April 11 Morning Edition

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Past and present candidates and elected officials who spoke at Milton Township Republican Central Committee’s outstanding meeting Wednesday evening, April 10, 2019, at the Wheaton Bowl Banquet Hall, included Almiron, Cooper, Corrigan, Elliott, Fitch, Holan, Incrocci, Ives, Keller, LeVan, Mendrick, Molitor, Monino, and Whelan. Meeting attendees included Carlson, Caruso, Crane, Dangelo, Eckhoff, Falbo, Fitzpatrick, Galvin, Holder, Lofgren, McGowen, McNeily, Muehlfelt, Nathwani, Rash, Romano, Ryan, Sanguinetti, Shaw, Slinger, and Tatro. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— What do your critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes do? – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
(THE ARTICLE: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes:


– discourage me from putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS together and sending them out
– discourage Republicans from reading GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails
– encourage Republican Precinct Committeemen (RPC) to rely on and spend more and more and more time on the Democrat Facebook
– encourage RPCs to deemphasize if not dump “social issues”
– encourage RPCs to deemphasize if not dump the traditional family plank in the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) platform 
– encourage RPCs to deemphasize if not dump the right to life plank in the IRP platform
– encourage RPCs to deemphasize if not dump the immigration plank in the IRP platform
– encourage RPCs to deemphasize if not dump the Second Amendment plank in the IRP platform
– encourage RPCs to deemphasize if not dump the energy and environment planks in the IRP platform
– encourage RPCs to deemphasize if not dump the education plank in the IRP platform 
– encourage RPCs to deemphasize if not dump the illegal drugs plank in the Republican Party platform
– encourage RPCs to promote gambling, booze, pot, and other vices
– encourage RPCs to badmouth unions
– encourage RPCs to deemphasize if not dump the equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) plank in the Republican Party platform
– encourage RPCs to engage in age discrimination
– encourage RPCs to engage in reverse discrimination
– encourage Republican political organizations to dump their members who are old, White, and/or male)

DAILY HERALD
— Joe Biden, Bernie Sanders too old to be president – Byron York (DIERSEN: Who does/did take the lead in promoting age discrimination in the organizations that you are/were a member of and at the employer(s) that you work/worked at? I should write a book about those who took/are taking the lead in promoting age discrimination in the 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 Midwest Chapter, GAO, etc.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20190411/york-joe-biden-bernie-sanders-too-old-to-be-president
— How to save township government – Editorial
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20190410/editorial-how-to-save-township-government-
— Wheaton city council, neighbors weigh in on Memorial Park redesign – Katlyn Smith
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190410/wheaton-city-council-neighbors-weigh-in-on-memorial-park-redesign

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— In visit to Springfield, Chicago Mayor-elect Lori Lightfoot preaches statewide unity – Bill Ruthhart and Rick Pearson (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Chicago, Cook County, and downstate Democrats are unified in getting rid of individuals, organizations, companies, and governments 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.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-chicago-mayor-elect-lori-lightfoot-springfield-20190409-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says Trump is unfit, and therefore, everyone should refuse his orders. 
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/donald-trump-ouster-kirstjen-nielsen-family-separation-border-policy-republican-party/

CBS2
— With Lightfoot’s Backing, City Council OKs TIF Money For Lincoln Yards And The 78; Developers Vow More Contracts For Women, Minorities
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2019/04/10/lightfoot-backs-lincoln-yards-and-the-78-after-developers-vow-more-contracts-for-women-minorities/

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Chicago’s mayor-elect addresses downstate resentment toward city – Peter Hancock (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Chicago Democrats want to make all of Illinois 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.sj-r.com/news/20190410/chicagos-mayor-elect-addresses-downstate-resentment-toward-city

HERALD NEWS
— McSweeney bill another shot at reducing size of government
https://www.theherald-news.com/2019/04/10/another-view-mcsweeney-bill-another-shot-at-reducing-size-of-government/afwez1y/

HERALD PUBLICATIONS
— Rep. Meier To Serve As Vice-Chairman Of The Downstate GOP
https://www.heraldpubs.com/2019/04/11/rep-meier-to-serve-as-vice-chairman-of-the-downstate-gop/

QUAD CITIES ONLINE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Scott Reader discusses reparations and racism. How much in reparations have you paid already? The more that you have paid the price of Affirmative Action (AA), Diversity, and Inclusion, the more that you have paid reparations. Democrats use AA, Diversity, Inclusion, up-or-our, and budget cuts to make Republicans pay reparations. My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, gave me unfair performance expectations and appraisals, always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, did not promote me beyond GS-13, got rid of my mentor in 1987, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and forced me to take a $19,568 (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. My Democrat IRS superiors did not promote me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions in 1978, got rid of my mentor in 1975, and disallowed my partial day per diem claims in 1974. My Democrat Post Office superiors forced me resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968.) 
https://qconline.com/opinion/columnists/reparations-won-t-put-end-to-racism/article_7d2bf606-63e4-52b8-bff0-24fd7a753388.html

