March 26 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Toni Preckwinkle and Lori Lightfoot clash over ‘blood on hands’ comment during debate – Juan Perez Jr. and Gregory Pratt
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/politics/elections/ct-met-chicago-mayors-race-wgn-debate-20190325-story.html
— Lori Lightfoot floats tax on high-end law, accounting firms to help plug Chicago’s budget hole – Bill Ruthhart (DIERSEN: Government employees have always been viciously demonized, viciously denigrated, and viciously condemned as being grossly overpaid. Why isn’t Lightfoot floating a tax on them?) 
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-lori-lightfoot-law-firm-tax-20190324-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Judge holds two witnesses in contempt of court in Gonzales vs. Madigan lawsuit – Tina Sfondeles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/judge-holds-two-witnesses-contempt-court-gonzales-madigan-sham-lawsuit/

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Trump calls for new investigation into alleged abuses of power at DOJ and FBI – JAMES ROSEN (DIERSEN: It would be great if Trump would call for an investigation of Democrat abuse of Affirmative Action, Diversity, Inclusion, and up-or-out to not hire, to not retain, to not promote, and to get rid of Republicans, and especially Republicans who are White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/trump-calls-for-new-investigation-into-alleged-abuses-of-power-at-doj-and-fbi
— Trump MAGA flag stirs controversy in Florida retirement community (DIERSEN: What if an individual, organization, or company flew a MAGA flag in your neighborhood, in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, or in Illinois?)
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/trump-maga-flag-stirs-controversy-in-the-villages

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Chicago’s hometown hedge fund grows faster in New York HQ or not, Gotham towers over Citadel’s future – LYNNE MAREK (DIERSEN: What if Griffin took over the Illinois Republican Party like Rauner did?)
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/finance-banking/chicagos-hometown-hedge-fund-grows-faster-new-york

WBEZ
— Illinois Dems Set Electoral Trap For Trump Over Income Taxes – Dave McKinney
https://www.wbez.org/shows/wbez-news/illinois-dems-set-electoral-trap-for-trump-over-income-taxes/46c4d6dc-fb67-430d-9b7e-f3fbb859e6c1

FOX ILLINOIS
— ‘Medicare for All’ stirs up divisive issues for 2020 Democrats – AP
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/medicare-for-all-stirs-up-divisive-issues-for-2020-democrats

WSIL TV
— Local lawmakers tackle controversial topics at forum – Emily Manley (DIERSEN: Do you tackle controversial topics? My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes a) do NOT want me to tackle controversial topics in GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails or with the voters in my precinct and b) did NOT want me to tackle controversial topics while I served as a TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member, Milton Township Republican Central Committee (MTRCC) webmaster, Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member, GAO employee, etc. According to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, controversial topics include a) the traditional family, right to life, immigration. Second Amendment, illegal drugs, equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving), and other planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform and the Republican Party platform and b) the MTRCC resolution against video gambling.) 
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/40192756/local-lawmakers-tackle-controversial-topics-at-forum

WSIU
— PSPPI Poll Examines Voters Thoughts on Direction of Illinois and Political Leaders – BRAD PALMER 
https://news.wsiu.org/post/psppi-poll-examines-voters-thoughts-direction-illinois-and-political-leaders#stream/0

DAILY EASTERN NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats crow about their success in promoting LGBTQ activity.
https://www.dailyeasternnews.com/2019/03/25/students-share-thoughts-on-lgbt-history-education-bill/

LEGAL NEWS LINE
— Legal but illegal: How Illinois shut down a company (Sterigenics) that played by the rules – Daniel Fisher (DIERSEN: Do/did play by the rules? I always have. But that did not stop a) my Democrat GAO superiors from forcing me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, giving me unfair performance expectations and appraisals, always ranking me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, not promoting me beyond GS-13, getting rid of my mentor in 1987, keeping me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and forcing me to take a $19,203 (26%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980; b) my Democrat IRS superiors from not promoting me beyond GS-12, disallowing my education deductions in 1978, getting rid of my mentor in 1975, and disallowing my partial day per diem claims in 1974; c) my Democrat Post Office superiors from forcing me resign in 1969 and disallowing my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968 ; or d) my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes from ending my TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairmanship in 2012, my Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee membership in 20112, my Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster service in 2010 and 2004, my Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee membership in 2007, and my American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board membership in 2004.) 
https://legalnewsline.com/stories/512325170-legal-but-illegal-how-illinois-shut-down-a-company-that-played-by-the-rules

