CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Map group files appeal in legislative districting case – Rick Pearson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-emanuel-rauner-monday-spin-20160801-story.html
— Trump suggests U.S. accept Russia’s annexation of Crimea
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-trump-russia-crimea-20160731-story.html
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Courageous within GOP resist ‘danger to the Republic’”
http://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/steinberg-courageous-within-gop-resist-danger-to-the-republic/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps Say Picking on Gold Star family shows Trump’s ‘black soul’
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/sweet-picking-on-gold-star-family-shows-trumps-black-soul/
— Trump suggests that U.S. accept Russia’s annexation of Crimea – AP
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/trump-suggests-u-s-accept-russias-annexation-crimea/
— Pope: It’s not right to talk about a ‘violent, terrorist’ Islam – AP (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, the Pope sides with Islam and against the critics of Islam.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/pope-not-right-to-talk-about-violent-terrorist-islam/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Pope Francis said Sunday he won’t label Islam as “terrorist” because that would be unfair and not true. Reporters aboard the papal plane flying him home after a pilgrimage to Poland, the day after extremists slit the throat of an elderly priest celebrating Mass in a French church, asked him why he never uses the word “Islam” to describe terrorism or other violence. While in Poland, Francis made an unscheduled stop at a church in Krakow to implore God to protect people from the “devastating wave” of terrorism in many parts of the world. When asked why he didn’t describe the priest’s murder and other attacks as Islamic terrorism, Francis replied he won’t do that because “it’s not right to identify Islam with violence. It’s not right and it’s not true.” “I believe that in every religion there is always a little fundamentalist group,” he said. “I don’t like to talk of Islamic violence because, every day, when I go through the newspapers, I see violence, this man who girls his girlfriend, another who kills his mother-in-law,” Francis said, in apparent reference to crime news in predominantly Catholic Italy. “And these are baptized Catholics. If I speak of Islamic violence, then I have to speak of Catholic violence.” “In Islam, not all are violent, not all the Catholics are violent,” he said. “It’s like a fruit salad, everything’s in there. Noting he has spoken with imams, he concluded: “I know how they think, they are looking for peace.” As for ISIS, he said, the Islamic State group “presents itself with a violent identity card, but that’s not Islam.” Francis spoke on the day when Muslims in France and Italy flocked to Sunday Mass in a show of interfaith solidarity following a string of extremist attacks threatening to sharpen religious divides across Europe.)
DAILY HERALD
— Stopgap spending plan a necessary evil – David Harris
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20160801/discuss/160809996/
— Anti-slavery leaders speak in Naperville – Lauren Rohr
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20160731/news/160739838/
FOX ILLINOIS
— Christian County Sheriff Reacts To New Marijuana Law
http://foxillinois.com/news/local/christian-county-sheriff-reacts-to-new-marijuana-law-08-01-2016
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Christian County sheriff Bruce Kettelkamp is condemning Illinois’ new marijuana decriminalization law. Governor Bruce Rauner signed the bill Friday removing criminal penalties for possession of small amounts of marijuana. Now possession of 10 grams of marijuana or less is considered a civil violation, similar to a traffic ticket. Kettelkamp says the change won’t save his department time, because drugs can lead to more serious crimes. “I think this is a big mistake for our legislators. I just wish the legislators would just spend one day, or a couple days, in law enforcement’s shoes and see from the people that use marijuana,” said Kettelkamp. Kettelkamp tells us he’s worried the new law sends the wrong message to kids who might now think it’s acceptable to use marijuana.)
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Khan talks peace.” (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Knizr Khan makes it clear that he is far more angry at Trump than at those who killed his son.)
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/while-khan-talks-peace-trump-tweets-against-him
— Gold Star families demand apology from Trump Letter posted on VoteVets.org – David Wright (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Knizr Khan makes it clear that he is far more angry at Trump than at those who killed his son.)
