January 9 Evening Edition

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Jeanne Ives was among the speakers at Milton Township Republican Central Committee’s outstanding meeting Wednesday evening, January 9, 2019, at the Wheaton Bowl Banquet Hall. Meeting attendees included Almiron, Carlson, Caruso, Cooper, Corrigan, Crane, Dangelo, Elliott, Falbo, Fitch, Galvin, Holder, Keller, A. & C. LeVan, Lofgren, McGowen, Molitor, Monino, Muehlfelt, Nathwani, Quigley, Rash, Ryan, Shaw, Tatro, Walsh, Wehling, Wilson, C. & J. Zaruba, and Zay. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

 

ABC7
— Democrats firmly in control in Illinois as new House, Senate members sworn in – Craig Wall
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/democrats-firmly-in-control-in-illinois-as-new-house-senate-members-sworn-in/5039369/
— Federal workers brace for no pay, Trump stalks out of meeting with Democrats – Ravi Baichwal and Sarah Schulte
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/federal-workers-brace-for-no-pay-trump-stalks-out-of-govt-shutdown-meeting/5042119/
— Former Rep. Nick Sauer, R-Lake Barrington, charged in indictment after allegedly posting nude images of ex-girlfriend
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/former-gop-lawmaker-nick-sauer-charged-after-allegedly-posting-nude-images-of-ex-girlfriend/5041342/

 

NBC5
— Judge Sets Date for Jury Trial for Disgraced Former House Speaker Hastert A judge on Wednesday set a preliminary jury trial date of May 20
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/Judge-Sets-Date-for-Jury-Trial-for-Disgraced-Former-House-Speaker-Hastert-504122821.html

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Trump says he has ‘absolute right’ to declare national emergency over border security
http://www.fox32chicago.com/politics/trump-says-he-has-absolute-right-to-declare-national-emergency-over-border-security
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-hating Ocasio-Cortez says Trump is a ‘racist’ and people should be ‘uncomfortable’
http://www.fox32chicago.com/politics/ocasio-cortez-trump-is-a-racist

 

WGN TV
— Democrat Michael Madigan re-elected speaker of Illinois House as lawmakers get sworn in – TAHMAN BRADLEY
https://wgntv.com/2019/01/09/illinois-house-senate-to-be-sworn-into-new-session/

 

WGN RADIO
— IL State Senate GOP Leader Bill Brady joins The Roe Conn Show
https://wgnradio.com/2019/01/08/il-state-senate-gop-leader-bill-brady-joins-the-roe-conn-show/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— House Speaker Michael Madigan vilifies Gov. Bruce Rauner as Democrats bolster their numbers in Springfield – Mike Riopell and Juan Perez Jr.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-illinois-legislature-madigan-cullerton-20190109-story.html
— One Democrat, Anne Stava-Murray, doesn’t vote for Madigan as Illinois House speaker – Mike Riopell
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-michael-madigan-anne-stava-murray-20190109-story.html
— Former state Rep. Nick Sauer indicted in posting of sexual photos of others without permission – Emily K. Coleman
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/lake-county-news-sun/news/ct-lns-sauer-indictment-st-0110-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Madigan on joy ride after ‘four long years’ of Rauner’s ‘my way or the highway’ – Tina Sfondeles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/madigan-rauner-house-inauguration-highway-cullerton-emanuel-senate/
— Democrats getting down and dirty with Trump – S. E. Cupp
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/democrats-trump-rashida-tlaib-nancy-pelosi/

 

DAILY HERALD
— New suburban lawmakers take their Springfield seats: What they want to do now – Marie Wilson
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190109/new-suburban-lawmakers-take-their-springfield-seats-what-they-want-to-do-now
— Prompted by Lawlor case, Lake County Board might seek power to remove leaders – Russell Lissau
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190109/prompted-by-lawlor-case-lake-county-board-might-seek-power-to-remove-leaders

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— It’s been a bad decade for property taxes How much are you really paying as a share of your home or office market value? The Civic Federation has some educated guesses. – GREG HINZ
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/greg-hinz-politics/its-been-bad-decade-property-taxes

 

WTTW
— New Class of Illinois Lawmakers Will Face Enduring Challenges – Amanda Vinicky
https://news.wttw.com/2019/01/09/new-class-illinois-lawmakers-will-face-enduring-challenges

 

NORTHWEST HERALD
— Rep. Skillicorn blasts gas tax increase lauded by Chicago mayor – DREW ZIMMERMAN
https://www.nwherald.com/2019/01/07/rep-skillicorn-blasts-gas-tax-increase-lauded-by-chicago-mayor/ajewklt/

 

HERALD & REVIEW
— New Illinois Legislature underway with big Democratic majorities – AP
https://herald-review.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/video-new-illinois-legislature-underway-with-big-democratic-majorities/article_4257760c-f00a-5e0c-9335-dc06e000995b.html

 

SOUTHERN
— Santorum: Nobody wanted to work for Trump – CNN (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://thesouthern.com/news/national/govt-and-politics/santorum-nobody-wanted-to-work-for-trump/video_86d116ae-3851-5288-b308-524080165695.html

 

KANE COUNTY CHRONICLE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Members of the following groups to march in Geneva: 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 anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.kcchronicle.com/2019/01/09/activists-organize-womens-march-in-geneva/a35js3f/

 

OUR QUAD CITIES
— Rauner waged war on unions and lost Rauner hails Janus vs. AFSCME outcome as key victory in office – Mark Maxwell
https://www.ourquadcities.com/capitol-connection/rauner-waged-war-on-unions-and-lost/1693261390

 

NORTHERN PUBLIC RADIO
— Ives Labels Illinois GOP As “Ineffective” – JACLYN DRISCOLL
https://www.northernpublicradio.org/post/outgoing-state-rep-labels-illinois-gop-ineffective

 

FOX ILLINOIS
— Democrats say Trump walked out of shutdown meeting – AP
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/dems-say-trump-walked-out-of-shutdown-meeting

 

NEWS CHANNEL 20
— Illinois lawmakers weigh in on Trump’s national address
https://newschannel20.com/news/local/sen-dick-durbin-weighs-in-on-trumps-national-address

 

WJBC
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Conservative-basher Pat Brady says “Illinois people fed up with political party bashing.”
http://www.wjbc.com/2019/01/09/pat-brady-illinois-people-fed-up-with-political-party-bashing/

 

CHICAGO DAILY OBSERVER
— “Conservative” Jewish Commentators Trash Trump – Don Rose
http://www.cdobs.com/archive/featured/conservative-jewish-commentators-trash-trump/

 

CHICAGO NOW
— Rauner goes, Madigan stays, Illinois’ problems worsen – Dennis Byrne
http://www.chicagonow.com/dennis-byrnes-barbershop/2019/01/rauner-goes-madigan-stays-illinois-problems-worsen/

 

JEANNE IVES
— Six Years in Springfield
https://mailchi.mp/5bf72d62af06/six-years-in-springfield

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Ives blasts Lang for leaving before House term even begins – Glenn Minnis
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511718311-ives-blasts-lang-for-leaving-before-house-term-even-begins

 

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Madigan Reserves Bill Numbers for High Priority Legislation
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/01/09/madigan-reserves-bill-numbers-for-high-priority-legislation/
— President Donald Trump’s Border Wall Address
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/01/09/president-donald-trumps-border-wall-address/
— Felony Charges Against Former State Rep. Nick Sauer
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/01/09/felony-charges-against-former-state-rep-nick-sauer/


— Tribune Article Increases Pressure on “Respondent in Discovery Jack D. Franks”
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/01/09/tribune-article-increases-pressure-on-respondent-in-discovery-jack-d-franks/
— Former State Senator Dan Duffy Returning to Legislative Arena as Lobbyist
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/01/09/former-state-senator-dan-duffy-returning-to-legislative-arena-as-lobbyist/
— Winnebago County Board Considering Requiring Administrator to Report to County Board, Rather Than to Chairman
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/01/09/winnebago-county-board-considering-requiring-administrator-to-report-to-county-board-rather-than-to-chairman/

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— JEANNE IVES’ GOODBYE MESSAGE: GOD BLESS THE PEOPLE OF ILLINOIS
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/01/jeanne-ives-goodbye-message-god-bless-the-people-of-illinois.html
— THORNER: RELIGIOUS EDUCATION OR ISLAMIC INDOCTRINATION IN TAXPAYER-FUNDED SCHOOLS?
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/01/thorner-religious-education-or-islamic-indoctrination-in-taxpayer-funded-schools.html
— DI LEO: THE WALL ISN’T JUST ABOUT IMMIGRATION; IT’S ABOUT EVERYTHING.
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/01/the-wall-isnt-just-about-immigration-its-about-everything.html
— THORNER/O’NEIL: MIDTERM ELECTION RESULTS DEMAND QUESTIONS AND SCRUTINY
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/01/thorneroneil-midterm-election-results-demand-questions-and-scrutiny.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Madigan blasts Rauner.
https://capitolfax.com/2019/01/09/madigan-move-on-to-a-new-chapter-where-people-work-with-people/

 

TPM
— Eight House Republicans (including Kinzinger) Buck Trump, Vote For Bill To Reopen Gov’t Agencies – Cameron Joseph
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/dc/eight-house-republicans-buck-trump-vote-for-bill-to-reopen-govt-agencies

 

GOPUSA
— If more minorities are arrested for smoking pot it must be racism
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=62081
— Democrat says Trump’s promise to protect Americans rooted in ‘xenophobia and racism and an anti-immigrant bias’
http://www.gopusa.com/democrat-says-trumps-promise-to-protect-americans-rooted-in-xenophobia-and-racism-and-an-anti-immigrant-bias/

 

FOX NEWS
— Ingraham: Trump Scored ‘Major Media Coup’ With Nat’l Address on Border Security
https://insider.foxnews.com/2019/01/08/laura-ingraham-president-trump-scored-major-media-coup-national-address

 

TOWNHALL
— New Poll: Yep, There’s a Crisis at the Border – Katie Pavlich
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2019/01/09/new-poll-yep-theres-a-crisis-at-the-border-n2538726

 

DAILY CALLER
— POLL: 79 PERCENT OF AMERICANS THINK BORDER IS IN ‘CRISIS’ OR IS A ‘PROBLEM’ – Amber Athey
https://dailycaller.com/2019/01/09/politico-poll-border-crisis-problem-majority-americans-agree/
— HOUSE REPUBLICANS INTRODUCE BILL TO PAY EMPLOYEES WHO WORK DURING SHUTDOWN – Henry Rodgers
https://dailycaller.com/2019/01/09/house-republicans-shutdown-pay-bill/

 

JUDICIAL WATCH
— The Nation Needs a Border Wall – Tom Fitton
https://www.judicialwatch.org/press-room/in-the-news/tom-fitton-the-nation-needs-a-border-wall/

 

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Trump Storms Out of Shutdown Meeting with Dems as Negotiations Stall – JACK CROWE
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/trump-declares-shutdown-meeting-with-dems-a-total-waste-of-time/

 

THE HILL
— Trump rips Pelosi and Schumer after meeting: ‘Total waste of time’ – BRETT SAMUELS AND JORDAN FABIAN
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/424591-trump-rips-pelosi-and-schumer-after-meeting-total-waste-of-time
— Trump says emergency declaration coming without border deal with Dems – JORDAN FABIAN
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/424551-trump-says-emergency-declaration-coming-without-border-deal-with-dems
— GOP senators challenge Trump on shutdown strategy – ALEXANDER BOLTON
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/424577-gop-senators-challenge-trump-on-shutdown-strategy
— House votes to reopen Treasury Dept., IRS – JULIEGRACE BRUFKE
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/424621-house-votes-to-reopen-treasury-irs

 

POLITICO
— The House voted to reopen the IRS and other key portions of the federal government, part of a Democratic plan to ratchet up pressure on Republicans to end the 19-day shutdown. – BURGESS EVERETT, HEATHER CAYGLE and JOHN BRESNAHAN
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/01/09/trump-lawmakers-breakneck-shutdown-talks-1089201

 

CNN
— Trump’s TV speech and the Democratic response has this federal worker ready to look for a new job – Madeline Holcombe (DIERSEN: Overwhelmingly, employers and everyone else despise federal employees and federal retirees.)
https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/09/us/government-employee-response-trump-address/index.html

 

REUTERS
— ‘My mortgage is due’ Some U.S. federal workers seek shutdown cash – Gabriella Borter
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-shutdown-fundraising/my-mortgage-is-due-some-us-federal-workers-seek-shutdown-cash-idUSKCN1P327A

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump Storms Out of White House Meeting with Democrats on Shutdown – Nicholas Fandos and Michael Tackett
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/09/us/politics/government-shutdown-trump-senate.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Trump walks out of shutdown negotiations after Democrats reject wall money, calls meeting ‘total waste of time’ – Erica Werner, Sean Sullivan, Mike DeBonis and Seung Min Kim
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/shutdown-day-19-trump-comes-to-congress-as-gop-faces-unity-test-over-wall-funding/2019/01/09/8f3bfab8-1423-11e9-b6ad-9cfd62dbb0a8_story.html
— Trump won the night. Schumer and Pelosi lost. – Marc A. Thiessen
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/trump-won-the-night-schumer-and-pelosi-lost/2019/01/08/890ce9d8-13bd-11e9-b6ad-9cfd62dbb0a8_story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters say “cracks show in his GOP support.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/as-trump-appeals-to-nation-for-wall-cracks-show-in-his-gop-support/2019/01/08/95e0b836-13a1-11e9-803c-4ef28312c8b9_story.html
— Having the most diverse Congress ever will affect more than just legislation – Kenneth Lowande, Melinda Ritchie and Erinn Lauterbach (DIERSEN: Democrats promote hatred against Republicans, and especially against Republicans who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, draft avoiders, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2019/01/09/having-the-most-diverse-congress-ever-will-affect-more-than-just-legislation/
— GAO Report: Government should do more to combat hunger in college Government Accountability Office spotlights food insecurity on campuses. – Nick Anderson
https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2019/01/09/report-government-should-do-more-combat-hunger-college/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Trump Walks Out of Border Talks, Calls Them ‘Total Waste of Time’ Hopes dim for immediate progress on ending partial government shutdown – Kristina Peterson, Rebecca Ballhaus and Natalie Andrews
https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-says-bypassing-congress-still-an-option-on-wall-11547056461

 

TIME
— ‘Rent Doesn’t Get Furloughed.’ Federal Workers Are Missing Their First Paychecks As the Shutdown Drags On – MAHITA GAJANAN (DIERSEN: What about all that complaining that federal employees are overpaid?)
http://time.com/5497039/government-shutdown-workers-paycheck/

 

PBS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters say “In familiar refrain, Trump relies on fear to sell immigration message.”
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/in-oval-office-address-trump-seeks-a-nations-hearts-minds-and-fears

 

INSIDE HIGHER EDUCATION
— GAO Report Documents Food Insecurity Among College Students Federal agencies are not doing enough to help eligible students access federal food assistance benefits, according to a new report by the Government Accountability Office. – Ashley A. Smith
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2019/01/09/gao-report-reviews-studies-student-hunger

 

FED SMITH
— Build a Wall? What Do Federal Employees Want? – Ralph R. Smith
https://www.fedsmith.com/2019/01/09/build-wall-federal-employees-want/

 

GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— 25K Federal Employees Still Await Court-Ordered Payout From 2013 Shutdown – Eric Katz
https://www.govexec.com/pay-benefits/2019/01/25k-feds-still-await-court-ordered-payout-2013-shutdown/154042/

January 9 Morning Edition

ABC7
— Bruce Rauner offers farewell assessment of his term as governor – Craig Wall
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/rauner-offers-farewell-assessment-of-his-term-as-governor/5036461/

 

NBC5
— Illinois Representatives React to Trump Speech on Border Wall, Shutdown
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/illinois-representatives-react-to-trump-speech-on-immigration-504097411.html

 

WGN TV
— Final thoughts from Rauner before he leaves office – BEN BRADLEY
https://wgntv.com/2019/01/08/final-thoughts-from-rauner-before-he-leaves-office/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “To Trump, the wall was never more than an applause line. And now it’s failing.”
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/huppke/ct-met-trump-address-wall-border-huppke-20190108-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “Trump used the Oval Office to try to create a border crisis.”
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-trump-border-crisis-analysis-20190108-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “Trump’s public bluster has turned border talks into a dangerous game of chicken.”
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/zorn/ct-perspec-zorn-border-wall-trump-compromise-public-negotiations-20190108-story.html
— A true gift from my family: Christmas in the ICU – John Kass (DIERSEN: My father fought type 1 diabetes from age 14. He died suddenly of heart failure in 1969 when he was 47 and I was 21. My mother always focused on his blood sugar level. I remember times when she had him taken to the hospital fearing that he was falling into a coma.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/kass/ct-met-diabetes-diagnosis-kass20190108-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: As they pushed me into the car, I remember shouting, weakly: Nobody tells me what to do! But they didn’t listen. I don’t remember much else except being in the ICU with IVs in my arms. That first night, my blood sugar levels reached 976. The doctors said I could easily have fallen into a coma where my brain, kidneys and other organs would have been damaged, perhaps beyond repair. You have diabetes, said a doctor. “Diabetes? No! That’s impossible!” I reportedly told the docs in the ICU.)
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD IN NAPERVILLE SUN: District 203 would close school on election days under calendar change proposal – Suzanne Baker
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/news/ct-nvs-203-calendar-criteria-st-0109-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— Move to end health benefit should extend to boards throughout suburbs – Editorial
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20190108/editorial-move-to-end-health-benefit-should-extend-to-boards-throughout-suburbs

 

WTTW
— No Signs of Sickout Among Chicago TSA Agents – Eddie Arruza (DIERSEN: Often, while I worked part-time for the Park Forest Post Office 1966-1969, I was called in to work extra hours because my coworkers had called in sick. While I worked for IRS 1971-1980 and for GAO 1980-1997, I called in sick far fewer times than my coworkers and subordinates.)
https://news.wttw.com/2019/01/08/no-signs-sickout-among-chicago-tsa-agents

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— House approves Pritzker’s request for agency leader salary increases – Doug Finke (DIERSEN: To get a government job, how big of a pay cut would suffer? In 1980, to get a job working for GAO, I suffered a $19,203/year (26%) pay cut in today’s dollars. I had worked for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 levels, currently $81,071-$91,880/year. I had passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979. I had almost completed the requirements for a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul. I had earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976. I had earned a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU in 1970.)
https://www.sj-r.com/news/20190108/house-approves-pritzkers-request-for-agency-leader-salary-increases

 

DEKALB DAILY CHRONICLE
— Pritzker seeks higher salaries to attract top Cabinet talent – JOHN O’CONNOR
https://www.daily-chronicle.com/2019/01/08/pritzker-seeks-higher-salaries-to-attract-top-cabinet-talent/ajjlrto/

 

TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti- Rauner/Trump sats “The parallels of Rauner and Trump’s tactics.”
https://www.mywebtimes.com/2019/01/08/statehouse-reeder-the-parallels-of-rauner-and-trumps-tactics/afymk95/

 

SOUTHERN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “Trump has a credibility crisis.”
https://thesouthern.com/news/national/govt-and-politics/anderson-cooper-trump-has-a-credibility-crisis/video_8a41a28c-2946-5806-b28d-46e8e33437b7.html

 

FOX ILLINOIS
— Sen. Dick Durbin, Rep. Darin LaHood weigh in on Trump’s national address
https://foxillinois.com/news/local/sen-dick-durbin-weighs-in-on-trumps-national-address

 

