May 6 Morning Edition

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: PRITZKER, DEMS MOVE FORWARD TO LEGALIZE POT IN ILLINOIS
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/05/pritzker-dems-move-forward-to-legalize-pot-in-illinois.html

CAPITOL FAX
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot.
https://capitolfax.com/2019/05/06/why-has-cannabis-legalization-taken-so-long/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Nation of Islam calls Farrakhan’s ban from Facebook ‘completely unjustified’ – Stefano Esposito
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/louis-farrakhan-nation-islam-facebook-st-sabina-rally/
— Newman wins early endorsements of progressive groups in bid against Lipinski – Lynn Sweet (DIERSEN: Progressive groups promote abortion.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/marie-newman-wins-early-endorsements-progressive-groups-bid-against-dan-lipinski/
— No degree? Fed’s study says Chicago is a tough place to work – David Roeder
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/no-degree-fed-study-says-chicago-tough-place-work-jobs-employment-careers/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Some African-Americans look past Louis Farrakhan’s bigoted words and hear a message of love – Dahleen Glanton
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/glanton/ct-met-dahleen-glanton-louis-farrakhan-facebook-ban-20190503-story.html
— Rev. Jesse Jackson speaks at Flossmoor church following blackface incident by high school students – Greg Tejeda
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/news/ct-sta-jesse-jackson-flossmoor-st-0506-story.html
— Get up and move around, people. Your heart and wallet will thank you. – Editorial
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-sedentary-lifestyle-poor-health-20190506-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE WITH COLOR PICTURE: Should electric-car owners pay higher state fees? – Marni Pyke
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190506/intransit-should-electric-car-owners-pay-higher-state-fees-

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— How diverse are Chicago’s corporate boards? It’s complicated. As Springfield debates whether to mandate diversity in every corporate boardroom, nearly 4 of every 10 directors at Chicago’s biggest companies are women or minorities. – STEVE DANIELS (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will political parties mandate that their members, activists, leaders, candidates, major donors, political consultants, etc. must be minority, female, younger, non-Protestant, and non-German American? Will that result in the formation of a new political party that represents older White men who are Protestant and/or German American, that is, a political party that does not discriminate against those who are older, White, male, Protestant, or German-American?)
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/news/how-diverse-are-chicagos-corporate-boards-its-complicated

ALTON DAILY NEWS
— Plummer Bill Would Repeal Slavery Amendment – Doug Jenkins
http://www.altondailynews.com/news/details.cfm?clientid=17&id=283870#.XNBTXZh_OM8
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In 1861, before the Civil War, Illinois was one of only five states to ratify a U.S. constitutional amendment protecting slavery from federal interference. On May 2nd, the Illinois Senate moved to rescind state support for that amendment. The resolution rescinding Illinois’ support for what is known at the Corwin Amendment is sponsored by State Senator Jason Plummer (R-Edwardsville).)

FOX ILLINOIS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, big business promotes LGBTQ activity. How soon, if not already, will big business tell customers, employees, stockholders, etc. that they will go to HELL if they do not promote LGBTQ? 
https://foxillinois.com/news/offbeat/bud-light-releases-rainbow-pride-bottles-in-partnership-with-lgbtq-organization

NPR ILLINOIS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, big business promotes LGBTQ activity. How soon, if not already, will big business tell customers, employees, stockholders, etc. that they will go to HELL if they do not promote LGBTQ? 
https://www.nprillinois.org/post/business-leaders-oppose-license-discriminate-against-lgbt-texans#stream/0

CHICAGO CRUSADER
— EEOC won $505M for discrimination claims in 2018 (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://chicagocrusader.com/eeoc-won-505m-for-discrimination-claims-in-2018/

CHICAGO MAGAZINE
— Let’s Get Rid of All the Townships Illinois has 1,428 of them — a big reason we lead the nation in number of taxing bodies. – EDWARD MCCLELLAN (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.) 
http://www.chicagomag.com/city-life/May-2019/Lets-Get-Rid-of-All-the-Townships/

WIREPOINTS
— Why Warren Buffett is right to warn about Illinois: The state’s true retirement costs now total 50% of annual budget. – Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner
https://wirepoints.org/warren-buffet-is-right-to-avoid-illinois-the-states-true-retirement-costs-now-total-50-of-annual-budget/

REPUBLICAN NEWS WATCH
— Alec Baldwin doesn’t get it – Donald Trump isn’t the one who needs to change – DOUG E. IBENDAHL
http://republicannewswatch.com/wp/?p=14729

FOX NEWS
— Latchkey laws are the ultimate ‘mom shaming’ – Hilary Gowins
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/latchkey-laws-mom-shaming

