April 9 Morning Edition

ABC7
— 15 shot, 3 fatally, in Chicago Monday

https://abc7chicago.com/15-shot-3-fatally-in-chicago-monday/5239784/

WTTW
— Illinois is Really Close to Legalizing Marijuana … Or Is It? – Amanda Vinicky
https://news.wttw.com/2019/04/08/illinois-really-close-legalizing-marijuana-or-it

FOX ILLINOIS
— Taylor Swift donates $113K to Tennessee Equality Project – Caitlyn Shelton (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will Swift say that the only fans that she wants are those who 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://foxillinois.com/news/entertainment/taylor-swift-donates-113k-to-tennessee-equality-project

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Will County board questions plan that eliminates some township clerks – Alicia Fabbre
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/news/ct-sta-will-county-townships-st-0409-story.html
— Dismal turnout across Lake County on Election Day 2019 – Charles Selle
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/lake-county-news-sun/opinion/ct-lns-selle-lake-county-low-voter-turnout-st-0409-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats pander to anti-Whites by demonizing, denigrating, and condemning Republicans as being White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things who should be gotten rid of once and for all. Ever-increasingly, Democrats say and do things that encourage minorities to engage in violence against Republicans. 
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20190409/gerson-feelings-aside-white-supremacy-must-be-undone

KANKAKEE DAILY JOURNAL
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: How much will legal pot smokers consume?
https://www.daily-journal.com/opinion/editorials/how-much-will-legal-pot-smokers-consume/article_4a71056a-56d4-11e9-972d-b74dc440f805.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: As Illinois seems to creep toward full legalization of marijuana, it might be useful to consider some of the experiences of states where it already has been legalized. Washington and Colorado legalized recreational use in 2012. Oregon followed suit in 2014. A marketing firm, DHM Research, surveyed users in those three states. The results were reported in a national story, which ran earlier in The Daily Journal. Here’s what to expect: • If marijuana is legalized, use will increase. Those who use will up their consumption, in some cases moving from weekend recreation to every day. Some 44 percent of the legal consumers will use marijuana every day. • It is a male thing. Sixty percent of the users are men. If you have concerns about the growing inequity of men moving on to and graduating from college, this might give you pause. • Finally, and most disturbing, about one in every four users will go to work high or get high at work. We only can hope these people are not driving trucks, flying airplanes or designing bridges. There is a solid social trend toward legalization. Historically, society rotates those social ills it forgives and those it punishes severely. States, too, greedily eye the taxes they might collect to feed their bureaucracies. As we legalize, we also must regulate with common sense. There might be, perhaps, no penalty at all for smoking marijuana in your home. Yet if you choose to, say, jeopardize someone else’s life by being irresponsible, jail time would be more than appropriate.)

QUINCY HERALD WHIG
— Frese: Township governments work well in Adams County – Ethan Colbert 
https://www.whig.com/20190409/freese-township-governments-work-well-in-adams-county#

ALTON TELEGRAPH
— Village getting ready for Godfrey Township dissolution – Scott Cousins
https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/article/Village-getting-ready-for-Godfrey-Township-13751547.php

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Wheaton home sales, March 10-16, 2019 (FROM THE ARTICLE: 1031 Warrenville Road $460,000) (SEE: https://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/1031-Warrenville-Rd_Wheaton_IL_60189_M74608-92465)
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/512407143-wheaton-home-sales-march-10-16-2019

WHEATON PATCH
— Wheaton Man Accused Of Fatally Stabbing Sleeping Brother-In-Law Police say they arrived at the scene to find the victim in a pool of blood. – Lisa Marie Farver (DIERSEN: Are you a “Wheaton man,” and if so, for how long? Government is nasty. Politics is nasty. Are you a newcomer? I should write a book about those in Wheaton who continue to demonize me, to denigrate me, and to condemn me as being a newcomer. They stress that a) I have lived in Wheaton only since 1978, b) that I have never attended any school in Wheaton, c) that I have never attended any church in Wheaton, d) that I have never raised any children in Wheaton, e) that I have never worked in Wheaton, f) that I have never owned any pets in Wheaton, and g) that I have never etc. in Wheaton.)
https://patch.com/illinois/wheaton/wheaton-police-investigate-incident-say-public-not-danger