FOX ILLINOIS
— US budget deficit running 15% higher than a year ago – AP
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/us-budget-deficit-running-15-higher-than-a-year-ago

NEWS CHANNEL 20
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats make it clear that they want to abolish the Second Amendment.
https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/04/donald-trump-is-magnifying-the-border-crisis/

CHICAGO MAGAZINE
— Why Young People Are Fine With Socialism The next City Council will have at least five democratic socialists. That’s thanks in part to a generation with no bad taste in their mouths from the Cold War. – EDWARD MCCLELLAND
http://www.chicagomag.com/city-life/April-2019/Why-Young-People-Are-Fine-With-Socialism/

PROPUBLICA ILLINOIS
— The Missing Millions: Some States Are Still Waiting for the Gambling Windfall – Derrick Clifton
https://www.propublica.org/article/illinois-video-gambling-some-states-waiting-gambling-windfall

DAILY NORTHWESTERN
— Trump issues executive order on free speech, though impact at Northwestern remains unclear – Alan Perez
https://dailynorthwestern.com/2019/04/10/campus/trump-issues-executive-order-on-free-speech-though-impact-at-northwestern-remains-unclear/

WIREPOINTS
— Chicago’s south suburbs struggle under Springfield’s continuing neglect – Ted Dabrowski (DIERSEN: I lived in the south suburbs 1948-1974. I did yard work and delivered newspapers there 1962-1964; washed dishes there 1964-1966; cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline there in 1966; delivered mail there 1966-1969; sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances there 1970-1971; pumped gasoline there 1971-1972; and collected delinquent taxes there 1972-1974.)
https://wirepoints.org/southland-struggles-under-springfields-continuing-neglect/

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— PRITZKER ‘FAIR TAX’ AMENDMENT WOULD ALLOW LAWMAKERS TO IMPOSE NEW TYPES OF INCOME TAXES – Austin Berg
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/pritzker-fair-tax-amendment-would-allow-lawmakers-to-impose-new-types-of-income-taxes/

CAPITOL FAX
— Think Big retools ads targeting House Democrats
https://capitolfax.com/2019/04/11/think-big-retools-ads-targeting-house-democrats/

FOX NEWS
— The left supports the character assassination of anyone who supports Trump — even children – Laura Ingraham 
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/laura-ingraham-the-left-supports-the-character-assassination-of-anyone-who-supports-trump-even-children
— Newsweek’s Ilhan Omar cover, article, slammed for ‘normalizing’ hate, anti-Semitism – Lukas Mikelionis
https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/newsweeks-ilhan-omar-slammed-normalizing-anti-semitism

FOX BUSINESS
— Howard Schultz: Democratic Party left me amid move to the extreme left – Henry Fernandez (DIERSEN: Are you a Republican Precinct Committeeman/Captain? In your opinion, how fast/far has a) your Republican township/ward party organization, b) your Republican county party organization, and c) the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) moved to the left? I should write a book about how fast/far the Milton Township Republican Central Committee (MTRCC), DuPage County Republican Central Committee (DCRCC), and IRP have moved to the left. Ever-increasingly, those who dominate the MTRCC, DCRCC, and IRP make it clear that they want to get rid of Republican Precinct Committeemen/Captains like me a) who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time; b) who support the traditional family, right to life, immigration, Second Amendment, illegal drugs, and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks in the IRP and Republican Party platforms; and c) who support the MTRCC resolution against video gambling.) 
https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/howard-schultz-democratic-party-left-me-amid-move-to-the-extreme-left
— A ‘new era’ of retirement: This is what it means for you – Brittany De Lea
https://www.foxbusiness.com/personal-finance/retirement

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Ilhan Omar: Accusations of Dual Loyalty Are ‘Dangerous Incitement’ – Alex Griswold (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, politicians in America talk and act like their first loyalty is to foreign countries and/or to religions.) 
https://freebeacon.com/politics/ilhan-omar-accusations-of-dual-loyalty-are-dangerous-incitement/

BREITBART
— Illegal Immigration Levels Projected to Outpace Every Year of Bush, Return U.S. to Clinton Era Crisis – John Binder
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/04/10/illegal-immigration-levels-projected-outpace-every-year-bush-return-u-s-clinton-era-crisis/
— Omar: Trump Didn’t Get His Border Wall, ‘He Built an Invisible Wall’ to Keep Muslims Out – Penny Starr
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/04/10/omar-trump-didnt-get-his-border-wall-he-built-an-invisible-wall-to-keep-muslims-out/
— Gillibrand: Trump Is ‘Tearing Apart Our Soul as a Nation’ by Spewing ‘Racism, Antisemitism, and Homophobia’ – Ian Hanchett
https://www.breitbart.com/2020-election/2019/04/09/gillibrand-trump-is-tearing-apart-our-soul-as-a-nation-by-spewing-racism-antisemitism-and-homophobia/