GOPUSA
— How do the Democrats deal with Donald Trump’s exuberant economy?
http://www.gopusa.com/how-do-the-democrats-deal-with-donald-trumps-exuberant-economy/


— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats crow about their success in getting religious leaders to promote LGBTQ activity. How soon, if not already, will all the religions of the world send you straight to HELL if you do not promote LGBTQ activity?
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=69047

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Trump-era economy: A rising tide is lifting all boats – Editorial
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/editorials/trump-era-economy-a-rising-tide-is-lifting-all-boats

ACCURACY IN MEDIA
— FROM THE BORDER: What The Headlines Don’t Tell You – Marissa Martinez 
https://www.aim.org/aim-investigates/from-the-border-what-the-headlines-dont-tell-you/

FREEDOM’S JOURNAL
— AMERICA’S PAST SHOWS WHY SOCIALISM WON’T WORK – Kay Coles James 
https://freedomsjournalinstitute.org/latest-news/opinion/americas-past-shows-why-socialism-wont-work-2/

CONSERVATIVE HQ
— The Dawn Of Corporate Totalitarianism – George Rasley
http://www.conservativehq.com/node/30187

TOWNHALL
— There Is Only One Solution To Social Media Deplatforming, And The Sooner We All Get There, The Better – Scott Morefield (DIERSEN: Have you been deplatformed? I should write a book about my critics/opponents who have succeeded in deplatforming me. I am no longer a TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member, Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster, Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, or American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member.)
https://townhall.com/columnists/scottmorefield/2019/05/06/there-is-only-one-solution-to-social-media-deplatforming-and-the-sooner-we-all-get-there-the-better-n2545883

NEWSMAX
— Trump Retweets Call for Reparations — for Himself – Jason Devaney
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/donald-trump-russia-mueller-probe/2019/05/05/id/914648/

DAILY CALLER
— DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES SAY OBAMA IS THE REASON THE ECONOMY IS SO GOOD – Phillip Stucky
https://dailycaller.com/2019/05/05/klobuchar-booker-obama-credit-economy/

BREITBART
— Democrats’ DACA Amnesty Stalls amid Political Fear of Migrant Crime – NEIL MUNRO5
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/05/05/politico-democrats-daca-amnesty-stalls-amid-fear-of-migrant-crime/
— Buttigieg: I Welcome Debate with Trump on Who Has a More Traditional Attitude on Marriage – Pam Key (DIERSEN: If you paint yourself as being religious, that is, if you are a member of a church, if you attend church services, and/or if you give money to a church; if you paint yourself as being conservative; and/or if you paint yourself as being Republican – sooner or later, Democrats will viciously demonize you, viciously denigrate you, viciously condemn you, and viciously destroy you if you are divorced and/or if you were ever unfaithful to your spouse.) 
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2019/05/05/buttigieg-i-welcome-debate-with-trump-on-who-has-a-more-traditional-attitude-on-marriage/
— Migrant Paid $130 to ‘Rent’ Boy to Cross Border as Family, Says DOJ – Bob Price
https://www.breitbart.com/border/2019/05/06/migrant-paid-130-to-rent-boy-to-cross-border-as-family-says-doj/

BLAZE
— ‘We were all just pissed and angry’: Leftist students stage sit-in, demand police sensitivity training after MAGA hat arrests ‘This was fear, this was pain, this was hurt’ – Dave Urbanski
https://www.theblaze.com/news/students-demand-police-sensitivity-training-after-maga-hat-arrests

WORLD NET DAILY
— 515 NEWS OUTLETS TARGETED FOR BLACKLIST, INCLUDING WND, DRUDGE ‘Crusade against those who hold unacceptable opinions’
https://www.wnd.com/2019/05/515-news-outlets-targeted-for-blacklist-including-wnd-drudge/

AOL
— Buffett and Munger: It would be a mistake for Coca-Cola to into get into marijuana – ALEXIS KEENAN
https://www.aol.com/article/finance/2019/05/04/buffett-and-munger-it-would-be-a-mistake-for-coca-cola-to-into-get-into-marijuana/23721610/

POLITICO
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Sen. Kamala Harris promotes hatred against Trump. 
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/05/05/kamala-harris-trump-hate-speech-1302647
— Trump: 2 years of my term were ‘stollen’ – QUINT FORGEY (DIERSEN: My Democrat GAO, IRS, and Post Office superiors stole many years of my career in the federal government. They took those years and gave them to my coworkers who were Democrat, minority, female, younger than me, and/or veteran. At IRS, they promoted the aforesaid over me 1974-1980 and at GAO, they promoted the aforesaid over me 1980-1997. I should write a book about that.) 
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/05/05/trump-term-mueller-1302643

