May 6 Evening Edition

JEANNE IVES
— PLEASE SEE THIS: VIDEO: Legalization Will Not Solve These Problems
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_Y9NZINk20

ABC7
— BEYOND DISGUSTING, BEYOND TRAGIC: Legal marijuana will for sale in Illinois by January 1, Pritzker predicts – Craig Wall (DIERSEN: If/when this becomes law, my goal is for Wheaton to be the first city in the state to pass an “opt out” ordinance and zoning restrictions for growing. If/when this becomes law, please encourage your municipality to ASAP pass an “opt out” ordinance and zoning restrictions for growing. Those who fail/refuse to oppose pot should not claim to be religious, conservative, or Republican.) 
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/legal-pot-will-be-for-sale-in-illinois-by-january-1-pritzker-predicts/5287694/
— President Trump awards Tiger Woods with Presidential Medal of Freedom
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/pres-trump-awards-tiger-woods-with-medal-of-freedom/5287164/

NBC5
— BEYOND DISGUSTING, BEYOND TRAGIC: Cannabis Bill Expected to Be Introduced in Illinois Senate The 522-page cannabis bill was slated to be filed by the end of the day and includes automatically expunging marijuana possession convictions – Mary Ann Ahern
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/Cannabis-Bill-Expected-to-Be-Introduced-in-Illinois-Senate-509546881.html

CBS2
— BEYOND DISGUSTING, BEYOND TRAGIC: Pritzker Pushes For Recreational Pot Legalization Plan By The End Of The Month – Derrick Blakley 
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2019/05/06/pritzker-pushes-for-recreational-pot-legalization-plan-by-the-end-of-the-month/

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— BEYOND DISGUSTING, BEYOND TRAGIC: Denver, Colorado set to vote on decriminalizing ‘magic mushrooms’ – AP
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/national/denver-colorado-set-to-vote-on-decriminalizing-magic-mushrooms

WGN TV
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: A look inside a cannabis cultivation center as lawmakers debate legalizing recreational marijuana – MIKE LOWE
https://wgntv.com/2019/05/06/a-look-inside-a-cannabis-cultivation-center-as-lawmakers-debate-legalizing-recreational-marijuana/

WTTW
— High Time or Half-Baked? Illinois Looks to Legalize Weed – Amanda Vinicky 
https://news.wttw.com/2019/05/06/high-time-or-half-baked-illinois-looks-legalize-weed

WSIL TV
— BEYOND DISGUSTING, BEYOND TRAGIC: Lawmakers introduce plan to legalize recreational marijuana – Joe Ragusa
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/40426191/lawmakers-introduce-plan-to-legalize-recreational-marijuana

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Madigan: Parts of legal pot bill ‘very controversial’ — passage ‘not guaranteed’ – Jerry Nowicki 
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/speaker-mike-madigan-legal-pot-bill-controversial-passage-not-guaranteed-pritzker-steans/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: BEYOND DISGUSTING, BEYOND TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/business/medical-marijuana-growers-opportunity-legalizing-recreational-pot-tour-pritzker-illinois-grown-medicine/
— State Rep. Moylan on recreational marijuana: Not so fast – Mitch Dudek
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/marijuana-illinois-legalization-recreational-use-marty-moylan/
— Before the Good Ship Cannabis sets sail, stop up every possible leak – Editorial
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/cannabis-marijuana-illinois-recreational-use-pritzker/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— OUTSTANDING: Legal pot opponents reject Pritzker’s social equity arguments – Jessica Villagomez
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-illinois-recreational-marijuana-protest-20190506-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Opponents of legalizing recreational marijuana in Illinois on Monday rejected Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s argument that his proposal would promote social equity by providing potential benefits to communities that have been disproportionately affected by enforcement of lower-level drug crimes. “Minorities have said to me we don’t want this stuff in our neighborhood,” state Rep. Marty Moylan, D-Des Plaines, said at a news conference outside the Thompson Center in the Loop. “There’s other ways to generate revenue, not on the backs of our children and young adults.”)
— Springfield seems in a rush to approve recreational marijuana – Editorial
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-recreational-marijuana-illinois-legalize-pritzker-20190507-story.html
— Some people think it’s OK to drive high. That worries police – Mary Wisniewski
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/wisniewski/ct-biz-driving-on-pot-getting-around-20190429-story.html
— DCCC Chair Rep. Cheri Bustos defends backing incumbents as Rep. Dan Lipinski challenger Marie Newman gains major endorsements – Rick Pearson (DIERSEN: Concerning me, the following were not incumbent-friendly organizations: TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois in 2012, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce in 2011, Milton Township Republican Central Committee in 2010 and 2004, Illinois Center Right Coalition in 2007, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter in 2004, and GAO in 1997.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-cheri-bustos-democrat-incumbents-lipinski-newman-20190506-story.html
— FROM THE ARTICLE: Bustos has faced criticism from more progressive elements of the party for opposition to primary challenges and for a DCCC policy that also prohibits political advisers, consultants or vendors from doing work with the organization if they work against incumbents. “I don’t want to spend one ounce of any resource on keeping Democrats in the seats that they already have. I want to make sure that we have resources to pick up seats,” said Bustos, who called the DCCC “an incumbent-friendly organization.”)
— How do state Democrats balance a budget? Irresponsibly. – Kristen McQueary
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/mcqueary/ct-perspec-mcqueary-pritzker-budget-pension-debt-20190507-story.html
— Gentrification isn’t America’s urban scourge. Poverty is. – Noah Smith
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-poverty-gentrification-white-black-neighborhoods-20190507-story.html
— Jasmine Schuett Sworn In as Student Trustee on the College of DuPage’s Board of Trustees
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/glen-ellyn/community/chi-ugc-article-college-of-dupage-hosts-fourth-annual-student-1-2019-05-06-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— OUTSTANDING: Mundelein Launches Alcohol Prevention Campaign – Kim Radoy
https://www.dailyherald.com/submitted/20190503/mundelein-launches-alcohol-prevention-campaign
— Townships on the chopping block – Gail Remer and Debbie McGuire, Co-founders, Senior Living News Network, Arlington Heights
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20190506/townships-on-the-chopping-block
— Sports gambling in Illinois. Any ethics? – Scott Frillman, Antioch
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20190506/sports-gambling-in-illinois-any-ethics
— US to make 30,000 more visas available for seasonal workers – AP
https://www.dailyherald.com/article/20190506/news/305069944/

