July 14 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Leave the US, Trump tells liberal Democratic congresswomen – AP
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/leave-the-us-trump-tells-liberal-democratic-congresswomen/5394913/

NBC5
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters promote Trump-haters.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/Photos-Protest-Signs-Spotted-at-Chicago-Daley-Plaza-Rally-Against-ICE-512701851.html

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— ICE deportation raids in progress after overnight start in NYC, other areas
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/national/ice-deportation-raids-in-progress-after-overnight-start-in-nyc-other-areas
— Churches jump into action with threat of immigration sweeps – AP (DIERSEN: To provide sanctuary for illegals is to shout disrespect of: a) the rule of law, b) America, and c) America’s citizens.) 
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/local/churches-jump-into-action-with-threat-of-immigration-sweeps
— Biden refuses to apologize for high deportation numbers during Obama years
http://www.fox32chicago.com/politics/biden-refuses-to-apologize-for-high-deportation-numbers-during-obama-years

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC, TREASONOUS: Volunteers ready to disrupt, document ICE deportation raids once they begin “The main thing we want to achieve is extreme delay,” said Anthony Joel Quezada, who works for Chicago Ald. Carlos Ramirez-Rosa (35th). – Mitch Dudek 
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/7/14/20693814/volunteers-disrupt-document-ice-deportation-raid-immigration
— Fact-check: Pritzker’s claims about Downstate capital spending leave some unanswered questions Pritzker’s specific claim about where the rest of the funding will go under this plan is not yet possible to pin down based on our analysis. – BGA
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/7/14/20692223/fact-check-pritzkers-claims-downstate-capital-spending-politifact

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Trump tells Democratic congresswomen of color to ‘go back’ to countries they came from – AP
https://www.chicagotribune.com/nation-world/ct-nw-trump-democratic-congresswomen-20190714-trocrjld2vgo3iwtpd66ftt2ma-story.html
— No sign of raids for those fearing ICE sweeps in Chicago – Jessica Villagomez
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-ice-raids-chicago-20190714-h6txjw3qfndqri3agewbuc4gre-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Durbin sides with foreign countries and with their citizens against America and against its citizens.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-dick-durbin-immigration-trump-20190714-yp5k36dr4bb5he4jbjtyaaxu5q-story.html

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— No notable opponent yet for Sen. Durbin – Tom Kacich (DIERSEN: On July 5, 2003, a mere 16 years ago, all five announced Republican U.S. Senate candidates (John Cox, Chirinjeev Kathuria, Andy McKenna, Jim Oberweis, and Jack Ryan) attended a picnic that I arranged in the Prairie Path Park in my precinct for voters in my precinct, in Jeanne Ive’s precinct to the east, and in Debra Olson’s precinct to the west. The 200 attendees included Randy Hultgren.)
https://www.news-gazette.com/news/tom-kacich-no-notable-opponent-yet-for-sen-durbin/article_8fde7efe-c6ea-5b36-ab45-00f74014fb46.html
— Railroad won’t chug to state fair – Editorial
https://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/editorial-railroad-won-t-chug-to-state-fair/article_f6a39b1a-c617-5218-847a-56c7529f8a15.html

DANVILLE DAILY COMMERCIAL
— Democrats champion illegal migrants over U.S. citizens – Russ Sloan
https://www.dailycommercial.com/news/20190714/from-right-democrats-champion-illegal-migrants-over-us-citizens

CENTER FOR ILLINOIS POLITICS
— A glimpse at who’s bankrolling Illinois political committees, so far, this year – Kerry Lester
https://www.centerforilpolitics.org/articles/a-glimpse-at-whos-bankrolling-illinois-political-committees-so-far-this-year

CHEROKEE TRIBUNE LEDGER NEWS
— State Rep. Chris Miller, R-Oakland says opposing immigration enforcement unfair to legal migrants – Greg Bishop 
https://www.tribuneledgernews.com/extra/news/downstate-illinois-legislator-says-opposing-immigration-enforcement-unfair-to-legal/article_50888e64-9b3f-5288-8674-1d642ec9a270.html

DAILY CALLER
— 11 Highlights From Democrats’ Insult Fest Between Team Pelosi And Team Ocasio-Cortez – PETER HASSON
https://dailycaller.com/2019/07/13/pelosi-ocasio-cortez-feud/

TOWNHALL
— The Impending ICE Raids: Legal, Necessary, and Bound to Misrepresented by the Left – Paul Curry
https://townhall.com/columnists/paulcurry/2019/07/14/the-impending-ice-raids-legal-necessary-and-bound-to-misrepresented-by-the-left-n2550018

FOX ILLINOIS
— 2nd Amendment Right’s activists push for gun sanctuaries in Illinois – Katie Bandish
https://foxillinois.com/news/local/2nd-amendment-rights-activists-push-for-gun-sanctuaries-in-illinois