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Wealth Tax: The Envious Enabler of American Socialism – Oliver Perry (DIERSEN: Where did your net worth come from? My net worth came from the money that I earned doing yard work and delivering newspapers 1962-1964; washing dishes 1964-1966; cleaning golf shoes, chipping slag, and pumping gasoline in 1966; delivering mail 1966-1969; working on an automobile assembly line and as a security guard in 1970; selling tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971; pumping gasoline 1971-1972; collecting delinquent taxes 1971-1980; auditing federal agencies 1980-1997; collecting a Civil Service Retirement System pension since 1997; and collecting Social Security since 2010.) 
https://illinoisfamily.org/federal/wealth-tax-the-envious-enabler-of-american-socialism/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— People quick to compare Trump to Hitler are the ones most ignorant of the Third Reich’s history – Beth Bailey (DIERSEN: The more demographics that you share with Hitler, the more that you are compared to Hitler. Beyond tragically, I share many demographics with Hitler. I should write a book about those who compare me with Hitler. Better yet, I should sue them.) 
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/people-quick-to-compare-trump-to-hitler-are-the-ones-most-ignorant-of-the-third-reichs-history

AMERICAN THINKER
— Reparations are just a way to weaponize guilt – Sam Younnokis (DIERSEN: How guilty are you? According to the Democrats, the more of the following that you are, the more guilty that you are: Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owner, German American, draft avoider, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/04/reparations_are_just_a_way_to_weaponize_guilt.html
— It’s too easy to call someone a racist these days – Silvio Canto, Jr. (DIERSEN: Government is nasty. Politics is nasty. Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs are nasty. Should I write a book about those who have hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I am a racist? Better yet, should I sue them?)
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/04/its_too_easy_to_call_someone_a_racist_these_days.html
— The College Admissions Scandal: You Did It, Liberals – Christopher Chantrill
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2019/04/the_college_admissions_scandal_you_did_it_liberals.html

AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE
— Democrats Let Loose the Politics of Hate – PATRICK J. BUCHANAN 
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/buchanan/democrats-let-loose-the-politics-of-hate/

GOPUSA
— Gavin Newsom visits El Salvador to find out how California can help after Trump ‘demoralized’ them
http://www.gopusa.com/gavin-newsom-visits-el-salvador-to-find-out-how-california-can-help-them/
— Employees cheer as Trump dumps head of ICE (DIERSEN: QUESTION: Which GAO employees cheered Charles Bowsher for what he did while headed GAO 1981-1996? ANSWER: GAO employees who were Democrat, minority, female, younger, veteran, and/or had a degree from an Ivy League university.) 
http://www.gopusa.com/employees-cheer-as-trump-dumps-head-of-ice/

TOWNHALL
— ACLU Warns ‘Immigrants and People of Color’ Not to Go to Florida – Ian Snively
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/iansnively/2019/04/08/aclu-warns-immigrants-and-people-of-color-not-to-go-to-florida-n2544450

FOX NEWS
— It is not racist to say what’s true about immigration — even Obama and Sanders admit that – Tucker Carlson
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/tucker-carlson-it-is-not-racist-to-say-whats-true-about-immigration-even-obama-and-sanders-admit-that

FOX NEWS BUSINESS
— Democrats ramp up reparations rhetoric on campaign trail
https://video.foxbusiness.com/v/6024120308001/#sp=show-clips

DAILY CALLER
— BERNIE SANDERS: ‘MOST’ OF FOX NEWS IS ‘RIGHT-WING PROPAGANDA’ – Mike Brest (DIERSEN: Who would say that most of the links in GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails are to right-wing propaganda articles? ANSWER: Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs. I should write a book about them.)
https://dailycaller.com/2019/04/08/sanders-fox-news-right-propaganda/

DAILY WIRE
— Ilhan Omar Blasted For Smearing Jewish Trump Administration Official – RYAN SAAVEDRA
https://www.dailywire.com/news/45741/ilhan-omar-blasted-smearing-jewish-trump-ryan-saavedra

