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April 8 Morning Edition

ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— Deceitful Lawmakers Seek to Silence Pro-Life Opposition – Laurie Higgins
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2019/04/deceitful-lawmakers-seek-to-silence-pro-life-opposition/
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/podcast/podcast-deceitful-lawmakers-seek-to-silence-pro-life-opposition/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON CHICAGO TIGHTENS: If Chicago is a black political mecca, why are African-Americans leaving the city in droves? – Dahleen Glanton
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/glanton/ct-met-chicago-black-political-mecca-dahleen-glanton-20190405-story.html
— As cold weather breaks, violence returns: 24 shot in 30 hours over warmest weekend this year – Katherine Rosenberg-Douglas and Hannah Leone
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-citywide-shootings-20190407-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— Iconic Chevrolet Corvette to pace Indy again – Matt Avery
https://www.dailyherald.com/entlife/20190408/iconic-chevrolet-corvette-to-pace-indy-again

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Here’s what happened after Illinois’ income tax jumped 67% Critics warned the wealthy would flee, along with their investments in business and jobs, when taxes went up in 2011. Now, with similar arguments against Gov. Pritzker’s graduated income tax, the Better Government Association examines IRS data to find out what really happened. – TIM JONES
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/government/heres-what-happened-after-illinois-income-tax-jumped-67

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: The Champaign/Urbana News Gazette opposes township government.
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/editorials/2019-04-08/editorial-another-shot-reducing-size-government.html

QUAD CITIES ONLINE
— Take back Illinois elections; demand fair maps – Editorial
https://qconline.com/opinion/editorial/editorial-take-back-illinois-elections-demand-fair-maps/article_63fdbfcd-f093-5ca5-b852-5ae82e5879ea.amp.html

CAPITOL FAX
— A Pritzker “Fair Tax” failure would be catastrophic for the rookie governor
https://capitolfax.com/2019/04/08/a-pritzker-fair-tax-failure-would-be-catastrophic-for-the-rookie-governor/

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE
— REPARATIONS SHAKEDOWN   Indicting white Americans for “America’s original sin.” – David Horowitz
https://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/273411/reparations-shakedown-david-horowitz


— MONEY IN THE TOILET – THE BILLION DOLLAR COST OF PUBLIC BATHROOMS New York and California socialists can’t even build bathrooms. – Daniel Greenfield
https://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/273388/money-toilet-%E2%80%93-billion-dollar-cost-public-daniel-greenfield

FOX NEWS
— Trump aides targeted in corporate blacklist effort by immigration, civil rights groups – Bradford Betz
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/immigration-civil-rights-groups-pressure-fortune-500-companies-to-blacklist-former-trump-officials
— Nielsen was a scapegoat – Steve Levy
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/steve-levy-nielsen-was-a-scapegoat

GOPUSA
— 4 adults, 2 kids shot and wounded at Chicago baby shower
http://www.gopusa.com/4-adults-2-kids-shot-and-wounded-at-chicago-baby-shower/

TOWNHALL
— Dear Democrats: Your Desire For Reparations Leaves Us With These Questions – Scott Morefield
https://townhall.com/columnists/scottmorefield/2019/04/08/dear-democrats-your-desire-for-reparations-leaves-us-with-these-questions-n2544401
— Reparations For Slavery: Be Careful What You Wish For – Arthur Schaper
https://townhall.com/columnists/arthurschaper/2019/04/08/regarding-reparations-for-slavery-be-careful-what-wish-for-n2544398

NEWSMAX
— Remembering Don Totten: A Reaganite ‘For All The Right Reasons’ – John Gizzi 
https://www.newsmax.com/john-gizzi/totten-obituary-reagan-goldwater/2019/04/08/id/910609/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Ann Coulter celebrates Kirstjen Nielsen’s resignation: ‘Hallelujah!’ – Daniel Chaitin 
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/ann-coulter-celebrates-kirstjen-nielsens-resignation-hallelujah

PJ MEDIA
— Ted Cruz Threatens Lawsuit After Yale Law School Blacklists Christian Firms – TYLER O’NEIL
https://pjmedia.com/faith/ted-cruz-threatens-lawsuit-after-yale-law-school-blacklists-christian-firms/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Why amnesty isn’t the answer – Dale L. Wilcox
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/04/why_amnesty_isnt_the_answer.html
— Trump is Popping in the Polls – Brian C. Joondeph
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2019/04/trump_is_popping_in_the_polls.html
— Amateur Night: the Democratic Primary Campaign – Don Boys
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2019/04/amateur_night_the_democratic_primary_campaign.html

BREITBART
— Democrat Beto O’Rourke Calls Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu a ‘Racist’ – Joel B. Pollak
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/04/07/democrat-beto-orourke-calls-israeli-pm-benjamin-netanyahu-a-racist/
— Border Agents Forced to Act as Uber Drivers for Illegal Immigrants and Migrants – Kris Kobach
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/04/08/kris-kobach-border-agents-forced-to-act-as-uber-drivers-for-illegal-immigrants-and-migrants/

HOT AIR
— NYC Mayor: What We Need Is A System Of “Actual Redistribution Of Wealth” – JAZZ SHAW
https://hotair.com/archives/2019/04/08/nyc-mayor-need-system-actual-redistribution-wealth/

DAILY SIGNAL
— Look to States for Preview of Havoc the ‘Equality Act’ Would Wreak – Monica Burke 
https://www.dailysignal.com/2019/04/08/look-to-states-for-preview-of-havoc-the-equality-act-would-wreak/

DAILY CALLER
— TWITTER BACKS OFF PARTNERSHIP WITH SPLC AMID BOMBSHELL REPORTS. AMAZON STAYS SILENT – Chris White
https://dailycaller.com/2019/04/07/facebook-conservative-splc/
— GOP MAKES $10 MILLION PUSH TO WIN OVER JEWISH VOTE AS DEMS STRUGGLE WITH CHARGES OF ANTI-SEMITISM – Chris White
https://dailycaller.com/2019/04/07/democrats-antisemitic-trump/

ROLL CALL
— If your taxes are a complicated mess, you’re not alone Americans spend too much time, money and energy each year trying to understand and follow the tax code – Jason J. Fichtner
http://www.rollcall.com/news/opinion/taxes-complicated-mess-youre-not-alone

NATIONAL LAW REVIEW
— Who is a “similarly situated” employee? New answers from a federal appellate court shed some light (DIERSEN: The more of the following that federal employees are, the more that the federal government wastes their careers and gets rid of them: Republican, White, male, non-veteran, and those who did not make GS-13 (currently $98,198) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $116,040) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $136,495) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $165,500) by age 40.) 
https://www.natlawreview.com/article/who-similarly-situated-employee-new-answers-federal-appellate-court-shed-some-light

THE HILL
— Blue states angry over SALT cap should give fiscal sobriety a try – LIZ PEEK (DIERSEN: The SALT cap punishes many homeowners in Illinois, in DuPage County, in Milton Township, in Wheaton, and in my precinct, not just the Democrat homeowners. The SALT cap turns Democrat homeowners against Republican homeowners. Trump should increase the $10,000 SALT cap to $20,000 for married filing jointly.) 
https://thehill.com/opinion/finance/437315-blue-states-angry-over-salt-cap-should-give-fiscal-sobriety-a-try#new_tab

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters say “Kirstjen Nielsen Enforced Cruelty at the Border. Her Replacement Could Be Worse.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/07/opinion/kirstjen-nielsen-border-security-trump.html
— Facebook Wants a Faux Regulator for Internet Speech. It Won’t Happen. Not in the United States, anyway. – Sarah Jeong
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/07/opinion/facebook-content-moderation.html
— The Week in Tech: Facebook Is Desperate to Shape Tech Regulation. Should It? – Jamie Condliffe
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/05/technology/big-tech-regulation.html
— How to Turn a Rejection Into an Advantage What if you had gotten that one job? You know the one. The job you were banking on, hoping it would be the next big step in your career. The job you were so close to getting but that seemed to slip through your fingers. – Tim Herrera (DIERSEN: What job rejection had the biggest impact on you? For me, it was Oldsmobile’s withdrawal of a job offer that I had accepted when I was 22 years old in 1971. Oldsmobile said it had to withdraw its offer because it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. That directly resulted in my accepting a job offer from IRS.) 
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/17/smarter-living/seeing-the-bright-side-of-missed-opportunities.html

WASHINGTON POST
— After 2016 loss, Democrats know they need white male voters – AP (DIERSEN: To get votes from minorities, Democrats demonize, denigrate, and condemn Whites. To get votes from women, Democrats demonize, denigrate, and condemn men. To get votes from non-Protestants, liberals, moderates, younger people, non-rich people, non-gun owners, non-German Americans, and those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time, Democrats demonize, denigrate, and condemn Protestants, conservatives, older people, rich people, gun owners, German Americans, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/after-2016-loss-democrats-know-they-need-white-male-voters/2019/04/07/f7d548f4-592e-11e9-98d4-844088d135f2_story.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Trump Picks Career Border Official for Acting DHS Leader Kevin McAleenan has acted as an able enforcer, though not an architect, of Mr. Trump’s often hard-line approach to illegal immigration – Alicia A. Caldwell
https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-picks-career-border-official-for-acting-dhs-leader-11554684274
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: To discourage illegal immigration, Democrats and RINOs want America to give foreign countries more money.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/why-hondurans-flee-for-the-u-s-11554661716

BLOOMBERG
— Redistribution Won’t End Wealth Inequality There’s a lesson from the Old South: Within a generation, the once-rich former slave-owning families were back on top. – Noah Smith
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2019-04-08/u-s-economy-redistribution-doesn-t-reduce-wealth-inequality

FORBES
— How Skin Color Still Results In Pay Penalties At Work – Adi Gaskell (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 minority in 1966, b) that the Post Office should gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a minority could have my job, c) that instead of me, IRS should have hired a minority in 1971, d) that instead of me, IRS should have promoted minorities in 1972, 1973, and 1974, e) that instead of me, GAO should have hired a minority in 1980, f) that instead of me, GAO should have promoted a minority in 1986, and g) that GAO should have gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a minority could have my job and my preferred corner office.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/adigaskell/2019/04/08/how-skin-color-still-results-in-pay-penalties-at-work/#6675da73b916

BOSTON HERALD
— Democrats and toxic media at their worst Mischaracterization of Trump remarks serves to divide – Editorial
https://www.bostonherald.com/2019/04/08/democrats-and-toxic-media-at-their-worst/

LAS VEGAS REVIEW JOURNAL
— Africa and slave reparations – Edwin Hoag, Las Vegas
https://www.reviewjournal.com/opinion/letters/africa-and-slave-reparations-1635829/

NEWSWEEK
— BARACK OBAMA SAYS NOT ‘EVERYONE WHO IS DISTURBED BY MIGRATION’ CAN BE BRANDED ‘RACIST’ – CHANTAL DA SILVA
https://www.newsweek.com/barack-obama-says-not-everyone-who-disturbed-migration-can-be-branded-racist-1388642
— DONALD TRUMP USED TO CALL KIRSTJEN NIELSEN EARLY IN THE MORNINGS, DEMANDING SHE STOP MIGRANTS, REPORT SAYS – CHANTAL DA SILVA
https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-call-kirstjen-nielsen-early-mornings-demanding-she-stop-migrants-1388529

U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— Obama Warns Democrats Over Leftist Tilt Former president Barack Obama warned his party against becoming too rigid. – Kenneth T. Walsh
https://www.usnews.com/news/national-news/articles/2019-04-08/obama-warns-democrats-over-leftist-tilt

INC.
— Avoid post-college career meltdown – J.T. O’Donnell (DIERSEN: After you graduated from college, what was your first job and why? I graduated from NIU in 1970 with a bachelor’s degree in management. Potential employers viewed me as being draft bait. They did not believe that my application for a financial hardship draft deferment would be granted. I accepted the only job offer that I got. It was from Firestone to work in its store in Chicago Heights.) 
https://www.inc.com/jt-odonnell/3-ways-parents-can-help-their-kids-avoid-a-post-graduation-career-meltdown.html
— The Ultimate Guide to Personal Productivity: 43 Tips to Be More Efficient, More Effective (and a Lot Happier) To get a lot more done, check out this comprehensive list of personal productivity tips. – Jeff Haden (DIERSEN: Since 2000, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have hinted/implied/argued/shouted that if they wanted to, they could put together and send out GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails in far less time and with far less money than it takes me.) 
https://www.inc.com/jeff-haden/the-ultimate-guide-to-personal-productivity-43-tips-to-be-more-efficient-more-effective-and-a-lot-happier.html

SALON
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “Beto O’Rourke is correct: Trump’s immigration rhetoric is straight out of the Third Reich.”
https://www.salon.com/2019/04/08/beto-orourke-is-correct-trumps-immigration-rhetoric-is-straight-out-of-the-third-reich/

April 7 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Speaking at Republican Jewish Coalition meeting, Trump says Democratic victory in 2020 could ‘leave Israel out there’ – AP
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-trump-israel-republican-jewish-coalition-20190406-story.html
— No, you don’t need 20 percent. How Chicago millennials are buying first homes with down payment programs. – Joanne Cleaver (DIERSEN: Where did the money for your down payment(s) come from? For the new town home that I bought in 1972 when I was 24 years old in University Park, it came from my IRS and Firestone Stores salaries. For the condos that I bought in 1974 and 1976 in the Outer Drive East building in Chicago, it came from my IRS salary. For the home that my wife and I bought in Wheaton in 1978, it came from my IRS salary and her U.S. League of Savings Institutions and FBI salaries. For the new home that we had built in Wheaton in 1984, it came from my IRS salary and her U.S. League of Savings Institutions salaries.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/classified/realestate/ct-re-millennial-student-debt-homebuying-20190331-story.html
— Does where you go to college really matter? We asked 10 Chicago CEOs. – Chicago Tribune staff (DIERSEN: I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who hint/imply/argue/shout a) that college degrees are worthless unless they are from Ivy League universities and b) that therefore, my 1997 graduate degree in financial markets and trading from IIT is worthless, my 1980 graduate degree in accounting from DePaul is worthless, my 1976 graduate degree in business from Loyola is worthless, and my 1970 undergraduate degree in management from NIU is worthless.) 
https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-ceos-illinois-where-went-to-college-20190327-story.html

ALTON TELEGRAPH
— Black unemployment issue for state – Mary Schuermann
https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/article/Black-unemployment-issue-for-state-13747933.php

