIEW
— Border Patrol releasing thousands who were exposed to diseases like tuberculosis – Daniel Horowitz
https://www.conservativereview.com/news/border-patrol-releasing-thousands-exposed-diseases-like-tuberculosis/
— GOP chairman exposes Dems’ latest abortion Trojan Horse: The ERA – Nate Madden
https://www.conservativereview.com/news/gop-chairman-exposes-dems-latest-abortion-trojan-horse-era-watch/

DAILY SIGNAL
— Trump, Democrats Agree to $2 Trillion Infrastructure Plan. How to Pay for It Will Come Later. – Fred Lucas
https://www.dailysignal.com/2019/04/30/trump-democrats-agree-to-2-trillion-infrastructure-plan-how-to-pay-for-it-will-come-later/

TOWNHALL
— Trump Cracks Down on ‘Rampant Abuse’ of Asylum Process in New Memo – Leah Barkoukis
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/leahbarkoukis/2019/04/30/trump-memo-asylum-fee-n2545582

PJ MEDIA
— Feds Arrest Muslim Convert, Stop Terror Attack – LIZ SHELD
https://pjmedia.com/trending/the-morning-briefing-feds-arrest-muslim-convert-stop-terror-attack/

THE HILL
— Republican Ted Gradel, who is challenging freshman Rep. Lauren Underwood (D-Ill.) for the Illinois House seat she flipped last year, has raised more than $150,000 in the six days since he announced his candidacy, his campaign said Tuesday. – MAX GREENWOOD 
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/441292-republican-challenging-freshman-dem-rep-says-he-raised-150000-in-6-days

NEW YORK TIMES
— As Buttigieg Builds His Campaign, Gay Donors Provide the Foundation – Jeremy W. Peters and Shane Goldmacher
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/30/us/politics/pete-buttigieg-gay-donors.html

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “Trump feeds his voters one of his most ridiculous scams yet.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/04/30/trump-feeds-his-voters-one-his-most-ridiculous-scams-yet/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats shout that the longer that your ancestors have been in America, the more that you should a) pay the price of Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion and b) pay reparations. 
https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2019/04/29/she-was-captured-enslaved-years-ago-now-angela-symbolizes-brutal-history/
— At Trump golf course, undocumented employees said they were sometimes told to work extra hours without pay – Joshua Partlow and David A. Fahrenthold
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/at-trump-golf-course-undocumented-employees-said-they-were-sometimes-told-to-work-extra-hours-without-pay/2019/04/30/17f6c9be-65eb-11e9-83df-04f4d124151f_story.html

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
— Border Patrol uninvited from community college job fair amid protests – ELLA TORRES
https://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/ny-border-patrol-uninvited-san-jose-community-college-job-fair-20190430-rydbhtv63jdszlr4735bri7bxa-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Trump-haters promote hatred against Trump.
https://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/ny-trump-cuomo-20190430-4igzxc4qknfpphcjcknjbas6n4-story.html

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Illinois Democrat lawmaker Dianne Pappas genuinely wants men to be castrated to avoid abortions, and we’ll tax them for banking sperm – Victor Rantala 
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2019/04/30/dem-lawmaker-genuinely-wants-men-to-be-castrated-to-avoid-abortions-and-well-tax-them-for-banking-sperm-750139

YAHOO FINANCE
— The most controversial moments caused by MAGA apparel (DIERSEN: Which businesses do Trump-haters view as being their safe places?)
https://finance.yahoo.com/video/most-controversial-moments-caused-maga-192118344.html

ATLANTIC
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, age discrimination increases.
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2019/04/biden-sanders-trump-lead-2020-polls-politics-daily/588343/

April 30 Morning Edition

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Former State Representative Peter Breen spoke very highly of State Representative Amy Grant at her outstanding fundraiser at Dry City Brew Works in Wheaton Monday Evening, April 29, 2019. The 30+ attendees included Carlson, Falbo, Fisher, Fitzpatrick, LeVan, Mazzochi, Monino, Morrissey, Muehlfelt, Nathwani, Smith, and Suess. – Dave Diersen 
http://www.gopillinois.com

