March 13 Morning Edition

NBC5
— Senate Rejection of Trump Border Emergency No Longer Certain By late Tuesday, there were indications that GOP opposition to Trump’s emergency along the Mexican border was softening – Alan Fram and Lisa Mascaro
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/politics/White-House-Tries-to-Avert-Senate-Defeat-on-Border-Emergency-507051761.html

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Battle over DuPage meeting invocations heats up County Board meeting; issue to be decided in March 26 vote – Alicia Fabbre
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/news/ct-nvs-dupage-board-battle-invocations-st-0313-story.html

— Wife forgave city council candidate for horrific assault in 1995. But will Naperville voters? – Denise Crosby
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/aurora-beacon-news/opinion/ct-abn-crosby-mcelroy-react-at-0313-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Trump sees advantage in Democrats’ intra-party fight over Israel, anti-Semitism – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/trump-sees-advantage-in-democrats-intra-party-fight-over-israel-anti-semitism/
— After controversy, Heartland to close 4 Illinois shelters for immigrant youth – Melissa Sanchez, Duaa Eldeib and Jodi S. Cohen
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/heartland-alliance-shelters-immigration-propublica/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Is income inequality fair? – Walter E. Williams (DIERSEN: What did you do to qualify yourself for better paying jobs? I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 32.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20190313/is-income-inequality-fair

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Nothing progressive about direction Illinois headed – Laura Clark, New Berlin
https://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20190312/letter-nothing-progressive-about-direction-illinois-headed
— Disgraced ex-Rep. Aaron Schock – Harish G. Bhatt, Springfield (DIERSEN: Who hints/implies/argues/shouts that you are disgraced public figure? I should write a book about those who hint/imply/argue/shout that I am disgraced public figure. Better yet, I should sue them and watch them try to convince a jury that I am a public figure.)
https://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20190312/letter-disgraced-ex-rep-aaron-schock

 

HERALD NEWS
— St. Charles man Anthony Catella announces bid to challenge Underwood in 2020 – ALEX ORTIZ
https://www.theherald-news.com/2019/03/12/st-charles-man-announces-bid-to-challenge-underwood-in-2020/axvuyry/

 

MARION REPUBLICAN
— Survey shows teacher shortages growing throughout Illinois – PETER HANCOCK
http://www.dailyrepublicannews.com/news/20190312/survey-shows-teacher-shortages-growing-throughout-illinois

 

ALTON DAILY NEWS
— State Sen. Terry Link, D-Indian Creek, Target E-cigarettes, Vaping – Greg Bishop
http://altondailynews.com/news/details.cfm?clientid=17&id=280952#.XIjgShh_OM8

 

NPR ILLINOIS
— Times Deputy Counsel On Fighting For Press Freedom In The Trump Era – TERRY GROSS
http://www.nprillinois.org/post/times-deputy-counsel-fighting-press-freedom-trump-era#stream/0

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— U.S. DEATHS FROM ALCOHOL, DRUGS AND SUICIDE HIT HIGHEST LEVEL SINCE RECORD-KEEPING BEGAN
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/03/us-deaths-from-alcohol-drugs-and-suicide-hit-highest-level-since-record-keeping-began.html
— MAJORITY OF HOUSE DEMOCRATS VOTE TO LET 16-YEAR-OLDS VOTE FOR PRESIDENT
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/03/majority-of-house-democrats-vote-to-let-16-year-olds-vote-for-president.html

 

NUMBERS USA
— OUTSTANDING: Sen. Grassley Pushes for Mandatory E-Verify on Senate Floor
https://www.numbersusa.com/news/sen-grassley-pushes-mandatory-e-verify-senate-floor

 

CONSERVATIVE HQ
— We Stand With Tucker Carlson: Never Bow To Leftist Attempts At Censorship – George Rasley
http://www.conservativehq.com/node/29854

 

GOPUSA
— Can Republicans Get Elected in Nonwhite America? – Star Parker (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats shout at minorities, and at everyone else, that Republicans are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things who should be gotten rid of once and for all.)
http://www.gopusa.com/can-republicans-get-elected-in-nonwhite-america/
— Voter rights doesn’t mean everyone has right to vote (DIERSEN: Democrats want those who are members of the following groups to vote: 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 anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.gopusa.com/voter-rights-doesnt-mean-everyone-has-right-to-vote/