KEVIN MCCARTHY
— 100 Days of Democratic Disappointment
https://www.republicanleader.gov/100-days-of-democrat-disappointment/

GOPUSA
— LGBTQ continues to persecute chicken restaurant, this time in San Jose
http://www.gopusa.com/lgbtq-continues-to-persecute-chicken-restaurant-this-time-in-san-jose/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Preparing for 2020 in Our So-called ‘Democracy’ – Jon N. Hall
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2019/04/preparing_for_2020_in_our_socalled_democracy.html
— Sharpton, Reparations, and the Democrats – Marc A. Scaringi
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2019/04/sharpton_reparations_and_the_democrats.html

DAILY CALLER
— TWITTER PUNTS AFTER BEING ASKED WHETHER IT WILL SUBMIT TO AN INDEPENDENT POLITICAL BIAS AUDIT – Chris White
https://dailycaller.com/2019/04/10/twitter-conservative-accounts/
— 234 HOUSE DEMOCRATS, TWO REPUBLICANS CO-SPONSOR BILL FORCING SCHOOLS TO LET MALE ATHLETES COMPETE ON GIRLS’ SPORTS TEAMS – Peter Hasson
https://dailycaller.com/2019/04/10/democrats-equality-act-transgender-girls-sports/

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE
— WHY CALLING AMERICA ‘GREAT’ TRIGGERS THE LEFT And why “MAGA” is the perfect political slogan for our time. – Mark Tapson
https://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/273446/why-calling-america-great-triggers-left-mark-tapson
— CAMPUS RADICALISM SPIRALS OUT OF CONTROL Academic-Industrial-Complex moves deeper into Brown-Shirt state. – Jack Kerwick
https://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/273389/campus-radicalism-spirals-out-control-jack-kerwick
— NEW YORK TIMES ADMITS SMUGGLERS USE KIDS TO SHIELD ILLEGAL ALIENS – Daniel Greenfield
https://www.frontpagemag.com/point/273449/new-york-times-admits-smugglers-use-kids-shield-daniel-greenfield

WORLD NET DAILY
— THE POWER OF THE LEFT’S EMOTIONAL BLACKMAIL Erik Rush cites ways voters are shamed into elevating ‘subversive’ pols
https://www.wnd.com/2019/04/the-power-of-the-lefts-emotional-blackmail/

JON MCNAUGHTON
— VIDEO: National Emergency
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKYEE1-U_tc&feature=youtu.be

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— ‘If you watch one thing this year it should be this’: Don Jr. raves about Candace Owens bringing down the House – Tom Tillison 
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2019/04/10/if-you-watch-one-thing-this-year-it-should-be-this-don-jr-raves-about-candace-owens-bringing-down-the-house-743105

NATIONAL REVIEW
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: David French blames Trump for America’s immigration problems.
https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/04/donald-trump-is-magnifying-the-border-crisis/

THE HILL
— White men leading in Dem polls raises issue of double standard – AMIE PARNES (DIERSEN: For White male Democrats to lead in polls, they have to hint/imply/argue/shout that if they are elected, they will use government to get rid of Republicans, Whites, and males.) 
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/438341-white-men-leading-in-dem-polls-raises-issue-of-double-standard
— Trump needs to shut down the border, but not for commerce – PETER MORICI
https://thehill.com/opinion/international/438390-trump-needs-to-shut-down-the-border-but-not-for-commerce

NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: The U.S. Immigration System May Have Reached a Breaking Point For years, there have been warnings that America’s immigration system was going to fail. That time may be now. – Michael D. Shear, Miriam Jordan and Manny Fernandez
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/10/us/immigration-border-mexico.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote LGBTQ activity.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/11/learning/what-has-your-sex-education-been-like.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/10/us/politics/pete-buttigieg-sexuality-religion.html
— Congress to I.R.S.: Don’t Even Think of Helping Taxpayers Congress could free most Americans from the annual drudgery of filling out tax forms. Instead, it’s trying to lock the current system in place. – Editorial
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/10/opinion/irs-free-tax-preparation-turbotax.html