FOX NEWS
— Trump says Dems have let anti-Semitism ‘take root’ in their party – Adam Shaw (DIERSEN: One could argue that Republicans have let anti-conservativism “take root” in the Republican Party. I should write a book about anti-conservative Republican activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc. in Wheaton, Glen Ellyn, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois. 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.foxnews.com/politics/trump-says-dems-have-let-anti-semitism-take-root-in-their-party
— California Gov. Gavin Newsom plans Central America trip to examine ‘root causes of migration’ – Louis Casiano (DIERSEN: What if Newsom finds a) that citizens of foreign countries come to America because Democrats give them preference over citizens of America, b) that minorities come to America because Democrats give them preference over Whites, c) that women come to America because Democrats give them preference over men, d) that younger people come to America because Democrats give them preference over older people, e) that poor people come to America because Democrats give them preference over non-poor people, and f) that Catholics come to America because Democrats give them preference over Protestants?)
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/california-gov-gavin-newsom-to-travel-to-el-salvador-to-get-to-meet-with-leaders

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Obama fears ‘circular firing squad’ among Democrats – Daniel Chaitin 
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/obama-fears-circular-firing-squad-among-democrats
— Larry Kudlow defends Herman Cain: Sexual misconduct charges against Trump’s picks ‘don’t necessarily pan out’ – Emily Larsen 
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/larry-kudlow-defends-herman-cain-sexual-misconduct-charges-against-trumps-picks-dont-necessarily-pan-out

DAILY WIRE
— Obama Says He Worries About Progressives Becoming Too ‘Rigid’ When It Comes To Ideological ‘Purity’ – FRANK CAMP (DIERSEN: Outrageously, disgustingly, tragically, on average, far more Republican candidates and elected officials refuse to defend/advance planks in the Republican Party platform than Democrat candidates and elected officials refuse to defend/advance planks in the Democrat Party platform.)
https://www.dailywire.com/news/45649/watch-obama-says-he-worries-about-progressives-frank-camp

AMERICAN THINKER
— Dems and reparations: a few questions – Thomas Lifson
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/04/dems_and_reparations_a_few_questions.html

BREITBART
— Jeanine Pirro Rips Dems for Pro-Open Borders Stance — ‘Bloated with Political Disregard for the American People’ – Jeff Poor
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2019/04/06/jeanine-pirro-rips-dems-for-pro-open-borders-stance-bloated-with-political-disregard-for-the-american-people/
— Democrats Give Away Race Relations Issue by Backing Al Sharpton, Reparations – Joel B. Pollak
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/04/06/pollak-democrats-give-away-race-relations-issue-by-backing-al-sharpton-reparations/

BLAZE
— Far-left protesters interrupt Trump speech to GOP Jewish Coalition — then he fires back from podium The crowd erupted in applause – Chris Enloe
https://www.theblaze.com/news/trump-protester-rjc

TOWNHALL
— The Democratic Field Is A Rainbow Of Sameness – Derek Hunter
https://townhall.com/columnists/derekhunter/2019/04/07/the-democratic-field-is-a-rainbow-of-sameness-n2544378

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Stop Comparing Political Rivals to Nazis – Steve Cortes (DIERSEN: Sooner or later, the more of the following that you are, Trump-haters will call you a Nazi: 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.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2019/04/07/stop_comparing_political_rivals_to_nazis_139985.html

ONE NEWS NOW
— Church of Sweden LGBTQ kids’ guide: Jesus queer – Michael F. Haverluck (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://onenewsnow.com/church/2019/04/07/church-of-sweden-lgbtq-kids-guide-jesus-queer

THE HILL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “Central American migrants: Trump attacks symptoms, ignores causes, and will make a bad situation worse.” What if further study of “root causes” of illegal immigration finds a) that citizens of foreign countries come to America because Democrats give them preference over citizens of America, b) that minorities come to America because Democrats give them preference over Whites, c) that women come to America because Democrats give them preference over men, d) that younger people come to America because Democrats give them preference over older people, e) that poor come to America because Democrats give them preference over non-poor people, and f) that Catholics come to America because Democrats give them preference over Protestants?)
https://thehill.com/opinion/international/437686-central-american-migrants-trump-attacks-symptoms-ignores-causes-and
— Schiff: Trump’s presidency will ‘cement’ relationship between Dems, Jewish community – KYLE BALLUCK (DIERSEN: I should write a book about the many times that my Democrat superiors in the federal government got my Democrat Jewish supervisors to take adverse actions against me. My Democrat superiors stressed a) that I have always been a Republican, b) that I am 100% German nation origin, and c) that I had been baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran. I should write a book about how the Democrats who ran Money Magazine got their Jewish employees and their Jewish advisors a) to paint my education deductions as being improper and b) to foist negative government employee stereotypes on me in Money Magazine’s 4-page February 1978 article on me.) 
https://thehill.com/homenews/sunday-talk-shows/437732-schiff-trumps-presidency-will-cement-relationship-between-dems

REUTERS
— Herman Cain says he faces ‘cumbersome’ vetting for Fed board seat

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-fed-cain/herman-cain-says-he-faces-cumbersome-vetting-for-fed-board-seat-idUSKCN1RI0OD

CBS NEWS
— Trump addresses Republican Jewish Coalition event in Las Vegas – GRACE SEGERS (DIERSEN: I should write a book about the many times that my Democrat superiors in the federal government got my Democrat Jewish supervisors to take adverse actions against me. My Democrat superiors stressed a) that I have always been a Republican, b) that I am 100% German nation origin, and c) that I had been baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran. I should write a book about how the Democrats who ran Money Magazine got their Jewish employees and their Jewish advisors a) to paint my education deductions as being improper and b) to foist negative government employee stereotypes on me in Money Magazine’s 4-page February 1978 article on me.) 
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-speaks-to-republican-jewish-coalition-in-las-vegas-2019-04-06-live-stream/

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater demonizes, denigrates, condemns men in Honduras.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/04/05/opinion/honduras-women-murders.html
— The Moral Peril of Meritocracy Our individualistic culture inflames the ego and numbs the spirit. Failure teaches us who we are. – David Brooks
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/06/opinion/sunday/moral-revolution-david-brooks.html
— How Old Is 37? Depends on Your Gender Kirsten Gillibrand, Pete Buttigieg and the fresh-face fallacy. – Jill Filipovic
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/06/opinion/sunday/age-women-men-2020.html
— Bonded by Service, Freshman Veteran Democrats Are an Occasional Thorn in Their Party’s Side – Jennifer Steinhauer (DIERSEN: I should write a book about the many times that my Democrat superiors in the federal government got my Democrat supervisors who were veterans to take adverse actions against me. My Democrat superiors stressed that I had avoided the draft.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/06/us/politics/democrats-military-veterans.html

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats crow about their success in getting citizens of foreign countries a) to illegally come to America illegally and b) to illegally stay in America illegally. 
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/as-trump-struggles-to-curb-unauthorized-immigration-his-rhetoric-gets-tougher-but-quick-solutions-are-elusive/2019/04/06/8780ac92-57b7-11e9-814f-e2f46684196e_story.html
— Trump administration nearly doubles H-2B guest visa program, which brings many Mexican workers -Heather Long
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2019/04/06/trump-administration-nearly-doubles-h-b-guest-visa-program-which-brings-many-mexican-workers/
— Trump says Rep. Omar ‘doesn’t like Israel,’ one day after arrest in threat case – Seung Min Kim and Felicia Sonmez (DIERSEN: Government is nasty. Politics is nasty. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes constantly hint/imply/argue/shout at everyone that no one likes me.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-says-rep-omar-doesnt-like-israel-one-day-after-arrest-in-threat-case/2019/04/06/6e458366-587e-11e9-814f-e2f46684196e_story.html

PITTSBURG POST GAZETTE
— Pittsburgh’s never-ending gap – JULIA FRASER (DIERSEN: What did you do to qualify yourself for better paying jobs? 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.post-gazette.com/opinion/Op-Ed/2019/04/07/Pittsburgh-s-never-ending-gap/stories/201904070094

FORBES
— Howard Schultz: Exploring A Presidential Run – Steve Forbes (DIERSEN: Will Schultz announce his candidacy and viciously demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump in my precinct at the southeast corner of Roosevelt Road and Warrenvile Road, the potential site of a new Starbucks? Just kidding, but not completely.) 
https://www.forbes.com/sites/steveforbes/2019/04/07/howard-schultz-exploring-a-presidential-run/#7dd7cc711dc9

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Liberal Independent Former Starbucks’ CEO Howard Schultz says he can steal ‘millions’ of GOP votes from Trump based on one big factor. Howie claims he has good character. – Samantha Chang (DIERSEN: Who demonizes, denigrates, and condemns your character? Government is nasty. Politics is nasty. I should write a book about those who demonize, denigrate, and condemn my character. They include a) past and present Milton Township Republican Central Committee, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Illinois Center Right Coalition, American Association of Political Consultants, City of Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, Illinois, GAO, IRS, Post Office, etc. officials, employees, and members and b) those who I have sued.) 
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2019/04/07/fmr-starbucks-ceo-howard-schultz-says-he-can-steal-millions-of-gop-votes-from-trump-based-on-one-big-factor-741844

BUSINESS INSIDER
— FROM THE ARTICLE: Trump accused lawyers of coaching the migrants on what to say at the US-Mexico border to request asylum, at one point imitating a migrant reading from a script.
https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-mocks-asylum-seekers-calls-system-scam-2019-4

TECH REPUBLIC
— Impressive professional development benefits from Amazon, Google, Microsoft, and more – Kristen Lotze (DIERSEN: What did you do to qualify yourself for better paying jobs? 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.techrepublic.com/article/impressive-professional-development-benefits-from-amazon-google-microsoft-and-more/

BEAST
— Obama Says He Worries About Progressives Obsessing Over ‘Purity’ (DIERSEN: Outrageously, disgustingly, tragically, on average, far more Republican candidates and elected officials refuse to defend/advance planks in the Republican Party platform than Democrat candidates and elected officials refuse to defend/advance planks in the Democrat Party platform.) 
https://www.thedailybeast.com/obama-says-he-worries-about-progressives-obsessing-over-purity

GM AUTHORITY
— The 2019 Corvette Grand Sport Will Pace This Year’s Indy 500 – SAM MCEACHERN
http://gmauthority.com/blog/2019/04/the-2019-corvette-grand-sport-will-pace-this-years-indy-500/

April 5 Evening Edition

NBC5
— Chicago Mayor-Elect Lori Lightfoot Says President Trump Called After Her Election Lightfoot also revealed that her meeting with outgoing Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Wednesday was their first face-to-face in exactly 20 months – Mary Ann Ahern
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/lori-lightfoot-donald-trump-chicago-mayor-508174361.html

CBS2
— Jussie Smollett’s Lawyers Say He Will Not Pay Chicago $130,000 For Alleged Hoax
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2019/04/05/jussie-smolletts-lawyers-say-he-will-not-pay-chicago-130000-for-alleged-hoax/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Illinois Medicaid to cover gender reassignment surgery – Lisa Schencker
https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-medicaid-gender-reassignment-surgery-20190405-story.html
— Trump, Obama among many who have called Chicago Mayor-elect Lori Lightfoot – Bill Ruthhart
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-donald-trump-barack-obama-lori-lightfoot-chicago-mayor-20190404-story.html
— After blowout loss, Toni Preckwinkle’s status as Cook County Democratic Party chair uncertain – Rick Pearson
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/politics/elections/ct-met-chicago-mayor-toni-preckwinkle-future-20190404-story.html
— ‘Empire’ actor Jussie Smollett’s lawyer refuses Chicago’s demand of $130K, says actor ‘will not be intimidated’ – Megan Crepeau
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-jussie-smollett-responds-to-city-lawsuit-threat-20190404-story.html
— In Tribune interview, Chicago Mayor-elect Lori Lightfoot sketches out plans for a new City Hall – Bill Ruthhart
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-lori-lightfoot-chicago-mayor-tribune-interview-20190404-story.html
— Mayor Rahm Emanuel says he’s ‘totally against’ Kim Foxx resigning over Jussie Smollett case
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-rahm-emanuel-kim-foxx-jussie-smollett-20190405-story.html
— Kim Foxx must come clean about the Jussie Smollett case – Eric Zorn
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/zorn/ct-perspec-zorn-kim-foxx-jussie-smollett-geragos-20190405-story.html
— Teach for a day, get a pension for life: Another reason to fix Illinois’ constitution – Editorial
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-illinois-pension-teacher-lobbyist-20190405-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “Trump’s retreat from closing the border: More proof that when it comes to making deals, Trump is a bust.”
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/chapman/ct-perspec-chapman-trump-mexico-border-close-wall-20190405-story.html
— Activists on both sides are pushing hard as marijuana legalization bill looms in Illinois – Robert McCoppin
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-met-opponents-fight-over-legal-marijuana-proposal-in-illinois-20190404-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Trump taps NIU law prof, Wheaton and Northwestern grad Morse Tan to be ambassador-at-large – Lynn Sweet
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/niu-law-professor-morse-tan-nominated-ambassador-donald-trump/
— ‘For Sale’ sign on Thompson Center? Pritzker moves to unload unpopular building – Tina Sfondeles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/business/for-sale-thompson-center-gov-pritzker-signs-bill-clark-lake/
— Donald Lee Totten, former chair of Cook County Republican Party, dies – Stefano Esposito
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/donald-lee-totten-dies/

DAILY HERALD
— Once-vetoed plan aimed at consolidation in McHenry, Lake counties moves to Senate – Doug T. Graham
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190405/once-vetoed-plan-aimed-at-consolidation-in-mchenry-lake-counties-moves-to-senate
— Group marches at Aurora ministry to protest housing ‘unforgivable’ ‘Ripper Crew’ member – Harry Hitzeman
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190405/group-marches-at-aurora-ministry-to-protest-housing-unforgivable-ripper-crew-member
— Friends, colleagues mourn former state Sen. Don Totten – Eric Peterson
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190405/friends-colleagues-mourn-former-state-sen-don-totten

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Trump’s well underwater in Illinois, Wisconsin and Michigan New Morning Consult polling shows the president has a problem not only here but in other Rust Belt states where he won in 2016. Will Dems capitalize on it? – Greg Hinz
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/greg-hinz-politics/trumps-well-underwater-illinois-wisconsin-and-michigan
— Pritzker OKs bill to allow Thompson Center sale The measure envisions a two-year process to redevelop the location, but it’s not clear yet that the city and state are in agreement. – GREG HINZ
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/greg-hinz-politics/pritzker-oks-bill-allow-thompson-center-sale
— Pritzker needs to go all the way on a fiscal fix So long as the governor is considering a change to the Illinois Constitution, he should not stop with just one. – DAVID GREISING 
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/david-greising-government/pritzker-needs-go-all-way-fiscal-fix
— Hiking gas tax would have devastating consequences – BILL FLEISCHLI, Executive vice president, Illinois Petroleum Marketers Association and Illinois Association of Convenience Stores
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/opinion/hiking-gas-tax-would-have-devastating-consequences

