June 21 Morning Edition

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— At raucous rally, Trump touts hawkish immigration plans – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/at-raucous-rally-trump-touts-hawkish-immigration-plans/
— In Illinois, get redistricting and the 2020 Census right – BGA (DIERSEN: How many illegals live in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois. Democrats and RINOs want them to be counted so that they will have more power to get rid of Republicans.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/in-illinois-get-redistricting-and-the-2020-census-right/
— Cook County’s black population continues to decline – Manny Ramos
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/cook-county-black-population-continues-to-decline-census-data/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats and RINOs will not be satisfied until U.S. citizenship is immediately given to ANYONE who a) promises to vote for Democrats or b) promises to work for less money than U.S. citizens will work for.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/donald-trump-immigration-border-kids-families-detention-executive-order-editorial/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: If you support the immigration plank in the Republican Party platform, United and American airlines do not want your business.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-united-airlines-migrant-children-20180620-story.html
— FRONT PAGE: Millennials are largest age group in Cook County, census shows, but will they stay? – Elvia Malagon, Tessa Weinberg
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-met-census-bureau-cook-county-age-race-20180619-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats and RINOs will not be satisfied until U.S. citizenship is immediately given to ANYONE who a) promises to vote for Democrats or b) promises to work for less money than U.S. citizens will work for.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-children-immigration-border-separation-20180620-story.html
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/chapman/ct-perspec-chapman-trump-border-children-family-separation-0621-20180620-story.html
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/glanton/ct-met-glanton-column-immigration-20180620-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Pot pushers push pot. If/when pot is legalized in Illinois, and if municipalities will be able to bar the sale of pot in their jurisdictions, I will lead the effort to bar the sale of pot in Wheaton.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-bc-us–canada-marijuana-legalization-things-to-know-20180621-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: It’s up to the provinces and territories to determine how to handle distribution, and they’re taking a variety of approaches. Ontario plans to open up to 150 stores run by its Liquor Control Board — a model of public ownership that is unusual in the U.S. The tiny Washington state town of North Bonneville has one city-owned pot shop. British Columbia is planning for a mix of public and privately owned stores, while Newfoundland and Saskatchewan will have only private pot shops. In some remote areas where stand-alone marijuana stores might not be economically feasible, including in the Northwest Territories, cannabis could be sold at existing liquor stores. Just like U.S. states with legal pot, the provinces also differ on home-growing, with many allowing up to four plants and others, including Quebec, barring it. And rather than a minimum age of 21, as U.S. states have set, Canada’s federal minimum age to use marijuana will be 18, with most provinces adding an additional year. The varying approaches make the provinces something of a laboratory for determining the best ways to legalize, said Matt Gray, founder and chief executive of Herb, a Toronto-based news and social media platform for the pot industry.)
— Records: Mansion used in Rauner’s ‘Porcelain Prince’ ad got its own tax reduction – Rick Pearson (DIERSEN Have you ever gotten a tax reduction? I did. The Illinois Property Tax Appeal Board (http://www.ptab.illinois.gov/) reduced the assessed valuation of my home at 915 Cove Court in Wheaton because of construction defects and unrecorded drainage easements. SEE: https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1975935/diersen-v-joe-keim-builders-inc/ My critics/opponents stress that the following sided against me: the home’s builder, the City of Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and the Northern Illinois Home Builders Association.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-rauner-ad-mansion-tax-reduction-20180620-story.html
— Average Chicago homeowner to pay $110 more in property taxes this year – Hal Dardick
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-cook-county-tax-rates-20180620-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats and RINOs will not be satisfied until U.S. citizenship is immediately given to ANYONE who a) promises to vote for Democrats or b) promises to work for less money than U.S. citizens will work for.
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20180620/editorial-the-unsettling-residue-of-a-welcome-reversal-of-immigration-policy
— Average property tax bills jump $213 in northwest Cook County – Jake Griffin
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180620/average-property-tax-bills-jump-213-in-northwest-cook-county

 

WBBM
— Rauner Tries To Flush JB Pritzker In New Ad, Pritzker Fights Back – CRAIG DELLIMORE
https://wbbm780.radio.com/articles/news/rauner-tries-flush-jb-pritzker-new-ad-pritzker-fights-back