NRCC
— Sexist Sean Casten – CARLY ATCHISON
https://www.nrcc.org/2019/04/30/sexist-sean-casten/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— BEYOND DISGUSTING, BEYOND TRAGIS: Full, 300-page pot legalization bill could be introduced in Illinois within days – Tom Schuba
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/pot-legalization-illinois-weed-recreational-legislation/
— Let the public, not a law, push corporate boards to be more diverse – Editorial (DIERSEN: According to Democrats, the “public” wants the federal government a) to hire, retain, and promote young Democrat minorities and young Democrat females and b) to make way for them by getting rid of its employees who are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.) 
https://chicago.suntimes.com/business/women-people-color-corporate-boardrooms-illinois-legislature/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Republican-hater promotes hatred of Republicans.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/jesse-jackson-voter-suppression/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Bruce and Diana Rauner list Winnetka mansion for just under $3 million – Bob Goldsborough
https://www.chicagotribune.com/classified/realestate/elitestreet/ct-re-elite-street-bruce-rauner-lists-winnetka-mansion-20190430-story.html
— Days after a racist killer was executed in Texas, bigotry rose again in California – Dahleen Glanton
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/glanton/ct-met-dahleen-glanton-king-execution-evil-20190429-story.html
— Damn the bullets, damn the guns and damn those who pull the triggers – Rex Huppke
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/huppke/ct-met-synagogue-shooting-tennessee-gun-violence-chicago-huppke-20190429-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— Interim leader one of three finalists for College of DuPage president job – Robert Sanchez
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190429/interim-leader-one-of-three-finalists-for-cod-president-job

ABC7
— Homewood-Flossmoor HS students plan walkout after blackface photo, video – Diane Pathieu
https://abc7chicago.com/education/homewood-flossmoor-hs-students-plan-walkout-after-blackface-photo-video/5277386/
— Amazon, Walmart to test pilot program allowing food stamp recipients to buy food online
https://abc7chicago.com/food/amazon-walmart-to-test-pilot-program-allowing-snap-recipients-to-buy-food-online-/5275969/?cmp=emc-wls-news-headlines-4/30/2019

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Raise the gas tax in Illinois? Former secretary of transportation Ray LaHood says it’s needed to repair roads – Mike Flannery
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/local/raise-the-gas-tax-in-illinois-former-secretary-of-transportation-says-it-s-needed-to-repair-roads

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Ex-Gov. Bruce Rauner lists Winnetka home for sale With his wife, Diana, Rauner is asking just under $3 million for the eight-bedroom Nantucket-style house on about half an acre. Neither of their downtown Chicago condos is on the market. – DENNIS RODKIN 
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/residential-real-estate/ex-gov-bruce-rauner-lists-winnetka-home-sale

WTTW
— Age and the American Presidency: How Old is ‘Too Old’? – Erica Gunderson (DIERSEN: To defend your health, and especially to defend your cognitive abilities, what would you stress? I would stress the fact that I have put together and sent out a GOPUSA ILLINOIS email each and every morning since 2004 (4,860+ days) and each and every evening too since 2015 (1,210+ days).)
https://news.wttw.com/2019/04/29/age-and-american-presidency-how-old-too-old
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Is there such a thing as being too old to be president? Americans first questioned whether a candidate was too old for the world’s highest office in 1840, with the candidacy of 67-year-old William Henry Harrison. He was 68 when he was inaugurated the nation’s ninth president. Barely a month later, a sudden bout of pneumonia ended his term – and his life. It was 140 years before America elected an older man to the presidency – Ronald Reagan, who was inaugurated at 69 and was 77 when he left office. Reagan was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease a few years later, but some believe he was showing signs of the disease during his second term as president. And in 2016, Donald Trump was 70 when he took the oath of office, making him the oldest president ever inaugurated. Among the 21 Democratic candidates hoping to challenge Trump in the 2020 election are more in their 60s and 70s than ever before. Two full generations separate the youngest presidential candidate, Pete Buttigieg (37), and the oldest, Bernie Sanders (77) and Joe Biden (76). Dr. John Holton, director of the Center for Gerontology at Concordia University, says that rather than asking if a candidate is too old for office, “a better question would be to ask what the characteristics of a bad president are. Would the answer have anything to do with the person’s age, religion, sexual orientation, disability, ethnicity, or experience? Are we confusing our assumptions about maturity with age?” Critics of older candidates say that electing a president in their 60s or 70s can be risky. The nation’s highest office is a physically demanding job that challenges even the fittest person – and there’s no good time for a health crisis when you’re in the Oval Office. Signs of age-related cognitive decline might not become apparent until it’s too late. Holton notes, “In the fishbowl life of a U.S. president, it would be highly unlikely that [cognitive impairment] would go unnoticed or unaddressed by staff and cabinet members.” There is also the consideration of life span. While life spans are longer than they were when the country was young, simple statistics indicate that electing a candidate in their 70s greatly increases the odds they’ll die while in office, but again, Holton points out that each candidate must be judged individually. “No more than 25% of longevity is determined by our genes, which means that 75% is determined by our choices and lifestyle behaviors,” he said. Holton also points out that at the moment, two Supreme Court justices are performing their own demanding jobs into their 80s (to wit: 86-year-old Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s famously rigorous exercise regimen). Many voters might consider advanced age a sign of experience and wisdom – qualities that presumably anyone would consider positive qualifications for office.)