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/gold-star-families-demand-apology-from-trump
PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— Tricky business of appointing representatives – Chris Kaergard and Nick Vlahos
http://www.pjstar.com/news/20160731/word-on-street-tricky-business-of-appointing-representatives
BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— State board sharing cost-saving ideas inactive for 3 years – DAN PETRELLA
http://www.pantagraph.com/news/state-and-regional/illinois/state-board-to-share-cost-saving-ideas-inactive-for-years/article_b275f3ea-2214-5255-9774-0e5af831930b.html
NORTHWEST HERALD
— Gay music director can continue suit against Catholic church (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, under the Democrats and under the RINOs, if you do not promote LGBTQ activity, those who promote LGBTQ activity will sue you.)
http://www.nwitimes.com/gay-music-director-can-continue-suit-against-catholic-church/article_d535978a-c4a7-5980-8a19-46e2618983f9.html
SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— House races key to Illinois’ political power struggles – AP
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20160731/house-races-key-to-illinois-political-power-struggles
WSIU
— Michael Madigan: A DNC Interview With The Chairman Of The Democratic Party Of Illinois – AMANDA VINICKY
http://news.wsiu.org/post/michael-madigan-dnc-interview-chairman-democratic-party-illinois#stream/0
WSIL TV
— Carmi miners show support for coal and Trump – Erin Fisher
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/32583789/carmi-miners-show-support-for-coal-and-trump
WTAX
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Mike Madigan who is anti-Rauner and anti-Trump says “Rauner Can’t Disavow Trump.”
http://wtax.com/news/101101-madigan-rauner-cant-disavow-trump/
SAUK VALLEY
— In Illinois: A House united, or more divided? House races are key to the state’s political power struggle – AP
http://www.saukvalley.com/2016/07/31/in-illinois-a-house-united-or-more-divided/afd21sh/
SOUTHERN
— Boom and betrayal: Retired coal miners losing health benefits as companies file bankruptcy – MOLLY PARKER
http://thesouthern.com/news/local/boom-and-betrayal-retired-coal-miners-losing-health-benefits-as/article_16ffe2e7-4eb8-5ea8-bcb2-2dfd97f3b327.html
CHICAGO NOW
— Winner of Clinton v. Trump to be decided by Florida, Ohio and Pennsylvania? – Jeff Berkowitz
http://www.chicagonow.com/public-affairs-with-jeff-berkowitz/2016/07/winner-of-clinton-v-trump-to-be-decided-by-florida-ohio-and-pennsylvania/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps blast Trump for saying “I’ve Made A Lot Of Sacrifices.” What do your critics/opponents blast you for? My critics/opponents blast me a) for taking jobs and for getting promotions that should have been given to minorities, to females, to those younger than me, and to veterans, b) for avoiding the draft, c) for giving up trying to have children, d) for not adopting, e) for not becoming a foster parent, and f) for not serving as one of their operatives or as one of their dupes.)
http://www.chicagonow.com/recesses-mind/2016/07/ive-made-a-lot-of-sacrifices/
REBOOT ILLINOIS
— Independent Maps will fight all the way to the state Supreme court
http://rebootillinois.com/2016/07/28/independent-maps-will-fight-way-state-supreme-court/
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— BERNIE SUPPORTERS SAY THEY’RE VOTING FOR TRUMP
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2016/08/bernie-supporters-say-theyre-voting-for-trump.html
— ILLINOISANS REVOLT AGAINST NATION’S HIGHEST PROPERTY TAXES
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2016/08/illinoisans-revolt-against-nations-highest-property-taxes.html
FREEDOM’S JOURNAL
— STATEMENT BY DEBORAH DEMOSS FONSECA, SPOKESPERSON FOR CONSERVATIVES AGAINST TRUMP (DIERSEN: The past predicts the future. If Trump/Pence loses in November, if the past predicts the future, my critics/opponents will blame me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS for all losses that Republican suffer in Illinois in November.)
