May 31 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— BEYOND DISGUSTING, BEYOND TRAGIC: Recreational marijuana heads to Illinois House after committee vote – Dan Petrella and Rick Pearson (DIERSEN: Who is taking the lead against pot in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois? All of the following should be speaking out against pot: Republican activists, Republican candidates, Republican elected officials, Republican party leaders, Republican major donors, Republican political consultants, business leaders, religious leaders, healthcare leaders, education leaders, law enforcement leaders, etc.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-met-illinois-marijuana-legislation-house-committee-20190530-story.html
— Marijuana, abortion rights, sports gambling among key issues still facing state legislature on final day of session – Rick Pearson, Jamie Munks and Dan Petrella
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-met-illinois-legislature-20190530-story.html
— What you should know about the gun licensing reform measure awaiting a vote by the Illinois Senate – Annie Sweeney, Sarah Freishtat, Stacy St. Clair and Cecilia Reyes
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-met-cb-gun-reform-foid-bill-illinois-20190530-story.html
— BEYOND DISGUSTING, BEYOND TRAGIC: Illinois lawmakers OK bill to remove legal obstacles for those who provide clean needles to heroin users – John Keilman (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs force Republicans to pay for heroin that Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs will give heroin users?)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-met-illinois-syringe-exchanges-20190506-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Springfield scramble: Crunch time for legislators on pot, gaming, budget, other issues  The clock is ticking. Legislators will have to quickly digest the budget. And there are still changes being made to a capital plan that currently includes a gas tax hike, a $1 tax on cigarettes and vaping and several other controversial taxes. – Tina Sfondeles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2019/5/30/18646407/springfield-pritzker-scramble-crunch-time-legislators-pot-gaming-budget-capital-abortion
— 4 Illinois House Democrats call for Trump impeachment: Quigley, Rush, Garcia, Davis Reps. Mike Quigley, Bobby Rush, Jesus “Chuy” Garcia and Danny Davis, all from Chicago, want Trump impeached. The other 9 Democrats from Illinois aren’t there yet. – Lynn Sweet 
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/5/30/18646752/four-illinois-house-democrats-call-president-donald-trump-impeachment-quigley-rush-garcia-davis
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats run Illinois. Ever-increasingly, those Democrats promote LGBTQ activity. How soon, if not already, will those Democrats officially banish you not only from Chicago, but from all of Illinois if you do not promote LGBTQ activity? 
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/5/30/18645946/chicago-gay-community-boystown-rainbow-crosswalks-pride-parade

DAILY HERALD
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote abortion.
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190530/bush-on-abortion-protections-im-really-fighting-for-women-that-are-coming-after-me
— How Pritzker got ‘yes’ votes from suburban lawmakers who’d opposed his tax plan – Marni Pyke
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190531/how-pritzker-got-yes-votes-from-suburban-lawmakers-whod-opposed-his-tax-plan

WTTW
— With a Full Slate, Time is Running Out for Illinois Lawmakers – Amanda Vinicky
https://news.wttw.com/2019/05/30/full-slate-time-running-out-illinois-lawmakers

NBC5
— Suburban Yard Becomes ‘Lake Michigan’ After Recent Rain, Homeowner Says – Chris Coffey (DIERSEN: I should write a book about Wheaton’s approval of a grossly inadequate lot drainage plan for the four-home Cove Court cul-de-sac that I live in. Wheaton’s failure to require the developer to install six instead of only two  storm sewer inlets and to properly connect four subterranean drainage lines to the city’s storm sewer system has a) forced me to pay for all nine of my home’s downspouts to be directly connected to the city’s storm sewer system and b) to spend hundreds of hours and thousands of dollars to properly connect two subterranean drainage lines, to install many storm sewer inlets, and to install lengthy French drains. As time goes on, a) more and more and more surface storm water and subterranean storm water flows onto and into my lot, b) more and more and more often my massive lot drainage improvements are overloaded, and c) more and more and more often that my sump pump runs. The cul-de-sac is a watershed area that was formerly used as a septic field for homes on the west side of Golf Lane and the north side of Frazier Court. Of course, the aforesaid dramatically depresses home values in the cul-de-sac.) 
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/Suburban-Yard-Becomes-Lake-Michigan-After-Recent-Rain-Homeowner-Says-510634891.html

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— BEYOND DISGUSTING: BEYOND TRAGIC: House panel OKs legal pot – Dean Olsen 
https://www.sj-r.com/news/20190530/house-panel-oks-legal-pot
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Illinois Democrats talk and act like they are treasonous paid agents for foreign countries. 
https://www.sj-r.com/news/20190530/senate-passes-bill-intended-to-protect-immigrants

SOUTHERN
— BEYOND DISGUSTING, BEYOND TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot.
https://thesouthern.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/for-supporters-pot-legalization-is-about-equity-empowerment/article_34fe50e2-cf6b-5375-ad51-c50f7dba01c6.html

QUAD CITIES ONLINE
— McCombie supports bill kick Chicago out of Illinois – SARAH HAYDEN
https://qconline.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/mccombie-supports-bill-kick-chicago-out-of-illinois/article_dbeddf87-a69d-5876-b23c-49b1ef6bb9e1.html

