DAILY HERALD
— Suburban voter turnout turned off with only 13% casting ballots Only 13
percent cast votes in suburban races – Jake Griffin (DIERSEN: 25.7 percent (135
the 526 registered voters) cast ballots in my DuPage County Milton Township
Precinct 9 in Wheaton. This afternoon, I delivered to the West half of my
precinct copies of the sample ballot with the number of votes that each
candidate received in the precinct. Current issues in the precinct include a
proposed Starbucks at the southeast corner of Roosevelt Road and Warrenville
Road, proposals concerning the Roosevelt Road underpass at Wheaton Avenue, and
proposed zoning changes for the south side of Roosevelt Road between Carlton Avenue
and Main Street.) https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190406/suburban-voter-turnout-turned-off-with-only-13-casting-ballots
FOX ILLINOIS
— Bernie Sanders calls Trump a racist before Apollo event – AP (DIERSEN:
Ever-increasingly, Trump-haters promote hatred against Trump and against his
supporters. In your neighborhood, in your precinct, in your municipality, in
your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois, who takes the lead in
promoting hatred against Trump and against his supporters?) https://foxillinois.com/news/connect-to-congress/bernie-sanders-calls-trump-a-racist-before-apollo-event
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters fly ‘Trump baby’ blimp at US-Mexico border
ahead of president’s arrival. (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Trump-haters promote
hatred against Trump and against his supporters. In your neighborhood, in your
precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in
Illinois, who takes the lead in promoting hatred against Trump and against his
supporters? https://foxillinois.com/news/offbeat/trump-baby-blimp-flies-at-us-mexico-border-ahead-of-presidents-arrival-in-calexico
BLAZE
— Democrat candidates fall for and repeat false claim Trump called
asylum-seekers ‘animals’ Along with half the media, Democrats are repeating a
false claim about a remark from a year ago. – Caleb Howe https://www.theblaze.com/news/dems-fake-trump-animals-immigrants
CNBC
— Herman Cain on possible Fed nomination: ‘The people who hate me are digging
up negative stuff’ In video posted on Facebook, Cain said that a background
check would be “more cumbersome” in his case because he has had an
“unusual career.” Cain ran for the 2012 Republican presidential
nomination, but suspended his campaign amid allegations of sexual misconduct.
He acknowledged that past allegations would likely come up again through a
nomination process. Cain said he would not be disappointed if his candidacy
failed. – Spencer Kimball https://www.cnbc.com/2019/04/06/herman-cain-on-possible-fed-seat-haters-are-digging-up-negative-stuff.html
DAILY BEAST
— Trump Says ‘Press’ Is ‘Truly the Enemy of the People’ https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-says-press-is-truly-the-enemy-of-the-people
— Howard Schultz Gets Called Out as ‘Rich Guy’ in MSNBC Interview (DIERSEN: My
Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal
government demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being rich. They a)
stressed their own financial, health, and other problems and b) stressed the
money that I spent on new cars, tuition, real estate, collector cars, etc. and
the money that I saved for my retirement. They shouted a) that GAO should not
have promoted me in 1986, b) that GAO should have forced me to suffer an even
greater pay cut to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980, and c) that IRS should not
have promoted me in 1972, 1973, or 1974.) https://www.thedailybeast.com/howard-schultz-gets-called-out-as-rich-guy-in-msnbc-interview
(FROM THE ARTICLE:
Another issue on her radar is marijuana. Gustin said she understands that
medically, marijuana is a good thing, but she has concerns about how it could
affect young people if used recreationally. Gustin said she’s worked with Kelly
in the past, and thinks he will be a great addition to city council. He “seems
ignited about the position and it’s exciting to have people who want to serve
and want to give of their time to keep Naperville such a wonderful place to
live,” she said.)
— Want to boost voter turnout? Pay people to cast their ballot. – Robert C.
Pozen and Nicco Mele (DIERSEN: Of course, Trump-haters would want to pay more
to voters who are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative,
anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male,
anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans,
anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for
a long time.) https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-voter-turnout-pay-money-incentives-20190404-story.html
— Tutors, private test prep coaches, homework therapists. Rich kids have all
the academic advantages money can buy. But at what cost? – Andrea Guthmann
(DIERSEN: How rich were your parents? My critics/opponents, their operatives,
and their dupes have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that my parents were
rich. Neither of my outstanding parents attended college. My father was the
first of his ancestors to earn a high school diploma. My mother never attended
high school. My father fought type 1 diabetes from age 14, worked in the office
of a nasty chemical plant, almost always worked second jobs to pay the family’s
bills, did not buy a new car until he was 45 and it was a bottom-of-the-line
2-door Chevy, and died suddenly of heart failure in 1969 when he was 47 and I
was 21.) https://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/sc-fam-wealthy-kids-education-advantages-0409-story.html
— FRONT PAGE IN THE NAPERVILLE SUN: Naperville City Council endorses idea of making
20% of Fifth Avenue project’s housing ‘affordable’ – Erin Hegarty (DIERSEN:
What did you do to help you afford things? To help me a) afford new cars,
college tuition, real estate, etc. and b) save for retirement, 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. I did yard work and delivered newspapers 1962-1964;
washed dishes 1964-1966; cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline
in 1966; delivered mail 1966-1969; worked on an automobile assembly line and as
a security guard in 1970; sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances
1970-1971; pumped gasoline 1971-1972; collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980; and
audited federal agencies 1980-1997.) https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/news/ct-nvs-affordable-housing-fifth-avenue-naperville-st-0405-story.html
PJ MEDIA
— A Red Hat Never Hurt Anybody – JIM TREACHER (DIERSEN: If Starbucks wanted to
put a coffee shop in your precinct, how would the following voters in your
precinct react: Democrats, Independents, and Republicans?) https://pjmedia.com/trending/a-red-hat-never-hurt-anybody/ (FROM THE ARTICLE: Let’s
say you’re sitting in Starbucks on a lovely spring day, just enjoying a cup of
their burnt, overpriced coffee and minding your own business. Suddenly, a
complete stranger walks up and starts screaming at you because you’re wearing a
red baseball cap with a slogan popularized by the current president of the
United States. This angry woman, who you’ve never met in your life, calls you a
“Nazi” and a “racist” and claims you “hate brown
people.” She exhorts the rest of the coffee shop to rise up against you,
and follows you out to the parking lot to yell at you some more. Then, after
you escape, this complete stranger posts your picture on Facebook, vowing to
find out where you live and work so she can make you “feel as unsafe as
[you]
made every brown person [you] met today.” All because you were wearing
a hat she didn’t like. This actually happened in real life, earlier this week
in Palo Alto.)
AMERICAN THINKER
— It’s time for Trump to act – Fritz Pettyjohn https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/04/its_time_for_trump_to_act.html
— Leftism Threatens American Family Life – E. Jeffrey Ludwig https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2019/04/leftism_threatens_american_family_life.html
— Trump and Republican Orthodoxy – Taylor Lewis (DIERSEN: I should write a
book about Republican activists, Republican candidates, Republican elected
officials, Republican party leaders, Republican major donors, Republican
political consultants, Republican etc. in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton
Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who LOOK DOWN ON wage earners like
I was 1964-1997. I did yard work and delivered newspapers 1962-1964; washed
dishes 1964-1966; cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in
1966; delivered mail 1966-1969; worked on an automobile assembly line and as a
security guard in 1970; sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances
1970-1971; pumped gasoline 1971-1972; collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980; and
audited federal agencies 1980-1997.) https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2019/04/trump_and_republican_orthodoxy.html
WORLD NET DAILY
— WOMAN LOSES JOB AFTER CONFRONTING MAGA-HAT-WEARING STARBUCKS CUSTOMER ‘Let’s
get this guy! He’s a hater! I’m calling him out! He hates brown people. He’s a
Nazi’ (DIERSEN: If Starbucks wanted to put a coffee shop in your precinct, how
would the following voters in your precinct react: Democrats, Independents, and
Republicans?)