WTTW
— Pritzker Signs Bill Paving Way for Sale of Thompson Center – Amanda Vinicky 
https://news.wttw.com/2019/04/05/pritzker-signs-bill-paving-way-sale-thompson-center

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Medicaid to now provide coverage for gender affirming surgeries – Kevin Schwaller 
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/local-news/medicaid-to-now-provide-coverage-for-gender-affirming-surgeries/1903044934

STATE OF ILLINOIS
— Fulfilling Gov. Pritzker’s commitment to healthcare equity, Medicaid to provide for gender affirming surgery Shown to be cost-effective in other states, coverage will advance inclusion and access for LGBTQ community
https://www2.illinois.gov/Pages/news-item.aspx?ReleaseID=19893

COOK COUNTY RECORD
— IL Supreme Court ‘ducks,’ leaves unanswered whether state constitution’s balanced budget rules ‘mean anything’ – Jonathan Bilyk 
https://cookcountyrecord.com/stories/512406441-il-supreme-court-ducks-leaves-unanswered-whether-state-constitution-s-balanced-budget-rules-mean-anything

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Pritzker to change state’s Medicaid policy to cover sex reassignment surgery – Greg Bishop
https://www.ilnews.org/news/health/pritzker-to-change-state-s-medicaid-policy-to-cover-sex/article_287342cc-57e0-11e9-820d-47671a2272de.html

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— RIP: DONALD TOTTEN FEBRUARY 19, 1933 — APRIL 2, 2019
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/04/rip-donald-totten-february-19-1933-april-2-2019-.html
— THORNER: SECOND AMENDMENT’S FUTURE RESTS WITH CONTROL OF SUPREME COURT
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/04/second-amendments-future-rests-with-control-of-supreme-court.html
— REP. DEANNE MAZZOCHI: SUNLIGHT IS BEST DISINFECTANT FOR PRESCRIPTION DRUG PRICES
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/04/mazzochi-sunlight-will-be-best-disinfectant-for-prescription-drug-prices.html
— SEN. JASON PLUMMER: DON’T BE FOOLED, HISTORY IS REPEATING ITSELF
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/04/sen-jason-plummer-dont-be-fooled-history-is-repeating-itself.html

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Sen. Jeff Merkley blames Trump for illegal immigration surge – Bailey Vogt
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/apr/5/jeff-merkley-blames-donald-trump-for-illegal-immig/
— Trump says ICE chief wasn’t tough enough – Stephen Dinan 
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/apr/5/trump-says-ice-chief-wasnt-tough-enough/

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Beto O’Rourke Compares Trump to the Third Reich – Cameron Cawthorne
https://freebeacon.com/politics/beto-orourke-compares-trump-to-the-third-reich/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Julian Castro compares Trump administration to Third Reich – Caitlin Yilek
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/julian-castro-compares-trump-administration-to-third-reich

FOX NEWS
— Sanders unloads on Trump at Sharpton conference, says he’s racist and ‘that is the damn truth’ – Paul Steinhauser 
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/sanders-unloads-on-trump-at-sharpton-confab-calling-him-a-racist
— Dems return to racial-pandering and grievance-peddling – and Sharpton’s the king-queen maker – Laura Ingraham
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/laura-ingraham-dems-return-to-racial-pandering-and-grievance-peddling-and-sharptons-the-king-queen-maker
— Ocasio-Cortez calls for ‘agenda of reparations’ as 2020 Dems get on board – Adam Shaw
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/ocasio-cortez-in-lengthy-list-of-radical-proposals-calls-for-us-to-pursue-agenda-of-reparations

GOPUSA
— College to study ‘angry white males’?; Democrat to Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: Bring it on!
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=67585
— The 1% Democrats take over the presidential race
http://www.gopusa.com/crafty-the-1-democrats-take-over-the-presidential-race/
— Democrat solution to border problem: Give Central America more US taxpayer money
http://www.gopusa.com/democrat-solution-to-border-problem-give-central-america-more-us-taxpayer-money/

PJ MEDIA
— Bernie Sanders: Trump Is ‘a Racist, a Sexist, a Homophobe, a Xenophobe, a Religious Bigot’ – TYLER O’NEIL
https://pjmedia.com/video/bernie-sanders-trump-is-a-racist-a-sexist-a-homophobe-a-xenophobe-a-religious-bigot/

ACCURACY IN MEDIA
— Media Mangles Wray’s Anti-Terrorism Remarks To Attack Trump As Racist – Brian McNicoll
https://www.aim.org/aim-column/media-mangles-wrays-anti-terrorism-remarks-to-attack-trump-as-racist/

DAILY CALLER
— DEMOCRATS ARE SUING TO STOP TRUMP FROM FUNDING BORDER WALL CONSTRUCTION – Jason Hopkins
https://dailycaller.com/2019/04/05/democrats-trump-border-lawsuit/

DAILY WIRE
— ‘UNDENIABLE’: Team Trump Releases Powerful New Video ‘Crisis At The Border’
https://www.dailywire.com/news/45590/undeniable-team-trump-releases-powerful-new-video-joseph-curl

NEWSMAX
— Politico: Trump Immigration Policies Might Be Fueling Rise in Caravans – Jason Devaney 
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/immigration-policies/2019/04/05/id/910391/

TOWNHALL
— Poll: 67% Of Likely Voters Say Illegal Immigration Is A Serious Problem, Most Believe Democrats Don’t Want To Stop It – Timothy Meads
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/timothymeads/2019/04/05/poll-67-of-likely-voters-say-illegal-immigration-is-a-serious-problem-most-don-n2544361
— Potential 2020 Candidate Howard Schultz Says He’s Against Third Trimester Abortions – Lauretta Brown
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/laurettabrown/2019/04/05/potential-2020-candidate-howard-schultz-says-hes-against-third-trimester-abortions-n2544343

EPOCH TIMES
— Trump Campaign Posts ‘Crisis at the Border’ Video Ahead of Border Visit – BOWEN XIAO
https://www.theepochtimes.com/trump-campaign-posts-crisis-at-the-border-video-ahead-of-border-visit_2868045.html

SEAN HANNITY
— O’Rourke Compares Trump to ‘Nazi Germany,’ Says Rhetoric Similar to ‘THIRD REICH’ 
https://www.hannity.com/media-room/beto-meltdown-orourke-compares-trump-to-nazi-germany-says-rhetoric-similar-to-third-reich/

AMERICAN THINKER
— So now we have caravans loading up with migrants from Sri Lanka, Congo, Haiti…? – Monica Showalter
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/04/buried_lede_so_now_we_have_caravans_loading_up_with_migrants_from_sri_lanka_congo_haiti.html

BREITBART
— Mark Zuckerberg Proposes Regulating Political Discussion, Immigration Debate – Charlie Nash
https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2019/04/05/mark-zuckerberg-proposes-regulating-political-discussion-immigration-debate/
— Google Employees Accused Coworker of Supporting ‘Hate Group’ by Donating to Christian Legal Fund – Allum Bokhari
https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2019/04/05/google-employees-accused-coworker-of-supporting-hate-group-by-donating-to-christian-legal-fund/
— Motel 6 Will Pay $12 Million to Washington State for Cooperating with Federal Immigration Officials – Penny Starr
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/04/05/motel-6-will-pay-12-million-to-washington-state-for-cooperating-with-federal-immigration-officials/
— Ethnic Groups Fear Being Classified as ‘White’ Due to Diversity Quotas – JOHN BINDER (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, being White is the worst demographic for someone to have.)
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/04/04/ethnic-groups-fear-being-classified-as-white-due-to-diversity-quotas/
— Blue Collar Workers Enjoy Wage Hikes Thanks to ‘Shortage’ of Foreigners – John Binder
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/04/04/blue-collar-workers-enjoy-wage-hikes-thanks-to-shortage-of-foreigners/
— Surge of Illegal Immigration ‘Undercutting’ Trump’s Wage Hikes for Working Class – Kris Kobach
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/04/05/exclusive-kris-kobach-surge-of-illegal-immigration-undercutting-trumps-wage-hikes-for-working-class/

CONSERVATIVE REVIEW
— A whopping 373,610 illegal aliens have received DACA renewal just since January 2018 – Daniel Horowitz
https://www.conservativereview.com/news/whopping-373610-illegal-aliens-received-daca-renewal-just-since-january-2018/

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Ocasio-Cortez Pushes ‘Agenda of Reparations’ at Sharpton Conference – JACK CROWE
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-reparations-agenda-al-sharpton-conference/

CNS NEWS
— Mark Levin: Republicans ‘Are No Better’ Than Open Border Democrats on Securing Border – Michael Morris 
https://www.cnsnews.com/blog/michael-morris/mark-levin-republicans-are-no-better-open-border-democrats-securing-border
— Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz: Situation at the Border ‘Is a Crisis’ – Melanie Arter
https://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/melanie-arter/starbucks-ceo-howard-schultz-situation-border-crisis

CONSERVATIVE HQ
— Chick-fil-A And NRA Prove Democrats Can Never Be Trusted With Power – George Rasley
http://www.conservativehq.com/node/30007

HOT AIR
— The Reparations Scam Is Back And Dem Candidates Are Falling For It
https://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2019/04/reparations-scam-back-dem-candidates-falling/

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Tucker Carlson: Can Huge Groups Of People With Nothing In Common Share The Same Country? – Ian Schwartz 
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2019/04/05/tucker_carlson_can_huge_groups_of_people_with_nothing_in_common_share_the_same_country.html
— Howard Schultz: Trump Is Right On Border Security, Wrong On DREAMers – Tim Hains
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2019/04/05/howard_schultz_trump_is_right_on_border_security_wrong_on_dreamers.html
— Trump to Illegal Immigrants: The Country Is Full, So Turn Around – Tim Hains 
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2019/04/05/trump_to_illegal_immigrants_sorry_our_country_is_full_so_turn_around.html

THE HILL
— Visiting border, Trump says he could close it in ‘a day’ – JORDAN FABIAN
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/437644-visiting-border-trump-says-he-could-close-it-in-a-day
— O’Rourke compares Trump immigration comments to Nazi Germany – RACHEL FRAZIN
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/437589-orourke-compares-trump-immigration-comments-to-nazi-germany
— Sanders backs bill creating reparations study commission – JORDAIN CARNEY 
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/437572-sanders-backs-bill-creating-reparations-study-commission

POLITICO
— Yes, There’s a Crisis on the Border. And It’s Trump’s Fault. Instead of wasting his time on a wall, the president should fix the asylum system. – ALAN BERSIN, NATE BRUGGEMAN and BEN ROHRBAUGH
https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2019/04/05/border-crisis-donald-trump-226573

ABC NEWS
— Bernie Sanders calls Trump a racist before Apollo event At a surprise visit to the Apollo Theater, Bernie Sanders honors Tony Bennett and Harry Belafonte, but also slams President Trump, calling him a racist – AP
https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/bernie-sanders-calls-trump-racist-apollo-event-62200186

CBS NEWS
— Trump says some asylum seekers are gang members
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-says-some-asylum-seekers-are-gang-members-border-calexico-2019-04-05-today/

REUTERS
— U.S. Attorney General William Barr said he was ordering certain Justice Department offices to investigate possible discrimination targeting gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender employees after an internal gay affinity group complained of low morale. – Sarah N. Lynch (DIERSEN: As I worked for GAO for almost 18 years 1980-1997, the morale of its Chicago Office employees who were Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who had not made GS-13 (currently $98,198) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $116,040) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $136,495) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $165,500) by age 40 went lower and lower and lower.)
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-justice-civilrights/attorney-general-orders-probe-into-mistreatment-of-gay-employees-idUSKCN1RH20I

CNBC
— These people are on the verge of retiring — and they have nothing saved 48 percent of American households over the age of 55 still have no retirement savings. This is an improvement from previous years, according to the U.S. Government Accountability Office. – Nadine El-Bawab
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/04/05/these-people-are-on-the-verge-of-retiring-and-they-have-nothing-saved.html

NEW YORK TIMES
— Motel 6, Which Gave Guest Data to ICE Agents, Will Pay $12 Million – Tiffany Hsu
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/05/business/motel-6-ice-lawsuit.html
— Waiting for Asylum in the United States, Migrants Live in Fear in Mexico – Zolan Kanno-Youngs and Maya Averbuch
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/05/us/politics/asylum-united-states-migrants-mexico.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Democratic White House hopefuls tout agendas to black voters – AP
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/warren-to-escalate-call-for-democrats-to-end-60-vote-rule/2019/04/05/274b1c7a-579b-11e9-aa83-504f086bf5d6_story.html
— Trump: Congress needs to ‘get rid of the whole asylum system’ – Colby Itkowitz
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-congress-needs-to-get-rid-of-the-whole-asylum-system/2019/04/05/700eac1a-57a5-11e9-8ef3-fbd41a2ce4d5_story.html
— Beto O’Rourke compares Trump’s rhetoric on immigration to that of Nazi Germany – Holly Bailey and John Wagner
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/beto-orourke-compares-trumps-rhetoric-on-immigration-to-that-of-nazi-germany/2019/04/05/66ce763a-5796-11e9-9136-f8e636f1f6df_story.html
— Threatened by Trump, exhausted by caravans, Mexico withdraws red carpet – Maya Averbuch and Mary Beth Sheridan
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/threatened-by-trump-exhausted-by-caravans-mexico-withdraws-red-carpet/2019/04/05/20f1fb76-5630-11e9-aa83-504f086bf5d6_story.html

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— For Democrats, all paths to the White House run through the House of Sharpton – EVAN HALPER
https://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-sharpton-democrats-presidential-20190404-story.html

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters want American taxpayers to continue sending their tax dollars to countries a) that illegally send their citizens illegally to America illegally and b) that illegally keep their citizens illegally in America illegally. 
https://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/ny-oped-hitting-ourselves-in-the-face-20190404-tmwctfwkznhsfjseq7hvsrtuhu-story.html
— Presidential candidates, in speeches to black voters, pledge support for reparations study at National Action Network event – CHRIS SOMMERFELDT and LEONARD GREENE
https://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/ny-nan-president-candidates-reparations-20190405-d4oifmxew5avbjc5k2unposigy-story.html

