April 23 Morning Edition

ABC7
— Fights involving groups of teens along Mag Mile spark outrage, sympathy – Ravi Baichwal
https://abc7chicago.com/fights-involving-groups-of-teens-along-mag-mile-spark-outrage-sympathy/5264906/
— Mayor-elect Lori Lightfoot asking Chicagoans for ideas on improving city (DIERSEN: How many Chicagoans will urge her to do more to drive individuals, organizations, and companies out of Chicago 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://abc7chicago.com/politics/mayor-elect-lightfoot-asking-chicagoans-for-ideas-on-improving-city/5265844/

CBS2
— Why Was A Preschooler Released From Crete School To Complete Strangers? – Audrina Bigos
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2019/04/22/crete-preschool-child-given-to-wrong-person/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Sanguinetti kicks off Congress bid accusing Casten of ‘palling around’ with AOC – Lynn Sweet
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/evelyn-sanguinetti-congress-sean-casten-aoc-alexandria-ocasio-cortez/
— Pritzker ‘sticking by’ call to impeach Trump: Mueller report ‘sad statement’ – Tina Sfondeles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/pritzker-sticking-impeach-trump-mueller-report-sad-statement-100-days/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters promote Trump-haters.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-democrats-2020-cnn-town-halls-20190422-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries are demonized, denigrated, and condemned a) if they do not blame old White men for all the problems that everyone has had, are having, and will have, b) if they do not demonize, denigrate, and condemn old White men, and c) if they do not call for those who are younger, minority, and/or female to get more preference.) 
https://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/stevens/ct-life-stevens-monday-melinda-gates-moment-of-lift-0421-story.html
— The next time black teens gather downtown, why not greet them with a summer jobs fair? – Dahleen Glanton (DIERSEN: What about BAD JOBS? According to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, a) all the jobs that I had were BAD JOBS and B) they would never have stooped to take them. 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/news/columnists/glanton/ct-met-dahleen-glanton-black-teens-mobs-jobs-20190422-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— State capital bill hearing in Elgin: Fox Valley leaders list their wishes, ideas for funding – Elena Ferrarin
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190422/state-capital-bill-hearing-in-elgin-fox-valley-leaders-list-their-wishes-ideas-for-funding
— Wayside Cross Ministries in Aurora: We’ll continue housing ‘Ripper Crew’ killer – Henry Redman
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190422/wayside-cross-ministries-in-aurora-well-continue-housing-ripper-crew-killer
— Congresswoman Costa Howard deliberately ignored questions – Michael Gabriel
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20190423/congreswoman-deliberately-ignored-questions

NORTHWEST HERALD
— Should McHenry County be testing ground for eliminating townships? Bill’s sponsor says money will be saved, eyes statewide push to get rid of ‘unnecessary’ governmental units – REBECCA ANZEL
https://www.nwherald.com/2019/04/22/should-mchenry-county-be-testing-ground-for-eliminating-townships/a4chsh0/

HERALD & REVIEW
— A northern Illinois county (McHenry) could be the test case for eliminating Illinois townships — but not everyone there is on board – REBECCA ANZEL 
https://herald-review.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/a-northern-illinois-county-could-be-the-test-case-for/article_828e0ee4-7bab-5c6d-93c4-85517d73e89b.html

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Marijuana bill likely to come up early when lawmakers return – Peter Hancock
https://www.sj-r.com/news/20190422/marijuana-bill-likely-to-come-up-early-when-lawmakers-return
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: The Democrat news media in Illinois is working as hard to promote Pritzker as it did to destroy Rauner.
https://www.sj-r.com/news/20190422/at-100-days-pritzker-excited-hopeful-on-agenda

FOX ILLINOIS
— Democrat leaders stress more Trump probes, downplay impeachment – AP
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/democrats-subpoena-former-white-house-lawyer-mcgahn