NPR ILLINOIS
— Outgoing State Rep. Labels Illinois GOP As “Ineffective” – JACLYN DRISCOLL
http://www.nprillinois.org/post/outgoing-state-rep-labels-illinois-gop-ineffective#stream/0
(FROM THE ARTICLE: As she wraps up her term, she hasn’t confirmed her next move for employment, but plans to help mold and guide future candidates. “I’ve got this, sort of, platform now which is great so I hope to pull good candidates up into the field so we can actually compete and win against the Democrats,” said Ives. Ives has not ruled out another run for governor.)
— Rauner Looks Back On Term, Advises Republican Party To Be “Moderate” – DAISY CONTRERAS (DIERSEN: Since at least the 1970s, the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) has been dominated by “moderates” who focus on driving out of the IRP those like me who support the IRP platform. These “moderates” focus on driving out of the IRP those like me who a) support the traditional family, right to life, immigration, and Second Amendment planks in the IRP platform, b) support the illegal drugs and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks in the Republican Party platform, and c) support the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling.)
http://www.nprillinois.org/post/rauner-looks-back-term-advises-republican-party-be-moderate#stream/0
— Missouri Voters Backed An Anti-Gerrymandering Measure; Lawmakers Want To Undo It – JASON ROSENBAUM (DIERSEN: I should write a book about the 2015 Gerrymandering of my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 9 in Wheaton.)
http://www.nprillinois.org/post/missouri-voters-backed-anti-gerrymandering-measure-lawmakers-want-undo-it#stream/0

 

WJBC
— LaHood blasts Durbin’s Peoria visit as Trump appeals for southern border wall – Howard Packowitz
http://www.wjbc.com/2019/01/09/lahood-blasts-durbins-peoria-visit-as-trump-appeals-for-southern-border-wall/

 

DAILY NORTHWESTERN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: The Trump-hating “Jan Schakowsky condemns Trump’s call for border wall.”
https://dailynorthwestern.com/2019/01/08/city/u-s-rep-jan-schakowsky-condemns-trumps-call-for-border-wall/

 

ILLINOIS HOUSE GOP
— VIDEO: Rep. Ives denounces 15% pay raise for state agency directors
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlDLGwNjF1E&t=35s&fbclid=IwAR0BvS3dw37ApeAaASEEzqqBgzgrikSAEu36es54BMQkPTJlJsBJph-CJGU
— VIDEO: Rep. Ives calls out partisan move to shake-up Illinois Tollway
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dyWHK_bQ6Y&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR1jSl80-LzgkvemHTdaz0iT0ikKRSbWinS_UZfrkKgV0O3moHGjJyl_Fao
— Rep. Ives: AIM HIGH fails to meet needs of Illinois students in higher education
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZo2zU-KynU&fbclid=IwAR3iLoxSFAVlcMtR6F7uBXzCZ2G375V0sCqrmCR-V2J1nURaHBEGGZB40Ek

 

CHAMBANA SUN
— Halbrook suggests Illinois GOP have a “serious discussion” on future of party – Glenn Minnis (DIERSEN: “Moderates,” that is, those who reject planks in the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) platform, want to use the November 6, 2018 losses to drive out of the IRP those who support the IRP platform.)
https://chambanasun.com/stories/511717580-halbrook-says-state-gop-needs-to-do-some-soul-searching

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Illinois House passes bills giving Pritzker more power, spending authority – Greg Bishop
https://www.ilnews.org/news/state_politics/illinois-house-passes-bills-giving-pritzker-more-power-spending-authority/article_0416033a-1387-11e9-82fa-73448e4c87f3.html
— Rauner opens up about decision to seek others to take his place in race against Pritzker – Cole Lauterbach
https://www.ilnews.org/news/state_politics/rauner-opens-up-about-decision-to-seek-others-to-take/article_a1dd3cea-1388-11e9-9aff-2362f879fb6f.html

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Christian Teachers and Parents: What Will You Do? – Laurie Higgins (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, public schools promote LGBTQ activity.)
https://illinoisfamily.org/education/christian-teachers-and-parents-what-will-you-do/

 

GOPUSA
— Why does Trump have to go it alone? (DIERSEN: Who in Illinois, in your county, in your township/ward, and in your municipality does the most to promote the immigration plank in the Illinois Republican Party platform?)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=62155
— Left-Wing Fake News Hurts the Nation – Star Parker
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=62119

 

RUSH LIMBAUGH
— The President Has the Authority to Declare a National Emergency
https://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2019/01/08/the-president-has-the-authority-to-declare-a-national-emergency/

 

FEDERALIST
— Don’t Let Ocasio-Cortez And Her Party Dance Around The Facts Of Immigration Democrats are turning into an American version of France’s failed Macronist utopia, arguing for open borders while taxing people for utopian projects. – Sumantra Maitra
https://thefederalist.com/2019/01/09/dont-let-ocasio-cortez-party-dance-around-facts-immigration/

 

BREITBART
— Fact Check: Yes, Thousands of Americans Have Been Killed by Illegal Aliens – John Binder
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/01/08/fact-check-yes-thousands-of-americans-have-been-killed-by-illegal-aliens/
— Fact Check: Trump Is Correct, Black Americans Hurt Most by Illegal Immigration – John Binder
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/01/08/fact-check-trump-is-correct-black-americans-hurt-most-by-illegal-immigration/
— Ocasio-Cortez Blasts Border Wall: ‘Monument to Hate’ – Tony Lee
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/01/08/ocasio-cortez-blasts-border-wall-monument-to-hate/
— Ocasio-Cortez Calls Trump ‘Racist,’ Claims She’s ‘Consensus Builder’ – Tony Lee (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will Ocasio-Cortez, the new leader of the Democrat Party, call for Democrats to get rid of Republicans once and for all? What will the Democrats in your neighborhood, in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, in Illinois, in America, and in the rest of the world do to get rid of your once and for all? What will you do in your self-defense?)
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/01/08/ocasio-cortez-calls-trump-racist-claims-shes-consensus-builder/
— Donald Trump: People Build Walls Because ‘They Love the People on the Inside’ – Neil Munro
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/01/08/donald-trump-people-build-walls-because-they-love-the-people-on-the-inside/

 

BLAZE
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez upstages Dem leaders and gives her own fiery response to Trump speech The far left loves her; the establishment, not so much – Carlos Garcia
https://www.theblaze.com/news/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-upstages-dem-leaders-and-gives-her-own-fiery-response-to-trump-speech

 

DAILY CALLER
— SCHUMER AND PELOSI FAIL TO SELL AMERICANS ON AN OPEN BORDER – Curtis Ellis
https://dailycaller.com/2019/01/08/trump-pelosi-schumer/
— MAJOR JOURNALISTS PAN TRUMP’S SPEECH IN REAL TIME – Evie Fordham
https://dailycaller.com/2019/01/08/media-trump-national-address/

 

DAILY SIGNAL
— From Oval Office, Trump Says Border Wall Would Make Nation ‘Safer Than Ever Before’ – Fred Lucas
https://www.dailysignal.com/2019/01/08/from-oval-office-trump-says-border-wall-would-make-nation-safer-than-ever-before/

 

DAILY WIRE
— Ocasio-Cortez Goes Bonkers After Trump Speech – Hank Berrien
https://www.dailywire.com/news/41952/watch-ocasio-cortez-goes-bonkers-after-trump-hank-berrien

 

LIFEZETTE
— Media Members Who Claim There’s No Border Crisis Also Insisted There Was No Caravan Crisis Joe Scarborough, Jim Acosta and others mocked Trump for his warnings — then were proven spectacularly wrong – Kathryn Blackhurst
https://www.lifezette.com/2019/01/media-members-who-claim-theres-no-border-crisis-also-insisted-there-was-no-caravan-crisis/

 

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE
— TRUMP’S WALL OR THE MEDIA’S WALL OF LIES The more Americans die, the more Democrats win. – Daniel Greenfield
https://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/272498/trumps-wall-or-medias-wall-lies-daniel-greenfield

 

FOX NEWS
— The Whole World Will Just ‘Land at JFK’: Tucker Battles Democrat Over de Blasio’s Universal Health Care Plan
https://insider.foxnews.com/2019/01/08/tucker-battles-democrat-over-de-blasio-universal-health-care-plan

 

CONSERVATIVE REVIEW
— Levin: ‘It’s the Democrats who are the racists’ – Carmel Kookogey
https://www.conservativereview.com/news/levin-its-the-democrats-who-are-the-racists/

 

CONSERVATIVE DAILY NEWS
— Major Journalists Pan Trumps Speech In Real Time – Evie Fordham
https://www.conservativedailynews.com/2019/01/major-journalists-pan-trumps-speech-in-real-time/

 

NEW AMERICAN
— Dueling Border Speeches: Trump WON; Pelosi and Schumer LOST – R. Cort Kirkwood
https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/immigration/item/31144-dueling-border-speeches-trump-won-pelosi-and-schumer-lost

 

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Department of Commerce Pushes Online Open Borders – Ned Ryun
https://www.amgreatness.com/2019/01/08/department-of-commerce-pushes-online-open-borders/

 

CANADA FREE PRESS
— Students Hate Trump’s Immigration Quotes… Don’t Realize They’re From Democrats
https://canadafreepress.com/article/students-hate-trumps-immigration-quotes-dont-realize-theyre-from-democrats

 

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Lipinski to Attend March for Life After Facing Scrutiny From Fellow Dems, Pro-Choice Groups in 2018 – Cameron Cawthorne
https://freebeacon.com/politics/lipinski-attend-march-life-facing-scrutiny-fellow-dems-pro-choice-groups-2018/

 

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Border Wall: A Monument for the People, Not Pols – MICHELLE MALKIN
https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/01/border-wall-necessary-infrastructure-not-wasteful-monument/

 

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: Illegal Immigrants Act More American Than Citizens Trying To Keep Them Out – Ian Schwartz (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats make it clear that they are anti-American.)
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2019/01/08/alexandria_ocasio-cortez_illegal_immigrants_act_more_american_than_citizens_trying_to_keep_them_out.html

 

THE HILL
— Ocasio-Cortez doubles down on accusation that Trump is racist – MORGAN GSTALTER (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats make it clear that they hate individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that 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://thehill.com/homenews/house/424435-ocasio-cortez-trump-is-racist-and-that-should-make-you-uncomfortable
— Dems look to chip away at Trump tax reform law – NAOMI JAGODA
https://thehill.com/policy/finance/424452-dems-look-to-chip-away-at-trump-tax-reform-law
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Already this year, New York Reps. Nita Lowey (D) and Pete King (R) have offered a bill to restore the full state and local tax (SALT) deduction, which was capped at $10,000 in the 2017 tax law. . .Efforts from Democrats to repeal the SALT deduction cap could in particular face resistance from Republicans, as well as from some on the left. Critics note the deduction largely benefits high earners. Maura Quint, executive director of the progressive group Tax March, said that her group doesn’t want to see “any stand-alone measure” to restore the full SALT deduction. She said lawmakers should focus on raising taxes on the wealthy before discussing the SALT deduction.)

HUFFINGTON POST
— Celebrities Tear Into Donald Trump Over ‘Hitler-Ian’ Border Security Address Cher, Bette Midler, Seth MacFarlane and Mia Farrow were among those to torch Trump. – Lee Moran
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-televised-address-celebrity-reaction_us_5c35a549e4b05b16bcfbf9a6

 

CNN
— Hundreds of government employees aren’t getting paid. So restaurants across the country are feeding them for free. – Christina Maxouris
https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/09/us/restaurants-free-food-employees-shutdown/index.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “Government workers are often not making huge amounts of money.”)

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater promotes hatred of Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/08/opinion/trump-speech-border-wall.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats encourage children to engage in LGBTQ activity.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/08/opinion/trans-teen-transition.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Anti-Americans promote anti-Americans. America-haters promote America haters. Trump-haters promote Trump-haters.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/08/us/border-wall-crisis-mexico-usa.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Trump-haters like the Washington Post promote Trump-haters like Ocasio-Cortez.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/video/politics/no-question-ocasio-cortez-calls-trump-a-racist-in-60-minutes-interview/2019/01/07/366b123c-7413-4249-affa-dffb84d8b0ea_video.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Trump-haters make it clear that they want to abolish the First Amendment.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/01/09/should-major-networks-have-aired-trumps-immigration-speech-many-left-say-absolutely-not/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters say “Few Americans believe Trump’s false statements.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/live-updates/trump-white-house/live-fact-checking-and-analysis-of-president-trumps-immigration-speech/poll-few-americans-believe-trumps-false-statements/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: In Illinois, in DuPage County, and in Milton Township, how should Republican organizations react when major donors and potential major donors demand that they a) dump Trump, b) dump planks in the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) platform and/or c) dump those who support the aforesaid? In many ways, the IRP, the DuPage County Republican Central Committee (DCRCC), and the Milton Township Republican Central Committee (MTRCC) act like major donors and potential major donors have demanded that they a) dump Trump, b) dump the traditional family, right to life, immigration, Second Amendment, and other planks in the IRP platform, c) dump the illegal drugs and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving), and other planks in the Republican Party platform, d) dump the MTRCC resolution against video gambling, and e) dump those who support the aforesaid. The DCRCC and the MTRCC have always acted like a potential major donor who I have sued has said that he will give the DCRCC and MTRCC lots of money but only when they get rid of me.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/why-support-a-political-party-that-is-marginalizing-me-out-of-existence/2019/01/08/cc153f18-1373-11e9-b6ad-9cfd62dbb0a8_story.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Americans argue against Trump.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/illegal-immigration-is-stable-11546996293
— FRONT PAGE: Facebook, Twitter Turn to Right-Leaning Groups to Help Referee Political Speech Advisers on touchy issues include Tony Perkins’ Family Research Council, Grover Norquist’s Americans for Tax Reform and, on the left, the Southern Poverty Law Center – Kirsten Grind and John D. McKinnon (DIERSEN: Those on the left do not want me to include links in GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails to articles a) that promote the traditional family, right to life, immigration, Second Amendment, and other planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform, b) that promote the illegal drugs, equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving), and other planks in the Republican Party platform, c) that promote the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling, and d) that oppose promoting 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.wsj.com/articles/facebook-twitter-solicit-outside-groups-often-on-the-right-to-referee-political-speech-11546966779
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The world’s biggest social-media companies, under fire for failing to police content on their sites, have invited an array of outside groups to help them figure out who should be banned and what’s considered unacceptable. That solution is creating a new set of problems—public fights, complaints and legal battles. Silicon Valley giants Facebook Inc., Twitter Inc. and Google’s YouTube unit have made a concerted push to seek out input from hundreds of groups, a growing number of which lean to the right. The companies have become receptive to behind-the-scenes lobbying as well. Among the initiatives, Facebook has privately sought advice from the Family Research Council, a conservative Christian public-policy group, and its president Tony Perkins, according to people familiar with those meetings. Twitter’s Chief Executive Jack Dorsey recently hosted dinners with conservatives, including Grover Norquist, the founder and president of Americans for Tax Reform, which advocates for lower taxes. Advisers on the left include the Southern Poverty Law Center, a civil-rights group that keeps a list of hate groups. For users frustrated by the lack of clarity around how these companies make decisions, the added voices have made matters even murkier. Meetings between companies and their unofficial advisers are rarely publicized, and some outside groups and individuals have to sign nondisclosure agreements. And in many cases, posts that are hateful to one group are considered fair game—or even uncomfortable truths—to others on the opposite end of the spectrum, opening a whole new arena to continue the political and ideological fights that are often a staple of social media.)
— What’s the Rush? The Power of a Slow Morning As an antidote to our tech-obsessed society, slow-morning practitioners wake up early to meditate, read, exercise or do nothing at all. – Ellen Byron (DIERSEN: I spend 10+ hours each and every day putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS together – one in the morning and one in the evening. Since 2004, those emails have included links to more than 322,300 articles and information on many upcoming events.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/whats-the-rush-the-power-of-a-slow-morning-11546958541

 

USA TODAY
— Marijuana needs warning labels like tobacco for associated mental, physical health risks – DJ Jaffe
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2019/01/08/marijuana-warning-labels-legalization-warn-health-risks-tobacco-mental-column/2496077002/

 

FOX KANSAS CITY
— With no paycheck during shutdown, local federal employee chopping wood to stay warm – MEGAN DILLARD
https://fox4kc.com/2019/01/08/with-no-paycheck-during-shutdown-local-federal-employee-chopping-wood-to-stay-warm/

 

VOICE OF AMERICA
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats glorify and praise those who were brought to America illegally, and by extension, Democrats glorify and praise those who brought them here illegally.
https://learningenglish.voanews.com/a/award-winning-dreamer-fears-he-cannot-return-to-u-s-/4732254.html

 

FEDERAL NEWS NETWORK
— Feds’ GoFundMe campaigns open a ‘minefield’ of ethical questions during shutdown – Nicole Ogrysko
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/government-shutdown/2019/01/feds-gofundme-campaigns-open-a-minefield-of-ethical-questions-during-shutdown/

 

REASON
— Are Boycotts Protected by the First Amendment? – Jacob Sullum (DIERSEN: I should write a book about individuals, organizations, companies, and governments that claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican that boycott me and boycott my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails.)
https://reason.com/archives/2019/01/09/are-boycotts-protected-by-the-first-amen

 

NEWSWEEK
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “ALEXANDRIA OCASIO-CORTEZ CALLS DONALD TRUMP A ‘RACIST’ TWICE IN 3 DAYS, LISTS EXAMPLES TO PROVE HER POINT.”
https://www.newsweek.com/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-calls-donald-trump-racist-twice-3-days-lists-1284457

 

SOCIALIST WORKER
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hating federal employee says “DON’T LET TRUMP AND HIS WALL DIVIDE US.”
https://socialistworker.org/2019/01/09/dont-let-trump-and-his-wall-divide-us

January 8 Evening Edition

WHITE HOUSE
— President Trump Addresses the Nation: 8:00 PM CST
https://www.whitehouse.gov/live/
— Congress Must Do More to Address The Border Crisis
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/congress-must-do-more-to-address-the-border-crisis/

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— President Trump to take case for border wall to prime-time audience – AP
http://www.fox32chicago.com/politics/president-trump-to-take-case-for-border-wall-to-prime-time-audience

 

ABC7
— TRUMP TO ADDRESS NATION TUESDAY NIGHT
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/trump-to-address-nation-amid-government-shutdown/5033862/
— Woman with concealed carry license fatally shoots would-be robber in Fernwood, police say – Diane Pathieu
https://abc7chicago.com/video-woman-with-concealed-carry-license-fatally-shoots-would-be-robber-in-fernwood/5034294/
— More than 2M IL residents could lose SNAP benefits if shutdown continues – AP
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/trump-to-address-nation-amid-government-shutdown/5033862/
— Senator Dick Durbin calls for end to shutdown as TSA workers fear they won’t get paychecks – Jessica D’Onofrio
https://abc7chicago.com/travel/sen-durbin-tsa-workers-victims-of-trump-shutdown/5033508/

 

