June 28 Morning edition

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Weed cafes in Illinois? People could be allowed to smoke marijuana at bars, restaurants, other businesses under new law. Legalization includes an exemption to the Smoke-Free Illinois Act ban on indoor smoking, letting cities decide whether to allow on-site use at bars, restaurants, theaters, even new cannabis smoke lounges. – Tom Schuba (DIERSEN: Municipalities and counties that do not ban the sale of pot shout that they are NOT FAMILY FRIENDLY. Your mayor and your city council members and your county board chairman and your county board members should ASAP call for a vote on the sale of pot and ASAP announce that they will vote against the sale of pot. I urge Wheaton Mayor Phil Suess and Wheaton City Council members Michael Barbier, Erica Bray-Parker, Suzanne Fitch, John K. Rutledge, and Todd Scalzo and the new North District Council member (soon to be Christopher J. Zaruba) to a) call for a vote on the sale of pot in Wheaton ASAP and b) vote NO on the sale of pot in Wheaton. I urge DuPage County Chairman Dan Cronin and DuPage County Board members Donald Puchalski, Ashley Selmon, Sam Tornatore, Elizabeth Chaplin, Peter “Pete” DiCianni, Sean Noonan, Greg Hart, Brian Krajewski, Julie Renehan, Grant Eckhoff, Tim Elliott, Mary FitzGerald Ozog, Sadia Covert, Dawn DeSart, James Healy, Robert Larsen, Sheila Rutledge, and James Zay to a) call for a vote on the sale of pot in unincorporated DuPage County ASAP and b) vote NO on the sale of pot in unincorporated DuPage County.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/6/28/18761645/marijuana-legalization-illinois-cannabis-smoking-ban-smoke-free-exemption
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, the Democrats who run Chicago promote LGBTQ activity. 
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/6/27/18760194/stonewall-anniversary-chicago-pride-parade-events-lgbtq
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats and RINOs promote illegal immigration.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2019/6/27/18761309/president-donald-trump-migrant-crisis-child-detention-border-marlen-garcia

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— That waitress who spit on Eric Trump? She’s lucky I’m not king. – John Kass
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/john-kass/ct-eric-trump-spitting-waitress-kass-20190628-lw7ik3twa5cbpdurqski2byhjy-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats and RINOs promote illegal immigration.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/eric-zorn/ct-column-drowning-photo-border-immigration-zorn-20190627-gshrg4g26jbidf4ie5d7zhwtta-story.html
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/dahleen-glanton/ct-dahleen-glanton-migrant-rio-grande-death-20190627-erko6ohmqzbmvhps32ldqlnjcy-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG COLOR PICTURE: Supreme Court refuses to intervene in gerrymandering cases: What Illinois lawmakers want to do – Jake Griffin
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190627/supreme-court-refuses-to-intervene-in-gerrymandering-cases-what-illinois-lawmakers-want-to-do
— Nearly 800,000 can clear records for pot possession. Here’s how. – AP (DIERSEN: Your past predicts your future. Your disrespect for the rule of law in the past predicts a) that you disrespect the rule of law now and b) that you will disrespect the rule of law in the future.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190627/nearly-800000-can-clear-records-for-pot-possession-heres-how
— OUTSTANDING: Lake County closer to halting video gambling expansion – Russell Lissau
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190627/lake-county-closer-to-halting-video-gambling-expansion

ABC7
— Illinois gas tax set to double Monday as Governor JB Pritzker expected to sign infrastructure bill – Diane Pathieu (DIERSEN: How much gasoline do you buy? I buy very little because I spend 10+ hours each and every day in my home putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and sending them out.) 
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/ill-gas-tax-set-to-double-monday-as-gov-pritzker-expected-to-sign-bill/5369329/

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Kamala Harris calls out Joe Biden on race record during Democratic debate – Kelly Taylor Hayes, Gabrielle Moreira (DIERSEN: Democrats used to promote integration. How they promote segregation. Ever-increasingly, if you have ever opposed race and/or gender preference giving, Democrats call you a racist and/or a sexist.)
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/that-little-girl-was-me-kamala-harris-calls-out-joe-biden-on-race-record-during-democratic-debate

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, big business in America sides with foreign countries and sides their citizens against America and against its citizens.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/government/census-stirs-fears-regardless-high-court-ruling

