June 26 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Muslim groups denounce Supreme Court decision upholding Trump’s travel ban – Craig Wall
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/muslim-groups-denounce-supreme-court-decision-upholding-trumps-travel-ban/3658572/
— 17 states, including Illinois, sue Trump administration over family separations – AP
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/17-states-including-illinois-sue-trump-administration-over-family-separations/3657972/

 

NBC5
— 17 States, Including Illinois, Sue Trump Administration Over Family Separations – Gene Johnson
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/17-States-Including-Illinois-Sue-Trump-Administration-Over-Family-Separations-486600091.html

 

CBS2
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps use “refugee mom” and her son to demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump.
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/06/26/separated-family-brazil-refugee-mother-son/

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Libertarian seeking to be governor owes thousands in child support – Mike Flannery
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/local/libertarian-seeking-to-be-governor-owes-thousands-in-child-support

 

WGN TV
— Trump denies he’s to blame for Harley-Davidson decision – AP
https://wgntv.com/2018/06/26/trump-denies-hes-to-blame-for-harley-davidson-decision/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps promote a “Chicago rally against U.S. treatment of immigrant families.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-met-family-separation-protest-chicago-20180625-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “The first layoffs from Trump’s tariffs are here.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-mid-continent-nail-tariff-layoffs-20180626-story.html
— Chicago lawyers volunteer to help families separated at border – Alison Bowen (DIERSEN: What percent of Chicago lawyers 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, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/ct-life-chicago-lawyers-border-immigrants-20180626-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Rush University Medical Center sides with foreign countries and with their citizens against America and against its citizens.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-rush-immigration-policy-0627-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Anti-Trumps encourage people to come to America illegally, to stay in America illegally, and to bring others to America illegally.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/stevens/ct-life-stevens-tuesday-families-belong-together-march-0626-story.html
— Let your opponents finish their dinners, Democrats – Clarence Page
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/page/ct-perspec-page-trump-sarah-huckabee-sanders-maxine-waters-0627-20180626-story.html
— The case against civility in the battle against Trump – Eric Zorn
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/zorn/ct-perspec-zorn-trump-civility-sanders-0627-20180626-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— 17 states sue to force Trump administration to reunite migrant families – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/immigration-states-trump-administration-reunite-separated-migrant-families/
— Chicago Police dog finds $10M worth of pot during traffic stop in Midlothian – Luke Wilusz
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/chicago-police-dog-k9-pot-marijuana-drug-bust-midlothian-california/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps use “Brazilian mother” and her son to demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/brazilian-mother-separated-from-son-chicago-seeking-custody-lawsuit-souza/
— The IRS shrinks the tax form but not the workload – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/business/irs-smaller-1040-tax-form-postcard/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Minority pot pushers push pot.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/working/south-side-activists-push-for-equity-in-the-pot-business/
— Emanuel allies use familiar ploy to crowd Quinn term-limit question off ballot – Fran Spielman
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/emanuel-allies-use-familiar-ploy-to-crowd-quinn-term-limit-question-off-ballot/
— You can’t invent a property tax system more discriminatory than in Cook County – Phil Kadner
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/you-cant-invent-a-property-tax-system-more-discriminatory-than-in-cook-county/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Tempers raised by immigration issue give way to insults – AP
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20180626/news/306269959/
— Car rams into Versace store at Aurora outlet mall in ‘smash-and-grab’ burglary
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180626/car-rams-into-versace-store-at-aurora-outlet-mall-in-smash-and-grab-burglary
— Former Schaumburg cop charged with DUI won’t lose pension – Eric Peterson (DIERSEN: What did your superiors charge you with? Constructively, my Democrat GAO superiors charged me with dereliction of duty, insubordination, and even worse things a) because I became an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation, b) because I complained about political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation, c) because I refused to help them get of their employees because they were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran, d) because I did not become a Democrat, and e) because I avoided the draft.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180625/former-schaumburg-cop-charged-with-dui-wont-lose-pension

 

WTTW
— Teacher Shortage Downstate Looks Different From Chicago Shortage – Brandis Friedman
https://chicagotonight.wttw.com/2018/06/26/teacher-shortage-downstate-looks-different-chicago-shortage

 

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— Timothy Mapes, the chief of staff to Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan who was forced to resign amid sexual harassment allegations, is owed $130,000 in unused vacation and sick time. – AP
http://www.bnd.com/news/state/illinois/article213859349.html

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Supreme Court leaving gerrymandering fixes up to voters – Jim Dey (DIERSEN: What percent of the voters in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois 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, anti-draft dodgers, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/2018-06-26/jim-dey-supreme-court-leaving-gerrymandering-fixes-voters.html

 

FOREST PARK REVIEW
— Local lawmakers push Safe Zones immigration bill Harmon, Welch win OK in legislature. Now up to Rauner – Timothy Inklebarger (DIERSEN: To sign this bill is a) to reject the immigration plank in the Illinois Republican Party platform, b) to dump those voters who support the plank, and c) to pander to those who 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.)
http://www.forestparkreview.com/News/Articles/6-26-2018/Local-lawmakers-push-Safe-Zones-immigration-bill-/

