CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats crow about their success in using students as their operatives and as their dupes.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-bc-us–school-shooting-student-protests-20180420-story.html
— Chicago sues 2 south suburban towns (Dolton and Robbins), claiming they diverted millions designated to pay past due water bills – Zak Koeske
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/news/ct-sta-unpaid-water-bills-lawsuit-st-0415-story.html
— 10 charged in fight at Kane County jail involving members of rival gangs – Hannah Leone
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/aurora-beacon-news/news/ct-abn-kane-jail-fight-charges-st-0423-story.html
— Pot politics: Schumer joins politicians rethinking marijuana – AP (DIERSEN: If you promote pot, you promote destruction.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-bc-us–marijuana-schumer-20180420-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Those who promote LGBT crow about their success in promoting LGBT.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-bc-us–lgbt-rights-20180417-story.html
DAILY HERALD
— Kane back up among the healthiest counties – James fuller
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180420/kane-back-up-among-the-healthiest-counties
SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Government consolidation efforts gain traction in General Assembly – Brenden Moore
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180421/government-consolidation-efforts-gain-traction-in-general-assembly
ROCKFORD REGISTER STAR
— Sports betting could be the key to a Rockford casino – Editorial (DIERSEN: If you promote gambling, you promote destruction.)
http://www.rrstar.com/opinion/20180421/our-view-sports-betting-could-be-key-to-rockford-casino
KANKAKEE DAILY JOURNAL
— An unwritten rule in Springfield: Never give ground to a political opponent, even when you agree. – David Giuliani
http://www.daily-journal.com/opinion/columnists/local/david-giuliani-an-unwritten-rule-in-springfield/article_bef55e4e-41a0-11e8-8c67-2bd250a795cb.html
ALTON DAILY NEWS
— State and Local Tax Fight – Cole Lauterbach (DIERSEN: Government should encourage marriage and homeownership. Democrats could hint/imply/argue/shout that Republicans imposed the $10,000 SALT cap a) to discourage marriage and to punish married people and b) to discourage homeownership and to punish homeowners. Roskam should increase the $10,000 SALT cap to $20,000 for married filing jointly. I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who are a) furious that I paid less federal income tax 1972-1977 because I deducted the real estate tax that I paid and b) furious that my wife and I paid less federal income tax 1978-2017 because we deducted the real estate taxes that we paid. I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who are overjoyed that my wife and I have paid the marriage penalty big time since 1978.)
http://www.altondailynews.com/news/details.cfm?clientid=17&id=263853#.Wtt-1Xly-M8
WSIL
— Accepting rights award, Kaepernick decries ‘lawful lynching’ – AP
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/38010199/accepting-rights-award-kaepernick-decries-lawful-lynching
WILLIAM J KELLY
— Kelly: I stepped aside for Ives but I’m not stepping aside for Rauner
http://www.williamjkelly.org/news/kelly-i-stepped-aside-aside-for-ives-but-im-not-stepping-aside-for-rauner
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— How GOP Committeemen Voted in the County Convention
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/04/21/gop-committeemen-voted-county-convention/
— NorWest Republican Organization Picks Mike McCleary as Leader
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/04/21/norwest-republican-organization-picks-mike-mccleary-leader/
— Nunda Township Selects Joe Gottemoller as GOP Leader Again
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/04/21/nunda-township-selects-joe-gottemoller-gop-leader/
— John Jung to Lead Dorr Township GOP
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/04/20/john-jung-lead-dorr-township-gop/
— Bob Grogan and Stan Bond to Represent McHenry County on GOP State Central Committee
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/04/19/bob-grogan-stan-bond-represent-mchenry-county-gop-state-central-committee/
— The Cap the Democrats Didn’t Like