CBS2
— Lawmakers Convene For Last Full Day Of The 100th General Assembly
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2019/01/08/lawmakers-convene-for-last-full-day-of-the-100th-general-assembly/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— New state lawmakers to be sworn in Wednesday. Some big names are out, but the biggest remain. – Mike Riopell
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-illinois-legislature-new-class-20190108-story.html#nt=oft13a-2gp1
— After 4-year political war, House Speaker Michael Madigan calls Gov. Bruce Rauner’s term an ‘epic struggle’ – Mike Riopell
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-bruce-rauner-final-report-20190108-story.html
— Government shutdown hits Chicago-area workers: ‘We have a big swath of people … who are just very concerned about putting food on their plates’ – Morgan Greene (DIERSEN: How have federal government shutdowns impacted you? I was a federal retiree and Social Security recipient during shutdowns in 2013 and this year. I was an IRS employee during shutdowns in 1976, 1977, 1978, and 1979. I was a GAO employee during shutdowns in 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1990, 1995, and 1996. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes would stress that neither my wife nor I have never had any dependents to support and that my wife had income during all the shutdowns since we got married in 1978.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-federal-government-shutdown-chicago-update-20190107-story.html
— Congressmen give up pay during shutdown – Lisa Donovan
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-shutdown-congress-pay-brian-hopkins-sterling-bay-20190108-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Capitol Hill publication Roll Call, which is keeping a tally of lawmakers diverting their pay during the shutdown, points out: “Of course, members of Congress are typically much wealthier than federal employees. More than 200 members of the last Congress enjoyed a minimum net worth of $1 million or more, according to Roll Call’s Wealth of Congress report.”)
— Chicago student organizing local Women’s March rally: ‘We are ready to fight for humanity’ – Elvia Malagon (DIERSEN: Women’s marches 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 for a long time.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-chicago-young-women-march-rally-20190108-story.html
— A Dem showdown in Springfield: Will Stava-Murray persist against Madigan? – Kristen McQueary
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-mcqueary-stava-murray-madigan-speaker-0109-20190108-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Rauner riffs: ‘Scared’ for state, ‘appalled’ by Trump, ‘ecstatic’ Burke charged – Tina Sfondeles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/rauner-scared-pritzker-tax-appalled-trump-ecstatic-edward-burke-charged/
— Trump seeks an edge in shutdown fight with TV address – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/trump-border-wall-speech-oval-office-crisis-government-shutdown/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Illinois House votes to remove tollway board directors amid concerns of ‘unethical behavior’ – Marni Pyke
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190108/illinois-house-votes-to-remove-tollway-board-directors-amid-concerns-of-unethical-behavior
— Pence calls on Democrats to accede to demand for wall money, end shutdown – John Wagner
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190108/pence-calls-on-democrats-to-accede-to-demand-for-wall-money-end-shutdown

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Lawmakers order Illinois Tollway shake-up The Illinois House today overwhelmingly approved a bill to fire tollway Chairman Bob Schillerstrom and the rest of his board. – GREG HINZ
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/greg-hinz-politics/lawmakers-order-illinois-tollway-shake

 

WTTW
— In Final Days as Governor, Rauner Opens Up on Trump, Taxes, Unions and Burke – Amanda Vinicky
https://news.wttw.com/2019/01/08/final-days-governor-rauner-opens-trump-taxes-unions-and-burke

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Rauner calls education achievements most important of administration – Doug Finke
https://www.sj-r.com/news/20190108/rauner-calls-education-achievements-most-important-of-administration

 

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters say that a Trump-hater “unravels Trump’s border wall claims.”
https://www.pantagraph.com/news/national/govt-and-politics/cuomo-unravels-trump-s-border-wall-claims/video_fa58bf99-ef57-58e6-a188-a150ac1fb6c2.html

 

FOX ILLINOIS
— Trump to take case for border wall to prime-time audience – AP
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/trump-to-take-his-case-to-build-wall-to-prime-time-audience
— Networks to air Pelosi, Schumer rebuttal to Trump – AP
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/pelosi-schumer-will-give-democratic-response-to-trump-primetime-remarks

 

NPR ILLINOIS
— Where U.S. Battles Over Abortion Will Play Out In 2019 – JULIE ROVNER
http://www.nprillinois.org/post/where-us-battles-over-abortion-will-play-out-2019#stream/0
— Despite 70,000 Furloughed IRS Workers, White House Vows Refunds Will Be Issued – BRIAN NAYLOR
http://www.nprillinois.org/post/despite-70000-furloughed-irs-workers-white-house-vows-refunds-will-be-issued#stream/0

 

WQAD
— Outgoing Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner presents the highlights of his term – AP
https://wqad.com/2019/01/08/outgoing-illinois-governor-bruce-rauner-presents-the-highlights-of-his-term/

 

FOX ST. LOUIS
— Rauner touts less red tape, union-fee win – AP
https://fox2now.com/2019/01/08/rauner-touts-less-red-tape-union-fee-win/

 

WMAY
— Rauner’s Final Report To Lawmakers Repeats Call For Turnaround Agenda
https://www.wmay.com/2019/01/08/rauners-final-report-to-lawmakers-repeats-call-for-turnaround-agenda/

 

WHEATON PATCH
— DuPage, Kane Co. Sheriffs Join Forces To Fight Drugs, Sex Traffic “It’s all about public safety, not politics,” Republican Mendrick said of his partnership with Democrat Hain. – Lisa Marie Farver
https://patch.com/illinois/wheaton/dupage-kane-co-sheriffs-join-forces-fight-drugs-sex-traffic

 

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— McSweeney’s McHenry County Township Abolition by Referendum Bill Sent to Governor
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/01/08/mcsweeneys-mchenry-county-township-abolition-by-referendum-bill-sent-to-governor/
— McHenry County Clerk Tirio Sues Noonan, Tenner, Illinois Integrity Fund; Jack Franks, Breaker Press Cited as “Respondents in Discovery”
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/?p=123161

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Ives says state GOP should go back to basics – Glenn Minnis
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511717576-ives-says-state-gop-should-go-back-to-basics
(FROM THE ARTICLE: State Rep. Jeanne Ives (R-Wheaton) thinks it is time Republican lawmakers have a meeting of the minds to have any chance of saving themselves from themselves. “Republican Party leadership should meet and openly discuss [outgoing Gov. Bruce] Rauner’s wholesale betrayal and ineptitude,” Ives, who narrowly lost to Rauner in the Republican primary, told the DuPage Policy Journal. “The result should be throwing out the current head of the Illinois GOP [IGLOP}, Tim Schneider.” With Illinois in dire straits and many voters desperate for change, Ives said, Republican leaders should consider it a personal insult that the party did as poorly as it did in November’s general election, when Democrats easily captured both chambers of the legislature in Springfield as well as the governorship. “The ILGOP’s massive inability to win campaigns in the worst-run state in the nation is embarrassing,” she said. “Every aspect of our campaigns should be reassessed.” According to the Illinois Review, Ives joined Sean Morrison, Cook County GOP chairman and Cook County commissioner, in calling for immediate action. The two have been publicly backed by John McGlasson, an Illinois GOP State Central Committee member. Ives said many of the party’s issues could be solved by Republicans simply electing to be real Republicans again. “We have a party platform,” she said. “If leaders and candidates would agree to uphold the well-thought-out tenets of the Republican Party platform, there would be no division.” Finally, Ives said, it is time that Republican lawmakers make sure voters are well aware of why the state is as bad off as it is right now. “Our minority status in the legislature gives us an opportunity to place the blame squarely where it belongs, on the Democrats who have run this state into a fiscal mess,” she said.)

 

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— LAME-DUCK HOUSE PASSES STATE GOVERNMENT PAY HIKES – Joe Kaiser (DIERSEN: How big of a paycut would you take to get a government job?)
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/lame-duck-general-assembly-pushes-for-state-government-pay-hikes/
— MOVING COMPANY RANKS ILLINOIS 2ND IN NATION FOR OUTBOUND MOVES – Joe Barnas
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/moving-company-ranks-illinois-2nd-in-nation-for-outbound-moves/

 

ILLINOIS CHANNEL
— Rep Jeanne Ives (R): Lessons Learned as a State Representative
http://www.illinoischannel.org/2019/01/07/rep-jeanne-ives-r-lessons-learned-as-a-state-representative/

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Rauner talks about the current state of the GOP and its future
https://capitolfax.com/2019/01/08/rauner-talks-about-the-current-state-of-the-gop-and-its-future/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Speaking of politics, Rauner refused to comment on who should run for governor next, but said he hoped “reform-minded leaders” would step forward, saying he would “encourage them” and perhaps help them. He appeared to wave off a direct return to politics for himself, but said it’s “yet to be determined” what he would do. “We live in such volatile times. I can’t predict yet what makes sense.” When asked about former Gov. Jim Edgar’s admonition that the party choose a moderate and Rep. Jeanne Ives’ warning that the party needs to choose someone who will adhere to the party’s conservative platform, Rauner said the two “are both right [and] they’re both partly wrong, and unfortunately I think they’re both part of the problem”… Republicans won’t win unless we’re moderate in many ways on many things. And I certainly consider myself a moderate on many things. If you look at my record, and the things I’ve advocated and the bills I’ve signed, most people would say I’m a moderate. That said, if you’re gonna be a moderate to win elections, but you’re not going to be a reformer and fix the problems, what’s the point of winning? And, in Illinois, Republicans have won, in the 80s and 90s, but then they did the same bad stuff that the Democrats did. Kick the can on pension payments, don’t reform the system, raise taxes with no reforms, over-regulate businesses. If you’re gonna moderate to win and then do the same thing that the guy or gal that you were running against would do, what’s the point? And I think Rep. Ives is correct that you got to have some principles, and you’ve got to be fiscally responsible/conservative… balance budgets. To me, I hope the Republican Party rallies around a unifying message of being pro-taxpayer and pro-job-creator. I think that can be a unifying message and that should define the party. The other things, we’re going to have some vehement disagreements on. Obviously, some of my fellow party members disagree with me on some of my more moderate views. OK, but that doesn’t mean that we can’t all be Republicans and push for responsible things for taxpayers and for job-creators. And he had a few words about the president… “I support most of the President’s policy goals … and I’m appalled by his personal behavior. Just appalled.” Specifically, Rauner says he agrees on ending “illegal” immigration, with a focus on the “illegal”)
— Rauner predicts out-migration will “get a lot worse” under Pritzker (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats do everything that they can to drive out of Illinois individuals, organizations, and companies that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://capitolfax.com/2019/01/08/rauner-predicts-out-migration-will-get-a-lot-worse-under-pritzker/

 

TOWNHALL
— Oval Office Opportunity: What Trump Should, and Shouldn’t, Say Tonight – Guy Benson
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2019/01/08/trumps-oval-office-opportunity-n2538642

 

CONSERVATIVE HQ
— Mr. President, Here’s What You Must Tell The American People Tonight
http://www.conservativehq.com/node/29440

 

GOPUSA
— All four living former presidents deny supporting a border wall (DIERSEN: That is, all four living former presidents side with foreign countries against America.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=62047

 

FOX NEWS
— Trump must defeat the crisis of border crisis denial in Tuesday’s address – Laura Ingraham
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/laura-ingraham-trump-must-defeat-the-crisis-of-border-crisis-denial-in-tuesdays-address

 

FEDERALIST
— Central American Countries Are Helping Middle Easterners Illegally Enter The United States – Todd Bensman
http://thefederalist.com/2019/01/02/central-american-countries-helping-middle-easterners-illegally-enter-united-states/

 

THE HILL
— Jimmy Kimmel says he’s putting federal employees to work on his show amid shutdown – JUDY KURTZ (DIERSEN: Do you know anyone who is/was a federal employee? I was a federal employee for almost 30 years.)
https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/in-the-know/424323-jimmy-kimmel-says-hes-putting-federal-employees-to-work-on-his

 

ROLL CALL
— As Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez flies high, eyes are rolling on the ground We all know who she is. But is that good for her agenda? – Patricia Murphy
https://www.rollcall.com/news/opinion/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-flies-high

 

ABC
— Jimmy Kimmel Puts Federal Employees to Work During Government Shutdown Today is Day 17 of the U.S. government shutdown. Nearly 800,000 federal employees are working without pay. So we are putting a federal employee to work every night until the shutdown ends. Tonight, Jimmy gives a job to John Kostelnik, a Law Enforcement Prison Guard at the Federal Correctional Complex in Victorville, CA. (DIERSEN: Do you know anyone who is/was a federal employee? I was a federal employee for almost 30 years.)
https://abc.go.com/shows/jimmy-kimmel-live/video/vdka7402553

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Single moms, small-business owners among those forced to crowdfund to pay bills during shutdown – Colby Itkowitz (DIERSEN: How have federal government shutdowns impacted you? I was a federal retiree and Social Security recipient during shutdowns in 2013 and this year. I was an IRS employee during shutdowns in 1976, 1977, 1978, and 1979. I was a GAO employee during shutdowns in 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1990, 1995, and 1996. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes would stress that neither my wife nor I have never had any dependents to support and that my wife had income during all the shutdowns since we got married in 1978.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/01/08/single-moms-small-business-owners-among-those-forced-crowdfund-pay-bills-during-shutdown/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Shutdown Weighs on Federal Workers Employees who are set to miss a paycheck feel a pinch; ‘state of being unsure’ – Natalie Andrews and Andrew Duehren (DIERSEN: How have federal government shutdowns impacted you? I was a federal retiree and Social Security recipient during shutdowns in 2013 and this year. I was an IRS employee during shutdowns in 1976, 1977, 1978, and 1979. I was a GAO employee during shutdowns in 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1990, 1995, and 1996. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes would stress that neither my wife nor I have never had any dependents to support and that my wife had income during all the shutdowns since we got married in 1978.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/shutdown-weighs-on-federal-workers-11546906831

 

FORTUNE
— New York Mayor Announces Healthcare For Low-Income and Undocumented Residents – ERIN CORBETT
http://fortune.com/2019/01/08/new-york-mayor-announces-healthcare-for-low-income-and-undocumented-residents-medicare-for-all/

 

ABC11
— Are you a federal employee? Here’s how you can make sure your finances remain in good standing during shutdown – DeJuan Hoggard
https://abc11.com/politics/how-federal-workers-can-handle-their-finances-during-shutdown/5035853/

 

INDEPENDENT JOURNAL REVIEW
— America First or the Free Market: Republicans Struggle to Agree Over Using E-Verify to Curb Illegal Immigration – Madison Dibble (DIERSEN: If you oppose E-Verify, you are a Democrat or Democrat plant, a Libertarian or Libertarian plant, a Green or Green plant, a RINO, or even worse things.)
https://ijr.com/republicans-struggle-to-agree-over-e-verify/

 

FEDERAL NEWS NETWORK
— Shut down and nowhere to go: Federal employees frustrated with furlough ‘limbo’ – Jory Heckman
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/workforce/2019/01/shut-down-and-nowhere-to-go-federal-employees-frustrated-with-furlough-limbo/
— Top House Armed Services Republican: Using defense funds for border wall would hurt troops – Scott Maucione
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/defense-main/2019/01/top-house-armed-services-republican-using-defense-funds-for-border-wall-would-hurt-troops/

 

GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— White House Takes Risk Directing IRS to Un-Furlough Staff to Process Tax Refunds – Charles S. Clark
https://www.govexec.com/management/2019/01/white-house-takes-risk-directing-irs-un-furlough-staff-process-tax-refunds/154016/

January 8 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Can Trump declare a national emergency in order to build his wall? – AP
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-trump-national-emergency-wall-20190107-story.html
— New legislation would let Pritzker give agency heads a 15 percent raise, replace Illinois Tollway board – Mike Riopell
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-illinois-legislature-tollway-agency-raises-20190107-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Speaker’s tone more relaxed — Madigan seems to enjoy new political landscape – Tina Sfondeles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/speaker-mike-madigan-relaxed-lame-duck-rauner-defeat/
— Four ways to make our elections more fair – Madeleine Doubek
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/madeleine-doubek-ballot-access-elections-petition-signatures/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: QUESTION: Who sides with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez? ANSWER: Those who 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 for a long time.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/trump-administration-civil-rights/

 

ABC7
— The most expensive real estate rentals in Chicago
https://abc7chicago.com/realestate/the-most-expensive-real-estate-rentals-in-chicago/5029068/
— Joe Biden expected to announce plans for 2020 election in coming weeks
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/joe-biden-expected-to-announce-plans-for-2020-election-soon/5028523/

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Charges against Ald. Burke prompt calls to prohibit city council members from having other jobs – Mike Flannery
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/local/charges-against-ald-burke-prompt-calls-to-prohibit-city-council-members-from-having-other-jobs

 

WBEZ
— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON CHICAGO TIGHTENS: City Council Receives F In Racial Justice, Says Center For Racial And Gender Equity – Susie An
https://www.wbez.org/shows/wbez-news/city-council-gets-an-f-on-racial-justice-scorecard/af422579-de83-4765-a1ca-c23f7e497aab

 

HERALD & REVIEW
— ‘We have a big swath of people … who are just very concerned about putting food on their plates’: Government shutdown hits Chicago-area workers – MORGAN GREENE
https://herald-review.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/we-have-a-big-swath-of-people-who-are-just/article_4defd8e7-1a4a-5290-b418-67ee9784b1fe.html

 

WGEM
— Illinois officials propose gas tax increase
https://wgem.com/2019/01/07/illinois-officials-propose-gas-tax-increase/

 

FOX ILLINOIS
— Trump to take over airwaves, and Democrats demand equal time – AP (DIERSEN: Will the Democrats pick Ocasio-Cortez to speak for them?)
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/trump-to-take-over-airwaves-and-democrats-demand-equal-time

 

NPR ILLINOIS
— Trump Sees Border Wall As Another Boost For U.S. Steel Industry – JIM ZARROLI
http://www.nprillinois.org/post/president-trump-long-fan-big-steel-wants-border-wall-be-made-steel#stream/0
— Pritzker Wants Higher Pay For His Cabinet – BRIAN MACKEY (DIERSEN: What do those who shout that government employees are overpaid have to say about this?)
http://www.nprillinois.org/post/pritzker-wants-higher-pay-his-cabinet#stream/0

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Truckers association warns against gas tax hike without debate – Greg Bishop
https://www.ilnews.org/news/state_politics/truckers-association-warns-against-gas-tax-hike-without-debate/article_2eb07d60-12c3-11e9-bf4a-6f952b3a8ef1.html

 

BREITBART
— Prime Time: Donald Trump Bets It All in Televised 8-Minute Address from Oval Office – Matthew Boyle (DIERSEN: Will the Democrats pick Ocasio-Cortez to speak for them?)
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/01/07/prime-time-donald-trump-bets-it-all-in-televised-8-minute-address-from-oval-office/
— 7 Points Trump Should Make in Oval Office Address About Border – Joel B. Pollak
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/01/07/seven-points-trump-must-make-in-oval-office-address-about-border/
— A Wall Stops Illegal Immigration, ‘Drones and Sensors’ Don’t – Kris Kobach
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/01/07/exclusive-kris-kobach-a-wall-stops-illegal-immigration-drones-and-sensors-dont/
— ‘Enough Is Enough,’ Time to Secure the Border – Mike Braun
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/01/07/exclusive-mike-braun-enough-is-enough-time-to-secure-the-border/

 

AMERICAN THINKER
— Pelosi, Schumer, and anti-Trump hysteria – Rick Hayes
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/01/pelosi_schumer_and_antitrump_hysteria.html
— Ending the reconquista of America’s Southwest – Fritz Pettyjohn
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/01/ending_the_reconquista_of_americas_southwest.html
— Mitt Still Does Not Get It – Christopher Chantrill
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2019/01/mitt_still_does_not_get_it.html

 

FOX NEWS
— Trump to make case for wall in primetime address; Illegals to get more benefits in California
https://www.foxnews.com/us/fox-news-first-trump-to-make-case-for-wall-in-primetime-address-illegals-to-get-more-benefits-in-california
— VIDEO: The true cost of illegal immigration and the ongoing border crisis
https://video.foxnews.com/v/5986981369001/

