July 22 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Republican group’s ‘Jihad Squad’ Facebook post draws condemnation; Democratic group’s post criticized
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/organizations-politicians-condemn-local-republicans-jihad-squad-facebook-post/5411258/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Congressional hopeful Jeanne Ives takes measured approach in video, but in speech lashes out at Bruce Rauner, GOP rival and Democrat incumbent Sean Casten – RICK PEARSON
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-jeanne-ives-congress-announcement-video-speech-20190722-abscmeh52rhivbtzh6q3r4ccua-story.html
— Muslim civil rights group calls on Gov. J.B. Pritzker to crack down on political hate speech after GOP ‘Jihad Squad’ Facebook post – Dan Petrella (DIERSEN: Trump-haters use the Jihad Squad Facebook post to promote hatred of Republicans.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-illinois-republicans-jihad-squad-post-reaction-20190722-pb2qtk5nirfgnkpoawigjjrl2y-story.html
— Savings from Illinois pension buyback program fall far short of projections – JAMIE MUNKS
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-illinois-pension-buyback-savings-20190722-gd7k42mvrba3rduleimr3cnsu4-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Trump keeps up attacks on ‘the squad’ as Muslim, immigrant rights groups in Chicago slam GOP Facebook post Rep. Lauren Underwood, D-Ill., on CNN: ‘Guess what, Mr. President — we’re not going anywhere and we’re not scared of you.’ – Lynn Sweet and Tina Sfondeles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2019/7/22/20706358/trump-squad-muslim-immigrants-chicago-slam-gop-jihad-facebook-ocasio-cortez-omar

DAILY HERALD
— Ives seeks ‘more freedom’ for 6th District in campaign to unseat Casten – Marie Wilson
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190722/ives-seeks-more-freedom-for-6th-district-in-campaign-to-unseat-casten
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Marty Keller, chairman of the DuPage County Republicans, said he hopes finding the best person to defeat Casten, a clean energy entrepreneur who unseated longtime Republican Rep. Peter Roskam last year, will be the true focus of the 2020 primary. But he doesn’t look forward to the anticipated conflicts between Sanguinetti and Ives. “They’re going to bump heads and spend money,” Keller said about the intraparty foes. “I don’t think you’ll find a primary that made the party stronger afterward.” Ives, 54, said she won’t overlook the primary and knows Sanguinetti has her supporters. But she said she isn’t worried about conflict within the Republican Party. “What Republican Party?” she said. “The Republican Party is pretty divided already.” Her primary run against Rauner is one illustration, and not an example she shies away from. Ives said that challenge shows she’s able to call out — or work with — people of any party when policy or the public good calls for it. “Nobody’s been more independent from both parties than Jeanne Ives,” she said. But in her campaign launch speech Sunday, Ives aligned herself with Roskam, touting the endorsement she has received from the former congressman and his wife, Elizabeth.)

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Illinois Democratic group has a meme problem of its own A day after an Illinois GOP organization sparks a dispute over its “Jihad squad” post, the Kankakee County Democrats group risks the same blowback with a post featuring a red-sheeted MAGA Klan hat. – GREG HINZ
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/greg-hinz-politics/illinois-democratic-group-has-meme-problem-its-own
— Ives turns up the heat in Congress race The woman who almost unseated Bruce Rauner attacks her GOP rival and Dem incumbent Sean Casten in announcing over the weekend. But is the old magic still there? – GREG HINZ
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/greg-hinz-politics/ives-turns-heat-congress-race
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot investor conference draws hundreds – JOHN PLETZ 
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/news/pot-investor-conference-draws-hundreds
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters use the “Jihad squad” to promote hatred against Trump.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/greg-hinz-politics/illinois-gop-reaps-what-it-sowed-jihad-squad-scandal
— Ford to fill 450 new jobs in Chicago The automaker continues to expand its Chicago operations, adding a new line and investing $50 million in an existing facility. – CLAIRE BUSHEY 
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/manufacturing/ford-fill-450-new-jobs-chicago

WLS AM
— DIERSEN: Trump-haters promote Trump-haters.
http://www.wlsam.com/news/cory-booker-donald-trump-is-worse-than-a-racist/

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— OUTSTANDING: Monticello, St. Joseph leaning toward not allowing marijuana sales – Tim Ditman
https://www.news-gazette.com/news/monticello-st-joseph-leaning-toward-not-allowing-marijuana-sales/article_b1e80d5e-1e38-5947-9550-ac2021c98333.html

HIGHLAND PARK LANDMARK
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Highland Park dispensary prepares for cannabis legalization – Erin Yarnall
https://www.hplandmark.com/p/news-business/highland-park-dispensary-prepares-cannabis-legalization

DOWNERS GROVE PATCH
Good Samaritan Patient (Timothy J. Burns, 53, of the 700 block of Liberty Street, Wheaton) Threatens To Kill Nurse: Police According to a police report, he also used racial slurs against one of the employees. – Lisa Marie Farver
https://patch.com/illinois/downersgrove/good-samaritan-patient-threatens-kill-nurse-police

