May 11 Evening Edition

NBC5 & CBS2 & FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Illinois Revenue Bump Spurs Debate Over Pritzker Tax Hikes – AP
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/Illinois-revenue-bump-spurs-debate-over-Pritzker-tax-hikes-509796101.html
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2019/05/11/illinois-revenue-bump-spurs-debate-over-pritzker-tax-hikes/
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/local/illinois-revenue-bump-spurs-debate-over-pritzker-tax-hikes-1

NBC5
— Anti-Abortion Protesters Flock to Philadelphia Clinic Where Rep. Berated Women The protesters were responding after Democratic state Rep. Brian Sims filmed himself berating pro-life demonstrators outside a Planned Parenthood clinic – AP
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/Pro-Life-Demonstrators-Planned-Parenthood-Brian-Sims-509749301.html
— Beto O’Rourke Readies ‘Reintroduction’ as 2020 Buzz Fizzles O’Rourke admits he’s struggled to find his presidential campaign footing – Will Weissert and Steve Peoples
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/politics/Beto-ORourke-2020-Democrat-Primary-Reintroduction-509789921.html

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Democrats fume as Trump moves to amend DC’s July 4 celebration, possibly address the nation – Lukas Mikelionis 
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/national/dems-fume-as-trump-moves-to-amend-dc-s-july-4-celebration-possibly-address-the-nation

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Marijuana’s impact on health and safety in Colorado remains unclear – Dean Olsen (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, the more that I do to oppose pot, the more that those who smoked pot, who smoke pot, who want to smoke pot, who want to make money selling pot, who want governments to get tax revenues from the sale of pot, their operatives, and their dupes a) demonize me, b) denigrate me, and condemn me.) 
https://www.sj-r.com/news/20190511/marijuanas-impact-on-health-and-safety-in-colorado-remains-unclear
— 2020 health care battle underway in 13th – Bernard Schoenburg
https://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20190511/bernard-schoenburg-2020-health-care-battle-underway-in-13th

HERALD & REVIEW
— Like all these video gambling businesses? Wait until pot is legalized – Editorial (DIERSEN: Needless-to-say, every municipality, every township/ward, every county, and every state in America should discourage pot usage. The Wheaton City Council is seeking applicants for city’s vacant North District City Council position. Applicants are asked to submit a statement identifying the three most important issues that they believe the city needs to address in the next two years as well as their opinion on how those issues could be addressed. Needless-to-say, applicants should state that discouraging pot usage is one of Wheaton’s most important issues and that Wheaton should do everything that it can to discourage pot usage. Applicants should state in no uncertain terms that they will vote against legalizing the sale of pot in Wheaton.)
https://herald-review.com/opinion/editorial/our-view-like-all-these-video-gambling-businesses-wait-until/article_0f5f5084-db5e-5d0c-b0e1-9cca73516222.html
— Illinois Senate now debating corporate board diversity bill – PETER HANCOCK (DIERSEN: Who wants/wanted you to pay reparations, that is, who wants/wanted you to pay the price of Affirmative Action (AA), Diversity, and Inclusion? I should write a book about those who want/wanted me to pay the price of AA, Diversity, and Inclusion.)
https://herald-review.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/illinois-senate-now-debating-corporate-board-diversity-bill/article_7d86093f-5e68-59b5-8304-0de2188abe43.html

QUAD CITIES ONLINE
— Illinois in uncharted waters: Has money (DIERSEN: Paying off debt should always be a top priority.)
https://qconline.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/capitol-recap-illinois-in-uncharted-waters-has-money/article_52b5392c-e8f0-5bcb-bd26-229e6e7a3761.html

CHICAGO CITY WIRE
— Mayor Emanuel Announces Chicago Will Be Home to Starbucks’ 2019 Leadership Conference
https://chicagocitywire.com/stories/512484992-city-of-chicago-mayor-emanuel-announces-chicago-will-be-home-to-starbucks-2019-leadership-conference

ILLINOIS BUSINESS WIRE
— DuPage County exports up 5.1% since 2013
https://ilbusinessdaily.com/stories/512482649-dupage-county-exports-up-5-1-since-2013

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Beto O’Rourke: Tax wealthy whites to transfer money to disadvantaged blacks – Emily Larsen (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted a) that instead of me, the Post Office should have hired a disadvantaged Black in 1966, b) that the Post Office should gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a disadvantaged Black could have my job, c) that instead of me, IRS should have hired a disadvantaged Black in 1971, d) that instead of me, IRS should have promoted disadvantaged Blacks in 1972, 1973, and 1974, e) that instead of me, GAO should have hired a disadvantaged Black in 1980, f) that instead of me, GAO should have promoted a disadvantaged Black in 1986, and g) that GAO should have gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a disadvantaged Black could have my job and my preferred corner office.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/beto-orourke-suggests-using-tax-system-to-transfer-wealth-from-wealthy-whites-to-blacks

FOX NEWS
— Resurfaced video shows Joe Biden pushing border fence, calling for employers who hired ‘illegals’ to be punished – Sam Dorman
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/resurfaced-video-shows-biden-pushing-border-fence-punishing-employers-who-hired-illegals

NEWSMAX
— Extremism Will Be The End for Democrats in 2020 – Tom Borelli 
https://www.newsmax.com/tomborelli/midterms-omar-socialist-talib/2019/05/10/id/915527/

NEWS BUSTERS
— Rush Limbaugh BLASTS Liberal Newspaper’s Hate for Tiger Woods – Jeffrey Lord 
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/jeffrey-lord/2019/05/11/rush-limbaugh-blasts-liberal-newspapers-spin

