April 6 Evening Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Activists on both sides are pushing hard as marijuana legalization bill looms in Illinois – Robert McCoppin
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-met-opponents-fight-over-legal-marijuana-proposal-in-illinois-20190404-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— Suburban voter turnout turned off with only 13% casting ballots Only 13 percent cast votes in suburban races – Jake Griffin (DIERSEN: 25.7 percent (135 the 526 registered voters) cast ballots in my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 9 in Wheaton. This afternoon, I delivered to the West half of my precinct copies of the sample ballot with the number of votes that each candidate received in the precinct. Current issues in the precinct include a proposed Starbucks at the southeast corner of Roosevelt Road and Warrenville Road, proposals concerning the Roosevelt Road underpass at Wheaton Avenue, and proposed zoning changes for the south side of Roosevelt Road between Carlton Avenue and Main Street.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190406/suburban-voter-turnout-turned-off-with-only-13-casting-ballots

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Davidsmeyer signs onto separation resolution for Chicago, sparks debate – Cassie Buchman
https://www.sj-r.com/news/20190406/davidsmeyer-signs-onto-separation-resolution-for-chicago-sparks-debate

FOX ILLINOIS
— Bernie Sanders calls Trump a racist before Apollo event – AP (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Trump-haters promote hatred against Trump and against his supporters. In your neighborhood, in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois, who takes the lead in promoting hatred against Trump and against his supporters?)
https://foxillinois.com/news/connect-to-congress/bernie-sanders-calls-trump-a-racist-before-apollo-event
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters fly ‘Trump baby’ blimp at US-Mexico border ahead of president’s arrival. (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Trump-haters promote hatred against Trump and against his supporters. In your neighborhood, in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois, who takes the lead in promoting hatred against Trump and against his supporters?
https://foxillinois.com/news/offbeat/trump-baby-blimp-flies-at-us-mexico-border-ahead-of-presidents-arrival-in-calexico

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Protest of Ted Nugent at McHenry County Fair Guarantees Sellout Crowd
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/04/06/protest-of-ted-nugent-at-mchenry-county-fair-guarantees-sellout-crowd/
— Reagan’s Illinois Chairman, Don Totten, R.I.P.
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/04/06/reagans-illinois-chairman-don-totten-r-i-p/

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Marijuana Update – Anita Bedell 
https://illinoisfamily.org/marijuana-2/marijuana-update/

FOX NEWS
— Anti-Semitism will drive more American Jews away from Dems to GOP – Arthur Milikh 
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/arthur-milikh-anti-semitism-will-drive-more-american-jews-away-from-dems-to-gop

AMERICAN THINKER
— Trump’s support from Hispanics has got to be worrying Dems – Thomas Lifson
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/04/trumps_support_from_hispanics_has_got_to_be_worrying_dems.html

BREITBART
— Beto O’Rourke, Bernie Sanders Use ‘Fine People’ Charlottesville Hoax – Joel B. Pollak
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/04/05/beto-orourke-bernie-sanders-use-fine-people-charlottesville-hoax/

BLAZE
— Democrat candidates fall for and repeat false claim Trump called asylum-seekers ‘animals’ Along with half the media, Democrats are repeating a false claim about a remark from a year ago. – Caleb Howe
https://www.theblaze.com/news/dems-fake-trump-animals-immigrants

CHRISTIAN NEWS
— US Civil Rights Commission Urges Transportation Authority to Rescind Ban on Chick-fil-A From Buffalo Airport – Heather Clark
https://christiannews.net/2019/04/05/us-civil-rights-commission-urges-transportation-authority-to-rescind-ban-on-chick-fil-a-from-buffalo-airport/

DAILY CALLER
— ‘BLAME WHITEY MOVEMENT’ — FORMER ACLU EXEC SLAMS REPARATIONS ‘BUFFOONERY’ – Scott Morefield
https://dailycaller.com/2019/04/06/michael-meyers-reparations-al-sharpton/

WORLD NET DAILY
— JUDGE: ILLINOIS SCHOOL MUST DEFEND ITS RADICAL TRANSGENDER ACTIVISM Parents given OK to pursue suit with Title IX, religious freedom claims – BOB UNRUH
https://www.wnd.com/2019/03/judge-school-must-defend-its-radical-transgender-activism/
— CAN GOVERNMENT SOLVE HUMAN PROBLEMS? Craige McMillan explains what the State was actually designed to do
https://www.wnd.com/2019/04/can-government-solve-human-problems/

LIFE SITE NEWS
— Priest reminds Mexican president of the ‘true faith’ that came with Spanish conquistadors – Martin M. Barillas
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/priest-reminds-mexican-president-of-the-true-faith-that-came-with-spanish-conquistadors

