March 31 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Former Vice President Joe Biden defends his behavior with women – AP
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/former-vp-joe-biden-defends-his-behavior-with-women/5227426/

NBC5
— Rev. Jesse Jackson, Fraternal Order of Police Plan Monday Rallies Over Smollett Dismissal
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/jesse-jackson-fop-plan-monday-rallies-over-jussie-smollett-case-507919311.html
— Northern Illinois Sheriff (Winnebago County Sheriff Gary Caruana) Sues County Officials Over Budget
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/northern-Illinois-sheriff-sues-county-officials-over-budget-507912551.html

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Rev. Jackson plans rally in support of Kim Foxx – AP
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/local/rev-jackson-plans-rally-in-support-of-kim-foxx

WLS AM
— Ocasio-Cortez says ‘AOC sucks’ chant at Trump rally shows Trump needs a woman to ‘vilify’
http://www.wlsam.com/news/ocasio-cortez-says-aoc-sucks-chant-at-trump-rally-shows-trump-needs-a-woman-to-vilify/

DAILY HERALD
— In an uncertain era, expressing certainty is a potent weapon – AP
https://www.dailyherald.com/article/20190331/news/303319951/
— Police: ‘Ripper Crew’ member registered as sex offender in Aurora – Lauren Rohr and Justin Kmitch
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190331/police-ripper-crew-member-registered-as-sex-offender-in-aurora

SAUK VALLEY
— Republicans paint bleak picture of Springfield politics Locals reps say no cooperation happening in Capitol – TODD McKENNA 
https://www.saukvalley.com/2019/03/31/republicans-paint-bleak-picture-of-springfield-politics/abbnoyt/

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— DuPage businessman Falbo swayed by levels of transparency from COD board candidates – Glenn Minnis
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/512358779-dupage-businessman-falbo-swayed-by-levels-of-transparency-from-cod-board-candidates
— Wheaton home prices rise in October 2018
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/512335110-wheaton-home-prices-rise-in-october-2018

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— PRITZKER’S $3.4B INCOME TAX HIKE CAN FUND LESS THAN 4 MONTHS OF STATE PENSION COSTS – Austin Berg and Adam Schuster
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/pritzkers-3-4b-income-tax-hike-can-fund-less-than-4-months-of-state-pension-costs/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Border traffic to get jammed up even more from ‘illegal immigration superhighway’ – Stephen Dinan and Valerie Richardson 
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/mar/31/us-mexico-border-illegal-immigration-superhighway/
— Mulvaney defends Trump’s Central America aid cuts: ‘We would like them to do more’ – Valerie Richardson 
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/mar/31/mick-mulvaney-defends-trump-central-america-aid-cu/

CONSERVATIVE HQ
— Mr. President Close The Border
http://www.conservativehq.com/article/29976-mr-president-close-border

AMERICAN THINKER
— Honduran caravan migrant who called Mexican beans ‘pig food’ arrested on aggravated assault with a deadly weapon rap in Dallas – Monica Showalter
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/03/honduran_caravan_migrant_who_called_mexican_beans_pig_food_arrested_on_aggravated_assault_with_a_deadly_weapon_charges_in_dallas.html

NEWS BUSTERS
— Open-Borders CNN Promotes ‘Sanctuary’ Activist Who Shielded Illegals from ICE Agents – Brad Wilmouth 
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/brad-wilmouth/2019/03/31/cnn-promotes-sanctuary-activist-who-shielded-illegals-ice-agents

TOWNHALL
— Trump Cuts Aid To Central American Nations In Response To Migrant Caravans, Needs Approval From Congress – Timothy Meads
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/timothymeads/2019/03/31/trump-cuts-aid-to-central-american-nations-in-response-to-migrant-nations-needs-approval-from-congress-n2544039
— White Men Really Are The Worst – Derek Hunter
https://townhall.com/columnists/derekhunter/2019/03/31/white-men-really-are-the-worst-n2544025

LIFEZETTE
— As ‘Mother of All Caravans’ Moves Toward U.S., Trump Will Cut Aid to Central American Countries New group of migrants headed our way may number more than 20,000 people right now
https://www.lifezette.com/2019/03/as-mother-of-all-caravans-moves-toward-u-s-trump-will-cut-aid-to-central-american-countries/

AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE
— For Equal Pay Day (Apr. 2): Evidence of employers paying women 20% less than men for the same work is as elusive as Bigfoot sightings – Mark J. Perry (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.)
http://www.aei.org/publication/for-equal-pay-day-evidence-of-employers-paying-women-20-less-than-men-for-the-same-work-is-as-elusive-as-bigfoot-sightings/

THE HILL
— GOP on defensive over Dem votes on policies geared toward women – CRISTINA MARCOS (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, to get votes from women, Democrats promise to use government to take income, assets, rights, etc. away from men, and especially away from men who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time, and to give that income, assets, rights, etc. to women.) 
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/436529-gop-on-defensive-over-dem-votes-on-policies-geared-toward-women
— Giuliani praises Pirro on return to Fox News show: ‘You’re a crusader for justice’ – MICHAEL BURKE
https://thehill.com/homenews/media/436604-giuliani-praises-pirro-on-return-to-fox-news-youre-a-crusader-for-justice

CNN
— Ocasio-Cortez says ‘AOC sucks’ chant at Trump rally shows Trump needs a woman to ‘vilify’ – Eli Watkins
https://www.cnn.com/2019/03/30/politics/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-donald-trump/index.html

NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump Administration Defends Plan to Close the Border, Telling Democrats, ‘We Told You So’ – Katie Rogers
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/31/us/politics/trump-mulvaney-border-close-mexico.html
— OUTRAGEOUS: Pope Francis Warns Trump About Walls – Jason Horowitz
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/31/world/europe/pope-francis-trump-morocco.html

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters say “Yes, there’s a problem at the border. Trump’s wall won’t fix it.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/yes-theres-a-problem-at-the-border-trumps-wall-wont-fix-it/2019/03/31/2acb8592-518d-11e9-8d28-f5149e5a2fda_story.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Reparations for Slavery Open Pandora’s Box – John Foster, Portola Valley, Calif.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/reparations-for-slavery-open-pandoras-box-11554061750
— The Right and the Moral High Ground Today minorities suffer from underdevelopment, not racism. And here, at last, is conservatism’s great opportunity. – Shelby Steele
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-right-and-the-moral-high-ground-11554057729

FORBES
— Don’t Discount Cluelessness In The Remaining Gender Pay Gap – Rodd Wagner (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://www.forbes.com/sites/roddwagner/2019/03/31/dont-discount-cluelessness-in-the-remaining-gender-pay-gap/#3d244c1f38a2

FINANCIAL NEWS
— Age discrimination is the last acceptable form of prejudice – Becky Pritchard (DIERSEN: All my critics/opponents, all their operatives, and all their dupes promote age discrimination a) because they want to get rid of those who are older than they are and/or b) because they want to curry favor with those who promote age discrimination.) 
https://www.fnlondon.com/articles/the-careerologist-age-discrimination-is-the-last-acceptable-form-of-prejudice-20190401

DALLAS NEWS
— A progressive crusade blacklisted Chick-Fil-A from the San Antonio airport – Mark Pulliam (DIERSEN: Which individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries do Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs blacklist in your neighborhood, in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois?) 
https://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/commentary/2019/03/30/progressive-crusade-blacklisted-chick-fil-san-antonio-airport
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The city’s blacklisting of Chick-fil-A seeks to punish the company for espousing mainstream beliefs shared by millions of Americans and an overwhelming majority of San Antonio’s residents, many of them Catholic.)

SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
— SF police search for MAGA hat-wearing man accused in sword slashing – Kimberly Veklerov and Gwendolyn Wu 
https://www.sfchronicle.com/crime/article/SF-police-search-for-MAGA-hat-wearing-man-accused-13730196.php

BULLETIN
— AARP: Most workers experience age discrimination in Oregon Nearly half of all workers in Deschutes County are 45-64 years of age – Suzanne Roig (DIERSEN: From what I see, 100% of federal employees who are Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran experience age discrimination if they do not make GS-13 (currently $98,198) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $116,040) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $136,495) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $165,500) by age 40.)
https://www.bendbulletin.com/business/7048964-151/three-out-of-five-workers-experience-age-discrimination

NEWSWEEK
— BACK ON FOX NEWS, JEANINE PIRRO CALLS FOR ‘TRAITOROUS, TREASONOUS’ TRUMP CRITICS TO BE PUT BEHIND BARS – JASON LEMON 
https://www.newsweek.com/fox-jeanine-pirro-trump-critics-behind-bars-1380970

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.