CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— ‘Operation Illinois Politics’: The FBI is on the prowl – Editorial
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-madigan-burke-corruption-fbi-illinois-chicago-solis-election-20190129-story.html
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Marie Newman exploring rematch against Rep. Dan Lipinski – Lynn Sweet
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/marie-newman-exploring-rematch-against-rep-dan-lipinski/
DAILY HERALD
— ABC 7 newsroom has family ties to three politicians – Robert Feder
https://www.dailyherald.com/entlife/20190129/feder-abc-7-newsroom-has-family-ties-to-three-politicians
— ‘Empire’ cast member alleges homophobic attack in Chicago – AP
https://www.dailyherald.com/article/20190129/news/301299921/
— Fair graduated income tax would be good for Illinois – Ralph Martire
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20190130/fair-graduated-income-tax-would-be-good-for-illinois
— State lawmakers, governor should ban teen tobacco sales – Editorial
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20190129/editorial-state-lawmakers-governor-should-ban-teen-tobacco-sales
WBEZ
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Ever-increasingly, pot pushers push pot.
https://www.wbez.org/shows/wbez-news/illinois-legalized-pot-push-moving-forward-prohibition-plain-just-does-not-work/3e48df46-7423-4e7c-a988-1a4a0127ff33
SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— State bill would revoke FOID cards for social-media posts – Phil Luciano
https://www.sj-r.com/news/20190129/luciano-state-bill-would-revoke-foid-cards-for-social-media-posts
HERALD & REVIEW
— GOP lawmakers seek to stop ‘revolving door,’ pension payouts – GRANT MORGAN
https://herald-review.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/gop-lawmakers-seek-to-stop-revolving-door-pension-payouts/article_9ef2b19d-1671-568f-bc4a-4ac85ae122f0.html
FOX ILLINOIS
— HUD’s Carson awards $2 billion to help homeless – MICHELLE MACALUSO (DIERSEN: What do you say to Democrats who send their homeless to DuPage County, to Milton Township, to Glen Ellyn, and to Wheaton and tell them to paint themselves as being home-grown products of failed religious, conservative, and/or Republican principles?)
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/huds-carson-awards-2-billion-to-help-homeless
WILL
— Lawsuit: Racial Harassment Is ‘Standard Operating Procedure’ At U Of I – LEE V. GAINES AND CHRISTINE HERMAN
https://will.illinois.edu/news/story/lawsuit-racial-harassment-is-standard-operating-procedure-at-u-of-i
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Lawmakers yesterday took part in sexual harassment training that was described as intense. It prompted chatter all day long about what’s appropriate in the comfy confines of the Capitol. It’s not OK, for example, to greet colleagues with a hug or kiss without their permission. The no-touching rule touched off a debate among lawmakers who see their colleagues as friends. For some, a hug and peck on the cheek are how you say hello. A woman legislator, though, said it really shouldn’t be so difficult to say “Do you mind if I hug you?” The discussion was moderated by an investigator for the Illinois Department of Human Rights, according to one attendee. Fresham Democratic Rep. Anne Stava-Murray, who has been a lightning rod on the issue, attended the training and took part in discussions. “It was worth it to be the voice in the room that said the things that needed to be said,” she told POLITICO. Stava-Murray previously said she was “forcibly kissed” by a lawmaker at a gathering for freshman legislators. Tuesday’s sexual harassment training was instituted after the #MeToo movement hit the statehouse. Among some incidents: Tim Mapes, former chief of staff to Mike Madigan, was fired after a state employee accused him of sexual harassment. – Shia Kapos
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2019/01/30/presume-everyone-wears-a-wire-no-touching-rule-chuy-garcia-shocked-by-solis-revelations-383837
LOYOLA PHOENIX
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote LGBTQ activity in the military.