AMERICAN THINKER
— Protestors tear down and defile American flag, raise Mexican flag at Colorado ICE detention facility – Thomas Lifson
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/07/protestors_tear_down_and_defile_american_flag_raise_mexican_flag_at_colorado_ice_detention_facility.html
— Time Magazine unconsciously contributes to President Trump’s re-election effort – Thomas Lifson
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/07/time_magazine_unconsciously_contributes_to_president_trumps_reelection_effort.html

AMERICAN FREE PRESS
— Americans for Legal Immigration Political Action Committee Keeps Hounding Trump
https://americanfreepress.net/watchdog-keeps-hounding-trump/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Here’s a list of Gheen’s grievances with Trump: Trump promised a wall . . . no wall. Trump promised to end Obama’s DACA Amnesty on his first day, . . . DACA is continued by Trump. Trump promised to end birthright citizenship by executive order. . . . He did not do it. Trump said illegals had to go home. . . . Now he says they can stay and he supports amnesty bills. Trump said he would build a new deportation force to send illegals home. . . . That has not happened. Trump said he would clean up our elections, including illegal alien voters, but folded and shut down the Elections Integrity Commission headed by Kris Kobach at the first sign of resistance. Then Trump said he ordered DHS to clean up our elections’ fraud problems . . . [but it] hasn’t happened. Trump has packed his administration with pro-Amnesty Bush faction operatives while leaving most anti-illegal immigration fighters out of his staff pool. Trump promised to end sanctuary cities for illegal aliens but has not. Trump said he was sending the U.S. military to the border and ordering DHS to repel the illegal alien caravans. He said there would be no more catch and release and that the caravans would not be let in nor would be kept in tent detention facilities near the borders. But instead he is letting the caravan illegals in, and most of them are roaming free here inside the U.S. at this time with government assistance.)

BREITBART
— Why the Democrats Would Rather Fight Each Other Than Trump – JAMES P. PINKERTON
https://www.breitbart.com/2020-election/2019/07/14/pinkerton-why-the-democrats-would-rather-fight-each-other-than-fight-trump/

CONSERVATIVE DAILY NEWS
— ICE Acting Director Rips Sanctuary City Mayors For Helping Illegal Aliens Avoid Arrest – Jason Hopkins
https://www.conservativedailynews.com/2019/07/ice-acting-director-rips-sanctuary-city-mayors-for-helping-illegal-aliens-avoid-arrest/

PJ MEDIA
— Ilhan Omar: Americans Treat Illegal Aliens Worse than Dogs Because They’re Racist – MICHAEL VAN DER GALIEN
https://pjmedia.com/trending/ilhan-omar-americans-treat-illegal-aliens-worse-than-dogs-because-theyre-racist/
— Mark Zuckerberg Brags: We Didn’t Allow Pro-Life Groups to Advertise Before Ireland’s Abortion Vote – MICHAEL VAN DER GALIEN
https://pjmedia.com/trending/mark-zuckerberg-brags-we-didnt-allow-pro-life-groups-to-advertise-before-irelands-abortion-vote/
— America’s First Black Billionaire Gives Trump an ‘A+,’ Says Dems Are Moving ‘Too Far Left’ – TYLER O’NEIL
https://pjmedia.com/trending/americas-first-black-billionaire-gives-trump-an-a-says-dems-are-moving-too-far-left/

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— De Blasio says ICE raids already underway, brags they are failing because of his obstruction – Vivek Saxena 
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2019/07/14/de-blasio-says-ice-raids-already-underway-brags-they-are-failing-because-of-his-obstruction-774720

BIPARTISAN PRESS
— Border Patrol Condemns Secret Facebook Group, but Reveals Few Specifics (DIERSEN: What private and secret Facebook groups operate in your neighborhood, in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois? What percent of them promote hatred of individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and 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.thebipartisanpress.com/news/border-patrol-condemns-secret-facebook-group-but-reveals-few-specifics/

WINNIPEG FREE PRESS
— Concern rises over pot and psychosis Some experts call for limits on potency of legal marijuana – Robert McCoppin
https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/world/concern-rises-over-pot-and-psychosis-512696552.html

THE HILL
— Trump’s tweets unify a fractured Democratic Party – ZACK BUDRYK 
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/452994-trumps-go-back-tweets-draw-swift-rebuke-from-democrats-on-the-left-and-center

POLITICO
— Trump tells Dem congresswomen: Go back where you came from – BIANCA QUILANTAN and DAVID COHEN (DIERSEN: While my Democrat superiors in the federal government did not tell me to go back to Germany, a) my Democrat GAO superiors they forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, gave me unfair performance expectations and appraisals, always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, did not promote me beyond GS-13, got rid of my mentor in 1987, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and forced me to take a $19,568 (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980; b) my Democrat IRS superiors did not promote me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions in 1978, got rid of my mentor in 1975, and disallowed my partial day per diem claims in 1974; and c) my Democrat Post Office superiors forced me resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968.)
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/07/14/trump-congress-go-back-where-they-came-from-1415692