YAHOO NEWS
— Karl Rove says Democrats are ‘weaponizing’ the IRS to bring down President
Trump (DIERSEN: I worked for IRS 1971-1980. I should write a book about my
Democrat IRS superiors and how they treated Republicans like me. They did not
promote me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions in 1978, they got
rid of my mentor in 1975, and they disallowed my partial day per diem claims in
1974.) https://www.yahoo.com/news/karl-rove-says-democrats-weaponizing-205948029.html
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Americans Agree: Social Media Is Divisive (But We Keep Using It) Poll finds
a majority across the political spectrum also says social media wastes time and
spreads falsehoods—even as 70% check in daily – John D. McKinnon and Danny
Dougherty (DIERSEN: Facebook is a Democrat/Libertarian/Green website. Democrats
and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green
plants, and RINOs in the Milton Township Republican Central Committee, DuPage
County Republican Central Committee, and the Illinois Republican Party a) encourage
everyone to rely on Facebook for government and political news and commentary
and b) discourage everyone from reading on GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails. They crow
about their success in getting a) the voters in my precinct, b) Republican Precinct
Committeemen/Captains, Republican Party leaders, Republican elected officials,
etc. in Wheaton, Glen Ellyn, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois a) to
rely on Facebook for government and political news and commentary and b) to not
read on GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails.) https://www.wsj.com/articles/americans-agree-social-media-is-divisive-but-we-keep-using-it-11554456600
— The $26 Million Question: What Happens if You Don’t File Your Taxes for a
Decade? The IRS can fill out a substitute return for you—and it usually isn’t
accurate. And a lot of penalties and interest will accrue. – Laura Saunders
(DIERSEN: While I worked for IRS 1971-1980, I prepared substitute returns for
individuals, organizations, and companies that refused to file.) https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-26-million-question-what-happens-if-you-dont-file-your-taxes-for-a-decade-11554456601
— Biden Reaps the #MeToo Whirlwind ‘It’s never, never, never, never, never OK
to touch her without her consent,’ he told college men in 2011. – Ashe Schow
(DIERSEN: To get votes from women, Democrats demonize, denigrate, and condemn
Republican men as being sexists and even worse things.) https://www.wsj.com/articles/biden-reaps-the-metoo-whirlwind-11554419738
PC MAGAZINE
— Aging Doesn’t Have to Be Scary (Except if You’re in Silicon Valley) Author
and activist Ashton Applewhite explains why everything we know about aging is
flat out wrong, and why the tech industry needs to take note. – S.C. Stuart
(DIERSEN: 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.pcmag.com/news/367498/aging-doesnt-have-to-be-scary-except-if-youre-in-silicon
NEW YORK MAGAZINE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters crow about their illegal success in getting
citizens of foreign countries a) to illegally come to America illegally and b)
to illegally stay in America illegally. http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/04/kris-kobach-on-fox-news-put-immigrants-in-a-camp.html
— Facebook’s Ad Algorithm Is a Fully Functional Racism Machine – Matt Stieb
(DIERSEN: Facebook is a Democrat/Libertarian/Green website. Democrats and
Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants,
and RINOs in the Milton Township Republican Central Committee, DuPage County
Republican Central Committee, and the Illinois Republican Party a) encourage
everyone to rely on Facebook for government and political news and commentary
and b) discourage everyone from reading on GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails. They crow
about their success in getting a) the voters in my precinct, b) Republican
Precinct Committeemen/Captains, Republican Party leaders, Republican elected
officials, etc. in Wheaton, Glen Ellyn, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois
a) to rely on Facebook for government and political news and commentary and b)
to not read on GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails.) http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/04/facebooks-ad-algorithm-is-a-fully-functional-racism-machine.html
NEWSWEEK
— DINESH D’SOUZA BLAMES BLACK AND LATINO NATIONALISM FOR RISE OF WHITE
NATIONALISM—’THERE’S A TOXIC SIDE TO IT’ – DAVID BRENNAN (DIERSEN: Trump-haters
are extremely divisive. They focus on getting a) Democrats, Libertarians, and
Greens to hate Republicans, b) minorities to hate Whites, c) women to hate men,
d) LGBTQers to hate heterosexuals, e) younger people to hate older people, f)
those who have less money to hate those who have more money, g) non-Protestants
to hate Protestants, h) non-German Americans to hate German Americans, i)
citizens of foreign countries to hate citizens of America, j) veterans to hate
non-veterans, k) those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time
to hate those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time, l)
unmarried people to hate married people, m) etc. to hate etc.) https://www.newsweek.com/dinesh-dsouza-white-nationalism-black-nationalism-laura-ingraham-fox-news-1387016
— BETO O’ROURKE COMPARES TRUMP’S REMARKS TO NAZI GERMANY: ‘IN THE THIRD REICH
OTHER HUMAN BEINGS WERE DESCRIBED AS AN INFESTATION’ – CALLUM PATON (DIERSEN:
The more of the following that you are, the sooner that Democrats will call you
a Nazi: Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican,
American, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owner, German American, draft
avoider, and if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.) https://www.newsweek.com/beto-orourke-compares-trump-remarks-nazi-germany-third-reich-infestation-1387102
NATION
— American Meritocracy Is a Myth – Rajan Menon (DIERSEN: In your precinct, who
has more influence than you? In my precinct, the Daily Herald, former Wheaton
Mayors Gwen Henry and Jim Carr, current and former Wheaton City Council members
Todd Scalzo, John Rutledge, Liz Corry, Howard Levine, Alan Bolds, and Thor
Saline, District 200 Board President Brad Paulsen, Board members Jim Vroman,
Ginna Ericksen, Jim Gambaiani, Jim Mathieson, and Chris Crabtree, and Park
District Board members Ray Morrill, Jane Hodgkinson, and Terry Mee have more
influence than I have.) https://www.thenation.com/article/rajan-menon-meritocracy-myth-college-admissions-scandal/
FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Lightfoot’s win stirs hope for change in a divided Chicago – AP (DIERSEN: Of
course, Trump-haters want Lightfoot to drive out of Chicago individuals,
organizations, and companies that are Trump supporters, Protestant,
conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun
owners, German American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in
America for a long time.) http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/local/lightfoot-says-she-ll-hit-the-ground-running-
DAILY HERALD
— Keep the pressure on leaders who are blocking a vote on fair maps –
Editorial https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20190403/editorial-keep-the-pressure-on-leaders-who-are-blocking-a-vote-on-fair-maps
— Many suburban races feature a youth movement – Doug T. Graham and Katlyn
Smith (DIERSEN: What did you do when you were young? 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. I did yard work and delivered newspapers 1962-1964; washed dishes 1964-1966;
cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966; delivered mail
1966-1969; worked on an automobile assembly line and as a security guard in
1970; sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971; pumped
gasoline 1971-1972; collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980; and audited federal
agencies 1980-1997.) https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190403/many-suburban-races-feature-a-youth-movement-
SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— BEYOND DISGUSTING, BEYOND OUTRAGEOUS: Marijuana legalization bill advances
without public details – Jerry Nowicki (DIERSEN: Needless-to-say, all
individuals, all organizations, all companies, all governments, and all
countries should oppose pot.) https://www.sj-r.com/news/20190403/marijuana-legalization-bill-advances-without-public-details
ALTON DAILY NEWS
— Republicans Offer Ideas to Reduce Spending – Greg Bishop (DIERSEN:
Republicans should want to cut spending that promotes dependency on government,
dependency on charity, LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, diminishment
of Second Amendment rights, booze, gambling, pot and other vices, patronage,
political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination,
retaliation, etc.) http://altondailynews.com/news/details.cfm?clientid=17&id=282110#.XKXfKph_OM8
CAPITOL FAX
— Republican lawmakers asked where they’d cut (DIERSEN: Republicans should
want to cut spending that promotes dependency on government, dependency on
charity, LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, diminishment of
Second Amendment rights, booze, gambling, pot and other vices, patronage,
political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age
discrimination, retaliation, etc.) https://capitolfax.com/2019/04/03/republican-lawmakers-asked-where-theyd-cut/
ONE NEWS NOW
— Conservative Leaders Call on Facebook, Google, Twitter, Amazon to Cut Ties
With SPLC (DIERSEN: Who are the conservative leaders in your municipality, in
your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois? Do they read GOPUSA
ILLINOIS emails? Do they encourage people to read GOPUSA ILLINOIS
emails?) https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/nb-staff/2019/04/03/conservative-leaders-call-facebook-cut-ties-splc
BREITBART
— Kamala Harris: Congress Should Hire DACA Illegal Aliens – Neil Munro
(DIERSEN: Have you worked for Congress? I have. GAO works for Congress. I
worked for GAO for almost 18 years, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13
Step 1-10 levels, currently $98,198-$127,654. Of course, my critics/opponents,
their operatives, and their dupes viciously demonize, viciously denigrate, and
viciously condemn that fact.) https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2019/04/03/kamala-harris-congress-should-hire-daca-illegal/
THE HILL
— Progressive group sides with Chick-fil-A against Buffalo airport – CHRIS
MILLS RODRIGO https://thehill.com/homenews/437238-progressive-group-sides-with-chik-fil-a-against-buffalo-airport
— Reparations bill wins new momentum in House – MIKE LILLIS AND SCOTT WONG
(DIERSEN: Each and every voter in America should ask each and every Democrat in
America how much reparations do to they want them to pay. From what I see, the
more of the following that you are, the more reparations that Democrats want
you to pay: Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican,
American, White, male, older, rich, married, childless, pet-less, gun owner,
German American, draft avoider, and if your ancestors have been in America for
a long time.) https://thehill.com/homenews/house/437286-reparations-bill-wins-new-momentum-in-house
POLITICO
— House to hold hearing on hate crimes and white nationalism – CHRISTIAN
VASQUEZ (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats make it clear that they want to
get rid of individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries
that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican,
American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft
avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long
time.) https://www.politico.com/story/2019/04/03/house-hearing-hate-crimes-white-nationalism-1254960
— Trump jokes ‘young bartender’ Ocasio-Cortez’s Green New Deal will get him
reelected – CAITLIN OPRYSKO (DIERSEN: What jobs did you have when you were
young? I did yard work and delivered newspapers 1962-1964; washed dishes
1964-1966; cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966;
delivered mail 1966-1969; worked on an automobile assembly line and as a
security guard in 1970; sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances
1970-1971; pumped gasoline 1971-1972; collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980; and
audited federal agencies 1980-1997.) https://www.politico.com/story/2019/04/03/trump-ocasio-cortez-green-new-deal-1251095
NBC NEWS
— Dreamers can’t work in Congress. Some Democrats are trying to change that
(DIERSEN: Have you worked for Congress? I have. GAO works for Congress. I
worked for GAO for almost 18 years, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13
Step 1-10 levels, currently $98,198-$127,654. Of course, my critics/opponents,
their operatives, and their dupes viciously demonize, viciously denigrate, and
viciously condemn that fact.) https://www.nbcnews.com/card/dreamers-cant-work-congress-some-democrats-are-trying-change-n990256
CBS NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: America-hating countries say that the less foreign aid
that America gives them, the more problematic citizens that they will illegally
send illegally into America illegally and illegally keep in America illegally.
It is an act of war for a country a) to illegally send its citizens illegally
into another country and b) to illegally keep its citizens illegally in another
country illegally. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trumps-move-to-cut-aid-to-central-america-will-spur-more-migration-aid-workers-warn/
YAHOO NEWS
— Democrat candidates edge toward discussing slavery reparations – Kadia
Tubman (DIERSEN: Each and every voter in America should ask each and every
Democrat in America how much reparations do to they want them to pay. From what
I see, the more of the following that you are, the more reparations that
Democrats want you to pay: Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative,
patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, married, childless,
pet-less, gun owner, German American, draft avoider, and if your ancestors have
been in America for a long time.) https://news.yahoo.com/candidates-edge-toward-discussing-slavery-reparations-090000570.html
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— We (Alliance Defending Freedom) Were Smeared by the SPLC Our work for
religious liberty got us branded a ‘hate group.’ Such lies have real
consequences. – Kristen Waggoner https://www.wsj.com/articles/we-were-smeared-by-the-splc-11554332764
— Lawmakers Push New Retirement Legislation If passed, the changes would be
the most significant to retirement plans since 2006 – Anne Tergesen and Richard
Rubin (DIERSEN: While my wife and I were employed, we always put the maximum
allowed into retirement plans. Needless-to-say, my nasty envy-filled Democrat
IRS and GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were beyond
furious about that.) https://www.wsj.com/articles/lawmakers-push-new-retirement-legislation-11553903443
— Don’t Count Joe Biden Out He could well become president—but first he’s
going to have to stop apologizing. – Karl Rove (DIERSEN: What do your
critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes want you to apologize for?
