Month: February 2018

February 3 Morning Edition

WLS AM
— Ives “Thank you, Bruce Rauner” TV ad causing uproar (DIERSEN: How will the following respond to this: Trump, Pence, your Republican U.S. Congressman, Rauner, Sanguinetti, your Republican Illinois Senator, your Republican Illinois Representative, your Republican county officials, your Republican township/ward officials, your Republican municipal officials, Illinois Republican Party (IRP) officers, IRP national committeeman and committeewoman, your representative on the IRP State Central Committee, your Republican county party officers, your Republican township/ward party officers, your Republican Precinct Committeeman/Captain, and Republican critics/opponents of the aforesaid?)
http://www.wlsam.com/2018/02/03/ives-thank-you-bruce-rauner-tv-ad-causing-uproar/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A just released TV ad from the Jeanne Ives for Governor campaign is causing an uproar. The commercial features actors thanking Governor Bruce Rauner for policies benefitting Chicago teachers, or women seeking taxpayer-funded abortions. It also features what appears to be a male actor playing a transgender female. Democratic candidates and advocacy groups are condemning the ad, which is running statewide this weekend, as “repulsive” and “appalling.” The Ives campaign responded by saying the ad “represents Governor Rauner’s chosen constituents based on the policy choices he made.”)

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH COLOR PHOTO OF IVES: DIERSEN HEADLINE: Those who are anti-conservative, anti-White, anti-male, and/or anti-heterosexual and those who pander to the aforesaid say that Ives’ anti-Rauner ad is “racist, sexist, homophobic.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-jeanne-ives-bruce-rauner-transgender-ad-cps-20180202-story.html
— OUTSTANDING: Raise the tobacco-buying age to 21 – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-cigarette-illinois-21-legislature-20180131-story.html
— Lipinski challenger Newman gets backing from SEIU, EMILY’s List – John Byrne and Katherine Skiba
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-seiu-endorsement-congress-newman-lipinski-20180202-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: The anti-Trump mainstream news media promotes anti-Trump groups.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-politics/fed-by-anti-trump-fervor-progressive-activists-gear-up-for-2018-2020-elections/
— Roeper to resume writing reviews for Sun-Times after Twitter investigation – Mitchell Armentrout (DIERSEN: Needless-to-say, I have never bought any GOPUSA ILLINOIS email followers and I never will. The only legitimate reason to read GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails is to get information a) to defend and advance the Republican Party platform, the Illinois Republican Party platform, and the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling and b) to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance the aforesaid platforms and resolution.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-politics/roeper-to-resume-writing-reviews-for-sun-times-after-twitter-investigation/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “On a number of occasions, in an effort to build my brand, I bought Twitter followers,” Roeper said. “I did this on my own, without the knowledge of the Chicago Sun-Times or any other media organization for which I have worked.” In six purchases between 2014 and 2016, Roeper spent about $650 of his own money to obtain roughly 50,000 followers. That was according to receipts he had kept to date, but “he did not rule out other potential purchases,” according to Sun-Times management. Roeper, who has been with the paper since 1982, said he was unaware the purchased accounts were fake, or that others’ identities had been compromised. He was described in the statement as “genuinely contrite.”)

 

DAILY HERALD
— Could higher sales tax prevent property tax increase in Naperville? – Marie Wilson
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180202/could-higher-sales-tax-prevent-property-tax-increase-in-naperville

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Controversial ad stirs up heated Illinois governor’s race
http://www.fox32chicago.com/politics/controversial-ad-stirs-up-heated-illinois-governors-race

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Republican says “After four State of the State speeches, it’s past time to deliver.”
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180202/ISSUE11/180209961/rauners-state-of-the-state-promises-ring-hollow
— There’s not much for Chicago in Trump’s infrastructure plan – GREG HINZ (DIERSEN: One could say that Chicago takes the lead in demonizing, denigrating, and condemning Trump and his supporters as being White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, sexual harassers, bigots, and even worse things.)
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180202/ISSUE05/180209956/chicago-is-a-loser-in-trumps-infrastructure-plan

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Minnesota thrives, Rauner fails on jobs – Jeff Van Wychen (DIERSEN: Compared to Minnesota, far more in Illinois are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors. People who are the aforesaid drag everything down, including jobs.)
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20180202/guest-view-minnesota-thrives-rauner-fails-on-jobs

 

STATELINE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: QUESTION: Which Republicans say that Ives is dividing the Illinois Republican Party? ANSWER: Those who reject planks in the Republican Party platform and/or the Illinois Republican Party platform and work against those like Ives who support those planks. Those who reject the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling and work against those Ives who support that resolution. Those who focus on destroying those like Ives who they cannot manipulate/dominate. And those who are operatives or dupes for the aforesaid.
http://www.mystateline.com/news/gubernatorial-candidate-dividing-republican-party-in-stateline/950382558

 

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Hold off on predictions – Rich Miller
http://www.pantagraph.com/opinion/columnists/rich-miller-hold-off-on-predictions/article_1de9379a-3316-5db0-9e4a-a5d2b877a317.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: One of Ives’ new ads is a real doozy, featuring various people “thanking” Gov. Rauner for things like “paying for my abortions” and also has a man dressed as a woman saying: “Thank you for signing legislation that lets me use the girls’ bathroom.” As I write this, it’s unclear if that explosive ad will air, but if it does it will certainly get noticed. A week of Chicago broadcast TV ads costs about $660,000, and Illinois has a ton of other media markets from Rockford all the way down to the Kentucky border. The last public poll in this race showed that 68 percent of likely Republican primary voters had never even heard of Jeanne Ives. Gov. Rauner was leading Ives by 45 points in that survey and he is refusing to ever debate her again. So, it’s gonna take a lot more than a few thousand Facebook views, a day of positive earned media coverage and a million bucks to put Rep. Ives over the top. A lot more. Weirder stuff has most certainly happened in politics. But people should take a breath and see how this all plays out before making any sort of predictions.)
— It’s a rush: Local tax preparers begin busiest season – KEVIN BARLOW
http://www.pantagraph.com/news/local/it-s-a-rush-local-tax-preparers-begin-busiest-season/article_b8b40714-18d1-57b0-9140-64c90ab30151.html

 

ROCKFORD REGISTER STAR
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Dreamers on edge because of Washington, DC, immigration debates.” I was always “on edge” while I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years because I knew that my superiors were under tremendous pressure from Democrat politicians to get rid of those who share my demographics.)
http://www.rrstar.com/news/20180202/dreamers-on-edge-because-of-washington-dc-immigration-debates

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— OUTSTANDING: Mayor Langfelder: No more new 3 a.m. liquor licenses – Crystal Thomas
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180202/mayor-langfelder-no-more-new-3-am-liquor-licenses
— Fact check: Gov. Rauner’s balanced budget claims – Brett Chase, Kiannah Sepeda-Miller, Better Government Association (DIERSEN: Are/were you a fact checker? While I worked for GAO 1980-1997, the last 11 years of which at GS-13 Step 1-10 levels, currently $96,403-$125,325, I increasingly worked as a referencer, that is, as a fact checker. That work required assuring the accuracy and support for each and every word, number, table, graph, chart, conclusion, opinion, and recommendation in GAO reports.)
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180202/fact-check-gov-rauners-balanced-budget-claims

 

FREEPORT JOURNAL STANDARD
— Republican candidates Jeanne Ives, Erika Harold visit Stephenson County – Derrick Mason
http://www.journalstandard.com/news/20180202/republican-candidates-jeanne-ives-erika-harold-visit-stephenson-county

 

EFFINGHAM DAILY NEWS
— 109th Illinois Representative District: Incumbent’s former supporter running against him – Keith Stewart
http://www.effinghamdailynews.com/news/local_news/incumbent-s-former-supporter-running-against-him/article_92b3ee5d-9e63-5aba-94a5-dbae27e4df80.html

 

NPR ILLINOIS
— When A Full-Time Job Isn’t Enough To Make It – EMILY SULLIVAN (DIERSEN: What did you do to qualify yourself for better paying jobs? I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970 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.)
http://nprillinois.org/post/when-full-time-job-isnt-enough-make-it#stream/0

 

KWQC
— IL Governor Bruce Rauner tours Rock Island Catholic School (DIERSEN: What about abortion?)
http://www.kwqc.com/content/news/IL-Governor-Bruce-Rauner-tours-Rock-Island-School-472439293.html

 

NAPERVILLE COMMUNITY TELEVISION
— Wehrli’s Bill Is Major Talking Point in 2018 State of the State
https://www.nctv17.com/news/local-representatives-bill-major-talking-point-in-2018-state-of-the-state/

 

IVES FOR GOVERNOR
— Rauner: Fringe Candidate. Big Government, Leftist Policy Record.
https://mailchi.mp/e9087b7fd34b/rauner-fringe-candidate-big-government-leftist-policy-record

 

PRAIRIE STATE WIRE
— Rauner’s 55 percent disapproval rating spells difficulty for re-election bid – Robert Hadley (DIERSEN: Who disapproves of you? Those who disapprove of me 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 and/or are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/511326694-rauner-s-55-percent-disapproval-rating-spells-difficulty-for-re-election-bid

 

KANE COUNTY REPORTER
— Voters need to research candidates, Ugaste says – Glenn Minnis (DIERSEN: How well does your Republican Precinct Committeeman/Captain know the candidates who will be on March 20, 2018 Republican primary ballots?)
https://kanecountyreporter.com/stories/511326501-voters-need-to-research-candidates-ugaste-says

 

PRAIRIE STATE WIRE
— Dodge says a Rauner-Ives debate won’t make much difference – Glenn Minnis
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/511326446-dodge-says-a-rauner-ives-debate-won-t-make-much-difference

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Khouri campaign video focuses on supporting the community – Angela Underwood (DIERSEN: What community do you support and how do you support it? I support members of the Republican community in my precinct, in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois by putting together and sending them GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails every morning and every evening free of charge and without any advertising. Of course, anti-Republicans a) discourage me from putting the emails together and sending them out and b) discourage everyone from reading the emails.)
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511327616-khouri-campaign-video-focuses-on-supporting-the-community

 

WILL COUNTY GAZETTE
— Straub says Rauner is wise to not debate Ives, he’d lose – Glenn Minnis
https://willcountygazette.com/stories/511325773-straub-says-rauner-is-wise-to-not-debate-ives-he-d-lose

 

WEST COOK NEWS
— Leef taking Ives’ side in GOP primary – Glenn Minnis
https://westcooknews.com/stories/511325668-leef-taking-ives-side-in-gop-primary

 

METRO EAST SUN
— Voters missing out by Rauner balking at Ives debate, Kay says – Glenn Minnis
https://metroeastsun.com/stories/511326509-voters-missing-out-by-rauner-balking-at-ives-debate-kay-says

 

RED STATE
— Axios Posts A Racist And Sexist Job Announcement (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, employers make it clear that they do not want to hire, retain, or promote those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.redstate.com/streiff/2018/01/27/axios-posts-racist-sexist-job-announcement/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: This ad is notable for a couple of things. First, it is illegal. Second, it is a manager saying I don’t really care if you have skills, what I really want is people with the correct melanin, genitalia, and sexual dysfunction or deviance. And take a close look at that picture. Do you really think women or homosexuals are UNDER-represented? Now, apparently, lawyers have got involved and Axios has taken down the ad. But they can’t get rid of the problem. Now any white male who answers the ad knows that he’s only being considered to the extent necessary to avoid a lawsuit. And they’ve gone a long way towards creating what would be called a “hostile work environment” for normal, white male employees because they’ve just been told there are too many of them. Full disclosure: I don’t really object to companies being able to hire whoever the hell they wish and state it up front. It saves a lot of time and effort on the part of the company and job applicants. But that isn’t the law and if the law is to have any meaning whatsoever it must protect everyone, not just a chosen few. The fact that Axios feels so comfortable in advertising its racism and its sexism shows just how corrupting the drive to achieve “diversity,” whatever that is, has become.)