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— ILLINOIS STATE HOUSE DISTRICT 48: Conroy and Costa Howard Host Addiction and Opioid Awareness Forum
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/512778894-illinois-state-house-district-48-conroy-and-costa-howard-host-addiction-and-opioid-awareness-forum
— Ives campaign to emphasize freedoms, free enterprise – Glenn Minnis
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/512779046-ives-campaign-to-emphasize-freedoms-free-enterprise

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— Gov Pritzker signs Township Supervisor Appointment Bill – JOHN KRAFT
https://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2019/07/gov-pritzker-signs-township-supervisor-appointment-bill/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— IL GOP APOLOGIZES FOR COUNTY CHAIRMAN FACEBOOK POST. WOULD THESE VARVEL COMICS PASS?
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/07/il-gop-apologizes-for-county-chairman-facebook-post-would-these-varvel-comic-pass-.html
— THE HIGH HIDDEN PRICE OF PAID-FAMILY-LEAVE LAWS
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/07/the-high-hidden-price-of-paid-family-leave-laws.html

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Rashida Tlaib: ‘I ain’t going nowhere, not until I impeach this president’ – Tim Pearce 
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/rashida-tlaib-i-aint-going-nowhere-not-until-i-impeach-this-president

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Rashida Tlaib Calls For $20 Federal Minimum Wage People cannot live on those types of wages’ – Graham Piro
https://freebeacon.com/politics/rashida-tlaib-calls-for-20-federal-minimum-wage/

FOX NEWS
— The left sees political correctness as ‘established religion,’ shuns dissenters – Charles Creitz 
https://www.foxnews.com/media/mark-levin-charles-kessler-political-correctness-trump-deplorables
— President Trump calls the ‘Squad’ a ‘racist group of troublemakers’
https://video.foxnews.com/v/6062664539001/#sp=show-clips

GOPUSA
— Ilhan Omar claims her anti-Semitic statements reflects America’s moral conscience
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=72903
— New Zealanders hand over 10,000-plus guns and weapons parts in buy-back scheme
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=72920

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— 20th-Century Progressive Politics Continues to Unfold – Robert Curry
https://amgreatness.com/2019/07/21/20th-century-progressive-politics-continues-to-unfold/

MEDIA RESEARCH CENTER
— MSNBC Guest: MAGA Is ‘Nazi Symbol,’ ‘Racist’ to Say ‘Illegal Immigrant’ – Brad Wilmouth (DIERSEN: MSNBC is an arm of the Democrat Party.)
https://www.mrctv.org/index.php/videos/msnbc-guest-maga-new-kkk-hood-racist-say-illegal-immigrant

EPOCH TIMES
— Illegal Immigrants Coming to US for Surgery – CHARLOTTE CUTHBERTSON
https://www.theepochtimes.com/illegal-immigrants-coming-to-us-for-surgery-mcaleenan_3008981.html
— Top White House Advisor: ‘Squad’ Wants America to be a ‘Socialist, Open Borders Country’ – ZACHARY STIEBER
https://www.theepochtimes.com/top-white-house-advisor-squad-wants-america-to-be-a-socialist-open-borders-country_3011606.html

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Reparations and the Sin of Being Human – Frank Miele (DIERSEN: Affirmative Action (AA), Diversity, and Inclusion are reparations. Democrats and RINOs use AA, Diversity, and Inclusion to make Republicans pay reparations.)
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2019/07/22/reparations_and_the_sin_of_being_human_140825.html

THE HILL
— Trump attacks the ‘Squad’ as ‘Racist group of troublemakers’ – JORDAN FABIAN
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/454134-trump-attacks-the-squad-as-racist-group-of-troublemakers
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters a) promote hatred against Whites and b) say that Trump fans the flames of white grievance.
https://thehill.com/opinion/civil-rights/453979-juan-williams-trump-fans-the-flames-of-white-grievance

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump administration to expand its power to deport undocumented immigrants – Maria Sacchetti
https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/trump-administration-to-expand-its-power-to-deport-undocumented-immigrants/2019/07/22/76d09bc4-ac8e-11e9-bc5c-e73b603e7f38_story.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Trump Continues to Target Democratic Lawmakers Advisers push back on charges of racism as the president issues a new attack on the ‘squad’ – Tarini Parti
https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-continues-to-target-democratic-lawmakers-11563733912

FORBES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, CEOs side with individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that 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, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/rachelsandler/2019/07/22/siemens-ceo-calls-trump-the-face-of-racism-and-exclusion/#66b373702884

NEW YORKER
— How Illinois Became an Abortion-Rights Haven – Peter Slevin
https://www.newyorker.com/news/dispatch/how-illinois-became-an-abortion-rights-haven

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.