July 22 Morning Edition

JEANNE FOR CONGRESS
— Ives Makes It Official: She is Running For Congress In 2020 (DIERSEN: Ives made her outstanding announcement in the Medill Room at Cantigny Park in Wheaton Sunday evening, July 21, 2019. Her announcement included that she has the full support and endorsement of Peter and Elizabeth Roskam. The 80+ attendees included Eaton, Cattoni, Cleveland, Davis, Economos, Falbo, Furstenau, Holder, LaComb, LeVan, McGowen, Patlak, Proft, J. Shaw, Skillicorn, Smith, and Webster.)
https://mailchi.mp/5e4534947758/ives-makes-it-official

AM560
— Jeanne Ives announces her run for congress
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7GNs31aPwU

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Illinois Republicans pull social media aimed at four Democratic congresswomen who were subjects of President Trump’s ‘go back’ tweets, calling them ‘Jihad Squad’ – RICK PEARSON
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-illinois-republicans-jihad-squad-post-20190721-ffwvxkiiyzhyxg72mdjjqkcgmu-story.html
— Rep. Omar fails to see America’s greatness – Joseph Thies, Des Plaines
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/letters/ct-letters-vp-072219-20190722-dkqp4gvmk5d4neotgizadzxpoa-story.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: ZIP code breakdown shows where the money is in Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s graduated income tax plan – Dan Petrella (DIERSEN: How much money is in your zip code? According to this article, 8% of those in my 60189 zip code have more than $250,000 income. 108 joint filers had more than $1 million income, 223 had $500,001-$1 million, and 803 had $250,001-$500,000.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-jb-pritzker-graduated-income-tax-who-pays-20190722-u6hulxf2jbg47o7n3i7d3b5bii-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker has pitched his graduated-rate income tax plan by emphasizing that only a tiny sliver of Illinois residents would pay more if voters approve a change to the state constitution in November 2020. Those residents, as might be expected, are concentrated in a handful of wealthy enclaves in the city and suburbs. In fact, a quarter of all taxpayers statewide who would be hit by the higher rates — those earning more than $250,000 a year — reside in just 15 of the state’s more than 1,500 ZIP codes, covering places like Lincoln Park, Wilmette, Barrington and Elmhurst, according to a Tribune analysis of Illinois Department of Revenue income tax data from 2016, the most recent year available.)

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, pot pushers push pot.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/cannabis/2019/7/22/20701273/legal-weed-cannabis-pot-arcview-mainstream-recreational-steve-deanjelo
https://chicago.suntimes.com/cannabis/2019/7/10/20689709/weed-101-community-college-students-major-marijuana-recreational
— Illinois Republican leaders denounce ‘jihad squad’ post on GOP Facebook page The bogus movie poster appeared on the Facebook page of the Republican County Chairmen’s Association of Illinois on Friday and featured the four women of color nicknamed “the squad” — Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, Rashida Tlaib of Michigan, Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts and Ilhan Omar of Minnesota. – Lynn Sweet
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2019/7/21/20703265/post-about-jihad-squad-gop-facebook-page-illinois-republican-leaders-denounce-race-based-appeal

ABC7
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: ABC7 article headline unethically hints/implies/argues/shouts that the ‘Jihad Squad’ posting was authorized by Illinois Republican Party leaders.
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/local-republicans-jihad-squad-facebook-post-draws-condemnation/5409868/
— Tesla driver in San Francisco hits couple in crosswalk, killing husband
https://abc7chicago.com/tesla-driver-in-sf-hits-couple-in-crosswalk-killing-husband/5410846/?cmp=emc-wls-news-headlines-7/22/2019

NBC5
— Democrats Blast Republican Group’s Facebook Post Targeting Ocasio Cortez, Omar The group targeted four Democratic Congresswomen in a mock movie poster
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/democrats-blast-republican-social-media-post-targeting-ocasio-cortez-omar-513013881.html

WGN TV
— IL GOP group deletes controversial Facebook post – MEGHAN DWYER
https://wgntv.com/2019/07/21/il-gop-group-deletes-controversial-facebook-post/

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— ‘Jihad Squad’ post by Illinois GOP group too much for state’s top Republicans Party chiefs for the state and Cook County blast a faux movie poster depicting four Democratic congresswomen as religious terrorists. – GREG HINZ 
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/greg-hinz-politics/jihad-squad-post-illinois-gop-group-too-much-states-top-republicans

PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, if you criticize a Democrat, Libertarian, Green, RINO, minority, female, younger person, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or someone whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time, you are called a White supremacist, Nazi, KKK member, hater, racist, sexist, bigot, and even worse things.
https://www.pjstar.com/news/20190721/reeder-wrong-to-question-political-opponents-patriotism

JOURNAL COURIER
— State may be failing, but its legislators flush – Editorial
https://www.myjournalcourier.com/opinion/article/Editorial-State-may-be-failing-but-its-14111427.php#new_tab

MDJ ONLINE
— Illinois lawmakers backed the Corwin Amendment in 1862. Here’s why a senator wants to rescind the approval. (DIERSEN: What were your ancestors doing in 1862? On my father’s side, they were operating a farm in Crete. On my mother’s side, they were operating a farm in Grant Park along the Indiana border.)
https://www.mdjonline.com/neighbor_newspapers/extra/news/listen-illinois-lawmakers-backed-the-corwin-amendment-in-here-s/article_3e6c64a5-6cc4-5f18-9690-c36f6fad1837.html

CENTER SQUARE
— Congressional race pits Rauner lieutenant governor against former opponent, Jeanne Ives – Cole Lauterbach
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/congressional-race-pits-rauner-lieutenant-governor-against-former-opponent-jeanne/article_ce66017c-ac1a-11e9-99b9-d717af19245a.html

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Illinois Gov. Pritzker’s Top Priority: Dead Babies – Laurie Higgins
https://illinoisfamily.org/life/illinois-gov-pritzkers-top-priority-dead-babies/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump inflames feud with ‘Squad,’ says congresswomen not ‘capable of loving our Country’ – Dave Boyer and Tom Howell Jr. (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote those who hate America.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/jul/21/donald-trump-renews-squad-attacks-says-liberal-con/

BREITBART
— Hispanic Caucus: ‘Trump’s Fear-Mongering’ Causing Illegal Aliens to Cancel Abortions – John Binder
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/07/21/hispanic-caucus-trump-illegal-aliens-cancel-abortions/

BLAZE
— Ilhan Omar makes new racially charged allegations about President Trump ‘His immigration policies say this much!’ – Chris Enloe
https://www.theblaze.com/news/ilhan-omar-makes-incredible-new-racially-charged-allegations-about-president-trump

NEWSMAX
— Stephen Miller: ‘Squad’ of Dem Congresswomen ‘Detest America’ – Cathy Burke 
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/stephen-miller-aoc-trump-squad/2019/07/21/id/925335/

TOWNHALL
— Sending Ilhan Omar ‘Back’ Was Never A Question, But The Future Of America Is – Scott Morefield
https://townhall.com/columnists/scottmorefield/2019/07/22/sending-ilhan-omar-back-was-never-a-question-but-the-future-of-america-is-n2550378

PJ MEDIA
— Illegals Trying to Storm Border Turned Back by CPB Agents Using Tear Gas – RICK MORAN
https://pjmedia.com/trending/illegals-trying-to-storm-border-turned-back-by-cpb-agents-using-teargas/

NEWS BUSTERS
— MSNBC Guests Claim MAGA, Trump Are a ‘Nazi Symbol’- Brad Wilmouth
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/brad-wilmouth/2019/07/21/msnbc-guests-claim-maga-trump-are-nazi-symbol

ONE NEWS NOW
— Angel Mom slams Dems protecting illegals, Twitter silences – Michael F. Haverluck 
https://onenewsnow.com/media/2019/07/21/angel-mom-slams-dems-protecting-illegals-twitter-silences

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— CNN asks ‘are you an immigrant’ inconvenienced by our laws? Pro-Trump immigrants flood responses – Vivek Saxena 
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2019/07/21/cnn-asks-are-you-an-immigrant-inconvenienced-by-our-laws-pro-trump-immigrants-flood-responses-777096

WORLD NET DAILY
— THE LEFT COERCES CEOS TO ADMIT THEY’RE SCUM Bill McCusker urges hundreds who signed pledge to get back to business
https://www.wnd.com/2019/07/the-left-coerces-ceos-to-admit-theyre-scum/
— LOVE WHITE PEOPLE OR LEAVE MY COUNTRY! Jesse Lee Peterson challenges the true racists in government
https://www.wnd.com/2019/07/love-white-people-or-leave-my-country/

LIFEZETTE
— Patriotic Americans ‘Are Tired’ of Being ‘Talked Down To’ by Leftists in Congress and the Media Trump adviser Stephen Miller said on Sunday morning what many people who love this country have been thinking
https://www.lifezette.com/2019/07/patriotic-americans-are-tired-of-being-talked-down-to-by-leftists-in-congress-and-the-media/