WIRE POINTS
— Neighbors improve on migration numbers while Illinois worsens – Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, the Democrats who run Illinois make it more clear that they want individuals, organizations, and companies that are members of the following groups to leave Illinois: Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older people, rich people, gun owners, German Americans, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://wirepoints.org/neighbors-improve-on-migration-numbers-while-illinois-worsens/
— “Illinois’ growing bills will fall on the next, shrinking generation” – Ted with Tom Miller on Newsradio WJPF
https://wirepoints.org/illinois-growing-bills-will-fall-on-the-next-shrinking-generation-ted-with-tom-miller-on-newsradio-wjpf/

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Oberweis sees strength in numbers building for fight against two new Democratic abortion bills – Glenn Minnis
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/512323813-oberweis-sees-strength-in-numbers-building-for-fight-against-two-new-democratic-abortion-bills

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Illinois lawmaker proposes tax credits for voting – Cole Lauterbach and Greg Bishop (DIERSEN: What percent vote for candidates because they promise to use government a) to take more income and more assets away from those who have more income and more assets and give that income and assets to those who have less income and less assets and/or b) to promote even more strongly LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, diminishment of First and Second Amendment rights, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, retaliation, and even worse things?) 
https://www.ilnews.org/news/state_politics/illinois-lawmaker-proposes-tax-credits-for-voting/article_f9fb34b0-4eff-11e9-9b55-db42924e4fa7.html

ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— Leftist Hysteria and Their Language Rules – Laurie Higgins
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2019/03/leftist-hysteria-and-their-language-rules/

CNS NEWS
— Did San Antonio Violate Chick-fil-A’s First Amendment Rights? – Hans Bader (DIERSEN: Who has had success in violating your First Amendment rights? I should write a book about those in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who have had success in violating my First Amendment rights. They stress that I am no longer a TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member, Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster, Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member, GAO employee, etc.) 
https://www.cnsnews.com/commentary/hans-bader/did-san-antonio-violate-chick-fil-first-amendment-rights

CONSERVATIVE REVIEW
— 10 ways Trump can spend his post-Mueller political capital to save our border – Daniel Horowitz
https://www.conservativereview.com/news/10-ways-trump-can-spend-post-mueller-political-capital-save-border/

CHRISTIAN POST
— Democrat Sen. Manchin opposes LGBT non-discrimination bill over transgender issues – Samuel Smith (DIERSEN: Manchin is considered the most conservative Democrat in Congress. QUESTION: Why don’t conservative Democrats in Illinois, in DuPage County, in Milton Township, in Glen Ellyn, and in Wheaton become Republicans? ANSWER: They see how the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Milton Township Republican Central Committee, etc., treat conservatives like me.)
https://www.christianpost.com/news/democrat-sen-manchin-opposes-lgbt-non-discrimination-bill-over-transgender-issues.html

AMERICAN FREE PRESS
— House Passes ‘Intolerance’ Resolution – John Friend (DIERSEN: Who are the most intolerant people in your neighborhood, in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois? I should write a book about the most intolerant people in my neighborhood, in my precinct, in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in DuPage County, in Illinois, in the Milton Township Republican Central Committee (MTRCC), DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party (IRP), etc. They do not tolerate people like me a) who support the traditional family, right to life, immigration, Second Amendment, illegal drugs, equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving), and the rest of the planks in the IRP platform and in the Republican Party platform and b) who support the MTRCC resolution against video gambling. Far too many of them do not tolerate those who share my demographics: Trump supporter, Protestant (I was baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran), conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older (I was born in 1948), non-poor, gun owner, German American (I am 100% German American), draft avoider, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time (My ancestors have been in America since 1844).) Far too many of them in Wheaton do not tolerate those like me a) whose parents, grandparents, and they rest of their ancestors did not live in Wheaton, who were not born and raised in Wheaton, who did not send children to schools in Wheaton, who are not members of churches in Wheaton, who did not own pets in Wheaton, etc.) 
http://americanfreepress.net/house-passes-intolerance-resolution/

