May 28 Morning Edition

ABC7
— Illinois graduated income tax plan will go to voters after Governor JB Pritzker’s bill passes the State House – Craig Wall
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/illinois-graduated-income-tax-plan-will-go-to-voters-bill-passes-house/5319069/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Abortion bill’s fate uncertain; no vote Monday in House ‘I know we’re close on votes,’ Senate’s sponsor says – Rebecca Anzel
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/5/27/18642136/abortion-bills-fate-uncertain-no-vote-monday-illinois-house

DAILY HERALD
— In Transit: Would you pay more for gas to fix the roads? – Marni Pyke
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190527/in-transit-would-you-pay-more-for-gas-to-fix-the-roads
— ‘Inadvertent’ vote contradicts message expected from new tollway board – Editorial
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20190528/editorial-inadvertent-vote-contradicts-message-expected-from-new-tollway-board

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Graduated income tax goes to voters as Pritzker scores a win House Democrats hold together, giving the state’s rookie governor success with the issue on which he staked his political future. How did he do it, and what happens now as voters prepare to decide the matter? – GREG HINZ
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/greg-hinz-politics/graduated-income-tax-goes-voters-pritzker-scores-win

WTTW
— Democrats Put Graduated Income Tax Question to Voters – Amanda Vinicky 
https://news.wttw.com/2019/05/27/illinois-democrats-put-graduated-income-tax-question-voters

HERALD & REVIEW
— Durkin: State budget should take priority in discussions – REBECCA ANZEL
https://herald-review.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/durkin-state-budget-should-take-priority-in-discussions/article_80630120-ee73-57ad-854f-b6dce41dfbe9.html
— Illinois House passes bill that would make clergy ‘mandatory reporters’ of child abuse, neglect – PETER HANCOCK
https://herald-review.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/illinois-house-passes-bill-that-would-make-clergy-mandatory-reporters/article_3642f56d-ade7-56bd-aa5e-8fc9d34f16c7.html

STATELINE
— IL Democrats advance bill to expand abortion rights, all committee Republicans vote ‘no’ – AP
https://www.mystateline.com/news/democrats-advance-bill-to-expand-illinois-abortion-rights/2032221813

WSIL
— Illinois moves closer to graduated income tax – Jeff Weinrich
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/40539696/illinois-moves-closer-to-graduated-income-tax

NPR ILLINOIS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats encourage teens to engage in LGBTQ activity.
https://www.nprillinois.org/post/teen-celebrates-lgbtq-curriculum-bills-passage#stream/0

DAILY NORTHWESTERN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats encourage children to engage in LGBTQ activity.
https://dailynorthwestern.com/2019/05/27/city/new-illinois-bill-would-require-lgbtq-education-in-public-schools/

PROPUBLICA ILLINOIS
— Illinois Video Gambling Tax Hike Will Be Decided by Lawmakers With Financial Ties to the Industry As video gambling has grown in the state, so have the industry’s links to lawmakers. – Jason Grotto and Dan Mihalopoulos
https://www.propublica.org/article/illinois-video-gambling-tax-increase-lawmakers-industry-financial-ties

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Opponents to Legalizing Abortion Up to the Day Before Birth Lay Out Arguments
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/05/28/opponents-to-leaglizing-abortion-up-to-the-day-before-birth-lay-out-arguments/
— Major Report on Legislative Insiders Financial Interest in Slots
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/05/28/major-report-on-legislative-insiders-financial-interest-in-slots/

CAPITOL FAX
— Property taxes again take the forefront, to be folded into the rates bill
https://capitolfax.com/2019/05/28/property-taxes-again-take-the-forefront-to-be-folded-into-the-rates-bill/
— Some legislators have financial ties to video gaming (DIERSEN: What percent of Democrats have ties to organizations and companies that promote dependency on government, dependency on charity, patronage, LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, abolition of the First and Second Amendments, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, retaliation, and even worse things?) 
https://capitolfax.com/2019/05/28/some-legislators-have-financial-ties-to-video-gaming/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— First-ever private border wall built in New Mexico Half-mile section to close ‘gap’ in Border Patrol’s fence – Stephen Dinan
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/may/27/first-ever-private-border-wall-built-new-mexico/