PJ MEDIA
— Why Are 2020 Democrats Embracing Slavery Reparations? – MATT MARGOLIS (DIERSEN: The Democrats who run the federal government use Affirmative Action (AA), Diversity, Inclusion, up-or-out, early retirement, etc. to get rid of their employees who are Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who they did not promote 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 (SES) (currently $165,500) by age 40. AA is reparations. Who has paid the price of AA? Few, if any, of my critics/opponents, their operative, or their dupes have paid the price of AA in any significant way. If I had been a minority or a female, the federal government would have promoted me into its SES long before I was 40 years old. However, because I am White, male, non-veteran, someone who complained about political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination, and someone who became an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation, they took many adverse actions against me including forcing me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old.) 
https://pjmedia.com/trending/why-are-2020-democrats-embracing-slavery-reparations/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Spoiler alert, Senator Booker: It won’t solve any problems. It won’t satisfy anyone. What exactly do proponents of slavery reparations believe that they will do that affirmative action policies in education, employment, awarding of government contracts, etc., etc. couldn’t? If the election of Barack Obama to the highest office in the land (despite his radicalism and lack of qualifications) wasn’t proof that we, as a nation, have moved far beyond the days of slavery, then what will? A check? For how much? Will we finally be able to put an end to affirmative action policies? Of course not, that’s not the point.)
— Reparations: Another Cynical Racial Ploy from the Democrats – ROGER L. SIMON 
https://pjmedia.com/rogerlsimon/reparations-another-cynical-racial-ploy-from-the-democrats/

CHRISTIANITY TODAY
— Yale Law School investigated over allegations of discrimination against Christians – Leonardo Blair
https://www.christiantoday.com/article/yale-law-school-investigated-over-allegations-of-discrimination-against-christians/132172.htm

LIFE SITE
— Democrats’ Equality Act opens the door to legalized pedophilia. Here’s how – Linda Harvey
https://www.lifesitenews.com/opinion/democrats-equality-act-opens-the-door-to-legalized-pedophilia.-heres-how

DAILY BLAZE
— Obama: It’s not racist to be ‘disturbed by immigration’: ‘Everybody has to have some agreed-upon rules’ Could he even win a Democratic primary in 2019 with that stance? – Aaron Colen
https://www.theblaze.com/news/obama-its-not-racist-to-be-disturbed-by-immigration-everybody-has-to-have-some-agree-upon-rules

WORLD NET DAILY
— BOSTON HERALD ERUPTS ON TOXIC MEDIA, DEMOCRATS ‘Willfully reporting false news to the American people’ – JOE KOVACS
https://www.wnd.com/2019/04/major-newspaper-erupts-on-toxic-media-democrats/

EPOCH TIMES
— It’s Time to Hold Our Elected Officials Accountable for Our Border – Adrian Norman
https://www.theepochtimes.com/its-time-to-hold-our-elected-officials-accountable-for-our-border_2869891.html

REUTERS
— Judge grants group status in PricewaterhouseCoopers age discrimination lawsuit – Dena Aubin
https://www.reuters.com/article/pwc-discrimination-age/judge-grants-group-status-in-pwc-age-discrimination-lawsuit-idUSL1N21Q1D4
— Burger King pulls New Zealand chopsticks ad after outcry in China
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-burgerking-china/burger-king-pulls-new-zealand-chopsticks-ad-after-outcry-in-china-idUSKCN1RL10C

NEW YORK TIMES
— At Trump’s Florida Resort Empire, a Quiet Effort to Eliminate an Undocumented Work Force – Miriam Jordan, Annie Correal and Patricia Mazzei
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/09/us/mar-a-lago-undocumented-workers.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Can a president be too old? Research says septuagenarians struggle with new tasks. That’s bad news for several 2020 candidates. – Robert G. Kaiser (DIERSEN: How old are you? I am 70. All my critics/opponents, all their operatives, and all their dupes have always promoted age discrimination a) because they want to get rid of those who are older than they are and/or b) because they want to curry favor with those who promote age discrimination.) 
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/posteverything/wp/2019/04/09/feature/research-says-septuagenarians-struggle-with-new-tasks-thats-bad-news-for-several-2020-candidates/

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
— Chicago Cubs put up, take down sexist ‘no women admitted’ press box sign – DAVID MATTHEWS
https://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/ny-sports-chicago-cubs-sexist-press-box-no-women-admitted-sign-20190408-ip6fdghhu5gblnynlsuzldfioy-story.html

PHILADELPHIA TRIBUNE
— Social media companies must be held accountable – Editorial (DIERSEN: What do you say to television stations, to newspapers, to radio stations, to websites, to etc., that defend and advance the Democrat, Libertarian, and Green party platforms, but falsely claim to be nonpartisan? Unlike the aforesaid frauds, Dave Diersen not only acknowledges, he shouts that he uses GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails and www.gopillinois.com to defend and advance the Republican Party platform, the Illinois Republican Party platform, and the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling.) 
https://www.phillytrib.com/commentary/editorials/editorial-social-media-companies-must-be-held-accountable/article_4aa1bd6e-4ad0-5b4d-9512-8e2838cf2a98.html