FEDERALIST
— Trump Is Right: Our Border Is In Crisis, And Congress Is Ignoring It After promising again and again to stop illegal immigration, cartel violence, and the drug epidemic, members of Congress are complaining that Donald Trump is now taking action. – Scott DesJarlais
http://thefederalist.com/2019/03/26/trump-right-border-crisis-congress-ignoring/

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE
— TRUMP STOPS TAXPAYER-BACKED MORTGAGES FOR ILLEGAL ALIENS How Democrats are taking the economy hostage to protect illegal aliens. – Daniel Greenfield
https://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/273245/trump-stops-taxpayer-backed-mortgages-illegal-daniel-greenfield

ONE NEWS NOW
— Report shines light on illegals hiding in dark. The fact that more than two million illegal aliens are roaming the United States despite deportation orders is a good example of weak laws, says the spokesman for an immigration watchdog.
https://onenewsnow.com/national-security/2019/03/26/report-shines-light-on-illegals-hiding-in-dark

BREITBART
— Chuck Schumer Lies to Jews at AIPAC About Trump, Neo-Nazis, Kevin McCarthy – Joel B. Pollak
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/03/26/chuck-schumer-lies-to-jews-at-aipac-about-trump-neo-nazis-kevin-mccarthy/

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Tucker Carlson: Media Will Escape Reckoning and Consequences They Deserve, Will Get Rich From Failure – Ian Schwartz 
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2019/03/25/tucker_carlson_media_will_escape_reckoning_and_consequences_they_deserve_will_get_rich_from_failure.html

THE HILL
— Poll: Biden, Sanders lead Trump in Iowa – ZACK BUDRYK 
https://thehill.com/campaign-polls/435574-poll-biden-sanders-lead-trump-in-iowa
— Omar controversy looms over AIPAC conference – REBECCA KHEEL
https://thehill.com/policy/international/435739-omar-controversy-looms-over-aipac-conference

HUFFINGTON POST
— Congressman Quotes Anti-Semitic Hitler Passage In House To Attack Democrats, Press Republican Mo Brooks of Alabama accuses Democrats of using “big lie” propaganda. Hitler had accused the Jews of employing that tactic. – Mary Papenfuss (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats and the Main Stream Media make it clear that they want to get rid of individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America once and for all.)
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/mo-brooks-adolf-hitler-democrats-press-big-lie_n_5c994c91e4b0743555497620

NBC NEWS
— San Antonio City Council bars Chick-fil-A from airport citing alleged ‘legacy of anti-LGBT behavior’ Chick-fil-A disputed it supports anti-LGBT causes, saying, “To suggest our giving was done to support a political or non-inclusive agenda is inaccurate and misleading.” – Janelle Griffith
https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/san-antonio-city-council-bars-chick-fil-airport-citing-alleged-n987191
— Majority of Americans back LGBTQ protections — but support is sliding Nearly 70 percent support nondiscrimination protections for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people, though support has fallen since 2015. – Tim Fitzsimons (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, if you do not promote LGBTQ activity, those individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that promote LGBTQ activity destroy you.)
https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/majority-americans-back-lgbtq-protections-support-sliding-n987156

AOL
— Trump campaign is trying to shame TV producers out of interviews with ‘certain guests’ – REBECCA SHAPIRO (DIERSEN: Who attacks your credibility? I should write a book about a) those who attack my credibility as the GOPUSA Illinois Editor and as a Republican Precinct Committeeman and b) those who attacked my credibility as a TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member, Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster, Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member, GAO employee, IRS employee, Post Office employee, etc.) 
https://www.aol.com/article/news/2019/03/26/trump-campaign-is-trying-to-shame-tv-producers-out-of-interviews-with-certain-guests/23700411/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Donald Trump’s 2020 re-election campaign sent a memo to television networks on Monday listing “certain guests” that have been critical of the president, urging producers to question whether those listed have sufficient credibility to appear on news programs in the future.)

