February 13 Morning Edition

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Milton Township Republican Organization monthly meeting Wednesday evening, February 12, 2020, at the Holiday Inn in Carol Stream: Past and present candidates, elected officials, and party leaders who attended this outstanding meeting included: Almiron, Breen, Corrigan, Falbo, Felice, Galvin, Grogan, Heidorn, Holan, Jensen, Kinzler, Krupa, LeVan, Mack, McGowen, Monino, Nathwani, Pcolinski, Senka, Veenstra, and Whelan. Attendees included Baker, Bohn, Carlson, Cherry, Cooper, Dangelo, Fawell, Fitzpatrick, Lofgren, Marquardt, McCarthy, McNeily, Menna, Ryan, Shaw, Slinger, Smith, and Tatro. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

NBC5
— Smollett Case Reopens Arguments About Race, Class in Chicago – Don Babwin
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/smollett-case-reopens-arguments-about-race-class-in-chicago/2218557/?_osource=SocialFlowTwt_CHBrand

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— ENDORSEMENT: Jim Oberweis for Congress in 14th District Republican primary Oberweis has evolved a bit. He remains a staunch conservative, but he seems slightly more inclined to work across party lines. (DIERSEN: Since 2000, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have hinted/implied/argued/shouted at Republican candidates who have lost races in Illinois, including Oberweis, that me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails caused all their losses.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/2/13/21131444/endorsement-jim-oberweis-congress-14th-district-2020-republican-primary-election-house-rep
— ENDORSEMENT: Krishna K. Bansal for Congress in 11th District Republican Primary Bansal, with his stronger grasp of the issues and extensive record of public service, is the better bet to defeat a Democrat in the fall.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/2/13/21067792/endorsement-krishna-bansal-congress-11th-district-republican-primary-rick-laib-bill-foster

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Oh, for the love of Mike. The fear of Bernie has pushed Democratic bosses over the edge. – John Kass
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/john-kass/ct-bernie-sanders-democrats-panic-kass-20200213-5h23ymxy3bcmdleiyel3yd7tc4-story.html
— Hundreds attend burial in South Bend for fetuses stored in Will County garage by late abortion doctor Ulrich Klopfer – MEREDITH COLIAS-PETE (DIERSEN: Each one of those fetuses was created by a man and a woman. They should have attended the burial.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/post-tribune/ct-ptb-fetus-hill-burial-st-0213-20200212-ey672ghbkfeilcxp7d22wihsxa-story.html
— The word queer, used by actress Jameela Jamil when she came out last week, is increasingly popular among millennials and teens – Nara Schoenberg
https://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/ct-life-queer-meaning-jameela-jamil-tt-02112019-20200212-3q6zi2cz7fhk7oukhgtanhg5yu-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: America-haters side with America-haters. White-haters side with White haters. Men-haters side with men-haters. Heterosexual-haters side with heterosexual-haters. Older-people haters side with older-people haters. Trump-haters side with Trump-haters. Protestant-haters side with Protestant haters. Conservative-haters side with conservative-haters. Republican-haters side with Republican haters. Rich people-haters side with rich-people haters. German American-haters side with German American-haters. Draft avoider-haters side with draft avoider haters. Those who hate those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time side with those who hate those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2020/2/12/21135560/senn-high-school-mary-beck-go-back-country

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH COLOR PICTURES: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, pot pushers push pot. Ever-increasingly, newspapers act as full-time pot pushers.) 
https://www.dailyherald.com/business/20200213/why-recreational-pot-supply-is-falling-short-of-demand-in-illinois
— DuPage awards $100,000 to nonprofit groups to help fight the opioid epidemic – Katlyn Smith (DIERSEN: Why not $100,000 to fight the government-promoted booze, gambling, and pot epidemics?)
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200212/dupage-awards-100000-to-nonprofit-groups-to-help-fight-the-opioid-epidemic
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH COLOR PICTURE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Trump-haters encourage all the citizens of all the foreign countries of the world that are minority, female, and/or younger and who have financial, health, and/or other problems to claim asylum in America.
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200213/judge-releases-crystal-lake-central-high-student-detained-by-ice-on-bond
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: What percent of LWV members 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.dailyherald.com/discuss/20200213/at-100-league-still-has-work-to-do-to-expand-voting
— GOP rivals in 14th Congressional race fend off questions about weaknesses – James Fuller (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs hint/imply/argue/shout that being the following are weaknesses: Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, non-poor, gun owner, German American, draft avoider, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200213/gop-rivals-in-14th-congressional-race-fend-off-questions-about-weaknesses
— Krishnamoorthi criticized for attending Modi reception – Eric Peterson
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200212/krishnamoorthi-criticized-for-attending-modi-reception

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— 1,500 Amazon jobs? No thanks, says Bolingbrook mayor Amazon wants to build an 825,000-square-foot fulfillment center in Bolingbrook that would employ 1,500 people. “I told them I wouldn’t support it when they met with us,” said Mayor Roger Claar. “Then they closed two weeks later.” – ALBY GALLUN
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/commercial-real-estate/1500-amazon-jobs-no-thanks-says-bolingbrook-mayor