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Why this Illinois rep opposes pot legalization State Rep. Marty Moylan of Des Plaines is sponsoring a bill to slow down the state’s move to allow recreational marijuana but acknowledges, “It’s an uphill battle.” – JOHN PLETZ
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/news/why-illinois-rep-opposes-pot-legalization
— Graduated tax is no panacea—and could hurt state, Moody’s says Pritzker’s revenue initiative could lift Illinois’ credit, but only if the money goes toward pension debt rather than new spending, according to the ratings agency. – GREG HINZ 
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/greg-hinz-politics/graduated-tax-no-panacea-and-could-hurt-state-moodys-says
— Proposed Peotone Airport back in business? Despite Emanuel’s opposition, local rep Kelly enlists Madigan and other allies in a bid to get Pritzker to approve $150 million for needed roads as part of a new state capital bill. – GREG HINZ 
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/greg-hinz-politics/proposed-peotone-airport-back-business

POSITIVELY NAPERVILLE
— Time to express opinions about marijuana industry in Illinois – Dr. Aaron Weiner
https://www.positivelynaperville.com/2019/05/06/time-to-express-opinions-about-marijuana-industry-in-illinois/100209

PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— Madigan: Pritzker revenue plan being ‘ratcheted down’ by lawmakers – Grant Morgan and Lindsey Salvatelli
https://www.pjstar.com/news/20190506/madigan-pritzker-revenue-plan-being-ratcheted-down-by-lawmakers

SUBURBAN LIFE
— CANNABIS CONCERNS CONSIDERED Marijuana legalization on legislators’ agenda in Springfield – ALEX ORTIZ
https://www.mysuburbanlife.com/2019/04/30/cannabis-concerns-considered/ahqpelk/

EFFINGHAM DAILY NEWS
— LGBT book bill faces local opposition – Dawn Schabbing 
https://www.effinghamdailynews.com/news/local_news/lgbt-book-bill-faces-local-opposition/article_7d47133a-f5f7-53ad-a83b-b42acdf90408.html

NPR ILLINOIS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats encourage children to engage in LGBTQ activity.
https://www.nprillinois.org/post/lgbtq-history-book-bill-go-state-senate#stream/0

FOX ILLINOIS
— President Trump awards Presidential Medal of Freedom to Tiger Woods
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/watch-live-president-trump-awards-presidential-medal-of-freedom-to-tiger-woods

PLAINFIELD PATCH
— Underwood Addresses Issues At Town Hall Meeting Among the topics addressed during the town hall meeting were climate change, gun violence and health care. – Megann Horstead
https://patch.com/illinois/plainfield/underwood-addresses-issues-town-hall-meeting