WREX
— Trump says Herman Cain withdraws from consideration for Fed seat amid focus on past misconduct allegations (DIERSEN: Government is nasty. Politics is nasty. If I had withdrawn my bid for Milton Township Republican Treasurer in 2004, my critics/opponents, their opponents, their operatives, and their dupes would have hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I did that because their vicious charges against me were true. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes focus on, and pride themselves in, destroying individuals like me and destroying organizations like TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois that are conservative and/or Republican.) 
https://wrex.com/category/2019/04/22/trump-says-herman-cain-withdraws-from-consideration-for-fed-seat-amid-focus-on-past-misconduct-allegations/

TIMES
— Senate Minority Leader coming to Peru
https://www.mywebtimes.com/2019/04/22/senate-minority-leader-coming-to-peru/al000rs/

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Evelyn Sanguinetti Running for Congress against Sean Casten – Cal Skinner
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/04/22/evelyn-sanguinetti-running-for-congress-against-sean-casten/

NEWS BUSTERS
— Microsoft ‘Rewarded’ Discrimination Against White and Asian Men – Alexander Hall (DIERSEN: Democrats run the federal government. Those Democrats “reward” federal employees who discriminate against federal employees who are Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran 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.newsbusters.org/blogs/techwatch/alexander-hall/2019/04/22/microsoft-rewarded-discrimination-against-white-and-asian

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Pete Buttigieg welcomes Illegal immigrants in South Bend – S.A. Miller (DIERSEN: To welcome illegals is to encourage illegal immigration. It should be illegal to encourage illegal immigration. What other illegal activity does Buttigieg encourage?)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/apr/22/pete-buttigieg-illegal-immigrants-welcome-south-be/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— GOP gubernatorial candidate courts Chick-fil-A after city bans: Montana is open for business – Julio Rosas
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/gop-gubernatorial-candidate-courts-chick-fil-a-after-city-bans-montana-is-open-for-business

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Joe Biden Viewed Gays in Government as ‘Security Risks’ 1973 comment came as gay rights activists pushed to reverse ban against holding gov’t jobs – Brent Scher (DIERSEN: From what I saw while I worked for IRS 1971-1980 and for GAO 1980-1997, those agencies had unofficial LGBTQ quotas, goals, and targets. My Democrat IRS superiors assigned a very open LGBTQer to be my desk mate 1976-1980.)
https://freebeacon.com/politics/joe-biden-viewed-gays-in-government-as-security-risks/
— Sanders: Israel Is Run by ‘Racist’ Government Under Netanyahu – David Rutz
https://freebeacon.com/politics/sanders-israel-is-run-by-racist-government-under-netanyahu/

AMERICAN THINKER
— The anti-Trump left and the incredible uniformity of groupthink – Patricia McCarthy
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/04/the_antitrump_left_and_the_incredible_uniformity_of_groupthink.html
— Four Reasons Why the Dems Will Lose in 2020 – Dennis Lund
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2019/04/four_reasons_why_the_dems_will_lose_in_2020.html
— Squatting takes on a new meaning in San Francisco – Ethel C. Fenig
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/04/squatting_takes_on_a_new_meaning_in_san_francisco.html

AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE
— Taking Back ‘We the People’ From the Left Constitutional populism, from Barry Goldwater to Donald Trump, built the modern right and changed the world. – LEE EDWARDS 
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/taking-back-we-the-people-from-the-left/

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Celebrity Hatred Discredited by Hypocrisy – Edward Ring
https://www.amgreatness.com/2019/04/22/celebrity-hatred-discredited-by-hypocrisy/
— Pete Buttigieg and the Left’s False Piety – Matthew Boose
https://www.amgreatness.com/2019/04/22/pete-buttigieg-and-the-lefts-false-piety/

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE
— ILLEGAL ALIEN SERVED IN U.S. NAVY & U.S. BORDER PATROL When multiple background investigations fail. – Michael Cutler
https://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/273519/illegal-alien-served-us-navy-us-border-patrol-michael-cutler

