June 27 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Gov. J.B. Pritzker should establish an Office of GSGBO (Get Stoned or Get the Bleep Out) to make a few bucks off those fleeing the state – John Kass (DIERSEN: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Because Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, RINOs, and other anti-Republicans ever-increasingly promote pot and promote gambling in Illinois, ever-increasingly, more and more and more of those in your neighborhood, in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois will harm themselves with pot and harm themselves with gambling. Ever-increasingly, that will harm you and harm everyone around you.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/john-kass/ct-illinois-get-stoned-or-get-out-kass-20190627-cjnphtsnlfesfboe2mqd2ltooi-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Our politicians are doing what they can, trying to stupify us with pot smoking and sports betting, and they’ll probably legalize prostitution next, so the rest of the state will be like Springfield, but here’s the question: How can Illinois take advantage of the Illinois Exodus and monetize outmigration from Madiganistan?)
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Those who promote LGBTQ activity use Lightfoot to promote LGBTQ activity.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-lightfoot-pride-parade-grand-marshal-coming-out-20190626-3amowr6gh5e7zdn67uuc2kbuka-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters use “migrant children” to demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/rex-huppke/ct-trump-border-camps-migrant-children-how-to-help-huppke-20190626-xl4ucpnqbnaolpf63k34dekoti-story.html

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Supreme Court blocks citizenship question on 2020 census for now  The decision will affect Chicago printer R.R. Donnelley, which has a plum assignment to print the U.S. census.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/government/supreme-court-blocks-citizenship-question-2020-census-now
— High-tax states practice financial destruction In December 2017, after the tax cut law passed Congress, I predicted the cap on so-called SALT deductions would result in a population migration so large, it could result in profound economic and social changes. Now, it’s happening. – JAREN DILLIAN
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/opinion/high-tax-states-practice-financial-destruction

DAILY HERALD
— Speaking honestly to heart and brain about immigration – Jim Slusher (DIERSEN: Democrats want immigrants because immigrants vote for Democrats. RINOs want immigrants because RINOs want cheap labor.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20190627/speaking-honestly-to-heart-and-brain-about-immigration
— Recent surveys agree that more than one-third of all college students suffer at times from bouts of food insecurity. The rate is far higher for students with an extra risk factor: belonging to a racial minority, having a single parent or being the first in their family to attend college, for example. . .A recent study by the Government Accountability Office says only 29% of those now in college are “traditional students,” who enroll right out of high school and depend on their parents for support. The rest, especially in community colleges, can be older, and financially fragile — often with children of their own. – Cokie Roberts and Steven V. Roberts
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20190627/no-more-poverty-naps
— FRONT PAGE WITH COLOR PICTURES: DIERSEN HEADLINE: LGBTQ activity promoters crow about their success in getting religion to promote LGBTQ activity.
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190627/you-can-come-and-just-be-yourself-alternative-catholic-church-hosting-pride-mass

NBC5
— Illinois Governor Flies in Private Jets, Doesn’t Charge Taxpayers Pritzker used personal and campaign funds for travel – Carol Marin and Don Moseley (DIERSEN: To get rid of me, in 1974, my Democrat IRS superiors disallowed my $5/day partial-day per diem claims. (SEE: https://www.gao.gov/products/463866) They hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I should not have filed the claims because I was so wealthy. They stressed that my salary was $68,897/year in today’s dollars, that I was paying tuition for graduate business courses at Loyola, that I had bought a new town home in University Park in 1972, that I had bought a new Corvette in 1971, that I had graduated from NIU debt-free in 1970, that I had bought a new 1969 Dodge Charger SE in 1968, that I had bought a new 1968 Oldsmobile 442 in 1967, and that I had bought a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint in 1966.) 
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/Illinois-Governor-Flies-in-Private-Jets-Doesnt-Charge-Taxpayers-511803572.html

DEKALB DAILY CHRONICLE
— Despite legalization, public marijuana use remains prohibited Employers can still enforce drug-free workplaces – JERRY NOWICKI
https://www.daily-chronicle.com/2019/06/26/despite-legalization-public-marijuana-use-remains-prohibited/ao4gupl/