http://freedomsjournalinstitute.org/latest-news/politics/statement-by-deborah-demoss-fonseca-spokesperson-for-conservatives-against-trump/
CONTRARIAN COMMENTARY
— GOP congressional candidate Andy Martin defends Trump against Khizr Khan
http://contrariancommentary.com/new-hampshire-news-conference-gop-congressional-candidate-andy-martin-defends-donald-trump-against-attacks-by-khizr-and-ghazala-khan/
GOPUSA
— Democrats’ platform ‘morally reprehensible,’ says ex-Obama adviser
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=13234
— Hacked DNC Emails’ Startling Implications
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=13230
— SF tries again to allow aliens and 16 yr. olds to vote in local elections
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=13206
— Democrats relished all gender restroom at DNC
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=13208
WORLD NET DAILY
— NEW AD CAMPAIGN PINS PAUL RYAN AS PRO-MUSLIM REFUGEE He’s also for ‘illegal sanctuary cities, Obama’s executive amnesty’ – LEO HOHMANN
http://www.wnd.com/2016/07/new-ad-campaign-pins-paul-ryan-as-pro-muslim-refugee/
TOWNHALL
— So Conservatives, What Have We Learned From This Trump Thing? – Kurt Schlichter
http://townhall.com/columnists/kurtschlichter/2016/08/01/so-conservatives-what-have-we-learned-from-this-trump-thing-n2200195
TPM
— Pence Attempts To Clean Up After Trump With Statement On Khan Family – CAITLIN MACNEAL
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/mike-pence-statement-trump-khan-family
BREITBART
— Double Agent: Paul Ryan Races to Media to Join Hillary’s Attacks Against Trump – Julia Hahn
http://www.breitbart.com/2016-presidential-race/2016/07/31/paul-ryan-joins-hillary-attacks-trump/
NEWSMAX
— Trump Campaign Will Focus on Florida, Ohio and Pennsylvania – Cathy Burke
http://www.newsmax.com/Politics/donald-trump-focus-florida-ohio/2016/07/31/id/741421/
— Pope’s Top Cardinal Accused of Sex Abuse
http://www.newsmax.com/Europe/EU-REL-Vatican-Pope/2016/07/31/id/741443/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Trump Should Push for Abolition of Tenure – Robert Oscar Lopez (DIERSEN: Does Trump agree with Jim Thompson, Jim Edgar, and Lee Daniels on political affiliation discrimination? From what I see, Thompson, Edgar, and Daniels side with my Democrat superiors in the federal government against me. They believe that Republican government officials should waste the careers of and get rid of their Democrat employees and that Democrat government officials should waste the careers of and get rid of their Republican employees. SEE: http://www.nytimes.com/1996/03/13/us/seeking-return-to-ways-of-patronage-in-politics.html)
http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2016/07/trump_should_push_for_abolition_of_tenure.html
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Priebus echoes Trump: Debate schedule ‘should be revisited’ – GABBY MORRONGIELLO
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/priebus-echoes-trump-debate-schedule-should-be-revisited/article/2598253#!
THE HILL
— Dems lap up Hillary Kool Aid at their own risk – Stephanie M. Jason
http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/presidential-campaign/289815-dems-lap-up-the-hillary-kool-aid-at-their-own-risk
POLITICO
— Trump’s tough weekend The self-inflicted wounds seemed to come fast and furious. – Matthew Nussbaum
http://www.politico.com/story/2016/07/donald-trump-tough-weekend-226488
HUFFINGTON POST
— How About Four New Scalias On The Supreme Court – Earl Ofari Hutchinson
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/earl-ofari-hutchinson/how-about-four-more-scali_b_11285596.html
— Donald Trump Ducks Tax Disclosure – EDITORIAL (DIERSEN: Democrats always want Republicans to pay more taxes.)
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/01/opinion/donald-trump-ducks-tax-disclosure.html
REUTERS
— Trump rebuts criticism by Army father at Democratic convention – GRANT SMITH
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-trump-rebut-idUSKCN10B005?il=0
NBC NEWS
— Charles Koch Explains To Donors Why He Won’t Support Trump – LEIGH ANN CALDWELL (DIERSEN: The more that you criticize Trump, the more that the Democrat news media promotes you.)
http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/charles-koch-explains-donors-why-he-won-t-support-trump-n620621
— Pence: Humayun Khan Is ‘American Hero,’ Kin Must Be ‘Cherished’ – VAUGHN HILLYARD
http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/humayun-khan-american-hero-kin-must-be-cherished-pence-n620676
NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Donald Trump’s Confrontation With Muslim Soldier’s Parents Emerges as Unexpected Flash Point – ALEXANDER BURNS, MAGGIE HABERMAN and ASHLEY PARKER
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/01/us/politics/khizr-khan-ghazala-donald-trump-muslim-soldier.html?ref=politics
— John McCain Denounces Donald Trump’s Comments on Family of Muslim Soldier – JENNIFER STEINHAUER (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps make it clear that they are far more anti-Trump than they are anti-Democrat.)
