NBC5
— Day 2 of Special Session: Madigan to Hold Hearings – Mary Ann Ahern
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/Day-2-of-Special-Session-Madigan-to-Hold-Hearings-430137333.html
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD COOK COUNTY TIGHTENS: Black exodus accelerates in Cook County, census shows – Marwa Eltagouri
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-black-population-declines-cook-county-met-20170621-story.html
— Top Illinois debt owners unlikely to sell if bonds cut to junk – Bloomberg
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-illinois-debt-owners-junk-bond-rating-20170621-story.html
— Bernie Sanders, the Left, Christianity and the Constitution – John Kass (DIERSEN: There are tremendous conflicts between Islam and the Constitution.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/kass/ct-bernie-sanders-kass-met-20170621-column.html
— Democratic governor candidates to make pitches to Cook County party leaders – Rick Pearson (DIERSEN: Which candidates are making pitches a) to the officers of your Republican township/ward/county party organizations, b) to your representative on the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Central Committee (SCC), c) to those IRP SCC members who have the heaviest weighted vote, d) to the IRP officers, e) to the IRP National Committeeman and National Committeewoman, and f) to Rauner?)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-cook-county-democrats-meeting-20170622-story.html
— Valedictorian kicked off stage for unapproved speech got to finish it on Jimmy Kimmel – Avi Selk
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-valedictorian-speech-jimmy-kimmel-20170621-story.html
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Gunman suspected of shooting two Chicago cops believed to be in Mexico – Mitch Dudek
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/gunman-suspected-of-shooting-two-chicago-cops-believed-to-be-in-mexico/
DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH COLOR GRAPHICS: Census: Suburbs are getting older, more diverse – Kerry Lester (DIERSEN: What are your demographics? What do you say to political consultants who advise candidates to pander to those whose demographics are increasing and to dump those whose demographics are decreasing?
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170622/census-suburbs-are-getting-older-more-diverse
— Conservative split? – Kerry Lester
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170622/census-suburbs-are-getting-older-more-diverse
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “At this point, as a conservative Republican stuck in Illinois, I have no reason to vote for @BruceRauner,” conservative radio host and former Tea Party congressman Joe Walsh tweeted. Walsh’s comments followed a Wall Street Journal article that called the Republican governor from Winnetka “Governor Junk” for his role in the state’s two-year budget standoff, which threatens to cause Illinois to be knocked down to junk bond status.)
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Thanks, Wall Street Journal, but Illinois doesn’t need your help – Editorial
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170622/ISSUE07/170629937
— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON THE CHICAGO METRO AREA TIGHTENS: Chicago metro area losing its families – GREG HINZ (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, the Democrat Party focuses on destroying the traditional family.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170622/BLOGS02/170629936
— EPA keeping Chicago office, but likely not all its jobs – GREG HINZ (DIERSEN: What about GAO’s Chicago office? By now, it must be 100% Democrat, minority, female, younger, and/or veteran.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170621/BLOGS02/170629943/epa-keeping-chicago-office-but-likely-not-all-its-jobs
WLS AM
— Illinois Republican leader Durkin says Dems should force Madigan to compromise – John Dempsey
http://www.wlsam.com/2017/06/21/illinois-republican-leader-says-dems-should-force-madigan-to-compromise/
QUAD CITY TIMES
— In Iowa, Trump rallies base, celebrates GOP – James Q. Lynch
http://qctimes.com/news/local/government-and-politics/in-iowa-trump-rallies-base-celebrates-gop-copy/article_fe2ad019-6a3e-5513-a7f0-c77ddae38a12.html
SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Is this Illinois or the Third World? – Phil Luciano
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170621/luciano-is-this-illinois-or-third-world
NORTHWEST HERALD
— Rep. Randy Hultgren constituents decry secrecy in Senate debate, seek stronger health care law (DIERSEN: Ever-increasing, Democrats want Republicans to pay for everyone’s health care.)