PHILADELPHIA TRIBUNE
— Something new is brewing in Parkside area – Its first Starbucks – Aaron Moselle
https://www.phillytrib.com/news/local_news/parkside-leaders-welcome-the-neighborhood-s-first-starbucks/article_0a14fab2-745f-53a0-8c39-85ef30c3b676.html

JOURNAL TIMES
— Starbucks coming to Burlington – MICHAEL BURKE
https://journaltimes.com/business/local/starbucks-coming-to-burlington/article_505e8a58-0858-5332-831d-716870f6924f.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Trump Says Southern-Border Asylum Seekers Are Running a ‘Scam’ President visits border area, says those requesting asylum make up stories of persecution; gang violence is still a problem in Central America – Vivian Salama and Alex Leary
https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-threatens-to-override-mexico-trade-deal-with-car-tariffs-unless-border-is-secured-11554479894

BLOOMBERG
— Immigration and Civil Rights Groups Ask Fortune 500 CEOs to Blacklist Trump Aides – Jennifer Epstein (DIERSEN: My Democrat GAO superiors blacklisted me after they forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, gave me unfair performance expectations and appraisals, always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, did not promote me beyond GS-13, got rid of my mentor in 1987, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and forced me to take a $19,568 (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980.)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-04-05/immigration-groups-ask-fortune-500-ceos-to-blacklist-trump-aides

FORBES
— Microsoft Employees Meet With CEO Nadella To Protest Treatment Of Women – Elana Lyn Gross
https://www.forbes.com/sites/elanagross/2019/04/05/microsoft-treatment-of-women/#362c57e8205a

FEDERAL NEWS NETWORK
— Freshman congressman: Axing Office of Tech Assessment made us ‘dumber as a nation’ – Jory Heckman
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/technology-main/2019/04/freshman-congressman-axing-office-of-tech-assessment-made-us-dumber-as-a-nation/

PBS NEWS HOUR
— Barr orders FBI, Bureau of Prisons to probe discrimination against LGBTQ workers – AP (DIERSEN: I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years. My superiors should have probed their discrimination against their 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://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/barr-orders-fbi-bureau-of-prisons-to-probe-discrimination-against-lgbtq-workers

RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— For Voters, Illegal Immigration Remains Big Problem, But Not for Democrats
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/current_events/immigration/april_2019/for_voters_illegal_immigration_remains_big_problem_but_not_for_democrats

EVENING NEWS
— Plans to open Starbucks drive-thru in Dennistoun axed
https://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/news/17555192.plans-to-open-starbucks-drive-thru-in-dennistoun-axed/

April 5 Morning Edition

NBC5
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/New-Group-Pushes-for-Legalization-of-Marijuana-in-Illinois-508119631.html


CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Trump taps Skokie’s Jovita Carranza, the U.S. Treasurer, to be next SBA chief – Lynn Sweet
https://chicago.suntimes.com/business/donald-trump-taps-skokie-jovita-carranza-u-s-treasurer-next-sba-chief/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/state-senate-unanimously-oks-bill-to-open-up-banking-services-for-pot-firms/
— Joe Biden, the #MeToo movement and the backlash on women if it goes too far – Melody Spann Cooper (DIERSEN: To get votes from women, Democrats demonize, denigrate, and condemn men, and especially Republican men, as being sexists and even worse things.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/business/joe-biden-metoo-movement-2020-presidential-election-sexual-harassment-workplace/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG COLOR PICTURE IN THE NAPERVILLE SUN: Housing, business, safety and recreational pot on radar for Naperville’s new and returning council members, mayor – Erin Hegarty
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/news/ct-nvs-city-council-mayor-new-elected-st-0405-story.html

(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

DAILY HERALD
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pioneering legal pot states aim to ease rules on industry – ASP
https://www.dailyherald.com/article/20190402/news/304029921
— How bad does border have to be for Democrats to admit it’s an emergency? – Byron York
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20190405/how-bad-does-border-have-to-be-for-democrats-to-admit-its-an-emergency

WGN RADIO
— City Club of Chicago: DuPage County Board Chairman Dan Cronin
https://wgnradio.com/2019/04/04/city-club-of-chicago-dupage-county-board-chairman-dan-cronin-2/

HERALD & REVIEW
— University of Illinois makes pitch for 16.5 percent state funding increase – JERRY NOWICKI
https://herald-review.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/university-of-illinois-makes-pitch-for-percent-state-funding-increase/article_caa52ca4-4968-57f9-9c8c-ab3b00f77022.html

NPR ILLINOIS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Mormon Church surrenders to LGBTQers.
http://www.nprillinois.org/post/major-shift-mormon-church-rolls-back-controversial-policies-toward-lgbt-members#stream/0

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— HOW SWEDEN CONDEMNS CHRISTIANS TO THEIR DEATH
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/04/how-sweden-condemns-christians-to-their-death.html

GOPUSA
— Democrat Jerrold Nadler: Religious rights must bow to LGBT
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=67536
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez bully-tweets Donald Trump on taxes
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=67555
— Pelosi announces lawsuit against securing the border
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=67562
— Democrat solution to border problem: Give Central America more US taxpayer money
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=67552
— Tom Cotton calls for IRS to investigate Southern Poverty Law Center’s tax-exempt status
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=67546

RUSH LIMBAUGH
— Insane Leftist (in a Starbucks) Triggered by Old Guy in MAGA Hat (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.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2019/04/04/insane-leftist-triggered-by-old-guy-in-maga-hat/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Google shutters A.I. ethics board after LGBTQs attack conservatives – Cheryl K. Chumley
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/apr/5/google-shutters-i-ethics-board-after-lgbtqs-attack/
— Beto O’Rourke: Trump immigration rhetoric recalls Nazi Germany – AP (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.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/apr/4/beto-orourke-donald-trump-immigration-rhetoric-rec/

NEWSMAX
— Giuliani Lashes Out at House Dems as ‘Rabid Partisans’ – Cathy Burke
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/rudy-giuliani-partisan-democrats-house/2019/04/04/id/910238/

DAILY CALLER
— BETO: TRUMP’S RHETORIC ON IMMIGRANTS IS COMPARABLE TO ‘THE THIRD REICH’ – Mike Brest
https://dailycaller.com/2019/04/04/beto-trump-immigrants-third-reich/
— PALO ALTO WOMAN FIRED AFTER SHE SCREAMS AT AND DOXXES OLD MAN IN MAGA HAT IN A STARBUCKS – Mary Margaret Olohan (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://dailycaller.com/2019/04/04/palo-alto-woman-fired-maga-hat/

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.)

FOX NEWS
— Man wearing ‘MAGA’ hat says woman berated him at California Starbucks for supporting Trump – Katherine Lam (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.foxnews.com/us/man-wearing-maga-hat-says-woman-berated-him-at-california-starbucks-for-supporting-trump
— It’s not Congress fostering the border crisis; it’s Democrats in Congress – Steve Levy
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/steve-levy-its-not-congress-fostering-the-border-crisis-its-democrats-in-congress
— Sarah Sanders: Democrats ‘unwilling’ to help President Trump solve crisis at southern border – Victor Garcia
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/sarah-sanders-mexico-has-stepped-up-democrats-unwilling-to-do-anything
— Charlie Kirk: Trump’s tough stand on illegal immigration from Mexico is getting results – Charlie Kirk
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/charlie-kirk-trumps-tough-stand-on-illegal-immigration-from-mexico-is-getting-results
— Beto O’Rourke compares Trump administration rhetoric to Nazi Germany – Nicole Darrah (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.foxnews.com/politics/beto-orourke-compares-trump-administration-rhetoric-to-nazi-germany
— Someday, the AOC moment will pass and Dems will rejoin adult conversations about immigration – Tucker Carlson
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/tucker-carlson-someday-the-aoc-moment-will-pass-and-dems-will-rejoin-adult-conversations-about-immigration
— Sharpton emerges as kingmaker as 2020 Dems compete for his approval – Lukas Mikelionis (DIERSEN: Who are the kingmakers in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois?)
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/sharpton-emerges-as-kingmaker-as-2020-democrats-court-for-his-approval

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

AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE
— Will 2020 Be the Beginning of a Socialist America? – PATRICK J. BUCHANAN
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/buchanan/will-2020-be-the-beginning-of-a-socialist-america/

CNS NEWS
— 2020: Socialist America or Trump’s America? – Patrick J. Buchanan 
https://www.cnsnews.com/commentary/patrick-j-buchanan/2020-socialist-america-or-trumps-america
— Bozell Signs Letters Demanding Media, Social CEOs Abandon Hate-Filled, Anti-Christian, Anti-Conservative SPLC – Craig Bannister
https://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/craig-bannister/bozell-signs-letters-demanding-media-social-ceos-abandon-hate-filled
— 300-350 Unaccompanied Minors Referred to HHS Every Single Day – Susan Jones 
https://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/susan-jones/azar-300-350-unaccompanied-minors-referred-hhs-every-single-day

PATRIOT POST
— Biden and the Problem of Touch – Mona Charen (DIERSEN: To get votes from women, Democrats demonize, denigrate, and condemn Republican men as being sexists and even worse things.)
https://patriotpost.us/opinion/62206-biden-and-the-problem-of-touch

HOT AIR
— A Palo Alto Woman Harassed An Elderly Jewish Man In A MAGA Hat (in a Starbucks) And Vowed To Get Him Fired (She Was Fired) – JOHN SEXTON (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://hotair.com/archives/2019/04/04/palo-alto-woman-harassed-elderly-jewish-man-maga-hat-vowed-get-fired-fired/

LIFE SITE NEWS
— Pope appoints pro-LGBT Wilton Gregory to Archdiocese of Washington. Catholic laity protest
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/holy-see-appoints-pro-lgbt-archbishop-wilton-gregory-to-dc.-catholic-laity-protest

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?)

https://www.wnd.com/2019/04/woman-loses-job-after-confronting-maga-hat-wearing-starbucks-customer/

— RUSH LIMBAUGH: YALE TURNS ‘HIDEOUS’ New policy discriminates against Christian students
https://www.wnd.com/2019/04/rush-limbaugh-yale-turns-hideous/

THE HILL
— Woman fired from job after confronting man in MAGA hat at Starbucks – MORGAN GSTALTER (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://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/437519-woman-loses-job-after-confronting-man-in-maga-hat-at-starbucks

ROLL CALL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters say “Remain in Mexico policy for migrants creating ambiguity, fear.”
https://www.rollcall.com/news/congress/remain-mexico-policy-migrants-creating-ambiguity-fear

ABC NEWS
— Presidential candidates try to resonate with black voters at the National Action Network Convention Over a dozen declared and potential presidential hopefuls were slated to attend. – Beatrice Peterson
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/presidential-candidates-resonate-black-voters-national-action-network/story?id=62138159

UPI
— Trump heading to California to tour border wall amid new legal actions – Daniel Uria
https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2019/04/05/Trump-heading-to-California-to-tour-border-wall-amid-new-legal-actions/5741554420828/

REUTERS
— Trump threatens car import tariffs in new warning to Mexico – Roberta Rampton, Jeff Mason
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-immigration-trump/trump-threatens-car-import-tariffs-in-new-warning-to-mexico-idUSKCN1RG25X

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

NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE: DIERSEN HEADLINE: Mormon Church surrenders to LGBTQers.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/04/us/lds-church-lgbt.html

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters promote Trump-haters.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/04/04/these-republicans-denounce-trumps-inanities-where-are-rest/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Mormon Church surrenders to LGBTQers.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/religion/mormons-repeal-ban-on-baptisms-for-children-of-gay-parents/2019/04/04/5748b4b4-56f1-11e9-aa83-504f086bf5d6_story.html

NEW YORK POST
— Democrats are rushing to repeat their 1972 disaster – Conrad Black
https://nypost.com/2019/04/04/democrats-are-rushing-to-repeat-their-1972-disaster/
— ‘Reparations’ is a recipe for strife, not justice – F.H. Buckley
https://nypost.com/2019/04/04/reparations-is-a-recipe-for-strife-not-justice/

USA TODAY
— Of course President Trump should consider shutting the border – Jan Brewer
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2019/04/04/president-trump-should-consider-closing-border-jan-brewer-editorials-debates/3368992002/
— California woman fired after confronting man wearing MAGA hat at a Starbucks – N’dea Yancey-Bragg (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.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/04/04/california-woman-fired-maga-hat-starbucks/3370307002/
— As pricey homes hit market, median list price for a house reaches record $300,000 – Janna Herron (DIERSEN: In your neighborhood, in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois, what depresses home values the most?) 
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2019/04/04/expensive-homes-sale-flood-market-inflating-listing-prices/3357094002/

COLUMBUS DISPATCH
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump haters say “Trump’s threats on border, foreign aid hurt US.”
https://www.dispatch.com/opinion/20190405/editorial-trumps-threats-on-border-foreign-aid-hurt-us

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

FOX 8
— Dog kills rabid skunk in Guilford County’s 3rd rabies case in less than 2 weeks (DIERSEN: What do you say to your neighbors who harbor skunks, raccoons, etc. on their property?)
https://myfox8.com/2019/04/03/dog-kills-rabid-skunk-in-guilford-countys-3rd-rabies-case-in-1-week/

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

WEEK
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters say “Trump overstepping authority to build US-Mexico wall.”
https://www.theweek.in/news/world/2019/04/05/trump-overstepping-authority-to-build-us-mexico-wall-civil-rights-group.html

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/

ZILLOW
— FOR SALE: 905 Warrenville Road, Wheaton – $485,000
https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/905-Warrenville-Rd-Wheaton-IL-60189/4447908_zpid/

April 4 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Trump backs off Mexico border shutdown but threatens auto tariffs – AP
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/trump-backs-off-mexico-border-shutdown-threat-threatens-tariffs/5234468/

CBS2
— Foxx Under Fire From Suburban Law Enforcement Officials – Derrick Blakley
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2019/04/04/foxx-under-fire-from-suburban-law-enforcement-officials/

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Chicago to sue Jussie Smollett after his refusal to pay for police investigation costs – AP
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/local/chicago-to-sue-jussie-smollett-after-his-refusal-to-pay-for-police-investigation-cost
— Illinois justices back pension for 1-day substitute teacher – AP
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/local/illinois-justices-back-pension-for-1-day-substitute-teacher

