June 29 Morning Edition

ABC7
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Chicago Democrats promote LGBTQ activity.
https://abc7chicago.com/community-events/chicago-pride-parade-preparations-underway-on-north-side/5370163/
https://abc7chicago.com/entertainment/lady-gaga-makes-special-appearance-at-stonewall-for-pride-/5369953/
https://abc7chicago.com/community-events/proud-to-run-chicago-kicks-off-pride-weekend/5370928/?cmp=emc-wls-news-headlines-6/29/2019
https://abc7chicago.com/community-events/2019-chicago-pride-parade-route-street-closures-parking-information/5354145/
https://abc7chicago.com/community-events/south-side-holds-first-pride-festival-this-weekend-/5370412/
— More than 100 NYC students defy odds to graduate while homeless (DIERSEN: The Democrat Party platform promotes LGBTQ activity, that is, the Democrat Party platform promotes the destruction of traditional marriage, that is, the Democrat Party platform promotes the destruction of the traditional family, that is, the Democrat Party platform promotes homelessness.) 
https://abc7chicago.com/society/more-than-100-nyc-students-defy-odds-to-graduate-while-homeless/5370889/?cmp=emc-wls-news-headlines-6/29/2019

NBC5
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Chicago Democrats promote LGBTQ activity.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/on-air/as-seen-on/stonewall-inn-uprising-511973202.html

CBS2
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Chicago Democrats promote LGBTQ activity.
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/video/4114801-chicago-mayor-lori-lightfoot-to-be-grand-marshal-of-chicagos-pride-parade/
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2019/06/28/chicago-pride-parade-commemorates-50th-anniversary-of-stonewall-riots/
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/6/28/19154319/mayor-lori-lightfoot-pride-month-chicago-lgbtq-gay-rights

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Chicago Democrats promote LGBTQ activity.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/ct-flashback-pride-parade-20190628-4hm2tdezubbz5dh4l5nhxvvvau-story.html
— Avowed white supremacist sentenced to life in prison for car attack that killed woman in Charlottesville, Virginia – DENISE LAVOIE
https://www.chicagotribune.com/nation-world/ct-nw-charlottesville-james-alex-fields-jr-life-prison-20190628-eii2w2t6tbetpo5rfssvi524py-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Pritzker signs $45B capital plan, massive gambling expansion The law opens the door to a long-sought Chicago casino and sports betting. – Mitchell Armentrout
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/6/28/18848959/pritzker-capital-plan-gambling-expansion-chicago-casino-sports-betting

DAILY HERALD
— Impeachment veers from interests of district – Mary Plunkett, Wheaton
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20190629/impeachment-veers-from-interests-of-district
— Condominiums: Smoking can be prohibited in units – David M. Bendoff
https://www.dailyherald.com/entlife/20190608/smoking-can-be-prohibited-in-units

WBBM 780
— Questions Remain On How Police Will Test Drivers High On Marijuana – JIM GUDAS
https://wbbm780.radio.com/marijuana-testing-drivers-illinois

WBEZ
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Chicago Democrats promote LGBTQ activity.
https://www.wbez.org/shows/morning-shift/the-past-present-and-future-of-chicagos-lgbtq-community/36d183eb-5e6d-4e07-981e-f490c5a65a51
https://www.wbez.org/shows/worldview/what-does-queer-liberation-look-like-50-years-after-stonewall/014db853-8eed-47ea-a3c8-eb3d47604ed8

HERALD & REVIEW
— Illinois gambling addiction program expects enrollment surge – AP
https://herald-review.com/news/state-and-regional/illinois-gambling-addiction-program-expects-enrollment-surge/article_18bfe931-834f-5eee-858d-b7cc35907388.html

EFFINGHAM NEWS LEADER
— Illinois State Police Releases Plans to Deal w/New Cannabis Rules
http://www.thexradio.com/news/78-local-news/39985-isp-releases-plans-to-deal-w-new-cannabis-rules

NPR ILLINOIS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote LGBTQ activity.
https://www.nprillinois.org/post/world-pride-arrives-new-york-city-50-years-after-stonewall-riots#stream/0

CENTER SQUARE
— Nonprofit hospitals’ net worth soars as does Americans’ health care costs – Bethany Blankley
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/report-nonprofit-hospitals-net-worth-soars-as-does-americans-health/article_547fbaa6-9860-11e9-a859-73f0f3fe22ed.html

PRAIRIE STATE WIRE
— Wirepoints’ Glennon sums up exodus from Illinois: Taxes, debt, crime, corruption, discrimination – Glenn Minnis
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/512679238-wirepoints-glennon-sums-up-exodus-from-illinois-taxes-debt-crime-corruption-discrimination
— Sen. Morrison’s quip to gun owner evokes crowd’s applause, Breitbart’s scrutiny, ISRA’s resolve – Brent Zell
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/512673662-sen-morrison-s-quip-to-gun-owner-evokes-crowd-s-applause-breitbart-s-scrutiny-isra-s-resolve