 

QUAD CITIES ONLINE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats want immigrants because immigrants vote for Democrats. RINOs want immigrants because RINOs want cheap labor. Democrats and RINOs shout at immigrants that Republicans are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things. Democrats and RINOs want to use immigrants to get rid of Republicans.
https://qconline.com/news/local/ri-event-celebrates-immigrant-families/article_ae6798eb-09a7-5a80-82e3-5d2c0c129dbe.html

 

  1. LOUIS POST DISPATCH
    — DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Whites and anti-Americans promote hatred of Whites and promote hatred of Americans.
    https://www.stltoday.com/opinion/columnists/white-americans-disliked-undocumented-immigrants-long-before-trump/article_44a0df42-1580-5e91-bfc5-c1f1e9116377.html

 

PRAIRIE STATE WIRE
— Is bankruptcy the only way Illinois can overcome ‘unsustainable fiscal policy’? Economist thinks so – Doug McMurdo
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/511457740-is-bankruptcy-the-only-way-illinois-can-overcome-unsustainable-fiscal-policy-economist-thinks-so

 

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— TAX HIKE TO BALANCE BUDGET SHORTFALL COULD COST ILLINOIS’ ECONOMY 9,000 JOBS – Orphe Divounguy, Bryce Hill
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/reports/tax-hike-to-balance-budget-shortfall-could-cost-illinois-economy-9000-jobs/

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Pension crisis grows as politicians do nothing – Dan McCaleb
https://www.ilnews.org/opinion/op-ed-pension-crisis-grows-as-politicians-do-nothing/article_9515f8f6-7484-11e8-b67c-9b6097a81adf.html

 

WIREPOINTS
— Pending Bill Would Expand Pension ‘Intercept’ To Illinois University System – Mark Glennon
http://www.wirepoints.com/pending-bill-would-expand-pension-intercept-to-illinois-university-system-wirepoints-original/

 

DAILY CALLER
— MEDIA UNSATISFIED BY TRUMP EXECUTIVE ORDER ON FAMILY SEPARATIONS – Amber Athey and John Wellington (DIERSEN: Democrats and RINOs will not be satisfied until U.S. citizenship is immediately given to ANYONE who a) promises to vote for Democrats or b) promises to work for less money than U.S. citizens will work for.)
http://dailycaller.com/2018/06/20/media-dems-unsatisfied-with-trump-eo/
— AMERICA’S IMMIGRATION PROBLEMS WON’T BE SOLVED AS HOUSE CONSERVATIVES REFUSE TO CONCEDE – Robert Donachie (DIERSEN: Democrats want immigrants because immigrants vote for Democrats. RINOs want immigrants because RINOs want cheap labor. Democrats and RINOs shout at immigrants that Republicans, that is, conservatives, are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things. Democrats and RINOs want to use immigrants to get rid of Republicans.)
http://dailycaller.com/2018/06/20/house-republicans-immigration-bills/

 

BREITBART
— DOJ Employee Caught Protesting DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen at Mexican Restaurant – Kristina Wong
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/06/20/doj-employee-caught-protesting-dhs-secretary-kirstjen-nielsen-at-mexican-restaurant/

 

BLAZE
— Fox News issues biting statement on Parkland student’s latest boycott attempt against Laura Ingraham – Sarah Taylor (DIERSEN: Since 2000, my critics/opponents have called for everyone to boycott GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails. Previously, they called for boycotts of a) TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois while I was its chairman 2005-2012, b) Wheaton Chamber of Commerce while I was a member of its Government Affairs Committee 2003-2011, c) Milton Township Republican Central Committee while I was its webmaster 2008-2010 and 2000-2004, d) Illinois Center Right Coalition while I was a member of its Steering Committee 2003-2007, and e) American Association of Political Consultants while I was a member of its Midwest Chapter board 2001-2003. My critics/opponents stress that extremely few people who say that they are religious, conservative, and/or Republican have come to my defense.)
https://www.theblaze.com/news/2018/06/20/fox-news-issues-biting-statement-on-parkland-students-latest-boycott-attempt-against-laura-ingraham

 