ALTON TELEGRAPH
— Unions urge Democrats to focus on kitchen table economics – AP (DIERSEN: What percent of union members promote dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, abolition of the Second Amendment, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and the rest of the Democrat Party platform?)
https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/article/Unions-pushing-for-pocketbook-proposals-from-2020-13767400.php

NPR ILLINOIS
— Raise Gas Tax, Says Former Republican Congressman, Obama Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood – MARY HANSEN 
https://www.nprillinois.org/post/raise-gas-tax-says-former-republican-congressman-obama-transportation-secretary#stream/0

NORTHERN PUBLIC RADIO
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot.
https://www.northernpublicradio.org/post/embracing-cannabis-stephenson-county
— OUTSTANDING: Illinois Cannabis Programs Hampered By Federal Red Tape – CHASE CAVANAUGH 
https://www.northernpublicradio.org/post/illinois-cannabis-programs-hampered-federal-red-tape

FOX ILLINOIS
— Trump wants to charge asylum seekers fee to apply, cites ‘abuse’ – AP
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/trump-wants-to-charge-asylum-seekers-to-apply-04-30-2019

WCIA
— Senator Righter: “Pension skipping is a horrible idea” Republican Senator responds to Governor’s first 100 days in office – Mark Maxwell 
https://www.wcia.com/capitol-connection/senator-righter-pension-skipping-is-a-horrible-idea-/1962456329

WGLT
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Small Illinois Towns Hope Legalized Marijuana Bring More Jobs – RYAN DENHAM 
https://www.wglt.org/post/small-illinois-towns-hope-legalized-marijuana-bring-more-jobs#stream/0

COLLEGE OF DUPAGE COURIER
— Presidential Search Committee names finalists – Alison Pfaff
https://codcourier.org/11554/news/breaking-news-presidential-search-committee-names-finalists/

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Requirements for Vacant Chicago Property Not Followed after Toilet Removal by Pritzkers
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/04/30/requirements-for-vacant-chicago-property-not-followed-after-toilet-removal-by-pritzkers/ 
— Gun Rights Advocates Call for County Board Action Against Springfield Gun Control Bills
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/04/29/126756/ 
— How You Can Help Prevent Another Child from Ending Up Like AJ
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/04/29/how-you-can-help-prevent-another-child-from-ending-up-like-aj/ 
— Supplementing, Checking on DCFS Caseworkers
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/04/28/supplementing-checking-on-dcfs-caseworkers/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Sen. Dick Durbin: Trump’s rhetoric is a ‘permission slip’ for ‘domestic terrorism’ – Bailey Vogt
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/apr/29/dick-durbin-donald-trumps-rhetoric-is-a-permission/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Joe Biden voted to give Robert E. Lee his US citizenship – Julio Rosas
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/joe-biden-voted-to-give-robert-e-lee-his-us-citizenship

FOX NEWS
— Trump calls for asylum overhaul to fight border crisis
https://www.foxnews.com/us/trump-calls-for-asylum-overhaul-to-fight-border-crisis-tension-over-barr-testimony-escalates