EPOCH TIMES
— Trump Vows to Help Angel Mom Banned From Twitter – CHARLOTTE CUTHBERTSON
https://m.theepochtimes.com/trump-vows-to-help-angel-mom-banned-from-twitter_3010797.html

THE HILL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater promotes hatred of Trump.
https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/454047-identity-politics-will-trump-race-baiting-in-2020

REUTERS
— ‘Apologize to America,’ Trump tells Democratic congresswomen – Doina Chiacu
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-democrats/apologize-to-america-trump-tells-democratic-congresswomen-idUSKCN1UG0J2

ABC NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater promotes hatred of Trump.
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/dont-president-repelijah-cummings/story?id=64460872

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: White-haters promote hatred of Whites.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/21/opinion/trump-racism.html
— FRONT PAGE: Trump-haters call Trump a racist.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/21/us/politics/trump-race-democrats.html

NEW YORK POST
— Trump crashes MAGA-themed wedding, prompting ‘USA’ chants – Mark Moore
https://nypost.com/2019/07/21/trump-crashes-maga-themed-wedding-prompting-usa-chants/

WASHINGTON POST
— Ahead of Mueller hearings, top Democrats call Trump ‘unindicted co-conspirator’ and accuse him of ‘high crimes and misdemeanors’ – Felicia Sonmez (DIERSEN: Constructively, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes in the Milton Township Republican Central Committee, 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, GAO, etc. have charged me “high crimes and misdemeanors,” but they fail/refuse to put their charges in writing. I should sue them for their failure/refusal to put their charges in writing.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/ahead-of-mueller-hearing-nadler-says-there-is-substantial-evidence-trump-committed-high-crimes-and-misdemeanors/2019/07/21/c0e32a90-abc8-11e9-bc5c-e73b603e7f38_story.html

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Susan Neiman equates Democrat treatment of slaves with Nazi treatment of Jews. Are you White? What do the Democrats think of, that this, how strongly do Democrats demonize, denigrate, and condemn you, your parents, your grandparents, you great grandparents, and the rest of your ancestors as being White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things who should have been gotten rid of long ago?
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2019-07-19/reparations-germany-hr40-holocaust-slavery

USA TODAY
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Civil rights groups promote Sharia law. 
https://www.usatoday.com/in-depth/news/investigations/2019/07/17/islam-sharia-law-how-far-right-group-gets-model-bills-passed/1636199001/
— Do Democrats believe in open borders? By not enforcing immigration law, it looks that way. – Robert Robb
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2019/07/20/democrats-believe-open-borders-immigration-column/1755622001/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Democrats Should Unify Behind AOC, Not Pelosi Voters want impeachment and a progressive policy agenda. House leaders have another idea. – Cenk Uygur
https://www.wsj.com/articles/democrats-should-unify-behind-aoc-not-pelosi-11563738915
— The Guatemalan City Fueling the Migrant Exodus to America Guatemala is now the largest source of illegal immigrants headed to the U.S., with the emigration epicenter in Joyabaj, population 100,000 and falling – José de Córdoba
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-guatemalan-city-fueling-the-migrant-exodus-to-america-11563738141

WALLET HUB
— 2019’s Most & Least Educated Cities in America – Adam McCann (DIERSEN: Chicagoland ranks 31 out of 150.)
https://wallethub.com/edu/most-and-least-educated-cities/6656/

NEW YORK MAGAZINE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater promotes hatred of Trump.
http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/07/trump-again-shows-he-cant-even-pretend-to-reject-racism.html

NEW YORKER
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater promotes hatred of Trump.
https://www.newyorker.com/news/our-columnists/the-weaponization-of-national-belonging-from-nazi-germany-to-trump

NEWSWEEK
— PETE BUTTIGIEG WARNS WHITE SUPREMACY COULD END THE U.S. LIKE IT ALMOST DID IN THE CIVIL WAR – JASON LEMON (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats encourage hatred of Whites.) 
https://www.newsweek.com/pete-buttigieg-white-supremacy-could-end-us-like-civil-war-1450377

GOVERNING
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Governing article headline unethically hints/implies/argues/shouts that the ‘Jihad Squad’ posting was authorized by Illinois Republican Party leaders.
https://www.governing.com/topics/politics/tns-jihad-squad-facebook-post.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.