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— More displays of fraud from Democrats – Tammy Bruce
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/mar/13/in-a-display-of-democratic-fraud-nancy-pelosi-says/

 

DAILY CALLER
— TUCKER QUESTIONS LEGALITY OF MEDIA MATTERS’ POLITICAL BEHAVIOR AS NONPROFIT – Mike Best
https://dailycaller.com/2019/03/12/tucker-legality-media-matters-political-nonprofit/

 

WORLD NET DAILY
— THE PARTY OF ATROCITY — ALIAS ‘DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISM’ Alan Keyes names Barack Obama as ‘harbinger of this death of freedom’
https://www.wnd.com/2019/03/the-party-of-atrocity-alias-democratic-socialism/
— TRUMP IN 2020, JESUS IN 2024 Joseph Farah lauds president for ‘his courage in doing the right thing’
https://www.wnd.com/2019/03/trump-in-2020-jesus-in-2024/

 

FREEDOM’S JOURNAL
— IS INCOME INEQUALITY FAIR? – Walter E. Williams (DIERSEN: What did you do to qualify yourself for better paying jobs? I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 32.)
https://freedomsjournalinstitute.org/latest-news/opinion/is-income-inequality-fair/

 

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE
— OPEN BORDERS ARE DANGEROUS TO OUR (PUBLIC) HEALTH Ellis Island was a quarantine station. – Michael Cutler
https://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/273102/open-borders-are-dangerous-our-public-health-michael-cutler

 

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Dual Loyalty Detectives – Lloyd Billingsley (DIERSEN: You can be loyal to only one country at a time.)
https://www.amgreatness.com/2019/03/12/dual-loyalty-detectives/

 

LIFE SITE NEWS
— Have US bishops sold out to the ‘open borders’ world order? – STEPHEN KOKX
https://www.lifesitenews.com/blogs/have-us-bishops-sold-out-to-the-open-borders-world-order

 

THE HILL
— New York City bar disciplines employee who kicked out man wearing MAGA hat – MICHAEL BURKE
https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/433791-new-york-city-bar-disciplines-employee-who-kicked-out-trump

 

YAHOO NEWS
— ‘It’ll make it much easier to avoid Trump supporting businesses’: New app called the ‘Yelp for conservatives’ gets mixed reviews – Kristine Solomon
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/itll-make-much-easier-avoid-trump-supporting-businesses-new-app-called-yelp-conservatives-gets-mixed-reviews-134012113.html
— The debate over reparations for slavery
https://finance.yahoo.com/video/debate-over-reparations-slavery-020939127.html

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— I Learned in College That Admission Has Always Been For Sale The bribery scandal is no more abhorrent than the completely legal industry that helps many wealthy kids get into the schools of their dreams. – Rainesford Stauffer
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/13/opinion/college-admission-scandal-celebrities.html
— Bribes to Get Into Yale and Stanford? What Else Is New? A new college admissions scandal is just the latest proof of a grossly uneven playing field. – Frank Bruni
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/12/opinion/college-bribery-admissions.html
— Turns Out There’s a Proper Way to Buy Your Kid a College Slot Charges against parents accused of gaming the admissions process are a defense of the institutions’ property, not of meritocracy. – Editorial
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/12/opinion/editorials/college-bribery-scandal-admissions.html

NEW YORK POST
— Licenses for illegal aliens: another slap at the rule of law – Jonathan S. Tobin Marc
https://nypost.com/2019/03/12/licenses-for-illegal-aliens-another-slap-at-the-rule-of-law/

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Trump says late-night hosts show ‘one-sided hatred’ toward him – John Wagner
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-says-late-night-hosts-show-one-sided-hatred-toward-him/2019/03/13/7dd75a46-4584-11e9-8aab-95b8d80a1e4f_story.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Biden Opposed Quotas in 1975—and He Was Right – Jason L. Riley (DIERSEN: Democrats and RINOs use Affirmative Action, Diversity, Inclusion, quotas, goals, targets, and up-or-out to get rid of Republicans, and especially Republicans who are White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/biden-opposed-quotas-in-1975and-he-was-right-11552430539
— Cardinal George Pell Sentenced to Six Years in Prison for Sexually Assaulting Choirboys – Robb M. Stewart
https://www.wsj.com/articles/cardinal-george-pell-sentenced-to-six-years-in-prison-for-sexually-assaulting-choirboys-11552439553
— Companies Hire on Potential—If Only They Knew What That Meant Seeing greatness in a job candidate or current employee means everything to a company’s future; why do bosses bet the wrong way so often? – Sue Shellenbarger (DIERSEN: GAO hired me in 1980 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. IRS hired me in 1971 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job. The Post Office hired me in 1966 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/companies-hire-on-potentialif-only-they-knew-what-that-meant-11552397903?mod=djemwhatsnews
— Admissions Case Highlights Anxiety About Getting Into the Right College – Douglas Belkin (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that if your degree is not from an Ivy League university, it is worthless.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/admissions-case-highlights-anxiety-about-getting-into-the-right-college-11552427477

