September 11 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— City in federal court Monday for sanctuary city case against Trump administration  (DIERSEN: Because Rauner signed SB 31, Rauner sides with Chicago against the federal government.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-chicago-donald-trump-doj-20170911-story.html
— As 2018 campaign looms, Rauner could find it tougher to avoid talking Trump – Rick Pearson  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Rauner seems to be taking the advice of those who want him to run as an anti-Republican, that is, to dump the Republican Party platform, to dump the Illinois Republican Party platform, and to dump those individuals, organizations, companies, and governments that are Republican, and especially those that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-bruce-rauner-donald-trump-questions-met-20170909-story.html
— Harsh realities of college expenses – Steve Rosen (DIERSEN: Where did the money come from to pay for your college expenses?  For me, it was money that earned a) cleaning golf shoes, chipping slag, and pumping gasoline in 1966; b) delivering mail 1966-1969; and c) working on an automobile assemble line and as a security guard in 1970. My outstanding parents provided me with room and board in their home in Crete a) 1966-1968 while I attended UIC, b) weekends during my first semester at NIU in 1969, and c) the summer of 1969. I graduated debt-free from NIU in August of 1970 owning a 1969 Dodge Charger SE.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/success/kidsandmoney/tca-harsh-realities-of-college-expenses-20170908-story.html
— Desperate for a win, Trump shafts his party – Jonah Goldberg  (DIERSEN: Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. What do you say to candidates who claim to be Republican while they are running, but once elected, they dump the Republican Party platform and dump Republicans?)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/sns-201709071533–tms–jgoldbrgctnjg-a20170908-20170908-column.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, CATO treasonously encourages people to come to America illegally, encourages people to stay in America illegally, and encourages people to bring other people to America illegally.
https://www.pressreader.com/usa/chicago-tribune/20170911/281801399122277
— Trump and first lady commemorate Sept. 11 – AP  (DIERSEN: What were you doing on September 11, 2001?  I was delivering press release kits for then State Representative Randy Hultgren.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-donald-trump-sept-11-20170911-story.html
— Crossing Trump on climate, new Miss America fears no tweet – AP  (DIERSEN: If you criticize Trump, anti-Trumps promote you.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-bc-us–miss-america-20170911-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— ‘Dreamer’ was 3 when brought to U.S. by parents: ‘This is my country’ – Maudlyne Ihejirika (DIERSEN: Where have your ancestors lived in America?  All my ancestors have always lived in northeast Illinois. When did your ancestors immigrate to America? All my ancestors immigrated during the 1840s and 1850s. Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps shout that the longer that your ancestors have been in America, a) the more that you have benefited from their discrimination against minorities and against women and b) the more that you should pay the price of Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion. How soon, if not already, will anti-Trumps call for the deportation of all those whose ancestors a) immigrated to America before the Civil War and/or b) lived anywhere in America where slavery was legal?)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-politics/dreamer-was-3-when-brought-to-u-s-by-parents-this-is-my-country/
— New Miss America says Trump wrong to withdraw from climate accord – AP  (DIERSEN: If you criticize Trump, anti-Trumps promote you.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/new-miss-america-says-trump-wrong-to-withdraw-from-climate-accord/

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps rally in Springfield to urge Congress to give preference to certain illegals.  Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps glorify and praise a) those who were brought to America illegally and b) those who brought them to America illegally.
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170910/hundreds-rally-to-urge-congress-to-help-immigrants

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Free speech on campus? – Editorial  (DIERSEN: Democrats run education in America. Those Democrats want members ONLY of the following groups to speak: anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/editorials/2017-09-11/free-speech-campus.html

 

NORTHWEST HERALD
— McHenry County Board member John Reinert announces run for Illinois Senate District 32 seat – MEGAN JONES
http://www.nwherald.com/2017/09/07/mchenry-county-board-member-john-reinert-announces-run-for-illinois-senate-district-32-seat/ases6hv/

 

FOX ILLINOIS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps rally in Springfield to urge Congress to give preference to certain illegals.  Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps glorify and praise a) those who were brought to America illegally and b) those who brought them to America illegally.
http://foxillinois.com/news/local/hundreds-rally-against-president-trumps-decision-to-end-daca-09-11-2017

 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— The next DACA? Trump administration turns to another class of immigrants – TAL KOPAN
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/the-next-daca-trump-administration-turns-to-another-class-of-immigrants/808859563
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, “religious leaders” act as operatives or as dupes for the Democrat Party.
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/pope-francis-says-rescinding-daca-is-not-prolife/808928546

 

RIVER BENDER
— Rauner Visiting Japan and China – Mark Ellebracht
https://m.riverbender.com/wbgznews/details.cfm?id=251525

