WGN TV
— Gov. Pritzker optimistic he’ll get his legislative wish list – TAHMAN
BRADLEY (DIERSEN: QUESTION: What do Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs
wish for? ANSWER: That each and every Republican individual, organization, and
company immediately leave Illinois, and especially those that are Trump
supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, White, male, older, rich, gun
owners, German American, draft-avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in
America for a long time.)
https://wgntv.com/2019/05/03/gov-pritzker-optimistic-hell-get-his-legislative-wish-list/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Facebook, Farrakhan and the fight against hate – Editorial
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-facebook-ban-farrakhan-jones-20190504-story.html
— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON CHICAGO TIGHTENS: ‘Chicago is
killing our kids,’ aunt says after teen is shot dead in North Austin – Morgan
Greene
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-teen-killed-austin-shooting-20190503-story.html
DAILY HERALD
— Rubble on track at Union Station came from postal service property – Marni
Pyke
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190503/rubble-on-track-at-union-station-came-from-postal-service-property
DANVILLE COMMERCIAL NEWS
— Effort to eliminate townships should be statewide – Bloomington Pantagraph
(DIERSEN: I should write a book about a) those who charge me with supporting
township government and want to destroy me for that and b) those who charge me
with wanting to eliminate township government and want to destroy me for that.
They stress the adverse actions that Milton Township leaders and Milton
Township Republican Central Committee leaders have taken against me.)
https://www.commercial-news.com/opinion/guest-editrorial-effort-to-eliminate-townships-should-be-statewide/article_49209248-e5a5-5112-9f5a-e726ac42aab1.html
NPR ILLINOIS
— Trump Administration Lifts Limits On American Lawsuits Against Cuba – CARRIE
KAHN
https://www.nprillinois.org/post/trump-administration-lifts-limits-american-lawsuits-against-cuba#stream/0
SAVE YOUR HOME NOW (DIERSEN: Realistically, could you sell your
home for what your assessor says it is worth?)
— Hinsdale home lost to foreclosure sells for $891K less than 2007 purchase
price
https://saveyourhomenow.org/stories/512457847-market-watch-hinsdale-home-lost-to-foreclosure-sells-for-891k-less-than-2007-purchase-price
— Yogi Ghelani loses over $642,000 on sale of Naperville home
https://saveyourhomenow.org/stories/512457844-market-watch-yogi-ghelani-loses-over-642-000-on-sale-of-naperville-home
— Rodolfo Piedra loses over $696,000 on sale of Naperville home
https://saveyourhomenow.org/stories/512457825-market-watch-rodolfo-piedra-loses-over-696-000-on-sale-of-naperville-home
— Socialite Sugar Rautbord loses over $595,000 on sale of Chicago condo
https://saveyourhomenow.org/stories/512456910-market-watch-socialite-sugar-rautbord-loses-over-595-000-on-sale-of-chicago-condo
PRAIRIE STATE WIRE
— Illinois hospitality exec predicts minimum-wage hike will have a crippling
trickle-down effect – Glenn Minnis
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/512477613-illinois-hospitality-exec-predicts-minimum-wage-hike-will-have-a-crippling-trickle-down-effect
DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— After winning a contentious, often downright nasty race, Rep. Costa-Howard
says she’s under attack – Glenn Minnis
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/512460916-after-winning-a-contentious-often-downright-nasty-race-rep-costa-howard-says-she-s-under-attack
— Freshman Rep. Stava-Murray has been full of surprises during her first 100
days in Springfield – Glenn Minnis
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/512457352-freshman-rep-stava-murray-has-been-full-of-surprises-during-her-first-100-days-in-springfield
— Annual report: Which school districts in Illinois are in the worst financial
shape?
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/512455520-annual-report-which-school-districts-in-illinois-are-in-the-worst-financial-shape
DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Rep. Wehrli’s task force addresses wages for direct support persons – Glenn
Minnis (DIERSEN: My disabled 88-year-old aunt is doing a lot to increase wages
for direct support persons. She is paying the Sunrise assisted living facility
in Flossmoor $252 a day out of her life savings to live there. She never
attended college or married. She held low-paying data entry jobs. She lived
frugally. She helped teach me how to drive a car.)
