June 23 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH COLOR PICTURE IN NAPERVILLE SUN: More car crashes, increased insurance rates likely to follow pot becoming legal Jan. 1, experts say – SUZANNE BAKER
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-nvs-pot-effect-insurance-rates-st-0623-20190621-qmlmik5b4vdflk3jmsr3zmcnoa-story.html
— CPD does not share data with ICE, but other agencies still have access: ‘The reality is that the FBI frequently shares information with ICE’ – MADELINE BUCKLEY
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-cpd-data-restrictions-immigration-20190622-20190622-vnf7cxuwvbauxglgt6e4jmj7ri-story.html
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC, TREASONOUS: Aurora mayor says city ‘prohibiting the use of our resources to aid or support’ ICE raids (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats put illegals ahead of citizens of America.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/aurora-beacon-news/ct-abn-aurora-mayor-statement-raids-st-0624-20190622-ulbkguohezfdtmo64an4bl3gri-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Communities organized against ICE raids to remain ‘vigilant’ following Trump reversal  Elected officials and community organizers spent Saturday preparing for the proposed deportation raids, only to learn the president was reversing course. – Nader Issa (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats put illegals ahead of citizens of America.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/6/22/18713774/communities-organized-against-ice-raids-to-remain-vigilant-following-trump-reversal

NBC5
— ‘Back Off:’ Lori Lightfoot Issues Strong Rebuke of President Trump’s Immigration Policies Lightfoot announced Friday the city would not cooperate with an ICE deportation crackdown – Lexi Sutter (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats put illegals ahead of citizens of America.)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/chicago-mayor-lori-lightfoot-strongly-worded-rebuke-donald-trump-policies-511687302.html

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— LaHood sends questions, but won’t give answers – Bernard Schoenburg
https://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20190622/bernard-schoenburg-lahood-sends-questions-but-wont-give-answers

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Lawmakers’ ‘accomplishments’ will weaken state – Dan McCaleb
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/2019-06-23/dan-mccaleb-lawmakers-accomplishments-will-weaken-state.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Martire promotes Pritzker.
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/2019-06-23/ralph-martire-legislative-wins-plentiful-rookie-pritzker.html

NORTHWEST HERALD
— Pritzker signs immigrant protection bills Measures bar private detention centers, prohibit cooperation with ICE, expand student aid – PETER HANCOCK (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats put illegals ahead of citizens of America.)
https://www.nwherald.com/2019/06/21/pritzker-signs-immigrant-protection-bills/aj8zev1/

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Pritzker signs trio of bills that aim to protect undocumented immigrants (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats put illegals ahead of citizens of America.)
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2019-06-22/pritzker-signs-trio-bills-aim-protect-undocumented-immigrants.html

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— Buffalo Grove bans retail sale of dogs, cats, rabbits – AP
https://www.bnd.com/news/article231875938.html

WISCONSIN WATCH
— In Wisconsin, users of cannabis and CBD are as close as Main Street Users of marijuana and its derivatives are everywhere — from children with serious illness to dogs, and in cities and a small town hair salon – Olivia Herken (DIERSEN: What percent of those in your neighborhood, in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois are stoners?) 
https://www.wisconsinwatch.org/2019/06/in-wisconsin-users-of-cannabis-and-cbd-are-as-close-as-main-street/

NEWS CHANNEL 20
— Dozens gather on capitol steps for ‘Impeach Trump’ rally
https://newschannel20.com/news/local/dozens-gather-on-capitol-steps-for-impeach-trump-rally

DAILY CALLER
— Ocasio-Cortez Gives Illegal Immigrants Advice On Evading Federal Law Enforcement – SCOTT MOREFIELD (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats put illegals ahead of citizens of America.)
https://dailycaller.com/2019/06/22/ocasio-cortez-illegal-immigrants-law-enforcement/

AMERICAN THINKER
— The Psychology of a Post-scarcity Society – Deborah C. Tyler
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2019/06/the_psychology_of_a_postscarcity_society_.html
— The slavery reparations argument is built on a false premise – Patricia L. Dickson
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/06/the_slavery_reparations_argument_is_built_on_a_false_premise.html

PJ MEDIA
— Racist, Woman-Hating Democrats Want an Old White Man as Their Presidential Nominee – MICHAEL VAN DER GALIEN
https://pjmedia.com/trending/racist-women-hating-democrats-want-an-old-white-man-as-their-presidential-nominee/

COMMUNITIES DIGITAL NEWS
— MainStream Media continues to be duped by anti-Trump pollsters – Kevin Price 
https://www.commdiginews.com/politics-2/mainstream-media-continues-to-be-duped-by-pollsters-120304/

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— TREASONOUS: Ocasio-Cortez frantically urges everyone to report ICE sightings, hide fugitives in your homes – Tom Tillison
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2019/06/23/ocasio-cortez-frantically-urges-everyone-to-report-ice-sightings-hide-fugitives-in-your-homes-767888

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Laura Ingraham: Trump Was Elected To Remove U.S. From Foreign Entanglements, Not To Please Neocons – Ian Schwartz
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2019/06/22/laura_ingraham_dems_then_trump_is_war_hungry_dems_now_trump_too_scared_to_bomb_iran.html

THE HILL
— Pelosi called Trump Friday, asked him to halt ICE raids – JOHN BOWDEN 
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/449881-pelosi-called-trump-friday-asked-him-to-halt-ice-raids-report

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats and RINOs want illegals to come to their districts and to stay in their districts for the census so that they will have more federal money and political clout. 
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/22/upshot/america-who-deserves-representation.html

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Japanese-Americans side with foreign countries and with their citizens against America. My German-American grandfather on my father’s side fought the Germans in WWI. My German-American uncles on my mother’s side fought the Germans in WWII.
https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-japanese-internment-fort-sill-2019-story.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Democratic Candidates Unite in Support for Abortion Rights 2020 contenders pledge to back federal funding for the procedure even as public remains divided – Eliza Collins
https://www.wsj.com/articles/democratic-candidates-unite-in-support-for-abortion-rights-11561253055
— What If Colleges Used Only Test Scores to Fill Campuses? Analyzing test and admissions data, Georgetown researchers found ‘the affluent have extraordinary advantages’ in college access – Douglas Belkin (DIERSEN: Should everyone be required to disclose how affluent their parents are/were? The presumption is that the more affluent that your parents are/were, the more unfair advantages that you have had in life.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/what-if-colleges-used-only-test-scores-to-fill-campuses-11561282201

MOTLEY FOOL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot.
https://www.fool.com/investing/2019/06/23/1-billion-reasons-why-more-states-will-legalize-re.aspx

DAILY COMMERCIAL
— Liberalism is ruining California – Russ Sloan
https://www.dailycommercial.com/news/20190623/from-right-liberalism-is-ruining-california

NEWSWEEK
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats promote hatred of those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.newsweek.com/stand-me-hate-them-bernie-sanders-says-trumps-reelection-plan-based-dividing-country-1445407

NPR
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters use far right extremists to paint Trump as being a far right extremist.
https://www.nprillinois.org/post/politics-shape-debate-over-what-call-far-right-extremism#stream/0

GUARDIAN
— ‘It’s totally unfair’: Chicago, where the rich live 30 years longer than the poor – Jamiles Lartey (DIERSEN: What did you do to qualify yourself for better paying jobs? I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 32.)
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jun/23/chicago-latest-news-life-expectancy-rich-poor-inequality

DAILY MAIL
— Jeep Grand Cherokee that was Obama’s first new car goes is expected to fetch more than $50,000 at auction – 19 years after he purchased it as an Illinois state senator Vehicle that Obama purchased while a state senator will be auctioned June 26 He has reminisced fondly about purchasing the new Grand Cherokee Prior to that he drove old used cars without such amenities as electric windows The auction lot includes notes and other items left in the glove compartment – KEITH GRIFFITH
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7170573/Jeep-Grand-Cherokee-Obamas-new-car-goes-auction.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.