BGA
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, big business in America sides with foreign countries and sides their citizens against America and against its citizens.
https://www.bettergov.org/news/census-stirs-fears-regardless-of-court-ruling/

WTTW
— Driving Under the Influence of … Marijuana? – Amanda Vinicky
https://news.wttw.com/2019/06/27/driving-under-influence-marijuana

WBEZ
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC, TREASONOUS: The Chicago Teachers Union Wants More Sanctuary Schools — Here’s What That Might Look Like – Adriana Cardona-Maguigad
https://www.wbez.org/shows/wbez-news/the-chicago-teachers-union-wants-more-sanctuary-schools-heres-what-that-might-look-like/4ffc8305-087b-43df-af4d-a5596f4736a8

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pritzker to sign capital, gambling bills in Springfield Friday – Doug Finke
https://www.sj-r.com/news/20190627/pritzker-to-sign-capital-gambling-bills-in-springfield-friday

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— American citizens should come first – MARY ATKINS, Tombstone, Ariz.
https://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/american-citizensshould-come-first/article_f34a0186-3920-591e-898b-d7c36c939a49.html

SOUTHERN
— Who can get pot records expunged in Illinois, and how? – AP (DIERSEN: Your past predicts your future. Your disrespect for the rule of law in the past predicts a) that you disrespect the rule of law now and b) that you will disrespect the rule of law in the future.)
https://thesouthern.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/who-can-get-pot-records-expunged-in-illinois-and-how/article_81af4f0d-9c91-590c-9ec5-f7a7267878fd.html

SUBURBAN LIFE
— ALL OF THE FRONT PAGE: DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats and RINOs encourage citizens of foreign countries to claim asylum in America.
https://www.mysuburbanlife.com/2019/06/25/renew-project-supports-immigrant-womens-journey/ack3jjl/
— Key happiness attitudes that parents can reinforce – David F. Larson (DIERSEN: What discouraged your parents from being happier? Neither of my outstanding parents attended college. My father fought type 1 diabetes from age 14. To pay the family’s bills, he almost always worked second jobs. My mother never attended high school.) 
https://www.mysuburbanlife.com/articles/2019/06/26/4c9c00ec9f7948c4a20c450d1ac754e3/index.xml

FOX ILLINOIS
— Democrats take on Trump and each other in heated debate over health care, race, and more – Stephen Loiaconi
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/night-two-of-democratic-debate-turns-spotlight-on-front-runners-relative-unknowns

NPR ILLINOIS
— Spanish Speakers Highlight Democratic Primary Debate (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, to get votes from Hispanics, Democrats make it clear that they want to a) force everyone in America to speak, read, and write Spanish and eventually, b) get rid of English and get rid of those who speak, read, or write English.) 
https://www.nprillinois.org/post/spanish-speakers-highlight-democratic-primary-debate#stream/0

WTHI TV
— ILLINOIS STATE POLICE WORKING TO CREATE DUI CANNABIS TASK FORCE
https://www.wthitv.com/content/news/Illinois-State-Police-working-to-create-DUI-cannabis-task-force-511913661.html

WGLT
— Bill Brady: Ruling On Gerrymandering Adds Urgency To Illinois Fair Maps Push – RYAN DENHAM 
https://www.wglt.org/post/brady-ruling-gerrymandering-adds-urgency-illinois-fair-maps-push#stream/0

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— SCHOCK SCHOCKS at gay nightclub
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2019/06/28/capital-bills-near-fail-weinstein-hires-chicago-attorneys-schock-shocks-452051

WIREPOINTS
— Expect anger at the pump as Illinoisans start paying nation’s 3rd-highest gas tax – Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner
https://wirepoints.org/expect-anger-at-the-pump-as-illinoisans-start-paying-nations-3rd-highest-gas-tax/
— The BGA’s Error-Riddled Article On Pension Reform Amendment – Mark Glennon
https://wirepoints.org/the-bgas-error-riddled-article-on-pension-reform-amendment/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— GET READY – 18 CENT PER GALLON ILLINOIS GAS TAX HIKE HITS MONDAY
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/06/get-ready-18-cent-per-gallon-illinois-gas-tax-hike-hits-monday.html

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— ‘They should stay in their country’: Lindsey Graham reacts to photo of dead migrant father and daughter – Tim Pearce (DIERSEN: Those individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that encourage illegal immigration should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/they-should-stay-in-their-country-lindsey-graham-reacts-to-photo-of-dead-migrant-father-and-daughter

