April 6 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Trump visits Mexican border city in California and declares ‘our country is full’ – AP
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-trump-border-immigration-20190405-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Expect hard push from Pritzker for progressive income tax – Rich Miller
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/rich-miller-pritzker-progressive-income-tax-2/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— The fight in Illinois begins again to protect your vote – Editorial (DIERSEN: The Chicago Sun-Times should write an article about the 2015 gerrymandering of my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 9 in Wheaton. That gerrymandering sent a strong message to Republican Precinct Committeemen in DuPage County, and especially in Milton Township, and especially in Wheaton, that Republican Precinct Committeemen like me who focus on defending and advancing a) the traditional family, right to life, immigration, Second Amendment, illegal drugs, equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving), and the rest of the Republican platform planks and b) the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling ARE NOT WELCOME.) 
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/illinois-gerrymandering-fair-maps-legislature/

DAILY HERALD
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Those who promote LGBTQ activity and mass/illegal immigration promote hatred against those who do not promote LGBTQ activity and mass/illegal immigration. 
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20190406/letter-jeanne-ives-wrong-for-college-of-dupage
— Abortion in the guise of reproductive health – Dushan Lipensky, Wheaton
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20190406/letter-abortion-in-the-guise-of-reproductive-health

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Illinois consumers deserve quality infrastructure – Matthew Kandrach
https://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20190405/guest-view-illinois-consumers-deserve-quality-infrastructure

MCDONOUGH VOICE
— LaHood: U.S. can build wall, address infrastructure – Jared DuBach
https://www.mcdonoughvoice.com/news/20190405/lahood-us-can-build-wall-address-infrastructure

PRAIRIE STATE WIRE
— Revered Illinois Republican Totten dead at 86 – W.J. Kennedy
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/512408907-revered-illinois-republican-totten-dead-at-86

SAVE YOUR HOME NOW
— Hinsdale home sells for $1.53 million less than 2003 purchase price (DIERSEN: In today’s dollars, that is, adjusted for inflation, a) what did you pay for your home, b) how much have you spent on improvements, c) how much in real estate taxes have you paid on it, and d) what would it sell for today?)
https://saveyourhomenow.org/stories/512359003-market-watch-hinsdale-home-sells-for-1-53-million-less-than-2003-purchase-price
— Cathy & Joseph Talbert lose over $279,000 on sale of Wheaton townhome
https://saveyourhomenow.org/stories/512358984-market-watch-cathy-joseph-talbert-lose-over-279-000-on-sale-of-wheaton-townhome
— Jeffrey Weller loses over $380,000 on sale of Hinsdale home
https://saveyourhomenow.org/stories/512338378-market-watch-jeffrey-weller-loses-over-380-000-on-sale-of-hinsdale-home

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Regressives in Springfield Attack IFI and IFA – Jonathon Clay de Hale (DIERSEN: Who has attacked you? I should write a book about those who have attacked me. They include past and present Milton Township Republican Central Committee (MTRCC), 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, Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, Illinois, GAO, IRS, Post Office, etc. officials, employees, and members. 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 MTRCC 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://illinoisfamily.org/politics/junior-commies-in-springfield-co-sponsor-misguided-resolution/

FOX NEWS
— Trump declares ‘country is full’ in Fox News interview, says US can no longer accept illegal immigrants – Lukas Mikelionis
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-declares-the-country-full-in-fox-news-interview-says-american-can-no-longer-accept-illegal-immigrants

WASHINGTON TIMES
— MARCH 18, 2019 FLASHBACK: Every candidate must learn his past is never past – Wesley Pruden (DIERSEN: If you have ever done anything that subjects you to blackmail, you should not seek or hold any kind of government or political job or office.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/mar/18/beto-orourke-other-candidates-must-learn-their-pas/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— White House Report Card: Slogging through immigration, buoyed by jobs – Paul Bedard
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/washington-secrets/white-house-report-card-slogging-through-immigration-buoyed-by-jobs

DAILY CALLER
— HERE’S WHERE EACH 2020 DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE STANDS ON SLAVERY REPARATIONS – Scott Morefield (DIERSEN: Every citizen of America who has one or more of the following demographics should ask each Democratic presidential candidate how much reparations they will have to pay: Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owner, German American, draft avoider, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://dailycaller.com/2019/04/05/2020-democrats-slavery-reparations/