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— UI professor who sued over gender-based wage discrimination gets back pay, raise – Ben Zigterman
https://www.news-gazette.com/news/ui-professor-who-sued-over-gender-based-wage-discrimination-gets/article_d14ebb61-2a83-5087-bf02-c7acac0626df.html

WBBM 780
— State Lawmaker LaShawn Ford Stresses: Recreational Weed Not Legal Until Jan. 1
https://wbbm780.radio.com/articles/state-lawmaker-stresses-recreational-weed-not-legal-until-jan-1

WGN RADIO
— General John Borling: “I’m endlessly optimistic because I believe in the resiliency of the American people” – MICHAEL HEIDEMANN
https://wgnradio.com/2019/06/26/general-john-borling-im-endlessly-optimistic-because-i-believe-in-the-resiliency-of-the-american-people/

FOX ILLINOIS
— Secondhand smoke dangers from legalized marijuana – Nikki McGee (DIERSEN: Needless-to-say, no one should be anywhere near anyone who is smoking pot.)
https://foxillinois.com/news/local/secondhand-smoke-dangers-from-legalized-marijuana

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— A GOFUNDME ACCOUNT HAS BEEN SET UP for the waitress who allegedly spit in the face of Eric Trump. – SHIA KAPOS and ADRIENNE HURST 
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2019/06/27/another-raid-by-the-feds-spitting-and-civility-marijuana-moms-serve-brownies-451302

STATE OF ILLINOIS
— Impaired driving has ‘Life or Death’ consequences (DIERSEN: To legalize pot is to encourage impaired driving.)
https://www2.illinois.gov/Pages/news-item.aspx?ReleaseID=20246

WIRE POINTS
— Illinois State Rep. Guzzardi wants you to pay for his Brown University bills – Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner (DIERSEN: Where did the money come from to pay for your college expenses? The money to pay for my job-related bachelor’s degree, my three job-related master’s degrees, my six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license came from what I earned a) washing dishes 1964-1966; b) cleaning golf shoes, chipping slag, and pumping gasoline in 1966; c) delivering mail 1966-1969; d) working on an automobile assembly line and as a security guard in 1970; e) selling tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971; f) pumping gasoline 1971-1972; g) collecting delinquent taxes 1971-1980; and h) auditing federal agencies 1980-1997.)
https://wirepoints.org/illinois-state-rep-guzzardi-wants-you-to-pay-for-his-brown-university-bills/

CAPITOL FAX
— SCOTUS: Courts have no role in regulating partisan gerrymandering
https://capitolfax.com/2019/06/27/scotus-courts-have-no-role-in-regulating-partisan-gerrymandering/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Decriminalizing illegal immigration drives Democratic debate – Stephen Dinan, S.A. Miller and Seth McLaughlin
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/jun/26/decriminalizing-illegal-immigration-drives-democra/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Give Julián Castro credit for pressing 2020 Democrats to admit they want open borders
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/give-julian-castro-credit-for-pressing-2020-democrats-to-admit-they-want-open-borders

TOWNHALL
— Reparations: How Not to Foster Racial Harmony – Larry Elder (DIERSEN: Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion are reparations.)
https://townhall.com/columnists/larryelder/2019/06/27/reparations-how-not-to-foster-racial-harmony-n2549046

BREITBART
— 2020 Democrats Go All In on Amnesty for DACA Illegal Aliens: Must ‘Make Them U.S. Citizens’ – John Binder (DIERSEN: Democrats shout at DACA illegal aliens, and at everyone else, that Republicans are White supremacists, Nazi, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things who should be gotten rid of once and for all.) 
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/06/26/2020-democrats-go-all-in-on-amnesty-for-daca-illegal-aliens-must-make-them-u-s-citizens/

AMERICAN THINKER
— We must warn illegal aliens – Sam Younnokis (DIERSEN: Democrats want immigrants because immigrants vote for Democrats. RINOs want immigrants because RINOs want cheap labor.)
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/06/we_must_warn_illegal_aliens.html
— The Truth about Reparations – Jonathan F. Keiler (DIERSEN: Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion are reparations.)
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2019/06/the_truth_about_reparations.html

