July 11 Morning Edition

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Trump lashes out on Twitter ahead of social media ‘summit’ Trump says a “big subject’ of Thursday’s summit “will be the tremendous dishonesty, bias, discrimination and suppression practiced by certain” companies. – AP (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Google Alerts take you to non-credible website postings that promote the Democrat, Libertarian, and Green party platforms.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/7/11/20690226/trump-social-media-summit-stable-genius-tweet
— Chicago takes center stage in women’s World Cup players’ equal pay fight From players to lawyers to high-paid executives based here, our city is figuring prominently in one of the highest-profile sports stories of the year – Lynn Sweet (DIERSEN: How has EEOC impacted you? In 1971, when I was 22 years old, Oldsmobile withdrew a job offer that I had accepted saying that it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. Because Firestone Stores fired me for accepting that offer, I accepted a job offer from IRS.) 
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2019/7/10/20689584/uswnst-womens-soccer-players-equal-pay-lawsuit-chicago-rapinoe-ticker-tape-federation-eeoc
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A source familiar with the case said the EEOC did do an investigation but didn’t resolve anything. On Feb. 5, 2019, Julianne Bowman, the director of the EEOC’s Chicago district office signed a notice giving the players the right to sue the federation — and weeks later they did.)
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats encourage citizens of foreign countries to falsely seek asylum in America.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/7/10/20689066/immigration-border-crisis-asylum-seekers-statue-of-liberty

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— He was hired to teach at Olivet Nazarene University. And then someone read his book. – Jennifer Day
https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/books/ct-books-tj-martinson-onu-0709-20190710-azax7bxkhjgehcesusq4s7y5vq-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: A fond farewell to state I love that doesn’t seem to love me – Charlie Kirk (DIERSEN: Hopefully, the Daily Herald will have posted this article on its website by the time you get this.)
https://www.dailyherald.com
— BEYOND DISGUSTING, BEYOND TRAGIC: FRONT PAGE: Community colleges are weighing cannabis programs – Peter Hancock
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190711/community-colleges-are-weighing-cannabis-programs-one-big-problem-federal-law
— BEYOND DISGUSTING, BEYOND TRAGIC: FRONT PAGE: Pot pushers push pot.
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190711/constable-ditch-weed-still-part-of-marijuanas-new-frontier-in-illinois

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— With fair performance canceled, Rep. Butler worries about censorship – Bernard Schoenburg (DIERSEN: Who wants to censor you? Those who want to censor me 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 Milton Township Republican Central Committee 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.sj-r.com/opinion/20190710/bernard-schoenburg-with-fair-performance-canceled-rep-butler-worries-about-censorship

FOX ILLINOIS
— Village of St. Joseph considers opting out of marijuana law – Haydee Clotter
https://foxillinois.com/news/local/village-of-st-joseph-considers-opting-out

KHQA
— Senator Jil Tracy hosts identity theft seminar
https://khqa.com/news/local/senator-jil-tracy-hosts-identity-theft-seminar

WGLT
— Economist: Illinois Gas Tax Hike Could Change Long-Term Driving Habits – ERIC STOCK (DIERSEN: What have you done to spend less money on gasoline? In 1974 and 1976, I bought condos in walking distance to where I worked and took graduate classes. In 1978, my wife and I bought a home in walking distance to a commuter train station. In 1984, we had a home built in walking distance to a commuter train station.) 
https://www.wglt.org/post/economist-illinois-gas-tax-hike-could-change-long-term-driving-habits#stream/0

CHICAGO READER
— A dramatic confrontation between the right-wing political group #WalkAway and Theater Wit ends up on YouTube Does a venue have the right to cancel an event if it objects to a client’s rhetoric? – Deanna Isaacs
https://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/walkaway-theater-wit-hate-speech/Content?oid=71569311

WHEATON PATCH
— Top 10 Subdivisions in Wheaton, IL – July 2019 Homes in these Wheaton subdivisions have some of the highest average sales prices. – Marco Amidei/ 
https://patch.com/illinois/wheaton/top-10-subdivisions-wheaton-il-july-2019

CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS
— BEYOND DISGUSTING, BEYOND TRAGIC: Community colleges weighing options for offering cannabis programs
https://www.capitolnewsillinois.com/Blog/Posts/407/Uncategorized/2019/7/Community-colleges-weighing-options-for-offering-cannabis-programs/blog-post/

ILLINOIS CPA SOCIETY
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: 5 Reasons to Cultivate a Cannabis Practice With full legalization coming soon, Illinois CPAs have a growing industry to capitalize on. – ANDREW HUNZICKER, CPA (DIERSEN: I have been a member of the Illinois CPA Society for 40 years, since 1979 when I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30 years old.)
https://www.icpas.org/information/copy-desk/insight/article/summer-2019/5-reasons-to-cultivate-a-cannabis-practice

