June 7 Evening Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Inside Illinois lawmakers’ pork-barrel frenzy: Pickleball courts, dog parks and clout – Ray Long, Dan Petrella and Jamie Munks
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-met-illinois-lawmakers-pork-projects-20190606-story.html
— From road repairs to transit expansions, $33 billion in capital bill will have ‘monumental’ impact – Mary Wisniewski
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-biz-transit-road-project-money-20190604-story.html
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-met-illinois-marijuana-social-users-20190606-story.html
— Thanks, Ricketts family, for aiding my transition from Cubs to Sox – Eric Zorn
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/eric-zorn/ct-perspec-zorn-cubs-sox-rickettes-trump-fundraiser-wrigley-20190607-story.html
— Pritzker, teacher’s pet, allows more pricey pension spiking – Editorial
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-illinois-pension-spiking-career-hikes-20190610-story.html
— Are Americans ready to legalize prostitution? – Steve Chapman
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/steve-chapman/ct-perspec-chapman-prostitution-harris-hickenlooper-new-york-20190607-story.html
— Illinois law won’t mandate board diversity. Companies should address it anyway. – Editorial (DIERSEN: To promote diversity is to get rid of old White men.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-board-diversity-illinois-law-20190610-story.html
— In response to #MeToo, state lawmakers approved sweeping legislation to fight sexual harassment in Illinois – Jamie Munks
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-met-illinois-legislature-sexual-harassment-metoo-bill-20190607-story.html
— Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers orders gay pride flag to fly over state Capitol – AP (DIERSEN: To promote LGBTQ activity is to destroy traditional marriage and the traditional family.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/nation-world/ct-wisconsin-gay-pride-flag-capitol-20190607-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Go back to Thompson to find closing legislative days like Pritzker’s Passing bills like almost doubling the minimum wage, changing the state Constitution to allow for a progressive income tax, rewriting almost all of the state’s abortion laws and legalizing recreational cannabis were seriously heavy-duty lifts. – Rich Miller
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2019/6/7/18657195/pritzker-jim-thompson-legislative-success
— Top Chicago business leader opposes $15 minimum wage, demands changes to ‘fair workweek’ ordinance “You can’t use the business community as a piggybank . . . they’re not gonna create as many jobs. Companies aren’t gonna locate here and invest here,” Jack Lavin said. – Fran Spielman 
https://chicago.suntimes.com/fran-spielman-show/2019/6/7/18656822/chicagoland-chamber-ceo-jack-lavin-minimum-wage-workweek-ordinance-15
— Henry Hyde, the man behind the anti-abortion amendment Biden now opposes A former suburban Chicago GOP lawmaker, Rep. Henry Hyde, who died in 2007, authored the Hyde Amendment banning federal funds for most abortions. – Lynn Sweet
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/6/7/18657212/henry-hyde-amendement-abortion-federal-funds-biden-president-campaign

DAILY HERALD
— Police leaders urge speaking up, tightening gun control in wake of Pratt shooting – Susan Sarkauskas
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190607/police-leaders-urge-speaking-up-tightening-gun-control-in-wake-of-pratt-shooting

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— What our new sin-tax fix says about Illinois. (Hint: It’s not good.) Studies show states that turn to gambling and pot tend to have few other options. Heavily in debt, losing population, facing difficulties funding pensions or even paying its bills, Illinois fits the description. – DAVID GREISING 
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/david-greising-government/what-our-new-sin-tax-fix-says-about-illinois-hint-its-not-good

ABC7

— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters say “Tariffs on Mexico will hit Illinois hard, equal to $190B a year in new taxes for American consumers.”
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/illinois-consumers-will-be-hard-hit-by-new-tariffs-on-mexico/5337557/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Illinois AARP promotes LGBTQ activity. 
https://abc7chicago.com/society/illinois-aarp-strives-to-support-lgbtq-seniors/5337058/

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters promote Trump-haters.
https://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20190606/eugene-robinson-only-ignoramus-would-sound-like-trump

MCDONOUGH VOICE
— LaHood votes ‘no’ on immigration bill – Jared DuBach
https://www.mcdonoughvoice.com/news/20190606/lahood-votes-no-on-immigration-bill