WTTW
— Crain’s Headlines: Bolingbrook Mayor Won’t Support Amazon Plan
https://news.wttw.com/2020/02/12/crain-s-headlines-bolingbrook-mayor-won-t-support-amazon-plan

WBEZ
— Former Illinois Feds Troubled By Trump’s Roger Stone Tweets And DOJ Response – Dave McKinney, Tony Arnold (DIERSEN: What percent of the jury pool in Chicago is 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.wbez.org/shows/wbez-news/former-illinois-feds-troubled-by-trumps-roger-stone-tweets-and-doj-response/93c81620-2089-4d6f-acf4-a1cdb7c88314

NPR ILLINOIS
— Klobuchar’s 3rd Place Finish In New Hampshire ‘Shocked The Establishment’ – BOBBY ALLYN
https://www.nprillinois.org/post/klobuchars-3rd-place-finish-new-hampshire-shocked-establishment#stream/0
— The Push For Paid Family Leave Grows Stronger – MAUREEN FOERTSCH MCKINNEY (DIERSEN: Virtually all my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government had spouses and/or children to support. They hinted/implied/argued/shouted that employees who had dependents should get preference over employees like me who never had dependents.)
https://www.nprillinois.org/post/push-paid-family-leave-grows-stronger#stream/0

JOLIET PATCH
— Will County To Expedite Some Cannabis Offense Expungements – Dave Byrnes (DIERSEN: What do you want expunged from your record? I want the adverse actions taken against me by the Milton Township Republican Organization, 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, Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, Illinois, GAO, IRS, Post Office, Google, Facebook, etc. to be expunged.) 
https://patch.com/illinois/joliet/will-county-expedite-some-cannabis-offense-expungements

CENTER SQUARE
— Interim report shows Illinois budget wasn’t balanced despite claims from elected officials – Greg Bishop 
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/interim-report-shows-illinois-budget-wasn-t-balanced-despite-claims/article_f1ad1e9a-4dcd-11ea-b3cc-9f03729e6c20.html

ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— Dream Congressional Match-Up: Jeanne Ives vs. The Squad – Laurie Higgins
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2020/02/dream-congressional-match-up-jeanne-ives-vs-the-squad/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Record ratings: Americans ‘better off’ in Trump era – Jennifer Harper
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/feb/12/inside-the-beltway-record-ratings-americans-better/
— Trump’s retreat on E-Verify called special interest ‘takeover’ of immigration agenda Jared Kushner preparing 600-page immigration proposal – Stephen Dinan (DIERSEN: Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs hint/imply/argue/shout at Trump that he can get illegals to vote for him by throwing Americans under the bus.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/feb/12/trump-retreat-e-verify-called-takeover-immigration/

FOX NEWS
— Roger Stone jury foreperson’s anti-Trump views surface, raising new questions about his trial and conviction (DIERSEN: What percent of the jury pool in Chicago is 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.foxnews.com/us/roger-stone-jury-forepersons-anti-trump-views-surface-raising-new-questions-about-his-trial-and-conviction

AMERICAN THINKER
— In Virginia legislature, Democrats walk out on black pro-life, defense-of-marriage pastor – Catharine Evans (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will those who run your municipal district, your municipality, your township, your county, Illinois, and America walk out, that is, officially protest, those 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?)
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2020/02/in_virginia_legislature_democrats_walk_out_on_black_prolife_defenseofmarriage_pastor.html

DAILY CALLER
— Flashback: Bloomberg Called For Americans To ‘Get Behind’ Trump In 2017 – SHELBY TALCOTT
https://dailycaller.com/2020/02/12/flashback-mike-bloomberg-donald-trump-unity/

FEDERALIST
— Mike Bloomberg Is Not A Racist, And Neither Is Trump – David Marcus (DIERSEN: People who are called racist today should sue those who call them racist. Being called a racist today is like being called a Jew in Germany during the 1930s and 1940s. Ever-increasing, Democrats make it clear that they want to get rid of once and for all those who are called racist and are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://thefederalist.com/2020/02/12/mike-bloomberg-is-not-a-racist-and-neither-is-trump/

NEWS BUSTERS
— NYT Accuses Trump of ‘Hijacking’ the News Cycle With Accurate Bloomberg Quotes – Clay Waters
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/clay-waters/2020/02/12/ny-times-accuses-trump-hijacking-news-cycle-accurate-mike-bloomberg

THE HILL
— How the left’s brand of diversity promotes division – MIKE GONZALEZ
https://thehill.com/opinion/civil-rights/482651-how-the-lefts-brand-of-diversity-promotes-division

POLITICO
— ‘Really shocking’: Trump’s meddling in Stone case stuns Washington Alarmed veterans of the Justice Department said the legal system was entering uncharted territory. – NATASHA BERTRAND and DANIEL LIPPMAN (DIERSEN: What percent of the jury pool in Chicago is 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.politico.com/news/2020/02/12/trump-roger-stone-justice-department-114684