 

TOWNHALL
— Bogus Racist Claims Against Trump – Star Parker
https://townhall.com/columnists/starparker/2018/01/31/bogus-racist-claims-against-trump-n2441894

 

AMERICAN THINKER
— Sadly, Another Black History Month – Lloyd Marcus
http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2018/02/sadly_another_black_history_month.html

 

THE HILL
— CNN: Federal employee used taxpayer dollars for stay at Trump’s DC hotel – JOHN BOWDEN
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/372142-cnn-federal-employee-used-taxpayer-dollars-for-stay-at-trumps-dc

 

CNN
— Document shows GSA employees spending at the Trump Hotel in DC – Cristina Alesci and Curt Devine
https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/03/politics/trump-hotel-gsa/

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Why I Am Leaving the F.B.I. – Josh Campbell (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997, IRS 1971-1980, and the Post Office 1966-1969 who worked the hardest to get rid of me. They put their Democrat partisan politics above everything.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/02/opinion/leaving-the-fbi.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: One of the greatest honors of my life was walking across the stage at the F.B.I. Academy and receiving my special agent badge from the director at the time, Robert Mueller. After 21 weeks of intensive training, my class swore an oath and became federal agents entrusted with the solemn duty of protecting Americans and upholding the Constitution. After more than a decade of service, which included investigating terrorism, working to rescue kidnapping victims overseas and being special assistant to the director, I am reluctantly turning in my badge and leaving an organization I love. Why? So I can join the growing chorus of people who believe that the relentless attacks on the bureau undermine not just America’s premier law enforcement agency but also the nation’s security. My resignation is painful, but the alternative of remaining quiet while the bureau is tarnished for political gain is impossible. A small number of my current and retired colleagues have said that we should simply keep our heads down until the storm passes. I say this with the greatest respect: They are wrong. If those who know the agency best remain silent, it will be defined by those with partisan agendas. F.B.I. agents are dogged people who do not care about the direction of political winds. But to succeed in their work, they need public backing. Scorched-earth attacks from politicians with partisan goals now threaten that support, raising corrosive doubts about the integrity of the F.B.I. that could last for generations.)
— The Republican Tax Act Could Turn Texas Blue – Will Wilkinson (DIERSEN: How many married voters in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois pay more than $10,000 a year in real estate taxes and state income taxes? How many of them will get divorced to avoid the marriage penalty?)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/01/opinion/sunday/republican-taxes-texas-blue.html
— Yes, You Can Find a Financial Planner Even if You’re Not Rich – Ron Lieber (DIERSEN: What qualifications do you have to be a financial planner? GAO audits the federal government. I worked for GAO for almost 18 years 1980-1997, a) the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 levels, currently, $96,403-$125,325, b) the last 9 years on audits of federal financial industry regulators, and c) the 3 years before that on audits of IRS. I worked for IRS for almost 9 years 1971-1980, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 levels, currently $81,071-$91,880. I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979. I passed the Certified Internal Auditor Examination on my first attempt in 1981. I became a licensed CPA in 1981, a Certified Fraud Examiner in 1990, a Certified Government Financial Manager in 1994, a Certified Financial Services Auditor in 1996, and a Forensic Accountant in 1997. I earned a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU in 1970, an MBA from Loyola in 1976, a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, and a master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT in 1997. I served on the Executive Committee of the Association of Government Accountants 1983-1996.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/02/your-money/financial-planner.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: To get this far, they’ve sought out financial planners who could be content with a mere low-six-figure income. If 80 clients pay $150 a month, XY advisers can earn gross revenues of $144,000, though XY charges member financial planners $409 per month.)
— Trump’s Vision for Vocational Education Gets a Tepid Reception – Erica L. Green (DIERSEN: Were you considered to be college material? While I attended Crete-Monee High School 1962-1966, I took college preparatory courses notwithstanding the fact that many, if not most, if not virtually everyone at the time viewed me as NOT being “college material.” Neither of my parents had attended college. My father was the first of his ancestors to earn a high school diploma. My mother never attended high school. I spent my junior and senior years and the summer in between washing dishes for the minimum wage in the basement of the S.S. Kresges in Chicago Heights. I just barely made into the top 20% of my class, my ACT score was only 24, I was draft bait, my eyesight could not be corrected to 20/20, I had partial red/green color blindness, and I had Osgood-Schlatter disease (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osgood%E2%80%93Schlatter_disease). Further, my father had fought type 1 diabetes from age 14. I am sure that many thought that I would soon come down with type 1 diabetes too.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/02/us/politics/trump-vocational-education.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Polarization Is an Old American Story – Jason Willick (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who have worked the hardest to polarize the Milton Township Republican Central Committee, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Illinois Center Right Coalition, American Association of Political Consultants, GAO, etc. 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.wsj.com/articles/polarization-is-an-old-american-story-1517613751
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Passed Over, Airbnb Executive Moves On – Greg Bensinger, Maureen Farrell and Rolfe Winkler (DIERSEN: What can you say about those who were promoted over you? All those who the Democrats who ran the federal government promoted over me were Democrats who were minority, female, younger than me, and/or veteran and who had less education, less work experience, fewer professional certifications, and/or fewer professional licenses than I had.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/airbnb-cfo-quit-after-hedidnt-get-strategy-role-and-some-investors-have-questions-1517603301
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Americans glorify and praise those who came to America illegally, who stay in America illegally, and who bring others to America illegally.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/it-was-a-shock-raised-in-the-u-s-deported-to-mexico-1517567402
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: If they would be given the right to vote, what percent of felons would vote for Democrats?
https://www.wsj.com/articles/judge-rules-against-floridas-felon-voting-rights-restoration-process-1517582131

 

WINDY CITY TIMES
— Gov candidate Ives releases anti-trans ad – Matt Simonette (DIERSEN: To be a Democrat is to promote LGBTQ activity.)
http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/lgbt/Gov-candidate-Ives-releases-anti-trans-ad/61799.html

February 2 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Jeanne Ives ‘Thank You’ ad stirs controversy – Craig Wall
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/jeanne-ives-thank-you-ad-stirs-controversy-/3025076/
— House Republicans release partisan memo on Russia probe – AP
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/house-republicans-release-partisan-memo-on-russia-probe/3023390/
— Delays in Cook County assessor’s office probe raises red flags – Craig Wall
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/delays-in-cook-county-assessors-office-probe-raises-red-flags/3025011/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Republican candidate for Attorney General Gary Grasso is going beyond just criticizing the current property tax system in Cook County. He has sent a letter to Attorney General Jeff Sessions requesting that his office launch an investigation. “I don’t know that he will or won’t. But I believe that he should and that’s because no one locally here will take this on,” said Gary Grasso, R-Candidate for Attorney General. The Department of Justice could not immediately confirm receipt of the letter. Grasso pointed to published reports which have criticized Cook County Assessor Joe Berrios for giving tax breaks to the rich who use politically-connected law firms to get their assessments lowered at the expense of the poor.)

 

NBC5
— Ives Releases Advertisement Criticizing Rauner’s ‘Betrayals’
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/jeanne-ives-releases-controversial-new-ad-attacking-governor-bruce-rauner-472421723.html
— Early Voting to Be Delayed in Chicago, Cook County: Officials – Mary Ann Ahern
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/Early-Voting-to-Be-Delayed-in-Chicago-Cook-County-472379413.html

 

CBS2
— Controversial Republican Memo Released; Pelosi Warns Of Possible ‘Constitutional Crisis’
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/02/02/pelosi-nunes-trump-gop-memo/

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Officials: Chicago area could see delay in early voting – AP
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/local/officials-chicago-area-could-see-delay-in-early-voting-1

 

WLS AM
— Optimism at RNC meeting, but chair says 2018 election ‘is not going to be easy’
http://www.wlsam.com/news/optimism-at-rnc-meeting-but-chair-says-2018-election-is-not-going-to-be-easy/

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— After Uihlein cash boost, Rauner rival Ives begins airing TV campaign ads – TINA SFONDELES
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/after-uihlein-cash-boost-rauner-rival-ives-begins-airing-tv-campaign-ads/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Ives says “Ives ad targets transgender community, immigrants and women who get abortions.” Who targets you? The following target me: those who promote class warfare, dependency on government, dependency on charity, LBGTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, abolition of the First and Second Amendments, etc.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-politics/ives-ad-targets-transgender-community-immigrants-and-women-who-get-abortions/
— Cook County judge knocks Scott Drury from ballot for attorney general – Tina Sfondeles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-politics/cook-county-judge-knocks-scott-drury-from-ballot-for-attorney-general/
— Banning free speech in Poland is no way to end accusations of Holocaust complicity – Jacob Sullum
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/banning-free-speech-in-poland-is-no-way-to-end-accusations-of-holocaust-complicity/
— Chicago’s young African-Americans don’t count in Trump’s job numbers – LAURA WASHINGTON
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/trump-state-of-the-union-speech-excludes-black-chicago-youth/
— State Sen. Ira Silverstein survives ballot challenge by two signatures – Mitchell Armentrout
https://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-politics/state-sen-ira-silverstein-survives-ballot-challenge-by-two-signatures/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Ives says “The debate splash by Rep. Jeanne Ives probably won’t last.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/jeanne-ives-debate-splash-probably-wont-last-rich-miller/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Illinois college presidents want more money. What do they offer in return? – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-colleges-illinois-higher-education-board-20180123-story.html
— Democratic Rep. Quigley says Republican memo release ‘will come at the great expense of our national security’ – Katherine Skiba
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-donald-trump-fbi-memo-illinois-20180202-story.html
— Walker’s welfare overhaul bills cost Wisconsin more than $90 million – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/midwest/ct-walker-welfare-overhaul-cost-wisconsin-20180202-story.html
— RNC sides with Trump ban of transgender people in military – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-rnc-transgender-military-20180202-story.html

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Jeanne Ives hits social issues in anti-Rauner ad – Bernard Schoenburg
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180202/jeanne-ives-hits-social-issues-in-anti-rauner-ad

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— UI student leaders’ requests for early-voting expansion rejected – Tom Kacich
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2018-02-02/ui-student-leaders-requests-early-voting-expansion-rejected.html

 

DEKALB DAILY CHRONICLE
— Ives attacks Rauner, Pritchard in DeKalb visit – KEVIN SOLARI
http://www.daily-chronicle.com/2018/02/02/ives-attacks-rauner-pritchard-in-dekalb-visit/duf7g4j/

 

NORTHERN PUBLIC RADIO
— Ives Blasts Rauner During DeKalb Meet-And-Greet – GUY STEPHENS
http://northernpublicradio.org/post/ives-blasts-rauner-during-dekalb-meet-and-greet

 

FOX ILLINOIS
— Rauner says he talks with leaders all the time, Madigan’s office disagrees – Emily Manley
http://foxillinois.com/news/local/rauner-says-he-talks-with-leaders-all-the-time-madigans-office-disagrees-02-03-2018

 

WGLT
— Pritzker: Campaign Will Carry Down-Ballot Democrats In November – RYAN DENHAM
http://wglt.org/post/pritzker-campaign-will-carry-down-ballot-democrats-november#stream/0
— Normal Council’s Scott Preston Considers Run For McLean County GOP Chair – RYAN DENHAM
http://wglt.org/post/normal-councils-scott-preston-considers-run-mclean-county-gop-chair#stream/0

 

THE X RADIO
— Focus on Inclusion and Diversity as Part of Illinois Bicentennial (DIERSEN: Generally, if you are a White male, the less privileged that you are, the more that you have to pay the price of Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion. Neither of my outstanding parents attended college. My father was the first of his ancestors to earn a high school diploma. My mother never attended high school.)
http://www.thexradio.com/news/78-local-news/32208-focus-on-inclusion-and-diversity-as-part-of-illinois-bicentennial

 

ILLINOIS HOMEPAGE
— Protest march seeks clean Dream Act – Betty Simpson (DIERSEN: Overwhelmingly, Democrats hint/imply/argue/shout at illegals and at everyone else that Republicans are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, sexual harassers, bigots, and even worse things. One should expect that if Trump lets the illegals stay, Democrats will use the illegals to get rid of Republicans once and for all.)
http://www.illinoishomepage.net/news/local-news/protest-march-seeks-clean-dream-act/949730840

 

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Jeanne Ives Event at Bull Valley Golf Club Large Crowd Attends $100 Per Person Fundraiser – Cal Skinner
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/02/02/jeanne-ives-event-at-bull-valley-golf-club/

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Despite Nybo’s objections, Senate backs limits on voter data sharing – Angela Underwood
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511325637-despite-nybo-s-objections-senate-backs-limits-on-voter-data-sharing

 

SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS NEWS
— Bailey points to Rauner’s record as reason for not debating Ives – Glenn Minnis
https://seillinoisnews.com/stories/511325654-bailey-points-to-rauner-s-record-as-reason-for-not-debating-ives