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Jan Schakowsky, Danny Davis join fellow Democrats in letter to Trump administration over census policy they say targets immigrants – Lisa Donovan
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-census-letter-congress-schakowsky-davis-ocasio-cortez-20190404-story.html
— Court: Illinois union lobbyist can keep public pension windfall he got for one day of substitute teaching – Ray Long
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-met-union-lobbyist-pension-ruling-piccioli-20190404-story.html
— College of DuPage named fourth-best online community college in the state in new rankings – Rafael Guerrero
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/elgin-courier-news/news/ct-ecn-cod-best-online-community-college-st-0405-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: LGBTQers will use Lightfoot to promote LGBTQ activity.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/lori-lightfoot-lgbtq-rights-chicago-history-tracy-baim/
— City plans to sue Jussie Smollett after he misses deadline to pay police costs – Nader Issa
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/jussie-smollett-police-empire-costs-lawsuit-hoax-hate-crime/

NORTHWEST HERALD
— McSweeney’s township consolidation bill passed in House – DREW ZIMMERMAN
https://www.nwherald.com/2019/04/04/mcsweeneys-township-consolidation-bill-passed-in-house/aydzzpy/

BELLINGHAM HERALD
— Southern Illinois state’s attorney joining Republicans – AP
https://www.bellinghamherald.com/news/politics-government/national-politics/article228831384.html

ILLINOIS HOUSE GOP
— House Passes McSweeney’s Township Consolidation Bill
http://www.ilhousegop.org/member_news
— Rep. Deanne Mazzochi passes first bill to increase local pension fund transparency 
http://www.ilhousegop.org/member_news

CONCERNED WOMEN FOR AMERICA
— Illinois Pro-Family Group Under Attack by Radical Left (DIERSEN: I again want to thank those who stood with me when TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Milton Township Republican Central Committee, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, Illinois Center Right Coalition, American Association of Political Consultants, City of Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, Illinois, GAO, IRS, Money Magazine, Post Office, etc. officers, members, and employees attacked me.) 
https://concernedwomen.org/illinois-pro-family-group-under-attack-by-radical-left/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Radical Left Lawmakers Draft Bill Condemning Pro-Life, Pro-Family Organization Radical left lawmakers set their sights on the Illinois Family Institute/Illinois Family Action via an “official resolution” House Joint Resolution 55 that accuses the traditional family values organization of hate speech and other “bigoted” and hateful” stands. CWA of Illinois Stands with Illinois Family Institute/Illinois Family Action against this big government attempt to target political enemies.)

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Make way for the reparations – Cheryl K. Chumley
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/apr/4/make-way-reparations/

BREITBART
— Trump’s DHS Releases More than 17K Illegal Aliens into U.S. in 12 Days – John Binder
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/04/04/trumps-dhs-releases-more-than-17k-illegal-aliens-into-u-s-in-12-days/
— Illegal Immigration Levels May Reach Half a Million over Next Three Months – John Binder
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/04/04/illegal-immigration-levels-may-reach-half-a-million-over-next-three-months/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Immigrants send record $148 billion home, Latin America, China tops – Paul Bedard
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/washington-secrets/immigrants-send-record-148-billion-home-latin-america-china-tops
— Syrian national apprehended trying to enter US illegally hiding in a train from Mexico – Daniel Jativa
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/syrian-national-apprehended-trying-to-enter-us-illegally-hiding-in-a-train-from-mexico
— Ted Cruz threatens legal action against Yale Law School for policy that ‘blacklists Christian organizations’ – Jerry Dunleavy
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/ted-cruz-threatens-legal-action-against-yale-law-school-for-policy-that-blacklists-christian-organizations
— Trump campaign’s law firm Jones Day hit with $200M sex bias lawsuit over ‘fraternity culture’ – Melissa Quinn (DIERSEN: I should write a book about the past/present cultures in: TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Milton Township Republican Central Committee, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, Illinois Center Right Coalition, American Association of Political Consultants, City of Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, Illinois, GAO, IRS, Money Magazine, Post Office, etc.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/trump-campaigns-law-firm-jones-day-hit-with-200m-sex-bias-lawsuit-over-fraternity-culture

DAILY CALLER
— TED CRUZ TO OPEN INVESTIGATION OVER YALE POLICY THAT ALLEGEDLY DISCRIMINATES AGAINST CHRISTIANS – Neetu Chandak
https://dailycaller.com/2019/04/04/ted-cruz-yale-christians/

CBN
— ‘Hate-Filled, Anti-Christian, Anti-Conservative Organization’: Why the SPLC Has Been Given an ‘F’ by Charity Watch – Jenna Browder
https://www1.cbn.com/cbnnews/politics/2019/april/hate-filled-anti-christian-anti-conservative-organization-why-the-splc-has-been-given-an-f-by-charity-watch

LIFE SITE NEWS
— Pro-LGBT Equality Act alarms conservatives, feminists: Women’s rights ‘will cease to exist’ – Martin M. Barillas
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/pro-lgbt-equality-act-alarms-conservatives-feminists-womens-rights-will-cease-to-exist

THE HILL
— Protecting the borders is now a military mission – JAMES DURSO
https://thehill.com/opinion/national-security/437336-protecting-the-borders-is-now-a-military-mission
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: White-haters use FBI Director Christopher Wray to promote hatred against Whites.
https://thehill.com/homenews/437384-fbi-head-white-supremacy-a-persistent-pervasive-threat
— Facebook delivers housing, employment ads based on race, gender stereotypes – EMILY BIRNBAUM (DIERSEN: From what I see, under the Democrats, the following demographics are stereotyped the most negatively: Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older people, rich people, gun owners, German Americans, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://thehill.com/policy/technology/437399-facebook-delivers-housing-employment-ads-based-on-race-and-gender

ROLL CALL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly Trump-haters promote hatred against individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
http://www.rollcall.com/news/congress/lawmakers-to-probe-rise-of-hate-crimes-and-white-nationalism-in-u-s

WASHINGTON POST
— Trump backs off threat to close southern border immediately, says he’ll give Mexico ‘one-year warning’ on drugs, migrants – Felicia Sonmez
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-backs-off-threat-to-close-southern-border-immediately-says-hell-give-mexico-one-year-warning-on-drugs-migrants/2019/04/04/5fd35dfa-56f6-11e9-814f-e2f46684196e_story.html
— Trump plans to nominate Herman Cain to Fed board, aiming to add supporter to independent central bank – Damian Paletta and Heather Long
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/trump-plans-to-nominate-herman-cain-to-fed-board-aiming-to-add-loyalist-to-independent-central-bank/2019/04/04/8a9bb7a8-56f6-11e9-8ef3-fbd41a2ce4d5_story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Trump haters a) pander to White-haters and b) promote hatred of Whites.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2019/politics/trump-white-house-photos-lack-racial-diversity/

NEW YORK POST
— Democrats are so afraid to piss off Al Sharpton – Maureen Callahan (DIERSEN: I should write a book about the nastiest TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Milton Township Republican Central Committee, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, Illinois Center Right Coalition, American Association of Political Consultants, City of Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, Illinois, GAO, IRS, Money Magazine, Post Office, etc. officers, members, and employees.)
https://nypost.com/2019/04/03/democrats-are-so-afraid-to-piss-off-al-sharpton/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Trump Picks Herman Cain for Fed Seat Selection of Mr. Cain, along with proposed nomination of president’s former campaign adviser Stephen Moore, marks effort to install Fed critics on central bank’s seven-seat board – Nick Timiraos and Alex Leary
https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-considering-herman-cain-for-position-on-federal-reserve-board-11554399187

BLOOMBERG
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats and RINOs want America to give lots of money to countries a) that illegally send their citizens illegally into America illegally and b) that illegally keep their citizens illegally in America illegally. 
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2019-04-04/trump-s-foolish-aid-cuts-to-honduras-guatemala-and-el-salvador

TIME
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats and RINOs crow about their success in making America dependent on Mexico.
http://time.com/5562656/mexico-produce-price/

FEDERAL NEWS NETWORK
— SSA continues to transform workforce by offering early retirement – Jason Miller (DIERSEN: GAO transformed its workforce during the 1980s and 1990s. It got rid of its employees who were Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who GAO 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://federalnewsnetwork.com/retirement/2019/04/ssa-continues-to-transform-workforce-by-offering-early-retirement/
— Buyouts and surge hiring – Mike Causey (DIERSEN: When I was 45 years old in 1993, GAO offered a $25,000 early retirement buyout to all its employees, including me, who had 25 or more years of federal service.) 
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/mike-causey-federal-report/2019/04/buyouts-and-surge-hiring/

April 2 Evening Edition

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Pelosi says Biden should stop being touchy-feely with women – AP
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/pelosi-says-biden-should-stop-being-touchy-feely-with-women

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Voter turnout on Election Day called ‘disappointing’ – Megan Jones
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/aurora-beacon-news/news/ct-abn-aurora-voter-turnout-st-0403-story.html
— Aurora mayor blasts Ripper Crew murderer’s new home: ‘It is a risk the people of Aurora shouldn’t have to take’ – Sarah Freishtat
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/aurora-beacon-news/news/ct-abn-ripper-crew-aurora-halfway-house-st-0402-story.html
— Trump tweets he’s ‘the best thing that ever to happened to Puerto Rico,’ drawing ire of Puerto Ricans in Chicago – Katherine Rosenberg-Douglas
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-trump-tweets-puerto-rico-20190402-story.html
— Nancy Pelosi’s advice to Joe Biden on women: ‘Pretend you have a cold’ – AP
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-nancy-pelosi-joe-biden-cold-20190402-story.html
— Election fatigue? Yes, it’s a real thing – Eric Zorn
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-election-runoff-fatigue-20190402-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Aurora mayor ‘blindsided’ by reputed gang member’s arrival – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/aurora-irvin-richard-kokoraleis-thomas-ripper-crew-lorraine-lorry-ann-borowski/

DAILY HERALD
— Technical issue slows voting process in DuPage County – Robert Sanchez
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190402/technical-issue-slows-voting-process-in-dupage-county
— Most states’ sports betting revenue misses estimates – AP
https://www.dailyherald.com/article/20190402/news/304029890/

HERALD & REVIEW & SOUTHERN & SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Illinois House Republicans argue against graduated tax, call it a ‘blank check’ to lawmakers – JERRY NOWICKI
https://herald-review.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/illinois-house-republicans-argue-against-graduated-tax-call-it-a/article_3759181b-041f-59d7-af0e-07263b6c4ea7.html
https://thesouthern.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/house-gop-reaffirms-graduated-tax-opposition/article_f52ea0a6-e6ec-5884-9c6f-783cde0f364d.html
https://www.sj-r.com/news/20190402/illinois-house-gop-reaffirms-graduated-tax-opposition

FOX ILLINOIS
— Chinese woman carrying malware allegedly got into Mar-a-Lago – AP
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/chinese-woman-carrying-malware-allegedly-got-into-mar-a-lago-04-02-2019

OAK PARK
— Not in your front yard: Why ‘For Sale’ signs are banned in Oak Park – Steven Jackson (DIERSEN: In your precinct, what percent of the homes are a) for sale, b) vacant, and/or c) seriously neglected? What discourages people from living in your precinct?)
https://www.oakpark.com/News/Articles/4-2-2019/Not-in-your-front-yard:-Why-‘For-Sale’-signs-are-banned-in-Oak-Park/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Rep. Adam Kinzinger: Trump should not close U.S.-Mexico border – Bailey Vogt
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/apr/2/adam-kinzinger-donald-trump-should-not-close-us-me/

NEWSMAX
— Kinzinger: Border Shutdown Would Cause ‘Significant’ Economic Impact – Sandy Fitzgerald 
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/adam-kinzinger-us-border-mexico/2019/04/02/id/909799/
— Trump: Dems, Central American Nations Take Money for ‘Absolutely Nothing’ – Theodore Bunker 
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/democrats-mexicans-twitter-tweet/2019/04/02/id/909827/
— For the Media, If It’s Anti-Trump It’s Too Good to Check – Michael Reagan 
https://www.newsmax.com/reagan/media-bias-trump/2019/04/02/id/909809/

DAILY CALLER
— EXCLUSIVE: TRUMP TO PURSUE ‘AGGRESSIVE’ EXECUTIVE CRACKDOWN ON IMMIGRATION – Saagar Enjeti
https://dailycaller.com/2019/04/02/stephen-miller-crackdown-illegal-immigration/
— GOOGLE EMPLOYEES PROTEST COMPANY’S PRO-BORDER WALL BOARD MEMBER. EXECS STAND PAT – Chris White
https://dailycaller.com/2019/04/02/google-conservatives-heritage-president/
— PETER STRZOK’S BOSS THOUGHT EXTRAMARITAL AFFAIR MADE HIM VULNERABLE TO FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE – Chuck Ross (DIERSEN: If you have ever done anything that subjects you to blackmail, you should not seek or hold any kind of government or political job or office.)
https://dailycaller.com/2019/04/02/peter-strzok-vulnerable-affair-spies/

BREITBART
— Democrat Presidential Candidate Julián Castro: Open the Borders – Neil Munro
https://www.breitbart.com/economy/2019/04/02/democrat-presidential-candidate-julian-castro-open-borders/

CONSERVATIVE REVIEW
— Democrats’ ‘Equality Act’ promotes equality … for everyone who agrees with them – Nate Madden
https://www.conservativereview.com/news/democrats-equality-act-promotes-equality-everyone-agrees/

TOWNHALL
— Democratic Proposal: Hey, Let’s Eliminate Criminal Penalties for Illegal Immigration — and End Most Detentions – Guy Benson
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2019/04/02/democratic-presidential-candidate-hey-lets-end-criminal-penalties-for-illegally-entering-the-us-n2544138

ONE NEWS NOW
— Civil disobedience – a proper response to pro-LGBT school event – Bob Kellogg
https://onenewsnow.com/education/2019/04/02/civil-disobedience-a-proper-response-to-pro-lgbt-school-event

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Hispanics Rally to Trump, Boosting His 2020 Chances – Steve Cortes
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2019/04/02/hispanics_rally_to_trump_boosting_his_2020_chances_139933.html
— Trump: Closing U.S.-Mexican Border Will Hurt Economy, “But Security Is What Is Most Important” – Tim Hains 
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2019/04/02/trump_closing_us-mexican_border_will_hurt_economy_but_security_is_what_is_most_important.html

ROLL CALL
— Trump slams Puerto Rican officials, calls Nadler a hypocrite Rep. Beyer alleges that Trump is ‘lying’ about how much aid has gone to island – John T. Bennett
https://www.rollcall.com/news/trump-slams-puerto-rican-officials-calls-rep-nadler-a-hypocrite