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/04/20/terry-kappel-comments-obervers-not-allowed-democratic-party-convention/
HEARTLAND INSTITUTE
— VIDEO: American Pravda: My Fight for Truth in the Era of Fake News – James O’Keefe
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GU3qpwVWKe4
BRETBART
— 7th Circuit Sides with Sanctuary Cities, Keeps Federal Money Flowing Nationwide – IAN MASON
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/04/21/7th-circuit-sides-with-sanctuary-cities-keeps-federal-money-flowing-nationwide/
DAILY SIGNAL
— The Changes That Made California Become a Liberal Fiasco – Jarrett Stepman
https://www.dailysignal.com/2018/04/17/the-changes-that-made-california-become-a-liberal-fiasco/
FEDERALIST
— The Comey Memos Read Like The Diary Entries Of A Young Teenager ‘He said Mattis said great things about me, as did Sessions. He explained he had asked a lot of people about me and heard great things.’ – Rachel Stoltzfoos
http://thefederalist.com/2018/04/20/the-comey-memos-read-like-the-diary-entries-of-a-young-teenager/
ONE NEWS NOW
— Christian group protects kids from LGBT propaganda – Charlie Butts
https://onenewsnow.com/culture/2018/04/21/christian-group-protects-kids-from-lgbt-propaganda
GOPUSA
— Latest Wave of Student Gun Control Walkouts Garners Little Participation
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=44238
REUTERS
— Illinois general obligation bonds, hovering above ‘junk’ credit, among prominent deals next week – Laila Kearney, Karen Pierog
https://uk.reuters.com/article/us-usa-municipals-deals/illinois-go-hovering-above-junk-credit-among-prominent-deals-next-week-idUKKBN1HR2TZ
NEW YORK TIMES
— Where Countries Are Tinderboxes and Facebook Is a Match False rumors set Buddhist against Muslim in Sri Lanka, the most recent in a global spate of violence fanned by social media. – AMANDA TAUB and MAX FISHER (DIERSEN: What do you say to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who since 2000 have hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I spread false rumors with my GOPUSA Illinois emails? According to them, everything is false except for what they put out or bless.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/21/world/asia/facebook-sri-lanka-riots.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Democrats say looser marijuana laws attract young voters, and some Republicans are catching on – Sean Sullivan and Seung Min Kim (DIERSEN: If you promote pot, you promote destruction.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/democrats-favor-looser-restrictions-on-marijuana–and-some-in-gop-join-them/2018/04/21/235cdd50-44b5-11e8-ad8f-27a8c409298b_story.html
BOSTON GLOBE
— Syracuse frat says racist oath was satire — of a Republican – Avi Selk (DIERSEN: Democrats are disciples of Saul Alinsky; Alinsky’s fifth rule promotes ridicule.)
https://www.bostonglobe.com/news/nation/2018/04/20/syracuse-frat-says-racist-oath-was-satire-republican/hREWwNG8obtUVsbK7OscNP/story.html
FORBES
— It’s Official: Millennials Are Going Into Debt Over Their Social Lives – Christine Aebischer
https://www.forbes.com/sites/learnvest/2018/04/17/its-official-millennials-are-going-into-debt-over-their-social-lives/
SIDNEY MORNING HERALD
— The more you have, the more you think you need – Matt Wade (DIERSEN: How much money does your standard of living require? My Civil Service Retirement System pension of $51,864 is only 41% of what my 1997 salary was in today’s dollars – $125,325.)
https://www.smh.com.au/national/the-more-you-have-the-more-you-think-you-need-20180420-p4zatb.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In fact, the opposite is true – those on higher incomes felt they needed much more to alleviate their cost pressures than those on low incomes. Respondents who earned less than $35,000 a year (a little less than Australia’s full-time minimum wage) said they needed an extra $183 a week to alleviate cost of living pressures. But for those in the $75,000-100,000 income bracket that figure rose to $220 a week. And people taking home $100,000 or more a year required even more. That well-paid cohort said they needed $239 extra each week to ease the pressure, more than any other income group. But the responses to NAB’s “how much extra money do you need” question shows that for those on higher incomes the problem is a desire for a certain standard of living rather than a cost of living crisis.)