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Trump Surveys New Border Wall: “If You Wanna Climb That, You Deserve Whatever You Can Get” – Tim Hains 
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2019/04/05/trump_surveys_border_wall_very_very_hard_to_climb.html

CAMPUS REFORM
— DePaul vs. conservatives, from Shapiro and Sommers to Milo and Murray – Ema Gavrilovic
https://www.campusreform.org/?ID=12073

THE HILL
— Will it take more deaths or disaster for Washington to fix immigration and border security? – BRADLEY BLAKEMAN
https://thehill.com/opinion/immigration/437712-will-it-take-more-deaths-disaster-for-washington-to-fix-immigration-border-security

HUFFINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters promote hatred of Trump.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-extremism-maga-hat_n_5ca5075be4b082d775dfca37

CNBC
— Herman Cain on possible Fed nomination: ‘The people who hate me are digging up negative stuff’ In video posted on Facebook, Cain said that a background check would be “more cumbersome” in his case because he has had an “unusual career.” Cain ran for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination, but suspended his campaign amid allegations of sexual misconduct. He acknowledged that past allegations would likely come up again through a nomination process. Cain said he would not be disappointed if his candidacy failed. – Spencer Kimball
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/04/06/herman-cain-on-possible-fed-seat-haters-are-digging-up-negative-stuff.html

NEW YORK TIMES
— Herman Cain Opens a New #MeToo Minefield for Republicans – Alan Rappeport and Kenneth P. Vogel
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/05/business/herman-cain-federal-reserve.html

WASHINGTON POST
— ‘It got real gay real quick’: Pete Buttigieg’s rise electrifies the gay community, but he could face a rocky road – Chelsea Janes
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/it-got-real-gay-real-quick-america-deals-with-a-new-kind-of-candidate/2019/04/05/76649c56-5191-11e9-a3f7-78b7525a8d5f_story.html

NEW YORK POST
— How Trump’s border policies are boosting wage growth – Charles Gasparino 
https://nypost.com/2019/04/05/how-trumps-border-policies-are-boosting-wage-growth/

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Trump visits Calexico a day after retreating from threats to close U.S.-Mexico border – NOAH BIERMAN, MOLLY O’TOOLE and RUBEN VIVES
https://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-trump-california-border-visit-20190405-story.html

DENVER POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: America-haters crow about their success in making America dependent on Mexico.
https://www.denverpost.com/2019/04/06/us-mexico-border-closing/

24/7 WALL STREET
— Black Unemployment Rates at 76% Above National Average – Douglas A. McIntyre
https://247wallst.com/jobs/2019/04/06/black-unemployment-rates-at-76-above-national-average/

NEWSWEEK
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Alec Baldwin promotes hatred against Trump and hatred against Trump’s supporters.
https://www.newsweek.com/alec-baldwin-trump-supporters-snl-shaping-american-politics-1387765

ATLANTIC
— If Liberals Won’t Enforce Borders, Fascists Will We need to make hard decisions now about what will truly benefit current and future Americans. – DAVID FRUM 
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2019/04/david-frum-how-much-immigration-is-too-much/583252/

DAILY BEAST
— Trump Says ‘Press’ Is ‘Truly the Enemy of the People’
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-says-press-is-truly-the-enemy-of-the-people
— Howard Schultz Gets Called Out as ‘Rich Guy’ in MSNBC Interview (DIERSEN: My Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being rich. They a) stressed their own financial, health, and other problems and b) stressed the money that I spent on new cars, tuition, real estate, collector cars, etc. and the money that I saved for my retirement. They shouted a) that GAO should not have promoted me in 1986, b) that GAO should have forced me to suffer an even greater pay cut to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980, and c) that IRS should not have promoted me in 1972, 1973, or 1974.) 
https://www.thedailybeast.com/howard-schultz-gets-called-out-as-rich-guy-in-msnbc-interview

NATIONAL MEMO
— At Southern Border, Trump Delivers Another Angry Anti-Immigrant Rant – Emily Singer
https://www.nationalmemo.com/at-southern-border-trump-delivers-angry-anti-immigrant-rant/

NEW YORK MAGAZINE
— Lori Lightfoot Is a Pragmatist. Chicago Needs a Revolution. – Zak Cheney-Rice
http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/04/lori-lightfoot-chicago-activists.html

ON TOP MAGAZINE
— Mike Huckabee Calls LGBT Rights ‘Greatest Threat’ To America’s Moral Fiber – CARLOS SANTOSCOY
http://www.ontopmag.com/article/46853/Mike_Huckabee_Calls_LGBT_Rights_Greatest_Threat_To_Americas_Moral_Fiber

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.