USA TODAY
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats want immigrants because immigrants vote for Democrats. RINOs want immigrants because RINOs want cheap labor.) 
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2019/04/08/trump-wrong-rural-america-not-full-needs-immigrants-column/3394691002/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, to get their vote, Democrats pander to women and to minorities. Ever-increasingly, Democrats shout at women, at minorities, 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.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2019/04/08/women-color-drawing-democratic-presidential-hopefuls-forum/3375257002/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Prosecutors Net 14 New Guilty Plea Agreements in College Cheating Probe Actress Felicity Huffman among parents to plead guilty in admissions-fraud scandal as investigation continues – Melissa Korn (DIERSEN: What if your parents had illegally secured a spot for you at an elite college? Will this scandal prompt those who have degrees from elite colleges who seek or hold government or political jobs or offices to fully disclose how they got accepted by those colleges?) 
https://www.wsj.com/articles/two-more-parents-to-plead-guilty-in-college-admissions-case-11554741856
— The Office Rookies Who Ask for the World Young workers are likely to ask for a promotion after just one year—here’s how they should handle the big request, and how bosses should handle them – Sue Shellenbarger (DIERSEN: My Democrat superiors in the federal government acted like their younger Democrat employees, and especially those who were minority and/or female, wanted them to get rid of their 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.wsj.com/articles/the-office-rookies-who-ask-for-the-world-11554730098
— If You Drive, You Should Pay America’s roads are crumbling. The best way to save them is by imposing tolls. – Robert Poole (DIERSEN: How many miles do you drive? I drive very few mile because I spend 10+ hours each and every day putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and sending them out.) 
https://www.wsj.com/articles/if-you-drive-you-should-pay-11554761187
— ‘Equal Death Day’: May 3, 2030 Another unequal fact of life: Men are more likely to be killed on the job. – Editorial (DIERSEN: Because all the jobs that I had were so bad, my superiors had an extremely hard time hiring and retaining qualified women and qualified minorities. Because of Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion, qualified women and qualified minorities found better jobs with other employers.) 
https://www.wsj.com/articles/equal-death-day-may-30-2030-11554763002

WBAL
— Taylor Swift donates $113K to Tennessee LGBTQ advocacy group – AP (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will Swift say that the only fans that she want are those who 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.wbal.com/article/382371/127/taylor-swift-donates-113k-to-tennessee-lgbtq-advocacy-group

U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: What percent of the money that America gives foreign countries is used by those countries to send their most problematic citizens to America?
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-countries/articles/2019-04-09/experts-say-trumps-cuts-to-central-american-aid-wont-slow-migration-crisis

CITY WATCH LOS ANGELES
— We All Practice ‘Identity Politics’ – JOSHUA ADAMS (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats demonize, denigrate, and condemn individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that identify as being Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owners, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php/2016-01-01-13-17-00/important-reads/17435-we-all-practice-identity-politics

DAILY BEAST
— Lou Dobbs Pushed Trump to Fire ‘Flailing,’ ‘Overwhelmed’ Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen
https://www.thedailybeast.com/foxs-lou-dobbs-pushed-trump-to-fire-flailing-overwhelmed-homeland-security-secretary-kirstjen-nielsen
— Trump Administration Lets Foster Agency Turn Away Catholics and Jews In their zeal to stop gay people from adopting kids in need, conservatives have empowered state-funded agencies to turn away anyone they deem unsuitable. – Jay Michaelson (DIERSEN: Which individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries deem you unsuitable for leadership positions? I should write a book about those individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries deem me unsuitable for leadership positions. They crow that I am no longer a TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member, Milton Township Republican Central Committee (MTRCC) webmaster, Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member, GAO employee, etc. 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://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-administration-lets-miracle-hill-foster-agency-turn-away-catholics-and-jews

NEW YORK MAGAZINE
— Federal Judge Issues Trump a Timely Reminder That the Rule of Law Still Applies at the Border – Matt Stieb (DIERSEN: Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs only want the “Rule of Law” when they can use it to get rid of Republicans.)
http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/04/judge-blocks-program-sending-asylum-seekers-back-to-mexico.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “Kirstjen Nielsen Gave Voice and Muscle to Trump’s White Nationalist Agenda.”
http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/04/kirstjen-nielsens-white-nationalist-equivocation.html

FORD AUTHORITY
— Ford Protestors Dress Like T-Rex Dinosaurs In Washington – SHANE MCGLAUN
http://fordauthority.com/2019/04/ford-protestors-dress-like-t-rex-dinosaurs-washington/

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.