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/02/us/politics/john-mccain-denounces-donald-trumps-comments-on-family-of-muslim-soldier.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Critics See Efforts by Counties and Towns to Purge Minority Voters From Rolls – MICHAEL WINES (DIERSEN: Democrats stress that minorities overwhelmingly a) vote for Democrats and b) vote against Republicans.)
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/01/us/critics-see-efforts-to-purge-minorities-from-voter-rolls-in-new-elections-rules.html
— Obama to Leave the White House a Nerdier Place Than He Found It – GARDINER HARRIS
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/01/us/politics/obama-to-leave-the-white-house-a-nerdier-place-than-he-found-it.html?_r=1
— MARCH 13, 1996 FLASHBACK: Seeking Return to Ways Of Patronage in Politics – DIRK JOHNSON (DIERSEN: Of course, needless-to-say, my Democrat superiors in the federal government could/would cite Jim Thompson, Jim Edger, and Lee Daniels to justify wasting my career and forcing me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old.
http://www.nytimes.com/1996/03/13/us/seeking-return-to-ways-of-patronage-in-politics.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: It is no secret that the fabled Democratic machine in Chicago stole a vote or two for John F. Kennedy in the 1960 Presidential election. It is less well-known that Republicans in downstate Illinois were padding the vote for Richard M. Nixon. In fact, while political machines have traditionally been regarded as the offspring of the Democratic Party in big cities, the Illinois Republican Party has hardly been a slouch in flexing its political muscle, known in the state simply as clout. The party has long dominated the suburbs and smaller cities, and throughout the 1980’s, when James R. Thompson was Governor, a job applicant typically needed a letter of endorsement from a party leader. So perhaps it is fitting that Republican politicians here are rising to the defense of political patronage. In 1990 the United States Supreme Court, ruling in a case brought by five frustrated job seekers against the Republican Party of Illinois, outlawed political favoritism in all government hiring except for policy-making posts, saying that only merit should count. This was a strange concept in Illinois, where the spoils system had always been rather the point of politics. This spring the issue is heading for the Court again in a different case, and Gov. Jim Edgar, a Republican, filed a brief last month asking the Justices to reverse its ban on government favoritism. He argues that patronage actually helps the democratic system. As another top Republican here, State Representative Lee Daniels, put it, patronage “doesn’t need to be a dirty word.” In response, civil libertarians say it is an embarrassment for the state to have political leaders arguing against meritocracy. “It seems only in Illinois,” said Harvey Grossman, the head of the American Civil Liberties Union office in Chicago, “would state officials be willing to publicly endorse the corrosive practice” of patronage. But Jeffrey Coleman, a lawyer for Governor Edgar, said it was simply logical for a political leader to prefer workers who are friends, rather than foes. “George Washington and Thomas Jefferson and Andrew Jackson and every administration at the Federal and state level for 200 years used political consideration in hiring,” Mr. Coleman said. “And it seems rather ironic that nine men and women who were appointed to the Supreme Court for political reasons would say that politics should play no role in the selection of public employees.”)