THE HILL
— Biden controversy splits Dems on generational, political lines – JONATHAN EASLEY AND AMIE PARNES (DIERSEN: If the Democrats officially dump Democrats who are old, White, and/or male, will they vote for Republicans?)
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/437020-biden-controversy-splits-dems-on-generational-political-lines

NBC NEWS
— Trump, McConnell clash on closing the border “If we don’t make a deal with Congress, the border’s going to be closed,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office on Tuesday. “100 percent.” – Jonathan Allen and Rebecca Shabad
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/trump-100-percent-ready-shut-down-u-s-mexico-border-n990146

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters say “Trump’s huffing and puffing at the border won’t make the migration problem disappear.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/trumps-huffing-and-puffing-at-the-border-wont-make-the-migration-problem-disappear/2019/04/02/d7398fe4-5585-11e9-9136-f8e636f1f6df_story.html

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters say “The Cost of Closing the Border.”
https://www.latimes.com/newsletters/la-me-todays-headlines-20190402-story.html
— Trump’s critics are wrong about the border crisis. So is Trump – JONAH GOLDBERG
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-goldberg-border-crisis-trump-immigration-20190402-story.html

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
— DIERSEN Headline: Ever-increasingly, Democrats and RINOs get rid of you if you do not promote LGBTQ activity.
https://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/ny-equality-act-lgbtq-discrimination-gay-lesbian-bisexual-transgender-20190402-ohivv4ekvvhphgrbewufaroja4-story.html

MARKET WATCH
— Trump closing the border could mean price increases for produce and cars The U.S. Chamber of Commerce said this action would cause ‘severe economic harm’ – AP (DIERSEN: Democrats and RINOs want America to be more and more and more dependent on Mexico.)
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/trump-closing-southern-border-could-result-in-price-spikes-for-cars-and-produce-2019-04-02


LAW
— The Legal Risks of Targeted Ads: Lawyers Weigh In on Avoiding Anti-Discrimination Violations A new suit against Facebook alleges the platform allowed advertisers to engage in housing discrimination. For platforms offering targeted ads, the suit is a warning to check advertiser policies and ad review processes. – Caroline Spiezio 
https://www.law.com/corpcounsel/2019/04/02/the-legal-risks-of-targeted-ads-lawyers-weigh-in-on-avoiding-anti-discrimination-violations/?slreturn=20190302181439

WEEK
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats say “Americans are much more worried about health care than illegal immigration.”
https://theweek.com/speedreads/832748/americans-are-much-more-worried-about-health-care-than-illegal-immigration-poll-shows

NEWSWEEK
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “GOP DARLING CHARLIE KIRK IS WORRIED ABOUT ALEXANDRIA OCASIO-CORTEZ AND BERNIE SANDERS, BUT HE’S GOT A PLAN.”
https://www.newsweek.com/charlie-kirk-donald-trump-republican-1382254

U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— States With Largest and Smallest Gender Pay Gap On Equal Pay Day, here’s a look at the states where women earn close to what their male counterparts make – and where they don’t. – Susan Milligan (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.usnews.com/news/best-states/articles/2019-04-02/states-with-largest-and-smallest-gender-pay-gap

FIVE THIRTY EIGHT
— Why Identity Politics Could Be Good Politics For Democrats In 2020 – Perry Bacon Jr. (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs 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. How soon will RINO political organizations amend their bylaws to bar members of the aforesaid groups from joining, let alone serving as officers?) 
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/why-identity-politics-could-be-good-politics-for-democrats-in-2020/

LGBTQ NATION
— LGBTQ employees are fleeing the Department of Justice because they’re being treated poorly – Alex Bollinger 
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2019/04/lgbtq-employees-fleeing-department-justice-theyre-treated-poorly/

April 1 Morning Edition

ABC7
— Protests for, against Kim Foxx taking place Monday in wake of Jussie Smollett case – Diane Pathieu
https://abc7chicago.com/protests-for-against-kim-foxx-taking-place-monday-/5228404/?cmp=emc-wls-news-headlines-4/1/2019

WBEZ
— Bluer Than Thou: What It Means To Be ‘Progressive’ In Chicago – Linda Lutton
https://www.wbez.org/shows/wbez-news/bluer-than-thou-what-it-means-to-be-progressive-in-chicago/f6d1e2de-0568-43df-8db0-d68d2bcbbb3a

DAILY HERALD
— Pot legalization endangers future generations – Jean M. Alberti, Glen Ellyn
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20190330/pot-legalization-endangers-future-generations
— Heated school board races to watch in Wheaton, Glen Ellyn – Katlyn Smith
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190401/heated-school-board-races-to-watch-in-wheaton-glen-ellyn
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Lonks, a self-employed accountant, has fallen short on three previous bids for a board seat. He’s criticized the district on transparency issues and end-of-career bonuses for retiring employees, but Booten says the payments help retain staff. Crabtree says the district is pledging about $7 million to $7.5 million annually over the next four to five years to pay for capital projects. “We’re going to start drawing down our fund balance a little bit,” she said. “We’re going to be tightening up a little bit within our budget, not impacting students, and we’re hitting off those top-priority needs, so that’s our main focus.”)
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG COLOR PICTURE: DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats encourage citizens of foreign countries to seek asylum in America. 
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190330/constable-how-7000-mile-trek-through-the-americas-leads-west-african-asylum-seeker-to-the-suburbs
— Tuesday’s election: Key races in DuPage County – Katlyn Smith 
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190401/tuesdays-election-key-races-in-dupage-county
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Wheaton mayor Both longtime members of the city council, Phil Suess and John Prendiville are vying to succeed Michael Gresk as Wheaton’s first new mayor in 12 years. Now in his fourth council term, Suess, a partner in an investment consulting firm, has made city taxes a signature campaign issue. In each of the past four years, he’s voted against raising property taxes “at a time when the city has consistently underspent its budget, has generated higher than expected surpluses and has maintained reserves in excess of stated targets.” Prendiville voted in favor of increasing the 2018 property tax levy by $151,175 to capture new growth. The city, he said, has maintained fairly flat tax increases for the average homeowner. Prendiville, an attorney in municipal and corporate finance, cautions the city has roughly $59.5 million in projects with identified funding, but faces about $13.3 million in infrastructure projects that have no funding source over the next five years. Prendiville’s third term on the council expires in May.)

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Study finds tax plan would narrow state’s income gap – AP
https://www.sj-r.com/news/20190331/study-finds-tax-plan-would-narrow-states-income-gap

HERALD & REVIEW
— Decatur political rally pushes gun rights, says no to new taxes and abortion – TONY REID
https://herald-review.com/news/local/decatur-political-rally-pushes-gun-rights-says-no-to-new/article_5adc1091-f9e8-597a-9ca4-8097ebcae61d.html

ALTON DAILY NEWS
— OSF HealthCare Displeased With Abortion Legislation – Doug Jenkins
http://altondailynews.com/news/details.cfm?clientid=17&id=281944#.XKHiF5h_OM8

WTAX
— Hurt feelings in diversity debate (DIERSEN: How well are those who share your demographics represented on corporate boards? What percent of those on corporate boards are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
https://wtax.com/news/101101-hurt-feelings-in-diversity-debate/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “Offense taken,” said a black lawmaker during a hot debate over a bill at the Capitol Friday. The bill would require Illinois-based publicly-held corporations to have blacks and women on their boards of directors. Republicans say the requirement is another sign to businesses that they should not locate in Illinois. “If you’re saying that’s stifling business in Illinois, how am I supposed to take that?” shouted State Rep. Will Davis (D-Homewood), who is black. State Rep. Steve Reick (R-Woodstock), who is white, had a response for Davis: “You’re not gonna get anything in this country in the way of being treated equally if you’re gonna take offense at every damn thing that comes up.” Some of the white Republicans’ remarks which offended black Democrats included questions about whether Christian men could be a protected class, too; and whether a corporate board could include somebody such as Rachel Dolezal, a white woman who famously faked her way to the presidency of the NAACP. The bill barely passed. State Rep. Chris Welch (D-Hillside), who is black, said all he wanted to do was make the world better for his five-year-old daughter. HB 3394 has passed the House, 61-27.)

FOX ILLINOIS
— Town hall meeting held in Decatur – Leslie Moreno
https://foxillinois.com/news/local/town-hall-meeting-held-in-decatur

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— GOP lawmakers promote downstate divorce from Chicago Halbrook: “build a wall around Cook County and get Chicago to pay for it” – Mark Maxwell 
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/gop-lawmakers-promote-downstate-divorce-from-chicago/1891682688
— Drag show brunch encourages LGBTQ community to go to the polls – Rosario Dominguez 
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/local-news/drag-show-brunch-encourages-lgbtq-community-to-go-to-the-polls/1891057900

CENTER FOR ILLINOIS POLITICS
— How the youth vote could affect Tuesday’s mayoral runoff – Kerry Lester (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote hatred. Ever-increasingly, Democrats shout at young voters that Republicans are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things that should be gotten rid of once and for all.)
https://www.centerforilpolitics.org/articles/how-the-youth-vote-could-affect-tuesdays-mayoral-runoff

JEANNE IVES
— Keep COD a Community Asset We can Afford
https://mailchi.mp/012f5b9d361d/an-important-election-for-cod-board-get-the-facts
— Phil Suess for Wheaton Mayor
https://mailchi.mp/d4f28d8e2a0b/phil-suess-for-wheaton-mayor

DAILY ILLINI
— University responds to free speech executive order – Meghana Kaza
https://dailyillini.com/news/2019/04/01/university-responds-to-free-speech-executive-order/

COOK COUNTY RECORD
— Two-year-old law change intended to benefit non-violent poor offenders used by Smollett to seal case – Jonathan Bilyk
https://cookcountyrecord.com/stories/512330761-two-year-old-law-change-intended-to-benefit-non-violent-poor-offenders-used-by-smollett-to-seal-case

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Illinois House votes to require woman, African American on all corporate boards – Cole Lauterbach (DIERSEN: How well are those who share your demographics represented on corporate boards? What percent of those on corporate boards are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
https://www.ilnews.org/news/economy/illinois-house-votes-to-require-woman-african-american-on-all/article_fe2b7dc2-5267-11e9-bd90-6f61816a9e18.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: In Illinois, public sector employers treat their employees better than private sector employers treat their employees.
https://www.ilnews.org/news/economy/report-shows-public-sector-jobs-in-illinois-outrank-private-sector/article_a2e6ebc0-5255-11e9-9069-4f07acf101fd.html

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Left-Wing Partisans File Stunning Resolution Against Illinois Family Institute
https://illinoisfamily.org/podcast/left-wing-partisans-file-stunning-resolution-against-illinois-family/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Chicago attorney Joseph A. Morris, who is also a leader in B’nai B’rith and other Jewish and interfaith organizations, served from 1995 through 2001 as the President of B’nai B’rith in the Midwest, and was founder and first Chairman of the B’nai B’rith International Center for Public Policy, said this about the disputed analogy: I’m Jewish, and not only am I not offended by the comparison between the German Nazi Party’s National Socialism and the U.S. Democratic Party’s Democratic Socialism but I think the comparison is accurate. Wise, principled, and humane Democrats should welcome having their attention arrested by the facts.)

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— THORNER: FOX NEWS’ SHARP TURN TO THE LEFT
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/04/thorner-fox-news-sharp-turn-to-the-left.html
— TRADITIONAL MARRIAGE VIEWS COULD BECOME ‘HATE CRIME’
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/04/traditional-marriage-views-could-become-hate-crime.html

GOPUSA
— Despite Twitter ban, media blackout and an R-rating, ‘Unplanned’ cleans up at the box office
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=67318

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Massive caravan on ‘illegal immigration superhighway’ to press strained border resources – Stephen Dinan and Valerie Richardson 
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/mar/31/us-mexico-border-illegal-immigration-superhighway/
— Kellyanne Conway: ‘Creepy Uncle Joe’ videos could be ‘big problem’ for Biden in 2020 White House counselor commends Democrat Lucy Flores for taking on ‘highest levels’ of her party – Valerie Richardson
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/mar/31/kellyanne-conway-joe-biden-creepy-uncle-joe-videos/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Biden ally defends him on #MeToo allegation: He’s a ‘human golden retriever’ – John Gage 
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/biden-ally-defends-him-on-metoo-allegation-hes-a-human-golden-retriever

FOX NEWS
— Trump done playing ‘nice’ at the border; Biden has potential ‘Creepy Uncle Joe’ problem
https://www.foxnews.com/us/trump-done-playing-nice-at-the-border-biden-has-a-creepy-uncle-joe-problem
— Mexico to hand out some humanitarian visas as thousands of caravan migrants gather in Chiapas – Samuel Chamberlain
https://www.foxnews.com/world/mexico-to-hand-out-some-humanitarian-visas-as-thousands-of-caravan-migrants-gather-in-chiapas
— America would run out of avocados in weeks if Trump shuts border with Mexico, grower warns – Travis Fedschun 
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/america-would-run-out-of-avocados-in-weeks-if-trump-shuts-border-with-mexico-grower-warns

PATRIOT POST
— Americans Are Done With Leftmedia’s Emotional Manipulation Pulling on the heartstrings of Americans and targeting viewers who are less informed. – Patrick Hampton
https://patriotpost.us/articles/62096-americans-are-done-with-leftmedias-emotional-manipulation

BREITBART
— Over 1M Illegal Aliens Expected to Arrive in U.S.: ‘Merkel-Style Disaster’ – John Binder
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/03/31/over-1m-illegal-aliens-expected-arrive-u-s-merkel-style-disaster/
— Pew Research: U.S. Home to Nearly 20% of World’s Migrant Population – John Binder
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/03/31/pew-research-u-s-home-to-nearly-20-of-worlds-migrant-population/
— CNN Has Yet to Correct, Retract False Claim About Trump and ‘Fine People’ in Charlottesville – Joel B. Pollak
https://www.breitbart.com/the-media/2019/04/01/cnn-has-yet-to-correct-retract-false-claim-about-trump-and-fine-people-in-charlottesville/