 

FOX ILLINOIS
— McCann on governor’s race: ‘We’re not in it to spoil it, we’re in it to win it’ – Rachel Droze
http://foxillinois.com/news/local/mccann-on-governors-race-were-not-in-it-to-spoil-it-were-in-it-to-win-it-06-26-2018

 

WAND
— More synthetic cannabinoids cases reported
http://www.wandtv.com/story/38512610/more-synthetic-cannabinoids-cases-reported

 

WQLZ
— Rauner Taking Heat for Comments About Champaign-Urbana
http://www.wqlz.com/2018/06/26/rauner-taking-heat-for-comments-about-champaign-urbana/

 

WILLIAM J KELLY
— Bipartisan Movement to Term Limit Rahm Picks Up Steam
https://www.williamjkelly.org/news

 

MCHENRY TIMES
— Rumors still flying about Skillicorn running for state Senate – Glenn Minnis
https://mchenrytimes.com/stories/511464440-rumors-still-flying-about-skillicorn-running-for-state-senate

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Terra Costa Howard campaign for 48th in violation of state election laws, complaint says – W.J. Kennedy
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511468003-terra-costa-howard-campaign-for-48th-in-violation-of-state-election-laws-complaint-says

 

ILLINOIS HOMEPAGE
— Rauner disses Champaign-Urbana: “not much of a workforce” – Mark Maxwell
https://www.illinoishomepage.net/news/local-news/rauner-disses-champaign-urbana-not-much-of-a-workforce-/1265003695

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Rauner extends DC trip
https://capitolfax.com/2018/06/26/rauner-extends-dc-trip/
— Rauner campaign following Pritzker around with a toilet (DIERSEN: If you sought a government office or a political office, what would your critics/opponents follow you around with? Most likely, my critics/opponents would follow me around with something that represented the Vietnam Veterans Memorial because I sought and obtained student draft deferments 1966-1970 and a financial hardship draft deferment 1970-1971.)
https://capitolfax.com/2018/06/26/rauner-campaign-following-pritzker-around-with-a-toilet/
— Kash Jackson calls oppo dump “false allegations”
https://capitolfax.com/2018/06/26/kash-jackson-calls-oppo-dump-false-allegations/
— McCann already complains about potential petition challenges
https://capitolfax.com/2018/06/26/mccann-already-complains-about-potential-petition-challenges/
— Could Kash Jackson be in jail on election day?
https://capitolfax.com/2018/06/26/could-kash-jackson-be-in-jail-on-election-day/
— Biden to keynote Dem chairman’s brunch
https://capitolfax.com/2018/06/26/biden-to-keynote-dem-chairmans-brunch/
— Grover Norquist and Bruce Rauner
https://capitolfax.com/2018/06/26/caption-contest-392/

 

FOX NEWS & MSN
— Gov. Rauner: I’m concerned about a tariff war
http://video.foxnews.com/v/5802233381001/?#sp=show-clips
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/gov-rauner-im-concerned-about-a-tariff-war/vp-AAzdide

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— GOP leaders propose massive surge in low-skilled foreign guest workers Proposal offered in effort to win support for immigration bill – Stephen Dinan (DIERSEN: What low-skilled jobs did you have? I did yard work and delivered newspapers 1962-1964; washed dishes 1964-1966; cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966; delivered mail 1966-1969; worked on an automobile assembly line and as a security guard in 1970; and pumped gasoline 1971-1972.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/jun/26/gop-leaders-propose-massive-surge-low-skilled-fore/

 

GOPUSA
— DHS tells staffers to ‘keep doors and windows locked’ after burned animal found on official’s porch (DIERSEN: It seems that ever-increasingly, Trump supporters should be buying more firearms and more ammunition for their self-defense.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=48841
— Trump wants to deport first, ask questions second — and he’s right
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=48861
— Medicaid fraud exploded after Obamacare expansion: GOP report
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=48609
— Conservatives call for companies to cut ties with discredited Southern Poverty Law Center
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=48605
— Caitlin Marriott, Democrat senator’s intern, who yelled ‘f— you’ at Donald Trump, won’t be fired
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=48857
— Agitators occupy Portland ICE office with mayor’s approval; Feds order them out
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=48887

 

BLAZE
— Marijuana addiction is on the rise and young people face the greatest risk – Jana Pruet
https://www.theblaze.com/news/2018/06/26/marijuana-addiction-is-on-the-rise-and-young-people-face-the-greatest-risk

 

BREITBART
— Supreme Court Upholds Trump Travel Ban… Foreign Nationals No Constitutional Right to Enter U.S. – Ken Klukowski
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/06/26/supreme-court-upholds-travel-ban-in-trump-v-hawaii-ruling/
— Ryan Adds 1.35 Million Low-Wage Visa-Workers to Revive His Fading Amnesty Bill – Neil Munro
http://www.breitbart.com/economics/2018/06/26/ryan-adds-million-visa-workers-revive-amnesty-bill/

 

CNS NEWS
— White House: More Than 8,000 Criminal Illegal Aliens Released Into U.S. in 2017 – Natalia Mittelstadt
https://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/natalia-mittelstadt/wh-more-8000-criminal-illegal-aliens-released-us-2017

 

NEWSMAX
— Supreme Court Backs Trump Travel Ban
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/trump-travel-ban-supreme-court/2018/06/26/id/868356/

 

HOT AIR
— Last Gasp: Centrists Add E-Verify To House Immigration Bill In Desperate Hope Of Winning Conservative Votes
https://hotair.com/archives/2018/06/26/last-gasp-centrists-add-e-verify-house-immigration-bill-desperate-hope-winning-conservative-votes/
— Measure Introduced To Censure Maxine Waters, Ask Her To Resign – JAZZ SHAW (DIERSEN: QUESTION: Who unsuccessfully attempted to get the Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) to censure me at its 2006 Annual Convention and succeeded in throwing me off the ICRC Steering Committee at its 2007 Annual Convention? ANSWER: Bill Brady supporters. QUESTION: What did those Bill Brady supporters use to justify their actions? ANSWER: I included a link in a GOPUSA ILLINOIS email to an article by Tom Roeser in the Chicago Sun-Times that called for Bill Brady to withdraw so that the conservative vote would not be split and Jim Oberweis could defeat Judy Baar Topinka in the 2006 Illinois Republican gubernatorial primary. Topinka got 38% of the vote in that primary, Oberweis got 32%, and Brady got 18%. Brady supporters have always a) painted me as being an operative or a dupe for Oberweis and b) blamed me for Brady’s past, present, and future problems.)
https://hotair.com/archives/2018/06/26/measure-introduced-censure-maxine-waters-ask-resign/

 

CHRISTIAN HEADLINES
— DECEMBER 30, 2003 FLASHBACK: Illinois Conservatives Say Rift in State GOP Hurts Bush – Robert B. Bluey (DIERSEN: One could compare and contrast the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) and Bush in 2003 with the IRP and Trump in 2018.)
https://www.christianheadlines.com/news/1238228.html

 

PARENTS OPPOSED TO POT
— MORE CHILD ABUSE DEATHS RELATED TO MARIJUANA
http://www.poppot.org/2018/06/26/more-child-abuse-deaths-related-to-marijuana/

 

ROLL CALL
— Question of Legalizing Dreamer Parents Trips Up Immigration Debate – Lindsey McPherson
https://www.rollcall.com/news/politics/136582-2

 

THE HILL
— GOP chairman envisions tax reform 2.0 as a package of bills – NAOMI JAGODA (DIERSEN: Roskam should increase the $10,000 SALT cap to $20,000 for married filing jointly. Government should encourage marriage and home ownership.)
http://thehill.com/policy/finance/394163-gop-chairman-envisions-tax-reform-20-as-a-package-of-bills
— Supreme Court rules in favor of faith-based pregnancy centers – LYDIA WHEELER
http://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/394139-supreme-court-rules-in-favor-of-faith-based-pregnancy-centers
— Supreme Court upholds Trump travel ban – LYDIA WHEELER
http://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/394143-supreme-court-upholds-trump-travel-ban
— 18 Democratic attorneys general sue Trump over family separations – AVERY ANAPOL
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/394228-18-democratic-ags-sue-trump-over-family-separation

 

CNN
— Sarah Sanders to receive Secret Service protection – Elizabeth Landers and Jim Acosta,
https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/26/politics/sarah-sanders-secret-service-protection/index.html

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Supreme Court Upholds Trump’s Travel Ban, Delivering Endorsement of Presidential Power – Adam Liptak and Michael D. Shear
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/26/us/politics/supreme-court-trump-travel-ban.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Congressional intern who yelled profanity at Trump suspended for a week
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/congressional-intern-who-yelled-profanity-at-trump-suspended-for-a-week/2018/06/26/da01ef5e-7689-11e8-805c-4b67019fcfe4_story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats want more immigrants because immigrants vote for Democrats. RINOs want more immigrants because RINOs want cheap labor. All my critics/opponents want more immigrants.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2018/06/26/trump-wants-to-limit-immigration-hes-scapegoating-immigrants-in-the-process/

 

AMERICAN PROSPECT
— Demonizing the IRS to Protect Tax Evaders Weakening tax enforcement combined with new complexity invites evasion and massive illicit tax savings for the rich. – David Cay Johnston (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes promote hatred against past, present, and future IRS employees. I was an IRS employee for almost 9 years 1971-1980.)
http://prospect.org/article/demonizing-irs-protect-tax-evaders-0

 

FED SMITH
— How Can Federal Employees Plan for a Secure Retirement Despite Proposals to Cut Their Benefits? – Brian Kuhn (DIERSEN: One reason why my Democrat GAO superiors succeeded in forcing me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old was that my Civil Service Retirement System pension would be COLA adjusted. But Trump wants to cut that COLA by .5 percent.)
https://www.fedsmith.com/2018/06/26/can-federal-employees-plan-secure-retirement-despite-proposals-cut-benefits/

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.