HUFFINGTON POST
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: DIERSEN HEADLINE: Illinois Democrats want minorities and women in Illinois to be pot pushers.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/illinois-recreational-marijuana-legalization_n_5ccf7621e4b04e275d4c2e2d

NEW YORK TIMES
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Finding Your Passion Takes Some Work – Stephanie Lee (DIERSEN: What is your passion? My passion is putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and sending them out. What fuels your passion? The failure/refusal of Republican Party leaders in Illinois to defend/promote the traditional family, right to life, immigration, Second Amendment, illegal drugs, equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving), and other planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform and in the Republican Party platform fuels my passion.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/21/smarter-living/why-find-your-passion-is-such-terrible-advice.html
— The Case for Doing Nothing Stop being so busy, and just do nothing. Trust us. – Olga Mecking (DIERSEN: Obviously, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes want me to do nothing. They make it very clear that they do not want me to send out GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails or serve as a Republican Precinct Committeeman. Attend a Milton Township Republican Central Committee (MTRCC) meeting or fundraiser and watch how they treat me. They certainly made it clear that they did not want me to serve as a TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member, MTRCC webmaster, Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member, GAO employee, etc.) 
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/29/smarter-living/the-case-for-doing-nothing.html
— BEYOND DISGUSTING, BEYOND TRAGIC: Breaking the News to Mom and Dad: I’m Selling Weed (Legally) – Julie Weed
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/05/business/marijuana-sales-parents.html
— Defending the Free Press – Charles M. Blow (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who have worked the hardest to stop me from a) sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails, b) serving as a Republican Precinct Committeeman, c) serving as a TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, d) serving as a Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member, e) serving as a Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster, f) serving as an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, g) serving as an American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member, h) working for GAO, i) etc. I world focus on those who claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican.) 
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/05/opinion/trump-free-press.html

USA TODAY
— Why start a business after you retire? To earn money, keep sharp and pass on your skills – Tanisha A. Sykes (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who slander my consulting abilities. Better yet, I should sue them.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2019/05/06/retirement-why-start-business-when-youre-supposed-stop-working/3645444002/
— Sorry, Facebook and Google, Ellen Pao says startups will fix Silicon Valley’s diversity problem – Jessica Guynn 
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/05/02/ellen-pao-of-project-include-startups-can-fix-techs-diversity-problem/3623425002/
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Millennials’ foolish love of socialism – Robert Robb 
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2019/05/05/millennials-embrace-socialism-mistake-restrict-free-markets/3642809002/

BOSTON HERALD
— Sanders 2.0 looks to identity, not economics in 2020 race – TUCKER CARLSON AND NEIL PATEL
https://www.bostonherald.com/2019/05/06/sanders-2-0-looks-to-identity-not-economics-in-2020-race/

ARIZONA DAILY STAR
— Feds in Southern Arizona turn attention to family fraud at border – Curt Prendergast
https://tucson.com/news/local/feds-in-southern-arizona-turn-attention-to-family-fraud-at/article_ff63b096-8381-5233-b7a5-e2be066163c3.html

HAMILTON JOURNAL NEWS
— Was this Butler County magistrate fired for being Jewish or a bad employee? Federal case nears its end – Denise G. Callahan (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois, the federal government wasted my career and got rid of me because I was a BAD EMPLOYEE. I should write a book about my critics/opponents. Better yet, I should sue them.)
https://www.journal-news.com/news/was-this-butler-county-magistrate-fired-for-being-jewish-bad-employee-federal-case-nears-its-end/oMkDG8gpA5hiyxdiatj16M/

BATTLION
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: How soon will Trump-haters succeed in forcing everyone in America to speak Spanish, to read Spanish, and to write Spanish?
http://www.thebatt.com/news/students-host-bilingual-ceremony-for-spanish-speaking-community/article_7a09256a-6fc9-11e9-b72e-2f5785995acb.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Weeding Out Dubious Marijuana Science Researchers find ways to minimize increases in crime and traffic deaths that followed legalization. – Alex Berenson
https://www.wsj.com/articles/weeding-out-dubious-marijuana-science-11557090088
— A Little CBD to Take the Edge Off—For Your Pet? Products containing the hemp extract have garnered a flurry of interest among fans who take it for everything from sleep to stress reduction. Now, people are trying it on their pets. – Anne Marie Chaker
https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-little-cbd-to-take-the-edge-offfor-your-pet-11557135001
— The Job Advice You Wish You Knew How to Give Times have changed so much that parents puzzle over how to guide their sons and daughters toward a career – Sue Shellenbarger (DIERSEN: 100% of federal employees who are Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran will experience political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and even 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. For federal employees who are Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran to make the aforesaid promotion deadlines, they have to a) excel at getting rid of federal employees who are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran and/or b) excel at hiring, retaining, and promoting young Democrat minorities and young Democrat females.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-job-advice-you-wish-you-knew-how-to-give-11557135000
— Your Contacts List Is Your Most Important Social Network. – David Pierce (DIERSEN: Needless-to-say, my critics/opponents are beyond furious that so many influential activists, influential candidates, influential elected officials, influential party leaders, influential major donors, influential political consultants, influential etc. read my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails. My critics/opponents should be asked who, if anyone, reads their emails. According to my critics/opponents, all news and commentary is fake except for the news and commentary that they put out or bless. My critics/opponents focus on a) getting me to stop putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and sending them out and b) stopping everyone from reading those emails. I should write a book about my critics/opponents. Better yet, I should sue them.) 
https://www.wsj.com/articles/your-contacts-list-is-your-most-important-social-network-heres-how-to-make-it-better-11557061200