 

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— RNC won’t take further steps to protect Trump from primary challenge – David M. Drucker
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/rnc-wont-take-further-steps-to-protect-trump-from-primary-challenge

 

TOWNHALL
— Congressional Democrats Support Discrimination Against Jews? – Marina Medvin
https://townhall.com/columnists/marinamedvin/2019/01/08/congressional-democrats-support-discrimination-against-jews-n2538656
— Confirmed: Trump Impeachment Syndrome Is Definitely Real – Zachary Petrizzo
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/zacharypetrizzo/2019/01/07/confirmed-trump-impeachment-syndrome-is-definitely-real-n2538619
— No, This Is Not JFK’s Democratic Party – Pat Buchanan
https://townhall.com/columnists/patbuchanan/2019/01/08/no-this-is-not-jfks-democratic-party-n2538643

 

CONSERVATIVE REVIEW
— It’s as if the media ‘take their script from Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer’ – Jordan Schachtel
https://www.conservativereview.com/news/levin-its-as-if-the-media-take-their-script-from-nancy-pelosi-and-chuck-schumer/

 

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE
— OPPOSITION TO A BORDER WALL IS OPPOSITION TO PUBLIC SAFETY Open borders cost innocent lives. – Michael Cutler
https://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/272473/opposition-border-wall-opposition-public-safety-michael-cutler
— THE 2020 DEM PRIMARIES WILL BE DEFINED BY IDENTITY POLITICS Three white men on top and some struggling diverse candidates. – Daniel Greenfield (DIERSEN: What do you say to Whites who paint themselves as being champions for those who are anti-White? What do you say to men who paint themselves as being champions for those who are anti-men? What do you say to old people who paint themselves as being champions for those who are anti-old people? What do you say to Americans who paint themselves as being champions for those who are anti-American?
https://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/272449/2020-dem-primaries-will-be-defined-identity-daniel-greenfield
— THE ANATOMY OF TRUMPOPHOBIA Why NeverTrumpers should reflect on what makes Trump attractive to voters. – Bruce Thornton
https://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/272448/anatomy-trumpophobia-bruce-thornton

 

RUSH LIMBAUGH
— What Kind of Year Is It Going to Be?
https://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2019/01/07/what-kind-of-year-is-it-going-to-be/

 

DAILY CALLER
— AN UNDENIABLE REALITY — BORDER WALLS WORK – Dave Ray
https://dailycaller.com/2019/01/07/border-walls-work/
— REP. BIGGS: IT’S TIME FOR THE PRESIDENT TO DECLARE A NATIONAL EMERGENCY ON THE BORDER – Rep. Andy Biggs
https://dailycaller.com/2019/01/07/national-emergency/

 

NEWSMAX

— Pelosi’s Trump ‘Hate’ Fueling Wall Opposition – Jason Devaney
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/border-wall-tom-homan-ice-nancy-pelosi/2019/01/07/id/897205/
— NY Times: Migrants Seek Illegal Entry to US as a Last-Ditch Effort – Solange Reyner
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/migrants-illegals-asylum-border-wall/2019/01/07/id/897226/
— Coulter to Trump: Border Visit ‘Beyond Moronic’ – Cathy Burke
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/border-wall-government-shutdown-conservative-critic/2019/01/07/id/897230/

 

HOT AIR
— Liberals To Broadcast Networks: Don’t Air Trump’s Big Speech On The Shutdown And The Wall
https://hotair.com/archives/2019/01/07/liberals-broadcast-networks-dont-air-trumps-big-speech-shutdown-wall/

 

WORLD NET DAILY
— TRIBALISM? IT’S ALIVE AND WELL IN DEMOCRATIC PARTY Pat Buchanan asks: Are progressives inviting an eventual Balkanization of America? (DIERSEN: If you are a Democrat, you are a member of one or more of the following tribes: 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 for a long time. The more of the aforesaid tribes that you are a member of, the more of a Democrat that you are.)
https://www.wnd.com/2019/01/tribalism-its-alive-and-well-in-democratic-party/
— WHY THE MITT ROMNEY CROWD HATES TRUMP Mychal Massie wallops ‘elitist cabal’ seeing globalist agenda crippled
https://www.wnd.com/2019/01/why-the-mitt-romney-crowd-hates-trump/

 

AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE
— Trump Bites the Beltway Back The president is starting to take risks to keep his anti-establishment campaign promises. But is it too late? – W. JAMES ANTLE III
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/trump-bites-the-beltway-back/
— The Coming Balkanization of the Democratic Party – PATRICK J. BUCHANAN
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/buchanan/the-coming-balkanization-of-the-democratic-party/

 

INDEPENDENT JOURNAL REVIEW
— White House Slams Ocasio-Cortez’s ‘Ignorance’ After She Claims There’s ‘No Question’ Trump Is a Racist – Madison Dibble
https://ijr.com/ocasio-cortez-claims-theres-no-question-trump-is-racist/

 

CITY LAB
— Elizabeth Warren’s Housing Crisis Plan Hints at Reparations – KRISTON CAPPS (DIERSEN: To display a “Hate Has No Home Here” sign is to shout that you 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 for a long time. The more “Hate Has No Home Here” signs that are displayed in your neighborhood, in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois, the fewer who will buy homes there 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://www.citylab.com/equity/2019/01/elizabeth-warren-housing-plan-redlining-racial-justice-reparations/579268/

 

THE HILL
— Democrats demand air time to counter Trump’s border speech – JORDAIN CARNEY (DIERSEN: Will the Democrats pick Ocasio-Cortez to speak for them?)
https://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/senate/424258-democrats-demand-air-time-to-counter-trumps-border-speech
— De Niro: Democrats ‘have to be more aggressive’ – JUDY KURTZ (DIERSEN: As Democrats get more aggressive, what do you predict they will do to the Republicans in your neighborhood, in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois? What should Republicans do in their self-defense?)
https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/in-the-know/424227-de-niro-democrats-have-to-be-more-aggressive
— GOP operatives dig for dirt against rising star O’Rourke – AMIE PARNES
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/424240-gop-operatives-dig-for-dirt-against-rising-star-orourke

 

CNN
— The geographic and demographic separation between the two political parties, and the two Americas, has reached a new peak in the House of Representatives. – Ronald Brownstein (DIERSEN: To “reach out” to those who will never vote for Republicans, will RINOs officially require Republican candidates and Republican party leaders to be a) anti-Trump, b) female, c) minority, and/or d) young? From what I see as a Milton Township Republican Precinct Committeeman since 1999 and as the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000, the more of the following that you are, the harder that RINOs work to get rid of you: Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owner, draft avoider, German American, and if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/08/politics/republicans-democrats-divide-party-demographics-districts/

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Americans oppose The Wall.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/07/opinion/editorials/trump-border-shutdown.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters ask “What happens when friends and allies can’t take the commander in chief at his word?”
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/07/opinion/editorials/trump-syria.html
— How to Dodge a Market Dip That Threatens Your Retirement The recent volatility in the stock market can make older investors feel vulnerable. Here are some strategies to make sure your money lasts as long as you do. – Tara Siegel Bernard
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/07/your-money/stock-market-retirement.html


— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: How About Free College For a Cut of Your Income? – Andrew Ross Sorkin
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/08/business/dealbook/education-student-loans-lambda-schools.html
— He Disparaged the Police on Facebook. So They Arrested Him. – Adam Liptak
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/07/us/politics/criminal-libel-laws-lawsuit.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: The Pope promotes illegal immigration.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/07/world/europe/francis-nationalism-immigration.html
— FRONT PAGE WITH BIG COLOR PICTURE: ‘I Love My Skin!’ Why Black Parents Are Turning to Afrocentric Schools While New York City schools are deeply segregated, some black families are choosing an alternative to integration. – Eliza Shapiro
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/08/nyregion/afrocentric-schools-segregation-brooklyn.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Trump’s government was a very bleak workplace for many. Then it shut down. – Avi Selk and Ellen McCarthy (DIERSEN: Democrats run the federal government. The federal government has always been a “very bleak workplace,” and especially “bleak” for federal employees who are Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who did 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.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/trumps-government-was-a-very-bleak-workplace-for-many-then-it-shut-down/2019/01/07/bf46a872-1296-11e9-803c-4ef28312c8b9_story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters say “If Trump declares a state of emergency, he might actually cause one.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2019/01/08/if-trump-declares-state-emergency-he-might-actually-cause-one/
— The strongest case for giving Democrats airtime after Trump’s border wall address comes from abroad – Rick Noack (DIERSEN: Will the Democrats pick Ocasio-Cortez to speak for them?)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2019/01/08/strongest-case-giving-democrats-airtime-after-trumps-border-wall-address-comes-abroad/

 

NEW YORK POST
— Pelosi, Schumer demand Dems get equal air time after Trump address – Joe Tacopino (DIERSEN: Will the Democrats pick Ocasio-Cortez to speak for them?)
https://nypost.com/2019/01/07/pelosi-schumer-demand-dems-get-equal-air-time-after-trump-address/

 

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters argue that Trump is a racist. Ever-increasingly, Trump-haters make it clear that 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, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/ny-edit-racist-20190107-story.html

 

BOSTON GLOBE
— To build border wall as a national emergency, Trump would need to tap existing military budget – Paul Sonne
https://www.bostonglobe.com/news/nation/2019/01/07/build-border-wall-national-emergency-trump-would-need-tap-existing-military-budget/n5nEMqwwt0Wgpy4OqmJJ4M/story.html

 

USA TODAY
— Software developer tops list of U.S. News & World Report’s annual best jobs rankings – Ben Tobin (DIERSEN: You will not find any of the jobs that I had on any such lists. 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://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2019/01/08/software-developer-tops-list-u-s-news-best-jobs-2019-rankings/2471576002/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: U.S. News draws data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics to identify jobs with the greatest hiring demand to calculate the best jobs. Jobs are then scored using seven component measures: median salary, employment rate, 10-year growth volume, 10-year growth percentage, future job prospects, stress level and work-life balance.)

 

PARKERSBURG NEWS AND SENTINEL
— Marietta residents say ‘Hate Has No Home Here’ signs a message of inclusivity – MICHAEL KELLY (DIERSEN: To display a “Hate Has No Home Here” sign is to shout that you 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 for a long time. The more “Hate Has No Home Here” signs that are displayed in your neighborhood, in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois, the fewer who will buy homes there 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.)
http://www.newsandsentinel.com/news/local-news/2019/01/marietta-residents-say-hate-has-no-home-here-signs-a-message-of-inclusivity/

 

USA TODAY
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “9 things you should know before Trump starts spewing lies in Tuesday address to the nation.”
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2019/01/08/facts-donald-trumps-border-wall-address-nation-immigration-shutdown-column/2503981002/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Trump Can’t Afford to Lose The cost of defeat would be higher for President Trump than for Speaker Pelosi. – William McGurn (DIERSEN: Anti-Americans want Trump to lose.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-cant-afford-to-lose-11546909031
— Lying Prices Keep America Hooked on Spending When politicians hide the cost of government, ‘free college’ and ‘Medicare for all’ sound like bargains. – Steve H. Hanke and Stephen J.K. Walters
https://www.wsj.com/articles/lying-prices-keep-america-hooked-on-spending-11546908833

 

YAHOO FINANCE
— Will 2019 Be The Year of the Millennial Homebuyer? – Maryalene LaPonsie (DIERSEN: To display a “Hate Has No Home Here” sign is to shout that you 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 for a long time. The more “Hate Has No Home Here” signs that are displayed in your neighborhood, in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois, the fewer who will buy homes there 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://finance.yahoo.com/news/2019-millennial-homebuyer-182443146.html

 

NEW YORK MAGAZINE
— Trump Increasingly Likely to Invoke Emergency Powers to Fund the Wall – Matt Stieb
http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/01/trump-considering-emergency-powers-to-fund-the-wall.html

 

DAILY AMERICAN
— News networks should not air Trump Wall speech without fact-checking first – Kurt Bardella (DIERSEN: What are your qualifications to be 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. 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. My other fact checking qualifications include my becoming a Forensic Accountant in 1997, a Certified Fraud Examiner in 1990, a licensed CPA in 1981, a Certified Internal Auditor in 1981, and a CPA in 1979.)
https://www.dailyamerican.com/news/usa_today/news-networks-should-not-air-trump-wall-speech-without-fact/article_9471ded6-1062-598c-9b9d-99e1156891a4.html

 

NEWSWEEK
— JIMMY KIMMEL PLEDGES TO HIRE FURLOUGHED FEDERAL EMPLOYEES TO WORK ON ‘JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE’ – DONICA PHIFER
https://www.newsweek.com/jimmy-kimmel-pledges-hire-furloughed-federal-employees-work-jimmy-kimmel-live-1283142
— ANN COULTER BLASTS TRUMP’S ‘BEYOND MORONIC’ DECISION TO VISIT THE BORDER, COMPARES IT TO CANCER RESEARCH – CHRISTINA ZHAO
https://www.newsweek.com/ann-coulter-blasts-trumps-beyond-moronic-decision-visit-border-compares-it-1283046

 

GLOBE AND MAIL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Americans oppose The Wall.
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/editorials/article-globe-editorial-how-trumps-wall-is-burying-the-middle-ground-of-us/

 

WORLD SOCIALIST WEB SITE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Americans promote illegal immigration.
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/01/08/immi-j08.html

January 7 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Government Shutdown 2019: Tax refunds ‘will go out,’ White House says – CNN
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/white-house-says-tax-refunds-will-go-out/5028973/

 

NBC5
— Lang Resigns From Illinois House, Days Before Start of 17th Term The former deputy majority leader stepped down to take a position as a partner at a lobbying firm, he said in a statement – Shelby Bremer
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/lou-lang-resigns-illinois-house-504004861.html
— New Calif. Governor Rebukes White House in Inaugural Address ‘The country is watching us, the world is watching us,’ Newsom said. ‘The future depends on us, and we will seize this moment.’ – Kathleen Ronayne
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/politics/Gavin-Newsom-California-Governor-Inauguration-503998361.html

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Gov.-elect Pritzker seeks higher salaries to attract top cabinet talent – AP
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/gov-elect-pritzker-seeks-higher-salaries-to-attract-top-cabinet-talent

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Trump to head to border as shutdown continues – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/trump-border-visit-shutdown-continues/
— Where 14 candidates for mayor stand on ‘sanctuary cities’ — their full responses
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/where-14-candidates-for-mayor-stand-on-sanctuary-cities-their-full-responses/
— Ruth Bader Ginsburg missing Supreme Court arguments for 1st time – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/ruth-bader-ginsburg-missing-supreme-court-arguments-first-time/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Trump plans border visit as shutdown lurches into 3rd week – AP
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-trump-government-shutdown-20190107-story.html
— Former Illinois U.S. Rep. Luis Gutierrez to CNN – Lisa Donovan
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-preckwinkle-zigzag-lou-lang-pritzker-20190107-story.html
— ‘Dreamer’ has been selling tamales in Little Village since she was 9 — and is now able to pay for college because of it – Laura Rodriguez (DIERSEN: Where did the money come from to pay for your college expenses? For me, the money to pay for a) my UIC expenses 1966-1968, my NIU expenses 1969-1970, a 1958 Chevy that I bought in 1964, a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint that I bought in 1966, a new 1968 Oldsmobile 442 that I bought in 1967, and a new 1969 Dodge Charger SE that I bought in 1968 came from what I earned I doing yard work and delivering newspapers 1962-1964; washing dishes 1964-1966; cleaning golf shoes, chipping slag, and pumping gasoline in 1966; delivering mail 1966-1969; and working on an automobile assembly line and as a security guard in 1970.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-daca-student-tamales-tuition-20190104-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A day after 9-year-old Elizeth Argüelles arrived in Chicago from her native Veracruz, Mexico, she learned how to make tamales. Thanks to those tamales, Argüelles, now 23, is able to pay for college tuition.)

 

DAILY HERALD
— Pritzker plans to bring in new leadership at Illinois Tollway – Marni Pyke
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190107/pritzker-plans-to-bring-in-new-leadership-at-illinois-tollway

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Mendoza floats ‘lakefront tax’ on higher-priced homes The mayoral hopeful says the city needs to move from a flat-rate property tax to a graduated levy that hits higher-priced homes with a higher tax rate. – GREG HINZ
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/greg-hinz-politics/mendoza-floats-lakefront-tax-higher-priced-homes

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— State’s improving economy – Editorial
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2019-01-07/editorial-states-improving-economy.html

 

SOUTHERN
— IRS worker reacts to Trump’s shutdown comments
https://thesouthern.com/news/national/govt-and-politics/irs-worker-reacts-to-trump-s-shutdown-comments/video_2b5d91eb-c8d2-5335-a80e-c319a3c7835b.html

 

LASALLE NEWS TRIBUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING< TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot.
http://www.newstrib.com/news/cannabis-can-it-be/article_d415e4b4-128e-11e9-baab-ab726f59eabc.html

 

DEKALB DAILY CHRONICLE
— U.S. Rep. Underwood works to protect congressional staffers from abuse Congresswoman aims to protect congressional staffers from abuse – Daniel Gaitan
https://www.daily-chronicle.com/2019/01/04/u-s-rep-underwood-works-to-protect-congressional-staffers-from-abuse/asf0cx2/

 

NORTHWEST INDIANA TIMES
— How to solve America’s classroom civics crisis – Doug Ross (DIERSEN: What about Democrat teachers a) who teach their students to hate individuals, hate organizations, hate companies, hate governments, and hate countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time and b) who teach their students how to use government to get rid of the aforesaid once and for all?)
https://www.nwitimes.com/opinion/columnists/guest-commentary/guest-commentary-how-to-solve-america-s-classroom-civics-crisis/article_718f5e77-0c41-5fb4-ae60-c4e5eb8a7c0f.html

 

WGLT
— McLean County State’s Attorney Concerned About Legal Pot Risks – ERIC STOCK
http://www.wglt.org/post/mclean-county-state-s-attorney-concerned-about-legal-pot-risks#stream/0

 

FOX ILLINOIS
— Former Republican Rep. Mia Love joining CNN as commentator – AP
https://foxillinois.com/news/entertainment/former-republican-rep-mia-love-joining-cnn-as-commentator
— Trump to address nation about ‘crisis’ at wall
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/trump-to-address-nation-about-crisis-at-wall

 

WREX
— GOP lawmaker Allen Skillicorn urges against Emanuel’s push for gas tax hike
https://wrex.com/category/2019/01/07/gop-lawmaker-urges-against-emanuels-push-for-gas-tax-hike/

 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— How the federal government shutdown impacts central Illinois – Cody Schiever
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/local-news/how-the-federal-government-shutdown-impacts-central-illinois/1690717506

 

CHICAGO MAGAZINE
— How Downstate Lost Its Political Power When the new General Assembly takes office on Tuesday; Illinois will be bluer than ever. That has a lot to do with the changing GOP — and the suburban voters it has lost along the way. – EDWARD MCCLELLAND
http://www.chicagomag.com/city-life/January-2019/How-Downstate-Illinois-Lost-Its-Political-Power/

 

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Township Abolition by Referendum, Gun Store Licensing and Gas Tax Hike Bills Could Provide Constitutional Test
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/01/07/township-abolition-by-referendum-gun-store-licensing-and-gas-tax-hike-bills-could-provide-constitutional-test/
— PACE Finally on Verge of Figuring Out Private Enterprise Has a Better Idea
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/01/07/pace-finally-on-verge-of-figuring-out-private-enterprise-has-a-better-idea/