GOPUSA
— Student anxiety on college campuses ‘a national epidemic’
http://www.gopusa.com/student-anxiety-on-college-campuses-a-national-epidemic/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Let’s Deep-Six Touchy Joe’s Anti-Whitism – Christopher Chantrill (DIERSEN: What do you say those who are White, male, older, and/or rich who demonize, denigrate, and condemn those who are White, male, older, and/or rich to curry favor with those who are minority, female, younger, and/or poor?)
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2019/04/lets_deepsix_touchy_joes_antiwhitism.html

AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE
— Uncle Joe Plays the Race Card – PATRICK J. BUCHANAN (DIERSEN: What do you say those who are White, male, older, and/or rich who demonize, denigrate, and condemn those who are White, male, older, and/or rich to curry favor with those who are minority, female, younger, and/or poor?)
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/buchanan/uncle-joe-plays-the-race-card/

AMERICAN GENIUS
— Supreme Court asked to consider landmark age discrimination case After a circuit court rules that age discrimination is only illegal against employees, not applicants, the Supreme Court could possibly decide to hear the case. – Dawn Brotherton (DIERSEN: The federal government wastes the careers of and gets rid of its employees who are Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who do not make GS-13 (currently $98,198) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $116,040) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $136,495) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $165,500) by age 40.) 
https://theamericangenius.com/business-news/aarp-asks-supreme-court-to-consider-landmark-age-discrimination-case/

BREITBART
— Pentagon Approves $7.4M for Troops to Feed, Care for Border Crossers – John Binder and Kristina Wong
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/04/29/pentagon-approves-7-4m-for-troops-to-feed-care-for-border-crossers/
— The United States Is Giving the Caravans a Huge Incentive to Keep Coming – KRIS W. KOBACH
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/04/29/kobach-the-united-states-is-giving-the-caravans-a-huge-incentive-to-keep-coming/
— Donald Trump: No Work Permits for Migrants Seeking Asylum – Neil Munro
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/04/30/donald-trump-no-work-permits-for-illegal-immigrants/
— Cambridge Appoints Grievance Archaeologists to Unearth Slavery Shame – JAMES DELINGPOLE
https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/04/30/cambridge-grievance-archeologists-will-explore-slavery-reparation/

DAILY CALLER
— TRUMP ANNOUNCES IMMIGRATION ASYLUM CHANGES – Mike Brest
https://dailycaller.com/2019/04/29/trump-immigration-asylum-changes/
— TRUMP SERVES CHICK-FIL-A TO BAYLOR WOMEN’S BASKETBALL TEAM – Amber Athey
https://dailycaller.com/2019/04/29/trump-baylor-basketball-chick-fil-a-wendys-mcdonalds/

CONSERVATIVE HQ
— Democrat Presidential Candidate Pete Buttigieg Accused Of Sexual Assault
http://www.conservativehq.com/article/30150-democrat-presidential-candidate-pete-buttigieg-accused-sexual-assault

FEDERALIST
— It’s Time To Ignore The People Who Shut Up Their Opponents By Shouting ‘Racist!’ Too many decry any discussion of group differences as instantly racist. This hurts the very people we need to be helping, and it erodes free speech norms in the process. – Lawrence M. Mead
https://thefederalist.com/2019/04/30/time-ignore-people-shut-opponents-shouting-racist/

NEWSMAX
— British Politicians To Boycott State Dinner For Trump, But Dined With Chinese Ruler, Terrorists – John Gizzi (DIERSEN: What if Trump’s ancestors had been British?) 
https://www.newsmax.com/john-gizzi/jeremy-corbyn-vince-cable-john-bercow-britian/2019/04/29/id/913815/
— Blame Trump Media Strikes Again – Bill O’Reilly 
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/synagogue-shooting-jewish-anti-semitic-hate-trump-media/2019/04/29/id/913826/
— Trump Calls Mexico ‘One of the Most Dangerous’ Places in World – Jason Devaney
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/immigration-twitter-mexico-will-pay-for-it-security/2019/04/29/id/913830/

WORLD NET DAILY
— BIDEN PLAYS THE RACE CARD Strategy is to beat Trump by stuffing him in a box with white supremacists – Pat Buchanan
https://www.wnd.com/2019/04/biden-plays-the-race-card/