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Census immigration question could exacerbate Illinois population decline – Cole Lauterbach (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats and RINOs want Illinois to be dependent on illegals.) 
https://www.ilnews.org/news/state_politics/census-immigration-question-could-exacerbate-illinois-population-decline/article_2d115cbe-6f83-11e9-8ebe-3f15fffa1b45.html

CAPITOL FAX
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Pot pushers oppose Moylan
https://capitolfax.com/2019/05/06/moylans-go-slow-ruse/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot.
https://capitolfax.com/2019/05/06/moodys-industrial-diversity-and-high-wealth-levels-give-illinois-the-ability-to-support-a-higher-tax-burden/

EBONY
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Those who hate those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time promote hatred against those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.ebony.com/news/race-culture/john-lewis-trump-racist-mlk-jr/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— The liberal mob descends on LGBT media for publishing one conservative – Brad Polumbo (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who blacklist me because I refuse to carry out their blacklist orders.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/the-liberal-mob-descends-on-lgbt-media-for-publishing-one-conservative
— Cory Booker’s absurd gun control proposal is the latest in the 2020 Democratic arms race of fringe ideas – Becket Adams
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/cory-bookers-absurd-gun-control-proposal-is-the-latest-in-the-2020-democratic-arms-race-of-fringe-ideas

FOX NEWS
— Top Border Patrol official: Facilities not ‘designed to handle’ heavy flow of immigrants – Charles Creitz
https://www.foxnews.com/us/border-patrol-official-warns-asylum-facilities-full

NEWSMAX
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says that Trump is “Trying to Make America Hate.”
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/kamala-harris-hate-speech/2019/05/06/id/914743/

AMERICAN GENIUS
— Texas employer to pay $85k in just one EEOC age discrimination settlement Companies that are considering edging out current workers for younger, cheaper talent are already facing hefty penalties when the EEOC gets involved. – Dawn Brotherton (DIERSEN: In 1971, when I was 22 years old, EEOC got Oldsmobile to agree to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. That directly resulted in Oldsmobile withdrawing a job offer that I had accepted. That directly resulted in my accepting a job offer from IRS.)
https://theamericangenius.com/business-news/texas-employer-to-pay-85k-in-just-one-eeoc-age-discrimination-settlement/

BREITBART
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says Trump “Isn’t Trying to Make America Great — He’s Trying to Make America Hate.”
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2019/05/06/kamala-harris-trump-isnt-trying-to-make-america-great-hes-trying-to-make-america-hate/
— Democrats See Growing Political Risk from Central American Migration – Neil Munro (DIERSEN: I should write a book about activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, and political consultants in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who state that they are conservative and/or Republican, but who talk and act like they reject the immigration planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform and in the Republican Party platform. They focus on destroying me because I support the aforesaid planks.)
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/05/06/democrats-see-growing-political-risk-from-central-american-migration/
— Pete Buttigieg in South Carolina: America ‘Was Never as Great as Advertised’ – Kyle Morris (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, since they lost the Civil War, Democrats make it clear that they hate America.)
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/05/06/pete-buttigieg-in-south-carolina-america-was-never-as-great-as-advertised/

DAILY CALLER
— QUEEN ELIZABETH LEARNED TO SHOOT AT 14 WITH CHURCHILL’S TOMMY GUN – Whitney Tipton (DIERSEN: Many of my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes talk and/or act like a) they do not want to defend or advance the Second Amendment and b) they have never owned a firearm.) 
https://dailycaller.com/2019/05/06/queen-elizabeth-churchill-gun/

TOWNHALL
— Our Lying Garbage Media Is Lying Garbage, But You Knew That – Kurt Schlichter
https://townhall.com/columnists/kurtschlichter/2019/05/06/our-lying-garbage-media-is-lying-garbage-but-you-knew-that-n2545860

CONSERVATIVE REVIEW
— Survey: One-third of Guatemala’s population would like to come to the US – Daniel Horowitz 
https://www.conservativereview.com/news/survey-one-third-guatemalas-population-like-come-us/

PATRIOT POST
— New Mexico County Pleads With Trump To Save Them From Illegal Alien Invasion – Todd Starnes
https://patriotpost.us/opinion/62817-nm-county-pleads-with-trump-to-save-them-from-illegal-alien-invasion

CNS NEWS
— DePaul Professor’s Pro-Israel, Anti-Palestinian Views Condemned by Faculty – Alex Madajian
https://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/alex-madajian/depaul-professors-pro-israel-anti-palestinian-views-condemned-faculty