FORBES
— How Living Longer Impacts Your Retirement – Gregory Ostrowski (DIERSEN: My Civil Service Retirement System pension is only 42% of what my salary was in 1997 in today’s dollars.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbesfinancecouncil/2019/05/01/how-living-longer-impacts-your-retirement/#160ea2d560be
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Especially for those on fixed incomes, such as retirees, inflation can negatively impact your standard of living in retirement by diminishing the purchasing power of your income. One way to prepare for such a scenario that can also help you overcome the risk of outliving your savings is to build a buffer into your retirement income projections. For instance, if you believe that a retirement income of $6,000 per month will be enough to pay your expenses, plan to save enough to generate $7,000 a month. Or if you think $7,000 per month will be enough, aim for $8,000, etc.)

BLOOMBERG
— Sales of America’s greatest sports car have stalled as buyers await an all-new version. – Kyle Stock
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-05-06/the-best-corvette-ever-made-isn-t-good-enough

MOTLEY FOOL
— The Average Social Security Recipient Today Only Gets This Much Income Hint: It’s really not enough to live comfortably on. – Maurie Backman (DIERSEN: My Civil Service Retirement System pension is only 42% of what my salary was in 1997 in today’s dollars.) 
https://www.fool.com/retirement/2019/05/02/the-average-social-security-recipient-today-only-g.aspx
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Just as you need a roof over your head, a means of transportation, food, clothing, and healthcare during your working years, so too do you need all of these things in retirement. The same holds true for things like utilities, cable, communications (think your cellphone and internet service), and even leisure. Therefore, it’s silly to think that you’ll get by on 40% of your former earnings while maintaining a standard of living that’s similar to what you’re used to today. And even if you are willing to cut back on some expenses, to live on Social Security alone would likely require some drastic changes — changes you likely won’t be happy with.)

BRINKWIRE
— Microsoft employees question if diversity is important (DIERSEN: I should write a book about my critics/opponents who are Republican, White, male, and/or older. Not one of them has ever suffered any kind of a) political affiliation discrimination, b) reverse discrimination, or c) age discrimination. I would focus on my critics/opponents who are Republican, White, male, and older who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois.) 
http://www.brinkwire.com/science/microsoft-employees-question-if-diversity-is-important/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Several Microsoft employees have been questioning whether diversity is important and slammed the tech giant for ‘discriminatory hiring’ against Asians and white men. The employees have been debating the company’s pro-diversity push on an internal online message board meant for communicating with Microsoft’s CEO Satya Nadella. Two posts that have been heavily argued were written by a female Microsoft program manager, Quartz reports. One of those posts questioned Microsoft’s push to hire more women and minorities, arguing that it discriminates against white and Asian men. It also criticizes the monetary incentives senior leadership are awarded if they hire female or minority employees. ‘Does Microsoft have any plans to end the current policy that financially incentivizes discriminatory hiring practices? To be clear, I am referring to the fact that senior leadership is awarded more money if they discriminate against Asians and white men,’ one post reads. ‘I have an ever-increasing file of white male Microsoft employees who have faced outright and overt discrimination because they had the misfortune of being born both white and male. This is unacceptable,’ she wrote in a follow up post on the thread.)

NPR
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, businesses promote LGBTQ activity.
https://www.npr.org/2019/05/06/720060927/business-leaders-oppose-license-to-discriminate-against-lgbt-texans

NEW REPUBLIC
— Power Plays in the Anti-Semitic Blame Game – SARAH JAFFE (DIERSEN: Government is nasty. Politics is nasty. Democrats are nasty. I should write a book about my Democrat superiors in the federal government who painted me as being an anti-Semite. They stressed that I was baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran and that I am 100% German national origin. They had great success in forcing my Jewish superiors and my Jewish supervisors to take adverse actions against me.)
https://newrepublic.com/article/153828/power-plays-anti-semitic-blame-game

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.