GOPUSA
— Ilhan Omar wants to change US foreign policy from ‘the perspective of a foreigner’ (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats make it clear that they are anti-American.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=70141
— Mushrooms: Today Denver, tomorrow all of Colorado?
http://www.gopusa.com/mushrooms-today-denver-tomorrow-all-of-colorado/
— Another LGBT Hoax
http://www.gopusa.com/another-lgbt-hoax/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Dumb and Mean Democrats Lack American Consciousness – Noel S. Williams
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2019/05/dumb_and_mean_democrats_lack_american_consciousness.html

BREITBART
— Illinois Bill Would Have ‘Right to Abortion’ Become ‘Primary Right’ in State – DR. SUSAN BERRY
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/05/28/illinois-bill-would-have-right-to-abortion-become-primary-right-in-state/

— New York Times Blames Netanyahu, Trump for Antisemitism in Europe – JOEL B. POLLAK (DIERSEN: What problems do you get blamed for? My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes blame me for their problems, for your problems, for my problems, and for everyone’s problems. They blame me for all the losses that Republicans have suffered in Illinois since 2000.) 
https://www.breitbart.com/the-media/2019/05/28/new-york-times-blames-netanyahu-trump-for-antisemitism-in-europe/

TOWNHALL
— Illinois Dems Pushing Bill to Legalize Partial Birth Abortion – Leah Barkoukis
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/leahbarkoukis/2019/05/28/illinois-dems-pushing-bill-to-legalize-partial-birth-abortion-n2546936

DAILY CALLER
— GERMANY TELLS JEWS NOT TO WEAR KIPPAHS TO AVOID DISCRIMINATION, DRAWING INTERNATIONAL IRE – Matt M. Miller (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will your municipality, your township/ward, your county, Illinois, and the federal government tell Republicans to not wear MAGA hates to avoid discrimination?) 
https://dailycaller.com/2019/05/27/us-ambassador-germany-kippah/

PATRIOT POST
— Americans Doubt Border Crisis Because MSM Ignores It Network news reveals anti-Trump bias by underreporting events that support his agenda.
https://patriotpost.us/articles/63244-americans-doubt-border-crisis-because-msm-ignores-it

THOMAS MORE SOCIETY
— Illinois Abortion Bill Would Turn State into “Abortion Capital of America,” Legalize Late-Term Abortions on Viable Preemies – Peter Breen
https://www.thomasmoresociety.org/illinois-abortion-bill-would-turn-state-into-abortion-capital-of-america-legalize-late-term-abortions-on-viable-preemies/

BILL O’Reily
— Defending Trump
https://www.billoreilly.com/b/Defending-Trump/-575823110044399765.html

EURASIA REVIEW
— How Media Omission Agenda Breeds Ignorance – Liberty Nation
https://www.eurasiareview.com/28052019-how-media-omission-agenda-breeds-ignorance-oped/

HUFFINGTON POST
— Illinois Lawmakers Advance What Could Be Nation’s Most Liberal Abortion Legislation The Reproductive Health Act came in direct response to a spate of anti-abortion legislation that has passed in states around the country. – Nick Visser
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/illinois-abortion-reproductive-health-act_n_5ceccf95e4b00356fc26a04b

ABC RADIO
— Trump set to commandeer July 4 festivities in nation’s capital
https://wtop.com/fourth-of-july/2019/05/president-donald-trump-set-to-commandeer-july-4-festivities-in-nations-capital/

NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Google Relies On Underclass Of Temp Labor – Daisuke Wakabayashi
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/28/technology/google-temp-workers.html
— Cuba’s Struggle Between Racism and Inclusion Since the fall of the Berlin Wall, a series of discriminatory labor practices have emerged that threaten the inclusion of Afro-Cubans in the island’s new economic reality. – Alejandro De La Fuente
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/28/opinion/cuban-revolution-racism.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Trump campaign embraces groups trying to court minority voters – Michael Scherer
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/from-the-fringe-to-a-meeting-with-lara-trump-groups-go-after-minority-voters-with-pleas-to-abandon-the-democratic-party/2019/05/24/514a7c74-7ccf-11e9-8ede-f4abf521ef17_story.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— California’s Medicaid for All Democrats want to pay for health care for every illegal immigrant. – Editorial
https://www.wsj.com/articles/californias-medicaid-for-all-11558994967
— The ‘Wage Gap’ Commissars Kamala Harris wants to insert bureaucrats into salary decisions. – Editorial (DIERSEN: Affirmative Action, Diversity, Inclusion, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, national origin discrimination, religious discrimination, retaliation, etc. insert themselves in all personnel decisions.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-wage-gap-commissars-11558994997

BLOOMBERG
— Illinois Lawmakers Pave Way For Higher Taxes On Richest, Send Plan to Voters – Elizabeth Campbell and Amanda Albright (DIERSEN: My Civil Service Retirement System pension is only 42% of what my 1997 salary was in today’s dollars.)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-05-27/illinois-lawmakers-approve-progressive-tax-send-plan-to-voters
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Financial advisers and institutions typically counsel someone aim to have 70% to 80% of their pre-retirement paycheck. Another estimate is roughly 75%, according to T. Rowe Price, because living expenses go down, taxes will likely be reduced and there won’t be a need to put so much toward retirement savings anymore.)

BLOOMBERG LAW
— Fortune 500 Attorney Victoria Lipnic Takes Reins From EEOC’s Bipartisan Leader (DIERSEN: In 1971, when I was 22 years old, Oldsmobile rescinded a job offer that I had accepted saying that it has just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. That directly resulted in my accepting a job offer from IRS. What would Lipnic say about that? In 1997, when I was 49 years old, the Democrats who ran GAO forced me to take their early retirement “offer” a) because I had been an active member in a class action lawsuit since 1988 when I was 40 years old that charged them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation and b) because I had always complained about political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation. What would Lipnic say about that?)
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-report/fortune-500-attorney-takes-reins-from-eeocs-bipartisan-leader

BARRON’S
— Don’t Lowball Your Retirement Income Like These Americans – Alessandra Malito
https://www.barrons.com/articles/retirement-income-planning-51558674794

FORBES
— Overcome Age Discrimination In A Job Interview – Robin Ryan (DIERSEN: I am 70. I should write a book about those in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who focus on promoting age discrimination. I would focus on those who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout. They focus on promoting age discrimination against those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.) 
https://www.forbes.com/sites/robinryan/2019/05/28/overcome-age-discrimination-in-a-job-interview/#70d456d86772

NEWSWEEK
— THE AMOUNT OF U.S. FARMLAND HELD BY FOREIGN INVESTORS NEARLY DOUBLED IN A DECADE – CHANTAL DA SILVA
https://www.newsweek.com/us-farmland-held-foreign-investors-doubled-decade-1436971

PHILADELPHIA TRIBUNE
— U.S. cities far from border feel effects of migrant releases – Adriana Gomez Licon
https://www.phillytrib.com/news/u-s-cities-far-from-border-feel-effects-of-migrant/article_2ab275f9-ca35-56b4-a69c-682db0d21007.html

AMERICAN PROSPECT
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A pot pusher pushes pot.
https://prospect.org/article/why-we-must-legalize-marijuana

NATIONAL MEMO
— Washington, DC Mayor Pushes Back Against Trump Takeover Of July Fourth – Alex Henderson
https://www.nationalmemo.com/washington-dc-mayor-pushes-back-against-trump-takeover-of-july-fourth/

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.