DAILY CALLER
— PETE BUTTIGIEG SUPPORTS PATHWAY TO CITIZENSHIP FOR ALL 11 MILLION ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS – Jason Hopkins
https://dailycaller.com/2019/04/23/pete-buttigieg-citizenship-illegal-immigrants/
— WHEN TRAGEDY STRIKES, WASHINGTON POST TURNS FOCUS TO THE ‘FAR RIGHT’ – Peter Hasson
https://dailycaller.com/2019/04/23/washington-post-far-right-sri-lanka/
— BERNIE COMES OUT FOR THE RIGHT TO VOTE FOR TERRORISTS AND RAPISTS – Molly Prince (DIERSEN: Who candidates want to vote for them says more about those candidates than anything that those candidates can say about themselves.) 
https://dailycaller.com/2019/04/22/bernie-felons-vote-bomber-assault/
— PHILLY CATHOLIC SOCIAL SERVICES CENSORED FOR REFUSING TO WORK WITH SAME-SEX COUPLES BASED ON RELIGIOUS PRINCIPLE – Mary Margaret Olohan (DIERSEN: My Democrat IRS superiors assigned a very open LGBTQer to be my desk mate 1976-1980.)
https://dailycaller.com/2019/04/22/philadelphia-catholic-social-services/

BREITBART
— Mark Ruffalo’s Easter Greeting: ‘Never Forget Jesus Was an Illegal Immigrant’ – JOSHUA CAPLAN (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Trump-haters hint/imply/argue/shout that Jesus is a nasty liberal Democrat who hates individuals, hates organizations, hates companies, hates governments, and hates 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.breitbart.com/entertainment/2019/04/22/mark-ruffalo-easter-greeting-never-forget-jesus-was-an-illegal-immigrant/

CONSERVATIVE REVIEW
— Mexican soldiers detain American soldiers on U.S. soil. Government response: ? – Daniel Horowitz 
https://www.conservativereview.com/news/mexican-soldiers-detain-american-soldiers-u-s-soil-government-response/

GOPUSA
— Social Security costs will exceed revenues next year, analysis says
http://www.gopusa.com/social-security-costs-will-exceed-revenues-next-year-analysis-says/

WORLD NET DAILY
— THE NAKED, DESPERATE ‘DEEP STATE’-MEDIA COUP Pat Buchanan: Trump’s enemies have too much at stake to admit they were wrong
https://www.wnd.com/2019/04/the-naked-desperate-deep-state-media-coup/
— THE LEFT’S BIZARRE, IRRATIONAL HATRED OF MAGA Rachel Alexander asks, ‘where has Trump promoted white nationalism?’ – RACHEL ALEXANDER
https://www.wnd.com/2019/04/the-lefts-bizarre-irrational-hatred-of-maga/
— ELIZABETH WARREN BLASTED FOR ‘FREE COLLEGE’ PROPOSAL ‘Making taxpayers pay her and her fellow leftists lots of money for cr-p’
https://www.wnd.com/2019/04/elizabeth-warren-blasted-for-free-college-proposal/

LIFEZETTE
— Warren Moves from Wanting Reparations to Wanting to Cancel Student Debt — So Who Pays? Democrat apparently has an agenda to turn us into the United Socialist States of America – Wayne Dupree 
https://www.lifezette.com/2019/04/warren-moves-from-wanting-reparations-to-wanting-to-cancel-student-debt-so-who-pays/

EPOCH TIMES
— Second Amendment Sanctuaries on the Rise – MATTHEW VADUM
https://www.theepochtimes.com/second-amendment-sanctuaries-on-the-rise_2890509.html

NATIONAL REVIEW
— The Left won’t allow itself to acknowledge anti-Christian terrorism. – DENNIS PRAGER
https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/04/sri-lanka-bombings-anti-christian-terrorism/

CAMPUS REFORM
— Illinois student gov praises Texas State counterpart for attempt to ban conservative group The University of Illinois student government sent a letter to its Texas State counterpart. The letter praised the student government for attempting to ban conservative group Turning Point USA. – Blair Nelson
https://www.campusreform.org/?ID=12133