 

PRESS DEMOCRAT
— Reporters don’t belong on secret government watchlists – Editorial
https://www.pressdemocrat.com/opinion/9381787-181/pd-editorial-reporters-dont-belong
(FROM THE EDITORIAL: For some government officials, journalists are at best a nuisance. Reporters ask for public records, show up at public meetings and shine sunlight on the goings-on of government. Then editorial writers and columnists comment on what elected officials and bureaucrats do. We get it. It can be annoying for elected officials and government bureaucrats. Press watchdogs work hard to keep the people informed about things. It would be so much easier to run things if the public weren’t always looking over your shoulder. But democracy doesn’t work that way. Government transparency ensures that the public can engage fully in policy decisions and cast informed votes on Election Day.)

 

WEEK
— Democrats aren’t serious about reparations – Ryan Cooper (DIERSEN: From what I see, the more of the following that you are, the more reparations that Democrats want you to pay: Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, married, older, rich, gun owner, draft avoider, German American, and if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://theweek.com/articles/828600/democrats-arent-serious-about-reparations

 

NEW YORK MAGAZINE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater discourages use of 63red Safe. Aside from Chick-fil-A, which restaurants serve Republicans?)
http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/03/meet-63red-safe-the-not-so-secure-yelp-for-the-maga-crowd.html

 

MEDIA MATTERS
— Rush Limbaugh attacks immigrants: “We have now imported the third world … and they have not assimilated”
https://www.mediamatters.org/video/2019/03/12/Rush-Limbaugh-attacks-immigrants-We-have-now-imported-the-third-world–and-they-have-not-a/223116

 

RELIGION NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats crow about their success in getting churches to promote LGBTQ activity.
https://religionnews.com/2019/03/12/survey-all-major-faith-groups-show-broad-support-for-lgbt-protection-laws/

 

ELITE DAILY
— NOVEMBER 4, 2018 FLASHBACK: How Much Free Time Should You Have? – ANNAKEARA STINSON (DIERSEN: What have you done with your free time? While I worked for the Post Office 1966-1969, for Firestone Stores 1970-1972, for IRS 1971-1980, and for GAO 1980-1997, I took courses to earn a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970; b) job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48; and c) job-related professional certifications when I was 30 and 32.)
https://www.elitedaily.com/p/how-much-free-time-should-you-have-experts-reveal-how-to-find-time-to-rest-recharge-12988602

 

MODERN RESTAURANT MANAGEMENT
— Preparing Your Restaurant for When ICE Comes Knocking – Richard Green (DIERSEN: What percent of food service workers are illegals? Were you a food service worker? I was a food service worker 1964-1966. I washed dishes part-time for the minimum wage in the basement of the S.S. Kresges in Chicago Heights during my last 2 years at Crete-Monee High School.)
https://www.modernrestaurantmanagement.com/preparing-your-restaurant-for-when-ice-comes-knocking/

 

NFFE
— Gutting of Federal Workers’ Pay and Retirement in Trump Budget a ‘Race to the Bottom’ for All Americans
http://nffe.org/ht/display/ReleaseDetails/i/174041

 

SOCIALIST WORKER
— UNIONS MUST AGAIN FIGHT FOR IMMIGRANT AMNESTY – Lucy Herschel (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will unions dump their members who are citizens of America, and especially dump their members who have ancestors that have been in America for a long time?)
http://socialistworker.org/2019/03/13/unions-must-again-fight-for-immigrant-amnesty

 

PEOPLE’S WORLD
— Republican stonewalling stalls LGBTQ advances – DAVID CRARY
https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/republican-stonewalling-stalls-lgbtq-advances/

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.