DAILY SIGNAL
— Trump, Newsom Clash Over Illegal Immigration as President Visits California Wall Construction – Fred Lucas
https://www.dailysignal.com/2019/04/05/trump-newsom-clash-over-illegal-immigration-as-president-visits-california-wall-construction/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Immigration as Economic Warfare – Joshua Foxworth (DIERSEN: What protected groups are you a member of? Constructively, if not officially, members of the following groups are NOT PROTECTED: Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older people, rich people, gun owners, German Americans, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. Constructively, if not officially, members of the following groups ARE PROTECTED: 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 anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2019/04/immigration_as_economic_warfare.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The first aspect of this warfare is simple. The government institutes programs that give special privileges to one group of people in the form of educational access and benefits, exclusive contracts with the government, quotas within the job market, and legal protections that are exclusive to those people. While many of these benefits are subtle, on multigenerational timelines they effectively destroy the unprotected group while ensuring the success of the protected group. In addition to this, there is the selective enforcement of laws and the absolution of some groups from many laws. However, the more important aspect of this warfare is the collusion of immigrants to exclude portions of the native population from the economy. This activity has two facets — exclusion from the market and denial of service.)
— Howie Schultz must be giving the DNC night terrors – Anna L. Stark
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/04/howie_schultz_must_be_giving_the_dnc_night_terrors.html
— Violence and harassment against Trump supporters and GOP in California – Thomas Lifson
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/04/violence_and_harassment_against_trump_supporters_and_gop_in_california.html

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Kill Coyotes – Pedro Gonzalez
https://www.amgreatness.com/2019/04/05/kill-coyotes/
— Melodrama or Reality? – Karl Spence
https://amgreatness.com/2019/04/05/melodrama-or-reality/

AMERICAN FREE PRESS
— Trump’s Bloated Budget: The Good, the Bad & the Ugly
https://americanfreepress.net/trumps-bloated-budget-the-good-the-bad-the-ugly/

BLAZE
— Tucker Carlson calls Mexico a ‘hostile power’ while debating a Mexican official over immigration ‘Mexico is…seeking to undermine our country and sovereignty’ – Aaron Colen
https://www.theblaze.com/news/tucker-carlson-calls-mexico-a-hostile-power-while-debating-a-mexican-official-over-immigration

BREITBART
— LGBTQ Activists Seek Control of Maine Mental Health Professionals – Dr. Susan Berry
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/04/05/lgbtq-activists-seek-control-of-maine-mental-health-professionals/
— Robert ‘Beto’ O’Rourke Compares Donald Trump to Nazi ‘Third Reich’ – Michelle Moons (DIERSEN: Are you a German American? From what I see, because Trump is German American, the more German American that you are, the more that Trump-haters want to get rid of you once and for all. What if I had claimed Swedish ancestry? During the 1840s and 1850s, all my ancestors immigrated to northeast Illinois from what is now Germany. Of course, needless-to-say, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always used that against me. In my defense, I stress that my grandfather on my father’s side fought the Germans during WWI, that my uncles on my mother’s side fought the Germans during WWII, and that my father would have fought the Germans during WWII if he had not been 4-F. Further, according to http://dna.ancestry.com, my ancestry is 33% Europe West, 28% Scandinavia, 24% Great Britain, 11% Ireland, 2% Europe East, 1% Finland/Northwest Russia, and 1% Italy/Greece. What if I had claimed Swedish ancestry?)
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/04/05/robert-beto-orourke-compares-donald-trump-to-nazi-third-reich/

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Elderly Trump-supporter berated at Starbucks, called Nazi, gets his turn to speak; reveals what’s under his MAGA hat – Vivek Saxena
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2019/04/05/elderly-trump-supporter-berated-at-starbucks-called-nazi-gets-his-turn-to-speak-reveals-whats-under-his-maga-hat-741263

EPOCH TIMES
— Trump Threatens Financial Penalties on Mexico for Illegal Drugs, Migration – HOLLY KELLUM
https://www.theepochtimes.com/trump-threatens-financial-penalties-on-mexico-for-illegal-drugs-migration_2868890.html