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “How Trump is spurring more migration to the U.S. — over the short and long term.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/04/10/how-trump-is-spurring-more-migration-us-over-short-long-term/
— ‘He knows better’: Pete Buttigieg has made Mike Pence his target, and the vice president isn’t pleased – Isaac Stanley-Becker (DIERSEN: Who has made you their target? I should write a book about those who have made me their target. 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.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/04/11/he-knows-better-pete-buttigieg-has-made-mike-pence-his-target-vice-president-isnt-pleased/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Reparations for Slavery, Shelved for Decades, Is on the Table for 2020 Election Candidates’ backing of proposal for research shifted after Sen. Kamala Harris discussed it with radio host Charlamagne tha God – Joshua Jamerson
https://www.wsj.com/articles/reparations-for-slavery-shelved-for-decades-is-on-the-table-for-2020-election-11554989520
— The Court-Ordered Caravan Deluge The anti-Trump ‘resistance’ includes judges making the border mess worse. – Daniel Henninger
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-court-ordered-caravan-deluge-11554937200
— The Debate in HR: What’s the Best Way to Fire Someone? Employers are trying to be more sensitive in how they handle terminations; Wednesdays or Fridays? – Chip Cutter (DIERSEN: I should write a book about how and why the following fired me: my Democrat Post Office superiors in 1969, my Firestone Stores boss in 1971, my Democrat GAO superiors in 1997, Democrat American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter members in 2004, anti-Diersen Milton Township Republican Central Committee members in 2004 and 2010, anti-Diersen Illinois Center Right Coalition members in 2007, Democrat Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee members in 2011, and anti-Diersen TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois members in 2012.) 
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-debate-in-hr-whats-the-best-way-to-fire-someone-11554901200

BLOOMBERG
— GOP Senators Pulling Support for Trump’s Choice of Herman Cain for Fed – Steven T. Dennis and Laura Litvan
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-04-10/trump-says-fed-pick-cain-must-decide-whether-nomination-is-safe
— At $50,000 a Year, the Road to Yale Starts at Age 5 – Suzanne Woolley and Katya Kazakina
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-03-27/at-50-000-a-year-baby-ivies-road-to-yale-starts-at-age-5

BLOOMBERG LAW
— Judging Job Bias by Comparing Workers: Circuit Court Rules Vary Many courts require workers alleging job discrimination to compare themselves to similarly situated colleagues who didn’t face bias. (DIERSEN: Extremely few of my superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government were Republicans like me and almost all them were veterans.)
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-report/judging-job-bias-by-comparing-workers-circuit-court-rules-vary

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Trump: Mueller’s Russia probe was an attempted coup
https://www.latimes.com/efe-3949616-15321104-20190410-story.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Six Tax Changes Retirees Should Know The tax overhaul created opportunities for retirees to cut taxes, along with some potential headaches – Anne Tergesen
https://www.wsj.com/articles/six-tax-changes-retirees-should-know-11554975001

WHBL
— Hillary: M.A.G.A. is Racist – John Muir
https://whbl.com/blogs/the-john-muir-show/20190/hillary-maga-is-racist/

PC MAGAZINE
— Four Out of Five Americans Distrust Facebook – Eric Griffith (DIERSEN: Facebook is a Democrat, Libertarian, Green, anti-Christian, anti-conservative, anti-Republican website. Beyond tragically, ever-increasingly, those who dominate the Milton Township Republican Central Committee, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party a) trust Facebook, b) force Republican Precinct Committeemen/Captains to trust Facebook, c) discourage me from putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and sending them out, and d) discourage everyone from reading GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails.) 
https://www.pcmag.com/news/367709/four-out-of-five-americans-distrust-facebook-and-hate-online

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

NEWSWEEK
— An End to Affirmative Action? Why the College Admissions Scandal Could Fulfill Critics’ Wish to Scrap Race-Based Program – NICOLE GOODKIND 
https://www.newsweek.com/2019/04/12/affirmative-action-college-admissions-statistics-scandal-1372652.html
— GLENN BECK SAYS MIGRANT ‘WAVE’ AT THE BORDER IS BEING BACKED BY GEORGE SOROS AND AMERICAN COMMUNISTS: IS IT TRUE? – DONICA PHIFER
https://www.newsweek.com/glenn-beck-migrant-wave-border-being-backed-george-soros-american-communists-1392865
— TRUMP SAYS DEMOCRATS ARE ‘TREASONOUS’ ON BORDER AND THEIR ‘HORRIBLE LAWS’ STOP MILITARY ACTING ‘ROUGH’ – CHANTAL DA SILVA 
https://www.newsweek.com/trump-says-democrats-are-treasonous-border-and-their-horrible-laws-stop-1392926

FED SMITH
— When is the Best Date to Take SSA’s Early Out Retirement Offer? – John Grobe (DIERSEN: I was eligible to take GAO’s $25,000 early retirement buyout offer in 1993 when I was 45 years old.) 
https://www.fedsmith.com/2019/04/10/best-date-take-ssas-early-retirement-offer/

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.