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— AG: DuPage Election Commission violated Open Meetings Act – JOHN KRAFT
https://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2019/06/ag-dupage-election-commission-violated-open-meetings-act/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— HOW DID YOUR ILLINOIS STATE REP VOTE ON THE GAS TAX HIKE?
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/06/how-did-your-illinois-state-rep-vote-on-the-gas-tax-hike-.html

TOWNHALL
— New Poll: Voters See Democrats as Extremists – Katie Pavlich
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2019/06/28/new-poll-voters-see-democrats-as-extremists-n2549190

GOPUSA
— John Roberts gerrymandering decision would have struck civil-rights laws (DIERSEN: Overwhelmingly, gerrymandering is used to help elect and to help reelect politicians 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, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.gopusa.com/john-roberts-gerrymandering-decision-would-have-struck-civil-rights-laws/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats hint/imply/argue/shout that GOD is anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-non-poor people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. 
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=71794

AMERICAN THINKER
— Democrat 2020 illegal immigration hysteria reaches new heights – Blima Miller
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/06/democrat_2020_illegal_immigration_hysteria_reaches_new_heights.html

BREITBART
— Free Health Care for Illegal Aliens Could Cost American Taxpayers up to $660B a Decade – John Binder
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/06/28/free-health-care-for-illegal-aliens-could-cost-american-taxpayers-decade/
— The Polls Show Trump Lagging Behind Biden And Everyone Else, But The Betting Market Tells A Whole Other Story – Scott Morefield
https://townhall.com/columnists/scottmorefield/2019/06/29/the-polls-show-trump-lagging-behind-biden-and-everyone-else-but-the-betting-mark-n2549006
— Yahoo Finance Estimates Slavery Reparations at $17 Trillion – Nate Church
https://www.breitbart.com/economy/2019/06/28/yahoo-finance-estimates-slavery-reparations-at-17-trillion/

BLAZE
— AOC invites US women’s soccer team to Congress after star rejects Trump’s White House invitation Rapinoe accepted AOC’s invite – Aaron Colen
https://www.theblaze.com/news/aoc-invites-us-womens-soccer-team-to-congress-after-star-rejects-trumps-white-house-invitation

WORLD NET DAILY
— SLAVERY REPARATIONS COULD CARRY $17 TRILLION PRICE TAG New to research impact slavery had on blacks, develop proposals for redress
https://www.wnd.com/2019/06/slavery-reparations-could-carry-17-trillion-price-tag/

NEWSMAX
— Pension Crisis Deepens as Strategies Shift, Outlooks Dim – 
https://www.newsmax.com/finance/headline/pension-crisis-retirement-outlook/2019/06/28/id/922521/

LIFE SITE NEWS
— Even if we are hauled before the courts, we stand against same-sex ‘marriage’ – Jonathan Alexandre
https://www.lifesitenews.com/opinion/even-if-we-are-hauled-before-the-courts-we-stand-against-same-sex-marriage

EPOCH TIMES
— Radical Socialist Policies Take Center Stage in Democratic Debates – Jason D. Meister
https://www.theepochtimes.com/radical-socialist-policies-take-center-stage-in-democratic-debates_2982395.html

CANADA FREE PRESS
— Judicial Harassment of President Trump on Census – Judicial Watch
https://canadafreepress.com/article/judicial-watchs-weekly-update-judicial-harassment-of-president-trump-on-cen

CNBC
— Here’s how many Americans have nothing saved for retirement – Emmie Martin
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/06/27/how-many-americans-have-nothing-saved-for-retirement.html

WASHINGTON POST
— The everyday heroes of the gay rights movement – Eric Gonzaba (DIERSEN: I should write a book about “The everyday heroes of the gay rights movement” and the adverse actions that they have taken against me.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2019/06/29/everyday-heroes-gay-rights-movement/

NEWS HERALD
— The college majors with the highest and lowest unemployment rates
http://www.news-herald.net/news/national/the-college-majors-with-the-highest-and-lowest-unemployment-rates/collection_9b96583a-35ca-5f79-9bac-1812809e70a8.html#1

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— FRONT PAGE: Does Free College Work? – Josh Mitchell and Michelle Hackman 
https://www.wsj.com/articles/does-free-college-work-kalamazoo-offers-some-answers-11561741553

FORBES
— Seven Ways Leaders Can Encourage Diversity In The Workplace (DIERSEN: Democrats use Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion to not hire and to get rid of Republicans, and especially Republicans who are White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.) 
https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbescoachescouncil/2019/06/28/seven-ways-leaders-can-encourage-diversity-in-the-workplace/#3f52c9df3d59

BLOOMBERG
— How Candidates Ignored the Rules to be Heard in the Democratic Debates – Mira Rojanasakul, Jacqueline Gu, Brittany Harris and Hannah Recht
https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2020-democratic-primary-debates-power-dynamics/

PBS
— Carter says Russia got Trump elected in 2016
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/news-wrap-carter-says-russia-got-trump-elected-in-2016

DAILY BEAST
— Straight Allies Should Do More Than Just Wave Rainbow Flags at LGBT Pride – Gideon Grudo (DIERSEN: I should write a book about “straight allies” and the adverse actions that they have taken against me.)
https://www.thedailybeast.com/straight-allies-should-do-more-than-just-wave-rainbow-flags-at-lgbt-pride

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.