TOWNHALL
— Liberals Were Quick To Jump On The #MyWhitePrivilege Bandwagon But They Forgot This Important Tidbit – Beth Baumann (DIERSEN: If I had been a minority, the federal government would have promoted me into its Senior Executive Service long before I was 40 years old. I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 32.)
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/bethbaumann/2019/03/31/liberals-were-quick-to-jump-on-the-mywhiteprivilege-bandwagon-but-they-forgot-th-n2544055
— Democrats Failed To Remove Trump, Now They Must Face Their Worst Nightmare – Scott Morefield (DIERSEN: What if my critics/opponents had failed to remove me as a TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman in 2012, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member in 2011, Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster in 2010 and 2004, Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member in 2007, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member in 2004, GAO employee in 1997?)
https://townhall.com/columnists/scottmorefield/2019/04/01/democrats-failed-to-remove-trump-now-they-must-face-their-worst-nightmare-n2544058

PJ MEDIA
— Hillary Clinton and 2020 Dems Celebrate Transgender Identity, Oppose ‘Hate’ – TYLER O’NEIL
https://pjmedia.com/trending/hillary-clinton-and-2020-dems-celebrate-transgender-identity-oppose-hate/

ONE NEWS NOW
— Border crisis past the ‘breaking point’ – Chad Groening
https://onenewsnow.com/national-security/2019/04/01/border-crisis-past-the-breaking-point

FEDERALIST
— How The So-Called Equality Act Threatens Speech, Religion, And Women’s Rights Despite the universal appeal of the name and its noble promises, the act poses a major risk to those who value religious freedom, state independence, and women’s rights. – Chad Felix Greene
https://thefederalist.com/2019/04/01/called-equality-act-threatens-freedom-speech-religion-womens-rights/
— Yale Law School Yanks Stipends From Students Who Work For Christian Firms Yale has found a roundabout way to blacklist legal and nonprofit organizations that don’t adhere to Yale’s understanding of gender identity. – Aaron Haviland
https://thefederalist.com/2019/04/01/yale-law-school-yanks-stipends-students-work-christian-firms/

COLLEGE FIX
— Professor teaching evaluations now include ‘diversity,’ ‘cultural awareness’ ratings
https://www.thecollegefix.com/professor-teaching-evaluations-now-include-diversity-cultural-awareness-ratings/

THE HILL
— Trump calls on Congress to ‘fix’ asylum, other immigration ‘loopholes’: ‘Get it done now!’ – BRETT SAMUELS
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/436685-trump-calls-on-congress-to-fix-asylum-other-immigration-loopholes-get
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “Trump prefers mocking asylum seekers over finding solutions.” Democrats and RINOs want open borders, that is, Democrats and RINOs want the destruction of America.
https://thehill.com/opinion/immigration/436628-trump-prefers-mocking-asylum-seekers-over-finding-solutions

POLITICO
— 2020 Dems express sympathy for Biden’s accuser The former vice president says he doesn’t think he acted ‘inappropriately’ with Lucy Flores, but she says he needs to change how he behaves. – MARC CAPUTO and MARTIN MATISHAK 
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/03/31/joe-biden-lucy-flores-1244922

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-hating teachers crow about their success in getting their students to hate Trump and to hate Trump’s supporters.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/01/upshot/trump-era-molding-young-voters.html
— Whistle-Blower Tells Congress of Irregularities in White House Security Clearances – Nicholas Fandos and Maggie Haberman
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/01/us/politics/trump-security-clearances.html
— Productivity Isn’t About Time Management. It’s About Attention Management. “Time management” is not a solution — it’s actually part of the problem. – Adam Grant (DIERSEN: What do you say to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who hint/imply/argue/shout that they could put GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and send them out in far less time than it takes me?)
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/28/smarter-living/productivity-isnt-about-time-management-its-about-attention-management.html

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters work hard to turn Puerto Rico against America.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2019/04/01/trump-hasnt-treated-puerto-rico-well-thats-long-us-tradition/
— Discrimination on Facebook is a real problem. But Carson’s motives warrant skepticism. – Editorial (DIERSEN: From what I see, ever-increasingly, firms want to reach 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.washingtonpost.com/opinions/discrimination-on-facebook-is-a-real-problem-but-carsons-motives-warrant-skepticism/2019/03/31/0c28fd6e-524f-11e9-8d28-f5149e5a2fda_story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Facebook’s tool is popular and powerful because it allows firms to reach the precise audience they wish. Sometimes, firms wish to exclude minorities and women, either directly or through digital redlining by Zip code. Facebook makes it easy.)
— Who are all the political appointees in Donald Trump’s administration? No one knows, and that hurts accountability. – Joe Davidson
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/04/01/who-are-all-political-appointees-donald-trumps-administration/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— After Smollett, Chicago’s Mayoral Runoff Turns Nasty The race to succeed Rahm Emanuel pits the Windy City’s new left against its old Democratic machine. – Allysia Finley
https://www.wsj.com/articles/after-smollett-chicagos-mayoral-runoff-turns-nasty-11554057616
— The Border Asylum Crisis A broken asylum system all but guarantees entry if you bring children. – Editorial
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-border-asylum-crisis-11554062066

BLOOMBERG
— Mexico Needs More Than an Apology From Spain There’s no denying the abuses of colonization, but national expressions of regret don’t always work. – Tyler Cowen
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2019-04-01/mexico-needs-more-than-an-apology-from-spain

USA TODAY
— ‘SNL’ mocks Jussie Smollett in sketch that doubts his innocence. Did it go too far? – Andrea Mandell
https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/entertainthis/2019/03/31/snl-mocks-jussie-smollett-harsh-sketch-and-people-mad/3324696002/

WEEK
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “How Trump’s border policies will make the migration problem worse.”
https://theweek.com/articles/832491/how-trumps-border-policies-make-migration-problem-worse

NEW YORKER
— How the South Won the Civil War During Reconstruction, true citizenship finally seemed in reach for black Americans. Then their dreams were dismantled. – Adam Gopnik (DIERSEN: While my ancestors have been in America since 1844, they have always lived in northeast Illinois.)
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/04/08/how-the-south-won-the-civil-war

March 31 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Former Vice President Joe Biden defends his behavior with women – AP
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/former-vp-joe-biden-defends-his-behavior-with-women/5227426/

NBC5
— Rev. Jesse Jackson, Fraternal Order of Police Plan Monday Rallies Over Smollett Dismissal
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/jesse-jackson-fop-plan-monday-rallies-over-jussie-smollett-case-507919311.html
— Northern Illinois Sheriff (Winnebago County Sheriff Gary Caruana) Sues County Officials Over Budget
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/northern-Illinois-sheriff-sues-county-officials-over-budget-507912551.html

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Rev. Jackson plans rally in support of Kim Foxx – AP
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/local/rev-jackson-plans-rally-in-support-of-kim-foxx

WLS AM
— Ocasio-Cortez says ‘AOC sucks’ chant at Trump rally shows Trump needs a woman to ‘vilify’
http://www.wlsam.com/news/ocasio-cortez-says-aoc-sucks-chant-at-trump-rally-shows-trump-needs-a-woman-to-vilify/

DAILY HERALD
— In an uncertain era, expressing certainty is a potent weapon – AP
https://www.dailyherald.com/article/20190331/news/303319951/
— Police: ‘Ripper Crew’ member registered as sex offender in Aurora – Lauren Rohr and Justin Kmitch
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190331/police-ripper-crew-member-registered-as-sex-offender-in-aurora

SAUK VALLEY
— Republicans paint bleak picture of Springfield politics Locals reps say no cooperation happening in Capitol – TODD McKENNA 
https://www.saukvalley.com/2019/03/31/republicans-paint-bleak-picture-of-springfield-politics/abbnoyt/

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— DuPage businessman Falbo swayed by levels of transparency from COD board candidates – Glenn Minnis
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/512358779-dupage-businessman-falbo-swayed-by-levels-of-transparency-from-cod-board-candidates
— Wheaton home prices rise in October 2018
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/512335110-wheaton-home-prices-rise-in-october-2018

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— PRITZKER’S $3.4B INCOME TAX HIKE CAN FUND LESS THAN 4 MONTHS OF STATE PENSION COSTS – Austin Berg and Adam Schuster
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/pritzkers-3-4b-income-tax-hike-can-fund-less-than-4-months-of-state-pension-costs/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Border traffic to get jammed up even more from ‘illegal immigration superhighway’ – Stephen Dinan and Valerie Richardson 
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/mar/31/us-mexico-border-illegal-immigration-superhighway/
— Mulvaney defends Trump’s Central America aid cuts: ‘We would like them to do more’ – Valerie Richardson 
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/mar/31/mick-mulvaney-defends-trump-central-america-aid-cu/

CONSERVATIVE HQ
— Mr. President Close The Border
http://www.conservativehq.com/article/29976-mr-president-close-border

AMERICAN THINKER
— Honduran caravan migrant who called Mexican beans ‘pig food’ arrested on aggravated assault with a deadly weapon rap in Dallas – Monica Showalter
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/03/honduran_caravan_migrant_who_called_mexican_beans_pig_food_arrested_on_aggravated_assault_with_a_deadly_weapon_charges_in_dallas.html

NEWS BUSTERS
— Open-Borders CNN Promotes ‘Sanctuary’ Activist Who Shielded Illegals from ICE Agents – Brad Wilmouth 
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/brad-wilmouth/2019/03/31/cnn-promotes-sanctuary-activist-who-shielded-illegals-ice-agents

TOWNHALL
— Trump Cuts Aid To Central American Nations In Response To Migrant Caravans, Needs Approval From Congress – Timothy Meads
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/timothymeads/2019/03/31/trump-cuts-aid-to-central-american-nations-in-response-to-migrant-nations-needs-approval-from-congress-n2544039
— White Men Really Are The Worst – Derek Hunter
https://townhall.com/columnists/derekhunter/2019/03/31/white-men-really-are-the-worst-n2544025

LIFEZETTE
— As ‘Mother of All Caravans’ Moves Toward U.S., Trump Will Cut Aid to Central American Countries New group of migrants headed our way may number more than 20,000 people right now
https://www.lifezette.com/2019/03/as-mother-of-all-caravans-moves-toward-u-s-trump-will-cut-aid-to-central-american-countries/

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/

THE HILL
— GOP on defensive over Dem votes on policies geared toward women – CRISTINA MARCOS (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, to get votes from women, Democrats promise to use government to take income, assets, rights, etc. away from men, and especially away from men who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time, and to give that income, assets, rights, etc. to women.) 
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/436529-gop-on-defensive-over-dem-votes-on-policies-geared-toward-women
— Giuliani praises Pirro on return to Fox News show: ‘You’re a crusader for justice’ – MICHAEL BURKE
https://thehill.com/homenews/media/436604-giuliani-praises-pirro-on-return-to-fox-news-youre-a-crusader-for-justice

CNN
— Ocasio-Cortez says ‘AOC sucks’ chant at Trump rally shows Trump needs a woman to ‘vilify’ – Eli Watkins
https://www.cnn.com/2019/03/30/politics/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-donald-trump/index.html

NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump Administration Defends Plan to Close the Border, Telling Democrats, ‘We Told You So’ – Katie Rogers
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/31/us/politics/trump-mulvaney-border-close-mexico.html
— OUTRAGEOUS: Pope Francis Warns Trump About Walls – Jason Horowitz
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/31/world/europe/pope-francis-trump-morocco.html

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters say “Yes, there’s a problem at the border. Trump’s wall won’t fix it.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/yes-theres-a-problem-at-the-border-trumps-wall-wont-fix-it/2019/03/31/2acb8592-518d-11e9-8d28-f5149e5a2fda_story.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Reparations for Slavery Open Pandora’s Box – John Foster, Portola Valley, Calif.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/reparations-for-slavery-open-pandoras-box-11554061750
— The Right and the Moral High Ground Today minorities suffer from underdevelopment, not racism. And here, at last, is conservatism’s great opportunity. – Shelby Steele
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-right-and-the-moral-high-ground-11554057729

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

FINANCIAL NEWS
— Age discrimination is the last acceptable form of prejudice – Becky Pritchard (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.fnlondon.com/articles/the-careerologist-age-discrimination-is-the-last-acceptable-form-of-prejudice-20190401

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.)

SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
— SF police search for MAGA hat-wearing man accused in sword slashing – Kimberly Veklerov and Gwendolyn Wu 
https://www.sfchronicle.com/crime/article/SF-police-search-for-MAGA-hat-wearing-man-accused-13730196.php

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

NEWSWEEK
— BACK ON FOX NEWS, JEANINE PIRRO CALLS FOR ‘TRAITOROUS, TREASONOUS’ TRUMP CRITICS TO BE PUT BEHIND BARS – JASON LEMON 
https://www.newsweek.com/fox-jeanine-pirro-trump-critics-behind-bars-1380970

March 31 Morning Edition

DAILY HERALD
— MARCH 31, 2019 DUPAGE COUNTY HARDCOPY EDITION: DIERSEN HEADLINE: The Nine DuPage County Township Governments take out a full-page ad (Page 8). They stress their general assistance, emergency assistance, Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program, and food pantry services. 
https://local.dailyherald.com/wheaton-il/public-services/government-office/dupage-county/2019-03-31-9982910-dupage-county-townships-your-neighoorhood-government-serving-you-township-government-is-the-oldest-existing-unit-of-government-continuing-to-serve-on-the-north-american-continent-township-govemment-was-in-existence-for-140-years-prior-to
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD IN DUPAGE EDITION: DuPage ballots to include questions about taxes, consolidation – Robert Sanchez
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190330/dupage-ballots-to-include-questions-about-taxes-consolidation
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Naperville Township Voters in Naperville Township will decide whether a previously approved plan to consolidate a road district should be scrapped in favor of another proposal to dissolve the small unit of government. Residents in Naperville and Lisle townships in 2017 approved a measure to combine their road districts to form one agency. The consolidation is scheduled to take effect May 2021. But Naperville Township officials put a new question on the ballot that asks voters if they want to follow a state law that allows the township government to absorb the road district. Naperville Township officials say they believe the outcome of Tuesday’s vote would supersede the decision from two years ago. But they don’t know for certain that the idea of absorbing the road district into the township legally can replace the previously approved — and now required — merger.)
— FRONT PAGE: Daily Herald wins 46 awards from Illinois Press Association (DIERSEN: I wonder what the Illinois Press Association thinks of me, my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails, and my www.gopillinois.com website?)
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190329/daily-herald-wins-46-awards-from-illinois-press-association

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— ‘Saturday Night Live’ follows Up on Jussie Smollett scandal – Danielle Turchiano
https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/tv/ct-ent-snl-jussie-smollett-scandal-20190331-story.html
— Love your job? Tell us about it. Nominate your company as a top workplace. (DIERSEN: What if back in 1997 one of my Democrat GAO Chicago Office superiors, supervisors, coworkers, or subordinates had nominated GAO for this while still worked there? What if GAO had agreed to participate? What if the Chicago Tribune had distributed a confidential survey to me? Back then, my Democrat GAO superiors used Affirmative Action, Diversity, Inclusion, up-or-out, and Republican-led budget cuts a) to hire, retain, and promote young Democrat minorities and young Democrat females and b) to make way for them by getting rid of their employees like me who were Republican, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-top-workplaces-2019-nominations-20190326-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A top workplace can be described this way: It’s an organization that is successful because its employees enjoy their work, embrace their mission and feel like valued teammates. Compensation and perks are factors, but the more important components include opportunities for professional growth and being treated with respect. To qualify, a workplace must have at least 100 employees in the Chicago area. Nominations are open to all employers, including nonprofits. Nominated companies that agree to participate will distribute to employees between April and July an easy-to-complete, confidential survey developed by the Tribune’s research partner, Energage, which will calculate the list of top workplaces.)