Mine want me to apologize a) for causing all of their problems, all of your
problems, all of my problems, and all of everyone’s problems and b) for causing
all the defeats that Republicans have suffered in Illinois since 2000 and all
the defeats that Republicans will suffer in Illinois in the future.) https://www.wsj.com/articles/dont-count-joe-biden-out-11554332499
— Liberals Are Eating Their Own Joe Biden got trapped in the spider web of
identity politics. He won’t be the last. – Daniel Henninger https://www.wsj.com/articles/liberals-are-eating-their-own-11554332525
NBC BAY AREA
— Woman’s Rant, Facebook Post Target Trump Supporter in Palo Alto Starbucks
Man was wearing a ‘Make America Great Again’ hat; woman loses job after trying
to shame him – Anoushah Rasta and Stephen Ellison (DIERSEN: If Starbucks wanted
to put a coffee shop in your precinct, how would the following voters in your
precinct react: Democrats, Independents, and Republicans?) https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/Womans-Rant-Facebook-Post-Target-Trump-Supporter-in-Palo-Alto-Starbucks-508083831.html
PALO ALTO ONLINE
— Political polarization sparks confrontation at Starbucks, triggering online
fury On social media, woman tries to ‘dox’ MAGA-hat-wearing man, becomes target
of ‘doxing’ herself – Sue Dremann (DIERSEN: If Starbucks wanted to put a coffee
shop in your precinct, how would the following voters in your precinct react:
Democrats, Independents, and Republicans?) https://paloaltoonline.com/news/2019/04/03/political-polarization-sparks-confrontation-at-starbucks-triggering-online-fury
KTVU
— Elderly man bullied in Palo Alto Starbucks for wearing ‘MAGA’ hat – Jesse
Gary (DIERSEN: If Starbucks wanted to put a coffee shop in your precinct, how
would the following voters in your precinct react: Democrats, Independents, and
Republicans?) http://www.ktvu.com/news/elderly-man-bullied-in-palo-alto-for-wearing-maga-hat
GUARDIAN
— Ageism may increase people’s risk of ill-health, study finds – Nicola Davis
(DIERSEN: All my critics/opponents, their operatives, and 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.theguardian.com/science/2019/apr/04/ageism-may-increase-peoples-risk-of-ill-health-study-finds
DAILY HERALD
— OUTSTANDING: Suess defeats Prendiville in Wheaton mayoral race – Lauren Rohr
(DIERSEN: How many votes did the candidates get in your precinct? I am happy to
report that in my precinct, Suess got 66 votes, Fitch got 94 votes, Almiron got
57 votes, Lonks got 45 votes, Corrigan got 76 votes, and Incrocci got 49 votes
notwithstanding tremendous efforts by Democrats and by Democrat plants, by
Libertarians and by Libertarian plants, by Greens and by Green plants, and by
RINOs to get the voters in my precinct to vote for Democrats, for Libertarians,
and for Greens. Government is nasty. Politics is nasty. Since 2000, Democrat
plants, Libertarian plants, Green plants, and RINOs in the Milton Township
Republican Central Committee, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and
the Illinois Republican Party have hinted/implied/argued/ shouted at the voters
in my precinct that they should vote against the candidates that I urge them to
vote for. The following urged voters in my precinct to vote for the Democrat
Prendiville: Daily Herald, former Wheaton Mayors Gwen Henry and Jim Carr,
current and former Wheaton City Council members Todd Scalzo, John Rutledge, Liz
Corry, Howard Levine, Alan Bolds, and Thor Saline, District 200 Board President
Brad Paulsen, Board members Jim Vroman, Ginna Ericksen, Jim Gambaiani, Jim
Mathieson, and Chris Crabtree, and Park District Board members Ray Morrill,
Jane Hodgkinson, and Terry Mee.) https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190402/suess-defeats-prendiville-in-wheaton-mayoral-race
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters crow about their success in getting
Trump-haters to run for government offices. https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20190402/editorial-candidate-numbers-diversity-a-win-for-the-suburbs
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Clark wins Harvey mayor’s race; Chirico wins second term in Naperville https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/mayoral-election-2019-schaumburg-elgin-naperville-harvey-wheaton/
— You’ve made history, Lori Lightfoot. Now make more . . . – Editorial
(DIERSEN: Trump-haters will put tremendous pressure on Lightfoot to drive
individuals, organizations, and companies out of Chicago that are Trump
supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White,
male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and those whose
ancestors have been in America for a long time.) https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/lori-lightfoot-win-toni-preckwinkle-chicago-mayoral-election/
— Lori Lightfoot rides desire for change to historic victory – Mary Mitchell
(DIERSEN: Trump-haters will put tremendous pressure on Lightfoot to drive
individuals, organizations, and companies out of Chicago that are Trump
supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White,
male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and those whose
ancestors have been in America for a long time.) https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/lori-lightfoot-change-historic-victory-mayors-race/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— ‘I don’t think she will buckle under political pressure’ In a “change”
election, Mayor-elect Lori Lightfoot’s outsider cred prevailed. Will the nobody
nobody sent seize a chance to kill the Chicago Way, or be taken captive like
her reform-mouthing predecessors? – STEVEN R. STRAHLER (DIERSEN: Sooner or
later, those who have the most religious, government, political, and/or
financial clout destroy those who they cannot manipulate/dominate.) https://www.chicagobusiness.com/government/i-dont-think-she-will-buckle-under-political-pressure
LOYOLA PHOENIX
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “Voting For Trump In 2020 Will Say
A Lot About You.” I earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976 when I was 27 years
old. How soon, if not already, will Loyola stop admitting students, get rid of
its current students, and revoke the diplomas of those who are Trump
supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White,
male, older, non-poor, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and those
whose ancestors have been in America for a long time? http://loyolaphoenix.com/2019/04/voting-for-trump-in-2020-will-say-a-lot-about-you/
WIREPOINTS
— A New Call For Expanding ‘Racist’ Labelling By Reporters – Mark Glennon
(DIERSEN: Sooner or later, if not already, Democrats will label as being racist
all individuals, all organizations, all governments, and all countries that are
Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American,
White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and
those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. How times have
changed. During Vietnam War, liberals glorified and praised draft avoiders like
Trump and I were. But now, liberals demonize, denigrate, and condemn draft
avoiders like Trump and I were.) https://wirepoints.org/a-new-call-for-vastly-expanding-racist-labelling-by-reporters/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Kirstjen Nielsen likens immigration crisis to ‘Cat 5 hurricane disaster’ –
Katelyn Caralle (DIERSEN: Constructively, those countries that illegally send
their citizens illegally into America illegally and illegally keep their
citizens illegally in America illegally have declared war on America. Democrats
and RINOs have joined those countries that have constructively declared war on
America.) https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/defense-national-security/kirstjen-nielsen-likens-immigration-crisis-to-cat-5-hurricane-disaster
NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump the Punisher In politics, as in life, there are Fixers and there are
Punishers. No question which the president is. – Michelle Cottle (DIERSEN: Each
and every one of my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes are
punishers. I should write a book about them.) https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/02/opinion/trump-border-mexico.html
— ‘Why Aren’t Democrats Winning the Hispanic Vote 80-20 or 90-10?’ It’s the
question that may decide the 2020 elections — and the future of the Democratic
Party. – Thomas B. Edsall (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats shout at
Hispanics that Republicans are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters,
racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things who should be gotten rid of
once and for all. Ever-increasingly Democrats make it clear that Democrats
want/expect/demand that Hispanics get rid of Republicans once and for
all.) https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/03/opinion/latino-voters.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters say “Border Crackdowns Feed a
Self-Reinforcing Cycle of Fear and Backlash.” https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/02/world/americas/us-immigration-crackdown.html
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats and RINOs “Urge Trump Not to Close
Border.” Democrats want immigrants because immigrants vote for Democrats.
RINOs want immigrants because RINOs want cheap labor. https://www.wsj.com/articles/republicans-business-groups-urge-trump-not-to-close-border-11554240973
— Blowing Up the Border How to damage the economy and not solve the asylum
crisis. – EDITORIAL (DIERSEN: Democrats want immigrants because immigrants vote
for Democrats. RINOs want immigrants because RINOs want cheap labor.) https://www.wsj.com/articles/blowing-up-the-border-11554247445
— Pelosi Says Allegations About Biden’s Conduct Don’t Disqualify Him for 2020
House speaker says former vice president needs to be more careful – Natalie
Andrews and Ken Thomas (DIERSEN: Government is nasty. Politics is nasty. What
factors do your critics/opponents hint/imply/argue/shout disqualify you from
running for a government office or for a political office? My critics/opponents
stress that I am no longer a TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, Wheaton
Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member, Milton Township
Republican Central Committee (MTRCC) webmaster, Illinois Center Right Coalition
(ICRC) Steering Committee member, American Association of Political Consultants
Midwest Chapter board member, GAO employee, etc. They stress they almost got
ICRC to censure me and that they crushed my bid to serve as MTRCC Treasurer.