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— IVES RELEASES NEW TELEVISION AD
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/02/ives-releases-new-television-ad.html
— IVES CAMPAIGN RELEASES ‘THANK YOU BRUCE RAUNER’ AD
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/02/ives-campaign-releases-thank-you-bruce-rauner-ad.html
— GOP AG CANDIDATE ASKS FEDS TO LOOK INTO SUSPECT COOK COUNTY PROPERTY TAX SYSTEM
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/02/gop-ag-candidate-asks-feds-to-look-into-suspect-cook-county-property-tax-system.html
— LOCALS POINT TO ANTI-BLACK AGENDA FLOSSMOOR’S NEW PLANNED PARENTHOOD CLINIC BRINGS IN
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/02/locals-respond-to-new-planned-parenthood-clinic-in-flossmoor.html
— THORNER: 10TH CD GOP HOPEFULS FACE LAKE FOREST/LAKE BLUFF GOP WOMEN’S CLUB
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/02/10th-cd-gop-hopeful-faces-womens-republican-of-lake-forestlake-bluff.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Pat Brady, Equality Illinois respond – Pritzker campaign responds – ACLU responds – Will air this weekend – Biss responds – Ives unveils 60-second version – Kennedy campaign responds – Rauner campaign responds, kinda *** Ives’ other TV ad is gonna cause a huge controversy if it airs
https://capitolfax.com/2018/02/02/ives-other-tv-ad-is-gonna-cause-a-huge-controversy-if-it-airs/
— Garber also quit Republican State Central Committee post (DIERSEN: The 18 members of the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Central Committee (SCC) runs the IRP. Who represents you on the IRP SCC? Their term is ending soon. Have they announced that they are running again? Who wants to represent you on the IRP SCC and why? What promises did they make to get elected? Whose endorsements have they gained so far? Rauner? Ives? The Republican U.S. The congressman who represents their district? The Illinois representatives and senators who represent the district? The chairmen of the Republican county, township, and ward party organizations who represent their district? Your Republican precinct committeeman?)
https://capitolfax.com/2018/02/02/garber-also-quit-republican-state-central-committee-post/
(Illinois Republican State Central Committee: Chairman: Tim Schneider 1st Congressional District: Shaun Murphy 2nd Congressional District: Judy Diekelman 3rd Congressional District: Sean Morrison 4th Congressional District: Jay Reyes 5th Congressional District: Jack Dorgan 6th Congressional District: Brian Colgan 7th Congressional District: Carol Smith Donovan 8th Congressional District: Ryan Higgins 9th Congressional District: Blair Garber 10th Congressional District: Mark Shaw 11th Congressional District: Roger Claar 12th Congressional District: Michael Neubert 13th Congressional District: Fred Floreth 14th Congressional District: Stanton Bond 15th Congressional District: Robert Winchester, Sr. 16th Congressional District: John McGlasson 17th Congressional District: Jan Weber 18th Congressional District: Michael Bigger SOURCE: https://illinois.gop/who-we-are/officials/)
— Rauner says state audit of managed care program was “fundamentally inaccurate” and “misinformation” (DIERSEN: What do you know about auditing? GAO audits the federal government. I worked for GAO for almost 18 years 1980-1997, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 levels, currently, $96,403-$125,325. I worked for IRS for almost 9 years 1971-1980, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 levels, currently $81,071-$91,880. I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979. I passed the Certified Internal Auditor Examination on my first attempt in 1981. I became a licensed CPA in 1981, a Certified Fraud Examiner in 1990, a Certified Government Financial Manager in 1994, a Certified Financial Services Auditor in 1996, and a Forensic Accountant in 1997. I earned a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU in 1970, an MBA from Loyola in 1976, a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, and a master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT in 1997. I served on the Executive Committee of the Association of Government Accountants 1983-1996.)
https://capitolfax.com/2018/02/02/rauner-says-state-audit-of-managed-care-program-was-fundamentally-inaccurate-and-misinformation/

 

GOPUSA
— Black Lives Matter Minnesota is advising black visitors and other people of color to “exercise caution” while visiting St. Paul during Super Bowl LII.
http://www.gopusa.com/black-lives-matter-minnesota-issues-travel-alert-for-st-paul/

 

DAILY CALLER
— Photo Catches Democrats Literally Playing iPhone Games During Trump’s SOTU Speech – Benny Johnson
http://dailycaller.com/2018/01/31/photo-catches-democrats-literally-playing-iphone-games-during-trumps-sotu-speech/

 

THE HILL
— Trump’s State of the Union makes clear: No amount of amnesty can please Democrats – DAVE RAY
http://thehill.com/opinion/immigration/371995-trumps-state-of-the-union-makes-clear-no-amount-of-amnesty-can-please

 

BLOOMBERG
— GOP Plans to Put Tax Cuts at Forefront of 2018 Campaign – Anna Edgerton and Laura Litvan (DIERSEN: What about those who will have to pay more federal income tax, most commonly, those who pay more than $10,000 a year in real estate tax and state income tax?)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-02-02/gop-campaign-battle-plan-relies-on-putting-tax-cuts-at-forefront

 

RIPON ADVANCE
— Republican-led House oversight subcommittee, House colleagues urge IRS reform
https://riponadvance.com/featured/republican-led-house-oversight-subcommittee-house-colleagues-urge-irs-reform/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Among the witnesses testifying before the subcommittee were U.S. Reps. Peter Roskam (R-IL) and Jim Renacci (R-OH), who each outlined two bills they separately introduced and would like to have members consider. Rep. Roskam, for instance, last August introduced the Free File Permanence Act of 2017, H.R. 3641, which has been referred to the House Ways and Means Committee. The bill would require the U.S. Treasury Department to continue operating the IRS Free File Program and to work with state government agencies and the private sector to expand and enhance the program, which offers free commercial-type online individual income tax preparation and electronic filing services to the lowest 70 percent of taxpayers by income, according to the bill’s summary. “As an added bonus, the program actually saves the federal government an estimated $13 million a year because electronic filings are less expensive for the IRS to process than paper versions,” said Roskam. The bipartisan bill has 123 cosponsors, including subcommittee chairman Jenkins and subcommittee members Bishop, Walorski, LaHood, and Curbelo. Rep. Roskam also introduced the bipartisan Restraining Excessive Seizure of Property through the Exploitation of Civil Asset Forfeiture Tools Act, H.R. 1843, on March 30, 2017, which would limit IRS authority to seize the funds of law-abiding citizens under false pretenses, said Roskam. Multiple incidences uncovered by House Oversight Subcommittee members showed that the IRS has abused its authority “and was stealing legally earned funds solely because the owners ran afoul of structuring laws,” he said. An identical bill, S. 824, was introduced in the Senate by U.S. Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) on April 4, 2017. Roskam’s bill passed the House on a voice vote in September and now awaits consideration by the Senate Finance Committee.)

February 2 Morning Edition

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— State Sen. Ira Silverstein four signatures up in back-and-forth ballot challenge – Mitchell Armentrout
https://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-politics/state-sen-ira-silverstein-four-signatures-up-in-back-and-forth-ballot-challenge/
— Finding impartial jurors could delay trial in Facebook video torture case – Andy Grimm
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/finding-impartial-jurors-could-delay-trial-in-facebook-video-torture-case/
— ALL OF THE FRONT PAGE: DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps use Christian Gomez Garcia to demonize, to denigrate, and to condemn ICE.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/they-treat-people-like-theyre-animals-dreamer-released-after-ice-detains-him/
— Let’s quit brainwashing kids that it’s a college degree or nothing – David McGrath (DIERSEN: Do you have a college degree? If I had not been taking undergraduate business courses, the Democrats who ran the Post Office might not have offered me a job in 1966 and they might have gotten rid of me sooner than they did. If I had not had a 1970 bachelor’s degree in management from NIU, a) Firestone Stores would not have offered me a job in 1970 and b) Oldsmobile and the Democrats who ran IRS would not have offered me jobs in 1971. If I had not been taking graduate business courses, the Democrats who ran IRS might not have promoted me 1972, 1973, and 1974. If I had not had a 1976 MBA from Loyola and if I had not been taking graduate accounting courses at DePaul, the Democrats who ran GAO would not have offered me a job in 1980 and would not have promoted me in 1986. If I had not been taking graduate courses in financial markets and trading at IIT, my Democrat superiors who ran GAO might have succeeded in forcing me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1993 instead of 1997.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/lets-quit-brainwashing-kids-that-its-a-college-degree-or-nothing/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Day after togetherness pitch, Rauner says Madigan has ‘made corruption rampant’ – Monique Garcia
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-bruce-rauner-michael-madigan-20180202-story.html
— Fundraising in IL-10 – Katherine Skiba)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-bruce-rauner-michael-madigan-20180202-story.html
— U.S. CEOs seen earning 140 times more than the typical worker – Bloomberg (DIERSEN: Trump is earning only $400,000/year, or only 3.2 times my $122,325/year GAO salary in today’s dollars. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes shout that GAO overpaid me. In my defense, a) I had worked for GAO for almost 18 years and I had worked for IRS for almost 9 years before that; b) I had six job-related professional certifications and a job-related professional license; and c) I had three job-related master’s degrees and a job-related bachelor’s degree.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-ceo-worker-pay-disparity-20180201-story.html
— Will driverless cars mean the end of the road for the Chicago Auto Show? – Robert Channick (DIERSEN: What is your attitude toward cars? Overwhelmingly, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes are anti-American nameplate cars, if not just plane anti-car. The cars that you own say more about you than anything that you can say about yourself. My daily diver is a 2003 Chevy Cavalier LS that I bought from my aunt in 2010. Other cars that I own are: 1972 Chevy Corvette, 1996 Ford Thunderbird LX, 2005 Chevy Corvette, 2013 Dodge Charger R/T Max, and 2016 Ford Mustang. Previously, I bought a 1958 Chevy BelAir, 1962 Chevy BelAir, 1962 Chevy Impala SS, 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint, 1968 Oldsmobile 442, 1968 Dodge Charger R/T, 1969 Dodge Charger SE, 1974 Dodge Dart, 1978 Chevy Chevette, 1978 Oldsmobile Delta 88 Royale, 1990 Ford Thunderbird LX, 1993 Ford Thunderbird, and 1997 Chevy Cavalier.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-chicago-auto-show-future-20180129-story.html
— Under Rauner, penalties sought against Illinois polluters have plummeted – Michael Hawthorne
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/watchdog/ct-met-rauner-epa-enforcement-20180123-story.html
— Democrats’ behavior at the State of the Union was embarrassing – Dana Milbank
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-trump-state-union-democrats-behavior-20180201-story.html
— Twitter posts prompt NIU officials to deny they monitor students’ social media accounts – Kate Thayer
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-met-niu-watchlist-20180130-story.html
— Organizers of proposed Aurora Pride Parade to meet with local clergy – Steve Lord (DIERSEN: How soon will those who promote LGBTQ activity in Illinois, in your county, in your township/ward, and in your municipality have enough religious, government, political, and financial clout to banish all individuals, all organizations, all companies, and all governments that do not promote LGBTQ activity?)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/aurora-beacon-news/news/ct-abn-aurora-pride-st-0202-20180201-story.html
— High school students explore post-graduation alternatives at gap year fairs – Kathy Routliffe (DIERSEN: No gap year for White males who want to be federal employees because the federal government will get rid of you if you do not make GS-13 (currently $96,403) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $113,920) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $134,000) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $164,200) by age 40.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/winnetka/news/ct-wt-gap-year-fair-tl-0208-20180201-story.html
— Oregon’s top prosecutor holds marijuana summit to address ‘massive’ pot surplus – AP (DIERSEN: If you promote pot, you promote destruction.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-oregon-marijuana-summit-20180202-story.html

 

CBS2
— Cook County Jail Prepares For Blitz Of ‘Sick Calls’ During Super Bowl (DIERSEN: While I worked part-time for the Park Forest Post Office 1966-1969, I was frequently called in to work because my coworkers had called in sick.)
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/01/31/super-bowl-sick-calls/#.WnNa4qsQAtk.twitter

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Suburban police receive Narcan training for overdose victims (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will opioid sellers give Narcan to their customers to sell more opioid?)
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/local/suburban-police-receive-narcan-training-for-overdose-victims

 

DAILY HERALD
— Kane County ends 2017 with $1.9M budget surplus – James Fuller
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180201/kane-county-ends-2017-with-19m-budget-surplus
— Assessor’s lawsuit is mockery of campaign finance fairness – Nathaniel Hamilton
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20180202/assessors-lawsuit-is-mockery-of-campaign-finance-fairness
— Aurora Police: Man greeted cops while smoking marijuana cigarette – Chacour Koop
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180202/police-man-greeted-cops-while-smoking-marijuana-cigarette

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: To give preference to one group is to discriminate against another group. In 1971, Oldsmobile withdrew a job offer that I had accepted saying that it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint.
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180201/ISSUE01/180139951
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A DISCRIMINATOR SAYS: “When I joined Ritchie three and a half years ago, there were no women on the executive team. I told the recruiters, “Don’t bring me any men. If you do, then you’ll be fired.” So they brought me eight great candidates, and I am now blessed with a fantastic CFO. And once I got her, it was easier to get others.?)
— Emanuel struts Chicago’s gay-friendly policies in HQ2 pitch – GREG HINZ (DIERSEN: What percent of those in Chicago are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors?)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180202/BLOGS02/180209980

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Pot pushers push pot. If you promote pot, you promote destruction.
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20180201/point-its-time-for-illinois-to-end-its-failed-prohibition-of-marijuana
— Private school scholarship website flooded, shut down – Jason Nevel (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. But my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, and especially those who are anti-Protestant and/or who are anti-German American, have always used that against me.)
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180201/private-school-scholarship-website-flooded-shut-down
— Tax bill beginning to deliver bigger paychecks to workers – Sarah Skidmore Sell (DIERSEN: Are/were you a worker? My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes stress that I was a lowly worker 1962-1997. I did yard work and delivered newspapers 1962-1964; washed dishes 1964-1966; cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966; delivered mail 1966-1969; worked on an automobile assembly line and as a security guard in 1970; sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971; pumped gasoline 1971-1972; collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980; and audited federal agencies 1980-1997.)
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180201/tax-bill-beginning-to-deliver-bigger-paychecks-to-workers

 

