April 10 Evening Edition

ABC7
— How Kim Foxx could lose her position as State Attorney – Jalyn Henderson
https://abc7chicago.com/how-kim-foxx-could-lose-her-position-as-state-attorney/5229262/

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Ocasio-Cortez claims climate change is driving migrant crisis
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/ocasio-cortez-claims-climate-change-is-driving-migrant-crisis

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s proposed graduated income tax passes first legislative test – Dan Petrella
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-jb-pritzker-graduated-income-tax-hearing-20190410-story.html
— If black people have to play the race card to save Kim Foxx and her reform agenda, let the games begin. – Dahleen Glanton
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/glanton/ct-met-dahleen-glanton-kim-foxx-race-card-20190410-story.html
— Barack Obama is right to warn Democrats about ‘circular firing squads’ – Clarence Page (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those in the following organizations who have worked the hardest against those like me who support a) the traditional family, right to life, immigration, Second Amendment, illegal drugs, and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks in the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) platform and in the Republican Party platform and b) the Milton Township Republican Central Committee (MTRCC) resolution against video gambling: MTRCC, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, IRP, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Illinois Center Right Coalition, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter, etc.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/page/ct-perspec-page-barack-obama-joe-biden-circular-firing-squads-alexandra-ocasio-cortez-20190409-story.html
— Abortion opponents launch new attacks on Roe v. Wade – AP
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-abortion-foes-challenge-roe-wade-20190410-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— Kane County keeps insurance provider, OKs union contract – James Fuller
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190409/kane-county-keeps-insurance-provider-oks-union-contract

HERALD & REVIEW
— Many House bills advanced out of committee – REP. TOM BENNETT
https://herald-review.com/many-house-bills-advanced-out-of-committee/article_7a22e1c0-8886-51bc-88b5-bca1ada0d423.html

REPUBLICAN NEWS WATCH
— Restoring Direct Elections will revive a lifeless Illinois Republican Party – DOUG E. IBENDAHL 
http://republicannewswatch.com/wp/?p=14720

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Dems Move for Immediate Action on Progressive Income Tax Constitutional Amendment, Waiver of Six-Day Notice Rule
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/04/10/dems-move-for-immediate-action-on-progressive-income-tax-constitional-amendment-waiver-of-six-day-notice-rule/ 
— GOP Chairman Calls for Witness Slips Against Pritzker Progressive Income Tax
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/04/10/gop-chairman-calls-for-witness-slips-against-pritzker-progressive-income-tax/

SANGAMON SUN
— The price of local government: DuPage County
https://sangamonsun.com/stories/512416757-the-price-of-local-government-dupage-county

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Top 10 campaign contribution recipients in DuPage County for the week of 2019-03-25
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/512409576-top-10-campaign-contribution-recipients-in-dupage-county-for-the-week-of-2019-03-25

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— IS IL 14TH’S UNDERWOOD ONE OF AOC’S “MEAN GIRLS”?
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/04/aol-boosts-il-14th-freshman-congress-member-.html
— DOWNSTATE REP Darren Bailey (R-Effingham) HOPES TO BLOCK PRITZKER PLAN TO FUND GENDER REASSIGNMENT SURGERY
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/04/downstate-rep-hopes-to-block-pritzker-plan-to-fund-reassignment-surgery.html

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— It’s war: Trump wants ‘battlefield commander’ on border to stop illegal immigrants – Paul Bedard 
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/washington-secrets/its-war-trump-wants-battlefield-commander-on-border-to-stop-illegal-immigrants

GOPUSA
— Democrats seek end to workplace harassment with new legislation
http://www.gopusa.com/democrats-seek-end-to-workplace-harassment-with-new-legislation/

OPEN THE BOOKS
— CEO Adam Andrzejewski discussed the phenomena of how taxpayer dollars are actually driving up the cost of college tuition on Tucker Carlson Tonight show at Fox News
https://us20.campaign-archive.com/?u=2cf2a73e6220e59e3c1c4a60c&id=479319b26b&e=c3d56370e5

FOX NEWS
— Caldwell: Talk of Slavery Reparations by 2020 Dems Is a ‘Scam, Con Job’ Booker proposes bill to study issue.
https://insider.foxnews.com/2019/04/10/gianno-caldwell-2020-democrats-talk-reparations-scam-con-job
— ‘Not Going to Happen’: Thomas Sowell Blasts 2020 Dems’ Push for Reparations
https://insider.foxnews.com/2019/04/10/thomas-sowell-democrats-asking-reparations-greg-gutfeld-show