They stress a) that my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire in 1997 when
I was 49 years old, gave me unfair performance expectations and appraisals,
always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance
purposes, did not promote me beyond GS-13, got rid of my mentor in 1987, kept
me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for
GAO, and forced me to take a $19,568 (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to
transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980; b) that my Democrat IRS superiors did not
promote me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions in 1978, got rid of
my mentor in 1975, and disallowed my partial day per diem claims in 1974; and c)
that my Democrat Post Office superiors forced me resign in 1969 and disallowed
my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968. They stress my terrible demographics:
Trump supporter, Protestant (baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri
Synod Lutheran), conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male,
old (born in 1948), non-poor, gun owner, 100% German American, draft avoider,
and my ancestors have been in America since 1844.) https://www.wsj.com/articles/pelosi-says-allegations-about-bidens-conduct-dont-disqualify-him-for-2020-11554221949
LADDERS
— Nine executive presence practices that arm you against ageism at work But
age discrimination in hiring has the potential to thwart all these reforms. –
MAYO OSHIN (DIERSEN: If you are Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran, if
you are considering a career in the federal government, you should know that
the federal government will waste your career and get rid of you if you do not
make GS-13 (currently $98,198) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $116,040) by age 30,
GS-15 (currently $136,495) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently
$165,500) by age 40. Extremely few federal employees make the aforesaid
promotion deadlines.) https://www.theladders.com/career-advice/nine-executive-presence-practices-that-arm-you-against-ageism-at-work
GALLUP
— Majority Rejects Idea of Haves, Have-Nots Divide in U.S. – JEFFREY M. JONES
(DIERSEN: Democrats and RINOs are nasty. They have always
hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I did not earn and do not I disserve the
income, assets, college degrees, professional certifications, professional license,
etc. that I have. They stress that I avoided the draft, that I worked for the
federal government, that I got married, that my wife and I gave up trying to
have children, that we did not adopt, that etc. They hint/imply/argue/shout
that my demographics gave me a tremendous unfair advantage in life, and
therefore, I should pay the price of Affirmative Action, Diversity, and
Inclusion.) https://news.gallup.com/poll/248216/majority-rejects-idea-haves-nots-divide.aspx
AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE
— For Equal Pay Day (Apr. 2): Evidence of employers paying women 20% less than
men for the same work is as elusive as Bigfoot sightings – Mark J. Perry
(DIERSEN: If I had been a woman, the federal government would have promoted me
into its Senior Executive Service long before I was 40 years old. I earned a) a
job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970 and job-related master’s
degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications
when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional
license when I was 32.) http://www.aei.org/publication/for-equal-pay-day-evidence-of-employers-paying-women-20-less-than-men-for-the-same-work-is-as-elusive-as-bigfoot-sightings/
FORBES
— Don’t Discount Cluelessness In The Remaining Gender Pay Gap – Rodd Wagner
(DIERSEN: If I had been a woman, the federal government would have promoted me
into its Senior Executive Service long before I was 40 years old. I earned a) a
job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970 and job-related master’s
degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications
when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional
license when I was 32.) https://www.forbes.com/sites/roddwagner/2019/03/31/dont-discount-cluelessness-in-the-remaining-gender-pay-gap/#3d244c1f38a2
DALLAS NEWS
— A progressive crusade blacklisted Chick-Fil-A from the San Antonio airport –
Mark Pulliam (DIERSEN: Which individuals, organizations, companies, governments,
and countries do Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs blacklist in your
neighborhood, in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in
your county, and in Illinois?) https://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/commentary/2019/03/30/progressive-crusade-blacklisted-chick-fil-san-antonio-airport (FROM THE ARTICLE: The
city’s blacklisting of Chick-fil-A seeks to punish the company for espousing
mainstream beliefs shared by millions of Americans and an overwhelming majority
of San Antonio’s residents, many of them Catholic.)
BULLETIN
— AARP: Most workers experience age discrimination in Oregon Nearly half of
all workers in Deschutes County are 45-64 years of age – Suzanne Roig (DIERSEN:
From what I see, 100% of federal employees who are Republican, White, male,
and/or non-veteran experience age discrimination 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.) https://www.bendbulletin.com/business/7048964-151/three-out-of-five-workers-experience-age-discrimination
DAILY HERALD
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats crow about their success in getting rid of
individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are
Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American,
White, male, older, rich, gun owners, draft avoiders, German American, and
those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20190330/lets-unite-behind-new-wave-of-leaders
WHEATON PATCH
— Wheaton Seeks Input On Roosevelt Road Pedestrian Underpass The city is
weighing whether to close the underpass, reopen it, or replace it with an
ADA-compliant underpass. – Lisa Marie Farver (DIERSEN: The south entrance of
this underpass is in my precinct.) https://patch.com/illinois/wheaton/wheaton-seeks-input-roosevelt-road-pedestrian-underpass
ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— Joe Biden’s Pathetic Pandering – David Limbaugh (DIERSEN: What do you say to
RINO politicians who pander to Democrats, to Libertarians, and/or to Greens? I
should write a book about them.) https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2019/03/joe-bidens-pathetic-pandering/
DAILY CALLER
— ERIC HOLDER: ‘WHEN DID YOU THINK AMERICA WAS GREAT?’ – David Krayden
(DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats make it clear that they have always
hated America and that they will always hate America and that they especially
hate America’s citizens 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://dailycaller.com/2019/03/29/eric-holder-america-never-great-maga/
WORD NET DAILY
— EMANUEL: SMOLLETT HOAX IS TRUMP’S FAULT City reeling after prosecutor drops
all charges in ‘hate’ case (DIERSEN: When Republican candidates lose elections
in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in
Illinois, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes always say
that it is my fault.) https://www.wnd.com/2019/03/emanuel-smollett-hoax-is-trumps-fault/
NATIONAL REVIEW
— The Judiciary Can’t Impose Proportional Representation on the Nation,
Justice Kavanaugh – JAMES W. LUCAS (DIERSEN: What percent of the voters in your
precinct, municipality, township/ward, county, Illinois, and America share your
demographics (gender, race, age group, religion, national origin, political
affiliation, marital status, home ownership status, income group, net worth
group, veteran status, gun ownership status, length of time that your ancestors
have been in America, length of time that you have lived in your precinct,
municipality, township/ward, county, Illinois, etc.)? What percent of the
elected officials who represent your precinct, municipality, township/ward,
county, Illinois, and America share your demographics?) https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/03/the-judiciary-cant-impose-proportional-representation-on-the-nation-justice-kavanaugh/
WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Donald Trump-haters use Rick Wiles and his TruNews website
to promote hatred of Donald Trump Jr. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/03/30/news-outlet-that-covered-lizard-people-called-obama-demon-just-interviewed-trump-jr/
— Most federal employees to get a 2019 pay raise retroactive to January – Eric
Yoder (DIERSEN: With this pay raise, in today’s dollars, a) GAO paid me
$127,654/year (GS-13 Step 10) in 1997 when I was 49 years old, b) IRS paid me
$93,592/year (GS-12 Step 5) in 1980 when I was 31 years old, c) IRS paid me
$82,579/year (GS-12 Step 1) in 1974 when I was 25 years old, d) IRS paid me
$68,897/year (GS-11 Step 1) in 1973 when I was 24 years old, e) IRS paid me
$56,945/year (GS-9 Step 1) in 1972 when I was 23 years old, f) IRS paid me
$46,554/year (GS-7 Step 1) in 1972 when I was 22 years old, g) the Post Office
paid me $17.23/hour (GS-4 Step 3) in 1969 when I was 20 years old, and h) the
Post Office paid me $16.15/hour (GS-4 Step 1) in 1966 when I was 18 years old.
In my defense, I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 and
job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related
professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a
job-related professional license when I was 32.) https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/most-federal-employees-to-get-a-2019-pay-raise-retroactive-to-january/2019/03/29/ae557e50-5259-11e9-a3f7-78b7525a8d5f_story.html
— Why an anti-Ocasio-Cortez chant at a Trump rally was all but inevitable –
Philip Bump (DIERSEN: Since 1999, I have the best record by far for attending
Milton Township Republican Central Committee (MTRCC) meetings and fundraisers.