BREITBART
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “Trump Wants to ‘Erase Certain Communities’ from National Narrative.”
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/05/10/stacey-abrams-trump-wants-to-erase-certain-communities-from-national-narrative/
— Exclusive–Guatemala Intel Secretary: Economic Migrants Arriving in U.S. Are ‘Picketing Mob’ for Open Borders – John Binder
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/05/11/exclusive-guatemala-intel-secretary-economic-migrants-arriving-in-u-s-are-picketing-mob-for-open-borders/

BLAZE
— CNN highlights old Biden comments about need for a border fence to stop drugs from ‘corrupt Mexico’ ‘I know I’m not supposed to say it that bluntly, but they’re the facts’ – Aaron Colen
https://www.theblaze.com/news/cnn-highlights-old-biden-comments-about-need-for-a-border-fence-to-stop-drugs-from-corrupt-mexico

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Unearthed 2006 Biden video: We need a wall. I voted for a fence to keep out ‘tons, tons’ of drugs from Mexico – Vivek Saxena 
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2019/05/11/unearthed-2006-biden-video-we-need-a-wall-i-voted-for-a-fence-to-keep-out-tons-tons-of-drugs-from-mexico-753695
— HUD’s proposed rule for ZERO illegals to receive subsidized housing puts Americans first, causes uproar – Vivek Saxena 
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2019/05/11/huds-proposed-rule-for-zero-illegals-to-receive-subsidized-housing-puts-americans-first-causes-uproar-753657

TOWNHALL
— Biden Previously Supported The Immigration Policies Trump Is Currently Championing – Beth Baumann
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/bethbaumann/2019/05/11/flashback-biden-previously-supported-the-immigration-policies-trump-is-currently-championing-n2546189

WORLD NET DAILY
— PENTAGON APPROVES PLAN TO SHIFT $1.5B FOR WALL ALONG BORDER ‘Funds were drawn from a variety of sources, including cost savings, programmatic changes, and revised requirements’
https://www.wnd.com/2019/05/pentagon-approves-plan-to-shift-1-5b-for-wall-along-border/

BLUE LIVES MATTER
— Student Arrested For Trashing Republican Students’ Affirmative Action Bake Sale – Tom Gantert (DIERSEN: Who wants/wanted you to pay reparations, that is, who wants/wanted you to pay the price of Affirmative Action (AA), Diversity, and Inclusion? I should write a book about those who want/wanted me to pay the price of AA, Diversity, and Inclusion.)
https://defensemaven.io/bluelivesmatter/news/student-arrested-for-trashing-republican-students-affirmative-action-bake-sale-K4r00na-S0-dtJRgmK2LNQ/

AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE
— JANUARY 18, 2019 FLASHBACK: Facing a future without Facebook ‘likes’ and ‘shares’? – Bronwyn Howell (DIERSEN: How should I react to those who like and share the Facebook posts of those who are doing everything that they can to destroy me?) 
http://www.aei.org/publication/facing-a-future-without-facebook-likes-and-shares/

THE HILL
— Co-founder’s call to break up Facebook energizes its critics – HARPER NEIDIG
https://thehill.com/policy/technology/443217-co-founders-call-to-break-up-facebook-energizes-its-critics

HUFFINGTON POST
— Video Shows Joe Biden Once Railed Against ‘Illegals,’ Called For 700-Mile Border Fence In 2006, the then-senator demanded American employers be punished for hiring illegal immigrants. – Amy Russo
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/joe-biden-illegal-immigration-mexico-fence_n_5cd70515e4b0796a95dcddd4

NEW YORK TIMES
— When It Comes to Republican Defectors, Current Crisis Is No Watergate – Carl Hulse
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/11/us/politics/trump-republicans-watergate.html
— Trump Has a Strong Economy to Proclaim. In Wisconsin, It Just Might Work. – Jeremy W. Peters
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/11/us/politics/trump-economy-2020-wisconsin.html

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Who wants/wanted you to pay reparations, that is, who wants/wanted you to pay the price of Affirmative Action (AA), Diversity, and Inclusion? I should write a book about those who want/wanted me to pay the price of AA, Diversity, and Inclusion.)
https://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/ny-oped-the-christian-case-for-reparations-20190510-zio6dr2t6jbhjbrxmuolmgc4ae-story.html

MOTLEY FOOL
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: The 11th State to Legalize Recreational Pot Will Be… Hint: It’s not New Jersey or New York, but it does have multibillion-dollar potential. – Sean Williams (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, the more that I do to oppose pot, the more that those who smoked pot, who smoke pot, who want to smoke pot, who want to make money selling pot, who want governments to get tax revenues from the sale of pot, their operatives, and their dupes a) demonize me, b) denigrate me, and condemn me.)
https://www.fool.com/investing/2019/05/11/the-11th-state-to-legalize-recreational-pot-will-b.aspx

WP WIRE
— The Propaganda Problem – Abby Maher (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, all news and commentary is fake except for the news and commentary that they put out or bless. My critics/opponents include those who do or did dominate the Milton Township Republican Central Committee, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Illinois Center Right Coalition, and American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter.) 
https://thewpwire.org/5423/opinion/the-propaganda-problem/

USA ONLINE CASINO 
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Central Illinois town earns first million in video gambling – Angeline Everett
https://www.usaonlinecasino.com/casino-news/central-illinois-town-earns-first-million-in-video-gambling/

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.