NEW YORK TIMES
— As a Post-Impeachment Trump Pushes the Limits, Republicans Say Little Having expressed confidence that impeachment might chasten the president, senators are now watching as he purges perceived enemies and publicly pushes for a lenient sentence for a friend. – Nicholas Fandos and Catie Edmondson
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/12/us/politics/trump-senate-republicans.html
— As Sanders Rises, Some Democrats Are Jittery About Possible Consequences Mr. Sanders’s victory in the New Hampshire primary and his strengths in the 2020 race are worrying moderates who fear he could cost Democrats the presidency and the House in the fall. – Jeremy W. Peters, Sheryl Gay Stolberg and Kate Kelly
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/12/us/politics/bernie-sanders-democrats.html

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Affirmative Action is hurting more than helping – MEGAN HACKBARTH
https://highschool.latimes.com/los-altos-high-school/opinion-affirmative-action-is-hurting-more-than-helping/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Moderate Democrats Stress Over Crowded Center Lane There is no single centrist rival to front-runner Bernie Sanders, and party leaders are bracing for a protracted nomination fight – Ken Thomas and Natalie Andrews (DIERSEN: Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. Political parties should not only be able to, but should be required to, stop candidates from running who reject planks in their party’s platform. I should write a book about candidates who the Republican National Committee, Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Milton Township Republican Organization, etc. should have stopped from running.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/moderate-democrats-stress-over-crowded-center-lane-11581545988
— FRONT PAGE: Education Department Investigating Harvard, Yale Over Foreign Funding Officials accuse schools across U.S. of soliciting funds from foreign governments, companies known to be hostile to the country – Kate O’Keeffe (DIERSEN: Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs love countries that are hostile to America.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/education-department-investigating-harvard-yale-over-foreign-funding-11581539042
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Virtually all my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government had spouses and/or children to support. They hinted/implied/argued/shouted that employees who had dependents should get preference over employees like me who never had dependents.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/i-feel-very-torn-between-my-child-and-my-daddemands-intensify-for-the-sandwich-generation-11581507999
— GAO Warns 2020 Census Isn’t Ready Census Bureau is behind in recruiting workers and testing online systems for count, Government Accountability Office says – Janet Adamy
https://www.wsj.com/articles/watchdog-warns-2020-census-faces-challenges-11581522486

TEXAS TRIBUNE
— Trump endorses in three competitive Texas congressional primaries – PATRICK SVITEK (DIERSEN: I should write a book about my critics/opponents who focus on destroying those like me who refuse to destroy their candidates’ primary opponents. I would focus on past and present leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, and Illinois Center Right Coalition. For all the candidates who ran in contested primaries on ballots for my precinct since 2000, I would write about those who focused on destroying me because I refused to destroy their candidates’ primary opponents.) 
https://www.texastribune.org/2020/02/12/donald-trump-endorses-three-texas-congressional-republican-primaries/

POST REGISTER
— Idaho House committee advances affirmative action ban – AP (DIERSEN: Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs use Affirmative Action (AA), Diversity, and Inclusion to get rid of Republicans, and especially to get rid of Republicans who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. I should write a book about those in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois who use AA, Diversity, and Inclusion to get rid of Republicans like me.)
https://www.postregister.com/news/government/idaho-house-committee-advances-affirmative-action-ban/article_448ae116-4320-516d-a8a1-99e7656a6a92.html

NEW YORKER
— HOW THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION USES THE “HIDDEN WEAPONS” OF IMMIGRATION LAW – Isaac Chotiner (DIERSEN: I should write a book about how Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs use the “hidden weapons” of Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion, that is, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.)
https://www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/how-the-trump-administration-uses-the-hidden-weapons-of-immigration-law

NEWSWEEK
— RUSH LIMBAUGH RIPS BUTTIGIEG’S CAMPAIGN, SAYS ‘AMERICA’S NOT READY TO ELECT GAY GUY KISSING HUSBAND ON DEBATE STAGE’ – JEFFERY MARTIN 
https://www.newsweek.com/rush-limbaugh-rips-buttigiegs-campaign-says-americas-not-ready-elect-gay-guy-kissing-husband-1487091
— AMY KLOBUCHAR ONCE WANTED TO BUILD A FENCE AT THE BORDER—WHERE DOES SHE STAND NOW? – CHANTAL DA SILVA
https://www.newsweek.com/amy-klobuchar-border-wall-fence-trump-immigration-policies-1487117

YAHOO FINANCE
— 30 Jobs That Aren’t Worth Their Education Requirements – Alexandria Bova (DIERSEN: I should write a book a) about the outstanding on-the-job and in-house training that IRS and GAO provided me and b) about how the Democrats who ran IRS and GAO wasted that training by wasting my career and forcing me to retire.) 
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/30-jobs-aren-t-worth-105512563.html

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.