June 11 Evening Edition

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Handicapping the field in Illinois’ unprecedented governor’s race – Tina Sfondeles
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/a-look-at-the-early-and-expensive-battle-to-unseat-gov-bruce-rauner/
— Chicago Riverwalk and Lawndale shootings part of violent, hot weekend
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2-killed-2-wounded-in-shootings-to-start-weekend-in-chicago/
— Trump Tower? Not me, I live at 401 N. Wabash – Neil Steinberg
http://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/trump-tower-not-me-i-live-at-401-n-wabash/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Puerto Rico says ‘yes’ to statehood; now it’s up to Congress – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-puerto-rico-referendum-20170611-story.html
— A mix of pride and anger at LGBT rights marches across U.S. – AP  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, individuals, organizations, companies, governments, countries, etc. that promote LGBTQ activity make it clear that they will get rid of you if you do not promote LGBTQ activity.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-pride-lgbt-rights-marches-20170611-story.html
— Balmoral Park’s big leap from horse racing to show jumping – Mike Nolan
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/news/ct-sta-balmoral-park-open-st-0612-20170611-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— Trump fundraiser for NJ congressman nets more than $800,000 – AP  (DIERSEN: I should write a book about activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc. who claim to be Republican, but who bar me from their events.  The aforesaid pander to the Democrat news media.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170611/news/306119901/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Members of the media traveling with Trump have been barred from attending.)
— A challenging time for LGBT activists in US and abroad – AP (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, individuals, organizations, companies, governments, countries, etc. that promote LGBTQ activity make it clear that they will get rid of you if you do not promote LGBTQ activity.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170611/news/306119955/

 

WGN RADIO
— Democratic governor candidate Ameya Pawar uses “strong words” to describe Gov Rauner’s language describing issues in Chicago – JASMINE COOPER
http://wgnradio.com/2017/06/11/democratic-governor-candidate-ameya-pawar-uses-strong-words-to-describe-gov-rauners-language-describing-issues-in-chicago/
— The Sunday Spin: Politics with Rick Pearson Full Show 6/11/17 – JASMINE COOPER
http://wgnradio.com/2017/06/11/the-sunday-spin-politics-with-rick-pearson-full-show-61117/

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Is there enough money for all the nonprofit news outlets? – LYNNE MAREK
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170610/ISSUE01/170609859

 

PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— State-run media service seen as $3 million–a-year necessity – Brian Robbins
http://www.pjstar.com/news/20170611/state-run-media-service-seen-as-3-million–a-year-necessity
— Isn’t it easier to declare victory with a compromise property tax freeze? – Chris Kaergard and Nick Vlahos
http://www.pjstar.com/news/20170611/word-on-street-isnt-it-easier-to-declare-victory-with-compromise-property-tax-freeze

 

THE SOUTHERN
— Rural areas share in Illinois’ overall declining population – NAT WILLIAMS
http://thesouthern.com/news/local/state-and-regional/rural-areas-share-in-illinois-overall-declining-population/article_a018a725-e8a4-5c2d-960b-acc096835cae.html

 

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— The Latest: L.A. pride parade renamed ‘ResistMarch’ – AP (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, individuals, organizations, companies, governments, countries, etc. that promote LGBTQ activity make it clear that they will get rid of you if you do not promote LGBTQ activity.)
http://www.bnd.com/news/state/illinois/article155590499.html

 

LINCOLN COURIER
— Paying for the sins of politicians – Dan Tackett
http://www.lincolncourier.com/news/20170611/paying-for-sins-of-politicians

 

DEWITT DAILY NEWS
— Watchdog urges landline legislation veto
http://dewittdailynews.com/local-news/309008

 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Conservatives say they’re losing health care bill fight  Policy goals are on shaky ground – LAUREN FOX
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/conservatives-say-theyre-losing-health-care-bill-fight/737933632

 

WIRE POINTS
— Why You Shouldn’t Believe The Illinois Budget Deficit Numbers Released This Week – Mark Glennon  (DIERSEN: Since 2000, many government/political news outlets in Illinois have come and gone, but GOPUSA ILLINOIS carries on.  Since 2004, GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails have gone out each and every morning, and since 2015, each and every evening too.  Those emails have included links to almost 272,400 articles and information on many upcoming events.)
http://www.wirepoints.com/why-the-illinois-budget-deficit-numbers-released-this-week-are-junk-you-shouldnt-believe-wirepoints-original/

 

FOX NEWS
— RNC chair on how Comey’s testimony impacts GOP agenda
http://www.foxnews.com/transcript/2017/06/11/rnc-chair-on-how-comeys-testimony-impacts-gop-agenda.html

 