LIFE NEWS
— Former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz May Run for President, Says Abortion “Between a Woman and Her God” – MICAIAH BILGER 
https://www.lifenews.com/2019/04/05/former-starbucks-ceo-howard-schultz-may-run-for-president-says-abortion-between-a-woman-and-her-god/

THE HILL
— Trump: ‘I don’t need a summit’ with Mexico, El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras – TAL AXELROD 
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/437675-trump-i-dont-need-a-summit-with-mexico-el-salvador-guatemala-and

CNN
— Barr concerned about low morale among LGBTQ employees at DOJ, he writes to Pride group – Laura Jarrett and Caroline Kelly (DIERSEN: To get rid of their employees who were Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who they had not promoted to 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, my Democrat superiors in the federal government did everything that they could to drive their morale down.) 
https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/05/politics/william-barr-attorney-general-low-morale-doj-lgbtq/index.html

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— ‘Our Country Is Full’: Trump Says Immigration System Is Crippled By Illegals
http://rockrivertimes.com/2019/04/05/our-country-is-full-trump-says-immigration-system-is-crippled-by-illegals/

YAHOO NEWS
— President Trump says border wall is needed now more than ever to stop ‘colossal surge’ of migrants
https://www.yahoo.com/news/president-trump-says-border-wall-221611360.html

NEW YORK TIMES
— Americans Borrowed $88 Billion to Pay for Health Care Last Year, Survey Finds – Karen Zraick (DIERSEN: Since 1966, when I was 18 years old, and became a federal employee, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always been beyond furious that the federal government a) paid 75% of my healthcare insurance while I worked for the Post Office 1966-1969, IRS 1971-1980, and GAO 1980-1997 and b) has paid 75% of my healthcare insurance since the federal government forced me to retire in 1997.) 
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/02/health/americans-health-care-debt-borrowing.html
— Harvard Is Investigating Fencing Coach for Sale of Home to Prospective Student’s Father – Kate Taylor
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/05/us/harvard-coach-admissions.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Those who blame Trump everything that bad say “Attacks by White Extremists Are Growing. So Are Their Connections.” Those who commit crime in the name of a cause must know that they are harming/destroying that cause.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/04/03/world/white-extremist-terrorism-christchurch.html

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “Domestic terrorism story renews fears over Trump’s coddling of white nationalists. DHS says it is improving threat detection; critics see a lack of willpower.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/04/05/domestic-terrorism-story-renews-fears-over-trumps-coddling-white-nationalists/
— With the most diverse presidential field ever, black voters ponder the best odds against Trump – Sean Sullivan and David Weigel (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, since the Civil War, Democrats have shouted at Blacks, and at everyone else, that Republicans are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things who should be gotten rid of once and for all.) 
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/with-the-most-diverse-presidential-field-ever-black-voters-ponder-the-best-odds-against-trump/2019/04/05/382043ac-572a-11e9-9136-f8e636f1f6df_story.html

SACRAMENTO BEE
— With Trump at border, California launches fight to block billions in wall funding – HANNAH WILEY AND SOPHIA BOLLAG (DIERSEN: How soon will California officially leave the United States and join up with Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador?)
https://www.sacbee.com/latest-news/article228890649.html

TROY RECORD
— This is how bad Trump derangement syndrome has gotten in Washington – Marc Thiessen
https://www.troyrecord.com/opinion/marc-thiessen-this-is-how-bad-trump-derangement-syndrome-has/article_e9dc8256-5791-11e9-933f-f32a2e822343.html