 

WCSJ NEWS
— Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner Touring Japan and China  (DIERSEN: How many jobs have you created? How many jobs have your parents created? How many jobs have your grandparents created? How many jobs have your great grandparents created? How many jobs have the rest of your ancestors created? The more jobs that the aforesaid created, the more that they are glorified and praised. My parents did not create any jobs. My grandparents and my great grandparents created a few jobs while they operated a hardware store and farmed.)
http://www.wcsjnews.com/news/local/illinois-governor-bruce-rauner-touring-japan-and-china/article_ac68bc64-96e5-11e7-9aaa-2b779203c21c.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner is starting his Asian trade mission in Tokyo. The governor is on an eight day swing through Japan and China. Rauner said it’s “vital” to secure a solid relationship with Japan. Illinois is home to over 600 Japanese companies, and the governor office says those companies are responsible for almost 50 thousand jobs in the state.)

 

COLUMBIA CHRONICLE
— Trust Act aims to make Illinois a ‘sanctuary state’ – Savannah Eadens
http://www.columbiachronicle.com/metro/article_5c8a8926-94fa-11e7-9dba-b3e3d57fecfe.html

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Olsen joins eight-state effort to end gerrymandering – Brent Zell  (DIERSEN: In retrospect, with benefit of hindsight, in 2015, I should have filed a lawsuit to stop the gerrymandering of my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 9.)
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511212352-olsen-joins-eight-state-effort-to-end-gerrymandering
— Marquardt, West Chicago, Addison students to be eligible for private school scholarships in new state program (DIERSEN: My outstanding parents saved Crete-Monee School District 201-U (http://www.cm201u.org/) lots of money during the 1950s and 1960s by sending my brother and me to Trinity Lutheran Grade School in Crete and then to Hope Lutheran Grade School in Park Forest to stay with the Missouri Synod.)
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511203090-marquardt-west-chicago-addison-students-to-be-eligible-for-private-school-scholarships-in-new-state-program
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A new public school funding bill recently passed by the Illinois Legislature, SB1947, includes a scholarship program that would award donated funds to students in lower-income families — up to 300 percent of the federal poverty level — to provide them the opportunity to attend private schools. A provision within the bill allows for scholarship eligibility to students in select “focus districts” in the state, including several in DuPage County.)

 

GAMBLING COMPLIANCE
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Illinois Flush With Video Gaming Machines, Tax Revenue – NICHOLAUS GARCIA
https://gamblingcompliance.com/premium-content/insights_analysis/illinois-flush-video-gaming-machines-tax-revenue

 

DAILY CALLER
— Hillary Stands By Her ‘Deplorables’ Remark – Chuck Ross (DIERSEN: How many voted for Hillary in your precinct? One could argue that because Hillary stands by what she said, that the 211 who voted for Hillary in my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 9 continue to demonize me, to denigrate me, and to condemn me as being deplorable.)
http://dailycaller.com/2017/09/10/hillary-stands-by-her-deplorables-remark-video/
— Hillary Clinton Had No Concession Speech, Blames Loss On ‘White People’ – David Krayden
http://dailycaller.com/2017/09/10/hillary-clinton-had-no-concession-speech-blames-loss-on-white-people/

 

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— ‘OpenTheBooks’ Founder Adam Andrzejewski: American Government Needs A Transparency Revolution – Tim Hains (DIERSEN: I agree. Democrats run the federal government. Those Democrats should be required to report all the adverse actions that they take against their employees because of their political affiliation. I have always been a Republican. Because of that, a) my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, did not promote me beyond GS-13, 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 an $18,847 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980; b) my Democrat IRS superiors did not promote me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions in 1978, and disallowed my partial day per diem claims in 1974; and c) my Democrat Post Office superiors forced me resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968.)
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2017/09/10/openthebooks_founder_american_government_needs_a_transparency_revolution.html

 

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Republicans are getting trumped by internal divide, not the president – Susan Ferrechio
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/republicans-are-getting-trumped-by-internal-divide-not-the-president/article/2633757

 

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Secret Service Offered to ‘Fast-Track’ Disability Retirement for Able-Bodied Workers, Several DHS Sources Say  $1.9 billion taxpayer-funded federal disability program is rife with abuse – Susan Crabtree
http://freebeacon.com/national-security/secret-service-offered-fast-track-disability-retirement-able-bodied-workers-several-dhs-sources-say/

 

HUFFINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps glorify and praise children who were brought to America illegally. What about those criminals who brought those children to America illegally?
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/dreamers-medical-school_us_59b4264be4b0b5e5310685b9