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Biss: Illinoisans want middle-class governor – Derek Beigh (DIERSEN: What class are/were you? I should write a book about those who paint themselves as being upper class who demonize, denigrate, and condemn me as being lower class. I should write another book about those who paint themselves as being lower class who demonize, denigrate, and condemn me as being upper class.)
http://www.pantagraph.com/news/state-and-regional/illinois/government-and-politics/elections/biss-illinoisans-want-middle-class-governor/article_244dce4a-66d4-5db3-a783-5bea1105ff17.html

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— VERY SAD: March in support of ‘Dream Act’ planned Saturday in Champaign – Julie Wurth
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2018-02-01/march-support-dream-act-planned-saturday-champaign.html

 

KANKAKEE DAILY JOURNAL
— Rauner urges unity ahead of divisive election – AP
http://www.daily-journal.com/news/illinois/rauner-urges-unity-ahead-of-divisive-election/article_5119514e-11c3-5afa-82dc-da75ca781f38.html

 

SUBURBAN CHICAGOLAND
— Cook County GOP Chairman Endorses Bruce Rauner for Re-election (DIERSEN: What do you say to those who blacklist me because I refuse to blacklist Rauner and his supporters? What do you say to those who blacklist me because I refuse to blacklist Ives and her supporters?)
https://suburbanchicagoland.com/2018/02/02/cook-county-gop-chairman-endorses-bruce-rauner-re-election/

 

CHICAGO MAGAZINE
— Veteran Chicago Trader Creates Angel Fund for Women Entrepreneurs Women represent only 19 percent of angel investors in America. To combat that inequity, Carolyn Leonard is raising $1.92 million to help fund female-led companies. – SHIA KAPOS (DIERSEN: Because members of the following groups are ever-increasingly demonized, denigrated, and condemned as being White euphemists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things, anyone who might create a fund for companies led by them would be viciously demonized, denigrated, and condemned: Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German Americans, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.chicagomag.com/city-life/January-2018/Carolyn-Leonard-DyMynd-Angels-Fund/

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— Ignore Rauner: The State of the State is Bankrupt – John Biver
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2018/02/ignore-rauner-the-state-of-the-state-is-bankrupt/

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump likens Pelosi’s ‘crumbs’ tax comments to Clinton’s ‘deplorables’ – David Sherfinski
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/feb/1/donald-trump-likens-nancy-pelosis-crumbs-tax-comme/

 

FOX NEWS
— Durbin faces Harvard mob angry over lack of ‘Clean Dream Act’ – Lukas Mikelionis
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/02/02/durbin-faces-harvard-mob-angry-over-lack-clean-dream-act.html

 

FOX BUSINESS
— Taxpayers’ paycheck problems could lead to big bill from IRS, expert warns – Brittany De Lea
http://www.foxbusiness.com/features/2018/01/30/taxpayers-paycheck-problems-could-lead-to-big-bill-from-irs-expert-warns.html

 

THE HILL
— Federal workers on edge over Trump call for firing power – LYDIA WHEELER (DIERSEN: Because I have always been a Republican, were it not for federal civil service protections, a) the Post Office would NOT have hired me in 1966 or let me work there for almost 3 years, b) IRS would NOT have hired me in 1971 or let me work there for almost 9 years, c) IRS would NOT have promoted me in 1972, 1973, or 1974, d) GAO would NOT have hired me in 1980 or let me work there for almost 18 years, and e) GAO would NOT have promoted me in 1986.)
http://thehill.com/regulation/371878-trumps-targeting-of-federal-workforce-puts-unions-on-edge

 

ROLL CALL
— Republicans Divided on Minimum Needed for Immigration Deal White House, conservatives pushing four pillars while others open to just two – Lindsey McPherson
https://www.rollcall.com/news/politics/republicans-divided-minimum-needed-immigration-deal

 

POLITICO
— Ryan renews welfare reform push But the House speaker is once again running into resistance from the Senate. – RACHAEL BADE and BURGESS EVERETT
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/02/01/welfare-reform-gop-paul-ryan-382591

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— An Indian ‘Chief’ Mascot Was Dropped. A Decade Later, He’s Still Lurking. The Cleveland Indians are retiring “Chief Wahoo,”
but the debate is far from over if other institutions, like the University of Illinois, are a guide. – MITCH SMITH
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/01/us/native-americans-sports-mascots-illinois.html
— Trump Sets Up a Grand Bargain on Immigration – George J. Borjas (DIERSEN: Overwhelmingly, immigrants are minorities and/or females. Democrats only want immigrants who will vote for Democrats. RINOs only want immigrants who will work for less money.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/02/opinion/trump-immigration-dreamers.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— How Does the Boss’s Pay Compare to the Rank and File? Survey offers early glimpse of the CEO-worker pay ratios in different industries – Vanessa Fuhrmans and Theo Francis (DIERSEN: Trump is earning only $400,000/year, or only 3.2 times my $122,325/year GAO salary in today’s dollars. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes shout that GAO overpaid me. In my defense, a) I had worked for GAO for almost 18 years and I had worked for IRS for almost 9 years before that; b) I had six job-related professional certifications and a job-related professional license; and c) I had three job-related master’s degrees and a job-related bachelor’s degree.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/an-early-look-at-the-ceo-worker-pay-ratio-1517505343

 

BLOOMBERG
— Wall Street Is Taking On More Risk Again – Sridhar Natarajan, Sally Bakewell, and Kiel Porter
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-02-02/leverage-is-back-wall-street-s-taking-on-more-risk-in-trump-era

 

USA TODAY
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Marijuana shops prep for Super Bowl sales blitz – Trevor Hughes
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2018/02/01/marijuana-pot-shops-prep-super-bowl-sales-blitz/1085109001/
— German police sue American woman for slander for calling them ‘Nazis’ – Deutsche Welle Publish (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps hint/imply/argue/shout that Trump supporters are Nazis, White supremacists, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, sexual harassers, bigots, and even worse things. At what point should Trump supporters hit them with cease and desist letters? At what point should Trump supporters sue them for slander? If you are a Trump supporter, the more of the following that you are, the more forcefully that anti-Trumps hint/imply/argue/shout that you are a Nazi, White supremacist, KKK member, hater, racist, sexist, sexual harasser, bigot, and even worse things: Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owner, German American, draft avoider, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2018/01/26/german-police-sue-american-woman-slander-calling-them-nazis/1068397001/

 

HARVARD CRIMSON
— Durbin Speech Met With Protest at Kennedy School Around 100 students from across the University spent Thursday evening marching up and down in front of the Kennedy School to protest Senator Durbin’s visit. – ALEXANDRA A. CHAIDEZ AND SIMONE C. CHU (DIERSEN: If you were me, how would deal with my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who viciously demonize, who viciously denigrate, and who viciously condemn my intelligence, my judgment, my motives, my abilities, my ethics, my accomplishments, my etc.? They hint/imply/argue/shout at everyone that no one should tell me anything because I will use whatever they tell me improperly in GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails. Those who my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have shouted at say to me “don’t quote me” and they require me to say “this is off-the-record” before they will tell me anything. Should I send my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes cease and desist letters and publish them in GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails? Should I sue them for slander?)
http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2018/2/2/durbin-visit-protests/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Maribel Nava ’20, one of the attendees, declined to reveal exactly what Durbin discussed with the group, noting the meeting was supposed to be off-the-record. Nonetheless, she said she thought the conversation was at least somewhat productive.)

 

FEDERAL SOUP
— NTEU: White House call to ease firing ‘a step backward’ (DIERSEN: I was a NTEU member 1971-1980 while I worked for IRS. Because I have always been a Republican, were it not for federal civil service protections, a) the Post Office would NOT have hired me in 1966 or let me work there for almost 3 years, b) IRS would NOT have hired me in 1971 or let me work there for almost 9 years, c) IRS would NOT have promoted me in 1972, 1973, or 1974, d) GAO would NOT have hired me in 1980 or let me work there for almost 18 years, and e) GAO would NOT have promoted me in 1986.)
https://federalsoup.com/articles/2018/01/31/wh-call-to-ease-firing-a-step-backward.aspx
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Trump said, alluding to his administration’s proposals to make it easier for federal political appointees and managers to fire federal employees. Legislation has eased removals at the Department of Veterans Affairs, and President Trump has said he would like other departments to see similar changes. Among the first of the federal unions to respond at length, the National Treasury Employees Union criticized the language used in the speech. “It is unfortunate that the president chose to single out our world-class civil service tonight, leaving the impression that federal employees are not dedicated to public service, committed to the missions of their agencies and honorable Americans,” NTEU President Tony Reardon said in a statement. “At a time of no passed or enacted agency budgets, the nation artificially operating to avoid hitting the debt ceiling, no plan to provide relief from sequestration, four CRs to keep the government open, a shutdown last week, and less than nine days until a possible second shutdown,” he continued, “the American people need an administration and Congress that is accountable and performing for them, and not elected officials looking to pass the buck.” “Federal employees must retain existing protections that stop unfair and arbitrary management practices, along with political favoritism and retaliation,” Reardon said. “Our workforce is non-partisan and merit-based and any reduction in due process protections is a step backward for our country.”)

February 1 Evening Edition

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— DuPage County Board Chairman Dan Cronin and Wheaton Mayor Mike Gresk spoke very highly of DuPage County District 4 Board Member Grant Eckhoff at his outstanding fundraiser Thursday evening, February 1, 2018 at Choun’s Restaurant in Wheaton. The 75+ attendees included Berlin, Bucholz, Cherry, Crane, Formento, Gavanes, Healy, Henry, Hinds, Kachiroubas, Lewis, Mendrick, Rash, Ryan, Tornatore, Wilkins, and Zay. Event sponsors included Cronin, Curran, DeMotte, Inland Real Estate, Puchalski, and Tornatore. – Dave Diersen
https://gopillinois.com

 

ABC7
— Kim Foxx, Lisa Madigan featured in new book about sexual harassment in IL politics – Sarah Schulte
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/new-book-shines-light-on-sexual-harassment-in-il-politics/3019619/

 

NBC5
— Jeanne Ives Dis-invites Controversial Commentator From Fundraiser – Mary Ann Ahern
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/jeanne-ives-withdraws-fundraiser-invitation-from-controversial-commentator-472240933.html

 

CBS2
— Rauner’s State Of The State Vow: A Balanced Budget
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/01/31/rauner-state-of-the-state/
— Rep. Peter Roskam Shares Moments Of GOP Train Crash In Virginia – Bob Roberts
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/02/01/peter-roskam-gop-train-crash-virgina/

 

WGN RADIO
— Gov. Bruce Rauner: “The property taxes are our #1 tax problem.” – MARY SANDBERG BOYLE
http://wgnradio.com/2018/02/01/gov-bruce-rauner-the-property-taxes-are-our-1-tax-problem/

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Illinois GOP candidate for governor: Jeanne Ives
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/illinois-governor-gop-candidate-jeanne-ives-2018-primary/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: On Jan. 26, state Rep. Jeanne Ives met with the Chicago Sun-Times Editorial Board. We asked her why she’s running for the Republican nomination for Illinois Governor in the March 2018 primary:)
— Illinois GOP candidate for governor: Bruce Rauner
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/illinois-gop-candidate-governor-bruce-rauner-2018-primary/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Chicago Sun-Times sent the candidates seeking the Republican nomination for Governor a list of questions to find out their views on a range of important issues facing the state of Illinois. A completed questionnaire has not been submitted by Gov. Rauner at this time. Check back soon.)
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says: “Trump demonizes ‘passionate, caring, compassionate’ health care workers.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/trump-demonizes-passionate-caring-compassionate-health-care-workers/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Rauner rival Ives cancels speech by pundit who says whites superior to blacks – Rick Pearson and Kim Geiger
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-jeanne-ives-20180201-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In an endorsement video the Ives campaign had posted but said it will now pull, Whittle says of the challenger: “I could not invent a better candidate for the times we live in than Jeanne Ives.” Whittle was a guest of the fundraiser’s co-chair, Gary Rabine, the founder and CEO of the Rabine Group, a national parking lot pavement company. Rabine said Whittle was a friend and flew out from California for the fundraiser. He described Whittle as “a high quality person with not an ounce of racism in his body.” “I’m sure there’s something that didn’t sound right, because he talks a lot, he’s on video, he’s on radio, he’s got podcasts, thousands and thousands of hours,” Rabine said. “So I’m sure something was there that doesn’t sound right, because it just happens. He’s a very passionate guy, so I’m sure he doesn’t say the perfect thing all the time.” Rabine, of Johnsburg, gave Rauner $9,500 during the 2014 race but contributed $10,000 to Ives in November. The Ives camp dumped its guest speaker after Brady, who heads the Republican caucus in the Democratic-led state Senate, posted on Twitter that “Bill Whittle’s racially infused rhetoric shouldn’t be tolerated in the Land and Party of Lincoln. Representative Ives should disinvite him from her event.” State Rep. Grant Wehrli, whose district is in DuPage County, called on Ives to cancel the event.)
— Choosing — I mean deciding — to listen closely to Gov. Rauner – Eric Zorn
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/zorn/ct-perspec-zorn-rauner-abortion-madigan-folksy-20180201-story.html
— Pritzker launches first attack ad against Biss, not Kennedy – Rick Pearson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-pritzker-biss-tv-ad-20180201-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— ‘Crazy.’ ‘Ridiculous.’ Metra riders not happy with another fare hike – Marni Pyke
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180131/crazy-ridiculous-metra-riders-not-happy-with-another-fare-hike
— Conflict of interest for District 211 board member in teacher contract talks? – Eric Peterson (DIERSEN: He who pays the piper calls the tunes.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180201/conflict-of-interest-for-district-211-board-member-in-teacher-contract-talks
— Fact checking the Democratic responses to Trump’s State of the Union – Salvador Rizzo (DIERSEN: Are/were you a fact checker? While I worked for GAO 1980-1997, the last 11 years of which at GS-13 Step 1-10 levels, currently $96,403-$125,325, I increasingly worked as a referencer, that is, as a fact checker. That work required assuring the accuracy and support for each and every word, number, table, graph, chart, conclusion, opinion, and recommendation in GAO reports.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180201/fact-checking-the-democratic-responses-to-trumps-state-of-the-union