http://www.nwherald.com/2017/06/21/rep-randy-hultgren-constituents-decry-secrecy-in-senate-debate-seek-stronger-health-care-law/agplyua/
PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— ‘Failure to act is not an option’ – Editorial
http://www.pjstar.com/opinion/20170621/editorial-failure-to-act-is-not-option
TIMES
— In Iowa, Trump rallies base, celebrates GOP resilience
http://www.mywebtimes.com/news/illinois/in-iowa-trump-rallies-base-celebrates-gop-resilience/article_6ea569a3-c6b6-5bad-8b83-fa5e2ee682d7.html
WSIL TV
— White House paints Handel win as Trump triumph – AP
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/35721930/the-latest-white-house-paints-handel-win-as-trump-triumph
KSDK
— Illinois man charged after threatening President Trump on Facebook – Sam Clancy
http://www.ksdk.com/news/crime/illinois-man-charged-after-threatening-president-trump-on-facebook/451114639
SUN HERALD
— Illinois legislators to meet for 2nd day of budget session – AP
http://www.sunherald.com/news/business/article157530189.html
UPSTREAM IDEAS
— It’s A Beautiful Day To Stop A Massive Tax Hike
http://upstream-ideas.com/upstream-ideas/ideas/its-a-beautiful-day-to-stop-a-massive-tax-hike
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— THORNER: HIGHER PROPERTY TAXES, LOWER HOME VALUES AND INCREASED SCHOOL SPENDING PLAGUE ILLINOISANS
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/06/thorner-higher-property-taxes-lower-home-values-and-increased-school-spending-plague-illinoisans.html
CAPITOL FAX
— The Republican round-up of Day One
https://capitolfax.com/2017/06/22/the-republican-round-up-of-day-one/
GOPUSA
— Trump calls for barring immigrants from welfare for five years (DIERSEN: Have you ever been on welfare, and if so, why? According to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, I have never been on welfare a) because I was born with a silver spoon in my mouth and I have always been privileged, b) because my parents, grandparents, great grandparents, and the rest of my ancestors were undeservedly filthy rich, c) because I was born a healthy White male, d) because I avoided the draft, e) because the federal government grossly overpaid me, f) because my wife and I gave up trying to have children, we did not adopt, and we did not become foster parents, g) because my Civil Service Retirement System pension and Social Security are too generous, h) etc.)
http://www.gopusa.com/trump-calls-for-barring-immigrants-from-welfare-for-five-years/
— Mothers charged with subjecting their daughters to genital mutilation
http://www.gopusa.com/mothers-charged-with-subjecting-their-daughters-to-genital-mutilation/
— Michigan terror suspect is Canadian citizen
http://www.gopusa.com/michigan-terror-suspect-is-canadian-citizen/
— Higher education: Failing on critical thinking (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrat educators focus on cranking out “good little Democrats.”)
http://www.gopusa.com/higher-education-failing-on-critical-thinking/
— McCabe’s FBI Hosts Gay Pride Summit (DIERSEN: Those individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that promote LGBTQ activity do everything that they can to destroy the Republican Party.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=26113
— Colorado Springs churches form coalition to protect illegal aliens (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats succeed in turning religious leaders into operative and dupes for the anti-religious Democrat Party.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=26130
TPM
— Congressional Black Caucus Turns Down Second Trump Meeting, Citing Behavior – MATT SHUHAM
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/congressional-black-caucus-turn-down-second-trump-meeting
THE BLAZE
— Protesters try to interrupt Trump during Iowa rally – Sarah Taylor
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/06/21/protesters-try-to-interrupt-trump-during-iowa-rally-then-this-amazing-thing-happens/
FREEDOM’S JOURNAL
— MAINSTREAM MEDIA IS THE PUBLIC RELATIONS FIRM FOR RUSSIAN INTELLIGENCE – Raynard Jackson
https://freedomsjournalinstitute.org/latest-news/opinion/mainstream-media-is-the-public-relations-firm-for-russian-intelligence/
— MINIMUM WAGE LAWS ARE DESTROYING JOBS — JUST AS PREDICTED – Larry Elder (DIERSEN: The higher the minimum wage, the more likely that employers will hire illegals and pay them under the table.)
https://freedomsjournalinstitute.org/uncategorized/minimum-wage-laws-are-destroying-jobs-just-as-predicted/
DAILY CALLER
— GOP Baseball Shooter Visited Bernie’s Office, Was In Contact With Two Senators Before Shooting – Justin Caruso
http://dailycaller.com/2017/06/22/gop-baseball-shooter-visited-bernies-office-was-in-contact-with-two-senators-before-shooting/
LUTHERAN CHURCH CHARITIES
— What’s Your Passion? – Tim Hetzner (DIERSEN: What is your passion? My passion is defending and advancing the Republican Party platform, the Illinois Republican Party platform, and the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling.)