NEW YORK TIMES
— OUTSTANDING: Effort to Legalize Marijuana in New Jersey Collapses – Nick Corasaniti
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/25/nyregion/new-jersey-marijuana.html
— Support of L.G.B.T. Rights Drops Among Young Republicans, Survey Finds – Heather Murphy (DIERSEN: Who works the hardest against you? Those who work the hardest against me promote LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, abolition of the First and Second Amendments, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination.) 
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/26/us/lgbt-rights-young-republicans.html
— FRONT PAGE WITH PHOTO OF DEES: Roiled by Staff Uproar, Southern Poverty Law Center Looks at Intolerance Within – Audra D. S. Burch, Alan Blinder and John Eligon
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/25/us/morris-dees-leaves-splc.html

WASHINGTON POST
— GOP congressman quotes Hitler’s ‘Mein Kampf’ to slam Trump’s adversaries as liars – Isaac Stanley-Becker
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/03/26/gop-congressman-quotes-hitlers-mein-kampf-slam-trumps-adversaries-liars/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Republican-haters charge Republicans with “denying black Americans political rights.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2019/03/26/danger-denying-black-americans-political-rights/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— A Gerrymander Mulligan The Supreme Court should keep judges out of political redistricting. – Editorial (DIERSEN: I should write a book about the 2015 gerrymandering of my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 9 in Wheaton. I would focus on a) those who ordered the gerrymandering and why they did that, b) those who carried out the gerrymandering and why they did that, c) those who benefitted from the gerrymandering and why, and d) the negative impacts of the gerrymandering.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-gerrymander-mulligan-11553528110
— Gerrymandering Disputes Don’t Belong in Court The Framers left it to the legislative branch to draw district lines—and didn’t anticipate political parties. – David B. Rivkin Jr. and Richard Raile (DIERSEN: I should write a book about the 2015 gerrymandering of my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 9 in Wheaton. I would focus on a) those who ordered the gerrymandering and why they did that, b) those who carried out the gerrymandering and why they did that, c) those who benefitted from the gerrymandering and why, and d) the negative impacts of the gerrymandering.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/gerrymandering-disputes-dont-belong-in-court-11553555381
— FRONT PAGE: ‘He Had the Magic Elixir’: How the College Cheating Scandal Spread William ‘Rick’ Singer, the self-proclaimed higher-education guru charged in the college-admissions bribery and cheating case, gained credibility on the financial-services speaking circuit – Jennifer Levitz, Douglas Belkin and Melissa Korn
https://www.wsj.com/articles/it-was-like-he-had-the-magic-elixir-how-a-consulting-business-spawned-the-college-cheating-scandal-11553539186

USA TODAY
— What happens if I don’t provide two weeks’ notice for leaving my job? – Johnny C. Taylor, Jr. (DIERSEN: I should write a book about what happened when I gave my Firestone Stores boss my two week notice in 1971. He would not have done what he did if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, veteran, non-German American, or non-Protestant.) 
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/careers/2019/03/19/leaving-job-why-providing-two-weeks-notice-best-thing-do/3161265002/

MIAMI HERALD
— Mother Russia: South Florida sees a boom in ‘birth tourism’ – IULIIA STASHEVSKA
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/article228272604.html

NEW YORK MAGAZINE
— Mo Brooks Identifies Democrats, Media With Hitler – Ed Kilgore (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats and the Main Stream Media make it clear that they want to get rid of individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America once and for all.)
http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/03/mo-brooks-identifies-democrats-media-with-hitler.html

AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE & CATO
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: RINOs want immigrants because RINOs want cheap labor. Citizens of foreign countries are far easier to exploit than citizens of America.
http://www.aei.org/publication/the-us-needs-workers-not-a-wall/
https://www.cato.org/blog/immigrations-popularity-rising-thanks-trump

FEDERAL TIMES
— Want to satisfy citizens? Start with federal employees first. – Jessie Bur (DIERSEN: My Democrat superiors in the federal government focused on not hiring, not retaining, not promoting, and getting rid of Republicans, and especially Republicans who were White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.) 
https://www.federaltimes.com/management/2019/03/25/why-happy-feds-could-hold-the-key-to-improving-agency-operations/

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.