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/512479029-rep-wehrli-s-task-force-addresses-wages-for-dsps
ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Objectivity lost when the media omits the news – Chris Krug (DIERSEN:
Democrat television stations, Democrat newspapers, and Democrat websites always
have far more “staffing resources” available to report news that
makes Republicans look bad.)
https://www.ilnews.org/opinion/op-ed-objectivity-lost-when-the-media-omits-the-news/article_ad1f572a-6de0-11e9-9fe4-f3039041a8f0.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE:
Buckner’s DUI wasn’t covered in any way by the Springfield Journal-Register,
until it was packaged at the bottom of columnist/reporter Bernard Schoenberg’s
news story on Reick’s arrest, which was published on Thursday (May 2) – an hour
or more after Illinois News Network broke the story. The arrest occurred less
than a mile from Springfield Journal-Register’s office. The headline of SJ-R’s
single story: “State Rep. Reick charged with DUI.” Schoenberg, who
writes a twice-weekly column and covers government, had not previously written
or commented on Buckner’s DUI. Schoenberg did not reply to two separate
requests for comment. Angie Muhs, top editor at the SJ-R, did respond to a
request for comment on why the paper appeared to have selectively covered one
story and not the other with the same urgency, or a comparable editorial
approach. “As you probably know, Bernie does two columns a week, but also news
stories,” Muhs said via email, carbon copying Schoenberg on her reply. “He
learned of the arrest of Rep. Reick the day after it happened, and did a news
story. That provided an opportunity to catch up to a story we hadn’t had the
staffing resources to do earlier – the arrest of Rep. Buckner. We credited INN
with having been the organization to break that story. At this point, Bernie
has not mentioned either arrest in his columns.” Schoenberg’s most recent
column included items on Gov. J.B. Prtizker’s progressive income tax pitch to
businesses, hall of fame journalism honors at the University of
Illinois-Springfield, and a recap of intramural basketball games played by the
state legislators. Politico’s Illinois Playbook, a daily email newsletter
roundup of Chicago, state and federal news with implications for Illinoisans,
is written and aggregated by Shia Kapos. She included a link to a story about
Reick’s DUI on Friday (May 3), but still hasn’t reported on Buckner’s DUI.
“Illinois Playbook works to present news in a nonpartisan way,” Kapos said via
email. “We try to catch the most important headlines on any given day – but
sometimes, we miss a few.” I asked Kapos in a follow-up email if she had
planned to write about Buckner, but did not receive a reply.)
ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— Civilized Man Will Soon Revile Abortion as it Does Slavery – Peter Heck
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2019/05/civilized-man-will-soon-revile-abortion-as-it-does-slavery/
FOX NEWS
— Trump asks why ‘radical left wing media’ are allowed on Twitter, Facebook –
Adam Shaw
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-left-wing-media-twitter-facebook
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Trump blasts social media double standard in tweetstorm – John
Siciliano
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-house/trump-blasts-social-media-double-standard-in-tweetstorm
AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Ilhan Omar: The Left’s Ideal American – Matthew Boose (DIERSEN: The left’s
ideal American is anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative,
anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male,
anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft
avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long
time. The left’s ideal activist, candidate, elected official, party leader,
major donor, political consultant, etc. is minority, female, and/or younger.)
https://amgreatness.com/2019/05/03/ilhan-omar-the-lefts-ideal-american/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Why journalists and other Democrats keep pushing phony scandals about Trump
– Jack Hellner (DIERSEN: Obviously, overwhelmingly, the overwhelming reason why
people get degrees in journalism and work for television stations and work for
newspapers is a) to defend and advance the Democrat, Libertarian, and/or Green
party platforms and b) to destroy Republican individuals, organizations,
companies, governments, activists, candidates, elected officials, party
leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc.)