WASHINGTON POST
— Republicans denounce Trump as confrontation with Muslim parents escalates – Katie Zezima
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/republicans-denounce-trump-as-confrontation-with-muslim-parents-escalates/2016/07/31/54397028-5722-11e6-9aee-8075993d73a2_story.html
— Senators rap Energy Dept. for enabling contractor retaliation against whistleblowers – Joe Davidson (DIERSEN: Do the senators agree with Jim Thompson, Jim Edgar, and Lee Daniels on retaliation? While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, I blew the whistle on reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation. From what I see, Thompson, Edgar, and Daniels would side with contractors and against whistleblowers. SEE: http://www.nytimes.com/1996/03/13/us/seeking-return-to-ways-of-patronage-in-politics.html)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2016/08/01/senators-rap-energy-dept-for-enabling-contractor-retaliation-against-whistleblowers/
NEW YORK POST
— Donald Trump is not upset Melania’s nude photos surfaced – Marisa Schultz, Carl Campanile and Bruce Golding
http://nypost.com/2016/08/01/trump-camp-melanias-nudes-are-celebration-of-the-body/
— Melania Trump’s girl-on-girl photos from racy shoot revealed
http://nypost.com/2016/08/01/melania-trumps-girl-on-girl-photos-from-racy-shoot-revealed/
BOSTON GLOBE
— DIERSEB HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Republicans in Congress distance selves from Trump comments.”
https://www.bostonglobe.com/news/politics/2016/07/31/trump-confrontation-with-muslim-soldier-parents-emerges-unexpected-flash-point/qEsAiiHLHL5xO5w8MrzY0I/story.html
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Father of Slain Soldier Volleys Back at Donald Trump Khizr Khan, father of Muslim U.S. Army captain, says he isn’t a proxy for the Hillary Clinton campaign – PETER NICHOLAS and RICHARD RUBIN (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Knizr Khan makes it clear that he is far more angry at Trump than at those who killed his son.)
http://www.wsj.com/articles/father-of-slain-soldier-volleys-back-at-donald-trump-1470014072
BLOOMBERG
— The Fed’s striking lack of diversity and why it matters – Aaron Klein (DIERSEN: Will the Fed bring in Charles Bowsher? During the 1980s and 1990s, Bowsher had great success at GAO wasting the careers of and getting rid of GAO employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
http://about.bgov.com/blog/feds-striking-lack-diversity-matters/
IBM
— Global Location Trends 2016 (DIERSEN: Democrats run America. Democrats shout at foreign countries, foreign companies, and foreign individuals that Republicans are poison and that foreign countries, foreign companies, and foreign individuals should help Democrats get rid of Republicans.)
http://www-935.ibm.com/services/us/gbs/thoughtleadership/gltr2016/
http://www.wsj.com/articles/father-of-slain-soldier-volleys-back-at-donald-trump-1470014072
(POLITICO: IBM SAYS CHICAGO’S #1: The just-released IBM Global Location Trends for 2016 says that the Chicago area is the seventh in the world for foreign investment. The metropolitan area is the only North American metro to appear in the global top 20. In fact, Chicagoland had more direct foreign investment projects than Montreal, Miami and Atlanta combined. The city says that Chicago has more than 18,000 foreign-based companies accountable for more than $100 billion in direct investment.)
WEEKLY STANDARD
— Trump’s Pivot to Normality Isn’t Coming Here’s a list of his lies and unfair attacks since accepting the GOP nomination. – STEPHEN F. HAYES
http://www.weeklystandard.com/trumps-pivot-to-normality-isnt-coming/article/2003599
DAILY BEAST
— ISIS Urges Followers to Attack Russia
http://www.thedailybeast.com/cheats/2016/08/01/isis-urges-followers-to-attack-russia.html
— Trump Ally Says Khan ‘Agent of Muslim Brotherhood’
http://www.thedailybeast.com/cheats/2016/08/01/trump-ally-says-khan-agent-of-muslim-brotherhood.html
— Paul Ryan Sides with the Khans Vs. Trump
http://www.thedailybeast.com/cheats/2016/08/01/paul-ryan-sides-with-the-khans-vs-trump.html
DAILY MAIL
— More steamy pictures emerge of 25-year-old Melania Trump posing naked for a French men’s magazine – this time with another female model in lesbian-themed photoshoot
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3717333/Melania-Trump-poses-naked-Max-magazine.html
FEDERAL TIMES
— Robocall ruling reversal sought by advocacy groups – Kathleen Murphy
http://www.federaltimes.com/story/government/acquisition/contracts/2016/07/29/robocall-ruling-reversal-sought-advocacy-groups/87747468/