Of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who are
MTRCC members would love to get anti-Diersen chants going at MTRCC meetings and
fundraisers. I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their
operatives, and their dupes who are MTRCC members.) https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/03/29/why-an-anti-ocasio-cortez-chant-trump-rally-was-all-inevitable/
COLUMBUS DISPATCH
— Targeted ads have Facebook in trouble with HUD – AP (DIERSEN: How bad are
your demographics? From what I see, the more of the following that you are, the
more that employers do NOT target you in their ads: Trump supporter,
Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older,
rich, gun owner, German American, draft avoider, and/or if your ancestors have
been in America for a long time.)
https://www.dispatch.com/news/20190329/targeted-ads-have-facebook-in-trouble-with-hud (FROM THE ARTICLE: The
federal government charged Facebook with high-tech housing discrimination
Thursday for allegedly allowing landlords and real estate brokers to
systematically exclude groups such as non-Christians, immigrants and minorities
from seeing ads for houses and apartments. . .Just last week, Facebook agreed
to overhaul its targeting system and abandon some of the practices singled out
by HUD to prevent discrimination, not just in housing listings but in credit
and employment ads as well. The move was part of a settlement with the American
Civil Liberties Union and other activists.)
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Jussie Smollett Tests America’s Taste for Lies Chicago’s Democratic machine
didn’t want to hold a hate-crime faker accountable. – Holman W. Jenkins, Jr. https://www.wsj.com/articles/jussie-smollett-tests-americas-taste-for-lies-11553898368
— Will We Ever Tire of Calling Presidents Illegitimate? The public seems to be
the only real check on this mania among the elite – Gerard Baker (DIERSEN: Who
hints/implies/argues/shouts that you are illegitimate? Since 2000, my
critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn,
in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois have
hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I am NOT a legitimate journalist. I should
sue them.) https://www.wsj.com/articles/will-we-ever-tire-of-calling-presidents-illegitimate-11553868443
— ‘Snowplowing’: When Parents Try to Clear All Obstacles After the rise of
‘helicopter parenting’ there’s now another way to overprotect children—seen at
its extreme in the college admissions scandal – Ben Zimmer (DIERSEN: What
obstacles did your parents clear for you? My outstanding parents could not
clear many obstacles for me. Neither of them attended college. My father died
suddenly in 1969 when he was 47 and I was 21. He was the first of his ancestors
to earn a high school diploma. He worked in the office of a nasty chemical
plant. He almost always worked second jobs to pay the family’s bills. He did
not buy a new car until he was 47, and it was a bottom-of-the-line 2-door
Chevy. My mother never attended high school.) https://www.wsj.com/articles/snowplowing-when-parents-try-to-clear-all-obstacles-11553874295
— The Two Americas Have Grown Much Fiercer The U.S. was divided 46 years ago.
But no one saw it as a fight to the death. – Peggy Noonan https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-two-americas-have-grown-much-fiercer-11553816463
PHYS
— Why pay transparency alone won’t eliminate the persistent wage gap between
men and women – Nancy Modesitt (DIERSEN: If I had been a woman, the federal
government would have promoted me into its Senior Executive Service long before
I was 40 years old. I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21
in 1970 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b)
job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48,
and c) a job-related professional license when I was 32.) https://phys.org/news/2019-03-transparency-wont-persistent-wage-gap.html (FROM THE ARTICLE: The
federal workforce, where the pay gap is significantly lower than in the private
sector, can also be seen as support for the argument that pay transparency
helps reduce it. The federal wage gap ranges from about 4 percent to 9 percent,
when controlling for relevant factors that affect pay, compared with 8 percent
to 18 percent among all employers.)
WASHINGTON BLADE
— DOJ Pride concerned over EEO statement, ‘declining morale’ at Justice
Department (DIERSEN: While I worked for GAO 1980-1997, my Democrat superiors
hinted/implied/argued/shouted that their employees who were Democrat, minority,
female, younger, and/or veteran would have much better morale if GAO got rid of
its employees like me who were Republican, White, male, older, and
non-veteran.) https://www.washingtonblade.com/2019/03/29/doj-pride-concerned-over-eeo-statement-declining-morale-at-justice-department/
GOPUSA
— Tucker Carlson: CNN is really a super PAC, colluding with the Democratic
Party on the news you hear http://www.gopusa.com/?p=67175
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Ocasio-Cortez, Sanders, Pelosi hang transgender pride
flags in Congress http://www.gopusa.com/?p=67155
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Illinois Democrats Offer Relief From Deduction Cap, But Not Repeal Lawmakers
who won GOP-held seats want to increase $10,000 cap on state and local tax
deduction – Richard Rubin (DIERSEN: Trump should increase the $10,000 SALT cap
to $20,000 for married filing jointly.) https://www.wsj.com/articles/illinois-democrats-offer-relief-from-deduction-cap-but-not-repeal-11553805167 (FROM THE ARTICLE:
Republicans imposed the $10,000 cap as part of the 2017 tax law, which also cut
tax rates, doubled the child tax credit and sharply narrowed the alternative
minimum tax. Most taxpayers, even in high-tax states, received tax cuts, but
the cap still proved unpopular with suburban voters. That provision contributed
to GOP election losses in high-tax states such as New York, New Jersey,
California and Illinois, where Mr. Casten defeated Rep. Peter Roskam, a chief
author of the tax law.)
TERRY SAVAGE
— Socially Responsible Investing (DIERSEN: From what I see, disgustingly,
tragically, and ever-increasingly, more and more and more companies are
anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic,
anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people,
anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have
been in America for a long time.) https://www.terrysavage.com/socially-responsible-investing/
SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— APRIL 30, 2018 FLASHBACK: Illinois working to combat election judge shortage
(DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who since 1999 have worked the
hardest to discourage voters in my precinct from serving as Republican election
judges.) https://www.sj-r.com/news/20180430/illinois-working-to-combat-election-judge-shortage
ILLINOIS HOUSE GOP
— IL House Approves Rep. McSweeney’s Public Disclosure of Accumulated Sick
Days Measure (DIERSEN: Overwhelmingly, my Democrat coworkers and Democrat
subordinates in the federal government a) used many more sick days than I did
and b) therefore, had far fewer accumulated sick days than I had.) http://www.ilhousegop.org/member_news
ILLINOIS LEAKS
— Former DuPage Twp Supervisor threatens Facebook group administrators – JOHN
KRAFT https://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2019/03/former-dupage-twp-supervisor-threatens-facebook-group-administrators/ (FROM THE ARTICLE:
Apparently, former DuPage Township Supervisor William Mayer has a problem with
people posting negative comments about him in the closed Facebook group
“Bolingbrook Politics” and contacted his attorney to threaten at least one of
its administrators. On March 22, 2019, attorney John R. Carrozza caused a
letter (read it here) to be sent on behalf of William Mayer alleging that
several posters to the page had posted several derogatory, and in his opinion,
slanderous comments about Mr. Mayer.)
ROLL CALL
— Capitol Hill workplace watchdog issues repeat recommendations to Congress
New OCWR report urges Hill to join the rest of the country – Katherine
Tully-McManus (DIERSEN: Democrats run the federal government. Therefore, in
actuality, federal employees do NOT have the right to oppose the promotion of
dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ activity, abortion,
mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, abolition of
First and Second Amendment rights, patronage, reverse discrimination, age
discrimination, or retaliation.) https://www.rollcall.com/news/congress/capitol-hill-workplace-watchdog-issues-repeat-recommendations-congress (FROM THE ARTICLE: Last
year’s overhaul of the workplace complaint reporting and resolution system on
Capitol Hill addressed many recommendations from the Office of Congressional
Workplace Rights. But the watchdog group is not done yet. Its latest report
sent to House and Senate leaders earlier this month suggests further changes to
apply federal workplace standards to the legislative branch. Congress hasn’t
always chosen to apply to itself the same laws that the rest of the country
must follow. When it comes to Hill employee rights, the Congressional
Accountability Act of 1995 sets guidelines for the House, Senate and several
related agencies. It was originally passed to help ensure that Hill staffers
enjoy at least some of the same workplace and employment protections as
private- and most public-sector employees.)
