April 15 Evening Edition

ROSANNA PULIDO
— WHITE HOUSE PETITION: WE, The Citizens of Illinois want the Dept Of Justice to sue The State Illinois for their Sanctuary State Policies.  (DIERSEN: In Illinois, in your county, in your township/ward, and in your municipality, who takes the lead in defending and advancing the immigration plank in the Illinois Republican Party platform?)
https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/we-citizens-illinois-want-dept-justice-sue-state-illinois-their-sanctuary-state-policies

 

DAILY HERALD
— OUTSTANDING: Opposition to immigrant sanctuary spreading in California – AP
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20180415/news/304159954/
— OUTSTANDING: GOP attorneys general support citizenship question on census – AP
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20180415/news/304159940/
— Bill advances that requires state jobs be in Sangamon County – AP (DIERSEN: What cities have you worked in? I worked in Chicago in 1971 and then 1973-1997, in Joliet in 1973 and 1974, in Harvey in 1972 and 1973, in Chicago Heights 1970-1972 and 1964-1966, in Belvidere and DeKalb in 1970, in Park Forest 1966-1969, and in Flossmoor in 1966.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20180415/news/304159934/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— OUTSTANDING: GOP attorneys general support citizenship question on census – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-bc-us–census-citizenship-split-20180415-story.html
— Loyalty to Trump has become the coin of the realm for GOP Senate candidates – Michael Scherer (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who fawn over my critics/opponents. My critics/opponents have lots of religious, political, government, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-trump-senate-races-20180415-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: At the root of the fawning rapprochements are two defining features of the Senate landscape: Trump enjoys enormous popularity among Republican primary voters, and most of the contested races are in states Trump won in 2016.)
— Kentucky governor apologizes for saying kids were sexually abused as teachers protested – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-kentucky-teacher-protest-sexual-abuse-20180415-story.html
— After tax season, beleaguered IRS must deal with overhaul – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/sns-bc-us–congress-taxes-irs-20180412-story.html
— Zuckerberg: Regulation ‘inevitable’ for social media firms – AP (DIERSEN: Overwhelmingly, those who regulate are Democrats.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/sns-bc-us–facebook-privacy-scandal-congress-20180412-story.html

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Despite a humming economy, uncollectible accounts are still an issue – STEVE DANIELS (DIERSEN: I worked for IRS’s Collection Division for almost 9 years 1971-1980, the last 5 1/2 year of which at GS-12 Step 1-5 levels, currently $81,071/year-$91,880/year.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180413/ISSUE01/180419920/despite-a-humming-economy-uncollectible-accounts-are-still-an-issue

 

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— City eyes booze sales near daycare centers – KEVIN BARLOW
http://www.pantagraph.com/news/local/city-eyes-booze-sales-near-daycare-centers/article_720078d5-4c66-57d1-ba09-a38a35231f0b.html

 

PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— After 3 years, Rauner still not offering specifics on tech claim – Chris Kaergard and Nick Vlahos
http://www.pjstar.com/news/20180415/word-on-street-after-3-years-rauner-still-not-offering-specifics-on-tech-claim

 

WBBM NEWS RADIO
— Rauner Heads To Europe To Seek More Foreign Investment In State – JIM GUDAS (DIERSEN: Are you motivated to invest in Illinois? Ever-increasingly, Illinois is anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://wbbmnews.radio.com/articles/news/rauner-heads-europe-seek-more-foreign-investment-state

 

NPR ILLINOIS
— Republicans Might Want To Run Away From Trump This Year, But Not In West Virginia – ASMA KHALID (DIERSEN: What do you say to Republican politicians in Illinois who “want to run away from Trump?”)
http://nprillinois.org/post/republicans-might-want-run-away-trump-year-not-west-virginia#stream/0
— Prominent Gay Rights Lawyer Dies After Setting Himself On Fire In New York Park – SASHA INGBER
http://nprillinois.org/post/prominent-gay-rights-lawyer-dies-after-setting-himself-fire-new-york-park#stream/0

 

ILLINOIS HOME PAGE
— Rauner administration defends Legionnaires’ response – Mark Maxwell
http://www.illinoishomepage.net/capitol-connection/rauner-administration-defends-legionnaires-response/1120019686

 

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— 6th Congressional District Race Between Sean Casten and Peter Roskam Begins with Direct Mail
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/04/15/6th-congressional-district-race-sean-casten-peter-roskam-begins-direct-mail/
— Effort to Force Teaching of LBGT History Starting in Elementary School Co-Sponsored by McHenry County Republican Steve Andersson
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/04/14/effort-force-teaching-lfbt-history-starting-elementary-school-co-sponsored-mchenry-county-republican/
— Vote Totals in McHenry County
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/04/12/gop-voter-totals-mchenry-county/