MILBANK MONITOR
— Starbucks CEO: Cannabis-infused drinks ‘not on the road map‘ right now (DIERSEN: If municipalities in Illinois are going to be able to vote to ban the sale and growing of pot, who in your municipality is going to take the lead on that? I am going to take the lead in getting Wheaton to be the first city in Illinois to ban the sale and growing of pot. If you do not oppose pot, you shout that you are anti-religious, anti-conservative, and anti-Republican. If you promote pot, you shout that you are a Democrat or Democrat plant, Libertarian or Libertarian plant, Green or Green plant, or RINO.)
https://milbankmonitor.com/starbucks-ceo-cannabis-infused-drinks-not-on-the-road-map-right-now/06/04/2019/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Google’s Advisory Board Crash and Burn A lesson in tolerance from the moralists in Mountain View. – Editorial (DIERSEN: What percent of Google employees are 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.wsj.com/articles/googles-advisory-board-crash-and-burn-11554506676
— The Secret Trust Scores Companies Use to Judge Us All – Christopher Mins
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-secret-trust-scores-companies-use-to-judge-us-all-11554523206
— Are Far-Right Extremist Crimes Rising? No Terrorism is ticking up, but hate crimes and related violence have been steady since at least 1970 – Jo Craven McGinty (DIERSEN: Those who commit crime in the name of a cause must know that they are harming/destroying that cause.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/far-right-extremist-crimes-have-been-with-us-for-decades-11554463800

FORTUNE
— Microsoft and Google Face Employee Protests – ELLEN MCGIRT (DIERSEN: My Democrat superiors in the federal government talked and acted like their employees who were Democrat, minority, female, younger, and/or veteran had protested that not enough was being done to get rid of employees who were Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who had not made 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.)
http://fortune.com/2019/04/05/microsoft-and-google-face-employee-protests/

WIRED
— MICROSOFT EMPLOYEES PROTEST TREATMENT OF WOMEN TO CEO NADELLA (DIERSEN: My Democrat superiors in the federal government talked and acted like their employees who were Democrat, minority, female, younger, and/or veteran had protested that not enough was being done to get rid of employees who were Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who had not made 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.wired.com/story/microsoft-employees-protest-treatment-women-ceo-nadella/

HR MORNING
— Workplace investigations: Handling employee complaints and problems successfully We live in a litigious world, and nowhere is that truer than in the workplace. Especially since the #MeToo era began, workplace investigations have come under increased scrutiny. – Lynn Cavanaugh (DIERSEN: I should write a book about the lawsuits and grievances that I have filed or been an active member in. Of course, even though I have not filed a lawsuit since 1998, if I sought a government office or a political office, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes would demonize me, denigrate me, and condemn me as being litigious. Of course, they side with the defendants in the lawsuits that I have filed and with my former employers.)
https://www.hrmorning.com/workplace-investigations-handling-employee-complaints-and-problems-successfully/

MRC TV
— Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz: Situation at the Border ‘Is a Crisis’ – Melanie Hunter
https://www.mrctv.org/videos/starbucks-ceo-howard-schultz-situation-border-crisis

DAILY BEAST
— House Files Lawsuit Against Trump Administration Over Border Wall Funding
https://www.thedailybeast.com/border-wall-fight-house-files-lawsuit-against-trump-administration-over-funding
— Trump on Asylum Seekers: ‘It’s a Scam, It’s a Hoax’
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-on-asylum-seekers-its-a-scam-its-a-hoax

INSTINCT MAGAZINE
— Ben Carson Doesn’t Believe LGBTQ Protections At HUD Need To Be Improved – Adam Dupuis
https://instinctmagazine.com/post/ben-carson-doesnt-believe-lgbtq-protections-at-hud-need-to-be-improved/

GUARDIAN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, those who promote LGBTQ activity make it clear that they want to destroy all the religions of the world.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/apr/05/texas-sb17-lgbt-discrimination-religious-freedom

DAILY MAIL
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez calls for an ‘agenda of reparations’ to Black Americans for slavery as she unveils a radical 2020 victory plan for Democrats at an Al Sharpton conference in NY – ROD ARDEHALI (DIERSEN: Every citizen of America who has one or more of the following demographics should ask each Democratic presidential candidate how much reparations they will have to pay: Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owner, German American, draft avoider, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6892403/Alexandria-Ocasio-Cortez-calls-agenda-reparations.html

UNIVERSITY WORLD NEWS
— Starbucks to pay employees’ tuition fees at US university (DIERSEN: The federal government reimburses its employees little or nothing for job-related college courses. My superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government used that to justify their not taking job-related college courses. Nevertheless, I used my own money and my own time to earn a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 32.)
https://www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?story=20190406074012880

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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.