RIVER BENDER
— The House’s Immigration Amnesty Bill Shortsighted – Dan Brannan
https://www.riverbender.com/articles/details/the-houses-immigration-amnesty-bill-shortsighted-35860.cfm

MADISON
— Wisconsin Republican lawmaker calls Evers’ decision to fly rainbow flag over Capitol ‘divisive’ – Steven Elbow
https://madison.com/ct/news/local/govt-and-politics/wisconsin-republican-lawmaker-calls-evers-decision-to-fly-rainbow-flag/article_55036fe0-f7b0-5b40-8836-4a7e763d8909.html

CHICAGO NOW
— Kick Chicago out of Illinois? – Dennis Byrne
http://www.chicagonow.com/dennis-byrnes-barbershop/2019/06/kick-chicago-out-of-illinois/

ILLINOIS HOUSE GOP
— Week in Review for End of Session 2019
http://www.thecaucusblog.com/2019/06/week-in-review-for-end-of-session-2019.html

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— COURT DENIES ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF CIVIL RIGHTS VIOLATIONS FOR ELGIN EVANGELISTS
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/06/court-denies-acknowledgement-of-civil-rights-violations-for-elgin-evangelists.html
— NEW CLERGY REPORTING MANDATE IN ILLINOIS
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/06/new-clergy-reporting-mandate-in-illinois.html

DAILY CALLER
— ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS ARE FLYING ALL OVER THE US — WITHOUT VALID ID – David Krayden
https://dailycaller.com/2019/06/07/report-illegal-immigrants-flying-valid-id-documents/
— AL JAZEERA CELEBRATES ‘PRIDE’ WHILE ITS STATE BACKER QATAR CONTINUES TO PUNISH GAYS – Adelle Nazarian
https://dailycaller.com/2019/06/07/al-jazeera-celebrates-pride-while-qatar-punishes-gays/
— TRUMP DERANGEMENT SYNDROME IS DESTROYING THE MEDIA – Derek Hunter
https://dailycaller.com/2019/06/07/trump-derangement-syndrome-2/

BREITBART
— Google Can’t Dodge Conservative Employees’ Discrimination Lawsuit, Court Says – ALLUM BOKHARI
https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2019/06/07/google-cant-dodge-conservative-employees-discrimination-lawsuit-court-says/

PJ MEDIA
— The Fake News Media Wants You To Worry About Trump’s Gender Gap Problem – MATT MARGOLIS
https://pjmedia.com/trending/the-fake-news-media-wants-you-to-worry-about-trumps-gender-gap-problem/

ONE AMERICA NEWS NETWORK
— Democrats Fight For Open Borders As Illegals Bring In Crime, Diseases
https://www.oann.com/democrats-fight-for-open-borders-as-illegals-bring-in-crime-diseases/

NEWS BUSTERS
— On D-Day, MSNBC’s O’Donnell Suggests Trump’s Dad Was Nazi Sympathizer – Emma Fantuzzo (DIERSEN: Government is nasty. Politics is nasty. Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs are nasty. I should write a book about how my a) Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government used and b) how my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes in Wheaton, Glen Ellyn, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois use my 100% German national origin against me. They constantly foisted/foist negative German stereotypes on me. In my defense, I stress that they all my ancestors immigrated way back during the 1840s and 1850s, that my grandfather on my father’s side fought the Germans during WWI, that my uncles on my mother’s side fought the Germans during WWII, and that if he had not been 4-F, my father would have fought the Germans during WWII. If DNA information had been available back when I worked for the federal government, I would have stressed that. According to http://dna.ancestry.com, my ancestry is 33% Europe West, 28% Scandinavia, 24% Great Britain, 11% Ireland, 2% Europe East, 1% Finland/Northwest Russia, and 1% Italy/Greece.) 
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/emma-fantuzzo/2019/06/07/d-day-msnbcs-odonnell-suggests-trumps-dad-was-nazi-sympathizer

NEW YORK TIMES
— When We Talk About Abortion, Let’s Talk About Men Since women don’t have unwanted pregnancies without them. – Michelle Oberman and W. David Ball
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/02/opinion/abortion-laws-men.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, the following argue for open borders: Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, RINOs, and 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.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/violence-makes-mexico-an-unwelcoming-refuge-11559899802

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.