July 12 Evening Edition

DAILY HERALD
— Bartlett to discuss regulation of recreational pot sales – Eric Peterson (DIERSEN: For a municipality or a county to allow the sale of recreational pot is to flush its “family friendly” status down the toilet. Each and every Illinois resident should urge their municipality and their county by email and at municipal and county meetings to vote to ban the sale of recreational pot ASAP. Each and every Naperville resident should urge Naperville’s Mayor and each of its City Council members by email (https://www.naperville.il.us/government/meet-your-city-council/) and at City Council meetings (the next one is Tuesday, July 16) to vote to ban the sale of recreational pot in Naperville ASAP. Similarly, each and every Wheaton resident should urge Wheaton’s Mayor and each of its City Council members by email (https://www.wheaton.il.us/544/City-Council) and at City Council meetings (the next one is Monday, July 15) to vote to ban the sale of recreational pot in Wheaton ASAP. Similarly, each and every DuPage County resident should urge DuPage County’s Chairman and each of its board members by email (https://dupageco.org/CountyBoard/CountyBoardListing.aspx) and at board meetings (the next one is Tuesday, July 16) to vote to ban the sale of recreational pot in unincorporated DuPage County ASAP.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190712/bartlett-to-discuss-regulation-of-recreational-pot-sales

— Why Lightfoot won’t sign order blocking ICE from city databases
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190712/why-lightfoot-wont-sign-order-blocking-ice-from-city-databases
— Tollway leaders end Route 53 extension study today – Marni Pyke
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190712/tollway-leaders-end-route-53-extension-study-today

CITY OF WHEATON
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Todd Scalzo to resign as Wheaton City Councilman. What will the applicants to fill the vacancy be required to submit? Will their names and submissions be made public? Who will apply? Should I host a candidate forum for the applicants? Will they vote to ban the sale of pot in Wheaton? Who will be selected to fill the vacancy? What would my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes do to me if I applied?
https://www.wheaton.il.us/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_07152019-1211
https://www.wheaton.il.us/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Item/4167?fileID=6526

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Tollway pulls plug on Route 53 extension Citing a lack of consensus and money, the agency delivers a likely fatal blow to controversial plans to stretch the road far into Lake County. – GREG HINZ 
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/greg-hinz-politics/tollway-pulls-plug-route-53-extension

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— ‘We’re on your side,’ Sen. Dick Durbin tells immigrant group ahead of expected weekend raids ICE agents might also arrest immigrants who are at the scene of a raid even though they were not targets. – Carlos Ballesteros (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats side with foreign countries and with their citizens against America and against its citizens.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/7/12/20691997/ice-raids-chicago-immigration-dick-durbin-illinois-immigrants-communities-united-albany-park
— Why Lightfoot won’t sign order barring ICE, Homeland from city databases “It would be easy to pander to the crowd. But I want to do this in a way that’s actually gonna be meaningful and structural and lasting,” the mayor said. – Fran Spielman
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/7/12/20692156/chicago-mayor-lori-lightfoot-immigration-raids-executive-order-ice-homeland-security-gang-database

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— What could happen if ICE raids come to your neighborhood? – ELVIA MALAGÓN and STACY ST. CLAIR (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats side with foreign countries and with their citizens against America and against its citizens.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-cb-immigration-ice-raids-chicago-prepares-20190712-s34lnqc5tvgybpjl6jx4i5wn64-story.html
— As ICE immigration raids loom, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot says she’ll skip rally to be in the neighborhoods – Gregory Pratt (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats side with foreign countries and with their citizens against America and against its citizens.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-lori-lightfoot-federal-immigration-raids-20190712-f346l5aw3rfgrpyxumydvrr7f4-story.html

EFFINGHAM DAILY NEWS
— Follow Illinois playbook to earn big money, all while not working – Dan McCaleb 
https://www.effinghamdailynews.com/opinion/columns/dan-mccaleb-opinion-column-follow-illinois-playbook-to-earn-big/article_b629ac84-342d-5b87-b96a-a61c92b70777.html

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Score Three for American Conservatism – Terrell Clemmons 
https://illinoisfamily.org/uncategorized/score-three-for-american-conservatism/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— PRITZKER ADMIN ENLISTS ILLINOIS AG TO “PROTECT” NON-CITIZENS FROM PRESIDENT TRUMP THIS WEEKEND
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/07/pritzker-admin-enlists-illinois-ag-to-protect-non-citizens-from-president-trump-this-weekend.html
— GOP-CONTROLLED INDIANA (TO THE EAST OF ILLINOIS) BOASTS $1.78 BILLION BUDGET RESERVE
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/07/indiana-to-the-east-of-illinois-boasts-178-billion-budget-reserve.html
— THORNER: REPARATIONS — A TRADITIONAL TAX-AND-SPEND POLICY, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS BRIBES (DIERSEN: Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion are reparations.)
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/07/thorner-reparations-a-traditional-tax-and-spend-policy-otherwise-known-as-bribes.html

CAPITOL FAX
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrat politicians in Illinois illegally encourage citizens of foreign countries to illegally come to America illegally and to illegally stay in America illegally. Needless-to-say, Democrat politicians in Illinois should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.
https://capitolfax.com/2019/07/12/pritzker-raoul-speak-out-ahead-of-planned-ice-raids/

GOPUSA
— TREASONOUS: Nancy Pelosi urges illegal aliens to defy ICE, continue to remain in violation of US law
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=72499
— Megan Rapinoe for president, the media insists
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=72517