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Bannon Takes Aim at Republicans and Former Colleagues in Wide-Ranging Interview – NOAH WEILANDSE
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/10/us/politics/steve-bannon-60-minutes-interview.html
— The South Doesn’t Own Slavery – TIYA MILES  (DIERSEN: Where have your ancestors lived in America?  All my ancestors have always lived in northeast Illinois. When did your ancestors immigrate to America? All my ancestors immigrated during the 1840s and 1850s. Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps shout that the longer that your ancestors have been in America, a) the more that you have benefited from their discrimination against minorities and against women and b) the more that you should pay the price of Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion. How soon, if not already, will anti-Trumps call for the deportation of all those whose ancestors a) immigrated to America before the Civil War and/or b) lived anywhere in America where slavery was legal?)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/11/opinion/south-slavery-confederate-states.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Federal employees’ charitable giving reflects worry; reciting oath on video reflects pride and Trump counterpoint – Joe Davidson  (DIERSEN: Democrats run the federal government. Their top priority is to hire, to retain, and to promote Democrats, and especially Democrats who are minority, female, and/or younger. Of course, they are anti-Trump, and their giving more money to ACLU, SPLC, NRDC, Planned Parenthood, Sierra Club, and National Park Foundation proves it.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2017/09/11/feds-charitable-giving-reflects-worry-reciting-oath-on-video-reflects-pride/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Oath for Federal Employees: “I, [name], do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter. So help me God.” . . . An analysis of contributions to the Combined Federal Campaign (CFC), an umbrella charitable effort for federal employees, demonstrates “federal donors clearly reacted to the election of Trump in 2016, providing several charities with a sizable Anti-Trump bounce in their pledge results,” Marshall Strauss, chief executive of the Workplace Giving Alliance, said in an email Friday to his board of directors. The Alliance is a coalition of CFC organizations and reports on federal employee giving. “For example,” Strauss continued, “the American Civil Liberties Union [Foundation] was up almost 400 percent in comparison with its 2015 CFC results, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) saw its pledge number jump by 345 percent, and the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) saw its pledge total jump 180 percent.” These organizations have taken principled stands against Trump’s harmful policies: ACLU says Trump wants to “Enshrine a Business Right to Discriminate Into the Constitution.” SPLC President Richard Cohen wrote about “the malignant bigotry at the heart of President Trump’s agenda.” NRDC tracks “Trumps attacks on the environment.” Planned Parenthood, the Sierra Club and the National Park Foundation also received significantly more in donations, according to the report.)

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— ‘It Is Chilling to Hear . . . ’  Notre Dame’s president has some pointed words for Senate Democrats. – Editorial
https://www.wsj.com/articles/it-is-chilling-to-hear-1505074699
— I Guess We’re All McCarthyites Now  A congressman (Luis Gutiérrez) insults John Kelly’s service—and nobody notices. – Philip Terzian  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasing, anti-Trumps insult all those who are not anti-Trump. Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps hint/imply/argue/shout that those who are not anti-Trump are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things. How should those who are not anti-Trump respond?)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/i-guess-were-all-mccarthyites-now-1505073332
— Students Get Tuition Aid for a Piece of Their Future  Income share agreements seem poised to take off, as costs and debt loads rise – Jillian Berman  (DIERSEN: How much did you earn in today’s dollars when you were 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, and 49? For me, it was $79,563; $90,173; $90,173; $100,917; $113,531; and $122,991. In my defense, I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 32.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/students-get-tuition-aid-for-a-piece-of-their-future-1505096100
— People Hope to Work Later in Life. Here’s the Reality  People say they want to keep earning income. But the facts tell a different story. – Glenn Ruffenach
https://www.wsj.com/articles/people-hope-to-work-later-in-life-heres-the-reality-1504794134

 

ALBANY TIMES UNION
— Underground Railroad project teaching timely lesson – PAUL BRAY (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps equate illegals with slaves. But wait, slaves were brought to America against their will. Illegals are not forced to come to America, except those who were brought to America while they were children. Those who bring children to America illegally should be equated with slave owners. Law-breaking people always use children as cannon fodder.)
http://www.timesunion.com/opinion/article/Paul-Bray-Underground-Railroad-project-teaching-12187458.php

 

FED SMITH
— DOJ Says It Won’t Prosecute Lois Lerner for IRS Targeting Scandal – Ian Smith  (DIERSEN: In Diersen v. GAO (SEE:
https://gopillinois.com/documents/), RINOs, Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, and Greens and Green plants sided with GAO. The aforesaid promote patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.)
https://www.fedsmith.com/2017/09/09/doj-says-wont-prosecute-lois-lerner-irs-targeting-scandal/

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.