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Foster’s election opponent Nick Stella calls him out on Pelosi vote – Karen Kidd
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511716434-foster-s-election-opponent-calls-him-out-on-pelosi-vote

 

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— Northwest Herald – Facts elude them once again. – KIRK ALLEN
https://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2019/01/northwest-herald-facts-elude-them-once-again/

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— ANNUAL MARCH FOR LIFE CHICAGO SCHEDULED FOR SUNDAY, JANUARY 13TH
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/01/pro-life-is-pro-science-proclaims-march-for-life-chicago-2019.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Skillicorn again rails against gas tax hike
https://capitolfax.com/2019/01/07/skillicorn-again-rails-against-gas-tax-hike/
— Durkin announces support *** Legislation surfaces to get rid of Tollway board members, clean up ethics and raise caps on state agency director salaries
https://capitolfax.com/2019/01/07/legislation-surfaces-to-get-rid-of-tollway-board-clean-up-ethics-and-raise-caps-on-state-agency-director-salaries/
— Madigan gets sassy with reporters, but also calls for unity
https://capitolfax.com/2019/01/07/madigan-gets-sassy-with-reporters-but-also-calls-for-unity/

 

GOPUSA
— Ginsburg unable to hear oral arguments at opening of Supreme Court
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=62024
— Numbers are in: U.S. doing great
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=62028

 

DAILY SIGNAL
— What Steve Scalise Says About Threats by Supporters of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez – Rachel del Guidice
https://www.dailysignal.com/2019/01/07/what-steve-scalise-says-about-threats-by-supporters-of-alexandria-ocasio-cortez/

 

DAILY CALLER
— HERE’S WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF TRUMP DECLARED A NATIONAL EMERGENCY TO BUILD THE WALL – Amber Athey
https://dailycaller.com/2019/01/07/donald-trump-national-emergency-build-border-wall-department-defense/

 

FOX NEWS
— Hannity: Every Republican Should Be Willing to ‘Go to the Mat’ in Border Security Fight (DIERSEN: What have the Republican elected officials and party leaders who represent you done to defend and to advance the immigration plank, traditional family plank, right to life plank, Second Amendment plank, illegal drugs plank, equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) plank, and the rest of the planks in the Illinois Republican Party and in the Republican Party platform?)
https://insider.foxnews.com/2019/01/05/sean-hannity-every-republican-should-be-willing-go-mat-border-security-fight
— ‘You Shouldn’t Threaten People’: Scalise Calls on Ocasio-Cortez to ‘Stand Up’ to Radical Supporters AOC backers bring up 2017 shooting on Twitter
https://insider.foxnews.com/2019/01/07/steve-scalise-ends-twitter-debate-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-followers-make-virginia

 

THE HILL
— Trump Wants to Deliver Prime Time Address on Government Shutdown and Will Visit the Border – Maggie Haberman and Eileen Sullivan
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/07/us/politics/trump-address-border-visit.html

 

ROLL CALL
— Former Reps. Mia Love, Luis Gutiérrez join CNN as commentators – Griffin Connolly
https://www.rollcall.com/news/politics/former-reps-mia-love-luis-gutierrez-join-cnn-commentators

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Trump’s shutdown threatens Friday payday as services suffer The rejection by Republicans of a Democratic proposal deepens partial closure – Joe Davidson
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/01/07/trumps-shutdown-threatens-paychecks-friday-services-fall/
— White House rules IRS can issue tax refunds during shutdown, aims to bring back agency employees – Damian Paletta and Philip Rucker
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/white-house-rules-it-can-issue-tax-refunds-during-shutdown-plans-to-bring-back-some-irs-employees/2019/01/07/c1dfafc8-12c0-11e9-b6ad-9cfd62dbb0a8_story.html

 

BOSTON GLOBE
— Short term loans. Layoffs. Trimming food budget. Across US, federal workers share their shutdown stories – Travis Andersen
https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2019/01/07/short-term-loans-layoffs-trimming-food-budget-across-fed-workers-share-shutdownstories/VUP1LolNs9x1vk8unX5XtN/story.html
— To avoid government shutdowns, fix the budget process – LINDA J. BILMES (DIERSEN: During the 1980s and 1990s, Democrats went along with Republicans cutting GAO’s budget because they could and did use those cuts to get rid of GAO’s employees who were Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who had not made 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.)
https://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2019/01/07/avoid-government-shutdowns-fix-budget-process/jFkhPFfyzXmuZVhvon2BVL/story.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Tax Refunds Will Be Paid During Shutdown, White House Says New policy meant to ‘mitigate the impact’ of shutdown, Vice President Mike Pence says – Richard Rubin and Peter Nicholas
https://www.wsj.com/articles/tax-refunds-will-be-paid-during-shutdown-white-house-says-11546892553

 

FORBES
— White House, Congress Transform Security Clearance System As Massive Backlog Begins To Shrink – Loren Thompson
https://www.forbes.com/sites/lorenthompson/2019/01/07/trump-adm-transforms-security-clearance-system-as-massive-backlog-begins-to-shrink/
— Financial Liquid Courage – And Why You Need It! – John Blanchard (DIERSEN: My tax-deferred accounts are significantly smaller because of my Democrat superiors’ success in a) wasting my federal career and b) forcing me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 year old.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/impactpartners/2019/01/07/financial-liquid-courageand-why-you-need-it/#4342529c9072
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Building a tax-efficient retirement strategy takes preparation, and keeping your tax-deferred accounts under a certain dollar amount is key to this preparation. Just when Uncle Sam forces a required minimum distribution (RMD) from that 401(k) or IRA at age 70 ½ and beyond, with the right plan, you can enjoy maximum tax-free benefits. In addition, maximizing the balance of your Roth accounts from annual contributions and Roth conversions may also give you a jump in these benefits. Consider scheduling an appointment with a CPA or licensed financial professional. Have them calculate your current gross income that you expect to receive from pensions, retirement plan withdrawals, income from taxable plans, the taxable portion of your Social Security, and any other deductions you are eligible for. You’ve worked hard for your money, so make your money work hard AND smarter for you! Make sure your retirement years are golden years, not yearning years, with some good ol’ “financial liquid courage.”)

 

FEDERAL NEWS NETWORK
— Senate bills would secure back pay for low-wage federal contractors – Eric White
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/federal-newscast/2019/01/senate-bills-would-secure-back-pay-for-low-wage-federal-contractors/

January 7 Morning Edition

NBC5
— Preckwinkle Demands Burke Resign Amid Federal Investigation Burke is facing federal charges over an alleged extortion attempt
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/toni-preckwinkle-demands-burke-resign-over-federal-probe-503980331.html

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— The economy looks great. Will politics mess it up? – Editorial (DIERSEN: Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs are moral relativists who believe that their end justifies their means. How far down will they drive the economy to elect Democrats on April 2, 2019 and on November 3, 2020?)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-economy-jobs-trump-democrats-20190104-story.html

— Does intelligence offer immunity against fake news? It’s debatable – Faye Flam (DIERSEN: According to critics/opponents, all news and commentary is fake except for the news and commentary that they put out or bless.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-fake-news-smart-people-gullible-0107-20190103-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— New Year’s resolution for Illinois employers: Hire more people with disabilities and veterans – Janet P. Szlyk (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted a) that instead of me, the Post Office should have hired a disabled person or a veteran in 1966, b) that the Post Office should gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a disabled person or veteran could have my job, c) that instead of me, IRS should have hired a disabled person or a veteran in 1971, d) that instead of me, IRS should have promoted disabled people or veterans in 1972, 1973, and 1974, e) that instead of me, GAO should have hired a disabled person or a veteran in 1980, f) that instead of me, GAO should have promoted a disabled person or veteran in 1986, and g) that GAO should have gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a disabled person or a veteran could have my job and my preferred corner office. While I worked for GAO’s Chicago Office 1980-1997, my Democrat GAO supervisors a) assigned me to supervise virtually all their newly hired disabled persons, veterans, minorities, and females and b) made it clear to me that they were to be given preference.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20190107/new-years-resolution-for-illinois-employers–hire-more-people-with-disabilities-and-veterans

 

PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— Many of state’s worst-performing schools are outside Chicago – Corina Curry
https://www.pjstar.com/news/20190105/many-of-states-worst-performing-schools-are-outside-chicago

 

DAILY CALLER
— RESEARCHERS CREDIT RIGHT TO CARRY LAW WITH REDUCTION IN CHICAGO PROPERTY CRIMES
https://dailycaller.com/2019/01/06/researchers-credit-right-to-carry-law-with-reduction-in-chicago-property-crimes/

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— How about a taxpayer shutdown? – Charles Hurt
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/jan/6/how-about-a-taxpayer-shut-down/
— The many meanings of AOC, also known as Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez – Jennifer Harper
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/jan/6/inside-the-beltway-the-many-meanings-of-aoc/

 

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— How immigration makes us all irrational – Dan Hannan
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/dan-hannan-how-immigration-makes-us-all-irrational

 

CONSERVATIVE HQ
— Senator Lindsey Graham Makes A Great Point
http://www.conservativehq.com/article/29430-senator-lindsey-graham-makes-great-point
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Graham warned that the ongoing partial federal government shutdown over border wall funding cannot end as long as the “radical left” insists on reflexively calling Republicans racist for supporting immigration officials. Democrats who want to abolish Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and deride Border Patrol agents for using tear gas hold too much power in the ongoing shutdown negotiations, Graham said. “We’re having to negotiate with people who want to abolish ICE, not support ICE,” Graham said on CBS’ “Face the Nation” Sunday. “We’re having to negotiate with people who see border patrol agents gassing children, rather than defending our borders as professional law enforcement officers.” He continued: “And we’re negotiating with people who will accuse all of us who support a wall as part of border security as racists. As long as the radical left is in charge, we’re not going to get anywhere. … The goal is to fix a broken immigration system, to bring reality to this table.” Sen. Graham is right but fixing our broken immigration system or safeguarding the border is the last thing the Democrats are interested in now that Donald Trump is President.)

 

CONSERVATIVE DAILY NEWS
— What Will Democrats Do When….. – Dave King
https://www.conservativedailynews.com/2019/01/what-will-democrats-do-when/

 

BREITBART
— Golden Globes: Anti-Gun Hollywood Surrounded By Security Walls and Armed Guards – Awr Hawkins
https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2019/01/06/golden-globes-anti-gun-hollywood-surrounded-by-security-walls-and-armed-guards/
— Mitt Romney Finally Condemns Trump Being Called ‘Motherf**ker – John Nolte
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/01/06/nolte-mitt-romney-finally-condemns-trump-being-called-motherfker/

 

TOWNHALL
— Enabling Criminal Aliens – Sheriff David Clarke (Ret.)
https://townhall.com/columnists/sheriffdavidclarke(ret)/2019/01/07/enabling-criminal-aliens-n2538577
— Caravan Riders Remain Hopeful They’ll Receive Asylum. Here’s What They’re Doing In The Meantime. – Beth Baumann
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/bethbaumann/2019/01/06/caravan-riders-remain-hopeful-theyll-receive-asylum-heres-what-theyre-doing-in-the-meantime-n2538561
— Conservatives Hate Dancing, Strong Women So Much! – Kurt Schlichter
https://townhall.com/columnists/kurtschlichter/2019/01/07/conservatives-hate-dancing-strong-women-so-much-n2538566

 

LIFEZETTE
— Lindsey Graham Calls Out ‘Radical Left’ for Seeing Wall Supporters as ‘Racists’ ‘We’re having to negotiate with people who want to abolish ICE’ – Gregg Re
https://www.lifezette.com/2019/01/lindsey-graham-calls-out-radical-left-for-seeing-wall-supporters-as-racists/

 

NEWSMAX
— Rep. Ocasio-Cortez: Trump a Racist, ‘No Question’ – Solange Reyner
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/racism-donald-trump-ocasio-cortez-charlottesville/2019/01/06/id/897056/
— Ocasio-Cortez: Being Morally Correct More Important Than Precise Accuracy – Brian Freeman
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/ocasio-cortez-donald-trump-mistakes/2019/01/06/id/897061/

 

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: “No Question” That President Trump Is A Racist – Ian Schwartz
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2019/01/06/rep_alexandria_ocasio-cortez_no_question_that_president_trump_is_a_racist.html

 

AMERICAN THINKER
— The Great Wall of America Will Break the Democrats – Rich Logis
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2019/01/the_great_wall_of_america_will_break_the_democrats.html
— Mounting Indications that a Civil War 2.0 May Be Very Close at Hand – Peter Barry Chowka (DIERSEN: Constructively, members of Group A have declared war on 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 for a long time and members of Group B are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older people, rich people, gun owners, German Americans, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/01/mounting_indications_that_a_civil_war_20_may_be_very_close_at_hand.html
— The Ruling Class Redefines Character for Donald Trump – Steve McCann
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2019/01/the_ruling_class_redefines_character_for_donald_trump.html

 

WORLD NET DAILY
— RASHIDA TLAIB IS A THREAT TO NATIONAL SECURITY Jesse Lee Peterson rips new breed of ‘lowlife’ radicals out to destroy America
https://www.wnd.com/2019/01/rashida-tlaib-is-a-threat-to-national-security/

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: In a front page top of fold editorial unethically made to look like a news article, Democrats promote mass/illegal immigration.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/06/world/americas/mexico-migrants-smugglers.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— What’s Worse Than Facebook? China has made social media an instrument of oppression. – Crispin Sartwell (DIERSEN: Because Facebook is a Democrat website, those religious, conservative, and/or Republican activists, candidates, organizations, and companies that rely on Facebook are headed for disaster. They should have websites, keep those websites current, and send out emails.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/whats-worse-than-facebook-11546804406
— Who’s to Blame for Ad Clutter If you’re determined to get free content, commercials are going to find you one way or another. – Peter Funt (DIERSEN: You will never see ads, commercials, pictures, or any other clutter at www.gopillinois.com or in GOPUSA Illinois emails.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/whos-to-blame-for-ad-clutter-11546804590
— Impeachment Pretense Rep. Tlaib offends fellow Democrats by telling the truth in public. – Editorial
https://www.wsj.com/articles/impeachment-pretense-11546805677
— Shutdown Is Felt as Negotiators Dig In Over Border Wall Federal workers brace for missed pay as Trump reiterates suggestion of declaring an emergency – Natalie Andrews, Rebecca Ballhaus and Harriet Torry
https://www.wsj.com/articles/white-house-officials-congressional-staffers-talk-to-try-to-end-shutdown-11546717930

 

FOX BUSINESS
— Will Your Job Drive You Into Early Retirement? – Motley Fool (DIERSEN: I should write a book about early retirement, Affirmative Action, Diversity, Inclusion, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination.)
https://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/will-your-job-drive-you-into-early-retirement

(FROM THE ARTICLE: At some point during your career, you’re apt to reach a point where the notion of retirement becomes less of a dream and more of a reality. So, you might start planning to retire at a certain age, and that, in turn, might dictate the extent to which you save year after year until that point. But what happens when changes at your company or job compel you to retire early? It’s not a highly unlikely scenario. An estimated 56% of today’s retirees left the workforce sooner than planned, according to recent data from Transamerica, and among that 56%, 54% cited job-related reasons. Specifically, 24% reported having lost their jobs, while 22% said that organizational changes within their companies caused them to leave unexpectedly. And let’s not forget the 15% of seniors who retired sooner than expected due to unhappiness with their jobs. Seeing as how just 40% of the overall workforce is content at present, that’s not a shocking statistic. All of this leads to one key point: While you might plan on retiring at a certain age, circumstances at your place of work might result in a scenario where you’re leaving your career behind earlier than expected. And if you don’t plan for that possibility, you’ll inevitably put your retirement at risk. Many folks aim to retire at some point in their 60s, once Social Security eligibility begins and Medicare follows suit. But if things go sour at your job, you might find yourself out of work and unable or unwilling to start over much earlier in life. Remember, the older you are, the more challenging it can be to find work, since age discrimination has a tendency to rear its ugly head. Therefore, if you’re planning to do a bunch of nest egg padding during your 60s, you might want to ramp up sooner.)

 

BUSINESS INSIDER & INDEPENDENT & YAHOO & HUFFINGTON POST & DAILY MAIL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: The Trump-hating Robert De Niro promotes hatred of Trump.
https://www.businessinsider.com/de-niro-trump-racist-white-supremacist-2019-1
https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/robert-de-niro-trump-racist-white-supremacist-interview-a8714276.html
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/robert-de-niro-calls-trump-real-racist-shame-164854596.html
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/robert-de-niro-donald-trump-racist-white-supremacist_us_5c32ac07e4b0bcb4c25d08b2
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6563427/Robert-Niro-calls-Donald-Trump-real-racist-artist.html

 

BUSINESS INSIDER & ATLANTA JOURNAL CONSTITUTION & DAYTON DAILY NEWS & YAHOO NEWS & INDEPENDENT & CBS NEWS & DAILY MAIL & HUFFINGTON POST & THE HILL & COLLEGE HEIGHTS HERALD & WASHINGTON POST & HOUSTON HERALD & BOSTON GLOBE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: The Trump-hating Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez promotes hatred of Trump.
https://www.businessinsider.com/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-calls-trump-a-racist-and-claps-2019-1
https://www.ajc.com/news/national/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-says-question-trump-racist/HxOaMoaZd6K8mTTsPpC30N/
https://www.daytondailynews.com/news/national/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-says-question-trump-racist/HxOaMoaZd6K8mTTsPpC30N/
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-explains-believes-trump-racist-053815434.html
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-donald-trump-racist-cbs-news-interview-anderson-cooper-a8715096.html
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-the-rookie-congresswoman-challenging-the-democratic-establishment-60-minutes-interview-full-transcript-2019-01-06/
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6563875/Alexandria-Ocasio-Cortez-says-theres-no-question-President-Trump-racist.html
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-60-minutes-trump_us_5c32bce0e4b0bcb4c25d2179
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/424099-ocasio-cortez-says-its-no-question-that-trump-is-a-racist
https://wkuherald.com/news/national/ocasio-cortez-there-s-no-question-trump-is-racist/video_0e41bc37-5837-51e3-9af4-40dc81bf8b31.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/01/07/does-ocasio-cortez-think-trump-is-racist-yeah-no-question/
https://www.houstonherald.com/news/politics/ocasio-cortez-there-s-no-question-trump-is-racist/video_2e80f275-606c-5eef-a22d-898753b48888.html
https://www.bostonglobe.com/news/politics/2019/01/06/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-calls-trump-racist-outlines-radical-policies-minutes/rDVNYZZP0WbarwdDE0arAI/story.html

 

STANDARD EXAMINER
— Tax dollars should go toward border wall, not illegal immigrants – Russ Larsen, Smithfield
https://www.standard.net/opinion/letters/letter-tax-dollars-should-go-toward-border-wall-not-illegal/article_1dd36fa8-9d9a-5d63-88ec-5f0b54029b0c.html

 

NEW NOW NEXT
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, those who do not promote LGBTQ activity are discriminated against.
http://www.newnownext.com/nancy-pelosi-house-speaker-lgbtq-equality-act/01/2019/

 

NEW YORK MAGAZINE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats glorify and praise citizens of foreign countries.
http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/01/border-patrol-texas-immigration.html

 

JERUSALEM POST
— UP TO 50,000 JEWISH FEDERAL EMPLOYEES AFFECTED BY SHUTDOWN Hebrew Free Loan Society preparing emergency assistance for Jewish workers going without paychecks. – MICHAEL WILNER
https://www.jpost.com/Diaspora/Up-to-50000-Jewish-federal-employees-affected-by-shutdown-576543

 