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Roskam talks taxes as he preps for tough re-election bid – STEVE DANIELS
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180201/NEWS02/180209996/roskam-talks-taxes-as-he-preps-for-tough-re-election-bid
— Cook County, Loyola partner to equip first responders with opioid blocker – EVONNE LIU (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, to sell more opioid, will opioid pushers give opioid blockers to their customers free of charge?)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180201/NEWS03/180209995/cook-county-loyola-partner-to-equip-first-responders-with-opioid

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— It’s too early to know the overall effects of legalized marijuana – James R. Kruger Jr., President, Illinois Association of Chiefs of Police and chief of police in Oak Brook
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20180201/counterpoint-its-too-early-to-know-overall-effects-of-legalized-marijuana

 

QUINCY HERALD WHIG
— Lt. Gov. Sanguinetti echoes Rauner’s call for business-friendly policies – Doug Wilson (DIERSEN: Democrats call for worker friendly policies. Democrats stress that there are far more workers in Illinois than business owners.)
http://www.whig.com/20180202/lt-gov-sanguinetti-echos-call-for-business-friendly-policies#//

 

DEKALB DAILY CHRONICLE
— Ives, candidate for GOP’s governor nomination, to visit DeKalb on Friday – CHRISTOPHER HEIMERMAN
http://www.daily-chronicle.com/2018/02/01/ives-candidate-for-gops-governor-nomination-to-visit-dekalb-on-friday/amksn8f/

 

WSIL TV
— Fresh off State of State, Rauner attacks Madigan, Pritzker – Brandon Richard
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/37408100/rauner-says-illinois-democratic-primary-rigged-for-pritzker

 

CRETE-MONEE SCHOOL DISTRICT 201-U
— Crete-Monee School District 201-U partners with Governors State University for College Pathways Program
http://cm201u.org/index.aspx?NID=4914

 

IVES FOR GOVERNOR
— Ives Cancels Whittle Appearance
https://mailchi.mp/99149dae21b3/ives-cancels-whittle-appearance

 

PRAIRIE STATE WIRE
— Ives calls out Springfield on ethics complaints – Angela Underwood
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/511325631-ives-calls-out-springfield-on-ethics-complaints

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Nybo says Rauner veto of liquor license measure was wrong – Angela Underwood
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511325635-nybo-says-rauner-veto-of-liquor-license-measure-was-wrong

 

WEST COOK NEWS
— Burr Ridge hits back against Durkin’s “misleading” claims about the village’s fiscal health – W.J. Kennedy (DIERSEN: If you are a Republican incumbent who has endorsed Rauner, and you have opposition in your primary, how much money has Rauner given you?)
https://westcooknews.com/stories/511326469-burr-ridge-hits-back-against-durkin-s-misleading-claims-about-the-village-s-fiscal-health

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Rauner piles on – Ives explains – Ives disinvites – Sen. Brady, Bourne, Wehrli say Ives should cancel *** Oppo dump!
https://capitolfax.com/2018/02/01/oppo-dump-11/
— Rauner falsely claims yet again that he introduced three balanced budgets
https://capitolfax.com/2018/02/01/rauner-falsely-claims-yet-again-that-he-introduced-three-balanced-budgets/
— Inquiries opened *** Un-advertised state university jobs created for SIU-C chancellor’s kids
https://capitolfax.com/2018/02/01/un-advertised-state-university-jobs-created-for-siu-c-chancellors-kids/

 

DAILY SIGNAL
— Trump Is Right. It’s Time to Give Agency Heads More Discretion With Employees. – John York (DIERSEN: Under Trump, Democrats continue to run the federal government just like they did under Nixon, Ford, Reagan, and the Bushes. Further, Democrats continue to run GAO no matter which party controls the U.S. House and/or the U.S. Senate.)
http://dailysignal.com/2018/02/01/trump-right-time-give-agency-heads-discretion-employees/

 

BREITBART
— Illinois’ Republican Governor Bruce Rauner Is 2nd-Most-Unpopular Running for Re-election – JOEL B. POLLAK
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/02/01/illinois-republican-governor-bruce-rauner-2nd-unpopular-running-re-election/

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Cheer up: CPAC countdown now underway – Jennifer Harper
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/feb/1/inside-the-beltway-cheer-up-cpac-countdown-underwa/

 

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Workers Receiving Bigger Paychecks Due to GOP Tax Reform ‘I have heard time and again that the middle class is getting crumbs, but I’ll take it’ – Charles Russell (DIERSEN: Are/were you a worker? My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes stress that I was a lowly worker 1962-1997. I did yard work and delivered newspapers 1962-1964; washed dishes 1964-1966; cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966; delivered mail 1966-1969; worked on an automobile assembly line and as a security guard in 1970; sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971; pumped gasoline 1971-1972; collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980; and audited federal agencies 1980-1997.)
http://freebeacon.com/issues/ap-workers-receiving-bigger-paychecks-tax-reform/

 

FOX NEWS
— Florida Sheriff: Teen carjacked 76-year-old man’s Corvette to trade for drugs – AP
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2018/02/01/sheriff-teen-carjacked-mans-corvette-to-trade-for-drugs.html

 

UPI
— Trump tells GOP to ‘give a little’ to reach deal on immigration – Sara Shayanian and Danielle Haynes
https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2018/02/01/Trump-tells-GOP-to-give-a-little-to-reach-deal-on-immigration/4031517504131/

 

ACCOUNTING TODAY
— GAO: IRS fell short on verifying W-2 info before issuing refunds – Michael Cohn (DIERSEN: GAO audits IRS. The Democrats who ran GAO’s Chicago office 1980-1997 wasted my knowledge of IRS. I worked for IRS 1971-1980, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 levels, currently $81,071-$91,880. GAO refused to assign me to audits of IRS except for 3 years 1986-1988. I should write a book about those who since 1980 have done the most to waste my knowledge of IRS.)
https://www.accountingtoday.com/news/irs-fell-short-on-verifying-w-2-info-before-issuing-refunds

February 1 Morning Edition

CBS2
— Rauner’s State Of The State Overshadowed By Politics  The candidates who hope to unseat Gov. Bruce Rauner all had something to say Tuesday. – Derrick Blakley
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/video/category/spoken-word-wbbmtv/3802364-rauners-state-of-the-state-overshadowed-by-politics/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE WITH COLOR PICTURE: Assessment fairness study drags out – Jason Grotto and Hal Dardick (DIERSEN: Who wants your home to have a higher assessed valuation? I should write a book about those in my precinct, in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, DuPage County, and in Illinois who have always wanted 915 Cove Court in Wheaton to have a higher assessed valuation, that is, those who have always wanted my wife and I to pay higher real estate taxes.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/watchdog/taxdivide/ct-met-assessor-berrios-study-delay-20180130-story.html
— Sidestepping woes, Rauner says the best is yet to come (DIERSEN: What is ahead for retirees?  Higher inflation? Lower interest rates? Higher medical and dental expenses? Falling real estate market values? Higher real estate taxes with real estate tax deductions being capped at $10,000/year? How soon will real estate taxes exceed 10% of market value and/or $10,000/year for all homes in Illinois?)
https://www.pressreader.com/usa/chicago-tribune/20180201/281487866790635
— John Marshall Law School will start accepting GRE as test alternative to LSAT – Ally Marotti (DIERSEN: If I had not passed the CPA examination in 1979, GAO would not have offered me a job in 1980. If I had not passed the Federal Service Entrance Examination in 1970, IRS would not have offered me a job in 1971. If I had not passed the Post Office employment examination in 1966, the Post Office would not have offered me a job in 1966.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-john-marshall-law-school-accepts-gre-20180130-story.html
— Twinkie maker’s response to the Trump Tax: bonus and free snacks – Nick Turner and Craig Giammona
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-hostess-tax-bonus-free-snacks-20180131-story.html
— Was state Sen. Silverstein snared by Springfield’s sexist ‘handkerchief trick?’ – Kim Janssen
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chicagoinc/ct-met-ira-silverstein-gag-0201-chicago-inc-20180131-story.html

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Why housing may help Chicago in Amazon HQ2 race – DENNIS RODKIN (DIERSEN: If Amazon picks Chicago, how attractive would new Amazon employees view the housing in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, and in your county? From what I see, new Amazon employees would be disproportionately, if not overwhelmingly, anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft dodgers (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/realestate/20180201/CRED0701/180209994/why-housing-may-help-chicago-in-amazon-hq2-race

 

WGN RADIO
— What can we expect from the next legislative session in Springfield? – PETER ZIMMERMAN (DIERSEN: If I was still the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, everyone could expect and I would deliver a breakfast meeting the third Saturday of every month except August and December, a picnic every August, and a Christmas party every December. Everyone could expect and I would deliver speakers at those events that would include candidates in upcoming elections. Currently, for example, Rauner, Ives, Sanguinetti, Morthland, Harold, Grasso, Diganvker, Jhingan, Stella, Vlakancic, Minor, Grant, Byrne, Kinzler, Orozco, Zito, Khouri, Mendrick, Bibbiano, Tornatore, DeMichele, Gavanes, Hart, Abbott, Tully, McGowen, Almiron, Eckhoff, Zaruba, Tatro, Chinchilla, Wiley, Zay, McQuade, Illinois Republican Party State Central Committee candidates, DuPage County Republican Central Committee candidates, Republican township party candidates, etc. One could argue that incumbent Republicans would be far more likely to want to get rid of TAPROOT because TAPROOT, unlike many other organizations, gave challengers an opportunity to speak. While the West Suburban Patriots organization in Wheaton has barred the following Republican elected officials from speaking at its events because they have endorsed Rauner and Sanguinetti, under my chairmanship, they would be welcome to speak at TAPROOT events, provided that they agreed to take questions from the audience: Dan Cronin, Steve Chirico, Jim Durkin, John Curran, Patti Bellock, Grant Wehrli, Christine Winger, Bob Berlin, Fred Bucholz, Gwen Henry, Paul Hinds, Richard Jorgenson, Greg Hart, Brian Krajewski, Sean Noonan, Don Puchalski, Kevin Wiley, James Zay, Rich Veenstra, Richard Irvin, Chuck Nelson, Kevin Wallace, Franco Coladipietro, Len Austin, Martin Tully, Steven Morley, Rodney Craig, Jeff Pruyn, John Egofske, Ken McClafferty, Kevin Coyne, Ruben Pineda, Noreen Ligino-Kubinski, Michael Gresk, Todd Scalzo, Frank Trilla, and Jim Mathieson.)
http://wgnradio.com/2018/01/31/what-can-we-expect-from-the-next-legislative-session-in-springfield/

 

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: West Chicago High School teachers file notice of intent to strike – Katlyn Smith
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180131/west-chicago-high-school-teachers-file-notice-of-intent-to-strike-
— Moving beyond naloxone to save addicts – Editorial
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20180201/moving-beyond-naloxone-to-save-addicts

 

WTTW
— Rauner Speaks of Bipartisanship, Democrats Don’t Believe It – Amanda Vinicky (DIERSEN: Democrats will never vote for Rauner. Nevertheless, Democrats want Rauner a) to dump more and more and more planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform and b) to demonize, to denigrate, and to condemn Ives and all the other conservatives in the state.)
https://chicagotonight.wttw.com/2018/01/31/rauner-speaks-bipartisanship-democrats-don-t-believe-it

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Rauner: Let’s cooperate; Madigan says gov blames others – Doug Finke (DIERSEN: Who blames you for their problems, for your problems, and/or for everyone’s problems? I should write a book about nasty scapegoaters 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 who blame me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails and what I did as 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, and American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member for their problems, for your problems, for my problems, and for everyone’s problems.)
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180131/rauner-lets-cooperate-madigan-says-gov-blames-others
— Illinois lawmakers wear black in solidarity with #MeToo – Brenden Moore and Maximilian Kwiatkowski (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps hint/imply/argue/shout that the more of the following that you are, the more of a sexual harasser that you are: Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owner, draft avoider, German American, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180131/illinois-lawmakers-wear-black-in-solidarity-with-metoo

 