http://loyolaphoenix.com/2019/01/who-can-and-cannot-fight-for-this-country-according-to-trump/
AMERICANS FOR TRUTH ABOUT HOMOSEXUALITY
— Interview with Laurie Higgins on Transgender Agenda – Peter LaBarbera
https://americansfortruth.com/2019/01/29/episode-12-americans-for-truth-live-01-29-2019/
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— WHY TRUMP WON
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/01/why-trump-won.html
— HUMANS HAVE MINIMAL IMPACT ON ATMOSPHERE
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/01/global-warming-myth-debunked-humans-have-minimal-impact-on-atmospheres-carbon-dioxide-and-climate.html
CAPITOL FAX
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Ever-increasingly, pot pushers push pot.
https://capitolfax.com/2019/01/30/prohibition-plain-just-does-not-work/
FOX NEWS
— Journalists now hate Twitter — because it exposes their excesses? – Howard Kurtz
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/journalists-now-hate-twitter-because-it-exposes-their-excesses
NEWSMAX
— Democrats Ignore Base as They Move Further Left – Michael Dorstewitz (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, to be a Democrat, is to be 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 for a long time.)
https://www.newsmax.com/michaeldorstewitz/democratic-party-primaries-bernie-sanders/2019/01/29/id/900358/
FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE
— OBSTRUCTIONIST DEMOCRATS VOW LAWSUIT IF TRUMP DECLARES WALL EMERGENCY The Left runs out of excuses for not securing the southern border. – Matthew Vadum
https://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/272712/obstructionist-democrats-vow-lawsuit-if-trump-matthew-vadum
TOWNHALL
— The Manure-Spreaders of Media Sensationalism – Michelle Malkin
https://townhall.com/columnists/michellemalkin/2019/01/30/the-manurespreaders-of-media-sensationalism-n2540472
— Demonizing White Men – Walter E. Williams (DIERSEN: What do you say to those who are White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time, and those who claim to be Protestant, conservative, patriotic, and/or Republican who demonize, denigrate, and condemn those who are White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, and/or Republican TO CURRY FAVOR WITH those who are anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, and/or anti-Republican?)
https://townhall.com/columnists/walterewilliams/2019/01/30/demonizing-white-men-n2540336
BREITBART
— Billionaire Kochs Unite Plutocrats for Amnesty, Vow Not to Back Trump in 2020 – John Binder
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/01/29/billionaire-kochs-unite-plutocrats-for-amnesty-vow-not-to-back-trump-in-2020/
DAILY CALLER
— WALLS ACROSS AMERICA: CELEBRITY EDITION – Benny Johnson
https://dailycaller.com/2019/01/29/walls-across-america-celebrity-edition/
— TUCKER CARLSON CALLS OUT CELEBRITY HYPOCRISY ON BORDER WALL – Mike Brest
https://dailycaller.com/2019/01/29/tucker-carlson-celebrity-hypocrisy-border-wall/
AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Stymied for Now, Trump Can Still Outflank the Democrats – Karl Spence
https://amgreatness.com/2019/01/29/stymied-for-now-trump-can-still-outflank-the-democrats/
— Trump Offered Compromise, Pelosi Offered Nothing – Harlan Hill
https://amgreatness.com/2019/01/29/trump-offered-compromise-pelosi-offered-nothing/
AMERICAN MILITARY NEWS
— Illinois proposes ‘assault weapons’ ban, social media history review – LAURA WIDENER
https://americanmilitarynews.com/2019/01/il-proposes-assault-weapons-ban-social-media-history-review/
CONSERVATIVE DAILY NEWS
— When Only Leftist Blather-Heads Control Media Outlets, All You’ll Ever Hear Is Leftist Blather – Dave King
https://www.conservativedailynews.com/2019/01/when-only-leftist-blather-heads-control-media-outlets-all-youll-ever-hear-is-leftist-blather/
CONSERVATIVE HQ
— Assault on America, Day 28: SOTU postponed but Trump will enjoy last word in standoff – Jeffrey A. Rendall
http://www.conservativehq.com/article/29582-assault-america-day-28-sotu-postponed-trump-will-enjoy-last-word-standoff
CHRISTIAN HEADLINES
— 13 States that Have Ruled Unborn Babies Are Children – Kayla Koslosky
https://www.christianheadlines.com/blog/13-states-that-have-ruled-unborn-babies-are-children.html
FEDERALIST
— Federal Employees Should Plan For Shutdowns, Not Get Caught Penniless After One Delayed Paycheck In some cases, living paycheck-to-paycheck is unavoidable. In other cases, people need to wake up and take a long look at their foolish finance habits. – Christopher Jacobs (DIERSEN: From the beginning of time, government employees have been viciously demonized, viciously denigrated, and viciously condemned as being grossly overpaid, lazy, stupid, and even worse things.)