TOWNHALL
— TREASONOUS: ACLU Joins Democrats on Coaching Illegal Aliens to Avoid ICE, Deportation — Katie Pavlich (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats paint Republicans as being Nazis and illegals as being Jews in Nazi Germany.)
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2019/07/12/aclu-joins-democrats-on-coaching-illegal-aliens-to-avoid-ice-n2549992
— Identity Politics and the Downfall of the Modern Left – Paul Curry
https://townhall.com/columnists/paulcurry/2019/07/12/identity-politics-and-the-downfall-of-the-modern-left-n2549951
— Canada Has A Citizenship Question On Its Census – Timothy Meads
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/timothymeads/2019/07/11/reminder-canada-has-a-citizenship-question-on-its-censuswhy-cant-the-united-states-n2549937

AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE
— How We Ended Up With Kids in Cages Hysteria won’t solve anything. We’ve created a politicized immigration system and we need to fix it. – PETER VAN BUREN
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/how-we-ended-up-with-kids-in-cages/

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Boycott Culture Is All the Left Has Left – Christopher Gage (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those individuals, organizations, companies, and governments that boycott me and boycott my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails. I would focus on the aforesaid that claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican.)
https://amgreatness.com/2019/07/11/boycott-culture-is-all-the-left-has-left/

BLAZE
— Liberal pastor and NAACP leader compares ICE raids to crucifixion of Jesus Christ and slavery He also called the raids “sacreligious!” – Carlos Garcia
https://www.theblaze.com/news/liberal-pastor-says-ice-raids-are-sacrilegious

CONSERVATIVE REVIEW
— Levin: Nancy Pelosi is ‘eviscerating our immigration laws’ and encouraging illegal activity – Carmel Kookogey
https://www.conservativereview.com/news/levin-nancy-pelosi-eviscerating-immigration-laws-encouraging-illegal-activity/

CONSERVATIVE HQ
— Democrat Civil War = Popcorn Time For Conservatives
http://www.conservativehq.com/node/30602

DAILY CALLER
— Media Matters Offers Absurd Justifications For Right-Wing ‘Extremists’ List – RACHEL STOLTZFOOS
https://dailycaller.com/2019/07/11/media-matters-right-wing-extremists-list/

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE
— PELOSI VS. AOC: IT’S A BEAUTIFUL THING David Limbaugh looks at rebellion by House’s ‘Four Horsemen of the Apocaleft’
https://www.wnd.com/2019/07/pelosi-vs-aoc-its-a-beautiful-thing/

HOT AIR
— Anglo-Saxons Deserve Reparations For The Norman Conquest
https://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2019/07/anglo-saxons-deserve-reparations-norman-conquest/

EPOCH TIMES
— Nearly 1 Million Californians Registered to Vote Are Ineligible, Says Non-Partisan Group – ALICE SALLES
https://www.theepochtimes.com/nearly-1-million-californians-registered-to-vote-are-ineligible-says-non-partisan-group_2999064.html

NOQ REPORT
— In a post-truth America, you’re not even allowed to ask if someone is here legally – JD Rucker 
https://noqreport.com/2019/07/11/post-truth-america-youre-not-even-allowed-ask-someone-legally/

THE HILL
— Trump rails against ‘terrible bias’ at social media summit – EMILY BIRNBAUM 
https://thehill.com/policy/technology/452713-trump-rails-against-terrible-bias-at-social-media-summit

NBC NEWS
— Mississippi candidate’s insisting female reporter have a man with her slammed as ‘sexist’ – Ben Kesslen (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats hint/imply/argue/shout that Republican men are sexists if not rapists.)
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/female-reporter-responds-mississippi-candidate-s-denying-her-access-how-n1028671

WASHINGTON POST
— Democrats are pushing for drastic change to immigration policy. Some Latino leaders say they’re going too far. – Sean Sullivan (DIERSEN: Democrats want to use Latinos to destroy individuals, to destroy organizations, to destroy companies, to destroy governments, and to destroy countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.) 
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/democrats-are-pushing-for-drastic-change-to-immigration-policy-will-it-help-them-win-hispanics/2019/07/12/a97698bc-a347-11e9-bd56-eac6bb02d01d_story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: How long have your ancestors been in America? Ever-increasingly, Democrats hint/imply/argue/shout that the longer that they have been in America, the more reparations that you owe.) 
https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2019/07/12/how-white-supremacy-shaped-original-census-centuries-before-citizenship-debate/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Protesters Disrupt Amazon Event Over Its Ties With ICE New York summit draws demonstrators who call on company to cut links to immigration enforcement – Sara Castellanos
https://www.wsj.com/articles/protesters-disrupt-amazon-event-over-its-ties-with-ice-11562882825

FORBES
— Chicago Pensions Are No Longer 27% Funded (It’s Now 23%) – Elizabeth Bauer
https://www.forbes.com/sites/ebauer/2019/07/08/chicago-pensions-are-no-longer-27-funded-its-now-23/

WASHINGTON MONTHLY
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, to harm Republicans, Democrats encourage citizens of foreign countries to falsely claim asylum in America. 
https://washingtonmonthly.com/2019/07/12/trump-thinks-inflicting-harm-on-refugees-is-a-show-of-force/

NEWSWEEK
— WHY DO MIGRANTS KEEP COMING TO THE U.S. BORDER, DESPITE DONALD TRUMP’S HARDLINE POLICIES? – CHANTAL DA SILVA (DIERSEN ANSWER: Because Democrats promise to give them a) free housing, free food, free clothing, free medical care, free education, free transportation, free etc. and b) preference over citizens of America, and especially preference over citizens of America who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time AND because RINOs promise to give them jobs.) 
https://www.newsweek.com/why-migrants-us-border-trump-push-pull-factors-1447784

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.