May 5 Evening Edition

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Biden labels Trump a ‘clown’ during campaign stop – Andrew O’Reilly
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/national/biden-labels-trump-a-clown-during-campaign-stop

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps, anti-conservatives, and anti-Americans encourage citizens of foreign countries to illegally come to America illegally and to illegally stay in America illegally. 
https://www.chicagotribune.com/sns-bc-lt–mexico-migrants-long-route-20190428-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Facebook is right to boot abusers such as Farrakhan, Jones and Yiannopoulos.”
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/page/ct-perspec-page-facebook-louis-farrakhan-alex-jones-milo-yiannopoulos-20190503-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps, anti-Protestants, anti-conservatives, and anti-Americans promote Islam.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/ramadan-faq-muslim-holy-month/
— Fact-check: Downstate Republican wrong about wage hike costing 50,000 jobs – BGA
https://chicago.suntimes.com/business/fact-check-downstate-republican-wrong-righter-politifact-minimum-wage-hike-costing-50000-jobs-pritzker/

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Pritzker, lawmakers attempt high-wire act with weed legalization “There is an opportunity for Illinois to be the leader, the way they did in medical. Are they going to get it done?” – JOHN PLETZ
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/news/pritzker-lawmakers-attempt-high-wire-act-weed-legalization

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
– TRAGIC, DISGUSTING: Legal cannabis on front burner in Springfield – Jim Dey
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/2019-05-05/jim-dey-legal-cannabis-front-burner-springfield.html

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— More people turning to Champaign County refugee center – AP
https://www.bnd.com/news/state/illinois/article230049874.html

WILL COUNTY GAZETTE
— Rep. Batinick speaks out against HB 2685 – Glenn Minnis 
https://willcountygazette.com/stories/512479766-rep-batinick-speaks-out-against-hb-2685

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Blacks, Hispanics give little credit to Trump for record-low unemployment, higher wages – S.A. Miller
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/may/5/donald-trump-gets-little-jobs-credit-from-blacks-h/

BREITBART
— Durbin: Trump ‘Loses It, Gets all Googly Eyed’ over Putin – Pam Key
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2019/05/05/durbin-trump-loses-it-gets-all-googly-eyed-over-putin/

DAILY CALLER
— CNN WROTE OVER 20 ARTICLES ON COVINGTON CATHOLIC STUDENTS, IGNORES PHILLY MUSLIM CHILDREN CHANTING ABOUT CHOPPING OFF HEADS – Scott Morefield 
https://dailycaller.com/2019/05/04/cnn-covington-catholic-muslim-students-chopping-heads/

WORLD NET DAILY
— HOW MANY CENTRAL AMERICANS DESERVE ASYLUM? ZERO! Barry Farber draws on history to explain why current system is a ‘disgrace’
https://www.wnd.com/2019/04/how-many-central-americans-deserve-asylum-zero/
— ALL DECENT PEOPLE SHOULD #WALKAWAY FROM LIBERALISM Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson rips progressive culture of victimhood
https://www.wnd.com/2019/05/all-decent-people-should-walkaway-from-liberalism/

NEWS BUSTERS
— Media Lament Tiger Woods Getting Medal of Freedom from ‘White Nationalist’ President – Jay Maxson 
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/culture/jay-maxson/2019/05/04/president-giving-tiger-woods-presidential-medal-freedom-and-btw

— New York Times, Part of the Anti-Semitism Problem – Cal Thomas 
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/cal-thomas/2019/05/04/new-york-times-part-anti-semitism-problem

THE HILL
— Documents provide glimpse into Buttigieg’s military service – JONATHAN EASLEY 
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/442082-documents-provide-glimpse-into-buttigiegs-military-service

NEW YORK TIMES
— Why the Rich Don’t Get Audited The I.R.S. doesn’t have the resources it needs to chase offshore accounts and tax cheats. – Jesse Eisinger and Paul Kiel
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/03/sunday-review/tax-rich-irs.html
— Men Invented ‘Likability.’ Guess Who Benefits. It was pushed by Madison Avenue and preached by self-help gurus. Then it entered politics. – Claire Bond Potter
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/04/opinion/sunday/likeable-elizabeth-warren-2020.html?searchResultPosition=1
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: 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: Anti-Trumps demonize, denigrate, and condemn men.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/04/opinion/sunday/men-parenting.html
— Fair Play Is No Match for Foul After getting dissed by Barr, will Mueller man up? – Maureen Dowd
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/04/opinion/sunday/mueller-barr-dowd.html
— The Trip I Hope All African-Americans Can Take I saw the sense of connection that Birthright nurtured in my Jewish friends and planned my own life-changing journey. – Mercedes Bent
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/04/opinion/sunday/travel-blacks-africa.html
— Over 60: Why Own When You Can Rent? Older renters in New York City outnumber millennial renters. They also outnumber homeowners in their age range. – Joanne Kaufman
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/03/realestate/over-60-renters.html
— Almost All the Colleges I Wanted to Go to Rejected Me. Now What? – Kwame Anthony Appiah (DIERSEN: I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who hint/imply that if your degree is not from an Ivy League University, it is worthless.) 
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/30/magazine/almost-all-the-colleges-i-wanted-to-go-to-rejected-me-now-what.html

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A capitalism-hater says “Debt-plagued millennials have good reasons to favor socialism.”
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/readersreact/la-ol-le-millennials-like-socialism-not-capitalism-20190505-story.html

NEW YORK SUN
— Failing Europe Is Eclipsed As Trump Gains – CONRAD BLACK 
https://www.nysun.com/foreign/europe-failing-as-its-eclipsed-by-trump/90673/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Pope Tells Bulgaria to Welcome Migrants Balkan land has closed its borders as part of EU policy – Francis X. Rocca
https://www.wsj.com/articles/pope-tells-bulgaria-to-welcome-migrants-11557073800
— Trump Administration Backs Plan for More H-2B Visas, Irking Critics of Immigrant Labor Rules Landscapers, resorts and other small businesses are clamoring for more temp workers; opponents say policies lower U.S. wages – Louise Radnofsky and Lalita Clozel
https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-administration-backs-plan-for-more-h-2b-visas-irking-critics-of-immigrant-labor-rules-11557048600
— ‘A Horrible Culture of Machismo’: Women Struggle With Violence in Mexico Violence against women has been met with indifference and impunity, rights groups say, as the problem only gets worse – Robbie Whelan
https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-horrible-culture-of-machismo-woman-struggle-with-violence-in-mexico-11556978401
— Music Superstars Are the New One Percenters Huge stars like Beyoncé and Taylor Swift are dominating the concert-tour business like never before, as music’s top 1% takes home an increasingly large share of the pie – Neil Shah
https://www.wsj.com/articles/music-superstars-are-the-new-one-percenters-11556962200
— Racial Spoils in Washington State Democrats overrule voters to impose racial and gender preferences. – Editorial (DIERSEN: Who determines who will pay the price of racial and gender preference? What criteria will they use?)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/racial-spoils-in-washington-state-11557091027

24/7 WALL STREET
— Black Unemployment 86% Higher Than U.S. Average – Douglas A. McIntyre
https://247wallst.com/jobs/2019/05/05/black-unemployment-86-higher-than-u-s-average/

MOTLEY FOOL
— 11% of Employees Have Experienced Ageism on the Job – Maurie Backman (DIERSEN: 100% of federal employees who are White, male, and/or non-veteran will experience ageism and far worse things 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://finance.yahoo.com/news/11-employees-experienced-ageism-job-143600215.html

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.