March 30 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Vice President Mike Pence tells crowd in Rosemont they are ‘young patriots’ who will lead Trump to re-election – Rick Pearson
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-mike-pence-speaks-in-chicago-20190329-story.html
— State finds more cancer than expected near Sterigenics plant – Michael Hawthorne
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-sterigenics-willowbrook-cancer-20190329-story.html
— DuPage County invites adult business owners to testify about potential regulations – Alicia Fabbre
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/news/ct-nvs-adult-businesses-dupage-st-0331-story.html
— Mayor, city council, school boards and a road referendum: What Naperville voters will see on ballots Tuesday – Erin Hegarty
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/news/ct-nvs-naperville-vote-mayor-city-council-school-st-0331-story.html
— Mapping pot legalization politics: Not just red vs. blue – AP
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/sns-bc-us–marijuana-legalization-landscape-20190326-story.html
— Trump’s Fed pick Stephen Moore worries economists, rallies conservatives – AP
https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/sns-bc-us–federal-reserve-moore-20190328-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Massive Tent City cleanup biggest in recent memory, residents say – Mitchell Armentrout (DIERSEN: Of course, under the Democrats, there will be more and more and more tent cities.) 
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/tent-city-cleaning-bulldozers-chicago-homeless-residents-housing-shelter-south-loop/
— Top cop admits some officers ‘look the other way’ at police misconduct – Fran Spielman
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/eddie-johnson-makes-his-case-to-remain-as-superintendent-under-new-mayor/
— Jussie Smollett’s case was strange enough; how it ended was stranger still – Andy Grimm
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/jussie-smollett-case-charges-dropped-records-sealed-court/

ABC7
— Lightfoot, Preckwinkle meet with faith leaders ahead of mayoral race’s final weekend – Craig Wall (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents in Wheaton hint/imply/argue/shout that they manipulate/dominate/control all the churches in Wheaton.)
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/lightfoot-preckwinkle-meet-with-faith-leaders-ahead-of-mayoral-races-final-weekend/5225113/

CBS2
— Jussie Smollett’s Attorney Contributed Money To Kim Foxx’s Campaign – Charlie De Mar
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2019/03/29/jussie-smolletts-attorney-contributed-money-to-kim-foxxs-campaign/
— Husband Of Woman Charged In Forced Labor Scheme Says He Didn’t Know What Was Going On
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2019/03/29/forced-labor-scheme-cicero/

DAILY HERALD
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats crow about their success in getting rid of individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, draft avoiders, German American, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20190330/lets-unite-behind-new-wave-of-leaders

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Many horses in the race for legalized sports gambling in Illinois – Grant Morgan
https://www.sj-r.com/news/20190329/many-horses-in-race-for-legalized-sports-gambling-in-illinois

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Changes make way for needed laws – RICH MILLER 
https://www.pantagraph.com/opinion/editorial/miller-changes-make-way-for-needed-laws/article_da5900aa-a0ac-53f3-a60e-f922b7796a59.html

ALTON DAILY NEWS
— Thousands of Gun Owners Turn Out for Lobbying Day in Springfield – Greg Bishop
http://www.altondailynews.com/news/details.cfm?id=281856#.XJ861Jh_OM8

WHEATON PATCH
— Wheaton Seeks Input On Roosevelt Road Pedestrian Underpass The city is weighing whether to close the underpass, reopen it, or replace it with an ADA-compliant underpass. – Lisa Marie Farver (DIERSEN: The south entrance of this underpass is in my precinct.) 
https://patch.com/illinois/wheaton/wheaton-seeks-input-roosevelt-road-pedestrian-underpass

SAVE YOUR HOME NOW
— Andrea & Gregroy Barrett lose over $124,000 on sale of Wheaton (916 W. Elm St.) mid-century modern home
https://saveyourhomenow.org/stories/512325281-market-watch-andrea-gregroy-barrett-lose-over-124-000-on-sale-of-wheaton-mid-century-modern-home

ILLINOIS BUSINESS DAILY
— Analysis: zip code 60426 in Harvey has 45th highest home vacancy rate among U.S. zip codes. (DIERSEN: How many homes are vacant in your neighborhood, in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois? Why are they vacant?)
https://ilbusinessdaily.com/stories/512330694-analysis-zip-code-60426-in-harvey-has-45th-highest-home-vacancy-rate-among-u-s-zip-codes

ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— Joe Biden’s Pathetic Pandering – David Limbaugh (DIERSEN: What do you say to RINO politicians who pander to Democrats, to Libertarians, and/or to Greens? I should write a book about them.) 
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2019/03/joe-bidens-pathetic-pandering/

FOX NEWS
— Trump critics say there’s no emergency at the border. The numbers show they are wrong – Mark Morgan 
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/mark-morgan-trump-critics-say-theres-no-emergency-at-the-border-the-numbers-show-they-are-wrong

DAILY CALLER
— ERIC HOLDER: ‘WHEN DID YOU THINK AMERICA WAS GREAT?’ – David Krayden (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats make it clear that they have always hated America and that they will always hate America and that they especially hate America’s citizens who 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 for a long time.)
https://dailycaller.com/2019/03/29/eric-holder-america-never-great-maga/

PATRIOT POST
— Denying American Greatness – Gary Bauer 
https://patriotpost.us/opinion/62095-denying-american-greatness

CANADA FREE PRESS
— Rahm Emanuel Blames Trump For Alleged Smollett Crime
https://canadafreepress.com/article/rahm-emanuel-blames-trump-for-alleged-smollett-crime

AMERICAN THINKER
— Omar blames flow of illegals on ‘white nationalism’ – Monica Showalter
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/03/omar_blames_flow_of_illegals_on_white_nationalism.html
— New post-Mueller Report poll shows Trump gaining support – Thomas Lifson
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/03/new_postmueller_report_poll_shows_trump_gaining_support.html

BREITBART
— Michelle Malkin to Trump: ‘Empty Threats’ on Immigration Won’t Change Open Borders Status Quo – John Binder
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/03/29/exclusive-michelle-malkin-to-trump-empty-threats-on-immigration-wont-change-open-borders-status-quo/

WORD NET DAILY
— EMANUEL: SMOLLETT HOAX IS TRUMP’S FAULT City reeling after prosecutor drops all charges in ‘hate’ case (DIERSEN: When Republican candidates lose elections in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes always say that it is my fault.)
https://www.wnd.com/2019/03/emanuel-smollett-hoax-is-trumps-fault/

NATIONAL REVIEW
— The Judiciary Can’t Impose Proportional Representation on the Nation, Justice Kavanaugh – JAMES W. LUCAS (DIERSEN: What percent of the voters in your precinct, municipality, township/ward, county, Illinois, and America share your demographics (gender, race, age group, religion, national origin, political affiliation, marital status, home ownership status, income group, net worth group, veteran status, gun ownership status, length of time that your ancestors have been in America, length of time that you have lived in your precinct, municipality, township/ward, county, Illinois, etc.)? What percent of the elected officials who represent your precinct, municipality, township/ward, county, Illinois, and America share your demographics?) 
https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/03/the-judiciary-cant-impose-proportional-representation-on-the-nation-justice-kavanaugh/

ABC NEWS
— Trump cuts all direct assistance to Northern Triangle countries Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala The stunning development came late Friday night. – Conor Finnegan (DIERSEN: What do you say to countries that illegally send their citizens into America illegally?)
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-cuts-direct-assistance-honduras-el-salvador-guatemala/story?id=62051082

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Donald Trump-haters use Rick Wiles and his TruNews website to promote hatred of Donald Trump Jr.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/03/30/news-outlet-that-covered-lizard-people-called-obama-demon-just-interviewed-trump-jr/
— Most federal employees to get a 2019 pay raise retroactive to January – Eric Yoder (DIERSEN: With this pay raise, in today’s dollars, a) GAO paid me $127,654/year (GS-13 Step 10) in 1997 when I was 49 years old, b) IRS paid me $93,592/year (GS-12 Step 5) in 1980 when I was 31 years old, c) IRS paid me $82,579/year (GS-12 Step 1) in 1974 when I was 25 years old, d) IRS paid me $68,897/year (GS-11 Step 1) in 1973 when I was 24 years old, e) IRS paid me $56,945/year (GS-9 Step 1) in 1972 when I was 23 years old, f) IRS paid me $46,554/year (GS-7 Step 1) in 1972 when I was 22 years old, g) the Post Office paid me $17.23/hour (GS-4 Step 3) in 1969 when I was 20 years old, and h) the Post Office paid me $16.15/hour (GS-4 Step 1) in 1966 when I was 18 years old. In my defense, I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 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.washingtonpost.com/politics/most-federal-employees-to-get-a-2019-pay-raise-retroactive-to-january/2019/03/29/ae557e50-5259-11e9-a3f7-78b7525a8d5f_story.html
— Why an anti-Ocasio-Cortez chant at a Trump rally was all but inevitable – Philip Bump (DIERSEN: Since 1999, I have the best record by far for attending Milton Township Republican Central Committee (MTRCC) meetings and fundraisers. Of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who are MTRCC members would love to get anti-Diersen chants going at MTRCC meetings and fundraisers. I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who are MTRCC members.) 
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/03/29/why-an-anti-ocasio-cortez-chant-trump-rally-was-all-inevitable/