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EPOCH NEWS
— Political Censorship: How the Left is Trying to Frame MAGA Hats as Symbols of Hate – Joshua Philipp (DIERSEN: If you wore a MAGA hat, what would the Trump-haters in your neighborhood, in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois do to you?)
https://www.theepochtimes.com/political-censorship-how-the-left-is-trying-to-frame-maga-hats-as-symbols-of-hate_2874539.html
— Pentagon Awards $976 Million in Border Wall Contracts – IVAN PENTCHOUKOV
https://www.theepochtimes.com/pentagon-awards-976-million-in-border-wall-contracts_2874208.html

BREITBART
— Two-Thirds of Americans Oppose Slavery Reparations – John Nolte
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/04/10/nolte-two-thirds-of-americans-oppose-slavery-reparations/

BLAZE
— Hundreds of Hondurans form new caravan headed to the US ‘There are more than 800, almost a thousand’ – Jana Pruet
https://www.theblaze.com/news/hundreds-of-hondurans-form-new-caravan-headed-to-the-us

TOWNHALL
— Facebook’s New Policy Is Not About ‘Standing Up to Hate’ – Ken Blackwell
https://townhall.com/columnists/kenblackwell/2019/04/10/facebooks-new-policy-is-not-about-standing-up-to-hate-n2544590

DAILY SIGNAL
— The Open Borders Agenda Rears Its Ugly Head – Ben Shapiro
https://www.dailysignal.com/2019/04/10/the-open-borders-agenda-rears-its-ugly-head/

LIFE SITE NEWS
— There’s ‘diabolical intelligence’ behind global LGBT revolution: German philosopher
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/there-is-a-diabolical-intelligence-behind-the-global-lgbt-revolution-german-philosopher

NATIONAL REVIEW
— The Renewed Chick-fil-A Controversy Shows the Culture War Will Only Get Worse – DAVID FRENCH
https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/04/the-renewed-chick-fil-a-controversy-shows-the-culture-war-will-only-get-worse/

AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE
— The growth of salaries and benefits in the federal government, state and local governments and public education, 1998-2017 – Andrew G. Biggs
http://www.aei.org/publication/the-growth-of-salaries-and-benefits-in-the-federal-government-state-and-local-governments-and-public-education-1998-2017/

THE HILL
— Trump says he may ‘call up more military’ to border – JORDAN FABIAN 
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/438291-trump-says-he-may-call-up-more-military-to-border

NEW YORK TIMES
— ‘Dangerous People Are Coming Here and the Good People Are Dying,’ Trump Warns in Texas Visit – Michael D. Shear and Sydney Ember
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/10/us/politics/trump-texas-crosby.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Senate Republicans renew their claims that Facebook, Google and Twitter censor conservatives – Tony Romm
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2019/04/10/facebook-google-twitter-under-fire-senate-republicans-censoring-conservatives-online/

BLOOMBERG
— AS DEMOCRATS EVER-INCREASINGLY PROMOTE ABORTION: Demographic Decline Is the Real Threat to the U.S. Trump says the country can’t admit more people, but immigration is the answer to heartland depopulation. – Noah Smith
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2019-04-10/trump-says-u-s-is-full-but-demographic-decline-is-real-threat

FORBES
— Democrats Introduced A New Bill That Would Expand Protections Against Workplace Harassment – Elana Lyn Gross (DIERSEN: Will this bill protect employees who oppose the promotion of dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, abolition of First and Second Amendment rights, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation?)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/elanagross/2019/04/10/democrats-introduced-a-new-bill-that-would-expand-protections-against-workplace-harassment/

NPR
— More Than 3,100 Migrants Found With Fake Documents In Past Year, Federal Agents Say – John Burnett
https://www.npr.org/2019/04/10/711850056/fake-documents-a-growing-problem-among-migrants-crossing-u-s-mexico-border

ATLANTA BLACK STAR
— Pew Survey: 67 Percent of Whites Have Never Experienced Racial Discrimination – David Love (DIERSEN: All Whites who have worked for the federal government and are Republican, male, and/or non-veteran and 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 have experienced racial discrimination. The Democrats who run the federal government use Affirmative Action, Diversity, Inclusion, up-or-out, and budget cuts to get rid of the aforesaid employees.)
https://atlantablackstar.com/2019/04/10/pew-survey-67-percent-of-whites-have-never-experienced-racial-discrimination-while-76-percent-of-blacks-who-have/

BUZZ FEED NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters want Trump-haters “To Crack Down On Hate Speech.” 
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/muddassarahmed/facebook-hate-speech-traditional-media

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.