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/05/why_journalists_and_other_democrats_keep_pushing_phony_scandals_about_trump.html
AMERICAN FAMILY ASSOCIATION
— Target pushes for U.S. government to punish churches and Christian business
owners –
https://www.afa.net/activism/action-alerts/2019/target-pushes-for-us-government-to-punish-churches-and-christian-business-owners/
GOPUSA
— Ilhan Omar blasts Trump for ‘creating monsters’ who ‘terrorize’ both Jews
and Muslims
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=68983
— Alabama Democrat lawmaker: ‘Some kids are unwanted, so you kill them now or
you kill them later’
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=69014
— Socialism: UN estimates 1.9M Venezuelans urgently need nutrition assistance
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=69025
— Pelosi and Democrats draw immigration battle lines vilifying ICE
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=69022
BREITBART
— Kris Kobach: U.S. Message to Illegals Is ‘Come to America, We’ll Release
You’ – John Binder
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/05/03/kris-kobach-u-s-message-to-illegals-is-come-to-america-well-release-you/
— MSNBC’s Chris Hayes Spreads Conspiracy Theory to Explain Trump’s Booming
Economy – JOHN NOLTE
https://www.breitbart.com/the-media/2019/05/04/msnbcs-chris-hayes-spreads-conspiracy-theory-explain-trumps-booming-economy/
CONSERVATIVE DAILY NEWS
— Trump Continues Winning; Making America Great Again – Jim Clayton
https://www.conservativedailynews.com/2019/05/trump-continues-winning-making-america-great-again/
PJ MEDIA
— It Gets Worse: Asians Harassed in D.C. for Wearing MAGA Hats Were North
Korean Defectors – DEBRA HEINE
https://pjmedia.com/trending/asians-harassed-by-thugs-for-wearing-maga-hats-were-north-korean-defectors/
THE HILL
— Trump laments social media ‘getting worse’ for conservatives – TAL
AXELROD
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/442095-trump-laments-social-media-getting-worse-for-conservatives
— Poll: Biden leads Democrat primary field by 30 points – MAX GREENWOOD
(DIERSEN: As Democrats see it, Biden’s being White, male, old, draft avoider,
Irish-American, and Catholic gives him “standing” to demonize, to
denigrate, and to condemn those who are White, male, old, draft avoiders,
German-American, and/or Protestant.)
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/442037-poll-biden-leads-dem-primary-field-by-30-points
HUFFINGTON POST
— Muslim Man Was Fired When He Spoke Up About Mistreatment By His Boss “I know
you’re a Muslim and I will do my best to treat you right,” Wali Omarkheil’s
manager allegedly told him during their first meeting. – Rowaida Abdelaziz
(DIERSEN: My Democrat superiors and Democrat supervisors in the federal
government were much smarter than Peluso. They were extremely careful to avoid
saying, writing, or doing anything that evidenced their taking adverse actions
against me a) because I was a Democrat, b) because I complained about political
affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and
retaliation, c) because I refused to help them get rid of their employees
because they were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran, d)
because I became an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged them
with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation, and/or e)
because they disapproved of my being German American and Missouri Synod Lutheran.)
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/muslim-man-fired-unitedhealth-discrimination_n_5cc7501be4b07c9a4ce7ab01
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A
year ago at the UnitedHealth Group offices at 1 Penn Plaza in midtown
Manhattan, Wali Omarkheil, a 43-year-old regional marketing director, gathered
with five of his colleagues to meet their new supervisor, Josiane Peluso. But
before Peluso even introduced herself to her new team, she complained to the
group about the new strict security in the building. “It’s because of all the
darn terrorists we have in this country,” she said as she made eye contact with
Omarkheil. She didn’t look at anyone else, he said. Suddenly, he felt the rest
of the staff turn their heads and stare at him, too. Omarkheil brushed it off
as a coincidence. “I remember thinking, ‘I hope she didn’t mean what she
said,’” he told HuffPost. But it turns out she did mean it, according to
Omarkheil. Within six months of their first meeting, Omarkheil, who had put in
nearly 12 happy years at UnitedHealth, was out of a job. He was fired.)
NBC NEWS
— House Democrats’ investigations of Trump are putting the country at risk – Keith
Koffler
https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/house-democrats-investigations-trump-are-putting-country-risk-ncna1001721
NEW YORK TIMES
— Facebook’s Unintended Consequence People who lack the wisdom and humility to
use their power responsibly. – Bret Stephens
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/03/opinion/facebook-free-speech.html
— Biden Thinks Trump Is the Problem, Not All Republicans. Other Democrats
Disagree. – Shane Goldmacher
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/04/us/politics/biden-trump-republicans-2020.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Republican-haters promote mass/illegal
immigration for those who will vote for Democrats, that is, a) for those who disrespect
the rule of law, b) for those who have severe financial, health, and/or other
problems, c) for those who lack education and/or job skills, d) for those who
speak Spanish, and/or e) for those who are anti-capitalism, anti-Trump,
anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican,
anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people,
anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those
whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/03/opinion/sunday/anti-immigrant-hatred-1920s.html
— Investing for Social Impact Is Complicated. Here Are 4 Ways to Simplify It.
– Paul Sullivan
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/03/your-money/impact-investing-standards.html
LOS ANGELES TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater promotes hatred against Trump and against
his supporters.