PJ MEDIA
— Synagogue Shooters Have Trump Hatred in Common – ROGER L. SIMON
https://pjmedia.com/rogerlsimon/synagogue-shooters-have-trump-hatred-in-common/

CBN NEWS
— US, Israel Unite to Remember The Holocaust This Week – Emily Jones (DIERSEN: Government is nasty. Politics is nasty. Democrats are nasty. While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, my Democrat superiors a) were overwhelmingly Democrats, b) stressed to my Democrat superiors who were Jewish that I was Republican, 100% German national origin, and baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran, and c) forced my Jewish superiors to take adverse actions against me. During all of the almost 30 years that I worked for the federal government, one or more of my superiors were Jewish. During 1977 and 1978, my Jewish IRS superiors worked with Jewish Money Magazine employees and published a very nasty 4-page article on me in the February 1978 issue of Money Magazine the foisted negative government employee stereotypes on me and painted my education deductions as being improper.) 
https://www1.cbn.com/cbnnews/israel/2019/april/us-israel-unite-to-remember-the-holocaust-this-week

LIFE SITE NEWS
— Five big companies control most of the mainstream media. Can they be trusted? – Rick Hayes
https://www.lifesitenews.com/opinion/five-big-companies-control-most-of-the-mainstream-media.-can-they-be-trusted

ONE NEWS NOW
— Students, parents ticked off about school trans policies – Bob Kellogg
https://onenewsnow.com/education/2019/04/30/students-parents-ticked-off-about-school-trans-policies

CAMPUS REFORM
— New report SLAMS Ivy League over ‘neo-segregation’ – Grace Gottschling
https://www.campusreform.org/?ID=12168

COLLEGE FIX
— Prof who compared MAGA hats to KKK robes says ‘bigots’ should not get campus ‘platforms’ – CHRISTIAN SCHNEIDER
https://www.thecollegefix.com/prof-who-compared-maga-hats-to-kkk-robes-says-bigots-should-not-get-campus-platforms/

THE HILL
— Trump should consider Robert E. Lee’s act of treason before defending him – CHRISTOPHER R. HILL
https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/441168-trump-should-consider-robert-e-lees-act-of-treason-before-defending-him

ABC NEWS
— Company slammed for ‘preferably Caucasian’ job posting – KARMA ALLEN (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, employers make it clear that they prefer hiring those who are Democrat, minority, female, younger, citizens of foreign countries, non-Protestant, non-German American, and those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time.)
https://abcnews.go.com/US/company-slammed-preferably-caucasian-job-posting/story?id=62717581

CNBC
— Stephen Moore says the decline in ‘male earnings’ is a big issue for the economy – Jeff Cox (DIERSEN: In 1997, the “male earnings” in the Diersen household declined by 58% or by $74,338 in today’s dollars. My GAO salary was $127,654 in today’s dollars and my Civil Service Retirement pension is only $53,316.)
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/04/30/stephen-moore-says-the-decline-in-male-earnings-is-big-issue-for-the-economy.html

NEW YORK TIMES
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Can Joe Biden Be Forgiven? Evolution can’t come without a genuine effort to seek atonement. – Lucy Flores (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, and especially those who I have sued, continue a) to punish me and b) to want me to seek their forgiveness. I should write a book about them, how they continue to punish me, and what they want me to seek their forgiveness for.) 
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/29/opinion/joe-biden-lucy-flores-apology.html
— FRONT PAGE: Profitable Giants Like Amazon Pay $0 in Corporate Taxes. Some Voters Are Sick of It. – Stephanie Saul and Patricia Cohen
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/29/us/politics/democrats-taxes-2020.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— White House Orders New Restrictions on Asylum Seekers at Southern Border Presidential memo calls for accelerating asylum adjudications, charging for applications – Louise Radnofsky
https://www.wsj.com/articles/white-house-orders-new-restrictions-on-asylum-seekers-at-southern-border-11556583894
— Segregation by Design on Campus How racial separatism become the norm at elite universities like Yale, Brown and Wesleyan. – Peter W. Wood and Dion J. Pierre (DIERSEN: Democrats used to promote integration, but now they promote segregation.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/segregation-by-design-on-campus-11556564318
— Big Labor’s Big Shrink Union membership continues to decline—thanks to unions. – Editorial
https://www.wsj.com/articles/big-labors-big-shrink-11556580340
— FRONT PAGE: Foxconn Tore Up a Small Town to Build a Big Factory—Then Retreated The iPhone maker got fat incentives to build a $10 billion LCD plant that largely hasn’t materialized on land where Mount Pleasant, Wis., razed homes and crops – Valerie Bauerlein
https://www.wsj.com/articles/foxconn-tore-up-a-small-town-to-build-a-big-factorythen-retreated-11556557652