TIMES
— Ives calls out Mautino, Towne – David Giuliani
http://www.mywebtimes.com/news/local/candidate-calls-out-mautino-towne/article_9d56eebf-7137-5888-8890-7a19382ef725.html
— Balanced budget vow pleases local lawmakers – David Giuliani
http://www.mywebtimes.com/news/local/balanced-budget-vow-pleases-local-lawmakers/article_c2403dba-3e7d-5d2b-80c9-c4a9785deb0f.html

 

PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— The state of our state … and Rauner’s reelection chances – Editorial
http://www.pjstar.com/opinion/20180131/editorial-state-of-our-state–and-rauners-reelection-chances

 

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— Rauner Tries To Sell Bipartisanship In State Of The State Address, But Few Are Buying – SEAN CRAWFORD (DIERSEN: Bipartisanship has always resulted in Republicans losing and Democrats winning.)
http://nprillinois.org/post/rauner-tries-sell-bipartisanship-state-state-address-few-are-buying#stream/0

 

FREEPORT JOURNAL STANDARD
— Plenty of people think they can improve state of the state – Editorial (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes stress that in 2012, they succeeded in ending my TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairmanship even though no one else wanted the job. They stress all those elected officials and party leaders in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who I helped elect, but who did nothing to help me keep the TAPROOT chairmanship.)
http://www.journalstandard.com/opinion/20180131/our-view-plenty-of-people-think-they-can-improve-state-of-state
— State Rep. Cabello: Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner should resign (DIERSEN: Who has called for you to resign and what arguments have they made? I should write a book about those who have called for me to resign as a Republican Precinct Committeeman, GOPUSA Illinois Editor, 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, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member, GAO employee, etc. and the arguments that they have made.)
http://www.journalstandard.com/news/20180131/state-rep-cabello-illinois-gov-bruce-rauner-should-resign
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Cabello accused Rauner of breaking his word on House Bill 40, which mandates public funding for abortion. Cabello said that in meetings with the governor, Rauner told lawmakers he would not sign the bill, which he then did in September. “When you tell someone you are not going to do something, you should stick to your word,” Cabello said. “I can’t trust any words that he says from here on out.” Cabello said he is supporting Rauner’s opponent in the upcoming GOP primary, state Rep. Jeanne Ives of Wheaton.)

 

DAILY EGYPTIAN
— University hires chancellor’s daughter, son-in-law – ANNA SPOERRE (DIERSEN: Did your parents, grandparents, etc. have enough religious, government, political, and/or financial clout to get you a good job? Mine did not. Consequently, I did yard work and delivered newspapers 1962-1964; washed dishes 1964-1966; cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966; delivered mail 1966-1969; worked on an automobile assembly line and as a security guard in 1970; sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971; pumped gasoline 1971-1972; collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980; and audited federal agencies 1980-1997.)
https://dailyegyptian.com/77964/showcase/university-hires-chancellors-daughter-son-in-law/

 

CHICAGO READER
— Rauner delivers his final State of the State address with an eye to November elections, and other Chicago news – Kate Shepherd
https://www.chicagoreader.com/Bleader/archives/2018/01/31/rauner-delivers-his-final-state-of-the-state-address-with-an-eye-to-november-elections-and-other-chicago-news

 

PRAIRIE STATE WIRE
— Ives casts doubt on pension reform proposal – Angela Underwood
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/511325548-ives-casts-doubt-on-pension-reform-proposal

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Kinzler says plan to resuscitate Illinois starts with tax cuts – Chandra Lye
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511322589-kinzler-says-plan-to-resuscitate-illinois-starts-with-tax-cuts

 

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Harold Ducks Debate Challenge – Cal Skinner
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/01/31/harold-ducks-debate-challenge/

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Republican state lawmaker says idea to bond out pension debt is ‘massively irresponsible’ – Greg Bishop
https://www.ilnews.org/news/state_politics/republican-state-lawmaker-says-idea-to-bond-out-pension-debt/article_572136ce-0511-11e8-82d0-3f65b636dc6e.html

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— Jeanne Ives’ Drubbing of Bruce Rauner – Laurie Higgins
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2018/02/jeanne-ives-drubbing-of-bruce-rauner/

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Rep. Cabello to Gov. Rauner: Resign
https://capitolfax.com/2018/01/31/rep-cabello-to-gov-rauner-resign/
— Rauner dodges question about what he could accomplish if Madigan is still around (DIERSEN: If you are conservative and a member of a political organization that is overwhelmingly anti-conservative, there is little or nothing that you can accomplish.)
https://capitolfax.com/2018/02/01/rauner-dodges-question-about-what-he-could-accomplish-if-madigan-is-still-around/
— Cullerton: “I like to be liked rather than feared” (DIERSEN: Overwhelmingly, my critics/opponents have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout, and they want everyone to fear them.)
https://capitolfax.com/2018/02/01/cullerton-i-like-to-be-liked-rather-than-feared/
— McGuire: Focus more on college students who don’t attend elite schools (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always stressed that none of my four degrees (NIU-1970, Loyola-1976, DePaul-1980, and IIT-1997) are from Ivy League universities.)
https://capitolfax.com/2018/02/01/mcguire-focus-more-on-college-students-who-dont-attend-elite-schools/
— Poll: Rauner 7th most unpopular governor in the country
https://capitolfax.com/2018/02/01/poll-rauner-7th-most-unpopular-governor-in-the-country/

 

PJ MEDIA
— Rubio on Trump Plan: If You Didn’t Apply for DACA Before, ‘Why Should You Benefit from This Now?’ – NICHOLAS BALLASY
https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/rubio-trump-plan-didnt-apply-daca-benefit-now/

 

FOX NEWS
— ‘Willing to Give Trump Some Credit’: Illinois Democrat Raja Krishnamoorthi Calls for Bipartisanship After SOTU – Neil Cavuto
http://insider.foxnews.com/2018/01/31/trump-state-union-raja-krishnamoorthi-says-give-trump-obama-credit-economy-taxes

 

GOPUSA
— Kelly: California teacher who ripped military ‘ought to go to hell’ (DIERSEN: What should be said to those who rip, demonize, denigrate, and condemn federal employees and federal retirees as being overcompensated, stupid, lazy, and even worse things? Should I write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who focus on ripping, demonizing, denigrating, and condemning federal employees like I was for almost 30 years and federal retirees like I have been for over 20 years as being overcompensated, stupid, lazy, and even worse things?)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=38328
— Illegal aliens insulted that Trump said American citizens are dreamers too (DIERSEN: When you were in your early 20s, what was your career dream? My dream of getting a job in the automotive industry that had better potential for advancement ended in 1971 when Oldsmobile withdrew a job offer that I had accepted saying that it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=38349
— Man married six women in immigration scheme
http://www.gopusa.com/man-married-six-women-in-immigration-scheme/

 

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Americans are on the move to freer pastures – Meg Tuszynski and Dean Stansel (DIERSEN: Anti-Trumps run Illinois. The more of the following that you are, the more that those anti-Trumps want you to leave Illinois: Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owner, German American, draft avoider, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/americans-are-on-the-move-to-freer-pastures/article/2647567

 

TOWNHALL
— Had ‘News’ Media Done Its Job, Obama Would Not Have Become President – Larry Elder
https://townhall.com/columnists/larryelder/2018/02/01/had-news-media-done-its-job-obama-would-not-have-become-president-n2442671

WORLD NET DAILY
— WOULD OBAMA HAVE WON IF MEDIA DID THEIR JOB? Larry Elder tells of photo with Farrakhan journalist sat on for 13 years
http://www.wnd.com/2018/01/would-obama-have-won-if-media-did-their-job/

 

THE HILL
— Black Democrats take lead in push to impeach Trump – CRISTINA MARCOS AND MIKE LILLIS (DIERSEN: Who has worked the hardest to get rid of you? I should write a book about those who have worked the hardest to get rid of me. 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 and/or they are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://thehill.com/homenews/house/371743-black-dems-take-lead-in-push-to-impeach-trump
— Dems vow to repeal parts of GOP tax law – MIKE LILLIS AND NAOMI JAGODA (DIERSEN: What position do those federal candidates who seek your vote have on “the cap on the state and local tax deduction?” What do they say to those who hint/imply/argue/shout that those who pay more than $10,000 a year in SALT are undeservedly filthy rich and should pay more federal income tax?)
http://thehill.com/policy/finance/371736-dems-vow-to-repeal-parts-of-gop-tax-law
(FROM THE ARTICLE: They also strongly oppose the cap on the state and local tax deduction, which hurts the rich but also impacts others in high-tax states such as New York, New Jersey and California. “The state and local tax deduction alone is an assault on the livelihoods and the property values of millions of Americans,” said Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.).)

 

POLITICO
— Trump’s Unifying Nationalism His State of the Union hinted at a new politics that could bring Americans closer together—if he can keep himself on message. – RICH LOWRY
https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/01/31/trumps-unifying-nationalism-216920

 

CNN
— White House press secretary says Pelosi should smile more – Jennifer Hansler (DIERSEN: Why don’t you smile more? My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes gloat that I do not smile more because 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, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member, GAO employee, etc.)
https://www.cnn.com/2018/01/31/politics/sarah-sanders-nancy-pelosi-smile/index.html

 

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Trump promoting recent tax cuts during session with workers – ZEKE MILLER (DIERSEN: People who are not workers, for example, retirees, do not get pay increases or bonuses. Are/were a worker? I was a worker 1962-1997. I did yard work and delivered newspapers 1962-1964; washed dishes 1964-1966; cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966; delivered mail 1966-1969; worked on an automobile assembly line and as a security guard in 1970; sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971; pumped gasoline 1971-1972; collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980; and audited federal agencies 1980-1997.)
https://apnews.com/5dac9fa1eb0f4fcc8f7ccba65cd4b57b/Trump-promoting-recent-tax-cuts-during-session-with-workers

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Trump’s Speech Leaves Two Sides Further Apart Than Ever on Immigration.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/31/us/politics/trump-state-of-the-union-immigration.html
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: A Villain Dangerous to Ignore: Online Ads – Farhad Manjoo (DIERSEN: GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails and www.gopillinois.com have never contained ads and they never will contain ads. NEEDLESS TO-SAY, MY CRITICS/OPPONENTS, THEIR OPERATIVES, AND THEIR DUPES HAVE ALWAYS BEEN BEYOND FURIOUS THAT I HAVE HAD ENOUGH TIME AND ENOUGH MONEY TO PUT TOGETHER AND SEND OUT GOPUSA ILLINOIS EMAILS AND POST COPIES OF THEM ON A WEBSITE WITHOUT ANY ADVERTISING. Increasingly, outlandishly, they hint/imply/argue/shout that the more ads that you have in your emails and on your website, the more credible that you are.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/31/technology/internet-advertising-business.html
— Watching Trump’s Speech: They Cheered. They Groaned. They Ate a Cake. Around the country, people gathered at parties and in bars to hear President Trump’s State of the Union speech. In some competitive Republican congressional districts, we went along. – Julie Bosman
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/31/us/state-of-the-union-national-reaction.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: PALATINE, Ill. — Bob Schmidt, 36, glanced up from his beer just in time to see President Trump pause from his State of the Union address and heartily applaud for himself.)
— TRAGIC: San Francisco Will Clear Thousands of Marijuana Convictions – Timothy Williams and Thomas Fuller (DIERSEN: I have never used an illegal drug and I never will. Of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes do not want me to get any credit for that. Many, if not most, if not virtually all of my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes talk and/or act like they a) smoke pot, b) want to smoke pot legally, and/or c) want to make lots of money selling pot.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/31/us/california-marijuana-san-francisco.html

 

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— GOP candidate for California governor John Cox starts 2018 with nearly $2 million in the bank – SEEMA MEHTA (DIERSEN: What are your connections with John Cox? The Daily Herald reported that Cox attended my July 5, 2003 picnic in the Prairie Path Park in my precinct that I had organized for the residents of my precinct and the residents of Jeanne Ives’ precinct to the east and Debra Olson’s precinct to west. Attendees got to meet the five announced Republican candidates for U.S. Senate – John Cox, Chirinjeev Kathuria, Andy McKenna, Jim Oberweis, and Jack Ryan. Cox brought Jays Potato Chips. Oberweis brought ice cream. The 200+ attendees included now Congressman Randy Hultgren. Jack Ryan won the primary, but withdrew. His replacement, Alan Keyes lost to Barack Obama.)
https://www.latimes.com/politics/essential/la-pol-ca-essential-politics-updates-gop-gubernatorial-candidate-john-cox-1517446693-htmlstory.html
— How the ‘Dreamers’ won the nation’s hearts and minds – LAURA WIDES-MUÑOZ (DIERSEN: Anti-Trumps shout at Dreamers and at everyone else that Trump supporters are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things. Anti-Trumps are counting on Dreamers and their supporters to get rid of individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries once and for all that are: Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German Americans, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. What percent of Dreamers are minorities and/or females – 97%, 98%, 99%?)
http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-wides-munoz-dreamer-history-20180201-story.html

 