THE HILL
— Ex-GOP lawmaker Joe Walsh says Trump ‘needs’ a primary challenge – CHRIS MILLS RODRIGO 
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/440064-ex-gop-lawmaker-joe-walsh-says-trump-needs-a-primary-challenge

MCCLATCHY DC
— ‘There’s still a lot of sexism’: Dem leaders frustrated by double standards facing female candidates – ALEX ROARTY AND KATIE GLUECK (DIERSEN: While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, my superiors were always under tremendous pressure from Democrat politicians to give preference to their Democrat employees who were female, and especially those who were younger.)
https://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/election/campaigns/article229556664.html

NEW YORK TIMES
— At CNN Town Halls, Sanders Backs Voting Rights for People Now in Jail – Sydney Ember and Astead W. Herndon (DIERSEN: Who candidates want to vote for them says more about those candidates than anything that those candidates can say about themselves.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/22/us/politics/cnn-town-halls.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “The Great Republican Abdication. A party that no longer believes in American values.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/22/opinion/trump-republican-party.html
— Google Employees Say They Faced Retaliation After Organizing Walkout – Kate Conger and Daisuke Wakabayashi
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/22/technology/google-walkout-employees-retaliation.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “There’s a Bigger Prize Than Impeachment Keeping Trump in office will destroy the Republican Party.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/22/opinion/theres-a-bigger-prize-than-impeachment.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “What the Census Case Will Say About the Supreme Court.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/22/opinion/census-supreme-court-trump.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: From what I see, ever-increasingly, if you do not promote LGBTQ activity, Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs flush you down their toilets.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/22/opinion/supreme-court-lgbt-workers.html
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE HEADLINE: Too late to shutter social media – Kara Swisher
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/22/opinion/sri-lanka-facebook-bombings.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Supreme Court to decide whether gay, transgender workers are protected by anti-discrimination laws – Robert Barnes (DIERSEN: From what I see, ever-increasingly, if you do not promote LGBTQ activity, Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs flush you down their toilets.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/courts_law/supreme-court-to-decide-if-anti-discrimination-employment-laws-protect-on-basis-of-sexual-orientation-and-gender-identity/2019/04/22/175fca02-6503-11e9-a1b6-b29b90efa879_story.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— God Bless Kate Smith She wasn’t perfect but shouldn’t be declared persona non grata. – Danny Heitman
https://www.wsj.com/articles/god-bless-kate-smith-11555972182

USA TODAY
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “Don’t add Census citizenship question. It would damage all our daily lives for decades.”
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2019/04/23/citizenship-census-question-bad-information-affects-daily-life-column/3538214002/

CHARLOTTE OBSERVER
— Buttigieg: It’s clear Trump deserves impeachment – AP (DIERSEN: What punishment do your critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes say that you deserve? What do they say that you did to deserve that punishment?)
https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/article229560704.html

EMPORIA GAZETTE
— Is Sanders still credible to rally against millionaires? (DIERSEN: Government is nasty. Politics is nasty. Those who promote vices are nasty. What are you credible to rally against? According to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, because I am NOT a member of a church, because I do NOT attend church services, and because I do NOT give money to a church, I AM NOT CREDIBLE TO RALLY AGAINST VICES LIKE BOOZE, GAMBLING, OR POT.)
http://www.emporiagazette.com/news/national/video_e1f7eca0-7d5b-5e31-8c96-970871f1e5ae.html

NEWSWEEK
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, if you do not promote LGBTQ activity, individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that promote LGBTQ activity, their operatives, and their dupes destroy you. 
https://www.newsweek.com/philadelphia-lgbt-foster-parents-catholic-agency-court-1403296

WBUR
— White Supremacy Is Metastasizing — In Video Games – Rich Barlow
https://www.wbur.org/cognoscenti/2019/04/23/video-games-white-supremacy-rich-barlow

DCCC
— TRUMP-SANGUINETTI 2020: Evelyn Sanguinetti Announces Support for Trump’s Re-Election
https://dccc.org/trump-sanguinetti-2020-evelyn-sanguinetti-announces-support-for-trumps-re-election/

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.