April 11 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Schakowsky scolds pharmaceutical representatives for high costs of insulin (DIERSEN: My father fought type 1 diabetes from age 14. First his father, and them him, paid lots of money for insulin.)
https://abc7chicago.com/health/schakowsky-scolds-pharmaceutical-reps-for-high-costs-of-insulin/5243713/

NBC5
— Chicago Files Suit Against ‘Empire’ Star Jussie Smollett for Costs of Investigation
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/jussie-smollett-lawsuit-508458711.html

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— BEYOND DISGUSTING, BEYOND TRAGIC: Majoring in marijuana: Colleges ramp up training for weed industry jobs as demand for pot grows – Ally Marotti
https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-illinois-marijuana-college-programs-20190322-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Legal pot no pipe dream for Pritzker — hopes to pass ‘strong good bill’ in weeks – Tina Sfondeles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/legal-pot-marijuana-legalization-jb-pritzker-interview-graduated-income-tax-lightfoot/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote LGBTQ activity.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/lgbtqi-gender-divesity-gender-reassignment-surgery-medicaid-healthcare/
— Congress about to ban IRS from offering free online tax filing. Thank TurboTax. – Justin Elliott 
https://chicago.suntimes.com/business/irs-free-tax-software-congress-ban-turbotax-hrblock-income-tax-april-15/
— Lightfoot talks gambling, guns, graduated income tax on Day 2 in Springfield – Tina Sfondeles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/lightfoot-gambling-guns-graduated-income-tax-springfield-senate/
— Note to politicians: Twitter is not America – Mona Charen
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/twitter-2020-presidential-election-democratic-party-social-media-activism/
— What surprised Underwood, Casten and Garcia in their first 100 days in Congress – Lynn Sweet
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/underwood-casten-garcia-first-100-days-congress/

DAILY HERALD
— Chicago mayor-elect tells Senate ‘bold action’ — including a graduated income tax — is needed – Jerry Nowicki 
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190411/chicago-mayor-elect-tells-senate-bold-action-x2014-including-a-graduated-income-tax-x2014-is-needed
— Fire pension reform bill passes House – Jake Griffin
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190411/fire-pension-reform-bill-passes-house
— State Senate votes to require anybody running for president, VP to release tax returns – Jerry Nowicki
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190411/state-senate-votes-to-require-anybody-running-for-president-vp-to-release-tax-returns

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Cannabis futures contracts coming?
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/finance-banking/cannabis-futures-contracts-coming

WLS AM
— GOP: Teacher Pay Hike = Property Tax Hike – Nick Gale
http://www.wlsam.com/2019/04/11/gop-teacher-pay-hike-property-tax-hike/
— Some Georgetown students want to pay reparations to the descendants of the slaves who made the school possible (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats hint/imply/argue/shout that the longer that your ancestors have been in America, the more that you should pay in reparations, and especially if you are a Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owner, German American, and/or a draft avoider. How much in reparations will the Democrats want you to pay?)
http://www.wlsam.com/news/some-georgetown-students-want-to-pay-reparations-to-the-descendants-of-the-slaves-who-made-the-school-possible/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A group known as the GU272 Advocacy Team has pushed through student government a bill that would create a new $27.20 fee every semester for all Georgetown undergraduates. The fee would go toward a reconciliation fund, which would be overseen by a board of students and descendants of the 272 slaves sold in 1838. They estimate the fund would generate more than $400,000 a year and would “be allocated for charitable purposes directly benefiting the descendants of the GU272 and other persons once enslaved by the Maryland Jesuits,” according to the bill.)

SUBURBAN CHICAGOLAND
— Feds invest $2 million in Frankfort, Illinois U.S. Department of Commerce Invests $2 Million to Repurpose an Existing Commercial Facility to Support Growing Industries in West Frankfort, Illinois 
https://suburbanchicagoland.com/2019/04/11/feds-invest-2-million-in-frankfort-illinois/

FOX ILLINOIS
— Democrat 2020 candidate Kamala Harris says she owns gun for protection – AP
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/democrat-2020-candidate-kamala-harris-says-she-owns-gun-for-protection

PRAIRIE STATE WIRE
— ILGOP Chairman Schneider thinks ‘tax-hiking hypocrite’ Pritzker should look in the fiscal mirror – Glenn Minnis
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/512416847-ilgop-chairman-schneider-thinks-tax-hiking-hypocrite-pritzker-should-look-in-the-fiscal-mirror

SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS NEWS
— Rep. Bailey speaks out against Dems’ plan for taxpayer-funded sex-change operations in Illinois – Glenn Minnis 
https://seillinoisnews.com/stories/512417869-rep-bailey-speaks-out-against-dems-plan-for-taxpayer-funded-sex-change-operations-in-illinois

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Senate votes to require tax returns for presidential candidates to get on Illinois ballot – Cole Lauter
https://www.ilnews.org/news/state_politics/senate-votes-to-require-tax-returns-for-presidential-candidates-to/article_f311c3b2-5c8d-11e9-bffd-fbec7fcf8a46.html

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— Illinois House authorizes nepotism, self-hiring in all units of local government – JOHN KRAFT 
https://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2019/04/illinois-house-authorizes-nepotism-self-hiring-in-all-units-of-local-government/
— Bolingbrook Village Clerk hired herself as her own full-time assistant – JOHN KRAFT
https://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2019/04/bolingbrook-village-clerk-hired-herself-as-her-own-full-time-assistant/

CAPITOL FAX
— Report: Pritzker would short pensions by $1.1 billion next fiscal year alone
https://capitolfax.com/2019/04/11/report-pritzker-would-short-pensions-by-11-billion-next-fiscal-year-alone/
— Lightfoot: “Pensions are a promise” (DIERSEN: To turn those who will/do not have a pension against me, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes stress that I have a Civil Service Retirement System pension. I have that pension because I worked for the Post Office 1966-1969, IRS 1971-1980, and GAO 1980-1997.) 
https://capitolfax.com/2019/04/11/lightfoot-pensions-are-a-promise/

FOX NEWS
— Media ‘vilify’ border agents and ‘romanticize’ illegal immigrants, says National Border Patrol Council President – Lukas Mikelionis 
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/media-vilify-border-agents-and-romanticize-illegal-immigrants-says-national-border-patrol-council-president
— Acting ICE boss Ron Vitiello, passed over for permanent job, to resign in days – Paulina Dedaj (DIERSEN: If you are a federal employee who is Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran, if you are passed over for a promotion, you are expected to resign or retire.) 
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/acting-ice-boss-ron-vitiello-passed-over-for-permanent-job-to-resign-in-days

CONSERVATIVE HQ
— Google Discrimination Against Conservatives No Longer A ‘Myth’ – George Rasley
http://www.conservativehq.com/node/30043

AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE
— The Moral Preening of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez She’s the perfect representative of a society where virtue signals are more important than actual virtue. – ZACHARY YOST
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/the-moral-preening-of-alexandria-ocasio-cortez/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Ilhan Omar: United States was ‘founded by genocide’ – John Gage
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/ilhan-omar-united-states-was-founded-by-genocide

DAILY CALLER
— JUSTICE DEMOCRATS SPOKESMAN SAYS NEW YORK POST’S 9/11 COVER IS ‘DANGEROUS’ – Andrew Kerr
https://dailycaller.com/2019/04/11/justice-democrats-post-911-cover/

NEWSMAX
— Brandon Judd: Media ‘Romanticize’ Illegals, ‘Vilify Good Guys’ – Eric Mack 
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/border-patrol-migrant-caravans-brandon-judd/2019/04/11/id/911305/

BREITBART
— YouTube Hides PragerU Video of Candace Owens’ Testimony in ‘Restricted Mode’ – Alana Mastrangelo
https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2019/04/11/youtube-hides-prageru-video-of-candace-owens-testimony-in-restricted-mode/
— Oprah Bashes America: We’ve Confused ‘Personal Freedom with Stockpiling Assault Weapons, What Is Moral with What Is Legal’ – Justin Caruso
https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2019/04/11/oprah-bashes-america-weve-confused-personal-freedom-with-stockpiling-assault-weapons-what-is-moral-with-what-is-legal/

TOWNHALL
— Ilhan Omar: The Most Ungrateful Immigrant In America? – Matt Vespa
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2019/04/11/ilhan-omar-the-most-ungrateful-immigrant-in-america-n2544663
— Pushback: GOP to Target Democrats Over Fanaticism on Late-Term Abortion, Infanticide – Guy Benson
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2019/04/11/report-gop-to-target-democrats-over-opposition-to-antiinfanticide-efforts-n2544393