NPR ILLINOIS
— Deadline Day For Legislating — Time Running Out On Marijuana, Gambling, Infrastructure, Budget … – BRIAN MACKEY 
https://www.nprillinois.org/post/deadline-day-legislating-time-running-out-marijuana-gambling-infrastructure-budget#stream/0

ONE ILLINOIS
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot.
https://www.oneillinois.com/stories/2019/5/30/pot-proponents-cheer-senate-urge-house-to-follow

WIREPOINTS
— State budgets don’t matter. Illinois will run massive deficits anyway. – John Klingner
https://wirepoints.org/state-budgets-dont-matter-illinois-will-run-massive-deficits-anyway/

FOX NEWS
— University of Illinois sued for allegedly chilling speech with ‘bias response team’ – Sam Dorman
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/university-of-illinois-sued-for-chilling-speech-with-bias-response-team

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Federal judge in Chicago takes swipe at Trump, gives lenient sentence to ‘El Chapo’ witness – AP
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/may/30/ruben-castillo-federal-judge-takes-swipe-trump-giv/

BREITBART
— Blue State Blues: Democrats Are Putting Illinois in Play in 2020 – JOEL B. POLLAK (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Illinois Democrats shout that if you are a member of any of the following groups, you should vote for Republicans: Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older people, non-poor people, gun owners, German Americans, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/05/31/blue-state-blues-democrats-are-putting-illinois-in-play-in-2020/
— Donald Trump to Mexico: Stop Migration or Face Five Percent Tariffs in June – NEIL MUNRO
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/05/30/donald-trump-to-mexico-stop-migration-or-face-five-percent-tariffs-in-june/

TOWNHALL
— A Disturbing Glimpse Into The Manufacturing of Fake News – Ken Blackwell
https://townhall.com/columnists/kenblackwell/2019/05/31/a-disturbing-glimpse-into-the-manufacturing-of-fake-news-n2547145

DAILY CALLER
— TRUMP LAYS THE SMACKDOWN ON MEXICO – Derek Hunter
https://dailycaller.com/2019/05/31/trump-smacksdown-mexico/

DAILY WIRE
— Top Trump Official Publicly Rejects Pro-Life Policy Agenda Of Trump Administration – RYAN SAAVEDRA
https://www.dailywire.com/news/47875/top-trump-official-publicly-rejects-pro-life-ryan-saavedra

WORLD NET DAILY
— CRUZ: DEFUND COLLEGES THAT DON’T SUPPORT FREE SPEECH ‘We’re not going to fund discrimination’ (DIERSEN: I should write a book about individuals, organizations, companies, and governments that claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican, but that not only do not support me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails, they do everything that they can to destroy me and my emails.)
https://www.wnd.com/2019/05/cruz-defund-colleges-that-dont-support-free-speech/
— GAO REPORT FINDS WASTE COSTING TENS OF BILLIONS GAO condemns overlapping or duplicative programs (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those a) who did not want GAO to hire me, b) who did not want GAO to assign me to audits of IRS, c) who did not want GAO to promote me, and d) who wanted GAO to force me to take its early retirement “offer.”) 
https://www.wnd.com/2019/05/fed-report-finds-waste-costing-tens-of-billions/

CONSERVATIVE HQ
— Democrats Tee-Up Bills To Grant Amnesty To Drug Smugglers, Prostitutes And Gang Members
http://www.conservativehq.com/article/30348-democrats-tee-bills-grant-amnesty-drug-smugglers-prostitutes-and-gang-members

HUMAN EVENTS
— How China Ate Our Lunch.
https://humanevents.com/2019/05/30/how-china-ate-our-lunch/

COLLEGE FIX
— University of Illinois uses bias policies to silence conservative students: lawsuit – ETHAN BERMAN (DIERSEN: Should I file lawsuits against those my critics/opponents who try to silence me? My critics/opponents a) want the Milton Township Republican Central Committee (MTRCC), DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party (IRP) to silence me and b) wanted TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Illinois Center Right Coalition, American Association of Political Consultants, GAO, IRS, and Post Office to silence me. My critics/opponents a) reject planks in the Republican Party platform and/or the IRP platform and work against those like me who support those planks, b) reject the MTRCC resolution against video gambling and work against those like me who support that resolution, c) focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate, d) were defendants in lawsuits that I have filed, and/or e) are operatives or dupes for the aforesaid.) 
https://www.thecollegefix.com/university-of-illinois-uses-bias-policies-to-silence-conservative-students-lawsuit/

ROLL CALL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats oppose anything that might discourage illegal immigration.
https://www.rollcall.com/news/congress/democrats-pounce-citizenship-question-revelations