FOX NEWS
— Trump holds rally in Minnesota after touting progress on immigration, trade – Gregg Re
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/06/20/trump-holds-rally-in-minnesota-after-touting-progress-on-immigration-trade.html

 

THE HILL
— Trump caves after negative images, pressure from family – NIALL STANAGE
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/393379-the-memo-trump-caves-after-negative-images-pressure-from-family

 

POLITICO
— Trump dodges family separations, but takes aim at illegal immigration – MATTHEW NUSSBAUM, STEPHANIE MURRAY and CHRISTOPHER CADELAGO
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/06/20/trump-minnesota-economy-immigration-661018

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Republicans Dislike Separating Families. But They Like ‘Zero Tolerance’ More. – Simon Romero and Jonathan Martin
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/20/us/politics/republicans-family-separation.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps side with foreign countries and with their citizens against America and against its citizens. Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps use illegals to demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/20/opinion/family-separation-melania-trump.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/20/opinion/trump-family-separation-executive-order.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/20/opinion/andrew-cuomo-a-moral-outrage-new-york-will-not-tolerate.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Pot pushers push pot.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/20/opinion/new-york-marijuana-legal.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Anti-Trumps blame Trump for incivility.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/20/us/politics/trump-language-immigration.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Fewer Births Than Deaths Among Whites in Majority of U.S. States – Sabrina Tavernise (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, RINOs a) paint themselves as being anti-White and b) pander to anti-Whites.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/20/us/white-minority-population.html

 

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Voter interest in the midterm elections stands at a historic high with a singular focus — Trump – David Lauter (DIERSEN: RINOs would rather have Democrats elected than Republicans. Of course, Democrats and RINOs have, are, and will shout at the voters in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, in Illinois, and in America to shout their disapproval of Trump by voting for Democrats and for RINOs in the November 6 election.)
— http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-midterm-election-poll-20180620-story.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats and RINOs want Republicans to lose. Democrats and RINOs want the Republican Party to dump the immigration plank in the Republican Party platform and dump all those individuals, organizations, and companies that support it, especially those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, draft avoiders, German American, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/make-2018-about-taxes-not-migration-1529536339
https://www.wsj.com/articles/kids-in-cages-1529536302
— FRONT PAGE: Growth in Retiring Baby Boomers Strains U.S. Welfare Programs Census projections see a rapid increase in retiree-age Americans, putting pressure on Social Security – Janet Adamy and Paul Overberg (DIERSEN: Democrats want immigrants because immigrants vote for Democrats. RINOs want immigrants because RINOs want cheap labor. Democrats and RINOs shout at immigrants that Republicans are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things. Democrats and RINOs want to use immigrants to get rid of Republicans.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/retiring-baby-boomers-leave-the-u-s-with-fewer-workers-to-support-the-elderly-1529553660
— How Amazon Became One of Washington’s Most Powerful Players The company has built a huge presence in the nation’s capital, with an army of lobbyists and a growing list of government contracts – Brody Mullins, Laura Stevens and John D. McKinnon (DIERSEN:  He who pays the piper calls the tunes.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-amazon-became-one-of-washingtons-most-powerful-players-1529509628

 

STATESMAN
— The Texas GOP’s platform, by God – Ken Herman (DIERSEN: What does Rauner want the 2020 Illinois Republican Party (IRP) platform to be? Ever-increasingly, it appears that he wants to dump the current platform’s traditional family plank, right to life plank, immigration plank, and other planks. Of course, I oppose that. I have repeatedly asked Bob Grogan, my representative on the IRP State Central Committee, to appoint me to the 2020 IRP State Convention Platform & Resolutions Committee like Ron Smith did in 2008.)
https://www.mystatesman.com/news/opinion/herman-the-texas-gop-platform-god/mtjD4odMchi6HzZptPln4L/

 

FEDERAL TIMES
— Will agencies punish feds who engage ‘in good faith’ with unions? – Jessie Bur (DIERSEN: My Democrat GAO superiors were vehemently anti-union. They punished their employees, including me, who were not anti-union.)
https://www.federaltimes.com/management/2018/06/20/will-agencies-punish-feds-who-engage-in-good-faith-with-unions/

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.