FOX NEWS
— Most Democrats vow to decriminalize illegal immigration during Night 2 debate – Nick Givas 
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/democratic-candidates-vow-to-decriminalize-illegal-immigration-during-debate

AMERICAN THINKER
— Why all 10 Democrats raised their hands last night in support of unpopular free medical care for illegals – Thomas Lifson
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/06/why_all_10_dems_raised_their_hands_last_night_in_support_of_unpopular_free_medical_care_for_illegals.html
— Spit on Trump’s son, pass GoFundMe, and collect $5,000 – Ethel C. Fenig
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/06/spit_on_trumps_son_pass_gofundme_and_collect_5000.html
— The spoiled ‘protected group’ brats of America – Michael James (DIERSEN: To say that minorities need protection is to say that Whites abuse minorities. To say that women need protection is to say that men abuse women. To say that LGBTQers need protection is to say that heterosexuals abuse LGBTQers.)
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/06/6_27_2019_14_51.html

AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE
— We’ve Seen the Debates–And What Could Be Our Future The Democratic contenders want open borders and free healthcare, and to pay for it by hiking taxes. Trump should not take this lightly. – ROBERT W. MERRY (DIERSEN: Because I am a federal retiree, my wife and I pay only $6,000/year for $24,000/year worth of health, dental, and vision insurance. Knowing that federal retirees and their spouses have lifetime membership in the Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) Program (https://www.opm.gov/healthcare-insurance/healthcare/) helped me endure the many negatives associated with being a federal employee for almost 30 years.)
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/weve-seen-the-debates-and-what-could-be-our-future/

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— How Romney and the Anti-Trump GOP Fueled the Border Crisis – Julie Kelly
https://amgreatness.com/2019/06/27/how-romney-and-the-anti-trump-gop-fueled-the-border-crisis/

BREITBART
— New York Post Cover on Democrats Promising Illegal Aliens Free Health Care: ‘Who Wants to Lose the Election?’ – Kyle Morris
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/06/27/new-york-post-cover-dems-illegal-health-care/
— Donald Trump Rips Democrats for Wanting to Give Health Care to Illegal Immigrants – CHARLIE SPIERING
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/06/27/donald-trump-rips-democrats-wanting-give-health-care-illegal-immigrants/
— Cruz to Conservatives: ‘Defend Freedom’ in 2020 or Lose It – Penny Starr (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs use government to force you to promote dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ activity, abortion, illegal immigration, abolition of the Second Amendment, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and even worse things.)
https://www.breitbart.com/2020-election/2019/06/27/cruz-to-conservatives-defend-freedom-in-2020-or-lose-it/

CONSERVATIVE DAILY NEWS
— The Radical Left Just Gets Stupider And Stupider – Dave King
https://www.conservativedailynews.com/2019/06/the-radical-left-just-gets-stupider-and-stupider/

GOPUSA
— President of the American Conservative Union calls for impeachment of Chief Justice John Roberts
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=71738
— Twitter to label, hide some politician’s tweets including Trump’s (DIERSEN: Since 2000, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have done everything that they can to hide my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails from everyone.) 
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=71749

CNS NEWS
— Pelosi: ‘It Shouldn’t Be a Crime’ to Cross Into U.S. Illegally – Susan Jones
https://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/susan-jones/pelosi-it-shouldnt-be-crime-cross-us-illegally

DAILY CALLER
— Democrats Push Immigration Policies That Amount To Open Borders In Second Debate – RACHEL STOLTZFOOS
https://dailycaller.com/2019/06/28/democrats-immigration-open-borders-second-debate/
— Every Dem Says Illegal Immigrants Should Get Health Insurance – AMBER ATHEY
https://dailycaller.com/2019/06/27/democratic-debate-health-insurance-illegal/

TOWNHALL
— Every Single Democrat During Thursday’s Debate Wants to Give Illegal Immigrants Free Healthcare – Leah Barkoukis (DIERSEN: To promise to give healthcare “free” to citizens of foreign countries is to promise to use government to take more money away from citizens of America.)
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/leahbarkoukis/2019/06/27/every-single-dem-during-thursdays-debate-wants-to-give-illegal-immigrants-healthcare-n2549159

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— ‘Fox & Friends’ rip Dem hopefuls for immigration extremes, open-borders, & putting US citizens last – Frieda Powers
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2019/06/27/fox-friends-rip-dem-hopefuls-for-immigration-extremes-open-borders-putting-us-citizens-last-769200