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-heffernan-cohen-comey-trump-20190504-story.html
— New tensions with administration deepen a dilemma for House Democrats; polls
show why – DAVID LAUTER
https://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-essential-politics-20190503-story.html
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— ‘The Guarded Gate’ Review: Bigotry and Bad Science Advocates claimed
eugenics was a step toward scientifically grounded policy making. – Stephen
Budiansky
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-guarded-gate-review-bigotry-and-bad-science-11556898327
— It’s Never Too Late to Start a Brilliant Career Our obsession with early
achievement shortchanges people of all ages. Research shows that our brains
keep developing deep into adulthood and so do our capabilities. – Rich
Karlgaard (DIERSEN: It is “too late” for federal employees who are
Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who 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.wsj.com/articles/its-never-too-late-to-start-a-brilliant-career-11556896617
— Republicans in a Nation Needing Repair Less taxes and spending won’t resolve
America’s deep crisis. We need a farsighted conservatism. – Peggy Noonan
https://www.wsj.com/articles/republicans-in-a-nation-needing-repair-11556836424
BLOOMBERG
— Trump Retweets Far-Right YouTube Star in Attack on Social Media – Ros Krasny
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-05-04/trump-retweets-far-right-youtube-star-in-attack-on-social-media
BARRON’S
— Americans Are Bad at Saving for Retirement. This Could Be Why. – Alessandra
Malito (DIERSEN: At the end of 1977, when I was 29 years old, I had contributed
$7,393 into the Civil Service Retirement System. My IRS salary at that time was
$24,070/year.)
https://www.barrons.com/articles/americans-retirement-planning-data-51556895196
(FROM THE ARTICLE: When
some readers read Fidelity’s benchmark goal of saving twice their salary by age
35 in a MarketWatch article, they were angry — a few millennials said it simply
wasn’t possible given their current expenses, and were discouraged by the
suggestion.)
BUSINESS INSIDER
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “Trump rants against Facebook,
Twitter and defends full-blown conspiracy theorists as conservative
thinkers.”
https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-rants-against-facebook-twitter-conspiracy-theorists-far-right-people-2019-5
MARKET WATCH
— Girding for one last job search before you retire? – Morey Stettner
(DIERSEN: I should write a book about my job search after my Democrat GAO
superiors succeeded in forcing me to take their early retirement
“offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old. Would you have hired me? My
Democrat superiors in the federal government had taken many adverse actions
against me. My Democrat GAO superiors had given me unfair performance
expectations and appraisals, always ranked me in the bottom half of my
coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, did not promote me beyond GS-13,
got rid of my mentor in 1987, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the
almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and forced me to take a $19,568 (21%)
pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. My Democrat IRS
superiors did not promote me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions
in 1978, got rid of my mentor in 1975, and disallowed my partial day per diem
claims in 1974. My Democrat Post Office superiors had forced me resign in 1969
and disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968.)
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/girding-for-one-last-job-search-before-you-retire-2019-05-03
HERALD NET
— Rule of law protects us from tyranny; if we follow it – Sid Schwab (DIERSEN:
By definition, if you come into a country illegally or if you stay in a country
illegally, you reject the rule of law. Democrats and RINOs encourage citizens
of foreign countries to come into America illegally and to stay in America
illegally, that is, Democrats and RINOs destroy the rule of law, that is,
Democrats and RINOs destroy America.)
https://www.heraldnet.com/opinion/schwab-rule-of-law-protects-us-from-tyranny-if-we-follow-it/
SIGNAL
— Students should find balance between work and play – Nicole Viviano
(DIERSEN: While you earned your high school diploma and bachelor’s degree, how
much time and money did you spend “playing?” I spent very little.
During my junior and senior years in high school, I worked part-time during the
school year and full-time during the summer in between. I worked full-time
during the summer between high school and college. I worked part-time during
the school years while I attended college and full-time during the summers in
between. The spent the money that I earned on a) a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest
Sprint, b) tuition and books at UIC and NIU, c) a new 1968 Oldsmobile 442, d) a
new 1969 Dodge Charger SE, and e) room and board at NIU. I graduated debt-free
from NIU in 1970 owning that 1969 Dodge Charger SE.)
http://www.tcnjsignal.net/2019/05/01/students-should-find-balance-between-work-and-play/
VARIETY
— Trump Calls Facebook’s Ban of Far-Right Agitators ‘Censorship’ – JANKO
ROETTGERS
https://variety.com/2019/digital/news/trump-calls-facebooks-ban-of-far-right-agitators-censorship-1203204801/