LIFE SITE NEWS
— Vatican would deny papal blessing to politician strongly against illegal immigration – Lisa Bourne
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/vatican-would-deny-papal-blessing-to-politician-strongly-against-illegal-immigration

LIFEZETTE
— Exposed! Immigration Fraud through Marriage as Part of the Violence Against Women Act – Jill Greenwald
https://www.lifezette.com/2019/05/exposed-immigration-fraud-through-marriage-as-part-of-the-expanded-violence-against-women-act/

ROLL CALL
— Early strike: Progressive groups unite behind Lipinski foe in Illinois Backing for Marie Newman comes amid tension with Democratic leaders trying to protect incumbents – Stephanie Akin
https://www.rollcall.com/news/campaigns/early-strike-progressive-groups-unite-behind-lipinski-challenger-newman

ABC NEWS
— Rep. Dan Crenshaw on ‘The View’: Undocumented immigrants are ‘taking advantage of the asylum process’ – JOANNE ROSA
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/rep-dan-crenshaw-view-undocumented-immigrants-taking-advantage/story?id=62853013

NEW YORK TIMES
— How Parents Are Robbing Their Children of Adulthood Today’s “snowplow parents” keep their children’s futures obstacle-free — even when it means crossing ethical and legal boundaries. – Claire Cain Miller and Jonah Engel Bromwich (DIERSEN: Did your parents snowplow for you? Mine did not.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/16/style/snowplow-parenting-scandal.html

WASHINGTON POST
— OUTSTANDING: ICE provides local police a way to work around ‘sanctuary’ policies, act as immigration officers – Abigail Hauslohner
https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/ice-provides-local-police-a-way-to-work-around-sanctuary-policies-act-as-immigration-officers/2019/05/06/f651ff38-7029-11e9-9eb4-0828f5389013_story.html

WHYY
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters promote hatred against White Americans.
https://whyy.org/episodes/white-racial-resentment-and-white-extremism-in-america/

BLOOMBERG
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Illinois Lawmakers Eye Revenue Bonanza from Recreational Pot
https://news.bloombergtax.com/daily-tax-report-state/illinois-lawmakers-eye-revenue-bonanza-from-recreational-pot
— This is the strongest economy we’ve seen in a decade, America (that’s bad news for socialists) – Brian Brenberg
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/brian-brenberg-economy-strong-2019-jobs-wage-growth-capitalism-socialism

FORBES
— Here Are Warren Buffett’s Most Inspirational Quotes – Zack Friedman (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who have worked the hardest to destroy my reputation. Better yet, I should sue them. 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://www.forbes.com/sites/zackfriedman/2019/05/06/warren-buffett-quotes-inspiration/#37bd50284004
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you’ll do things differently.” Zack’s Advice: Think before you act. Your reputation matters.)

HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW
— No Partner, No Kids, No Problem (DIERSEN: Government is nasty. Politics is nasty. Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs are nasty. They used/use against me the fact that I did not get married until was 29, that my wife has always had income, that we gave up trying to have children, that we did not adopt, and that we did not become foster parents.) 
https://hbr.org/podcast/2019/05/no-partner-no-kids-no-problem
(FROM THE ARTICLE: If you aren’t married and don’t have kids, people at work might assume a lot of things: that you can stay late at the office, that you can’t possibly understand their stories about parenthood, that you just haven’t found the right partner (ugh). But those assumptions are often false. Single childless women have busy lives, close relationships with children like nieces or nephews — and many don’t want coupledom or motherhood. We talk to two women who’ve been researching and writing about being a single childless professional. The writer Shani Silver shares her experience with the career pros and cons, and then Tracy Dumas, a professor at Ohio State University, gives research-backed advice for responding to bias and unrealistic expectations.)

NEW YORKER
— Trump Asks Wisconsin to Help Elect Him Again in 2020 – Peter Slevin (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes hint/imply/argue/shout at candidates that they should NOT want me to help elect them. I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes. Better yet, I should sue them.)
https://www.newyorker.com/news/dispatch/trump-asks-wisconsin-to-help-elect-him-again-in-2020

NEW YORK MAGAZINE
— Progressive Groups Back Marie Newman, Despite DCCC Blacklist – Sarah Jones (DIERSEN: I should write a book about a) those who blacklist me, b) the reasons that they give for blacklisting me, and c) the real reasons why they blacklist me.)
http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/05/progressive-groups-back-marie-newman-despite-dccc-blacklist.html

SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: SPLC promotes hatred against White Americans.
https://www.splcenter.org/news/2019/05/06/internet-companies-must-act-combat-white-nationalist-movement

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.