CENTER SQUARE
— Illinois CPA Society comes out against professional service taxes floated by Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot – Greg Bishop (DIERSEN: I have been a member of the Illinois CPA Society for 40 years, since 1979 when I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30 years old.) 
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/illinois-cpa-society-comes-out-against-professional-service-taxes-floated/article_0911a27c-a32e-11e9-9005-6fc6e707ed4f.html
— Report finds automatic retiree raises have greater impact for Illinois’ pension liabilities – Cole Lauterbach (DIERSEN: COLAs for my Civil Service Retirement System pension and for my Social Security are far less than inflation.)
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/report-finds-automatic-retiree-raises-have-greater-impact-for-illinois/article_49f3a794-a276-11e9-8a39-57f86eb75310.html

HEARTLAND INSTITUTE
— WEALTHIEST COLLEGES RECEIVE BILLIONS IN FEDERAL AID – Sarah Quinlan
https://www.heartland.org/news-opinion/news/report-wealthiest-colleges-receive-billions-in-federal-aid

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— A desperate Beto O’Rourke goes for broke, claims America was founded on white supremacy – Becket Adams
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/a-desperate-beto-orourke-goes-for-broke-claims-america-was-founded-on-white-supremacy
— Artist accused of ‘blatant anti-Semitism’ disinvited from White House – Ellie Bufkin
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/artist-accused-of-blatant-anti-semitism-disinvited-from-white-house

AMERICAN THINKER
— Desperate ‘Beto’ reaches new depths in pandering to the Left – Thomas Lifson
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/07/desperate_beto_reaches_new_depths_in_pandering_to_the_left.html

BREITBART
— Release of Illegal Aliens into U.S. Cut 85 Percent Since Trump-Mexico Deal – John Binder
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/07/10/rrelease-of-illegal-aliens-into-u-s-cut-85-percent-since-trump-mexico-deal/
— President Trump Demands Cuts to India’s Tariffs, but Democrats Offer Extra Green Cards to Indian Business – NEIL MUNRO
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/07/10/house-gop-subverts-president-trumps-trade-pressure-on-india/

CONSERVATIVE HQ
— Party pooper 2020 Dems belittle national joy and military honors – Jeffrey A. Rendall
http://www.conservativehq.com/article/30582-assault-america-day-189-party-pooper-2020-dems-belittle-national-joy-and-military-hono

DAILY CALLER
— Ocasio-Cortez Implies Pelosi Is Racist For Singling Out ‘Newly Elected Women Of Color’ – CHUCK ROSS
https://dailycaller.com/2019/07/10/ocasio-cortez-pelosi-racist/
— Beto O’Rourke Says America Was ‘Founded On White Supremacy’ – WILLIAM DAVIS
https://dailycaller.com/2019/07/10/beto-campaign-nashville-orourke-america-white-supremacy/

DAILY SIGNAL
— Illinois Politicians Are to Blame for Tax Hikes, Not Washington – Adam Michel 
https://www.dailysignal.com/2019/07/09/illinois-politicians-are-to-blame-for-tax-hikes-not-washington/

NEWSMAX
— Rep. Scalise: Broken Asylum Laws ‘Magnet’ for Immigrants – Sandy Fitzgerald
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/steve-scalise-migrants-asylum-congress/2019/07/10/id/923956/
— Trump Shows Support for Tucker Carlson in Dispute With Rep. Omar – Jeffrey Rodack 
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/trump-tucker-carlson-omar-dispute/2019/07/10/id/923970/

PJ MEDIA
— NBC Blasts McConnell for Being Descended from Slave Owners, but so Are Obama and Kamala Harris – BRIAN MIN 
https://pjmedia.com/trending/nbc-blasts-mcconnell-for-being-descended-from-slave-owners-but-so-are-obama-and-kamala-harris/

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Ocasio-Cortez Sued for Blocking Twitter Users – MAIREAD MCARDLE (DIERSEN: I have not blocked anyone, including those who focus on destroying me, from reading my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails.)
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-sued-for-blocking-twitter-users/

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Megan Rapinoe To Trump: “Make America Great Again” Is An Exclusionary Message – Tim Hains (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats focus on excluding those who 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.realclearpolitics.com/video/2019/07/10/megan_rapinoe_to_trump_make_america_great_again_is_an_exclusionary_message.html

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— CNN gives smug Megan Rapinoe air time to take more petty, anti-US president shots – Vivek Saxena 
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2019/07/10/cnn-gives-smug-megan-rapinoe-air-time-to-take-more-petty-anti-us-president-shots-773329

HUFFINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “The White House Social Media Summit Is Already A Bigotry Circus.”
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/white-house-social-media-summit-bigotry-circus_n_5d25ef35e4b0583e482a4457

YAHOO NEWS
— White House hosting social media summit following fresh allegations of anti-conservative bias
https://news.yahoo.com/white-house-hosting-social-media-111204930.html

NEW YORK TIMES
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Is Sued for Blocking Critics on Twitter – Jeffery C. Mays (DIERSEN: I have not blocked anyone, including those who focus on destroying me, from reading my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/10/nyregion/aoc-twitter-lawsuit-trump.html
— Nationwide raids to sweep up (ILLEGAL) families for deportation are scheduled to begin Sunday, homeland security officials said. – Caitlin Dickerson and Zolan Kanno-Youngs
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/11/us/politics/ice-families-deport.html
— Pelosi Appeals for Democratic Unity While Dressing Down Dissenters – Julie Hirschfeld Davis
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/10/us/politics/pelosi-ocasio-cortez.html
— ‘It Can’t Be Worse’: How Republican Women Are Trying to Rebuild – Maggie Astor
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/09/us/politics/republican-women-congress.html