http://thefederalist.com/2019/01/30/federal-employees-plan-shutdowns-not-get-caught-penniless-one-delayed-paycheck/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— TRAGIC: Gone, baby, gone – Timothy P. Carney
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/gone-baby-gone
(FROM THE ARTICLE: American women have averaged fewer and fewer babies every year this decade, and the latest numbers show the biggest drop yet. The total fertility rate in 2017 fell to 1.7655 babies per woman of childbearing age. The replacement level is 2.1. The number of babies born has been falling every year since 2007. Without immigration, America would be dying off. What’s the cause? Health writers at NBC News explained the drop and regional variations by pointing to “women with more education,” “the growth of sex education in the schools,” and “the passage of the Affordable Care Act,” which by expanding Medicaid “would have impacted access to family planning services.” In other words, NBC News sees the birth dearth as a story of progress and policy. In truth, however, it is a story of culture and decline. Women are having fewer babies largely because America is abandoning the institution of marriage, from which babies typically arise. Only half of all adults are married, down from 72 percent in 1960. Some of that is because college-educated people tend to delay marriage until they are older. But most of the slump is because working-class people either do not stay married or else don’t marry at all. Only half of working-class, 40-year-old women are married, compared to 85 percent in 1960. This isn’t making parenthood disappear. There are an increasing number of babies born to unmarried, working-class women. So much for the efficacy of “sex education in the schools.” Unmarried women without a college degree are disproportionately likely to have only one child. So the problem — it certainly is a problem, even though NBC News won’t tell you so — is that the culture which nurtures children is falling apart. Community strength is collapsing among the working class, as Charles Murray documented in his book, Coming Apart. If communities are not strong, getting married and having a family are less desirable and less achievable. It takes a village, after all, to raise a child. Utah, which is famously communal in its culture, is one of only two states where the birth rate is above replacement rate. Throw in falling wages for working-class men, interminable education among elites, and you get a country with less marriage, less sex, fewer families, and fewer babies. Hardly progress.)
— White suburbia the source of Trump’s Texas troubles – David M. Drucker
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/white-suburbia-the-source-of-trumps-texas-troubles
— Eric Trump: I want my father to declare an emergency at the border – Katelyn Caralle
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/defense-national-security/eric-trump-i-want-my-father-to-declare-an-emergency-at-the-border
— Nearly 900,000 immigration cases outstanding as 82,000 hearings canceled during shutdown – Anna Giaritelli
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/nearly-900-000-immigration-cases-outstanding-as-82-000-hearings-canceled-during-shutdown
THE HILL
— Trump’s company to expand checks on employees’ legal status – BRETT SAMUELS (DIERSEN: Needless-to-say, E-Verify should be mandatory.)
https://thehill.com/regulation/business/427586-trumps-company-to-expand-checks-on-employees-legal-status
— No GOP appetite for a second shutdown – JORDAIN CARNEY
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/427574-no-gop-appetite-for-a-second-shutdown
HUFFINGTON POST
— Eric Trump Torches Democrats As ‘Almost Anti-American’ Radicals “They’ve become crazy,” he claimed during a Fox News appearance. – Amy Russo
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/eric-trump-hannity-democrats_us_5c51346ae4b00906b26e83f9
POLITICO
— Liz Cheney rises amid GOP rubble The hawkish House Republican with a famous last name is seen as a possible senator or even speaker of the House. – SARAH FERRIS
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/01/29/liz-cheney-republicans-1128132
— Is Trump really winning over Hispanics? – GABBY ORR (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Trump-haters shout at Hispanics that Trump and his supporters are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things who Hispanics should help Democrats, help Libertarians, help Greens, and help RINOs get rid of once and for all.)