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE
— NOT JUST ELIZABETH WARREN, $300 MIL IN FED CONTACTS WENT TO FAKE CHEROKEE – Daniel Greenfield
https://www.frontpagemag.com/point/274148/not-just-elizabeth-warren-300-mil-fed-contacts-daniel-greenfield
— DANNY GLOVER DEMANDS REPARATIONS Is he a worse traitor than Jane Fonda? – Humberto Fontova (DIERSEN: Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion are reparations.)
https://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/274131/danny-glover-demands-reparations-humberto-fontova

DAILY CALLER
— Julian Castro Wows In First Debate As Dems Fight To Out Liberal Each Other – RACHEL STOLTZFOOS
https://dailycaller.com/2019/06/27/julian-castro-wows-in-first-debate-as-dems-fight-to-out-liberal-each-other/
— Not One Dem Candidate Mentioned Joe Biden At Debates. Every Single Dem Trails Him In Polls – MARY MARGARET OLOHAN
https://dailycaller.com/2019/06/26/biden-debates-2020-dems/

NEWS BUSTERS
— MSNBC Debate Prep: How Will Dems Deal With Trump Base Craving ‘Cruelty?’ – Scott Whitlock (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Trump-haters make it clear that they want to get rid of Republicans once and for all.) 
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/scott-whitlock/2019/06/26/msnbc-debate-prep-how-will-dems-deal-trump-base-craving-cruelty

CONSERVATIVE DAILY NEWS
— Democrats Working Hard for Blacks and Women, Really? – Amanda Alverez (DIERSEN: My Democrat superiors in the federal government worked very hard a) to hire, retain, and promote young Democrat minorities and young Democrat females and b) to make way for them by getting rid of their employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
https://www.conservativedailynews.com/2019/06/democrats-working-hard-for-blacks-and-women-really/

CBN NEWS
— Blaze TV Host’s Video Banned from Facebook: His Call to Pray for President Trump Labeled as ‘Hate Speech’ – Steve Warren
https://www1.cbn.com/cbnnews/entertainment/2019/june/blaze-tv-hosts-video-banned-from-facebook-after-issuing-call-to-pray-for-president-trump-nbsp-nbsp-nbsp

EPOCH TIMES
— As Pot Goes Mainstream, Dark Side of Legalization Emerges – MATTHEW VADUM
https://www.theepochtimes.com/as-pot-goes-mainstream-dark-side-of-legalization-emerges_2980087.html

THE HILL
— Senate Democrats wish talk on reparations would go away – ALEXANDER BOLTON (DIERSEN: Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion are reparations.)
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/450549-senate-democrats-wish-talk-on-reparations-would-go-away

CNN
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Supreme Court blocks 2020 census citizenship question – Ariane de Vogue
https://www.cnn.com/2019/06/27/politics/census-supreme-court/index.html
— Fact-checking the first night of the first Democratic presidential debate
https://www.cnn.com/2019/06/26/politics/democratic-debate-fact-check-night-1/index.html

ABC NEWS
— Democratic debate night: Fact checking the candidates on the issues
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/democratic-debate-night-fact-checking-candidates-issues/story?id=63970581

CBS NEWS
— Democratic candidates spar in first night of primary debates – GRACE SEGERS, STEFAN BECKET, CAMILO MONTOYA-GALVEZ
https://www.cbsnews.com/live-news/democratic-debates-2019-06-26-watch-dnc-debate-coverage-live-updates-today/

NEW YORK TIMES
— What Is Gerrymandering? And Why Did the Supreme Court Rule on It? – Michael Wines
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/27/us/what-is-gerrymandering.html
— 7 Takeaways from the First Democratic Debate – Reid J. Epstein, Sydney Ember, Shane Goldmacher and Katie Glueck
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/26/us/politics/2020-democratic-debate-tonight.html
— Boston Approves Application for Straight Pride Parade – Liam Stack
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/26/us/straight-pride-parade-boston.html