DAILY CALLER
— Trump Gave The FBI New Life After Removing Comey, Now It’s Time To Do The Same At The IRS – GINNI THOMAS
http://dailycaller.com/2017/06/10/trump-gave-the-fbi-new-life-after-removing-comey-now-its-time-to-do-the-same-at-the-irs-video/
— More Footage Leaks Of CNN’s ‘Staged’ Muslim Anti-Terror Protest – Amber Athey
http://dailycaller.com/2017/06/10/more-footage-leaks-of-cnns-staged-muslim-anti-terror-protest-video/

 

THE BLAZE
— New footage released of CNN allegedly staging pro-Muslim protest — and it’s incredibly damming – Chris Enloe
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/06/11/more-footage-released-of-cnn-allegedly-staging-pro-muslim-protest-and-its-incredibly-damming/

 

HUFFINGTON POST
— Chicago Teachers’ Pension Fund: Nearly $200 in Payouts for Every $1 Earnings – Bob Williams
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/chicago-teachers-pension-fund-nearly-200-in-payouts_us_593b13f5e4b0b65670e56a4f

 

NEWSMAX
— NYT: Far-Left Bernie-Wing a Risk for Democrats Who Want to Win –  Eric Mack (DIERSEN: The following paint me as being far-right: Individuals, organizations, companies, governments that are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors and/or those that 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.)
http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/far-left-risk-democratic-wave/2017/06/11/id/795394/

 

WORLD NET DAILY
–HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGE MUST PAY WHITE PROF $5 MILLION  ‘Flagrant prejudice should not be tolerated or accepted’
http://www.wnd.com/2017/06/historically-black-college-must-pay-white-prof-5-million/

 

CNN
— Illinois Rep. Guttierez says Donald Trump is ‘a con artist’  President is calculating, not inexperienced – Alexandra King
http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/politics/illinois-rep-guttierez-says-donald-trump-is-a-con-artist
— Democrats, take your cues from Bernie Sanders – Julian E. Zelizer
http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/11/opinions/democrats-listen-sanders-opinion-zelizer/

 

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— A MIX OF PRIDE AND ANGER AT LGBT RIGHTS MARCHES ACROSS U.S. (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, individuals, organizations, companies, governments, countries, etc. that promote LGBTQ activity make it clear that they will get rid of you if you do not promote LGBTQ activity.)
http://www.beloitdailynews.com/article/20170611/AP/306119967

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Drug crisis is pushing up death rates for almost all groups of Americans – Joel Achenbach and Dan Keating
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/the-drug-crisis-is-now-pushing-up-death-rates-for-almost-all-groups-of-americans/2017/06/09/971d8424-4aa1-11e7-a186-60c031eab644_story.html
— Obama granted her clemency. Less than a year later, she’s going back to prison. – Amy B. Wang  (DIERSEN Your past predicts your future.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2017/06/10/obama-granted-her-clemency-less-than-a-year-later-shes-going-back-to-prison/
— Institutional loyalty isn’t what it used to be. – Malcolm Harris  (DIERSEN: What type of institutional loyalty does/did your employer(s) want?  Democrats run the federal government. They loyalty to the Democrat Party platform.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2017/06/09/why-do-millennials-keep-leaking-government-secrets/

 

DENVER POST
— Sounds of silence greet Colorado employers looking for summer help – ALDO SVALDI  (DIERSEN: How many in Denver would rather smoke pot all summer rather than work?)
http://www.denverpost.com/2017/06/11/seasonal-employment-summer-colorado/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Puerto Ricans Vote for Statehood  Turnout of about 23% reflects success of boycott effort led by opponents – Jennifer Levitz and Arian Campo-Flores
https://www.wsj.com/articles/puerto-rican-voters-head-to-polls-in-statehood-vote-1497182403

 

THE BLAZE
— ‘TRUMP DOOMS NATION’: LGBTQ Protesters March On Washington  Many LGBTQ Americans thought that marriage meant the end of political protests, but Donald Trump’s policies have brought tens of thousands to the streets of the nation’s capital. – ANDREW DESIDERIO and SCOTT BIXBY  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, individuals, organizations, companies, governments, countries, etc. that promote LGBTQ activity make it clear that they will get rid of you if you do not promote LGBTQ activity.)
http://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-dooms-nation-lgbtq-protesters-march-on-washington
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Kellyanne Conway is leaking White House information.” My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I leak a) their information, b) Milton Township Republican Central Committee information, c) DuPage County Republican Central Committee information, d) Illinois Republican Party information, and e) etc. information.)
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/06/11/report-kellyanne-conway-is-leaking-white-house-information/

 

PEOPLE’S WORLD
— Sanders: Trump has betrayed his voters; “The political revolution is on!” – JOHN WOJCIK
http://www.peoplesworld.org/article/sanders-trump-has-betrayed-his-voters-the-political-revolution-is-on/

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.