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/01/29/trump-hispanic-support-poll-2020-1136373
MERCURY NEWS
— Google urged U.S. to limit protection for activist workers Company pushed to reinstate ban on organizing via workplace emails – Josh Eidelson, Hassan Kanu and Mark Bergen
https://www.mercurynews.com/2019/01/24/google-urged-u-s-to-limit-protection-for-activist-workers/
YAHOO NEWS
— Sean Hannity doubles down that Trump is in control of border wall negotiations
https://news.yahoo.com/sean-hannity-doubles-down-trump-222055649.html
NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump Organization to Use E-Verify to Prevent Hiring Undocumented Immigrants – Miriam Jordan (DIERSEN: Needless-to-say, E-Verify should be mandatory.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/29/us/trump-organization-everify.html
— Trump Administration’s Asylum-Seeker Policy Takes Effect – Paulina Villegas and Kirk Semple (DIERSEN: Democrats want all the citizens of all the countries of all the world who promise to vote for Democrats to seek asylum in America. Those most likely to make that promise a) have severe financial problems, b) have severe health problems, c) have little or no education, d) have few if any job skills, e) have dependents, f) are minorities, g) are females, and/or h) are younger.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/29/world/americas/asylum-seekers.html
— The Many Ways to Leave the White House – Annie Karni and Maggie Haberman
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/29/us/politics/white-house-firings-resign.html
— Howard Schultz knocks Ocasio-Cortez, Warren and Harris for ‘extreme,’ ‘punitive’ and ‘not American’ policies – John Wagner (DIERSEN: Who hints/implies/argues/shouts that you are an extremist? Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois hint/imply/argue/shout that I am an extremist because I oppose the promotion of welfare, dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, abolition of the First and Second Amendments, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/howard-schultz-calls-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-a-bit-misinformed-when-it-comes-to-taxing-the-wealthy/2019/01/29/b00db19e-23c5-11e9-90cd-dedb0c92dc17_story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Trump-haters glorify and praise illegals.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/29/us/border-wall-crossings.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Activists making ‘water drops’ for migrants near border say government intimidation is rising – Teresa Tomassoni (DIERSEN: Needless-to-say, the following should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law: a) anyone who encourages people to come to America illegally, b) anyone who encourages people to stay in America illegally, and c) anyone who encourages people to help people come to America illegally and/or stay in America illegally.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/activists-making-water-drops-for-migrants-near-southern-border-say-government-intimidation-is-rising/2019/01/29/1f832464-1f52-11e9-8b59-0a28f2191131_story.html
— Trump’s company plans to expand check of employees’ legal status following report that it hired undocumented workers for years – Jonathan O’Connell, Elise Viebeck and Tracy Jan (DIERSEN: Needless-to-say, E-Verify should be mandatory.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/trumps-company-plans-to-check-the-legal-status-of-employees-following-report-that-it-hired-undocumented-workers-for-years/2019/01/29/88974678-23fe-11e9-81fd-b7b05d5bed90_story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: President Trump’s company plans to institute E-Verify, a federal program that allows employers to check whether new hires are legally eligible to work in the United States, in every one of its golf clubs, hotels and resorts, following a Washington Post report that its club in Westchester County, N.Y., employed undocumented immigrants for years. “We are instituting E-Verify on all of our properties as soon as possible,” Eric Trump, one of the president’s sons and executive vice president of the Trump Organization, said Tuesday, acknowledging that the company currently uses the program only at some locations. “We’re starting with the golf properties, and we are going to be doing all of them.”)