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats want to kill the federal law that criminalizes unlawful entry into the United States.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/06/27/julian-castro-beto-orourke-section-immigration-illegal-coleman-livingstone-blease/
— Winners and losers from the Democratic presidential debate’s first night – Aaron Blake
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/06/27/winners-losers-democratic-presidential-debates-first-night/
— Democratic debate: First night includes passion on immigration, talk of how liberal the party is – Sean Sullivan, David A. Fahrenthold and
Annie Linskey
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/democratic-debate-2019/2019/06/25/af9fd37e-96af-11e9-8d0a-5edd7e2025b1_story.html

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Claiming to be Cherokee, contractors with white ancestry got $300 million – ADAM ELMAHREK and PAUL PRINGLE
https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-na-cherokee-minority-contracts-20190626-story.html

USA TODAY
— Democrats obstruct President Trump’s efforts to secure the border – Andy Biggs
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2019/06/26/arizona-congressman-democrats-obstruct-trump-border-policies-editorials-debates/1577471001/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: FRONT PAGE WITH COLOR PICTURE: Trump-haters allege widespread mistreatment of sick, hungry migrant children.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/06/26/border-patrol-hungry-migrant-children-texas-clint-trump-republicans-mexico-parents/1568151001/
— Democratic debates 2019: Apple News enters presidential race with candidate guides – Edward Baig
https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/talkingtech/2019/06/26/apple-news-2020-democratic-candidate-guides/1552177001/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH COLOR PICTURE AND GRAPHIC: The young are regarded as the most tolerant generation. That’s why results of this LGBTQ survey are ‘alarming’ – Susan Miller (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, those who promote LGBTQ activity get rid of those who do not promote LGBTQ activity.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/06/24/lgbtq-acceptance-millennials-decline-glaad-survey/1503758001/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Democratic Debate Bares Divisions on Health Care, Unity Against Trump In first of two debates among 20 presidential candidates, contenders vow major changes in policies on economy, health care, immigration – Ken Thomas, Joshua Jamerson and Chad Day
https://www.wsj.com/articles/democrats-look-to-separate-from-2020-pack-in-first-debates-11561574000
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Those who encourage citizens of foreign countries to illegally bring children to America illegally use those children to sue Trump. Needless-to-say, Trump should counter sue them for many trillions of dollars in damages.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/lawsuit-alleges-government-mistreatment-of-migrant-children-11561608969
— Facebook Knows a Lot About You. So Does Your Internet Provider. Broadband operators mine customers’ web-use data; AT&T uses its findings to help sell targeted ads – Sarah Krouse and Patience Haggin (DIERSEN: Of course, if Facebook and/or your internet service provider disapprove of you, they can and will use what they know about you to destroy you. That motivates everyone a) to glorify, praise, and pander to Facebook and to their internet service provider and b) to serve as operatives or as dupes for Facebook and their internet service provider.) 
https://www.wsj.com/articles/facebook-knows-a-lot-about-you-so-does-your-internet-provider-11561627803
— An Open Letter to Patriotic Billionaires Raise our taxes, they plead. So why not start writing checks today? – Editorial
https://www.wsj.com/articles/an-open-letter-to-patriotic-billionaires-11561590264
— Who Pays for Student-Debt Forgiveness? Taxpayers who didn’t go to college, didn’t take on debt, or paid it off already. – Michael Solon (DIERSEN: QUESTION: Who pays the price of Affirmative Action, Diversity, Inclusion, political affiliation discrimination, and/or age discrimination? ANSWER: Republicans who are White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.) 
https://www.wsj.com/articles/who-pays-for-student-debt-forgiveness-11561589227

MARKET WATCH
— The math on reparations: total cost of $51 trillion and a tripling of the national debt – Brett Arends (DIERSEN: Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion are reparations.) 
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/the-math-on-reparations-total-cost-of-51-trillion-and-a-tripling-of-the-national-debt-2019-06-27

VAULT
— 7 Things You Need to Do to Be Well Liked at Work – AnnaMarie Houlis (DIERSEN: While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, those who were members of Group A liked those who got rid of those who were members of group B. Members of Group A were 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 and members of Group B were Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.) 
https://www.vault.com/blogs/workplace-issues/how-to-be-well-liked-at-work

ZILLOW
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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.