GAO
— Strategic Human Capital Management is Needed to Address Serious Risks to
IRS’s Mission (DIERSEN: GAO audits IRS. I worked for IRS for almost 9 years,
the last 5 1/2 years at the GS-12 Step 1-5 levels, currently $8I,071-$91,880. I
transferred from IRS to GAO in 1980. I worked for GAO 1980-1997, the last 11
years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 levels, currently $96,403-$125,325/year.
I should write a book about those who have wasted, dismissed, belittled,
badmouthed, demonized, denigrated, and condemned that work experience the most.
They include IRS officials, GAO officials, and past and present U.S. Senators,
U.S. Representatives, their staffs, activists, candidates, elected officials,
party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc. in Wheaton, in Glen
Ellyn, in Milton Township, DuPage County, Illinois who claim to be religious,
conservative, and/or Republican.) https://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-19-176 (FROM THE ARTICLE: Fewer
individual and corporate tax returns have been audited in recent years, largely
because IRS doesn’t have the people it needs to enforce existing tax laws while
implementing new laws. As a result, billions of dollars in taxes go unpaid
every year. Enforcing tax laws, a High Risk area, is critical to promoting
voluntary compliance and collecting unpaid taxes. IRS’s workforce is the key to
addressing its challenges. Cultivating a well-equipped and engaged workforce
requires strategic human capital management that will help IRS focus its
current and future hiring needs. We made 6 recommendations to improve IRS’s
human capital management.)
DAILY HERALD
— Steans, McMahon spar over legal pot at Aurora town hall – Elena Ferrarin (DIERSEN: If you promote pot, you promote destruction.) https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190323/steans-mcmahon-spar-over-legal-pot-at-aurora-town-hall
— Can tax deadline be extended? Casten seeks May 20 date – Marni Pyke (DIERSEN: I worked for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 levels, currently $81,071-$91,880/year. I worked for GAO on audits of IRS for 3 years at the GS-13 Step 1-3 levels, currently $96,403-$102,830/year. I should write a book about those who did the most to waste my knowledge of IRS. They include past and present U.S. Senators, U.S. Representatives, their staff members, their advisers, and their volunteers. They include my Democrat IRS and GAO superiors.) https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190323/can-tax-deadline-be-extended-casten-seeks-may-20-date
— Cook County: Bill needed to fix ‘backward’ property assessment process – Ares Dalianis https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20190324/bill-needed-to-fix-backward-property-assessment-process
— The court should steer away from the politics of gerrymandering – George Will (DIERSEN: I should write a book about the 2015 gerrymandering of my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 9 in Wheaton. I would focus on a) those who ordered the gerrymandering and why they did that, b) those who carried out the gerrymandering and why they did that, c) those who benefitted from the gerrymandering and why, and d) the negative impacts of the gerrymandering.) https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20190324/the-court-should-steer-away-from-the-politics-of-gerrymandering
— Teacher licensing tests come under fire in Illinois – PETER HANCOCK (DIERSEN: I became a licensed CPA in 1981 when I was 32 years old. Needless-to-say, my Democrat GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were furious. While some of them had taken the CPA examination, while some of them had passed the CPA examination, while some of them had applied to be licensed, none were licensed CPAs. I had passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981. I had passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979. I had worked for GAO for little over one year. I had worked for IRS for almost 9 years. I had earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980. I had earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976. I had earned a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU in 1970.) https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190323/teacher-licensing-tests-come-under-fire-in-illinois
FOX NEWS
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Michelle Obama are connecting with millions of Americans – here’s the real reason why – Douglas MacKinnon (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats “connect” with a) immigrants, b) minorities, c) females, d) young people, e) poor people, f) non-Protestants, g) non-German Americans, h) veterans, i) etc. by blaming the following for the problems that the aforesaid have: a) those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time, b) Whites, c) men, d) older people, e) rich people, f) Protestants, g) German Americans, h) non-veterans, i) etc.) https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-michelle-obama-are-connecting-with-millions-of-americans-heres-the-real-reason-why
NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINES: An America-hater promotes hatred of America. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/22/sunday-review/new-zealand-mass-shootings.html
— A Pied-à-Terre Tax Will Bring Revenue New York Needs – Editorial (DIERSEN: Do/did you own a pied-à-terre? In its 4-page nasty February 1978 article on me, to paint me as being grossly overpaid and undeservedly filthy rich, Money Magazine referred the studio condo that I owned in the Outer Drive East building in downtown Chicago 1974-1976 as being my pied-à-terre. I bought that condo so that I could walk to work at IRS and to graduate business classes at Loyola. I traded it in to the building’s developer for a one bedroom condo in 1976. I lived in a town home in University Park that I had bought new in 1972 full-time 1972-1974 and weekends 1974-1976. Starting in 1974, I unsuccessfully tried to sell it. I rented it out 1976-1984 because I was unable to sell it for a fair price. I sold it in 1984.) https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/23/opinion/sunday/new-york-real-estate-tax.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote LGBTQ activity. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/23/us/transgender-women-border-mexico.html
FORBES
— 8 Policy Changes To Let Older Workers Work Longer – Chris Farrell (DIERSEN: My Democrat GAO superiors might have let me work 6 more years until I was eligible for regular retirement in 2003 when I would have been 55 if I had agreed a) to be downgraded; b) to drop my opposition to political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination; and c) to talk and act like the adverse actions that they had taken against me were justified. They had a) given me unfair performance expectations and appraisals, b) always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, c) not promoted me beyond GS-13, d) gotten rid of my mentor in 1987, e) kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and f) forced me to take a $19,203 (26%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980.) https://www.forbes.com/sites/nextavenue/2019/03/24/8-policy-changes-to-let-older-workers-work-longer/#7ee87ad44d94
HARTFORD COURANT
— Despite a good law, age discrimination is still common – JOE CARBONE (DIERSEN: All my critics/opponents, their operatives, and 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.courant.com/opinion/op-ed/hc-op-carbone-age-discrimination-0324-20190324-5abuapcslbbdhm5xxbr64weo3i-story.html (FROM THE ARTICLE: Research from AARP indicates that nearly two out of three workers age 45 and older have seen or experienced age discrimination on the job. While few doubt its existence, even skeptics acknowledge that it’s unlike the age discrimination of the past. This class of discrimination is subtle, seemingly invisible — but it has gone viral. There are scores of economists and political leaders who see it as the latest inevitable fallout from the Great Recession. To be fair, technology, for all its benefits, must share some blame. Search engines do the work for you, which sometimes produces hundreds of applicants, which totally overwhelms most human resources departments. Data make it painfully clear that the insidious practice of stereotyping based on age has become a cultural norm — and shamefully, it’s flourishing. When I turned 50, I was shocked to receive a greeting letter from AARP, realizing this marked a new stage in life. Now at age 50, individuals in the job market are subject to a value comparison with younger generations. A common first step in the applicant review process is to determine age without asking. Many times, an unsuspecting job applicant will list their graduation year, use a chronological resume or an email account format that becomes a giveaway for their age. Conventional wisdom in talent search is to go younger. Some employers, perhaps many, assume that millennials will have better tech skills and little to no interest in retirement or even health benefits. So, younger folks have the advantage. This is classic stereotyping, it’s unfair, it’s wrong and it will prove in short order to have been a strategic mistake.)