GOPUSA
— Ilhan Omar trivializes deaths of 3K Americans on 911 by saying, ‘some people did something’
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=67833
— National Popular Vote catches fire in blue states as Democrats seek to upend Electoral College
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=67836
— New York, high-tax states see exodus of wealthy Americans
http://www.gopusa.com/new-york-high-tax-states-see-exodus-of-wealthy-americans/
— Housing is a human right: Kamala Harris housing bill would give renters monthly tax credit
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=67862

LIFE SITE
— Ted Cruz offers three solutions to Big Tech censorship of conservative, pro-life speech – Calvin Freiburger
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/ted-cruz-offers-three-solutions-to-big-tech-censorship-of-conservative-pro-life-speech
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Sweden’s Lutheran church ‘queers’ Jesus and the Bible for LGBT kids – Martin M. Barillas
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/swedens-lutheran-church-queers-jesus-and-the-bible-for-lgbt-kids

WORLD NET DAILY
— LEFTIST NASTINESS & RAGE KNOW NO BOUNDS David Limbaugh: It’s as if we’re witnessing replay of events that preceded French Revolution
https://www.wnd.com/2019/04/leftist-nastiness-rage-know-no-bounds/

HOT AIR
— Is There A No Republicans Need Apply Sign In Academia? – ED MORRISSEY
https://hotair.com/archives/2019/04/11/no-republicans-need-apply-sign-academia/

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Bernie Sanders Is Wrong: Felons Shouldn’t Vote from Prison – JOHN R. LOTT JR.
https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/04/bernie-sanders-wrong-felon-prisoner-vote/

CAMPUS REFORM
— Georgetown students vote for mandatory reparations fee – Rob Shimshock
https://www.campusreform.org/?ID=12094

HUFFINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters say “Democrats Are Warming To The Idea Of Reparations The evolution is part of a larger shift in American attitudes toward race in the past five years.”
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/reparations-poll_n_5caf7614e4b082aab0829d41


— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters crow about their success in a) getting citizens of foreign countries to illegally come to America illegally and b) getting citizens of foreign countries to illegally stay in America illegally.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-illegal-immigration-record_n_5caf9020e4b098b9a2d0d281

REUTERS
— Facebook, Google Accused of Anti-Conservative Bias at US Senate Hearing
https://www.algemeiner.com/2019/04/11/facebook-google-accused-of-anti-conservative-bias-at-us-senate-hearing/

NBC NEWS
— How smart is the American electorate? Your answer might depend on your party (DIERSEN: What do you say to those who discourage everyone from reading GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails?)
https://www.nbcnews.com/card/how-smart-american-electorate-your-answer-might-depend-your-party-n993496

WASHINGTON POST
— White House proposed releasing immigrant detainees in sanctuary cities, targeting political foes – Rachael Bade and Nick Miroff (DIERSEN: Of course, the Democrats in Chicago would be overjoyed to take hundreds of thousands, if not millions of immigrant detrainees.) 
https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/white-house-proposed-releasing-immigrant-detainees-in-sanctuary-cities-targeting-political-foes/2019/04/11/72839bc8-5c68-11e9-9625-01d48d50ef75_story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “At fundraiser, Trump reveals reelection strategy: Cruelty, lies, hate.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/04/11/fundraiser-trump-reveals-reelection-strategy-cruelty-lies-hate/

KSL
— Sen. Mike Lee calls Facebook, Twitter claims of political neutrality ‘laughable’ – Dennis Romboy
https://www.ksl.com/article/46529350/sen-mike-lee-calls-facebook-twitter-claims-of-political-neutrality-laughable

LAW
— OFCCP Warns Firms on Diversity Failures (DIERSEN: While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, it was clear that Democrat politicians warned my superiors on diversity failures, that is, on failures to get rid of their employees who were Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran fast enough.) 
https://www.law.com/2019/04/11/labor-of-law-ofccp-warns-firms-on-diversity-failures-9th-circuit-microsoft-case-heats-up-wage-hour-chief-confirmed-who-got-the-work/?slreturn=20190311173249

ATLANTIC
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrat opposition to Trump’s immigration policies unifies illegals and minorities against America.)
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2019/04/trumps-dhs-purge-and-gops-unity-immigration/586903/

KUZMAR REAL ESTATE
— FOR SALE: 534 West Roosevelt Road, Wheaton – $750,000
https://preview.kuzmar.ski/property/534-west-roosevelt-road-wheaton-illinois-10164188

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.