DAILY MAIL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Americans promote illegals.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6564427/Honduran-caravan-migrants-pass-children-barbed-wire-fence-border-Mexico-US.html

January 6 Evening Edition

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Trump cites unlikely allies Clinton, Obama amid border wall showdown – Gregg Re
http://www.fox32chicago.com/politics/trump-cites-unlikely-allies-clinton-obama-amid-border-wall-showdown

 

ABC7
— US food stamp program could run out of funding if shutdown continues
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/food-stamp-program-could-run-out-of-funds-if-shutdown-continues/5025610/

 

WGN RADIO
— Senate Republican Leader Bill Brady: “We know Illinois needs stability” – CASERA (CASH) HEINING
https://wgnradio.com/2019/01/06/senate-republican-leader-bill-brady-we-know-illinois-needs-stability/

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Ed Burke grew impatient waiting for his golden eggs to drop – Neil Steinberg
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/ed-burke-grew-impatient-waiting-for-his-golden-eggs-to-drop/
— Trump’s dealmaking faces test in shutdown standoff – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/trumps-dealmaking-tested-shutdown-standoff/
— Trump says he needs to deal with Dem leaders to end shutdown – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/trump-government-shutdown-talks-democrats-border-wall/
— Rahm on ending federal shutdown: ‘Chisel away at the will of the Republicans’ – Lynn Sweet
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/rahm-government-shutdown-wall-republicans-democrats-pelosi/

 

ROCKFORD REGISTER STAR
— Sports betting no panacea for Illinois – Editorial
https://www.rrstar.com/opinion/20190106/our-view-sports-betting-no-panacea-for-illinois

 

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “How Trump’s constant lying might forever damage the presidency.”
https://www.pantagraph.com/opinion/columnists/commentary-how-trump-s-constant-lying-might-forever-damage-the/article_7e2c4edf-9314-52f8-94be-96021af87e34.html

 

PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— Illinois Democrats have control — can they get work done? – AP (DIERSEN: Who has had control over you? While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, Democrat politicians had control over my superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates. They focused on using Affirmative Action, Diversity, Inclusion, and budget cuts to get rid of their employees who were Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who they had not promoted to 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. They used the arguments that Jim Thompson, Jim Edgar, and Lee Daniels made in Rutan v. Republican Party of Illinois (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rutan_v._Republican_Party_of_Illinois and https://www.nytimes.com/1996/03/13/us/seeking-return-to-ways-of-patronage-in-politics.html) to waste my career and to get rid of me.)
https://www.pjstar.com/news/20190106/illinois-democrats-have-control—can-they-get-work-done

 

SOUTHERN
— Trump: ‘I may declare a national emergency’
https://thesouthern.com/news/national/govt-and-politics/trump-i-may-declare-a-national-emergency/video_96716741-fb8d-5f3a-bbd3-011f484bd671.html

 

FOX ILLINOIS
— Each side accusing other of giving no ground on shutdown – AP
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/each-side-accusing-other-of-giving-no-ground-on-shutdown

 

CHEROKEE TRIBUNE LEDGER
— Illinois posted 9th lowest individual income tax rate in 2018
https://www.tribuneledgernews.com/extra/news/by-the-numbers-illinois-posted-th-lowest-individual-income-tax/article_e55dfa6c-8ca5-5f24-82da-23b8c27cb78d.html

 

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— New Kane County Board Member Attacks Health Benefits for Part-Time Colleagues
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/01/06/new-kane-county-board-member-attacks-health-benefits-for-part-time-colleagues/

 

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— PROPOSAL WOULD MAKE ILLINOIS GAS TAX BURDEN THE HIGHEST IN THE NATION – Vincent Caruso
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/proposal-would-make-illinois-gas-tax-burden-the-highest-in-the-nation/

 

TOWNHALL
— Top Dem: Trump Can Use National Emergency Declaration, Military to Build the Wall – Julio Rosas
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/juliorosas/2019/01/06/top-dem-trump-can-use-national-emergency-declaration-and-military-to-build-the-wall-n2538580
— Cpl. Singh Was Laid to Rest. Guess Which Politicians Were Conveniently Absent. – Beth Baumann
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/bethbaumann/2019/01/06/cpl-singh-was-laid-to-rest-guess-which-politicians-were-conveniently-absent-n2538567

 

FOX NEWS
— Graham: As long as ‘radical left’ reflexively calls GOP racist, shutdown over border wall won’t end – Gregg Re
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/graham-leftists-who-want-to-abolish-ice-attack-border-patrol-make-shutdown-progress-impossible
— Trump cites unlikely allies Clinton, Obama amid border wall showdown – Gregg Re
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-cites-unlikely-allies-amid-border-wall-showdown-hillary-clinton-barack-obama
— Trump again threatens to declare state of emergency, says he can ‘relate’ to furloughed federal workers – Gregg Re
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-heading-to-camp-david-says-he-can-relate-to-furloughed-federal-workers-amid-shutdown
— Herman Cain: Dems Sound Like an Out-of-Tune Orchestra Playing the ‘Hate Trump’ Symphony
http://insider.foxnews.com/2019/01/06/herman-cain-democrats-sound-out-tune-orchestra-playing-hate-trump-symphony

 

BREITBART
— Donald Trump Vows Not to Bend in Shutdown Fight: ‘I Don’t Like Doing This, but We Have No Choice’ – Charlie Spiering
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/01/06/donald-trump-vows-not-bend-shutdown-fight-dont-like-doing-we-have-no-choice/
— Trump Quotes Obama, Clinton ‘Build a Barrier’ to Fight Illegal Immigration – Michelle Moons
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/01/06/trump-quotes-obama-clinton-build-a-barrier-to-fight-illegal-immigration/

 

NEWSMAX
— Robert De Niro: Trump Shows He’s ‘a Real Racist’ – Eric Mack
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/actor-robertdeniro-racism-whitesupremacist/2019/01/06/id/897034/

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Border walls shown to work – ARTHUR HORN, Boca Raton, Fla.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/jan/6/letters-to-the-editor-border-walls-shown-to-work/
— Sen. Richard Durbin: Trump has ‘made it clear he doesn’t care’ about shutdown consequences – David Sherfinski
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/jan/6/richard-durbin-donald-trump-doesnt-care-about-gove/

 

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Ann Coulter: Trump acting as if he wants to be impeached – Daniel Chaitin
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/ann-coulter-trump-acting-as-if-he-wants-to-be-impeached

 

CONSERVATIVE DAILY NEWS
— Ocasio Cortez’s Wired Brain: Idiotic, Radical and Dangerous – Jim Clayton
https://www.conservativedailynews.com/2019/01/ocasio-cortezs-wired-brain-idiotic-radical-and-dangerous/

 

AMERICAN THINKER
— California admits it has no idea whether non-citizens voted in last primary – Monica Showalter
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/01/california_admits_it_has_no_idea_whether_noncitizens_voted_in_last_primary.html
— Democrat objections to border wall: dumb and dumber – Thomas Lifson
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/01/dem_objections_to_border_wall_dumb_and_dumber.html

 

EPOCH TIMES
— Trump Supporters Urge President to Stand Firm on Shutdown – CHARLOTTE CUTHBERTSON
https://www.theepochtimes.com/trump-supporters-urge-president-to-stand-firm-on-shutdown_2758462.html
— Hundreds Attend Funeral of ‘American Hero’ Gunned Down After Stopping Illegal Immigrant – DANIEL HOLL AND JANITA KAN
https://www.theepochtimes.com/hundreds-attend-funeral-of-american-hero-gunned-down-by-alleged-illegal-immigrant_2757865.html

 

WORLD NET DAILY
— POLARIZING POLITICS Lowell Ponte examines some terrifying possibilities in government (DIERSEN: Democrats have made it clear that they are going to use government to get rid of individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries for once and for all that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.wnd.com/2019/01/polarizing-politics/
— THE 8 BIGGEST LIES OF 2018 Joseph Farah nails brazen untruths circulating amidst mainstream media
https://www.wnd.com/2019/01/the-8-biggest-lies-of-2018/

 

NEWS BUSTERS
— CNN Seeks to Improve Trust in the Media … Among Democrats – Nicholas Fondacaro
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/nicholas-fondacaro/2019/01/06/cnn-seeks-improve-trust-media-%E2%80%A6-among-democrats

 

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Durbin: “I Can’t Say That We’re Close” On Shutdown Deal Because Trump “Doesn’t Care” – Tim Hains
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2019/01/06/durbin_i_cant_say_that_were_close_on_shutdown_deal_because_trump_doesnt_care.html

 

THE HILL
— Trump pushing for steel barrier instead of concrete wall at border – BRETT SAMUELS
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/424080-trump-says-hes-pushing-for-steel-barrier-instead-of-concrete-wall-at
— Trump’s idea to declare national emergency raises legality questions – BRETT SAMUELS
https://thehill.com/homenews/sunday-talk-shows/424069-lawmakers-shoot-down-trump-idea-to-declare-a-national-emergency-to
— Border lawmakers press Trump to beef up existing security – RAFAEL BERNAL
https://thehill.com/latino/423974-border-lawmakers-press-trump-to-beef-up-existing-security

 

CNN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “The government shutdown makes Americans less safe.”
https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/06/opinions/presidential-weekly-briefing-shutdown-vinograd/index.html

 

NEW YORK POST
— Democrats say Trump ‘doesn’t have the power’ to declare a national emergency – Mark Moore Janua
https://nypost.com/2019/01/06/dems-say-trump-doesnt-have-the-power-to-declare-a-national-emergency/

 

HOUSTON CHRONICLE
— Houston mail carrier accused of pepper-spraying barking dog charged with animal cruelty – Jay R. Jordan
https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Houston-mail-carrier-who-pepper-sprayed-barking-13508916.php

 

WASHINGTON CITY PAPER
— Workers Impacted by Government Shutdown Stretch Groceries, Cut Dining – LAURA HAYES (DIERSEN: Since 1966, I have been impacted by the success that my Democrat superiors in the federal government had in wasting my career. Since 1997, I have been impacted by the success that my Democrat GAO superiors had in forcing me to take their early retirement “offer.” Since 1997, my Civil Service Retirement System pension has only been 41% of what my GAO salary was in today’s dollars.)
https://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/food/article/21039749/workers-impacted-by-government-shutdown-stretch-groceries-cut-dining

 

BLOOMBERG
— Trump Renews Threat to Declare Emergency Over Border Wall – Mark Niquette and Justin Sink
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-01-06/trump-won-t-demand-concrete-wall-to-end-shutdown-mulvaney-says

 

FORBES
— The Best Places To Work In 2019 – Janice Gassam (DIERSEN: The federal government is not on this list. Because the federal government gives preference to its employees who are Democrat, minority, female, younger, and/or veteran, it might be a better place to work for the employees who have the aforesaid demographics. But a big problem for the aforesaid employees is that virtually all federal employees have one or more of the aforesaid demographics. Therefore, if a federal employee has only one of the aforesaid demographics, they may very well be unhappy. One thing is certain. If you are a federal employee who is Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran, the federal government will waste your career and 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. Extremely few federal employees make the aforesaid promotion deadlines.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/janicegassam/2018/12/07/the-best-places-to-work-for-2019/#626c8671528f

 

NEWSWEEK
— LINDSEY GRAHAM REJECTS ANY COMPROMISE WITH ‘RADICAL LEFT’ NANCY PELOSI IN DIVISIVE INTERVIEW – BENJAMIN FEARNOW
https://www.newsweek.com/lindsey-graham-nancy-pelosi-one-dollar-radical-left-border-wall-trump-1280872
— TRUMP HAS AUTHORITY TO USE MILITARY TO BUILD HIS WALL, HOUSE ARMED SERVICES CHAIR ADAM SMITH SAYS – BENJAMIN FEARNOW
https://www.newsweek.com/trump-border-wall-military-force-national-emergency-defense-department-1280819
— OCASIO-CORTEZ ACCUSES REPUBLICANS OF ‘HOSTAGE-TAKING’ WITH GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN – JASON LEMON
https://www.newsweek.com/ocasio-cortez-republicans-hostage-taking-government-shutdown-1280807

 

GUARDIAN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump asks “Is Mitt Romney the man to lead a Republican rebellion against Trump?”
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jan/06/mitt-romney-republican-rebellion-trump

 

EXPRESS
— New migrant caravan heading for US set to be biggest yet
https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1068122/migrant-caravan-us-mexico-border-honduras

January 6 Morning Edition

ABC7
— Airports seeing rise in security screeners calling off work during government shutdown – AP (DIERSEN: Because my coworkers called in sick, I worked many more hours for the Post Office 1966-1969.)
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/airports-seeing-rise-in-security-screeners-calling-off-work-during-government-shutdown/5021644/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats oppose The Wall because illegal immigrants will/do vote for Democrats. RINOs oppose The Wall because RINOs want cheap labor.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/page/ct-perspec-page-donald-trump-immigration-border-wall-ales-nowrasteh-nancy-pelosi-0106-20190104-story.html
— New Kane County commissioner questions whether board members should receive health benefits – Gloria Casas
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/elgin-courier-news/news/ct-ecn-kane-county-board-benefits-st-0104-story.html
— How the all-American muscle car will outlive the doomed sedan – Bloomberg (DIERSEN: The vehicles that you own say more about you than anything that you can say about yourself. How old are you? I am 70. What muscle cars do you own? I own a 2016 Ford Mustang, 2013 Dodge Charger R/T Max, 2005 Chevy Corvette, 2003 Chevy Cavalier LS, 1996 Ford Thunderbird LX, and a 1972 Chevy Corvette.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/classified/automotive/sc-auto-cover-muscle-cars-20181225-story.html

(FROM THE ARTICLE: Retail sales of large passenger cars, a segment that includes the Nissan Maxima and Chevy Impala, is down 21 percent in 2018, according to J.D. Power. The Ford Mustang, the top-selling muscle car in America, was down a modest 3.6 percent through last month. . .Another factor contributing to the potential decline in muscle cars is an aging population. Most muscle cars are owned by Baby Boomers, the youngest of who are in their mid-50s, the Associated Press reported in September. As Boomers continue to age, it is likely they will have less money and less interest in muscle cars. The question is if a new generation of drivers raised on high-riding and numb driving crossovers will appreciate the muscle behind these cars.)

 

DAILY HERALD
— Talks on government shutdown continue on Sunday – AP
https://www.dailyherald.com/article/20190106/news/301069987/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “Evangelicals falsely believe they have found a champion in Trump.”
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20190106/evangelicals-falsely-believe-they-have-found-a-champion-in-trump
— It’s time to fix Social Security’s tax burden – LIZ WESTON
https://www.dailyherald.com/business/20181230/its-time-to-fix-social-securitys-tax-burden
(FROM THE ARTICLE: People on Social Security need a tax break. The rest of us need to make sure they get it — for everyone’s sake. When Congress made Social Security benefits taxable in 1983, lawmakers didn’t index the tax thresholds to inflation. They “forgot” inflation again when adding a second layer of taxation in 1993. That means the proportion of recipients who have to pay federal income taxes on their benefits keeps increasing. Initially, only 1 in 10 Social Security recipients had to pay any federal tax. Now, it’s over half. Not indexing to inflation is a sneaky way of boosting taxes. Lawmakers can count on growing federal revenue without the politically uncomfortable act of repeatedly voting for those increases. The taxes are based on combined income, which is a taxpayer’s adjusted gross income, plus any tax-exempt interest (such as interest on mutual bonds) and half of her Social Security benefit.)

 

ROCKFORD REGISTER STAR
— ‘It’s a new era’: Illinois General Assembly sworn in Wednesday – Ken DeCoster
https://www.rrstar.com/news/20190105/its-new-era-illinois-general-assembly-sworn-in-wednesday
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Democrats will have a 40-19 supermajority in the Senate and a 74-44 supermajority in the House. The party’s control of state government will extend to the executive mansion when J.B. Pritzker is sworn in as governor Jan. 14, replacing Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner.)

 

HERALD & REVIEW
— Republicans are trying to protect US – Paul W. Conlin II, Decatur
https://herald-review.com/opinion/letters/letters-republicans-are-trying-to-protect-us/article_cf8a3fdc-2468-5c5e-8e26-48dc8f9a17a8.html

 

QUAD CITIES ONLINE
— Can Pritzker chart better course for Illinois? – Editorial
https://qconline.com/opinion/editorial/editorial-can-pritzker-chart-better-course-for-illinois/article_c047fb5b-35e2-518a-ab24-1993d2ce757c.html

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— State senator headed to Kenya – Editorial
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/editorials/2019-01-06/editorial-state-senator-headed-kenya.html

 

SOUTHERN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters glorify and praise Ocasio-Cortez.
https://thesouthern.com/news/national/govt-and-politics/ocasio-cortez-gop-hypocrisy-at-its-finest/video_5cecefdd-f271-572f-8525-ab6e36cfd036.html

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Illinois Lt. Gov: Michigan’s carp money would be too little, too late – Benjamin Yount
https://www.ilnews.org/news/outdoorsenvironment/illinois-lt-gov-michigan-s-carp-money-would-be-too/article_6fe29c4a-104e-11e9-9411-0ffa9792b359.html

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump quotes Obama, Hillary Clinton supporting border security: ‘Walls work’ – S.A. Miller
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/jan/6/donald-trump-quotes-obama-hillary-clinton-supporti/
— Just 7 percent of Americans say illegal immigration ‘not a problem’ at all – Jennifer Harper
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/jan/5/only-7-percent-of-americans-say-illegal-immigratio/

 

FOX NEWS
— Media get their dream House: Press celebrates Democrats’ ‘triumphant’ return to power – Dan Gainor
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/dan-gainor-media-get-their-dream-house-press-celebrates-democrats-triumphant-return-to-power

 

TOWNHALL
— Biden Blames Coulter for Shutdown, Calls Her ‘That Conservative Blonde Woman’ – Cortney O’Brien
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/cortneyobrien/2019/01/05/biden-calls-coulter-that-conservative-blonde-woman-n2538550

 

HOT AIR
— Why Does Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Get So Much Attention From The Right?
https://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2019/01/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-get-much-attention-right/

 

LIFEZETTE
— Bernie Sanders’ Attack on Liz Cheney Is Decried as Sexist Vermont independent went after Wyoming Republican on Twitter as his own campaign staff is facing allegations of sexual misconduct – Lukas Mikelionis
https://www.lifezette.com/2019/01/bernie-sanders-attack-on-liz-cheney-is-decried-as-sexist/

 

CONSERVATIVE DAILY NEWS
— In A World Of Immature, Vulgar, Hateful, Inappropriate Democrat Politicians, Trump Seems Almost Milktoast Normal – Dave King
https://www.conservativedailynews.com/2019/01/in-a-world-of-immature-vulgar-hateful-inappropriate-democrat-politicians-trump-seems-almost-milktoast-normal/
— Jealous, Insane Dems Suffering From Trump Derangment Syndrome – Jim Clayton
https://www.conservativedailynews.com/2019/01/jealousinsane-dems-suffering-from-trump-derangment-syndrome/

 

EPOCH TIMES
— Highly Organized Migrant Caravans Are Being Supported by Taxpayer Funded American Groups and the U.N.; and They’re Using Women and Children as Human Shields – James Simpson
https://www.theepochtimes.com/highly-organized-migrant-caravans-are-being-supported-by-taxpayer-funded-american-groups-and-the-u-n-and-theyre-using-women-and-children-as-human-shields_2757266.html

 