TIMES
— Revealed: the bloody record of hunter Guy Gorney, who killed sleeping lion – Will Pavia https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/revealed-the-bloody-record-of-hunter-guy-gorney-who-killed-sleeping-lion-3gxjlr3hv
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The trophy hunter who shot a sleeping lion in a video clip that caused outrage has been named as a churchgoer and longtime shooting enthusiast from Illinois. Guy Gorney, who hails from a small town southwest of Chicago, could be seen taking aim with a rifle mounted on a tripod at a lion sleeping at the edge of scrubland.)
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Trump opposes regulation of social media companies: ‘I hate the concept’ – Steven Nelson (DIERSEN: Of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes want me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails to be regulated. Failing that, they want the Milton Township Republican Central Committee, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, Illinois Senate Republicans, Illinois House Republicans, City of Wheaton, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Milton Township, DuPage County, Illinois, and the federal government to constructively regulate me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails. One could argue that the aforesaid constructively do regulate me and regulate my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails by the way they treat me and treat my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails.) https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/trump-opposes-regulation-of-social-media-companies-i-hate-the-concept
— Republicans resigned to Trump losing 2020 popular vote but confident about Electoral College – David M. Drucker https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/republicans-resigned-to-trump-losing-2020-popular-vote-but-confident-about-electoral-college
AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Immigration to America Is Not What It Used to Be – Edward Ring https://amgreatness.com/2019/03/22/immigration-to-america-is-not-what-it-used-to-be/ (FROM THE ARTICLE: Get it? George W. Bush has won his grim battle with history. Various photos showed him inviting dozens of new citizens up to the podium, including Muslims in headscarves, Hispanics, and Africans. Apparently including anyone of European descent would have been bad optics. And never mind that if Bush II hadn’t bombed, invaded and occupied Iraq, the Middle East might be relatively stable today. Iraq, for all its problems, would nonetheless provide a strategic counterweight to Iran. We would have saved trillions of dollars and spared millions of lives, and additional millions of refugees would have stayed home. . . According to CarryingCapacity.org, the United States “now accepts over one million legal immigrants each year, which is more than all of the other industrialized nations in the world, combined.” Additionally, according to ImmigrationCounters.com, nearly 28 million illegal immigrants currently live in the United States. Attempting to quantify the costs and benefits of immigration into the United States is not easy. According to a study conducted by the Federation for American Immigration Reform, the cost to America taxpayers to provide illegal immigrants government funded education, health care, justice and law enforcement, public assistance, and general government services is estimated at $135 billion per year. According to the Center for Immigration Studies, “63% of non-citizen households access welfare programs compared to 35% of native households.” Statistics abound—and for every study suggesting that America’s immigration is creating a burden on the economy, there is another that concludes the opposite, that immigrants continue to provide a net economic benefit to the economy. So rather than provide yet another regurgitation of battling statistics, it is important to note some crucial qualitative differences between immigration trends in America today, compared with past centuries in America. Why Immigration to America Today Is Different Immigrants today are not coming from nations of equal or greater economic achievement. In the past, immigrants from Europe, for the most part, were emigrating from nations that were as advanced as the United States was, if not more so. Today the overwhelming majority of immigrants are coming from developing nations. Immigrants in the past came primarily from European nations which had cultural values—educational, religious, and political—that were, if not nearly identical to American cultural values, at shared a similar trajectory towards achieving those values. Immigrants today come from nations that, relatively speaking, have far fewer cultural similarities to America than past waves of immigrants. Immigrants today, for the most part, are coming from nations that are rapidly increasing in population and, in aggregate, dwarf the United States in population. Related to this is the fact that in the past, the people already in America were themselves rapidly increasing in population, but this is no longer the case, except among populations of recently arrived immigrants. Immigrants today arrive via 10-hour hops on an airliner. In the past, waves of immigrants spent 10 months traversing land and sea in a journey of staggering expense and significant dangers. While this isn’t universally true, particularly for the overland migrants that cross America’s southern border, the general point stands: coming to America today does not require the commitment it required in the past. Similarly, in the past, immigrants pretty much renounced their countries of origin. They made a one-way trip and they adopted the language and values of America. Today, retaining cultural unity with one’s country of origin is a few clicks on the internet, a cheap telephone call, an affordable airfare. Technology has greatly eroded the forces that used to impel immigrants to become Americans. Immigrants in the past arrived in an America that had a voracious need for unskilled workers. Today the American economy is relentlessly automating jobs that used to require unskilled labor, and the American population already has a surplus of unskilled workers. Immigrants today are arriving in a welfare state, where they are assured of food, shelter, and medical care that are, in general, orders of magnitude better than anything available to them in their native countries. This creates a completely different incentive to today’s immigrants. In past centuries, immigrants came to America to find freedom and to work. Today they are offered a smorgasbord of taxpayer-funded social services. Immigrant students today—especially in the coastal urban centers where most of them settle—enter a public education system that teaches them with a reverse-racist, anti-capitalist bias. They are taught in our public schools not to assimilate, but to “celebrate diversity”; not to earn opportunities through hard work, but through fighting discrimination. They are taught, often in their native language, that they have arrived in a nation dominated by racist and sexist white males, who exploit the world to amass evil profits.) — Media Ignores Major Story About the Dossier—Again – Julie Kelly https://www.amgreatness.com/2019/03/22/media-ignores-major-story-about-the-dossier-again/
NEW YORK TIMES
— New Zealand Bans the Christchurch Suspect’s Manifesto – Damien Cave https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/22/world/asia/new-zealand-christchurch-shooter-manifesto.html
— Southern Poverty Law Center President Plans Exit Amid Turmoil – Alan Blinder https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/22/us/splc-richard-cohen-resigns.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-car owners promote anti-car owners. Overwhelmingly, my critics/opponents, the operatives, and their dupes have been anti-car. I have owned cars since 1964 when I was 16 years old. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/22/opinion/end-of-cars-uber-lyft.html
— Can We Get Better at Forgetting? – Benedict Carey (DIERSEN: Do your critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes want you to forget the adverse actions that they took against you? My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes DO NOT want me to forget the adverse actions that they took against me. They want my memory of their actions to discourage me from putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and sending them out. Actually, my memory of their actions encourages me to put GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and send them out.) https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/22/health/memory-forgetting-psychology.html
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The Right Way to Choose a College What students do at college matters much more than where they go. The key is engagement, inside the classroom and out. – Denise Pope (DIERSEN: Why did you choose the college(s) that you did? Major reasons why I chose UIC in 1966 include my being able to afford it by living with my parents in Crete and working a part-time job. Major reasons why I chose NIU in 1969 include my being able to afford it by working a part-time job at the Park Forest Post Office. Major reasons why I chose Loyola in 1972, DePaul in 1976, and IIT in 1992 include my being able to afford it by taking just one course at a time.) https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-right-way-to-choose-a-college-11553266896
— Anemic growth, millennial malaise, you name it—blame a lack of inspiring bosses – Sam Walker (DIERSEN: What did your bosses inspire you to do? While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, my Democrat bosses inspired me to leave so they could replace me with a Democrat, a minority, a woman, and/or someone who was younger than I was.) https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-economys-last-best-hope-superstar-middle-managers-11553313606
— Who’s the Tallest of Them All? It’s No Longer the Americans Despite having lower disposable income than U.S., Netherlands boasts tallest residents – Jo Craven McGinty https://www.wsj.com/articles/whos-the-tallest-of-them-all-its-no-longer-the-americans-11553254201