 

EAGLE FORUM
— Weeding Out Marijuana
http://eagleforum.org/publications/efr/apr18.html

 

TOWNHALL
— Reince Priebus: GOP Will Return to ‘Traditional Platform’ After Trump – Timothy Meads
https://beta.townhall.com/tipsheet/timothymeads/2018/04/15/reince-priebus-gop-will-return-to-traditional-platform-after-trump-n2471086

 

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— James Comey book: Comey saw shades of the Mafia in Trump’s White House after he dared to question the president – Naomi Lim
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/james-comey-book-comey-saw-shades-of-the-mafia-in-trumps-white-house-after-he-dared-to-question-the-president

 

POLITICO
— Trump fundraising operation pulled in $20M in first three months of 2018 – MAGGIE SEVERNS
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/04/15/trump-fundraising-2018-525567

 

CNN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Led by Fox News, pro-Trump media fuels false narrative to accuse Facebook of censorship.”
http://money.cnn.com/2018/04/15/media/diamond-silk-facebook-fox-news/index.html


— MARCH 30, 2018 FLASHBACK: Will the spate of lawsuits against fringe media stop the flow of conspiracy theories? – Oliver Darcy (DIERSEN: Of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always demonized, denigrated, and condemned GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails as being “fringe media” and even worse things. Should I sue my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes?)
http://money.cnn.com/2018/03/30/media/conspiracy-theorists-lawsuits-infowars-gateway-pundit/index.html

 

NBC NEWS
— Democrats love unions. Just not for their own campaign workers. A new union is trying to make Democrats practice what they preach by organizing labor unions on political campaigns. It’s meeting resistance. – Alex Seitz-Wald
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/democrats-love-unions-just-not-their-own-campaign-workers-n864196

 

WASHINGTON POST
— The blue Muslim wave: American Muslims launch political campaigns, hope to deliver ‘sweet justice’ to Trump – Abigail Hauslohner (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, the Democrat Party works with Muslims to get rid of individuals, organizations, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/the-blue-muslim-wave-american-muslims-launch-political-campaigns-hope-to-deliver-sweet-justice-to-trump/2018/04/15/a8794a9c-31cc-11e8-8abc-22a366b72f2d_story.html

 

BAKERSFIELD
— Four big risks from Bolton’s purge of National Security Council – Hal Brands (DIERSEN: I should write a book about conservatives in Illinois, in DuPage County, in Milton Township, in Glen Ellyn, and in Wheaton who have been purged by Republican Party leaders a) because they are “too conservative,” that is, because they support too many planks in the Republican Party platform, most commonly, its traditional family, right to life, immigration, Second Amendment, illegal drugs, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks and/or because they fail/refuse to promote dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, abolition of the First and Second Amendments, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and even worse things.)
http://www.bakersfield.com/opinion/four-big-risks-from-bolton-s-purge-of-national-security/article_0c51cd9a-401a-11e8-b8eb-175c5de86dcb.html

 

NEW YORKER
— Chick-fil-A’s Creepy Infiltration of New York City – Dan Piepenbring
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/annals-of-gastronomy/chick-fil-as-creepy-infiltration-of-new-york-city

Author: David Diersen

The opinions that I express in GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails are based on experience that I have gained doing many things since 1948. I base my opinions on what I learned a) working for the federal government for almost 30 years -- Post Office 1966-1969, IRS 1971-1980, and GAO 1980-1997, serving on the Executive Committee of the Association of Government Accountants Chicago Chapter 1983-1996, and being a union member while I worked for the Post Office and IRS; b) earning an MBA from Loyola in 1976, a masters degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, and a masters degree in financial markets and trading from IIT in 1997; c) passing the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979 and passing the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981; c) serving as a Republican Precinct Committeeman since 1999, the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000, the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois Chairman 2005-2012, a member of the 2008 Illinois Republican Party (IRP) Platform and Resolutions Committee, a Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member 2003-2011, the Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster 2008-2010 and 2000-2004, an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member 2003-2007, and an American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member 2001-2004; d) attending the 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, and 2016 IRP State Conventions as a delegate; e) being the subject of a nasty 4-page article in the February 1978 issue of Money Magazine; f) pursing litigation including Diersen v. GAO and Diersen v. Chicago Car Exchange; g) being married since 1978; h) living in Crete 1948-1972, in University Park 1972-1976, in Chicago 1976-1978, and in DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton since 1978; and i) being baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran.