June 26 Morning Edition

ABC7
— DISGUSTING, OUTRAGEOUS: Eric Trump says he was spit on at West Loop cocktail lounge The Aviary – AP (DIERSEN: One could argue that ever-increasingly, Trump supporters should wear body cameras whenever they are near Democrats.) 
https://abc7chicago.com/eric-trump-says-he-was-spit-on-at-chicago-cocktail-lounge-the-aviary/5365388/
— Boston: Wayfair employees to stage walkout in protest of sale to migrant detention facility
https://abc7chicago.com/society/wayfair-employees-to-stage-protest-over-sale-to-migrant-detention-facility/5365329/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Countdown begins to Jan. 1 after Pritzker signs bill making marijuana legal in Illinois – Robert McCoppin
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-illinois-marijuana-legalization-bill-signed-into-law-20190626-edygcdmez5a6pdki6ulpw7m2fu-story.html
— New state workers’ contract signals ‘return to normalcy’ for unions under Gov. J.B. Pritzker – Dan Petrella
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-illinois-labor-unions-pritzker-20190625-i5tg6sefq5bs5poa6wn7iucbmq-story.html
— A man being deported by ICE got away from agents at O’Hare by saying he was going to the restroom. It may be the last time Chicago police will help with deportation attempts. – Katherine Rosenberg-Douglas
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-cpd-ice-immigration-deportation–20190625-zttsjzbasbah3ht77apj6h7tuu-story.html
— LGBTQ Pride flags vandalized in possible hate crime at Wicker Park church – MORGAN GREENE (DIERSEN: To what extent does your church promote LGBTQ activity? Does your church accept those like me who do not promote LGBTQ activity? My critics/opponents in Wheaton who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout hint/imply/argue/shout that they determine who churches in Wheaton a) accept and b) do not accept.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-pride-flags-hate-crime-wicker-park-church-20190626-imbsajrcpzey7cgobgm4uqvuly-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In a letter posted to the church’s website, Glombicki addressed the congregation and said the church was “working hard to ensure the safety of all people at WPLC including our queer siblings.” “As a congregation, our work continues,” Glombicki said in the letter. “While preaching the love of all people each week might seem a bore, while it may seem like the city is welcoming to all sexual orientations and gender identities, and while it seems like something like this would never happen in Wicker Park, our message of radical welcome declaring this congregation ‘Reconciling in Christ’ in 2006 still needs amplification in the here and now.” Wicker Park Lutheran Church has a longstanding history of welcoming all to worship, affirming since 2006 that all people, of all sexual orientations and gender identities, are welcome to become members of the church. “We believe as people of faith that it’s about love — not just tolerance but acceptance and inclusion,” Glombicki said Tuesday night. “We continue to live out and widen those circles of love in all that we do here.” At this Sunday’s 10 a.m. service, hundreds of small rainbow flags will be placed in the lawn area near the flags “as a sign of love.” “As a congregation, each year we celebrate the diversity that God has created,” Glombicki said. This Sunday will be about remembering the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall riots and celebrating more than a decade spent as a church embracing people from all backgrounds: “We know that love is the final word and we will continue to make that the final word as we live out our ministry here.”)
— Why won’t U.S. politicians talk about Chinese concentration camps? – JONAH GOLDBERG
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/ct-opinion-china-concentration-camps-xinjiang-uighurs-goldberg–20190625-fimyxbkjibg5fewfxwhzzfvb54-story.html
— Spend a couple hours — as in, 2 per week — outside. Your health and happiness depend on it. – Editorial
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-time-outside-health-20190618-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Toni Preckwinkle reverses decision to retire — aide says she will seek fourth term in 2022 – Rachel Hinton (DIERSEN: If you are retired, what if you had reversed your decision to retire? In 1997, when I was 49 years old, my Democrat GAO superiors made it extremely clear to me that if I did not take their early retirement “offer,” they would do whatever they felt was necessary to get rid of me long before I would be eligible for regular retirement 6 years later. Previously, they a) had given me unfair performance expectations and appraisals; b) had always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes; c) had not promoted me beyond GS-13; d) had gotten rid of my mentor in 1987 who had promoted me in 1986, who had gotten me assigned to audits of IRS in 1986, and who hired me in 1980; e) had kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO; and f) had forced me to take a $19,568 (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2019/6/25/18758953/toni-preckwinkle-reverses-decison-retire-aide-seek-third-term-2022
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: America-haters promote hatred of America.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2019/6/25/18744221/border-crisis-migrant-children-detention-camps-immigration-asylum-steinberg

DAILY HERALD
— What now, for those who denied a ‘crisis’ at the border? – Byron York
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20190626/what-now-for-those-who-denied-a-crisis-at-the-border

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— The media’s double standard on culture-war controversies – JONAH GOLDBERG
https://www.pantagraph.com/opinion/columnists/goldberg-the-media-s-double-standard-on-culture-war-controversies/article_c91401f8-39dd-5530-a8f9-66dd647e2905.html

PEORIA PUBLIC RADIO
— Gordon-Booth: Marijuana Legalization Bill Contains “Reparations” For War on Drugs – TIM SHELLEY (DIERSEN: How much reparations will the Democrats who run Illinois force non-stoners like me to pay stoners?) 
https://www.peoriapublicradio.org/post/gordon-booth-marijuana-legalization-bill-contains-reparations-war-drugs#stream/0

FOX ILLINOIS
— Google accused of political bias in online video and by some lawmakers – Angelica Alvarez
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/google-accused-of-political-bias-in-online-video-and-by-some-lawmakers

WSIL TV
— LGBTQ community holds town hall with local lawmaker – Emily Manley
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/40707496/lgbtq-community-holds-town-hall-with-local-lawmaker

ONE ILLINOIS
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pritzker signs cannabis bill into law, praises legislative work done by ‘Marijuana Moms’
https://www.oneillinois.com/stories/2019/6/25/marijuana-to-be-legal-in-2020

DAILY LINE
— Here’s how expungement will work under the marijuana legalization bill – Hannah Meisel (DIERSEN: If you have used pot illegally, you have demonstrated your disrespect for the rule of law.)
http://thedailyline.net/chicago/06/26/2019/hell-of-a-start-heres-how-expungement-will-work-under-the-marijuana-legalization-bill/

WIRE POINTS
— “Wealthy” Chicago households on the hook for up to $2 million in debt each under progressive approach to pension crisis – Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner
https://wirepoints.org/wealthy-chicago-households-on-the-hook-for-up-to-2-million-in-debt-each-under-progressive-approach-to-pension-crisis/
— Rationale For Politically Discriminating Capital Spending Allocation Admitted: They felt like it. (DIERSEN: In Diersen v. GAO, GAO argued that it treated me exactly like Congress wanted GAO to treat (that is, to get rid of) its employees like me who were a) Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran and b) who had not made GS-13 (currently $98,198) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $116,040) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $136,495) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $165,500) by age 40.) 
https://wirepoints.org/rationale-for-45-billion-capital-spending-allocation-admitted-we-felt-like-it-quicktake/

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Rep. Grant argues that to repeal parental notification for abortions is to aid trafficking – Glenn Minnis
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/512673513-rep-grant-argues-that-to-repeal-parental-notification-for-abortions-is-to-aid-trafficking

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Explosive Exposé of Google’s Dark Underbelly – Laurie Higgins 
https://illinoisfamily.org/media/explosive-expose-of-the-dark-underbelly-of-google/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— WHO DOES THE MEDIA MOST WANT TO SILENCE?
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/06/who-does-the-media-most-want-to-silence.html

CAPITOL FAX
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: What’s next for cannabis?
https://capitolfax.com/2019/06/26/whats-next-for-cannabis/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Pro-choice advocates push do-it-yourself abortion kits to states – Shen Wu Tan
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/jun/25/telabortion-helps-pro-choice-advocates-evade-abort/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— ‘Latinos for Trump’ chant ‘Build the Wall’ and cheer ICE at Pence speech – John Gage
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/latinos-for-trump-chant-build-the-wall-and-cheer-ice-at-pence-speech
— Cuccinelli curtailing work permits for those with pending asylum cases – Steven Nelson & Anna Giaritelli (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, to get a job in America, in Illinois, in DuPage County, in Milton Township, and in Wheaton, you need a “work permit” from Democrats or RINOs who have clout in the aforesaid. It is called patronage. It is called political affiliation discrimination.) 
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/ken-cuccinelli-curtailing-work-permits-for-those-with-pending-asylum-cases
— Trump says he does not need congressional approval to strike Iran – Zachary Halaschak (DIERSEN: When taking adverse actions against me, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes always talked and acted like they had the approval, if not the direction, a) of those who led 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, GAO, IRS, Post Office, etc. and b) of those who represented me in Wheaton, in Milton Township, in DuPage Country, in Illinois, and in the federal government.)

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/trump-says-he-does-not-need-congressional-approval-to-strike-iran
— Illegal immigrants learn a trick to sneak in: Dress like drug smugglers – Anna Giaritelli 
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/illegal-immigrants-learn-a-trick-to-sneak-in-dress-like-drug-smugglers

FOX NEWS
— Beto O’Rourke calls Trump ‘most openly racist president that we’ve had in modern history’ – Frank Miles (DIERSEN: Democrats want everyone to call Republicans racists.)
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/beto-orourke-calls-trump-most-openly-racist-president-that-weve-had-in-modern-history

TOWNHALL
— Anti-Trump Crafters: A Decade-Long Unraveling – Michelle Malkin
https://townhall.com/columnists/michellemalkin/2019/06/26/antitrump-crafters-a-decadelong-unraveling-n2548992
— Poll of Mexicans: Strong Opposition to Illegal Immigration, Most Support Immediate Deportation – Guy Benson
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2019/06/26/poll-of-mexicans-n2549000

FEDERALIST
— 7 Delusional Fantasies Democratic Presidential Candidates Are Trying To Sell America From the ‘Green New Deal’ to ‘Medicare For All,’ slavery reparations to open-borders amnesty, the Democratic presidential contenders are selling Snake Oil, not serious proposals. – Andrew I. Fillat and Henry I. Miller
https://thefederalist.com/2019/06/26/7-delusional-fantasies-democratic-presidential-candidates-trying-sell-america/
— 5 Reasons Ravelry Banning Trump Support Is A Much Bigger Deal Than You Might Think Hundreds of thousands of crafters use Ravelry to find new ideas, new patterns, new projects, new yarns. Allowing political leftism but not conservatism will affect them. – Leslie Price (DIERSEN: I should write a book about all the individuals, groups, organizations, companies, governments, etc. that have banned me. They 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.)
https://thefederalist.com/2019/06/26/5-reasons-ravelry-banning-trump-support-much-bigger-deal-might-think/
— The Call For Reparations Isn’t About Justice, It’s About Power Forget about how we’d pay for reparations or who would be eligible. The point isn’t to make things right, but to re-make America. – John Daniel Davidson
https://thefederalist.com/2019/06/26/call-reparations-isnt-justice-power/

BREITBART
— Secret Service Take Chicago Restaurant (Aviary) Employee into Custody After She Spits on Eric Trump – MATTHEW BOYLE
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/06/25/secret-service-take-chicago-bar-employee-into-custody-after-she-spits-on-eric-trump/
— 8 Questions Debate Moderators Could Ask to Nail Down Policy Specifics – HANNAH BLEAU (DIERSEN: What questions do you want to ask candidates? I want to ask candidates what they would do if elected a) to promote individual responsibility, that is, to discourage dependency on government and to discourage dependency on charity, b) to promote traditional marriage and traditional family, that is, to discourage LGBTQ activity, c) to promote the right to life, that is, to discourage abortion, d) to promote compliance with America’s immigration laws, that is, to discourage illegal immigration, e) to promote conservative principles, that is, to discourage booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, f) to promote Second Amendment rights, that is, to discourage erosion of Second Amendment rights, and g) to promote equal opportunity, that is, to discourage patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation for opposing the aforesaid? Those who do not want me to ask the aforesaid questions do everything that they can to destroy me.)
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/06/25/woke-democrats-without-answers-8-questions-debate-moderators-could-ask-to-nail-down-policy-specifics/
— Pre-Debate Poll: Democrats Want to Hear About Climate Change, Not Reparations or the Wall – HANNAH BLEAU
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/06/25/pre-debate-poll-democrats-want-to-hear-about-climate-change-not-reparations-or-the-wall/
— Majority of Working Class: High Immigration Driving Up Crime in U.S. – John Binder
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/06/25/working-class-crime-immigration-gallup/
— Rashida Tlaib: ‘Direct Payment’ Just One Element of Reparations – JOSHUA CAPLAN (DIERSEN: Who should pay reparations? According to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, it should be those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.) 
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/06/25/rashida-tlaib-direct-payment-just-one-element-of-reparations/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: RINOs say Mass Deportations of Illegal Aliens ‘Not the Answer.’ RINOs want cheap labor.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/06/26/billionaire-kochs-mass-deportations-illegal-aliens-not-answer/

DAILY CALLER
— Democrats Want Open Borders – DEREK HUNTER
https://dailycaller.com/2019/06/26/lets-be-honest-democrats-want-open-borders/
— ‘Latinos For Trump’ Tell Pence ‘Build The Wall’ – DAVID KRAYDEN
https://dailycaller.com/2019/06/25/latinos-for-trump-pence-build-the-wall/
— Tear Gas And Cages: What Immigration Enforcement Looked Like Under Vice President Joe Biden – JASON HOPKINS
https://dailycaller.com/2019/06/25/joe-biden-detained-and-separated-kids/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Those who illegally encourage citizens of foreign countries to illegally come to America illegally and/or to illegally stay in America illegally should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.
https://dailycaller.com/2019/06/26/beto-trump-responsible-migrant-deaths/

DAILY SIGNAL
— Here’s Undeniable Proof That the Media Despises Trump – Brent Bozell 
https://www.dailysignal.com/2019/06/26/heres-undeniable-proof-that-the-media-despises-trump/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Gaming the Census will make America like the countries migrants flee – Jill Greenwald
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/06/gaming_the_census_will_make_america_like_the_countries_migrants_flee.html

AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE
— Shame on the Left’s Self-Righteous Bullies From Kavanaugh to Kashuv, the haters are always looking for another surrogate for their Trump hatred. – PETER VAN BUREN (DIERSEN: Are you a trump surrogate? Trump-haters in my precinct, in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois treat me like I a Trump surrogate. I should write a book about Trump-haters in my precinct, in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois.) 
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/shame-on-the-lefts-self-righteous-bullies/

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Saudi Billionaires Are Not a Reason to Sacrifice Americans – Adam Mill
https://amgreatness.com/2019/06/25/saudi-billionaires-are-not-a-reason-to-sacrifice-americans/

CONSERVATIVE HQ
— Democrat Debate: The Largest Gathering Of Liberals Since Woodstock – George Rasley
http://www.conservativehq.com/article/30511-democrat-debate-largest-gathering-liberals-woodstock

NEWSMAX
— Whistleblower: Google Employee Compares Prager, Others to Nazis – Solange Reyner 
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/google-project-veritas-email-whistleblower/2019/06/25/id/922017/

PJ MEDIA
— Ted Cruz Presses: Google Witness Can’t Name a Single Senior Exec Who Voted For Trump – TYLER O’NEIL (DIERSEN: While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, very few of my superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates voted for Republicans.)
https://pjmedia.com/trending/ted-cruz-presses-google-witness-cant-name-a-single-senior-exec-who-voted-for-trump/

CANADA FREE PRESS
— The Democrats Promote “Welfare” Instead of Promoting the “General Welfare”. – Chuck Lehmann
https://canadafreepress.com/article/the-democrats-promote-welfare-instead-of-promoting-the-general-welfare

NATIONAL REVIEW
— The Wrenching Reparations Question – MICHAEL TANNER
https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/06/slavery-reparations-debate-democratic-candidates/

YELLOWHAMER NEWS
— Brooks: Dems ‘reward illegal aliens whose first step on American soil is to spit on our Constitution’ – Sean Ross
https://yellowhammernews.com/brooks-dems-reward-illegal-aliens-whose-first-step-on-american-soil-is-to-spit-on-our-constitution/

HUFFINGTON POST
— Robert E. Lee Descendant: Reparations Are Necessary If People ‘Want To Fix Racism’ – Kimberly Yam (DIERSEN: Who are you a decent of? I am a decent of people who immigrated during the 1840s and 1850s from what is now Germany. They have always lived in northeast Illinois, more specifically, in Crete and in Grant Park. They were farmers, worked in brick factory in Chicago, operated a hardware store in Crete, worked in a nasty chemical plant in Chicago Heights, etc. My outstanding parents never attended college. My father was the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma. My mother never attended high school.) 
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/robert-e-lee-descendant-reparations_n_5d127074e4b07ae90da51cc4

POLITICO
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Those who illegally encourage citizens of foreign countries to illegally come to America illegally and/or to illegally stay in America illegally should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. 
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/06/25/refugee-resettlement-children-1553738

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, those who promote LGBTQ activity promote LGBTQ activity.
https://www.apnews.com/a9b897b30e854b14aacc015ab5b414b5

CNBC
— Trump says big tech companies like Twitter are ‘all Democrats’ and purposely repressing his reach – Thomas Franck
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/06/26/trump-says-big-tech-companies-like-twitter-are-all-democrats-and-purposely-repressing-his-reach.html

NEW YORK TIMES
— How 21 Democrats Answered Our Questions Before the Debates – Sydney Ember (DIERSEN: What questions do you want to ask candidates? I want to ask candidates what they would do if elected a) to promote individual responsibility, that is, to discourage dependency on government and to discourage dependency on charity, b) to promote traditional marriage and traditional family, that is, to discourage LGBTQ activity, c) to promote the right to life, that is, to discourage abortion, d) to promote compliance with America’s immigration laws, that is, to discourage illegal immigration, e) to promote conservative principles, that is, to discourage booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, f) to promote Second Amendment rights, that is, to discourage erosion of Second Amendment rights, and g) to promote equal opportunity, that is, to discourage patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation for opposing the aforesaid? Those who do not want me to ask the aforesaid questions do everything that they can to destroy me.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/26/us/politics/democratic-debate-questions-answers.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: BIG COLOR PICTURE: DIERSEN HEADLINE: Photo shows why those who encourage people to come to America illegally should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. – Matt Viser
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/25/us/father-daughter-border-drowning-picture-mexico.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Those who illegally encourage citizens of foreign countries to illegally come to America illegally and/or to illegally stay in America illegally should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/24/opinion/border-kids-immigration-help.html
— I’m in the 1 Percent. Please, Raise My Taxes. Wealthy people like me should commit to reducing the ravages of economic inequality. – Eli Broad (DIERSEN: Nothing stops the 1 percent from just giving money to governments.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/25/opinion/taxes-debates-eli-broad.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Once the poorest senator, ‘Middle Class Joe’ Biden has reaped millions in income since leaving the vice presidency
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/once-the-poorest-senator-middle-class-joe-biden-has-reaped-millions-in-income-since-leaving-the-vice-presidency/2019/06/25/931458a8-938d-11e9-b570-6416efdc0803_story.html
— A Lot of Candidates May Make It Seem Like Democracy Is Working, But It Isn’t The two major parties have made choosing among contenders far too hard, with dire consequences. – Larry M. Bartels
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/25/opinion/2020-candidates.html

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Trump suggests U.S. should sue Facebook and Google – ALYZA SEBENIUS
https://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-tn-trump-facebook-google-20190626-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters promote hatred against Trump.
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/editorials/la-ed-trump-families-migrants-deportations-20190625-story.html
— The U.S. has made reparations to other marginalized groups (DIERSEN: Affirmative Action (AA), Diversity, and Inclusion are reparations. To meet their AA, Diversity, and Inclusion quotas, goals, and targets, my Democrat superiors in the federal government gave tremendous preference to their employees who were Democrat and a) minority, b) female, and/or c) younger.) 
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/readersreact/la-ol-le-reparations-african-americans-20190626-story.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Marijuana Activists Pass Their High Point They thought 2019 would be a year of nationwide triumph. Instead, the backlash has begun. – Alex Berenson
https://www.wsj.com/articles/marijuana-activists-pass-their-high-point-11561503550
— Hate Crime Hoaxes Are More Common Than You Think A political scientist found that fewer than 1 in 3 of 346 such allegations was genuine. – Jason L. Riley
https://www.wsj.com/articles/hate-crime-hoaxes-are-more-common-than-you-think-11561503352
— ‘Why Cities Lose’ Review: Where Politics Meets Geography Reliably liberal voters are usually clustered together more tightly than their conservative opponents, a problem for the Democratic Party. – Lyman Stone (DIERSEN: What do you say to hypocritical liberals who hypocritically move to and hypocritically stay in conservative areas to hypocritically take advantage of the prosperity and safety that conservatives provide?)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/why-cities-lose-review-where-politics-meets-geography-11561503505

BLOOMBERG
— SALT Cap Repeal Would Be $40 Billion Windfall for Millionaires – Laura Davison (DIERSEN: Trump should increase the $10,000 SALT cap to $20,000 for married filing jointly.)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-06-24/salt-cap-repeal-would-be-40-billion-windfall-for-millionaires

FORBES
— How the 2020 Presidential Candidates Plan to Fix the Gender Pay Gap – Julie Coleman
https://www.forbes.com/sites/juliecoleman/2019/06/25/how-the-2020-presidential-candidates-plan-to-fix-the-gender-pay-gap/#3de952cd7e04

ACCOUNTING TODAY
— IRS faces hiring shortages amid workforce attrition – Michael Cohn (DIERSEN: IRS hired me in 1971 when I was 22 years old because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job.)
https://www.accountingtoday.com/news/irs-faces-hiring-shortages-amid-workforce-attrition

PBS
— 50 years after Stonewall, why so many LGBTQ people are ‘still grieving’ (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, those who promote LGBTQ activity have more and more and more religious, government, political, and financial clout. Those who promote LGBTQ activity focus on destroying those who do not promote LGBTQ activity. Ever-increasingly those who promote LGBTQ activity can destroy any individual, any organization, any company, any government, and any country that they want to.)
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/50-years-after-stonewall-why-so-many-lgbtq-people-are-still-grieving

WASHINGTON MONTHLY
— What Your Data Is Really Worth to Facebook And why you deserve a cut. – Robert J. Shapiro
https://washingtonmonthly.com/magazine/july-august-2019/what-your-data-is-really-worth-to-facebook/

NEWSWEEK
— ERIC TRUMP SPAT ON BY CHICAGO COCKTAIL BAR EMPLOYEE – SHANE CROUCHER 
https://www.newsweek.com/eric-trump-spat-chicago-cocktail-bar-employee-says-attack-just-emphasizes-fact-that-were-1445938
— AMERICANS WHO OPPOSE ABORTION SHOULD NOT BE FORCED TO PAY FOR IT – JAMES AND CINDY LANKFORD
https://www.newsweek.com/americans-who-oppose-abortion-should-not-forced-pay-it-opinion-1445842

EMPLOYMENT BENEFIT NEWS
— A 55-year-old intern? Why older apprentices may be the answer to the talent gap – Walden Siew (DIERSEN: Were you an intern? GAO audits IRS. When I transferred from IRS to GAO in 1980 when I was 31 years old, my Democrat GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinated did not want me to transfer, but failing that, they wanted me to transfer as a GS-4 Step 1 (currently $33,591/year) intern, that is, to suffer a $60,001/year (64%) pay cut in today’s dollars. They painted what GAO Analysts do as being a unique “trade or occupation.” They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, or veteran. They viciously demonized, denigrated, and condemned the fact a) that I had worked for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 levels, currently $82,579-$93,592/year, b) that much of what IRS Revenue Officers do is similar to what GAO Analysts do, c) that I had passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, d) that I had earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976, and e) that I had almost completed the requirements for a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul. They were furious that I transferred with me almost 12 years of federal seniority, 30 days of unused vacation days, and 130 unused sick days.)
https://www.benefitnews.com/news/shrm-calls-on-expanding-workforce-apprenticeships

FACEBOOK
— What are the privacy settings for groups? (DIERSEN: What “closed” and “secret groups” operate in your neighborhood, in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, in Illinois, and in America? Who runs them? Who are their members? What are their objectives? What do they post about you? What rights do you have to sue them for defamation? One would expect that Trump-haters in the aforesaid groups would post lots of defamatory things against Trump supporters.)
https://www.facebook.com/help/220336891328465/

GAY STAR NEWS
— ‘Trans power’: LGBTI protesters descend on Trump Tower in NYC – Anya Crittenton
https://www.gaystarnews.com/article/lgbti-protesters-trump-tower/#gs.ljshbe

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.