USA TODAY
— Gay-rights groups say Amazon should avoid these 9 cities (Austin; Dallas; Nashville; Atlanta; Columbus, Ohio; Indianapolis; Miami; Raleigh, N.C.; and the Washington suburbs of Northern Virginia) for second headquarters – Elizabeth Weise (DIERSEN: Soon, if not already, if you do not promote LGBTQ activity, employers will not hire you, and if you are an employee, they will get rid of you.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2018/02/01/amazons-second-headquarters-gay-groups-say-amazon-should-avoid-these-9-cities/1082126001/
— Businesses added 234,000 private sector jobs in January, marking strong start to year – Adam Shell and Paul Davidson (DIERSEN: Of these 240,000, how many are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors?)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2018/01/31/adp-businesses-added-234-000-jobs-january-showing-strong-start-2018/1071000001/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Why Illinois Got Out of the Hedges These funds are hard to understand and have lousy returns. – Marc Levine
https://www.wsj.com/articles/why-illinois-got-out-of-the-hedges-1517440169
— Amazon HQ2 Spurs Worries of a Wage War in Winning City Company’s hunt for a second home is a cause of concern for some employers near the possible sites – Lauren Weber and Laura Stevens (DIERSEN: GAO hired me in 1980 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. IRS hired me in 1971 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job. The Post Office hired me in 1966 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/amazon-thou-shalt-not-covet-thy-neighbors-employee-1517394601
— State licensing laws overly burden military spouses, who move frequently only to find they can’t work. – Shoshana Weissmann and C. Jarrett Dieterle (DIERSEN: My Democrat GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were furious when I became a licensed CPA in 1981 when I was 32 years old. To the best of my recollection, I was the only employee who was a licensed CPA in GAO’s Chicago office from 1981 until my Democrat GAO superiors succeeded in forcing me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/why-do-you-need-a-college-degree-to-give-diet-advice-1517439964
— Book Review: The Return of the New Deal For one of LBJ’s advisers, a great society was one in which there would be no poverty, hunger or illiteracy; nor would leisure time be wasted. Terry Eastland reviews ‘Building the Great Society’ by Joshua Zeitz. – Terry Eastland (DIERSEN: The Democrat’s Great Society destroyed the African-American family.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/review-the-return-of-the-new-deal-1517440136
— #MeToo, Coming to a Bookstore Near You Books exploring female empowerment and sexual harassment are on the rise, but some publishers worry the feminist message is getting diluted – Ellen Gamerman (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps hint/imply/argue/shout that the more of the following that you are, the more of a sexual harasser that you are: Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owner, draft avoider, German American, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/metoo-coming-to-a-bookstore-near-you-1517408548
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Top Colleges Speed Read Applications – Melissa Korn (DIERSEN: What do you say to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who hint/imply/argue/shout that I should a) include links to fewer articles in GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails and/or b) limit or eliminate my comments on those articles because those who read the emails are not speed readers?)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/some-elite-colleges-review-an-application-in-8-minutes-or-less-1517400001

 

FORBES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: RINOs want immigrants because RINOs want cheap labor. Democrats want immigrants because immigrants vote for Democrats.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/washingtonbytes/2018/02/01/while-trump-blames-immigrants/#2c94ca9141ed

 

NEWSWEEK
— DESPITE TRUMP’S SOTU CLAIMS, AMERICA’S FINANCES ARE A MIXED REALITY – TRACY LEE (DIERSEN: Because inflation is higher than interest rates, because medical and dental expenses are going up, because real estate taxes are going up, because real estate tax deductions are capped at $10,000, etc., the financial future for retired people is not good.)
http://www.newsweek.com/mixed-reality-ground-american-wallets-796332

 

FEDERAL TIMES
— Gowdy continues GOP lawmaker retirement wave – Jessie Bur (DIERSEN: As anti-Trumps ever-increasingly shout at Republican candidates, at Republican elected officials, and at everyone else that Republicans are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things, more and more and more Republicans succumb to that slander. More and more and more Republicans are becoming anti-Republicans like Michael Steele and Pat Brady.)
https://www.federaltimes.com/federal-oversight/congress/2018/01/31/gowdy-continues-gop-lawmaker-retirement-wave/

January 31 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Rauner calls for property tax freeze, term limits in State of the State address – Craig Wall
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/rauner-calls-for-property-tax-freeze-term-limits-in-state-of-the-state-/3011538/
— Congressional Black Caucus dons traditional African garb in protest of ‘s—hole countries’ remark – Danny Clemens
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/black-caucus-wears-traditional-african-garb-to-sotu-in-protest/3009321/
— 3 Illinois GOP lawmakers (Bost, Hultgren, and Roskam) on (chartered) train that hit truck, 1 on truck killed – AP
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/3-illinois-gop-lawmakers-on-train-that-hit-truck-1-on-truck-killed/3012221/
— Trump’s immigration agenda already a sticking point – AP (DIERSEN: Democrats want immigrants because they vote for Democrats. RINOs want immigrants because they want cheap labor.)
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/state-of-the-union-2018-trumps-immigration-agenda-already-a-sticking-point/3012310/
— AP Fact Check: Trump’s State of the Union stretches on taxes, energy – AP (DIERSEN: Are/were you a fact checker? While I worked for GAO 1980-1997, the last 11 years of which at GS-13 Step 1-10 levels, currently $96,403-$125,325, I increasingly worked as a referencer, that is, as a fact checker. That work required assuring the accuracy and support for each and every word, number, table, graph, chart, conclusion, opinion, and recommendation in GAO reports.)
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/ap-fact-check-trumps-state-of-the-union-stretches-on-taxes-energy/3009326/

 

NBC5
— Rauner Delivers State of the State Address
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/rauner-state-of-the-state-471965163.html

 

CBS2
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps use Miguel Perez to promote mass/illegal immigration.
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/01/31/detained-vets-supporters-ask-gov-rauner-to-intervene/

 

WSL AM
— Rauner pushes term limits in “State of the State” – Bill Cameron (DIERSEN: Those who wanted to destroy TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois and succeeded in destroying TAPROOT pushed for term limits.)
http://www.wlsam.com/2018/01/31/rauner-pushes-term-limits-in-state-of-the-state/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Rauner changes tone, hits positive notes in play-it-safe State of the State speech – Kim Geiger, Monique Garcia and Bill Lukitsch
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-bruce-rauner-state-of-the-state-speech-20180131-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Members of the following groups say “Illinois is not a sanctuary state:” anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, 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.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/letters/ct-illinois-trust-act-sanctuary-immigration-20180131-story.html
— The 2018 imperative: How to save Illinois – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-jobs-primary-illinois-amazon-20180131-story.html
— Democrats can’t see compromise while stabbing their eyes over Trump’s speech – John Kass
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/kass/ct-met-state-of-the-union-democrats-kass-20180131-story.html
— Two Democrats in primary to take on Roskam stand out in cash race, thanks to their own checkbooks – Katherine Skiba
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-democrats-congress-roskam-20180131-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: If you promote pot, you promote destruction.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-stoned-weed-medical-marijuana-chemo-arthritis-aids-0131-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrats applaud Rauner — with the back of the hand – Mark Brown
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/democrats-applaud-rauner-state-of-state-address-with-the-back-of-their-hand/
— Gov. Rauner’s State of State vow: ‘Time we do what the people of Illinois want’ – Tina Sfondeles (DIERSEN: What about those people in Illinois who want government to get rid of people 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://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/bruce-rauner-speech-state-illinois/
— Listen up, Bannon has a right to speak at U. of C. – Editorial
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/editorial-listen-up-bannon-has-a-right-to-speak-at-u-of-c/
— If only Trump’s nice words meant anything at all for Chicago – Editorial (DIERSEN: Those who run Chicago hint/imply/argue/shout at everyone that Trump is a White supremacist, Nazi, KKK member, hater, racist, sexist, bigot, and even worse things.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/if-only-trumps-nice-words-meant-anything-at-all-for-chicago/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Roskam, Hultgren, (and Bost) on (chartered) train that hit dump truck
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180131/roskam-hultgren-on-train-that-hit-dump-truck
— AP FACT CHECK: Trump inflates impact of some initiatives – AP (DIERSEN: Are/were you a fact checker? While I worked for GAO 1980-1997, the last 11 years of which at GS-13 Step 1-10 levels, currently $96,403-$125,325, I increasingly worked as a referencer, that is, as a fact checker. That work required assuring the accuracy and support for each and every word, number, table, graph, chart, conclusion, opinion, and recommendation in GAO reports.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20180131/news/301319983/

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— As Rauner pushes for unity, foes ask: What about the jobs? – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180131/BLOGS02/180139947/as-rauner-pushes-for-unity-foes-ask-what-about-the-jobs

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Ives endorsed by colleagues ahead of Rauner speech – Brenden Moore
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180131/ives-endorsed-by-colleagues-ahead-of-rauner-speech
— Rauner: Restore trust, grow the state – Doug Finke
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180131/gov-rauner-restore-trust-grow-state
— General Assembly overrides Rauner AV of school funding follow-up – Doug Finke
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180131/general-assembly-overrides-rauner-av-of-school-funding-follow-up
— Lottery board chairman resigns over tweet about East St. Louis – Bernard Schoenburg
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180131/lottery-board-chairman-resigns-over-tweet-about-east-st-louis
— Rauner’s opponents dismiss State of the State address – Brenden Moore and Maximilian Kwiatkowski
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180131/rauners-opponents-dismiss-state-of-state-address

 

ALTON DAILY NEWS
— What’s In A Name? – Benjamin Yount (DIERSEN: Should those who share demonized, denigrated, and condemned demographics consider changing the names of their demographics? What are your demographics? How successful have those who despise/hate those who share your demographics been in demonizing, denigrating, and condemning your demographics? Members of Group A have had tremendous success in demonizing, denigrating, and condemning members of Group B. Members of Group A are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors and members of Group B are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German Americans, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://altondailynews.com/news/details.cfm?clientid=17&id=259393

 

NORTHERN PUBLIC RADIO
— Promises Of A Balanced Budget Earn Big Reaction For Rauner
http://northernpublicradio.org/post/promises-balanced-budget-earn-big-reaction-rauner

 

WJBC
— Illinois GOP praises State of the Union; Duckworth calls it ‘reckless rhetoric’ – Eric Stock (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrat news media in Illinois treats Pat Brady like he is the Chairman of the Illinois Republican Party.)
http://www.wjbc.com/2018/01/31/illinois-gop-praises-state-of-the-union-duckworth-calls-it-reckless-rhetoric/

 

PEORIA PUBLIC RADIO
— GOP Challenger Jeanne Ives Reacts to Rauner’s State of the State – RACHEL OTWELL
http://peoriapublicradio.org/post/gop-challenger-jeanne-ives-reacts-rauners-state-state#stream/0

 

EVANSTON PATCH
— Evanston GOP Chief Mimics Trump With East St. Louis Slur State lottery board chair Blair Garber resigned after describing the downstate city as the “s—hole of the universe.” – Jonah Meadows
https://patch.com/illinois/evanston/evanston-gop-chief-mimics-trump-east-st-louis-slur

 

TONIA KHOURI
— Conservatives Endorse Tonia Khouri Tonia Khouri is the ONLY candidate in the 49th District who is endorsed by the top 3 conservative groups: Illinois Citizens For Life, Illinois Family, Illinois Family PAC Federal Action PAC
https://toniakhouri.com/

 

IVES FOR GOVERNOR
— Ives Responds to Rauner’s Final State of the State
https://ivesforillinois.com/ives-responds-to-rauners-final-state-of-the-state/
https://mailchi.mp/de69b12f8856/ives-responds-to-rauners-final-state-of-the-state
— Ives Calls on Rauner to Remove His Crony Lottery Chairman for “Disgusting” Attack on East St. Louis “Rauner will have to decide if his loyalties lie with people supporting him politically or the people he was elected to serve.”
https://mailchi.mp/fbcacb4f2637/ives-calls-on-rauner-to-remove-his-crony-lottery-chairman-for-disgusting-attack-on-east-st-louis

 

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— New PRITZKER ad stars (surprise!) JEANNE IVES – Natasha Korecki
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2018/01/31/scoop-new-pritzker-ad-stars-surprise-jeanne-ives-gillibrand-to-fundraise-for-marie-newman-rauner-asks-pols-to-unite-behind-a-jobs-agenda-gov-appointee-calls-east-st-louis-s-hole-241851
(FROM THE ARTICLE: When it comes to meddling in other party’s primaries, J.B. Pritzker has a new message for Gov. Bruce Rauner: two can play at that game. Pritzker is out with a new ad with an unlikely star: Rauner’s primary opponent state Rep. Jeanne Ives. The ad, which will run digitally only, attempts to capitalize on an onslaught of bad press Rauner’s received after Monday’s live-streamed Chicago Tribune debate between Rauner and Ives. The ad is peppered with snippets of Ives’ criticisms of Rauner from that debate, including Ives declaring that no Republican from the congressional delegation will come out in support of the governor. “It’s embarrassing at this point,” Ives is seen telling the Tribune edit board. “He’s basically disqualified himself from reelection.” The ad concludes: “Bruce Rauner: even his own party doesn’t think he’s qualified to be governor.” Here’s a first look: Watch Rauner’s campaign has looked past Ives in the primary and instead has exacted its resources on Pritzker, who is battling five others for the Democratic nomination. Rauner fears the unlimited resources of Pritzker, a billionaire. The governor has spent more than $1.3 million to date on two TV ads that play a conversation between Pritzker and former Gov. Rod Blagojevich that was caught on wiretap. The Pritzker ads aren’t going on TV but the campaign says it is a substantial buy that will feature the ad on Twitter, Facebook and Youtube.)