WASHINGTON POST
— It’s time to treat tech platforms like publishers – Charlie Kirk
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/07/11/its-time-treat-tech-platforms-like-publishers/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Trump-haters use “immigrant kids” to promote hatred of Trump.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/07/10/fox-effect-gop-voters-agree-with-harsh-messaging-migrant-kids/?utm_term=.1cfeec50cb8c
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “Tucker Carlson embraces hateful nativism in attack on Rep. Omar.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/07/10/tucker-carlson-embraces-hateful-nativism-attack-rep-omar/
— Bernie Sanders: The straightest path to racial equality is through the one percent – Bernie Sanders (DIERSEN: What percent of the one percent are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/bernie-sanders-the-straightest-path-to-racial-equality-is-through-the-one-percent/2019/07/10/730a7206-9f6b-11e9-b27f-ed2942f73d70_story.html

USA TODAY
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Trump-haters use “immigrant kids” to promote hatred of Trump.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2019/07/10/donald-trump-earns-history-treats-migrant-kids-editorials-debates/1682791001/

CBS DALLAS FORT WORTH
— Deputies: 57-Year-Old Texas Man Was ‘Entirely Consumed By His Own Dogs’
https://dfw.cbslocal.com/2019/07/10/57-year-old-texas-man-eaten-by-his-dogs/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The Democrats Go to Extremes The radicalism of the primary campaign will bite the party’s 2020 nominee. – Karl Rove
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-democrats-go-to-extremes-11562799692
— Wahooing Betsy Ross What’s striking about Colin Kaepernick’s Nike sneaker ban is how easy it was. – Daniel Henninger
https://www.wsj.com/articles/wahooing-betsy-ross-11562799662
— Joe Biden Used Tax-Code Loophole Obama Tried to Plug Former vice president structured his speaking, writing business in a way that cut his tax bill – Richard Rubin (DIERSEN: Democrats use tax return information to destroy Republicans. In 1978, the Democrats at Money Magazine and the Democrats at IRS used my tax returns to hint/imply/argue/shout that my education deductions were improper and should be disallowed. They hinted/implied/argued/shouted that the graduate business courses that I took at Loyola 1972-1976 and the graduate accounting courses that I took at DePaul 1976-1978 a) were not job-related, b) did not help me carry out my job duties, c) were taken by me to qualify me for a “new trade or business,” d) were taken by me to get a job in the private sector, and e) were a distraction.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/joe-biden-used-tax-code-loophole-obama-tried-to-plug-11562779300?mod=djemwhatsnews

BLOOMBERG
— Trump’s Social Media Summit Brings Fringe Voices to White House – Ben Brody (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who call me a “fringe voice.”)
https://www.bloombergquint.com/business/trump-s-social-media-summit-brings-fringe-voices-to-white-house

NPR
— Far-Right Social Media Personalities Headed To The White House – Jasmine Garsd (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who call me “far-right.”)
https://www.npr.org/2019/07/11/740579940/white-house-social-media-summit-leaves-out-key-players

NEWSWEEK
— EX-GOP CONGRESSMAN JOE WALSH: TRUMP EMBRACES ‘MOST EVIL DICTATORS’ WHO TALK NICE BUT WON’T ACCEPT ALLY’S CRITICISM – JASON LEMON
https://www.newsweek.com/republican-trump-embraces-evil-dictators-wont-accept-ally-criticism-1448521

FEDERAL NEWS NETWORK
— Life in the government gravy train – Mike Causey (FROM THE ARTICLE: Long-time feds quickly learn that for much of their career there is a good chance their CEO (the president aka POTUS) and a large number of their 535-member board of directors (Congress) hate their guts.)
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/mike-causey-federal-report/2019/07/life-in-the-government-gravy-train/

REASON
— Trump To Convene ‘Social Media Summit’ Over Accusations of Anti-Conservative Bias The president invited Republican lawmakers as well as social media stars who claim that tech giants are suppressing free speech. – BILLY BINION (DIERSEN: If Trump called for a social media summit in Illinois, who would Trump invite? Who would urge him to invite me? Who would urge him to NOT invite me?)
https://reason.com/2019/07/10/trump-to-convene-social-media-summit-over-accusations-of-anti-conservative-bias/

INSIDE HIGHER EDUCATION
— University of Chicago Sees Success by Dropping SAT Requirement Ten to 15 percent of applicants who were admitted this year did not submit scores. – Scott Jaschik (DIERSEN: Did you get admitted by the University of Chicago? I did not even apply. My ACT was only 24. I only just barely made it into the top 20% of my high school class. I had not demonstrated any leadership potential. I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who hint/imply/argue/shout that a) degrees from non-Ivy League universities are worthless and b) those who have such degrees are worthless.)
https://www.insidehighered.com/admissions/article/2019/07/10/chicago-sees-success-dropping-testing-requirement-admissions

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.