COLUMBUS DISPATCH
— Targeted ads have Facebook in trouble with HUD – AP (DIERSEN: How bad are your demographics? From what I see, the more of the following that you are, the more that employers do NOT target you in their ads: Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owner, German American, draft avoider, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.)

https://www.dispatch.com/news/20190329/targeted-ads-have-facebook-in-trouble-with-hud
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The federal government charged Facebook with high-tech housing discrimination Thursday for allegedly allowing landlords and real estate brokers to systematically exclude groups such as non-Christians, immigrants and minorities from seeing ads for houses and apartments. . .Just last week, Facebook agreed to overhaul its targeting system and abandon some of the practices singled out by HUD to prevent discrimination, not just in housing listings but in credit and employment ads as well. The move was part of a settlement with the American Civil Liberties Union and other activists.)

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Jussie Smollett Tests America’s Taste for Lies Chicago’s Democratic machine didn’t want to hold a hate-crime faker accountable. – Holman W. Jenkins, Jr.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/jussie-smollett-tests-americas-taste-for-lies-11553898368
— Will We Ever Tire of Calling Presidents Illegitimate? The public seems to be the only real check on this mania among the elite – Gerard Baker (DIERSEN: Who hints/implies/argues/shouts that you are illegitimate? Since 2000, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois have hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I am NOT a legitimate journalist. I should sue them.) 
https://www.wsj.com/articles/will-we-ever-tire-of-calling-presidents-illegitimate-11553868443
— ‘Snowplowing’: When Parents Try to Clear All Obstacles After the rise of ‘helicopter parenting’ there’s now another way to overprotect children—seen at its extreme in the college admissions scandal – Ben Zimmer (DIERSEN: What obstacles did your parents clear for you? My outstanding parents could not clear many obstacles for me. Neither of them attended college. My father died suddenly in 1969 when he was 47 and I was 21. He was the first of his ancestors to earn a high school diploma. He worked in the office of a nasty chemical plant. He almost always worked second jobs to pay the family’s bills. He did not buy a new car until he was 47, and it was a bottom-of-the-line 2-door Chevy. My mother never attended high school.) 
https://www.wsj.com/articles/snowplowing-when-parents-try-to-clear-all-obstacles-11553874295
— The Two Americas Have Grown Much Fiercer The U.S. was divided 46 years ago. But no one saw it as a fight to the death. – Peggy Noonan
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-two-americas-have-grown-much-fiercer-11553816463

BUSINESS INSIDER
— Years of Mark Zuckerberg’s old Facebook posts have vanished. The company says it ‘mistakenly deleted’ them. – Rob Price
https://www.timesunion.com/technology/businessinsider/article/Years-of-Mark-Zuckerberg-s-old-Facebook-posts-13727938.php

PHYS
— Why pay transparency alone won’t eliminate the persistent wage gap between men and women – Nancy Modesitt (DIERSEN: If I had been a woman, the federal government would have promoted me into its Senior Executive Service long before I was 40 years old. 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://phys.org/news/2019-03-transparency-wont-persistent-wage-gap.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The federal workforce, where the pay gap is significantly lower than in the private sector, can also be seen as support for the argument that pay transparency helps reduce it. The federal wage gap ranges from about 4 percent to 9 percent, when controlling for relevant factors that affect pay, compared with 8 percent to 18 percent among all employers.)

WASHINGTON BLADE
— DOJ Pride concerned over EEO statement, ‘declining morale’ at Justice Department (DIERSEN: While I worked for GAO 1980-1997, my Democrat superiors hinted/implied/argued/shouted that their employees who were Democrat, minority, female, younger, and/or veteran would have much better morale if GAO got rid of its employees like me who were Republican, White, male, older, and non-veteran.)
https://www.washingtonblade.com/2019/03/29/doj-pride-concerned-over-eeo-statement-declining-morale-at-justice-department/

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.