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Churches promise sanctuary from migrant sweeps (DIERSEN: To provide sanctuary for illegals is to shout disrespect of: a) the rule of law, b) America, and c) America’s citizens.) 
https://www.newsday.com/news/region-state/the-latest-chicago-aldermen-patrol-on-bikes-for-ice-agents-1.33835630

CBS NEWS
— Durbin rips Trump’s “careless rhetoric” about Democratic congresswomen of color
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/dick-durbin-on-face-the-nation-trumps-careless-rhetoric-about-democratic-congresswomen-of-color/

NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump tells four liberal congresswomen to ‘go back’ to their countries, prompting Pelosi to defend them – Felicia Sonmez and Mike DeBonis (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats put their motherlands ahead of America.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-says-four-liberal-congresswomen-should-go-back-to-the-crime-infested-places-from-which-they-came/2019/07/14/b8bf140e-a638-11e9-a3a6-ab670962db05_story.html

NEW YORK POST
— Democrats and Republicans agree — Donald Trump will be re-elected – Michael Goodwin
https://nypost.com/2019/07/13/democrats-and-republicans-agree-donald-trump-will-be-re-elected/

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Dear liberals: Your outrage helps Trump far more than it hurts him – SCOTT JENNINGS
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-jennings-trump-haters-20190714-story.html

CBS DETROIT
— Average Vehicle Age Is Almost 12 Years Old, And Rising
https://detroit.cbslocal.com/2019/06/27/average-vehicle-age-is-almost-12-years-old-and-rising/

DENVER POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, those who promote LGBTQ activity promote LGBTQ activity. 
https://www.denverpost.com/2019/07/14/tim-gill-colorado-lgbtq-rights/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Trump: Group of Democrats, All Minorities, Should ‘Go Back’ Where They Came From Democrats call Twitter messages racist as the president weighs in on intraparty tensions – Natalie Andrews and Michael C. Bender (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats put their motherlands ahead of America.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-group-of-democrats-all-minorities-should-go-back-where-they-came-from-11563124261
— VERY SAD: Schools Relax Dress Codes in Bid to End Body Shaming Districts drop fingertip rule for shorts, allow hoodies and even cleavage – Tawnell D. Hobbs
https://www.wsj.com/articles/schools-relax-dress-codes-in-bid-to-end-body-shaming-11563010202

SARASOTA HERALD TRIBUNE
— Facebook says private groups are its future. Some are hubs for misinformation and hate. – Elizabeth Dwoskin (DIERSEN: What private and secret Facebook groups operate in your neighborhood, in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois? What percent of them promote hatred of individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and 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.heraldtribune.com/news/20190714/facebook-says-private-groups-are-its-future-some-are-hubs-for-misinformation-and-hate

LOWELL SUN
— Auditor resumés don’t add up Councilors trying to get more applications (DIERSEN: Should I apply? I worked for GAO for almost 18 years; my ending salary was $127,654 in today’s dollars. I worked for IRS for almost 9 years; my ending salary was $93,592 in today’s dollars. My certifications include CPA, Internal Auditor, Government Financial Manager, and Forensic Accountant.)
http://www.lowellsun.com/ci_32728299/column-auditor-resumes-dont-add-up

(FROM THE ARTICLE: NOT MUCH has changed in the nearly four years since the Lowell City Council was last on the hunt for a City Auditor. Councilors asked to pump up the pay and post the job in multiple languages this time around, but, with the three week application period now closed, several councilors were unsatisfied with the resumés that landed in their inbox. “We did raise the salary, but we’re not attracting the candidates,” said City Councilor Rodney Elliott. Is it déjà vu all over again? The council hired Bryan Perry in March 2016, after three rounds of candidates and six months. Perry got the gig with a $101,800 starting salary and $4,500 stipend for serving on the city’s Retirement Board. When he left the city for Wilmington on June 19, he was making $105,918 annually. The most recent posting for the job offers $100,000 to $113,000, plus the stipend. It’s the first posting for the job since Perry announced his departure. Should the city offer even more, some councilors wondered? Human Relations Manager Mary Callery listed the city auditor salaries for several other communities in the state. According to Callery, the auditor in Boston earns $140,000; in Cambridge, $110,000; in New Bedford, $120,000; in Quincy, $119,000; in Springfield, $109,000; in Worcester, $135,000; in Brockton, $114,000; in Arlington, $126,000. In Wilmington, Perry will be making $121,192.)

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.