POLITICO
— Twitter clamps down on abusive speech, in seeming shot at Trump – NANCY SCOLA 0
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/06/27/twitter-abusive-speech-trump-1559787

HUFFINGTON POST
— Heads Up Donald Trump: Twitter Plans To Penalize Politicians Who Break Its Rules The social networking company had been cutting public figures slack in policing their posts. – Andy Campbell
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/twitter-says-it-will-now-penalize-politicians-who-break-its-rules_n_5d150680e4b082e553662163
— California Set To Become First State To Ban Hair Discrimination The CROWN Act would outlaw policies that punish black employees and K-12 students for wearing their natural hair and protective styles. – Sanjana Karanth
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/california-ban-hair-discrimination_n_5d157371e4b082e55366c51b
— Buttigieg On Lack Of Police Diversity In South Bend: ‘I Couldn’t Get It Done’ – Julian Shen-Berro (DIERSEN: My Democrat superiors in the federal government a) can brag about their success in getting rid of their employees who were Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who they did not promote to 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 and b) can brag about their success in hiring, retaining, and promoting young Democrat minorities and young Democrat females.)
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/pete-buttigieg-police-shooting-democratic-debate_n_5d15796ce4b082e55366c967

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats and RINOs oppose anything that discourages illegal immigration.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/27/us/supreme-court-citizenship-census-immigrants.html
— Politicians Can Pick Their Voters, Thanks to the Supreme Court The justices said partisan gerrymandering, no matter how flagrant, is beyond the reach of the courts, imperiling the fairness of future elections. – Editorial
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/27/opinion/gerrymandering-supreme-court.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats and RINOs illegally urge citizens of foreign countries to illegally come to America as “families.”) 
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/27/opinion/border-family-separation.html
— Want to Be Less Racist? Move to Hawaii – Moises Velasquez-Manoff (DIERSEN: I should sue those who hint/imply/argue/shout that those like me who lived in Crete during the 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s are racists.) 
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/28/opinion/sunday/racism-hawaii.html
— Dems, Please Don’t Drive Me Away The dynamic pulling the party leftward. – David Brooks (DIERSEN: What do you say to those who hold Republican Party leadership positions, but who drive Republicans away from the party by dumping the party’s traditional family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) platform planks?) 
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/27/opinion/democratic-debate-2020.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Why the Supreme Court’s Rulings Have Profound Implications for American Politics The justices handed Republicans a key victory by refusing to halt even the most extreme gerrymandered maps. But Democrats may have a win on blocking the citizenship question from the census. – Michael Wines
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/27/us/supreme-court-gerrymandering-census.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Supreme Court Green-Lights Gerrymandering and Blocks Census Citizenship Question – Adam Liptak
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/27/us/politics/supreme-court-gerrymandering-census.html

USA TODAY
— Supreme Court blows it on gerrymandering. What an incumbent racket. – Editorial
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2019/06/27/supreme-court-blows-gerrymandering-editorials-debates/1586987001/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Liberalism Has Evolved—How Liberal Is It? Affirmative action has morphed into diversity and identity politics, with each aggrieved group fighting, often among each other, for its piece of the economic and political pies. – Kerry Kennedy, President, Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights
https://www.wsj.com/articles/liberalism-has-evolvedhow-liberal-is-it-11561665139

FORBES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, pot pushers push pot. How soon, if not already, will the pot pushers stop you from getting an education, stop you from getting a job, and stop you from getting etc. unless you push pot?
https://www.forbes.com/sites/mikeadams/2019/06/27/america-is-still-taking-a-toe-in-the-water-approach-to-marijuana/#5183eeae60c1

BLOOMBERG LAW
— Justices to Review How Federal Workers Prove Job Bias Claims (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes side with my Democrat superiors in the federal government. They side with a) my Democrat GAO superiors who forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, gave me unfair performance expectations and appraisals, always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, did not promote me beyond GS-13, got rid of my mentor in 1987, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and forced me to take a $19,568 (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980; b) my Democrat IRS superiors who did not promote me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions in 1978, got rid of my mentor in 1975, and disallowed my partial day per diem claims in 1974; and c) my Democrat Post Office superiors who forced me resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968.)
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-report/justices-will-review-how-federal-workers-prove-job-bias-claims

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.