AMERICAN THINKER
— Foul-Mouthed Rashida and the Duplicitous Democrats – Jeannie DeAngelis
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2019/01/foulmouthed_rashida_and_the_duplicitous_democrats.html
— What Is the Trump coalition? – Taylor Lewis (DIERSEN: The anti-Trump coalition is 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.americanthinker.com/articles/2019/01/what_is_the_trump_coalition.html

 

NEW AMERICAN
— Does the Constitution Allow Trump to Build the Wall Without Congressional Approval? – Steve Byas
https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/constitution/item/31112-does-the-constitution-allow-trump-to-build-the-wall-without-congressional-approval

 

DAILY WIRE
— President Trump Isn’t The Enemy, Mr. Romney – DAVID LIMBAUGH
https://www.dailywire.com/news/39974/limbaugh-president-trump-isnt-enemy-mr-romney-david-limbaugh

 

BREITBART
— Tom Steyer Launches Impeachment Ads in Iowa – Joel B. Pollack
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/01/05/tom-steyer-launches-impeachment-ads-in-iowa/
— Elizabeth Warren Sticks to Her DNA Script in Iowa Campaign Stops – Michael Patrick Leahy
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/01/06/elizabeth-warren-sticks-to-her-dna-script-in-iowa-campaign-stops/

 

WORLD NET DAILY
— THE DEATH OF THINKING AND OUR RE-EDUCATION CAMPS Craige McMillan on how fraud is perpetrated more easily as time goes by
https://www.wnd.com/2019/01/the-death-of-thinking-and-our-re-education-camps/

 

CANADA FREE PRESS
— IN CONGRESS, THE INMATES ARE NOW RUNNING THE ASYLUM – Jeff Crouere
https://canadafreepress.com/article/in-congress-the-inmates-are-now-running-the-asylum

 

THE HILL
— Pence huddles with congressional staffers amid effort to end shutdown – JOHN BOWDEN
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/424022-pence-white-house-officials-meet-congressional-staffers-amid-effort

 

HUFFINGTON POST
— Hannity Advises Trump To Carry Shutdown ‘Through The State Of The Union’ “If they capitulate, the Republicans, the political damage frankly is incalculable.” – Amy Russo
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/hannity-trump-shutdown_us_5c319d38e4b0bcb4c25c6c7d

 

NBC NEWS
— Inside the House GOP more closely mirrors Trump’s mold The Republican minority is now made much more in the image of President Donald Trump. – Dante Chinni and Sally Bronston
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/meet-the-press/inside-house-gop-more-closely-mirrors-trump-s-mold-n955191

 

AOL
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez slams Republicans for criticizing fellow Democrat Rashida Tlaib
https://www.aol.com/article/news/2019/01/05/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-slams-republicans-for-criticizing-fellow-democrat-rashida-tlaib/23634528/

 

POLITICUS USA
— One in Five Women Want to Leave the U.S. Because of Trump – LEO VIDAL
https://www.politicususa.com/2019/01/05/one-in-five-women-want-to-leave-the-u-s-because-of-trump.html

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters say “The Border Wall: How a Potent Symbol Is Now Boxing Trump In.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/05/us/politics/donald-trump-border-wall.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “Migrants in Tijuana Know Trump Doesn’t Want Them. They Aren’t Giving Up.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/05/world/americas/tijuana-mexico-migrant-caravan.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “No, Trump Cannot Declare an ‘Emergency’ to Build His Wall. If he did, and used soldiers to build it, they would all be committing a federal crime.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/05/opinion/no-trump-cannot-declare-an-emergency-to-build-his-wall.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Female Trump-haters promote female hatred of Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/05/opinion/sunday/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-pelosi-congress-dance.html
— The American Dream Isn’t for Black Millennials What I learned from talking to more than 70 of my peers — and trying to buy a house. – Reniqua Allen (DIERSEN: I bought a new townhome in 1972 when I was 24 years old. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted a) that instead of me, the Post Office should have hired a Black in 1966, b) that the Post Office should gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a Black could have my job, c) that instead of me, IRS should have hired a Black in 1971, d) that instead of me, IRS should have promoted Blacks in 1972, 1973, and 1974, e) that instead of me, GAO should have hired a Black in 1980, f) that instead of me, GAO should have promoted a Black in 1986, and g) that GAO should have gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a Black could have my job and my preferred corner office.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/05/opinion/sunday/american-dream-black-millennials-homeownership.html
— The Economics of Soaking the Rich What does Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez know about tax policy? A lot. – Paul Krugman (DIERSEN: Who wants those you share your demographics to pay more taxes? I should write a book about those who want me to pay more taxes. They stress that I am a Trump supporter, Protestant (baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran), conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, old (born in 1948), married, non-poor, gun owner, 100% German American, draft avoider, my ancestors have been in America since 1844, childless, pet-less, federal retiree since 1997, etc. They hint/imply/argue/shout that the federal government grossly overpaid me and that my retirement benefits are much too generous.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/05/opinion/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-tax-policy-dance.html
— Middle-Class Shame Will Decide Where America Is Headed Who can appeal to the people who feel the most like they’ve gotten a raw deal? – Alissa Quart (FROM THE HARDCOPY: Financially floundering people pick our leaders.) (DIERSEN: What are the household incomes in your precinct? A large percentage of the households in my precinct are either a) limousine liberal or b) financially floundering. Overwhelmingly, they voted for Clinton in 2016 and for Pritzker/Stratton, Casten, and the rest of the Democrats in 2018.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/05/opinion/sunday/middle-class-shame-american-politics.html
— American Jews and Israeli Jews Are Headed for a Messy Breakup Is the world ready for another Great Schism? – Jonathan Weisman
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/04/opinion/sunday/israeli-jews-american-jews-divide.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says Trump “is demonstrably unfit for office.” Who treats you like you are “demonstrably unfit for office?” I should write a book about my critics/opponents who treat me like I am “demonstrably unfit for office.” They stress that I am no longer a TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce (WCC) Government Affairs Committee member, Milton Township Republican Central Committee (MTRCC) webmaster, Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering (ICRC) Committee member, American Association of Political Consultants (AAPC) Midwest Chapter board member, GAO employee, etc. They stress those TAPROOT, WCC, MTRCC, ICRC, and AAPC members who did not come to my defense. They stress the activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc. in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who state that they are religious, conservative, and or Republican who did not come to my defense. They stress my GAO, IRS, and Post Office coworkers who did not come to my defense.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/05/opinion/sunday/trump-impeachment.html
— The $15 Minimum Wage Is Here. It’s Not Nearly Enough, but It’s a Start. – Ginia Bellafante (DIERSEN: I earned the minimum wage 1964-1966. If it had been $15/hour in today’s dollars, I might very well have bought a loaded Pontiac GTO in 1966, instead of a Pontiac Tempest Sprint.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/04/nyregion/the-15-dollar-minimum-wage-is-not-enough.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: ‘There’s a Real Tension.’ Democrats Puzzle Over Whether a Woman Will Beat Trump – Lisa Lerer and Susan Chira (DIERSEN: Obviously, the more success that Democrats have in promoting hatred against men and hatred against heterosexuals, the more likely that females and LGBTQers will vote for Democrat candidates who are female and/or LGBTQ.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/05/us/politics/women-candidates-president-2020.html
— A California Dream for Paid Leave Has an Old Problem: How to Pay for It Newsom, the incoming governor, is expected to propose the longest state parental leave in the nation: six months. – Claire Cain Miller and Jim Tankersley (DIERSEN: My wife and I gave up trying to have children, we did not adopt, and we did not become foster parents. I should write a book about those who have viciously demonized me, viciously denigrated me, viciously condemned me, and viciously punished me for doing that.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/06/upshot/a-california-dream-for-paid-leave-has-an-old-problem-how-to-pay-for-it.html

 

UNION LEADER
— The Washington Post loves Mitt Romney – PAT BUCHANAN
https://www.unionleader.com/opinion/columnists/pat-buchanan-the-washington-post-loves-mitt-romney/article_3905a4e7-f150-57f7-a892-f955a506cfb4.html

 

VILLAGES NEWS
— America facing an immigration invasion – Bob Moore, Village of Rio Grande
https://www.villages-news.com/2019/01/05/america-facing-an-immigration-invasion/

 

DESERET NEWS
— Seven bad financial habits that you shouldn’t take into the New Year – Michelle Singletary
https://www.deseretnews.com/article/900048913/michelle-singletary-seven-bad-financial-habits-that-you-shouldnt-take-into-the-new-year.html

(FROM THE ARTICLE: Not saving for an emergency. . .Not budgeting. . .Not opening your bills right away. . .Not paying off credit cards each month. . .Not being able to say no. . .Not having a plan to make better financial decisions. . .Not contributing enough to your retirement account.)

 

NEW YORK MAGAZINE
— Fed Up With Liberal Academia, Conservatives Call for Their Own Safe Space – Sarah Jones
http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/01/conservatives-demand-safe-space-free-from-liberal-academia.html

 

RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— Liberals Used to Feel Your Pain. Now They Inflict It. – Ted Rall (DIERSEN: What are the household incomes in your precinct? A large percentage of the households in my precinct are either a) limousine liberal or b) financially floundering. Overwhelmingly, they voted for Clinton in 2016 and for Pritzker/Stratton, Casten, and the rest of the Democrats in 2018.)
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/political_commentary/commentary_by_ted_rall/liberals_used_to_feel_your_pain_now_they_inflict_it

 

GUARDIAN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats focus on getting women to hate Trump.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/jan/05/women-in-congress-new-era-not-trump-washington

 

TELEGRAPH
— New migrant caravan forming in Central America as US government shutdown continues – Rozina Sabur, Washington Mathew Charles
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/01/05/new-migrant-caravan-forming-central-america-us-government-shutdown/

 

INSTINCT MAGAZINE
— LGBTQ Protections Now in Place for Congressional Staffers – Steve Hinkle (DIERSEN: For almost 18 years, I worked for GAO, that is, I worked for Congress. There were/are no protections for those like me who oppose promoting LGBTQ activity.)
http://instinctmagazine.com/post/lgbtq-protections-now-place-congressional-staffers

 

ZILLOW
— FOR SALE: 1031 Warrenville Road, Wheaton – $469,900
https://www.zillow.com/wheaton-il/X1-SS1apc9gppw622z_3o1g1_sse/4447913_zpid/

January 5 Evening Edition

NBC5
— Weekend Shutdown Talks Led by Pence to Go Into a Second Day Democrats and Republicans agreed that little progress was made during Saturday’s two-hour session – Catherine Lucey and Lisa Mascaro
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/politics/White-House-Congress-Government-Shutdown-503940981.html

 

ABC7
— Talks to resume after Trump says shutdown could last ‘years’ – AP
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/talks-to-resume-after-trump-says-shutdown-could-last-years/5020262/
— JB Pritzker will be sworn in later this month, giving Democrats controls of the legislature and state house (DIERSEN: Democrats have made it very clear a) that they want to dive out of Illinois individuals, organizations, and companies that 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 and b) that they want to promote welfare, dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, abolition of the First and Second Amendments, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, retaliation, and even worse things.)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/illinois-democrats-have-control-of-state-government-can-they-get-work-done-503953241.html

 

CBS2
— Man Attacked And Robbed By Teenagers At Illinois Medical District CTA Station – Jeremy Ross
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2019/01/05/man-attacked-and-robbed-by-teengers-at-illinois-medical-district-cta-station/

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrats head to Springfield with historic control — can they get work done? – John O’Connor
https://chicago.suntimes.com/cannabis/illinois-democrats-capitol-agenda-springfield-marijuana-general-assembly/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Shakedown City: Employers and Chicago’s corruption tax – Editorial
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-burke-kickback-chicago-restaurant-20190104-story.html
— Toni Preckwinkle’s administration hired Ald. Edward Burke’s son to nearly $100K-a-year county job – Gregory Pratt
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-preckwinkle-administration-hired-ed-burke-son-20190104-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— Democrats take power in House; impeachment talk flares – AP
https://www.dailyherald.com/article/20190104/news/301049954/
— How technology baffled an elderly Congress in 2018 – Avi Selk (DIERSEN: Will the Democrats pass age limits for elected officials, for example, a limit of age 30 for municipal, township, ward, county, and other local government officials, age 35 for state officials, and age 40 for federal officials? The federal government gets rid of its employees who are Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who 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. Extremely few federal employees make the aforesaid promotion deadlines.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/business/20190105/how-technology-baffled-an-elderly-congress-in-2018
(FROM THE ARTICLE: If you’re trying to recall what your members of Congress accomplished in 2018, the answer is: They grew older. The 115th Congress was already one of the oldest in history when it convened at the dawn of the Trump administration — average age 58 in the House, 62 in the Senate, 90 billion or so in the relativistic time scale of the online generation, in front of which Congress spent much of the year embarrassing itself. By the time the 115th hobbled into extinction at the end of 2018, artifacts from its attempts to engage the younger folk and their digital ways lay strewn across the internet like the fossil record of an obsolete species. . .These hearings were livestreamed to the general populace, more than half of whom are under 40, many of whom were horrified to discover that a country being revolutionized by technology is apparently overseen by people whose worldview calcified in the previous century.)

 

NORTHWEST HERALD
— Navy veteran announces 2020 run to unseat Lauren Underwood Constituent alleges voting misconduct by Underwood – ALEX ORTIZ
https://www.nwherald.com/2019/01/04/navy-veteran-announces-2020-run-to-unseat-lauren-underwood/awnhrbs/

 

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Central Illinois congressmen call for compromise, border security – LENORE SOBOTA (DIERSEN: What compromise offers have you received? In 1997, when I was 49 years old, my Democrat GAO superiors hinted that they might let me work until 2003 when I would be eligible for regular retirement if I happily agreed to be constructively demoted, if not literally demoted. GAO did not unionize until 2007. If GAO had been unionized in 1997, I might still be a GAO employee.)
https://www.pantagraph.com/news/national/govt-and-politics/central-illinois-congressmen-call-for-compromise-border-security/article_8a6edf57-5bba-5a6b-a5ee-5c5428d30dae.html

 

PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— Last hurrah for the lame ducks – Doug Finke
https://www.pjstar.com/news/20190105/statehouse-insider-last-hurrah-for-lame-ducks/1
— Sports betting no panacea for Illinois – Editorial
https://www.journalstandard.com/news/20190105/our-view-sports-betting-no-panacea-for-illinois

 

SOUTHERN
— WSJ: Trump prefers word ‘strike’ to ‘shutdown’ (DIERSEN: Overwhelmingly, federal employees are Democrats.)
https://thesouthern.com/news/national/govt-and-politics/wsj-trump-prefers-word-strike-to-shutdown/video_d18421c5-70fc-5725-8b8d-62f4ae17440a.html

 

BELLEVIEW NEWS DEMOCRAT
— Airports seeing rise in security screeners calling off work – AP (DIERSEN: While I worked part-time for the Park Forest Post Office 1966-1969, I worked many more hours because my coworkers called in sick.)
https://www.bnd.com/news/business/article223973290.html

 

ALTON TELEGRAPH
— Marijuana legalization effects pondered by Madison County health committee – Riley Newton
https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/article/Marijuana-legalization-effects-pondered-by-13511283.php

 

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Comparing Illinois Government Workers with Those of Other States
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/01/05/comparing-illinois-government-workers-with-those-of-other-states/
— Jack Franks Hypocrisy re Double-Dipping: Bad for Thee, OK for Me
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/01/05/ack-franks-hypocrisy-regarding-double-dipping-bad-for-thee-ok-for-me/
— Burke and Quid Pro Quo
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/01/05/burke-and-quid-pro-quo/
— Skillicorn To Continue Spotlighting Rumored Gas Tax Hike by Lame Duck General Assembly
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/01/05/skillicorn-to-continue-spotlighting-rumored-gas-tax-hike-by-lame-duck-general-assembly/
— Discussing Selection of Committee Chairmen, Chicago City Council and McHenry County Board
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/01/05/discussing-selection-of-committee-chairmen/
— State Rep. Allen Skillicorn View of Republican Party’s Future
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/01/04/state-rep-allen-skillicorn-view-of-republican-partys-future/
— Comparing Chicago’s Weak Mayor Form of Government with McHenry County’s Weak Chairman System
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/01/04/comparing-chicagos-weak-mayor-form-of-government-with-mchenry-countys-weak-chairman-system/
— Franks: “It’s Much Ado about Nothing”
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/01/03/franks-its-much-ado-about-nothing/

 

GOPUSA
— Self declared radical Ocasio-Cortez talks 70% tax rate, dancing and lip+hoops
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=61954
— Ilhan Omar becomes first person to wear hijab in Congress
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=61905
— USS John C. Stennis holding Heathen religious services in carrier chapel
http://www.gopusa.com/uss-john-c-stennis-holding-heathen-religious-services-in-carrier-chapel/

 

DAILY CALLER
— CNN PANEL GETS HEATED WHEN FORMER TRUMP ADVISER SAYS SOME FEDERAL WORKERS TREATING SHUTDOWN LIKE ‘A PAID VACATION’ – Scott Morefield

https://dailycaller.com/2019/01/05/cnn-stephen-moore-don-lemon-shutdown-paid-vacation/

 

AMERICAN THINKER
— An old leftist trick to smear the right from Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and her adoring press – Monica Showalter
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/01/an_old_leftist_trick_to_smear_the_right_from_alexandria_ocasiocortez_and_her_adoring_press.html

 

CNN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters promote hatred of Trump.
https://www.cnn.com/us/live-news/government-shutdown-personal-stories/index.html

 

REUTERS
— Trump’s attorney general pick says he did, in fact, register for draft – Andy Sullivan, Mark Hosenball (DIERSEN: Did you avoid the draft? I should write a book about those who have punished me the most a) for my getting four student draft deferments 1966-1970 and b) for my getting a financial hardship draft deferment 1970-1971. They have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted a) that instead of me, the Post Office should have hired a veteran in 1966, b) that the Post Office should gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a veteran could have my job, c) that instead of me, IRS should have hired a veteran in 1971, d) that instead of me, IRS should have promoted veterans in 1972, 1973, and 1974, e) that instead of me, GAO should have hired a veteran in 1980, f) that instead of me, GAO should have promoted a veteran in 1986, and g) that GAO should have gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a veteran could have my job and my preferred corner office.)
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-justice-barr/trumps-attorney-general-pick-says-he-did-in-fact-register-for-draft-idUSKCN1OY02U


(FROM THE ARTICLE: Historians told Reuters that Barr would have been required to register for possible military service when he turned 18, a time when the government was drafting roughly 300,000 people per year to serve in Vietnam. Barr changed his response after being asked about it by one of the senators on the committee, a Justice Department representative said. “I registered for the selective service at 18, as required, and was subject to the draft,” Barr wrote on Thursday in a letter to Republican Senator Lindsey Graham, the new chairman of the committee, and Senator Dianne Feinstein, the top Democrat. Men who do not register for the draft face fines of up to $250,000 and a prison term of up to five years. They also are barred from most federal jobs, according to the Selective Service System, which registers men for possible compulsory service. “I can’t imagine a scenario in which (Barr) would not have been required to register,” Kansas University history professor Beth Bailey said. Barr, 68, said he initially told lawmakers he had not registered because he is now too old for compulsory military service. He will have a chance to explain the mix-up when he appears before the Judiciary Committee for confirmation hearings on January 15 and 16. Many prominent U.S. politicians — including Trump — have struggled to explain why they did not serve in the Vietnam War, which bitterly divided the United States.)
— Upbeat employment report underscores U.S. economic strength – Lucia Mutikani
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-economy/upbeat-employment-report-underscores-us-economic-strength-idUSKCN1OY0AU