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Judiciary Grabs Power While Executive & Legislative Branches Snooze – John Biver
https://illinoisfamily.org/politics/judiciary-grabs-power-executive-legislative-branches-snooze2/

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— DUPAGE COUNTY CONSERVATIVES TO RAUNER SUPPORTERS: YOU DON’T SHARE OUR VALUES (DIERSEN: What do you say the anti-conservatives in DuPage County, their operatives, and their dupes who succeeded in destroying TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois in 2012? What do you say to those in DuPage County who state that they are conservative and/or Republican, but who let if not helped anti-conservatives in DuPage County, their operatives, and their dupes destroy TAPROOT? Anti-conservatives in DuPage County, their operatives, and their dupes will forever stress those in DuPage County who state that they are conservative and/or Republican, but who failed/refused to help me try to save TAPROOT.)
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/01/dupage-county-conservatives-to-rauner-supporters-you-dont-share-our-values.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Republican DuPage County leaders that endorsed Governor Rauner in the upcoming IL GOP gubernatorial primary upset local conservatives like West Suburban Patriot founder Carol Davis. Davis’ group <members> – known as one of the nation’s largest active Tea Party orgs – officially endorsed supports Jeanne Ives in the upcoming IL GOP primary race. (See endorsement correction below the fold) “I founded West Suburban Patriots nine years ago, and I lead the group to this day. Some DuPage County ‘leaders’ on this list portray themselves as people who share the principles and values of our organization. Some have been given brief opportunities to speak at our meeting,” Davis said on her Facebook page. (NOTE: IR apologizes and corrects the story to list those groups that HAVE endorsed Ives – which this group did not. Ives lists groups that have endorsed her as the Northwest Side GOP Club, Wheatland Township Republican Organization, Fremont Township Republican Organization, Republican Organization of Wheeling Township, Chicago GOP, Batavia Township Republican Organization, Wauconda Township Republican Organization, Republican Assembly of Lake County, and Tax Accountability (Taxpayers United of America).) “I am putting them on notice: if YOUR NAME is legitimately on this list endorsing Rauner, you DO NOT share our values. As long as I lead this organization, your opportunity to address our attendees is over. In your endorsement of Rauner you have betrayed every value & principle that we stand for and work our @#$%& off for every day. “YOU are part of the problem in this state: a GOP which stands for NOTHING and has NO MORAL COMPASS.” Last week, Rauner challenger Jeanne Ives held a press conference in which several of her Illinois House colleagues endorsed her bid to oust the governor. DuPage County elected leaders that endorsed Rauner this week include:)
— IVES BLASTS GARBER COMMENT AS “DISGUSTING”
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/01/ives-blasts-garber-comment-as-disgusting-.html
— CHAIRMAN RESIGNS. DEMS CALL ON GOV TO REBUKE GOP LOTTERY BOARD CHAIRMAN’S “RHETORIC” ABOUT EAST ST. LOUIS
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/01/democrats-call-for-governor-to-rebuke-republican-lottery-board-chairmans-rhetoric-.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Mendoza, Senger respond *** Madigan: “Better the governor continue sitting on the sidelines and pretend he is ‘not in charge’”
https://capitolfax.com/2018/01/31/madigan-better-the-governor-continue-sitting-on-the-sidelines-and-pretend-he-is-%e2%80%98not-in-charge/
— Illinois ranked 31st
https://capitolfax.com/2018/01/31/illinois-ranked-31st/

 

BREITBART
— ‘Crain’s Chicago Business’ Warns Gov. Bruce Rauner Not to Underestimate Jeanne Ives Primary Challenge – WARNER TODD HUSTON
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/01/31/crains-chicago-business-warns-rauner-not-underestimate-jeanne-ives-primary-challenge/
— Conservative Jeanne Ives Rips IL Gov. Bruce Rauner for Abortion Flip-Flop – JOEL B. POLLAK
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/01/31/conservative-jeanne-ives-rips-il-gov-bruce-rauner-abortion-flip-flop/
— CNN’s Tapper: Trump’s ‘Americans Are DREAMers, Too’ Statement ‘Offensive’ to Dems – JOHN BINDER (DIERSEN: When you were in your early 20s, what was your career dream? My dream of getting a job in the automotive industry that had better potential for advancement ended in 1971 when Oldsmobile withdrew a job offer that I had accepted saying that it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint.)
http://www.breitbart.com/video/2018/01/31/cnns-tapper-trumps-americans-dreamers-statement-offensive-dems/

 

DAILY CALLER
— DACA Recipients Are Furious Trump Used ‘Dreamers’ To Describe American Citizens – Will Racke (DIERSEN: Anti-Trumps shout at illegals and at everyone else that members of the following groups are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things who should be gotten rid of: Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German Americans, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://dailycaller.com/2018/01/31/dreamers-donald-trump-daca-furious/
— Liberals Offended By Joe Kennedy’s Spanish – Amber Athey (DIERSEN: Every time that I have to “hit 1” to continue in English, I am not only offended, I am furious.)
http://dailycaller.com/2018/01/31/liberals-offended-by-joe-kennedys-spanish/

 

FOX NEWS CHANNEL
— Gutierrez mocks Trump’s SOTU: ‘Whoever translated it for him from Russian did a good job’ – Gregg Re
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/01/31/illinois-dem-mocks-trumps-sotu-whoever-translated-it-for-him-from-russian-did-good-job.html

 

GOPUSA
— Solution for ‘DREAMers’ at hand but Democrats prefer to use them for political gain
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=38290
— Taxaholic Governors Try to Dodge Federal Tax Law (DIERSEN: What do you say to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who demonize me, denigrate me, and condemn me for not doing enough to keep real estate taxes down and state income taxes down? What do you say those who want me to focus more on Wheaton, Glen Ellyn, Milton Township, and DuPage County issues and less on state and federal issues?)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=38217

 

TOWNHALL
— ACLU Whines That Trump Saying ‘America’ Too Many Times During State of the Union Was ‘Exclusionary’ – Chris Reeves (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, ACLU makes it clear that it is anti-American.)
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/chrisreeves/2018/01/31/aclu-digs-in-supporting-illegal-immigrants-violent-anarchists-hating-america-n2442357

 

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Gutierrez walks out of Trump’s State of the Union as progressives write off bipartisanship permanently – Philip Wegmann
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/rep-luis-gutierrez-walks-out-of-trumps-state-of-the-union-as-progressives-write-off-bipartisanship-permanently/article/2647638

 

CNBC
— FBI scandal proves we need term limits for federal workers – Jake Novak (DIERSEN: Many millions have not and will not seek a job with the federal government a) because the pay and benefits are terrible, b) because the advancement opportunities are terrible, c) because they lack required education, work experience, professional certifications, and/or professional licenses, d) because they cannot pass an employment examination, e) because they cannot pass a background investigation, f) because they cannot pass a physical examination, g) because they cannot take the demonization, denigration, and condemnation that comes with being a federal employee or federal retiree, and/or h) because they are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran and they know that the federal government discriminates against the aforesaid.)
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/01/31/fbi-scandal-proves-we-need-term-limits-for-federal-workers-commentary.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Recent FBI scandal and financial liabilities prove we need to regularly refresh the federal bureaucracy with new workers. As it is now, too many federal workers are unaccountable to the public, have too much job security and get too many benefits Limiting federal government work to four or eight year terms is one sure way to at least partially alleviate this problem. . .But if scandals aren’t enough to convince you that something big needs to change, perhaps some harrowing financial facts will do the trick. America can’t afford to pay the liabilities we owe our current federal workers in pensions alone. A Moody’s report issued in October estimated that unfunded the liability for federal worker pensions alone is $3.5 trillion. That’s just the pensions, and not the health care and other benefit costs. There’s no simple and quick solution for this problem, but there are ways to make things better. Limiting every federal government worker to a certain amount of years on the job would be a good start to avoiding pension and benefit payments accrued over a lifetime on the job. A better and cheaper idea would be to pay them more in salary for a shorter tenure rather than reward them with a generous defined benefit pension for staying with a job they really couldn’t ever lose anyway. As it is, federal workers have enormous job security. In fact, it’s too much. It’s too difficult to fire federal workers, even those who perform badly. Firing federal workers involves a cumbersome process laden with appeals procedures and other roadblocks not seen in the private sector. A 2013 GAO report showed that the time period to fire a federal employee can take as much as 370 days. Pay for federal employees is also better than their peers in the private sector. Even a recent CBO report confirmed that federal workers make about 17 percent more on average. But why throw out the good with the bad? That’s a fair question when we’re referring to some seasoned and expert workers who will take time to replace. That’s another area where higher pay as opposed to guaranteed pensions for just sticking around should attract a steady stream of high quality replacements. Demand for government work, even temporary, has generally been strong in this country even in the wake of government shutdowns. But obviously, people in essential positions needn’t be forced to leave until suitable replacements are found. Federal worker term limits needn’t be enforced to the minute. The hope here is that by focusing our resources and attention to those truly essential positions, there will be a renewed effort to eliminate those non-essential positions in the first place. During the last shutdown, several agencies deemed most of their workers “non-essential.” Sure, that might only be a temporary designation. But that label should have us asking some hard questions about over staffing. When we get to the point where most federal workers truly are essential, maybe we can revisit the idea of limiting their tenure. The point is that as much as we want to respect our government workers, they are the ones who are supposed to be working for us and not the other way around. Getting the chance to serve their country and get paid better for it over four to eight years should be enough respect for anyone. Political appointees may feel the need to be beholden to the politicians who appoint them, but government workers should have some accountability to the taxpayers they’re supposedly serving. It is called “public service” after all. Either way, no net benefits come from a massive workforce that doesn’t really have to fear for their jobs, gets paid more than the rest of us, and isn’t really accountable to anyone. That has to stop, and the only way to effectively deal with this problem is to give each and every one of their jobs a real expiration date.)

 

REUTERS
— Illinois governor pitches bipartisanship to aid state finances – Karen Pierog
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-illinois-governor/illinois-governor-pitches-bipartisanship-to-aid-state-finances-idUSKBN1FK2YZ

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Twitter Followers Vanish Amid Inquiries Into Fake Accounts Federal and state authorities are investigating the sellers of artificial followers and other fraudulent social media engagement. – NICHOLAS CONFESSORE, GABRIEL J.X. DANCE and RICH HARRIS
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/01/31/technology/100000005710760.app.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Fact-checking the 2018 State of the Union address.” (DIERSEN: Are/were you a fact checker? While I worked for GAO 1980-1997, the last 11 years of which at GS-13 Step 1-10 levels, currently $96,403-$125,325, I increasingly worked as a referencer, that is, as a fact checker. That work required assuring the accuracy and support for each and every word, number, table, graph, chart, conclusion, opinion, and recommendation in GAO reports.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2018/01/30/fact-checking-the-2018-state-of-the-union-address/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “State of the Union underscores why Trump is his own worst enemy.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/paloma/daily-202/2018/01/31/daily-202-state-of-the-union-underscores-why-trump-is-his-own-worst-enemy/5a71080230fb041c3c7d7528/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Facebook Posts 61% Rise in Operating Profit in the Fourth Quarter – Deepa Seetharaman (DIERSEN: As the Democrat/Libertarian/Green Facebook takes over not only America but the world, ever-increasingly, its victims a) visit fewer and fewer and fewer websites, b) read fewer and fewer and fewer emails, and c) send fewer and fewer and fewer emails. Of course, members of the following groups are overjoyed about that: anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/facebook-posts-61-rise-in-operating-profit-in-the-fourth-quarter-1517434065?mod=djemalertNEWS

 

BLOOMBERG
— Trump Call to Limit Civil Service Protection Riles Democrats – Toluse Olorunnipa (Diersen: Because I have always been a Republican, were it not for federal civil service protection, a) the Post Office would NOT have hired me in 1966 or let me work there for almost 3 years, b) IRS would NOT have hired me in 1971 or let me work there for almost 9 years, c) IRS would NOT have promoted me in 1972, 1973, or 1974, d) GAO would NOT have hired me in 1980 or let me work there for almost 18 years, and e) GAO would NOT have promoted me in 1986.)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-01-31/trump-s-call-to-curtail-civil-service-protection-riles-democrats
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Trump’s Olive Branch to Democrats Cut Short by Divisive Tone.”
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-01-31/trump-s-olive-branch-to-democrats-cut-short-by-divisive-tone

 

THINK PROGRESS
— Chicago activists stage dramatic protest against law prohibiting rent control A coalition of Chicago community groups said it’s time for rent control in Illinois. – CASEY QUINLAN
https://thinkprogress.org/lift-the-ban-protest-chicago-10712faf73f7/