http://devotions.lccharities.org/2017/06/22/whats-your-passion/
THE HILL
— Rep. Jim Himes (D-Conn.): Kushner has ‘serious’ questions to answer – REBECCA SAVRANSKY (DIERSEN: What serious questions have you been asked? My Democrat superiors, my Democrat supervisors, my Democrat coworkers, and my Democrat subordinates in the federal government talked and acted like they wanted me to answer the following serious questions: 1) Why aren’t you a Democrat? 2) Why do you oppose patronage? 3) Why do you oppose political affiliation discrimination? 4) Why do you oppose reverse discrimination? 5) Why do you oppose age discrimination? 6) Why do you oppose retaliation for complaining about the aforesaid? 7) Why don’t you paint yourself as being a yes-man? 8) Why don’t you help your superiors and supervisors get rid of their employees because they are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran? 9) Why did you avoid the Draft? 10) Why did you and your wife give up trying to have children? 11) Why didn’t you and your wife adopt and/or become foster parents? 12) Why are you conservative? 13) Why are you a Missouri Synod Lutheran? 14) Why do you own guns? 15) Why don’t you pretend that you are Swedish national origin? 16) Why do only buy American-nameplate cars? 17) Why don’t you own a dog? 18) You took all those non-job-related and distracting courses at UIC, NIU, DePaul, Roosevelt, and IIT etc. and you got all those non-job-related and distracting professional certifications and you got that non-job-related and distracting professional license because you wanted to get a job in the private sector, right?, 19) Why did you become an active member in a frivolous class action lawsuit in 1988 that charged us with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation? 20) Why are you a religious hypocrite, patriotic hypocrite, racist, sexist, bigot, and even worse things? 21) Why did you fraudulently try to defraud the federal government with your fraudulent sick leave requests, partial day per diem claims, and education deductions? and 22) Why didn’t you succumb to our efforts to get rid of you sooner than you did?)
http://thehill.com/homenews/house/338921-dem-rep-kushner-has-serious-questions-to-answer
CBS NEWS
— 12 major American cities that are shrinking
http://www.cbsnews.com/media/12-major-american-cities-that-are-shrinking/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The Insidious Influence of the SPLC – Jeryl Bier (DIERSEN: According to SPLC, your group is a HATE GROUP unless it is anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-insidious-influence-of-the-splc-1498085416
USA TODAY
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: More teenagers choosing summer studies over jobs – Kellie Ell (DIERSEN: Did you work while you took classes? Since I was 16 years old, virtually all the time that I took classes, I also worked part-time or full-time. During 1964-1970, when I took classes at Crete-Monee High School, UIC, and NIU, I worked part-time during the school year and full-time during the summer. During 1971-1983 and 1992-1997, when I took classes at UIC, Loyola, DePaul, Roosevelt, and IIT, I worked full-time.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2017/06/21/more-teenagers-choosing-summer-studies-over-jobs/396279001/
NPR
— Louisiana Is First State To Ban Public Colleges From Asking About Criminal History – Anya Kamanetz (DIERSEN: YOUR PAST PREDICTS YOUR FUTURE.)
http://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2017/06/22/533833428/louisiana-is-first-state-to-ban-public-colleges-from-asking-about-criminal-histo
THE ATLANTIC
— How the Democrats Can Take Back Congress Two architects of their party’s last congressional victory argue Democrats need to recruit candidates who match their districts and offer voters a detailed agenda. – BRUCE REED AND RAHM EMANUEL (DIERSEN: What are your demographics? How well do they match your precinct, your municipality, your township/ward, your county, your congressional district, and Illinois? What percent of those in Milton Township Precinct 9, Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, the 6th Congressional District, and Illinois are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owners, German Americans, draft avoiders, have ancestors who have been in America for a long time, retired federal employees, former union members, married, childless, pet-less, American-nameplate car owners, etc.? In which of the aforesaid demographic/political jurisdiction combinations ARE YOU A MINORITY?)
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/06/riding-the-2018-wave/530952/
FED SMITH
— VA Accountability and Whistleblower Protection Act Tackles the Issue of Firing Insufficient Workers Without Pitfalls – Mathew B. Tully, Esq. (DIERSEN: Are/were you an “insufficient worker?” Of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that. In my defense, I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 33.)
https://www.fedsmith.com/2017/06/21/va-accountability-whistleblower-protection-act-tackles-issue-firing-insufficient-workers-without-pitfalls/
RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— 76% of GOP Voters Believe Most Reporters Biased Against Trump
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/trump_administration/june_2017/76_of_gop_voters_believe_most_reporters_biased_against_trump
— Working-Class Republicanism – Kyle Kondik (DIERSEN: Are/were you a member of the working-class? I was 1964-1997. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes look down on past/present members of the working class, and especially those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, 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. For that matter, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes look down on just about everyone and everything.)
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/political_commentary/commentary_by_kyle_kondik/working_class_republicanism
— Voters Say Money Too Big A Hurdle for Most to Run for Congress
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/general_politics/june_2017/voters_say_money_too_big_a_hurdle_for_most_to_run_for_congress