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Federal workers — in a panic about their pay — apply for unemployment – Michelle Singletary
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2019/01/03/federal-workers-panic-about-their-pay-apply-unemployment/

 

KVOA
— Initiative for 2020 ballot in works to eliminate property tax for Arizona seniors – Priscilla Casper
https://kvoa.com/news/local-news/2019/01/04/initiative-for-2020-ballot-in-works-to-eliminate-property-tax-for-arizona-seniors/

 

NPR
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats use “Businesses That Rely On Federal Workers” to get Trump to compromise.
https://www.npr.org/2019/01/05/682333198/not-out-to-lunch-businesses-that-rely-on-federal-workers-suffer-the-shutdown

 

NEWSWEEK
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters promote hatred of Trump.
https://www.newsweek.com/when-will-furloughed-federal-employees-be-paid-bills-pile-1280484

 

GUARDIAN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Americans oppose The Wall.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jan/05/donald-trump-government-shutdown-democrats-wall

January 5 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Who gets an escort from Illinois State Police? Athletes, team owners, musicians and filmmakers — but not sick motorists – John Keilman
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-met-chicago-bears-kicker-police-escort-20190104-story.html
— Naperville on state list for lack of affordable housing; must submit plan to increase numbers – Erin Hegarty
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/news/ct-nvs-affordable-housing-naperville-state-list-st-0106-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are members of the following groups want “immigration reform,” mass/illegal immigration, open borders, amnesty, and even worse things for America: 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 for a long time.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/daca-immigration-reform-infrastructure-spending-linda-chavez/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Shakeup possible at tollway – Marni Pyke
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190104/shakeup-possible-at-tollway
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: DIERSEN HEADLINE: Those who are members of the following groups to march in downtown Geneva: 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.dailyherald.com/news/20190104/fox-valley-activists-organizing-womens-march-in-geneva

 

ROCKFORD REGISTER STAR
— Rockford mayor has five things for Pritzker’s to-do list – Jeff Kolkey
https://www.rrstar.com/news/20190104/rockford-mayor-has-five-things-for-pritzkers-to-do-list

 

WQAD
— Early IRS tax refunds up in the air during government shutdown – LUKE CLEARY
https://wqad.com/2019/01/04/early-irs-tax-refunds-up-in-the-air-during-government-shutdown/

 

NEWS CHANNEL 20
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Government shutdown could start to take a major toll on central Illinois.”
https://newschannel20.com/news/local/government-shutdown-could-start-to-take-a-major-toll-on-central-illinois

 

KANE COUNTY CONNECTS
— HEY, ARE YOU 65 OR OVER? WANT TO DEFER UP TO $5,000 ON YOUR PROPERTY TAX?
http://kanecountyconnects.com/2019/01/hey-are-you-65-or-over-want-to-defer-up-to-5000-on-your-property-tax/

(FROM THE ARTICLE: The program allows qualified senior citizens to defer all or part of their 2018 property taxes up to $5,000 on their personal residence. Applications must be filed with the Treasurer’s office by March 1, 2019, in order to defer 2018 taxes billed in 2019. To qualify, a person must be 65 or over by June 1, 2019, have a total household income of $55,000 or less, and have lived in the property for at least three years. In addition, there must be no delinquent taxes on the property. Also, if the property is subject to a mortgage then your mortgage company would also have to approve your participation in the program. Qualified taxpayers can defer taxes totaling up to 80 percent of the equity interest they have in the home. The program provides funding at a six percent simple interest rate which doesn’t require repayment until the taxpayer sells the property or until after the taxpayer’s death.)

 

NRA-ILA
— Researchers Credit Right to Carry Law With Reduction in Chicago Property Crimes
https://www.nraila.org/articles/20190104/researchers-credit-right-to-carry-law-with-reduction-in-chicago-property-crimes

 

PRAIRIE STATE WIRE
— ISRA’s Pearson warns gun rights may slip through loophole – Glenn Minnis
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/511714495-isra-s-pearson-warns-gun-rights-may-slip-through-loophole
— Illinois has 20th highest home vacancy rate in nation (DIERSEN: How many homes are vacant and why in your neighborhood, precinct, municipality, township/ward, and county?)
https://ilbusinessdaily.com/stories/511691556-illinois-has-20th-highest-home-vacancy-rate-in-nation

 

GOPUSA
— Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) calls Donald Trump a gutter expletive during threat to impeach
http://www.gopusa.com/rashida-tlaib-d-mi-calls-donald-trump-a-gutter-expletive-during-threat-to-impeach/

 

AMERICAN THINKER
— Era of the Trumper Tantrum – William L. Gensert
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2019/01/era_of_the_trumper_tantrum.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Mothers and fathers drag their six and seven-year-old children 2,000 miles to the border of another country and scream, “Let me in!” And when those children die — one after the father refuses medical care — the media stand up, stamp their feet, and angrily scream the question, “How could you?” But their ire is directed at America, not at the criminally negligent parents, because it’s our country’s responsibility to honor and obey whatever a tantrum thrower insists is his right. Who can blame them? It worked in Europe, where hundreds of thousands of fighting-age young men escaping the internecine brutality endemic to the Religion of Peace have forced themselves upon what used to be independent nations (and in particular, their infidel women) with seemingly nothing but joy expressed by the political elite who applaud the entire “shebang” (pun intended). The forever angry and outraged Democrats, historically anti-illegal immigration when they thought aliens would provide cheap labor benefitting industry (can’t have profits unless they get to give the money to friends and family), are now pro-illegal alien who come here for benefits and are willing to vote illegally. They are merely disappointed in voters who allowed the Orange Man to steal Hillary’s presidency, and damn it, they are going to import a new electorate.)
— How the Left Appropriates Christianity – Deana Chadwell (DIERSEN: I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who paint themselves as being “chosen and appointed by God.” They viciously demonize me, viciously denigrate me, and viciously condemn me a) for my not being a member of a church like they are, b) for my not attending church services like they do, and c) for my not giving money to a church like they do. They discourage me a) from promoting individual responsibility, b) from promoting traditional marriage and the traditional family, c) from promoting right to life, and d) from promoting America’s immigration laws. They discourage me a) from discouraging dependency on government, b) from discouraging dependency on charity, c) from discouraging LGBTQ activity, d) from discouraging abortion, e) from discouraging mass/illegal immigration, and f) from discouraging booze, gambling, pot, and other vices.)
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2019/01/how_the_left_appropriates_christianity.html

 

FOX NEWS
— Americans want border security, and the numbers show it – Brett Velicovich
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/americans-want-border-security-and-the-numbers-show-it
— Pelosi, Nielsen clashed during border-security meeting: ‘I reject your facts,’ House speaker said, according to report – Lukas Mikelionis
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/pelosi-interrupted-dhs-boss-nielsen-during-presentation-on-illegal-immigrants-saying-i-reject-your-facts
— Sen. Blackburn: With Our Open Border ‘Every Town is a Border Town and Every State a Border State’
http://insider.foxnews.com/2019/01/04/marsha-blackburn-says-open-borders-make-every-town-border-town
— DHS Sec. Nielsen asked to appear before House Committee on Homeland Security – Elizabeth Zwirz
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/sec-nielsen-asked-to-appear-before-house-homeland-security-committee-on-border-security

 

HANNITY
— Democrats ‘Gearing-Up’ to Carry Out Their Hidden Agenda
https://www.hannity.com/media-room/hannity-democrats-gearing-up-to-carry-out-their-hidden-agenda/

 

TOWNHALL
— In Congress, The Inmates Are Now Running The Asylum – Jeff Crouere
https://townhall.com/columnists/jeffcrouere/2019/01/05/in-congress-the-inmates-are-now-running-the-asylum-n2538546
— The Gun Lobby: Reports of Our Demise Are Greatly Exaggerated – Michael Hammond
https://townhall.com/columnists/michaelhammond/2019/01/05/the-gun-lobby-reports-of-our-demise-are-greatly-exaggerated-n2538527

 

PJ MEDIA
— Senate Dems Launch Another Inquisition Against Catholic Trump Nominee – TYLER O’NEIL
https://pjmedia.com/trending/senate-dems-launch-another-inquisition-against-catholic-trump-nominee/

 

ONE AMERICA NEWS NETWORK
— DHS Forced To Release 2K Illegal Aliens Into U.S. Due To Crowded Detention Centers
https://www.oann.com/dhs-forced-to-release-2k-illegal-aliens-into-u-s-due-to-crowded-detention-centers/

 

CONSERVATIVE DAILY NEWS
— Dems Salivating To Start Impeachment Against Trump – Jim Clayton
https://www.conservativedailynews.com/2019/01/dems-salivating-to-start-impeachment-against-trump/
— The Forces Of Evil Against Trump – Jim Clayton
https://www.conservativedailynews.com/2019/01/the-forces-of-evil-against-trump/

 

CONSERVATIVE REVIEW
— The border invasion intensifies, while congressional Republicans sleep – Daniel Horowitz
https://www.conservativereview.com/news/the-border-invasion-intensifies-while-congressional-republicans-sleep/

 

WORLD NET DAILY
— OF CARAVANS AND WALLS Brent Smith reports on latest group of travelers making their way north
https://www.wnd.com/2019/01/of-caravans-and-walls/

 

LIFE SITE NEWS
— Deep State bureaucrats undermining Trump’s agenda at the United Nations (DIERSEN: My Democrat superiors, Democrat supervisors, Democrat coworkers, and Democrat subordinates in the federal government considered me to a deep state Republican who undermined their efforts a) to hire, to retain, and to promote young Democrat minorities and young Democrat females and b) to get rid of federal employees who were Republican.)
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/deep-state-bureaucrats-undermining-trumps-agenda-at-the-united-nations
— Trump administration rejects Democrat spending bill to restore foreign abortion money – Calvin Freiburger
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/trump-administration-rejects-democrat-spending-bill-to-restore-foreign-abor

 

LUTHERAN CHURCH CHARITES
— Chosen and Appointed by God – Tim Hetzner (DIERSEN: I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who paint themselves as being “chosen and appointed by God.” They viciously demonize me, viciously denigrate me, and viciously condemn me a) for my not being a member of a church like they are, b) for my not attending church services like they do, and c) for my not giving money to a church like they do. They discourage me a) from promoting individual responsibility, b) from promoting traditional marriage and the traditional family, c) from promoting right to life, and d) from promoting America’s immigration laws. They discourage me a) from discouraging dependency on government, b) from discouraging dependency on charity, c) from discouraging LGBTQ activity, d) from discouraging abortion, e) from discouraging mass/illegal immigration, and f) from discouraging booze, gambling, pot, and other vices.)
http://devotions.lccharities.org/2019/01/04/chosen-and-appointed-by-god-part-1/
http://devotions.lccharities.org/2019/01/05/chosen-and-appointed-by-god-part-2/

 

BREITBART
— Rashida Tlaib’s New Office Map: Israel Renamed ‘Palestine’ – Robert Kraychik
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/01/04/rashida-tlaib-new-office-map-israel-renamed-palestine/

 

BLAZE
— Trump fires back at ‘disgraceful’ Democrat who used vulgarity when promising to impeach him He called her comments ‘disgraceful’ -Carlos Garcia
https://www.theblaze.com/news/trump-fires-back-at-disgraceful-democrat-who-used-vulgarity-when-promising-to-impeach-him
— Dems introduce bill to eliminate Electoral College. Here’s why a national popular vote would ‘undo America’ “We would see the end of presidential candidates who care about the needs and concerns of people in smaller states or outside of big cities.”
https://www.theblaze.com/glenn-radio/eliminate-electoral-college
— Hundreds of TSA officers aren’t showing up for work because of the gov’t shutdown ‘This will definitely affect the flying public’ – AARON COLEN
https://www.theblaze.com/news/hundreds-of-tsa-officers-arent-showing-up-for-work-because-of-the-govt-shutdown

 

THE HILL
— GOP leaders call on Pelosi to condemn Tlaib’s remarks on Trump – JULIEGRACE BRUFKE
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/423894-gop-leaders-call-on-pelosi-to-condemn-tlaibs-remarks-on-trump
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters say “Trump sows fresh confusion on shutdown.”
https://thehill.com/homenews/the-memo/423976-the-memo-trump-sows-fresh-confusion-on-shutdown
— House Homeland Security Committee chairman asks Nielsen to testify on ‘flawed’ border agenda – TAL AXELROD
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/423984-house-homeland-security-committee-chairman-asks-nielsen-to-testify-on-trump

 

CNN
— HOW A GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN IMPACTS AMERICANS (DIERSEN: Anti-Trumps and Trump-haters want the shutdown to adversely impact individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2019/01/05/govt-shutdown-impact-breakdown-victor-blackwell-new-day-weekend-vpx.cnn

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Rashida Tlaib’s Expletive-Laden Cry to Impeach Trump Upends Democrats’ Talking Points
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/04/us/politics/tlaib-impeach-trump.html
— Trump’s Wall, Trump’s Shutdown and Trump’s Side of the Story – Peter Baker

— What Advocates of Legalizing Pot Don’t Want You to Know The wave toward legalization ignores the serious health risks of marijuana. – Alex Berenson
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/04/opinion/marijuana-pot-health-risks-legalization.html
— Let’s talk about whose policy proposals are most likable! – Michelle Goldberg (DIERSEN: Democrats like policies that take away opportunities, rights, income, assets, and everything else from members of Group B and give them to members of Group A. 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 for a long time and members of Group B are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older people, rich people, gun owners, German Americans, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/04/opinion/inslee-warren-2020-election-democrats.html
— Pence and Cabinet Members Are Due a Raise, as Federal Workers Go Unpaid – Annie Karni
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/04/us/politics/vice-president-pence-pay-raise.html
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Changing Careers? Embrace the Risk – Paul Sullivan (DIERSEN: GAO audits IRS. In 1980, when I transferred from IRS to GAO, my Democrat IRS and GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates called that a “career change” even though much of what IRS Revenue Officers do and what GAO Analysts do, including interviewing, gathering facts, analyzing facts, summarizing facts, writing reports, and making recommendations, is very similar. They did that to justify GAO’s forcing me to take a $19,203 (26%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, a minority, a female, or a veteran.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/04/your-money/career-changes-risk.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Republican-haters promote hatred of Republicans.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/romney-to-the-rescue/2019/01/04/3c4de54e-0f98-11e9-8f0c-6f878a26288a_story.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— FRONT PAGE: Trump Considers Declaring National Emergency to Build Border Wall President speaks at lengthy news conference after contentious talks on government shutdown with Democratic lawmakers – Rebecca Ballhaus, Alex Leary and Michael C. Bender
https://www.wsj.com/articles/schumer-pelosi-report-on-progress-on-shutdown-after-talks-with-trump-11546627419
— Jobs for the Forgotten Man Wage increases are reaching even unskilled corners of the labor force. – Editorial (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.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/jobs-for-the-forgotten-man-11546647794
— The Case for Buying Less Clothing For men with overstuffed closets, now’s the ideal time to purge those impulse buys and pointless discount pants—and learn to shop smarter – Jacob Gallagher (DIERSEN: As my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes will attest, since 1997, I have spent very little on clothing.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-case-for-buying-less-clothing-11546616865
— Your Government at Work Overwhelming demand for H-2B visas crashed a federal web portal. – Editorial (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/your-government-at-work-11546647556
(FROM THE ARTICLE: H-2B visas enable businesses that can’t find qualified Americans to bring in foreigners for temporary or seasonal non-agricultural work. And on Jan. 1, Labor began accepting applications for H-2Bs for summer 2019 on a first-come, first-serve basis. Employers are so eager for workers they submitted more than 97,800 requests in the first five minutes of 2019. That shattered last year’s record of 81,000. But Congress guarantees only 66,000 H-2Bs annually, divided between the summer and winter seasons, and there are already nearly three requests pending for each available visa for this summer. For the past two years Congress has also failed to reauthorize a returning worker program that allowed some past recipients of H-2B visas to work another season with the old boss without contributing to the cap number.)

 

ATLANTA JOURNAL CONSTITUTION
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A trump-hater promotes hatred of Trump.
https://www.ajc.com/news/opinion/opinion-being-too-nice-politics/fz3kIlsjSG1vNB9JxWHFLJ/

 

ANCHORAGE DAILY NEWS
— Age discrimination is more common than you think – Helaine Olen (DIERSEN: All my critics/opponents, all their operatives, and all their dupes have always promoted age discrimination big time a) to get rid of those who are older than they are and/or b) to curry favor with those who promote age discrimination.)
https://www.adn.com/opinions/national-opinions/2019/01/05/age-discrimination-is-more-common-than-you-think/

 

LUBBOCK ONLINE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Someone who hates Trump and who hates his supporters says “Trump era takes a toll on Hispanics’ faith in America.” What are your demographics? The more of the following that you are, the more that Democrats want to get rid of you once and for all: Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owner, German American, draft avoider, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.lubbockonline.com/news/20190104/cepeda-trump-era-takes-toll-on-hispanics-faith-in-america

 

MEDIATE
— Hannity: If Republicans Capitulate in Shutdown Fight, The Political Damage Will Be ‘Incalculable’ – Josh Feldman
https://www.mediaite.com/tv/hannity-if-republicans-capitulate-in-shutdown-fight-the-political-damage-will-be-incalculable/

 

GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— Trump Threatens Year-Long Shutdown, Says Feds Don’t Mind Missing Paychecks – Eric Katz Janua
https://www.govexec.com/pay-benefits/2019/01/trump-threatens-year-long-shutdown-says-feds-want-him-keep-fighting-wall/153948/

 

GUARDIAN
— Shutdown over border wall is crucial test for Trump’s presidency – David Smith (DIERSEN: Anti-Americans and America-haters want Trump to fail.)
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jan/04/shutdown-border-wall-trump-pelosi-analysis

 

AD WEEK
— People Who Share News Articles Trust Them, But People Who Research Them Don’t The Knight Foundation and Gallup released the results of a recent experiment – David Cohen (DIERSEN: Of course, since 2000, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have focused on a) discrediting me, b) discrediting the articles linked to in my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails, and c) discrediting the authors of those articles. According to my critics/opponents, all news and commentary is fake except for the news and commentary that they put out or bless.)
https://www.adweek.com/digital/people-who-share-news-articles-trust-them-but-people-who-research-them-dont/

(FROM THE ARTICLE: The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation teamed up with analytics firm Gallup on an experiment to examine the level of trust in news articles being shared over the internet, both from the people doing the sharing and the people receiving those links and looking into matters further. This study was conducted using Gallup’s experimental news aggregation website, which regularly collects news stories from seven major news outlets across the political spectrum: left-leaning (The New York Times, Vox, Media Matters), neutral (The Associated Press) and right-leaning (100PercentFedUp, Breitbart News, Fox News). . .The average trust rating for those 1,225 articles was a 4.0 out of 5.0—with 71 percent of those articles receiving trust ratings of 4.0 or higher—while the average trust rating for the 2,227 articles researched further in the group who wanted to learn more was just a 3.1. Overall, the average trust rate per user in the sharing group was a 3.9, dropping to a 3.2 in the group who wanted to learn more. The Knight Foundation and Gallup said that while both test groups came in slightly below the U.S. Census estimate that some 40 percent of Americans identified as Republican or leaning Republican as of July, the heavier Democratic presence was not a factor in determining the most frequently read news sources in the study. The AP was the source behind 49 percent of articles readers wanted to share and 40 percent that enticed readers to find out more. Meanwhile, the three right-leaning publications were the source of 29 percent of shared articles and 38 percent of readers who wanted to find out more, and those numbers were 23 percent and 23 percent, respectively, for the three left-leaning media sources.)

 

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
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