THE HILL
— NYU cancels ‘Reporting on the Far Right’ journalism class after two students sign up – JOE CONCHA (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who have demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being “far right.” They a) reject planks in the Republican Party platform and/or the Illinois Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, b) reject the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling and work against those like me who support that resolution, c) focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate, d) were defendants in lawsuits that I have filed, and/or e) are operatives or dupes for the aforesaid.)
https://thehill.com/homenews/media/446208-nyu-cancels-reporting-on-the-far-right-journalism-class-after-two-students
— UIC to offer in-state tuition to students from any tribal nation in the US – REBECCA KLAR
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/446181-university-to-offer-in-state-tuition-to-students-from-any-tribal-nation

HUFFINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats hint/imply/argue/shout a) you are a White nationalist if you are not a Democrat and b) White nationalists should be gotten rid of once and for all.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/twitter-white-nationalist-problem_n_5cec4d28e4b00e036573311d

NBC NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats oppose anything that might discourage illegal immigration.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/new-census-evidence-smoking-gun-latino-legislators-activists-n1012171

REUTERS
— Trump vows rapid, high tariffs on Mexico unless illegal immigration ends – Steve Holland, Frank Jack Daniel
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-immigration-trump/trump-vows-rapid-high-tariffs-on-mexico-unless-illegal-immigration-ends-idUSKCN1T01GJ

NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump’s Crackdown on Illegal Immigration: 11 Employers Prosecuted in the Past Year – Miriam Jordan (DIERSEN: What percent of employers in America employ illegals? How many billions of dollars have those employers given politicians to stop them from making E-Verify mandatory? Needless-to-say, each and every employer that employs illegals should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. One would expect that the more illegals that an employer employs, the more money that employer gives politicians to stop them from making E-Verify mandatory.) 
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/31/us/illegal-immigration-employers-prosecutions.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats crow about their success in destroying traditional marriage and the traditional family.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/29/upshot/single-mothers-surge-employment.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats oppose anything and everything that might discourage illegal immigration. 
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/30/opinion/census-citizenship-supreme-court.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/30/us/census-citizenship-question-hofeller.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Trump, who cast himself as pro-LGBT, now under fire from Democrats for rolling back protections – Toluse Olorunnipa (DIERSEN: Those who promote LGBTQ activity, their operatives, and their dupes have always done everything that they could a) to stop me from putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and sending them out and b) to stop everyone from reading the emails. I should write a book about those who promote LGBTQ activity, their operatives, and their dupes who falsely claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican to give them standing to destroy me. Better yet, I should sue them.) 
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-who-cast-himself-as-pro-lgbt-now-under-fire-from-democrats-for-rolling-back-protections/2019/05/30/95c04e96-8306-11e9-95a9-e2c830afe24f_story.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— College Enrollments Fall Again, With Some Notable Exceptions – Jake Holland
https://www.wsj.com/articles/college-enrollments-down-again-this-year-11559217601

MARKET REALIST
— Why Google Is Refunding Some Advertisers – NAOMI GRAY (DIERSEN: Fortunately, GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails and www.gopillinois.com do not contain advertising because of all the time and because of all the money that I donate. But if I had to seek advertisers, I would only seek advertisers that defend and advance the Illinois Republican Party platform and the Republican Party platform.) 
https://marketrealist.com/2019/05/why-google-is-refunding-some-advertisers/

LAS VEGAS SUN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats hint/imply/argue/shout that the “nation’s values” are 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 for a long time.
https://lasvegassun.com/news/2019/may/30/bernie-sanders-to-las-vegas-crowd-trump-supports-r/

FORT WORTH STAR TELEGRAM
— Fort Worth teacher’s job on the line after Twitter rant against illegal immigration – DIANE SMITH AND MITCH MITCHELL
https://www.star-telegram.com/news/local/education/article231004758.html

NEWSWEEK
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats crow about their success in treasonously getting citizens of foreign countries a) to illegally come to America illegally and b) to illegally stay in America illegally. 
https://www.newsweek.com/trump-administration-sued-over-refusal-release-hundreds-asylum-seekers-left-1440475

FORBES
— What Is Your Backup Retirement Plan? – Rick Miller (DIERSEN: Based on my experience, in retrospect, and with benefit of hindsight, if you are Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran and your superiors try to force you take early retirement, you should immediately file a lawsuit against them. If you succumb and take early retirement, for the rest of your life, your critic/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes will hint/imply/argue/shout that you were forced to retire because you were a “bad employee” if not a White supremacist, Nazi, KKK member, hater, racist, sexist, bigot, and even worse things.) 
https://www.forbes.com/sites/rmiller/2019/05/30/what-is-your-backup-retirement-plan/#178c817a1470

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats hint/imply/argue/shout that the longer that your ancestors have been in America, the more reparations that you should pay if you are a Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owner, German American, and/or a draft avoider.
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/2019/05/clotilda-slave-ship-found-healing-community-begins/

WASHINGTON EXEC
— Perspecta Wins $75M Contract to Rebuild National Background Investigation Service Program – AMANDA ZIADEH (DIERSEN: Needless-to-say, every candidate for any government or political job or office should be subjected to a full background investigation.) 
https://washingtonexec.com/2019/05/perspecta-wins-75m-contract-to-rebuild-national-background-investigation-service-program/

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.