NORTHWEST HERALD
— No end in sight: Algonquin Township officials predict lawsuits will brew for years Algonquin Township officials predict lawsuits will brew for years – ED KOMENDA (DIERSEN: To get me to turn against township government, those who want to abolish township government could stress the adverse actions that Milton Township officials and Milton Township employees have taken against me since the 1980s.) 
https://www.nwherald.com/2019/03/29/no-end-in-sight-algonquin-township-officials-predict-lawsuits-will-brew-for-years/ajnv1si/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “It’s been a long winter in Algonquin Township,” Chirikos said at the board’s March 20 meeting. “Longer still is the discontent felt by township taxpayers who have funded a two-year campaign to discredit township government through protracted and expensive legal challenges.”)

HERALD & REVIEW
— MARCH 1, 2019 FLASHBACK: Smaller governmental units cost less – Bryan Smith, Decatur
https://herald-review.com/opinion/letters/letter-smaller-governmental-units-cost-less/article_0056cd63-4272-5108-9df8-226415c421a3.html
(FROM THE LETTER: I am responding to the Herald & Review’s piece (“Time to address reducing some governing layers,” Feb. 24) in which it’s stated that Illinois’ taxes are high because there are too many forms of government. As the executive director of the Township Officials of Illinois, I’d like to share some important data from the Illinois Comptroller’s office that clearly dispels those claims. Indeed, state reporting shows that smaller units of local government in Illinois cost taxpayers less than larger units of government. This can be seen among municipalities where taxes per resident tend to be higher where governments are larger. There has been an aggressive push to eliminate township government in Illinois, often based on information that is simply not true. Townships, which are generally smaller, have had the lowest tax increase rates in recent decades among the various types of government in the state. Further, township labor costs per employee are also the lowest of any government type. Local democracy is stronger where local governments are smaller. If townships were to be eliminated and forced into consolidating with units of government with higher cost structures, taxes, spending and debt are likely to increase. Just as bad, it would make local governments less responsive to constituents. This is no way to reduce taxes.)

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Anti-smoking advocates think raising age limit to 21 is answer – Tracy Crane
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2019-03-31/anti-smoking-advocates-think-raising-age-limit-21-answer.html

PRAIRIE STATE WIRE
— Chicago attorney Sato has no defense for proposed city tax on higher-end law, accounting firms – Glenn Minnis
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/512352685-chicago-attorney-sato-has-no-defense-for-proposed-city-tax-on-higher-end-law-accounting-firms

ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— AUDIO CLIP: Link to WLS Interview regarding HJR 55
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Laurie-H_Trussel-interview.mp3

BREITBART
— Trump Halts Aid to El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras as Flood of Migrants Overwhelms Border Patrol – John Hayward
https://www.breitbart.com/national-security/2019/03/31/trump-halts-aid-to-el-salvador-guatemala-honduras-as-flood-of-migrants-overwhelms-border-patrol/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Smollett and the Deep State: We Deserve Justice – Lloyd Marcus
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2019/03/smollett_and_the_deep_state_we_deserve_justice.html

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— The Hate Crimes of Jussie Smollett – Carl M. Cannon 
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2019/03/31/the_hate_crimes_of_jussie_smollett_139915.html
— Can the Federal Government Rescue Campus Free Speech? – Peter Berkowitz
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2019/03/31/can_the_federal_government_rescue_campus_free_speech_139916.html

WORLD NET DAILY
— SOROS BANKROLLED ‘HATE CRIME’ DATABASE USED BY MEDIA SPLC, CAIR among suppliers of ‘unverified’ claims – ART MOORE
https://www.wnd.com/2019/03/soros-bankrolled-hate-crime-database-used-by-media/

LIFEZETTE
— Trump Repeats Warnings About the Border: ‘We Will Take No More Illegals’ President’s Saturday tweets demonstrated that he’s doubling down on stopping the flow of unlawful individuals into U.S. – Elizabeth Zwirz 
https://www.lifezette.com/2019/03/trump-repeats-warnings-about-the-border-we-will-take-no-more-illegals/

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Chick-fil-A pulled from another airport a week after backlash in Texas. Fascist abuse of power starting to scare people. – Vivek Saxena 
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2019/03/31/chick-fil-a-pulled-from-another-airport-a-week-after-backlash-in-texas-fascist-abuse-of-power-starting-to-scare-people-739101

ABC NEWS
— Trump seeks to cut foreign aid to 3 Central American nations Trump takes first steps to cut aid to El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras in response to border issues – AP
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/trump-threatens-shut-mexico-border-62053098

REUTERS
— Trump cuts aid to Central American countries as migrant crisis deepens – Julia Harte, Tim Reid
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-immigration-trump/trump-cuts-aid-to-central-american-countries-as-migrant-crisis-deepens-idUSKCN1RC013

NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump Turns U.S. Policy in Central America on Its Head – Elisabeth Malkin
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/30/world/americas/trump-turns-us-policy-in-central-america-on-its-head.html
— The $70,000-a-Year Minimum Wage A small Seattle company shows that capitalism can have a heart. – Nicholas Kristof (DIERSEN: When did you start earning more than $70,000-a-year in today’s dollars? I did in 1974 when I was 25 years old. I had worked for IRS for 3 years. I was taking graduate business courses at Loyola. I had earned a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU in 1970.) 
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/30/opinion/sunday/dan-price-minimum-wage.html
— It’s Dangerous to Be a Boy They smoke more, fight more and are far more likely to die young than girls. But their tendency to violence isn’t innate. – Michael C. Reichert
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/30/opinion/sunday/boys-men-violence.html

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters say “How Trump used financial documents to exaggerate his wealth and hide debts.” (DIERSEN: While I worked for IRS’s Collection Division 1971-1980, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 levels, currently $82,579-$93,592/year, I saw many cases in which individuals, organizations, and companies understated their income and assets and overstated their expenses and debts to get tax delinquencies declared uncollectible or to get more favorable payment agreements.) 
https://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-trump-financial-documents-20190329-story.html

CBS LOS ANGELES
— Democratic Presidential Hopefuls Come To LA To Court The LGBTQ Vote (DIERSEN: What about the heterosexual vote?)
https://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2019/03/30/democratic-presidential-hopefuls-come-to-la-to-court-the-lgbtq-vote/

BOSTON HERALD
— Trump is blamed for everything – Howie Carr (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who have blamed me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails the most for their problems, for your problems, for my problems, and for everyone’s problems. They blame me a) for all the losses that Republican candidates have suffered in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois since 2000, b) for all the problems that the Milton Township Republican Central Committee, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party has had, is having, and will have, and c) for all the problems that TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Illinois Center Right Coalition, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter, etc. has had, is having, and will have.) 
https://www.bostonherald.com/2019/03/30/fault-line-trump-is-blamed-for-everything/

LAS VEGAS REVIEW
— Democrats plan to bring down the American system by overwhelming it – Wayne Allyn Root
https://www.reviewjournal.com/opinion/opinion-columns/wayne-allyn-root/commentary-democrats-plan-to-bring-down-the-american-system-by-overwhelming-it-1630244/

RIVERDALE PRESS
— There really is no one more anti-Semitic than Democrats – ALVIN GORDON (DIERSEN: My Democrat superiors at GAO 1980-1997, at IRS 1971-1980, and at the Post Office 1966-1969 stressed that I was 100% German American and Missouri Synod Lutheran. They routinely had their Jewish supervisors take adverse actions against me.) 
https://riverdalepress.com/stories/there-really-is-no-one-more-anti-semitic-than-democrats,68501

PATHEOS
— JUNE 21, 2018 FLASHBACK: What Is a Christian Hypocrite? – MARK DRISCOLL (DIERSEN: What do you say to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who demonize me, who denigrate me, and who condemn me as being a Christian hypocrite because a) I am not a member of any church, b) I do not attend church services, c) I do not give money to a church, and d) I put GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and send them out on Sunday mornings? They hint/imply/argue/shout that they manipulate/dominate/control all the churches in Wheaton.)
https://www.patheos.com/blogs/markdriscoll/2018/06/what-is-a-christian-hypocrite/

March 30 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Vice President Mike Pence tells crowd in Rosemont they are ‘young patriots’ who will lead Trump to re-election – Rick Pearson
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-mike-pence-speaks-in-chicago-20190329-story.html
— State finds more cancer than expected near Sterigenics plant – Michael Hawthorne
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-sterigenics-willowbrook-cancer-20190329-story.html
— DuPage County invites adult business owners to testify about potential regulations – Alicia Fabbre
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/news/ct-nvs-adult-businesses-dupage-st-0331-story.html
— Mayor, city council, school boards and a road referendum: What Naperville voters will see on ballots Tuesday – Erin Hegarty
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/news/ct-nvs-naperville-vote-mayor-city-council-school-st-0331-story.html
— Mapping pot legalization politics: Not just red vs. blue – AP
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/sns-bc-us–marijuana-legalization-landscape-20190326-story.html
— Trump’s Fed pick Stephen Moore worries economists, rallies conservatives – AP
https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/sns-bc-us–federal-reserve-moore-20190328-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Massive Tent City cleanup biggest in recent memory, residents say – Mitchell Armentrout (DIERSEN: Of course, under the Democrats, there will be more and more and more tent cities.) 
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/tent-city-cleaning-bulldozers-chicago-homeless-residents-housing-shelter-south-loop/
— Top cop admits some officers ‘look the other way’ at police misconduct – Fran Spielman
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/eddie-johnson-makes-his-case-to-remain-as-superintendent-under-new-mayor/
— Jussie Smollett’s case was strange enough; how it ended was stranger still – Andy Grimm
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/jussie-smollett-case-charges-dropped-records-sealed-court/

ABC7
— Lightfoot, Preckwinkle meet with faith leaders ahead of mayoral race’s final weekend – Craig Wall (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents in Wheaton hint/imply/argue/shout that they manipulate/dominate/control all the churches in Wheaton.)
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/lightfoot-preckwinkle-meet-with-faith-leaders-ahead-of-mayoral-races-final-weekend/5225113/

CBS2
— Jussie Smollett’s Attorney Contributed Money To Kim Foxx’s Campaign – Charlie De Mar
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2019/03/29/jussie-smolletts-attorney-contributed-money-to-kim-foxxs-campaign/
— Husband Of Woman Charged In Forced Labor Scheme Says He Didn’t Know What Was Going On
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2019/03/29/forced-labor-scheme-cicero/

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

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Many horses in the race for legalized sports gambling in Illinois – Grant Morgan
https://www.sj-r.com/news/20190329/many-horses-in-race-for-legalized-sports-gambling-in-illinois

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Changes make way for needed laws – RICH MILLER 
https://www.pantagraph.com/opinion/editorial/miller-changes-make-way-for-needed-laws/article_da5900aa-a0ac-53f3-a60e-f922b7796a59.html

ALTON DAILY NEWS
— Thousands of Gun Owners Turn Out for Lobbying Day in Springfield – Greg Bishop
http://www.altondailynews.com/news/details.cfm?id=281856#.XJ861Jh_OM8

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

SAVE YOUR HOME NOW
— Andrea & Gregroy Barrett lose over $124,000 on sale of Wheaton (916 W. Elm St.) mid-century modern home
https://saveyourhomenow.org/stories/512325281-market-watch-andrea-gregroy-barrett-lose-over-124-000-on-sale-of-wheaton-mid-century-modern-home

ILLINOIS BUSINESS DAILY
— Analysis: zip code 60426 in Harvey has 45th highest home vacancy rate among U.S. zip codes. (DIERSEN: How many homes are vacant in your neighborhood, in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois? Why are they vacant?)
https://ilbusinessdaily.com/stories/512330694-analysis-zip-code-60426-in-harvey-has-45th-highest-home-vacancy-rate-among-u-s-zip-codes

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/

FOX NEWS
— Trump critics say there’s no emergency at the border. The numbers show they are wrong – Mark Morgan 
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/mark-morgan-trump-critics-say-theres-no-emergency-at-the-border-the-numbers-show-they-are-wrong

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/

PATRIOT POST
— Denying American Greatness – Gary Bauer 
https://patriotpost.us/opinion/62095-denying-american-greatness

CANADA FREE PRESS
— Rahm Emanuel Blames Trump For Alleged Smollett Crime
https://canadafreepress.com/article/rahm-emanuel-blames-trump-for-alleged-smollett-crime

AMERICAN THINKER
— Omar blames flow of illegals on ‘white nationalism’ – Monica Showalter
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/03/omar_blames_flow_of_illegals_on_white_nationalism.html
— New post-Mueller Report poll shows Trump gaining support – Thomas Lifson
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/03/new_postmueller_report_poll_shows_trump_gaining_support.html

BREITBART
— Michelle Malkin to Trump: ‘Empty Threats’ on Immigration Won’t Change Open Borders Status Quo – John Binder
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/03/29/exclusive-michelle-malkin-to-trump-empty-threats-on-immigration-wont-change-open-borders-status-quo/

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/

ABC NEWS
— Trump cuts all direct assistance to Northern Triangle countries Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala The stunning development came late Friday night. – Conor Finnegan (DIERSEN: What do you say to countries that illegally send their citizens into America illegally?)
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-cuts-direct-assistance-honduras-el-salvador-guatemala/story?id=62051082

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

BUSINESS INSIDER
— Years of Mark Zuckerberg’s old Facebook posts have vanished. The company says it ‘mistakenly deleted’ them. – Rob Price
https://www.timesunion.com/technology/businessinsider/article/Years-of-Mark-Zuckerberg-s-old-Facebook-posts-13727938.php

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/