— Loads of houses are up for sale — but middle-class buyers are still shut out – Taylor Telford (DIERSEN: I bought a new town home in University Park in 1972 when I was 24 years old. I had worked for IRS for 15 months, the last 9 months of which in IRS’s Harvey office. My GS-9 salary was $55,905/year in today’s dollars. I was working part-time for the Firestone Store in Chicago Heights. I was taking graduate business classes at Loyola. I owned a 1972 Corvette and a 1962 Chevy BelAir. I had earned a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU in 1970.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2019/01/24/loads-houses-are-up-sale-middle-class-buyers-are-still-shut-out/
LOS ANGELES TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Americans are “are uneasy about using military money and active-duty troops at border.”
https://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-troops-border-20190129-story.html
USA TODAY
— ‘As soon as possible’: Trump Organization to increase checks after reports about undocumented employees – Christal Hayes (DIERSEN: Needless-to-say, E-Verify should be mandatory.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2019/01/29/trump-organization-increase-checks-undocumented-employees/2716885002/
— FRONT PAGE: Pentagon to send thousands more troops to border in an operation that’s cost $235 million and counting – Tom Vanden Brook
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2019/01/29/increase-troops-pentagon-border-security-military-national-guard-house-armed-services-committee/2702965002/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— How a Billionaire Spends His Money Is His Own Business Progressives are more interested in scapegoating the wealthy than they are in relieving poverty. – Jason L. Riley (DIERSEN: Who demonizes, denigrates, and condemns you as being wealthy? I should write a book about those who have worked the hardest since 1966 to demonize, denigrate, and condemn me as being wealthy.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-a-billionaire-spends-his-money-is-his-own-business-11548807054
BLOOMBERG
— Oracle’s College-Recruiting Bias Case Highlights Risks (DIERSEN: How bad are your demographics? My demographics have always been terrible: White, male, old (born in 1948), 100% German nation origin, Protestant (baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran), conservative, draft avoider, Republican, non-poor, gun owner, my ancestors have been in America since 1844, etc.)
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-report/oracles-college-recruiting-bias-case-highlights-risks
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Corporate recruiting and college campuses are such a natural combination, what could possibly go wrong? A number of workers—and the federal government—say some employers use it as a way to exclude minorities and older people. Oracle Corp. is being sued by the Labor Department’s contractor watchdog, which alleges that the tech giant discriminated against minorities when hiring recent college and university graduates. Hewlett Packard and PricewaterhouseCoopers face similar claims, related to possible age bias over their recruiting practices, brought by private parties. Recruiting on college campuses is perfectly legal, if done correctly, according to management and plaintiffs’ attorneys. But as these cases show, the displacement of certain groups is a legal problem, even if it’s only an unintended consequence of the recruiting. Meanwhile the Seventh Circuit has thrown a wrench into the issue—at least in the Midwest—by holding that only employees, not job applicants, are protected against the unintentional effects of neutral recruitment practices. Seemingly Neutral, but Problematic The complaint against Oracle alleges that the company “strongly preferred hiring Asian recent college graduates,” resulting in a refusal to hire “more than 100 qualified, non-Asian, applicants.”)
TIME
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote LGBTQ activity.
http://time.com/5514826/scotus-trans-troops-history/
KANSAS CITY STAR
— Kansas lawmaker sues The Star, contributing columnist Steve Rose for defamation – JONATHAN SHORMAN
https://www.kansas.com/news/politics-government/article225208765.html
WINONA DAILY NEWS
— Redistribute the pain – Leonard Pitts Jr. (DIERSEN: According to Democrats, Republicans who are White, male, older, and/or non-veteran should pay the price of Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion.
https://www.winonadailynews.com/opinion/columnists/leonard-pitts-jr-redistribute-the-pain/article_7aa2de4e-ac0c-585f-91a2-f5f496596cf7.html
GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— Shutdown Stretched Services of Federal Employee Charity – Charles S. Clark (DIERSEN: From the beginning of time, government employees have been viciously demonized, viciously denigrated, and viciously condemned as being grossly overpaid, lazy, stupid, and even worse things.)
https://www.govexec.com/pay-benefits/2019/01/shutdown-stretched-services-federal-employee-charity/154494/
CROWNE REALTY
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