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats make it clear that promoting LGBTQ activity is their top priority.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/30/us/politics/is-america-ready-for-a-gay-president-youre-going-to-see-the-wall-crumble.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/30/us/byu-gay-graduation.html

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
— Democrats must focus on defeating Trump: Party must not allow left-wing dreams to lead it astray from its primary mission – Robert Cohen (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those in the Milton Township Republican Central Committee (MTRCC), DuPage County Republican Central Committee (DCRCC), and the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) who have focused on driving conservatives, that is, Republicans like me out of the MTRCC, DCRCC, and IRP.) 
https://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/ny-oped-cohen-20190430-nrf34gydxfg5pf5crfhepapobe-story.html

BOSTON GLOBE
— Unions are on frontlines of fight against inequality – Katie Johnston (DIERSEN: Overwhelmingly, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes a) hate unions, hate former union members, hate current union members, and hate future union members and b) stress that I was a union member for almost 12 years.) 
https://www2.bostonglobe.com/business/2019/04/29/unions-frontlines-fight-against-inequality/MHsO6bAjtEyS836wvnLBAL/story.html

USA TODAY
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Be proactive when you ask for a promotion – Johnny C. Taylor (DIERSEN: Federal employees do not ask for promotions, they apply for promotions. The Democrats who run the federal government do not want their employees who are Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran to apply for promotions if they have not made GS-13 (currently $98,198) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $116,040) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $136,495) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $165,500) by age 40.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2019/04/23/job-promotion-start-conversation-yourself/3496613002/

WCNC
— Is 37 too old? Decorated Navy SEAL turned down by New York Fire Department because of his age
https://www.wcnc.com/video/features/trending-today/is-37-too-old-decorated-navy-seal-turned-down-by-fdny-because-of-his-age/275-680dcaf1-e0e4-41d6-8df8-f9c46c482b0b

NEWSWEEK
— ICE CRACKING DOWN ON ‘FAKE FAMILIES’ USING CHILDREN AS ‘PAWNS’ AT BORDER – CHANTAL DA SILVA
https://www.newsweek.com/ice-chief-vows-crack-down-fake-families-using-children-pawns-border-1409471

FORBES
— Writers Guild Inclusion Report Shows Females, People Of Color Still Face Widespread Discrimination – Anne Easton (DIERSEN: The federal government does not discriminate against those who are Democrat, minority, female, younger, non-Protestant, non-German American, or those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time. In fact, the federal government gives members of the aforesaid groups preference.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/anneeaston/2019/04/29/writers-guild-inclusion-report-shows-females-people-of-color-still-face-widespread-discrimination/

HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW
— How Companies Can Support Breastfeeding Employees – Liz Morris, Cynthia Thomas Calvert, and Jessica Lee (DIERSEN: During the 1990s, GAO’s Chicago office gutted its smoking room and turned it into a lactation room.)
https://hbr.org/2019/04/how-companies-can-support-breastfeeding-employees

EXECUTIVE GOV
— GAO Provides 26 Recommendations to Boost DHS Operations – Matthew Nelson
https://www.executivegov.com/2019/04/gao-provides-26-recommendations-to-boost-dhs-operations/

CPA PRACTICE ADVISOR
— Future Accountants Gain Competitive Edge at Illinois CPA Society’s Jumpstart to Accounting Program (DIERSEN: In retrospect, with benefit of hindsight, I would have a) majored in accounting at UIC 1966-1968 and NIU 1969-1970 and b) taken the CPA examination much sooner than I did. I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979 when I was 30 years old, but by then, IRS and other employers viewed me as being much too old to have a successful career in accounting.) 
https://www.cpapracticeadvisor.com/accounting-audit/news/21078347/future-accountants-gain-competitive-edge-at-illinois-cpa-societys-jumpstart-to-accounting-program